Seasons of the Heart
Disclaimer: I dont own Spirited Away. Only this story and the OC.
Chapter Three: Beyond the Naked Eye
"Kohaku?"
Was he really here?...
Or was it another silly illusion?...
The trees seemed to sway around them, following the direction of the winds.
The moon still mysterious, the stars still twinkling. "Kohaku?" she repeated.
Letting the wind carry his name. His eyes were still the same passionate jade.
"Chihiro..." it was'nt a question, but rather a statement. How beautiful had
her name sounded through his lips. 'He really is here... it was'nt a dream afterall'
she thought. "You're really here... alive, and not a dream." she said softly. Her
eyes still looking at his.
"Yes, I'm really here, alive, and not a dream." he answered with a slight grin
on his face. Her eyes tried to memorize every single bit of his face. His eyes, his
nose, his lips, but most of all his smile.
His arms were still wrapped around her protectively. 'So this is what love
feels like... nice.' he thought. He had heard about love and romance of all kinds
from the bathouse workers. Greedy they were, they still had a heart or at least some
of it. Gossips quickly spread around the bathouse, and so he had heard a few love
stories. No matter what kind the story is, it all says the same thing- love is
wonderful, love is like air you cant live without it. He always thought that love
was a waste of his time. Besides it wasnt like he had anyone special in his heart,
that is until he met her. Six years had been too long, and he hated himself for
taking this much long just to get here.
He had six years to work on his pride issue and his emotions. Plus he had to
learn how to have patience. Telling Yubaba that he wanted to quit was easier than he
thought. Yubaba had known this would happen, she tore his contract and told him to
live with her twin Zeneba for the meantime. But as she told him so, she had that
sympathetic look in her eyes that told him that she knew something he didnt. 'Come
to think about it Zeneba had that same look in her eyes whenever I talked about
Chihiro.' he thought. Was something bad going to happen? he prayed not. A movement
in his arms brought him back to reality.
Chihiro hid her face in his chest, smelling his scent of fresh water and green
tea. Contented, she sighed happily, but not before taking a peek at her watch '9:45,
I still have fifteen minutes left.' "I missed you so much." he said. "I missed you
more." she replied. This was like one of the scenes in one the romantic movies Julia
Roberts would star in. She almost felt like a little schoolgirl who's talking about
her crush infront of her friends.
"I thought you'd never come." she said. He felt guilty as she said that. He
had made her wait far too long, he mentally slapped himself. "I'm sorry Chihiro."
He really was.
"Its alright, you're here now. I'm gonna be just fine." she said with a hint
of determination in her voice. Instantly, Kohaku felt even more guilty, added with
a touch of selfishness. Chihiro sensed the tensed feeling in his arms and asked,
"Whats wrong?". Kohaku sighed. This really wasnt the best plan he made, but it was
the only one available so far. "Chihiro, what I'm about to ask you may shock you,
and I expect that there's a possibility that you might not agree to this," he paused
"its a long story. So to make it short, I want you to come with me to Aburaya."
'Did he... did he just ask me to come with him to Aburaya?' she thought. She
felt dizzy all of a sudden. "Why?" she asked. Kohaku slightly frowned, 'Why?... is
she saying she doesnt want to come?'. He answered "I cant stay here in your world,
Zeneba only gave me enough time to talk to you and ask you to come back with me. My
magic isnt strong enough to tie me in your world, if I stay, I'll slowly vanish to
thin air. Do you want that?". He was silently praying that she would come with him.
"N-no, I dont want you to vanish, but do I have to come with you today? I
at least would like to say goodbye to my parents and I'd like to pack too and...
and... Wow," she breathed in "this is so sudden... I mean you come out of nowhere
to ask me to come with you."
"I'm sorry..." he said softly. "No, let me finish. I've been waiting for six
years. Waiting and waiting for you. And now that you've come the first thing you say
is to come with you. Hello? you didnt even say hi to me. You have no idea how sudden
this is Kohaku."
