Chapter Two – Starting a New Journey

Chihiro clung to him, afraid he would say he would have to leave, she started to cry again.

Haku hugged her tighter then said to her

'We better go save Risu, he's being interrogated…' She gasped. It really is him. She thought. She looked at Haku again, he saw the tears were still coming down he smiled at her and wiped them away. She looks more like the Chihiro I know now. Haku thought. She smiled at him, her eyes lightened up again.

Chihiro didn't ask how he knew about her brother, but he led her to the kitchen where they were. They were interrogating him; Haku felt the hand he was holding tighten in anger. Risu who saw them, ran behind them and whimpered Haku looked behind him to see him and Risu gave him an almost pleading look which said "take me and Chihiro away from here"

Their father cleared his throat and said 'We're going shopping stay here, and don't fight!'

They walked out, leaving Chihiro, Risu and Haku behind. Chihiro went over to the table and sat down, Risu looked at Haku and Haku stood there unknown of what to do. Risu looked as if he got an idea Chihiro looked at him and frowned

'What are you thinking of now, Squirt?' She asked unable to stop herself from saying "Squirt". Risu turned to Haku

'What was that thing?' He asked, Chihiro and Haku stared at him not knowing what he meant

'Those dreams!' Risu said and Chihiro looked at him

'It was me, who did that...'

They blinked at him he then added

'It was a way of communicating with you two,'

'Oh, I get it. But why didn't you say in those dreams?' Chihiro asked

'It was my memories, so I wouldn't know myself, but I would know afterwards,'

'That's kind a stupid…' Risu said Haku smiled at him

'It is isn't it?'

'What I don't understand… How can you be here?'

Haku shrugged and looked at Risu 'For some reason I was able to get through.' Risu frowned and Chihiro looked to one to the other

'What reason-?' Risu said but was cut of by a frustrated sigh from Chihiro

'I dunno…'

'Why is it always me?' Risu said randomly. They both looked at him and he ran out of the room at a speed Haku could run at Chihiro blinked, Haku sighed

'He doesn't belong here; you know that, Chihiro…. And if you think about it, you don't either…'

'I know he doesn't belong here, but how do you figure out I don't?'

'Your parents forgot the Spirit World, all Humans would, but you didn't.'

'Your trying to tell me something and I just aren't getting it.'

'I'm trying to say is; if you went back to the Spirit World now, you wouldn't disappear like the first time you did.'

'But…. In the dream I did-'

'As I said before, it was my memory, so you would have. I didn't know Risu that well, but I knew he was a Dragon…'

'So he really is….?'

Haku nodded 'Thiers always a reason for things that happen.'

Chihiro set her head on the table as Risu walked back in and quietly said

'Are we going back?' He almost has a pleading note in it Chihiro looked at him then to Haku

'It's up to you, Chihiro…' Haku said then he lent on the wall behind him. Chihiro looked at Risu and smiled. Risu ran up to her and hugged her. Well that's settled. Haku thought

'How are we going to go with your parents knowing, or seeing?'

'We always told them one day we'd run away.' Chihiro said as Risu let her go, and he nodded

'Best time would properly be night, but it would be day over there. We'd properly need to wait in the tunnel for it to turn night…'

'Why night?'

'It's unlikely anyone would be watching…. The bath house isn't used for what it was once for.'

'The war is still on?'

'Sadly enough.'

'How did-?'

'That dream, memory wasn't that old.' Haku said still leaning on the wall behind him

'What did you have to do?' Chihiro asked Haku looked away

'Better left unsaid…' He said looking away. Chihiro got up and crossed her arms

'Kohaku…' He looked at her so suddenly the tone of her voice wasn't something he heard before

'Uh-oh.' Risu said back away, from her. Haku looked away from them all

'The people attacking the Bath house don't like Dragons…So Yu-Baaba naturally put me in front line…. Not that I had a choice, she couldn't control what I did, but she controlled where I stayed….'

Chihiro and Risu both looked at him sadly

'I didn't like it so…. I injured myself…'

'That's what the dream was about…' Haku nodded Chihiro looked worriedly at Risu

'Then it wouldn't be a good idea for Risu to go if they don't like Dragons, and Yu-Baaba knows they don't…'

'But Yu-Baaba doesn't know Risu is a Dragon…. We just gotta hide your ear somehow… Besides I don't think you can transform yet can you?' Haku asked Risu who stared at him confusedly

'See?' Haku said glancing from Risu to Chihiro

'I can transform now?'

'He didn't even know himself, so I highly doubt that he'd be able to- How old are you?'

'I'm six.' Risu said,

'Just don't go anywhere near fire or water..' Haku said then he looked towards the door

'Your parents are back.'

'How'd you know?' They both asked and he shrugged and they heard the car doors opening they scooted into the living room and sat down they all tried to look uncomfortable, and unfamiliar too each other. They walked in not bothering to ask for help knowing they wouldn't get any, they both sighed thinking they hadn't talked. Risu looked scared, Chihiro looked stuck up bent on getting away, and Haku didn't know what to do.

Night fell. Risu tried not to run everywhere, Chihiro looked normal, Haku kept glancing out the window and too their parents.

When their parents thought they were all asleep (A/n: how wrong they were) they went to their room. Risu got up while scratching his left ear, then he looked towards Chihiro who was on the sofa and actually looked asleep he then looked towards Haku who was the most far away from him, he was looking at the window. Risu got up and went over to Chihiro and her eyes opened

'Time to go.' Haku said he was now standing, and they both nodded and Chihiro got up, Risu was the first to the door, Chihiro smiled. They were going back, for real this time.

(A/n: Looking back onto the story before this that the chapters didn't end where they were supposed to, did they? Oh well, I'll better on this one…. I'm still trying to find a better name for this story…. So, a little help there? Lol R&R please!)