Disclaimers Notice: I do not own any items belonging to the movie "Spirited Away". These Items are the belongings of Hayoa Miyazaki and is produced by Gibli Films. The only thing I do and ever will relatively own of this is a story line I make, using the characters and settings, and/or adding a new character to my story line that I am using.

Authors Beginning Note: Ok, when we last left off, Chihiro was basically stranded on a train stop, with no tickets, no boat, surrounded by water, and a seemingly dead Rin. The good news? The storm is calming down. The bad news? Everything else. How is Chihiro going to get herself out of this predicament? I guess you'll just have to read and find out.

Chapter 12

The Mysterious Dragonflies

I sat there crying.

"Rin! What do I do now! It's all my fault!" I screamed and hit the cement with my good hand. It hasn't even been a minute before I stopped doing CPR, but how could Rin have survived? I cried. My wet hair settled onto my head as the wind calmed.

"It's my fault." I said, I didn't yell it, but I didn't whisper it either.

"Don't.be such.a.dope." Rin said sputtering behind me. I looked at Rin. She was on her hands and knees, her hair a mess, and puking up all of the water she had swallowed, and maybe some of her last meal. But.it can't be.she was.I thought.but.how.my thought process was a mix and jumble of questions. When Rin sat up, done hurling, we looked at each other. Her normally clean chestnut brown hair was messy and was no longer pulled back. Her face was pale. Her workers clothes were torn in some places, and clung to her body. There was a pale discoloration on her cheek; I think she must have hit the boat when it was swamped. She smiled. As she did, the corner of her mouth began to bleed. She looked terrible, but then again, I suppose she looks better than me right now.

"Oh Rin.but I thought." I said finding my voice. Tears were slowly running down my cheeks. I rushed over to Rin, none to gracefully, grimacing as I felt a few pulled muscles, scratches and bruises. Even though she was only a few feet away from me, it seemed like it took hours to reach her and hug her.

"Rin! I can't believe it!" I said. I hugged Rin tightly but quickly let go when I heard her gasp. I Sat back onto my knees and watched as she clutched her side.

"It's going to take more than that to get rid of me." Rin said. She was breathing heavily, as if she were in extreme pain.

"Here, let me look at it." I said. I pushed Rin's arms away and lifted her shirt up her side, and sucked in my breath. Her side was covered in oozing sticky blood, and where there wasn't blood, there was a black bruise all around. I ripped off a sleeve of my shirt and went and dipped in into the water. It was clear water, now that the storm had settled. Wringing it out I rushed over to Rin and dabbed her side.
"Ouch! That hurts!" She yelled, making my ears ring. I ignored her protests as I cleaned out the wound as gently as I could the rag that was once my sleeve, and water. When I had removed all of the blood off of her side, I made Rin lay down on her other side. Her wounded side was all black and purple, with a big gash. There were splinters in the skin so I tried taking some out and wiped away the blood that kept persisting on protruding from the cut. I ripped off part of Rin's pants, making them look like really loose shorts, and wrapped the cloth around her waist. I used Rin's second sash to secure the bandage on her side.

"Are you hurt anywhere else?"

"Other than a few bruises, I'm fine." I nodded and stood up. I looked toward the direction that the bathhouse lay. We were miles away. I couldn't even see the bathhouse, but I could see something coming our way.

"Rin, the train is coming." I said calmly. It didn't really matter, we don't have any train tickets, which means we'll be stuck here for a while. I sighed as I sat next to Rin and felt the train rumble by. It didn't even stop. Rin and I sat there for a while, the sun coming out occasionally, but mostly, the day stayed cold and cloudy. We both yawned every once in a while. Day was usually when the workers at the bathhouse slept, then woke up in the evening to begin working. I laid down and was about to close my eyes when I began hearing a buzzing noise.

"Jin! Look at that!" exclaimed Rin sitting up. She winced at the sudden movement, but was fine the next second, though she still looked pale. I looked toward the direction she had told me to turn too, and there in the sky flying towards us, where the buzzing noises were coming from, were three flying.dragonflies? But that can't be right.dragonflies are supposed to be small; this one looks big enough for Rin and I to ride.

"Are they friendly?" I asked Rin, maybe she would know.

"I don't know, I've never seen anything like them, have you?" I swallowed hard, this could mean trouble.

"Well, in the real world, we have something similar to them. They are called dragonflies, but these are too big. In the human world, the dragonflies are no bigger than a grown-up's palm." I said. Rin tried to get up, but began falling back to the ground, so I helped her stand, and let her lean on me. Maybe we should.run? Where to? We're surrounded by water, leaving only eight feet of space to walk from one side to the other, and Rin certainly isn't in any shape to swim.in that case.neither am I. So we stood there watching them get closer with each passing second, until they finally landed in front of us. I stared at them, Instead of walking on four legs like normal dragonflies do, these ones stood up on there back feet like humans, with their front legs by their sides. The one in front of us had two swords in scabbards on it's back, placed strategically so the swords would be easy to reach and so that the scabbards couldn't rub against it's wings. This one also had on armor, a thin metal that covered its body, but seemed to move with its owner. The other two behind this didn't have swords or armor. The one on the right had a metallic silver body that reflected the sun, while the other one was a soft purple. All three of them had almost transparent wings that flashed in the sun and were colored like the rainbow.

"Are you two the ones called Chihiro and Rin?" The one with the armor and swords asked. His voice was soft but firm and straight to the point.

"Who wants to know." Said Rin tersely. I smiled as I turned my head towards her. If looks could kill, those three wouldn't stand a chance. I almost smiled then remembering out present situation I looked back toward the three dragonflies.

"We were requested by Zeniiba to bring Rin and Chihiro to her place immediately. Now answer, are you the ones who call themselves Chihiro and Rin?" He asked one more time.

"How do we know, what you say is the truth?" Rin said.

"Are you questioning weather my word is true or not?" asked the armored dragonfly reaching toward his back and withdrew his two metal blades that looked as if they could cut through steel. He took a warriors stance and began stepping towards Rin and I. I swallowed even harder than before this time. This is definitely not good.

Authors Ending Note: Ok, I know, it's mean to do, just leave you guys hanging like this, but it is also necessary to keep the story interesting. I could make them have a safe trip to Zeniiba's house, get the answer to why Kohaku is acting so.um.odd, to put it lightly, cure him and live happily ever after.or not and say I did. Because that would be sooo dang boring, so that is why I must put you through this cruel and unusual punishment, but have no fear! I'll be posting my chapter to later than in 2 weeks time. YAY!