Althe: Hi-ya! Glad you all enjoyed my last chapter! Hope you like this one
too!
Oh, and just to correct things, the boy Chihiro keeps on dreaming about is NOT Haku, it's another guy I made up. You'll soon find out what he means about 'she has me.'
I don't know why I didn't describe the boy much. I think it's because I'm not too sure how he looks like...^^;;;
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Spirited Away- The New Generation
3. Just a Quick Look
*****
-'This wrong turn will be your last. Be careful Chihiro.'
'What?'
'You are now in danger.'-
'Danger? What do you mean?'
But by then, the boy was gone.
'HEY!'
No answer. Chihiro sighed.
'Gone again..'
Chihiro's parents were eyeing the red building thoughtfully.
"What's this old building?" Chihiro's mother wondered out loud as her husband got out of the car and headed to the doorless dark entrance.
"Looks like an entrance" he said as he shut the car door behind him.
"Honey, get back in the car! We're going to be late!"
After her mother's last words, Chihiro became curious and opened the door with her flowers still in her hand. She realized it was pointless bringing them out so she placed the bouquet back into the car with the open window.
"Chihiro!" scolded her mother as Chihiro took off towards her father whole was feeling the building with his hand. "Oh for heaven sake!"
Chihiro's father looked up at the old rusted sign and the broken windows at the top "This building not old, it's fake. These stones are made of plaster."
Chihiro slipped her hand into her father's elbow. She felt wind on her back. It was strong as if many hands were pushing into the entrance. Chihiro looked at the ground in amazement. Leaves were being thrown into the darkness and out of site.
"The wind's pulling us in," she said softly, keeping her eyes on the floor.
Her mother came out of the car and started to walk towards them.
"What is it?" She asked, stopping right beside Chihiro.
Chihiro's father looked at them eagerly like a child at a theme park.
"C'mon, let's go in, I wanna see what's on the other side."
Chihiro let go of her father's arms and ran back to the car.
"I'm not going! It gives me the creeps!"
Her father looked at her with his smile still on.
"Don't be such a scaredy cat Chihiro, let's just take a look."
Her mother crossed her arms, looking very worried.
"The mover's will get to our house before we do."
"It's alright. They've got the keys, they can start without us."
Her mother eased down.
"Oh, alright, just a quick look."
Chihiro grew impatient. Even if the boy had not warned her about the place she still wouldn't have gone in. It gave her a bad vibe in her stomach.
"Forget it! I'm not going!" Chihiro shouted as she ran closer towards the car, "Come you guys! Let's get out of here!"
Chihiro's father looked at her again. He looked cheerful and excited.
"C'mon honey, it'll be fun."
Her mother turned her back at her and said, "Chihiro, just wait in the car then."
Her father turned his back too and they both started walking into the entrance, disappearing into the darkness.
Chihiro stamped her foot.
"But mom!"
They ignored her. Chihiro listened as their footsteps disappear into the entrance. She looked at the monument beside her. It gave her a strange vibration, almost as though it was alive. She grew uneasy and started to stamp her feet even more.
Chihiro couldn't stand it anymore. She ran towards them calling out, "Wait for me!"
Once she was about to enter the building, Chihiro tripped on a cracked stone tile. She landed on her knees, scrapping them. Chihiro bit her tongue as blood trickled down her hands. She turned to see what she had tripped on.
She looked at the stone bitterly. But as she stared, Chihiro found that the stone looked as though it was shrinking back down into the ground. She was right. No sooner than she had blinked, the stone was back in place with the others.
'What?' she thought to herself.
She looked back at the entrance. It looked deeper now; she could barely see the light at the other end.
Chihiro shook her head and limped slowly back to the car. She opened the door and started to rummage through the boxes, looking for bandages for her knees.
Chihiro found a pack of bandages in a large bag filled with tablecloths and dishtowels.
Ignoring to wash off the blood first, Chihiro placed one bandage on each knee. She could feel rocks and dirt cling to her bandage, but it felt much better than letting it bleed all over her legs.
"I guess I'll wait here then," she said to herself, going back to her seat and hugging her knees.
The sky grew darker, but there still was no sign of her parents. Chihiro started to rock herself uneasily.
