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"This is all Sen's fault anyways, and she'll pay very, very severly......With her life."
My eyes widened and suddenly for the first time, adrenaline and and panic rushed through me like water. I literally froze and my voice was stuck inside my throat. I couldn't help but think what Baby Boh would have done to his mother when he heard that. He'd probably pounce her with his gigantic body. Unfortunately, he was sleeping from the long journey we recently had.
Yubaba was smiling again now. That same smirk. She seemed to enjoy very much the shock on my face. It was amazing how she could change moods so quickly.
"What, why are so shocked, Ha- I mean, KOHAKU? Cat got your tongue?"
How dare she? How could she be so cruel as to threaten me with the most horrible thing and yet still tease me? I wanted to hurt her so badly, but even with my magic, it isn't half as powerful as hers. She could kill me in a snap, and according to her, that's precisely what she is going to do to Chihiro.
I clenched my fists even harder. She can't be serious! I started to tremble in my thought. Not in anger, yet in fear. I couldn't move not one muscle from my place.
'She is only so young,' I thought. 'After leaving this terrible realm, just after, she'll be gone.'
"You should've known she'd soon die, Kohaku," she said walking back to her shelves non-chanlantly and casual. "I thought you already knew what happens to those who fool around with me,"she finished with another growl.
"Doesn't matter. Just one incantation, and POOF! She'll be gone!" And she laughed her cruel, cold laugh.
But I really wasn't paying much attention. I was already buried far too deep in my thoughts.
'She hasn't even known life. She'll never know true happiness with her kind.'
"Now where is that book...Hmmm..Aha! Here it is!" (A/n: if you haven't noticed, this is Yubaba speaking. We're going alternate now.)
'All her family will grieve for her, just as she'll do the same for them. She'll be unhappy till eternity.'
The sounds of pages flipping went unnoticed to me. "Hmm.....Now, where is that stupid spell?"
My position still stayed the same: body trembling, hands clenched, and head bent down.
'And even though she'll be a spirit, I'll still won't see her as she'll be placed somewhere I can never reach. Instead she'll be a soul, as I am a spirit. She'll be stuck in this miserable place forever without the tiniest memory of the great pleasures of life. She'll be cold and sad.......just like me....'
"Ah, finally! Oh, and Kohaku, you're welcome to join me in the destruction of that Sen of yours if you want."
'...Just like me....No! I can't let that happen!'
"Stop," I said. Yubaba stopped right before she started the incantation."If you want to take Chihiro's life," I took a deep breath. "Take mine instead."
Yubaba's eyes lifted off the book to look at me and widened in amusement. She was now currently sitting back in her desk with an old dusty book opened up in front of her. "Have you been drinking too much sake today, Kohaku? Kami-sama knows your still under aged." she said with a smile and chuckle.
I should have known that she would never take me serious unless faced with a serious matter. I guess the loss of my "aprenticeship" (slavery of her dirty work) with her was fairly important, to HER lazy self. But Yubaba also had something serious against me that kind of even upped the score.
I responded with a glare. Nothing could really be responded to that comment.
"You can stop the joking now, Kohaku. Ha, ha very funny. Now why don't we watch your dear Sen's death together, ne?" And her eyes turned back to the aged book.
"Why would I be joking?" I said through clenched teeth.
And then all signs of teasement and mock suddenly disappeared from Yubaba's face. She slowly lifted her head back to me.
She whispered in a soft disbelieving voice, "You'd really do that? You'd give up your life for a puny little brat who you've only met a week ago?" (A/N: Yubaba doesn't know about the day at the river)
When those little questions were thrown at me, I realized that the answer was yes. Pure and simply yes. Chihiro truly WAS the only one who cared. And I just realized, that I cared for her just as much. She was precious to me. My only friend. And I'd gladly give up my life for her anytime.
I felt the wrinkles on my face fade from its angry form. I couldn't really believe myself. My whole life with Yubaba really involved survival, which meant yourself. Only to do what your told and shut up. But now, to be concerned about someone else, was very surprising for me. I guess this is what Kamaji called 'love'.
"Yes," I said out of breath."I would."
"Okay then," she said back to her normal tone. She went back to her book and started to flip pages once again. "I'll agree to your request, Kohaku. I shall give you Death. But are you sure? You know that this is not reverseable."
"Yes, I know. But I am sure," I calmly said. I was surprised that my insides weren't turning inside out. "But you must promise, that once I'm gone, you WON'T take Chihiro's life anyhow."
"Yes, yes. I promise," she said quite impatiently. "Now let's get this over with. Aha!," she stabbed her finger at a page. "Step forward."
I took another deep breath and did as what as I was told.
'I'm sorry that I'll never be able to keep our promise, Chihiro'
"Are you ready?" Yubaba asked.
"Yes." I'm surprised that I'm not panicking inside, yet instead, calm. "Do what you have to."
I closed my eyes and Yubaba started the new incantation.
Nothing happened..............Yet.
