Sorry for the long delay and this has been edited. Um, yeah, a semi- warning for the rated pg 13 is in this chapter.

== More will be Edited in the remaining chapters. Chapter 11 will take a while to be made since I'm editing out everything slowly, bit by bit by working with my editors. Thank you for being Patient =]==

Edited: 6/6/04

Chapter 2 : Feel the reality of my nightmares

"Ugh... What happened...?"

Haku rubbed his hand against his stomach. He could still feel a large throbbing pain from the kick delivered by the old hag. His head slowly lifted from the solid ground, and under it, blood dripped down. Although he didn't realize it yet, he did when he lifted his right hand to rub his eyes; he saw blood. It couldn't have been from himself, unless that old hag sliced some part of his skin. He rubbed the blood between his fingers; it was dry. It wasn't his...luckily. When he glanced to his left then right; there was blood everywhere on the cell floor.

Just great...

A cold chill spread from his legs to his entire body as he looked around. He was inside a cell. It was damp, and there wasn't really that much room to move in. It was just like a little container that only allowed bout 3 paces in each direction, and it reeked of dry blood coming from a skeleton chained to the wall. It was a new sight, because Haku had never seen the actual cells, nor did he even know that it existed well underground. Roaches crawled past his foot and on the walls, also where a gaseous smell was seeping out from them. It reeked of probably what looked like poison. A dark, tall, shadow stood right next to the cell bars. Head lowered facing the ground, but his eyes shifted so they met Haku's.

"What do you think you were trying to do...?"

The young boy demanded in a stone cold voice.

He was around the similar age of Haku, maybe a few years older. It wasn't really easy to tell, since most of his physical appearance had been hidden. Bout 3 bangs were shown on each side of the face. The hair seemed to be naturally white, and lead all the way to the end of his neck. He stood well bout 5'6" or so. His body all covered by a black suit with multiple belts strapped on the thigh, waist, and arm. His body was extremely well toned with muscular arms, and a six pack that was hidden. As well, he wore a choker around his neck; from it, was a pendant hanging down against his chest. His sharp nose gave him a very cruel look, one that hissed 'killer' when their eyes first meet.

"What do you think I'm doing? I'm trying to get away from this place. I- I...just want to go back home..." Haku said with his teeth gritted together, his anger held back as he was quite unwilling to show it.

He took a glance at him, and then turned away.

"Yubaba will not let that be fulfilled, nor will your behavior be tolerated if you continue to try escaping. We could consider giving you a chance...but with your attempt to escape, as before, it would be difficult to stop someone like you. We might as well kill you now. But..."

"But what? You rather torture me, right?" Haku had interrupted.

"Don't think so foolishly...unless you would want that. I would be happy to grant you that wish...or free you now." The young boy said with a devilish grin as he unsheathed the small dagger from the sheath on his left boot.

"Free? How? Tell me!! You wouldn't dare to betray Yubaba." Haku shouted those very words in one breath as he turned to face him. He moved close to the cell bars and tightened his grip upon on the bars in his hands, squeezing so hard that the bars had started to rattle when he abruptly smacked his fist into the bars. The dark image walked closer to the bars, and pulled his palm out. In his palms was a fake version of the magic seal.

"I know you have one such as this. Hand it over, and I'll free you without any word to Yubaba."

"Such lies are ones I will not fall for, especially to fall in traps of someone in the likes of you!" Haku shouted while violently shooting out his right arm between the bars. He grabbed the man by the shirt, and forcefully pulled the man over to him. The man shook his head, and then grabbed Haku by the wrist. He glared at him.

The man's pupil faded within the baby blue iris, and then a light shot out on eye to eye at Haku. Haku was in pain, but he couldn't close his eyes. Something forced him to peel his eyes right open. It bled; his eyes started to bleed. Releasing the man's shirt, he stumbled down, and arms tore through the solid blood stained concrete, grabbing Haku by the shoulders, and pulling him down.