'They said 'just a quick look,'' Chihiro thought to herself biting her tongue to stop the tears from falling down her face.
'Just a quick look.'
The sky grew darker and stars appeared from the cloudless night. Chihiro continued to rock herself until her body gave in and she fell asleep.
The wind blew gently from the open windows as she slept soundly.
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Chihiro looked around.
'I'm here again,' she thought to herself as the familiar blue appeared to her eyes. 'But why?'
The boy appeared in front of Chihiro again. She smiled at her surprised face.
"I managed to sneak away from her because of a stink spirit I invited to the bath house. They have their hands full at the moment."
"Stink spirit? Bath house?" repeated Chihiro. This boy was too mysterious.
"The high mistress sold me off to the ruler of the bath house, Yubaba. She's the one who captured me again. The jobs here are easier than the where she comes from."
Chihiro stared at him.
"What? I don't get you," she said in an irritated voice. His mysteriousness was getting to her.
The boy smiled.
"You might find out if you make any mistakes, but right now I need to talk to you about more important things."
His face darkened and he became serious.
"You did a good job denying to offer to enter the building. I glad that you were smarter, but then you decided to go after all and I had to be drastic."
Chihiro blinked.
"You're the one who set up the stone and made me trip!" Chihiro cried, pointing at him in alarm.
The boy nodded.
"I had no choice, either that or you'd have to endure hard times. Anyways, because I know you don't want to go anywhere without your parents, I'm going to reverse time." Chihiro stood, dumbfounded. She must have heard wrong.
"What?" she said nervously.
"Reverse time. Once you wake up, you'll be back in the car, entering your new town. That should give you enough time to tell your parents your going to wrong way. This is the only way to bring your parents back from the spirit world. If you fail, then you'll probably enter the world with them. The high mistress is very clever. She'll find a way to trap you in there."
Chihiro looked at the boy suspiciously.
"Why is 'the high mistress' after me?"
The boy shook his head.
"The sun has already risen. You must wake up now. Resist anything that feels unnatural to you. It'll probably be the high mistress's doing."
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Chihiro blinked.
It was already morning. She rubbed her eyes and blinked again, uncertain where she was. The boxes and bags were shaking as if the car was moving. But that was impossible. Chihiro was the only person in the car.
"Chihiro, Chihiro," a voice called out to her from the drivers seat.
Chihiro stood up from her seat. Was that her father?
"We're almost there."
Chihiro stood dumbfounded as her mother started to speak.
"This really is in the middle of nowhere. I'm going to have to go to the next town to shop."
The boy had done it. He had reverse time, but how?
"We'll just have to like it," replied her father.
Chihiro stopped listening to her parents. It was true. She was back in the car with her parents, but how was she going to stop them from taking that turn? Easier said than done.
"Look Chihiro, there's your new school." "It doesn't look so bad."
It was her turn to speak, but Chihiro didn't bother. She was too busy thinking about her hopeless plans to even feel her mother's hand rest on her legs.
"Chihiro honey? You all right?" asked her mother in a worried voice.
Chihiro's father looked at her from the mirror.
"My little girl's fine, right?"
"Right," replied Chihiro absentmindedly.
She stayed silent as they passed her school and many other old markets. Chihiro looked at her bouquet hopefully. It was dying. She sighed. No use on telling her mom. She wouldn't help.
The car arrived at the right turn point. Now probably wasn't the wrong turn.
Chihiro blinked.
She realized that she didn't even know where the right turn was. How was she going to prevent her father from driving up the dirt road? Impossible.
As they went up the hill Chihiro started to feel drowsy. Her body felt so heavy. What was going on? She hadn't felt so sleepy in years. It was as if it was magic that made her sleepy. It felt...unnatural.
Chihiro blinked again.
Unnatural! It was the high mistresses doing!
Chihiro started to resist against the temptation to lye down and rest. The more she resisted, the more she became unfocused and tired. Very tired.
Her father was about to turn into the dirt road. Chihiro tried to speak, but her voice was gone. She was mute.
She had failed.
Before she went blank, she saw her father stick his head out of the window in confusion.
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Chihiro saw the boy.
'I'm sorry,' Chihiro thought, staring at the water tiled floor.
"It's okay Chihiro, but you must wake up now or else your parents will leave you behind."
