A/N: Wow. You like it. You really like it! *Faints*. *Recovers* Surprising
since this is my first major fic. (Even more surprising since this wasn't
even meant to be a major fic! -.-() Things tend not to mesh together well
at the end of a tri and since I'm feeling kinda discouraged bout
everything, the dreaded writers block occurs. New fics keep popping up in
my head and things get jumbled. Ah well. Over it now...mostly.../ Think
outside the box of crackers\ ~Lady Rhiannon~
Disclaimer: Yeah yeah, you know it all.
Leaving
Finding
Kohaku stepped out into the bright sunlight outside the tunnel. After standing there for a moment, Kohaku realized that he had no idea where to even start looking for Chihiro; it wasn't like she lived right by the tunnel. He looked around at the still sunlit wood that surrounded him, and began to walk down the path, which led down the hill, then run. He noticed small statues staring at him from under the trees. Small statues that looked strangely familiar to him. Seeing a light up ahead, he slowed, finally stopping as he neared the road.
Sitting there for a minute or two, Kohaku let the cars zip past him. He looked down at his clothes and realized that he wouldn't fit in very well in this world. Or wouldn't until he found some new clothes. Maybe it would be best to stay in his other form for a while, he thought as he changed form and flew out over the treetops.
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He was in the forest again, but this time with a prize. Earlier that night he had broken into some one's home. To his luck, the boy that lived there was about the same age as his human body appeared to be. The clothes fit Kohaku, but he still thought they looked strange. Kohaku sighed and walked away from the house. The sooner he found Chihiro, the better.
But what if...
doubts started to form in his mind. What if she had moved away? What if she had decided it was all a dream. Or worse yet, that she had decided that this world and its inhabitants were much more important then the Spirit World? Or what if...Haku shook his head slightly, clearing his head of those thoughts. She had saved his life once and freed him from Yu-baba; the least he could do was keep his promise to her. No matter what.
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Chihiro sat in History class, doodling on the paper she was supposed to be taking notes on. The drawings had started out as nothing but scribbles, but had quickly become... "Hey, Sen. Who's the boy?" Kagami whispered from the seat next to her.
Chihiro looked down at her paper, realizing that the scribbles had turned into, not only a drawing of Kohaku (Which Chihiro thought hardly did him justice), but also him in his dragon form, a drawing of Kamaji, one of Rin, No-Face was there as well, along with Zeniba (Or Yu-baba, Chihiro couldn't tell the difference, and even one of the bird gods she had seen while at the Abu-raya. "Wha- Oh. No one. Just a person. Why?"
Tossing her red braid behind her head, Kagami replied. "He looks interesting. Him and all the others. Some of them look like characters in this story I'm writing about the old amusement park up in the forest. I've only ever seen the entrance, and that only once, but it gave me an idea."
Chihiro set down her pencil, full attention on Kagami. "Do you think you could find the entrance again, if you looked for it?"
Kagami shook her head. "I've tried looking for it. But every time I try, I just end up walking in circles. There's an old story that you can only hear from Ami's grandfather and a few others his age. They say that it's not an amusement park at all, but a gateway to somewhere else. They say a girl once went in there, and never returned. Freaky, am I right?"
Chihiro nodded silently as Ami leaned over. "Kagami, stop telling her stories. One of you is enough."
She would have said more but Miss Aogiri had finally noticed the girl's conversation. Shooting them a stern glance she continued in her lesson, but watched the girls to make sure their conversation continued no further in that classroom.
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She dreamt again that night. This time it was a happier dream. She was in her backyard, watching the leaves drift down around Kohaku and herself. He was in his dragon form, coiled into a circle. Within the circle Chihiro rested, her head pillowed near his neck, her legs resting across his tail. He seemed to be asleep, and Chihiro was glad.
Everything was perfect, and nothing could go wrong as long as he was there to protect her and she was there to rescue him when he was in trouble. She closed her eyes and pressed her cheek against his scales. He was there, and life was good.
Disclaimer: Yeah yeah, you know it all.
Leaving
Finding
Kohaku stepped out into the bright sunlight outside the tunnel. After standing there for a moment, Kohaku realized that he had no idea where to even start looking for Chihiro; it wasn't like she lived right by the tunnel. He looked around at the still sunlit wood that surrounded him, and began to walk down the path, which led down the hill, then run. He noticed small statues staring at him from under the trees. Small statues that looked strangely familiar to him. Seeing a light up ahead, he slowed, finally stopping as he neared the road.
Sitting there for a minute or two, Kohaku let the cars zip past him. He looked down at his clothes and realized that he wouldn't fit in very well in this world. Or wouldn't until he found some new clothes. Maybe it would be best to stay in his other form for a while, he thought as he changed form and flew out over the treetops.
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He was in the forest again, but this time with a prize. Earlier that night he had broken into some one's home. To his luck, the boy that lived there was about the same age as his human body appeared to be. The clothes fit Kohaku, but he still thought they looked strange. Kohaku sighed and walked away from the house. The sooner he found Chihiro, the better.
But what if...
doubts started to form in his mind. What if she had moved away? What if she had decided it was all a dream. Or worse yet, that she had decided that this world and its inhabitants were much more important then the Spirit World? Or what if...Haku shook his head slightly, clearing his head of those thoughts. She had saved his life once and freed him from Yu-baba; the least he could do was keep his promise to her. No matter what.
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Chihiro sat in History class, doodling on the paper she was supposed to be taking notes on. The drawings had started out as nothing but scribbles, but had quickly become... "Hey, Sen. Who's the boy?" Kagami whispered from the seat next to her.
Chihiro looked down at her paper, realizing that the scribbles had turned into, not only a drawing of Kohaku (Which Chihiro thought hardly did him justice), but also him in his dragon form, a drawing of Kamaji, one of Rin, No-Face was there as well, along with Zeniba (Or Yu-baba, Chihiro couldn't tell the difference, and even one of the bird gods she had seen while at the Abu-raya. "Wha- Oh. No one. Just a person. Why?"
Tossing her red braid behind her head, Kagami replied. "He looks interesting. Him and all the others. Some of them look like characters in this story I'm writing about the old amusement park up in the forest. I've only ever seen the entrance, and that only once, but it gave me an idea."
Chihiro set down her pencil, full attention on Kagami. "Do you think you could find the entrance again, if you looked for it?"
Kagami shook her head. "I've tried looking for it. But every time I try, I just end up walking in circles. There's an old story that you can only hear from Ami's grandfather and a few others his age. They say that it's not an amusement park at all, but a gateway to somewhere else. They say a girl once went in there, and never returned. Freaky, am I right?"
Chihiro nodded silently as Ami leaned over. "Kagami, stop telling her stories. One of you is enough."
She would have said more but Miss Aogiri had finally noticed the girl's conversation. Shooting them a stern glance she continued in her lesson, but watched the girls to make sure their conversation continued no further in that classroom.
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She dreamt again that night. This time it was a happier dream. She was in her backyard, watching the leaves drift down around Kohaku and herself. He was in his dragon form, coiled into a circle. Within the circle Chihiro rested, her head pillowed near his neck, her legs resting across his tail. He seemed to be asleep, and Chihiro was glad.
Everything was perfect, and nothing could go wrong as long as he was there to protect her and she was there to rescue him when he was in trouble. She closed her eyes and pressed her cheek against his scales. He was there, and life was good.
