Chihiro hadn't slept at all last night. She walked out of the room and saw that Zeniba was also awake.

Zeniba looked up at her. "Chihiro, did you get any sleep?"

Chihiro shook her head. "I couldn't. To much info at once."

Zeniba nodded. "Well, I'm afraid that you cannot go back to the Human World. With your power, the results could be bad."

Chihiro nodded. "I now. What can I do?"

Zeniba stood. "You have two options. You can stay here or go out on your own. Its your choice. I'll leave you to it." she walked away from the table.

Chihiro closed her eyes. She tried to decide but sleep finally decided to take over. She didn't wake until No Face accidentally dropped a plate.

He grunted an apology and walked away.

Zeniba came in and Chihiro walked over to her. "Have you made a decision?"

Chihiro nodded. "I'm going to stay here, with you."

Zeniba smiled and hugged her. "I was hoping you would choose that!" she cried.

Chihiro managed to say something. "Can't….breath."

Zeniba realized her. "I'm sorry. I'll teach you how to control your powers and how to use a familiar. This is going to be great!"

Chihiro listened to her as she rambled on and on. She had to stop her soon. "Granny?"

Zeniba immediately turned to face her. "Yes?"

Chihiro smiled. "Can I have something to eat? I'm starved!"

Two years pass

Chihiro was outside flying around on a wind when she saw her.

There was a small girl running away from some small black creatures. They creatures were gaining on her.

Chihiro flew down and summoned her small familiar dragon. The small red dragon made easy work of the creatures.

The girl was hiding behind a tree. She was scared to death.

Chihiro didn't even try to go near her. She called Kaki, her dragon, back to her and she sat on the ground. She pulled out some food and she sat it across from her, offering it to the girl.

The girl slowly started to come out of the tree. Her stomach was loudly growling.

Chihiro glanced up at the girl every so often. Kaki was begging for food and she was practically biting Chihiro's hand off each time she offered some food. The last time, Chihiro tapped her.

The girl giggled and slowly started to come out. She grabbed some food and ran back behind the tree.

Chihiro smiled. Ana looked at her curiously.

This repeated several times. Kaki was getting more curious. She flew near the food. When the girl came near again, she started to check her out. This time, she didn't run back.

Chihiro looked up and saw that it was starting to get late. She stood and sighed. "Kaki, to me." Ana flew back to her and wrapped herself around Chihiro's wrist. She concentrated and Ana became a small bracelet.

The girl looked on in amazement. She had never seen anything like this girl before.

Chihiro smiled at her. "I live in a house in a clearing just over the few hills. You can come with me if you want to." she held her hand out to the girl.

The girl smiled and took her hand.

Chihiro summoned a wind and she flew them back.

Zeniba was waiting for her outside. "I was wondering when…..who is this?" she asked.

The girl immediately hid behind Chihiro. She was scared of Zeniba.

Chihiro sent Zeniba the memory of what had happened through some magic that she had learned.

Zeniba gasped and she ran forward at the girl. She hugged the girl tightly.

The girl tried to get away at first but she soon calmed down and started crying into Zeniba's shoulder. After that, she fainted.

Chihiro went inside to start some food while Zeniba put her in Chihiro's room. Zeniba came back out and stood behind Chihiro. "What do you think?"

Chihiro sighed. "Granny, I'm not sure. I don't think that she can tell us anything about her."

Zeniba agreed with her. "I could tell when I hugged her. She cannot speak and she might not remember anything about herself."

"There were some monsters chasing her." Kaki spoke up as she pulled herself out.

Zeniba looked at Chihiro. Chihiro rolled her eyes. "I don't know how she can do that and I don't really care about it right now."

The girl walked out of the room and Ana flew over to her.

"She says that her name is Hana but that is all she can remember." Kaki relayed.

Chihiro looked at her familiar with amazement. "How do you know that?"

"For some reason, she can speak in my mind, like you can." Kaki replied.

"What did Kaki say?" Zeniba asked.

"That the girl says her name is Hana but that's all she remembers." Chihiro replied before turning back to the food.

Zeniba looked at the girl. She was very special because she could talk to someone else's familiar. "Well Hana, would you like to stay here with us?"

