Chihiro

How could Haku say that to me, I'm not weak, I can withstand anything. I have always loved the water, I've always been fast but I could never show it. I've always known something was different about me. But if I was a spirit then Haku wouldn't class me as weak, wow I'm desperate aren't I? Lin went off to go and talk to Haku, I can guess what they're talking about, but I won't intervene. I just lay down in the spare room, covered with a towel.

"Not seeing Haku for a few months, wow Chihiro, you really came at the right time didn't you" I said to myself. But it was true. Lin came back into the room and smiled at me, but I didn't smile back, she sighed.

"I know that you are mad at me Sen, but I don't want to wake up one morning and find my sister badly bruised or even dead, Haku is stronger than you think. He will go into isolating in a week so that will give you enough time to make up and be friends, you can still be lovers but no mating" she said. I continued to give me the silent treatment. "Haku told me what happened at the bridge, you really worried him, I'll admit Sen that you are different from a lot of other humans, but you're probably just one of those extremely gifted ones". That was when I spoke up,

"and what if I'm a spirit, what would you do then?" I said arrogantly, Lin sighed,

"Haku thought that as well, but it's highly unlikely Sen, my job is to go and research. If I find out that you aren't human, then we will talk further into this. Deal?" I turned away from her and went back to being silent. "Fine, you don't want to talk, but if you stay in those clothes, you'll catch a cold" she took my towel away and gave me a spare set of clothes, "you're not in the mood, so I'll leave and you can get changed ok?" I nodded without making eye contact and she left.

I looked down at my wet clothes, Haku gave these to me for last night. I could feel myself cry, but I chose to hold it in. I took of my clothes and changed into a set of work clothes. I heard a knock at the door, "go away" I said not turning to the door, but the door opened anyway.


Haku

I have to speak to her somehow, she is probably in a right mood, why did this season have to come up while she was here. I banged my head on the desk and Lin came into the room, "don't beat yourself up too much dragon" she said. I stared at her,

"how is she?" I asked, Lin sighed,

"she's in a right mood, it's obvious that she truly loves you Haku. I don't know what to do any more, I made a deal other saying that if she turned out to be none human then we would talk further into this" I banged my head on the table again. "Seriously Haku, if you keep on doing that, you'll lose a lot of brain cells"

"I don't care" I said,

"great you're in a mood as well" I huffed,

"well to be honest Lin, everything was fine until you came and gave me a lecture about me and Chihiro" Lin frowned.

"And what would you do if I didn't lecture you and you mated with Sen, she could be dead or coming to me asking me to bandage her up"

"we don't know that" I blurted out, Lin stared shocked, so did I, but I had to finish, "we don't know what she is, but she is not a normal human, what if she was a spirit". Lin sighed,

"not you too, oh I don't know any more. Ok, to stop you two, I'm off to go research this matter, I'm tired and I can't be bothered with hearing you two star cross lovers whining any more" she said before leaving the room.

"Star cross lovers?" I said to myself. I should go see her, I wonder how she is. Lin says she is in a mood. I stood up and walked to the office door, down the corridor, to her door. I knocked on it,

"go away" I heard from inside, yep, she's in a mood. But I opened the door anyway to find her back to me in the normal girl work uniform. "Can't you understand Japanese dragon" she said with her back still turned.

"Chihiro..." I began but she interrupted me,

"don't Chihiro me," she turned around to face me, "why did it have to be this way, if I was born a spirit, everything would be different. If I stayed in the human world, I would be in pain but not heart break, I would prefer that option" I stared at her in disbelief, I walked to her, grabbed her wrist and pinned her to the wall, "get off of me" she shouted.

"Don't you dare say that being in the human world would have been a better option, your wounds were serious Chihiro, and I don't want to see them again" I shouted tightening my grip on her wrists, but she showed no pain,

"your angry form doesn't scare me dragon, neither does your tight grip. Let go of me" she said pushing me away. I stared at her confused, my grip saw reasonably strong, she should have felt something, but her expression didn't change.

"Go down stairs and start work if you want, remember that you are joining me tonight for dinner" Chihiro just huffed,

"I changed my mind about that" she said and walked past me to the door but I grabbed her wrist before she was out of sight.

"You're not the only one being effected Chihiro, I don't want this either, but I would rather see you by my side alive, than in bed dead" I said. Chihiro remained silent,

"I know" she said finally and walked away. I stared after her, this was hurting.


Chihiro

I worked at my old job, but not with Lin, no one knew where she was, so I had to work with a girl called Terra. She was nice, actually everyone was. I came down stairs and was welcomed by a flood of employees, it was nice to be welcomed back in a way. Unlike when I first came to the bath house, everyone here is always waving at me and saying hi when I walk past, even the Forman is giving me tokens. Since I was in a orphanage, I had to clean the floors daily, but because everyone hated me, I did everything in the house, even cooked the dinner, the adults said it was punishment and that it was time for me to grow up and stop dreaming about a world that doesn't exist. I sighed,

"anything wrong Sen?" asked Terra, I smiled at her and shook my head,

"no, just thinking of the past, and how I am glad that I am here in the present" Terra smiled,

"yeah, I think we all are" I giggled, until a toad came to us,

"Terra, Sen, you have tube 36 today" he said before walking off, I was so glad that it wasn't the big tube, I don't think I could stand another stink spirit. We both looked at each other and nodded, walking off to the tube and began working. The work wasn't too hard, it was easier that the big tube but it was still big. The room full of baths were full of chatting workers, everyone working on their own tube. But it soon went quiet, no more chatting. I turned around and Terra was staring at me with wide eyes, all the other worker were too. I frowned and turned around to find I small flying light in my face.

