Shitza: It's me again, back with another chapter and please forgive me for the last low standard chapter. Yet I hope you like the story so here we go, here's chapter 5, hope you like it.

Chapter 5 Deep Wishes

Chihiro sat on a hard chair thinking of the little adventure she and Kohaku had been through. She and Lin shared this bedroom while the others had the room opposite. Lin was out for the moment so she felt rather alone. She considered walking over to the others, yet she remembered. That door was locked. Xing always locked the door, and he was the keeper of the key to it so no one could either enter or come out without his permission. She walked to the window, looking out in the midnight black sky. 'Kohaku' she thought. Why was that man still a mystery for her. Yes, she had not known him for a life age, but it was always like they shared minds, shared thoughts and feelings with each other unless you counted that forbidden thought...

'I can't help feeling like this, but how do you say it to a spirit that probably have everything he wish. Who am I kidding really, me and him... that is like the most forbidden thought around here, oh Kohaku. If I would ever be able to say how much I love you...'

Kohaku was sitting on the roof, over the two girls room. He was really worried, yet he couldn't help his feelings. Ever, ever since his river had been destroyed he had felt so empty, everything had been drained from him and he had been empty. He had arrived at the bathhouse empty and cold. He had worked there not been able to show either emotions or deeper feelings until...

'Chihiro, my dear Chihiro. You don't know how much you mean to me. I just wish I'd be able to speak out my love, yet... whom am I kidding, she's forbidden for me. It was even a miracle she first came here. Yet I wish... that I one day... before I die, because I guess there's no chance on finding those spirits... I'll tell her...'

Chihiro stood by the window, humming on, nothing special really, yet she hated the silence. Kohaku heard it, surprised first, yet he listened. Even if there weren't words there were love and sorrow in it.

"Chihiro?" he said surprised.

"Kohaku?!" Chihiro answered. She looked up and yes, he was there, like a unknown protection. She smiled and climbed through the window to him.

He gave her his hand, a tingling sensation when she touched it. She ignored that sensation, blocked it from her confused thoughts.

Soon they sat beside each other, looking at the stars above. The stars in the spirit world were nothing like the one in the human world. The were shinier, brighter, probably because everything was much cleaner here. They laid down, on the evasive thatched roof of the inn. They spent a long time of the night, talking about the stars and about the beauty of the Spirit world. That until Lin called her back saying the better get some sleep, both of them. Chihiro left, a small corner of sorrow I her eyes. Kohaku saw this, yet he didn't come up with anything more soothing to say then...

"I'll be waiting for you in the morning, can we see each other again when the sun rise?"

"Okay, I'll come then."

"Chihiro, are you coming or not?!" Lin said from inside. Chihiro hurried down.

"What were you doing up there?" Lin asked.

"Looking at the stars, anything wrong with that?"

"With who?"

"No one!" she said innocent, yet Lin understood. She knew Chihiro too well.

Chihiro sighed and looked out through the window again. Sometimes she just liked staring out into the open sky. Maybe to expect to see a flying white dragon, but Kohaku had no powers transforming any more.

Far, far away, in another building, at another place two spirits were sinking the dead body of Oiniva into the darkness of a large lake. The spirits death had been just as mysterious as his life itself. Oiniva had been a very young, stupid spirit that had served many of the wealthier mightier spirits in hope of becoming like them. His last master had been the sorceress Yubaba, who had before been the mistress owner the Spirit bathhouse.

The only unusual things discovered when the young spirits body had been found was an iron ring no one had seen before, and more strange was that he seamed to be drained from the little power he had. This made many suspicious towards the old sorceress, yet no one dared speak out their minds in case...

Meanwhile, Yubaba was sitting by her desk stroking names from a list. Beside the parchment she held was a box containing a dozen of iron rings. She reread the list again. There were many of them that had died after the years that had passed. Many of them who had died so unexpectedly, but there were still names left, yet she wondered, when would that stubborn river dragon finally give in, he might have great powers himself he didn't know about, yet he couldn't escape the fate that waited him.

The Phoenix of Destiny sighed and left the cave. Sure enough he loved his so-called family, yet he already knew what would come to pass. He had seen it. He always knew, or he had thought he always would know, but he had begun to doubt. There were like always several possibilities. Usually one of these possibilities was brighter then the others, which meant that was the future. Yet this time two roads shone in the same way in an equal light. He hated when that happened.

As sudden he heard the discussion was over and one by one the phoenixes left heading for their own chambers, if so also mountains. Yet, the Phoenix of Peace walked up to him, her expression really worried.

"What shall we do, dear brother. A war is coming and I fear I might not be able to fulfil my duty as the peacemaker of the world. I fear for the future, and our sisters and brothers don't understand my fear. They don't have the weight of the world on their shoulders."

Destiny looked sadly at his sister. He knew what was about to await her.

"We can't do much, little sister, except wait. I'm sure it will all turn out to become the best."

The Phoenix of Peace smiled and bowed, before hurrying out for some fresh air.

'Poor sister, yet I can't do much to change the future.'

The sun rose slowly, yet when Chihiro had climbed up to the roof again, Kohaku was already there. She had chosen to be up a little earlier so she was surprised to see him there.

"Good morning." She managed to say.

"Good morning" he answered back unpacking a napkin he had in his lap.

"Here, have some breakfast. I managed to get this from the kitchen here."

"How did you...?" Chihiro asked taking the riceball he gave her.

"I sneaked down. I woke up hours ago so I decided to get some breakfast. There's a window by the kitchen. I climbed down and took our share.

Chihiro nodded, yet she thought he shouldn't overstrain his health like that. He was still weak, and there were no knowing on what could happen to him.

They sat together watching as the sun rose, watching as the first light awakened. They didn't say anything, just watched the beauty of another day.

"Chihiro..." Kohaku began. The young girl looked at him, in those longing brown eyes he could clearly see what she thought. Carefully, they went closer to each other and then...

"Chihiro!" Lin shouted, just as Xing called after Kohaku.

'Why?' Chihiro thought as she climbed down. 'Why did the two of them have to wake up now.

To reviewers:

Micrll: Something's up here, really. I hope you liked this chapter, I'll try not to take so long updating.

Fufa: Hope you liked this chapter, I'll try to post another one soon.