Spirit Revenge
Chapter One
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Spirited Away, but I do own Marina, and I'm not making any money from this fic
Summary: When Haku is transported to and trapped in the real world, he has to defeat an ancient evil and then find his way back to the spirit world. Marina, a human with certain out-of-the-ordinary abilities, aids him
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Marina wasn't really paying attention to the lesson she was in. She was sketching, and was concentrating more on the pictures she was drawing than on what her teacher was saying.
Marina's best friend, Alina, poked Marina in the back with her pencil. "Pay attention," she hissed, her lips barely moving.
Marina glanced up in time to see the teacher making her way over to her. She quickly slid the paper she was working on under her book, and tried to look attentive.
The teacher moved past Marina, and made her way towards another student, who she asked to answer the equation written on the blackboard. The student answered the question correctly.
Marina looked at the board, sighed, and started taking notes.
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"You need to start paying more attention in class, Marina," Alina told her friend later.
"I know," Marina sighed. "But it's so boring. And it feels like,... I don't know... Like all this doesn't really matter. Like there are more important things."
"Yeah, there are," Alina replied. "Higher education, for one."
Marina shook her head. "That's not what I meant," she said. "And you know it."
Alina sighed. "I know. But I think that you're wrong. Things like you talk about don't exist. They're not reality. They're not... normal."
Marina had bent to gently stroke the head of a squirrel who had come over to her while Alina was talking. She looked up at her friend, still stroking the squirrel. "And usually wild animals coming over to me is?" she wanted to know.
"Well... I've seen that happen," Alina answered. "And we don't really know if it's something magical or not."
"And the healing?"
Alina just shrugged helplessly. "You just imagined it?" she suggested. It was a weak argument, and she and Marina both knew it.
The squirrel chattered softly, then scampered back off into the trees, but looked back once just before it disappeared.
Marina and Alina exchanged glances. "Don't tell me," Alina sighed. "It wants us to follow it, doesn't it?"
"Ok, I won't tell you," Marina replied. But she started off towards the trees.
Alina hesitated, and then raised her eyes heavenward. "Why me?" she groaned. She then started off towards the trees, but sped up when she heard Marina gasp.
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