Whispering Your Name

+Chapter 2+

By: Rachel*

Rated: PG-13

Gender: Romance/Drama

E-mail: PeachGirlKiley@aol.com

Web Address: www.Spike-Faye-Shrine.cjb.net

+ Here is Chapter 2! Wow, I got so many reviews for chapter 1! You guys are so awesome! Please READ + REVIEW! I hope you like it! Don't worry; nothing TOO bad will happen to Haku, it's Chihiro, who they end up trying to hurt. +_+ ::Aya has an evil look in her eyes:: ¬_¬' Heh… ENJOY! +

            The final bell rang. Haku had a wide smile on his face as he sat at his desk. "Did you find that girl?" Toji smiled looking over at Haku. He turned to glance at Toji with a nod.

            "Better watch it new kid!" Ron laughed a few girls giggled and ran after him. Haku rolled his eyes glaring over at Ron. He tripped falling on his face. The girls yelped and then started laughing. Haku stared in wonderment.

            'My powers…' He thought, and smiled even more. "Maybe this place isn't so bad after all." He stood and gathered his books and other needed things.

            "I'll talk to you later!" Toji called waving his hand. Haku nodded stepping over Ron's head and smirking down at him.

            "Think you should be the one who watches it." Haku winked his left eye laughing as he left the room.

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            "Chihiro, Chihiro, can't you talk for just a minute?" Sae was hurrying after Chihiro as she raced out the doors of the school and towards home.

            "I'll call you tomorrow, I told Haku to call me!" She smiled and ran even faster.

            Sae stopped frowning letting her hands run through her short amber hair. "Whatever, as long as you remember to call me and tell me what's going on, I'll be fine!" She waved and started walking for home. "See ya!"

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            Haku swung the door open throwing his bag to the left and forgetting to take off his shoes. "Where's the phone?" Haku shouted racing into the kitchen. His chest heaved for breath and a bead of sweat was running down his neck. He couldn't run like he used to, but he indeed still had some of his powers. Yubaba hadn't told him that.

            Aya frowned looking over at him. "Right over there." She pointed next to the fridge. "You have one in your room too, you know?" She smiled for a moment turning on the radio.

            His green eyes widened. "Really, thanks!" He darted out of the room and up the stairs.

            "Haku, take off your shoes!" She hissed running after him. The next thing she knew they went flying down the staircase and into the door.

            "Just like any teenage boy…" She sighed. Taro came up from behind her and stared rubbing her shoulders before kissing Aya's cheek cheek.

            "Calling girls already?" He smirked.

            "Making a mess of the house too..." She looked at the white carpet stained for muddy footprints.

            "Let him be, for now." Taro sighed. "We'll teach him the rules after dinner, unless you want to now?" He let his hands wrap around her waist and she smiled nodding her head.

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           Haku stared at the numbers on hi s hand before looking back at the phone. "How am I going to do this, I've never used a phone in my life!" He looked around in his small room. A twin sized bed was in the far right hand corner; next to it was a nightstand with a lamp and the damned phone. After that was a stretch of dark green wall and then his dresser. A small closet was on the left wall, and a window was next to his bed letting in some light.

            He took a breath and sat on his bed. Leaning over, he grabbed the portable contraption. "On." He stared at the green button and pressed it. Frowning he put it against his ear getting a weird drilling noise ringing into his ears. Sighing Haku dialed the numbers and then watched the phone waiting for something to happen. He moved his head hearing a new noise. It was ringing. Smiling, he put it against his right ear and waited. 'I'll conquer this world yet.' He smirked.

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            "Honey, the phone's ringing, can you get it?" Yuuko sat at her office desk working on her latest novel, and Akio sat in his reclining chair watching a baseball game on TV.

            "Yes dear!" He shouted. Akio stood and grabbed the phone from the wall. "Miasaki residence, Akio speaking."

            Haku blinked a few times not sure what to do. "I…"

            "Hello?" Akio was starting to get irritated. If it was another prank call he'd have to kill someone.

            "Chihiro?" His voice was quavered, he could feel his hands shaking.

            "Who's speaking?" Akio's eyes narrowed. Was a boy, calling his little girl? He felt sick, was he really getting that old?

            "It's Haku, she told me to call." He smirked. 'It's her father.'

            "Chihiro," Akio shouted into the phone. "Haku's  on the phone!" He grumbled something under his breath. "She'll be on the phone in a minute."

            Chihiro's head popped out from her door and she fled down the stairs grabbing the phone away from her dad. "Thanks!" She smiled pushing him away with her hand. She ran into the kitchen closing the door behind her. "Haku?"

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            He fell onto his bed closing his eyes. "I missed the sound of your voice so much." He sighed turning onto his left side. Haku stared at the wooden floor in a daze.

