Time and Again
Disclaimer: I don't own Spirited Away, just the plot.
Chapter Two: Remembering...
I could still remember how surprised I was to see this girl on my front yard. Yeah, yeah,
yeah... I bet everyone here recognizes Kohana's face, but that doesn't matter. What matters is how
we got from here to there, from point A to point B. That's the true point of the story. Still, if
you think about it... I could have seen right through her face, but I suppose I wasn't ready for the
answer and neither was the future. It's funny how one girl could change me...
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"What?!"
Chihiro's ears rang from Kohana's shriek. 'That was some earth shattering scream.' she wryly
thought. She looked over Kohana with a very shocked look on her face. She was about to ask what was
wrong when suddenly, Kohana started laughing hysterically.
"Haha... oh my... haha... hehe" she giggled.
As quick as the wind, Kohana's laughter suddenly stopped, replaced by tears. She started
cying and sobbing.
Chihiro bent down, "There something wrong with you," she paused, "Really."
Kohana stuck her tongue out, she wiped her tears away with a frown. She looked at Chihiro,
"I found out why you don't recognize me."
"Oh finally! you remember who your mother really is?" Chihiro asked excitedly. She grabbed
a notepad and a pen to write down Kohana's mothers name.
"No, I said the truth from the beggining, I am your daughter."
Chihiro sweatdropped, some breakthrough.
"I am your daughter, your future daughter." Kohana said, emphasizing the word 'future'.
"Yeah right..." Chihiro replied. She put down the notepad and pen, to continue to look for
the missing childrens hotline. Kohana on the other hand, stomped her left foot on the floor.
"Why won't you believe me?" she whined.
"Look, if you were my daughter-" Chihiro started.
"Future daughter." Kohana corrected.
"Right. Future daughter, you'd at least look like me. And you look nothing like me."'
Kohana looked a little hurt at that, but she was'nt going to stop until she has conviced
Chihiro that she is her daughter.
She tugged Chihiro's sweater and pulled her near a mirror. Kohana gave out a wide smile.
"See. We have the same smiles." she proudly stated.
Chihiro smiled to the mirror, Kohana was right though, they had identical smiles.
"The smiles don't prove much. Give me another proof."
"Okay." Kohana put her hand under her chin, thinking of another proof. Pacing left to right,
back and forth. Chihiro snickered, Kohana looked like a midget, a thinking midget. "Aha!" she
snapped her fingers.
"Aha what?" Chihiro asked.
"That ponytail you're wearing... it's from your adventures from Majou No Sekai." Kohana
stated.
Chihiro gasped, how could she know? how did she know? how? how? how? She never told anyone
about Majou No Sekai, what else could Kohana know? So many questions... Kohana giggled, "Are you
speechless?"
Chihiro could only nod, "Well, you told me about Majou No Sekai when you and daddy took me to
the beach one time." Kohana replied.
"Oh..." was her intelligent reply. Then her eyes snapped wide, did she hear that right? or
did she say...
"Did you say daddy?" she asked.
"Yeah, whats wrong? obviously you can't have had me without a daddy right?" Kohana replied.
Chihiro blushed... this kid was too smart for her own good. "Your daddy, what's his name?"
she was intrigued as to who was her husband was... she was actually starting to believe Kohana.
Kohana was about to open her mouth to answer, but she quickly shut her mouth with her hands.
"I'm sorry I cant tell you as much as I'd like to. That might interfere with time, I've already done
done so much damage. Daddy's not gonna like it." she mumbled. Chihiro frowned, "Crud, I wanted to
know."
"Well how did you get here in the first place anyway?" she asked. Kohana closed her eyes,
trying her best to remember. "Well, I remember playing in the library. I really wasn't supposed to
be there... but I couln't help it. Anyways, I saw this really pretty book on one of the tables. I
opened it and I found out it was actually a spell book. And I found this really cool spell to take
me to the past of someone. So I read it and thought of you, because I wanted to see what you were
like when you were young. And yeah... that's it." she looked up to see Chihiro's face.
