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Chapter 23
The After Effects
"Wha.the sun.so bright.but." My head hurting, I tried to force my eyes open. I can feel the warm caressing light of the sun on my skin and se it though my eyelids. I force my eyes open and at first all I see is blurry light but finally things came back into focus. I sit up quickly with surprise, ignoring the dizziness threatening to take me.
"What am I doing here? How.but!" I said. I look around the big room I'm in. It's like a huge infirmary. I can see Spirits in beds, on the floor, in cots. It's so full!
"Excuse me miss." I turned and looked at an aogaeru.
"Y-yes? Where am I?"
"You are at a temporary infirmary. Many Spirits were hurt in the battle so we had to set up a temporary place for those wounded. Right now, the bath house is also being used as a hospital even."
"I see." I looked out across at the many spirits.
"Tell me, have you seen a boy, two years older than me, green hair, green eyes, and a head taller than me?" His face was blank.
"No I haven't sorry."
"Then have you seen a woman, about in her twenties, long brown hair, strong, thin, um. her name is Rin."? I said drawing another blank stare from him.
"I'm sorry, I con not help you. There are at least eight Hospitals built here. We are only but one of them. Would you like some water?"
"Yes please." I sighed. A moment later he came back with a tall cup of water and half a loaf of bread. I nodded my thanks and he hurried of to help others. I soon got up and passed by many beds, peering at any form that resemble that of a human, but I did not find any who I was looking for. I sighed.
"Um.excuse me..I," said trying to get the attention of a young woman with long green hair. She did not pay attention but I grabbed her wrist gently and she turned and looked at me.
~"What ever It is you want, make it quick, there are others who need me more than you seem to"~
I gasped. Her voice. I can hear it in my head, but she did not move her lips.maybe she's telepathic.
"I need to find my friends.and."
~"Let me guess, you need help.I'm sorry, but I am too busy for this."~ She began to leave but I still held her wrist.
"Please." I whispered. She turned yet once more to me. Her blue skirt swishing making the sound like water. The shells in her hair clicked. Her pearl earrings swayed. I looked into her deep blue-green eyes.
~" I cannot help you, but maybe my brother can."~ She said more kindly. I followed her through a long maze of long rooms just like the one that I had been in.
~"There, that is him. I leave you here."~ She turned and left. I looked at the tall man that strongly resemble her. Light blue skin, long dark sea green hair and blue eyes. He wore pants the same blue as his and a dark shimmery blue vest that left his hest and arms showing.
"Um.a.excuse me.but your sister said.that well.maybe you could help me." I said a bit shaky like. This place, and all of theses injured Spirits, it irks me. It makes me nervous.
~"What is it that you need help with."~ He said patiently. Just like his sister, no sound escaped his mouth but I could hear hi voice like waves crashing into my head, but it didn't hurt. I took in a shaky breath and let it out.
"I am trying to find my friends. Rin, she has long brown hair tied close to the bottom, but with hair framing her face, she's strong, thin, tall, about in her mid twenties, um.about this tall (I said showing him compared to me) and." He held up his hand to my face.
~"Enough. I know of whom you speak of. Follow me."~ I was about to give a whoop of delight, but his stern face forbade me so instead I smiled and couldn't help but let a little skip escape from my joyous feet every once in a while. After a while's walk, we finally came to a huge door.
~"You wait here"~ He said to me. He knocked on the door and opened it, letting himself in. I pressed my ear to the door to listen, but there was nothing to listen to after a moment I heard footsteps and quickly stepped back.
~"Mistress Arelinita will see you."~ He said stepping out of the doorway. I nodded and stepped in.
"RIN!" I squealed with joy. Rin jumped up from the desk she was at and ran too me.
"Chihiro! You're o.k." She squeezed me tightly.
"But, I thought I was supposed to meet someone named Arelinita." I said confuse. Rin looked at me after we pulled away from our embrace.
"That's me. I am Arelinita. That's my name. My real name" She said smiling.
"Oh Rin! I-I mean Arelinita, that's so wonderful!" I said.
"You can call me Rin still."
"No, Arelinita suites you more. It's beautiful, and yet seems strong at the same time." We smiled at each other.
"Arelinita.what happened to Granny? Are they all right? And the Sky Spirits? And.Yubaaba, what happened to her? Do you know where Kohaku is?"
