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A/N chapter seven was short I know like I said I was a little pushed for time because every one was yelling and screaming at me to get back to my party... all I wanted to do was write because I have a thousand things flying through my mind and I even have a chapter to add to my other story that is really now very out of character... so I will update that after I get a few more chapters on here even though I do not think that any one is even reading the other story and I don't think that even any one is reading this story any more.... ::takes a deep breath:: wow that was a mouth full!. Yeah so if you are reading this please just let me know.. it doesn't take very long to hit the button that says submit review... and even if it is just to say hi.. you have no idea how much I love getting up in the morning and hearing YOU'VE GOT MAIL (actually my mail box ribbitts when I get mail... I changed my sound affects... and if I can find a sound wave of Chihiro or haku saying something I will most likely change it to that....) any way... onto the next chapter....
Chapter eight= love prevails
Haku continued to sob into Chihiro's chest rocking her back and forth gently...
Please Chihiro... oh please... oh please... be all right... I am so sorry... please say I wasn't to late... He pleaded with her... he pleaded to himself, he was so close to having her back and just because it took him so long to solve a stupid riddle, he was holding her crying instead of just holding her to hold her... GOD WHY DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN I LOVE HER...he shouted in his mind.. he wanted to cry out and do something to make this better but he knew that there was nothing to do... he pulled her closer to his body and just sobbed... there was nothing he could do but blame him self... if only he would have gotten her sooner!
Not even Yu Babba was saying any thing... her eyes looked with sorrow as she was just sitting there quietly with a odd kind of smirk on her face that looked like she was saying 'I told you so' but she dare not say anything for she knew Haku Loved Sen and she knew Haku's temper...(Yu Babba still couldn't get used to calling Sen Chihiro... if the name changes confuses you I'm sorry but you know sen and Chihiro are the same person.. if you don't... GO WATCH SPIRITED AWAY AGAIN.... actually just go watch it for the heck of it... LOL.. sorry I couldn't resist) she was about to say something but then thought better of it and got up to attend baby.. also leaving Chihiro and Haku to be alone. ... Haku needed to be alone so he could grieve his loss...
"Oh please Chihiro... please.. please.. please be all right..." Haku Whispered to her.. gently stroking her hair out of her eyes, her eyes that were closed that seemed to hold the serenity of the night .." oh please Chihiro just wake up, I know its my fault.. I love you.. .. I love you.. .. I love you.." a single tear drop fell from Haku and lightly fell upon Chihiro's cheek .. running down to her chin and vanishing out of sight...
"haku?" there was a faint whisper "is that you Haku?"
Haku stopped breathing as he listened with all of his might, to make sure that he was not dreaming but he really did hear her voice... could it be true that she really was ok after all.. or was he in some sort of an illusion
"Haku... where am I?" he felt a hand tighten onto his shirt, Chihiro tensed with fear, she didn't know where she was and she didn't know how she had gotten there, let alone how did she get here with Haku, she didn't care how he had gotten here... she was just glad to be with him.... she started to cry out of fear.
Haku just held Chihiro in his arms and cried.. this time not tears of sorrow or anger, but tears of joy "everything is going to be ok now Chihiro. I am here, everything will be ok" he felt her hands tighten around his neck and they just held there in an embrace. Everything else around him just seemed to vanish.. he had Chihiro in his arms finally. She was the only thing that mattered at the time... just him and Chihiro.. Finally they were united...
"Haku... haku... Haku! ... HAKU!" finally the trance was broken as Yu Babba was yelling his name..... she had came back into the room and just starred with disbelief one second ago she was life less in his arms and now she was crying, clinging on to his chest.
all he could do was glance over for he did not want to let her go in the fear of this being a dream.. Haku knew he would sleep a thousand years if this were a dream, just to keep her with him.
"now that I finally have your attention, Haku you may leave, I need to ask Sen a few questions... I need to know what she went though and also what you felt and saw on your voyage Haku... we need to make sure that she is actually cured as so she doesn't fall under another slumber spell"
Chihiro clutched onto Haku's chest even tighter with the thought of him leaving her, she did not like this idea... she didn't know how she had gotten here, and she only felt safe with Haku.
"Yu Baba I must stay, I refuse to leave Chihiro here alone, the slumber spell was very power full I under stand, but I refuse to leave her alone.
"whats a slumber spell" asked Chihiro meekly
"it's the kind of spell you were under, that's why you were asleep for so long"
"I WAS WHAT" Chihiro tensed up her body, the thought of being put under a spell terrified her, she almost wished that she didn't ask him what a slumber spell was, she always found it easier not knowing... then she couldn't get hurt.. but at the same time she didn't care.. she was in Haku's arms and she finally felt safe again.. she was with the one that she loved... but she didn't remember how she got here ... she didn't remember any thing... except for the fact that when she woke up Haku was crying.. but why was he crying.. She didn't understand that either... everything was just so blank..
"fine you may stay but if you distract her or try to coax her in any way you will have to leave!" Yu Baba's eyes glowed with anger "Do you under stand?" she didn't seem to be to happy at the fact of Haku staying in the room
"yes I under stand" he looked down at Chihiro and Clutched her tighter., he was squeezing her very tight to where she could barely breath, but she didn't care, she was just extremely happy to be back with I'm again,.. even is she didn't under stand how she had gotten there.
"Sen" Yu Baba called her "I need to ask you a few questions is that ok", normally she would not have been so nice to a human but still she was in the spirit world and this would also help to solve what was going on in case it happened again so some one else..
