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Chapter 6

"Enter"

Kohaku twisted the brass handle and pushed. A darkly lavish room came into view, ritchly embroidered rugs covered the floor and an enormous fireplace lit the room with the help of a few small lamps.

A massive ornate desk sat at the end of the room where a spirit woman, twice the size of a human, was sitting writing notes.

She looked up at him when he came in "So, you said you needed to see me. What is it, boy?" the woman said irritably.

"I wish to work here, I want to be your apprentice" he answered.

She raked her eyes over him and sneered. "You don't look like much, the foreman said you were a god. Your name?"

"Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi, I am the god of the Kohaku river"

"Kohaku river, eh. Never heard of it. You look very young for a god" She said, looking doubtful. She stared at him for a long time. There was power in this child, if she could harness that power, he would make a good apprentice and a powerful wepon.

"I am not as young as I look, Madam. I can learn all that you are willing to teach me" Kohaku said defiantly.

Yubaba considered for a long time, weighing up the pros and cons of an apprentice,

"Alright, you can try to learn for a while. If you're lazy though, I won't hesitate to kick you out" she waved her hand at a stack of papers, one separated itself from the pile and floated over to him "Sign your name at the bottom"

Kohaku did so, and the paper slid out of his hands and flew over to Yubaba, she caught it and examined it.

"Your name is far to long, from now on you'll be Haku, alright?" Without waiting for a reply she passed her hand over his name, a few of the Chinese characters peeled themselves away from the paper and she crushed them in her hand.

"You'll start work tomorrow" she rasped and tugged at a tasselled chord that hung from the ceiling, after a little while a Yuna entered the room. She bowed and addressed Yubaba.

"How can I be of service, mistress?" she asked looking from Yubaba to Haku.

"Take this boy to one of the guest rooms, you are to address him as Sir, as he is my apprentice. That is all, you may go now."

Yubaba watched them leave, she wondered how many people knew his real name, he had announced it rather loudly infront of a lot of workers. With a sigh she conjured a flame from her finger and lit one of her noxious cigars, she would have to do something about that. She dragged on the tobbaco and turned to an ancient rune that sat on a shelf, she often used it to remove important bits of information that workers might have overheard…

(end chapter 6)

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