"Sit down... stay down..."

Voices whispered into his ears.

"Move, and die.... Don't move....and live"

He couldn't help it. He screamed. Blood was running down his cheeks and he was screaming then, something pierced down on his chest; something sharp. It was lightly on his chest, then deeper as it moved down to his navel. His skin was sliced open and blood forced out onto the surface, running down the side of his body and staining his clothes. His heart...was stopping. The blood down his cheeks was quickly dried. His vision was blurry, but he saw the man...he was holding the dagger, the knife. He moved it towards his mouth, and then, laughing like a mad man, he hit the handle down into his mouth, going into his throat and through the back of his neck, tearing through his skin, ripping his flesh.

A hard fist struck Haku directly on the bottom jaw, which forced him to stumble back and fall down.

"Enjoy the nightmare?"

Haku opened his eyes. His found forehead dripping with sweat, as well he found his heart beating so hard it felt like it was to rip out of his own chest. He looked around... Nothing. Back in the cell, no knife, no wounds, not even a damn drop of blood from him-self. He was...confused.

". . ."

His power...was extremely rare, Haku thought.

"All the killing...the bloodlust, you must admit; it was pretty realistic. Maybe that will teach you to never look me in the eyes with such an annoyed look, you ass. Someday, that will happen and I will be the one doing it to you", he remarked. "When you were 'dreaming', I searched you. So, cough it up. Where the hell did you hide it!?" the man snapped. He already had enough of these games.

"Hide what!?" Haku shot back, still remaining on the floor.

"The Seal, the one you replenished with your powers..."

The seal, I dropped it into the portal...

Haku pulled his arms to his back, and summoned up a fake version of the magic seal. He tossed it towards the man, who, at the same time, reached out to catch it. In doing so, he crushed it into his palms. The metal crunched then broke into pieces that slipped out from the gaps of his palm. He flipped his palm over and released all the pieces. In doing so, he stepped on it, crushing it till it was no more, and hardly seen.

"You have some silly tricks up your sleeve; pretty old, stupid, foolish tricks. But, as Yubaba's TOP HENCHMAN, I will not deceive her. Hand it over willingly or I'll take it by force. And if you look at yourself, your magic is drained so that seal will be of no use."

Haku waved his hand, but nothing had happened. Staring down, he noticed a shackle was wrapped around his wrist.

"Yubaba's magic binds..." The dark image stared at him for a moment, and then snapped. "Where is it!?" he had shouted furiously again, causing bits of saliva to go onto Haku's cheeks and on his clothes.

"I don't have the magical seal..." Haku told the man.

"Stop fooling..." He had his eyebrows arched and he gritted his teeth.

I must not deceive Yubaba. She would kill me! His mind tells the truth though...

"Then you're going to help me look for it...no matter what. Even if you refuse, the magical bind also has its own special properties. The magical ability of pure manipulation..."

At that moment, Haku had stoned. His body had stopped moving and he was standing up straight. The man stared at him and sent a telepathic message to his mind.

"Now, you listen, you call me master Daiki. You and one of my apprentices shall first check out the other world here, incase your stupid little mind is wrong. Return to the real world and get the seal back. No matter what the costs, even at your death! Get it back from anyone, and slaughter anyone whom would get in your way. Your heart is taken, so you shall feel nothing in killing. Your magic is weak here, but strong in the other world. Now go...and don't come back till you have completed your mission. As well, I will be there watching. Don't you dare deceive me..."

Daiki had commanded, and then opened up his own portal outside the cell by rotating his hand in thin air. Dark streaks of light shot out the body and into the air which swirled a slow echo as it opened. Lifting up his wrist, a watch cam was strapped on. "Yubaba, I'm heading out to retrieve your seal. I will not fail you, Master Yubaba." Daiki had said, and then held his head up high. His blue eyes glowed fiercely as Haku walked towards the cell bars and went through them as if they were transparent. Stepping in, the darkness quickly devoured them...