Kohaku was restless that night. He was constantly tossing and turning, trying to find a comfortable position to sleep in. This dream was keeping him awake, he knew. His mind was swarmed, trying to remember what it was that had been said and what had happened. He finally rest is head on his pillow, lying on his side. He closed his eyes and thought back to the dream.
***
He was suiting up in his basketball uniform inside the male locker room at school. His other teammates were sitting around prepping themselves for the big game. The couch was trying to tell them something, but only a few paid him any interest. Their game plan was whatever he decided. The couch just got the credit for it at the end.
He sighed as he finished tying his shoe. He looked up to see the couch staring at him.
"You all right, Rivers?" he asked in a gruff, but concerned voice.
He nodded. "Just fine, Couch. I'm ready when ever you guys are." He smiled. Truth was, he was happy. This was going to be the biggest night of his life. He was exhilarated.
"Alright then! That's what I like to hear, Rivers." He grabbed a basketball up from the rack and threw it to Kohaku, who caught it with ease. "Alright team! Lets follow your team leader to a great victory!"
The team shouted as they followed Kohaku to the main door that led out to the gym. They waited to be announced. As the home team, they had to wait for their opponents to be announced first. A few minutes had passed, and their opponents came running out the other gym doors and into the basketball court. They did one lap then took their seats.
Now it's was Kohaku's turn. He waited for the announcement to begin, and when they called his name, he ran out onto the court, followed by the rest of the team. He dribbled the ball as he made his round around the court, his team always behind him. He finished the lap by slam-dunking his ball into the hoop. There were shouts and hoots from the audience on the home side. Kohaku smiled.
He looked into the crowed and a single little girl caught his attention. She as around the age of ten or so, with brow hair pulled up into a ponytail, and rosy flushed cheeks. She seemed sad as she stared at him, and he had the sudden erg to go comfort her. But his teammates pulled him back down into a huddle to go over the game plan.
The first half of the game whizzed by. It felt like it had just started when suddenly, it was half time. He decided to shoot some hoops while he waited for their break to end. After shooting the first one, he realized how oddly quiet it was. He turned to look at everyone else, but the gym was empty, save for the one little girl he had seen earlier.
He watched her in amazement as she walked down the bleachers, heading toward him. She seemed to shimmer as she walked, still with that sad look on her face.
All of a sudden, he grew dizzy. He dropped the ball he was holding and clutched his head. He fell to one knee and looked back up at the girl. A single word played on his lips. "Sen."
Then the sudden rush of dizziness was gone. He blinked a few times to get his bearings straight. When he looked up, he was amazed.
He no longer stood on the basketball court. He stood on one side of a red bridge, directly behind him a large old bathhouse people had used in the early 1900's. He recognized this place, but he couldn't place where he had seen it before.
He glanced across the bridge and saw a tall girl with wavy brown hair that was pulled up. She smiled at him.
"Chihiro?" he questioned, but he already knew it was her.
"Welcome home, Haku." Her smile faded at her took his first step onto the bridge. "Stop, Haku. Do not cross this bridge."
"Why not?" he asked. He had no idea what was going on, or why Chihiro, the girl he had just met the night before, was in his dreams.
"You must remember before you can cross. If you cross before then, they your memory will be forever lost to you, Haku."
"Memory? Of what?"
She smiled sadly. "This place." She raised her arms above her to signify everything around them. "And the people in it."
He eyes her. "Where are we anyway?"
"The spirit world."
She nodded. "You must remember, Haku, about me, when we were kids. I came here, and you helped me. You were the great water dragon spirit of the Kohaku River. You saved my life."
A thought flashed through his mind as she spoke. A little pink shoe being swept away into a river.
She smiled as if she knew what was going on in his head. "Don't forget us, Haku. Don't you ever forget us. We are your friends. And... I love you. Don't forget me." A sudden wind came up and wrapped itself around her, and she was gone.
"She... loves me?" he wondered out loud, his eyes wide.
Then he awoke.
***
Chihiro was whisked away by the wind. She opened her eyes, blinking into the dark room.
*Where am I?* she thought. She looked around her and realized she was in her own room. She sighed.
Then it hit her. A presence in her room. A dark shadow loomed above her. She wanted to scream, but something was caught in her throat. She could do nothing but pull the blankets up to her chin as she watched the shadow figure descend onto her bed.
