"What did you do?!" Haku shouted to Yubaba.
Yubaba made a disgusted face and lifted her hand, glaring at Haku, and zipped Haku mouth shut. Haku glared daggers at Yubaba, trying to open his mouth, but it seemed just impossible
"She'll wake up tomorrow." Yubaba muttered in an annoyed, bored tone, and leaned back., muttering something. The tight ropes around Haku loosened their grip, but before they could fall to his sides Haku ripped them apart. He sat on his knees for a moment, grateful now that he could breath easier, and felt his mouth open and close while taking in breaths. Yubaba must have unzipped his mouth...
He looked at Chihiro, getting up and rushing over, but before he could reach her, Yubaba muttered something and Chihiro began to fade...soon, she was completely gone. Haku tried to move. Why weren't his muscles working? When Chihiro had fully disappeared, Haku felt like he'd been released from being tied up again. His body responded, and he fell forward with such a force that it made a slamming sound that shook the room.
He lay there for a few minutes, thinking, his eyes closed tight, his back to Yubaba. He opened his eyes after a while, only to see...fire?...through his fingers. He looked past his hand, and noticed a fire was lit. He turned in shock, staring at Yubaba, and put his hand in front of his eyes. The faded image of Yubaba was there. He was disappearing...?
Now he knows how Chihiro felt a year and a half ago when she had first come here. He entered a small state of panic, then calmed himself, and looked to Yubaba, who was muttering something.
"What are you doing? Where is Chihiro?" Haku demanded.
Yubaba cackled in pleasure. "Well, Haku, if you've noticed, you're fading." she said, pointing to his body. Haku looked down. He tilted his head so he was looking at his stomach. He could hardly make out the fireplace through it and his eyes widened as he quickly looked back to Yubaba.
"Wha-what's happening? Where is Chihiro?" He demanded a second time, realizing that Yubaba had only answered one of his questions.
"As I said, you are fading. You'll be with Chihiro in a moment, do not worry." she held back another laugh of pleasure, waving her finger and chanting something. Haku felt his stomach get a nausious feeling as he saw himself completely fading, and his mind went black. About a minute later, he was in the boiler room. 'Why am I here?' Haku asked himself, tilting his head to look at where Kamajii normally was. But Kamajii wasn't there.
He heard a voice calling his name, and instinctively muttered, "What..." Haku didn't feel like talking now, as if he was sick and tired. Something was shaking his shoulder. He looked up at the face of Kamajii. "Kama-"
"Haku what happened?" Kamajii said, cutting him off. All of the susuwatari were silent, except for a few random sqeaks, and were silently bouncing up and down to see what was going on. But most of them were looking the other way - at something else.
Haku looked at his hand quickly. He was solid. He let his head drop again tiredly only to wince and sit up slightly when the back of his head hit the cold wood ground. He rubbed his head, looking at Kamajii and feeling slightly better. He told him about how Chihiro signed a contract...because of him, and faded, and then he did. Kamajii pointed over to a corner, where most of the susuwatari were looking.
There was Chihiro, laying on a blanket, unconcious.
Yubaba made a disgusted face and lifted her hand, glaring at Haku, and zipped Haku mouth shut. Haku glared daggers at Yubaba, trying to open his mouth, but it seemed just impossible
"She'll wake up tomorrow." Yubaba muttered in an annoyed, bored tone, and leaned back., muttering something. The tight ropes around Haku loosened their grip, but before they could fall to his sides Haku ripped them apart. He sat on his knees for a moment, grateful now that he could breath easier, and felt his mouth open and close while taking in breaths. Yubaba must have unzipped his mouth...
He looked at Chihiro, getting up and rushing over, but before he could reach her, Yubaba muttered something and Chihiro began to fade...soon, she was completely gone. Haku tried to move. Why weren't his muscles working? When Chihiro had fully disappeared, Haku felt like he'd been released from being tied up again. His body responded, and he fell forward with such a force that it made a slamming sound that shook the room.
He lay there for a few minutes, thinking, his eyes closed tight, his back to Yubaba. He opened his eyes after a while, only to see...fire?...through his fingers. He looked past his hand, and noticed a fire was lit. He turned in shock, staring at Yubaba, and put his hand in front of his eyes. The faded image of Yubaba was there. He was disappearing...?
Now he knows how Chihiro felt a year and a half ago when she had first come here. He entered a small state of panic, then calmed himself, and looked to Yubaba, who was muttering something.
"What are you doing? Where is Chihiro?" Haku demanded.
Yubaba cackled in pleasure. "Well, Haku, if you've noticed, you're fading." she said, pointing to his body. Haku looked down. He tilted his head so he was looking at his stomach. He could hardly make out the fireplace through it and his eyes widened as he quickly looked back to Yubaba.
"Wha-what's happening? Where is Chihiro?" He demanded a second time, realizing that Yubaba had only answered one of his questions.
"As I said, you are fading. You'll be with Chihiro in a moment, do not worry." she held back another laugh of pleasure, waving her finger and chanting something. Haku felt his stomach get a nausious feeling as he saw himself completely fading, and his mind went black. About a minute later, he was in the boiler room. 'Why am I here?' Haku asked himself, tilting his head to look at where Kamajii normally was. But Kamajii wasn't there.
He heard a voice calling his name, and instinctively muttered, "What..." Haku didn't feel like talking now, as if he was sick and tired. Something was shaking his shoulder. He looked up at the face of Kamajii. "Kama-"
"Haku what happened?" Kamajii said, cutting him off. All of the susuwatari were silent, except for a few random sqeaks, and were silently bouncing up and down to see what was going on. But most of them were looking the other way - at something else.
Haku looked at his hand quickly. He was solid. He let his head drop again tiredly only to wince and sit up slightly when the back of his head hit the cold wood ground. He rubbed his head, looking at Kamajii and feeling slightly better. He told him about how Chihiro signed a contract...because of him, and faded, and then he did. Kamajii pointed over to a corner, where most of the susuwatari were looking.
There was Chihiro, laying on a blanket, unconcious.