[AN: This chapter was brought to you by me. And AnimeFan26. Because her- or
his, or whatever- review for my other story reminded me to start writing.
And there you have it, I'm writing not reading. ^^]
:: chapter 8 ::
Hashi looked away bashfully. " . . . yeah."
Silence. Then: "Hello, Chihiro?" Miki said, pointing animatedly to herself. "Fill me in? Like, now?"
Haku looked confused too. "Yeah . . . what do you mean?"
Aiko was mumbling incoherently to herself about something like "Dream Spirit world brother what I hmm?"
Chihiro looked around the room. "Do I have to be the one to explain? Hashi, you explain it then!"
Hashi looked down at his feet. "I a few years ago," he mumbled, "in dream we like talked and . . ."
The whole room sweatdropped. "Try using a language that humans know, Hashi,"
Miki said sarcastically. "You know, maybe Chihiro should talk."
Chihiro sighed deeply. "Fine."
"I met Hashi the day I left the Spirit World. I had a dream that night, and I guess I saw Hashi there. I thought I was just dreaming about Haku, because I had just left. But," she said, frowning slightly, "When I woke up, there would always be something clutched in my hand. The first dream, we were in a field of flowers, and I woke up with flowers clutched in my hand. Later, there were rocks, grass, water, and even candles."
She shrugged. "The dreams stopped about a year ago."
Haku glanced at Hashi. "So you've been communicating through the real channel?"
"Hai."
Miki held up her hands. "Hold it, stop! Real channel?"
"It's the dream wavelength where we can bring a person to a real place while they think they're sleeping."
"But," Chihiro said, confused, "Why me?"
"Because . . . I fell in love with you that day ten years ago."
Chihiro looked shocked. "What?"
"Well, I am Haku's brother, so that makes me a river too. And the day after you visited the Nyghami Kohaku Nushi River . . . Ok, the Kohaku River . . . your parents brought you to visit me too."
Chihiro's eyes widened. "Wow."
"And so I went to the Dream World when I was dammed, trying to find a way to get closer to you. I tried your dreams, but they were always closed, and while you dreamt about me, you always forgot them when you woke."
"But later . . ."
"When you knew Haku, you thought that I was him. So you willingly let yourself through the Real Channel."
"Then a year ago . . ."
Hashi smiled. "I heard my baka brother was trying to get a human form to live in the human world. So I tried, too. Of course, my master, Kubaba, was kinder, and I was able to get to you first."
A silence hung in the air again. Then suddenly, Miki's laughter broke the tense air.
Chihiro raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"It's just . . . all this spirit world dream world river stuff . . . seems . . . so . . . unreal!" she said between giggles.
Chihiro laughed too, and glanced at the clock. "Oh my god . . ."
At that moment, Chihiro's mom waltzed in with a tray. "Out, you children, out! It's almost 8! Don't you kids have a curfew? And Chihiro needs her dinner!"
"Oh!" Aiko said, trying not to laugh at Chihiro's pinched up nose. "We'll be going, Ogino-san. Sayonara, Chihiro!" With that, she walked out with Miki in tow. "Yeah, Sayonara!" Miki called out.
Hashi walked over to Chihiro. "Sayonara, Chihiro." He kissed the top of her head.
Haku walked over too. "Chihiro, farewell." He kissed her cheek.
Chihiro blushed.
Mrs. Ogino watched with an eyebrow raised.
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"Ok, baka, you're NOT getting Chihiro!" Hashi said, enraged.
"Like a midget hentai like you can stop me," Haku spat back.
Hashi narrowed his eyes. "Oh, I will."
Haku snorted. "We'll see who she chooses, that we will."
Hashi walked forward until he was nose to nose with his brother. "Is that a challenge?"
"It is now."
And so began the Chihiro War.
[AN: short chappie? Gah, I have horrible writer's block for this story . . . I can't seem to continue it, even though I have the plot in my head and all. Oh well, nonetheless . . . please review! I hope I'll get over the block soon.]
