Kagura: *drinking from a coconut* I feel giddy. You know why? Because I have an interesting challenge. In your reviews, I want you to leave a blooper for at least one of the chapters. After this chapter, I'll post all my favorites in a special chapter when I write another.

Selene: I will not die! *gives big bear hug, nearly killing Selene*

KitkatGirl: *hands her another pina colada* Here you go!

Aki: *puts another pink bow on fic* Wai! Really, really cute ficcie!

Wild Fox of the Wasteland: *ties and gags annoying lawyerish dude* Better to stop 'em in the early stages. *kicks dude for good measure*

Hemp Chick: I have no idea what you mean by cookie cutter Mcfics, but I'll take it as a compliment. Do you mean how some fics look all the same? It annoys me too. I offer you this quote. *clears throat* "Never use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friends head."- ancient Chinese proverb. And take this advice literally. And thanks for the Extra Hot Bish Special.

Dark Angel Himeko: *takes wad of cash and puts it in a coconut with a lock on it* Uh-oh, where's the key?

Arin Ross: *stares at big pile of dead lawyers* Oh my.......

Koriku: Mmm, smores *dreamy smile*. Cooked over a lawyer bonfire. Yum.

Noloc3: I don't like Su either! Whatever Su is.....

Yugismpuzzle: *oversees construction workers making barn* A little to the left!

BJ: Who cares? I still don't own Pixar.

Jen: *stares at Haku warily* I think he heard us.

Innocent Dreamer: I liked the last convo too ^-^'.

Wolfgirl: *stares at 4 reviews* Eh, thanks?

La Jazzfish: Yes! We all share the rights! Oh yeah!

And that's the thanks. On with the fic!!! By the way, Haku should be human by the end of the chapter. You people sure are impatient.

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As Chihiro was running to her school with Nanami and Rumi by her side, she did not notice the broken bottle in front of her. So, as in all standard fanfics, she was the one to step on it.

Chihiro could feel the glass penetrating the sole of her shoe, tearing through her sock, and eventually ripping through the skin. She was very aware of the warm liquid filling the brown loafer, and of the sharp stinging pain coursing through her leg.

Nanami and Rumi were 20 feet ahead of her when they noticed she wasn't with them. When they looked back, they saw Chihiro standing on one foot, and how the foot was dripping what looked suspiciously like blood.

"Ohmigod! Chihiro your foots bleeding," Nanami screamed in horror.

"I noticed," she replied in a meak trembling voice before falling flat on her...... well you know.

"Nanami, go get help!"

As Nanami ran to get help, Rumi sat down beside Chihiro, trying to help. Key word here being trying.

" Don't take my shoe off! Itai!"

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"Yes, it's bleeding quite freely now," the paramedic said in a knowing voice.

Chihiro stared at him dryly. "Ya' think?"

Chihiro grimaced as he removed the rather large piece of glass protruding from Chihiro's foot.

Nanami and Rumi were sitting on either side of Chihiro, holding both of her hands, preventing her from hitting the master of the obvious.

He finished stitching the wound up with relative ease, and wrapped the foot in bandages.

She tried standing up, but Mr. Paramedic Dude pushed her back down gently.

"You shouldn't walk on it for a few days. It'll only irritate the stitches and halt the healing process. Here I'll get you some crutches."

Chihiro was really starting to hate this guy. She may have been ten, but she knew this guy was really strange for a doctor. He ran an near the convini (convenience store in japanese), and had run out as soon as he heard Nanami ranting to ole Fujita, the man who ran the convini. He picked her up, rather abruptly, causing all the blood rush to her feet, and scurried back to the center. Besides he looked too young to be a doctor.

"How old are you?"

Mr. Paramedic Dude didn't stop adjusting the crutches to her height as he answered her. "28."

"Isn't that a little young to be a doctor," Nanami asked in an accusing voice.

"No, I graduated medical school three years ago and opened the acute medical center a year ago," he answered in a cheerful voice.

"Mmm, question," Rumi said.

"Hmmm?" He looked up.

"What exactly is an acute medical center?" He smiled, making Rumi blush. His boyish grin was suited well on his handsome features.

"An acute medical center is basically an emergency room that treats not so life threatening cases, such as stitches, shots, asthma attacks. Think of it as a normal doctors office, except you can come here whenever you need, without an appointment." (a/n: these places are real! I go to one whenever I need stitches, they can fill prescriptions to.)

Chihiro rolled her eyes. She had no idea as to why Rumi could fall in love every five seconds. Especially with junior here.

'Wait, did he say stay off my foot? Oh no! How am I gonna feed the dragon?'

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"Sou, I really need you to do this for me." Chihiro had started her pleading as soon as the doctor had dropped them off at school. The doctor had driven them there with no obligation, and told them they didn't have to pay. Maybe he wasn't such a bad guy after all.

"No way, Sen! I am not going in there ever again. Not without you."

Sou looked at Chihiro's face, her resolve crumbling.

"Okay! I'll go! Just until you can come with me. Then I'll never go alone again!"

Chihro gave Sou a grateful smile, before making her way to the classroom, where Toma was waiting with a group of students.

"Oh my darling Chihiro! We all heard! We're so proud of you."

Chihiro looked towards the heavens in anguish. 'Why me?'

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Somehow, it had gotten around that Chihiro had hurt herself in some brave trial while rescuing Nanami from apiece of renegade glass. Toma used this to his advantage, "helping" Chihiro with her books, putting her bookbag, being as annoying as possible, yaddi yaddi ya.

She finally got a moment to herself at lunch.

'Oh god, what will the dragon think when I'm not there?'

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Sou eyes darted around the forest, looking for anything that might cause her harm. Without Chihiro's annoyingly perky presence, Sou no longer appreciated the forest around her. Instead it frightened her.

She slid the door open, and noticed how the dragon eagerly raised its head up at the sound, then snarled in annoyance, and finally looked around frantically.

"Um, Chihiro can't come for a few days because she hurt her foot on the way to school today, so she, ah, asked me to come, and, hmm, please don't hurt me."

If dragons could scowl, he would have been.

Sou was not supposed to be there in his mind. She always put things out of whack.

Suddenly, he felt his insides shifting. Not a painful experience, but rather a prelude.

'Uh-oh.'

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Sou watched in morbid fascination as the dragons body shrunk, and then faded altogether into the body of a boy. A rather good looking boy.

And, for the second time in the dragons presence, she fainted.

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The boy gently slapped Sou a few times before sharply hitting her across her cheek.

Sou opened her eyes wearily and stared into by far the most handsome boy she had ever seen. His tea brown hair framed his sharp featured face nicely, and his hunter green eyes seemed to penetrate her very soul. Sou experienced something she had never experienced before. Love at first sight. Gaining her voice back, she asked a vital question.

"Are you the dragon?"

The boy nodded. "My name is Haku. Is Chihiro gonna be okay."

'What about me?' Sou thought.

"She'll be fine. Although I don't know if she will be after hearing this."

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Kagura: Well, there you have it! Haku is human! And that's the final chapter!
Lol. Just kidding. Don't get your panties in a twist. The next one'll be out soon. Ja ne!