A/N Sorry for the lack 'o' updates, I can't get on the computer as often as
I'd like (thanks dad). Again I would like to thank all of my reviewers. I
would also like to thank Sailor-Knight Shadowstar especially for the review
stating where the song was from, Lunar: Silver Star Story. I was sooo
happy! I didn't own Spirited Away yet and I got it as a gift on my
Confirmation, so naturally I stayed up and watched it a million times
*grins*. I guess I should stop stalling and get on with, yet another bad
chapter of my bad story *sigh* Oh by the way, I have been having some major
troubles with the document manager, I don't know how to do bold and things
like that, so when I put things into /.../ means that it is in italics and
'...' (Not "...") means thoughts reflecting a character. THANKS!!!!
Disclaimer: No I don't own Spirited Away (well, technically I do, but not the story or characters), as much as it upsets me to admit it *sob*
Spirit Moon
Chapter Three
Dreams
As Chihiro was asleep, an odd sensation passed through her body. Normally in dreams you don't know your dreaming, but she was positive of it now. She found herself in front of the Bathhouse, but something was wrong, the Bathhouse didn't look appealing. As a matter of fact, it looked downright scary.
It was as though someone had placed a cloud over it, blocking light from view and fitting the weather outside to their personality, and it was eerie. 'There is something very wrong here' Chihiro thought to herself as she walked up to the doorway, and-unsurprisingly-passed right through it. After all, she was /positive/ this was a dream, even if she didn't know how she knew. She continued up the once familiar hallways, which were now disgusting with grime and things of that nature 'there are just some things better off /not/ thought about' she thought. Chihiro didn't see anyone in the passages and that bothered her. She felt the presence of someone around here, she just didn't know where. Deciding that the best place to find someone was Yubaba's office, she decided to head that way. Chihiro, having been there before, knew her way about the place and was just about to board an elevator when she thought better of it; loud elevators and strangely quiet places just don't mix. Instead she took the stairs. When she arrived at the main hall/lobby of Yubaba's room, she just walked straight through the doors. Chihiro was expecting to see some more frighteningly empty rooms, but these weren't empty. They were full of strange, hideous spirits. All of them were black-even darker then night-and were dressed in, what looked like armor. The rooms were filled with them, and all of them bore a certain mark, (like a tattoo...) 'the Japanese symbol for death?' Chihiro was so caught up in pondering this that she didn't realize she had just walked straight through someone and was now standing directly in front of the final doors till Yubaba's office. Taking a steadying breath, she walked in to find Yubaba wasn't there, even though she had already partially expected that. Instead there was a man, who was hunched over so you couldn't see him clearly.
Chihiro felt something in the room, something she couldn't put her finger on. The room was cold, no, it was /freezing/ but there was something else. The man lifting up his head brought her out of her thoughts. He turned around and looked at her 'no, not /at/ me, through me. I'm invisible.' she reminded herself, but immediately stopped and gasped. The man was human looking (like how Lin looks like a human), and, if possible, even blacker and darker then the others outside. He looked like a shadow. He also had /red/ eyes. No pupil, just pure red. And as if that wasn't bad enough, he was grinning like a maniac.
"Ah, welcome Chihiro. We meet at last" he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. Chihiro meanwhile gasped and fell backwards. 'He can see me?!' she thought panicky. "Oh course I can see you Chihiro dear, though I am wondering how it is you managed to get here in the first place. You're dreaming, that's for sure, but, even from /you/ I wouldn't have expected this, at least not yet. Oh it is a pity you aren't real. It would definitely save me some trouble." He said, the grin never leaving his face. "Who are you?" Chihiro gasped out weakly. "Oh? You don't recognize me? How upsetting" He said, in a mocking tone. "Though, I suppose its to be expected. Oh well. You must have realized what's going on by now, hmm?" Chihiro mumbled a soft "no" and His face fell. "I'm disappointed Chihiro. I would have thought you would have caught on by now, as smart as you are. It would appear that the force around your body managed to teleport your dream- self here." He said, voice full of malice. "Is this real?" Chihiro asked. He chuckled softly "Of course it is, how else would /you/ be here? Ah, it looks like your time here is out-" Chihiro looked down to see she was indeed transparent. "But no worries! We'll meet again soon!" and then Chihiro abruptly woke up to see her room.
