Disclaimer: I don't own Spirited Away or any of its characters.
Author Note: I know it is short. And I am also sorry that it took awhile for me to post. But it is only because I switch between writing chapters for this and my other story it was my other story's turn and It took a long time because I was away for a few weekends. So here it is the next chapter I hope you like it, this story wont be postponed.
I forgot to say in the first chapter that this is Part One out of... Well actually I'm not 100% sure yet but I think only Two. Happy Reading!
Na
Chapter 5: Return
Ryu and Miki returned to Asuko and Yoshi's house at around seven in the morning. With a swift goodbye Ryu set off running dragging Miki behind her. Ryu almost ran strait to the tunnel if not for the nagging though that both Rinako Naoko and Mishu-Kapi must have also been worried about her.
So Ryu dragging Miki ran to the river just in time to see her 'cousins' take their separate ways Morio returning to the depths of the forest and Kawatarou to the depths of the water, to avoid being seen by humans. "Aunt Rin, Uncle Shu, Kawatarou, Morio!" yelled Ryu, running to a stop at the edge of the forest and river.
"Ryu/Tea!?!" yelled the four, Rinako Naoko and Kawatarou calling her Tea and Mishu-Kapi and Morio calling her Ryu. They all met together on the edge of the river in a big group hug after Kawatarou and Mishu-Kapi changed into their human forms. The hug excluding Miki who stood a few meters away panting. Dozens of questions were thrown at Ryu, so she didn't know where to begin.
They all stopped hugging Ryu and Mishu-Kapi and Kawatarou returned to the river from whence they came, bring a startled frightened look to Miki's face who had not seen the change in the beginning. Rinako Naoko who was still hugging Ryu and waiting for the answer to any of the questions that were still being thrown at the young girl. There was so many voice that Ryu was having trouble picking out a singular question. But then one frightened trembling question reached her ears, "W...Wha...What... i....i....is... going on here?"
Everyone turned to acknowledge Miki's trembling presents, as he slowly shook his head and backed away. Ryu tried to calm Miki's fears, "This is my family. My father is a river spirit much like my Uncle Shu here. And that is Aunt Rin a forest spirit and the two are my cousins Morio who is more prone to the forest and Kawatarou prone to the river and water life."
"Ya... ya... ya... your n... n... no... not Hue...hue... hue... m... m... man... Human?" stuttered Miki in utter shock and fear.
"My mother is a human. Miki your going to have to believe me that they wont hurt you. Miki look at me, its me Tea the same Tea as always I never looked or acted different, I can't change to a dragon, but some of my 'family' members can and some can't. But your going to have to trust and realize what most people want children to be afraid of couldn't hurt a fly." Replied Ryu in a soft voice. Miki calmed down but refused to get closer to Ryu's 'family'.
"Tea sweetie, There is ..." began Rinako Naoko.
"I know Aunt Rin a force field, but we must go," replied Ryu turning back towards Rinako Naoko.
"Then go now," said Rinako Naoko giving Ryu a quick hug, "But don't swim the lake, I'm afraid it could drown you with magick now."
"Don't worry, Miki is afraid of water, ever since we saved him Aunt Rin," replied Ryu with a playful smile.
"You must go, you've been away from home to long," whispered over the river.
Ryu turned on her heels and walked back to Miki she offered him her hand which he took. Miki had to admit it he was almost scared of Ryu, but he had the vivid memory of where they were going, back to the scary, dark, building in the woods, back to the Spirit World.
The walk to the building didn't seem at all long, but the tunnel seemed long, an eternity to walk through. With the same moldy smell and eerie feel that it did two years ago.
Finally the pair made it to the other side, Ryu stopped no more then a few seconds studying the warning set up by her parents that lay just on the other side of the tunnel. While Ryu ignored the warning and the point that the endless blue lake stretched out before them when in the early morning light there should have been lush green grass. Miki on the other hand was becoming very scared. Since he was with a girl and a younger girl at that he refused to show just how afraid he was, as Ryu pulled him through the unnoticeable force field. When the were on the other side Miki looked back over his shoulder, to see that there was indeed a force field that was rippling red from their bodies passing through.
