The Chronicles of the Shiroi Ryuu
Sora: Hello everyone! Sorry I couldn't put up any stories or chapters for a very long time. Somehow the computer got a virus again and I'm sure that I wasn't the one who put it there. I'm not the only one who uses this computer! But it kinda destroyed my stories, so I never put up chapter two of my RK story. It's going to be posted pretty soon!
Well I decided to try a Spirited Away story after just watching the movie a few months ago. I thought it was a cool story, so I began to start on the plot. But now, I'm just writing what comes to my head so just bear with me! Plus, Microsoft Word was destroyed by that virus so I'll have to type by some other program. Please forgive the mistakes if there are any; this one doesn't spell checking.
Enjoy!
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Chapter one: A new begining
Dawn began to approach at last...the sky began to change from a murky darkness to a magnificent blend of hues. The clouds were beginning to appear fluffier, like giant marshmallows in the air. The stars bcame less visible. The whole atmosphere even seemed a little more cheerful and the place was filled with calm. In Japan, everything was sound and calm, even the rivers.
But later that evening, the entire cheerful atmosphere ended with rain. It rained and rained for the duration of the week, and the lakes, rivers, and seas began to fill up with extra water. It was a tragedy for both humans and the beings any normal human cannot see.
The guardians of the Hikaru and Masshiroi rivers (A/n: I just made up these two river names. Most likely they don't really exist...) surveyed the damage that was being done to Japan. Flying swiftly over the rising rivers and seas, Hikari and Shiroi looked in disappointment. After looking at all of the land, they returned to the riversides of their rivers, turning back into their humanoid forms.
"It's raining too much. The damage is not repairable..."
"Hikari, I agree. But the rice fields the humans operate on needed some more water, so I suppose some good can come out of it."
"But what about the rivers that are overflowing? What will we do about that?"
"Since we are the major rivers, it would be wise to create another river for this access water. If we don't, the rains will cause all of the rivers to flood, and soon we will flood. Shall we create a river using our magic?"
Hikari, the female river spirit bent down on her knees and picked up a fistful of mud next to the river. She looked up to the other river spirit and gave a small smile.
"It will take more than just mental effort. It would take a lot of physical effort as well..."
"I see."
The male river spirit, Shiroi, bent down next to Hikari. He gave a little smirk and picked up a small fistful of mud too. He chucked a little.
"Well, I suppose we should get started then."
The two kawakami's transformed into their dragon forms once again; one of them had white scales shining with rain water with a blue hair on the top going down to the tail, and the other looked the same, only skinnier and this one had forest green hair instead. Both had great claws and LONG 'whiskers'. Using this dragon form they started to create the new river.
They first started to dig up the earth with their great claws, and for the rest of the project they began to use magic so that the river wouldn't drain and for other purposes. After a long day of work, it was up to the rain to generously finish the river. As the two kawakamis predicted, it would rain for another month and a half. Slowly, but surely, the new river began to fill up, taking in the rain and the extra water from the other rivers.
It was the beginning of a new river.
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A few weeks after the small 'monsoon', the sun began to shine bright with pure happiness and mirth. The clouds were big, fluffy marshmallows once again; surely this was paradise for both the humans and the kami's alike. The Sakura trees were in bloom, and the festivals were about to begin a few weeks later. The rivers were flowing peacefully and many people began to notice that there was a new river.
Many people didn't know what to call it because it just appeared out of nowhere, so they talked to the person in power of Japan at that time. The other kami began to whisper among themselves about this new river. Everyone was talking about it. The guardians of the Masshiroi and Hikaru had to do something about this.
The two kawakami in their humanoid forms walked to the edge of the new river and stared into it. This small river was swift flowing but the waters were crystal clear and peaceful...even though it had a few petals of Sakura blossoms in it. A few minutes after they inspected this river, they heard someone laughing; it was the small laughter of a child. Both of them turned around at the same time.
It was a little boy, with the appearance of a six-year-old. His hair was down to his chin and his eyes huge and almond shaped with giant, glistening emerald colored orbs. He wore a white 'shirt' with a purple ribbon tied around his waist. He wore sky blue pants and a pair of simple sandals. He gave a large grin.
"'Ello!"
The two kawakami's instantly froze.
"You can see us....?" Shiroi asked hesitantly.
"Yes I can! You came to see the river?" The boy blinked.
"Um, I guess. Where are your parents little boy?"
"I..no know...Have you seen my mommy and daddy? I sure they look like me..."
His voice was rising like a crescendo. Hikari looked at him.
"Hey, where do you live? We need to get you home to your parents!"
"I live in river. River's my home."
The both of them gasped in shock; was the boy the result of the magic and power they used to create the river? Both of them began to kneel down towards the child.
"Little boy...you see, we used magical powers to create this river a few months ago," Hikari stated, "And the magical powers made this small river combined together and it made you."
"Made me? Are you my mommy?"
"Believe what you want to believe, young kami."
