Okay! In this chapter, I'll be introducing the first new character, KYO-CHAN! Submitted by neko-koo.

Disclaimer: I do not own Spirited Away! If I did, I woulda made a sequel a looooooong time ago. I do not own the characters I introduce either. I own Tori and the family though.

"So," Andre asked Chihiro one morning as they ate breakfast...or at least Andre was. Chihiro stared questioning at the food in front of her.

"What is this?" she asked, gently picking up her food.

"French toast." Andre answered.

"Why do Americans eat food from other countries?"

"Why do you ask? Did you think we ate hotdogs for breakfast?"

"Maybe..."

Andre chuckled. "Moving to my question,"

"Meow." Tori called, trotting to Chihiro's side.

"Hi Tori." She picked him up and started petting him.

"How are you adjusting to your living arrangements, Chihiro?"

"This place is huge." Chihiro pointed out the window, where a pool surrounded by trimmed hedges sat. "A pool next to a huge garden as far as the eye can see..."

'That's why you should stay...' the voice said again.

Chihiro whipped her head around, but saw no one but Andre.

"Is something wrong?" he asked.

"Nothing." she lied, chomping on her french toast to convince him and nearly choking in the process.

Andre stared, suspicious. "Okay..."

Later on in the day, Chihiro walked out to explore the garden, Tori following closely behind. It was ginormous, three fountains that were at least half a mile apart each, statues strewn amongst the blossoming roses. An occasional gardener would appear and Chihiro would wave at them, but they pointedly ignored her.

"Americans are so rude." Tori mumbled.

As they were far enough from the house, Tori de-transformed and sighed.

"Being a cat all day is such a drag." he said, stretching out.

"What am I going to do?" Chihiro asked.

"About the weirdo?"

"Yes! He's expecting me to marry him while I drag you across the country in search of spirits!"

"Well, one: you aren't dragging me across the country. I can take care of myself. Two: You don't have to marry him."

"I know! But from the first time I met him, people expect me to. Especially now that I've come to America with him because of you. And I don't even remember why you came to me."

"Because you're my brother's girl." Tori reminded.

"Not really." she sighed. "It's not like we were official..."

"Judging by how much he talked about you, it seemed like you were."

"Really?" she perked up. "What did he say?"

"Ask him yourself."

She perked down.

"I'm bored." Tori complained, sitting down by a tree. "Wish I could take a dip without the fur."

"Are you going to be seen by Andre and the servants if you don't?"

"No. Humans who haven't eaten spirit food can't see spirits. But if I start splashing in the pool, people would wonder what's making the water move."

"Oh."

Just then, a sudden wind came through, chilling the air. Tori jumped up, fully alert.

"What is this?" Chihiro screamed as it picked up.

"I don't know. It feels like a spirit is coming." Tori answered.

The wind died down, both of them looking around frantically. Then tree branches above started snapping and a body fell on top of Tori.

"OW!" two voices rang.

The body got off of Tori and rub its head. Or in this case, her head. She was young, red hair that went to her shoulders. She had on a green t-shirt and brown shorts, groaning in pain.

Tori got over his pain and looked at the girl. "Oww..."

"Are you okay?" Chihiro backed up.

The girls' eyes opened, shining like bright emeralds. She looked between the both of them, then glared at Tori. "Tori, what are you doing here?"

Tori backed away nervously. "Kyo-chan...hi..."

"Who's she?" Chihiro asked.

They ignored her. "You told me you were helping your brother at the bath house."

"Well, I was. But...well, um..." Tori rubbed his arm nervously. "You're gonna kill me for lying."

"If you don't have a reasonable lie, then yes."

"I'm confused!" Chihiro stomped her foot down like a child. "Who is she?"

They looked at her. "Oh. Hello!" Kyo bounded over and shook Chihiro's hand vigorously. "I'm Kyo! Call me Kyo-chan!"

"O-okay."

"Kyo, you're gonna break her arm off." Tori mumbled.

Kyo quit shaking her arm and looked Chihiro over. "You're pretty."

"Thank you..."

"Chihiro-chan?" Andre shouted, peering from bushes feet away.

"Gyah!" Tori and Chihiro gasped.

"You gotta hide, Kyo-chan!" Tori whispered, dragging Kyo into the bushes just as Andre spotted Chihiro.

"There you are." he sighed as he walked over.

"Hello, Andre-san." Chihiro smiled innocently (which always mean you're up to something).

"What are you doing out here?" (he fell for the innocent smile).

"Enjoying nature."

He smiled brightly. "Then it's time for you to enjoy the city."

"C'mon, Chihiro." Andre whined.

"I can't." Chihiro complained from the dressing room. "It's too...revealing..."

"No it's not. Just come out so I can see it."