'Why do I have to follow them?' Chihiro asked in her thoughts, looking up at the boy.
He wasn't smiling.
"My powers have been drained. I can't send you back in time again. You must face your challenges now. It's your only hope."
'But what's your name?'
The boy shook his head.
"I can't say or else Yubaba will know that I have helped you. She'll cut my head off before we can meet in person."
'I see.. But-'
The boy put his fingers at her lips.
"Don't speak. Wake up now."
"Now."
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Chihiro shot out of her seat.
She saw her parents enter the red building.
"Wait!" Chihiro cried in alarm, opening the car door and running to her parents.
"I'm awake!"
Her mother looked at her.
"Oh good sweetie. Do you want to check out this building with us?"
Chihiro nodded.
She stepped forward and wrapped her arms around her mother's.
The wind was blowing her hard on her back as if to push her in. "The winds pulling us in," Chihiro said calmly.
Her parents nodded. They didn't care.
The three entered a room filled with benches and fountains.
The walls were cracked and old. Lots of leaves were scattered on the floor and the fountain was dripping.
"What is this place?" Chihiro breathed, eyeing the place uneasily.
Chihiro's mother stuck out her ear.
"Oh! Do you hear that?" she asked, listening to the sound carefully.
Chihiro listened too.
"It sounds like a train," she said to her mother thoughtfully.
"We must be near a train station then," replied her mother.
They stepped out of the room and entered a grassy valley. Lush green leaves and monuments covered the ground. In the far distance, colourful shaped houses filled the land.
"What are those weird buildings?" Chihiro asked suspiciously, squinting her eyes at the house's direction, trying to get a better look.
"I knew it," her father said, smiling at the landmark.
"It's an abandoned theme park. See?" He pointed at the top of the tower. They all looked.
"They built them everywhere in the early 90's. Then the economy went day and they all went bankrupt. This must be one of them."
Chihiro's parents started to walk towards the buildings, fascinated.
Chihiro realized this and started to scream.
"Where are you going??? You said just a quick look!!!"
A quick look. Yeah right. They were just lying.
*****
Althe: How is it? Good? Bad? R+R please! ^^
Oh, and just to correct things, the boy Chihiro keeps on dreaming about is NOT Haku, it's another guy I made up. You'll soon find out what he means about 'she has me.'
I don't know why I didn't describe the boy much. I think it's because I'm not too sure how he looks like...^^;;;
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Spirited Away- The New Generation
3. Just a Quick Look
*****
-'This wrong turn will be your last. Be careful Chihiro.'
'What?'
'You are now in danger.'-
'Danger? What do you mean?'
But by then, the boy was gone.
'HEY!'
No answer. Chihiro sighed.
'Gone again..'
Chihiro's parents were eyeing the red building thoughtfully.
"What's this old building?" Chihiro's mother wondered out loud as her husband got out of the car and headed to the doorless dark entrance.
"Looks like an entrance" he said as he shut the car door behind him.
"Honey, get back in the car! We're going to be late!"
After her mother's last words, Chihiro became curious and opened the door with her flowers still in her hand. She realized it was pointless bringing them out so she placed the bouquet back into the car with the open window.
"Chihiro!" scolded her mother as Chihiro took off towards her father whole was feeling the building with his hand. "Oh for heaven sake!"
Chihiro's father looked up at the old rusted sign and the broken windows at the top "This building not old, it's fake. These stones are made of plaster."
Chihiro slipped her hand into her father's elbow. She felt wind on her back. It was strong as if many hands were pushing into the entrance. Chihiro looked at the ground in amazement. Leaves were being thrown into the darkness and out of site.
"The wind's pulling us in," she said softly, keeping her eyes on the floor.
Her mother came out of the car and started to walk towards them.
"What is it?" She asked, stopping right beside Chihiro.
Chihiro's father looked at them eagerly like a child at a theme park.
"C'mon, let's go in, I wanna see what's on the other side."
Chihiro let go of her father's arms and ran back to the car.
"I'm not going! It gives me the creeps!"
Her father looked at her with his smile still on.
"Don't be such a scaredy cat Chihiro, let's just take a look."
Her mother crossed her arms, looking very worried.
"The mover's will get to our house before we do."