"....yes.. that is fine" at first she didn't respond, Chihiro wasn't used to being called Sen any more... it had been eight years since the last time she was here and the whole time she was called Chihiro.. the name sen was almost erased from her mind... but she remembered that once she was called sen...but never by Haku ... Haku always called her Chihiro.. so she wouldn't forget her name... her name was the only thing that would keep her free... "you can ask me questions... but I am not sure what I remember of anything... I am not even sure how I got here"
"all of that can be cleared up... but what is the last thing you do remember"
"I remember Haku saying my name... it was right after I had fallen... I was running for what felt such a long time.. and right before I saw the bridge everything just went black.. that's when Haku said my name... but it felt so far away.. almost like a whisper or a memory from a dream" Haku took a deep breath as fear filled her eyes...
"it will be all right, we just need to know what you remember... I'm here with you now, no one is going to hurt you..." Haku sensed that she was afraid and he held her into his chest.... feeling her rhythmic breathing and her warm body heat... sure she smelled like a human again, but he would get over that he was just glad to be with her again...
"that's most of all I do remember" Chihiro went on "but after that I just kept having the same dream over and over... but all I remember about the dream was a cat... a very beautiful cat that wouldn't let me go any where it felt like it was laughing at me,.... but I didn't know that cats could laugh... and there was lightning... I was scared and I kept trying to get away but the cat wouldn't let me. Every time I tried to get away the cat would hurt me and the lightning would light up the sky and the thunder crashed in the back ground... I was just so scared so I did what the cat wanted me to, I just sat there,,,, that's what it wanted me to do... and then I felt like I was being pulled away... almost like I was running with the wind and I could see light up ahead and hear some one saying my name... and crying... then I woke up and I found myself in Haku's arms... at first I was frightened ... but then I felt safe at the same time..." Chihiro looked at Haku, for now she was laying across his lap as they were both on the floor... she didn't even know how she got there .... but she was there... she started to cry again burying her face into his chest... her tears were caught in his shirt as he just allowed her to cry, rubbing her back he tried to soothe her.
"it will be ok Chihiro...SHHH" he calmly and quietly whispered to her . "it will be ok, it will be ok"
"Oh haku I was just so scared, I was so alone ... I didn't know what to do..." she sobbed harder to where she fell asleep once again in his arms.... Haku looked up questioningly
"its ok Haku, she is just exhausted, she may have slept for three days but her body was not asleep, just her mind. Her body was just trapped in darkness. Now she needs true rest, she should sleep till morning. You can either keep her here alone for the night as I make my rounds, or you may take her to your bed room, it is your choice, I trust you either way." Yu Baba went over to the window "we will talk in the morning after she is rested.
Haku nodded and picked Chihiro up on his arms, he had no intention on leaving her here alone, he finally got her back and he wanted her with him.
"very well, take her to your room and I will see you in the morning when she wakes, do not wake her let her wake on her own, you are relieved from your duties until she is well enough to be alone" with that Yu Baba went over to the ledge and transformed into a giant bird, flying away she patrolled the grounds of the bath house. He held Chihiro in his arms as he went over and closed the window.. there would be a long walk down to his room holding her. Sure she wasn't that heavy but at eighteen years old, she wasn't light either...
the dark hall ways seemed even longer when you are holding something in your arms and wanting to get to your room quickly. He wouldn't stop by Lin's room, not until she was awake any way. He didn't want Lin to think that Chihiro was still under the slumber spell. He finally made his way into his room, opening his door would be a little tricky. He couldn't really put her down at the risk of waking her, so he managed to get the door open half way and walk in side ways (its not a door the swing on hinges, its one of the sliding doors)
laying her down on his bed to one side against the wall so she wouldn't roll off he covered her up to where she wouldn't over heat, but yet she would be comfortable. After laying her down he went into his bath room and took a quick shower, his door was locked so he felt safe leaving her for ten minutes to get cleaned up.
He didn't realize how tired her really was.... I guess not sleeping for three days does take a lot out of you. But a shower refreshed him just enough that it gave him enough energy to walk over to his bed. He smiled as he caste his view upon Chihiro sleeping so peacefully in his bed. He had no intention on doing anything, he would never do anything like that... he loved her to much.
She did changed a lot in the eight years that they had been a part. Her features were a lot more developed as was her whole body. She was beautiful.. very beautiful. His heart pounded harder just looking at her, He didn't even realize exactly how much he loved her until now... and he knew that she would never under stand completely how he attempted to show it...
Sliding into bed he kissed the top of her head "I love you" he whispered in her ear even though he knew she wouldn't be able to hear it... he could say it so easily while she was asleep ... but would he be able to tell her while she was a wake? 'Only time could tell... I guess' he thought to him self... only time can tell...
He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled himself into her.. he bed was small and this would be the only way he would be able to sleep comfortably... making sure that she was there, and not falling off the bed... hey killing two birds with one stone.. why not...
Haku drifted off to sleep... at first he had no dreams, and if he did he didn't remember them.
~*~ Dream ~*~
He was running... well it was himself but it wasn't through hi eyes it was almost as if he was over head, watching from a distant. Where was he going?
He stopped running when he saw the clearing... and then he saw a shadow figure stand over something... what was it? It looked like a person laying on the ground... no it couldn't be could it?? It was... no not again!! It was Chihiro!! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO !!!!
