Update: I have updated the fic. I thought that in the japanese version of Spirited Away that

Lin's name was Rin. ^^ I'm pretty sure I'm correct on that scale but I'll change it to Lin

in case I am wrong. Sorry if I confused anyone!

Hi everyone! I'm sorry this took awhile but I've been really busy lately with other activites.

I am so pleased with all the great reviews that I've recieved and hope that everyone enjoys

my fic. Here are a few replies to a few reviews/questions so you all won't be as confused.

Vixen: Well, I'm sure you can make some guesses but I can't say! I don't want to ruin the story!

Witchgirl: The chapters will be longer! I swear!! Don't harm me please!!!

Arsenal: I'm glad you let me know how you feel! The reason that you don't know where this is

going is because I did that on purpose. I specifically wrote this to confuse people and have them

ask the same question. ^^;;

Haruko: Awww! Thanks!! I'm rooting for this story too! *waves some flags* If you wanna help me

edit and such you can email me privately or AIM me at Nikitsuki. I would love any input you could

give!

Califpinay3001: Wow... I don't know what to really say to your comment except thanks! I'm glad

you think this fic is strange! It's supposed to be that way!



Thanks again to all the reviewers! I love your comments!! I am still in search of an editor/beta.

If anyone thinks they're up to the job then you are welcome to email me. My email is located in

my profile and at the bottom of this installment. I must warn you though that I am like Shigure from

Fruits Basket when it comes to my editor. If anyone's ever seen that, they'll know what I mean.

Disclaimer: I don't and won't own Spirited Away. It belongs to it's respective owners. I am only

writing for the enjoyment of others and not profit.

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Sen Revisisted

By Nikitsuki

Rated: PG

Summary: Chihiro is at her new house and is lonely for something she can't describe.

Is it because all her old friends are back in Tokyo or that there's nothing to do in her

new town? Or maybe is it because she keeps getting these mysterious notes every

morning when she wakes up?

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It had been five days. Her mother had readily agreed to her request to go to

Tsukasa's sleepover party and now she was having second thoughts. She

looked out the car window and saw the trees flitter by as her father turned a corner.

"Chihiro... I know you've slept over friends house's before but I just want to say that

if you need anything you can call. I'll come and get you in a heart beat."

Chihiro smiled and turned to her dad. "Don't worry so much. I'll be ok. I'm not a baby."

Chihiro turned back to the window and sighed inwardly. The ironic thing about this

whole situation was that she was far from being 'ok.' Everyday for the past week

Chihiro had recieved a short, hand written note that was left next to her door. It had

been there every morning and Chihiro did not understand why. She had the feeling

that she was going to regret but cherish her sleepover at Tsukasa's. For some odd

reason she had this feeling that something important was going to happen tonight.

She just couldn't explain it. She was wearing her old clothes. The red shorts, yellow

sneakers and white striped t-shirt. She just felt that tonight was a good night to wear

them. She hadn't worn them in over a year. She had to wonder why her subconsious

was pushing her toward these specific clothes.

When her father came to Tsukasa's house, Chihiro leaned over to kiss her father and

then opened the door with her overnight bag in hand.

"See you tomorrow at eleven daddy." Her father waved and watched until she had

entered the Tsukasa house before driving off.

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"Lets tell ghost stories!!"

"Ghost stories are for babies!! I want to watch a horror movie!"

Tsukasa had been allowed to only have six girls sleepover for her birthday. Which

made Chihiro wonder why she had invited her. Tsukasa had friends aplenty and

could have easily picked six of her closest friends to sleep over. But she had picked

Chihiro as one. She had picked a girl she had barely known to sleepover her house.

The other five girls were currently arguing about what to do. Tsukasa's mother was

from the United States so they did a lot of American birthday traditions. They had

each made a cupcake for themselves and put on lots of icing and other goodies.

They also opened presents before cake and icecream which was kind of different.

Now they were all sitting in Tsukasa's den trying to think of something else to do.

Everyone was full from cake and dinner so food was out of the question.

Tsukasa smiled at her friends' antics and looked around. Suddenly, an idea popped

into her head. She scrambled to her feet and rushed into the kitchen to come back

with three flashlights. She turned one on and held it under her chin to make herself look

scary and said in the most frightening voice she knew, "lets go into the woods and play

hide and seek."

All of Tsukasa's friends looked at each other with interest and smiled, wide grins covering

their faces. Chihiro looked at the other girls and Tsukasa is suppressed horror. The woods?

It wasn't that Chihiro hated woods, it was the fact that she got a weird feeling from these

woods. The feeling grew worse at night. These woods gave her the strangest sensation.

She did not want to seem like a baby in front of all of Tsukasa's friends so she sighed to

herself and followed them out onto the patio to get sneakers and their coats.

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"Come on Chihiro!!" Tsukasa yelled, waving her flashlight back and forth energetically.

She laughed at Chihiro's blinded expression and darted farther forward into the woods

before anyone could stop her. Her other friends soon followed, happy smiles on their

faces. Chihiro was left next to a stone a statue that was covered in moss. She scrunched

up her face and clenched her fists having the feeling that this had happened before.

"Wait up!! I'm coming too!" She rushed after them, flashlight in hand. She had the

suspicion that these woods were laughing at her. She could even hear the laughter all

around her as she continued to walk further into the woods. She felt like she was being

swallowed whole.Why had she agreed to this she wondered. Maybe if she had stayed by

the statue, Tsukasa and her friends would have realized she wasn't with them and come

searching for her. She mentally shook herself. It could be hours before

they realized she wasn't with them. Chihiro yelped as she stumbled over a tree root and

almost landed on her face in the dirt. She grimaced as she brushed herself off took

a turn to her left, leaving her straight path that could lead her back to the statue and

then to Tsukasa's house. She kept walking though, further into the woods.

