PART THREE
"You gave them your train ticket! Are you mad?!"
"It's what they wanted. Chihiro would've been taken to His realm otherwise, you know that."
"But if my sister finds out you're still here-"
"Yu-baaba will know nothing. You understand? Nothing!"
"I understand, Haku, but-"
"If she finds out, I'll be sent away and Chihiro will have no chance in getting a ticket."
"That girl must have a ticket, we can't let…Haku! Haku, she's awake!"
When I opened my eyes…
"Don't just gawk at her, you stupid boy! Get some water!"
I had no idea who I was…
"Chihiro? Chihiro drink some of this…it'll help, sweety, I promise."
Or why I was lying in a bed
And having ice cold water forced down my throat
"Don't drown her you old hag! Let her breathe!"
But when I heard a voice
Deeper and younger than the first
"Chihiro? You alright? Can you hear me?"
I felt recognition stir
Somewhere deep within my chest
"Stay with her, Haku, I need to get something warmer for her head."
The bed sagged
And I felt his fingers brush
So softly
Across my forehead
"You're safe now. I won't let you get hurt again, I promise."
With a tug to my heart
I remembered Hidaka
And the bullet hole in the very spot
My long lost dragon boy was brushing
His fingers so gently across
"Here, sit up…I'll help you, just relax."
With a squirm in my stomach
I remembered Nanashi
Dead, not long after he had held me
Just as Kohaku was doing
His heart beating, so very alive, in my ear
"Put this across her forehead; she's ice cold."
What's going on?
Am I dreaming?
"Did you tell her, Haku?"
I must be dreaming
I must be dead
I must be drunk
I must be dead
I must be high
I have to be dead
I can't be dead
"You died, Chihiro."
My God…
I ' m d e a d ?
