Disclaimer: SA ain't mine.

Summary: A story about a girl that fell blindly in love with a cold stranger. A story about how the exterior of a boy slowly melted. And sometimes, people meet under the strangest of all circumstances.

By the way, Himura-san is just a passing-by character.

This story is fully ChihiroxHaku!

And this story is strictly AU.

The Strangest of All

Chapter One

"Good morning!" Chihiro Ogino said, running down the street while shouting out various greetings to her neighbors. One of her neighbors, Aki Himura, laughed along with her.

Carelessly, Himura-san threw a lolly at Chihiro, and shouted out to her, "Going to the library again?"

In an attempt to seem worthy of his humour, Chihiro stopped running, and stood up straight. She then saluted to Himura before running off again.

Himura sighed, "One of these days, I'm going to salute back to her." he turned back to his lollies, and popped one into his mouth, "How can she just brighten up a person's life…just like that?"

Oblivious to what Himura had said, Chihiro dashed off at the speed of lightning to the library, where she would return with another armful of interesting books. She had an obsession with fantasy novels, because they brought a strange realization to her reality – which the fantasy realms would never, ever happen.

She often liked to believe in dragons and such, but something in her mind always told her they were unrealistic, fake, and creatures made up for the fun of it.

She quickly entered the library, and returned all her books that she borrowed two days ago, got another armful of novels, and quickly sat down to skim through another while she was at the library.

A certain name on the library card at the back of the book caught her attention.

It was a strange name, at such matters. It was: Nigijhami Kohaku Nushi.

Running for her dear life, Chihiro ducked under a nasty tree branch that could have stopped her from arriving at the 'place' she agreed to meet her best friend, Rin at.

Chihiro, clutching her school bag and a thick, hardcover book in her hands, collapsed onto the bench as soon as she arrived at the meeting spot. Rin wasn't there yet, meaning she would be spared form the depths of hell. For now.

"Phew" Chihiro said, wiping the sweat off her forehead as Rin came bouncing into the distance.

Rin, her smile slowly fading as she approached Chihiro, and she said in a fierce whisper, "I have something to tell you."

Chihiro nodded slowly, "I know…"

Rin opened her mouth, but instead, she screamed in Chihiro's ear.

"Watch it!"

"Sorry…couldn't resist…" Rin said, grinning, "Anyway…" she leaned over ,and whispered something in Chihiro's ear. Chihiro's eyes widened, and she whispered back, "You can't be serious…a love letter?"

Rin nodded, "It's from, you know, the guy in the class 9-2. You know…Hattori Kenji?"

Chihiro nodded slowly, "So are you going to reply to his letter anytime soon?"

Rin blushed, and looked away, "I…I…don't know."

Chihiro, wise as she is in the areas of 'affection', 'crushes' and 'love', laughed, and said, "You like someone else!"

Rin turned a darker shade of red and she mumbled, "…Yeh…"

Chihiro shook her head, "Fess up! Who is it?"

At that exact moment, the sports captain, Tsukino Aki, turned around, ran up to the fence that separated Rin and Chihiro from Aki, and he yelled, "Pass me my bag, can't you, Chihiro?"

Chihiro rolled her eyes, and crossed her arms, "Maybe!"

She noticed that Rin had immediately turned the other way around.

Chihiro smiled, "Why can't Rin do it?"

Aki looked fed up, because he yelled, "I just want my bag! Hurry up with it!"

Chihiro, slightly annoyed with his insensitive behavior, got his bag, and took it with her, and chucked it ten metres away from the fence. With a triumphant look on her face, Chihiro turned back around, and stuck her tongue out, "Go get it, Tsukino-kun!"

But at that, Rin had grabbed onto her sleeve, and pulled Chihiro away from the entire scene, with her cheeks scarlet.

Fifteen minutes after Chihiro was dragged away from the scene, Chihiro went through her bag to find she had lost her book. Her PRECIOUS hardcover book in which a boy named NIGIJHAMI Kohaku Nushi had read. God damn it!

