I do not own Spirited Away or it's characters. Hayou Miazaki does, that genius. Enjoy!

"Do you promise that we will meet again?" Chihiro anxiously asked. "I promise." Haku said reassuringly. "No go, and don't look back until you pass through the tunnel." Chihiro slid her hand slowly out of his, and ran off towards her parents. She tempted the urge to look back, but restrained herself, and went to her parents' calls. They walked through the tunnel, only to find that their car was dusty and covered in leaves, and the place where they had parked had grown to look like a forest.

Chihiro shook her head to get rid of that saddened image. She had been in school now for a year, and had had her eleventh birthday a few months after she left Spirit World. She had not yet gone back, trusting in Haku's word. The school bell rang, shaking her out of her thoughts of the boy she had fallen in love with a year before. She walked out of the classroom, but her teacher, Mr. Jumiki, called her to his desk. "Chihiro, you have been daydreaming in class all year so far. I know you are a smart girl, but you are very quiet. Is there anything wrong? Everything you tell me will be kept confidential, but if you would be more comfortable speaking with a female adult, Mrs. Getsaga is very nice and understanding. And she's a counselor, so she'll be fired if she repeats anything you say to her, unless you inform her that she can. So is there anything?" Mr. Jumiki finished, and looked at her with his understanding brown eyes. Chihiro thought for a moment, and finally said, "Mr. Jumiki, I know that this is kind of weird, but I cannot tell anything about what I think about all day. You may not understand, but I cannot tell anybody. I'm sorry if I bother you during class, I'll try to stay focused." Chihiro bowed slightly, and walked towards the door. In the past year, Chihiro had not changed much. She had cut her dark brown hair every time it grew an inch, so she could keep it the same length for when she saw Haku. Nothing else had changed, except her clothes, but she had bought the same white shirt with the green stripe and coral-colored shorts in bigger sizes, because she loved the memories that she had had when she wore that outfit. Her sparkly pink rubber band that No-Face and Bou and that Yu-Bird had made for her hadn't broke yet, thankfully, and she wore everyday with her ponytail. She hadn't yet made any friends, and intended not to. Making friends meant opening up, and Chihiro wasn't ready to open up to anyone. Her trip to Spirit World had taken it's toll, and to her it felt like just yesterday Haku had held her hands while falling through the air, on the way back to the bathhouse. Sitting under a tree in her front yard of her house, Chihiro looked up and down the street. This was her routine everyday since she had moved into the new house. Ever since she made that promise with Haku, she waited for him everyday. Her parents had not known what went on in Spirit World, and didn't even know they were there. Chihiro had not talked much to her parents, yet they continued to ask her about why she had run off that day. She said nothing, and only answered questions like, "Do you have any homework?" or "How was school?".
While sitting here thinking and imagining when Haku comes and gets her, Chihiro is unaware that she is being watched. But by who? How do y'all like it? Please leave some reviews! Thanks for all who enjoyed so far!