A/N: Don't hate me guys! I have a plan for everything! :D You won't be disappointed when we get to the end. I PROMISE! Stay with me here, I know what I'm doing. =] lol, I changed his age (sort of? he's like a billion years old anyway but looks 10 in the movie, so he's like 17-18 in this fic, okay?:). At first I did that but I must've erased it or something when uploading it? Sorry!

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Haku finally left Yubaba's office with a frown on his face, he was clearly upset. This meant something was terribly wrong. Chihiro ran up to him quickly. Once she reached him she pulled him into a giant hug. Haku stood frozen and still for a moment, then he wrapped his arms around her small waist. He couldn't believe how skinny she still was. Even after all these years. She looked so fragile, even though she wasn't. Chihiro was strong and impowering. Haku knew this better than anyone and it was still sad for him to know that she wasn't human anymore. It was odd to think she wasn't a living person, more like him. He didn't want this for her.

"I missed you so much, Haku." She cried with glee into his shoulder. Haku saw that she had put her ring on. Did that mean she missed Takashi? They were supposed to marry after all. It was hard for him to believe that she hadn't developed feelings for her husband-to-be. Almost instantly a strange bolt of jealousy shot through him and he pushed her away hastily. A bitter taste fell on his tongue, strangeness and anger welled up inside of him. Yet, he knew he had to keep calm. He didn't want Chihiro to notice anything wrong with him.

"Let's go see Lin." Haku said simply before brushing past her quickly and walking away. Confused by his actions, she arched her eyebrows but followed him wordlessly. Hmm, what was that for? She wondered. They walked across the bath house until they reached Lin's shared room with the other workers. At the moment they were all sitting on their sleeping bags and brushing their hair, getting ready to sleep.

"Lin!" Haku yelled loudly avoiding eye-contact with everyone else in the room. The workers exchanged giggles and whispers as they noticed Haku and Chihiro standing next to each other. Everyone already knew why she was hear. Chihiro felt extremely uncomfortable and squeezed into Haku's side. He glanced at her quickly then decided to let it go. For now at least.

"What do you want now you spoiled little brat? I'm off duty. Can't you get someone else- SEN!" Lin shouted as she turned around and saw Chihiro standing next to Haku. Within seconds Lin ran up and tackled Chihiro with a big hug. Chihiro giggled happily into Lin's hair. Haku looked bored standing there beside them yet he didn't speak up.

"I can't believe it! You're back! And you've gotten so big! You're so grown up!" Lin complimented as she looked Chihiro over. Even as a spirit, she took a rather lovely womanly figure.

"We have serious matters to discuss, Lin. Can you come out with us so we can talk? As a group." Haku interrupted the girls as they had a squealing fit. Lin looked at Chihiro then nodded her head in an agreement.

"Okay, weirdo, let's go to the garden." She said before hugging Chihiro once more. Chihiro hugged her back. This was so exciting. It felt like she hadn't even left the Spirit World. Everything was exactly as she remembered it. Well, from her dreams anyway. The three of them left the building and went outside into the cold night. The moon was big, bright, and yellow. Chihiro smiled up at the clouds. This was a perfect night. Even though she was dead, she was the happiest now she's ever been. Chihiro glanced at Haku and noticed he'd grown up a bit more. Even though she knew he was probably hundreds of years old in normal earth years, he looked just about her age, maybe two years older. And he had much more muscle now.

"You said you would explain everything to me. So, explain." Chihiro demanded as she and Lin sat down on the grass by some flowers. Haku distanced himself from Chihiro and sat under a tree. Lin noticed this but wrote it off as normal Kohaku-weirdness. She knew he had been extra tense since he knew Chihiro was coming back. She didn't understand why though, she thought he liked her.

"Like Yubaba said, you died in your world. Since you weren't emotionally well it took a bit longer for you to pass over here. Because of this your Spirit took a much longer time to develop than others. This means that as it developed into what you are now, it added things that most of us here don't have. Powers. We're supposed to help you find out what they are and what they do. Then I'm going to train you." Haku told her in a very professional voice. Lin rolled her eyes at his serious attitude. She glanced at Chihiro who giggled. Haku shot her an unsupportive look and she went dead silent. He was the same old Haku that she remembered and needed to loosen up.