Chihiro did not even notice that she was now standing in front of another stone statue covered

with the same moss and the other statue. She was so angry with herself that she hadn't turned

around like she said she should have. She looked around and was startled to see a building

and a black tunnel. She turned around and looked behind her to see if this was anyone's

property. There weren't any cars parked nearby and the place looked deserted. Chihiro walked

around the statue and went up to stand in front of the tunnel. Tsukasa did not mention anything

about an old building in the woods. Maybe it was haunted. She went to turn around and go back

to Tsukasa's when she faced the building and put her hand to the wall. It seeped with a

mystery and Chihiro couldn't resist a mystery. She took a hesitant step towards the tunnel and

took a deep breath. She wasn't going to let a little bit of darkness scare her. She walked into

the tunnel, her flashlight steady and assured her feet would take her to where she wanted to

go. She reached the end of the tunnel and realized that she didn't need her flashlight. She turned

it off and took a look at the decor. It was very interesting. Benches stood in front of another

opening kind of like a train station. Two old teller booths stood to the right and left of another

door which was also black, but not pitch black. It looked to be the night sky.

She walked forward knowing she had been here before was not sure how or when.

Suddenly an iron gate closed over the entrance, not allowing her entry. She looked over

and her eyes widened as she saw sillohettes behind the teller booths.

"Oh!" She exclaimed to herself and walked to the booth. She looked at prices to get inside

and blanched. She didn't have any money with her. She only had a bracelet that her mother

had given to her. She looked at it for a moment before she took it off and gave it to the teller.

"What can this get me?" She asked holding up the bracelet for the teller to see.

The teller stared at her before putting a boat ticket and two train tickets on the the window.

Chihiro nodded and the teller took the bracelet and gave her the tickets that she had

requested. The iron gate had disappeared and Chihiro walked past, her yellow sneakers

squeaking as she walked by. She boarded the boat by giving her ticket to another faceless

operator and found a bench overlooking the waves. She stared at the water for some time

before seeing the bright lights and the upcoming land. She stared at the bright lights and

had the sensation of coming home. This place felt like more than a home to her than her

house on the hill ever had. Her parents were wonderful but she just felt like a piece of her

heart that had been missing had now been fulfilled.

The boat docked on land and Chihiro got off first, being the closest to the exit. She jumped

off the ramp and walked toward the corner to see the other passengers. First she had to

eat something. She didn't know why but she had a feeling that she had eat something here.

She looked around and saw a berry bush. She picked two off a branch and swallowed them

in one bite. She looked around briefly and decided against taking a main entrance. After

avoiding the main routes, Chihiro finally noticed a bucket boat. She looked around making

sure no one was watching her and stepped into it. She noticed that some clothes were

piled at the bottom of the round boat. She picked them up and fingered the material. A

flashback hit her suddenly with the force of a train.

She looked at the material again and whispered, "Lin..." She sharply looked at the biggest

building which must be where Lin would be. Determined now to get some answers, Chihiro

grabbed the peddle and started to row herself towards the lower side of the bathhouse. When

she finally reached the side of the bathhouse, she walked the familiar way to the steps and

started to assend.

After a few minutes of searching, Chihiro finally found the familiar door that was imbedded into

her brain. She opened it and closed it behind her, walking awkardly toward the bright room at the

end. She hurried to hide behind the wall and stuck her head out to see what was going on.

What she saw amazed her. Another flashback hit her and her eyes widened.

"Kamaji-grandpa..."

The man on top of the stone block kept working but turned his head to see what the problem

was and she could swear that she heard him take in a breath. "Sen!"

Three bath water tokens appeared out of no where and Kamaji cursed. "Come on you buggers!

Get to work!!" The soot monsters appeared from their holes carrying their rocks. A bang on

the door behind Kamaji started and it opened.

"Old man... How many times have I told you to leave your bowls out for me to take?" Lin

growled coming forth, bringing a tray of soup and a bread like substance. The door slammed

with a loud bang and Chihiro saw an exasperated Lin come forth.

"Lin!" Chihiro cried rushing forward.

Lin's eyes widened and she put the tray down quickly coming up to Chihiro and hugging her.

"Sen! What are you doing here?! Wow!! You've grown kid!" Lin patted her head and then held

her out so she could give Chihiro a look over.

"I think you came out all right kid. Other than that oderous smell, you don't look half bad." Lin

didn't notice Kamaji had already started in on his supper and was slurping noisely.

"So, how's Haku? I haven't seen him in awhile. Are you two getting on ok?" Chihiro gave Lin

a perturbed expression and Lin's eye's widened.

"You mean you... after you left, he never came back?"

Chihiro didn't know what to say. Who was this Haku that Lin was talking about?

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That was chapter 3. I'm working on chapter 4 real soon! A reminder to those who are interested in

helping me beta/edit. If you could email me or AIM me when I'm online, it would be appriciated.

If you are emailing me, please put something in the header saying you want to help edit because

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I have been working on my Chihiro cosplay costume for the past couple of days in preperation for

the Boston Anime Picnic. If anyone is in the Boston area for the weekend of June 28th, come on

down to the Boston Common for some anime cosplay!! If anyone is interested please

go to this link for information: http://every-heart.net/boston/

I hope some people from the boston area decide to come!! I shall post some picture links

of my Chihiro costume once it is finished and showcased at the Boston Picnic for people to

see if they like.

Well that's all for now!! I'll hopefully post chapter 4 in the next couple of weeks!