A/N: mm-kay. Nother fic by moi. Id on't know why I'm just bombarded with inspiration for all of the S.T.C.N.K. ficlets... just like when I watched Labyrinth for the first time. Which of ficlets I have been neglecting. *dodges rotten peaches thrown by Laby fans* Ai! Ai! I am bad girl. Anyhoot, on to ... whatever.

Disclaimer: I do not own Spirited Away, Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi, Le Voayge Chihiro, or whatever else. Miyazaki does. *drools on the wonderful Miyazaki's shoes with wide freaky admiring eyes* so don't sue me. if you really hate this ficlet THAT much, then kindly ask me to delete it, and I will. Geeze. Don't have to go killing me or anything - it's not like I'm putting to my faithful readers on FF.Net who hate me on my will or anything.

Summery: Chihiro tried to prove to Lin that Haku has a heart.

Genre: To Be Decided

Rating: To Be Decided

Length: I'll put the length up when I'm finished writing this. :D

POV Three (a.k.a. Third Person POV)

Takes Place during the movie at some point.

WARNINGS: this is MAJOR AU, got that?? AU! I SAID AU! AUTHOR'S UNIVERSE! ALTERNATE UNIVERSE! ANTI-CANON UNIVERSE! WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, AU! AU! AU! *cough* scuse me. ::ahem:: this also Has C/H or C/K or S/H for those of you that don't know, C/H=Chihiro/Haku, S/H=Sen/Haku, and C/K=Chihiro/Kohaku. I'll provide a key for those of you that can't speak Japanese at the bottom. Lin=Rin, and Rin=Lin. They're both the same person, got that? I WILL BE GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SPELLING RIN AND LIN!!! Okay? Okay! Also has fluff. FLUFF! IF YOU NO LIKE FLUFFY FICLETS THEN YOUY NO READ, YES? NO? HAI! Okay. Any other warnings will be put up before hand. Thank you for listening. Also, Rinako is what I think Rin's full name is, before she got Yubaba's job. Rinako. I like that. Still hunting for a Japanese female name that has a spelling of Lin.

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Lin and Chihiro were working on the floor to one of the more filthy rooms (as they had been for the past week) and they were making progress.

"Hey, Sen," Rin said, deciding that she might as well ask a few questions she was curious about. "Why are you so interested in Haku? He's such a..." she trailed off.

"He's nice," Chihiro insisted, scrubbing the same place she had been scrubbing for the past two days. "and a good friend."

"Friend?! Sen, Haku doesn't even have a heart! How could he be anybody's friend?"

"He has a heart!" Chihiro protested. She paused. "c'mon, I'll show you that he does."

"Not likely," Lin snorted. "if you can prove to me Haku has a heart, then..." she paused. "I'll..." she paused again.

"You'll be his friend!"

"Uh, yeah, sure..."

"Okay! I can prove it!" happy for an excuse to quit working, Our Hero stood up and dropped the rag she had been using in a bucket of water. Rin followed her so the edge of the room, and they peered out into the buiness of the bathhouse. Haku was with a couple of monster things, both sporting little towels. He was speaking firmly, and one of them burst into tears and ran out.

Yubaba lost another customer. (it was the third one this week).

The second monster scowled and marched off just as Chihiro marched up.

"Haku!" she announced, checked herself, then "I mean, MASTER Haku!"

Haku stared at her. "What?"

"Ano..." she took a deep breath. "Ano, Linsaidyoudon'thaveaheartandI'mprovingtoherthatyoudo!" she said in a rush. He continued to stare at her.

"What?"

Chihiro sighed. She cocked her head slightly, took a step forward, and in a flash had Haku in a bone-crunching hug that only girls can give.

Behind a wall partway, Rin smacked her forehead.

Haku seemed kind of awkward, and leaned away slightly, lifting his arms and looking down at her. Anybody watching immediately felt sorry for the girl, the human girl, then remembered she was human and decided whatever Haku did to her would be her own problem.

A moment passed, and Chihiro let go of him. "Yup!" she announced, then bowed. "Domo arigatou, Master Haku-san!" then she ran off to where Lin was waiting.

"Are you nuts?!?" Rin demanded. She grabbed Chihiro's shoulders and gave her a good shake. "you're lucky he didn't kill you!"

"Oh, Rin," Chihiro said, then went on, "He has a heart; I heard it beating."

Lin clapped her hand to her forehead again.

"Is that what you were doing? Listening to his heart beat?"

"Mm-hmm!"

"Sen, I didn't mean his physical heart, I mean he doesn't care for anybody! He is... he is INCAPABLE of caring for anybody! You know, heartless!"

There was a moment of silence.

"......... Oh." Was all Chihiro said. Then she frowned. "No, he isn't! he's my friend, he helped me rescue my parents!"

"But you looked back - I notice he isn't "helping" you "rescue" yourself!"

"Oh, Rin," Chihiro shook her head. "he has a heart, and I'll prove it to you!" she raised her voice. "I'LL PROVE IT TO ALL OF YOU!" everything and body went silent to stare at Chihiro, then the noise started back up again.

"Is that a challenge?" Lin asked.

Chihiro started. Challenge?

"Yes, that was a challenge! I'll prove to you that he has a heart, and you prove to me that he doesn't! Kamajii can keep score!"

"Good idea! Come on, let's go tell him about it!"

"Yeah!" .

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A/N: okay, so sue me, that wasn't good. But then again, I'm a wanna-be- pessimist. What do I know? *glomps self*

JAPANESE KEY

Hai = Yes

Ano = uh/um

Domo Arigatou = thank you very much

chimonamidamonai = cold-blooded; unfeeling; heart of stone