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Here's chapter 13 in Saving the Spirit World –Goodbye My Friend

Leaning against a well jeweled wall in Avalon, the trio panted as kaonashi looked over the wall for any guards who were following them. They had ran for half an hour as the guards from the prison had chased them. After an exhausting chase and countless magic spells later, they managed to lose the guards.

"Chi... Are... are you ok?" Haku panted as he grabbed his knees and tried to catch his breath.

"I'm... fine... You know... you should go running more often, to think I nearly ran faster than you..." she chuckled.

"To think you can still laugh when we're in this plight..." Haku laughed.

"Shhh... We don't know if we're still being followed." Kaonashi said worriedly.

"Relax... I think we lost them." Haku said, "Now all we need to do is to find the gate of greed and the stone of power to seal it."

"A very simple plan." Kaonashi said sarcastically.

"Kaonashi! Why are you saying these kind of things in this time?" Chihiro said hurriedly. "Do you know where the gate is?"

"I left here 10 years ago, it hasn't changed much... but, the location of the gate was never revealed to anyone, we were just told that the wealth and fortunes of this city was from a powerful source, sorry." Kaonashi said, looking down.

"No, don't be sorry, its not your fault, because the gate could be anywhere in this city, I can feel its magicks all over the city, in every building and stone, every house and wall, it doesn't have to be big, it just has to have a shrine from which it channels its power from and a doorway, it can just be in any house in the city..." Haku said as he stared at the city from their vantage point on a hill of cloud.

"Then what do we do, Haku?"

"I'm not sure... there's too much land to cover, and I don't think we have the days and nights required to search through, the protective forest is being lost every minute, we can't forget that.."

"Then... why didn't we go to that one first?" Chihiro asked as she realized that.

"Because... there are guards there, if we get caught... its all over, it would be better if we sealed the rest of the gates and let the magick energy from them go to that gate, this in turn would give us time to find a way to disable the guards and seal that last one." Haku said a-matter-of-factly.

"Wow... you planned all that?" Chihiro asked suspiciously.

"No, Zeniiba thought of this logic." Haku replied.

"Maybe the palace holds the location of the gate of greed, I'm sure the King knows where the gate is, since he founded this city." Chihiro suggested.

"That's true..." Haku murmured.

"But... that palace is a fortress; it's easy to get in, but not easy to get out." Kaonashi said.

"Then how do we get in?" Haku asked, worried about the casual way that Kaonashi said it.

"Fly." He replied simply.

"Hey! Help me with this area, it seems thicker than the rest of this damned forest!" A workman shouted.

"Ok! Don't need to shout!" Said a worker running over.

"C'mon!" he whispered encouragingly to his chainsaw that was eating through the tree in a frenzy. Feeling the weight of the tree shifting, he moved back and shouted, "Get out of the way!!!!"

Stepping back and wiping his brow, he looked through a patch of trees and saw a translucent maroon red building with a stone statue in front. "Huh?" he said, rubbing his eyes and looking back, it was gone. "Must be getting old..." he said as he walked off.

Holding on tight to Haku's back, Chihiro felt strong winds pelt through her clothes, raising goosebumps on her skin due to the cold. Hang on Haku... she thought as she glanced at his strained dragon face.

The palace loomed in front of them as they proceeded slowly forward, moving closer to the one loophole in the palace's defense: the water pipe. Alighting at a steep ledge, Chihiro was grimly reminded of the time when she ran across a broken water pipe in order to reach Haku in Yu-baba's office.

"We'll be fine..." Haku reassured her as they moved slowly across to the water pipe that was shooting water out at a trickle. Entering it, Haku raised his hands and said an incarnation, "Let the darkness no more haunt this place, Let the light reach to every race!"

Instantly, the trio were surrounded by glowing halo's of light that illuminated enough space for them to walk. Moving forward quickly, Haku trusted that Kaonashi said there were no guards in the water sewage system. Reaching a manhole at the end of the passage, Haku pushed it open and leapt out, wishing against hope that there were no guards or anyone around.

"Whew..."Haku said as he let out a deep breath.

