A/N HI! Sorry (again) for not updating frequently, but I'm trying.
Important Matters: I am going to start calling Kohaku, Haku again. It gets
really annoying to type Kohaku a lot so Haku it is! For all those confused
readers out there, yes it is confusing, and unfortunately it is only going
to get worse this chapter (well for most people at least) but fear not!
Next chapter will be an explanation chapter. I am also trying to put a
little (key word little) fluff in. On a better note....Schools almost
over!!! I am soooo happy! Although I'll probably fail the science final (I
hate science) at least I'll be outa school!!! Also, I thought I might as
well tell you now that I am no good at making up character names so if they
are bad, well then, oh well (even though there wont be any new people in
this chapter, there will be in the future). As always this chapter is
dedicated to my reviewers, Thanks!!! That's about it. Enjoy!
Remember, /../ means emphasis
Disclaimer: I don't own a whole lot of things, Spirited Away just happens to be one of them.
Spirit Moon Chapter Four Eclipse
Haku had been wondering around aimlessly for the past hour or so. He knew sooner or later Lin would catch up to him and he would get (yet another) lecture from her about the tidiness, or in this case, untidiness of his room.
You see Lin was assigned the head 'worker' of their 'home'. Haku didn't really like calling the compound a home, but he had no choice. The reason he, Lin and quite a few other people were stuck at this place was because the Bathhouse was taken and captured. Everyone in it was banished here, to the Sukami Desert. A few parties had tried to escape, but it would seem that the whole desert is heavily guarded. Haku couldn't even change into a dragon; some kind of a magic barrier had been cast. Everyone then had worked together and built an underground type of city. It was small (a little too small in Haku's opinion) but people could still live their lives. Although everyone disliked living in a desert, Haku hated it. After all, he was, in essence, of the water, and deserts and water don't mix too well.
Things might have been better if Yubaba were with them, but they had captured her. Zeneba was still free, as far as everyone knew, and was in hiding. Haku certainly hoped so, because whereas Lin practically ran the underground City (which I will now call Sukami City), Haku was the leader of the Alliance.
The Alliance would hold weekly meetings where the members (anyone who wanted to join) would discuss escape plans and things like that. The thing that they talked most of, though, was whom this new Villain was. No one knew.
Haku had one of those meeting tonight, he didn't really like them, but everyone looked to him for help, they would just think 'Hey, Yubaba's gone, so lets look to the guy right below her!' Haku really wasn't in the mood to talk about tactics, or anything for that matter. It was really just Lin and Kamaji who noticed the changes in Haku. It was as though he had receded into a shell or something, but they knew why. Chihiro. They both knew what broke Zeneba's spell back then. Pure love. And they felt sorry for him, after all, if you lost your true love, you'd probability be depressed too.
Haku silently walked to the only water source that had been found in the desert; a small oasis. Sitting down beside it he started to doze off until he saw something approaching from the distance. Prepared for the worst Haku pulled out his small sword and took a fighting stance. He had learned how to really fight from Lin. It would seem she was quite the swords woman and martial artist.
Just as Haku was about to ask who was there, he saw what it was. It was an animal of some sort. Letting his guard down he took a closer look at it, it was something he had never seen before, and you see a lot when you are a god.
There, before him was, what looked like, a white panther. Yeah, that would've been strange; a white panther in the middle of a desert, but it gets weirder. For starters; it was sprinting and looked like it was extremely tired. It also had wings, wings! And really sharp claws. (Just in case you didn't know, when any cat sprints it will run with its claws out roe traction). It stopped right in front of him, and collapsed. Under closer inspection, Haku saw that the panther had a black tipped tail and strange markings in its upper hind legs. They seemed to shine. A crescent moon with a star next to it. Haku ran his hand over it, but it felt like all the other fur. Deciding not to let the animal die, he picked it up and brought it back to Sukami City.
After walking though the hidden passage with the panther in his hands Haku started searching for Lin and Kamaji, they'd know what to do. Deciding that the best place to look would be their house he headed that way. Haku lived with Lin and Kamaji; they said it was because of the lack of space and how they were good friends, but he suspected it was because they were worried about him, which was touching.
As he walked into their house Haku was greeted with the sound of Lin yelling to some yuna about something. The yuna quickly left, not even giving Haku a second glance.
