Chi silently repeated that she could handle it.
"It is simple. Show up, see old friends, and then go home. Tomorrows what you should worry about!" She is nervous because it is her first day of high school. It'll be an interesting day to say the least. She pulls up her skirt, and puts on her socks. She was so nervous that she wore her shirt to bed! She over slept her alarm and is in a rush. Her thoughts racing from one thing to the next.
She rushes through the empty house. Her parents already gone for work. She fries up some eggs and shovels them into her mouth burning her tongue in the process. Chihiro runs out the door quickly. Her friend is waiting for her at the end of her street so they can go together. Her friend Rumi recently moved to the countryside so her parents could live in peace. Chihiro and Rumi went to elementary school together. When Chihiro moved she was devastated that she had to leave her best friend in the city.
"So Chi did you sleep well last night? For some reason, I was so anxious about today. It feels like something greats bound to happen." No matter how many years she has been there she never got used to the fresh clean air.
"I had a hard time sleeping but once I did I slept through my alarm." Rumi assessed her.
"No wonder your shirt is wrinkled! Silly Chi 3" For some odd reason what she said didn't really register in Chihiro's mind
"Tons of land to have a picnic on so we can have lunch out and trees to climb… this'll be a great year!" Chihiro thought. Rumi and I seem to be in the same class. As Rumi was dancing Chi read a name that seemed familiar
"Nigihayami Kohakunushi…" Rumi stopped dancing and stared at her curious.
"Do you know that person? Maybe from middle school?" She leaned on her waiting for details.
"I don't have any idea where I know this person from, but… it's so familiar. I wonder what they look like." She puzzled over the name. Maybe they knew each other from middle school, but she remembers everyone from middle school. It wasn't a very large school since the schools total was about 300.
"Perhaps you met him somewhere else then. Any way you can meet them in class! Let's go!" Rumi annoyingly tugs Chihiro to their new classroom. Rumi starts talking about some new manga, or anime. She is an otaku, and always has a new show to talk about. Such a simpleton. No one seems to be in the classroom at the moment, and the bell was going to ring soon. Maybe we're in the wrong classroom.
Just as she thought that, a flood of people come rushing in before the bell. The final warning bell rang, and a boy rushes in right on time. His long gray hair pulled into a messy ponytail.
"He is so cute! He is got this feeling about him… like I know him. Where have I met this guy? He is so attractive how could I forget? He must be Nigihayami Kohakunushi" Thought the puzzled Chihiro
As soon as Chihiro thought the word forget she remembered an old dream. Where her parents ate magical food and were turned into pigs, and how she had to work to save them! She met spirits of all shapes and sizes, and made friends with many. But she remembers a boy. A boy who could turn into a dragon.
"What a silly thought. I need to figure out where I know the boy from."
He silently sat at his desk. He seems to have everyone attention. He looks so mature. The girls are swooning. The guys are in awe. Their teacher comes bustling in. He seems to be very twitchy, and edgy. He sets down a bunch of books, scrolls, and random papers all out of order, and messy. He turns to them and jumps.
"H-hi class." A soprano voice rang. The whole class got up in unison and said our greeting. And sat down in unison. For some reason the teacher was skittish and jumped at the quick fluent movement. "Let's start with class work?" He starts with writing something on the board. A quick hand shot up into the air. "Yes? What do you need?"
"Shouldn't we do introductions? And getting to know you worksheets? And where is your syllabus? And who are you? And what about our vows to work hard? Did you even think about today? Did I get stuck with a baka teacher?!" The teacher started to shrink as the girl started to stand up. When she finished her sentence he ran out of the room. He obviously doesn't work well under pressure.
"You've upset the teacher!" Chihiro, always standing up for what she believes in.
"It's not my fault he doesn't know what he is doing!" The snobby girl said. Chihiro rolled her eyes and went after her new teacher. What she didn't realize is that she got someone special's attention. Kohaku looks unfazed but in reality he's in awe.
"I've found her. She is so beautiful. She will be mine. But first… She has to remember me. That isn't as easy as it may sound. I have to trigger it. If it has not been already triggered… Well I knew I went to school for something! I've been waiting for her I have to contain my feelings so I don't just jump her. But I believe I should follow her out." Kohaku stands and everyone else stands up in confusion. He looks around and walks silently out. He shut the door silently, and the students drifted into their seats waiting their return.
Chihiro finds her teacher crying on a balcony of her school. For some reason she got the idea of when she was a kid about how much she fussed. She would cry, and complain about everything. She remembered the dream about the spirits, and she remembered crying about her parents being turned into pigs.
"Why would I be thinking of such a silly thing at this time? I need to make my teacher feel better, but I might not have the heart for it…" She thought sorrowfully
"Please teacher! Stand up straight! Show some dignity." Chihiro cried.
"The class hates me… Already… What should I do?" He looks up with tears in his eyes
"Simply answer her questions. We'll answer them together. It won't be so hard!" I exclaim.
"Ok… Then… I-I can t-try…" He sniffles.
"That's the spirit. Let's get started!" Chihiro encouraged him. As they started talking about the answers to the questions, Kohaku Stopped walking so he could listen in. He forged a plan, and started to execute it. He continued walking down the hall not paying them any attention. But he captures Chihiro's.
"Kohaku, is it? Could you help us-"
"Don't talk to me. And address me as Haku." He looked down to the ground. And walked away from them.
Chihiro's mind started to race. I know that from somewhere… Where, and who has said that to me? It's all a part of that dream-… How would he know that?