Disclaimer: You've heard it all before; do I really need to say it again?

A/N: *laughs* Wow. A second chapter. I wasn't really expecting to do another chapter, but I got three requests to continue it, including one from my own father. -_-() Sorry about the short chapters, but this way I can focus on the quality of the work. ~Lady Rhiannon~

Leaving

Chapter 2: Beginnings

Sailing through the cool night air Haku looked below him to the train tracks. The water level had fallen enough that the tracks rose above the placid sea. Haku's thoughts turned to Chihiro. He started to formulate a plan that would let him keep his promise to her. It was complicated, but he was confidant that it would work. All he had to do was convince a few people to help him. Then it was all a matter of time before he could see Chihiro again.

~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~

The next morning dawned bright and early. A little too much so for Chihiro, whose first reaction was to simply roll over on her bed; and inevitably, onto the floor. Hitting the ground with a resounding thud, she sat up looking around her new room. She suddenly realized what day it was when her mother called up to her. "Are you up Chihiro? You're going to be late for school." Chihiro was dressed and in the kitchen in a matter of minutes. Stopping only to down a glass of juice and a piece of toast that her mother had set out for her, she grabbed her book bag and was out the door. Great. She was going to be late for her first day of school in her new town. Never mind the fact that she was supposed to have come a month earlier. She could see the school door now, so she sped up. She made it to her new classroom with a minute to spare.