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"Oh…I am so sorry Chihiro…" Lin murmured. Kuja looked at her lifeless body and wondered if she was really alive. "Kuja, what did the healers say?" Lin looked at him. Worries filled her eyes.

"It's hard to say, really. Some said she was dead. Some said she was hanging by a thread. Some even said she would be alright."

"But, which is right?" Lin glanced at Chihiro, still feeling guilty for even thinking of risking her life for a "precious" treasure.

"Well," He started, "I think she is still alive."

Lin stared down at the floor. "Then…we still have a chance don't we?" A small, feeble smile crept up on Lin's face.

"Yeah…" Kuja smiled back. "I guess we do. Are you ok?"

Lin looked into his eyes and nodded. "I think everything is going to be alright." She said. She seemed assured at first but then a look of despair suddenly swept all over her face. She turned around so Kuja wouldn't see but before she could, he grabbed her and pulled her in to an embrace. He did see her expression, and couldn't help but comfort her.

"Kuja?" She said.

"Shh." Kuja held her tighter. "Just hold on a little longer. Haku will pull through for Chihiro. I know it." At that Lin let out a sigh of relief and closed her eyes, enjoying the comfort and warmth Kuja gave her.

Yubaba glared at the white dragon. "What do you want, Haku?" She asked, knowing exactly what he wanted: revenge.

Haku growled loudly and glared back at Yubaba. "Give me back the Golden Seal you witch!" Said Haku in his dragon language.

"The Golden Seal! So now you want its power…I thought it was for revenge, but I guess I was wrong." She answered. She understood what he said perfectly, despite his incessant roaring.

"Witch…you know nothing!" With that, Haku charged towards Yubaba with his teeth clenched and ready to bite off something (namely Yubaba's head).

"Oops…" She said as she dodged the attack. "I guess we're not as skilled as we thought we were, eh, Haku?" Yubaba began to cackle.

Haku stole the opportunity and used his tail to trip her. She jumped up, dodged the attack, quickly formed an energy ball, and threw it at Haku's belly. He saw it coming so he moved his snake-like body out of the way. Then he tumbled to the floor, looking vulnerable, but as soon as Yubaba came in range to do her own attack, Haku came out of his tumble quicker then the blink of an eye and scratched her face.

"Ahh! You monster!" Yubaba jumped back and popped a mirror up from her magic. She looked at herself in the mirror and shrieked. "Oh my face! My beautiful face! How could you do something so horrible to me?"

Haku had scratched her right between the eyes, causing the mole she had there to open and bleed.

Ewww...should have aimed for her eye instead... Thought Haku.

"That's it! You are going to pay you dirty SPEC!" Yubaba's hair started to stand up and go crazy. It came alive, kind of like a medusa's hair would. Fire shot out from her mouth, and her eyes rolled back.

Haku didn't flinch. He simply stood his ground and waited, unafraid. She charged.

"So what did they say now?" Lin asked. Kuja shook his head and looked as if he was about to cry.

"Please tell me!" She implored. He looked the other way. Lin then grabbed his collar and shook him. "Tell me!"

"She's alive Lin!" He said.

"She is? But then why…what's wrong?" She asked, letting go.

"They've just confirmed she's alive. They've done the best they could, but…she's not going to last very long."

Lin backed away from Kuja and mumbled to herself, "Haku…please hurry…"

Huh? Why am I…over here? Thought Haku. He found himself on an island. The sand was white, but the sea was black. The sky was black, too. He didn't know where he was. He was in his dragon form still, but felt weak. He dizzily looked around and found one tree on the entire island. The island was pretty small, but big enough to have a decent fight.

"Yubaba! Where are you! Show yourself you witch!" Haku growled.

"Aww…you miss me already!" Said a distant voice, which was followed by loud cackling. "You got guts Dragon. I'll give you that. But you will never be able to defeat me."

Suddenly, a large black crow appeared. It was commonly known as the Yu-bird but it was much bigger in size, which meant that Yubaba had grown at least fifty feet in the past three minutes. She had used some sort of morphing magic, that much was clear to Haku, but he was still wondering how he got to some desolate island. What type of magic was this?

"Not impressed." Haku lied. He wasn't all that impressed but still skeptical as to how she did it.

"You will be." Said the witch.

"My staff!" Rio exclaimed. "But how to get to it…"

Still stuck in chains, Rio was desperate to help Haku in the battle. He located his staff on the far end of the dungeon, which was almost twenty feet away.

"Staff! To my hand!" Rio commanded. This usually worked but it turned out he didn't have enough power left to get it. "Ugh! I'll have to wait a little more before I can store enough strength to get it. Darn these chains! Oh, Haku...please be careful…she's not as she seems…she's more dangerous a foe then I've encountered before…"

The scar glowed red on the oversized bird's face. It gave Haku an even stronger feeling of hunger for the witch's death. Yes, he did want revenge, but he also wanted his "spec" back. Yubaba could hear his growling and could sense his yearning for her bloodshed.

