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Chapter 17: Outer Wounds Healed
Yu-Baaba smiled to herself as she sat at her desk looking over paper work. It was dark and everyone was 'happily' working, there was no complaints, no problems, Sen was taken care of. Yes of course she still lived a minor fault in the main objective... ok major fault, that main objective was not complete. In some ways it was better then if she had died, she never complained, and always worked with no problems, and the best thing is she kept Kohaku right where Yu-Baaba wanted him. Sad and obeying her every word.
Sen her self was 99.99998% healed(in Yu-Baaba's mind Sen has no brain, but for those who believe she is smart, only her body is healed). Well, there was no more pain or broken bones, they had long since been healed. But her mind was lost to everyone except Kohaku and her heart was lost to even him, her true love. At this though Yu-Baaba chuckled.
Yu-Baaba had everything she had before Sen had ever came. Kohaku completely (almost, he wont steel(anything with the word 'magick' in it, at least.) and he wont maim) under her control and her beautiful baby boy had returned at the week mark.
For Bou, Yu-Baaba had to sacrifice a lot, she had to apologize, offer Bunta a second home at Aburaya to use when he wanted, Bou had to be allowed to visit Bunta's mother, Bou went on a small diet (which wasn't helping, he lost a little weight but couldn't loose anymore), Yu-Baaba could no longer pay a human spirit who was just walking around the streets, like the rest of them, to kill Sen or Kohaku (or anyone else(for both killers and victims) (How did he know?!?(Yu-Baaba still doesn't know) though Bunta only told Yu-Baaba, that he knew what she did). This was all very hard for Yu- Baaba to except in the beginning but she had a long time to accept it. Bou had been back for six months, and Yu-Baaba had even gotten used to him looking his own age.
Yu-Baaba just sat there doing her work and amusing her with the thought that Sen wont even hold Kohaku's hand anymore. Her own love trickled into her thoughts, what really happened nine years ago between Bunta and Yu- Baaba? Yu-Baaba no longer knew, but that didn't mean she was going to go running into Bunta's arms, Yu-Baaba thought,...or maybe... NOT! Yu-Baaba shook her head removing that ugly thought the thought of love out of her head.
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Kohaku walked into his dark room and stepped over Sen/his sleeping roll and sat on the bed. He let out a big sigh and flopped down on the bed. Kohaku thought, Chihiro... I mean Sen, still doesn't remember who she is. Sen still has problems with the other workers in Aburaya and insist on sleeping in my room. But she wont get near me! I insist she take my bed and I'll sleep on the floor, she insists the other way around. So we switch off, I thought she loved me, I don't mind sharing my bed I mean I know she doesn't mind it, to much(I think). And if she was uncomfortable with that, fine! I have no problem, but I would like her hand there when I reach for it or my hand to rest on her shoulder before she steps out of reach. In the end of it all I really just want her well again. I think Rin is getting tired of being called: Rim, Rum, Rumi, Ruin, Rini, I think I even heard Sen call her Nir. And of course Kamajii is Chihiro... "Chihiro!" Kohaku finally said out loud.
"Haku?" said a soft woman voice from the door. Kohaku knew it wasn't Sen, she no longer knew him by that name, he was Kohaku even in front of the workers. But the voice was really to soft, quiet and shy to be anyone he knew. But since it was at his door he knew it was Rin.
Kohaku didn't sit up to look at his visitor, "Yes Rin?"
"About a week before Sen's accident I received a train ticket, and was planning on leaving. I didn't right away because you were always away and Sen was being run ragged I knew I had to make sure that she wouldn't disappear. Now that threat is gone, as well as her memory of me. I don't know if I should get on that train or stay here, have a new life, or the same, be Rin or Rumi?" Rin snickered at her last remark but went back to her shy disposition. While Rin had talked she slowly waked into the room and stood in front of Kohaku.
Kohaku sat up, the room was still dark, "I...I don't know Rin, I got to many problems of my own, sorry."
"What problems?" asked Rin looking concerned. Kohaku had told no one that Sen no longer loved him, no longer knew what the word meant. He thought about it for a second.
"...uh..." Kohaku poorly began to say.
"Rum!" said a voice in the doorway.
Kohaku and Rin looked at Sen as she walked into the room, Kohaku snapped his fingers and the light came on, in the dark he could see that she carried dinner.
