A/N: Okay, I'm very new at writing fan fics, but I figured I might as well have a shot. This is my very first (very short chapter). Sorry if it sucks, I'm hoping I might get better. Please be kind (but not too kind, I wanna get better!!!). Hope you like and I will post again, ASAP!
Silver Sanity
Chapter 1 – Where Are You?
Her mood plummeted as the sky darkened. It was almost as if the dull droning of her Math teacher had bored the gods of the sky to tears. Chihiro cursed her forgetfulness as the first, fat raindrop fell from the heavens. It was followed by another, and another until the rain could be considered torrential. She rolled her eyes, irritatedly.
Cain, who was seated beside her, noticed the change in his friend's mood, instantly.
"No umbrella?" He whispered, with a lopsided grin.
"Glad you find it amusing. Do you have any idea how long I spent getting my hair perfect this morning?" Chihiro snapped, not bothering to whisper and receiving a dirty look from the teacher as a result.
"You could always keep dry in detention, Miss Ogino, if you prefer?" The Teacher threatened, loudly.
A wave of sniggers passed over the class and Chihiro felt her cheeks burning.
"No, I'll pass," she mumbled as Cain's grin widened.
The bell screeched and the class got to their feet, pulling umbrellas and coats from their bags before they exited the classroom. Chihiro felt as if they were almost mocking her, as she left the building with Cain and stood under the sheltered walkway, preparing herself to be soaked.
"Is this the first day you've ever forgotten your umbrella?" Cain yelled over the pounding of the raindrops.
She nodded, glumly.
"I'm cursed. I must be cursed." She yelled back before they took a deep breath and ran into the shower.
The teenagers weren't the only ones being drenched by the rain. Not far away, a lonely river spirit was wandering the alleys of a seemingly deserted town. The water soaked every part of his body, causing him to shiver uncontrollably. His long raven locks hung in water-saturated curls around his chiselled face. The droplets clung to his eyelashes, causing him to blink his sea green eyes.
Despite the acute discomfort the rain caused the now seventeen-year-old Haku, he loved the solitude it allowed him. No one bothered to follow him when it was raining and that was the way he now liked to live. Alone. Away from contact. Contact gave you false hope.
Seven years had passed since she had left, each one extinguishing any dreams he had had about ever leaving the Aburaya. Sure, she had given him a name, she had given him some control, enough that he no longer had to take the insults and commands that had once been hurled daily at him, but it wasn't like that was enough for him to leave. Haku became angered with himself for blaming her; it wasn't her fault that he had gotten himself into such a mess all those years ago. She had tried to help him, she had helped him, it was wrong of him to have expected anything from her.
Once she had gone he had realised the emptiness that he was left with. Was it possible for a child of ten to fall in love? Or was he simply kidding himself? How could he be in love with someone who he had known for a few days? These questions had haunted his every thought for the few years after he had met her, driving him insane with frustration and confusion. Eventually he had decided that feelings and thoughts only hurt you and made you weak, vulnerable. If you denied them, you were really free.
But it wasn't that simple and the river spirit was slowly learning that.
He couldn't make the feelings or the memories disappear. No matter how hard he tried to bury them, once in a while they would unearth once more causing him to wonder: "Where are you?"