"So to make it simple, you read a spell when you weren't supposed to be in the library?" she
asked.
"Yup, that's about it." Chihiro looked at her, so this was what her daughter would look like.
She couldn't help but smile.
"Do you know what spell you read? maybe I could help you go back." she suggested.
"No. I don't remember, but I really don't wanna go back, no yet at least." Kohana replied,
'Not until you're back with daddy. You're gonna love him.' she thought.
"Well, I guess you're gonna be here for a long time. Might as well get you something to wear,
you look really dirty right now."
"Okay." Kohana followed Chihiro up the stairs with happy bounce in her steps.
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"There you go, a nice clean shirt."
However with Kohana's size and height, the shirt pooled around her. "Sorry, but it's the
smallest one I've got." Chihiro frowned, trying to search for another shirt that was smaller.
"It's okay. I like wearing big shirts." Kohana said, looking at herself in the mirror. Her
'mother' had fixed her hair for her, putting it in nice little pigtails. Chihiro closed her closet
and heard her stomach growl at her.
"Are you hungry?... I am. Come, let's go eat." Kohana nodded. Following her downstairs to the
kitchen, fingering the walls with her hands, enjoying the homey scent. She knew this smell, it was
quite familiar to her. Her jade eyes brightened at the sight of Chihiro. Who was currently busy
looking for food in the fridge.
"Hmm... do you like cookies?" Chihiro's head peeked from the fridge door. Kohana nodded, what
kind of question is that? everyone likes cookies. She took a chip from the case and sat in one of
the chairs. Chihiro poured some milk for both of them, handing her a glass.
"Since you can't tell me who the daddy is, could you tell me what he's like?" Chihiro asked.
"Well, he's nice, he's strong, he's caring and loving. He's perfect." Kohana blubbered with a
smile on her face, "You love him very much..." she added.
'Lucky me... I found a great husband.' Chihiro thought, as much as a great news this was, she
could not help but think, 'I didn't marry Kohaku? what happened?' Kohana caught her frown.
"Mommy, what's wrong?" Chihiro by now, had gotten used to being called mommy, she kinda enjoyed
it. She shook her head, "Nope, nothing." Kohana was not fooled, she knew her more than she thought
she did. 'Don't worry, just a little bit more, till you're with him.' she thought.
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Somewhere...
"Where could she be?" a worried voice cried. A man stood beside her and held her close.
The man was worried himself, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't sense her presence in
their house. He held his wife, trying to hush her tears. "Don't worry, we'll find her. She'll show
up soon, I promise."
'I hope...'
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Chihiro sat by the couch reading, watching Kohana look at her old photos in the corner of her
eyes. She really was looking at her daughter, her future daughter. Hers and hers alone. Besides her
husband anyway. She frowned, she really looked forward to finding out who the father was. She sighed
where was Kohaku when you need him?
"Chihiro?... open the door, I can't find my keys..."
She gasped, oh no, her parents! how was she going to explain Kohana? Speaking of which...
Kohana looked at her completely confused, "Go upstairs to my room. Don't make a sound." Kohana
nodded and quickly ran up the stairs.
"C'mon Chihiro, these groceries are pretty heavy."
Oh dear...
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REVIEW RESPONSE:
Kristal: Oh wow, glad you like this story as well as the other one of mine. I hope you
like this chapter too! I think you might like my other story as well. The
title is Seasons of the Heart. Anyway thank you, thank you!
TouchstoneoftheCharter: Thank you for your compliments. Hope you liked this chap.
anonymous: Thank you for reviewing, and thanks for liking my first story^_^
DRUIDGIRL: I purposely made this a really different plot, I wanted my story to be
different from other stories, and I'm glad you like the idea. Hope you
like this chapter too.^_^
cafelatte: Glad you like this story! thanks for reviewing so much!^_^
SheInu: Hehe... thanks ^_^ keep reading!
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A/N: I'm really gonna enjoy this writing this story... I have so many plans, I'm not sure which
one I like best. If you have any suggestions or questions please tell me!
Sam: Review please!