The little boy hesitated at first, but suddenly he ran to the female kawakami and hugged her tightly. He buried his face in her clothes.
"Mommy! I found you!" He said happily.
"Yeah, I know. Everything is going to be okay now."
Hikari had returned the hug, slowly rubbing the child's back. Shiroi came up to the pair scratching his chin in thought.
"You know, he kinda looks like us."
"He has your hair and your face, Shiroi."
"...And he has your eyes, Hikari. What do we name this boy?"
"Usually it is up to the humans to name us, but this time we will name him ourselves. Take a look at the river and describe it to me."
Shiroi walked over to the small river and began to inspect it for the second time today. He looked at the details of this and began to hesitate on what to say. How could you put it into words?
"It's small of course, swift flowing, peaceful..." He started.
"I've got it. We shall call him Nigihayami Kohakunushi."
"Nigihayami Kohakunushi?? Why that?"
"Well, it is perfect for him! And plus, his river branches off of the Masshiroi. What else can we name him?"
"I was thinking Momo...or Mochi! Mochi sounds good! No, wait....Neriko's even better!"
"Shiroi!!! We are not naming our child that!! It's Nigihayami Kohakunushi and that's final!"
"Alright then. Nigihayami Kohakunushi it is."
And in that time, sky was painted as you see it in sunny days, and the first small step was taken...the first small step to becoming a powerful river spirit. Nigihayami Kohakunushi made his first appearance to the world and became apart of a small family of kawakami's.
End of Chapter one
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Sora: Well that is the end of chapter one. There will most likely be a lot of Japanese terms floating all over the place, so I'll include a small dictionary of the words I used at the bottom of the story so you won't be so confused. I got the name of the new main character from the site named Tea with the White Dragon. It's a really cool site! Of course if you have been there, that's cool too. That's where I got the translation for the name and how to write it. Anyway, I'll be putting up the new chapter as soon as I can. So, here's the small dictionary thing-y I was talking about. Please tell me if I left anything or if anything has been mistranslated!
Hikaru: Be bright, shine
Masshiroi: Pure white/ Ultimate white
Kawakami: River Spirit/ River god
Kami: Spirit/ God
Hikari: Light
Shiroi: White
Sakura: Cherry blossom tree
Momo: Peach
Mochi: Gluttinous rice cake
Neriko: Dough/ Batter
Nigihayami Kohakunushi: Translates to 'master of the peaceful and swift flowing small white river'...or so I've heard!
So, I must go now. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter! And please R R!
Sora: Hello everyone! Sorry I couldn't put up any stories or chapters for a very long time. Somehow the computer got a virus again and I'm sure that I wasn't the one who put it there. I'm not the only one who uses this computer! But it kinda destroyed my stories, so I never put up chapter two of my RK story. It's going to be posted pretty soon!
Well I decided to try a Spirited Away story after just watching the movie a few months ago. I thought it was a cool story, so I began to start on the plot. But now, I'm just writing what comes to my head so just bear with me! Plus, Microsoft Word was destroyed by that virus so I'll have to type by some other program. Please forgive the mistakes if there are any; this one doesn't spell checking.
Enjoy!
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Chapter one: A new begining
Dawn began to approach at last...the sky began to change from a murky darkness to a magnificent blend of hues. The clouds were beginning to appear fluffier, like giant marshmallows in the air. The stars bcame less visible. The whole atmosphere even seemed a little more cheerful and the place was filled with calm. In Japan, everything was sound and calm, even the rivers.
But later that evening, the entire cheerful atmosphere ended with rain. It rained and rained for the duration of the week, and the lakes, rivers, and seas began to fill up with extra water. It was a tragedy for both humans and the beings any normal human cannot see.
The guardians of the Hikaru and Masshiroi rivers (A/n: I just made up these two river names. Most likely they don't really exist...) surveyed the damage that was being done to Japan. Flying swiftly over the rising rivers and seas, Hikari and Shiroi looked in disappointment. After looking at all of the land, they returned to the riversides of their rivers, turning back into their humanoid forms.
"It's raining too much. The damage is not repairable..."
"Hikari, I agree. But the rice fields the humans operate on needed some more water, so I suppose some good can come out of it."
"But what about the rivers that are overflowing? What will we do about that?"
"Since we are the major rivers, it would be wise to create another river for this access water. If we don't, the rains will cause all of the rivers to flood, and soon we will flood. Shall we create a river using our magic?"
Hikari, the female river spirit bent down on her knees and picked up a fistful of mud next to the river. She looked up to the other river spirit and gave a small smile.
"It will take more than just mental effort. It would take a lot of physical effort as well..."
"I see."
The male river spirit, Shiroi, bent down next to Hikari. He gave a little smirk and picked up a small fistful of mud too. He chucked a little.
"Well, I suppose we should get started then."
