Chapter 2:
To The Boiler Room
Chihiro and Maylo spent the rest of their time in the boat playing truth, dare, double dare, or promise to repeat. It's pretty simple to understand. You can pick either truth and they ask you a question and they must answer it with only the truth, dare, where they dare you to do something and if you don't like the dare you can go for the double dare which is probably something worse. Then promise to repeat is when someone says a word like 'cat' the person who choose it has to say something like 'I'm a ugly boar!'
Chihiro found out the hard way, and made a mental note, to never play it with Maylo again. The whole time she was at the bath house, she learned to respect the spirits and never be rude. Well, Maylo had a different idea.
"Alright Chihiro, truth, dare, double dare, or promise to repeat?"
"Um... dare."
"Hehe, okay then. I dare you to go and knock on one of the spirit's doors and when they answer say 'I'm a monkey!'
"What? No way! What's the double dare?"
"Do it to all of the doors."
"Fine then, I'll do the dare." Chihiro stood up and walked over to one of the brown, wooden doors. She took a deep breath than looked over at Maylo. Maylo smiled and waved for her to continue. Chihiro sighed.
'If Yubaba ever finds out about this I'm dead,' she thought as she raised her fist and knocked lightly on the door. And to her horror the door opened and there stood Yubaba herself. At least, Chihiro thought it was Yubaba. The witch that opened the door had her hair up the exact was Yubaba used to have it. She wore a puffy green dress and had many rings on her fat fingers. She was the same size as Yubaba the last time Chihiro saw her and looked just like her except for her skin. Her skin had many more wrinkles than before which made her look like a well dressed sack of skin with a white basket on top.
"Yu... Yubaba?" stuttered Chihiro as she took a step back.
"Who are you and what do you want?" she replied in a raspy voice. Her eyes looked completely closed and it was a miracle she could see at all. Maylo came over when she heard Chihiro say Yubaba's name and stood behind Chihiro.
"Is... is that Yubaba? It doesn't look like the same person from the drawings in your story."
"Who are you? What do you two slobs want? If it's money you can't have any. Now go away before I sic Haku on you!" Yubaba cried as she slammed the door in their faces.
"Wait Yubaba! What about Haku!" Chihiro shouted as she shook the door handle, "Shoot, it's locked."
Maylo pushed Chihiro out of the way. She took off her dangling green earring and shoved it in the key hole while muttering, "I'm an expert at this. I'll have the door opened in no time."
After about two minutes, the door unlocked and Maylo threw it open. Nothing was inside.
"What? Where did she go? She couldn't have left! What... oh... I get it," Chihiro said as she looked out the window.
Maylo also came over and when she saw the water rushing underneath she asked, "Well I don't. Chihiro do you think she killed herself?"
"Why would she do that when she can fly?"
"Fly?"
"Yeah... remember in chapter 8 of my story when I was climbing the ladder to get to Haku? Well if you remember, I saw Yubaba behind me and she had turned herself into a large bird, and I'm guessing that's what she did this time."
"Okay then but will we be in trouble when we get there?"
Chihiro sighed, "If I know Yubaba, big trouble."
"Great..."
When the boat finally arrived, Chihiro and Maylo stayed to the back of the boat until all of the spirits got off. Maylo then had Chihiro jump on her back as she leapt off the boat and landed softly on the ground.
"So what's the plan?" asked Maylo as she and Chihiro put their shoes back on and examined the area.
"Well, when I first arrived Haku took me through a fish place, a freezer, and then a large pig pen. We then climbed a small hill which led us to the bridge. So, we need to find the fish place first. When we get to the hill, I'll tell you the rest lf the plan."
"Got it."
"And make sure no one sees you. We'll have to follow the spirits until I recognize were we are."
"Okay. Let's get going."
Chihiro and Maylo followed the spirits till Chihiro pulled her into a small corner. Chihiro pointed at a large building across the road. It had a large sign that read 'Fish Market'. Maylo nodded and followed her as they crept over to the door.
