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.

Out the Window and Through the Tunnel

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Perhaps Stolen Forever (con'd)


The modern-Haku was true to his words, Chihiro found out the next day. He planned on staying long enough that he enrolled in her school. He even ended up in the same class as her, and sat next to her in class.

Mitsuki and Rika and Ayame liked him well enough. And when Rika and Ayame's boyfriends found out that the girls were only interested in Haku as a boyfriend for Chihiro, they calmed down enough to start socializing with Haku as well. After all, Haku seemed pretty cool.

Chihiro... Well, she knew that she didn't hate him. But as to liking... That's something she needed to contemplate on. There were many doubts in her head and she could only sort out so many in the little time she found herself left with after all the things she just had to do with Mitsuki and Rika and Ayame. But it always ended up with her and Haku.

It wasn't like Chihiro didn't know what they were thinking. She knew perfectly well that her friends were trying to find her a "somebody" that was more realistic than the dragon-Haku. Usually, she would have declined most requests to spend weekends with her friends after their discovery of a "possible somebody", but Haku was different.

Chihiro shook her head to herself. No, her Haku would always be her Haku, and this Haku was this Haku. And she would never mix them up. Her Haku went with her on a grand adventure and knew her for most of her life while this Haku barely knew anything about her. She didn't know anything about him either.

She tried counting the things she knew about him. Well, she knew he looked like dragon-Haku, but his thoughts and sense of fashion were obviously a lot more modern than dragon-Haku. She felt comfortable around this Haku almost immediately, just like her dragon-Haku, but that just might have been because of the similarities between the two. This Haku was obviously a lot caring about her than her dragon-Haku considering that he always complied to go places with her.  But, this Haku was calmer than dragon-Haku...

Chihiro faltered a little after that. Was it all she did to compare this Haku with her memory-Haku? Still, Chihiro would not pass up a chance to be with this Haku - at least he gave her the illusion that 'he' was with her.

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It was after another one of their usual visits to the cafe after school. Mitsuki had insisted that she needed to meet Chihiro there, and of course Mitsuki never showed up. Instead, Haku was there, and he invited her, so courteously, to sit with him while she waited for Mitsuki to show up.

As usual, Chihiro and Haku chatted about little things like what their favorite subject is, and their favorite teacher. Chihiro asked Haku whether he liked this school or not, and Haku just said it had a different feel to it compared to his other school. But when she tried to ask him what his other school was like, he changed the subject to whether she would like to have pets. Nothing personal, just little tidbits, things that vary from person to person that could have nothing to do with their personality or their past.

"Well, I don't know..." Chihiro confessed. "I guess I would like something nice and soft and warm to hold on to."

Haku raised an eyebrow. "A puppy?"

Chihiro shook her head a little and smiled. "No, not a puppy."

"Not a puppy... a cat, then?"

"Not a cat either..." Chihiro had to smile a little at Haku's perplexed expression. She cut him off before he could give her some more choices. "No, not a parrot or a guinea pig or a mouse or a fish."

Haku paused for a moment. "A horse, then," he said with conviction.

Chihiro thought awhile, sort of weighing the pros and cons in her subconscious mind. "No," she shook her head again and smiled a little sadly. "But you are getting warmer. I would like..."

Haku looked at her, waiting for her to finish her sentence.

"...a dragon!" She said. Then, her face turned to a bright shade of red as she realized how childish must have sounded. She decided that her cake was indeed very delicious and that maybe se should spend more time savoring the flavor.

Haku considered. "A dragon." He certainly didn't sound like he was mocking her, but she didn't know him very well either. Maybe he wanted to see just how far she would take the childish fantasy. "And why? They need space, they are dangerous, and they are cold blooded stubborn proud things."

"They are not!" Chihiro yelled as she stood up and slapped her hand on the table. Quietly, she sat back down again as she realized that some people were staring at her outburst. "They are sweet and nice and soft to the touch. Besides, they are powerful, but they have sweet dispositions."

"Well," Haku mused. "I wonder which kind of fantasy books you have read... Maybe they make everything nice and cute for the girls' books because they can't handle blood."

"I know because I..." Chihiro paused. Nobody would believe her even if she told anybody, but she wouldn't. It was a little dream memory that she would not let anybody else trample on. Her parents defying it was bad enough, but now she knew it was true, she was not about to give it up again. "...know."

"So, you like them because they would give you a sense of security?"

That's a nice way to put it. Another smile was creeping up on her. She nodded.

Haku stopped eating his food and walked over to her. He held his hand out to her as he looked into her eyes. "Would you mind if I was your dragon?"

Chihiro held her breath for that second of his short speech. First, she felt a wave of happiness. She knew that she would feel so comfortable and safe with Haku. But then she remembered her Haku, the Haku that really was a dragon. She looked back at this Haku.

"I'm sorry, but I will never be able think of you as my dragon." She hoped he would understand.

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a/n: I think someone wanted me to make the two Hakus meet. I will, but it's going to be more like a parody and not a part of the main story, because I will make my first attempt at writing something that is not really serious. ^^ I hope you will like it.

And to the one who really didn't like my story (you know who you are, but I don't know why you would be reading this), Japanese do not have L's... they pronounce R's like L's and "Li" is his last name when it was translated to English... and it was translated base off of Chinese, and that's the way Chinese's spell it. Also, I like the kind of waiting romance (and that's why I'm writing this... duh!). If you like some other kind story, go read that... Besides, if you read on a little, then you might've found out that somebody just might be interested in her. Ayame is a girl's name. ^^ I checked on that myself with my Japanese teacher. So, I hope you are not going to argue with her. Although, Ayane might also be a girl's name, but that is a separate issue.

To those that actually enjoyed my fic. Thnx. ^^