Sorry about that last chapter! If you saw some mistakes that was to be expected because I got a little too lazy to even bother editing. Now here's the next chapter. Hopefully it'll be better then the last one. But first, Reviews Corner!

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Rin gasped at the picture she saw. Haku had rested his head on Chihiro's chest, but he was detecting no life. Naturally, Rin thought the worst, but didn't want to give up so easily, for Rio was in a battle as well.

"I figured it out!" Kuja exclaimed.

"What? What did you find out?" Rin asked anxiously. "Hurry! Chihiro is unconscious!"

"Ok! What we need to do is this…"

Haku stared at the body before him. His once stoic and irate demeanor had turned to shame and deep emotion. As he contemplated all that had happened between him and Chihiro, Baba was breaking out of the stone imprisonment that capsized on him earlier. Haku, noticing the beast trying to slither its way out, stood up and looked down to Chihiro's seemingly lifeless body.

The monster slithered out completely and targeted its next prey: Haku. Baba's teeth were still stained and dripping with Chihiro's precious blood. Haku saw this out of the corner of his eye and became angry.

He turned his head towards the beast, with his body still, his head tilted slightly upwards, and his fists at his sides. Haku manifested all his energy, focused his mind, and put his anger to good use instead of letting it hinder his fighting performance.

While glaring violently at the beast that killed his beloved, Haku noticed a small surge of weird energy deep inside himself. It was struggling to let go and be free from its bondage, but, for some reason, was stuck. Haku, recognizing it as an old aura he felt many times during training but had subdued it for its weak and primitive-like strength, embraced it. He never felt comfortable with the strange aura but had now set it free. He let the energy inside go and felt himself succumb to it.

Haku closed his eyes and elevated into the air as he was being locked inside a strange black orb of some kind. It was like Rio's black orb but contained no writings of any sort.

Baba saw this strange phenomenon and was stifled. He did not move until the transformation was complete.

The orb grew into a larger size rapidly and then shot out beams of light in every direction. Baba shielded his eyes with his wings and screeched at this, becoming slightly frightened.

And when the bright lights had stopped radiating, and the orb had completely disappeared, the transformation was complete.

Calm, confident, strong, and free was Haku. He was liberated. With his shining white-silver scales, his long snake-like body, river-green mane, and bright jade eyes, he had become a dragon.

Haku, now in dragon form, descended to meet his opponent. Baba, though frightened, became even more vicious then before. He screeched out his battle cry and charged towards Haku. Haku then growled loudly at the beast and snapped his jaws onto Baba's head. Baba shrieked louder than he had before and echoes of his pain were spread throughout the ruins.

"That's it Rin!" Kuja said with excitement. Rin gave him a weak smile.

"We need to hurry now if we want this plan to work." She said.

"Yeah, I know." Kuja said, as he turned towards the machines. "Now, are you sure you know what to do?"

"Positive. Let's start now."

"Ok. Ready…push that button over there…and I'll pull this lever…and…now!" Kuja and Rin had pushed a series of buttons and then pulled a lever to activate some sort of mechanism installed into the old ruins.

Having pulled a lever, Kuja and Rin started to hear sirens. They then quickly started to activate all the exits and entrances in the ruins so that all paths would open.

Haku ignored the sirens echoing everywhere. He was blatantly harming Baba more than was required. With Baba's head in his jaws, Haku jerked it towards the wall. After the beast landed on the floor, Haku noticed it still moving so he dashed and stomped on it repeatedly.

"I shall end your misery, No Face…" Haku said, in his dragon language.

The dragon then tore off the beast's head from the rest of his body and finished the job. Baba was dead. The dragon then walked to Chihiro and stared at her. Hearing the sirens grow louder and the words: "Warning. Self-Destruct Sequence has been activated. Please leave in ten minutes counting…"

As the sirens rang, Haku used his tail to place Chihiro on his back. And carefully doing so, he then dodged few chunks of collapsing rocks and headed up into a hole in the ceiling made by the collapses of architecture.

"You think Haku got the message?" Rin asked.

"Haku's smart, he'll be able to get out." Kuja answered. "Rio is the only one I'm worried about. He's fighting with Yubaba and will more then likely have to escape the battle."

"I just hope destroying the ruins will get rid of Baba for good. Even though I already think Haku has the upper hand on that battle…"

The two had escaped the ruins in no time since they opened all routes available. Now all they could do was wait for Rio, Haku, and Chihiro to escape the building before it explodes.

"Shouldn't we move? If the place is gonna blow we should probably run, you know?" Kuja remarked.

"Not until they escape! I'm not leaving until I see Chihiro." Rin said. She felt a little guilty about her being cursed and all. Plus she was worried to death because of the blow she took from Baba.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a dragon broke out from the ceiling of the ruins and headed down towards Rin and Kuja.