"Shhh, Chihiro. Calm down. I will explain everything, just relax." I nodded.
"Yubaaba was killed. After..after we thought you died." Arelinita began to cry, I held her in my arms and we sat on the floor. Beginning to eel cold, I looked around me and my gaze stopped at the fireplace. I got up and began to relight the fire. When the tiny flame became a satisfying blaze I sat back on my feet. Arelinita walked over and sat besides me.
"After we thought you died, Kohaku became infuriated. He told me to stay with your body so I did." She started in an amazingly calm voice but I knew that she was crying on the inside from the memory of it. I held her hand in mine and allowed her to continue.
"They began to fight. Eventually Kohaku won. He said a spell of sorts and a sword; a long sword that glowed a bright green appeared and slashed through Yubaaba. She started ranting on how a simple sword could not kill her, but when she pulled it out, she began bleeding. The sword dropped to the ground and Yubaaba was swallowed in fire. She turned to ash and wind blew her away. Even though she died, the Spirits were still fighting. The dark Haku was still fighting. He was winning though. He was so much stronger than everyone else. So many died at his hand Chihiro." She whispered and became silent. I squeezed her hand.
"Then what happened. "? I asked quietly. For a moment all that could be heard was the wood cracking and popping in the fireplace.
"Kohaku was still in the air when he called for the sword to him. He looked at me and began flying away, toward Haku. I cried out that if he would wait a moment I would help him, but he wouldn't. He told all of the Spirits to leave, most did, and some didn't. They died. Kohaku and Haku began to fight and then, they disappeared."
"They disappeared!" I said amazed.
"Yes, they disappeared. Just as Kohaku began to become transparent, he struck at Haku and they both disappeared. After seeing that, much of the fighting stopped, and the little bit that didn't, the sky spirits intervened and made them stop. I began to set up a place in the bathhouse along with many of the workers there, a hospital or the injured Spirits. We ended up making eight."
"Who will be the head master of the bathhouse now?"
"I will."
"You?"
"Yes. I offered the job to Zeniiba but she wouldn't take it."
"How is Zeniiba?"
"Why my dear, I am just fine." We both spun around.
"Granny!" I yelled jumping up. I ran to her and gave her a big hug. She began to stroke my hair as I sniffled.
"Now, now dear. It's all right. I'm fine." She said. I sniffled once more and wiped away the few tears that had managed to escape.
"Lets go sit down by the fire." She said and I nodded. Soon we both sat down next to Arelinita
"Granny, why didn't you take the job as head master of the bath house?"
"Ah Chihiro dear. That kind of job takes so much more than I can do. Besides, I would have to leave my comfortable cottage to live here. I would not be happy at all, but Arelinita on the other hand, she fits the job perfectly." She smiled. Arelinita blushed. I smiled.
"Granny, tell me about the jewel. The blue gem that held Kohaku."
"Ah yes. That there is a sad story, and a long one. Are you sure you want to hear it." I nodded.
"Very well then. I assume that you know about the Sky Spirits and the treachery that played there?" We both nodded.
"A long, very long time ago, there was a women. Her name was Satsuma. She was a kind woman. Very gentle, bright, and she had powers. Many men sought her after. Finally she chose one man, whom she thought she could love forever. They were happy at first, but then her husband began seeing another woman, one named Haruka. Satsuma became jealous and angry that her husband would deceiver her in such ways. So, she told her husband that she was going on a trip for a week and left. She went to a cave of many kinds of stones. She looked at all of them and finally settled on the blue one. All that week she cast spell upon spell on the blue stone. She had cursed it. When she had arrived back, she found Haruka with her husband in her home. Instead of becoming upset about it, she pretended that everything was fine. She waited and waited until the opportune time. One day, when Haruka went tout to collect herbs Satsuma followed her. She gave Haruka the stone, and as soon as Haruka touched it, her soul became trapped within it. In its place was a demon."
"What kind of demon?" I asked.
"A very strong kind. This kind feeds off of the soul of a person and normally it would take months maybe years for it to enter the body, but the curse on the stone trapped the soul, taking it out of the body, and the demon was summoned immediately in the body. The demon could then do its deeds and still feed off of the soul. That is what happened to Haruka, only in the end she died. With her death, Satsuma was over come with guilt and hid the stone in the cave. She put a spell on the cave so that none could enter. The stone would be hidden an not to be found. At least that was her intention. She soon died."