"Keep your eyes open for anyone or anything. We don't want to be caught. Oh and from what I remember it was very bloody from all of the fish."
"Great..."
Chihiro smiled then continued, "Once we get through the fish market, there should be a door to the freezer. You'll hold the door open to that because if I'm wrong we could be trapped in the freezer forever!"
"And we don't want that!"
"No we don't! So, you'll hold the door open while I go through to the other side and open that door. You'll run though, and I'll follow you. Got it?"
"Yep."
"Alright then. Let's head out."
Chihiro poked her head through the open fish market door and looked around. Large dead fish lied everywhere with blood and spears covering them. There was a small path through it all that led to a large metal door. Chihiro turned around and nodded then started to creep forward. As soon as the smells reached her, Chihiro took a few quick steps back. She covered her nose with her hand then turned to Maylo only to see she had already taken a large piece of green cloth from her bag and wrapped it around her face. Now, all Chihiro could see were Maylo's bright blue eyes. Maylo pent down and pulled out another piece of cloth and held it out to Chihiro. Chihiro smiled then took it while she mouthed a thank you. She tied the ends of her navy blue cloth around the back of her head then continued forward. They quickly crossed the room and when they reached the door, Chihiro wrapped her hands around the doors handle and pulled. Nothing happened. Chihiro grunted, then pulled even harder. The door didn't budge.
"It's locked. And I don't know any other way to the bridge without someone seeing us. Time to re-plan."
"No way! We're fine! Move over," Maylo said as she pushed Chihiro aside and grabbed a long thick rope out of her bag. She tied one end of the rope to the door's handle then grabbed the other and pulled as hard as she could. After a moment the door slowly creaked open. Chihiro ran forward and pulled the door open the rest of the way.
"Where did you learn that Maylo?" asked Chihiro as Maylo held the door open while she ran to the other side.
Maylo hesitated before answering, "Before I moved in with Grandpa, I worked for Mrs. Tomoyo at the butcher shop. One day, Mrs. Tomoyo got locked in the freezer. The shop was closed and the police and hospital were five miles away. The phone had broken the day before so there was no way I could contact anyone. I tried everything I could to open the door. Finally, I tried that rope trick and it worked. But Mrs. Tomoyo was pregnant and her baby died from the cold. I blamed myself for the baby's death so I left. Grandpa found me praying at the shrine and that's when I found out he was my grandpa."
"Oh Maylo... I'm sorry."
"It's okay. That was a long time ago. In my past... so now what?"
"Well, we go through the pig pen then up a small hill. I'll tell you what to do then in case you forget."
"Oh okay... hey!" Maylo cried as they ran through the pig pen.
After they climbed the hill, Chihiro explained the rest of her plan.
"Okay. We have to hold our breath while crossing the bridge or we'll be seen. I'll go first. I'll run across and you'll follow me; holding your breath. Now, once we get off the bridge, keep holding your breath. We'll have to hold our breath till we're out of site. So, we'll have to run the whole way. After we get past the bridge, we'll head into the welcoming room. There will be a small door on the bottom of the left wall. Since I'm going first, I'll open it and throw myself into it. You'll follow me and close the door behind you. Once we go through that door, you can start breathing again. Ready?"
"Man that was a mouthful. But yeah, I'm ready."
Chihiro took at deep breath, held it, then started running as fast as she could. She could hear Maylo swiftly running behind her but no shouting.
'We're safe. They can't see us,' she thought as she ran into the welcoming room. When she saw the small door, she ducked down and threw it open before jumping in. She heard Maylo jump in after her and a small click signaling the door closing. Chihiro closed her eyes and slowly started breathing. After a moment she opened her eyes and looked at her surroundings. They sat in a large bush that wasn't there the first time Chihiro had come. It had black ivory colored leaves with hundreds of little golden berries. She pushed some of her hair away from her face only to find it speckled and splattered with golden berry juice. She turned to her right to see Maylo's head. She was putting her hair up in a ponytail and at the end of her hair too was colored golden.
