Broken Heart
A quiet girl who is like a shadow keeps a dark secret, a handsome boy who wants to help her. Chihiro has never felt love, and a boy she meets wants to change that. But is it enough to mend her heart. (Totally original story, doesn't flow with the movie)
Disclaimer: Me don't own Spirited Away! Do I? …I dunno…if I do then YAHOO!
Chapter 1 Torn
Huddled in the corner of her small room, a girl at the age of sixteen trembled in fear and pain. He had hurt her again, and this time he was really angry. She hid her face in her arms and felt hot tears sting her eyes.
Her hair was long and soft, and used to shine a beautiful light brown. But now it was a dull mousy colour. Her eyes were a shining hazel, but had dulled greatly to grey-brown orbs, almost dusty brown. The girl's body was skinny and she was thin, but she was curved in the places she needed to be quite generously. And her skin was a pale greyish colour. On the outside she may look dull, but on the inside she was broken.
She felt tears fall down her cheeks and to her chin. Then she felt the tired sensation travel through her body. She sighed, "Another night in my corner. Better then my futon I guess," she whispered as she closed her eyes and fell into a dark, dreamless slumber whose only purpose was to numb her pain. A small sliver of moonlight fell onto the girl's neck and the small sparkle of a sliver chain glistened. Around her neck was a small silver locket with a name inscribed on the heart that hung from the chain. 'Chihiro'.
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A boy that must have been seventeen looked out his window and felt a strange sensation of sadness and pain fall upon him. It shook off easily and quickly, but he frowned thoughtfully as he laid down on his futon. "That was weird," he murmured before he began to fall asleep. His hair was a dark greenish-black and his eyes a forest green. His skin was pale in a healthy way, and he had very handsome features. Chihiro, he thought before snapping his eyes open quickly. "What is going on tonight? And that name, Chihiro…I don't know anyone named Chihiro," he mumbled as he ran a hand through his shoulder length straight hair.
A woman with the same forest green eyes and green-black hair opened the door to his room and poked her head through the doorway. "Oh honey, I'm sorry. I didn't know you were awake." The boy smiled, "Don't worry about it mother, I was just going to sleep." The woman smiled at him, "Oh course you were darling. Goodnight Kohaku," the boy rolled his eyes. "Mother, I told you to call me Haku." The woman giggled, "I'm sorry, I forgot my big boy wanted to be called his cool name." Haku sighed playfully. "What'll I do with you?" he asked. His mother grinned, "You sleep on it, huh?" she asked before laughing softly and closing the door.
Haku sat back on his futon, resting his head on his pillow and closing his eyes. He heard a faint voice with no feminine or masculine tone behind it whisper Chihiro, but he paid it no mind.
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Slants of orange light filtered into the small room, falling onto the girl sleeping in the corner. She rubbed her eyes and opened them to the dawn's light before standing to stretch. Sleeping in a corner didn't do her back any good. She scratched the back of her neck and walked to her dirty window and shoved it open with a cracking of the wood. She knew it wasn't broken, but very old. "Like this house," she mumbled as she propped her elbows on the windowsill and stared into the dawn longingly.
A small bird with orange and yellow feathers flew towards the open window and landed by the girl's right elbow. She looked down and smiled at it, "Good morning Taiyou," she said sweetly before stepping into her room and walking towards her dresser. She pulled out a long sleeved dark grey sweater and a pair of baggy grey pants. She took off her black night shirt, revealing her skinny body that was covered in old and new bruises before slipping on a bra and underwear. Then she pulled her pants on quickly before tenderly lifting her shirt and easing it over her head and pulling it down her torso. Even though she was used to the pain by now, she hated the sickening ache that her bruises caused her just putting on her shirt.
She looked over her shoulder at the little bird that sat huddled on her windowsill and walked towards it. Kneeling by the window, the girl hung her arms over the sill and positioned her chin on the sill as well. Taiyou, the little bird, hopped onto her arm and hopped onto her left hand. The girl smiled. "Taiyou, you have to find yourself a mate. A beautiful orange and red, or a bright red cardinal. Think about the combination of your feathers! You're probably the only cardinal with orange and golden yellow feathers, you deserve a worthy mate." Taiyou hopped till she faced the brown eyed girl. She chirped excitedly and flew the short distance to the girl and landed on her shoulder. "I mean it Taiyou, you're special. You deserve someone to fly away with who's worthy of you," the girl looked down sadly. "As for me, I don't think I'm ever getting out of this hell hole." Taiyou plucked one of the girl's hairs with her orange beak. Sighing, the girl withdrew back into the room. "Chihiro, you've definitely lost it. You talk to a bird every morning, and you get abused by that bird too." Taiyou puffed out her chest feathers proudly, before chirping a goodbye and flying off. Chihiro smiled and waved after the bird, "See you tomorrow," she mumbled and banged the window shut.