"Yes, I do." The whole place became silent and too awkward. This was not how
Chihiro imagined their meeting. She sighed. He sighed. Chihiro felt like laughing.
Oh yeah, this was far from how she imagined it. Laughter bubbled in her lips. She
couldnt help it. Soon enough, Kohaku joined in. They laughed for the whole five
minutes.
"You dont have to come with me now, the latest you could come could be at
least tomorrow and no later." he instructed. She nodded. Then she thought about her
friends Jengo and Hana. "Would you mind if I bring my friends?" she asked. He was
silent for a moment and a calculating look appeared on his face. "I suppose so,
Yubaba has been friendly eversince you left. How many?" he asked. "Just two."
she answered.
"I have to go now, I'm starting to become one with the winds once more. But
promise me to meet me at the bridge tomorrow afternoon, and no later."
"Yes, I promise. I'll see you, and I wont be late." she promised. She took a
hold of his hands and looked at his green eyes. Her face reddened and she blushed.
'Okay Chihiro, just do it. Its not gonna kill you.' she giggled. Then, quicker than
his eyes could see, Chihiro grabbed his hands and landed a soft, quick kiss on his
lips. Kohakus eyes widened. This was actually Chihiros first kiss, though she did'nt
mind making the first move. Just when Kohaku was about to kiss back, he quickly
disappeared into the wind. Living Chihiro, with a sappy little smile on her face.
Which was quickly replaced with panic, 'Oh no, what time is it?'. She looked at her
watch. Nine fifty-eight. 'Oh boy.' She ran as fast as she could to her home, but
not before doing another one of her infamous victory jig.
This was a wonderful day, first she was able to tell Jengo about the Spirit
World, second she got to see Kohaku and he invited her to come with him, third she
kissed him and forth she was able to come home before 11:00. Yep, this was great
day.
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Ehnshi was bored. They had been waiting for sixteen long years for their plan
to take action, and now that it has the Master had told them that they had to wait
for another few years again. Only part one of the plan has been completed, the rest
was still waiting to happen. Ehnshi was'nt born patient, she never was and never will
be. She envied Byakko that the Master had sent him on an errand, 'At least he's not
bored.' she thought. She gave out a yawn and stared at her reflection at the mirror.
'Pretty, is what defines me.' she proudly thought, as she played with one of her
blond curls.
"Stop looking at the mirror, it might break." the intruder smirked.
'Huntrell.' she darkly thought. "Dont you have work?" she mumbled. "Nope.", she
frowned. Huntrell was one of her least favorite person around here. "You think you're
so special, just because the Master favors you."
"The Master does not favor me, I favor him." Huntrell said softly, emphasizing
the I in her sentence. Ehnshi glared at Huntrell, she hated her. She was beautiful,
wise and her fighting skills were impressive. Huntrell was everything the Master
wanted. Everything Ehnshi wanted to be. Huntrell was a bundle of secrets, even the
Master knew little of her. It was haunting and bewitching. Even her looks was haunting,
her long auburn hair was like fire every night, it seemed to burn everything in sight.
Her cat-like yellow green eyes, full of centuries worth of secrets. Huntrell was really
like an angel. If Ehnshi did'nt know better she'd say Huntrell was one of the Fallen
Ones. She mentally smacked herself, 'The Fallen Ones are long gone, the gods had
already destroyed them.', but a rumor from long ago had planted itself in her mind
once more.
There was rumor she had heard from one of the gossiping demi-gods that one of the
Fallen Ones was still alive, but that was so long ago, it couldnt be true. Still, if
looked closer, Huntrell could easily pass off as one of the Fallen Ones and no one
would notice the difference. She silently agreed with herself.
"Dont you have anything better to do than look at yourself in the mirror?"
Huntrells annoyed voice brought Ehnshi back to reality. "Not really. I've already
killed the trolls Master Chronos asked me." Ah yes, the trolls... annoying, stupid
creatures. Up until now, Ehnshi couldnt believe as to why the gods built this beasts.
