Disclaimer: If you think Sen to Chihiro Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) belongs
to me, you would be quite wrong.
A/N: Sorry to disappoint you all, but I'm keeping the short chapters. It's my style of writing. I could write longer, and I've tried, but dialogue makes it longer anyways... Guess I've been writing too many school reports. Thanks for the reviews even the, um, constructive criticism. Good things help too though. I'm writing as fast as I can for all you guys, but I do have a semblance of a life. Much Thanks, ~Lady Rhiannon~
Leaving
Chapter Three: New Places, New Faces
Chihiro flopped down on the small bench in the courtyard. The first half of her first day of school had gone relatively well, considering she was a few weeks behind the other students. And the fact that she couldn't quite concentrate on the work they had given her. For some reason, a certain river spirit kept popping into her thoughts. She pulled out her lunchbox and peered at the contents. A ham sandwich. Now Chihiro was sure her parents didn't remember their time spent as pigs.
A shadow fell across her lap, making Chihiro look up. A girl with black hair pulled up into two pigtails stood there. Chihiro smiled. "Hi."
"Hello. May I sit down?" The girl replied, indicating the space next to Chihiro, which was currently occupied by Chihiro's book bag. Nodding, Chihiro shoved her bag off the bench. The girl set her shoulder bag at her feet.
"I'm Hikari. I'm in your Math class." The girl said, introducing herself. Again Chihiro nodded.
"I'm Chihiro, but you can me call Sen." Chihiro stated. Why had she told Hikari that? Chihiro shrugged mentally. Maybe she was used to it by now, that having been the name everyone but Haku had called her. No, he was called Kohaku now, she had given him his name back, she reminded herself.
Hikari's grin widened. "That's a nice nickname."
Chihiro nodded absently, her mind back in the Spirit World.
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He landed on the railing that ran outside the topmost level of the bathhouse. Yu-baba, sitting at her desk, had apparently heard him, for her voice was the first thing that greeted him as Haku changed from his dragon form.
"So you're back, hm?" Haku nodded, before remembering Yu-baba couldn't see him. "We have business to discuss Yu-baba."
He heard her sigh. "Well, I guess you had better come in then."
The doors in front of Haku flew open and he stepped inside. Yu-baba lay down the quill she had been writing with. Looking, at him, she gave a small cackle. "Let me guess, you want me to release you from your contract so you can go find that human girl. Sen."
"Chihiro." Haku corrected her. "And you are correct, that is why I came here."
Yu-baba cackled again. "It won't happen, Dragon-boy. I may strike a deal with you though."
"Such as?"
"You work off the rest of your contract, and I'll let you go."
"If I agree, how long will I have to stay, before I can leave?"
Yu-baba conjured a scroll out of the air and consulted it. "Three years, give or take a few months."
Haku looked angry for a moment, then sighed and looked at his feet. The witch watched all this passively. "So then, do we have a deal?"
His only answer was a muted nod. A new piece of parchment and a quill appeared in the air beside him. He quickly read over the whole thing, then nodded and began to sign his name. Yu-baba interrupted him. "You know your full name, you might as well sign it. I can't take it away from you now since that dratted girl told you it."
Haku's only answer was to do as she suggested. When he had finished, the sheet snapped out of existence, only to appear in Yu-baba's hands. "Fine, fine. You can go now," She finished waving him out the door as she returned to her writing.
A/N: Sorry to disappoint you all, but I'm keeping the short chapters. It's my style of writing. I could write longer, and I've tried, but dialogue makes it longer anyways... Guess I've been writing too many school reports. Thanks for the reviews even the, um, constructive criticism. Good things help too though. I'm writing as fast as I can for all you guys, but I do have a semblance of a life. Much Thanks, ~Lady Rhiannon~
Leaving
Chapter Three: New Places, New Faces
Chihiro flopped down on the small bench in the courtyard. The first half of her first day of school had gone relatively well, considering she was a few weeks behind the other students. And the fact that she couldn't quite concentrate on the work they had given her. For some reason, a certain river spirit kept popping into her thoughts. She pulled out her lunchbox and peered at the contents. A ham sandwich. Now Chihiro was sure her parents didn't remember their time spent as pigs.
A shadow fell across her lap, making Chihiro look up. A girl with black hair pulled up into two pigtails stood there. Chihiro smiled. "Hi."
"Hello. May I sit down?" The girl replied, indicating the space next to Chihiro, which was currently occupied by Chihiro's book bag. Nodding, Chihiro shoved her bag off the bench. The girl set her shoulder bag at her feet.
"I'm Hikari. I'm in your Math class." The girl said, introducing herself. Again Chihiro nodded.
"I'm Chihiro, but you can me call Sen." Chihiro stated. Why had she told Hikari that? Chihiro shrugged mentally. Maybe she was used to it by now, that having been the name everyone but Haku had called her. No, he was called Kohaku now, she had given him his name back, she reminded herself.
Hikari's grin widened. "That's a nice nickname."
Chihiro nodded absently, her mind back in the Spirit World.
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He landed on the railing that ran outside the topmost level of the bathhouse. Yu-baba, sitting at her desk, had apparently heard him, for her voice was the first thing that greeted him as Haku changed from his dragon form.
"So you're back, hm?" Haku nodded, before remembering Yu-baba couldn't see him. "We have business to discuss Yu-baba."
He heard her sigh. "Well, I guess you had better come in then."
The doors in front of Haku flew open and he stepped inside. Yu-baba lay down the quill she had been writing with. Looking, at him, she gave a small cackle. "Let me guess, you want me to release you from your contract so you can go find that human girl. Sen."
"Chihiro." Haku corrected her. "And you are correct, that is why I came here."
Yu-baba cackled again. "It won't happen, Dragon-boy. I may strike a deal with you though."
"Such as?"
"You work off the rest of your contract, and I'll let you go."
"If I agree, how long will I have to stay, before I can leave?"
Yu-baba conjured a scroll out of the air and consulted it. "Three years, give or take a few months."
Haku looked angry for a moment, then sighed and looked at his feet. The witch watched all this passively. "So then, do we have a deal?"
His only answer was a muted nod. A new piece of parchment and a quill appeared in the air beside him. He quickly read over the whole thing, then nodded and began to sign his name. Yu-baba interrupted him. "You know your full name, you might as well sign it. I can't take it away from you now since that dratted girl told you it."
Haku's only answer was to do as she suggested. When he had finished, the sheet snapped out of existence, only to appear in Yu-baba's hands. "Fine, fine. You can go now," She finished waving him out the door as she returned to her writing.
