“Where have you been for so long?” With these words, the girl snuggled up to Haku and put her hand on his chest. She loved it when they stood like that. "Airi, I told you that I had to get someone out of the human world." Now she looked up at him and looked him straight into his deep green eyes. Did he really bring people into the world of spirits and gods ?! Wasn't that just a joke on his part? Did he bring YOU here? How long did it take her to "free" him from HER? She turned away from Haku and entered the little house. Without sweeping her gaze, she found the people immediately. They were a sight for her that she had never seen before. There they sat. A girl who was dressed too revealingly, but seemed very personable and nice. Airi tried to interpret her aura - she closed her eyes - Chihiro's aura almost knocked her over at first. This strange girl had immense positive energy in her. Then she felt another aura, which was much, much weaker than that of the strange girl. When she opened her eyes again, she saw a young man who was making a face. Her face flushed instantly when she saw him in his "normal state". It didn't exist! She had actually found someone who looked even better than Haku. He wasn't quite as tall as Haku, but he looked a lot better than Haku. She had never seen such a style of clothing before - neither in men nor in women. Now Haku was also standing next to her. "Chihiro, Haku? May I introduce you? This is my friend and assistant Airi." Immediately both turned around and examined Airi.
"OOOOOOOoooooooohhhh MY GOD! This kimono is so pretty!", Chihiro suddenly uttered after a few minutes of silence. Yusuke couldn't help but grin. Yes, that was typical Chihiro. There she sat now with her sugar-sweet smile. Now he too began to examine Airi. She looked pretty old-fashioned, but he had to admit that she might as well be a supermodel.
"Nice to meet you too."; she then said in a warm and calm voice after she had recovered herself, as the girl's compliment had surprised her quite a bit.
After a few minutes, Haku and Airi also sat down at the table.
"So you are the people Haku should bring?"
"Yes."
"And you are the said Chihiro that people keep talking about?"
"……Yes, perhaps… ……………………………… "
"And your name is Yusuke?"
"Yes."
"And why are you here?"
"Because I want to support my girl in solving the problem in this world." A grin from him followed.
"Oh, you are her boyfriend?", She asked carefully and looked at Haku, who was watching the conversation in silence.“Yes, I am.” There was an almost unbearable pause. Haku hated this conversation. It was so dry and the kindness of his girlfriend, who was only put on, because he knew that she would never accept Chihiro, as she already predicted this when Haku gave her a basket. For this Haku would have loved to punish her with ignorance, but suddenly she burst into tears in despair because she loved Haku too much.
Then Chihiro suddenly started talking and he listened. Her voice had become deeper and more serious. "And what can we help you with?"
"Watch out for Chihiro (long theatrical pause ^^). You must be very brave now! Jubaba's baby, the frog and many more from the bathhouse have been killed by our enemies." In disbelief, she slowly shook her head and sat down an unusually sad smile. "That can't be true! You are not dead ... no ... YOU ARE NOT DEAD !!!!!!!!!" Desperate, she collapsed and began to cry bitterly. Yusuke immediately jumped up and took her comfortingly in his arms. She sobbed softly to him: "Yusuke, you are dead! DEAD! You understand, DEAD !!!!!!!!" He caressed her back and stroked her hair. He had never seen Chihiro like this before. That was also the reason why he didn't know what to do next. Although he comforted her after the death of her grandfather, at least he still had support from Saki.
When she calmed down somewhat, Haku continued. "A god named Otaku was able to mobilize some armed forces for himself and is trying to take over the bathhouse and thus the world of the spirits and gods. Many workers of the bathhouse have died in these attempts Jubaba wants to prevent, however. And she saw the last help and hope in you and her sister Zinaba. "" And why Chihiro of all people? ", Yusuke asked for Chihiro, who was still too upset. "Because she has a great inner strength, which is possibly even greater than that of Jubaba and Zinaba together. And I'm supposed to teach her how to deal with her powers. Otherwise it can have catastrophic consequences for everyone."
Airi had followed the conversation until now without saying anything and couldn't believe that this girl, who seemed so frail and naive, was supposed to save her world.
Yusuke couldn't believe it at first either. Because if he could trust the words of Haku, Chihiro had a great burden to bear, under which she will possibly break. But he didn't know anything about the great power in Chihiro, because he had never noticed it that way. Chihiro is the bearer of hope in this world!