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Ashyhoon-Prologue
Key:
…" "…talking
…' '… thinking
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Chihiro looked out her bedroom window, watching and waiting for…what, exactly? She had been looking out this window for, now, 3 years. From this window she could see a tunnel that was surrounded by a few trees. Some trees, she noticed, were cut down, missing from the forest that used to surround the tunnel. Her father told her a few times before that the tunnel was actually an entrance to an abandoned amusement park.
'Sure it is, and maybe it's haunted with ghosts, too'
Chihiro also noticed that, when she first moved here (which was when she was 10 years old), she had been getting strange dreams of ghost-like spirits and a dragon-boy…
"Haku"
That's what his name was. Haku. Or maybe he was real and not just a dream. Whenever she thought of him, her heart would start to race…but why? Did she meet him 3 years ago? Is that why she was having these dreams of an adventure of escaping witches; a bathhouse; and flying in midair?
"Tomorrow I will go to that tunnel...after school…and, maybe, I'll find something."
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Haku sighed with great relief as he finished the last of the paperwork needed to release him from Yubaba's contract. He never forgot his promise 3 years ago…
Will we ever see each other again?
I'm sure we will
Promise?
Promise
He couldn't forget his promise or her. He would go to the tunnel tomorrow, enter it, and then…he would find her. Whatever it took, he WOULD find her! And keep his promise to her…
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Chihiro sat at her desk, working on the difficult math problem that their math teacher, Mr. Sochi, had given them. As she worked, she thought about what she would do as soon as she visited the tunnel.
'I mean, what do I expect to find there? Hopefully an answer to why I'm having all these weird dreams-'
Suddenly, a big hand slammed down onto her desk, releasing her from her thoughts. When she looked up, she saw Mr. Sochi looking, and staring, down at her…
"Miss Chihiro? Can you please give the answer to question 4? Or should I call on someone else?"
"No…no. I'm fine. Um…is it-"
Rrrrring!
Chihiro sprang out of her desk, handing the teacher her work before leaving. The bell had saved her from total embarrassment! Now all she had to do was wait out her last class and she could finally visit the tunnel…
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Haku found her school at last! He had spent almost half a day looking for it! Now he was walking in the hallways of Kyoto Middle School, looking for her. He had tried her house, but no one was there. As he looked into every classroom he passed, Haku heard someone come up behind him…
"Young man, do you have a pass to roam these halls?"
Haku looked behind him and saw, towering over him a little, a man with crew cut brown hair and rimmed glasses.
"Um…I'm new" 'Wow! Good excuse Haku!'
"Oh!" The man stiffened slightly. "Well, why don't I get you registered so can go to class?"
The crew cut man led Haku to the administration office. When they got there the man opened the door and gestured Haku to walk in. The man then went behind a long desk and drew out some application forms.
"Your name?"
"Haku"
"And where do you live?"
"Um…nowhere, actually"
The man looked up from his writing and just looked at Haku.
"Then where are your folks?"
"They died, sir. A long time ago…" Haku looked down
"So you have no place to live?"
"No, I don't"
Suddenly, the man left the desk and into another office, where an older man was sitting at a much shorter desk. The two talked for a few minutes, making Haku wonder if he would EVER find Chihiro. The man came out with a smile on his face that had not been there before he left…
"My name is Mr. Tesber, Haku. I just spoke with the principal about the situation that you're in and he's agreed to allow you to come live with me…that is if you'd like to, of course. You can attend Kyoto and, to boot, I'm a teacher here. So I can help whenever you need it. How does that sound? Would you like to crash at my place for a while and attend this school?"
Haku had been thinking as 'Mr. Tesber' talked. If he lived with this man and attended this school, he would have more time to find Chihiro…which he really wanted to do. Find her…
"Thank you, Mr. Tesber! I'd love to!" Haku smiled
"That settles it then!" Mr. Tesber kept right on smiling. "I shall now take you to your class-"
Rrrrring! A bell sounded…
"Oh..." Mr. Tesber's smile faded. "I guess not…oh well! Tomorrow then! For now, take this," Mr. Tesber handed Haku a slip of paper with a list of classes and their room numbers on it, "and just roam 'til I come to find you, okay Haku?"
"Alright…"
With that, Haku left the office and, as he turned and maneuvered around the huge crowd of people in the hallway, he noticed a familiar girl with brown hair come toward him. She has chocolate-colored eyes and her hair is tied back into a ponytail with a purple, and shiny, hair tie…
"Chihiro?"
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Chihiro had just gotten out of her history class and headed toward the EXIT doors of the school when she heard a voice call out to her. But not just any voice…a familiar one…from her dreams. As the crowd of people thinned out some, she saw HIM. The boy of her dreams (literally) standing not too far from her. He was wearing a loose fitting white top, held up with blue ribbons, and white pants…all familiar to her…from her dream. All she could do was just look and stare at the boy. No…young man. He looked like a young man, at least. That is when, from out of nowhere, his name came to her…
"Haku" 'He is real'
After she had said his name, he was suddenly standing right in front of her…
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Haku had to tell her…to let her know. He bent down to her ear, as soon as he was close enough, and gently grabbed onto her shoulders…
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Chihiro stiffened slightly as he started to whisper something in her ear…
"I kept my promise, Chihiro. Sorry it took so long…"
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-Cool, huh? Sorry 'bout the weird cliffy though! Couldn't help myself! I shall continue!...Hey! I want to find out what happens now that they "found" each other, too! LoL! If ya want to leave a review...go ahead! Just don't be too mean, k? If sum of this don't make sense...please please PLEASE tell me! 'Til next time…bye!
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