Ryu looked around in any hope that, anyone she knew was there. Ryu was about to give up hope of a swift return to Aburaya when the Yu-Bird caught her eye. The Yu-Bird was no longer a scout for Yu-Baaba, but in her passing became, basically jobless. But now it was evident that it had a job guard the gate to the Human World. Taking its job seriously the Yu-Bird unfurled its wings and took off to the skies heading strait to Aburaya.
"Ten minutes tops," said Ryu with a smile and sitting on the small patch of grass between the water and the force field.
"Till?" asked Miki still confused. He knew where he was but it just seemed so different darker, colder, scarier, evil.
"My parent's come to take us home. I hope that wont have to get a job, a guest of mine isn't a guest of Aburaya," replied Ryu.
"A job?" asked Miki worried a little he was only seven a job would be to much for him.
"Don't worry. Hey look there they are!" exclaimed Ryu pointing to the sky and jumping to her feet.
Miki followed her finger to where it pointed at a white and slightly green ribbon like dragon. One second he was looking at a dragon the next two humans slowly falling to the ground.
When Chihiro and Kohaku placed foot on solid ground in front of Ryu and Miki. Ryu wasted no time and leapt into her parents arms. Both Kohaku and Chihiro where crying tears of joy for seeing and holding their daughter once more in there arms.
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"Drat! She returned and with a petrified little friend how... utterly annoying! How am I going to take over this world with the little ones here?" said the evil sorcerer who was watching the scene through an onyx ball. The onyx ball functioned something like a crystal ball would. But the onyx ball was made of pure evil and was not to see the future but to be used like a window, television, or a persons own eyes. The onyx ball could put an 'eye' where ever the sorcerer wanted, so the sorcerer could see and hear whatever he wanted.
The evil sorcerer decided to turn his mind to another thing perhaps not to much more important then figuring out a way to remove the children, and once again throwing the parents into a depression. A quick thought trickled into his head, he could kidnap them. The sorcerer quickly diminished the thought that was most likely the most dangerous thing he could do. It could bring an unexpected and unneeded fight upon him. Plus the boy was human and the girl a halfling, not even worth eating.
At the thought of eating he returned to his planned distraction to clear his mind and allow him to think. The sorcerer walked down to the dungeon where he was currently keeping his dinner. He frowned at the sight that he saw there was only two of those stinking bat monsters left out of the whole race and when he had eaten them he would have to hunt more food.
Now the sorcerer was neither cannibal or vampire. Most likely because he wasn't a bat monster and pretty sure he was the last of his kind, and he didn't drink the blood. It just so happened that he ate other creatures from the Spirit world because each had some sort of magick that he could absorb and use in whatever way the sorcerer saw fit, not to mention the strength. In reality he ate the souls of his victims and occasionally their flesh only after extensive seasoning. The sorcerer tried not to be wasteful he used as much as he found edible or useful. Occasionally blood and bones where kept for spells or scrying, fear which could be liquidized made a fine wine and the braver the host the finer the wine became. Magick to strengthen his own. Souls drawn from the near dead bodies for food, though he was in the Spirit World the food variety was better here and more tasteful, and everyone could still die.
The sorcerer looked at the two remaining bat monsters who had just jolted from the restful places and backed up against the wall of their cell. With a simple thought the metal door of the cell unlocked and swung uneasy on rusty hinges. The sorcerer walked through the open door and continued slowly to the two quivering bat monsters. They weren't even worth making wine out of the fear had consumed them. The sorcerer had no clue at how these two whimpering creatures could have lived so long. The sorcerer drew a small black gothic looking dagger known as the 'Soul Blade' which extracts the souls from bodies making meal preparing simple.