"Kami-sama…" Chihiro screeched, "STOP!"

The class turned back to look at her, and Chihiro turned away, embarrassed. She put her hand up in the air, and she said to the sensei, "I left my book in the playground, May I retrieve it?"

The teacher, unimpressed by such a 'careless' action, waved Chihiro away, to which Chihiro responded by bowing to the teacher, and rushing off.

Completely unaware of her surroundings, Chihiro ran towards to bench in which Rin and her had sat upon, and looked around to find a book.

Instead, she found a boy.

A boy with dark green hair that was mesmerizing, and emerald eyes that seemed to stare into her soul. Chihiro couldn't move all over a sudden. Her hand just seemed numb as the boy realized someone was staring at him.

The boy looked up, raising an eyebrow. His eyes were questioning Chihiro, testing her wit and patience.

Chihiro decided to take on the test. She held out her hand, and she said, "Sorry to interrupt, but the book is mine."

The boy once again raised his eyebrows, and he said, "Technically, it's the library's."

But nevertheless, the boy stood up, and he smirked at Chihiro before handing her the book, "See you later, Ogino Chihiro."

"How…how do you know my name?"

"I knew it quite a time ago. How do you think I know?" the boy teased, his eyes flicking with complete amusement.

Chihiro looked at the hardcover book, and she murmured, "The Library card…"

The boy, completely amused by the whole scene, said flawlessly to Chihiro, "I wouldn't suggest writing down your thoughts in a library book though,"

And the boy sauntered away into the distance. The last thing he had said to Chihiro kept haunting her.

Chihiro, angered, muttered, "Jerk. Conceited pig!"

After school finished, Chihiro turned home, and got the carton of milk from the fridge. She wrinkled up her eyebrows, as she opened the fridge, and she sneered, "I wouldn't suggest writing down your thoughts in a library book though,"

Well…well…great imitation you have, Chihiro!

Her face turned red, and she yelled at no one in particular, "Baka!"

And with that, she decided she hated everything about the boy.

The next day…

"I heard that Chihiro Ogino got a new boyfriend!"

"Really?"

"How come I never heard that before?"

"Chihiro got a new b-f! How can she get a boyfriend and I can't!"

Chihiro had just entered the classroom to be filled with all these new rumors about her.

She slammed her bag onto her desk, and she yelled for the whole class to hear, "I am NOT going out with anyone!"

At recess, Chihiro began to think about what the Nigijhami Kohaku Nushi looked like. She smiled at her daydream, and she whispered, "I wonder what he looks like…"

An image of the boy from yesterday came up on her head.

Chihiro's face scrunched up, and she said, "No! Anyone BUT him!"

Rin, who was next to her, said innocently, "What's wrong, Chihiro?"

Chihiro grunted, "Nothing…"

End of Chapter One

Hey mina-san! Yes, this is my 'newest' story which could be deleted in a week's time. You can see I reduced the size of the 'stories' from 12 to six, because the others just didn't seem appealing enough for me to continue.

I like this story, so I think I might continue it.

You have no idea how hard it is to write this story, because I wanted a story that was edited properly, with LONG chapters, and good use of emotion, which I clearly lack in all aspects.

You might recognize that this story is based upon a Studio Ghibli movie called "Whisper of the Heart".

Aha. This is the story that is based upon yet ANOTHER Ghibli movie.

My cousin just left fan fiction(dot)net, so I'm rather mad at her. She used to share the same account, and she has left me all her stories for me to continue, which is INSANE. I deleted most of her stories except for Fire Princess and On The Edge, because I like those stories. Anyway, you could expect less frequent updates from me, because I am lazier than my cousin is.

I hope this story is alright, because I tired extra hard to make this story near perfect.

Apparently, review responses are banned form now on.

So I guess I can't reply to any of you (raises an eyebrow).

In case I haven't stressed it enough times, this story is AU! This story is a pathetic attempt for my best friend who requested a Spirited Away Fanfiction to be based upon another Studio Ghibli.

Please review!