"Lin? Lin I need your help with something!" Haku called out.
"What? I have like a hundred errands to take care of and-what the heck is that thing?" she asked, taking note of the creature in Haku's arms.
"What do you think it is? It's a cat of some sort. I fainted right in front of me, can you help?" Haku asked, setting the panther down on a couch.
"Of course I can" Lin answered nonchalantly. "Look, its just exhausted. Probably from the heat. Here." Lin took some herb from a nearby drawer and some water and casually mixed them. After that she put it right in front of the cats face.
The panther woke with a start and Lin immediately went behind Haku and peered at it from behind his shoulder. The panther simply looked around, walked over to Haku and sat right in front of him and stared up at him with soulful brown eyes.
Lin, noticing this said, "Hey Haku, looks like you found yourself a friend. Awww! She likes you!"
Haku merely looked at Lin and then walked into the kitchen area to get some water for his 'pet'. The panther followed him.
After the panther had drank her full, Haku walked into his bedroom, cat at his heels. Walking into his room he pushed aside one of his piles of clothes and made a makeshift cat bed out of towels and a pillow. The cat sat on it and fell abruptly asleep. Haku, following her example, got into his bed and took a nap.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~A little later that day*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Haku! GET UP!" hearing Lin's voice screaming in your ear isn't exactly pleasant Haku had learned over the past few years.
"What?" he mumbled half asleep.
"You have the Alliance meeting to go to. Remember?" Lin asked, staring disapprovingly at his messy room. "Haku-" she started but Haku, who wasn't in the mood to hear about his living style cut her off.
"Hey Lin could you feed the panther while I get ready?" Haku asked digging in his closet for some fresh clothes.
"You're not seriously going to call her 'the cat' or 'the panther' are you? You haven't named her?" Lin asked, going over to where she slept.
"You give her a name if you're so clever then." Haku replied, walking into his bathroom to change and brush his teeth.
Lin looked over the panther and came to a conclusion "Haku call her Eclipse! That name fits, right?" She said through the bathroom door.
Haku came out, dressed in his blue and white outfit, which made up most of his wardrobe. "Eclipse?" he asked, raising an eyebrow to her.
"Yeah. Like as in Lunar Eclipse. Because of her markings!" She said, like it was the most obvious thing on the earth.
"Fine, Eclipse it is." He said.
Haku walked the-now familiar- hallways to the meeting room with Lin and Eclipse. It would seem Eclipse didn't like being away from him and would follow him around. Haku didn't mind, he really liked Eclipse. As they walked in Haku (and Eclipse) got many stares from people, but knowing Haku's answer to the question (Which would be something like; "None of your concern") they just didn't ask.
Haku took his seat next to Lin and Eclipse obediently sat beneath the table. "What new reports do we have?" He asked to no one in particular.
A young man stood up and said; "The scout group hasn't found anything new as of you but we will continue searching." Ending with a small bow and he sat down in his chair again.
"Anything else?" asked Lin
"Nothing worth reporting" replied a burly man at the end of the table.
Sighing Haku stood up and dismissed everyone. That certainly was the shortest meeting they had ever had.
"Come on Haku, let's go get something to eat with Kamaji." Lin said in a last ditch effort to cheer him up.
"Whatever" was Haku's reply.
They made their way back to their house to pick up Kamaji, who was going to go to lunch now anyway (according to him anyways), and walked to the only restaurant in the City. After sitting down and ordering Haku brought up the subject that Kamaji wanted to talk about. Eclipse. Kamaji still didn't know he had her.
"Kamaji, this is Eclipse. I found her and decided to keep her." Kamaji simply nodded in understanding and cast a sideways glance at Lin and they shared a knowing look. 'Maybe if Haku has a pet he wont be so depressed about not having Chihiro around' were their thoughts. The food came (yeah I'd like to eat in a restaurant that fast) and they ate in uncomfortable silence.
Finally Lin broke it, not able to stand it anymore. "Hey Haku, cheer up already. She's been gone for three years, why are you getting so depressed now? I'm sure Sen would want you to be happy!" That set Haku off.
"How would you know?!" He yelled blinking back tears. "You don't know what its like for me and if you think /I'm/ upset well then you haven't seen Chihiro!" and he stood up and ran out.
