Chihiro was nodding in and out of consciousness. She could tell that she was being carried buy a solid built man. She looked up to see flashes of long dark green hair and white and blue robes. She could tell that he was running, but she couldn't hold herself to stay awake. All she could do was to murmur his name over and over in a light voice. She felt like she was slipping away. She tried to hold on as long as she could, but she had no power over the darkness that was taking over her eyes. The last thing she remembers seeing haku's piercing green eyes glancing into hers right before she slipped into a deep slumber.

"Chihiro, all this time has passed. You grew into a beautiful woman. I remember how scared you were when I first met you. A young 11 year old girl just trying to find her parents. I know what it's like to feel so scared and alone. Do you know how I came here in the first place? My bloodline is filled with anchient water dragons. But those who are born into it have exceptions. The water dragons spirit only touches every-other generation.

This means that my father was a human, just like you. When he met my mother they immediately had me. I remember them taking me to the water often so I could swim. I always felt that the water could calm and heal me. I was part of a loving and happy family. But when I was almost 9, my mother became pregnant again. My parents were joyful that they could bare another child. In a normal world, there is to be only one dragon to come from it's parent.

Women water dragons are recessive which means, they typically won't give birth to their water dragon child until they concieve for a second time. The thing is, my mother was an orphan. She never knew that she came from a long line of water dragons until she became pregnant for a second time. I remember going to lay with my mother almost every night to lay my head on her stomach and listen to by baby brother or sister.

The last day I remember seeing my mother was the day I told her that I felt a snake in her tummy. She immediately knew something was wrong. Dad and her left me at the house for days by myself while they took her to the doctor.

I didn't hear from them for 5 days. One day I was out working in the garden, pulling up the carrots to make some supper. I looked past the fence to our little old house and seen my father walking back by himself. He had a disturbed look on his face and was almost running. My heart filled with joy because I thought that maybe my sibling had arrived. I threw down my gloves and ran to my father. When I approached him the joy that filled my heart and mediately turned into fear.

I remember begging him to tell me what was wrong. All he kept saying was that we had to leave immediately. We didn't have any time to grab anything he simply grabbed me by the wrist and shuffled me after him.

We managed to make it almost 4 hours away from our house when finally my father stopped down by a small River. The kohaku river to be exact. I remember the fear and Brokenness and My Father's Eyes whenever he turned to me. He told me that he loved me and that he was doing this to protect me. You see Chihiro in our world it is the biggest crime of treason to have two different water dragon families breed and intertwine with one another. The punishment for such crimes is death to the bloodline. You see this world doesn't necessarily see eye-to-eye when it comes to these type of things. My mother never knew that she was from a water dragon bloodline nor did my father.

My mother died giving birth to what would have been my baby brother. He came out of her in his water dragon form. But the doctor, knowing the punishment for what they had done, alerted the authorities and they came and took my baby brother and killed him. My father begged them to let him go because he never knew that my mother was a water dragon bloodline descendant.

He told them that I was dead. They told him the I stayed away from the water too long a my spirit dried up so I was a human. He then told them that once I was human I ran out into the road playing and got hit by a car. Luckily they believed him long enough to come to me.

My father placed a locket around my neck, and told me that when I need to figure out where to go or who to look for to open the locket and I will find my way. The next thing I know, my father pushed me into the water, and then performed a spell holding me captive to the kohaku river. I could not be seen by any people involved with the spirit world as long as I stayed in the river.

As my father turned away to run up the hill, he looked back at me while tears were fleeing his eyes. He shouted that he loved me before I watched has he left. Little did I know that that was the last time I would see either of my parents. I was only 9 years old when I lost my parents Chihiro, so I know what it's like.

I stayed in the kohaku river for three years I lived a sheltered life, I never left the river. You are not the first person I saved from the river. But you are the first person that I wanted to save. I don't know what it is about you and your little pink shoe, but for some reason my heart was pulling towards you. Maybe the gods new that I needed you and you needed me.

I waited for you to come back to my River. I often swim by the spot that you and your family set up for the day waiting for you to come back to the water. A year after you fell into my River, they begin to fill it with dirt and cement and broken trees and logs. Eventually I was forced to leave my home, the only reason why I stayed so long, was hoping that the girl with a little pink shoe would come back for me.

When I left the river I searched many places to find somewhere where I belong. I started studying Magic from vendors anybody that had anything to teach. I traveled all of Japan and search for a place that would accept me. When I stumbled upon the bath house I was almost 12. I snuck into the Boiler Room to find some more warmth for the night. That's where I met komaji. He took me in for a few days so I could rest and regain my strength. He gave me a few bath tokens so I could soak to regain some strength. After I was better, he sent me to Yubaba. I told her about how I practice Magic and that I was a water dragon and she decided to take me on as her Apprentice. She was supposed to teach me magic and how to control my dragon, but instead she decided to use me as her own personal punching bag.

I was at the bath house for a year before you showed up. By then I had learned about Yubaba's

True intentions. I wanted to break free from her but I signed a ten-year contract. I'm bound to the bathhouse for 10 years the day I signed that contract. You brought light into my world when you came here Chihiro. Because of you I finally remembered my name. You gave me the means I needed to leave this place, but if I left this place before my contract was up for longer than 2 days, I would have died. That's the way she made the contracts, she could not make the contracts to herself, so she made them to the bathhouse taking the names of her victims and confining them to the bathhouse.

I'm almost 21 now, which means I still have a year here, I want you to know Chihiro I tried to leave many times to look for you. But when you're under a contract you cannot leave the spirit world. I tried many times to break the contract and ended up in critical condition. I tried to come to you and your dreams but it never successfully happened. I love you Chihiro. You mean everything to me. I'm sorry that I couldn't come to you sooner, but you're here now and you're by my side again.

As long as you stay by my side you will never have to worry about anything ever again. I will take care of you the way I did when we were small. You've grown into a beautiful woman, but to me you were always beautiful inside and out. So please don't sleep too long, heal quickly. You will be okay I know you will be. I will be with you until you see fit to leave. So enjoy your rest for now, know that I am by your side watching over you."

This whole time Chihiro was starting to wake up, but she kept still and quite. She could tell she was on thr ground and her head was in his lap. While Haku spoke with his smooth voice, he gently stoked Chihiro's cheek. She was at peace. She finally understood why he never came to her. She didn't want to wake up, she just wanted to listen to him talk. She missed his voice.

When Haku was done talking, he slowly and carefully stood up and placed Chihiro's head down gently on a pillow. He knelt down and softly pressed his lips to her forehead, making her blush slightly. Haku noticed, smiled, and dare not say another word. He knew she heard him. He made his way across the room and closed the door behind him. She listened to the concersation happening on the other side of the door.

" Thank you Boh, Lin, and Zeniba. Her wounds are healing quickly. Even though it's been 6 days, I believe she will be waking up soon. I will be back tonight with more dressings for her side and leg. If she wakes up while I'm away, send the messenger out to alert me." With those words, Chihiro found herself slipping back into a sleep.