            "Listen, my dad is in the middle of watching a baseball game on TV, I can't talk freely. He's probably listening." She frowned poking her head out the door. Her dad had his head against the door and yelped in pain backing away. "Can we meet somewhere then?"

            He had needed to hear that voice for so long. He grabbed his pillow and clutched it to his chest, only if it could be Chihiro. Haku closed his eyes pulled the pillow closer and nodding his head. "Yes." He smiled.

            Chihiro's face flushed. His voice sounded different, it was deeper now that he was older, and she liked it. "How about the park, I can be there in ten minutes." She waited.

            Haku's eyes widened and he got up from his bed to look out his window. "That's perfect, it's right next to my house!" This day was turning out to be the best he'd ever had…next to the day he met Chihiro that is.

            "Meet me on the bench at the pond, you can't miss it." She bit down on her lower lip leaning into the door.

            "See you there." He laughed. "Uh…" He trailed off. "Um, how do I turn the phone off?" He blushed embarrassed.

            Chihiro laughed sliding down the doorframe, so she was sitting on the ground. "Is there an off button?"

            Haku pulled the phone away looking all over it. "No." He frowned.

            "Just put it back on the receiver, and then it'll turn off automatically." She laughed again. Covering her mouth she heard an outward whine from Haku. "I'm sorry, it's just funny. It's like trying to teach a little kid with the intelligence of a seventeen year old."

            "Seventeen?" Akio hissed pulling at his hair. "She can't be seeing someone who's older then her, it's just not right—"

            "I'm five years younger then you honey, and my parents were fine with me dating you…" Yuuko sighed typing a little faster.

            "You were also twenty at the time Yuuko." Akio hissed. Yuuko paused looking over at him.

            "She's a responsible girl Akio, let her be." Yuuko indented a new paragraph before leaning back in her chair. "We had that talk years ago." Akio's eyes narrowed and she hesitantly walked back to his chair.

            "So I just hang it up?" Haku waited for her response sitting back down on hi s bed.

            "I'll hang up first, but yeah." She laughed again. "See you in a few." She whispered kissing the speaker so Haku would hear.

            "Heh…" He trailed off smiling. "Yeah." He closed his eyes when he heard the kiss. He pictured her in his mind.  He heard a click and opened his eyes placing the phone on the receiver. There was a similar click and he smiled. "Not as hard and I thought it'd be." Haku stared down at his hand and then glanced at the door. Shaking his head he unzipped the front of his uniform and pulled off his shirt, and pants grabbing a pair of baggy jeans and a yellow t-shirt, and put them on quickly.

            His eyes fell onto the door again. He stretched his hand out in front of himself, and walked closer. 'Open.' He thought to himself. The door unlatched slowly and opened fully. His eyes widened and he jumped into the air. "Yes!"

            Taro looked up at the ceiling hearing a thump, and Haku's shouts. "Sounds like she said yes to a date." He chuckled.

            "Taro, Aya!" Haku ran down the stairs. "I'll be out for awhile!" He waved looking at them. Taro nodded and Haku grabbed his shoes running out the door.

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            He walked slowly cracking his neck. Some kids were laughing as they ran by him heading towards the swing set. Birds were chirping, a dog barked from a ways away. He looked over at the pond, mesmerized by the ripples in the clear water. He had been a river spirit for so long, he thought he wouldn't know how to live any other way. Even in the Spirit world…he was dead in a way. No heart beat, no pulse. Now though, he could feel the life pulsing through his body. His heart racing and he wanted to spend every minute of it with Chihiro.

            He strolled over to the bench and sat down closing his eyes and letting his head fall back. "Hey stranger." A voice whispered. His heart wrenched and a smile crept up on his lips. He opened his eyes as she sat down. He turned his head towards her and just stared in awe. Her dark brown hair, she kept it longer than before. Her amber eyes—she was beautiful.

            "Chihiro." She smiled, she loved the way he said her name. She let her hand run through his hair. He nodded into her hand. She smiled and let her hand go to his face and trace his lips. They were parted slightly.

            She bent forward moving her hand and putting her nose against his. "Are you going to leave me again?" Haku's green eyes shot open and he pulled away grabbing both sides of her head with his hands.

            "Never, Yubaba said I couldn't, even if I wanted to." He smiled as a tear ran down Chihiro's cheek. "No crying." He leaned forward and kissed her tear away.

            "Haku, I love you." She uttered wrapping her arms around him and holding him tightly. He was so warm, she would never leave him again.

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            That's a little much, for the first date, don't you think Taro?" Aya pull the binoculars away from the window and looked back at her husband.

            He frowned and looked at the scene himself. "Tap his phone, I'll find out what I can about this relationship he's got going on." Taro smiled taking a sip of his coffee. "Let's eat dinner for now."

            Aya nodded. "Let's…"

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