Disclaimer: I don't own Spirited Away, just the plot.
Chapter Two: Remembering...
I could still remember how surprised I was to see this girl on my front yard. Yeah, yeah,
yeah... I bet everyone here recognizes Kohana's face, but that doesn't matter. What matters is how
we got from here to there, from point A to point B. That's the true point of the story. Still, if
you think about it... I could have seen right through her face, but I suppose I wasn't ready for the
answer and neither was the future. It's funny how one girl could change me...
(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)
"What?!"
Chihiro's ears rang from Kohana's shriek. 'That was some earth shattering scream.' she wryly
thought. She looked over Kohana with a very shocked look on her face. She was about to ask what was
wrong when suddenly, Kohana started laughing hysterically.
"Haha... oh my... haha... hehe" she giggled.
As quick as the wind, Kohana's laughter suddenly stopped, replaced by tears. She started
cying and sobbing.
Chihiro bent down, "There something wrong with you," she paused, "Really."
Kohana stuck her tongue out, she wiped her tears away with a frown. She looked at Chihiro,
"I found out why you don't recognize me."
"Oh finally! you remember who your mother really is?" Chihiro asked excitedly. She grabbed
a notepad and a pen to write down Kohana's mothers name.
"No, I said the truth from the beggining, I am your daughter."
Chihiro sweatdropped, some breakthrough.
"I am your daughter, your future daughter." Kohana said, emphasizing the word 'future'.
"Yeah right..." Chihiro replied. She put down the notepad and pen, to continue to look for
the missing childrens hotline. Kohana on the other hand, stomped her left foot on the floor.
"Why won't you believe me?" she whined.
"Look, if you were my daughter-" Chihiro started.
"Future daughter." Kohana corrected.
"Right. Future daughter, you'd at least look like me. And you look nothing like me."'
Kohana looked a little hurt at that, but she was'nt going to stop until she has conviced
Chihiro that she is her daughter.
She tugged Chihiro's sweater and pulled her near a mirror. Kohana gave out a wide smile.
"See. We have the same smiles." she proudly stated.
Chihiro smiled to the mirror, Kohana was right though, they had identical smiles.
"The smiles don't prove much. Give me another proof."
"Okay." Kohana put her hand under her chin, thinking of another proof. Pacing left to right,
back and forth. Chihiro snickered, Kohana looked like a midget, a thinking midget. "Aha!" she
snapped her fingers.
"Aha what?" Chihiro asked.
"That ponytail you're wearing... it's from your adventures from Majou No Sekai." Kohana
stated.
Chihiro gasped, how could she know? how did she know? how? how? how? She never told anyone
about Majou No Sekai, what else could Kohana know? So many questions... Kohana giggled, "Are you
speechless?"
Chihiro could only nod, "Well, you told me about Majou No Sekai when you and daddy took me to
the beach one time." Kohana replied.
"Oh..." was her intelligent reply. Then her eyes snapped wide, did she hear that right? or
did she say...
"Did you say daddy?" she asked.
"Yeah, whats wrong? obviously you can't have had me without a daddy right?" Kohana replied.
Chihiro blushed... this kid was too smart for her own good. "Your daddy, what's his name?"
she was intrigued as to who was her husband was... she was actually starting to believe Kohana.
Kohana was about to open her mouth to answer, but she quickly shut her mouth with her hands.
"I'm sorry I cant tell you as much as I'd like to. That might interfere with time, I've already done
done so much damage. Daddy's not gonna like it." she mumbled. Chihiro frowned, "Crud, I wanted to
know."
"Well how did you get here in the first place anyway?" she asked. Kohana closed her eyes,
trying her best to remember. "Well, I remember playing in the library. I really wasn't supposed to
be there... but I couln't help it. Anyways, I saw this really pretty book on one of the tables. I
opened it and I found out it was actually a spell book. And I found this really cool spell to take
me to the past of someone. So I read it and thought of you, because I wanted to see what you were
like when you were young. And yeah... that's it." she looked up to see Chihiro's face.