She got up and quickly got dressed in whatever kind of comfortable clothes she could find and quickly pinned up her hair. Just as she put her hair tie on, she heard crashed coming from downstairs. Curiosity getting the better of her, she opened her door and peeked down. To her horror, there was a bunch of those weird spirits with the 'death' tattoos down there. She let out a small squeak and rushed into her room, locking the door behind her. Knowing she wouldn't have much time, she ran to her window and threw out the screen, jumping down onto her garage roof. Just as that happened she heard the door break down behind her. Chihiro ran, straight towards the forest, in hopes of losing the creatures she had officially dubbed 'Death Spirits' (wow am I creative or what?!). Nope, she hadn't lost them, there were somewhere near ten running behind her. She heard one of them say something say something and she felt pain beyond any pain she had felt before course through her body. It sent her withering to the ground. One of the Death Spirits-the leader by the look of him-walked up to her, and suddenly kicked her in her stomach, hard. Chihiro hadn't gotten over the other pain as of yet, and this just added to it. After the Leader had kicked her a few more times, and Chihiro was sure she had a few broken ribs, if not all, he took a step back.
The Leader started muttering something -an incantation-something in the back of Chihiro's head told her. After he finished it he looked at her and said "Master said to take you to him, lets see if this works. After that Chihiro felt pain even worse then everything else from before put together. She could barely make out an /extremely/ bright white light through the spots in front of her eyes. All of the Death Spirits took a few steps back, as though not expecting this. Then, all of a sudden, the pain stopped, and Chihiro knew something was wrong, terribly wrong. She knew something about her was different too. Not dwelling on this, her mind sent her one message before she sank into pleasant white bliss; 'Get to Kohaku'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Post Note: Yes, I do know that was confusing, and all will be explained soon. Again I thank all my reviewers! Just incase anyone was wondering, the day this takes place in Chihiro's birthday and Haku in next chapter...YAY!!! Please Review!!! . . . . ~Heirofarwen
Disclaimer: No I don't own Spirited Away (well, technically I do, but not the story or characters), as much as it upsets me to admit it *sob*
Spirit Moon
Chapter Three
Dreams
As Chihiro was asleep, an odd sensation passed through her body. Normally in dreams you don't know your dreaming, but she was positive of it now. She found herself in front of the Bathhouse, but something was wrong, the Bathhouse didn't look appealing. As a matter of fact, it looked downright scary.
It was as though someone had placed a cloud over it, blocking light from view and fitting the weather outside to their personality, and it was eerie. 'There is something very wrong here' Chihiro thought to herself as she walked up to the doorway, and-unsurprisingly-passed right through it. After all, she was /positive/ this was a dream, even if she didn't know how she knew. She continued up the once familiar hallways, which were now disgusting with grime and things of that nature 'there are just some things better off /not/ thought about' she thought. Chihiro didn't see anyone in the passages and that bothered her. She felt the presence of someone around here, she just didn't know where. Deciding that the best place to find someone was Yubaba's office, she decided to head that way. Chihiro, having been there before, knew her way about the place and was just about to board an elevator when she thought better of it; loud elevators and strangely quiet places just don't mix. Instead she took the stairs. When she arrived at the main hall/lobby of Yubaba's room, she just walked straight through the doors. Chihiro was expecting to see some more frighteningly empty rooms, but these weren't empty. They were full of strange, hideous spirits. All of them were black-even darker then night-and were dressed in, what looked like armor. The rooms were filled with them, and all of them bore a certain mark, (like a tattoo...) 'the Japanese symbol for death?' Chihiro was so caught up in pondering this that she didn't realize she had just walked straight through someone and was now standing directly in front of the final doors till Yubaba's office. Taking a steadying breath, she walked in to find Yubaba wasn't there, even though she had already partially expected that. Instead there was a man, who was hunched over so you couldn't see him clearly.
