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Chihiro felt a strange feeling in her body. As she laid in her bed, she wondered what she should do.

"I can't sleep. What's the use?" She sat up and looked out the window, and into the forest.

"Well, that settles it. Everyone do as Haku has said and begin preparations immediately. We must be ready at any time." Orrick stood at the center of the lot of spirits and watched as they all scattered out and into their assignments.

"Quick thinking, Haku. I think perhaps you can make a visit to your friend after all." Orrick smiled.

"Thank you…very much." Haku stared at the floor, thoughts filling with emotion. "But I do have a job to do first you know?"

"And what would that be?"

"My master will want to know the details…there's something I need to confirm." And with that Haku sprinted out to Zeniba's house.

"Haku…I need you. Should I take a chance and come to you?" Chihiro wondered as she walked through the woods. "If I can somehow go through the border…but how would I even cross?"

Chihiro continued walking until she saw Haku's shrine. However she remembered it, it was nothing like the one Haku fixed up. It was old and abandoned.

"Now what will I do?" Chihiro wondered as she walked around, both inside and outside the dragon's shrine. It occurred to her, after searching her memories, just how she came to know the spirit world.

"That's it! It's got to be through the white willow!" Chihiro searched around and looked intently through every corner, closet, and spot of land. And she didn't stop searching until she saw, in a small patch of grass behind the shrine, there was a sprout.

"Im sure this is it!" She touched the sprouts few leaves delicately to see but nothing happened. "Maybe I was too hopeful…" Tears flowed from Chihiro's eyes as she looked at the little sprout. "How can I see him now? Will I ever see Haku again?"

The child smiled, somewhere in the darkness of Chihiro's heart.

"Of course you can...With my help."

"So what you are saying is this power is without persona and without purpose?" Haku said.

"This is kind of information is top secret Haku. If someone were to take hold of it, they could bend it to their will. That power has been kept secret and sealed for generations. And now if anyone finds out about it, they will surely use that power." Haku's eyes widened in shock as he suddenly realized.

"If anyone in the council were to find out about it, then…!"

"Someone can take advantage of it. This is why it's secret."

"But I had the council search everywhere for information for it! I even asked them to assemble fighters and research the land for answers! I made every necessary step for them to find out about the power!"

"Rest easy, Haku. They won't find out anything other than the energy waves from its activity. They can only confirm its traits by cause and effect. There is no book or elder who knows about this phenomenon either."

"Then how do you know about this Zeniba?" Haku wondered for a moment if there was a way to use the power for his own purposes (i.e. Chihiro).

"There are very few on who know. Those people would be me, a few old sages who have sworn to secrecy, and a line of priests and priestesses from the human world. I know only because I have been given that privilege and right by grandmother. She was one of those old sages sworn to secrecy…and now I am also part of the secret holders."

Haku's face lit up with awe for a moment but then became angry. "If you were sworn to secrecy, why in the world did you just tell me?"

"What? I never swore such an oath! My grandmother was the one who broke her oath by telling me."

"You're unbelievable!"

"And so are you. Shouldn't you be with a certain someone right now? I've sensed many things from that girl recently."

"I have to…but I'm a little hesitant."

"Why? Haven't you guys already become 'comfortable' with each other?" Zeniba smirked.

"That's not the problem!" Haku's blood started to boil. "I just got a bad feeling. What if things start to go haywire with the barrier again? Now that it's somewhat stable, I don't want it to mess up again."

"That's an excuse." Zeniba smiled as she saw straight through his lie. "You're nervous about meeting again because you don't want her to know your dirty little secret."

"Eh? What do you mean dirty you witch? I have nothing to hide from her!"

"Nothing except for 'that' thing." Zeniba laughed until Haku was red in the face.

"Whatever you old hag! It wasn't all my fault to begin with! It was that idiot dog's fault."

"Well well…speaking of which…did you sense that?" Zeniba said, feeling a chill entering the air.

"She's here…"Haku ran out the door and sprinted towards his home. Zeniba frowned and looked out the window, watching a desperate Haku.

"She's here alright…but she's not alone."