SEE? I TOLD you all I would update in one day. Ugh...I'm hyper again. That's never good...oh well, now I'm on a writing frenzy. So, my book might get another ten to twenty pages this afternoon. WHOO! That's good news for meh friends. Well, enjoy the update.

Chapter Five

The New Dancer

Ok, Lin led Chihiro up to Yubaba. It's boring to describe so watch the movie, it pretty much went like that only without the radish spirit and the roasted newt.

The elevator stopped and it came to a dark hall with very exquisite pottery and carpeting. Chihiro stepped out and walked to a door at the end of the hall. Reluctantly, she knocked against the wood.

"At least you have some manners!" an ugly, gold head on the door snapped. Chihiro gasped and took a step away. The gold head's eyes rolled and the door creaked open. An old woman's voice was heard.

"Well, come in." Chihiro walked into the room and into the next open door and then the next one. She came to hall and walked down it hesitantly. She peeked into another room which resembled an office. An old woman with a large nose, sandy brown hair in a bun, and a blue dress sat at a desk, writing something. "Don't stand there like a nitwit, get in here!" she snapped. Chihiro walked in and three green, bodiless heads jumped over, making loud grunts.

"Ew!" Chihiro shrieked, backing away from them.

"Go away, Kashira. Leave the girl alone." The three heads bounced away to a dark corner of the room. The old woman looked up. Her face was horribly wrinkled and hideous with a gross pink mole over her sinus cavity. (the area at the top of your nose, between the eyes) She wore an overdose of lavender eyeshadow and bluish mascara. Her nose looked more like a wrinkled potato. "What do you want?"

"A job!" Chihiro said simply. The crone grunted slightly. She put her quill down and stood up.

"Why am I not surprised? Well, there is no job for you here. So get out." Chihiro frowned and did not move, cementing her feet into the rug.

"I won't leave until you get me a job. I heard from a slug you have open positions for performers and greeters." Yubaba spat in disgust.

"Those useless worms, telling strangers that...fine, show me how you dance." Yubaba walked over to a record player and put a record on it. She turned it on. Music filled the air. I know nothing about dance or music so we'll say yubaba played three different brands of music and Chihiro danced perfectly to them. "You're good, I'll give you that. Can you sing?"

"I'm not sure if I'm good or not."

"We'll have to find out them." Yubaba threw her a music sheet. "Sing the song without music. If you're so bad that I go deaf, you won't get a job here. Simple as that." Chihiro gulped and took a deep breath.

"Ikutsu namida o nagashitara, every heart sunao ni nareru darou. Dare ni omoi tsutaetara, every heart kokoro mita sareru no darou. Nagai nagai yoru ni obieteita, tooi hoshi ni inotteta. Donna egao, ni deaetara, every heart yume wo fumidasereruyo. Hitowa kanashimi no mukou ni, every heart shiawase ukabete nemuru. Itsuka itsuka subete no tamashii ga, yasuraka ni nareru youni. Meguru meguru toki no naka de, boku tachi wa ikite nanika wo shiru. Toki ni warai shugoshi naite, kyou mo mada, aruki tsuzukete iku." Yubaba's jaw dropped.

"Grr...fine, you have the job. Here!" she snapped. A piece of paper and a quill flew towards Chihiro. She caught them in her hands. "Just sign your name. The only reason I'm giving you this job is because I haven't heard a voice like yours in decades. So don't think I'm doing you a favor, human." Chihiro signed her name.

"Here, I'm finished." The quill and contract flew back out of Chihiro's hands and over to Yubaba. She looked at it and her eyes widened.

"You...you are Chihiro?" she gasped. Chihiro nodded, frowning slightly. "I cannot believe you're that spoiled little crybaby who was here ten years ago. Well, it looks like you work here again. Your name is mine, so call yourself Sen around here. Answer Sen." Chihiro glared angrily. Ordering her around was not something she suggested.