The sorcerer grabbed one of the bat monsters and held it above his head by the scruff of its brown/black fur. The sorcerer gave an evil grin as the creature begged for life, "You don't want to eat me, I can help you." The sorcerer would have looked astound if he had not hid the expression. He defiantly didn't to expect a coward to sound as he had there was no fear in his voice he was actually very strong. The sorcerer raised his blade and saw how the creature in his hands didn't flinch while the one against the wall did. The sorcerer whipped the knife at the wall and with in seconds the fearful bat monster was nearing death and its extracted black colored soul hovered over its head bound by the blade.
"What is your name?" asked the sorcerer dropping the bat monster and retrieving the soul ripping it apart with his teeth like crusted bread.
"Hiyae. Your liege."
"Well Hiyae, I don't have allies, You'll be breakfast!" yelled the sorcerer walking out of the cell as the door slammed shut behind him. In truth the sorcerer trusted no one, he never saw how any great evil could have henchman. Henchman always ruined things, careful plans. The sounds of footsteps coming down the stairs distracted the sorcerer, "Speaking of the devil, my old master."
The sorcerer knew henchman were the fault in plans, because he himself was the fault in his old master's plan, deliberately ruining it so he could pursue his own domination. "Master," said the sorcerer with a low bow as a second man entered the room. He had done it in a complete mocking manner, but his old master didn't mind, there was business.
"Paige, why did you kill all the bat monsters? They are evil like us!" replied the elder former master.
"Well evil souls taste better, though good magick is stronger on occasion. Plus they aren't all dead there is one left," snarled the sorcerer.
"Are those the only reasons?" snapped the other.
The sorcerer grinned evilly and advanced on his former master, "No, you see I can't have any other evil try and take what is mine."
"And what is that Paige?"
"World domination of course," smiled the sorcerer. The elder man let out a small chuckle at the thought of his old Paige ruling the Spirit World, "You know what else Master? I can't have anyone get in my way, and..." the word 'Master' was spat out of the sorcerer's mouth.
"And what Paige?!" spat the elder man.
"I'm no longer your Paige!" and with those words the sorcerer plunged the Soul Blade into the elder mans gut extracting the dark, evil soul and leaving a minute before the man died, and a fifteen minute window to harness his magick, "nor am I your henchmen, or apprentice I am nothing to you. But you, you are something to me... My dinner!"
Then the sorcerer got an idea, an evil sinister idea. One to strike fear in the hearts of Spirit World citizens, one that would remove the children. A weak attempt at an early attack using his old masters body, and the spirit of a cowering bat monster.
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Miki had had a very long and eventful first day besides meeting the rest of Ryu's family; Her grandmother Zeniiba or Granny, Her great grandfather Kamajii, Bou which should have been like an uncle but was still a baby, and Kaonashi who well Miki didn't know who he was, but Ryu apologized for loosing the hair ties and he gave her two more. Ryu also returned to a slightly oversized orange uniform like her mother's with a navy blue apron, Miki was also dressed in an oversized although not by much, uniform like Ryu's father Kohaku's.
Now Miki was laying down on a sleeping pallet in Ryu's room it was very late in the night, Miki had never gone to bed at such a late hour. But it was explained to him that they worked at night and slept though very little during the day.
Zeniiba had tried the give Chihiro the night off but she had politely refused at Ryu's request who wanted to show Miki how to tend and scrub the baths. So all four, Kohaku, Chihiro, Ryu, and Miki tended a very kind god named Oshira-Sama the Daikon radish god.
Ryu was already fast asleep in the bed above Miki. Although Miki was having trouble sleeping, he was excited, scared, but most of all this place had made him think was it good to be here, with his pig parents and a new appending evil or better to be home with his aunt and uncle. Miki then added the thought or back at the orphanage. But Miki smiled as he laid there on the pallet, whatever the right or safer choice was this situation was agreeing with him.
Author Note: I request creation credit for the sorcerer and his old master. Also in the previous story I put creation credit on Hiyae and the bat monsters, so just give me the credit please. Merci!
