Disclaimer: I do not own Spirited Away. (even though I wished I did)

'Again we're moving. Why me! Of all people!'

As I open my eyes to see the ugly, gray and tattered roof of my parents car, I'm thinking, 'Which move is this again, move 3 or 4?'

I'm not your average fifteen year old, or should I say average fifteen year old girl. I'm not the prissy type that guys would like, I'm a tomboy. I do my own thing and follow my own path. And I'm not like a slut or anything; I just dress like the guys, baggy pants, loose t-shirts, oversized jackets with hoods, etc. My parents don't like it but, this is the real me, even though they don't know it yet. They think it's just a phase, maybe it is but for now, it's who I am.

"Oh Chihiro, it's okay. Think of that as a new adventure. And you should have known we were going to move again with your father's job and all." My mom is a cool parent most of the time and knows how to start making me feel better.

"Yeah, but this time I was planning on staying with Ryou while you were gone."

"Chihiro, I've had enough of that! Stop complaining all the time and think of the upside of moving." And that's my dad's way of pissing me back off.

"New friends, new start, ne-"

"That's the problem! We move too much so I can't make any real friends!"

"You can make friends; you're just too lazy to…" I start to tune out everything and look at the collage that my friends had made me. I was finally in a city long enough to make some friends, but now, that's all ruined. I see Akira and Kenshin head-butting each other, Hibiki and myself wrestling… I miss them all. Especially Ryou, there's a picture of him and myself hugging, and beneath it, is a message.

"Don't forget Chihiro, we're always there for you."

"I'll never forget." I whisper.

"Chihiro, do you want to stop to eat somewhere before we get to our new home?" my mom asks.

"No, I'm fi-… actually yeah. I'm pretty hungry." I'm not one bit hungry, but, if I do this right, I could slip away and find away back to my old town and stay with Ryou as planned. "First, create a diversion…"


"I sense something. Like things are starting to set into motion." says and old and crackly voice. "Haku! Go find out what it might be, I don't want our arriving guests to have any disturbances. Understood?

"Yes."

"Good, now go. I sense it'll arrive in about an hour or so." The boy leaves in a rush.

"Something tells me something bad is going to happen."


"…right by our new home! We could eat here every day!"

"Dad, I really don't care at the moment." I've got my escape plan all figured out!

"Chihiro, what would you like to eat?"

Perfect. "I need to use the restroom first."

"Alright, go ahead but hurry up!" he said in his so called "angry voice"

"It's not like I'm trying to sell drugs or something, DAD!" I spit out that last word like it's acid in my mouth, and with that I walk to the restroom.


Five minutes later…

"I don't trust her, Yukko, go check on her."

"That's he problem Akio! You don't trust her enough! If you'd try trusting and trying to understand her for once like I have, maybe she wouldn't be like this."

"That just means you don't know our daughter."

"I know her more than you do, that's for sure… Wait a second, is… that... Chihiro?" Akio saw Yukko starring out the window, so he looked as well. And there was Chihiro walking away. Akio bangs on the window to get her attention, and surely enough it does.


'I'm free, finally! I have $50 bucks on me, I could hitchhike half the way, then I co-' BANG! I turn and I see a concerned look on my mother's face, and a pissed off look on father's. I stand shocked, while they're exiting the restaurant. My senses finally kick back in and tell me to run like hell. Good thing I was the fastest in my class everywhere I went.

Next thing I know, I'm running in the middle of traffic near a highway, stupid right? But I could care less right now.

BEEP! "Chihiro, please don't do this!"

"You stop this nonsense right now and get in this damn car!" I look over my shoulder and see my mother crying with worry and my father's red face and his eyes filled with hate rage. I give my mom an, "I'm so sorry." Look and gave my dad the finger. I turn my gaze back to the road and see a gap in the trees. I decide I could probably lose them there.

I make a sharp turn to my right and dodge a car by a split second. I almost fall four times down the path I'm running on. As I start to slow down, my parents turn the corner and I have pick up speed again. But I start to slow again as I start to see little stone houses, parents forgotten. As I walk farther, I see this ugly statue, but at the same time it's pretty cool. I want to get a closer look so I jog forward to get there faster. As I get there, I hear my parents' car coming up behind me, I start to find a place to hide, when all of a sudden, I finally notice the tunnel behind the statue. And the weird thing is, it felt like, something was pulling me into the tunnel and someone or something was calling to me.

"Chihiro, are you ok?" I turn to see my mom running towards me.

"I'm fine." The tunnel seemed to be growing impatient.

"Come on honey; let's go back to the car." I'm about to say, "sure", when I see my father walking towards me with daggered eyes. And with that, I turn and run into the tunnel. I don't hear my parents calling for me, so I keep running. As I emerge from the tunnel, I see this beautiful grassland with a little stream cutting through it. I'm so awed by the view I don't even notice my parents walk up behind me, also in awe.


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