Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Spirited Away. I only own an extremely fat cat by the name of Slippers.
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Prologue
"There is no water here."
We reach the steps that I remember so well. The steps that stopped me from returning to the human world since the whole valley was covered with water. Now they are barren and dry. I can walk across and finally go back to the human world. Yet will I remember this experience?
"I can walk across now."
Haku continue to hold my hand as he replies, his hand warm in my clammy one. I can't help but think. Will we ever see each other again?
"But I can't go any farther."
He looks at me now, his golden brown eyes staring into the side of my head as I continue to look out over the valley. I turn my head and look at him.
"Just go back the way you came. You'll be fine."
I nod my head in the slightest way yet see he isn't finished yet. A note os seriousness shows in his voice and eyes as he speaks again, his hand still holding mine.
"But you have to promise not to look back, not until you've passed through the tunnel."
I look at him, fear starting to grip inside my soul. I swallow lightly, wondering if this will be the last time I see him.
"What about you? What'll you do?"
He smiles slightly at me, his eyes shinning with intelligence and determination. He gives my hand a slight squeeze as his voice reflects his eyes.
"Don't worry. I'll go back and have a talk with Yubaba. I'll tell her I'll quit being her apprentice."
He looks at me, his eyes reflecting gratitude and respect as he looks at me. I know he is preparing to let go of my hand in a minute. I just wish this moment would never end.
"I'm fine. I got my name back."
This brings happiness to my heart as well as sorrow in some ways that I don't know why. I continue to look at him, wondering if I will ever see him again.
"Will we meet again sometime?"
Haku looks at me, a smile starting to form on his lips. He replies easily, making me wonder if he is lying or telling the truth.
"Sure we will."
I look at Haku one last time. His golden brown eyes stare at me as I speak. I can't help but have a gut feeling he may be lying. There is only one way to find out.
"Promise?"
Haku looks at me with trust and frienship in his eyes, I know then and there that he isn't lying to me and will keep his promise if he makes it.
"Promise."
This brings joy to my heart yet also sorrow. I won't see him again for a while. I can't help but look at him, almost pleading him with my eyes to let me stay. Yet he just looks at me knowingly, bringing my hand up as he speaks with a twinge of sorrow in his voice.
"Now go and don't look back."
I don't give a sign as I walk quickly down the stairs and my hand slowly pulls away from his. I feel a void begin to form in my heart as I let go of his hand once and for all. I will miss him since I know that he is my best friend and I treasure him dearly. Even more then my own parents.
I run down the valley and greet my parents. After a short reunion, we begin to walk towards the tunnel. I watch as my parents leave, my heart swelling slightly with happiness and sorrow at the same time.
As my parents continue to walk and enter the tunnel, I feel myself stop and feel the sudden urge to look back. I shouldn't. I know I shouldn't. Yet even before I have a choice in it, the unthinkable happens.
A strong wind starts to blows and almost topples me over, making me wonder if I should stay here. Again it blows strongly and this time, it knocks me over. I fall to the ground, my card in my pocket falling to the ground at my side. I reach to kick it up, my gaze looking at the tunnel.
Before I could grab it, the wind comes back and blows it into the air. It blows in the direction I didn't want to go. The opposite direction of home. Quickly, I stand up and go to grab it. I don't even realize what I did until I look up at the card, grab it and hold it tightly in my hands as I stare out into the valley which I shouldn't off.
The strong wind comes back again and this time it howls angrily and with glee, knowing that its task has been done. A streak of pain runs through my whole body, as the wind knocks me over harder then before. This time my head slams into a rock, making splitting pain run throughout my body from my bleeding skull. I somehow know this is the end.
After all the spirits I met and times I could of been seriously hurt, I die because of being blown over by the wind and my head hitting a rock. That is a pleasant last thought to think about. I take in a shakey breath and feel the darkness begin to close in one me. Weakly, I look over to here Rin and Haku running to my aide.
"Hang on Sen!!! We're coming!"
"You better not die on us, Sen!!"
With one last glance at the valley and Haku and Rin running to my aide, my mind surrenders to a darkness that I am very afraid of. I just want to go home, I think to myself. Yet I will never be able to since death and the spirit world have another plan for me.
It will allow me to go home. I just won't remember anything about the Spirit World or my former life. I will become a completely different person with no memory of Haku, Rin, Boh, or even my parents. That life is over for me and I am dead to everyone in the spirit world along with the human world. Ogino Chihiro, daughter of Ogino Akio and Ogino Yuuko and known as Sen at the Bath House called Aburaya, is gone forever.
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Hope you liked the Prologue. Let me know if I should finish my first Spirited Away fanfic.
