A/N Let the editing of chapter 2 commence.

Chapter 2

As Haku made his way to the bridge something suddenly felt...wrong.

His head whipped around hearing the horrified screams of the humans, the sound ripped at his eardrumbs. The shrieks in agony felt as if they could rip his ears apart with their shrillness.

Cupping his hands over them, his face cringing a thought suddenly crossed his mind, 'Chihiro...Chihiro!'. Haku entered a state of panic and his heart felt a searing pain.

The screaming soon stopped and silence fell upon the bridge, a cool breeze flowing through his chin length hair as he stood, frozen. 'Calm down Haku' he thought to himself. "I can search for her presence." he said with a new hope in his eyes.

He closed his emerald green eyes standing perfectly still and breathing slowly in and out as he focused. "Come on...Come on...please..." he whispered quietly but...nothing. He shut his eyes tighter grinding his teeth searching harder..."Come on!" he shouted, but nothing not even the slightest trace of her was anywhere to be found.

Haku clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white, for the first time in a long long time Haku felt one of the most extreme emotions anyone ever could...anger, extreme anger. The one thing he had learned to care for...was gone."Damnit!" he shouted. 'Who did this!, who would've...killed her!?' Haku shouted in his head.

Before the tears had a chance to form he quickly transformed into a dragon soaring at a 90 degree angle towards the empty sky. He was once again alone in this painful world.

2000 YEARS LATER:

"Haku fetch Lin from downstairs I need her to get my papers." Yubaba's scratchy voice commanded. (note: in the original movie untranslated her name is Rin but so I don't confuse you I'm using Lin)

"Yes" Haku plainly responded bowing his head slightly in "respect" for his master.
He headed towards the elevator down the overly decorated and tacky hallway. His face expressionless and his stature superior. His hair remained the same, his bangs were still annoyingly even.

His face had matured and he was extremely handsome according to 90% of the yunas at the bathhouse. His clothing remained the same though his muscular body clearly showed through the baggy shirt.
He entered the elevator heading down to the first floor where the guests would first arrive and where it always seemed to be the most crowded. The doors of the elevator slid open with a bing and Haku exited heading to his right to the big bath where Lin had been assigned for the day.

"What do you want Dragon Breath." Lin asked without the need for Haku to speak. "Yubaba wishes to speak to you." he responded in a monotone voice.

"Yubaba!, I can't believe you went back to being her slave just because..." she was cut off by Haku slight glare directed at her and her alone. She swallowed heavily but then continued, she wasn't frightened easily.

"Look I miss her too, we were all indescribably upset to hear that she was gone...but that was a little over 2000 years ago, you need to get past it, I'm not saying you need to find another woman but at least let it go, you're never going to find out who did it anyway." she said with remorse in her tone.

Lin let out a sigh before walking in Haku's direction heading up to Yubaba's office, Haku turned to lead the way and they both silently headed back up to the top floor of the ever so busy bathhouse.

After having been scolded by the door knocker for Lin not having manners, the two headed into the large and open office to see the old hag at her desk signing papers and stamping them as well.

"What do you want I was busy scrubbing the big tub that you assigned me you know.?" Lin began with her usual amount of sass.

"Hmmm how brave you are to speak to your boss that way." Yubaba spoke whilst lighting up her cigarette. blowing out a large puff of smoke through her oversized nostrils.

"I just need you to retrieve some papers from the foreman "

"WHAT!? why didn't you just tell him to do it?!" Lin shouted pointing at Haku who stood still expressionless to her right. He simply stared in Yubaba's direction.

"Because..." Yubaba began. "We have an extremely important guest arriving within the hour and I'll need to prepare Haku for her arrival."

"Her?" Lin questioned. 'What could be so bad about a powerful woman coming to the bathhouse?'

"Yes her, and this her will traumatize you for the rest of your miserable immortal life!" Yubaba shouted slamming her hands on her desks,

Lin noticed that even Yubaba seemed to be jumpy about the matter and that meant something was coming and Lin didn't mind not having to deal with this her that was arriving in a bit.

"I will retrieve the papers." Lin said with a tilt of the head, she wouldn't dare herself to bow at the waist if it meant the death of her. She turned around heading back through the maze of hallways that she had headed through a few moments ago.

Once Yubaba heard the loud boom of the doors closing echo through to her office she began, "Alright now Haku don't you dare get involved with this guest!" she firmly stated.

"Didn't you just say that I would be handling it?" Haku asked confused.

"Yes but that was just to get that annoying little spirit off my back, now don't you dare even glance at this guest no questions asked got it!?"

"...Yes master." Haku bowed his head. "Good then you are relieved for the rest of the night, I don't want you going anywhere near the guest floors."

Haku bowed once more, exiting the room leaving Yubaba to her work. Heading down the hall to his room left him alone to his thoughts. 'Yubaba's eyes said that this guest could wreak havoc, should I keep an eye out, or should I leave it be, who could this particular guest be in order to create such trouble and fear, even for Yubaba, we've dealt with beasts and others before, what makes this one so special?' Haku continued rummaging through his thought after reaching his room and laying down on his king size , light green bed that could even for a dragon.

Haku decided in the end that he should just leave the matter alone and take a nice nap.
Though after slowly shutting his eyes for what seemed like five minutes he heard a loud commotion coming from downstairs.