Creeping down the hallway of the small, one story house she lived in with Gai, Chihiro reached the front door quietly and grabbed her backpack before leaving the house. She stared across the dirt path barely large enough to fit a car through that led toward the town. Chihiro tapped her shoe heels on the dirt path way to make sure she got them on tight, and hurried down the path.
The forest always made her feel safe and comforted, likes she used to feel when her parents were around. Chihiro shrugged off their memory and hurried through the forest path. But no matter how hard she tried to shrug it off, it was as if the memory wanted her to go through the pain again. She shuddered as she remembered that night.
An eleven year old girl with light brown hair and hazel eyes walked hand in hand with her parents down the dark sidewalk. The street lamps cast soft glows over the streets and paths, creating a romantic effect. The little girl broke away from her parents and rushed ahead and walked backwards. "Chihiro, be careful. You might run into someone." cautioned her mother as her father laughed and placed a large arm around the older woman's shoulders. The little girl mimicked her mother, "'Chihiro be careful, you might run into someone,' don't worry mom. I won't run into anybody!" she giggled and ran back to her parents and clung onto her mother's hand.
As the family rounded a corner, they passed a few stores that were closing for the night. As Chihiro's mother hurried past a tavern, the girl's father looked around cautiously. As they rounded another corner, they passed an alley and found themselves in a dead-end. "Great, now we'll have to go back," the woman complained to her husband. "I told you it would have been easier to drive," the man sighed and tried to smile, when a man came up from behind them. "Excuse me, but would you be that Keiji (Sorry, but I don't know Chihiro's parent's names, so I'm making them up) guy from the Waranasu Tavern?" Chihiro's mother glared at her husband. "Keiji, have you been at that bar again?" Keiji sighed, "Yea, I'm Keiji, what's it to you?" he asked in a cold voice as he glared at the man who was smirking. "Well, it seems you made a bet with my old pal for a lot of money. And you lost." Kimi (Chihiro's mother) frowned, "And you've been gambling?" Chihiro was looking at the adults with a confused frown on her face. She didn't understand what her parents were talking about with this man.
The man's cold eyes drifted down to her and he smirked with a glint in his eyes. Chihiro knew it wasn't a good sign. "Mom, Dad, can we please go?" she asked alarmed as she tugged on her mother's sweater. Her mother patted her shoulder, "Right away dear." The man's smirk widened, "Sorry, but you're not going home." Before Kimi knew what was going on, she screamed as the man pulled out a gun and shot Keiji in the chest, killing him instantly. "Keiji!" Kimi cried as she hugged Chihiro close to her and held the girl's face to her stomach to keep her from seeing the bloody sight. But the man then turned towards the woman and shot her as well. Chihiro screamed as her mother fell away from her onto the pavement, blood spilling from her chest. She fell backwards as she backed up and tripped over her father's arm. She screamed again when she saw the horror stricken look in her father's lifeless eyes as blood soaked his shirt. Looking up to the man, Chihiro felt tears staining her eyes, "Why did you do this?" she cried as tears slipped down her cheeks.
The man took a few steps toward her and kneeled down to her level. His cold, onyx eyes looked into her innocent brown ones and his smirk increased. "Because your daddy was being a bad man. He never gave the money he owed to my pal." Chihiro bit her lower lip and squeezed her eyes shut, "Well, aren't you going to kill me too?" she asked, opening her eyes. The man chuckled and ran a finger down her cheek. "So smooth," he seemed to be thinking of something else, but then he turned his attention to the girl. "No, I'm not killing you. But I am going to erase your name." he answered darkly as he pulled out a cloth from his jacket pocket and a bottle with the label scratched up which he poured onto the cloth before shoving it over the girl's mouth and nose. A strange smell entered her nose and Chihiro felt dizzy and light headed before blacking out.
The memory caused the girl to shudder and tremble so hard she had to stop and lean against a building wall to keep herself steady. She had been so absorbed in her memory, she hadn't noticed the scenery change and that she'd reached the town. Some others were walking to school and work this early, but not many. She sighed after taking a deep breath and continued on her way to her school.
First chapter, that's all really. I tried to make it long, but I failed miserably… (Whacks myself in the head) I wonder how many other fictions are based off original plots? But anyhoo, I hope you understand more about Chihiro's life is messed up. Next chapter will include Haku and school (Ahem, I mean Kid Jail)
Thanks for reading!
Sam
(And if you find any errors or want to criticize my work, I'd be honored)