What good were they for anyway? "What about the twin thieving fairies the Master asked
you to do?" Shirri and Fye, 'Damn fairies!' she angrily thought. "Dead." she answered.
"Both of them?... are you sure?" Huntrell asked. Ehnshi wasnt surprised as to
why Huntrell asked this, fairies were'nt stupid. They were fast creatures, the perfect
thieves actually. '...but they deserved it.' she sneered. Shirri and Fye had stolen the
Masters golden Emblem. She really didnt know what it was for, all she knew was just to
kill the twins and to get the Emblem back. "Yes, I'm very sure." she muttered.
Her voice echoed around her room, her icy blue eyes scanned the area. Huntrell had
left. 'Bitch.' she thought.
*I heard that.*
'Quit reading my mind! Huntrell.'
*You're just mad because your psychic powers are a failure.*
'Go away.'
*Fine.*
Enshi frowned. Huntrell was right her psychic powers were a failure. She just did
not have the patience for it. She hated being the youngest in her group, because of
this most everyone thought she was inexperienced. Which led to having Huntrell as her
tutor. She sighed angrily, 'I need to go outside.', she let out her butterfly-like
wings and flew off her window, into the secret world of the night.
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Beyond the Naked Eye,
lies a world of magic.
Far from reality,
a land for wishers and dreamers,
liars and story-tellers.
Beyond the Naked Eye.
~Shibahime Hibiya
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REVIEW RESPONSE:
Kawaii Sakura-chan: Thank you so much for reviewing! ^_^ and I agree she did become
strong and brave. Thanks for reading it despite the messy format, I'm still trying
to fix it.^_^ and hope you like this chapter.
A/N: This chapter is in another different format as you can tell. The next few chaps.
might have different formats, because I'm still trying to figure out this whole
format thingie. Bare with me. And please read and review. Hopefully this would have
a better looking format than the first two ones.
See ya. R+R ^_^
Disclaimer: I dont own Spirited Away. Only this story and the OC.
Chapter Three: Beyond the Naked Eye
"Kohaku?"
Was he really here?...
Or was it another silly illusion?...
The trees seemed to sway around them, following the direction of the winds.
The moon still mysterious, the stars still twinkling. "Kohaku?" she repeated.
Letting the wind carry his name. His eyes were still the same passionate jade.
"Chihiro..." it was'nt a question, but rather a statement. How beautiful had
her name sounded through his lips. 'He really is here... it was'nt a dream afterall'
she thought. "You're really here... alive, and not a dream." she said softly. Her
eyes still looking at his.
"Yes, I'm really here, alive, and not a dream." he answered with a slight grin
on his face. Her eyes tried to memorize every single bit of his face. His eyes, his
nose, his lips, but most of all his smile.
His arms were still wrapped around her protectively. 'So this is what love
feels like... nice.' he thought. He had heard about love and romance of all kinds
from the bathouse workers. Greedy they were, they still had a heart or at least some
of it. Gossips quickly spread around the bathouse, and so he had heard a few love
stories. No matter what kind the story is, it all says the same thing- love is
wonderful, love is like air you cant live without it. He always thought that love
was a waste of his time. Besides it wasnt like he had anyone special in his heart,
that is until he met her. Six years had been too long, and he hated himself for
taking this much long just to get here.
He had six years to work on his pride issue and his emotions. Plus he had to
learn how to have patience. Telling Yubaba that he wanted to quit was easier than he
thought. Yubaba had known this would happen, she tore his contract and told him to
live with her twin Zeneba for the meantime. But as she told him so, she had that
sympathetic look in her eyes that told him that she knew something he didnt. 'Come
to think about it Zeneba had that same look in her eyes whenever I talked about
Chihiro.' he thought. Was something bad going to happen? he prayed not. A movement
in his arms brought him back to reality.