Na
Author Note: I know it is short. And I am also sorry that it took awhile for me to post. But it is only because I switch between writing chapters for this and my other story it was my other story's turn and It took a long time because I was away for a few weekends. So here it is the next chapter I hope you like it, this story wont be postponed.
I forgot to say in the first chapter that this is Part One out of... Well actually I'm not 100% sure yet but I think only Two. Happy Reading!
Na
Chapter 5: Return
Ryu and Miki returned to Asuko and Yoshi's house at around seven in the morning. With a swift goodbye Ryu set off running dragging Miki behind her. Ryu almost ran strait to the tunnel if not for the nagging though that both Rinako Naoko and Mishu-Kapi must have also been worried about her.
So Ryu dragging Miki ran to the river just in time to see her 'cousins' take their separate ways Morio returning to the depths of the forest and Kawatarou to the depths of the water, to avoid being seen by humans. "Aunt Rin, Uncle Shu, Kawatarou, Morio!" yelled Ryu, running to a stop at the edge of the forest and river.
"Ryu/Tea!?!" yelled the four, Rinako Naoko and Kawatarou calling her Tea and Mishu-Kapi and Morio calling her Ryu. They all met together on the edge of the river in a big group hug after Kawatarou and Mishu-Kapi changed into their human forms. The hug excluding Miki who stood a few meters away panting. Dozens of questions were thrown at Ryu, so she didn't know where to begin.
They all stopped hugging Ryu and Mishu-Kapi and Kawatarou returned to the river from whence they came, bring a startled frightened look to Miki's face who had not seen the change in the beginning. Rinako Naoko who was still hugging Ryu and waiting for the answer to any of the questions that were still being thrown at the young girl. There was so many voice that Ryu was having trouble picking out a singular question. But then one frightened trembling question reached her ears, "W...Wha...What... i....i....is... going on here?"
Everyone turned to acknowledge Miki's trembling presents, as he slowly shook his head and backed away. Ryu tried to calm Miki's fears, "This is my family. My father is a river spirit much like my Uncle Shu here. And that is Aunt Rin a forest spirit and the two are my cousins Morio who is more prone to the forest and Kawatarou prone to the river and water life."
"Ya... ya... ya... your n... n... no... not Hue...hue... hue... m... m... man... Human?" stuttered Miki in utter shock and fear.
"My mother is a human. Miki your going to have to believe me that they wont hurt you. Miki look at me, its me Tea the same Tea as always I never looked or acted different, I can't change to a dragon, but some of my 'family' members can and some can't. But your going to have to trust and realize what most people want children to be afraid of couldn't hurt a fly." Replied Ryu in a soft voice. Miki calmed down but refused to get closer to Ryu's 'family'.
"Tea sweetie, There is ..." began Rinako Naoko.
"I know Aunt Rin a force field, but we must go," replied Ryu turning back towards Rinako Naoko.
"Then go now," said Rinako Naoko giving Ryu a quick hug, "But don't swim the lake, I'm afraid it could drown you with magick now."
"Don't worry, Miki is afraid of water, ever since we saved him Aunt Rin," replied Ryu with a playful smile.
"You must go, you've been away from home to long," whispered over the river.
Ryu turned on her heels and walked back to Miki she offered him her hand which he took. Miki had to admit it he was almost scared of Ryu, but he had the vivid memory of where they were going, back to the scary, dark, building in the woods, back to the Spirit World.
The walk to the building didn't seem at all long, but the tunnel seemed long, an eternity to walk through. With the same moldy smell and eerie feel that it did two years ago.
Finally the pair made it to the other side, Ryu stopped no more then a few seconds studying the warning set up by her parents that lay just on the other side of the tunnel. While Ryu ignored the warning and the point that the endless blue lake stretched out before them when in the early morning light there should have been lush green grass. Miki on the other hand was becoming very scared. Since he was with a girl and a younger girl at that he refused to show just how afraid he was, as Ryu pulled him through the unnoticeable force field. When the were on the other side Miki looked back over his shoulder, to see that there was indeed a force field that was rippling red from their bodies passing through.
