A/n: well, I'm a bit bored. Oh well, onward to the story! And Takashi might play a small part in the story. But not until later chapters. Kay?

Disclaimer: I am NOT a boy. No, I'm not. Okay? okay.

Chihiro and Lin carried Haku to the front door. The girls glanced at the boy who kept laughing like nothing was wrong. Like he didn't have a care in the world, or he was on drugs. Chihiro held the book in her arms tightly as Lin reached over to ring the doorbell. Seconds before she could, the door swung open and Zeniba stood there. Big head and all.

"Why hello! I knew you three were coming. Come on inside, please! I have cookies baking in the oven." Zeniba pulled them all inside her house then slammed the door shut. Lin fell down onto the couch. Haku pointed to her and laughed. Chihiro was getting tired of hearing him laugh so much. At first, she thought it was a bit cute. Now it was just annoying and irritating to her. All she wanted was for this to be over. She wanted to go back to Haku's house and sleep. But no, everything that could possibly go wrong already has. No-Face gave Chihiro and Lin tea cups filled with steamy tea, then sat down next to Lin. He continued to stare at it as Chihiro helped Haku sit down on the other side of him.

"What are you looking at, creep? Get out of my face." Lin snorted before gulping down her tea with a bothered expression on her face. No-Face remained silent then obeyed Lin and averted his head from her. Chihiro hurried into the kitchen where Zeniba was taking a tray out of the oven and placed it on the counter in front of Chihiro.

"Don't touch the pan. It's hot." Zeniba warned as she pushed Chihiro away from it. The smell of cookies swarmed the air arround her and suffocated her with the smell of chocolate chips. Just like the kind her mother always made back home. A feeling of home-sickness welled up inside of her. Her heart burst with sudden pain and loneliness that all she wanted to do was cry even though she knew there was nothing she could do to change it. After all, she was dead now.

"Can you fix us?" she asked with a hopeful voice as she held out the book to Zeniba.

"Be patient, dear. You can't rush these things. They might have fatal consequences. These things have to be done in very cautious steps and we need to practice before things have a chance to get worse. Tea?" Zeniba explained as she took her oven mits off and threw them onto the kitchen table then grabbed a cup from the counter and poured some tea into it. Chihiro sighed but took the cup anyway, after taking a big gulp she shoved the book into Zeniba's hands.

"Please, help us." Chihiro begged and pleaded while holding the book open to the page that Haku had marked on earlier.

"Alright. Sit down. This will take awhile to translate." Zeniba said before sitting down at the kitchen table. She set the book down and got out a piece of paper. Chihiro found a pencil then handed it to her and sat across from her. It was going to be a long time before they were going to get any answers. Chihiro just wished the answer was something simple. Something that could be done within minutes. If not, she didn't know what she would do.

A half day later, Lin and No-Face were laying on the floor playing a board game. Lin had an annoyed look on her face, as she always did. It was a look that everybody got used to after hanging out with her so much. Chihiro was nearly asleep, facedown on the table with drool falling out of her mouth. Her head was on her arm, causing a read mark to appear on her forehead as she re-adjusted herself into a more comfortable position. By now Haku was resorted to meer giggles of exhaustion and he could hardly catch his breath. Time was running out.

"Wake up, I have a solution." Zeniba said into Chihiro's ear. This caused her to jump awake, causing the chair to fall over underneath her and Zeniba caught her before she fell with it onto the floor. With one pull she yanked the girl up to her feet. Chihiro turned to look at Haku. He looked awful. With a sigh she looked at Lin and No-Face.

"You can't do that it's cheating!" Lin yelled loudly as she tossed the board game across the room. With an angry huff she stood up and walked over to CHihiro and Zeniba. She wrapped an arm around Chihiro and rubbed her shoulders for support, Chihiro gave her a worried look.

"So, what do we do?" Chihiro questioned as she eyed the piece of paper that Zeniba had been writing her translations on. Zeniba picked up the piece of paper then glanced up at her.

"You have to. . . . here, take this and read it. Do exactly what it says. Then, you both will be cured." She said as she tore off a piece of the paper and gave it to her. Chihiro took it then read it carefully. She arched her eyebrows then gave the note to Lin to read. Almost insantly she started to laugh. Just as Haku did earlier.

"Y-you have to kiss him! On the lips! Oh dear sweet baby jesus! This is way too good. I can't wait to use this as black mail for this later. He is so going to owe me big time! This is just too great!" Lin hooted as she doubled over with sharp laughter and gasps for air.

"Lin this is serious!" Chihiro smacked her shoulders and scolded. In a single second Lin's face turned cold and she stood up straight at attention.

"Yes, m'am!" She replied before Chihiro thrusted the paper to her hands. Lin took it and watched as Chihiro made her way to the couch where Haku was sitting and laughing. Without a word she sat down beside him. Haku turned to look at her but still laughed. He really hated what was happening and he wished he could just return to normal. He wondered what it would take for that to happen.

"Everything is going to be okay. Things will be fine. We can fix everything, we can fix this. Okay, Haku? Just let me fix this. It's going to be alright. Everything will go back to normal. Just let me do this, okay?" Chihiro insisted while she placed one hand on her shoulder and another on his knee. Slowly, she leaned forward and kissed him on his lips during mid-laugh. Their lips collided in a perfect fashion. A million feelings rushed through her at once. Haku froze. He had not idea what to think at all. All that mattered, though, was that he was with Chihiro.