I couldn't really decipher what she was saying, as my mind was occupied with something else. I could feel my bones weaken and my skin shrivel up. My knees became weak and I couldn't stand straight anymore. It felt like all my bones were turning into dust and were now tumbling over. Something was very wrong here. Maybe it was part of my death. I finally opened my eyes.
Yubaba had just finished her spell now and was staring at me, observing my destruction. But why am I still here? I'd think that I'd be in the Pit of Lost Souls already. (A/N: You know that big pit Chihiro and Haku fell in but Haku flew into the vent leading to the boiler room just in time?) Must I suffer a long death?
Then I couldn't stand at all any longer. I felt that I was drowning in vulnerability. I sank down to the floor and accepted it. All of it. But when my hair fell over my face, I saw that my once ebony hair was turning into this silvery gray. I stifled a small gasp. I lifted my arm to my eyes. My skin was slowly shrinking and dissolving away, and its color was changing from my normal flesh to a rotting brown.
"Yubaba......" I was shocked hearing my voice. It was more deeper, and croaked like a frog. "What's going on......"
"Shush. You're almost out of time," I struggled to open my mouth to say something, but she silenced me before I could speak and continued on. "I have given you what you wanted, only in the form in life. What other kind of death is there? I knew you expected the Pit, but that wasn't what you asked for, was it? You're still a spirit, Kohaku, immortal. So this was the only way."
I could not take it anymore. I could hardly move any part of my body, let alone my lips to speak. My body, I felt, was turning to dust. Rotting before I died. (A/N: picture a mummy with no wrappings, two hundred years from now. Ahhh! What have I done to my handsome Haku!)
'I'm so sorry Chihiro.'
"Basically Kohaku, you're human. And at the same age you are when you were still a spirit. (A/n: Which is a looong time.) You should be honered that I'm trying not to cover my nose, cause the smell is REPULSIVE. Especially of a human that's rotting."
'Goodbye, and I'm sorry that I'll never be able to keep our promise.'
I was sure that this time, that I would truly be gone from this world. Both worlds. I looked down at my decayed arm and saw that Yubaba was right. My arm was already starting to disappear. (A/N: Remember, that if you disappear a human in the spirit world, you become nothing....I think that's what Haku said.)
"Your death will come soon, Kohaku,"said Yubaba, both her eyes and voice emotionless.
'For her.'
I closed my eyes and waited to be erased from existence.................
A/N: Sorry for the cliffie. This was originally part of one chapter with the real ending, but I just couldn't escape that beautiful cliffhanger. Anyways, ::throws a bunch of mini plushie Haku's in the air to the reviewers:: And there's plenty of that people!! All ya have to do is click that purple little button.
"This is all Sen's fault anyways, and she'll pay very, very severly......With her life."
My eyes widened and suddenly for the first time, adrenaline and and panic rushed through me like water. I literally froze and my voice was stuck inside my throat. I couldn't help but think what Baby Boh would have done to his mother when he heard that. He'd probably pounce her with his gigantic body. Unfortunately, he was sleeping from the long journey we recently had.
Yubaba was smiling again now. That same smirk. She seemed to enjoy very much the shock on my face. It was amazing how she could change moods so quickly.
"What, why are so shocked, Ha- I mean, KOHAKU? Cat got your tongue?"
How dare she? How could she be so cruel as to threaten me with the most horrible thing and yet still tease me? I wanted to hurt her so badly, but even with my magic, it isn't half as powerful as hers. She could kill me in a snap, and according to her, that's precisely what she is going to do to Chihiro.
I clenched my fists even harder. She can't be serious! I started to tremble in my thought. Not in anger, yet in fear. I couldn't move not one muscle from my place.
'She is only so young,' I thought. 'After leaving this terrible realm, just after, she'll be gone.'
"You should've known she'd soon die, Kohaku," she said walking back to her shelves non-chanlantly and casual. "I thought you already knew what happens to those who fool around with me,"she finished with another growl.
"Doesn't matter. Just one incantation, and POOF! She'll be gone!" And she laughed her cruel, cold laugh.
But I really wasn't paying much attention. I was already buried far too deep in my thoughts.
'She hasn't even known life. She'll never know true happiness with her kind.'
"Now where is that book...Hmmm..Aha! Here it is!" (A/n: if you haven't noticed, this is Yubaba speaking. We're going alternate now.)
'All her family will grieve for her, just as she'll do the same for them. She'll be unhappy till eternity.'
The sounds of pages flipping went unnoticed to me. "Hmm.....Now, where is that stupid spell?"
My position still stayed the same: body trembling, hands clenched, and head bent down.
'And even though she'll be a spirit, I'll still won't see her as she'll be placed somewhere I can never reach. Instead she'll be a soul, as I am a spirit. She'll be stuck in this miserable place forever without the tiniest memory of the great pleasures of life. She'll be cold and sad.......just like me....'
"Ah, finally! Oh, and Kohaku, you're welcome to join me in the destruction of that Sen of yours if you want."
'...Just like me....No! I can't let that happen!'
"Stop," I said. Yubaba stopped right before she started the incantation."If you want to take Chihiro's life," I took a deep breath. "Take mine instead."