The door opened, Chihiro walking out slowly in a low cut blouse with puffy sleeves and a brown mini skirt.

"I still think it's too..."

"It's perfect!" Andre exclaimed. "Let's get that too!"

"But," Chihiro squirmed, her face bright red. "you said that for all the others."

"They all look good on you."

"But that's almost fifteen outfits. You can't pay for all of them."

"Of course I can. I have credit, y'know."

"But, it's unnecessary..."

"You look great! In all of them."

Chihiro frowned, slouching in a defeated position. "Okay..." she mumbled, walking into the dressing room.

"Alright, fine." Andre called. "You can pick an outfit you like, I'll pick one I like for you."

Chihiro silently cheered, removing the uncomfortable wardrobe Andre forced her in. 'For a guy, he knows how to shop! Even though we've only been to one store and I'm already exhausted...' Another thing Chihiro disliked were the clothes Andre liked her in. They were what some girls at her school wore on the weekends to impress disgusting boys. It wasn't what she liked. The only outfit she liked in the store was the B-E-A-utiful white dress in the window, but it was $5,000 and too big for her. 'Maybe Andre will buy it for me anyways.'

She got on her regular clothes and walked out of the dressing room, not bothering to organize the clothes. Andre went in and picked a few articles he liked and waited for Chihiro to pick something. She ran her hand across the clothes mindlessly, not really wanting to pick anything.

"Well?" Andre asked.

"I...don't see anything I like."

Andre shrugged it off. "We can go somewhere else." he said, handing the clothes to an employee and dragged Chihiro out of the store.

"Actually, I sort of want to go home." Chihiro mumbled.

Andre gave her a look. "You're kidding. This is LA. There is so much to see, you can't be tired after one day into it."

"Well, I'm not a big fan of shopping."

"Then..."Andre rubbed his head. "Let's go to DisneyLand!"

Chihiro brightened up. "Yeah! I want to go!"

Andre and Chihiro went to the limo Andre's family owns and went to DisneyLand, riding all the rides there even though Andre really didn't want to go on 'It's A Small World'.

Chihiro flopped on the bed. "I am sooo exhausted..."

Tori hopped on in kitty form and mewed. "How was your day?"

"Exhausting. I went to DisneyLand!"

"And?" Tori circled and laid down. "DisneyWorld is better."

"How would you know? You've been there?"

"Oh yeah. The swamps there have some exotic water spirits."

"And?" a voice piped in.

Kyo was floating in the corner, raising an eyebrow at Tori.

"Nothing. Just talking about water spirits."

"Prettier than me?"

"Nope. No water spirit is prettier than you." he flashed a cat grin at her, which was probably meant to be sweet and not creepy.

"So," Kyo floated over. "why did you bring Tori over to America?"

"I didn't do that." Chihiro said. "Tori convinced me to bring him here as my pet cat."

"Really? Tori said he was helping his older brother at the bathhouse..."

"You know Haku?"

"Yeah. Tori and I are childhood friends."

"Turned almost couple." Tori added.

"In your dreams." Kyo rolled her eyes.

"So, what's your spirit power?" Chihiro asked.

"I am an unbound river spirit. I come and go, helping other river spirits when they need it."

"America needs her because there is so much pollution in the rivers here."

"So," Kyo turned to Tori. "why did you need to come to America?"

"Uh..." Tori didn't answer.

"He needed to find spirits in America." Chihiro answered.

Kyo stared long and hard at Tori, making the air really awkward.

"Chihiro!" Andre called.

"Yes?" she asked back.

"Time for dinner!"

"Okay!" Chihiro rushed out the door, wanting to get away from the awkward spirits.

While Chihiro dined with Andre and his parents, Kyo was ranting at Tori.

"Spirits? Are you building up an army?"

"No! It's not anything about an army."

"Then why?"

"You know that the entrance where Chihiro came from is now blocked by Yubaba, right?"

"Yes..."

"And Haku misses Chihiro dearly. If I found spirits in this country and used their power to open it, Haku and Chihiro can see each other again and he'll be happy!"

"But... that's dangerous. It could destroy the spirits themselves..."

"I know. But it's either that or she goes through another entrance and tries to find her way in our world."

"Which is even worse."

"Yep."

Kyo paced in mid-air. "You are crazy...for doing this."

"I know."

"Which is why I, unfortunately, am going to help you."

"No way!" Tori morphed back into his normal form. "You said so yourself, it's dangerous."

"Which is why I'm going to help. No way a knuckle-brain like you can pull this off without help."

"...so you're tagging along whether I want you to or not."

"Yep." she grinned evilly.

Tori grinned back. "This is why we're best friends."

Me: So, that's the end of this chapter.

Sadie: It ended on such a happy note...(sniff)

Me: -_- such a crybaby...I hope you liked the introduction of neko-koo's character, KYO!

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