"It's a good thing I brought a third bowl of rice with me," said Sen. The third bowl was balanced between her arm and chest.
Kohaku quickly walked up to her to help bring the food in, "Let me help you," Kohaku said reaching for the balancing bowl.
"No I got it," replied Sen sharply turning from Kohaku and almost dropping the balancing bowl.
Without thinking Kohaku put one hand on Sen's shoulder to stop her and the wobbly bowl from falling, his other hand went to the bowl.
Sen sighed and gave Kohaku a nasty look, a look that manly said 'get your hand off me,' but her mouth said, "I said I got it, my shoulder isn't going to fall and neither was the rice before you came." Kohaku let go of her shoulder and then quickly grabbed the bowl as it tilted away from Chihiro.
Sen flashed a friendly, innocent, playful look at Kohaku. He was her best friend, that she always remembered, while Rini was her best friend that she just recently met(a/n: Sen's thoughts her if you couldn't tell) neither were more or less. Sen walked over to the small table that was put in the room because Sen was being bothered by the other workers. They kept trying to dump their work on her, or saying that she owed them money. So Sen would leave Kohaku's room, go work, maybe pick up dinner, and return to Kohaku's room. Anywhere else that she went was only with Rin and maybe Kohaku.
Sen set down the two remaining bowls that she had and removed the three sets of chopsticks she had neatly laid in her apron pocket. She neatly set the chopsticks by the two bowls and the remaining at the spot adjacent to hers. She sat down on the floor and waited for Rin and Kohaku to sit down. Kohaku set the bowl of rice he was carrying on the table before sitting down at that place next to Sen. Rin sat across from Kohaku giving him a questioning look.
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Sibliy what are you doing here? asked Joshua in Sibliy's head walking up from behind an invisible Sibliy, who was standing in Kohaku's open door, trying to control her laughter.
I'm testing my invisibility spell, I'm not like you Joshua. And you Joshua what are you doing here? asked Sibliy.
Making sure you don't kill anyone, you've still got two years, replied Joshua.
Oh don't worry Joshua. I couldn't kill her now, she is so funny. Sen has forgotten everything except Haku and she doesn't even remember loving him, just watch, Sibliy snickered.
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Kohaku got a strange feeling that there was another person in the room. Kohaku glanced over his shoulder expecting to see one of the workers in the door. But there was no one that he could see. The feeling grew stronger Kohaku on instinct reached for Sen's hand that laid on the floor.
Sen quickly pulled her hand away before Kohaku could touch it, she stood up and walked to the door, "I'm sorry I forgot to close the door when I came in."
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See I told you, said Sibliy as the door slammed on her face.
Yes, yes now lets go home, beckoned Joshua, fading away with Sibliy.
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Sen walked back and sat down at the table, Rin was starring at her, Rin stood up and walked around the table. Rin grabbed Kohaku's arm just as he was putting rice in his mouth. Rin gripped his arm hard pulling Kohaku up, his chopsticks and some rice fell to the floor. "Excuse us Sen, I really need to talk to him," apologized Rin dragging Kohaku out of the door.
Rin closed the door behind them and looked up and down the hall no one else was there, "What is wrong with her, I thought she remembered you?"
"She forgot that she ever loved me, that I ever loved her," sullenly replied Kohaku not looking into Rin's eyes.
"Can that even happen? And for how long has this been going on?" asked Rin worried.
A tear trickled down Kohaku's cheek, he wiped it away and looked at Rin, "ah..ah..I guess it can, because it has. Since right after the accident, at first it wasn't so bad, so obvious."
Rin just shook her head, she was stunned. Kohaku turned and opened the door Rin made no movement to follow. Kohaku stepped in and closed the door, but only half way so Rin knew she could come back in if she wanted.
"I didn't want to say anything while Ruin was here, but now she is gone," Said Sen, Kohaku was surprised to see her only a few steps from him, "You have to stop this, this acting like we, we are... are..."
"In Love," Kohaku replied his voice trembling, another tear escaped, though he tried to hold it back.
"Yes in love. I mean you're a great guy Kohaku my best friend, I would probably... probably... What's that word?" Sen yelled at Kohaku frustrated.
Probably?... Probably, thought Kohaku as the tears rolled down his cheeks. Kohaku chocked back the tears with a cough, "Love."