Yubaba's eyes lifted off the book to look at me and widened in amusement. She was now currently sitting back in her desk with an old dusty book opened up in front of her. "Have you been drinking too much sake today, Kohaku? Kami-sama knows your still under aged." she said with a smile and chuckle.
I should have known that she would never take me serious unless faced with a serious matter. I guess the loss of my "aprenticeship" (slavery of her dirty work) with her was fairly important, to HER lazy self. But Yubaba also had something serious against me that kind of even upped the score.
I responded with a glare. Nothing could really be responded to that comment.
"You can stop the joking now, Kohaku. Ha, ha very funny. Now why don't we watch your dear Sen's death together, ne?" And her eyes turned back to the aged book.
"Why would I be joking?" I said through clenched teeth.
And then all signs of teasement and mock suddenly disappeared from Yubaba's face. She slowly lifted her head back to me.
She whispered in a soft disbelieving voice, "You'd really do that? You'd give up your life for a puny little brat who you've only met a week ago?" (A/N: Yubaba doesn't know about the day at the river)
When those little questions were thrown at me, I realized that the answer was yes. Pure and simply yes. Chihiro truly WAS the only one who cared. And I just realized, that I cared for her just as much. She was precious to me. My only friend. And I'd gladly give up my life for her anytime.
I felt the wrinkles on my face fade from its angry form. I couldn't really believe myself. My whole life with Yubaba really involved survival, which meant yourself. Only to do what your told and shut up. But now, to be concerned about someone else, was very surprising for me. I guess this is what Kamaji called 'love'.
"Yes," I said out of breath."I would."
"Okay then," she said back to her normal tone. She went back to her book and started to flip pages once again. "I'll agree to your request, Kohaku. I shall give you Death. But are you sure? You know that this is not reverseable."
"Yes, I know. But I am sure," I calmly said. I was surprised that my insides weren't turning inside out. "But you must promise, that once I'm gone, you WON'T take Chihiro's life anyhow."
"Yes, yes. I promise," she said quite impatiently. "Now let's get this over with. Aha!," she stabbed her finger at a page. "Step forward."
I took another deep breath and did as what as I was told.
'I'm sorry that I'll never be able to keep our promise, Chihiro'
"Are you ready?" Yubaba asked.
"Yes." I'm surprised that I'm not panicking inside, yet instead, calm. "Do what you have to."
I closed my eyes and Yubaba started the new incantation.
Nothing happened..............Yet.
I couldn't really decipher what she was saying, as my mind was occupied with something else. I could feel my bones weaken and my skin shrivel up. My knees became weak and I couldn't stand straight anymore. It felt like all my bones were turning into dust and were now tumbling over. Something was very wrong here. Maybe it was part of my death. I finally opened my eyes.
Yubaba had just finished her spell now and was staring at me, observing my destruction. But why am I still here? I'd think that I'd be in the Pit of Lost Souls already. (A/N: You know that big pit Chihiro and Haku fell in but Haku flew into the vent leading to the boiler room just in time?) Must I suffer a long death?
Then I couldn't stand at all any longer. I felt that I was drowning in vulnerability. I sank down to the floor and accepted it. All of it. But when my hair fell over my face, I saw that my once ebony hair was turning into this silvery gray. I stifled a small gasp. I lifted my arm to my eyes. My skin was slowly shrinking and dissolving away, and its color was changing from my normal flesh to a rotting brown.
"Yubaba......" I was shocked hearing my voice. It was more deeper, and croaked like a frog. "What's going on......"
"Shush. You're almost out of time," I struggled to open my mouth to say something, but she silenced me before I could speak and continued on. "I have given you what you wanted, only in the form in life. What other kind of death is there? I knew you expected the Pit, but that wasn't what you asked for, was it? You're still a spirit, Kohaku, immortal. So this was the only way."
I could not take it anymore. I could hardly move any part of my body, let alone my lips to speak. My body, I felt, was turning to dust. Rotting before I died. (A/N: picture a mummy with no wrappings, two hundred years from now. Ahhh! What have I done to my handsome Haku!)
'I'm so sorry Chihiro.'
"Basically Kohaku, you're human. And at the same age you are when you were still a spirit. (A/n: Which is a looong time.) You should be honered that I'm trying not to cover my nose, cause the smell is REPULSIVE. Especially of a human that's rotting."
'Goodbye, and I'm sorry that I'll never be able to keep our promise.'
I was sure that this time, that I would truly be gone from this world. Both worlds. I looked down at my decayed arm and saw that Yubaba was right. My arm was already starting to disappear. (A/N: Remember, that if you disappear a human in the spirit world, you become nothing....I think that's what Haku said.)
"Your death will come soon, Kohaku,"said Yubaba, both her eyes and voice emotionless.
'For her.'
I closed my eyes and waited to be erased from existence.................
A/N: Sorry for the cliffie. This was originally part of one chapter with the real ending, but I just couldn't escape that beautiful cliffhanger. Anyways, ::throws a bunch of mini plushie Haku's in the air to the reviewers:: And there's plenty of that people!! All ya have to do is click that purple little button.