"Yes ma'am..." she muttered, grinding her teeth together. Yubaba chuckled in satisfaction. She picked up a skull.

"Foreman?" she said.

"Yes?" a voice from the skull answered.

"I heard you saw Haku around, yes? Find him and send him up here. Also, I need a costume for our newest performer. Bring up a small and a medium."

"Yes ma'am, I'll get right to it." Yubaba put the skull down. After a few minutes, a slug ran in with two wrapped bundles in her arms. She handed them to Yubaba and left. Yubaba threw them to Chihiro.

"Go into that small room and change. See which one fits you. That is your costume for performing." Chihiro silently walked into a small changing room concealed by red drapes. She took off her silk outfit and slipped into the small. It was a one piece dress. The torso was black and silky with veil material covering her neck, shoulders, and down her arms. The skirt was white and like those sailor skirts. Ya know, not smooth but kinda ruffled...ish? Well, yeah, you get the idea. The skirt went half way down her thighs. It fit perfectly. Chihiro walked out back into Yubaba's room.

"The small fits." She handed the medium dress, still wrapped up, back to Yubaba. She also handed the silk outfit she was wearing before back.

"Good! Here are your boots. Take off those sandals and put these on." The boots were high heeled and white with black heels. They went up to her knees. "Alright, now just wait for Haku to come and get you while I check on Bou." Yubaba walked out of the room. Chihiro sighed and looked out the window wistfully.

She heard footsteps coming. Chihiro turned around in time to see Haku walk into the room. He looked over at Chihiro. "Hello..." he said somewhat monotone.

"Um...hi..." she answered reluctantly. Yubaba walked out into the room again. She looked over at Haku.

"Good, you're here. Take this girl to her work area." Haku nodded. He looked over to Chihiro.

"What do I call you?" he asked. Chihiro stared back at him, emotionless.

"Sen!"

"Very well, follow me, Sen." He led her out into the halls and back to the elevator. They rode down in silence. At last, Chihiro spoke.

"How am i to address you, sir?" she asked somewhat icily.

"You are to call me Haku with respect, Sen. Even though I do not work here any longer, I am still of higher rank. If you must speak to me, it is to be of importance. Understand?" he asked. Chihiro narrowed her eyes at him.

"Oh, I understand, Haku!" she answered with false respect in her tone. "I understand that you're a bloody jerk." Chihiro kicked him in the shin, hard. Haku groaned and grabbed his leg. Chihiro turned her back to him, arms crossed.

"What the hell was THAT?" the annoying little voice in her mind snapped.

"Me giving Haku what he deserves, leg pain. How dare he talk to me like that." The other voice sighed.

"Did you ever consider is was charade? I swear, you can be such a thick-headed

imbecile, Chihiro Ogino."

"Oh no you didn't."

"Yes I did. What'cha gonna do about it?"

"Grrr...curse you, stupid and annoying little voice in my head. When this is over, I'm tearing my brain out of my head which will kill you."

"It will kill you too."

"That's better then listening to you rant on and on about Haku. HE'S A BLOODY IDIOT! I can't believe I actually thought for a split second I liked him."

"You don't like him, you love him."

"THAT'S IT! YOU, SHUT THE HELL UP."

"Make me."

"Someday I will." And so ends the wonderful little conversation between Chihiro and the annoying little voice in her mind. Moving on...

They came to a floor and the elevator opened. Haku sorta limped out and Chihiro followed him. They went to a room with cushions and blankets on the floor. Two slugs were asleep. Haku walked over to a cabinet and threw a cushion and blanket to Chihiro.

"That's your bed..." he explained. He threw her a blue tank top and pants. "Those are what you will wear when not performing. If you do not like the accommodations, too bad. Good night." With that, Haku pushed past her and into the elevator. One of the slugs groaned and woke up.

"Who are you?" she asked, sleepily.

"I'm Sen! I guess I'm your new roommate." The slug yawned and turned on a light. She looked a lot like lin, except her hair was shorter and black and her eyes were black too.

