"Chihiro."

I opened my eyes and looked around. Blue walls, a desk, and a cow shaped alarm clock. A light hit my eyes as I tried to place my surroundings. I had fallen asleep, a normal thing to do. What was I dreaming about? I pictured grass in my mind; and some large rocks where a river was going to be. There was a red bridge and a boy looking back at me from the other side.

"Chihiro wake up!"

The world was spinning as I sat up. I looked down at my bed, then to my mother in the doorway, and then over to my school uniform.

"Chihiro, hurry, it's your first day of high school, you don't want to be late. And after school make sure you clean your room, it's a pig sty."

I smiled at her choice of words, "Yes mom."

She left, closing the door behind her. I rolled out of bed with a terrible taste in my mouth. I slipped my feet into my slippers and I walked into the bathroom with clutter on the sink. I found my toothbrush and paste and began brushing my teeth. I looked at myself in the mirror. In the reflection I saw something move outside. I turned around and hurried to the window where the yellow sun had begun to rise. I tripped on a small pile of shirts but kept my focus on the window. It was jammed at first, but i managed to slam it open, letting in the cold morning air. I continued my brushing as I searched the sky. I sighed with disappointment, just my imagination again. The toothpaste started to foam at the corners of my mouth and I hurried back to the sink. This time, however, I managed to fall over.

I sipped up my skirt and put my shirt on, short sleeve. Then I walked over to my desk, which was also cluttered with books and papers and small boxes. In a little red box was the purple hair tie granny and my friends had made for me. I always made sure to wear it everyday so when I see them again they'll be able to see how much they meant to me. I approached the open window with my neck ribbon in hand. When I was about to tie it the wind blew it out of my hand. I grabbed my cardigan and ran down the stairs.

"Chihiro! Breakfast!"

"My ribbon fell out the window!"

"The window!? Chihiro you can be so scatterbrained!"

I picked it up out of the grass. When I dusted it off little black balls with eyes fell to the dirt below.

"Oh, soot sprites!"

They disappeared into the earth. I watched them go. I thought about it, the dream I had last night. That wasn't a dream. That was a memory, the memory of my friend. It's strange, I know I cared about him so much, but I can't remember his name? I think it had an "H," but I'm not sure. It's been five years since I had seen him and the spirit world. Five years since my parents were spell bound into pigs and I was spirited away. Since then I guess I've been able to see spirits of all kinds, but not him. I guess it's easier for humans to make the crossover than for souls. There was a young man who liked to hide by the side of my house, he isn't alive and I'm the only one who can see him.

"Hey Barron."

"Oh, good morning Miss Chihiro!"

"I can see you got away again."

"Yeah, I'm lucky. I'm always so afraid that those guys in the black robes will get me."

"How the hole in your chest?"

"Here nor there. It hurts sometimes but nothing serious."

"Well that's good. So, will you be going out to see Muta?"

"Yeah, I just feel so bad that I died before I could get him a proper home."

"Well he's a stray."

"Chihiro maybe you could take him?"

"Barron you know my dad is allergic to cats. If I could I would, really."

"It's just a shame that you're the only one who can see or hear me."

"Chihiro? Who are you talking to?"

"Oh shoot, it's mom. I'll talk to you later. Good luck finding Muta today."

"Good luck at school."

He disappeared into thin air, as spirits do. I ran back into the house and told my mom that I was talking to a bird. She thought it was strange but I tried telling her about my sixth sense but she thought it was a joke and even when I tried to convince her she told me that I was being weird and to stop. I was finishing eating when I heard the doorbell ring.

"That's probably Usaka. She told me she wanted to walk to school together so I'm going to leave now!"

"Goodbye Chihiro, have a nice day."

I grabbed my bag from the floor and slid my shoes on. When I opened the door there stood my friend Usaka. She was very cute with her long hair in a braid. She smiled down at me; she was very tall with freckles.

"Good morning Chihiro!"

"Good morning Usaka, you ready?"

"Yeah! I'm really glad that we go to the same high school! On top of that we're in the same class! I really hope we get some hotties!"

"I thought you had a boyfriend?"

"Who, Andou? Well, he just isn't into that whole occult ghost mystery type thing. And you know that that rules my life so I'd prefer a nice guy who gets the whole magical other world thing, like you! But not like you, I mean, do you know what I mean?"

"Yeah I do."

"So how was Barron? Same as always?"

"A little more shaken up if anything. Those guys in the black robes keep trying to catch him."

"They sound freaky. Actually, you've seen a lot of them lately right?"

"Yeah, I guess since that construction incident."

"You mean the one where the building just randomly exploded?"

"That one."

"Geez Chihiro, you're so lucky that you get to be intone with spirits and things like that."

"I don't not like it it's just…"

"Right, there's that one spirit. The one with the "H" in his name."

"I just can't believe I can't remember his name. I even wrote it down but the card disappeared."

"How strange. Still I wish I could be in love with a spirit. That sort of thing just isn't accepted by normal people though. Oh hey, that's our school up ahead!"

ROaR!!!

I stopped dead in my tracks and turned around. What was that sound just now? I blinked when a drop of water hit my nose. Looking up I saw that the clouds were dark and quickly covering the sky.

"Chihiro, what's the matter?"

There was the sounds of thunder and the rain slowly began to fall in a drizzle.

"Come on Chihiro before we get soaked."

"Right, it's just… no it's probably nothing."

Ke-Kero Ke! Kero Kero! Okay Tono Time has just begun! Hello there, I am Tonoradish and this is my first Bleach story as well as my first Spirited Away story. I'm really excited because I had wanted to write this forever but I was too busy working on my other fics. Now I have managed to make some time to actually write this and I just can't wait to really get into it! Comments are appreciated so if you would just be a dear and tell me what you think of this first chapter that would just make my spirit fly! Well enough of me. Look forward to the next chapter soon.