"Don't be afraid," the shadow said, in a very much so feminine voice. "I am the Spirit of Dreams. You may call me Yume."
Chihiro could only nod as he fought to sit up. "What do you want?"
The figure smiled. "I was sent an old friend of yours. I owed him a favor. Now I am repaying that favor."
"Who are you talking about? And what favor?"
"He told me not to give his name. But I can tell you what I was told to do. I was told to help your friend, Haku, regain is memory through dream."
"Haku?" Chihiro was surprised. "My dream..."
She nodded. "I had to search Haku's mind for his hidden memories, and I found them. I cannot make him believe that they are true, only help bring them out in the form of a dream. And as you know, anything can happen in a dream."
"So... he had the same dream just now?"
Yume nodded. "You acted upon your own free will in the dream, Sen. I just produced the memories from Haku's mind. Everything else was you."
Chihiro blushed. "So when I told him..."
Yume nodded again. "He will only think his imagination was going wild with him when he wakes up. You will have to tell him in real life if you wish for him to know."
Chihiro nodded. "I just don't want to say anything until... until he can remember."
The shadow nodded. "I understand." She paused. "The night grows weary. Day will soon approach. I must take leave. I shall be back to check up on you." And with that she disappeared as Chihiro's door flew open and her lights came on.
"What going on in here?" her father asked, looking suspiciously into the room.
"Nothing." Chihiro said, yawning.
"I heard some mumbling."
Chihiro shook her head and turned on her side, her back to her father. "I was having a restless dream. Probably just talking in my sleep, dad. Goodnight."
Her father looked around the room one more time to make sure everything was all right, then turned the light off and closed the door.
*Good thing he's so dense* Chihiro thought to herself as she rolled back over into her back. She couldn't sleep now. Her thoughts were running away with her.
***
Well.. how was the dream? It was so much better in my other make of this chapter, but of course, like I said in my Authors Note that has now been erased, my floopy destroyed that file. CUSRE Floopies!
Anyway, I'm glad I updated. I feel good when I update. I just have to get these idea out of my head!! ARG! I should update again on Tuesday, so less then a week. So look forward for that chapter. Ja for now!!
~~Sil Sil~~
***
He was suiting up in his basketball uniform inside the male locker room at school. His other teammates were sitting around prepping themselves for the big game. The couch was trying to tell them something, but only a few paid him any interest. Their game plan was whatever he decided. The couch just got the credit for it at the end.
He sighed as he finished tying his shoe. He looked up to see the couch staring at him.
"You all right, Rivers?" he asked in a gruff, but concerned voice.
He nodded. "Just fine, Couch. I'm ready when ever you guys are." He smiled. Truth was, he was happy. This was going to be the biggest night of his life. He was exhilarated.
"Alright then! That's what I like to hear, Rivers." He grabbed a basketball up from the rack and threw it to Kohaku, who caught it with ease. "Alright team! Lets follow your team leader to a great victory!"
The team shouted as they followed Kohaku to the main door that led out to the gym. They waited to be announced. As the home team, they had to wait for their opponents to be announced first. A few minutes had passed, and their opponents came running out the other gym doors and into the basketball court. They did one lap then took their seats.
Now it's was Kohaku's turn. He waited for the announcement to begin, and when they called his name, he ran out onto the court, followed by the rest of the team. He dribbled the ball as he made his round around the court, his team always behind him. He finished the lap by slam-dunking his ball into the hoop. There were shouts and hoots from the audience on the home side. Kohaku smiled.
He looked into the crowed and a single little girl caught his attention. She as around the age of ten or so, with brow hair pulled up into a ponytail, and rosy flushed cheeks. She seemed sad as she stared at him, and he had the sudden erg to go comfort her. But his teammates pulled him back down into a huddle to go over the game plan.
The first half of the game whizzed by. It felt like it had just started when suddenly, it was half time. He decided to shoot some hoops while he waited for their break to end. After shooting the first one, he realized how oddly quiet it was. He turned to look at everyone else, but the gym was empty, save for the one little girl he had seen earlier.
He watched her in amazement as she walked down the bleachers, heading toward him. She seemed to shimmer as she walked, still with that sad look on her face.