"Wow talk about over-reacting." Lin mumbled
"Go talk to him, he's in a tough state right now and should vent his feelings." Kamaji said to Lin. Lin got up and left.
After a good fifteen minutes or so of looking for Haku Lin found him. He was in the meeting room again looking at some maps. She also noticed Eclipse wasn't there. 'That cat must be smarter then me' she thought to herself, since she would rather not be here with an angry and emotionally distressed Haku.
"Haku?" she asked tentatively, closing the door behind her.
"What do you want Lin?" he answered, quietly.
"Hey, do you wanna talk about anything? I could lend you an ear." She said, after all, this wasn't the Haku she knew, he left with Sen.
"No thanks Lin, I'm fine. Really." He added when seeing the disbelief on her face. Then it seemed though he changed his mind. "Do you think I'll ever see her again?" Haku asked, still not looking up.
"Sure! You know what they say; 'Love always finds a way' right?" She said. Haku looked quickly up at her. "Oh Haku, me and Kamaji aren't blind, what with you moping about and all. We know." He looked back down.
"You don't have to worry about me Lin." Haku said after a moment's time.
"Well, what if you never see her again, what then?" Lin asked sincerely.
Haku thought a moment, "Then you can worry." He answered.
Lin thought for a minute. "Hey Haku, about what you said in the diner- " Haku cut her off.
"Lin I'm really sorry about that, I guess I've been under alota stress lately and I guess-" but this time Lin cut him off.
"No that's okay, I understand. I meant about what you said. How would you know what Sen is going through any better then the rest of us?" she asked, curiosity getting the better of her.
"A spell from Zeneba, I can see her every ones and a while" he answered.
"Ohh! Is she pretty? She's what, thirteen or fourteen now."
A blush rose on Haku's cheeks, 'Yeah, like I'm about to tell her she's the most gorgeous thing I have ever seen' he thought to himself. Lin sensing his discomfort changed the subject.
"I had thought that keeping Eclipse around would help out, you know?" Lin had said the first thing that came to mind.
"Oh it does, she's company, but its not like something can take Chihiro's place" Haku said.
"Hey, Sen is one of my best friends, I know no one can take her place. But they why do you sit with Eclipse all the time?" Lin asked.
"I guess I feel comfort in her presence. She kinda reminds me of Chihiro." Just then a large crash was heard coming from outside the door. Haku and Lin quickly got up and ran to the door. What they saw made their hearts stop.
Chihiro lay there, panting heavily, looking to be on the brink of consciousness. She had numerous cuts and bruises all over her body and was wincing in pain. She looked up and saw Haku and Lin.
"H-Haku. Hi." She mumbled weakly, managing a small smile. Haku was kneeling beside her in an instant.
"Chihiro?! What happened?!" Haku asked, panic evident in his voice. She didn't answer him though, it seemed as though she hadn't heard him. She was staring off into space.
"LIN! What's wrong with her?!" Haku yelled. Lin was beside Chihiro trying to get her attention.
"We have to get her healed!" She said.
"Lin that's a lot easier said then done. Only Yubaba and Zeneba could heal her, and we have no way to get there, not with the magic boundary!" Haku said gathering Chihiro in his arms. Chihiro pulled out of his grip and stood up, hunched over slightly in pain. She closed her eyes tightly, opened them and looked around.
"Chihiro? What are you doing?" if Chihiro heard Haku, she didn't acknowledge him. Instead she walked to a small skylight nearby and looked through it. 'Perfect' she thought. And with that she raised her arms and looked upward towards the sky. A power radiated about her and her eyes started glowing white. After a minute or so a bright surge of light and a wave of power exploded and when it cleared enough for them to see, Chihiro was on the ground, still breathing heavily.
"Wha-What did she do?" Lin asked in amazement.
Haku, being a god, felt what she did. "She lowered the magic wards." He said in astonishment. Chihiro, a /human/ had done something even the greatest magic-casters couldn't. "Lin, I'm going to transform. Pick her up and get on my back. I'll take us to Zeneba's."
"But we don't know if she hasn't been captured." Lin said carefully picking up Chihiro.
