" We're almost there. Hanako, hold your breath when we cross the
bridge." Haku and the girls had approached the wooden bridge in which was
being crossed by many verities of sprites.
" Why?" Hanako asked. She was looking around for Chihiro. Chihiro had disappeared. She soon came running from behind.
" Did you notice how the plants that exploded had thorns?" She questioned Hanako.
" So. What's so bad about that?"
" It's not only that, I noticed how they so very dark. Like a shadowy colour."
" We'll what can I say? You think too much. Besides, I was asking about why I had to hold my breath while we crossed the bridge."
" What?" Chihiro thought for a while, " Oh! Right. You have to hold your breath because Haku probably put a spell on you."
" A spell? Is that good?" An eyebrow rose as Hanako turned to look at Haku.
" No. No!" Quickly, Chihiro explained. " People in this world are freaked when they see a human in their presents. It's not their scared, it's just their not use to seeing one. Am I right Haku?" She smiled and blushed.
" Yes." He replied, " But Chihiro, you don't have to hold your breath. The spirits at the bath house already know you pretty well, since your last experience here."
" Yah." Chihiro begin to blush more deeply.
" You've been here?" Hanako frowned, " You never told me!"
" Would you believe me? I've tried a couple of times."
" You have?" A fuzzy picture began to form. Chihiro was blabbing about something while she was eating ice cream. " I guess you did."
" Hurry. We're almost at the bridge." Haku turned around and warned Hanako, yet again, not to take a breath. Hanako nodded and onto the bridge they crossed. As they set onto the bridge, two frogs greeted them,
"Welcome back master Haku. I see you brought. ah. Chihiro. And who is this other little friend?"
" You can see her?"
" Why yes master Haku. My eyesight is fine thank you." Chihiro glared at Hanako.
" Did you take a breath?" She asked. Hanako quickly shook her head as she was still coving her mouth. She was trying to say something. " You can open mouth now. They can already see you."
" Chihiro behind." Hanako never got to finish. A group of people swarmed onto Chihiro.
" HELP!" She cried, " I'm being mobbed!" Hanako laughed.
" I guess lots of people missed you." She turned around to see Haku. He was staring at her intensely. " What's the matter?" She asked, " Didn't you miss Chihiro?"
" Of course I did," Haku continued, " but I'm wondering why my spell worked on Chihiro three years ago and yet, it failed on you."
" Help!" I small voice came from inside the crowd, " Oh. It's great to see you too Min. ARE YOU FORGETTING SOMEONE? HAKU! GET ME OUT!"
Pausing, Haku tried to push his way into the crowd. He was sent right out from all the excitement.
" Move a side." Hanako said. " Some things are meant to be done by girls. Ok move aside, we have to get inside the bath house." Spirits started to fly everywhere as Hanako shoved and pushed her way into the crowd. She soon came upon a pigtail. She grabbed it and shoved her way back out of the crowd.
" Thanks." Chihiro said, " I was suffocating. Next time, I'll have to wear body armor." Hanako chuckled.
" We have to get into the bath house." Haku was staring into the sky, "It will be light soon, and I want to get inside before the sun rises."
" Why?" Hanako asked.
" We're spirits."
" Right." Haku again began to lead the way. They walked for a while. Chihiro looked up. The sky was an orange florescent. Haku was right. The sun was going to rise in a couple of hours.
" We should hurry." They walked across the bridge and into the bathhouse. Inside, the walls were painted with yellow. Laughter and cheer was heard though out. It was steamy and Chihiro was being greeted by wanted and unwanted spirits (She was too polite to reject them). Hanako was amazed. She scanned the room and found a small crowd of excited spirits.
" What's that?" She asked. Haku turned around and smiled.
" Those are shadow dogs. They too appeared recently. The spirits like to have bet on with one would win in a fight. It's strange though. Those dogs come from a place quit far from here. They never leave it. It's strange how they appear now, with all the other problems.
" Their problems?" Chihiro had come out of the crowd, " I think their quit cute." She stared off in the direction of the shadow dogs. They were black and gray, both at once. Long slanderous tails would appear and reappear. It seemed the dogs were made of some kind of smoke. But in the spirit word, anything was capable. " Why are they such a dark colour?" she asked, " Are there any other colours? I mean if you know." Haku turned around and pointed to a white dog with black ears and a black tail. Silver streaks ran down its fur as it glittered in the sunlight. Black would start up at its paws and disappear as you looked along her leg. He seemed more fox related then dog related. " It's beautiful." She gasped.
" You like her? She's the only dog in the pack that was white. I don't know if there are others like her, but the other dogs seem to shun her. I call her Kera. She doesn't have friends, so I play with her."
" Do you know why she's white? And why is she like a fox?"
" That I don't know. Suppose they lived in two different places. But who knows for sure?" He turned and walked towards the elevator. " Come on. I've go a surprise for Chihiro and someone I'd like Hanako to meet." He walked into the door with the two friends close behind.
The elevator began to move. Chihiro could remember her first time in the elevator of the bathhouse. How scared she was and how Haku had always been there for her. Ashe turned and smiled at Haku. A warm and deep feeling grew in her. Haku smiled back. She quickly looked at the door and blushed. They were at the top of the bathhouse, when Chihiro realized that Ubaba was head of the Bathhouse.
" Haku?" she asked, " Should we tell Ubaba that we're coming? Won't she get upset?"
" Oh. I don't think that will be necessary." The door opened and then Haku lead them out of the elevators. The pots were all gone. The room seemed to be redecorated.
The door swung open. From the door came no birds or the usual. (No heads ether.) Chiriro wandered who it could be. Hanako, obviously, has no clue.
