Disclaimer: I don't own Spirited Away or any of its characters.
Author's Note: sorry for the mix up and sticking chapter 5 and 6 together.
~Na
Chapter 5: Sunday and Monday
The doorbell rang, "Haku can you get the door? It's Toshihiro's bedtime," asked Mari. Kohaku walked downstairs and to the front door, it was 9:30pm Kohaku was wondering who would be coming by at this time at night. Kohaku opened the door.
"Hello... Dr Tsumi told me where you lived, would you like to go for a walk with me?" said Chihiro.
"Yeah. Mari I'm going for a walk with a friend of mine!" yelled Kohaku up the stairs the Mari, Kohaku got a quick 'ok' for a reply as he closed the door behind him. Chihiro led the way back to her house but took an unexpected turn down a side road into the woods.
"I didn't even know you got out of the hospital," said Kohaku after a few minutes.
"Yeah 4:30 this afternoon," replied Chihiro.
"So your parents let you go for a walk alone, so soon after you got out of the hospital?" asked Kohaku.
"No, When I got home I went to bed and woke up like normal. My parents know that if I have very important work, when I go downstairs to get something to eat I'll tell them, 'I don't want to be bothered,' then I'll lock my door and blare the music. And sometimes I use the time to climb out the window and go for a walk, my parents never know."
"Smart, so today you wanted company?"
"Who are you? And today I want the truth, you look so familiar but I just can't seem to remember. When I remembered Haku's real name it was only because I rode on his back again. So please tell me, or give me a hint."
"Sen, I mean Chihiro it's me Haku, Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi," answered Kohaku, he could tell Chihiro wanted to believe him but couldn't for some reason. "When you were four you fell into my river after your little pink shoe, I saved you. You saved my life at Aburaya when I stole Zeniiba's magick seal."
Kohaku took a step back and changed into a dragon. Chihiro smiled and ran towards him, there was tears in her eyes, "Kohaku, Oh they said you didn't exist that I was crazy they beat me...." Cried Chihiro.
Kohaku changed back into human form and held Chihiro close to him, "I know, but it will be alright now, I'm here."
"Kohaku they are still in my head, but I can see the room there are two doors, but which one Kohaku?"
"Well which one feel's right?"
"If I face this way the one in front of me it smells like you, feels like you."
Kohaku looked the way Chihiro was facing, he hadn't noticed before but they where right in front of the red building. Kohaku never really paid attention before, but now he remembered. The room before the Spirit world was filled with benches and had only two doors. Something had made Chihiro a doppelganger! (a/n: Doppelganger means: A spiritual or ghostly double or counterpart; esp., an apparitional double of a living person; a cowalker. (definition found at dictionary.com)(original German word: Doppelgänger. In phonetic: Doppelgaenger (German meaning is different from the English)) Can be created when a person wants to finish something or return, but can't, and are still living.) Kohaku didn't know how anything could create a doppelganger, but it was the only explanation, that Chihiro wanted to go back so much that a doppelganger was created and then something trapped the doppelganger in the tunnel. And since the doppelganger was in stress it tried to get away and back to Chihiro to make one person, but couldn't and only linked the minds, into a coma like state. It wasn't that Kohaku was breaking the hold of the doppelganger but of its capturer. The thing that Kohaku really didn't understand was why Chihiro would have made a doppelganger so soon after she left and who trapped it.
"Come on Chihiro, we are going to get you out of that room," said Kohaku holding Chihiro's hand and walking to the tunnel. Chihiro walked willingly, Well at least she isn't kicking and screaming and she will be happy once she is in the Spirit world, thought Kohaku, so I'm not exactly breaking my promise to Rin.
As they walked through the tunnel, he could see up ahead Chihiro starring at the doorway to the Spirit world, but it was only the Doppelganger, a ten year old Chihiro. Neither the doppelganger or Chihiro noticed each other, they were both to wrapped up in what they were thinking. As Chihiro walked by the doppelganger, it disappeared. The second the doppelganger was 'gone' Chihiro seemed to wake up, "No, no you said out but now it... it feels more encompassing!" exclaimed Chihiro.
"We are almost out, see the door? The door..."
"To the Spirit world, Kohaku I remember everything now, those spirits made me forget, but now I remember. And you came for me, you actually came for me!"
"I promised Chihiro, and I love you, you never break promises to someone you love. I only wish I could have come sooner."
