HAHAHAH! TRY TO KEEP ME DOWN CHRISTMAS I DARE YOU! *big cheesy anime pose w/ music* GO ME GO MEEEEE~! Heeee, I'm back people! and now the second to last chapter of Dream a little love...and it's a loooooong chapter for mah adoring fans! I'D LIKE TO GLOMP YOU ALL! *tries to glomp all people and gets lost* *faint voice* Enjoooy and Meri Kurisumasu Shoshite Akemashite Omeditoooooo! (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!)
Chihiro woke with a start, shooting up and glancing around her furtively. There was an aloft feeling around her. An almost demonic aura. A cold finger ran up her spine and tendrils of chocolate lay across her small shoulders and lithe neck. She realized her hair was loose from their confines and she was wearing a dress. Silvery sparkles were strewn across, in an intricate pattern and a soft light dappled down from a seemingly endless column in the cloudy ceiling. And the strangest thing was...she was suspended in air. Her eyes shot out and she muffled her own scream, feeling around deftly for any table or bed and found nothing. "Where am I?" She asked aloud unconsciously, earning a vehemence snicker and two rubies blinking at her through slits. They were enticing; pools of blood drenching her body and Chihiro immediately covered her heart, feeling a tug.
"Chihiro...love, you're awake." It crooned almost hypnotically and watery, faultless wings shadowed her face, veiling it.
One barely brushed Chihiro's face and she gasped. A surge of power surged her small frame and she clenched her eyes shut. 'Haku...'
Purity heard her thoughts, slicing through her mind and hissed, "DON'T SAY OR THINK THAT NAME IN MY PRESENCE!" Her face came inches away from the petrified girl who yelped and slashed out at the spirit. Instead of going through her like foggy mist a scratch marked her flawless complexion and Purity stood awestruck, orbs wide with befuddlement.
"YOU WHELP!" She boomed angrily, shaking the room. An iridescent power circulated through her body and her shoulder raised in an attacking position.
Chihiro felt cornered outnumbered one godly spirit to a humble human. So many things jogged her mind and tears stung the corners of her eyes. Thinking of everything at one hundred mph she leaped up on her feet. After wobbling a bit of unsteadiness she took a step toward her offender, tittering a moment with a slight pain and marched on.
Purity stood confused but nevertheless, had her claws retracted out and let out a growl, low in her chest like a preparing tiger.
The small, human girl stepped forward, dress trailing with a soft swoosh, tension thickening between them. And with one quick movement she encircled her arms around the evil spirit's slender waist and buried her head in her collarbone. "It's ok...everything's ok now..." Chihiro whispered reassuringly into the velvety robe and wept. She didn't know why such words would ever help but they came.
Purity felt the radiance of Chihiro's faultless heart, shadow less and beautiful. It filled hers and a single tear slid down her cheek, connecting to the ground with a heavenly ring of redemption. Then a wicked smirk graced her lips once again as Chihiro slid to the ground, feeling weak and feeble. "Stupid girl. You just waltz into my trap and now I have your heart." She leered triumphantly, holding a ball of red light that swirled from her palm.
Chihiro let out a scream of protest but her mouth fell silent to her plea and died away on the wind like sand. Her chest felt hallow and empty and as she fell back wards, arms flaying outward, but a small piece still claimed its place and she hung onto it. The floor opened up as if to swallow her and she came down in an almost summersault swan dive. Purity's face still hovered above her and the grotesque creature waved in mock pity before gliding away. Before the whole darkness swallowed her she heard, "I'll get your heart yet Haku...now that I have your love's to trap you."
'Haku...'
Chihiro...
'Ai?'
Yes...I am the only remnant of your heart. I knew this would happen. She cannot steal all your love though so I remain. I will help you...but you'll have to try to yourself...do not let into the darkness, no matter how tempting, just like before! (A/N: This sounds so like a Kingdom Hearts rip-off .; I am soo screwed...) But it will be you and you only in body and soul, so everything is real but some things are not. He will be with you soon...
'Yes...Ai...'
And as she once again fell into darkness Purity sent out a strike against her enemy.
"Haku...Haku what are you doing by the girl's rooms." A semi-tall woman inquired, stifling a yawn. Her hair hung lazily in mess on her head.
