Althe: Whew! Sorry for the long update^^ Busy with my other ones^^;;; As
you can see, I changed the title for my fic^^
NOW ON WITH THE FICCY!!!
:::The Hour:::
7. Meeting Kohaku
*****
Kohaku walked towards the boy, stopping a few feet behind him.
"I see Ubaba's got you again," Kohaku said softly, looking at him with no interest.
"Yeah, well, I suck at hiding," the boy said, turning to face Kohaku with a smile on his face.
Kohaku smiled back.
He hadn't seen his dear friend for a long time.
"Mah, you sure seem excited.......Kenji," Kohaku chuckled.
Kenji grinned.
"I haven't had this much excitement in years."
-----
Chihiro sped down the stairs, turning frantically ever time see met up with a dark figure.
Her fruitless screams echoed into the cold night. Lights flickers and shone in her face as she past buildings of all sorts. Every one of them calling to her, beckoning her to enter.
She soon reached the stone steps leading towards the dried up river. The darkness engulfed everything around her and her fear blinded her sight.
Chihiro ran down the steps, soon breaking the stillness of the dead water.
"Water?!" Chihiro screamed after the ice water reached stomach deep, soaking her to its fullest extent.
Chihiro climbed out as quickly as she could. More dark figures formed where she once was in the stillness of the black liquid, beckoning her to join them.
Chihiro shivered with fright.
"This is just a dream," she repeated continuously to herself. "Go away......."
Though, deep down inside, Chihiro knew it wasn't a dream. And her fruitless cries wouldn't make it go away.
A big boat with many lanterns neared her in the waters.
Chihiro didn't even give the boat a second glance. She turned around and ran up the dewy grass hill, not stopping a second.
As she reached the top, her feet stumbled on a rock. The next moment, she was tumbling down the hill, stopping at the side of a wooden old building.
Chihiro cowered into a tight ball, rocking herself back and forth for comfort.
"This is just a dream........make it go away......."
It felt like hours as Chihiro kept on rocking herself. She heard faint sounds in the distant. Voices. There were voices calling out in greeting.
Though, she never gathered up the courage to find out who was talking. All she wanted to do was stay still. Until the dream was gone and she was back in her room.
As Chihiro kept on rocking herself, a hand gently touched her shoulder. Chihiro shrieked, but the same hand firmly rested on her mouth.
She went down on her back from shock, struggling to break from the hand's firm grip.
"It's okay," A voice said calmly to her has the person kneeled down to her side. He stroke her brown hair gently, trying to ease the frightened girl.
"It's okay," he repeated, looking deep into her wide eyes, "I'm not your enemy."
The boy let go of his hand from Chihiro's mouth once she had calmed down a bit. She got up into a sitting position and faced the boy awkwardly, with a bit of caution.
"Who-who are you?" she asked, squinting her eyes at him to see his face in the dark.
His youthful eyes gleamed in the moonlight, showing complete beauty. His hair was somewhat long for a boy, but silky and smooth all the same. He had clothes similar the boy in Chihiro's dreams, except different colour.
His look was stern, but if you looked closely into his inner beauty, you saw a gentle nice boy.
The boy frowned at Chihiro.
"I thought Kenji would have told you........but enough about that. I am Kohaku."
"Kohaku.......?"
"Never mind," Kohaku muttered, looking up at Chihiro's face distastefully.
"First we have to fix that problem."
Chihiro gave him a quizzical look. What did he mean by 'that problem'?
"What do you-?"
Kohaku quickly cut Chihiro off with his hand again. He looked up at the darkening sky, shifting his eyes in all directions. He wrapped his arm around her tightly, pressing her against the wall.
Chihiro tried to look up at what he was staring at, but Kohaku kept her head firmly facing the long lush grass.
After a few minutes waiting, Kohaku freed Chihiro from his grasp. Chihiro turned to face him once more.
"What were you doing?" she asked, staring at the longhaired boy quizzically.
"Ubaba's lookouts," Kohaku muttered quietly so that Chihiro had to lean to hear what he said.
"What?"
"Nothing."
Kohaku began shuffling through his pockets. Chihiro waited impatiently for him, looking around her surroundings cautiously as if something might pop up any second.
Chihiro tried many times to ask what he was looking for, but no words came out. Her mouth felt too parched to speak. After many attempts, Chihiro gave up and just watched him search for whatever it is he needed.
Kohaku finally came up with a black round pill.
He held it up to Chihiro's mouth before speaking.
"Eat."
