Hi I'm back did you miss me. I'm sooooooo sorry its been too long but my computer caught a virus and has been out of commission for awhile and I think I'm getting sick with the flu. Also thanx all of you who are in couraging me to continue my story like shizuka-kage and StarRise and ShipperGirl. Also I have another pen name that I share with a friend but I do most of the writing. Anyways there's a few stories coming up.

Chapter 3: Bittersweet tears and a sudden surprise

"There's that freaky statue," Chihiro mumbled.

"What was that Chihiro," Chihiro's father asked

"Nothing," Chihiro mumbled.

"Chihiro, honey, you really shouldn't mumble," Chihiro's mother said "You should speak up and let people know what you want, try sticking up for yourself." Chihiro smirked at this comment, if you only knew mom I can stick up for my self when I need to Chihiro thought.

"See there's the entrance for the tunnel like I told you dear." Chihiro's father said to her mother.

"I didn't doubt you for a second dear," her mother said gentle. As the car stopped Chihiro looked out the window and sighed. She knew this would be an interesting day at the least and hopefully that's all it would be.

"Chihiro hurry up honey," cried Chihiro's Mother. Her Mother had the picnic basket in hand and her father had the blanket and they were both waiting by the tunnel's entrance for Chihiro. Chihiro sighed again and dragged herself out of the car and shuffled towards her parents. They started down the hall at a walk but soon Chihiro got anxious and started to run. She tripped and got a cut but she picked her self up and kept running. Her parents called to her but she could no longer hear them she was having a rush of emotions and flashbacks of her time in spirit world.

First meeting Haku...

Asking to work in the bathhouse...

Haku being hurt...

No Face wrecking the bath house...

Returning Zeneba's seal...

Remembering the true Haku...

And...saying good bye...

Chihiro closed her eyes and tried to stop the tears that had welled up in her eyes, those bittersweet tears of happiness and sadness. She kept running with her eyes shut, knowing every little step of the way to the bath house as if it were just yesterday that she came running through here to the bathhouse. Suddenly she heard the smacking of wood as her feet pounded across the wooden bridge to the bathhouse. Stopping on a dime in the middle of the bridge, Chihiro bowed her head, like little child would do when being disciplined. For some reason Chihiro could not force her self to open her eyes and look at the bathhouse, maybe because she suddenly felt like she didn't belong there.

It suddenly occurred to Chihiro how silent it was, she know it was daytime and every one would be asleep but she could hear nothing, not even the lapping of waves as they gentle licked the rock cliff. Chihiro slowly raised her head and opened her eyes and what she saw made her sharply inhale. The Bathhouse looked... well terrible. The deep rich red walls wear faded and the paint was chipping away. The pipes and bathhouse pluming was almost intirely rusted away. The well-kept garden was overflowing with weeds and vines were growing up the side of the bathhouse wall. Even the very bridge she was standing on looked like it could give way at any minute. She ran to the railing and looked over to see that the sparkling sea was gone completely dried up. Chihiro just stood there she was beyond shock, and beyond sadness, she just felt completely numb. Slowly through her daze Chihiro realized she was crying and that she was slowly walking to the door. Numbly she pushed the door open, those once grand and heave doors were now decaying and coming of there hinges. Chihiro only took a couple of steps in when she came to a dead stop. The whole inside from what she could see was completely destroyed and left to rot and it was completely devoid of life too.

"HAKU, LIN, KAMAJI , ANYBODY" Chihiro screams in sadness. Then she ran, ran through the whole Bathhouse, looking...looking for...for anything...anything any single solitary thing that signaled any kind of life had once lived here in this bath house. That she had not just imagined living here that she had not just fell asleep for a little while and had dreamed of her experience here.

After what had seem like an eternity of searching Chihiro was standing back in the entrance hall. She couldn't take any more, anymore crying or running or felling lost for words, and so slowly her legs gave out and collapsed to the dusty floor in a shriveled heap. As she laid there lost in a daze something caught her eye. She had just seen a small shimmer less then a few inches away. She reached a shaking hand out to it and picked it up. It was palm sized and in the shape of a half circle and it was all black. Chihiro rubbed her finger on it and discovered the black stuff was really dirt and underneath it was a very different color. She carefully started to rub the dirt off and gasped. Even though every inch of thing was stained in blood and dirt she knew exactly what it was. It was one of Haku's silver scales....

OOOOh I'm sooo evil. Yes it's a cliffy and yes I will try to get the next chapter done soon. That is if I don't get sick again. Oh also remember if you like my stories try my other account Hottie Spring Sisters and I'm Maki if you can't guess (if you look at our look-up you'll see what I mean). OO and I'm trying to write a few other fics like an Inu-Yasha fic. Well I guess thanx, review and wait. This is Kizzy over and out.