"Wait, so you're saying she's the one that's supposed to close the door from the Spirit World to the Human World forever? That's a lot to expect from Sen. Not to mention about all of these suspicious powers she has to learn to control. Besides, you can't put her through that kind of danger without some sort of plan." Lin scoffed at his unprepared plan. Chihiro's eyes widened at this information.

"I'm supposed to do what?" Chihiro coughed out. She glanced from Lin to Haku, who sighed heavily.

"You weren't supposed to say that! Now she knows! Thanks Lin." Haku hissed at her. Lin rolled her eyes, she's about had enough of his bickering for one day. Not to mention the rest of her spirit filled life.

"The kid was going to find out sooner or later and you certainly weren't going to tell her!" She screamed back at him. Chihiro felt powerless suddenly. She watched her friends fighting.

"GUYS!" Chihiro shouted to get their attention. Both Haku and Lin paused and turned their heads to face her. Lin gave her an apologetic look, meanwhile Haku crossed his arms over his chest in clear annoyance that she got in between their petty fight. They remained in silence for a few more moments and it grew colder outside.

"Just tell me what I have to do." Chihiro said in a very anxious voice. She wasn't exactly sure she wanted to know but she didn't want to see her friends fighting because of it either. After all it seemed rather important. She'd rather have the problem be known than hidden from her, causing more problems. Maybe it was for the best if she knew.

"Go on, tell her. She wants to know. She's a big girl and can handle it. Unlike you when you heard the news. What a crybaby you are and they expect you to protect all of us? HA! What idiots." Lin gave Haku an annoyed scowl saying that she was unhappy with him for some reason. This was just like them. Always fighting. In some ways, they hadn't changed at all. Though Haku looked a bit older. Even though Chihiro knew he was probably thousands of years old by now in the Spirit World. Yet he didn't look any older than she was.

"Since you were the last human to enter our world, it is very important that you close off the gate from your world to this world so no human can ever come here again. It's far too dangerous. This was decided right after you were sent home years ago." Haku told her in a low voice. One that Chihiro always heard at night while dreaming. She realized that her dreams were right in many ways. She knew she wasn't delusional like her parents tried to assure her that she was.

"And just exactly how do I do that?" Chihiro held her hands and set them on her lap. Haku gave Lin a quick glance, she shot him a bitter glare as if saying you-can't-back-out-now. It was nice for Chihiro to see that the relationship between them hadn't changed since she was gone all that time.

"There are several things you have to do. In correct order, percisely or else our two worlds could collide and cause absolute chaos. Or worse, it could be the end of the world for everyone. The future of both worlds lies in your hands, Chihiro. So you need to listen to me and do everything I say when the time is right. No questions and no back talk." Haku listed off very carefully.

"Stop beating around the bush and tell her already!" Lin shouted impatiently and leaned forward as though she were about to tackle him to the ground. Haku finally sighed heavily. Whatever Chihiro had to do it must be bothering him.

"We have to marry and have children." Haku answered in a flat voice. Chihiro's eyes widened and she turned to Lin, who was now smiling gleefully at her.

"Didn't expect that, did ya, dork?" Lin winked in Chihiro's direction. Immediately her face and the rest of her body turned a dark shade of red. It seemed some sort of new power was charging up inside of her.

"I can't believe this! I die, getting out of an arranged marriage and then I have to have another arranged marriage to save everybody! For once I just wish I could get a say in what goes on in my life or death!" Chihiro screamed as fire suddenly started shooting out of her hands, black smoke blew out of her ears and her heartbeat increased dramatically.

"Sen! Haku what's happening to her?!" She heard Lin's voice call her before she fainted and fell on the grass ground, exhausted. The very last thing she saw before her eyes closed was Haku's eyes. She felt his hands grab ahold of the back of her head and she lost all consciousness. Slowly, it seemed she fell farther and farther into darkness until she couldn't feel anything anymore. Nothing was left but total darkness.