Chihiro backed away automatically.
"What is that thing?" she asked in a suspicious tone.
Kohaku leaned forward towards Chihiro, holding the pill in his thumb and first finger and motioning for her to take it.
"Relax. It won't turn into anything worse than what you're experiencing."
As Kohaku said those words, Chihiro felt a cold chill run up her spine. She didn't dare ask what he meant by that. She had a feeling that she already knew.
After many minutes of staring mindlessly at the black pill, Chihiro reluctantly took it in her right hand.
She let it sit stilly on her palm.
It looked normal. At least it looked normal to the naked eye.
Kohaku waited impatiently for Chihiro to gulp down the pill. They had to hurry, but he didn't want to rush her. It might arose her suspicions.
His eyes shifted all over the place, looking for the black bird with the head shaped as it's master's.
If they were caught, it'll be all over. For the both of them.
Chihiro picked the pill up from her palm with her left thumb and first finger.
She took a deep breath and tipped her head to face the dark blue sky. She raised the black pill an inch away from her opened mouth and dropped it. She swallowed hard. A little too hard.
Chihiro started coughing, going down to her hand and knees, using one hand to hold onto her throat.
Kohaku came to her side, patting her gently on the back.
"Are you alright?" he asked in a concerned voice, helping her to a sitting position.
"Yeah," Chihiro managed to choke.
Kohaku sighed with relief and once again sat in front of her.
"What was the pill for?" Chihiro asked thickly, rubbing her throat awkwardly.
"To change.......your differences."
Chihiro didn't say anything. She already knew what he meant and was grateful the pig ears were going to go away........
------
Kohaku looked at Chihiro curiously.
"Chihiro-?"
As he said her name, she slumped down a bit, her head bent down as if she was knocked unconscious.
Kohaku quickly came to her aid, holding her in his arms and shaking her shoulders gently.
"Chihiro? Chihiro?" he called out, but the girl did not reply.
Kohaku looked up at the sky, frowning in frustration.
He'd have to meet Ubaba in the morning.
In the meantime, he had to get Chihiro to a safe place to recover.
*****
Althe: Finally finished! XD
REVIEW!!! REVIEW!!! REVIEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWW!!!
XD
Won't update for awhile.......at least until spring break starts.
Sorry for the grammar mistakes ^^;;; no time to check them right now
Ja ne!
NOW ON WITH THE FICCY!!!
:::The Hour:::
7. Meeting Kohaku
*****
Kohaku walked towards the boy, stopping a few feet behind him.
"I see Ubaba's got you again," Kohaku said softly, looking at him with no interest.
"Yeah, well, I suck at hiding," the boy said, turning to face Kohaku with a smile on his face.
Kohaku smiled back.
He hadn't seen his dear friend for a long time.
"Mah, you sure seem excited.......Kenji," Kohaku chuckled.
Kenji grinned.
"I haven't had this much excitement in years."
-----
Chihiro sped down the stairs, turning frantically ever time see met up with a dark figure.
Her fruitless screams echoed into the cold night. Lights flickers and shone in her face as she past buildings of all sorts. Every one of them calling to her, beckoning her to enter.
She soon reached the stone steps leading towards the dried up river. The darkness engulfed everything around her and her fear blinded her sight.
Chihiro ran down the steps, soon breaking the stillness of the dead water.
"Water?!" Chihiro screamed after the ice water reached stomach deep, soaking her to its fullest extent.
Chihiro climbed out as quickly as she could. More dark figures formed where she once was in the stillness of the black liquid, beckoning her to join them.
Chihiro shivered with fright.
"This is just a dream," she repeated continuously to herself. "Go away......."
Though, deep down inside, Chihiro knew it wasn't a dream. And her fruitless cries wouldn't make it go away.
A big boat with many lanterns neared her in the waters.
Chihiro didn't even give the boat a second glance. She turned around and ran up the dewy grass hill, not stopping a second.
As she reached the top, her feet stumbled on a rock. The next moment, she was tumbling down the hill, stopping at the side of a wooden old building.
Chihiro cowered into a tight ball, rocking herself back and forth for comfort.
"This is just a dream........make it go away......."
It felt like hours as Chihiro kept on rocking herself. She heard faint sounds in the distant. Voices. There were voices calling out in greeting.
Though, she never gathered up the courage to find out who was talking. All she wanted to do was stay still. Until the dream was gone and she was back in her room.
As Chihiro kept on rocking herself, a hand gently touched her shoulder. Chihiro shrieked, but the same hand firmly rested on her mouth.