Voices mashed together due to the large number of people, the noise was to loud for Haku to continue his rest so he got up and began towards the stairs.

...

"Do you feel that?"
"What's coming? Do you know?
"Could it be the guest that Yubaba mentioned?"
"Whatever it is I can sure as kami tell you its evil!"

Lin wormed her way through the crowd to the front to try and get a view of the front door where this HER would arrive.

...

A figure with a dark aura worked it's way through the town, reaching the long street that lead to the bathhouse. Her hands in her pockets, she wore a white T-Shirt with black jeans. She heard the slamming of shop doors and scampering of spirits as they all tried to get as far away as possible from the "thing" that made its way down the dirt road in the dead of night.

Her necklace jingled softly, her silver and black celtic ring reflected the light off the lanterns as she grew closer and closer to the bridge.

The welcoming spirits gathered reluctantly to welcome their guest.
"W...w...welc" but the puny frog was simply ignored as she walked right past the line of welcomers.

Customers and other workers fell silent moving out of the path of her as she continued across the bridge. "Is that her?" she heard one mumble.
"Has to be, it's the only thing giving off that aura." she heard another respond.

"Well who is that, the least Yubaba could've done was tell us that much."

The guest stopped abruptly at this comment. They all fell silent once more, looking at the dark figure who's face couldn't be made out.

"Heh." she smirked pulling a red toothpick out from her pocket, placing the tip in her mouth she made a coin flipping motion with her right thumb, creating a small red flame that levitated just above the tip of her finger. She lit the end of the toothpick and a very thin line of pink tinted smoke rose and would disperse.

An evil grin spread across her face showing her fangs, she slowly lifted her head her blood red eyes becoming visible, then the rest of her face followed. The crowd let out a gasp as many seemed to realize who their guest was.

"Could it be?"
"Are the rumors really true is that..?" and many other whispers could be heard throughout the large crowd that had gathered at the front entrance.

"Now..." she began catching everyone's attention with her deep voice that seemed to penetrate deep into your very soul.

"My name is Lucifer, you should all be VERY afraid, any,and a fair warning, don't make me angry. Got it? Now which one of you poor souls is going to take it from here."

Mumbles began once more,
"Lucifer the demon!?"
"What do we do she'll kill us!?"
"Who is going to take her from here?!"

Suddenly one of the large fish looking spirits stepped out from the crowd creating gasps from the many fearful spirits.
"I don't Believe You, please the real Lucifer... here? You make me laugh if you're truly the demon herself then please go ahead and prove it."

The crowd was shocked gaping at what the daring spirit had just done.
"Is he trying to commit suicide?" one of the spirits of the crowd said aloud.

"You're a brave one." she said using her thumb and forefinger to remove the toothpick from her mouth. She pinched the end, putting out the dark flame tucking the toothpick back into her pocket.

"And it is for that reason and that reason only that you've survived this long." She ruffled her slightly messy boyish hair.

"You want proof than here." The crowd stood silent in anticipation, what was she going to do?

Her arms bent over backwards over head head, grabbing the back of the collar of her shirt, hunching over slightly she pulled her shirt over her head from back to front causing the shirt to turn inside out. Once she stood back up straight, removing the shirt from her arms dropping it to the ground. Shocked and astonished gasps could be heard throughout the entire bathhouse.

There...on her chest just beside her left shoulder was a large, red pentagram, it's thin and intricate lines that appeared as thin, cut like marks seemed to be on fire from the inside. Her entire torso seemed to have scars and burns but they all looked like whip marks.

"Proof enough?" she taunted.
The daring fish like spirit swallowed heavily than bowed down touching his forehead to the cold hardwood flooring apologizing desperately.
"I am so sorry my lord, please spare me, I never meant to insult you!"

"Alright..."
The spirit looked up with a hopeful smile that soon disappeared. "But I'll be taking the life of another, one of my choosing." she added looking around the bathhouse making eye contact with several workers who then hid behind whatever they could.

The fast patting of bare feet could suddenly be heard coming from the hallway to her left. "No don't go!" "Yeah its dangerous!" she heard several yunas cry.

She looked over to her left, a man around her physical age and height emerged from around the corner with yunas clinging to his arms and walking behind him in an attempt to keep him from coming.

Judging by his facial expression he wasn't fond in the least of the annoying attention he was receiving.

He stopped abruptly, around 14 yards away making eye contact with the guest he had heard about. She stared back at him in a devilish way with her dark eyes.

'She's...she's beautiful...beautifully dark. Her hair, those eyes, her body is extremely muscular yet sleek and feminine, the bandages around her chest...' Haku thought staring at the dark creature before him. His eyes glanced down at her chest for a moment, 'Wait...that mark...she can't be...those burning whip marks, he recognized them from his studies...she's'

"You're..." he began. "Master Haku!" the crowd cried. "You shouldn't be here!"

"Haku..." she stated softly...she caught his eyes with hers and the bathhouse was silent, Haku suddenly felt a sense of recognition with this stranger that stood a distance from him...

But just as suddenly she disappeared!

A/N Aaaaaaannnnnnnd chapter 2 edited. Imma go downstairs to relax my brain a little.