Disclaimers Notice: Bah Humbug-What is a 'humbug' anyways?
Authors Beginning Note: Well, I'm thinking this should be a good chapter so skip my note and just read it.
Chapter 25
It's Him
Still groggy I rolled over in my bed and snuggled even more under my covers. I can hear the rain pounding on the shutters and the wind blowing.
"Eeeepp!" I sat straight up as a particularly large gust of wind blew against my window and flung the shutters open, drenching the floor with rain and sending shivers all the way through me.
"Please don't tell me it's going to be another one of those times I get hardly any sleep!" I said sitting up in bed. I shivered over to the window and slipped to the ground.
"Oh boy. I'm going to feel that for sure." I slowly got up, now wet and walked to the window where I was met by more cold water.
"It.it can't be.can it?" I gasped. I peered more closely at the lone figure wondering down in the streets. Wiping away the stray hair in my face I leaned out the window. Someone tall, wearing loose brown robes, with their head covered was walking through the rain-sopping wet. The person limped slightly in the left leg. Then that person stopped and looked up past all of the windows and stared right into my eyes.
"Kohaku." I whispered. My breath was lost to me. Though I can't see his face well, I know it's him.it has to be. He turned his head and began walking again. I watched for a moment paralyzed, until my feet could move.
"Arelinita! Arelinita!" I screamed as I ran through corridors and up many flights of stairs. I carried the little bauble that she had stolen long ago. Even though it was important than, it wasn't now that we got a new one. Spirits were woken at the racket I made and peeked out from behind their cozy rooms.
"Arelinita! Come Quick!" I ran even faster and through the grand hallway that once held the doors with which only opened to the one word "hopeless", but no more. I ran through the head mistresses room and began pounding on a door that conjoined the office the bedroom.
"Arelinita! This is a matter of great importance! Please! Come Quick!" The door flung open and I was met with a very tired this-had-better- be-important looking Arelinita.
"What is it Chihiro."
"It's Him! Arelinita! I saw him! It's him!"
"It's who!" She said grabbing me by the shoulders, now thoroughly interested and wide-awake.
"It's Kohaku!" I whispered. Somehow, my throat had constricted amidst my joy.
"Kohaku? Where?"
"I saw him. He's coming down the streets. He doesn't look so good." I said staring her in the eyes. I can see the pain and turmoil within her. She doesn't know whether to let her guard down and hope that it could be Kohaku and find out it's not.
"Come on! We have to go meet him!" I said pulling out of her grasp, but stopped when I felt a hand on my wrist.
"Huh? Arelinita, come on."
"Chihiro.promise me.promise me that if this is not Kohaku.than you will finally give up." She said, her voice barely audible. I could see her body tremble with sobs.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean.if this really isn't Kohaku.you'll jut let it go.you'll give up believing the false lie that he is alive.you'll just.rest.and be free.so I can be free as well." She said, trying her hardest to be brave and not cry.
"Oh Rin.I.I promise that if this isn't Kohaku.than I'll never mention him again.but it is him.I know it." I said hugging her. I usually don't use her old name, except when times call for it.and I think it calls for it. A little familiarity might help her to trust me when I say it, at least I hope.
"Mistress Arelinita, there is a figure making way to the bathhouse, shall we let him in?" An aogaeru said. We pulled from each other's embrace and smiled at one another.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I shall greet him personally. Have a room prepared for him, and bandages ready." The aogaeru stared at Arelinita.
"Well, let's get to it." She said.
"Yes my Lady." I replied bowing and quickly was off. I grabbed Arelinita's wrist.
"Let's go!"
"Yes, lets." She said and we began running down the hallways and stairs, much to impatient to walk or take the elevators. We soon arrived at the doors to greet him. He was already to the bridge. Looking close up, he looked worse than before. His brown robes were muddy, torn, and soggy, he didn't wear shoes, he grasped a wooden staff to lean on because his limp was so bad, and he looked tired but we still couldn't tell if it was Kohaku or not for sure, his brown hood covered his head, and hid his face.
"Arelinita, I'm going to go meet him." I said. She gave me a worried look, much like what an older sister would give. In a way, I guess she is my older sister. Smiling I walked across the bridge, holding my bauble in the air to ward off the darkness and met him halfway there.