All of a sudden, he grew dizzy. He dropped the ball he was holding and clutched his head. He fell to one knee and looked back up at the girl. A single word played on his lips. "Sen."
Then the sudden rush of dizziness was gone. He blinked a few times to get his bearings straight. When he looked up, he was amazed.
He no longer stood on the basketball court. He stood on one side of a red bridge, directly behind him a large old bathhouse people had used in the early 1900's. He recognized this place, but he couldn't place where he had seen it before.
He glanced across the bridge and saw a tall girl with wavy brown hair that was pulled up. She smiled at him.
"Chihiro?" he questioned, but he already knew it was her.
"Welcome home, Haku." Her smile faded at her took his first step onto the bridge. "Stop, Haku. Do not cross this bridge."
"Why not?" he asked. He had no idea what was going on, or why Chihiro, the girl he had just met the night before, was in his dreams.
"You must remember before you can cross. If you cross before then, they your memory will be forever lost to you, Haku."
"Memory? Of what?"
She smiled sadly. "This place." She raised her arms above her to signify everything around them. "And the people in it."
He eyes her. "Where are we anyway?"
"The spirit world."
She nodded. "You must remember, Haku, about me, when we were kids. I came here, and you helped me. You were the great water dragon spirit of the Kohaku River. You saved my life."
A thought flashed through his mind as she spoke. A little pink shoe being swept away into a river.
She smiled as if she knew what was going on in his head. "Don't forget us, Haku. Don't you ever forget us. We are your friends. And... I love you. Don't forget me." A sudden wind came up and wrapped itself around her, and she was gone.
"She... loves me?" he wondered out loud, his eyes wide.
Then he awoke.
***
Chihiro was whisked away by the wind. She opened her eyes, blinking into the dark room.
*Where am I?* she thought. She looked around her and realized she was in her own room. She sighed.
Then it hit her. A presence in her room. A dark shadow loomed above her. She wanted to scream, but something was caught in her throat. She could do nothing but pull the blankets up to her chin as she watched the shadow figure descend onto her bed.
"Don't be afraid," the shadow said, in a very much so feminine voice. "I am the Spirit of Dreams. You may call me Yume."
Chihiro could only nod as he fought to sit up. "What do you want?"
The figure smiled. "I was sent an old friend of yours. I owed him a favor. Now I am repaying that favor."
"Who are you talking about? And what favor?"
"He told me not to give his name. But I can tell you what I was told to do. I was told to help your friend, Haku, regain is memory through dream."
"Haku?" Chihiro was surprised. "My dream..."
She nodded. "I had to search Haku's mind for his hidden memories, and I found them. I cannot make him believe that they are true, only help bring them out in the form of a dream. And as you know, anything can happen in a dream."
"So... he had the same dream just now?"
Yume nodded. "You acted upon your own free will in the dream, Sen. I just produced the memories from Haku's mind. Everything else was you."
Chihiro blushed. "So when I told him..."
Yume nodded again. "He will only think his imagination was going wild with him when he wakes up. You will have to tell him in real life if you wish for him to know."
Chihiro nodded. "I just don't want to say anything until... until he can remember."
The shadow nodded. "I understand." She paused. "The night grows weary. Day will soon approach. I must take leave. I shall be back to check up on you." And with that she disappeared as Chihiro's door flew open and her lights came on.
"What going on in here?" her father asked, looking suspiciously into the room.
"Nothing." Chihiro said, yawning.
"I heard some mumbling."
Chihiro shook her head and turned on her side, her back to her father. "I was having a restless dream. Probably just talking in my sleep, dad. Goodnight."
Her father looked around the room one more time to make sure everything was all right, then turned the light off and closed the door.
*Good thing he's so dense* Chihiro thought to herself as she rolled back over into her back. She couldn't sleep now. Her thoughts were running away with her.
***
Well.. how was the dream? It was so much better in my other make of this chapter, but of course, like I said in my Authors Note that has now been erased, my floopy destroyed that file. CUSRE Floopies!
Anyway, I'm glad I updated. I feel good when I update. I just have to get these idea out of my head!! ARG! I should update again on Tuesday, so less then a week. So look forward for that chapter. Ja for now!!
~~Sil Sil~~