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Of Kohaku and the Misunderstandings
"You WHAT!?!"
Hatsuka cringed at the outburst made by her 'master'. Actually, he wasn't really my master, but Father the Thunder God just had to make me work for a powerful River Spirit in a friggin' bathhouse…"HATSUKA! You idiot!" Hatsuka was snapped out of her thoughts by the sudden outburst. "Sheesh Kohaku, I was going to lose my friggin' life-" "Hatsuka, you are a damn life goddess! Even if you did die-" Hatsuka flinched at the thought "you would be able to bring yourself back to life! Thank all Gods that at least Anasada was thinking straight." The before mentioned Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi was glaring at the pink-haired girl in front of him. "So, of course, instead of thinking straight you run off with Ariako-"
"For heaven's sake, Kohaku, it was her stupid younger naïve half-"
"What stupid younger naïve half?"
"I thought you knew she got split in half!"
"ARIKO GOT SPLIT IN HALF?"
"Yes! But she's okay, cause her smart older responsible half was a live so she isn't dead but she can't go back to Chihiro-"
"Gods, Hatsuka, don't you think I know that? So we've covered you three. What about Ayumi?"
"She's dead."
"WHAT!?!"
Hatsuka winced. Kohaku looked ready to kill her. "She's…dead?" she offered. "Gods! I knew it was a bad idea to send you, Hatsuka, since you are the last one to think in a crisis! And now I've lost my best water nymph because you were an idiot." Hatsuka glared, but Kohaku was a master of this art, so eventually Hatsuka gave up. "I'm going for a report from Hina." "You can't." Kohaku stopped dead in his tracks. "And you are going to tell me what to do?" "No, 'master'. You just can't." Hatsuka sighed; remembering what had happened to Junko after she said Kohaku couldn't have his breakfast because it wasn't ready yet. "Oh? And why not?" "Because she's tainted." Kohaku turned around and looked at her. "You're kidding." Then, seeing the sorry look on Hatsuka's face, he muttered, "By whom?" "Guess," was the weary reply. "Nagasaki?" "Give the lizard a prize." But Kohaku was to pissed off to notice the insult. "So now I have no contact with Chihiro at all?" "Give him another prize. Jeez, dragon, what did you think?" Kohaku groaned. "Okay, whatever. Just go away." Hatsuka happily obliged. Kohaku walked over to the comfy chair and settled down in it, looking around. Yubaba hadn't let him leave, quite obviously. He had to be her assistant for at least 10 years. And, on Bou's persuasion, she had shortened it to 5. Two years after Chihiro had left, Yubaba got sick while he was off scouting. Therefore, Zeniba had to leave Swamp Bottom and come help. Eventually the sisters made up, and Zeniba was now permanent second-in-command. "Yoo-hoo, dragon boy!" Haku groaned and whacked his head on his fine ebony desk. "Rin, I am in a bad mood and would prefer it if you would not piss me off further so that I would have to rip you into 7 separate pieces." There was a click as the door opened anyways. "So…Hatsuka told me you were moping. What about?" Kohaku glared at her steadily. "Well, let's start here. Chihiro got attacked by a dead dragon and yuna crossbreed, and the only two people who will definitely be alright during the battle decided to split, one going with Chihiro and one running off screaming bloody murder, my best water nymph is dead and I now have no contact in the human world because Nagasaki tainted Hina!" Rin blinked and turned around. Walking out of the room and shutting the door after her, she burst into laughter. Moments later a seething Kohaku exited his office and glared at her. "What?" Rin muffled a giggle. "You-(muffle)-have no contact?-(muffle)-it's called-(muffle)-telepathy!" Rin ran down the stairs in hysterical madwoman laughter as Kohaku remained seething and mentally slapping himself over a million times for being so stupid.
(Chihiro was running towards a tiny silvery-white speck. As it got nearer she realized it was a dragon. 'Haku?' she whispered. Suddenly the dragon exploded into many tiny pieces. 'Chihiro!' she turned to a beautiful girl her age, looking very much like her, except for the clear, angel blue eyes and fiery red hair. Her pale lips opened and closed, trying to tell Chihiro something, but, realizing she wasn't making a sound, her hands clasped over the lips and her eyes widened; the looked very much frightened. A blast of something from below the girl threw up her white dress, and her semi-long hair wavered as she tried again to communicate with Chihiro and failed. She was thrown into the air, caught by a navy colored dragon, which brought her to Chihiro. The dragon turned into Haku- no, it was Aki. He grinned, putting his arms around the now struggling redhead. She disappeared after swooning. " Chihiro…we'll meet soon…" Aki cackled. Around her appeared Anasada, Hatsuka, Ayumi, Minako and Ariami, each with a blank look in their eyes. Aki raised a hand and they all exploded in green-blue flames. Chihiro fell, down, down, down, into a pit-less hole, and when she looked up she saw Hina, but it didn't look like the Hina she saw. Hina's hair shone as did her eyes, she was smiling, pure and full of life. She was sitting in a field picking flowers when suddenly Aki appeared behind her with a ball of black something in his hands. Hina whipped around just as Aki sent the black thing into her. She collapsed, and a glittering ball of light appeared before the still falling Chihiro. She attempted to catch it, but her hands went through it and she watched helplessly as the rusty, almost lifeless Hina rose and looked at Aki. He held out his hand and Hina put her arms up in front of her in defense, but too late. She disappeared in a flash and Chihiro found that she herself was disappearing. The last thing she saw was the redhead girl again, her tears splashing Aki's arms as Chihiro faded away...)