She went down on her back from shock, struggling to break from the hand's firm grip.
"It's okay," A voice said calmly to her has the person kneeled down to her side. He stroke her brown hair gently, trying to ease the frightened girl.
"It's okay," he repeated, looking deep into her wide eyes, "I'm not your enemy."
The boy let go of his hand from Chihiro's mouth once she had calmed down a bit. She got up into a sitting position and faced the boy awkwardly, with a bit of caution.
"Who-who are you?" she asked, squinting her eyes at him to see his face in the dark.
His youthful eyes gleamed in the moonlight, showing complete beauty. His hair was somewhat long for a boy, but silky and smooth all the same. He had clothes similar the boy in Chihiro's dreams, except different colour.
His look was stern, but if you looked closely into his inner beauty, you saw a gentle nice boy.
The boy frowned at Chihiro.
"I thought Kenji would have told you........but enough about that. I am Kohaku."
"Kohaku.......?"
"Never mind," Kohaku muttered, looking up at Chihiro's face distastefully.
"First we have to fix that problem."
Chihiro gave him a quizzical look. What did he mean by 'that problem'?
"What do you-?"
Kohaku quickly cut Chihiro off with his hand again. He looked up at the darkening sky, shifting his eyes in all directions. He wrapped his arm around her tightly, pressing her against the wall.
Chihiro tried to look up at what he was staring at, but Kohaku kept her head firmly facing the long lush grass.
After a few minutes waiting, Kohaku freed Chihiro from his grasp. Chihiro turned to face him once more.
"What were you doing?" she asked, staring at the longhaired boy quizzically.
"Ubaba's lookouts," Kohaku muttered quietly so that Chihiro had to lean to hear what he said.
"What?"
"Nothing."
Kohaku began shuffling through his pockets. Chihiro waited impatiently for him, looking around her surroundings cautiously as if something might pop up any second.
Chihiro tried many times to ask what he was looking for, but no words came out. Her mouth felt too parched to speak. After many attempts, Chihiro gave up and just watched him search for whatever it is he needed.
Kohaku finally came up with a black round pill.
He held it up to Chihiro's mouth before speaking.
"Eat."
Chihiro backed away automatically.
"What is that thing?" she asked in a suspicious tone.
Kohaku leaned forward towards Chihiro, holding the pill in his thumb and first finger and motioning for her to take it.
"Relax. It won't turn into anything worse than what you're experiencing."
As Kohaku said those words, Chihiro felt a cold chill run up her spine. She didn't dare ask what he meant by that. She had a feeling that she already knew.
After many minutes of staring mindlessly at the black pill, Chihiro reluctantly took it in her right hand.
She let it sit stilly on her palm.
It looked normal. At least it looked normal to the naked eye.
Kohaku waited impatiently for Chihiro to gulp down the pill. They had to hurry, but he didn't want to rush her. It might arose her suspicions.
His eyes shifted all over the place, looking for the black bird with the head shaped as it's master's.
If they were caught, it'll be all over. For the both of them.
Chihiro picked the pill up from her palm with her left thumb and first finger.
She took a deep breath and tipped her head to face the dark blue sky. She raised the black pill an inch away from her opened mouth and dropped it. She swallowed hard. A little too hard.
Chihiro started coughing, going down to her hand and knees, using one hand to hold onto her throat.
Kohaku came to her side, patting her gently on the back.
"Are you alright?" he asked in a concerned voice, helping her to a sitting position.
"Yeah," Chihiro managed to choke.
Kohaku sighed with relief and once again sat in front of her.
"What was the pill for?" Chihiro asked thickly, rubbing her throat awkwardly.
"To change.......your differences."
Chihiro didn't say anything. She already knew what he meant and was grateful the pig ears were going to go away........
------
Kohaku looked at Chihiro curiously.
"Chihiro-?"
As he said her name, she slumped down a bit, her head bent down as if she was knocked unconscious.
Kohaku quickly came to her aid, holding her in his arms and shaking her shoulders gently.
"Chihiro? Chihiro?" he called out, but the girl did not reply.
Kohaku looked up at the sky, frowning in frustration.
He'd have to meet Ubaba in the morning.
In the meantime, he had to get Chihiro to a safe place to recover.
*****
Althe: Finally finished! XD
REVIEW!!! REVIEW!!! REVIEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWW!!!
XD
Won't update for awhile.......at least until spring break starts.
Sorry for the grammar mistakes ^^;;; no time to check them right now
Ja ne!