Chihiro hid her face in his chest, smelling his scent of fresh water and green
tea. Contented, she sighed happily, but not before taking a peek at her watch '9:45,
I still have fifteen minutes left.' "I missed you so much." he said. "I missed you
more." she replied. This was like one of the scenes in one the romantic movies Julia
Roberts would star in. She almost felt like a little schoolgirl who's talking about
her crush infront of her friends.
"I thought you'd never come." she said. He felt guilty as she said that. He
had made her wait far too long, he mentally slapped himself. "I'm sorry Chihiro."
He really was.
"Its alright, you're here now. I'm gonna be just fine." she said with a hint
of determination in her voice. Instantly, Kohaku felt even more guilty, added with
a touch of selfishness. Chihiro sensed the tensed feeling in his arms and asked,
"Whats wrong?". Kohaku sighed. This really wasnt the best plan he made, but it was
the only one available so far. "Chihiro, what I'm about to ask you may shock you,
and I expect that there's a possibility that you might not agree to this," he paused
"its a long story. So to make it short, I want you to come with me to Aburaya."
'Did he... did he just ask me to come with him to Aburaya?' she thought. She
felt dizzy all of a sudden. "Why?" she asked. Kohaku slightly frowned, 'Why?... is
she saying she doesnt want to come?'. He answered "I cant stay here in your world,
Zeneba only gave me enough time to talk to you and ask you to come back with me. My
magic isnt strong enough to tie me in your world, if I stay, I'll slowly vanish to
thin air. Do you want that?". He was silently praying that she would come with him.
"N-no, I dont want you to vanish, but do I have to come with you today? I
at least would like to say goodbye to my parents and I'd like to pack too and...
and... Wow," she breathed in "this is so sudden... I mean you come out of nowhere
to ask me to come with you."
"I'm sorry..." he said softly. "No, let me finish. I've been waiting for six
years. Waiting and waiting for you. And now that you've come the first thing you say
is to come with you. Hello? you didnt even say hi to me. You have no idea how sudden
this is Kohaku."
"Yes, I do." The whole place became silent and too awkward. This was not how
Chihiro imagined their meeting. She sighed. He sighed. Chihiro felt like laughing.
Oh yeah, this was far from how she imagined it. Laughter bubbled in her lips. She
couldnt help it. Soon enough, Kohaku joined in. They laughed for the whole five
minutes.
"You dont have to come with me now, the latest you could come could be at
least tomorrow and no later." he instructed. She nodded. Then she thought about her
friends Jengo and Hana. "Would you mind if I bring my friends?" she asked. He was
silent for a moment and a calculating look appeared on his face. "I suppose so,
Yubaba has been friendly eversince you left. How many?" he asked. "Just two."
she answered.
"I have to go now, I'm starting to become one with the winds once more. But
promise me to meet me at the bridge tomorrow afternoon, and no later."
"Yes, I promise. I'll see you, and I wont be late." she promised. She took a
hold of his hands and looked at his green eyes. Her face reddened and she blushed.
'Okay Chihiro, just do it. Its not gonna kill you.' she giggled. Then, quicker than
his eyes could see, Chihiro grabbed his hands and landed a soft, quick kiss on his
lips. Kohakus eyes widened. This was actually Chihiros first kiss, though she did'nt
mind making the first move. Just when Kohaku was about to kiss back, he quickly
disappeared into the wind. Living Chihiro, with a sappy little smile on her face.
Which was quickly replaced with panic, 'Oh no, what time is it?'. She looked at her
watch. Nine fifty-eight. 'Oh boy.' She ran as fast as she could to her home, but
not before doing another one of her infamous victory jig.
This was a wonderful day, first she was able to tell Jengo about the Spirit
World, second she got to see Kohaku and he invited her to come with him, third she
kissed him and forth she was able to come home before 11:00. Yep, this was great
day.
