Unread mail
By: Dark fire angel


DFA: My first try at a spirited away fanfic O_o; everyone RUN now! *Sweatdrop* anyhow… this is a little idea I had right after I finished watching that movie *Glomps the movie* Gods, such a good film… this will probably turn into a multi-chaptered fic if people wish so ^^ *Does a V sign and walks off*

Disclaimer: Yeah yeah… me no own Haku, Chihiro etc… -_-; Sad but true *Twitch* Actually that's one more thing to add to my list of 'things I dun own' *Wail*
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There is but only one way to make things happen… one must wish for them to occur with all his or her might, otherwise… time passes and promises are forgotten. Nothing to change the world and it's normal everyday business will ever happen. Days indeed passed by, but Chihiro never forgot Haku's promise, living every day with the hope of somehow being able to see him again, however… still the barrier remained, and although she was sure that more than once she had felt him, it was always a dream.

Dreams were food for the soul, and Chihiro had to make herself strong to continue her everyday life. Five years had gone by and still she awaited, certain that not only would he come as he had promised, but he would stay with her. That was her hope and dream… a dream she wished to fulfil soon. However, what she didn't know was that she'd fulfil it soon enough, although not in the way she would have thought she would at all.

"Chihiro!"

Her mother's voice called to her from downstairs, pulling her out of her thoughts, and the girl had to race out of her room to look over the railing of the stairs to answer the call, "I'm still here mum! Weren't you going to go shop? It'll get late if you don't go now!" she was vaguely aware of her mother shouting something back to her before she heard the door close.

Alone again. That was her sin and her misery… as much as she tried, she was always alone, no one standing beside her and no one holding her up for support, "No one's ever there when I wake up," she muttered as she shook her head, going back to her room to switch her computer on, "No one…"

The girl sat on her chair and waited for the machine to get started, all the while thoughts lost elsewhere without hope. Her thoughts would have stayed there had a warning message not popped up on her screen, "Huh?" she blinked and clicked it.

You have new mail.

Again she blinked, mostly from the confusion she was feeling. Mail? How come she had mail? She had only recently got the stupid machine… so how could she have mail? She had no idea, and that only made her more curious. Frowning slightly at the flashing message, she clicked at it again, making the mailbox show up, "I wonder what's going on…"

You have a total of 1 unread messages in tray.

"Well then, let's go see who mailed me," Chihiro had developed a strange necessity to talk to herself most of the time. Hearing her own voice made her feel somewhat less lonely, although she knew it'd never fill the hole she had inside her… it still helped though. Even if it was only an imaginary company, her voice had something that she liked in it; it reminded her of her dreams and adventures in that far away land so long ago.

She couldn't help but gulp slightly as she clicked her way into the new unread mail, for some reason certain that there was something almost magical and mystical about it all. Sighing in order to calm herself down, she clicked once more, successfully opening the message, however, the moment she read the words, she jumped from her chair, stepping back from her computer.

I promised you we'd meet again. I am now here, did you wait for me?

~ Kohaku


Nothing more, nothing less to it… it had no sender address and no mail address attached to it. Nothing… all that was in the mail were those words, but Chihiro needed no more to know whom it was from, "Haku…" she breathed as she took a look around her room, something telling her she was not as alone as she had once thought she was. This could be no joke, for she had never told anyone about Haku, Rin, Yubaba and the others… it had always been her dream; her secret paradise, her mystery, only hers.

The computer screen still flashed with the mail the auburn haired girl had read, but she wasn't paying attention to it by now, instead she searched her surroundings with her gaze… unshed tears threatening to spill soon, "Haku, is it really you? Why can't I see you?" her voice was a hoarse and almost broken whisper, for she already knew the answer to her own question; he was a spirit, and there are many things a spirit can do… but this was not one of them it seemed. However, even though her brain acknowledge this, her heart didn't, and thus she tempt on searching the room, unable to find anything.

I am now here, did you wait for me?

She looked back at the computer screen and read that line once and once again, her tears by now flowing, "Hai, I waited, how could I have not?" silently, she sat on her chair and clicked the mouse, saving the message into her hard drive disk, "I wasn't able to do much but wait, you were always in my dreams, when ever I closed my eyes… I know you can hear me," she switched her computer off and raised her voice to a shout, "Please don't go!" she was aware that her voice sounded desperate and pleading, but she didn't care… she had waited so long… and finally he had come, even thought she couldn't see him just yet, she knew he was there.

He had kept his promise, and now she hoped he'd never leave again.

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DFA: So, what'd ya think? o.o Think I should continue this? Or leave it here… or what? *Blinks* This was such a short chapter X_x if I continue this I'll make longer chapters, gods.