"Kohaku?" I whispered. The hooded figure stopped. Slowly he began to look up and our gaze met.
(A/n Oh, wouldn't it be just evil if I left off right here?)
"Chihiro. I'm glad.your safe. I was so worried." He said through his cracked and bleeding lips.
"Oh Kohaku.I.Kohaku!" He began to teeter. Running forward, I caught him in my arms. His wooden staff fell to the ground with a loud clatter. My bauble fell to the ground as well and rolled a few feet away.
"Kohaku, are you o.k.? Kohaku!" He didn't answer. His breath came in ragged gasps and his eyes were firmly closed. I pulled his hood from his face and wept the loose wet strands of hair from his face as I held him.
"It's him, it really is him." Arelinita said kneeling besides me, turning the bauble to make it small, putting it in her pocket, and staring in amazement at the unconscious form of Kohaku in my arms.
"Arelinita, I need help carrying him, otherwise he will get pneumonia." I said. She nodded. Each one of us carried him under the arms. Passing by all of the spectators and workers, we walked in and carried him all the way to him room.
"I want him thoroughly bathed, and any wounds on him tended immediately. When you are done, dress him in a pair of clean pants." Arelinita said to the workers.
"Come on Chihiro."
"But.Rin.Arelinita."
"We have done all we can right now, you may see him after he is laid in bed and has had some peace and quiet."
"But."
"Chihiro.he will be fine, there is nothing more we can do to help. We would only get in the way." Standing there I kept glancing from her to Kohaku still hesitant. Arelinita sighed.
"Come on Chihiro. I'll make us some hot chocolate, and we can have some of the cookies the cooks baked earlier today." I smiled.
"O okay." I followed her to her room where the hot chocolate and cookies waited, and we both sat in front of the fireplace, talking until we both fell asleep.
Authors Note: wait! There's more! There's another chapter! You don't think I'm that evil and would end it just like that would ya? Well, I guess I can understand, I mean I did have some evil cliffies strategically placed here and there.
Well, I have had a couple of requests asking for a sequel, and well, I'm not sure. If I get like five reviews ya, sure I will, but it would be a while before I got it started and posted. If Any people have any ideas for the possible sequel, go ahead and send it to me!
Authors Beginning Note: Well, I'm thinking this should be a good chapter so skip my note and just read it.
Chapter 25
It's Him
Still groggy I rolled over in my bed and snuggled even more under my covers. I can hear the rain pounding on the shutters and the wind blowing.
"Eeeepp!" I sat straight up as a particularly large gust of wind blew against my window and flung the shutters open, drenching the floor with rain and sending shivers all the way through me.
"Please don't tell me it's going to be another one of those times I get hardly any sleep!" I said sitting up in bed. I shivered over to the window and slipped to the ground.
"Oh boy. I'm going to feel that for sure." I slowly got up, now wet and walked to the window where I was met by more cold water.
"It.it can't be.can it?" I gasped. I peered more closely at the lone figure wondering down in the streets. Wiping away the stray hair in my face I leaned out the window. Someone tall, wearing loose brown robes, with their head covered was walking through the rain-sopping wet. The person limped slightly in the left leg. Then that person stopped and looked up past all of the windows and stared right into my eyes.
"Kohaku." I whispered. My breath was lost to me. Though I can't see his face well, I know it's him.it has to be. He turned his head and began walking again. I watched for a moment paralyzed, until my feet could move.
"Arelinita! Arelinita!" I screamed as I ran through corridors and up many flights of stairs. I carried the little bauble that she had stolen long ago. Even though it was important than, it wasn't now that we got a new one. Spirits were woken at the racket I made and peeked out from behind their cozy rooms.
"Arelinita! Come Quick!" I ran even faster and through the grand hallway that once held the doors with which only opened to the one word "hopeless", but no more. I ran through the head mistresses room and began pounding on a door that conjoined the office the bedroom.
"Arelinita! This is a matter of great importance! Please! Come Quick!" The door flung open and I was met with a very tired this-had-better- be-important looking Arelinita.
"What is it Chihiro."
"It's Him! Arelinita! I saw him! It's him!"
"It's who!" She said grabbing me by the shoulders, now thoroughly interested and wide-awake.
"It's Kohaku!" I whispered. Somehow, my throat had constricted amidst my joy.