"It's alright. They've got the keys, they can start without us."
Her mother eased down.
"Oh, alright, just a quick look."
Chihiro grew impatient. Even if the boy had not warned her about the place she still wouldn't have gone in. It gave her a bad vibe in her stomach.
"Forget it! I'm not going!" Chihiro shouted as she ran closer towards the car, "Come you guys! Let's get out of here!"
Chihiro's father looked at her again. He looked cheerful and excited.
"C'mon honey, it'll be fun."
Her mother turned her back at her and said, "Chihiro, just wait in the car then."
Her father turned his back too and they both started walking into the entrance, disappearing into the darkness.
Chihiro stamped her foot.
"But mom!"
They ignored her. Chihiro listened as their footsteps disappear into the entrance. She looked at the monument beside her. It gave her a strange vibration, almost as though it was alive. She grew uneasy and started to stamp her feet even more.
Chihiro couldn't stand it anymore. She ran towards them calling out, "Wait for me!"
Once she was about to enter the building, Chihiro tripped on a cracked stone tile. She landed on her knees, scrapping them. Chihiro bit her tongue as blood trickled down her hands. She turned to see what she had tripped on.
She looked at the stone bitterly. But as she stared, Chihiro found that the stone looked as though it was shrinking back down into the ground. She was right. No sooner than she had blinked, the stone was back in place with the others.
'What?' she thought to herself.
She looked back at the entrance. It looked deeper now; she could barely see the light at the other end.
Chihiro shook her head and limped slowly back to the car. She opened the door and started to rummage through the boxes, looking for bandages for her knees.
Chihiro found a pack of bandages in a large bag filled with tablecloths and dishtowels.
Ignoring to wash off the blood first, Chihiro placed one bandage on each knee. She could feel rocks and dirt cling to her bandage, but it felt much better than letting it bleed all over her legs.
"I guess I'll wait here then," she said to herself, going back to her seat and hugging her knees.
The sky grew darker, but there still was no sign of her parents. Chihiro started to rock herself uneasily.
'They said 'just a quick look,'' Chihiro thought to herself biting her tongue to stop the tears from falling down her face.
'Just a quick look.'
The sky grew darker and stars appeared from the cloudless night. Chihiro continued to rock herself until her body gave in and she fell asleep.
The wind blew gently from the open windows as she slept soundly.
-----
Chihiro looked around.
'I'm here again,' she thought to herself as the familiar blue appeared to her eyes. 'But why?'
The boy appeared in front of Chihiro again. She smiled at her surprised face.
"I managed to sneak away from her because of a stink spirit I invited to the bath house. They have their hands full at the moment."
"Stink spirit? Bath house?" repeated Chihiro. This boy was too mysterious.
"The high mistress sold me off to the ruler of the bath house, Yubaba. She's the one who captured me again. The jobs here are easier than the where she comes from."
Chihiro stared at him.
"What? I don't get you," she said in an irritated voice. His mysteriousness was getting to her.
The boy smiled.
"You might find out if you make any mistakes, but right now I need to talk to you about more important things."
His face darkened and he became serious.
"You did a good job denying to offer to enter the building. I glad that you were smarter, but then you decided to go after all and I had to be drastic."
Chihiro blinked.
"You're the one who set up the stone and made me trip!" Chihiro cried, pointing at him in alarm.
The boy nodded.
"I had no choice, either that or you'd have to endure hard times. Anyways, because I know you don't want to go anywhere without your parents, I'm going to reverse time." Chihiro stood, dumbfounded. She must have heard wrong.
"What?" she said nervously.
"Reverse time. Once you wake up, you'll be back in the car, entering your new town. That should give you enough time to tell your parents your going to wrong way. This is the only way to bring your parents back from the spirit world. If you fail, then you'll probably enter the world with them. The high mistress is very clever. She'll find a way to trap you in there."
Chihiro looked at the boy suspiciously.
"Why is 'the high mistress' after me?"
The boy shook his head.
"The sun has already risen. You must wake up now. Resist anything that feels unnatural to you. It'll probably be the high mistress's doing."
-----
Chihiro blinked.
It was already morning. She rubbed her eyes and blinked again, uncertain where she was. The boxes and bags were shaking as if the car was moving. But that was impossible. Chihiro was the only person in the car.
