Chapter one: A boy from the past

 I could see him looking at me a few feet away, his gaze sucking at mine. I never seen him before in my life but he seemed to recognize me.

" Sen!"

Nastumi was standing on a bench waving frantically at me. I glanced quickly around the park catching her eye. When I looked back he was gone. I looked around trying to find him but he was nowhere to be seen.

" I kept my promise. You could have looked for me."

I turned, and saw him standing right beside me.

" What are you on about?" I manage to say. " I don't even know you"

" You know me perfectly. It's me remember? Kohaku. You used to call me Haku."

I stared at him, totally bewildered. What was he telling me?

" SEN!" Natsumi was hurrying through the park to me.

" I've got to go" I said quickly, and turned away.

I made my way through the path, trying my best not to get stepped on. Finally, after what seemed to be an eternity, I reach Nat.

" Ukiho's gonna be really mad at us if we don't get to that Café le Lion in time," she said.

" I know."

We made our way once again through the crowd, Nat in the lead. She rambled on about her date with the new boy in school but I wasn't listening. After around five minutes we reached the café and saw Ukiho in seat near the window, her nose in a book.

" Good you're here," she said when she saw us. " Have you got the English notes with you?"

" Ignore English, Sen's got a boyfriend." Natsumi said.

" What! Who is it?

" It's not like that! I-he-I've no idea who he is,"

" Oh, please! How do you explain the park?"

" Well…"

Nat grinned at me in a smug way.

" See?"

I looked down at mug cup of coffee  unable to make them understand.

" Look he just came up to me saying something about a promise, but I had no idea what wanted me to tell me."

" Maybe he was looking for someone else," Ukiho said "but she died and her spirit passed on to you"

I stared at her. Could that be possible?

" I think there's a more logical explanation," Natsumi cut in. " he probably knew you from a small age but you couldn't remember him."

They were both right but still wrong. If he was a boy from the past the I would know who he was. As for Ukiho's verdict, I wasn't sure if these things happened. Maybe they did, maybe not.

" Yeah," I mumbled.

I got up, ready to leave.

" Mum's waiting for me at home, I've got to go."

" You just got here." Ukiho protested.

But I wasn't listening. As fast as possible, I made my way through the café and into the park. I kept my eyes glued to the ground as I walked. I needed to be alone.

" Chihiro." Haku was standing on the path blocking my way.

" What do you want?" I hissed.

" Look I know you're angry at me, but-"

" Angry at you?" I said hotly. " Why should I be angry at you when I haven't met you before in my life?"

He looked at me in a hurt kind of way.

" I tried to get here as fast as possible, but getting a permission form was hard. If you really have forgotten me, I don't blame you."

I had had enough of his rambling. I dodged around him, but wasn't quick enough. He took hold of my arm and pulled me off the path. I frantically tried to get away but his grip was firm.

"Chihiro, listen to me"

"Let go of me!"

" I just want to say that-"

" I don't care what you wanted to say!" I snapped. " I don't know you and I never have, so just leave me alone."

"You can never escape from the past."

I stopped. I stopped pounding at his arms, I stopped hitting chest, I stopped trying to get away from his grip.

" What?" I breathed

"You can never escape from the past," he repeated. " Because one day it will come back to you, just like it has done now."

He was right. I hated to admit it but he was right.

" No," I said. " you're right. I can't get away from the past. But I can make the past get away from me."

Then pushing him out of the way, I ran.

A/N: I'm sorry if this chapter was so slow, but I'm just bad at beginnings. Promise there's going to be much more angst in de next chappie. Oh and soz about the songfic thing, I couldn't really find the right lyrics. Thanks to Jason_dude, James Birdsong, ElfPilot, Lady Summoner, Aerena and Midoriko  Chang

for their reviews.

Ps: This is going to be the last chappie I'm writing for at least a week or two. I'd try to made use of Easter hols but can't cos I'm going skiing. WHOHOO.