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Disclaimer: I do not own Spirited Away. But I do own Haku…hehe …just kidding I don't own him either. Such a shame too!

The lab was big. I mean, REALLY big…Hundreds of machines worked non-stop in the underground room, while the higher floors were filled with libraries and experimental rooms.

In the immensity of the site of all those machines, Kuja was completely overtaken. He awed like he never did before. He was totally overwhelmed by those massive and wonderful!!!…hips?

Ugh…she's so pretty…I wanna ask her out…but wait, is she even available? Darn! What if she already has a man? Curse the gods! Always ruining my life!

Kuja blinked, as he stared breathlessly at her back. Good thing she didn't see him staring again.

Wait! She might still be available-I'll let the gods slip by on that one. Oh gods, if you let me have this beautiful goddess you have created I promise I will never drink again! Heck, I'll even stop by all your shrines give an offering! Please…I'll do anything.

Kuja prayed earnestly in his mind, while still staring at Rin.

Meanwhile, Rio was talking to a worker in the lab. Haku joined him to find out what type of "transportation" they would get. Chihiro stayed back and chatted with Rin, in an effort to get to know her a little better, maybe even become good friends.

"So, what do you do for a living?" Chihiro asked.

"Treasure hunting. But that sometimes doesn't get me anywhere so I teach yoga to pay the bills." Rin answered.

"Yoga? Really?! I've always wondered what that was about!"

"Me too, kid. Me too."

"But you just said you teach it. You should know everything about it!"

"Oh, I just wing it. I teach little bratty rich kids. I basically just make them stretch till they die. Then I let them rest until the class is over. Afterwards, I get paid in full. It's a pretty good deal actually." She said.

"Oh. I see. So what do you do in your spare time?" Chihiro asked again, hoping to get a more pleasant answer.

"Well, I …I treasure hunt…would that count?" Rin said, scratching the back of her head as her cheeks turned into a light rosy color.

"You never have any fun at all?" Chihiro asked.

"Um…well…I always thought treasure hunting as fun." Rin said, getting a bit perplexed.

"So you enjoy taking an adventure! Is that it?" Chihiro said, getting excited.

"Adventure? No, I just do it for the money. I don't enjoy risking my life, kid, but the reward is great…most of the time anyway." Rin said, remembering that the ruins she went to last had already been swiped clean of its valuables.

"Money?" Chihiro frowned. "But money is so empty…why would you risk your life for it? I mean, what could you possibly do with all that money? Do you even need it that bad?"

Rin looked bewildered. That mere question had caused her a mental storm.

Since childhood, her parents were always in poverty and debt, so she vowed that she would pay back every cent and get them off the streets. She wanted, as well as her sister, to make a great name for them, hoping to bestow honor upon the family name.

The poor family had high hopes and dreams.

Her parents had already passed away, the debts were cleared, her sister had made a good name of herself as a captain, and Rin lived in a nice home.

All expenses were paid. She lived true to her word, yet as soon as she did, she wanted more. Her life had been an empty cause pretty much after her parents died, so she thought she could make her dead parents 'happier' by becoming richer.

Rin realized how empty the cause was, just living her life for money. She didn't pay heed to the thought, though. She knew she would always be dissatisfied with it in the end, but what else was there to do? She might as well enjoy life that way since there was no other way for her to waste it.

For Rin, life has always been, and forever will be, about the money, the cash, big bucks, yen, gil, rye, euros, pounds, dollars, coinage, tender, and the mula. Money isn't everything, that was clear in her mind, but she still decided that since there was pretty much nothing else to do with her life, this was the only thing left to do.

And she enjoyed it. As long as she enjoyed it, there were no problems.

"Wait a second now! You seem to be the only one asking the questions!" Rin remarked.

"Yeah, so?" Chihiro said

"It's my turn. Now you tell me something. How on earth did a human like you get through into this world? And how did you manage to get past security?"

"Uh…I don't really know." Chihiro said, becoming a bit puzzled. "I'm going to be on trial soon after Baba is dead though, so I can't really go back home anyway." Chihiro looked down at her feet, becoming a bit depressed.

"Oh, you poor thing…" Rin said sympathetically.

As the ladies kept conversing, Haku and Rio were talking to the worker. As soon as they were done talking, Haku signaled the others to come down the rest of the steps. It was a pretty huge underground room so the steps were many in number.

Rio stepped up and briefed on what was going to happen as soon as the rest of the team came in.

"Ok. This machine right here is one of the latest in their technology. It works wonderfully and will get us to our destination."

Rio then pointed to the machine behind him and explained what it was.

"It's the Blue Vortex. It can transport you anywhere in just seconds. It'll cost us to take a ride, though. It costs 100 dollars for each trip, and only two people can fit in each of these transport pods. They're giving me a free ride, but you all need fifty for each person traveling." Rio said.