"Yes love. I would probably love you if you weren't acting like I already did!" Sen yelled there was anger in her eyes.
"It's a spell, a spell!" said Rin bursting in the room, "Haku you need to hug her, hold her, kiss her, something. You know she really loves you, you really love her. I know this and I don't know love!" Rin was yelling at Kohaku. Kohaku was crying, it was like someone turned off the light, not just the light the sun. he just shook his head. He loved Sen if she wanted him in another world that is where he would go.
Rin walked up to Sen putting both hands on Sen's shoulders as if to shake her awake. Rin looked strait into Sen's brown eyes, "Look at him, you can't honestly tell me you don't love him? That you don't remember that?" said Rin starring at Sen, Sen didn't look at Kohaku, "Chihiro! Look at him! Come on Sen!"
Sen glanced away from Rin's stare and caught Kohaku's eye. His big pools of the most beautiful green that he had for eyes. A pink shoe flashed in her mind... then riding a dragon through water... pressing her hand against Kohaku's after he put a berry in her mouth... Kohaku with a weak goofy yet reassuring smile in the garden... then gripping the horns of a bloody dragon... then slowly falling through the air a tear trickled up and Kohaku so happy and free... and then the final flash was of her hand slowly slipping away from another, not wanting to ever let got though it had to.
Sen quickly looked away from Kohaku's stare she looked at the ground and then closed her eyes a few tear drops hovered on her eye lashes, a whisper of the past she had forgotten slipped into her mind, 'Because I know that your Kohaku would never want to see you like this.' Sen thought but who had said that to her, was this, this Kohaku crying in front of me, mine? she opened her eyes the hovering tears slipped down her face. She looked into Kohaku's eyes once again. A picture formed of her running around an injured unconscious younger Kohaku, 'Haku!' she was say and something about returning a seal Kamajii and Rin were in the back ground saying something about love.
Sen blinked her eyes away from Kohaku's gaze. Rin's hands still lay on her shoulders. Sen pushed Rin out of the way and walked out of the open door, as she closed the door she said, "Sorry Rin."
Author's Note: Don't hate me because she forgotten love! She is remembering give me credit for that. Sorry it took so long to post the Chapter. Happy Reading!
~Na
Chapter 17: Outer Wounds Healed
Yu-Baaba smiled to herself as she sat at her desk looking over paper work. It was dark and everyone was 'happily' working, there was no complaints, no problems, Sen was taken care of. Yes of course she still lived a minor fault in the main objective... ok major fault, that main objective was not complete. In some ways it was better then if she had died, she never complained, and always worked with no problems, and the best thing is she kept Kohaku right where Yu-Baaba wanted him. Sad and obeying her every word.
Sen her self was 99.99998% healed(in Yu-Baaba's mind Sen has no brain, but for those who believe she is smart, only her body is healed). Well, there was no more pain or broken bones, they had long since been healed. But her mind was lost to everyone except Kohaku and her heart was lost to even him, her true love. At this though Yu-Baaba chuckled.
Yu-Baaba had everything she had before Sen had ever came. Kohaku completely (almost, he wont steel(anything with the word 'magick' in it, at least.) and he wont maim) under her control and her beautiful baby boy had returned at the week mark.
For Bou, Yu-Baaba had to sacrifice a lot, she had to apologize, offer Bunta a second home at Aburaya to use when he wanted, Bou had to be allowed to visit Bunta's mother, Bou went on a small diet (which wasn't helping, he lost a little weight but couldn't loose anymore), Yu-Baaba could no longer pay a human spirit who was just walking around the streets, like the rest of them, to kill Sen or Kohaku (or anyone else(for both killers and victims) (How did he know?!?(Yu-Baaba still doesn't know) though Bunta only told Yu-Baaba, that he knew what she did). This was all very hard for Yu- Baaba to except in the beginning but she had a long time to accept it. Bou had been back for six months, and Yu-Baaba had even gotten used to him looking his own age.
Yu-Baaba just sat there doing her work and amusing her with the thought that Sen wont even hold Kohaku's hand anymore. Her own love trickled into her thoughts, what really happened nine years ago between Bunta and Yu- Baaba? Yu-Baaba no longer knew, but that didn't mean she was going to go running into Bunta's arms, Yu-Baaba thought,...or maybe... NOT! Yu-Baaba shook her head removing that ugly thought the thought of love out of her head.