"How?" Arelinita asked. Granny looked at her funny like.
"No one knows. Some say Haruka's ghost killed her. Others say her husband killed her, and still even more say she killed herself."
"That's awful!" I said.
"Yes. It is." Granny said.
"But then how did the stone come to Kamikakushi?" I asked.
"Now there is a good question, but no one knows." I nodded.
"So Kohaku.was being eaten by the Spirit, while he was locked away in the stone?" I asked. This is all very confusing, but in a way, it makes sense.
"Yes. But you freed him. The Demon could not so freely eat his soul, and his body was trying to call back it's rightful owner, so naturally there was a battle between the two for control, who won, I do not know." She said solemnly.
"Kohaku and I won." I said excitedly. She looked at me.
"What do you mean you two won, you could not have been on the same plane as those two, so how can you know?"
"Because I WAS there. Kohaku and I. We fought him. We defeated him." I said proudly.
"Or.at least I think we did.I mean, I'm alive, shouldn't he be alive too?" There was complete silence. Granny stared at me in disbelief.
"But how."
"I don't know Granny, but somehow Kohaku and I are connected, and I think that's what let us fight together." I said determined to make her believe me. She began to smile.
"Tell me what you saw then dear, then lets go find Kohaku if we can." I nodded. I switched my sitting position and began to tell what had happened.
Authors Ending Note: O.K. I got that chapter written, and let me tell you, it wasn't that easy either. I hope I explained many of your questions, if anymore, I'll just write it in my next Authors Note. Only a few more chapters left (I think, I tend to make more chapters than I intend). It's kind of sad, then I'll have no more lawyers to fend off, no more Chihiro, No more Haku..sigh I guess I'll just have to settle or watching the movie again-LOL. Well, It's not completely done with yet! So no crying!
So Where is Kohaku, and what if it isn't him they fin, but Haku, the evil guy? Then what will happen?
Authors Beginning Note: Just read it..
Chapter 23
The After Effects
"Wha.the sun.so bright.but." My head hurting, I tried to force my eyes open. I can feel the warm caressing light of the sun on my skin and se it though my eyelids. I force my eyes open and at first all I see is blurry light but finally things came back into focus. I sit up quickly with surprise, ignoring the dizziness threatening to take me.
"What am I doing here? How.but!" I said. I look around the big room I'm in. It's like a huge infirmary. I can see Spirits in beds, on the floor, in cots. It's so full!
"Excuse me miss." I turned and looked at an aogaeru.
"Y-yes? Where am I?"
"You are at a temporary infirmary. Many Spirits were hurt in the battle so we had to set up a temporary place for those wounded. Right now, the bath house is also being used as a hospital even."
"I see." I looked out across at the many spirits.
"Tell me, have you seen a boy, two years older than me, green hair, green eyes, and a head taller than me?" His face was blank.
"No I haven't sorry."
"Then have you seen a woman, about in her twenties, long brown hair, strong, thin, um. her name is Rin."? I said drawing another blank stare from him.
"I'm sorry, I con not help you. There are at least eight Hospitals built here. We are only but one of them. Would you like some water?"
"Yes please." I sighed. A moment later he came back with a tall cup of water and half a loaf of bread. I nodded my thanks and he hurried of to help others. I soon got up and passed by many beds, peering at any form that resemble that of a human, but I did not find any who I was looking for. I sighed.
"Um.excuse me..I," said trying to get the attention of a young woman with long green hair. She did not pay attention but I grabbed her wrist gently and she turned and looked at me.
~"What ever It is you want, make it quick, there are others who need me more than you seem to"~
I gasped. Her voice. I can hear it in my head, but she did not move her lips.maybe she's telepathic.
"I need to find my friends.and."
~"Let me guess, you need help.I'm sorry, but I am too busy for this."~ She began to leave but I still held her wrist.
"Please." I whispered. She turned yet once more to me. Her blue skirt swishing making the sound like water. The shells in her hair clicked. Her pearl earrings swayed. I looked into her deep blue-green eyes.