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Prologue
"There is no water here."
We reach the steps that I remember so well. The steps that stopped me from returning to the human world since the whole valley was covered with water. Now they are barren and dry. I can walk across and finally go back to the human world. Yet will I remember this experience?
"I can walk across now."
Haku continue to hold my hand as he replies, his hand warm in my clammy one. I can't help but think. Will we ever see each other again?
"But I can't go any farther."
He looks at me now, his golden brown eyes staring into the side of my head as I continue to look out over the valley. I turn my head and look at him.
"Just go back the way you came. You'll be fine."
I nod my head in the slightest way yet see he isn't finished yet. A note os seriousness shows in his voice and eyes as he speaks again, his hand still holding mine.
"But you have to promise not to look back, not until you've passed through the tunnel."
I look at him, fear starting to grip inside my soul. I swallow lightly, wondering if this will be the last time I see him.
"What about you? What'll you do?"
He smiles slightly at me, his eyes shinning with intelligence and determination. He gives my hand a slight squeeze as his voice reflects his eyes.
"Don't worry. I'll go back and have a talk with Yubaba. I'll tell her I'll quit being her apprentice."
He looks at me, his eyes reflecting gratitude and respect as he looks at me. I know he is preparing to let go of my hand in a minute. I just wish this moment would never end.
"I'm fine. I got my name back."
This brings happiness to my heart as well as sorrow in some ways that I don't know why. I continue to look at him, wondering if I will ever see him again.
"Will we meet again sometime?"
Haku looks at me, a smile starting to form on his lips. He replies easily, making me wonder if he is lying or telling the truth.
"Sure we will."
I look at Haku one last time. His golden brown eyes stare at me as I speak. I can't help but have a gut feeling he may be lying. There is only one way to find out.
"Promise?"
Haku looks at me with trust and frienship in his eyes, I know then and there that he isn't lying to me and will keep his promise if he makes it.
"Promise."
This brings joy to my heart yet also sorrow. I won't see him again for a while. I can't help but look at him, almost pleading him with my eyes to let me stay. Yet he just looks at me knowingly, bringing my hand up as he speaks with a twinge of sorrow in his voice.
"Now go and don't look back."
I don't give a sign as I walk quickly down the stairs and my hand slowly pulls away from his. I feel a void begin to form in my heart as I let go of his hand once and for all. I will miss him since I know that he is my best friend and I treasure him dearly. Even more then my own parents.
I run down the valley and greet my parents. After a short reunion, we begin to walk towards the tunnel. I watch as my parents leave, my heart swelling slightly with happiness and sorrow at the same time.
As my parents continue to walk and enter the tunnel, I feel myself stop and feel the sudden urge to look back. I shouldn't. I know I shouldn't. Yet even before I have a choice in it, the unthinkable happens.
A strong wind starts to blows and almost topples me over, making me wonder if I should stay here. Again it blows strongly and this time, it knocks me over. I fall to the ground, my card in my pocket falling to the ground at my side. I reach to kick it up, my gaze looking at the tunnel.
Before I could grab it, the wind comes back and blows it into the air. It blows in the direction I didn't want to go. The opposite direction of home. Quickly, I stand up and go to grab it. I don't even realize what I did until I look up at the card, grab it and hold it tightly in my hands as I stare out into the valley which I shouldn't off.
The strong wind comes back again and this time it howls angrily and with glee, knowing that its task has been done. A streak of pain runs through my whole body, as the wind knocks me over harder then before. This time my head slams into a rock, making splitting pain run throughout my body from my bleeding skull. I somehow know this is the end.
After all the spirits I met and times I could of been seriously hurt, I die because of being blown over by the wind and my head hitting a rock. That is a pleasant last thought to think about. I take in a shakey breath and feel the darkness begin to close in one me. Weakly, I look over to here Rin and Haku running to my aide.
"Hang on Sen!!! We're coming!"
"You better not die on us, Sen!!"
With one last glance at the valley and Haku and Rin running to my aide, my mind surrenders to a darkness that I am very afraid of. I just want to go home, I think to myself. Yet I will never be able to since death and the spirit world have another plan for me.
It will allow me to go home. I just won't remember anything about the Spirit World or my former life. I will become a completely different person with no memory of Haku, Rin, Boh, or even my parents. That life is over for me and I am dead to everyone in the spirit world along with the human world. Ogino Chihiro, daughter of Ogino Akio and Ogino Yuuko and known as Sen at the Bath House called Aburaya, is gone forever.
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Hope you liked the Prologue. Let me know if I should finish my first Spirited Away fanfic.