"Chihiro!" A warm and familiar voice came from the opening door. A tall, skinny figure came followed by a short little lady.
" Why?" Hanako asked. She was looking around for Chihiro. Chihiro had disappeared. She soon came running from behind.
" Did you notice how the plants that exploded had thorns?" She questioned Hanako.
" So. What's so bad about that?"
" It's not only that, I noticed how they so very dark. Like a shadowy colour."
" We'll what can I say? You think too much. Besides, I was asking about why I had to hold my breath while we crossed the bridge."
" What?" Chihiro thought for a while, " Oh! Right. You have to hold your breath because Haku probably put a spell on you."
" A spell? Is that good?" An eyebrow rose as Hanako turned to look at Haku.
" No. No!" Quickly, Chihiro explained. " People in this world are freaked when they see a human in their presents. It's not their scared, it's just their not use to seeing one. Am I right Haku?" She smiled and blushed.
" Yes." He replied, " But Chihiro, you don't have to hold your breath. The spirits at the bath house already know you pretty well, since your last experience here."
" Yah." Chihiro begin to blush more deeply.
" You've been here?" Hanako frowned, " You never told me!"
" Would you believe me? I've tried a couple of times."
" You have?" A fuzzy picture began to form. Chihiro was blabbing about something while she was eating ice cream. " I guess you did."
" Hurry. We're almost at the bridge." Haku turned around and warned Hanako, yet again, not to take a breath. Hanako nodded and onto the bridge they crossed. As they set onto the bridge, two frogs greeted them,
"Welcome back master Haku. I see you brought. ah. Chihiro. And who is this other little friend?"
" You can see her?"
" Why yes master Haku. My eyesight is fine thank you." Chihiro glared at Hanako.
" Did you take a breath?" She asked. Hanako quickly shook her head as she was still coving her mouth. She was trying to say something. " You can open mouth now. They can already see you."
" Chihiro behind." Hanako never got to finish. A group of people swarmed onto Chihiro.
" HELP!" She cried, " I'm being mobbed!" Hanako laughed.
" I guess lots of people missed you." She turned around to see Haku. He was staring at her intensely. " What's the matter?" She asked, " Didn't you miss Chihiro?"
" Of course I did," Haku continued, " but I'm wondering why my spell worked on Chihiro three years ago and yet, it failed on you."
" Help!" I small voice came from inside the crowd, " Oh. It's great to see you too Min. ARE YOU FORGETTING SOMEONE? HAKU! GET ME OUT!"
Pausing, Haku tried to push his way into the crowd. He was sent right out from all the excitement.
" Move a side." Hanako said. " Some things are meant to be done by girls. Ok move aside, we have to get inside the bath house." Spirits started to fly everywhere as Hanako shoved and pushed her way into the crowd. She soon came upon a pigtail. She grabbed it and shoved her way back out of the crowd.
" Thanks." Chihiro said, " I was suffocating. Next time, I'll have to wear body armor." Hanako chuckled.
" We have to get into the bath house." Haku was staring into the sky, "It will be light soon, and I want to get inside before the sun rises."
" Why?" Hanako asked.
" We're spirits."
" Right." Haku again began to lead the way. They walked for a while. Chihiro looked up. The sky was an orange florescent. Haku was right. The sun was going to rise in a couple of hours.
" We should hurry." They walked across the bridge and into the bathhouse. Inside, the walls were painted with yellow. Laughter and cheer was heard though out. It was steamy and Chihiro was being greeted by wanted and unwanted spirits (She was too polite to reject them). Hanako was amazed. She scanned the room and found a small crowd of excited spirits.
" What's that?" She asked. Haku turned around and smiled.
" Those are shadow dogs. They too appeared recently. The spirits like to have bet on with one would win in a fight. It's strange though. Those dogs come from a place quit far from here. They never leave it. It's strange how they appear now, with all the other problems.
" Their problems?" Chihiro had come out of the crowd, " I think their quit cute." She stared off in the direction of the shadow dogs. They were black and gray, both at once. Long slanderous tails would appear and reappear. It seemed the dogs were made of some kind of smoke. But in the spirit word, anything was capable. " Why are they such a dark colour?" she asked, " Are there any other colours? I mean if you know." Haku turned around and pointed to a white dog with black ears and a black tail. Silver streaks ran down its fur as it glittered in the sunlight. Black would start up at its paws and disappear as you looked along her leg. He seemed more fox related then dog related. " It's beautiful." She gasped.
" You like her? She's the only dog in the pack that was white. I don't know if there are others like her, but the other dogs seem to shun her. I call her Kera. She doesn't have friends, so I play with her."
" Do you know why she's white? And why is she like a fox?"
" That I don't know. Suppose they lived in two different places. But who knows for sure?" He turned and walked towards the elevator. " Come on. I've go a surprise for Chihiro and someone I'd like Hanako to meet." He walked into the door with the two friends close behind.
The elevator began to move. Chihiro could remember her first time in the elevator of the bathhouse. How scared she was and how Haku had always been there for her. Ashe turned and smiled at Haku. A warm and deep feeling grew in her. Haku smiled back. She quickly looked at the door and blushed. They were at the top of the bathhouse, when Chihiro realized that Ubaba was head of the Bathhouse.
" Haku?" she asked, " Should we tell Ubaba that we're coming? Won't she get upset?"
" Oh. I don't think that will be necessary." The door opened and then Haku lead them out of the elevators. The pots were all gone. The room seemed to be redecorated.
The door swung open. From the door came no birds or the usual. (No heads ether.) Chiriro wandered who it could be. Hanako, obviously, has no clue.
"Chihiro!" A warm and familiar voice came from the opening door. A tall, skinny figure came followed by a short little lady.