Disclamer: I do not own Spirited Away

Author's Note: Yay! Second chapter. Sorry for the shortness of the chapters but i can't write for extended periods of time before my brain just dies on me! A pretend cookie to my first reviewer: Carapheonix! (I will try to update every other day at least) thankies!

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Chapter 2

Chihiro plopped down on her bed, exhausted from the day's work. Finally, she had unpacked all her boxes and her room looks at last like a real room. She held the glittering red hairtie up to the light and turned it to make the sunshine bounce off it at different angles. Tomorrow, she would go back in the forest and find Haku. She'll leave early in the morning and make sure that she leaves the Spirit World before dusk. She smiled happily at the thought of seeing Haku again.

"Chihiro! Are you done unpacking yet? Dinner's ready!" Mrs. Ogino's voice came from downstairs. Chihiro hastily put her hairtie on her bedtime table and ran downstairs to eat.

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"Hey mom! Can I go ride on my bike in the forest?" Chihiro beamed sweetly at her mother.

Mrs. Ogino stopped washing the dishes and looked at her, eyebrows raised. "Chihiro, it's only eight o'clock in the morning. Isn't it a bit too early to go biking?"

"But it's so nice out today mom!" Chihiro whined. "Plus, I've already unpacked all my stuff yesterday so there's nothing for me to do today!"

Mrs. Ogino thought for a minute. "Alright. But I want you back before noon." Chihiro kissed her mom quickly on the cheek and rushed out to the garden to get her bike.

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The forest is beautiful. Chihiro thought as she biked down the path her dad had taken. She breathed in the sweet aroma of the flowers and trees and let her hair dance in the gentle breeze. Her anticipation grew as she rode further down the path. In her excitement, Chihiro didn't notice the wind slipping her red hairtie from her loose ponytail and carrying it off into the sky.

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Chihiro left her bike beside the stone statue in front of the tunnel and looked at her watch. It was already half past eight. She walked up to the entrance of the tunnel and grinned as she thought of how surprised Haku will be to see her. Smiling to herself, she walked into the dark tunnel, not realizing the absence of the wind that had pushed her into the Spirit World the last time she was here.

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Chihiro looked around expectantly as she exited the tunnel. To her amazement, the lush grass field and the dried riverbed she had seen the last time were gone. Instead, past the tunnel, the forest extended on in dark rows of closely knitted trees. Chihiro weaved cautiously through the tall trees, trying to find a sign, any sign of the bath house, but only found more trees. As she wiped the sweat off her forehead, her loosely flowing hair told her that she had lost the hairtie her friends in the Spirit World had made her.

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A/N: hope u liked! i probably won't get into the main plot until chapter 5... up until then is just pre-stuff (but important pre-stuff! ). review please!

Kira