"Alrighty then!" Kuja said, as he regained his humorous character from his previous zombie-like state.

"I got enough money in my pocket to last for God knows how long!" Kuja bragged. He only had a hundred and nine dollars in his pocket, and most of that money was going to be used on his home expenses. The rest was for the journey.

"Haku, do you have enough money? You're paying for Chihiro right?" Rio asked.

"Yeah." Haku muttered. He then turned to his human slave and spoke in a louder tone. "Hey Spec!" Chihiro turned around to face him, as she was still chatting with Rin.

"You're coming with me. Now hurry up." Haku said with a forceful tone.

Chihiro nodded. "Yes, Haku." She then ran to his side as they entered the door of the pod. It opened automatically. They had to wait for the machine to 'load', though, before it would actually start working.

"What about you, Rin? Being a treasure hunter you must have a lot of cash." Rio said.

Rin's face went red. "Uh, actually…I spent most of my money on finding information about Baba. All I have left is…uh…let me see…" Rin dug through her wallet and pulled out her cash.

Her face went blank. Her expression grew as she counted her money.

"Two dollars!!!" Rin's expression hit the proverbial roof at that moment, and then sunk back down to just plain depression.

"Well that's just great…" She sighed.

Kuja looked at her again, this time without a zombie face. He searched his pocket diligently and pulled out more than he could afford to give.

He took out forty-eight dollars and then went up to Rin.

"Here, take this." He said as he stretched out his open hand, which was full of wrinkled up cash.

Rin looked up at him and blushed as her mouth formed a small circle. She then arrogantly pulled her face away and closed her eyes, full of pride.

"Hmph. Thanks. But don't think that means anything at all. I'll pay you back-With interest I might add." Rin got a haughty look on her face. She always thought love was for the weak, so she didn't want to show him any signs of any nature.

"Well, your welcome!" Kuja said annoyed. "I was just trying to be nice." Kuja said, still in disbelief that she could say that. Maybe the gods weren't on his side after all, and maybe she wasn't such a goddess either.

After the money was counted for and the machine was ready, they got inside the compartments of the machines. There were five transporting pods in the Blue Vortex. Haku and Chihiro occupied the first one, Rio occupied the second, and Kuja occupied the third with Rin. The worker then pressed buttons to start the contraption.

The Blue Vortex shut all doors and vibrated the pods, along with the occupants inside them.

In the first pod, Chihiro was surprised by the rise in activity, sounds, and motion going on. It was hard for her to keep balance so she clung tightly on Haku's right arm. Haku looked straight ahead, silent as a statue, without taking notice. Except for a small glance he gave to the girl clinging onto him, he stayed motionless.

Rio assumed his normal position: He leaned back, closed his eyes, and crossed his arms.

Kuja and Rin stood side-by-side, motionless. They paid no heed to each other; they just looked straight ahead and waited for the machine to work its 'magic'.

After about a minute, the machine stopped its minor vibrations.

Suddenly, in great force and intensity, the machine filled the pods with the thrashing sound of thunder. The energy was building inside the pods and was ready now to teleport its captives.

The occupants felt great gravitational pulls and pushes. Lights flashed brightly in their faces and a loud siren swallowed up the yelps and screams they may have let out.

Chihiro, without thinking, dug her face into Haku's chest and put her arms around his waist. She held on for her dear life. Haku felt his heart beat faster and his body tremble by each siren. He glanced at the body in front of him.

He clenched his teeth, firmly grasped her body, and pulled her in closer to himself. He looked around the small pod, which they were in, and wondered if the machine was even working. By each thrashing sound of thunder, their bodies felt vibrations and quivered. Their steady heart beat had synchronized itself to each booming sound of thunder.

The sounds boomed continuously into Haku's ears, making him and Chihiro cling harder to each other. They both hugged each other as tight as humanly possible. They closed all the space between them. They were so close to each other that it was as if they were two beings joined into one.

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Rin looked around the pod, trying to keep her balance. As she looked around in confusion and suspense, Kuja looked at her out of the corner of his eyes.

Please…come on…come on gods, you can do it! Come on! Yeah! That's it…now make her fall this time. No…she has to fall this way, how else am I going to…huh? What's this?

Kuja saw Rin loose her balance once more. When regaining her balance, her footing had shifted forward, letting Kuja get a better 'view'.

Being himself, he got certain ideas…

As soon as Rin felt a hand grope her butt, Rio heard a shout so loud it went over the sirens.

As soon as that happened, the team disappeared and drifted out into a distant universe. It would only be a few seconds until they reached their destination.

Reviews Corner:

Fatlazicat:It's really okay. It's just a bit unnerving when everybody else just left. I was use to getting reviews so fast cause I was updating my story so fast. I updated like everyday. Of course I stopped for a while cause I had to edit previous chapters (hope you checked them out! I added some fluff!).

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