"She hasn't. Trust me" He then turned into his magnificent dragon and lowered himself so Lin and Chihiro could get on. Then, in an instant he was gone, flying high up (so not to be seen by the guards) and the fastest he ever had.
T.B.C.
OHH! I like the way that turned out! I had that in planning for a while. It is also longer then my other chapters! I would really like if you read this to review, so press the little blue button please! Well, I /hope/ to put the next chapter put in a week or so, but my deadlines are rarely met so...Until next time!!!
-Heirofarwen
Remember, /../ means emphasis
Disclaimer: I don't own a whole lot of things, Spirited Away just happens to be one of them.
Spirit Moon Chapter Four Eclipse
Haku had been wondering around aimlessly for the past hour or so. He knew sooner or later Lin would catch up to him and he would get (yet another) lecture from her about the tidiness, or in this case, untidiness of his room.
You see Lin was assigned the head 'worker' of their 'home'. Haku didn't really like calling the compound a home, but he had no choice. The reason he, Lin and quite a few other people were stuck at this place was because the Bathhouse was taken and captured. Everyone in it was banished here, to the Sukami Desert. A few parties had tried to escape, but it would seem that the whole desert is heavily guarded. Haku couldn't even change into a dragon; some kind of a magic barrier had been cast. Everyone then had worked together and built an underground type of city. It was small (a little too small in Haku's opinion) but people could still live their lives. Although everyone disliked living in a desert, Haku hated it. After all, he was, in essence, of the water, and deserts and water don't mix too well.
Things might have been better if Yubaba were with them, but they had captured her. Zeneba was still free, as far as everyone knew, and was in hiding. Haku certainly hoped so, because whereas Lin practically ran the underground City (which I will now call Sukami City), Haku was the leader of the Alliance.
The Alliance would hold weekly meetings where the members (anyone who wanted to join) would discuss escape plans and things like that. The thing that they talked most of, though, was whom this new Villain was. No one knew.
Haku had one of those meeting tonight, he didn't really like them, but everyone looked to him for help, they would just think 'Hey, Yubaba's gone, so lets look to the guy right below her!' Haku really wasn't in the mood to talk about tactics, or anything for that matter. It was really just Lin and Kamaji who noticed the changes in Haku. It was as though he had receded into a shell or something, but they knew why. Chihiro. They both knew what broke Zeneba's spell back then. Pure love. And they felt sorry for him, after all, if you lost your true love, you'd probability be depressed too.
Haku silently walked to the only water source that had been found in the desert; a small oasis. Sitting down beside it he started to doze off until he saw something approaching from the distance. Prepared for the worst Haku pulled out his small sword and took a fighting stance. He had learned how to really fight from Lin. It would seem she was quite the swords woman and martial artist.
Just as Haku was about to ask who was there, he saw what it was. It was an animal of some sort. Letting his guard down he took a closer look at it, it was something he had never seen before, and you see a lot when you are a god.
There, before him was, what looked like, a white panther. Yeah, that would've been strange; a white panther in the middle of a desert, but it gets weirder. For starters; it was sprinting and looked like it was extremely tired. It also had wings, wings! And really sharp claws. (Just in case you didn't know, when any cat sprints it will run with its claws out roe traction). It stopped right in front of him, and collapsed. Under closer inspection, Haku saw that the panther had a black tipped tail and strange markings in its upper hind legs. They seemed to shine. A crescent moon with a star next to it. Haku ran his hand over it, but it felt like all the other fur. Deciding not to let the animal die, he picked it up and brought it back to Sukami City.
After walking though the hidden passage with the panther in his hands Haku started searching for Lin and Kamaji, they'd know what to do. Deciding that the best place to look would be their house he headed that way. Haku lived with Lin and Kamaji; they said it was because of the lack of space and how they were good friends, but he suspected it was because they were worried about him, which was touching.
As he walked into their house Haku was greeted with the sound of Lin yelling to some yuna about something. The yuna quickly left, not even giving Haku a second glance.
"Lin? Lin I need your help with something!" Haku called out.
"What? I have like a hundred errands to take care of and-what the heck is that thing?" she asked, taking note of the creature in Haku's arms.
"What do you think it is? It's a cat of some sort. I fainted right in front of me, can you help?" Haku asked, setting the panther down on a couch.