This wasn't the Chihiro that he knew of now.. this was the Chihiro he remembered... but he didn't remember seeing any of this... or at least he didn't remember this...
"if you come back you will be in grave danger" he heard the figure, and he could also hear Chihiro crying... "the spirit world is no place for humans.. never has been and never will be.. do you got that?" the creature began to advance closer to Chihiro... who tried to back away but she couldn't move, her feet were frozen....
Chihiro looked to scared to answer... not only did she look to scared to answer.. she was to scared to answer...
"I said do you got that? Did you hear me or all human deaf too" the figure grabbed Chihiro by the collar of her shirt and picked her up off the ground, her feet were kicking as she was struggling to get her feet back on the ground. Haku could see the fear that was in her eyes, as he felt another stabbed in his heart, he hated this creature for what he did to Chihiro... he hated it! "did you hear me"
"yes I heard you, I under stand...."Chihiro meekly replied trying to not have ot look into the creatures eyes...
"GOOD!" the creature threw her on the ground and started laughing. "good! Because pathetic Haku doest love you! He never will! You are just a dirty human!" the creature spit on Chihiro, "your dirty! You all are" The creature started laughing more as it titled its head back and the hood that surround it face fell as it laughed. ... princess Kiawauna... that's who it was... that witch... "oh and Haku" She turned to face Haku. I know you can hear me because you are watching this is a dream. I told her not to come, and she didn't listen. She doesn't deserve you, you should be here with me. So from now on I would watch your back if I were you" Princess Kiawauna continued to laugh as Haku could still here Chihiro sobbing in the back ground... NO!! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!! CHIHIRO!!! CHIHIRO!!! CHIHIRO!!! Haku screamed..
~*~ END OF THE DREAM ~*~
Haku woke up sitting straight up in bed, almost falling off the edge, he was covered with sweat... he must have been trying to actually get a hold of the witch because the covers were all tangled around him and sticking to his sweaty body..
He sighted as he laid back down... once again the thought of loosing Chihiro crossed his mind... if She knew that she was in danger for coming back then why did she try to come back in the first place... the thought of making her wait eight years for his return crossed his mind... it was his fault if he would have just kept his promise and went to get her, and visit her it wouldn't be like this.... he almost felt like he was going to cry again, but instead he just turned over and clutched Chihiro's sleeping body into his chest, this comforted him...
"Haku?" he heard a sweet voice in his ear... oh only to be dreaming of her, my sweet Chihiro.. I would dream a thousand dreams just to hold her he thought. "Kohaku..." he heard the voice whisper again.... and then a soft hand brush the hair away from, his face. It felt like an angel. An angel had he died and gone to heaven...Haku Opened his eyes... yes indeed this was an angel... she was smiling at him... "Haku are you awake?"
"yep I am awake I always lay here with my eyes closed when I am awake" he smiled at her..
she smiled at his sense of humor. "I feel like I have slept for years" she stretched and yawned. "but I didn't dream of waking up next to you, that was a nice surprise."
Haku smiled and got up to excuse himself to the bath room, she really did look like an angel, her hair was much shorter now, almost the length his was when he saw her for the first time... he kind of liked that style on her, her matured eighteen year old body suited the hair cut very well as a matter of fact.
Haku finished up in the bath room and walked back out into the room to where Chihiro was. She was still half asleep sitting up on the bed. "I just cant wake up for some reason" she yawned again stretching upwards.
"would you like to go back to sleep?" Haku asked her
"no that's ok, I need to get up... I still don't have any clue how I got here or whats going on, and I need to figure this out" she stood up a little to fast and almost toppled over. Haku ran over and caught her in his arms right before she fell. It felt good to have her in his arms again.
'Right where she belongs' he thought to himself, "are you ok?"
"yeah I am fine I just stood up a little to fast, that is all" she placed her hands on his shoulders to steady herself.
"are you sure your ok"
"yep I am fine" she smiled. "see" as soon as she said it she released her grip from Haku and stood on her own "ta da" she held her arms up in a mocking style. As Haku clapped his hands together joining in on her joke. "mommy wow I'm a big girl now" Haku didn't get it... "ummm... it's a commercial off of human TV"
"ok.. I have no clue what you are talking about but if you say so..." he laughed " come on lets get you some clothes so you can take a shower. And then we can get some breakfast... does that sound good?" Chihiro Nodded.. she had forgotten about how hungry she was but the dense pain in her side reminded her that she hadn't eaten in four days. Haku got her the clothes (she was just a little smaller then he was so she could easily fit into some of his clothes.... hmm nothing like a little tom boy.. HIS THOUGHTS NOT MINE!) and then led her to the back bath room to shower.
After Chihiro got into the shower Haku went back to his room and made the bed picking up his towel and placed it into the hamper (I don't know if they have hampers so its my imagination when I go to Japan next year I will correct my own story ok!).
His muscles were still sore from the flight and the hard nights of not knowing if Chihiro was ok. He stretched high above his head and then touched his toes. It felt good but he could hear the pop pop pop in his back as he stretched it. He could still hear the water running, so he felt it would be safe to change. He changed his pants first and threw them in the hamper. He took off his shirt and went over to his dresser to pick up a clean one and a clean sash to tie around his waist since the other one was soiled from the rain. He had his back to the door way, but he could feel burning eyes upon him, and turned around, (no shirt on) and saw Chihiro Starring at him, her cheeks were flushed for she was blushing. For a couple seconds she just stared and then turned away. Haku couldn't help but laugh. Actually he was flattered. He put the clean shirt on and then the sash. He turned to Chihiro (WHO WAS STILL BLUSHING....) and smiled. She looked so sweet with her hair wet as it hung loosely and straight on her neck. "would you care for some breakfast?"