Ryu looked around in any hope that, anyone she knew was there. Ryu was about to give up hope of a swift return to Aburaya when the Yu-Bird caught her eye. The Yu-Bird was no longer a scout for Yu-Baaba, but in her passing became, basically jobless. But now it was evident that it had a job guard the gate to the Human World. Taking its job seriously the Yu-Bird unfurled its wings and took off to the skies heading strait to Aburaya.
"Ten minutes tops," said Ryu with a smile and sitting on the small patch of grass between the water and the force field.
"Till?" asked Miki still confused. He knew where he was but it just seemed so different darker, colder, scarier, evil.
"My parent's come to take us home. I hope that wont have to get a job, a guest of mine isn't a guest of Aburaya," replied Ryu.
"A job?" asked Miki worried a little he was only seven a job would be to much for him.
"Don't worry. Hey look there they are!" exclaimed Ryu pointing to the sky and jumping to her feet.
Miki followed her finger to where it pointed at a white and slightly green ribbon like dragon. One second he was looking at a dragon the next two humans slowly falling to the ground.
When Chihiro and Kohaku placed foot on solid ground in front of Ryu and Miki. Ryu wasted no time and leapt into her parents arms. Both Kohaku and Chihiro where crying tears of joy for seeing and holding their daughter once more in there arms.
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"Drat! She returned and with a petrified little friend how... utterly annoying! How am I going to take over this world with the little ones here?" said the evil sorcerer who was watching the scene through an onyx ball. The onyx ball functioned something like a crystal ball would. But the onyx ball was made of pure evil and was not to see the future but to be used like a window, television, or a persons own eyes. The onyx ball could put an 'eye' where ever the sorcerer wanted, so the sorcerer could see and hear whatever he wanted.
The evil sorcerer decided to turn his mind to another thing perhaps not to much more important then figuring out a way to remove the children, and once again throwing the parents into a depression. A quick thought trickled into his head, he could kidnap them. The sorcerer quickly diminished the thought that was most likely the most dangerous thing he could do. It could bring an unexpected and unneeded fight upon him. Plus the boy was human and the girl a halfling, not even worth eating.
At the thought of eating he returned to his planned distraction to clear his mind and allow him to think. The sorcerer walked down to the dungeon where he was currently keeping his dinner. He frowned at the sight that he saw there was only two of those stinking bat monsters left out of the whole race and when he had eaten them he would have to hunt more food.
Now the sorcerer was neither cannibal or vampire. Most likely because he wasn't a bat monster and pretty sure he was the last of his kind, and he didn't drink the blood. It just so happened that he ate other creatures from the Spirit world because each had some sort of magick that he could absorb and use in whatever way the sorcerer saw fit, not to mention the strength. In reality he ate the souls of his victims and occasionally their flesh only after extensive seasoning. The sorcerer tried not to be wasteful he used as much as he found edible or useful. Occasionally blood and bones where kept for spells or scrying, fear which could be liquidized made a fine wine and the braver the host the finer the wine became. Magick to strengthen his own. Souls drawn from the near dead bodies for food, though he was in the Spirit World the food variety was better here and more tasteful, and everyone could still die.
The sorcerer looked at the two remaining bat monsters who had just jolted from the restful places and backed up against the wall of their cell. With a simple thought the metal door of the cell unlocked and swung uneasy on rusty hinges. The sorcerer walked through the open door and continued slowly to the two quivering bat monsters. They weren't even worth making wine out of the fear had consumed them. The sorcerer had no clue at how these two whimpering creatures could have lived so long. The sorcerer drew a small black gothic looking dagger known as the 'Soul Blade' which extracts the souls from bodies making meal preparing simple.