Hana shook her head yes. She already loved this place.

two more years pass

They found at that Hana had some skills of her own. She could make plants grow fast, meaning she might be an earth spirit, and she could also pinpoint where something was on a map by using a crystal on a string. It was called dousing, Zeniba said.

She wasn't able to speak but as time went on, she learned a few words. She could say Chi for Chihiro's name, yes, no, thanks, and please. She also got some more clothes. She was a beautiful ten year old girl. She had long black hair that she kept in a braid that was wrapped in a bun. She got her ears pierced by No Face without Zeniba knowing and she loved to wear extra large shirts with shorts underneath.

Chihiro also increased her skills. She was able to summon more than one familiar and they were all dragons that wrapped around her wrists and ankles as bracelets and anklets. She could combine each of her familiars into a large red dragon that she could ride. She still had her red girl dragon, Kaki, and she got a green girl dragon named Yochi, a silver boy name Tei, and last but not least, a blue boy name Mizu.

Zeniba thought that it was a little ironic that each of her dragons had the color of a different element and that there names meant fire, earth, air, and water. Zeniba taught each of the girls to the best of her ability. Chihiro's power was getting greater and she might not be able to teach her for much longer. Hana was good and she was just starting to learn about healing. She had to make a choice about sending the girls to Yubaba's to work and learn more. She approached Chihiro when she was meditating on her power.

Chihiro was stunned. She had been living in Swamp bottom for four years so far and she needed more training and she knew that. "Alright. I'll try it out." she agreed.

Zeniba nodded. "You are taking Hana with you. I can't keep track of her."

Chihiro nodded. This was going to be……..interesting, to say the least.

The frog that had been stuck outside today was bored out of his mind. The bathhouse had opened over an hour ago but business was slow today.

He had been dozing off against the post he was leaning against when a wind knocked him off of his feet. His eyes flew open and they grew wide.

Standing before him were two beautiful girls. One was younger and seemed hyper but she was still pretty cute. But the older girl. She had long brown hair in a messy bun that was held up with two chopsticks and little makeup. She was wearing a black sleeveless knee length kimono with a red dragon wrapping around the bottom. The girl had a silver floor length coat on over it. She was wearing a choker with a flower on it.

If he hadn't known any better, he would say that she was Chihiro all grown up. But everyone knew that she had died in a fire four years ago. He smiled at them when the got closer. "Welcome!"

They bowed in respect. The little girl smiled happily at him while the other looked lost in thought. She was pulled inside by the little girl.

He shook his head and turned back to his job, hoping that business would pick up.

Chihiro immediately pulled Hana to the front desk so she could get her set up with a room.

The person at the desk sat up. "Hello and welcome to the bathhouse. Do both of you wish to rent a room?"

Chihiro nodded. "We will be staying for at least one night. She wishes to take a bath immediately but I have some business to take care of with Yubaba. Can someone show her a bath?"

He nodded, wondering why someone like this would be talking with Yubaba. "Yes, there is. RIN! GET OVER HERE!" he shouted.

Rin stuck her head out of the hallway. "What? I'm on break!" she said through a mouth full of food.

He sighed. "I need you to show this young girl to a bath and her to an elevator."

Rin glared at him. "Yeah, right!"

Chihiro then remember the money that Zeniba had given her. She reached into on of her pockets and pulled it out. "This is for the time that we spend here."

Rin's and the guy's eyes widened. That was a lot of money. "Yes it sure will!" they said.

Rin came out and stood next to the girl. "I'll take her on, then?"

Chihiro nodded. "Wait a minute, alright?"

Rin agreed.

Chihiro put the rooms under the name Chi and they were off. They came to the elevator first.

Rin turned towards Chihiro. "Just go all the way up. I'll take care of her."

Chihiro pulled back her sleeve, revealing Kaki, who was wrapped around her wrist. She concentrated and Kaki tiredly looked at where she was. "Kaki, I want you to look after Hana, alright?" Kaki gave some clicks and grunts that meant yes. She immediately flew to Hana and wrapped herself around Hana's neck, going back to sleep. "The girl is Hana and the dragon is Kaki. Hana is not to have anything sweet, under any circumstances. Okay?"

