Hello! I hope you enjoy this story! It's probably going to be three or four chapters long, but it'll be cute and cool. The reason I decided to make this was because I loved the movie, but wanted to see a sequal. So...this is my version of what would happen.

Translations: Okaa-san: Mother; Usou: No way

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There once was a young girl...she was moving with her family to a new place that was far away from her old home, her old friends, and old memories. She didn't want to move, but her parents told her moving could be an adventure, full of all sorts of surprises.

But then, they got lost, and ended up going to a strange looking path way. The girl claimed that the wind was pushing them in, and that it would be dangerous, but her parents did not listen to the girl; seeing that she was only a child.

So they went in, and, due to a two faced statue, the girl eventually followed. Once they passed a large field, they came upon a seemingly deserted town. But they smelled something delicious; both sweet and salty, and the parents found food. They ate, regardless of the owners not being there. The girl once again urged them to not eat, but they were entranced by the delicious taste. The girl decided to explore alone while her parents ate. She came across a bridge, and saw a train. She leaned over the rails and watched the train go by. As she stood back on the ground, she saw a boy. He looked at her and had a worried expression. He told her to leave, that the bath house would open soon. So he pushed her away and she went to go look for her parents. They were still eating.

But because of that, the parents had turned in to pigs. The girl, who hadn't eaten a bite, was still human. When she saw ghosts in the setting sun's light, she sprinted away, hoping with all her might that her parents were really some where else; that they hadn't turned in to pigs. So she ran and ran---

"Okaa-chan!" A middle aged woman, about 35 years of age, looked up and with a younger child in her lap. The younger child, Sen (age 10), had a scowl on her face because of the interruption of her story time with her favorite person. The interruption had been brought from Sen's older sister Kotaro, who was three years older. Their mother smiled up at Kotaro. "Are you telling her that old folk tale of yours again?"

"It's not a folk tale!" Sen protested. "Mama was that girl! She went to the spirit world and, and---"

"I know," Kotaro said, rolling her eyes, "and she fell in love with Kohaku, the river spirit." She sighed and looked from Sen to her mother. "You know she won't believe you when she's my age. Why don't you just stop?" Their mother looked down to her hands and smiled lightly.

"Because...it's not just a story, my dear." She looked up at Kotaro, "It is my story. You may have grown older, but that doesn't mean that what I've told you is a lie." Kotaro took a shock from her light scolding in surprise. "I have met with Kohaku many times. Just because not all of them have been face to face, doesn't mean that it wasn't him. Besides," She said laughing, "Why would I adopt kids and not get married at all if he wasn't real?" The look in her mother's eyes was different, and a little frightening. But she only responded by turning away and saying that she was going out. Maybe, just maybe, the story could be true? "And you know what?" She added, making Kotaro stop and turn back to look at her foster mother, "At the bath house---" Not that again. Kotaro thought, not that stupid spirit bath house!

"Sure, mother!" She said, letting her have the satisfaction, "Kohaku and Chihiro were sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Shaking her head, she closed the door behind her and started to walk down the peaceful forest trail. The old window of the house now fading behind her creaked open. Kotaro stopped and turned, knowing her mother had forgotten to tell her something.

"Dear, could you go and get the fish from the fisherman? He promised to give me some tuna and salmon today for half price!" Chihiro called happily. Kotaro sighed but nodded, and tugged at her pony tale made of stubby, moss green locks of hair. When Chihiro called out to her again, she huffed and threw her hands out.

"What?!" She called back. Chihiro only smiled, though, and pointed to her head. Kotaro blinked and felt her own head to see what she was referring to. When she felt the shining, purple barrette holding her pony tale up, she blushed and turned away stubbornly as her foster mother giggled to herself. "There's nothing abnormal about good luck charms..." Kotaro mumbled. According to Chihiro, the barrette had been made by her spirit friends; a mouse, a fly, a kind witch, and another creature called no face. It was made to protect Chihiro while going back to the 'bath house of the spirits'. Kotaro shook her head again and only huffed before walking forward. She stopped later down the path when a pebble rolled from her left, and in to her path way. She looked from where it came and squinted her eyes through the thick branches. The wind started to kick at her heels, and she looked behind her, only to feel a large gust of wind hit her. She yelped in surprise, and turned to the woods before taking a step. "There's no way..." Kotaro whispered as she took another step, "there's no way...that place is real." The setting sun seemed to help the shadows cross and make a path, leading her deeper in to the forest. When she reached the end of the forest, she found herself gazing upon a small statue with two faces on each side. One could barely make out this, but Kotaro was making connections between her mother's story and her current situation without realizing it. "There's nothing to be afraid of..." Kotaro whispered, "none of that is true...so..." She continued as she looked at the slightly chipped red walls, "I can just take a peak." So she started walking in to the tunnel as all light disappeared around her. She decided to run to the end of the tunnel because of the blind state she was in, and broke in to a field. She gasped at the crisp spring night's air before running up the hill.

And the one picture I always remember...

Kotaro stopped as she came to the top of the hill,

Are the lights that shone bright red when nightfall came.

"I can't believe it..." Kotaro whispered as she slowly turned from the lighted ghost town, and to where the field was, where there was now only water, and a whole new place across from it. "...the story...was real..." When a farie came and touched the edge of the bank, Kotaro's eyes widened. "Usou..."