[AN: Eh, shamelessadvertising here: I have a new story called 'The Superstar and the Swordsman' for Rurouni Kenshin. If any of you are Kenshin fans, please check it out. Arigato gozaimasu! ^^]
:: chapter 8 ::
Hashi looked away bashfully. " . . . yeah."
Silence. Then: "Hello, Chihiro?" Miki said, pointing animatedly to herself. "Fill me in? Like, now?"
Haku looked confused too. "Yeah . . . what do you mean?"
Aiko was mumbling incoherently to herself about something like "Dream Spirit world brother what I hmm?"
Chihiro looked around the room. "Do I have to be the one to explain? Hashi, you explain it then!"
Hashi looked down at his feet. "I a few years ago," he mumbled, "in dream we like talked and . . ."
The whole room sweatdropped. "Try using a language that humans know, Hashi,"
Miki said sarcastically. "You know, maybe Chihiro should talk."
Chihiro sighed deeply. "Fine."
"I met Hashi the day I left the Spirit World. I had a dream that night, and I guess I saw Hashi there. I thought I was just dreaming about Haku, because I had just left. But," she said, frowning slightly, "When I woke up, there would always be something clutched in my hand. The first dream, we were in a field of flowers, and I woke up with flowers clutched in my hand. Later, there were rocks, grass, water, and even candles."
She shrugged. "The dreams stopped about a year ago."
Haku glanced at Hashi. "So you've been communicating through the real channel?"
"Hai."
Miki held up her hands. "Hold it, stop! Real channel?"
"It's the dream wavelength where we can bring a person to a real place while they think they're sleeping."
"But," Chihiro said, confused, "Why me?"
"Because . . . I fell in love with you that day ten years ago."
Chihiro looked shocked. "What?"
"Well, I am Haku's brother, so that makes me a river too. And the day after you visited the Nyghami Kohaku Nushi River . . . Ok, the Kohaku River . . . your parents brought you to visit me too."
Chihiro's eyes widened. "Wow."
"And so I went to the Dream World when I was dammed, trying to find a way to get closer to you. I tried your dreams, but they were always closed, and while you dreamt about me, you always forgot them when you woke."
"But later . . ."
"When you knew Haku, you thought that I was him. So you willingly let yourself through the Real Channel."
"Then a year ago . . ."
Hashi smiled. "I heard my baka brother was trying to get a human form to live in the human world. So I tried, too. Of course, my master, Kubaba, was kinder, and I was able to get to you first."
A silence hung in the air again. Then suddenly, Miki's laughter broke the tense air.
Chihiro raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"It's just . . . all this spirit world dream world river stuff . . . seems . . . so . . . unreal!" she said between giggles.
Chihiro laughed too, and glanced at the clock. "Oh my god . . ."
At that moment, Chihiro's mom waltzed in with a tray. "Out, you children, out! It's almost 8! Don't you kids have a curfew? And Chihiro needs her dinner!"
"Oh!" Aiko said, trying not to laugh at Chihiro's pinched up nose. "We'll be going, Ogino-san. Sayonara, Chihiro!" With that, she walked out with Miki in tow. "Yeah, Sayonara!" Miki called out.
Hashi walked over to Chihiro. "Sayonara, Chihiro." He kissed the top of her head.
Haku walked over too. "Chihiro, farewell." He kissed her cheek.
Chihiro blushed.
Mrs. Ogino watched with an eyebrow raised.
_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
"Ok, baka, you're NOT getting Chihiro!" Hashi said, enraged.
"Like a midget hentai like you can stop me," Haku spat back.
Hashi narrowed his eyes. "Oh, I will."
Haku snorted. "We'll see who she chooses, that we will."
Hashi walked forward until he was nose to nose with his brother. "Is that a challenge?"
"It is now."
And so began the Chihiro War.
[AN: short chappie? Gah, I have horrible writer's block for this story . . . I can't seem to continue it, even though I have the plot in my head and all. Oh well, nonetheless . . . please review! I hope I'll get over the block soon.]
[AN: Eh, shamelessadvertising here: I have a new story called 'The Superstar and the Swordsman' for Rurouni Kenshin. If any of you are Kenshin fans, please check it out. Arigato gozaimasu! ^^]