Memories
Author's note: Another SA fanfic, I had just seen spirited away last week and I'm already watching it the 2nd time! It's sooo good, you must go see it! This fanfic continues 5 years after Chihiro had been to the spirits world
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15 years old Chihiro sighed and slammed her locker door shut. Somebody just slipped a love letter through her locker, sometimes Chihiro wondered why would any of the boys like her, she's just plain old Chihiro, there's nothing special about her. This is the 3rd time this had happened during the year, and it's the only beginning of the school year!
Chihiro liked her new school, everyone's really nice here, and few of the boys are actually pretty decent, but for some reason she took no interest in them. Maybe it's because she has someone special in her heart, but she doesn't actually know it.
Sometimes Chihiro just stared out the window and wondered why is she still waiting, waiting for someone to come and take her back to that odd yet wonderful world, the world of the spirits. The memories of it was so clear it was like she had just came back yesterday, she could remember everything, from the bath house to the name of the workers. She had missed all her friends when she had came back the first day, and the very next day she had went to look for the tunnel again, but it wasn't there anymore, it's like it never existed. The only passage to the spirits world had vanished, there's no way she's ever going to see her friends ever again. But Chihiro wouldn't give up, she had searched all the forest and still couldn't find the tunnel, until finally she realized it was no good searching it anymore, so she had packed her green stripped t-shirt, pink shorts and her yellow shoes into an old box, but she's always wearing the purple hair band. She had packed those stuff away because she thought maybe then she could forget the whole thing, but it only made her pain worse, she had cried and cried until she couldn't cry anymore. Then suddenly she remembered that Haku or alaso known as the river god Kohaku had promised to come and visit her, so she waited patiently, 1 year passed, 2, 3 until 5 years later there had been still no signs of Haku.
It was exactly 5 years since Chihiro had been to the spirits world, this was the day her parents had drove through the forest and discovered the tunnel.
'Maybe...I'll just try once more…' thought Chihiro as she took her t-shirt, shorts and shoes out of the box. She put them on, sure, they're too small on her now, but Chihiro want just to try once more to find the spirit world. 'I'll just pretend this is that exact day I went in the tunnel.' Chihiro carefully took out the goodbye card her friend had given her when she moved and tucked it inside her pocket.
Chihiro walked silently near the countryside, 'This is it, if I don't find the tunnel I'll just pack away my purple hair band, and that way I probably will forget this whole thing much more easier…' She walked into the forest that 5 years ago her dad had drove through and almost cost a car accident, everything looks the same, just exactly what she remember 5 years ago.
Chihiro closed her eyes and walked slowly in the peaceful forest, then suddenly she felt bright sun light shines through her eye lid, she opened her eyes slowly and infront of her was no other then the statue, the strange little statue that her parent's car had almost hit, and beyond that was the dark tunnel.
Chihiro cried out in amazement "This is impossible! I had actually find it!" Without thinking anything, she rushed into the tunnel and prayed that this isn't just a dream. She ran through the old amusement park and out into the green field, she breathed in the fresh air, and at the same time she could smell the delicious smell of the spirits food. Chihiro climbed slowly up the hill, and infront of her was the town, the town of the spirits. The sun is getting low now, soon the quiet town would be filled with all different kind of spirits. Chihiro walked through the town, she went up a flight of stairs and crossed a red wooden bridge, and she looked up, at the huge red building with all different color of lights shines bright out the windows. It looks warm and welcoming.
Memories begin to rush back to her again, she could remember everything, , a boy with dark black hair, Haku, or also known as the river god Kohaku, the boiler room and Kamaji, the little black sods, Rin, the bath house, Yobaba, Granny, No-face, the train and her other name, Sen.
"This is it! This is the place I've been looking for for the past 5 years! I'm finally back!" cried Chihiro happily as she rushed towards the entrance to the bath house…and that's when our story, begins once again…
I know, this chapter is short, please tell me if you guys think I should continue this or not! Thanks^^