Spirited Away Fan Fiction

Chapter 10- River

Kumori… Kumori…, Hikari let the name tumble around in his head, Why does it sound so familiar? His thoughts were interrupted by Boh.

"Hi, Hikari. You any feeling better?" Boh smiled, he was here to check Hikari's wound. Hikari sat, looking up at the sun with his dazzling purple eyes, letting Boh unwrapped Hikari's bandages around his arm. He hissed as Boh put some strange cream on the wound.

"It's looking much better," Boh rewrapped the wound, "There you go." He helped Hikari stand, "Lin has a job for you. Come on, we better find her." Hikari nodded, letting Boh lead him. They found Lin greeting some customers into the bathhouse.

"There you are, Hikari!" Lin waved them over, ""Help me greet these customers." Hikari wasn't sure if that was a question or a command, but he listened and went over to her to help.

"I'll see you later," Boh left, heading back up to his mother's office.

Chihiro and Haku:

Chihiro was helping Haku sort out some paperwork that Yubaba left him. Stacks of paper were everywhere and Chihiro had a feeling Haku had let it pile up for awhile.

"Why does Yubaba give you all of this paperwork to sort through?" Chihiro said, picking through the stacks of paper, "What about your river? Shouldn't you be fixing it?"

"I did. Those last six years weren't spent doing nothing," Haku said as he began to organize a pile of paper.

"Can I see it sometime?" Chihiro asked, clasping her hands together, some papers fell out of her hands and onto the ground.

"Of course," Haku said, taking her hand and kissing it gently, "When would you like to see it?"

Chihiro grinned, "Anytime."

"Well, then. I think these papers can wait for a bit longer. Don't you think, Chihiro?" Haku tilted his head. And before Chihiro could answer, Haku swept her off her feet. Turning into a dragon, Chihiro on his back, Haku flew out the balcony window.

Lin came up the stairs to find an empty room, "Oh! Where did those two lovebirds go now!?" Hikari shrugged, shaking his head. "Yubaba's going to get angry with all this paperwork unsorted!" Lin sat down at Haku's desk and started sorting out the paperwork, "Come on, Hikari! Help me, will you?"

Hikari came over to the desk and sorted the papers with Lin. The name Kumori still felt so familiar. He wished he could remember what had happened before Chihiro and Haku had found him. The door to his memories was still locked tight…

He continues shifting through the papers. Lin mumbled to herself about how lazy Haku was as Hikari looked at the first paper on the next stack of paperwork.

The Hoishi- Kumori Burakku- 100 crates of herbs- and another bunch of nonsense…

But, Hikari stared at the first line again- The Hoishi- Kumori Burakku-, why does that sound so familiar? He jolted up from his chair; his head began to throb again. And the first line of that paper continues to twirl like a newspaper head line in his head. He crouched down in the ground and clutched his head.

Lin looked up from her papers, "Eh, Hikari? You ok?" She came from behind the desk and rubbed his back.

"The Hoishi… Kumori Burakku…, why?" He looked up at Lin, his purple eyes filled with tears, "Why does that sound so familiar?"

"What do you mean, Hikari?" Lin said, concern entering her voice.

He shook his head, hands clawing at his white hair, "I don't know…. I… Grr..." He pushed Lin's hand away from him and leapt away, turning into a huge fox as he did so. His tail thrashed and he growled.

"H-Hikari?" Lin stood up, "…Hikari, you need to calm down…."

He stared at her, eyes wide with confusion. His head spun and the door locking his memories tight, began to creak open. He jumped from the balcony window and stormed to the forest surrounding the bathhouse.

"Eh! Hikari!" Lin ran down to the lift. She stepped off the lift as it brought her down several flights, she ran down the hallways, nearly running into Boh. "Boh! Hikari ran off! I_ Something's wrong with him!"

"We better find him before he hurts himself anymore," Boh said, heading toward door leading to the outside, "Come on!" Lin nodded and they both took off, searching for the confused fox spirit.