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Kohaku walked into his dark room and stepped over Sen/his sleeping roll and sat on the bed. He let out a big sigh and flopped down on the bed. Kohaku thought, Chihiro... I mean Sen, still doesn't remember who she is. Sen still has problems with the other workers in Aburaya and insist on sleeping in my room. But she wont get near me! I insist she take my bed and I'll sleep on the floor, she insists the other way around. So we switch off, I thought she loved me, I don't mind sharing my bed I mean I know she doesn't mind it, to much(I think). And if she was uncomfortable with that, fine! I have no problem, but I would like her hand there when I reach for it or my hand to rest on her shoulder before she steps out of reach. In the end of it all I really just want her well again. I think Rin is getting tired of being called: Rim, Rum, Rumi, Ruin, Rini, I think I even heard Sen call her Nir. And of course Kamajii is Chihiro... "Chihiro!" Kohaku finally said out loud.
"Haku?" said a soft woman voice from the door. Kohaku knew it wasn't Sen, she no longer knew him by that name, he was Kohaku even in front of the workers. But the voice was really to soft, quiet and shy to be anyone he knew. But since it was at his door he knew it was Rin.
Kohaku didn't sit up to look at his visitor, "Yes Rin?"
"About a week before Sen's accident I received a train ticket, and was planning on leaving. I didn't right away because you were always away and Sen was being run ragged I knew I had to make sure that she wouldn't disappear. Now that threat is gone, as well as her memory of me. I don't know if I should get on that train or stay here, have a new life, or the same, be Rin or Rumi?" Rin snickered at her last remark but went back to her shy disposition. While Rin had talked she slowly waked into the room and stood in front of Kohaku.
Kohaku sat up, the room was still dark, "I...I don't know Rin, I got to many problems of my own, sorry."
"What problems?" asked Rin looking concerned. Kohaku had told no one that Sen no longer loved him, no longer knew what the word meant. He thought about it for a second.
"...uh..." Kohaku poorly began to say.
"Rum!" said a voice in the doorway.
Kohaku and Rin looked at Sen as she walked into the room, Kohaku snapped his fingers and the light came on, in the dark he could see that she carried dinner.
"It's a good thing I brought a third bowl of rice with me," said Sen. The third bowl was balanced between her arm and chest.
Kohaku quickly walked up to her to help bring the food in, "Let me help you," Kohaku said reaching for the balancing bowl.
"No I got it," replied Sen sharply turning from Kohaku and almost dropping the balancing bowl.
Without thinking Kohaku put one hand on Sen's shoulder to stop her and the wobbly bowl from falling, his other hand went to the bowl.
Sen sighed and gave Kohaku a nasty look, a look that manly said 'get your hand off me,' but her mouth said, "I said I got it, my shoulder isn't going to fall and neither was the rice before you came." Kohaku let go of her shoulder and then quickly grabbed the bowl as it tilted away from Chihiro.
Sen flashed a friendly, innocent, playful look at Kohaku. He was her best friend, that she always remembered, while Rini was her best friend that she just recently met(a/n: Sen's thoughts her if you couldn't tell) neither were more or less. Sen walked over to the small table that was put in the room because Sen was being bothered by the other workers. They kept trying to dump their work on her, or saying that she owed them money. So Sen would leave Kohaku's room, go work, maybe pick up dinner, and return to Kohaku's room. Anywhere else that she went was only with Rin and maybe Kohaku.
Sen set down the two remaining bowls that she had and removed the three sets of chopsticks she had neatly laid in her apron pocket. She neatly set the chopsticks by the two bowls and the remaining at the spot adjacent to hers. She sat down on the floor and waited for Rin and Kohaku to sit down. Kohaku set the bowl of rice he was carrying on the table before sitting down at that place next to Sen. Rin sat across from Kohaku giving him a questioning look.
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Sibliy what are you doing here? asked Joshua in Sibliy's head walking up from behind an invisible Sibliy, who was standing in Kohaku's open door, trying to control her laughter.
I'm testing my invisibility spell, I'm not like you Joshua. And you Joshua what are you doing here? asked Sibliy.
Making sure you don't kill anyone, you've still got two years, replied Joshua.
Oh don't worry Joshua. I couldn't kill her now, she is so funny. Sen has forgotten everything except Haku and she doesn't even remember loving him, just watch, Sibliy snickered.
