Chapter Eight New Jobs

"Did you say something?" asked Yubabba to Chihiro.

"No, ma'am! When do I start working?" asked Chihiro.

"Tomorrow would be good," said Yubabba. "Now, leave."

"Okay," said Chihiro.

"San, show Chihiro to her room," demanded Yubabba.

"Alright, come with me Chihiro," said San making a small hand gesture.

"Right, I'm coming," said Chihiro clumsily running over to San. "What shall I do for you tomorrow?"

"Hmmm….assistant eh? Well, tomorrow, for starters you could….ughh….I don't really know. I guess I'll tell you tomorrow," stammered San. The two girls walked into another room on the floor bellow of Yubabba's. Chihiro and San both walked into a room that reminded Chihiro of all the other spirit's rooms except in this room their weren't any spirits and it was pretty much empty, besides that one cabinet in the corner and closet like all the other ones in the rooms.

"Fine by me," said Chihiro gleaming a smile.

"Well, it is night time I guess you should be going to bed," said San shrugging.

"What are you going to do?" asked Chihiro as San was about to leave the room.

"That is none of your business," said San in a stiff voice.

"I'm sorry for asking," Chihiro said bowing her head.

"It's alright, just get some rest and be up real early tomorrow morning," said San.

"Okay! And, yes ma'am," said Chihiro. San closed the door behind her and walked down the other hallways. Chihiro remembered that she was supposed to meet Haku.

"I don't know how to contact him and tell him what my job is," muttered Chihiro softly as she changed into her night clothes. "I wonder what I could do."

"Hey there," said a boys voice. Chihiro tied her halter-top and spun around, "Who's there?"

"It's just me, Haku," said Haku softly.

"HAKU!" said Chihiro in an almost scream.

"Shhh…," muttered Haku putting a finger to her lips.

"Sorry," whispered Chihiro hugging Haku into a tight embrace. Haku hugged her back and said quietly, "Kagome's apprentice eh?"

"Yeah, how'd you know?" asked Chihiro. "And, how did you know to come up here?"

"Rumor was, you were 'San's' new assistant and you were staying in her quarters," Haku shrugged. "Lin told me."

"Nice, I'm glad to see you. How was you're afternoon?" questioned Chihiro.

"It was good, I'll tell you more when we find a better chance to talk, okay?" said Haku.

"Okay," said Chihiro.

"So, tell me, how was everything?" asked Haku. Chihiro wove of her story and told Haku about her new job, Kamajii, and Lin. And, how weird San acted, it was like they never met and her robotic like acts and other things.

"Interesting," stated Haku. "I think I've heard of a spell that can control you like that. But, why in the world would Yubabba use such a spell?"

"I'm not sure, maybe it wasn't Yubabba who put that spell on San?" said Chihiro.

"But, who else has control over that type of power?" asked Haku.

"Well, don't a lot of great spirits have powers like that?" asked Chihiro.

"Well, sure, but why would any random spirit want San to act the way she did?" said Haku.

"I'm not sure, maybe it's someone that we know….," said Chihiro.

"Hmmmm….," thought Haku out loud.

"Who would want to help us? Someone who would know powerful magic?" said Chihiro making up questions on who could make San this way.

"I don't know," said Haku giving a clueless grin. Foot steps were now heard through the thin walls.

"Oops, I better go," said Haku. He stepped over to Chihiro and gave her a chaste kiss and another lip lock. Then he whispered, "We'll talk soon. I promise."

"Okay, see you soon," said Chihiro giving Haku a quick kiss on the cheek. Haku stepped out to the balcony and flew away in his dragon form. The foot steps began to get louder; Chihiro scrambled into her bed/cot thing and threw the covers over herself. The door soon, creaked open, and there was San. Chihiro looked at the girl, secretly. San had tears streaming down her cheeks and they were flushed with a deep red. On her arm, San had a deep slit like-wound that had crimson, red blood dripping from it; she also had a couple scratch marks on her head. Chihiro had an alarmed look on her face, she hid under the covers carefully and thought, 'who would do this to her?' She heard San cry as she ran into the bathroom. Chihiro soon, fell asleep in her thoughts.

Author note:

Hi guys, thanks for being supportive the whole way. The stories not over but, I would like you're opinion.

Who would you like the person to be? The one who hurt San. Either, a new character? Or someone that we already know?

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