Soon enough Chihiro woke from her not-very-deadly faint and terrible dream. She was lying in her pink bed. "Oww…" she muttered, remembering the reason she had fainted in the first place. "So. My new savior is trying to kill the guy of my dreams and use me while doing it right after a dragon thing killed all my friends-well, sort of killed all my friends. Wonderful." She groaned and sat up, looking around. Suddenly there was a voice in her head. Chihiro? Chihiro, tell me you're okay! Chihiro blinked. ' Is that Haku? No, wait, it couldn't be. It's just the aftereffects of my dream. Scary-'
Dream? What dream?
' Who are you? '
Chihiro, it's Kohaku.
' You can't be. I'm just imagining it. Wait, why am I talking to myself? This is the first sign that I'm going insane! '
What? Chihiro, what are you talking about?
' Okay, Mr. Inner Voice, stop it. It's so crazy- '
Chihiro, listen to me! There's a danger in your world and I have to come get you-
' Now I know I'm talking to my self cause only I know of Aki- '
Aki? Who's Aki? Chihiro do you have another guy over there-
' Duh no, brain, and you know that I was waiting for Haku so duh I don't have a guy. '
Really? Chihiro, I'm sorry-
' … '
Okay then, listen. I'm coming to get you, don't worry about your parents they'll be fine. Now remember. I'll be there the day after tomorrow right after your eleven o clock. And I'll be bringing-
' Whoa, whoa, what are you my conscience? '
Yes, sure, whatever, now - What? No!
' That's it. I'm going insane. Good night. '
But Chihiro! Wait!
' Bother me some other day. Not now. '
Okay then, fine.
Chihiro stayed true to her word. She went back to bed. Her mother came in a few minutes later. Seeing her daughter asleep, Yuuko smiled, closing the door after the left.
The Spirit World
Kohaku continuously banged his head on his desk. The racket brought Hatsuka and Rin. "Obviously, lizard-boy, you screwed up." Rin commented, a half-smirk on her face. Kohaku looked up and growled. " I'm reconsidering bringing you with me, Rin." Rin shut up. Hatsuka looked from Rin to Kohaku. "Excuse me, am I missing something?"Kohaku glared. " And I'd appreciate it if you brought me my dinner already. I'm tired from the spell and she didn't recognize me!" "You already went?" "No, Rin, she didn't think I was, well, me." "Sure, okay, whatever." Rin made her exit, rolling her eyes. Hatsuka blinked, muttering," Okay, now I know I missed something," before she followed suit. Kohaku mumbled something and restarted whacking his head on his desk. A floor above, Yubaba clutched her head trying to prevent incoming madness. "Will that boy stop doing that already!" She yelled. Bou blinked. Zeniba smiled. And Yubaba flew down the stairs.
Yelling and objects breaking was heard a minute later. Bou and Yu-bird looked at Zeniba. She shrugged. "Well, at least he stopped…" Yubaba appeared again, broken glass and sticks in her unruly hair. Banging was once again heard as a few seconds later a fire-breathing Yubaba rushed down to start the argument all over again. "…for a little while." Zeniba finished. She smiled again, starting on the paperwork as Rin's voice was heard screeching above the angry voices of Kohaku and Yubaba. Bou frowned. "Now I'll never be able to sleep." He crawled back to his room, being careful to stuff several pillows into his ears before even letting his eyelids droop.
A/N: Who was the girl? Will Kohaku succeed in communicating with Chihiro? And will Yubaba and Rin succeed in shutting each other up as well as stopping Kohaku from suicide! Find out in the next chappie!
Okay, okay. Because I'm the nice, kind, sweet, loving person I am, I'll leave the titles of the next few chapters so you people will have something to review on:
Of Realization and Reception
Of A Bumpy Ride and Kidnapping
Of A Furious Haku and the First Tool
Of Zeniba's Plan and More Arguments
Of A Sad Attempt at Rescue
Of Chihiro and Ayumi
Of Sair's Capture and the Second Tool
Of Sadness and Conquest
Well, those are some of them. I promise to update as soon as I can, but be ready for a short wait!!!
Asami