Still embarrassed that she had just seen him half naked all she could do was nod. (sure it was just with his shirt off but still Haku is the first and only guy she likes so wouldn't you be embarrassed?)
He led her off to the kitchens and sat her down. It was still fairly early so no one was awake yet, having a human in the kitchens wasn't always the best idea... the frog cooks didn't seem to like her to much... and its been eight years so they might not remember her all that well. they sat down when they had picked out what they wanted to eat, at first they sat in silence. But this was bugging Haku, he had waited eight years, he wanted to talk.
"so ... tell me about you.. tell me about your life, your friends, and everything that I have missed since I haven't seen you"
Chihiro went on to tell him everything. Of course she wasn't going to tell him about how she cried herself to sleep almost every night waiting for him, or how she went to the hill top looking for him, or how she had contemplated suicide (... read the story called true emotions ,, I think that's what I called it... that's about her suicide contemplation) .. but she told him the rest... about how she had missed her graduation because she went to the spirit tunnel instead, and her friend Shahana, how she hadn't dated any one and she didn't have very many close friends (the fact she hadn't dated any one kind of made Haku happy and sad at the same time... yes I said that in the third chapter.) what seemed like 1o minutes was actually three hours of Chihiro telling Haku everything that was going on in her life. She had just gotten to the part where she had broken her statue when one of the frogs came in the kitchen, demanding them to leave before the whole place smelled like human and the customers wouldn't eat the food. They had already gotten their fill on food. So Haku took Chihiro out to the gardens for a walk... he hadn't had much time to spend with her so he didn't want to go to Yu Babba's just yet.. not if he had to any way.
They walked out into the flower gardens and Chihiro just stopped dead in her tracks. Haku turned around alarmed. "whats the matter?"
"...nothing... I just want to stay here for a little while since it is so beautiful" Chihiro responded...
"oh.." haku felt stupid for jumping to conclusions, but shrugged it off and joined Chihiro who was sitting on the ground with her back to a tree. She wrapped her arm around his and snuggled into his shoulder. Sighing. Haku couldn't help but smile. There was just something about her. "you know KoHaku" she let go of his arms and faced him . " I basically told you my life story and you haven't told me a single word of yours, and I want to hear your story" she smiled and gave him a look that meant that if he didn't tell he was going to be in trouble.
Haku didn't have much to tell except that he did have a talk with Yu Babba when she first left, and how he did have his name back, but since it had been so long every one was just used to calling him Haku. So he stuck with that. He didn't know weather or not to tell her about visiting her dreams... so he didn't he just left it at silence. He didn't know how she would react and he didn't want her to get mad at him.
Haku rolled over onto his back and stared up at the clouds trying to get the nerve to tell her what he knew he had to. He was about to sit back up when he felt Chihiro lay down beside him and place her head on his shoulder snuggling into him, placing his hand around her waist.... 'or not' he thought he didn't want to move.. he wanted to stay exactly like this, there was just something about her, something that he felt when he held her. Something that he had never felt before. He knew what it was. It was love. He knew he loved her, if he didn't love her he wouldn't have been able to save her. But it seemed so easy just to let the words go up spoken.. it felt easier that way, but his heart hurt. He needed to tell her soon and no longer let the words go unspoken... but how...
"that cloud looks like a little bunny rabbit!!!" Chihiro pointed up at the clouds... smiling and laughing at the same time...
Haku looked up, didn't see the bunny rabbit but he agreed to make her happy... he would do anything to make her happy... he noticed the sky starting to grow darker,,, but he didn't care... he just wanted to be with Chihiro and he wanted to tell her what he had on his minds before he ran out of guts to say anything at all....
He sat up and looked at her, she was smiling at him. Brushing a single strand of hair out of her eyes he smiled back at her. There was something in her eyes... when he looked into them it was almost as if he was flying through the stars. Her eyes led to the gates of the stars. The most beautiful pair of eyes that he had ever seen in his life.... he could so easily get lost in them and that's what he wanted to do at the moment ... he wanted to look into her eyes and confess the love that he had for her.....
He gently placed his hand on her cheek and lightly caressed her soft skin... just as he was moving closer to her, he could see her eyes close in anticipation to the kiss.. he wanted this to be perfect, this would be their first true kiss.. she was awake now and she would remember this kiss...
"Chihiro" he whispered her name
"Yes Haku" she whispered back...
it had to be perfect.. his lips almost touched hers.... it had to be perfect.. and it was going to be perfect
"I...." He heard a loud crash as they were suddenly getting soaked... in his mind he cursed as he had to pull away from the perfect moment. His heart cried. But he couldn't help but laugh as they were running through the rain..... he didn't get to finish the kiss, and he didn't get to finish what he was saying...he didn't even know if she had heard him or not, for what he had started to say... "Chihiro I love you" the words were so simple but they just would come.... it had to be perfect.. it had to be perfect..... and it wasn't perfect........