~" I cannot help you, but maybe my brother can."~ She said more kindly. I followed her through a long maze of long rooms just like the one that I had been in.
~"There, that is him. I leave you here."~ She turned and left. I looked at the tall man that strongly resemble her. Light blue skin, long dark sea green hair and blue eyes. He wore pants the same blue as his and a dark shimmery blue vest that left his hest and arms showing.
"Um.a.excuse me.but your sister said.that well.maybe you could help me." I said a bit shaky like. This place, and all of theses injured Spirits, it irks me. It makes me nervous.
~"What is it that you need help with."~ He said patiently. Just like his sister, no sound escaped his mouth but I could hear hi voice like waves crashing into my head, but it didn't hurt. I took in a shaky breath and let it out.
"I am trying to find my friends. Rin, she has long brown hair tied close to the bottom, but with hair framing her face, she's strong, thin, tall, about in her mid twenties, um.about this tall (I said showing him compared to me) and." He held up his hand to my face.
~"Enough. I know of whom you speak of. Follow me."~ I was about to give a whoop of delight, but his stern face forbade me so instead I smiled and couldn't help but let a little skip escape from my joyous feet every once in a while. After a while's walk, we finally came to a huge door.
~"You wait here"~ He said to me. He knocked on the door and opened it, letting himself in. I pressed my ear to the door to listen, but there was nothing to listen to after a moment I heard footsteps and quickly stepped back.
~"Mistress Arelinita will see you."~ He said stepping out of the doorway. I nodded and stepped in.
"RIN!" I squealed with joy. Rin jumped up from the desk she was at and ran too me.
"Chihiro! You're o.k." She squeezed me tightly.
"But, I thought I was supposed to meet someone named Arelinita." I said confuse. Rin looked at me after we pulled away from our embrace.
"That's me. I am Arelinita. That's my name. My real name" She said smiling.
"Oh Rin! I-I mean Arelinita, that's so wonderful!" I said.
"You can call me Rin still."
"No, Arelinita suites you more. It's beautiful, and yet seems strong at the same time." We smiled at each other.
"Arelinita.what happened to Granny? Are they all right? And the Sky Spirits? And.Yubaaba, what happened to her? Do you know where Kohaku is?"
"Shhh, Chihiro. Calm down. I will explain everything, just relax." I nodded.
"Yubaaba was killed. After..after we thought you died." Arelinita began to cry, I held her in my arms and we sat on the floor. Beginning to eel cold, I looked around me and my gaze stopped at the fireplace. I got up and began to relight the fire. When the tiny flame became a satisfying blaze I sat back on my feet. Arelinita walked over and sat besides me.
"After we thought you died, Kohaku became infuriated. He told me to stay with your body so I did." She started in an amazingly calm voice but I knew that she was crying on the inside from the memory of it. I held her hand in mine and allowed her to continue.
"They began to fight. Eventually Kohaku won. He said a spell of sorts and a sword; a long sword that glowed a bright green appeared and slashed through Yubaaba. She started ranting on how a simple sword could not kill her, but when she pulled it out, she began bleeding. The sword dropped to the ground and Yubaaba was swallowed in fire. She turned to ash and wind blew her away. Even though she died, the Spirits were still fighting. The dark Haku was still fighting. He was winning though. He was so much stronger than everyone else. So many died at his hand Chihiro." She whispered and became silent. I squeezed her hand.
"Then what happened. "? I asked quietly. For a moment all that could be heard was the wood cracking and popping in the fireplace.
"Kohaku was still in the air when he called for the sword to him. He looked at me and began flying away, toward Haku. I cried out that if he would wait a moment I would help him, but he wouldn't. He told all of the Spirits to leave, most did, and some didn't. They died. Kohaku and Haku began to fight and then, they disappeared."
"They disappeared!" I said amazed.
"Yes, they disappeared. Just as Kohaku began to become transparent, he struck at Haku and they both disappeared. After seeing that, much of the fighting stopped, and the little bit that didn't, the sky spirits intervened and made them stop. I began to set up a place in the bathhouse along with many of the workers there, a hospital or the injured Spirits. We ended up making eight."
"Who will be the head master of the bathhouse now?"
"I will."
"You?"
"Yes. I offered the job to Zeniiba but she wouldn't take it."