Rin nodded. "Come on Hana. I'll show you to your bath."

They walked away and Chihiro got into the elevator. She went up to Yubaba's floor and she knocked on the door.

"Who….oh Chihiro!" she said through the door. The door flew open and Chihiro was pulled the whole way in. She landed on the carpet.

She groaned a bit as she sat up. "Didn't that happen last time?"

Yubaba was cackling. "Yes. Zeniba sent you, right?"

Chihiro stood and nodded. "Yes, me and the girl we found two years ago. She gave me this for you."

Yubaba took it and scanned over it. "Well, she wants me to teach the younger girl about healing, eh?"

Chihiro nodded. "She is very good at it. And she can be a little hard to control at times and I wanted to see the bathhouse again, so I came along."

They whould have talked more but there was a frantic knock on the door. Rin ran in, with Kaki following.

Kaki flew to Chihiro and she told her what was happening.

Hana had had some sugar and was now running around naked in a sugar high frenzy. No one could seem to stop her.

Chihiro groaned. This had only happened once before and it had taken her and Zeniba all day just to catch her. She concentrated and her other three dragons came out. "Hana is on a sugar rush and is running around naked. We need to catch her immediately. Go!" they all flew off in different directions.

Yubaba was smiling. "Learned to control it?"

Chihiro nodded and went to join the search.

A few years back, Haku had found his river in disarray. He had immediately known that it would take him about four years to make it what it once was.

He had been working on it for about two years when some humans found it. They decided to clean it up as well which made his work go faster. Soon, more people came and he had it completely finished in about three years.

Some of the people that had come went to work on finding out what his rivers name was. They did their research and found out that it was part of the Kohakunushi river, more commonly known as the Kohaku River. It was renamed and many people loved being near and in it.

Haku was partially happy. He was still very sad about losing Chihiro and he rarely talked anymore. He had many spirits living in the underground part of his river but he didn't even pay any attention to them.

He decided that it was time to revisit the bathhouse. He needed to try and relax a bit. He went into the spirit world and transformed into his dragon form.

Unfortunately, he had chosen the work day to come to the bath house.

Chihiro had found Hana trying to be corner by ten yunas, who weren't having any luck.

The frogs were also trying but they weren't much help.

Chihiro had her chance but she still got past her.

Hana saw the front door and immediately headed for it. She was about to run out when a silver tail with green fur wrapped around her. She struggled against it but Chihiro's dragons got there just then. They combined into a silver and red dragon and a blue and green dragon and also held onto her.

Chihiro came running and she gasped at the silver dragon that was standing in front of her. HAKU!

"Do you have something to cover her with?" he telepathically asked her.

Chihiro nodded and she pulled off her coat and wrapped it around her. "Can you get her out of here please? I need to see what damage she caused." she whispered to him.

He nodded and took off. Chihiro's dragons followed.

Chihiro turned around just in time to see Yubaba running towards the front door.

Yubaba didn't look too happy about this. "What was that about?" she snarled out.

Chihiro flinched. Her voice was pretty hard towards someone who didn't do anything. "When Hana has had any kind of sugar, this happens and she can't really control what she is doing."

Yubaba sighed. "You will have to pay for all of this."

Chihiro reached into her pocket and pulled out the rest of the money she had with her. "I paid a lot of money for rooms for me and her. This is all I have left."

Rin had been nearby when Haku caught her. She had ran to get her clothes and meet him downstairs in the boiler room.

Yubaba checked with the desk man and found that it was true. "Alright, but this is not enough!"

Everyone groaned. They all knew that she just wanted more money.

"Back to work!" Yubaba cried. "You will work it off but you will not have a contract. Alright?"

Chihiro realized that she was offering this to her so she could stay while Hana was trained. She nodded. It would be great.

Haku had taken the girl to Kamaji's boiler room. He figured that Rin would bring the girl's clothes down. He was right.

Rin smiled when she saw Haku sitting down there.

Kaki, Yochi, Tei, and Mizu were laying on him and he was sitting cross legged against the spice wall. He same to be dozing a bit. He lazily looked over at her and pointed.