^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^
Ehnshi was bored. They had been waiting for sixteen long years for their plan
to take action, and now that it has the Master had told them that they had to wait
for another few years again. Only part one of the plan has been completed, the rest
was still waiting to happen. Ehnshi was'nt born patient, she never was and never will
be. She envied Byakko that the Master had sent him on an errand, 'At least he's not
bored.' she thought. She gave out a yawn and stared at her reflection at the mirror.
'Pretty, is what defines me.' she proudly thought, as she played with one of her
blond curls.
"Stop looking at the mirror, it might break." the intruder smirked.
'Huntrell.' she darkly thought. "Dont you have work?" she mumbled. "Nope.", she
frowned. Huntrell was one of her least favorite person around here. "You think you're
so special, just because the Master favors you."
"The Master does not favor me, I favor him." Huntrell said softly, emphasizing
the I in her sentence. Ehnshi glared at Huntrell, she hated her. She was beautiful,
wise and her fighting skills were impressive. Huntrell was everything the Master
wanted. Everything Ehnshi wanted to be. Huntrell was a bundle of secrets, even the
Master knew little of her. It was haunting and bewitching. Even her looks was haunting,
her long auburn hair was like fire every night, it seemed to burn everything in sight.
Her cat-like yellow green eyes, full of centuries worth of secrets. Huntrell was really
like an angel. If Ehnshi did'nt know better she'd say Huntrell was one of the Fallen
Ones. She mentally smacked herself, 'The Fallen Ones are long gone, the gods had
already destroyed them.', but a rumor from long ago had planted itself in her mind
once more.
There was rumor she had heard from one of the gossiping demi-gods that one of the
Fallen Ones was still alive, but that was so long ago, it couldnt be true. Still, if
looked closer, Huntrell could easily pass off as one of the Fallen Ones and no one
would notice the difference. She silently agreed with herself.
"Dont you have anything better to do than look at yourself in the mirror?"
Huntrells annoyed voice brought Ehnshi back to reality. "Not really. I've already
killed the trolls Master Chronos asked me." Ah yes, the trolls... annoying, stupid
creatures. Up until now, Ehnshi couldnt believe as to why the gods built this beasts.
What good were they for anyway? "What about the twin thieving fairies the Master asked
you to do?" Shirri and Fye, 'Damn fairies!' she angrily thought. "Dead." she answered.
"Both of them?... are you sure?" Huntrell asked. Ehnshi wasnt surprised as to
why Huntrell asked this, fairies were'nt stupid. They were fast creatures, the perfect
thieves actually. '...but they deserved it.' she sneered. Shirri and Fye had stolen the
Masters golden Emblem. She really didnt know what it was for, all she knew was just to
kill the twins and to get the Emblem back. "Yes, I'm very sure." she muttered.
Her voice echoed around her room, her icy blue eyes scanned the area. Huntrell had
left. 'Bitch.' she thought.
*I heard that.*
'Quit reading my mind! Huntrell.'
*You're just mad because your psychic powers are a failure.*
'Go away.'
*Fine.*
Enshi frowned. Huntrell was right her psychic powers were a failure. She just did
not have the patience for it. She hated being the youngest in her group, because of
this most everyone thought she was inexperienced. Which led to having Huntrell as her
tutor. She sighed angrily, 'I need to go outside.', she let out her butterfly-like
wings and flew off her window, into the secret world of the night.
^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^
Beyond the Naked Eye,
lies a world of magic.
Far from reality,
a land for wishers and dreamers,
liars and story-tellers.
Beyond the Naked Eye.
~Shibahime Hibiya
^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^
REVIEW RESPONSE:
Kawaii Sakura-chan: Thank you so much for reviewing! ^_^ and I agree she did become
strong and brave. Thanks for reading it despite the messy format, I'm still trying
to fix it.^_^ and hope you like this chapter.
A/N: This chapter is in another different format as you can tell. The next few chaps.
might have different formats, because I'm still trying to figure out this whole
format thingie. Bare with me. And please read and review. Hopefully this would have
a better looking format than the first two ones.
See ya. R+R ^_^