"I've found her" it chanted, "I've found her, I've found her, I've found her" it circled me chanting. I grabbed the light in my hands,

"wait, what have you found?" I asked it, but before it could answer Haku came through the crowd,

"why has everyone stopped working" he said before turning to me and seeing the light in my hand, "Chihiro, what is that light?" he asked.

"I don't know, it started to chant 'I've found her' and circled me, I was just asking what it meant." I turned back to the light and it was still chanting,

"hold on a moment little light, what do you mean you've found her, what do you mean?" I asked again.

"It's referring to you Sen" I turned round to find Lin with a big old book in her hands,

"me?" I frowned, Lin nodded.

"I was in the library researching strange spirits, and I came across something rather strange, turns out, 19 years ago and spirit was lost in the human world before it was even born. It became a human child and was known as the Forgotten Spirit. It was originally meant to be born into a powerful spirit family, but it never made it. When the family found out that their spirit child was lost, they sent out those lights to search for the Forgotten Spirit, they have been searching for 19 and I guess they have finally found the Forgotten Spirit" she said. Everyone stared at me and the light,

"are you saying that I am this Forgotten Spirit" I frowned,

"those lights were sent out to only circle the Forgotten Spirit, Sen, and they have circled you". I could hear the worker talking,

"so Sen is a spirit"

"wow, she is so rare, but she smells human"

"I'm not surprised, she acts like a spirit".

I turned back to the light, and it began circling me again, but I grabbed it again, "wait, but I'm not a spirit, I was born in the human world, I know Lin said that the spirit was lost in the human world but that can't be me" I said before throwing the light and running away. I pushed past everyone and made my way to the bottom of the bath house outside. I jumped into the water and floated for a bit. It always cleared my mind. Me? A spirit? And a rare one for that matter? I confused.


Haku

Where did she go, I thought she would be happy that she was a spirit, that way Lin won't care about our relationship. I searched the bath house and spotted the flying light floating round, "oh dear, I lost her" it said and sighed. I walked up to it, and it saw me, "do you know where the Forgotten Spirit is, my master wished to she her, she has waited for so many years" I shook my head,

"sorry, I'm looking for her myself, who is your master?"

"the great sun goddess herself and her husband is the sea god" it said, that was when I had an idea,

"sea...water?" I said, I know where she is and stared to sprint with the light following me. I made my way down to the bottom of bath house outside and saw her floating onto of the water.

"I must report this to the goddess" said the light and it disappeared. I quietly jumped into the water, not wanting her to notice me and dived underwater. I swan over to her and grabbed her in my arms. At first to struggled a bit, but then realising that it was me, she stayed still but didn't look at me.

"What do you want?" she asked, I frowned,

"Chihiro, what's wrong, I thought you would be happy that you are a spirit" I said, I could see a smile on her face,

"the truth is, I am. But I just can't get the feeling that if I was human, you wouldn't want me, you are only touching me because I'm a spirit, if I was human you would have just swam to me and not touch me" she said still not looking at me. I sighed,

"that's not true Chihiro, I don't care if you were human, I would love you either way" that was when her said snapped to face me,

"but you wouldn't love me fully would you?" she cried. I sighed and put my cheek on her head,

"I just don't want to break you, ever if you were human Chihiro, you would be immortal in the spirit world, and I wanted to be with you forever, I would kill myself first before hurting you" she looked down and leaned into me,

"I know, but it's still not fair" she said, before a bright light shone above us to reveal a beautiful woman.

"I have come to see the Forgotten Spirit" she said, I looked at Chihiro, but all she did was star at the woman, she didn't say I thing, until the small light from before began circling her.

"This is the one you seek master" it said and Chihiro slapped it away. The woman stared at Chihiro,

"so you are my lost child?" she asked, but Chihiro still said nothing. The woman turned to me and smiled,

"it appears my child doesn't want to be a spirit" she said, that was when Chihiro spoke,

"who are you?" she asked, the sun goddess smiled,

"I am your mother, my name is Amaterasu and I am the goddess of the sun, your father is Watatsumi, god of the sea" she said, she outstretched her had to Chihiro, "and your name is, my child?" she asked,

"Chihiro" she said, but didn't take her mothers hand. In fact, she no longer looked at her.


And there is the next chapter, I did some research on Japanese gods, and these god are the original Japanese Gods/Deity. So Chihiro is the Forgotten Spirit, if you want to find out what happens next, I suggest you review.

Well, until next time.