Disclaimer= I DO NOT OWN!!! I DO NOT OWN!!! I DO NOT OWN!!! I DO NOT OWN!!! I DO NOT OWN!!! I DO NOT OWN!!! AHHHHH ::runs from the cops screaming!!:: I told every one that I do not own Spirited away and I have never claimed to own Spirited away... sure I have a crush on Haku but I do not own him... though I would like too... ::evil smile:: .... wait... do not take that the wrong way!!!!!! That sounds really wrong I just realized..... woah... yeah... I do not own spirited away, I never have and I never will!!!!!
A/N chapter seven was short I know like I said I was a little pushed for time because every one was yelling and screaming at me to get back to my party... all I wanted to do was write because I have a thousand things flying through my mind and I even have a chapter to add to my other story that is really now very out of character... so I will update that after I get a few more chapters on here even though I do not think that any one is even reading the other story and I don't think that even any one is reading this story any more.... ::takes a deep breath:: wow that was a mouth full!. Yeah so if you are reading this please just let me know.. it doesn't take very long to hit the button that says submit review... and even if it is just to say hi.. you have no idea how much I love getting up in the morning and hearing YOU'VE GOT MAIL (actually my mail box ribbitts when I get mail... I changed my sound affects... and if I can find a sound wave of Chihiro or haku saying something I will most likely change it to that....) any way... onto the next chapter....
Chapter eight= love prevails
Haku continued to sob into Chihiro's chest rocking her back and forth gently...
Please Chihiro... oh please... oh please... be all right... I am so sorry... please say I wasn't to late... He pleaded with her... he pleaded to himself, he was so close to having her back and just because it took him so long to solve a stupid riddle, he was holding her crying instead of just holding her to hold her... GOD WHY DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN I LOVE HER...he shouted in his mind.. he wanted to cry out and do something to make this better but he knew that there was nothing to do... he pulled her closer to his body and just sobbed... there was nothing he could do but blame him self... if only he would have gotten her sooner!
Not even Yu Babba was saying any thing... her eyes looked with sorrow as she was just sitting there quietly with a odd kind of smirk on her face that looked like she was saying 'I told you so' but she dare not say anything for she knew Haku Loved Sen and she knew Haku's temper...(Yu Babba still couldn't get used to calling Sen Chihiro... if the name changes confuses you I'm sorry but you know sen and Chihiro are the same person.. if you don't... GO WATCH SPIRITED AWAY AGAIN.... actually just go watch it for the heck of it... LOL.. sorry I couldn't resist) she was about to say something but then thought better of it and got up to attend baby.. also leaving Chihiro and Haku to be alone. ... Haku needed to be alone so he could grieve his loss...
"Oh please Chihiro... please.. please.. please be all right..." Haku Whispered to her.. gently stroking her hair out of her eyes, her eyes that were closed that seemed to hold the serenity of the night .." oh please Chihiro just wake up, I know its my fault.. I love you.. .. I love you.. .. I love you.." a single tear drop fell from Haku and lightly fell upon Chihiro's cheek .. running down to her chin and vanishing out of sight...
"haku?" there was a faint whisper "is that you Haku?"
Haku stopped breathing as he listened with all of his might, to make sure that he was not dreaming but he really did hear her voice... could it be true that she really was ok after all.. or was he in some sort of an illusion
"Haku... where am I?" he felt a hand tighten onto his shirt, Chihiro tensed with fear, she didn't know where she was and she didn't know how she had gotten there, let alone how did she get here with Haku, she didn't care how he had gotten here... she was just glad to be with him.... she started to cry out of fear.
Haku just held Chihiro in his arms and cried.. this time not tears of sorrow or anger, but tears of joy "everything is going to be ok now Chihiro. I am here, everything will be ok" he felt her hands tighten around his neck and they just held there in an embrace. Everything else around him just seemed to vanish.. he had Chihiro in his arms finally. She was the only thing that mattered at the time... just him and Chihiro.. Finally they were united...
"Haku... haku... Haku! ... HAKU!" finally the trance was broken as Yu Babba was yelling his name..... she had came back into the room and just starred with disbelief one second ago she was life less in his arms and now she was crying, clinging on to his chest.
all he could do was glance over for he did not want to let her go in the fear of this being a dream.. Haku knew he would sleep a thousand years if this were a dream, just to keep her with him.
"now that I finally have your attention, Haku you may leave, I need to ask Sen a few questions... I need to know what she went though and also what you felt and saw on your voyage Haku... we need to make sure that she is actually cured as so she doesn't fall under another slumber spell"
Chihiro clutched onto Haku's chest even tighter with the thought of him leaving her, she did not like this idea... she didn't know how she had gotten here, and she only felt safe with Haku.
"Yu Baba I must stay, I refuse to leave Chihiro here alone, the slumber spell was very power full I under stand, but I refuse to leave her alone.
"whats a slumber spell" asked Chihiro meekly
"it's the kind of spell you were under, that's why you were asleep for so long"
"I WAS WHAT" Chihiro tensed up her body, the thought of being put under a spell terrified her, she almost wished that she didn't ask him what a slumber spell was, she always found it easier not knowing... then she couldn't get hurt.. but at the same time she didn't care.. she was in Haku's arms and she finally felt safe again.. she was with the one that she loved... but she didn't remember how she got here ... she didn't remember any thing... except for the fact that when she woke up Haku was crying.. but why was he crying.. She didn't understand that either... everything was just so blank..
"fine you may stay but if you distract her or try to coax her in any way you will have to leave!" Yu Baba's eyes glowed with anger "Do you under stand?" she didn't seem to be to happy at the fact of Haku staying in the room
"yes I under stand" he looked down at Chihiro and Clutched her tighter., he was squeezing her very tight to where she could barely breath, but she didn't care, she was just extremely happy to be back with I'm again,.. even is she didn't under stand how she had gotten there.