"Where are we now?" she muttered as she attempted to climb out.
"Don't move," whispered Chihiro, "Let me go out first. If no ones there, I'll tell you to come out. I'll tell you what we're going to do after I make sure everything is clear." Chihiro thrust her head out. Around her were all kinds of flowers. They happened to be in a flower covered forum. There was a small path that went around the flowers then lead back to a sliding wooden door on the side of the bath house. Chihiro couldn't see a soul so she went ahead and told Maylo to come on out. They skulked forward. Chihiro tried washing the golden juice from her hair in a small spring in the corner but it seemed like it was permanent. She did find however, that neither she nor Maylo had sat on berries so the only berry juice was in their hair and that there were hundreds of little berries were they had been sitting.
"It must only affect hair," Maylo commented as she washed some dirt of her hands and knees.
After Chihiro found that it was useless to try and wash their hair and after Maylo had put her hair up and put tape around her wrists to her elbows and from her ankles to her knees, Chihiro lead them to another small door. She opened it and crawled through while Maylo followed. They stood up and looked over a sea of water. Halfway across the water was the train/boat station they caught the boat at and the tunnel that lead back to their world. They were standing on a small platform that led down to the left as hundreds of stairs.
"Careful, these stairs are really rickety. Last time I was here I broke one and had to run very fast down the rest. I ended up running into a cement wall. So be careful."
"Okay..." whimpered Maylo. Because unknown to Chihiro, Maylo was afraid of heights if there weren't any guard rails. And these stairs didn't have any kind of rail to protect her. 'You'll be safe. Don't worry Maylo, everything will be alright,' she thought to herself as Chihiro started to lead her down the stairs. When they reached the platform at the bottom, Maylo was shivering in fear. She relaxed though when she realized that they were going to through the door that sat on the platform. The door was made of pure metal and large pipes were coming out of the walls all around it. Chihiro walked over to the door then pulled Maylo behind her.
"After you," she said as she bowed down and opened the door for Maylo.
Maylo, who did not like the 'royal treatment,' quickly replied, "No, no! After you!"
"Ladies first."
"You act more like a lady. I'm just a little girl. Go right ahead."
"But you are more mature. Please, I insist."
"After you."
"No! Please, go ahead."
"We don't want to keep them waiting!"
"Ah but you should see everything first!"
"People who have been here go first because they're too polite and stupid plus they know where they're going!" Chihiro didn't reply. She was laughing too hard. Soon, both of them were laughing like crazy. Then, Maylo put on arm over Chihiro's shoulder and Chihiro did the same. Then, they both walked into the boiler room together.
To be continued...
Sakura G: So how was it?
Maylo: Pretty good. But since when was I afraid of heights??
Sakura G: I'm the author of this story and I can make you be afraid of anything I want! *laughs evilly*
Illousa: She's got a point Maylo.
Maylo: *pouts like a kindergartener*
Sakura G: Sorry it took so long. I typed this on my new laptop and when I was done I realized I hadn't made the thing so I could connect to the internet! I had to wait for my dad to help and blah, blah, blah! So I'm sorry and I hope this chapter was long enough to suit your needs and wants. The other one will come up sooner.
Maylo: It better. Man did I wait forever with the rest of the readers!
Illousa: Maylo, you're just a character Sakura made up.
Maylo: Ya so? Are you saying just because Sakura made me up that I can't read the story with everybody else you big jerk?!?!?
Illousa: Yes you big baka!
Maylo: What's a baka???
Sakura G: *sweat drop forms on head and puts her hand over Illousa's mouth* Well Maylo I think we better go.
Maylo: What is a baka???? Will you kind readers tell me??
Sakura G: No! Don't!!! *Illousa and Sakura pull down a black screen while Maylo tries to ask another question about baka's*
***If you have any questions, comments, or flames (But none of you should give me any of those!), please feel free to email me at: sailor_ivy_girl@mail.com or post up a review. Tanks!