Hana was being held by two of Kamaji's arms.

Rin walked over and took her from him. She guarded her while putting the clothes on her. Rin then took and sat her down to try to calm her down.

Hana pouted about not being able to move around. "No, no, no!" she cried.

Rin sighed. "How about I tell you a story?"

Hana immediately quieted. "Yes, yes, yes!"

Kamaji chuckled. It was refreshing to see a young girl like her.

Rin smiled. "Alright. Once, a long time ago, there was a young boy who worked at a castle. He had no memory of who he was before he came to the castle but he didn't care. He was happy where he was and that was good enough for him."

Hana had a strange look on her face, like she was trying to remember something.

"He worked for the old hag they called a queen. She called herself very lovely but no one thought that about her. She had stringy hair and a boil on her fat face. She wore ugly clothes that she called the finest in the lands."

Hana giggled. "Blue lady! Yu-yu…" she tried to get herself to say Yubaba but she couldn't. she pouted a bit.

Everyone laughed. They all realized that she meant Yubaba. Kamaji chuckled. "Yup. that's

right."

Rin glared at him a bit. "Don't encourage that. Well, that mean lady made our young boy do all of her dirty work."

"What's the boy's name?" Haku quietly spoke up.

Rin just realized that she hadn't given him a name. "The boy, Koku, didn't mind anything that she made him do. He just wanted to have a purpose. Well, as time went on, Koku started to turned cold and hard. He wasn't happy at all. Well, one day, he went outside to walk the grounds of the castle. He was surprised when he found a unconscious young girl near the back door."

Hana gasped. She was starting to calm down and feel a little sleepy.

She wasn't the only one who was sleepy. Haku's head was starting to lean forward every so often. He would jerk it back up immediately, of course. He was exhausted. With his river and all, he rarely got a chance to rest and it was starting to wear down on him.

Rin continued. "Well, he tried to help the girl out but it got her no where. She ended up serving the queen. As Kaku became friends with her, she told him that her parents and her had been visiting when her parents disappeared. Kaku realized that the queen had done this. So he went to confront her. She denied it and she sent him on a dangerous new assignment."

"Bad lady." Hana sleepily said.

"Yeah. Well, the item he stole was cursed and he fell sick. The girl, Hichi, was very worried. So she promised that she would break the curse. She managed to and Koku got better. Both of them then challenged the lady and won. They both went running but Koku wouldn't leave the castle grounds. He said that this was all he knew and that he couldn't leave. She was heartbroken. He promised her that he would come for her someday and she held him to that promise." Rin looked down at Hana. She was fast asleep in her arms.

Kamaji had laid out a sleeping mat on the ground for her. They laid her down and Kamaji pointed at the wall.

Rin looked over and smirked. Haku was leaning over on the wall, fast asleep with the dragons still wrapped around him.

Kamaji walked over and touched his shoulder. The two dragons looked up at him and they realized that they were going to lay him down. They flew over towards Hana and split into four again. Kamaji carefully picked Haku up and laid him on another sleeping mat.

Haku turned around a bit on the mat. "Chihiro." he murmured.

Kamaji sighed. "He still thinks about her. He needs to forget about her, she's been dead for four years."

Rin sighed. "He told me her true name. I still can't….." she trailed off, trying to hide her tears.

There was a knock on the low door. It opened and Chihiro stepped through. But they didn't know that.

Rin nodded. "I got her to calm down and sleep."

Chihiro's eyes widened and she smiled. "Nice. I've been trying to be able to do that for years." she admitted.

Rin and Chihiro talked while Kamaji worked. About two hours later, Haku shot up on the mat. He took a deep breath and looked around.

"You feel asleep." Rin supplied.

He gave her a dry glare. "I can see that." he said with a yawn. "Hey, do you know if any rooms can still be rented?"

Rin shook her head. "She got the last rooms suite." she pointed at Chihiro, who introduced herself as Chi.

He resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "Perfect." he said.

Chihiro spoke up. "Well, there are three rooms and only me and Hana. You could stay in the unused room, if you want."

He nodded. "Sure. If you don't mind a moody river spirit."

Chihiro laughed. "And you had better not mind some surprises."