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Kohaku got a strange feeling that there was another person in the room. Kohaku glanced over his shoulder expecting to see one of the workers in the door. But there was no one that he could see. The feeling grew stronger Kohaku on instinct reached for Sen's hand that laid on the floor.
Sen quickly pulled her hand away before Kohaku could touch it, she stood up and walked to the door, "I'm sorry I forgot to close the door when I came in."
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See I told you, said Sibliy as the door slammed on her face.
Yes, yes now lets go home, beckoned Joshua, fading away with Sibliy.
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Sen walked back and sat down at the table, Rin was starring at her, Rin stood up and walked around the table. Rin grabbed Kohaku's arm just as he was putting rice in his mouth. Rin gripped his arm hard pulling Kohaku up, his chopsticks and some rice fell to the floor. "Excuse us Sen, I really need to talk to him," apologized Rin dragging Kohaku out of the door.
Rin closed the door behind them and looked up and down the hall no one else was there, "What is wrong with her, I thought she remembered you?"
"She forgot that she ever loved me, that I ever loved her," sullenly replied Kohaku not looking into Rin's eyes.
"Can that even happen? And for how long has this been going on?" asked Rin worried.
A tear trickled down Kohaku's cheek, he wiped it away and looked at Rin, "ah..ah..I guess it can, because it has. Since right after the accident, at first it wasn't so bad, so obvious."
Rin just shook her head, she was stunned. Kohaku turned and opened the door Rin made no movement to follow. Kohaku stepped in and closed the door, but only half way so Rin knew she could come back in if she wanted.
"I didn't want to say anything while Ruin was here, but now she is gone," Said Sen, Kohaku was surprised to see her only a few steps from him, "You have to stop this, this acting like we, we are... are..."
"In Love," Kohaku replied his voice trembling, another tear escaped, though he tried to hold it back.
"Yes in love. I mean you're a great guy Kohaku my best friend, I would probably... probably... What's that word?" Sen yelled at Kohaku frustrated.
Probably?... Probably, thought Kohaku as the tears rolled down his cheeks. Kohaku chocked back the tears with a cough, "Love."
"Yes love. I would probably love you if you weren't acting like I already did!" Sen yelled there was anger in her eyes.
"It's a spell, a spell!" said Rin bursting in the room, "Haku you need to hug her, hold her, kiss her, something. You know she really loves you, you really love her. I know this and I don't know love!" Rin was yelling at Kohaku. Kohaku was crying, it was like someone turned off the light, not just the light the sun. he just shook his head. He loved Sen if she wanted him in another world that is where he would go.
Rin walked up to Sen putting both hands on Sen's shoulders as if to shake her awake. Rin looked strait into Sen's brown eyes, "Look at him, you can't honestly tell me you don't love him? That you don't remember that?" said Rin starring at Sen, Sen didn't look at Kohaku, "Chihiro! Look at him! Come on Sen!"
Sen glanced away from Rin's stare and caught Kohaku's eye. His big pools of the most beautiful green that he had for eyes. A pink shoe flashed in her mind... then riding a dragon through water... pressing her hand against Kohaku's after he put a berry in her mouth... Kohaku with a weak goofy yet reassuring smile in the garden... then gripping the horns of a bloody dragon... then slowly falling through the air a tear trickled up and Kohaku so happy and free... and then the final flash was of her hand slowly slipping away from another, not wanting to ever let got though it had to.
Sen quickly looked away from Kohaku's stare she looked at the ground and then closed her eyes a few tear drops hovered on her eye lashes, a whisper of the past she had forgotten slipped into her mind, 'Because I know that your Kohaku would never want to see you like this.' Sen thought but who had said that to her, was this, this Kohaku crying in front of me, mine? she opened her eyes the hovering tears slipped down her face. She looked into Kohaku's eyes once again. A picture formed of her running around an injured unconscious younger Kohaku, 'Haku!' she was say and something about returning a seal Kamajii and Rin were in the back ground saying something about love.
Sen blinked her eyes away from Kohaku's gaze. Rin's hands still lay on her shoulders. Sen pushed Rin out of the way and walked out of the open door, as she closed the door she said, "Sorry Rin."
Author's Note: Don't hate me because she forgotten love! She is remembering give me credit for that. Sorry it took so long to post the Chapter. Happy Reading!
~Na