Chihiro felt something in the room, something she couldn't put her finger on. The room was cold, no, it was /freezing/ but there was something else. The man lifting up his head brought her out of her thoughts. He turned around and looked at her 'no, not /at/ me, through me. I'm invisible.' she reminded herself, but immediately stopped and gasped. The man was human looking (like how Lin looks like a human), and, if possible, even blacker and darker then the others outside. He looked like a shadow. He also had /red/ eyes. No pupil, just pure red. And as if that wasn't bad enough, he was grinning like a maniac.
"Ah, welcome Chihiro. We meet at last" he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. Chihiro meanwhile gasped and fell backwards. 'He can see me?!' she thought panicky. "Oh course I can see you Chihiro dear, though I am wondering how it is you managed to get here in the first place. You're dreaming, that's for sure, but, even from /you/ I wouldn't have expected this, at least not yet. Oh it is a pity you aren't real. It would definitely save me some trouble." He said, the grin never leaving his face. "Who are you?" Chihiro gasped out weakly. "Oh? You don't recognize me? How upsetting" He said, in a mocking tone. "Though, I suppose its to be expected. Oh well. You must have realized what's going on by now, hmm?" Chihiro mumbled a soft "no" and His face fell. "I'm disappointed Chihiro. I would have thought you would have caught on by now, as smart as you are. It would appear that the force around your body managed to teleport your dream- self here." He said, voice full of malice. "Is this real?" Chihiro asked. He chuckled softly "Of course it is, how else would /you/ be here? Ah, it looks like your time here is out-" Chihiro looked down to see she was indeed transparent. "But no worries! We'll meet again soon!" and then Chihiro abruptly woke up to see her room.
She got up and quickly got dressed in whatever kind of comfortable clothes she could find and quickly pinned up her hair. Just as she put her hair tie on, she heard crashed coming from downstairs. Curiosity getting the better of her, she opened her door and peeked down. To her horror, there was a bunch of those weird spirits with the 'death' tattoos down there. She let out a small squeak and rushed into her room, locking the door behind her. Knowing she wouldn't have much time, she ran to her window and threw out the screen, jumping down onto her garage roof. Just as that happened she heard the door break down behind her. Chihiro ran, straight towards the forest, in hopes of losing the creatures she had officially dubbed 'Death Spirits' (wow am I creative or what?!). Nope, she hadn't lost them, there were somewhere near ten running behind her. She heard one of them say something say something and she felt pain beyond any pain she had felt before course through her body. It sent her withering to the ground. One of the Death Spirits-the leader by the look of him-walked up to her, and suddenly kicked her in her stomach, hard. Chihiro hadn't gotten over the other pain as of yet, and this just added to it. After the Leader had kicked her a few more times, and Chihiro was sure she had a few broken ribs, if not all, he took a step back.
The Leader started muttering something -an incantation-something in the back of Chihiro's head told her. After he finished it he looked at her and said "Master said to take you to him, lets see if this works. After that Chihiro felt pain even worse then everything else from before put together. She could barely make out an /extremely/ bright white light through the spots in front of her eyes. All of the Death Spirits took a few steps back, as though not expecting this. Then, all of a sudden, the pain stopped, and Chihiro knew something was wrong, terribly wrong. She knew something about her was different too. Not dwelling on this, her mind sent her one message before she sank into pleasant white bliss; 'Get to Kohaku'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Post Note: Yes, I do know that was confusing, and all will be explained soon. Again I thank all my reviewers! Just incase anyone was wondering, the day this takes place in Chihiro's birthday and Haku in next chapter...YAY!!! Please Review!!! . . . . ~Heirofarwen
