A/N: I do not own Spirited Away.
"Could you have possibly bought anything else
"Could you have possibly bought anything else?" Chihiro struggled to get the countless bags she was carrying threw the door.
"Oh come on, it's not that much," Rumi enunciated her words, placing her bags on the kitchen table and began rummaging threw it all.
"Ha, yeah right. Look at this," she pulled out a knee length, spaghetti strap, deep blue nightgown and held it up to her body. "When are you ever going to wear this?"
"Oh, I'm not." Rumi glanced at her with a smile.
"Then, why did you buy it?" Chihiro was burnt out with Rumis shopping expertise.
"Because," she pulled out a light green, silk turtleneck to admire it, "you're going to wear that."
"Say what?" Chihiro dropped the gown onto the table with her mouth wide open.
"You heard me," Rumi continued to admire the shirt.
"When and why would I ever wear this?" she motioned to the gown on the table with her hand.
"Oh, you'll wear that."
"Oh yeah? For what?" Chihiro crossed her arms.
"For your secret boyfriend." Rumi turned to smirk at her.
"Oh please, your not still on about that." Chihiro gaped.
Rumi stuck out her tongue at Chihiro. "I told you I didn't believe you."
"Ugh, your unbelievable. I'm going to bed," Chihiro waved her off as she walked to her room.
"Don't go sneaking out tonight little mistress!" Rumi called behind her with a laugh. Chihiro growled and slammed the door a little harder than needed.
"Your ridiculous," she muttered with a sigh. Now what? No doubt Rumi would be on guard all night to catch her if she snuck out, so going back to the Spirit World was out. She sighed again and decided to take a nice, long shower to unwind. She grabbed a pair of sweats and a tank top, took one wishing glance out her window, and went to take a shower.
The hot water felt good. She relaxed with a sigh and let the water dance across her body. All too soon, she could feel the heat beginning to die down. "Ugh," she scoffed as she reluctantly shut off the water and stepped out onto the cold tile floor of her bathroom. She wrapped a towel around her soaking body and began brushing her long brown hair. Just as she finished, she heard a scrapping on her door.
"Rumi," she whispered, rolling her eyes. She opened the door, but her room was empty. She started to close the door, but something soft brushed against her leg. Instinctively, she glanced down and saw the dark blue nightgown Rumi had bought hanging off the doorknob. She rolled her eyes again, took it off the doorknob and closed the door. She was prepared to toss it in a corner, but as she continued to examine it, she had to admit, it was pretty. She scanned her bathroom to make sure no one was hiding behind a wall, and quickly slipped it on. She quietly whistled. She reluctantly admitted that it looked really good on her, though she would never ever tell Rumi. She twirled around once with a giggle and watched the gown wrap around her legs. Out of habit, she glanced at the clock on her counter.
"Oh my gosh!" It was almost two in the morning. She had been in there for almost three hours. She quickly shut off her light and ran into her bedroom, completely forgetting what she was wearing. Waite a second she thought, stopping in the middle of her room. How can it be two? That's not possible. She ran her hand threw her still wet hair and glanced at the clock on her dresser. Yep, 1: 59 A.M. Okay, either the time or me is freaking out. She reached for her bedroom door to go check another clock when a silver light flashed by her window causing her to whirl around. She just caught a glimpse of the light flying past her window. She ran to the window and thrust it open. She gasped at what she saw. A light, gray, almost transparent bubble was surrounding her house. Immediately she recognized the use of magic. She scanned the sky for the silver object, but found a white pillar of light reaching out of the forest instead.
"Okay, this is really weird," she muttered, her voice shaking a bit as she backed away from the window.
"Chihiro!" A voice whispered. She spun around, nearly falling over from the speed of the turn. Her pulse was pounding inside her head but she listened intently for the voice.
"Chihiro!" It said again, weaker this time.
"Yes, I'm here." She whispered into the dark, wrapping her arms around her chest.
"Chihiro, help me," the voice pleaded. "Please, Chihiro!" The voice suddenly screamed in agony. At that moment, she knew he was calling to her.
"Haku! I'm coming!" she screamed, ignoring the fact that a sound like that would definitely wake up Rumi. She didn't wait for a reply. She grabbed a black hooded sweatshirt and some shoes before running out the door. She knew Haku was in trouble and she had to save him, no matter what it took. It was a race against time and she prayed that she wouldn't be too late.
Thanks for the patience and reviews. This story is finally getting really intersting.