"Well…let's cut to the chase then shall we? I can bet you aren't in the mood for much talking." The bird revealed its mouth and gave an exaggerated smirk. "Well neither am I!"

With that, Yubaba, in her giant bird form, spread out her wings and started a tornado. She flapped her wings harder, hoping to encage the dragon in the strong winds. The dragon charged inside the tornado willingly and showed no fear. He came through the other side of the vortex and faced Yubaba head on. He then formed a circle with his body. In the middle of the circle was a gleam of energy, which in no time was pulled into Yubaba's face and blew up. The giant fell back and Haku got ready for the counter attack.

"You think those tricks work on me?" Said the giant. "None can ever defeat me!" With that, the Yubaba stood back up and powered up. Her bird eyes rolled back, her feathers blew everywhere, and with one word, she unleashed a deadly wave of energy.

"…Die…"

With that huge ball of energy, Haku was engulfed and could not block or escape it. It seemed to have claimed his life. But he does not die yet.

"Feel my wrath dragon…even with your new powers, you are still no match for me." Yubaba's cackling began again, but strangely enough, it did not come from the bird's mouth. It came from the bird all right but not from its mouth. Yubaba seemed to be inside the bird, controlling its every movement.

After the blast, Haku had fallen on the island. He could not hold his dragon form after such an attack so he had changed back. He had bruises and cuts all over his body and he was greatly weakened. Struggling to stand up, Haku faced his enemy.

"Fool…" Yubaba glared at Haku and brought out a large foot. Being weak and unable to move quickly, Haku got stuck under her large bird feet. He struggled to move and could barely even breathe.

"You were a fool to think you could defeat me. You are nothing more then a spec. A harmless little spec! You think you have gotten strong? Let me tell you! You are weak! You have no fire, no strength, and no power!" Yubaba drove her foot in deeper, causing Haku to gasp even more for air. "What's it feel like to realize that after all these years, you were still not able to surpass your father in strength?" Yubaba glared down at the struggling young man. He could've spoken if he wanted to but didn't. And she could tell.

"What's it like! Your mother is dead and you have nothing left but an ignorant father!" Still no avail in stirring him up did she find.

"And that spec…what about her? She should be dead by now. No more slave to order around huh?" Yubaba smirked but then frowned after not getting his full attention. "Tell me you fool!" She said as she crushed Haku harder and began to make a hole on the earth.

"What does it feel like? Let your last words be memorable!" Haku breathed harder and struggled for more air as she continued to crush him.

"…Chi…" He whispered softly.

"Oh…I see. So is it that girl that stirs you so? Well maybe I can help you with that. She is in awful pain and agony and will die from the curse soon enough. But of course, there's nothing you can do to save her now." Yubaba smirked and crushed him even more.

"Whoops! I guess I just crushed a few of your bones!" She began to cackle even more. Haku was fading off. He couldn't keep going. His strength was failing him. His eyes finally closed, and his spirit was getting ready to leave.

Yubaba grunted and let out a loud, mad laugh. She was crazy.

"This is great. She would have lived you know. I guess I can take that human girl with me. She proved to be quite a tough little seed. That spec should make a good assistant for me…or better yet, I can turn her into a pig and eat her for dinner!" Yubaba started to laugh again. "Oh! I almost forgot she was dying…oh what a terrible tragedy…"

"Shut UP!" Haku's eyes forced to open. "She's not just a spec! She's mine! And if you do anything to her…you'll…" Haku clenched his teeth and felt a force inside him just waiting to break out. It made his heart beat faster and faster until he could take it no more.

"…CHI…CHIHIRO!" Haku screamed at the top of his lungs and felt his body burning. Yubaba was totally taken by surprise as his eyes started to glow a bright white color. It seemed as is if his very soul was crawling out of its domain, from deep within his body, and unleashing its power.

The bright light that came from Haku soon engulfed the two fighters, sending them back to the Spirit World.

Well that's it for this chapter. I made it longer then the last one at least. Anyway, thanks to all of you who reviewed. I'm am so glad you all like my story and all I can say is that I really didn't expect to get so many fans who are dying for me to update. I didn't put a reviews corner up cause I wanted to get this up as soon as I could, and with school getting so much harder for me, I don't have as much time as I did before. So it may take like two weeks for me to update each chapter.

Oh, and whoever asked me this, yes I am Puerto Rican. I was born there, I have it in my blood, and I can even speak some Spanish. Just so you know…and the next chapter may take a while. My creative juices have to start flowing again so be patient. But I promise you I will try very hard to get the next chapter as soon as I can!

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