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Disclaimer: I do not own Sen to Chihiro
no Kamikakumeshi (aka Spirited Away). And I do not have any money. This
fan fiction is for the sole purpose of putting my idea(s) out into the public
and sharing them with those who are interested. I am not making money off
of this fan fiction. But this fan fiction still belongs to me. ¸,ø ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ ø,¸¸,ø ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ He was a dragon, flying, his aqua whiskers and mane floating behind him, and his claws pawing away at the air as if it was tangible. It was supposed to be a short walk, to calm his mind and to release whatever worries he has had to carry for the last... decades? centuries? ?millenniums No, he was a young river. And the Kohaku river hadn't really disappeared - it had found a channel underground. So now, Haku served drinking water for a couple of the villages that had manage to find him and dig wells. But he wasn't stressed out about that. It was just that... the bath house held too many memories for him, memories that were different... special... memories that were unlike the ones that seeked him for his water, his help, his power. He was still Haku, not Kohaku. Kohaku was a name that only he and Chihiro knew of. And 'Haku' reminded him of his times when he worked for Yubaba, and of the times when he worked with 'her'. Nearing the bath house, he knew he had to transform back into a human. It was so hard. As a dragon, he was able to view the memories as a detached memory, kind of in third person. But in his human form, all the memories would start coming to life, dancing, and he'd be able to remember how Chihiro had calmed because of him, of how they had held hands, of how she had ridden and hugged him in his dragon form. As a human, all those memories pulled at a trigger in his brain. It made him miss her so badly. So, maybe he will keep his promise. I'm sure we will meet again. He had meant that when she turned into a spirit, decades later, they might meet again before she goes to the place of judgment. But at this rate, he would be forced to go seek her out, no matter how much of his time were spent as a dragon. Haku stopped, abruptly, right before the turn onto the bridge. For a moment, he thought he sensed a lost spirit's power right around the corner. But as he neared slowly, he could tell that it was a spirit that lacked an anchor, like how he draws his powers from the river, and all of the spirit's powers were inside the spirit. That meant that at least the spirit would not be that strong. A good thing if he would ever have to fight it since he was still young, as a spirit. So, Haku rounded the corner and walked to the bathhouse. Then, he noticed the unusual lack of activities that usually went on across the river, mainly of the workers at the bathhouse hoarding in customers. Yubaba was there. And Boh. And Rin. Something very special must be happening. Rin was smiling and waving. Following her sight, Haku turned and looked. Chihiro. He could see her, smiling as Rin was, only with a dose of sadness in her eyes. She hadn't grown much over the years, still short and with a childish body, and clumsy. Then, before he could make a move to greet her, she already left, somehow crossing all the space between the two worlds in an instant. Haku has been here every night, and he should've been here already... All the more reason for Chihiro to leave. She turned around for the last time to wave Rin and Boh good bye. And she could tell that he was there, hiding in the shadows. Why didn't he come to greet me? Why didn't he come to meet me? Chihiro never wanted to make Haku feel uncomfortable, but he still had a promise to keep. She didn't want to hear from him that he wouldn't be able to make it. She wished that she was back home so that she didn't have to deal with any of this, despite how much she had wanted to meet Haku again in all the years past. She turned back around, hoping that Haku didn't notice that she had noticed him. a/n: Yes, Lin/Rin, the Japanese don't have L and they pronounce L's like R's... but I'll probably change the spelling if enough people complain... ^^ and thnx so much for the reviews. ^^ Short chapter, but that's just the way I write. |