The two kawakami's transformed into their dragon forms once again; one of them had white scales shining with rain water with a blue hair on the top going down to the tail, and the other looked the same, only skinnier and this one had forest green hair instead. Both had great claws and LONG 'whiskers'. Using this dragon form they started to create the new river.
They first started to dig up the earth with their great claws, and for the rest of the project they began to use magic so that the river wouldn't drain and for other purposes. After a long day of work, it was up to the rain to generously finish the river. As the two kawakamis predicted, it would rain for another month and a half. Slowly, but surely, the new river began to fill up, taking in the rain and the extra water from the other rivers.
It was the beginning of a new river.
----------------------------------------------------------
A few weeks after the small 'monsoon', the sun began to shine bright with pure happiness and mirth. The clouds were big, fluffy marshmallows once again; surely this was paradise for both the humans and the kami's alike. The Sakura trees were in bloom, and the festivals were about to begin a few weeks later. The rivers were flowing peacefully and many people began to notice that there was a new river.
Many people didn't know what to call it because it just appeared out of nowhere, so they talked to the person in power of Japan at that time. The other kami began to whisper among themselves about this new river. Everyone was talking about it. The guardians of the Masshiroi and Hikaru had to do something about this.
The two kawakami in their humanoid forms walked to the edge of the new river and stared into it. This small river was swift flowing but the waters were crystal clear and peaceful...even though it had a few petals of Sakura blossoms in it. A few minutes after they inspected this river, they heard someone laughing; it was the small laughter of a child. Both of them turned around at the same time.
It was a little boy, with the appearance of a six-year-old. His hair was down to his chin and his eyes huge and almond shaped with giant, glistening emerald colored orbs. He wore a white 'shirt' with a purple ribbon tied around his waist. He wore sky blue pants and a pair of simple sandals. He gave a large grin.
"'Ello!"
The two kawakami's instantly froze.
"You can see us....?" Shiroi asked hesitantly.
"Yes I can! You came to see the river?" The boy blinked.
"Um, I guess. Where are your parents little boy?"
"I..no know...Have you seen my mommy and daddy? I sure they look like me..."
His voice was rising like a crescendo. Hikari looked at him.
"Hey, where do you live? We need to get you home to your parents!"
"I live in river. River's my home."
The both of them gasped in shock; was the boy the result of the magic and power they used to create the river? Both of them began to kneel down towards the child.
"Little boy...you see, we used magical powers to create this river a few months ago," Hikari stated, "And the magical powers made this small river combined together and it made you."
"Made me? Are you my mommy?"
"Believe what you want to believe, young kami."
The little boy hesitated at first, but suddenly he ran to the female kawakami and hugged her tightly. He buried his face in her clothes.
"Mommy! I found you!" He said happily.
"Yeah, I know. Everything is going to be okay now."
Hikari had returned the hug, slowly rubbing the child's back. Shiroi came up to the pair scratching his chin in thought.
"You know, he kinda looks like us."
"He has your hair and your face, Shiroi."
"...And he has your eyes, Hikari. What do we name this boy?"
"Usually it is up to the humans to name us, but this time we will name him ourselves. Take a look at the river and describe it to me."
Shiroi walked over to the small river and began to inspect it for the second time today. He looked at the details of this and began to hesitate on what to say. How could you put it into words?
"It's small of course, swift flowing, peaceful..." He started.
"I've got it. We shall call him Nigihayami Kohakunushi."
"Nigihayami Kohakunushi?? Why that?"
"Well, it is perfect for him! And plus, his river branches off of the Masshiroi. What else can we name him?"
"I was thinking Momo...or Mochi! Mochi sounds good! No, wait....Neriko's even better!"
"Shiroi!!! We are not naming our child that!! It's Nigihayami Kohakunushi and that's final!"
"Alright then. Nigihayami Kohakunushi it is."
And in that time, sky was painted as you see it in sunny days, and the first small step was taken...the first small step to becoming a powerful river spirit. Nigihayami Kohakunushi made his first appearance to the world and became apart of a small family of kawakami's.
End of Chapter one
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Sora: Well that is the end of chapter one. There will most likely be a lot of Japanese terms floating all over the place, so I'll include a small dictionary of the words I used at the bottom of the story so you won't be so confused. I got the name of the new main character from the site named Tea with the White Dragon. It's a really cool site! Of course if you have been there, that's cool too. That's where I got the translation for the name and how to write it. Anyway, I'll be putting up the new chapter as soon as I can. So, here's the small dictionary thing-y I was talking about. Please tell me if I left anything or if anything has been mistranslated!
Hikaru: Be bright, shine
Masshiroi: Pure white/ Ultimate white
Kawakami: River Spirit/ River god
Kami: Spirit/ God
Hikari: Light
Shiroi: White
Sakura: Cherry blossom tree
Momo: Peach
Mochi: Gluttinous rice cake
Neriko: Dough/ Batter
Nigihayami Kohakunushi: Translates to 'master of the peaceful and swift flowing small white river'...or so I've heard!
So, I must go now. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter! And please R R!