The sound of whistling whipped at Haku's hair and face lightly and he could almost hear Chihiro as she sang. Or as she laughed or cried...He leaned against the wind, relishing in the memories before he answered, "I just feel like she's always right here where I stand."
Rin shook her head and sat down with an unmannered thump, legs swaying lazily through the balcony bars. "I feel her here too...we'd always talk here." She scrunched her nose up and smiled sheepishly. "She'd never stop talking about you. Oh how I got sick of it sometimes! But then...I thought it was perfect. She was the only one who could really see into people's hearts."
Haku gazed at the stars, strewn across in a blanket of night. The moon shimmered and wavered in the night filament and its softness caressed the two. Forecast clouds hung low, snow dusting the ground. It had stopped some time ago but he could still feel the cold bite and gnaw at his skin.
'You shouldn't be here.' A younger version of him snapped and pushed her away forcefully. 'Hurry and go, I'll distract them.' In all his puzzlement his thoughts drifted as he blew the sakuras toward the building, hoping their scent would mix with Chihiro's and they wouldn't notice. (A/N: That's what I thought they were for...Ohoho o_0;)
Chihiro looked like a frightened dear in headlights, debating her actions. Then she ran down the road, skidding around as dust flew in her eyes. They were teary but she shook it away and ran faster as the spirits appeared as if by magic. Their blank stares and gas-like form sent her scrambling faster. The lights strewn across popped on and she stopped by her parents and huffed. 'Come on we gatta go!' But everything came crashing down as in front of her there were hideous pigs, slobbering up their meal and devouring everything insight.
Haku and seen it and he felt a pang of guilt in is chest. He didn't mean for it to happen...
Chihiro screamed bloody murder and ran down further. He chased after her quietly and swiftly behind until he came to her huddled by a, wall balling and chocking. She looked so helpless, curled up in a fetus position with her hands balled, a little translucent.
That is when he knew he loved her. She hadn't left, even thought she was crying. He knew there was a sliver of courage in that girl. The girl who he had thought was weak at first, like all other humans. Her smell to him was sweet...before he gave her the food. And she excepted him, a thief, a stranger...a boy that no one loved. Who was lost and didn't have a home.
One night he was soaring on the wind in dragon form. It's current rocked him gently and only nights like this made him feel free and away from Yubaba's clutches. His scales danced as the moon played them a sweet song, his eyes closed. But then he remembered...he had told Sen he'd be there. 'Sen? But, it's Chihiro...How can I only remember her real name. And not my own?' Thunder crackled across the sky, leaving a vein of neon yellow. He flew faster as rain poured down in torrents. Then he saw her on the bridge...singing sweetly with a Chinese umbrella opened up for protection. Her voice was stunning...
I'm standing on a bridge
I'm waiting in the dark
I thought that you'd be here by now
There's nothing but the rain
No footsteps on the ground
I'm listening but there's no sound
The dragon boy landed silently, rain soaking his clothes but he didn't care. It was mind bogglingly lovely. With the beat of her voice he stepped over, making no sound. His curious intentions were rewarded by more music.
Isn't anyone trying to find me?
Won't someone please take me home
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Wont you take me by the hand
take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
but I'm, I'm with you
He was taken aback by 'damn' but he didn't care as the rest melodiously swept through him as if it was meant for both of them. He laid his head back to listen, slowly closing his eyes.
I'm looking for a place
searching for a face
Is there anybody here I know
'cause nothings going right
and everything's a mess
and no one likes to be alone
Isn't anyone trying to find me?
Won't someone please take me home
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Wont you take me by the hand
take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
but I'm, I'm with you
Oh why is everything so confusing
maybe I'm just out of my mind
yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yeeeeaaaa
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Wont you take me by the hand
take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
but I'm, I'm with you
Take me by the hand
take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
but I'm, I'm with you
I'm with you
I'm with you
Take me by the hand
Slipping his palm into hers as softly as he could, Haku gripped it lightly. Hers were so silky compared to his calloused ones.
Chihiro jumped but then stared at him wondrously and continued.
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
but I'm, I'm with you
I'm with you
I'm with you...
And under the umbrella they sat in an amorous hush with their foreheads touching and the soft pitter of lush droplets sang their names. The rain rippled the water underneath the red bridge and everything was right.
"I'll find her Rin...I made a promise to see her again and it's not ganna be destroyed by that bitch...Besides, gods and spirits don't break promises."