To The Boiler Room
Chihiro and Maylo spent the rest of their time in the boat playing truth, dare, double dare, or promise to repeat. It's pretty simple to understand. You can pick either truth and they ask you a question and they must answer it with only the truth, dare, where they dare you to do something and if you don't like the dare you can go for the double dare which is probably something worse. Then promise to repeat is when someone says a word like 'cat' the person who choose it has to say something like 'I'm a ugly boar!'
Chihiro found out the hard way, and made a mental note, to never play it with Maylo again. The whole time she was at the bath house, she learned to respect the spirits and never be rude. Well, Maylo had a different idea.
"Alright Chihiro, truth, dare, double dare, or promise to repeat?"
"Um... dare."
"Hehe, okay then. I dare you to go and knock on one of the spirit's doors and when they answer say 'I'm a monkey!'
"What? No way! What's the double dare?"
"Do it to all of the doors."
"Fine then, I'll do the dare." Chihiro stood up and walked over to one of the brown, wooden doors. She took a deep breath than looked over at Maylo. Maylo smiled and waved for her to continue. Chihiro sighed.
'If Yubaba ever finds out about this I'm dead,' she thought as she raised her fist and knocked lightly on the door. And to her horror the door opened and there stood Yubaba herself. At least, Chihiro thought it was Yubaba. The witch that opened the door had her hair up the exact was Yubaba used to have it. She wore a puffy green dress and had many rings on her fat fingers. She was the same size as Yubaba the last time Chihiro saw her and looked just like her except for her skin. Her skin had many more wrinkles than before which made her look like a well dressed sack of skin with a white basket on top.
"Yu... Yubaba?" stuttered Chihiro as she took a step back.
"Who are you and what do you want?" she replied in a raspy voice. Her eyes looked completely closed and it was a miracle she could see at all. Maylo came over when she heard Chihiro say Yubaba's name and stood behind Chihiro.
"Is... is that Yubaba? It doesn't look like the same person from the drawings in your story."
"Who are you? What do you two slobs want? If it's money you can't have any. Now go away before I sic Haku on you!" Yubaba cried as she slammed the door in their faces.
"Wait Yubaba! What about Haku!" Chihiro shouted as she shook the door handle, "Shoot, it's locked."
Maylo pushed Chihiro out of the way. She took off her dangling green earring and shoved it in the key hole while muttering, "I'm an expert at this. I'll have the door opened in no time."
After about two minutes, the door unlocked and Maylo threw it open. Nothing was inside.
"What? Where did she go? She couldn't have left! What... oh... I get it," Chihiro said as she looked out the window.
Maylo also came over and when she saw the water rushing underneath she asked, "Well I don't. Chihiro do you think she killed herself?"
"Why would she do that when she can fly?"
"Fly?"
"Yeah... remember in chapter 8 of my story when I was climbing the ladder to get to Haku? Well if you remember, I saw Yubaba behind me and she had turned herself into a large bird, and I'm guessing that's what she did this time."
"Okay then but will we be in trouble when we get there?"
Chihiro sighed, "If I know Yubaba, big trouble."
"Great..."
When the boat finally arrived, Chihiro and Maylo stayed to the back of the boat until all of the spirits got off. Maylo then had Chihiro jump on her back as she leapt off the boat and landed softly on the ground.
"So what's the plan?" asked Maylo as she and Chihiro put their shoes back on and examined the area.
"Well, when I first arrived Haku took me through a fish place, a freezer, and then a large pig pen. We then climbed a small hill which led us to the bridge. So, we need to find the fish place first. When we get to the hill, I'll tell you the rest lf the plan."
"Got it."
"And make sure no one sees you. We'll have to follow the spirits until I recognize were we are."
"Okay. Let's get going."
Chihiro and Maylo followed the spirits till Chihiro pulled her into a small corner. Chihiro pointed at a large building across the road. It had a large sign that read 'Fish Market'. Maylo nodded and followed her as they crept over to the door.