"Can we get moving? This place is...um, creepy..." Chihiro muttered.

"It's ok..." Haku said in a calm voice, his hand finding hers, locking their fingers tight together.

"Lets move." Kaonashi said.

Nodding, they sped through the palace, moving upwards and backwards, hoping that the King had the same building design as the bathhouse, with the most important quarters at the back.

Wheezing loudly as they climbed their thousandth step, Kaonashi pushed open a door, slamming it as they entered the room of the King of Avalon. The room was exquisitely designed, with gold covering every corner of the room.

"What is it with important people and gold?" Haku muttered softly as they spread out to search for clues.

Opening a drawer, Haku heard a cold menacing voice from behind his back, "It wouldn't do you good to open that, Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi."

"Damnit..." Haku muttered, not expecting to be caught so soon.

"Haku! I couldn't find anything!" Chihiro said as she ran into the room, straight into him, stopping when she saw Doloron holding a spear at the both of them.

"It's time you got out of Avalon... river spirit and pesky human." Doloron smiled as he raised the spear and threw hard. Pushing Chihiro behind him, Haku moved forward to absorb the impact of the spear with his water magic. Before the spear reached him, Haku felt a rush of wind and a figure appearing before him.

"Kaonashi?" Haku asked in disbelief and horror as the spear traveled through his body, causing black blood to spurt out of him.

"NOOO!" Chihiro screamed as she saw the spear enter into Kaonashi's body and him fly back into Haku.

The impact of the spear launched Kaonashi into Chihiro and Haku, causing them to fly through the window and into the endless sky. Transforming into his dragon form with tears in his eyes, Haku caught both of them and flew them under Avalon, landing on an outcropping of rock.

"No..." Chihiro cried as she attempted to comfort Kaonashi. Tears streamed down from her face as flashes from just now went through her mind.

"Kaonashi... you fool, I could have blocked that spear with my water shield..." Haku sobbed as he pulled out the spear and attempted to stop the bleeding with his shirt.

"No... you... wouldn't have blocked it..." Kaonashi said as he gasped for air. "I knew exactly... how that spear was... thrown... you wouldn't have been able to block it..."

"But..." Haku said as his tears rolled off his cheeks.

"Stop helping me... I... am dying... But first, you must seal the gate of greed..." Kaonashi gasped.

"I don't give a damn about that now!!" Haku roared as he used his magic to try to repair the damage.

"No... you must... because now is the last chance you have... the materials are ready to seal it..."

"What must I do?" Haku murmured as he wiped his tears.

"The gate is... above you..."

"What?" shock passed through Haku's face as he looked up and saw the swirling kaleidoscope of colours in a doorway that covered the whole bottom of Avalon. "But... how?"

"We... have been greedy... sate the greed of this gate, throw me inside, as a payment for the deeds during the war."

"No..." Chihiro said, shaking her head.

"There is no other way..." Kaonashi gasped. "Tell... Zeniiba, she has been the closest thing I have had as a mother..."

"I will..." Haku whispered.

"Promise me something... Haku..."

"What is it? My friend."

"Do not take revenge against Doloron..."

"Why?!?" Haku seethed.

"Because...he is... my father..." Kaonashi whispered as he felt his life leaving him.

"Do not cry anymore..." Haku said as he looked up with determination, wiping the tears away with his hand. "He would not want this...to see us grieving so much."

Nodding her head, Chihiro wiped her tears and said shakily, "Lets seal this gate and go back to Zeniiba's."

Nodding, Haku transformed into a dragon, his pearly scales reflecting the colours from the gate of greed. Placing Kaonashi on his back, Chihiro got up and held him in place as they flew closer to the gate. Once they were right beneath the center, Haku shifted his weight and Kaonashi's lifeless body moved into the gate. Feeling the powers shift and turn, Haku flew off, sensing the magic dissipating into the last gate. Flying off, Haku and Chihiro remained silent and never looked back.

A/N: So sorry to anyone who thinks that No-face shouldn't die, but I couldn't think of anything else... so sorry to everyone who doesn't like deaths. (not implying that I like deaths) Its nearing the climax, thank you for reading this fic and please RNR!