"Of course I can" Lin answered nonchalantly. "Look, its just exhausted. Probably from the heat. Here." Lin took some herb from a nearby drawer and some water and casually mixed them. After that she put it right in front of the cats face.
The panther woke with a start and Lin immediately went behind Haku and peered at it from behind his shoulder. The panther simply looked around, walked over to Haku and sat right in front of him and stared up at him with soulful brown eyes.
Lin, noticing this said, "Hey Haku, looks like you found yourself a friend. Awww! She likes you!"
Haku merely looked at Lin and then walked into the kitchen area to get some water for his 'pet'. The panther followed him.
After the panther had drank her full, Haku walked into his bedroom, cat at his heels. Walking into his room he pushed aside one of his piles of clothes and made a makeshift cat bed out of towels and a pillow. The cat sat on it and fell abruptly asleep. Haku, following her example, got into his bed and took a nap.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~A little later that day*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Haku! GET UP!" hearing Lin's voice screaming in your ear isn't exactly pleasant Haku had learned over the past few years.
"What?" he mumbled half asleep.
"You have the Alliance meeting to go to. Remember?" Lin asked, staring disapprovingly at his messy room. "Haku-" she started but Haku, who wasn't in the mood to hear about his living style cut her off.
"Hey Lin could you feed the panther while I get ready?" Haku asked digging in his closet for some fresh clothes.
"You're not seriously going to call her 'the cat' or 'the panther' are you? You haven't named her?" Lin asked, going over to where she slept.
"You give her a name if you're so clever then." Haku replied, walking into his bathroom to change and brush his teeth.
Lin looked over the panther and came to a conclusion "Haku call her Eclipse! That name fits, right?" She said through the bathroom door.
Haku came out, dressed in his blue and white outfit, which made up most of his wardrobe. "Eclipse?" he asked, raising an eyebrow to her.
"Yeah. Like as in Lunar Eclipse. Because of her markings!" She said, like it was the most obvious thing on the earth.
"Fine, Eclipse it is." He said.
Haku walked the-now familiar- hallways to the meeting room with Lin and Eclipse. It would seem Eclipse didn't like being away from him and would follow him around. Haku didn't mind, he really liked Eclipse. As they walked in Haku (and Eclipse) got many stares from people, but knowing Haku's answer to the question (Which would be something like; "None of your concern") they just didn't ask.
Haku took his seat next to Lin and Eclipse obediently sat beneath the table. "What new reports do we have?" He asked to no one in particular.
A young man stood up and said; "The scout group hasn't found anything new as of you but we will continue searching." Ending with a small bow and he sat down in his chair again.
"Anything else?" asked Lin
"Nothing worth reporting" replied a burly man at the end of the table.
Sighing Haku stood up and dismissed everyone. That certainly was the shortest meeting they had ever had.
"Come on Haku, let's go get something to eat with Kamaji." Lin said in a last ditch effort to cheer him up.
"Whatever" was Haku's reply.
They made their way back to their house to pick up Kamaji, who was going to go to lunch now anyway (according to him anyways), and walked to the only restaurant in the City. After sitting down and ordering Haku brought up the subject that Kamaji wanted to talk about. Eclipse. Kamaji still didn't know he had her.
"Kamaji, this is Eclipse. I found her and decided to keep her." Kamaji simply nodded in understanding and cast a sideways glance at Lin and they shared a knowing look. 'Maybe if Haku has a pet he wont be so depressed about not having Chihiro around' were their thoughts. The food came (yeah I'd like to eat in a restaurant that fast) and they ate in uncomfortable silence.
Finally Lin broke it, not able to stand it anymore. "Hey Haku, cheer up already. She's been gone for three years, why are you getting so depressed now? I'm sure Sen would want you to be happy!" That set Haku off.
"How would you know?!" He yelled blinking back tears. "You don't know what its like for me and if you think /I'm/ upset well then you haven't seen Chihiro!" and he stood up and ran out.
"Wow talk about over-reacting." Lin mumbled
"Go talk to him, he's in a tough state right now and should vent his feelings." Kamaji said to Lin. Lin got up and left.
After a good fifteen minutes or so of looking for Haku Lin found him. He was in the meeting room again looking at some maps. She also noticed Eclipse wasn't there. 'That cat must be smarter then me' she thought to herself, since she would rather not be here with an angry and emotionally distressed Haku.