The sorcerer grabbed one of the bat monsters and held it above his head by the scruff of its brown/black fur. The sorcerer gave an evil grin as the creature begged for life, "You don't want to eat me, I can help you." The sorcerer would have looked astound if he had not hid the expression. He defiantly didn't to expect a coward to sound as he had there was no fear in his voice he was actually very strong. The sorcerer raised his blade and saw how the creature in his hands didn't flinch while the one against the wall did. The sorcerer whipped the knife at the wall and with in seconds the fearful bat monster was nearing death and its extracted black colored soul hovered over its head bound by the blade.
"What is your name?" asked the sorcerer dropping the bat monster and retrieving the soul ripping it apart with his teeth like crusted bread.
"Hiyae. Your liege."
"Well Hiyae, I don't have allies, You'll be breakfast!" yelled the sorcerer walking out of the cell as the door slammed shut behind him. In truth the sorcerer trusted no one, he never saw how any great evil could have henchman. Henchman always ruined things, careful plans. The sounds of footsteps coming down the stairs distracted the sorcerer, "Speaking of the devil, my old master."
The sorcerer knew henchman were the fault in plans, because he himself was the fault in his old master's plan, deliberately ruining it so he could pursue his own domination. "Master," said the sorcerer with a low bow as a second man entered the room. He had done it in a complete mocking manner, but his old master didn't mind, there was business.
"Paige, why did you kill all the bat monsters? They are evil like us!" replied the elder former master.
"Well evil souls taste better, though good magick is stronger on occasion. Plus they aren't all dead there is one left," snarled the sorcerer.
"Are those the only reasons?" snapped the other.
The sorcerer grinned evilly and advanced on his former master, "No, you see I can't have any other evil try and take what is mine."
"And what is that Paige?"
"World domination of course," smiled the sorcerer. The elder man let out a small chuckle at the thought of his old Paige ruling the Spirit World, "You know what else Master? I can't have anyone get in my way, and..." the word 'Master' was spat out of the sorcerer's mouth.
"And what Paige?!" spat the elder man.
"I'm no longer your Paige!" and with those words the sorcerer plunged the Soul Blade into the elder mans gut extracting the dark, evil soul and leaving a minute before the man died, and a fifteen minute window to harness his magick, "nor am I your henchmen, or apprentice I am nothing to you. But you, you are something to me... My dinner!"
Then the sorcerer got an idea, an evil sinister idea. One to strike fear in the hearts of Spirit World citizens, one that would remove the children. A weak attempt at an early attack using his old masters body, and the spirit of a cowering bat monster.
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Miki had had a very long and eventful first day besides meeting the rest of Ryu's family; Her grandmother Zeniiba or Granny, Her great grandfather Kamajii, Bou which should have been like an uncle but was still a baby, and Kaonashi who well Miki didn't know who he was, but Ryu apologized for loosing the hair ties and he gave her two more. Ryu also returned to a slightly oversized orange uniform like her mother's with a navy blue apron, Miki was also dressed in an oversized although not by much, uniform like Ryu's father Kohaku's.
Now Miki was laying down on a sleeping pallet in Ryu's room it was very late in the night, Miki had never gone to bed at such a late hour. But it was explained to him that they worked at night and slept though very little during the day.
Zeniiba had tried the give Chihiro the night off but she had politely refused at Ryu's request who wanted to show Miki how to tend and scrub the baths. So all four, Kohaku, Chihiro, Ryu, and Miki tended a very kind god named Oshira-Sama the Daikon radish god.
Ryu was already fast asleep in the bed above Miki. Although Miki was having trouble sleeping, he was excited, scared, but most of all this place had made him think was it good to be here, with his pig parents and a new appending evil or better to be home with his aunt and uncle. Miki then added the thought or back at the orphanage. But Miki smiled as he laid there on the pallet, whatever the right or safer choice was this situation was agreeing with him.
Author Note: I request creation credit for the sorcerer and his old master. Also in the previous story I put creation credit on Hiyae and the bat monsters, so just give me the credit please. Merci!
Na