"So to make it simple, you read a spell when you weren't supposed to be in the library?" she
asked.
"Yup, that's about it." Chihiro looked at her, so this was what her daughter would look like.
She couldn't help but smile.
"Do you know what spell you read? maybe I could help you go back." she suggested.
"No. I don't remember, but I really don't wanna go back, no yet at least." Kohana replied,
'Not until you're back with daddy. You're gonna love him.' she thought.
"Well, I guess you're gonna be here for a long time. Might as well get you something to wear,
you look really dirty right now."
"Okay." Kohana followed Chihiro up the stairs with happy bounce in her steps.
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"There you go, a nice clean shirt."
However with Kohana's size and height, the shirt pooled around her. "Sorry, but it's the
smallest one I've got." Chihiro frowned, trying to search for another shirt that was smaller.
"It's okay. I like wearing big shirts." Kohana said, looking at herself in the mirror. Her
'mother' had fixed her hair for her, putting it in nice little pigtails. Chihiro closed her closet
and heard her stomach growl at her.
"Are you hungry?... I am. Come, let's go eat." Kohana nodded. Following her downstairs to the
kitchen, fingering the walls with her hands, enjoying the homey scent. She knew this smell, it was
quite familiar to her. Her jade eyes brightened at the sight of Chihiro. Who was currently busy
looking for food in the fridge.
"Hmm... do you like cookies?" Chihiro's head peeked from the fridge door. Kohana nodded, what
kind of question is that? everyone likes cookies. She took a chip from the case and sat in one of
the chairs. Chihiro poured some milk for both of them, handing her a glass.
"Since you can't tell me who the daddy is, could you tell me what he's like?" Chihiro asked.
"Well, he's nice, he's strong, he's caring and loving. He's perfect." Kohana blubbered with a
smile on her face, "You love him very much..." she added.
'Lucky me... I found a great husband.' Chihiro thought, as much as a great news this was, she
could not help but think, 'I didn't marry Kohaku? what happened?' Kohana caught her frown.
"Mommy, what's wrong?" Chihiro by now, had gotten used to being called mommy, she kinda enjoyed
it. She shook her head, "Nope, nothing." Kohana was not fooled, she knew her more than she thought
she did. 'Don't worry, just a little bit more, till you're with him.' she thought.
(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)
Somewhere...
"Where could she be?" a worried voice cried. A man stood beside her and held her close.
The man was worried himself, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't sense her presence in
their house. He held his wife, trying to hush her tears. "Don't worry, we'll find her. She'll show
up soon, I promise."
'I hope...'
(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)
Chihiro sat by the couch reading, watching Kohana look at her old photos in the corner of her
eyes. She really was looking at her daughter, her future daughter. Hers and hers alone. Besides her
husband anyway. She frowned, she really looked forward to finding out who the father was. She sighed
where was Kohaku when you need him?
"Chihiro?... open the door, I can't find my keys..."
She gasped, oh no, her parents! how was she going to explain Kohana? Speaking of which...
Kohana looked at her completely confused, "Go upstairs to my room. Don't make a sound." Kohana
nodded and quickly ran up the stairs.
"C'mon Chihiro, these groceries are pretty heavy."
Oh dear...
(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)
REVIEW RESPONSE:
Kristal: Oh wow, glad you like this story as well as the other one of mine. I hope you
like this chapter too! I think you might like my other story as well. The
title is Seasons of the Heart. Anyway thank you, thank you!
TouchstoneoftheCharter: Thank you for your compliments. Hope you liked this chap.
anonymous: Thank you for reviewing, and thanks for liking my first story^_^
DRUIDGIRL: I purposely made this a really different plot, I wanted my story to be
different from other stories, and I'm glad you like the idea. Hope you
like this chapter too.^_^
cafelatte: Glad you like this story! thanks for reviewing so much!^_^
SheInu: Hehe... thanks ^_^ keep reading!
(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)
A/N: I'm really gonna enjoy this writing this story... I have so many plans, I'm not sure which
one I like best. If you have any suggestions or questions please tell me!
Sam: Review please!