"How is Zeniiba?"
"Why my dear, I am just fine." We both spun around.
"Granny!" I yelled jumping up. I ran to her and gave her a big hug. She began to stroke my hair as I sniffled.
"Now, now dear. It's all right. I'm fine." She said. I sniffled once more and wiped away the few tears that had managed to escape.
"Lets go sit down by the fire." She said and I nodded. Soon we both sat down next to Arelinita
"Granny, why didn't you take the job as head master of the bath house?"
"Ah Chihiro dear. That kind of job takes so much more than I can do. Besides, I would have to leave my comfortable cottage to live here. I would not be happy at all, but Arelinita on the other hand, she fits the job perfectly." She smiled. Arelinita blushed. I smiled.
"Granny, tell me about the jewel. The blue gem that held Kohaku."
"Ah yes. That there is a sad story, and a long one. Are you sure you want to hear it." I nodded.
"Very well then. I assume that you know about the Sky Spirits and the treachery that played there?" We both nodded.
"A long, very long time ago, there was a women. Her name was Satsuma. She was a kind woman. Very gentle, bright, and she had powers. Many men sought her after. Finally she chose one man, whom she thought she could love forever. They were happy at first, but then her husband began seeing another woman, one named Haruka. Satsuma became jealous and angry that her husband would deceiver her in such ways. So, she told her husband that she was going on a trip for a week and left. She went to a cave of many kinds of stones. She looked at all of them and finally settled on the blue one. All that week she cast spell upon spell on the blue stone. She had cursed it. When she had arrived back, she found Haruka with her husband in her home. Instead of becoming upset about it, she pretended that everything was fine. She waited and waited until the opportune time. One day, when Haruka went tout to collect herbs Satsuma followed her. She gave Haruka the stone, and as soon as Haruka touched it, her soul became trapped within it. In its place was a demon."
"What kind of demon?" I asked.
"A very strong kind. This kind feeds off of the soul of a person and normally it would take months maybe years for it to enter the body, but the curse on the stone trapped the soul, taking it out of the body, and the demon was summoned immediately in the body. The demon could then do its deeds and still feed off of the soul. That is what happened to Haruka, only in the end she died. With her death, Satsuma was over come with guilt and hid the stone in the cave. She put a spell on the cave so that none could enter. The stone would be hidden an not to be found. At least that was her intention. She soon died."
"How?" Arelinita asked. Granny looked at her funny like.
"No one knows. Some say Haruka's ghost killed her. Others say her husband killed her, and still even more say she killed herself."
"That's awful!" I said.
"Yes. It is." Granny said.
"But then how did the stone come to Kamikakushi?" I asked.
"Now there is a good question, but no one knows." I nodded.
"So Kohaku.was being eaten by the Spirit, while he was locked away in the stone?" I asked. This is all very confusing, but in a way, it makes sense.
"Yes. But you freed him. The Demon could not so freely eat his soul, and his body was trying to call back it's rightful owner, so naturally there was a battle between the two for control, who won, I do not know." She said solemnly.
"Kohaku and I won." I said excitedly. She looked at me.
"What do you mean you two won, you could not have been on the same plane as those two, so how can you know?"
"Because I WAS there. Kohaku and I. We fought him. We defeated him." I said proudly.
"Or.at least I think we did.I mean, I'm alive, shouldn't he be alive too?" There was complete silence. Granny stared at me in disbelief.
"But how."
"I don't know Granny, but somehow Kohaku and I are connected, and I think that's what let us fight together." I said determined to make her believe me. She began to smile.
"Tell me what you saw then dear, then lets go find Kohaku if we can." I nodded. I switched my sitting position and began to tell what had happened.
Authors Ending Note: O.K. I got that chapter written, and let me tell you, it wasn't that easy either. I hope I explained many of your questions, if anymore, I'll just write it in my next Authors Note. Only a few more chapters left (I think, I tend to make more chapters than I intend). It's kind of sad, then I'll have no more lawyers to fend off, no more Chihiro, No more Haku..sigh I guess I'll just have to settle or watching the movie again-LOL. Well, It's not completely done with yet! So no crying!
So Where is Kohaku, and what if it isn't him they fin, but Haku, the evil guy? Then what will happen?