Spirit me back
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Chapter 3: Empty room, empty heart
Chihiro placed her things into her room and started to unpack. Tomorrow she was going to go to school. She couldn't remember what the name of the school was or where her parents told her where it was located. She sighed.
"I hate school." She mumbled and placed a few more things into place before she went down stairs. She made some toast and walked out side. She wondered if the area had a lake or even a river. She guessed not.
"I'll just go for a walk and see if they have anything I know here." She looked at the car and decided driving would be better. "Mom! Can I use the car!?" She yelled into the house. She grabbed the keys when her mother sad yes. She got into the car and drove more into town. She stopped when she found an old oriental shop.
She walked into the store. Someone behind the counter greeted her in her in native tongue. Chihiro turned and bowed at them and replying with her own greeting. "Excuse me but is there a bath house in Pensacola?" She asked. The lady smiled.
"I'm afraid not. Why do you ask?" The lady asked her.
"We just moved from Japan and I wanted to work in a bath house. I guess I can find something else to do." Chihiro said sighing. She had been doing that a lot lately. As she stared at the woman se realized how she looked like the woman who looked after her in the other world.
"What's your name?" The woman smiled.
"My name is Chihiro, ma'am." She said.
"Chihiro, what a beautiful name." She said as Chihiro blushed. Chihiro turned around and began to look through the store.
She found some old statues. One was of Maneki Neko, the beckoning cat. She smiled at the familiar welcoming cat. She then noticed a couple of fat happy Buddhas and a chinese dragon. She stared at it a while. It reminded her of him. "Kohaku..." she whispered. She looked at the price. She had just enough for it. She walked to the counter and bought it and a pokey. She wrapped it up so it wouldn't brake and placed it into a bag.
"Hope you come again." The lady said bowing. Chihiro bowed too and left the shop. She got into her parents car and drove home. She placed the statue on a box in the corner of her room. She smiled at it from her bed. She missed him so much and now nothing would make her forget him.
She went down stair to eat supper with her parents. She never told them about the other world. It made sense, who wants to know they had been giant pigs for a long time until their daughter saved them? She ate some food and went back up stairs and into her room.
She got her school stuff together and looked at it. She remember what the shop lady said about her name. Everyone from the other world had said her name was beautiful. She decided the americans aren't good enough to say her name. Besides they might not be able to say it right. She will use her new name, Sen. She missed using it and hearing it, so this was just one way of getting over that.
Chihiro looked out the window and sighed as she began to think about Kohaku. "Kohaku...would you go as Haku? Or Kohaku?" She crawled into bed and went to sleep.