"Keep your eyes open for anyone or anything. We don't want to be caught. Oh and from what I remember it was very bloody from all of the fish."
"Great..."
Chihiro smiled then continued, "Once we get through the fish market, there should be a door to the freezer. You'll hold the door open to that because if I'm wrong we could be trapped in the freezer forever!"
"And we don't want that!"
"No we don't! So, you'll hold the door open while I go through to the other side and open that door. You'll run though, and I'll follow you. Got it?"
"Yep."
"Alright then. Let's head out."
Chihiro poked her head through the open fish market door and looked around. Large dead fish lied everywhere with blood and spears covering them. There was a small path through it all that led to a large metal door. Chihiro turned around and nodded then started to creep forward. As soon as the smells reached her, Chihiro took a few quick steps back. She covered her nose with her hand then turned to Maylo only to see she had already taken a large piece of green cloth from her bag and wrapped it around her face. Now, all Chihiro could see were Maylo's bright blue eyes. Maylo pent down and pulled out another piece of cloth and held it out to Chihiro. Chihiro smiled then took it while she mouthed a thank you. She tied the ends of her navy blue cloth around the back of her head then continued forward. They quickly crossed the room and when they reached the door, Chihiro wrapped her hands around the doors handle and pulled. Nothing happened. Chihiro grunted, then pulled even harder. The door didn't budge.
"It's locked. And I don't know any other way to the bridge without someone seeing us. Time to re-plan."
"No way! We're fine! Move over," Maylo said as she pushed Chihiro aside and grabbed a long thick rope out of her bag. She tied one end of the rope to the door's handle then grabbed the other and pulled as hard as she could. After a moment the door slowly creaked open. Chihiro ran forward and pulled the door open the rest of the way.
"Where did you learn that Maylo?" asked Chihiro as Maylo held the door open while she ran to the other side.
Maylo hesitated before answering, "Before I moved in with Grandpa, I worked for Mrs. Tomoyo at the butcher shop. One day, Mrs. Tomoyo got locked in the freezer. The shop was closed and the police and hospital were five miles away. The phone had broken the day before so there was no way I could contact anyone. I tried everything I could to open the door. Finally, I tried that rope trick and it worked. But Mrs. Tomoyo was pregnant and her baby died from the cold. I blamed myself for the baby's death so I left. Grandpa found me praying at the shrine and that's when I found out he was my grandpa."
"Oh Maylo... I'm sorry."
"It's okay. That was a long time ago. In my past... so now what?"
"Well, we go through the pig pen then up a small hill. I'll tell you what to do then in case you forget."
"Oh okay... hey!" Maylo cried as they ran through the pig pen.
After they climbed the hill, Chihiro explained the rest of her plan.
"Okay. We have to hold our breath while crossing the bridge or we'll be seen. I'll go first. I'll run across and you'll follow me; holding your breath. Now, once we get off the bridge, keep holding your breath. We'll have to hold our breath till we're out of site. So, we'll have to run the whole way. After we get past the bridge, we'll head into the welcoming room. There will be a small door on the bottom of the left wall. Since I'm going first, I'll open it and throw myself into it. You'll follow me and close the door behind you. Once we go through that door, you can start breathing again. Ready?"
"Man that was a mouthful. But yeah, I'm ready."
Chihiro took at deep breath, held it, then started running as fast as she could. She could hear Maylo swiftly running behind her but no shouting.
'We're safe. They can't see us,' she thought as she ran into the welcoming room. When she saw the small door, she ducked down and threw it open before jumping in. She heard Maylo jump in after her and a small click signaling the door closing. Chihiro closed her eyes and slowly started breathing. After a moment she opened her eyes and looked at her surroundings. They sat in a large bush that wasn't there the first time Chihiro had come. It had black ivory colored leaves with hundreds of little golden berries. She pushed some of her hair away from her face only to find it speckled and splattered with golden berry juice. She turned to her right to see Maylo's head. She was putting her hair up in a ponytail and at the end of her hair too was colored golden.