"Sen" Yu Baba called her "I need to ask you a few questions is that ok", normally she would not have been so nice to a human but still she was in the spirit world and this would also help to solve what was going on in case it happened again so some one else..
"....yes.. that is fine" at first she didn't respond, Chihiro wasn't used to being called Sen any more... it had been eight years since the last time she was here and the whole time she was called Chihiro.. the name sen was almost erased from her mind... but she remembered that once she was called sen...but never by Haku ... Haku always called her Chihiro.. so she wouldn't forget her name... her name was the only thing that would keep her free... "you can ask me questions... but I am not sure what I remember of anything... I am not even sure how I got here"
"all of that can be cleared up... but what is the last thing you do remember"
"I remember Haku saying my name... it was right after I had fallen... I was running for what felt such a long time.. and right before I saw the bridge everything just went black.. that's when Haku said my name... but it felt so far away.. almost like a whisper or a memory from a dream" Haku took a deep breath as fear filled her eyes...
"it will be all right, we just need to know what you remember... I'm here with you now, no one is going to hurt you..." Haku sensed that she was afraid and he held her into his chest.... feeling her rhythmic breathing and her warm body heat... sure she smelled like a human again, but he would get over that he was just glad to be with her again...
"that's most of all I do remember" Chihiro went on "but after that I just kept having the same dream over and over... but all I remember about the dream was a cat... a very beautiful cat that wouldn't let me go any where it felt like it was laughing at me,.... but I didn't know that cats could laugh... and there was lightning... I was scared and I kept trying to get away but the cat wouldn't let me. Every time I tried to get away the cat would hurt me and the lightning would light up the sky and the thunder crashed in the back ground... I was just so scared so I did what the cat wanted me to, I just sat there,,,, that's what it wanted me to do... and then I felt like I was being pulled away... almost like I was running with the wind and I could see light up ahead and hear some one saying my name... and crying... then I woke up and I found myself in Haku's arms... at first I was frightened ... but then I felt safe at the same time..." Chihiro looked at Haku, for now she was laying across his lap as they were both on the floor... she didn't even know how she got there .... but she was there... she started to cry again burying her face into his chest... her tears were caught in his shirt as he just allowed her to cry, rubbing her back he tried to soothe her.
"it will be ok Chihiro...SHHH" he calmly and quietly whispered to her . "it will be ok, it will be ok"
"Oh haku I was just so scared, I was so alone ... I didn't know what to do..." she sobbed harder to where she fell asleep once again in his arms.... Haku looked up questioningly
"its ok Haku, she is just exhausted, she may have slept for three days but her body was not asleep, just her mind. Her body was just trapped in darkness. Now she needs true rest, she should sleep till morning. You can either keep her here alone for the night as I make my rounds, or you may take her to your bed room, it is your choice, I trust you either way." Yu Baba went over to the window "we will talk in the morning after she is rested.
Haku nodded and picked Chihiro up on his arms, he had no intention on leaving her here alone, he finally got her back and he wanted her with him.
"very well, take her to your room and I will see you in the morning when she wakes, do not wake her let her wake on her own, you are relieved from your duties until she is well enough to be alone" with that Yu Baba went over to the ledge and transformed into a giant bird, flying away she patrolled the grounds of the bath house. He held Chihiro in his arms as he went over and closed the window.. there would be a long walk down to his room holding her. Sure she wasn't that heavy but at eighteen years old, she wasn't light either...
the dark hall ways seemed even longer when you are holding something in your arms and wanting to get to your room quickly. He wouldn't stop by Lin's room, not until she was awake any way. He didn't want Lin to think that Chihiro was still under the slumber spell. He finally made his way into his room, opening his door would be a little tricky. He couldn't really put her down at the risk of waking her, so he managed to get the door open half way and walk in side ways (its not a door the swing on hinges, its one of the sliding doors)
laying her down on his bed to one side against the wall so she wouldn't roll off he covered her up to where she wouldn't over heat, but yet she would be comfortable. After laying her down he went into his bath room and took a quick shower, his door was locked so he felt safe leaving her for ten minutes to get cleaned up.
He didn't realize how tired her really was.... I guess not sleeping for three days does take a lot out of you. But a shower refreshed him just enough that it gave him enough energy to walk over to his bed. He smiled as he caste his view upon Chihiro sleeping so peacefully in his bed. He had no intention on doing anything, he would never do anything like that... he loved her to much.
She did changed a lot in the eight years that they had been a part. Her features were a lot more developed as was her whole body. She was beautiful.. very beautiful. His heart pounded harder just looking at her, He didn't even realize exactly how much he loved her until now... and he knew that she would never under stand completely how he attempted to show it...
Sliding into bed he kissed the top of her head "I love you" he whispered in her ear even though he knew she wouldn't be able to hear it... he could say it so easily while she was asleep ... but would he be able to tell her while she was a wake? 'Only time could tell... I guess' he thought to him self... only time can tell...
He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled himself into her.. he bed was small and this would be the only way he would be able to sleep comfortably... making sure that she was there, and not falling off the bed... hey killing two birds with one stone.. why not...
Haku drifted off to sleep... at first he had no dreams, and if he did he didn't remember them.
~*~ Dream ~*~
He was running... well it was himself but it wasn't through hi eyes it was almost as if he was over head, watching from a distant. Where was he going?