As it descended, Rin saw Chihiro resting on Haku's back but being held down tight by his long tail. After landing on the ground, Rin ran towards Chihiro and grabbed her motionless body.

"Chihiro!" She gasped.

"Haku, I think Rio is still stuck in there with Yubaba! They're battling right now! Can't you help them? There's about five or four minutes left! We can take Chihiro out of here in time." Kuja said.

Haku nodded ok, reluctantly stopped his gaze on Chihiro and then left. By the time they reached the gate, the ground was quaking due to the impending explosion, which took place just after they reached the other side of the gate.

"Oh no…Kuja! She's not breathing at all…she's gone!" Rin started to cry. She had lost the only friend she had ever had in a long time, and was shocked to even believe that something like this could happen.

"She's fine! It'll be ok. I promise." Kuja reassured her, hoping Zeniba would have an answer to this problem.

"How can you be so sure? I mean, look at her!" Rin said. Kuja looked at the body lying on the ground next to Rin.

"There has to be a way…" He said.

"She's been cursed Kuja! I don't even know if there's a way to break that seal!"

Kuja frowned and stared into the sky over the rubble. The ruins had been totally destroyed and nothing was left. At this, Kuja began to worry if Haku or Rio had made it.

Contemplating on what to do, Kuja noticed Haku descending in his normal body. As he came down, Rin stood up and said, "Where is Rio?"

Haku frowned. "I don't know. Yubaba's not even there either. I think they both escaped."

"What should we do now?" Rin asked. "We need to get Chihiro's wounds taken care of; and on top of that she's cursed. Yubaba will be looking for the Seal anytime now."

Haku raised an eyebrow and then turned his gaze towards Chihiro. "Rin…do you know of a way to talk to someone far away from where you are?" Haku asked.

"Yes…it's called the telephone." Rin said blatantly.

"Zeniba doesn't have one. I meant in forms of magic." Haku said.

"You can go to the shrine on the outskirts of town." Rin answered.

Haku then elevated in the air and was about to turn dragon. "There's no time to waste! Take her to a hospital as quickly as you can. As for me, I will find a way to break the curse and return as soon as I can. When I return, I want you to call me so I know where you are."

"How will we know you've arrived?" Kuja asked.

"Oh, you'll know." That said, Haku then transformed into a dragon. Then he left to find the shrine. In aerial view he could see everything so he found it quickly.

Though he left abruptly, and showed no sign of affection towards Chihiro other than the parting stare he gave her, all that went through his mind was Chihiro. Her name was written in every wall and corner of his mind. He had feelings for her before but had suppressed them because he didn't want to seem weak. He was all too concerned for her well being to even worry about his pride now, though.

As he was reaching the shrine, he noticed it to be small, wooden, and serene. Upon entering he encountered a fountain in the middle of the room. The shrine was basically a large room with a fountain…besides the door in the north end that led to a tiny room with a statue of a god. That room was used for prayer. Its walls were a purple color, while the bigger room had an aqua green color on its walls, giving it a sense of being underwater.

Exiting from the prayer room, a short frog spirit came out and noticed Haku looking around.

"Excuse me, may I help you?" Asked the frog spirit.

"I'd like to talk to somebody far away from here and I was told I could if I came here." Haku said.

"I'm sorry. We're closed today."

"Please, sir…" Haku said.

"I'm sorry but there's nothing I can do about it." Said the frog, unaware that Haku had an anger management problem and was not to be crossed at times such as this.

"No! Please it's urgent! A life is hanging by a thread and I don't want to lose that life!" Haku said earnestly. He didn't want Chihiro to die just because of him. After all the pain and torture he caused her, he just couldn't see her life go without telling her how he really felt.

"I'm sorry but I can't let you use the fountain." The frog said, more persistently this time. But by the time those words slipped out of the frog spirit's lips, Haku grabbed him by his neck and lifted him up off the ground. The frog gasped for air and saw Haku raise his free hand to punch him. Alarmed by the young man's strength, he gave up.

"Ok! Ok! Go ahead! Just…ugh …let go…of me!" The frog struggled for air and inhaled deeply as soon as Haku let him drop to the floor.

"Smart frog. Don't ever mess with a river spirit. No how do I use this thing?" Haku said. He wasn't going to let anything stop him from saving his Chihiro. Not even Yubaba could stop him, if he was to face her in battle that is. But that would never happen…or would it?

Ok! I'm now going back to making shorter chapters! Stopping only when I please…I know this may take more time but I write better like that and this way you guys don't have to waste so much time reading-and it keeps you on your toes! I like to keep you in suspense…heeheehee…anyway!

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