"Chihiro, Chihiro," a voice called out to her from the drivers seat.
Chihiro stood up from her seat. Was that her father?
"We're almost there."
Chihiro stood dumbfounded as her mother started to speak.
"This really is in the middle of nowhere. I'm going to have to go to the next town to shop."
The boy had done it. He had reverse time, but how?
"We'll just have to like it," replied her father.
Chihiro stopped listening to her parents. It was true. She was back in the car with her parents, but how was she going to stop them from taking that turn? Easier said than done.
"Look Chihiro, there's your new school." "It doesn't look so bad."
It was her turn to speak, but Chihiro didn't bother. She was too busy thinking about her hopeless plans to even feel her mother's hand rest on her legs.
"Chihiro honey? You all right?" asked her mother in a worried voice.
Chihiro's father looked at her from the mirror.
"My little girl's fine, right?"
"Right," replied Chihiro absentmindedly.
She stayed silent as they passed her school and many other old markets. Chihiro looked at her bouquet hopefully. It was dying. She sighed. No use on telling her mom. She wouldn't help.
The car arrived at the right turn point. Now probably wasn't the wrong turn.
Chihiro blinked.
She realized that she didn't even know where the right turn was. How was she going to prevent her father from driving up the dirt road? Impossible.
As they went up the hill Chihiro started to feel drowsy. Her body felt so heavy. What was going on? She hadn't felt so sleepy in years. It was as if it was magic that made her sleepy. It felt...unnatural.
Chihiro blinked again.
Unnatural! It was the high mistresses doing!
Chihiro started to resist against the temptation to lye down and rest. The more she resisted, the more she became unfocused and tired. Very tired.
Her father was about to turn into the dirt road. Chihiro tried to speak, but her voice was gone. She was mute.
She had failed.
Before she went blank, she saw her father stick his head out of the window in confusion.
-----
Chihiro saw the boy.
'I'm sorry,' Chihiro thought, staring at the water tiled floor.
"It's okay Chihiro, but you must wake up now or else your parents will leave you behind."
'Why do I have to follow them?' Chihiro asked in her thoughts, looking up at the boy.
He wasn't smiling.
"My powers have been drained. I can't send you back in time again. You must face your challenges now. It's your only hope."
'But what's your name?'
The boy shook his head.
"I can't say or else Yubaba will know that I have helped you. She'll cut my head off before we can meet in person."
'I see.. But-'
The boy put his fingers at her lips.
"Don't speak. Wake up now."
"Now."
-----
Chihiro shot out of her seat.
She saw her parents enter the red building.
"Wait!" Chihiro cried in alarm, opening the car door and running to her parents.
"I'm awake!"
Her mother looked at her.
"Oh good sweetie. Do you want to check out this building with us?"
Chihiro nodded.
She stepped forward and wrapped her arms around her mother's.
The wind was blowing her hard on her back as if to push her in. "The winds pulling us in," Chihiro said calmly.
Her parents nodded. They didn't care.
The three entered a room filled with benches and fountains.
The walls were cracked and old. Lots of leaves were scattered on the floor and the fountain was dripping.
"What is this place?" Chihiro breathed, eyeing the place uneasily.
Chihiro's mother stuck out her ear.
"Oh! Do you hear that?" she asked, listening to the sound carefully.
Chihiro listened too.
"It sounds like a train," she said to her mother thoughtfully.
"We must be near a train station then," replied her mother.
They stepped out of the room and entered a grassy valley. Lush green leaves and monuments covered the ground. In the far distance, colourful shaped houses filled the land.
"What are those weird buildings?" Chihiro asked suspiciously, squinting her eyes at the house's direction, trying to get a better look.
"I knew it," her father said, smiling at the landmark.
"It's an abandoned theme park. See?" He pointed at the top of the tower. They all looked.
"They built them everywhere in the early 90's. Then the economy went day and they all went bankrupt. This must be one of them."
Chihiro's parents started to walk towards the buildings, fascinated.
Chihiro realized this and started to scream.
"Where are you going??? You said just a quick look!!!"
A quick look. Yeah right. They were just lying.
*****
Althe: How is it? Good? Bad? R+R please! ^^