He stopped running when he saw the clearing... and then he saw a shadow figure stand over something... what was it? It looked like a person laying on the ground... no it couldn't be could it?? It was... no not again!! It was Chihiro!! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO !!!!
This wasn't the Chihiro that he knew of now.. this was the Chihiro he remembered... but he didn't remember seeing any of this... or at least he didn't remember this...
"if you come back you will be in grave danger" he heard the figure, and he could also hear Chihiro crying... "the spirit world is no place for humans.. never has been and never will be.. do you got that?" the creature began to advance closer to Chihiro... who tried to back away but she couldn't move, her feet were frozen....
Chihiro looked to scared to answer... not only did she look to scared to answer.. she was to scared to answer...
"I said do you got that? Did you hear me or all human deaf too" the figure grabbed Chihiro by the collar of her shirt and picked her up off the ground, her feet were kicking as she was struggling to get her feet back on the ground. Haku could see the fear that was in her eyes, as he felt another stabbed in his heart, he hated this creature for what he did to Chihiro... he hated it! "did you hear me"
"yes I heard you, I under stand...."Chihiro meekly replied trying to not have ot look into the creatures eyes...
"GOOD!" the creature threw her on the ground and started laughing. "good! Because pathetic Haku doest love you! He never will! You are just a dirty human!" the creature spit on Chihiro, "your dirty! You all are" The creature started laughing more as it titled its head back and the hood that surround it face fell as it laughed. ... princess Kiawauna... that's who it was... that witch... "oh and Haku" She turned to face Haku. I know you can hear me because you are watching this is a dream. I told her not to come, and she didn't listen. She doesn't deserve you, you should be here with me. So from now on I would watch your back if I were you" Princess Kiawauna continued to laugh as Haku could still here Chihiro sobbing in the back ground... NO!! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!! CHIHIRO!!! CHIHIRO!!! CHIHIRO!!! Haku screamed..
~*~ END OF THE DREAM ~*~
Haku woke up sitting straight up in bed, almost falling off the edge, he was covered with sweat... he must have been trying to actually get a hold of the witch because the covers were all tangled around him and sticking to his sweaty body..
He sighted as he laid back down... once again the thought of loosing Chihiro crossed his mind... if She knew that she was in danger for coming back then why did she try to come back in the first place... the thought of making her wait eight years for his return crossed his mind... it was his fault if he would have just kept his promise and went to get her, and visit her it wouldn't be like this.... he almost felt like he was going to cry again, but instead he just turned over and clutched Chihiro's sleeping body into his chest, this comforted him...
"Haku?" he heard a sweet voice in his ear... oh only to be dreaming of her, my sweet Chihiro.. I would dream a thousand dreams just to hold her he thought. "Kohaku..." he heard the voice whisper again.... and then a soft hand brush the hair away from, his face. It felt like an angel. An angel had he died and gone to heaven...Haku Opened his eyes... yes indeed this was an angel... she was smiling at him... "Haku are you awake?"
"yep I am awake I always lay here with my eyes closed when I am awake" he smiled at her..
she smiled at his sense of humor. "I feel like I have slept for years" she stretched and yawned. "but I didn't dream of waking up next to you, that was a nice surprise."
Haku smiled and got up to excuse himself to the bath room, she really did look like an angel, her hair was much shorter now, almost the length his was when he saw her for the first time... he kind of liked that style on her, her matured eighteen year old body suited the hair cut very well as a matter of fact.
Haku finished up in the bath room and walked back out into the room to where Chihiro was. She was still half asleep sitting up on the bed. "I just cant wake up for some reason" she yawned again stretching upwards.
"would you like to go back to sleep?" Haku asked her
"no that's ok, I need to get up... I still don't have any clue how I got here or whats going on, and I need to figure this out" she stood up a little to fast and almost toppled over. Haku ran over and caught her in his arms right before she fell. It felt good to have her in his arms again.
'Right where she belongs' he thought to himself, "are you ok?"
"yeah I am fine I just stood up a little to fast, that is all" she placed her hands on his shoulders to steady herself.
"are you sure your ok"
"yep I am fine" she smiled. "see" as soon as she said it she released her grip from Haku and stood on her own "ta da" she held her arms up in a mocking style. As Haku clapped his hands together joining in on her joke. "mommy wow I'm a big girl now" Haku didn't get it... "ummm... it's a commercial off of human TV"
"ok.. I have no clue what you are talking about but if you say so..." he laughed " come on lets get you some clothes so you can take a shower. And then we can get some breakfast... does that sound good?" Chihiro Nodded.. she had forgotten about how hungry she was but the dense pain in her side reminded her that she hadn't eaten in four days. Haku got her the clothes (she was just a little smaller then he was so she could easily fit into some of his clothes.... hmm nothing like a little tom boy.. HIS THOUGHTS NOT MINE!) and then led her to the back bath room to shower.
After Chihiro got into the shower Haku went back to his room and made the bed picking up his towel and placed it into the hamper (I don't know if they have hampers so its my imagination when I go to Japan next year I will correct my own story ok!).
