Spirited Away: Three Years Later
Chapter 1 He's Back!
Chihiro was in her room when her mother called for her saying there was someone at the door for her. She wondered 'who would be here for me?'. She went down stairs and she heard a familiar voice as she descended the stairway, "what is your name?" she heard her mother ask. " My name is Kohaku but, I would prefer if you would just call me Haku," She couldn't believe what she was hearing, she had waited three very long years for Haku to meet her again and there he was standing at the door , talking to her mother! She ran down the last two stairs and shouted "Haku!" as she ran and gave him a hug. He hugged her back as her mother smiled at them but also looked at the with suspicion in her eyes. When her father came into the room he said " what's all the commotion?" he looked at Chihiro hugging some boy around her age and then asked "what is going on here ?" with a hint of anger in his voice.
"Mom, Dad this is Haku my best friend" said Chihiro. "How come we haven't seen him around and you haven't introduced us sooner?" questioned Mom. "He is from out of town and I know him from school" said Chihiro. Chihiro could lie easily and effortlessly , that was always one of the traits she admired about herself but, only used if she had to. "well let's not just stand around here, please Haku sit down and I will have some tea ready in a moment" said Mom. Chihiro lead Haku to her room that was covered in drawings of spirits and the spirit world with the purple color of the paint on her wall just showing between the drawings. She motioned for him to sit down and he did. He smiled and said " I told you we would meet again Chihiro". She smiled and said "why didn't you come sooner?" she questioned.
"I'm sorry, I really wanted to see you, I tried to get through the barrier for about three months by force but, it was no good. Eventually I went to Zeniba for help and she gave me a necklace saying it would allow me to get through when the time comes" said Haku. He showed her the necklace it was a gold chain with a heart that had a flame on it. "When I tried again the next day it worked. Since every month in the spirit world is a year in the human world , in your time it would have been three years." Chihiro said "I understand" but she was just glad that she got to see her Haku again ' hey, wait where did that come from he's not mine! ' she thought. She was starting to yell in her mind when she noticed that Haku was starting to disappear, she yelped in fright. Her mom came in and brought cookies and tea as Haku hid his hands, when she was gone Chihiro shoved a cookie into his mouth and ha obediently ate it.