"Better seven years then never," Chihiro laughed. Chihiro was all better now, except Kohaku could tell she was scared of these spirits who had tortured her for seven years. They walked out of the tunnel the water was at full depth, Kohaku changed into a dragon and Chihiro climbed on his back. Kohaku quickly flew across the water and landed behind a building. Chihiro got off and Kohaku changed back, Chihiro clung to his arm, it wasn't that she was scared of the spirits she just didn't want to lose Kohaku.
They walked through the streets, at the bridge Kohaku was going to tell Chihiro to hold her breath but he heard her take a deep breath, so Kohaku just continued to walk across the bridge. On the other side Chihiro took a deep breath and whispered, "I did it this time."
"Yes you did very well Chihiro," answered Kohaku, he felt like he was twelve again and Chihiro was ten.
They walked down the steps and into the boiler room, "Yes, what do you want?" asked Kamajii, he hadn't noticed that it was Kohaku and Chihiro who had walked in.
"I need a job!" said Chihiro.
Kamajii's head jerked up, "Sen! Oh good, Haku brought you home. Are you sure you want a job here?"
"Yes I am Kamajii," replied Chihiro.
"Very well then Haku can you bring her to Yu-Baaba, she is my granddaughter. And put this on Sen," said Kamajii throwing a cape at Chihiro, it was so no one would notice her or the smell. Chihiro put on the cape and nodded at Kamajii as she followed Kohaku out the door.
Chihiro followed Kohaku closely, but not clinging, Chihiro had realized how childish she had acted earlier and now she had straitened up to act seventeen. Chihiro and Kohaku got a couple odd looks from a few of the workers Kohaku told them "A new one, for Yu-Baaba." A few workers grumbled. Kohaku picked up his meal of rice and ate half of it, and handed it to Chihiro to eat so she wouldn't disappear.
It wasn't long till they were in front of Yu-Baaba's door, "Wait for me to come back out, ok?" said Kohaku, Chihiro nodded.
Kohaku opened the door and walked in, Chihiro heard Yu-Baaba, "Didn't find her? Well you can have you job back. Leave! I don't need you right now, I'll call you if I have something for you to do."
Kohaku replied, "Thank You." A few seconds later Kohaku walked out of the door, "give it five minutes or so before you go in."
"Ok," replied Chihiro.
"Are you sure you want to get your job back?"
"Yeah, I am. Why did you bring me back here anyways?"
"Because I love you," Kohaku moved closer to Chihiro and held her, he leaned forward to kiss her.
Chihiro pulled away, before he kissed her, "And?"
"And when you said there was two doors I realized that you were trapped in the tunnel and you said you wanted to go out this door and not to the human world."
Chihiro smiled, "Good, thinking. I hated the human world even before I was trapped. I think the only reason I wanted to ever go back was because my parents were pigs." Chihiro kissed Kohaku, after a minute Chihiro pulled away, "I love you too, Kohaku." Chihiro gave him a little pack and walked into Yu-Baaba's room.
Yu-Baaba's head shot up, she smelled human. "Oh that's why he is back, your also back, well you can't have your job back!"
"Can you please just give me a job?" asked Chihiro.
"No!"
"But you promised to give a job to whoever asks for one!"
"This is different your asking for your job BACK."
"It's the same Yu-Baaba, just give me back my job so I can pay off my debt to Aburaya."
"No!"
"Sen! Your back!" interrupted Bou giving Chihiro a bear hug.
"Sweetie mommy is trying to make her leave, please go back to your room," said Yu-Baaba in her motherly voice.
"You know if Sen goes, so will Haku," simply said Bou as he walked back to his room.
"Err.... He is to smart for his own good, Fine you can have your job back," replied Yu-Baaba as the contract flew to Chihiro. Chihiro barely finished writing her name when Yu-Baaba made the contract fly back to her. "Well you know the drill Sen," said Yu-Baaba as she lifted the letters off the paper, "Haku!"
Kohaku walked in, "Yes Yu-Baaba."
"Don't act like that I know you brought her here, so now you can bring her to Aniyaku," angrily said Yu-Baaba.
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Yu-Baaba sat at her desk, she thought. Yu-Baaba couldn't believe that she had Sen reemployed at Aburaya. Yu-Baaba never wanted to see Sen again, and she was very surprised to see that Haku let Sen get her job back, let alone come back to the Spirit world. Yu-Baaba knew that there was a third party in all of this, and Yu-Baaba would 'push Sen in the middle' trapping her with only one way out, Haku. Haku, Yu-Baaba needed him, he was nonexpendable, but Sen, Sen on the other hand was very much expendable.
