A/N: Hey, guys sorry I couldn't update sooner! I didn't have wifi for like almost two weeks, it was terrible and very traumatic for me. A living hell, actually. But since I didn't have internet, I had tons of time to write my story and I got all of it almost done I just have to write the last few chapters(: Oh, and after that I might do a story on their kids and you guys can help me with ideas as it goes along, hehe. That's only if you guys are interested.

Disclaimer: I do not own Spirirted Away...

Chihiro woke up in the middle of the night. She was sweating uncontrollably and stricken with fear and never ending doom. She had no idea what from, she didn't remember her dream at all or why she was so terrified of it. Immediately she turned on a lamp and glanced beside her. Haku was sleeping soundly next to her. His body was in dragon-form for some odd reason. Chihiro noticed that he always slept that way. Even if he said he wouldn't. Maybe it was just routine or some odd thing about him. Chihiro smiled anyway. Gently, she reached her hands over to his sharp, dragon ears and scratched his head so he wouldn't wake up.

"I love you, Haku. I really do. I'm just not sure of anything anymore." She whispered as she curled up next to him and laid her head on his very slim and soft stomach. Haku, in dragon form smiled in his sleep. He happened to be dreaming of Chihiro saying those three words to him. I love you. Why? Because he loved her. He really did.

The next morning Chihiro woke up and Haku was nowhere to be found. All that remained of his presence last night was fur stuck to the sheets. Chihiro sat up in bed then got out of it slowly. Where could he have possibly run off to? And why didn't he tell her? Just then the door swung open. It was Haku holding bags of groceries.

"Want breakfast?" He asked while walking quickly towards the kitchen. He already got a head start on his day. She assumed he always did with his missions.

"I would but um, can I ask you something first?" Chihro muttered in a shy voice. Her cheeks were turning a salmon color. Haku set a carton of eggs on the table and pancake mix next to it.

"Sure, anything. What is it?" He wondered while he got out a mixing bowl, flower, and some milk. He read the directions carefully. Chihiro wondered if food in the Spirit World was any good compared to food in the Real World.

"When are we getting married? I want to be prepared if something goes wrong or whatever." Chihiro spoke in a nervous way. Haku looked at her with interest. He had spoken to Yubaba the day before as Chihiro was knocked out cold, literally.

"Well I spoke to Yubaba about that yesterday. She said in order for the real world and the Spirit World to close for good we need to have maximum power or something which means we'll need to be married as soon as possible. She has a date set already for the end of the week. That way we could have children in a month or so." he explained to her while he began to mix some ingredients together.

"We're getting married in a week? And having children in a month? How is that even possible? I mean what do we have to do to have children anyway?" Chihiro questioned as she was beginning to get frustrated. Haku dropped the spoon he was mixing with onto the floor as he realized what exactly she was asking about. An act that they'd have to do together. Haku gulped nervously as his cheeks blazed a fire engine red. He bent over and whispered in detail what they'd have to do to produce a child from both of their spirits.

"-And that's how that's done." Haku finished in a very shy voice. By this time Chihiro's cheeks matched his. It was so embarrassing. How would that act even make children? Why did she have to ask him that? The person she needed to have children with? It was so embarrassing.

"Ohhhhh, well I guess that's fine. I'm going to take a walk. I'll be back later." She said quickly then rushed away. Haku shrugged his arms and went back to cooking. Knowing she'd come back when the time was right. Chihiro went outside and began to look for Lin. She reached the workers' house and walked right in. To her surprise everybody was gone but one girl. She wore a black robe and her hair was long and jet black. She held a mirror in front of her and it appeared that she was talking to it.

"Yes, master. I'm going to get rid of the girl. I know what the plan is. We've been over this a million times. I cannot let Chihiro marry Haku. Everything is going according to plan, there's nothing you need to worry about. Okay? I can handle this." A voice that sounded like Lin's whispered into the mirror's direction.

"Very well, then. Update me on any news when you have the chance and this time don't keep anything from me you stupid girl!" an ugly figure in the mirror shouted back hastily. It was Lin's face but it wasn't her voice. It was something more evil and menacing than Lin could ever be.

"Yes, master." Lin answered yet again then very slowly, Chihiro backed away from the door and ran away. What was happening to Lin? This world was driving her insane. Or maybe something was taking her over. She didn't know but she was certain she was going to find out. Whether Lin liked it or not.

Chihiro found herself in front of Yubaba's large and fancy door. She was about to knock the door as it swiftly opened and she flew inside.

"You're here about Lin, yes? It seems as though an evil spirit has taken over her." Yubaba said comfortably from her desk. How did she know all of this already? Oh, yeah her powers of knowing. Chihiro noded her head.

"It has?" she wondered, not catching on yet. Her voice was frail and gentle, as always.

"The Spirit is of someone you were close with while you were in the Human World. Someone with a dark soul. Someone who is not afraid of taking full advantage of someone in order to get what they want. Do you know anyone like this? Anyone at all?" Yubaba explained then asked her. Chihiro thought for a few moments and pondered.

"Yes, I knew someone like that. My fiancé, Tikashi." She finally answered with a nervous gulp. Yubaba looked up at her from the book she happened to be reading at the time. She was looking for a way to let the evil spirit be free of Lin.

"I've done my research before you got here and it seems that the only way for him to stop taking over Lin fully and completely is to kill him yourself. You need to travel back into the Human World and do the deed. But you'll still be in the form you are now." Yubaba instructed with a firm voice that reminded Chihiro of her first grade teacher Ms. Saitou.

"So, I have to kill him to save Lin?" Chihiro concluded. Yubaba nodded, saying that this was what had to be done in no words.

"YOU have to do this, Sen. You lured his Spirit down here when you died and now he's trapped in Lin. It's up to you to do this and make sure that it is done right. You can do this, I know you can. If you doubt yourself just think of Haku." Yubaba informed quickly as though she had something else to do. Something far more important.

"I'll do it. I'll kill him. I understand that he is a threat to Lin and everybody else." Chihiro bowed in agreement to her new mission. But did she really know what she was getting herself into? She had never killed anyone before. Then again, if she didn't kill him in the Human World, his Spirit would take over Lin and kill herself for good. That was it. It has to be done. Takashi has to die.