Chihiro ran through the old train station on her way to the spirit world she had longed to come back to for years.
She was twenty years of age now and she had been waiting for this day to arrive.
"I'll see you again some day" the boy's words echoed in her mind, "I promise."
She had come back to the train station every week after she had left the spirit world, but to her luck, the entryway was sealed.
She decided to spend any minute she could doing research on spirits and gods from what information was in her world. So many stories she read about being Spirited Away and how these people never came back from the other side. Chihiro even started to work at the shrine near her home so she could connect with the spirits and gods from her world. She would talk to the spirits that lingered around the temple and tell them stories of her adventures on the other side. They trusted her and adored her. They even started bringing her messages from Haku from the other side. He was working his hardest to manage the bath house. Yubaba had fled with her son soon after Haku had demanded his freedom. Haku told her how his side of the station was also sealed and he couldn't come to her world to get her because his river had been filled and if he entered the human world he would die since he was without the connection to his river.
Last night she had a dream, no, a vision that the gateway was once again open. She knew it would only be open for a short time while it let large amounts of spirits travel from her world to their own.
Chihiro packed up all her necessities and headed out. She ran as hard as she could up that dirt road and to the train station. The branches of the overgrown trees scratched at her exposed arms and legs as she bolted.
"No point in slowing down now" she thought, "I have to hurry before it closes. This will be my last chance to see Haku!"
She knew if the gate closed now that she would have to wait another 10 years before it opened again, but she knew she would die from the sadness of being separated from her true love any longer.
She squinted as she came through the exit as the hot, bright sun from the other side hit her face.
The rolling grassy hills and the smell of cooking food.
She was finally there.
[To be Continued!]
Author's Note: Hi everyone, I'd just like to take this moment to introduce myself! This is my first fanfic and I hope to be able to bring these characters to life and make something really fun to read. I'm sorry it's so short this time around. The chapters will be a lot longer next time.