"Kohaku? Where?"
"I saw him. He's coming down the streets. He doesn't look so good." I said staring her in the eyes. I can see the pain and turmoil within her. She doesn't know whether to let her guard down and hope that it could be Kohaku and find out it's not.
"Come on! We have to go meet him!" I said pulling out of her grasp, but stopped when I felt a hand on my wrist.
"Huh? Arelinita, come on."
"Chihiro.promise me.promise me that if this is not Kohaku.than you will finally give up." She said, her voice barely audible. I could see her body tremble with sobs.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean.if this really isn't Kohaku.you'll jut let it go.you'll give up believing the false lie that he is alive.you'll just.rest.and be free.so I can be free as well." She said, trying her hardest to be brave and not cry.
"Oh Rin.I.I promise that if this isn't Kohaku.than I'll never mention him again.but it is him.I know it." I said hugging her. I usually don't use her old name, except when times call for it.and I think it calls for it. A little familiarity might help her to trust me when I say it, at least I hope.
"Mistress Arelinita, there is a figure making way to the bathhouse, shall we let him in?" An aogaeru said. We pulled from each other's embrace and smiled at one another.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I shall greet him personally. Have a room prepared for him, and bandages ready." The aogaeru stared at Arelinita.
"Well, let's get to it." She said.
"Yes my Lady." I replied bowing and quickly was off. I grabbed Arelinita's wrist.
"Let's go!"
"Yes, lets." She said and we began running down the hallways and stairs, much to impatient to walk or take the elevators. We soon arrived at the doors to greet him. He was already to the bridge. Looking close up, he looked worse than before. His brown robes were muddy, torn, and soggy, he didn't wear shoes, he grasped a wooden staff to lean on because his limp was so bad, and he looked tired but we still couldn't tell if it was Kohaku or not for sure, his brown hood covered his head, and hid his face.
"Arelinita, I'm going to go meet him." I said. She gave me a worried look, much like what an older sister would give. In a way, I guess she is my older sister. Smiling I walked across the bridge, holding my bauble in the air to ward off the darkness and met him halfway there.
"Kohaku?" I whispered. The hooded figure stopped. Slowly he began to look up and our gaze met.
(A/n Oh, wouldn't it be just evil if I left off right here?)
"Chihiro. I'm glad.your safe. I was so worried." He said through his cracked and bleeding lips.
"Oh Kohaku.I.Kohaku!" He began to teeter. Running forward, I caught him in my arms. His wooden staff fell to the ground with a loud clatter. My bauble fell to the ground as well and rolled a few feet away.
"Kohaku, are you o.k.? Kohaku!" He didn't answer. His breath came in ragged gasps and his eyes were firmly closed. I pulled his hood from his face and wept the loose wet strands of hair from his face as I held him.
"It's him, it really is him." Arelinita said kneeling besides me, turning the bauble to make it small, putting it in her pocket, and staring in amazement at the unconscious form of Kohaku in my arms.
"Arelinita, I need help carrying him, otherwise he will get pneumonia." I said. She nodded. Each one of us carried him under the arms. Passing by all of the spectators and workers, we walked in and carried him all the way to him room.
"I want him thoroughly bathed, and any wounds on him tended immediately. When you are done, dress him in a pair of clean pants." Arelinita said to the workers.
"Come on Chihiro."
"But.Rin.Arelinita."
"We have done all we can right now, you may see him after he is laid in bed and has had some peace and quiet."
"But."
"Chihiro.he will be fine, there is nothing more we can do to help. We would only get in the way." Standing there I kept glancing from her to Kohaku still hesitant. Arelinita sighed.
"Come on Chihiro. I'll make us some hot chocolate, and we can have some of the cookies the cooks baked earlier today." I smiled.
"O okay." I followed her to her room where the hot chocolate and cookies waited, and we both sat in front of the fireplace, talking until we both fell asleep.
Authors Note: wait! There's more! There's another chapter! You don't think I'm that evil and would end it just like that would ya? Well, I guess I can understand, I mean I did have some evil cliffies strategically placed here and there.
Well, I have had a couple of requests asking for a sequel, and well, I'm not sure. If I get like five reviews ya, sure I will, but it would be a while before I got it started and posted. If Any people have any ideas for the possible sequel, go ahead and send it to me!