Author's Note: sorry for the mix up and sticking chapter 5 and 6 together.
~Na
Chapter 5: Sunday and Monday
The doorbell rang, "Haku can you get the door? It's Toshihiro's bedtime," asked Mari. Kohaku walked downstairs and to the front door, it was 9:30pm Kohaku was wondering who would be coming by at this time at night. Kohaku opened the door.
"Hello... Dr Tsumi told me where you lived, would you like to go for a walk with me?" said Chihiro.
"Yeah. Mari I'm going for a walk with a friend of mine!" yelled Kohaku up the stairs the Mari, Kohaku got a quick 'ok' for a reply as he closed the door behind him. Chihiro led the way back to her house but took an unexpected turn down a side road into the woods.
"I didn't even know you got out of the hospital," said Kohaku after a few minutes.
"Yeah 4:30 this afternoon," replied Chihiro.
"So your parents let you go for a walk alone, so soon after you got out of the hospital?" asked Kohaku.
"No, When I got home I went to bed and woke up like normal. My parents know that if I have very important work, when I go downstairs to get something to eat I'll tell them, 'I don't want to be bothered,' then I'll lock my door and blare the music. And sometimes I use the time to climb out the window and go for a walk, my parents never know."
"Smart, so today you wanted company?"
"Who are you? And today I want the truth, you look so familiar but I just can't seem to remember. When I remembered Haku's real name it was only because I rode on his back again. So please tell me, or give me a hint."
"Sen, I mean Chihiro it's me Haku, Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi," answered Kohaku, he could tell Chihiro wanted to believe him but couldn't for some reason. "When you were four you fell into my river after your little pink shoe, I saved you. You saved my life at Aburaya when I stole Zeniiba's magick seal."
Kohaku took a step back and changed into a dragon. Chihiro smiled and ran towards him, there was tears in her eyes, "Kohaku, Oh they said you didn't exist that I was crazy they beat me...." Cried Chihiro.
Kohaku changed back into human form and held Chihiro close to him, "I know, but it will be alright now, I'm here."
"Kohaku they are still in my head, but I can see the room there are two doors, but which one Kohaku?"
"Well which one feel's right?"
"If I face this way the one in front of me it smells like you, feels like you."
Kohaku looked the way Chihiro was facing, he hadn't noticed before but they where right in front of the red building. Kohaku never really paid attention before, but now he remembered. The room before the Spirit world was filled with benches and had only two doors. Something had made Chihiro a doppelganger! (a/n: Doppelganger means: A spiritual or ghostly double or counterpart; esp., an apparitional double of a living person; a cowalker. (definition found at dictionary.com)(original German word: Doppelgänger. In phonetic: Doppelgaenger (German meaning is different from the English)) Can be created when a person wants to finish something or return, but can't, and are still living.) Kohaku didn't know how anything could create a doppelganger, but it was the only explanation, that Chihiro wanted to go back so much that a doppelganger was created and then something trapped the doppelganger in the tunnel. And since the doppelganger was in stress it tried to get away and back to Chihiro to make one person, but couldn't and only linked the minds, into a coma like state. It wasn't that Kohaku was breaking the hold of the doppelganger but of its capturer. The thing that Kohaku really didn't understand was why Chihiro would have made a doppelganger so soon after she left and who trapped it.
"Come on Chihiro, we are going to get you out of that room," said Kohaku holding Chihiro's hand and walking to the tunnel. Chihiro walked willingly, Well at least she isn't kicking and screaming and she will be happy once she is in the Spirit world, thought Kohaku, so I'm not exactly breaking my promise to Rin.
As they walked through the tunnel, he could see up ahead Chihiro starring at the doorway to the Spirit world, but it was only the Doppelganger, a ten year old Chihiro. Neither the doppelganger or Chihiro noticed each other, they were both to wrapped up in what they were thinking. As Chihiro walked by the doppelganger, it disappeared. The second the doppelganger was 'gone' Chihiro seemed to wake up, "No, no you said out but now it... it feels more encompassing!" exclaimed Chihiro.
"We are almost out, see the door? The door..."
"To the Spirit world, Kohaku I remember everything now, those spirits made me forget, but now I remember. And you came for me, you actually came for me!"
"I promised Chihiro, and I love you, you never break promises to someone you love. I only wish I could have come sooner."