"Where are we now?" she muttered as she attempted to climb out.
"Don't move," whispered Chihiro, "Let me go out first. If no ones there, I'll tell you to come out. I'll tell you what we're going to do after I make sure everything is clear." Chihiro thrust her head out. Around her were all kinds of flowers. They happened to be in a flower covered forum. There was a small path that went around the flowers then lead back to a sliding wooden door on the side of the bath house. Chihiro couldn't see a soul so she went ahead and told Maylo to come on out. They skulked forward. Chihiro tried washing the golden juice from her hair in a small spring in the corner but it seemed like it was permanent. She did find however, that neither she nor Maylo had sat on berries so the only berry juice was in their hair and that there were hundreds of little berries were they had been sitting.
"It must only affect hair," Maylo commented as she washed some dirt of her hands and knees.
After Chihiro found that it was useless to try and wash their hair and after Maylo had put her hair up and put tape around her wrists to her elbows and from her ankles to her knees, Chihiro lead them to another small door. She opened it and crawled through while Maylo followed. They stood up and looked over a sea of water. Halfway across the water was the train/boat station they caught the boat at and the tunnel that lead back to their world. They were standing on a small platform that led down to the left as hundreds of stairs.
"Careful, these stairs are really rickety. Last time I was here I broke one and had to run very fast down the rest. I ended up running into a cement wall. So be careful."
"Okay..." whimpered Maylo. Because unknown to Chihiro, Maylo was afraid of heights if there weren't any guard rails. And these stairs didn't have any kind of rail to protect her. 'You'll be safe. Don't worry Maylo, everything will be alright,' she thought to herself as Chihiro started to lead her down the stairs. When they reached the platform at the bottom, Maylo was shivering in fear. She relaxed though when she realized that they were going to through the door that sat on the platform. The door was made of pure metal and large pipes were coming out of the walls all around it. Chihiro walked over to the door then pulled Maylo behind her.
"After you," she said as she bowed down and opened the door for Maylo.
Maylo, who did not like the 'royal treatment,' quickly replied, "No, no! After you!"
"Ladies first."
"You act more like a lady. I'm just a little girl. Go right ahead."
"But you are more mature. Please, I insist."
"After you."
"No! Please, go ahead."
"We don't want to keep them waiting!"
"Ah but you should see everything first!"
"People who have been here go first because they're too polite and stupid plus they know where they're going!" Chihiro didn't reply. She was laughing too hard. Soon, both of them were laughing like crazy. Then, Maylo put on arm over Chihiro's shoulder and Chihiro did the same. Then, they both walked into the boiler room together.
To be continued...
Sakura G: So how was it?
Maylo: Pretty good. But since when was I afraid of heights??
Sakura G: I'm the author of this story and I can make you be afraid of anything I want! *laughs evilly*
Illousa: She's got a point Maylo.
Maylo: *pouts like a kindergartener*
Sakura G: Sorry it took so long. I typed this on my new laptop and when I was done I realized I hadn't made the thing so I could connect to the internet! I had to wait for my dad to help and blah, blah, blah! So I'm sorry and I hope this chapter was long enough to suit your needs and wants. The other one will come up sooner.
Maylo: It better. Man did I wait forever with the rest of the readers!
Illousa: Maylo, you're just a character Sakura made up.
Maylo: Ya so? Are you saying just because Sakura made me up that I can't read the story with everybody else you big jerk?!?!?
Illousa: Yes you big baka!
Maylo: What's a baka???
Sakura G: *sweat drop forms on head and puts her hand over Illousa's mouth* Well Maylo I think we better go.
Maylo: What is a baka???? Will you kind readers tell me??
Sakura G: No! Don't!!! *Illousa and Sakura pull down a black screen while Maylo tries to ask another question about baka's*
***If you have any questions, comments, or flames (But none of you should give me any of those!), please feel free to email me at: sailor_ivy_girl@mail.com or post up a review. Tanks!