"Haku?" she asked tentatively, closing the door behind her.
"What do you want Lin?" he answered, quietly.
"Hey, do you wanna talk about anything? I could lend you an ear." She said, after all, this wasn't the Haku she knew, he left with Sen.
"No thanks Lin, I'm fine. Really." He added when seeing the disbelief on her face. Then it seemed though he changed his mind. "Do you think I'll ever see her again?" Haku asked, still not looking up.
"Sure! You know what they say; 'Love always finds a way' right?" She said. Haku looked quickly up at her. "Oh Haku, me and Kamaji aren't blind, what with you moping about and all. We know." He looked back down.
"You don't have to worry about me Lin." Haku said after a moment's time.
"Well, what if you never see her again, what then?" Lin asked sincerely.
Haku thought a moment, "Then you can worry." He answered.
Lin thought for a minute. "Hey Haku, about what you said in the diner- " Haku cut her off.
"Lin I'm really sorry about that, I guess I've been under alota stress lately and I guess-" but this time Lin cut him off.
"No that's okay, I understand. I meant about what you said. How would you know what Sen is going through any better then the rest of us?" she asked, curiosity getting the better of her.
"A spell from Zeneba, I can see her every ones and a while" he answered.
"Ohh! Is she pretty? She's what, thirteen or fourteen now."
A blush rose on Haku's cheeks, 'Yeah, like I'm about to tell her she's the most gorgeous thing I have ever seen' he thought to himself. Lin sensing his discomfort changed the subject.
"I had thought that keeping Eclipse around would help out, you know?" Lin had said the first thing that came to mind.
"Oh it does, she's company, but its not like something can take Chihiro's place" Haku said.
"Hey, Sen is one of my best friends, I know no one can take her place. But they why do you sit with Eclipse all the time?" Lin asked.
"I guess I feel comfort in her presence. She kinda reminds me of Chihiro." Just then a large crash was heard coming from outside the door. Haku and Lin quickly got up and ran to the door. What they saw made their hearts stop.
Chihiro lay there, panting heavily, looking to be on the brink of consciousness. She had numerous cuts and bruises all over her body and was wincing in pain. She looked up and saw Haku and Lin.
"H-Haku. Hi." She mumbled weakly, managing a small smile. Haku was kneeling beside her in an instant.
"Chihiro?! What happened?!" Haku asked, panic evident in his voice. She didn't answer him though, it seemed as though she hadn't heard him. She was staring off into space.
"LIN! What's wrong with her?!" Haku yelled. Lin was beside Chihiro trying to get her attention.
"We have to get her healed!" She said.
"Lin that's a lot easier said then done. Only Yubaba and Zeneba could heal her, and we have no way to get there, not with the magic boundary!" Haku said gathering Chihiro in his arms. Chihiro pulled out of his grip and stood up, hunched over slightly in pain. She closed her eyes tightly, opened them and looked around.
"Chihiro? What are you doing?" if Chihiro heard Haku, she didn't acknowledge him. Instead she walked to a small skylight nearby and looked through it. 'Perfect' she thought. And with that she raised her arms and looked upward towards the sky. A power radiated about her and her eyes started glowing white. After a minute or so a bright surge of light and a wave of power exploded and when it cleared enough for them to see, Chihiro was on the ground, still breathing heavily.
"Wha-What did she do?" Lin asked in amazement.
Haku, being a god, felt what she did. "She lowered the magic wards." He said in astonishment. Chihiro, a /human/ had done something even the greatest magic-casters couldn't. "Lin, I'm going to transform. Pick her up and get on my back. I'll take us to Zeneba's."
"But we don't know if she hasn't been captured." Lin said carefully picking up Chihiro.
"She hasn't. Trust me" He then turned into his magnificent dragon and lowered himself so Lin and Chihiro could get on. Then, in an instant he was gone, flying high up (so not to be seen by the guards) and the fastest he ever had.
T.B.C.
OHH! I like the way that turned out! I had that in planning for a while. It is also longer then my other chapters! I would really like if you read this to review, so press the little blue button please! Well, I /hope/ to put the next chapter put in a week or so, but my deadlines are rarely met so...Until next time!!!
-Heirofarwen
