Spirited Away fanfiction

by TASHHHH!

I think this is short enough to be called a Prologue. not much happens.

K+ rating: may change to T, I have no idea what will happen in this screwed up plotline.

Ok, this is a weird one and I have no idea where it's going. I got this idea from a dream I had and I thought it seemed pretty cool at the time. After analyzing the premise for a few minutes, I realized with a giggle that it actually DOES involve Chihiro not remembering the spirit world, and Chihiro being depressed. Well, I'm not making myself sound any more credible, I'll shut up now.

Prologue-ish

It was time for Chihiro to go back to her own world. Kohaku followed her and held her hand as he savored what may have been his last minutes with her. He had a lot of possibilities laid out for him now that he had his name and memories again, but one thing that was clear was that he could not follow her this way, this time.

He promised her they would meet again, surprising himself in his hopeful declaration. Then he uttered his famous last words, "go and don't look back."

His last words rang in Chihiro's mind as she ran off to begin her new life. For a minute as she approached the red archway, there was something that felt like a falter in the resolve of both parties. She hesitated, as if she was thinking of looking back, but then she kept on running. At the same time, Kohaku silently came to the realization that nothing could be the same for either of them now.

But instead of turning to brood on the personal loss of his new best friend, Kohaku looked up as he heard Chihiro's voice. Chihiro had yelled in surprise and turned back around to look at Kohaku. The red building was gone, and instead there was a huge chasm and a sea of endless blue sky as if they were standing on the end of the earth. Kohaku cursed in surprise, and ran forward to retrieve her as the earth underneath her began to disintegrate. Even though he used magic to accelerate himself as he extended his arm to her, when he was about to catch her, she fell down among the falling rubble of the edge of the universe.

"Ok... that was... odd." Kohaku woke up in his room in the cottage of the witch who lived at swamp bottom, slightly perturbed. That was really not the type of dream he was expecting to have, considering he was really looking forward to today, in fact a lot more that he had been looking forward to any day recently.

Today was the day when finally, after over 2 years of training, studying, and research, Kohaku was ready to venture once again into the realm of the mortals, the Human world.

Haku got up out of his bed, dressed himself, made his bed and left several jars of rare dried herbs as a gift. Then he opened the window, and flew out into the morning breeze and the brilliant sun, remembering his own last words and never once looking back.

"Chihiro, I'm on my way!" he thought as he soared a little higher than usual. Then he swerved out of the path of a flock of sparrows, and dropped back to his normal traveling altitude.

He flew on right through the red tunnel, gliding seamlessly from one world to the next.

This is a fan-based story, not associated with or sponsered by studio Ghibli or any of the producers of Spirited Away.