Kagura: *sitting in a corner like she's in time-out, with a tear stained face* Okay now I know you all hate me, and someone has probably taken this fic, fed it, kept it warm, and continued on with it. I can't complain because I'm writing about characters who don't belong to me. But my imagination needed release so I will continue on. You don't have to review or even read it, but again, my imagination needed release.

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Chihiro walked silently down the hall, with the stoic Haku right beside her. In the course of a few days, she had rescued a dragon, lied to her parents, lied to Rin and her friends, which she never did, and met the most handsome boy she had ever seen. She was only ten years old. Stuff like this didn't happen to girls like her! Okay, so she didn't mind Haku, in fact she was developing an intense crush on him.

Now, nearly every girl who saw Haku fell instantly in love with the serious boy (a/n: *watches as hundreds of girls fall from the sky into a ravine called love* Holy shit.), but Chihiro was surprised that she did. It's not that she didn't want to, but she didn't think she would. She wanted a boy who would make her smile, a boy who would be waiting outside her door to take for a ride on his bicycle, a boy who was always happy. Whereas with Haku, she was always seeking to make him happy, she was content to look at the clouds with him in the yard, she knew Haku wasn't your average boy. Being a dragon had nothing to do with it (okay maybe it did a teensy bit, just a bit). He just seemed to shut himself off inside from the world. She knew that wasn't good for people, that it could lead to depression (which Rin almost sunk into after her godmother died). However, there was one thing about Haku that baffled her.

At times, when he truly opened himself up, he seemed genuinely happy, his smile reached his eyes, and he was content. He was always comfortable around her, and the rest of her family usually, but her mother freaked him out a bit.

~*~ Flashback ~*~

Haku and Chihiro were just coming through the door when her mother greeted her from the kitchen where she was busy making okonmiaki patties as a snack for her daughters.

"Hello Chihiro darling! How was your day," she asked while radiating the maternal aura the all mothers have.

"Great O-kaa-chan," Chihiro stated quickly wanting to cut to the chase, "Listen, Kaa-chan, this Haku he's-".

She never got finish that statement, for her mother had just finished making the snack, and had come to see who was with her daughter, as she heard to pairs of shoes being taken off. At the sight of Haku, she was all up in his face, eager to find out who the mysterious looking boy was.

"My what beautiful and unusual eyes you have," she exclaimed, while scaring Haku out of wits, a difficult thing to achieve, and gave a sidelong glance to her youngest daughter, "who's your friend Chihiro darling?"

Slapping her forehead in frustration, Chihiro then relayed her carefully crafted story about the 'exchange student' Haku, which her mother ate up like chocolate pocky. (A/n: for those of you who don't know exactly what pocky is, it is a long thin biscuit stick, dipped in everything from chocolate to strawberry cream to fish paste :P). She embraced Haku, saying he must miss his family on the Honshu islands (which is where 'exchange student' Haku is from), which thoroughly freaked him out, again another difficult feat.

Later that night, at the dinner table, after the whole meet and greet with her dad and sister, which took fifteen minutes because of the interogation her Rin administered, which he past with flying colors (meaning he was excellent at lying), she relayed her story to her father. Because he thought he was a god, due to the fact that he had four-wheel drive, credit cards, and cash, he instantly agreed. He gave Haku free range of the guest room in the attic (which had indeed been converted into a very large guest room), took the boy under his wing and turned into a somewhat boisterous father figure, which was odd considering Haku was hundreds, maybe thousands of years older than her father.

After dinner, Chihiro and Haku took all the shopping bags from their shopping trip, at which they spent all of Chihiro's life savings, a whopping 102, 850 yen (a/n: $850), for she had never spent any money she ever got. Shopping was incredibly easy task, since he had an incredible fashion sense (a/n: no he's not gay, he's very wise in the ways of the world).

After he had unpacked, Chihiro and Haku talked late into the night about everything and nothing, and at 1:34 a.m. Chihiro said her farewells and went to sleep that evening, knowing very well that tomorrow meant school.

~*~ End of Incredibly Long Flashback ~*~

Lost in her thoughts, Chihiro did not notice that they had reached their destination. The Year 4 Group E classroom, also know as the embodiment of hell on Earth to the oh so unfortunate teacher.

Now, normally, Chihiro was usually a very bright and witty girl. She was a little clumsy at times, and sometimes she didn't pay attention (like when she practically rammed a broken bottle up her foot, and by the way now, she can walk without crutches now, but she can't run, we'll make dragon boy do that ;P), but usually she was aware of what was going on and had a perfect memory. But today she forgot a few very vital elements in making the day go smoothly.

First off, she forgot that she wasn't the only one who would find Haku extremely attractive for a boy his age. The team quickly found this out when they were practically ambushed by a group a fifth graders, all trying to see who this mystery boy was. Secondly, she forgot that half her class consisted of girls.

And so, the second Haku and Chihiro walked through the door, every female's eyes were practically glued to the boy with tea brown hair and hunter green eyes (a/n: *drool*). So where 30 eyes should have been, pulsating pink hearts took the stage (a/n: if there are thirty pink hearts, and each girl has two eyes, and half of her class is girls, how many students are in Chihiro's class?).

And thus began Haku's first day of school with Chihiro.

Kagura: There was no Chihiro and Haku fluff in there. But the next chapter is gonna be full of it. Not that anyone cares, because nobody is reading this out of spite. I deserve it I know. But I still love you all.

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Mystic Ice: The little quotes make it all worth while.

Anime Fan 26: Wanna another bad mental image? Yubaba in a hot pink bikini! Mwuhahahahaha.

Koriku: Don't mind. I sort of forgot to write anything at all. Well not forgot, just couldn't find the time.

Random: No, but you all are gonna push me off it.

Dani: Dannielle Lafiel Taylor! There is no swearing! And of course I know who you are.

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Card-Master: It's not that they're stupid, it's just that a lot of them follow the same plot line (one of my favorite reviewers pointed this out). With an AU, the fic can go in any direction and still make sense.

Lady Phoenix Gryffindor: Go ahead and kill me, I definitely deserve it.

Kawaii Kitty: Sou (pronounced so like Soujiro, yes I gave her a boys name) is competition, but none of the reviewers really like her.

Silver Magiccraft: Oh god you all hate me now. Nearly every one of these say update soon!

Satanistic Angel: Don't hate AU's. They don't hate you, but I'm glad you like my neglected and depraved AU.

Jen: After all this time I bet I'm the only Spirited Away fic you hate, since I practically abandoned it.

Sawdust Monster: *stares at skinny, malnourished fic* It ain't cute now.

Selene: Don't die. It would mean I've just lost another one time friend. But I'm pretty sure that everyone hates me now.

Crystal-chan: I refuse to put a 2 on your name. You know why because your name is Crystal-chan! Not Crystal-chan2! What the hell is up with numbering names? Artistic expansion my ass! You came up with that name and you deserve to keep it.

Kittenofmystery: Men are like slinkies. They're fun to watch going down the stairs.

KitKatGirl: Domo Arigatou, onna.

oO-Innocent Dreamer-Oo: Like the name change.

Anime Mistress: And your still waiting.

Destiny's Fate: I was seeing it too *drool*.

Abunai Mori: You don't have too ask. Apparently there was a breeding period of lawyers while I wasn't writing.

Phantomness: My god, I feel like crap! All these please keep writing's are making feel so bad.

Wolfgirl: It was no problem.

Hemp-Chick: *grumbling* Lucky bitch.

Miru-Miru: Well it's six in the morning here.

Kagura: Well until next time, minna-sama, JA NE!