Next chapter!
NOTICE: So, can anyone out there tell me what the heck Chihiro's last name is? Or her parents' names? I need to know this because...well, IT BUGS ME TO NOT KNOW!
So...here's the next chapter of Chihiro's Getting Married!
Disclaimer: I do not own Spirited Away! If I did, I woulda made a sequel a looooooong time ago(which they should). What I do own is the family that Chihiro is having to meet with.
When Chihiro opened her eyes the next morning, she saw a envelope by her bedside. She opened it up and read:
Young Chihiro,
I know you've been through a lot of things these past few days, but I am requesting that you oblige with our plans for a trip to Tokyo.
It may seem all of a sudden for you, much like everything from the day before, but I believe that this would be the perfect opportunity to explain our reason behind this sudden occasion.
If you agree with this, come downstairs, dressed appropriately, and we will leave immediately.
Signed,
Roy Mountain
Chihiro sighed and thought about it. She agreed with herself that this would actually be a good idea to go to Tokyo for this, so she got dressed in a green tank top and brown skirt. She walked downstairs and saw Andre's family eating with her parents. They glanced at her worriedly, and she shrugged while taking a seat between her parents. She ate her rice ball silently, got up and grabbed a pair of flip-flops. She leaned against the door and stared at the wall with patience. When no one moved five minutes later, she glanced at the others and saw that they weren't moving. THey were just staring at her worriedly.
"What?" she asked. "Am I the only one who wants to go to Tokyo today?"
Everyone turned to Andre's father and gaped at him. "You actually asked her that?" his wife asked in disbelief.
He rubbed his head. "Well, I just-"
"Are you insane?!" both wives asked. The adults started yelling at him as Andre backed away and joined her by the door.
"...do I want to know?" Chihiro asked him.
"My dad wasn't supposed to ask you to do this," Andre explained. "because everyone else thought you would want some time to...well, deal with what's happened these past two days."
Chihiro nodded and started approaching the adults. She just watched them argue for five minutes, then...
"SILENCE!!!" They all turned to her, terrified, as she folded her arms in annoyance. "Can we just go to Tokyo now?"
The four of them glanced at each other, then Chihiro's parents got up and led her to the kitchen.
"Are you sure, Chihiro?" her father asked.
"That I wanna get out of this house for a while? Yes." she answered seriously. "I think everyone here needs a break from this mess by going to Tokyo to relax in a different environment."
they stared at their daughter in disbelief, but walked off and agreed with her by grabbing their belongings and heading to the car. Chihiro got in the back seat of the used car and they drove towards the train station. Andre and his family were already there, though they got in their car after them, and had already bought the tickets. They boarded the train five minutes later and rode in silence along the way.
When they got off, they were caught up in the city life, driving towards a fancy hotel only rich people can afford in a limo. It finally dawned on Chihiro that Andre was rich and he wanted to marry her, a average girl who draws the things she misses most. The situation would be weird enough for anyone if you didn't add the voice she kept hearing.
When they arrived at the hotel, they were surrounded by walls and floors that shined at them brightly. Andre's father walked up to the front desk as Chihiro and her parents stood in awe at the hotel's walls.
"This place seems like it could blind someone." Chihiro commented.
They followed The Mountains over to the top floor and he opened up to the presidential suite. If their jaws could drop lower, they would be on the floor. It was bigger than their own house and reeked of the upper class presence. Their were four different rooms and Chihiro automatically called the third room with the queen sized-bed, leaving Andre with the room with two twin-sized beds.
Andre watched Chihiro in a haze as she jumped on the bed and smiled brightly. 'This is the first time she's looked happy.' he thought.
Later, Chihiro's family were eating a giant ham with vegetables and rice happily. The Mountains were waiting patiently for them to finally talked. After the meal, the tension between the families increased.
"So," Roy Mountain said. "Chihiro-san, what do you think of my son?"
She shrugged. "He's a nice boy."
"Would you willingly marry him?"
Chihiro glanced at Andre for five seconds. "No."
"Why not?" they all asked.
She sighed heavily. "I don't want to. I don't know him and I don't want to move to America with him."
"If you knew him?"
"Then it may or may not change things."
"But as it stands," Andre cut in. "she doesn't. And it is her decision, so apparently the answer is no."
They sat in silence, finally releasing a sigh. The Mountains were depressed while the others were relieved. Then the mothers decided to go shopping as the fathers went out to the patio to relax, leaving the two teens to watch television in comfort. After a few minutes, they heard shouting and foot-pounding. They glanced at the patio only to see Chihiro's father stomping in, storming off into his room as Roy called Chihiro to come over.
She got up and walked over there warily. He motioned her to sit down and she took it gently, noticing his calm face was more than likely hiding another expression. He glanced at her and stared at her in a serious way.
"Chihiro," he called. "haven't you wonder why we even came here to ask you to marry my son at your age?"
She only nodded in response.
"Well, you are aware of your recent fame from the art gallery a year ago?"
Flashes of art galleries, camera flashes and newspaper headlines ran through her head. She was reminded of last year's national art exhibit, where she won first prize for a painting of the first time she saw Haku. She was then whisked away into the celibrity life-both the good and bad. Rumors flew that it was fixed in her favor and that she bribed judges and did this and that. She was all over the news and people paid for them to eliminate her. She went through so much in one year, and she just wanted it to disappear.
She nodded after the memory flashes disappeared and he continued. "Well, Andre saw your art and became obsessed with it-nearly going insane over it. He went on and on and on and we had to finally buy tickets to visit you. By then, he was proposing the idea of marrying you and we somehow agreed with him for some unknown reason. That's all."
She nodded again and got up. "Thank you for telling me this." she said as she went into her room and collapsed on the bed.
'Why is this happening?!' she questioned. 'I just want to forget about that stupid art exhibit crap and the whole reason why I'm in this mess is because of the very art exhibit. Gah!' she looked up and glared at the headboard. 'Why did I ever enter that exhibit?'
She burrowed through the sheets and closed her eyes. 'And what am I going to do now?'
"You are going to marry him." the voice answered.
"Haku?!" she shouted a little too loud and covered her mouth. She got up and swerved around the room, finding no one around. "...I'm sure I heard him loud and clear.
"You are going to marry him." the voice said again.
"What?" she whispered. "You want me to marry him?"
"You are going to marry him." it repeated again.
"Is that all you can say?"
"You will marry him, Chihiro."
"But...I'm waiting for you."
"You will marry him."
"Haku! Where are you?"
The voice didn't answer and Chihiro broke down, sobbing loudly enough to make Andre come in and hug her protectively. He didn't say anything and just held her gently. Chihiro barely noticed his embrace and kept mumbling "Haku" like a chant.
After Chihiro calms down, she falls asleep in Andre's arms, her family back and looking onward. He picks her up gently and tucks her in. He then slowly turned to her parents and asked one question in a threatening way:
"Who is Haku?"
And that's all for now.
Andre is getting mad now...heehee
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