Hello! I'm ahiru-chan73, nice to meet you! ^v^

This is my first Spirited Away fanfic--also my second fanfic. I hope that you'll like it!

Disclaimer: I don't own Spirited Away.


Sealed Memory

Chapter 1

The abandoned park was so peaceful. The wind blew softly on the field. In a peaceful day like that, no one will expect that it was a spirit world—no one unless they stay there until nightfall.

Just then, a little girl and a boy appeared from the center of the town. They ran towards the field, holding each other's hand. They boy suddenly stopped on the stone stairs, and the girl stopped too.

"What's wrong, Haku?" the girl named Chihiro asked.

"I can't go any further. Go ahead, your parents are waiting." he said.

"But... Haku, what about you?" she asked in worry.

"Don't worry, I'm fine now that I remember my real name. I'll quit from learning apprentice with Yubaba." he said calmly. But Chihiro still worried him and asked, "Will... Will we meet again?"

Haku widened his eyes at that question. He glanced at Chihiro's hopeful expression, sighed and said, "I'm sure we will."

But Chihiro could feel that he was uncertain, so she looked directly at his eyes and said, "Promise?"

He just looked at her again for about two seconds and said, "Promise." He sighed again and said, "Now, go ahead, but don't looking back until you've reach the end of the tunnel." he smiled at Chihiro. Chihiro nodded.

They began to release their hold on each other's hand. Haku let Chihiro went to her parents. He just sighed and looking Chihiro while she was running away, leave the spirit world all behind.

'Why does he seem so... uncertain? Is that something he can't promise to me?' Chihiro thought while she was crossing the field.

'If that so...' she stopped.

If that was the last time she meet him, then she wanted to look at his face once again...

"...but don't looking back until you've reach the end of the tunnel..."

Quickly, she turned her head to look ahead. She ran and crossing the small river.

When she was crossing the river by stepping on the big stones carefully, she heard a voice calling to her.

"Chihiro!!"

She quickly looked to the voice's direction and blinked in disbelief.

'Mom? Dad? But... how? Is this only my imagination... or am I dreaming now?'

"Where are you from, dear? We've been waiting so long for you... Come on, we're going out now." her mom said gently.

'This is not a dream...'

Chihiro smiled. "I'm coming!"


"Promise?"

Haku looked at Chihiro. She was running away, leave this world behind...

Leaving him behind...

"Promise."

"I shouldn't make that promise to her..." he murmured. 'If only I don't agree with Yubaba's rule...'

"Excuse me, Haku-sama, Yubaba is calling for you." a waitress appeared beside him.

"Tell her I will be there soon, just wait a minute." Haku replied. The waitress nodded and disappeared.


Haku entered the floor where Yubaba is working on. He knocked the door.

"Come in," a voice replied inside, and the doors opened. Haku walked calmly into Yubaba's room.

"So, finally... The girl comes back to her own world." Yubaba said without looking at Haku.

"Yes, Master."

Yubaba turned. "Then, do you... do what I say? The rule, hmm?" she smirked.

"Yes, Master."

"And, after she came back to the world she supposed to live in safely, do you planned to quit learning apprentice from me, now that you remember your real name?"

Haku widened his eyes at that statement, but then he glared and said, "Yes."

Yubaba's eyes widened angrily. "Why don't you call me 'Master again?!"

"Because I'm going to quit learning apprentice from you." He took a breath and said, "I'm Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi, I want to break my deal to quit learning apprentice from Yubaba."

A paper flew out from Yubaba's desk and burned.

Haku smiled. "I think I'm free now." He transformed into a dragon and said, "Then, goodbye."

He flew out by broke the window glass.


"Chihiro, stop clinging on my arms like that," her mom said.

"I'm afraid, mom." she replied. Her dad laughed. "It's nothing but an old town, Chihiro!"

"Ah, there's the way out." her mom said. "There's our car."

Her dad run to his car and gasped. "Huh?!"

"What's wrong, dear?" his wife asked.

"Look at our car! The leaves and dust inside..." he shouted.

"Maybe it's a joke from the spirit...?"

Chihiro just looking at the tunnel—it changed into a cave once they get out. She looked at the tunnel.

"Chihiro, come on... We're going!" her mom said.

"Okay!" she yelled back.


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-=-ahiru-chan73-=-