Fade Away – By Snowcloud

Chapter 25 – Lost and Found

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Me: Sorry guys. I was busy.

Chihiro: … Busy?

Me: Uh…Yeah!

Haku: With what?

Me: ….

Chihiro: That insolent fool was "too busy" playing video games!

Me: -panics- *sweat drops*

Kiki: Get her!! –Leaps-

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Oh, sorry for the lazy and long update. I was getting ready for my first day of middle school! I ran into 4 lockers and got lost.

If I got inspired by an AMAZING story to make this, then heck, maybe I could get inspired by ANOTHER amazing story to continue this. Send me the BEST stories that you've think have ever been written on this site!

(The fanfics I've liked so far are Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Kingdom Hearts, Warriors, and Twilight)

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I can't think of a songfic for this chapter. ):

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WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS MILD VIOLENCE.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN SPIRITED AWAY.

[Haku's POV]

Three hours earlier

I had a plan hatched. I would get out of this place no matter what it took.

I was anxious for that time to come, when Tomoya brought in my food. That was when it took action. How much longer? I growled softly to myself. Patience was not one of my virtues.

There was no clock in this desolate place. I could only wait so long.

Waves of relief pulsed from me as I saw the metal door open. Finally!

The guard threw down the bowl at his feet, snickering. My mind screamed at me.

Now! Do it now!

I sprang at him, fury making me stronger. He yelped in surprise and fear, and tried to stumble backwards so my chain would stop me from advancing towards him.

I pushed him back, not letting him escape. Tomoya continued to scream. He was making too much noise! A glint of metal caught my eye.

The guard had made a fatal mistake.

He had dropped his sword.

I reached over and picked it up. I had to kill him. I knew it was wrong, but he would set the alarm off if I let him live.

Tomoya's eyes widened very slightly as he saw my intentions. His stone face portrayed no emotions, like he didn't care.

The sword suddenly felt a thousand pounds heavier. I didn't want to do this. Gritting my teeth, I forced my hold on the weapon.

I made his death as quick and painless as possible.

Blood formed in a puddle around him as I searched his body for a key.

Found it!

Fumbling with the black thing, I pushed it into a hole in the wall. My chains snapped off. I was free!

Now…all I have to do is get out of here and find Chihiro….

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[Chihiro's POV]

Present

"Ha…Haku?" I whispered.

I was afraid he was an illusion, a hallucination.

"It's me," He replied gently.

I hadn't seen him in days. I was afraid he would've been killed. Tears welled in my eyes as I flung my arms around him. I was surprised to hit a real body. He hugged me tightly back, and then let go. Brushing some hair from my tear stained cheek, Haku instantly saw the worry in my brown eyes.

"Chihiro, what's wrong?" He asked.

"Is…is Kiki alright?" I replied, my voice cracked with worry.

He nodded.

"Ami got away, but I saw Kiki and your friends. We were worried about you," He answered.

I sighed in relief.

"Can you help me get out?" I asked.

He only nodded his head and started to move the debris away.

"What about you? Are you okay?" He asked.

"Perfectly fine," I replied, drawling over the sentence.

"That was a stupid thing to do," He commented, voice hard.

I flinched, knowing what he was talking about.

"It was the only thing to do," I muttered.

His green eyes flashed.

"You could have been killed!" He snarled.

"And? I probably would have been killed anyways!" I said, defiance echoing from my voice.

Ami would have gotten to me right when I got out. She probably thinks I'm dead now, too.

Haku opened his mouth to exclaim a protest, but then snapped it shut when he realized I was right.

"I'm sorry," He apologized awkwardly. "I guess you're right."

I flashed a smile at him.

"It's okay," I replied. "Now can we get out of here?"

Haku laughed and pulled the remains of the house out from under me. With his strength, we were soon free.

I eyed a small red puddle, bristling. Haku stiffened.

"What?" I demanded.

"They're gone!"

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Ack yeah, I'm so terrible at this. –runs into another locker-

Well, wish me luck!

Snow-chan