His muscles were still sore from the flight and the hard nights of not knowing if Chihiro was ok. He stretched high above his head and then touched his toes. It felt good but he could hear the pop pop pop in his back as he stretched it. He could still hear the water running, so he felt it would be safe to change. He changed his pants first and threw them in the hamper. He took off his shirt and went over to his dresser to pick up a clean one and a clean sash to tie around his waist since the other one was soiled from the rain. He had his back to the door way, but he could feel burning eyes upon him, and turned around, (no shirt on) and saw Chihiro Starring at him, her cheeks were flushed for she was blushing. For a couple seconds she just stared and then turned away. Haku couldn't help but laugh. Actually he was flattered. He put the clean shirt on and then the sash. He turned to Chihiro (WHO WAS STILL BLUSHING....) and smiled. She looked so sweet with her hair wet as it hung loosely and straight on her neck. "would you care for some breakfast?"
Still embarrassed that she had just seen him half naked all she could do was nod. (sure it was just with his shirt off but still Haku is the first and only guy she likes so wouldn't you be embarrassed?)
He led her off to the kitchens and sat her down. It was still fairly early so no one was awake yet, having a human in the kitchens wasn't always the best idea... the frog cooks didn't seem to like her to much... and its been eight years so they might not remember her all that well. they sat down when they had picked out what they wanted to eat, at first they sat in silence. But this was bugging Haku, he had waited eight years, he wanted to talk.
"so ... tell me about you.. tell me about your life, your friends, and everything that I have missed since I haven't seen you"
Chihiro went on to tell him everything. Of course she wasn't going to tell him about how she cried herself to sleep almost every night waiting for him, or how she went to the hill top looking for him, or how she had contemplated suicide (... read the story called true emotions ,, I think that's what I called it... that's about her suicide contemplation) .. but she told him the rest... about how she had missed her graduation because she went to the spirit tunnel instead, and her friend Shahana, how she hadn't dated any one and she didn't have very many close friends (the fact she hadn't dated any one kind of made Haku happy and sad at the same time... yes I said that in the third chapter.) what seemed like 1o minutes was actually three hours of Chihiro telling Haku everything that was going on in her life. She had just gotten to the part where she had broken her statue when one of the frogs came in the kitchen, demanding them to leave before the whole place smelled like human and the customers wouldn't eat the food. They had already gotten their fill on food. So Haku took Chihiro out to the gardens for a walk... he hadn't had much time to spend with her so he didn't want to go to Yu Babba's just yet.. not if he had to any way.
They walked out into the flower gardens and Chihiro just stopped dead in her tracks. Haku turned around alarmed. "whats the matter?"
"...nothing... I just want to stay here for a little while since it is so beautiful" Chihiro responded...
"oh.." haku felt stupid for jumping to conclusions, but shrugged it off and joined Chihiro who was sitting on the ground with her back to a tree. She wrapped her arm around his and snuggled into his shoulder. Sighing. Haku couldn't help but smile. There was just something about her. "you know KoHaku" she let go of his arms and faced him . " I basically told you my life story and you haven't told me a single word of yours, and I want to hear your story" she smiled and gave him a look that meant that if he didn't tell he was going to be in trouble.
Haku didn't have much to tell except that he did have a talk with Yu Babba when she first left, and how he did have his name back, but since it had been so long every one was just used to calling him Haku. So he stuck with that. He didn't know weather or not to tell her about visiting her dreams... so he didn't he just left it at silence. He didn't know how she would react and he didn't want her to get mad at him.
Haku rolled over onto his back and stared up at the clouds trying to get the nerve to tell her what he knew he had to. He was about to sit back up when he felt Chihiro lay down beside him and place her head on his shoulder snuggling into him, placing his hand around her waist.... 'or not' he thought he didn't want to move.. he wanted to stay exactly like this, there was just something about her, something that he felt when he held her. Something that he had never felt before. He knew what it was. It was love. He knew he loved her, if he didn't love her he wouldn't have been able to save her. But it seemed so easy just to let the words go up spoken.. it felt easier that way, but his heart hurt. He needed to tell her soon and no longer let the words go unspoken... but how...
"that cloud looks like a little bunny rabbit!!!" Chihiro pointed up at the clouds... smiling and laughing at the same time...
Haku looked up, didn't see the bunny rabbit but he agreed to make her happy... he would do anything to make her happy... he noticed the sky starting to grow darker,,, but he didn't care... he just wanted to be with Chihiro and he wanted to tell her what he had on his minds before he ran out of guts to say anything at all....
He sat up and looked at her, she was smiling at him. Brushing a single strand of hair out of her eyes he smiled back at her. There was something in her eyes... when he looked into them it was almost as if he was flying through the stars. Her eyes led to the gates of the stars. The most beautiful pair of eyes that he had ever seen in his life.... he could so easily get lost in them and that's what he wanted to do at the moment ... he wanted to look into her eyes and confess the love that he had for her.....
He gently placed his hand on her cheek and lightly caressed her soft skin... just as he was moving closer to her, he could see her eyes close in anticipation to the kiss.. he wanted this to be perfect, this would be their first true kiss.. she was awake now and she would remember this kiss...
"Chihiro" he whispered her name
"Yes Haku" she whispered back...
it had to be perfect.. his lips almost touched hers.... it had to be perfect.. and it was going to be perfect
"I...." He heard a loud crash as they were suddenly getting soaked... in his mind he cursed as he had to pull away from the perfect moment. His heart cried. But he couldn't help but laugh as they were running through the rain..... he didn't get to finish the kiss, and he didn't get to finish what he was saying...he didn't even know if she had heard him or not, for what he had started to say... "Chihiro I love you" the words were so simple but they just would come.... it had to be perfect.. it had to be perfect..... and it wasn't perfect........