"I'm Kibou, and I'm one of the dancers. Sleepyhead over there is Niji." Kibou kicked Niji, irritated. "Hey, wake up." Niji groaned sleepily and sat up.

"What's going on?" she asked dully, only half conscious. Kibou frowned slightly. She kicked Niji again to fully wake her up.

"We have a new roommate, Sen." Niji looked up at Chihiro. She looked exactly like Kibou, but with a small mole on her shoulder. She gave a small wave.

"Hello, I see you've met my twin sister. She's not exactly sweet when it comes to waking me up. Wait a minute...aren't you the human who Shitto off the bridge?" she asked. Chihiro blinked. She assumed Shitto was that floozy of a slug she had beaten up.

"Um...yeah?" she answered uncertainly.

"YOU'RE MY HERO!" Niji yelled. Kibou shushed her loudly. "Sorry, hope i didn't wake..."

"What's going on in there?" a voice snapped from the next room. Kibou groaned and slapped her forehead. Three more slugs walked into the room, frowning.

"Sorry, Unmei!" Niji apologized. "I was compliment Sen here for finally teaching that stupid Shitto a lesson." The slug whom Niji called Unmei looked over at Chihiro. She had a slightly rounder face and shoulder-length black hair and green eyes.

"So, you're the human who finally put Shitto in her place? Good to know you. I'm Unmei, this is Tora..." A slug with black hair and orange eyes waved, "and this is Tenshi." The slug with bluish black hair and navy blue eyes smiled and waved.

"Hello, I'm Sen."

"Nice to meet you, Sen. We five slugs altogether are dancers. What job do you have?" Tora asked.

"I think I'm a singer and a dancer." The five slugs nodded in approval.

"Good job, that's one of the best jobs here. What we do is sing and dance for the spirits at dinnertime and occasional celebrations. It's about time Yubaba find somebody who can sing." Sen gave a tiny smile.

"Are you hungry?" Tenshi asked. Chihiro nodded. "We have some dumplings and rice cakes leftover from dinner." she walked into the room she had come in from and walked out with a dumpling. Chihiro took it and bit into it. The group of slugs sat down.

"We performers get the best service because we are the top rank for slugs. Dancers come under singers, but it's really only a fine line. Don't let it go to your head, Sen." Chihiro nodded and took another bite of the dumpling.

"If you have any questions about what to do or where to go, come ask us. I suggest asking Unmei, because she is our leader. Right Unmei?" Niji asked.

"Well, yes, I am the leader. My job is to pick our dances. I suppose now I will have to pick songs for you to sing too." Kibou piped up.

"Unmei, may I please pick the songs?" she begged. Unmei nodded. "Thank you very much."

"It's no problem. I have too much on my plate already." Chihiro finished her dumpling.

"If you don't mind me asking, what do you mean by that?" she asked. Unmei sighed slightly. She twiddled her thumbs.

"Well, I have a baby girl and my husband, Chousen, can't always care for her. You see, he's a frog who works here." Chihiro thought a frog and a slug made an odd couple. "So, caring for her and doing my job isn't easy. My little Akatsuki is still so young, too."

"I suppose, if you ever need it, I can watch her!" Chihiro suggested. Unmei looked up.

"Do you know how to care for children?" she asked, hopefully. Chihiro nodded. "That's terrific, thank you, Sen." Unmei hugged her.

"Alright, we need to get back to bed before Chihiyaku or Aniyaku chew us out for being up after bedtime!" Tora warned. Unmei, Tora, and Tenshi retreated back into their room. Chihiro changed into her pants and tank top while Kibou and Niji helped set her bed out.

"Thank you." both nodded and they turned off the light. Chihiro snuggled into the covers and fell asleep.

Whoo, the next update is here. And I looked up those names on this cool site. It's actual Kanji so don't burn me for using it. I'll update as soon as I can.