"Better seven years then never," Chihiro laughed. Chihiro was all better now, except Kohaku could tell she was scared of these spirits who had tortured her for seven years. They walked out of the tunnel the water was at full depth, Kohaku changed into a dragon and Chihiro climbed on his back. Kohaku quickly flew across the water and landed behind a building. Chihiro got off and Kohaku changed back, Chihiro clung to his arm, it wasn't that she was scared of the spirits she just didn't want to lose Kohaku.
They walked through the streets, at the bridge Kohaku was going to tell Chihiro to hold her breath but he heard her take a deep breath, so Kohaku just continued to walk across the bridge. On the other side Chihiro took a deep breath and whispered, "I did it this time."
"Yes you did very well Chihiro," answered Kohaku, he felt like he was twelve again and Chihiro was ten.
They walked down the steps and into the boiler room, "Yes, what do you want?" asked Kamajii, he hadn't noticed that it was Kohaku and Chihiro who had walked in.
"I need a job!" said Chihiro.
Kamajii's head jerked up, "Sen! Oh good, Haku brought you home. Are you sure you want a job here?"
"Yes I am Kamajii," replied Chihiro.
"Very well then Haku can you bring her to Yu-Baaba, she is my granddaughter. And put this on Sen," said Kamajii throwing a cape at Chihiro, it was so no one would notice her or the smell. Chihiro put on the cape and nodded at Kamajii as she followed Kohaku out the door.
Chihiro followed Kohaku closely, but not clinging, Chihiro had realized how childish she had acted earlier and now she had straitened up to act seventeen. Chihiro and Kohaku got a couple odd looks from a few of the workers Kohaku told them "A new one, for Yu-Baaba." A few workers grumbled. Kohaku picked up his meal of rice and ate half of it, and handed it to Chihiro to eat so she wouldn't disappear.
It wasn't long till they were in front of Yu-Baaba's door, "Wait for me to come back out, ok?" said Kohaku, Chihiro nodded.
Kohaku opened the door and walked in, Chihiro heard Yu-Baaba, "Didn't find her? Well you can have you job back. Leave! I don't need you right now, I'll call you if I have something for you to do."
Kohaku replied, "Thank You." A few seconds later Kohaku walked out of the door, "give it five minutes or so before you go in."
"Ok," replied Chihiro.
"Are you sure you want to get your job back?"
"Yeah, I am. Why did you bring me back here anyways?"
"Because I love you," Kohaku moved closer to Chihiro and held her, he leaned forward to kiss her.
Chihiro pulled away, before he kissed her, "And?"
"And when you said there was two doors I realized that you were trapped in the tunnel and you said you wanted to go out this door and not to the human world."
Chihiro smiled, "Good, thinking. I hated the human world even before I was trapped. I think the only reason I wanted to ever go back was because my parents were pigs." Chihiro kissed Kohaku, after a minute Chihiro pulled away, "I love you too, Kohaku." Chihiro gave him a little pack and walked into Yu-Baaba's room.
Yu-Baaba's head shot up, she smelled human. "Oh that's why he is back, your also back, well you can't have your job back!"
"Can you please just give me a job?" asked Chihiro.
"No!"
"But you promised to give a job to whoever asks for one!"
"This is different your asking for your job BACK."
"It's the same Yu-Baaba, just give me back my job so I can pay off my debt to Aburaya."
"No!"
"Sen! Your back!" interrupted Bou giving Chihiro a bear hug.
"Sweetie mommy is trying to make her leave, please go back to your room," said Yu-Baaba in her motherly voice.
"You know if Sen goes, so will Haku," simply said Bou as he walked back to his room.
"Err.... He is to smart for his own good, Fine you can have your job back," replied Yu-Baaba as the contract flew to Chihiro. Chihiro barely finished writing her name when Yu-Baaba made the contract fly back to her. "Well you know the drill Sen," said Yu-Baaba as she lifted the letters off the paper, "Haku!"
Kohaku walked in, "Yes Yu-Baaba."
"Don't act like that I know you brought her here, so now you can bring her to Aniyaku," angrily said Yu-Baaba.
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Yu-Baaba sat at her desk, she thought. Yu-Baaba couldn't believe that she had Sen reemployed at Aburaya. Yu-Baaba never wanted to see Sen again, and she was very surprised to see that Haku let Sen get her job back, let alone come back to the Spirit world. Yu-Baaba knew that there was a third party in all of this, and Yu-Baaba would 'push Sen in the middle' trapping her with only one way out, Haku. Haku, Yu-Baaba needed him, he was nonexpendable, but Sen, Sen on the other hand was very much expendable.
