Ryu's Trip to the Human World
Part 2
Disclaimer: I don't own Spirited Away or any of its characters.
Author Note: Really short chapter, beware...Again. Happy Reading!
-Na
Chapter 10: To Where the Snow Sleeps
"So where have you been hiding all of these years?" asked a short old woman.
"None of your business Yuyaarikii, now tell me the sprite is alright and can send the Little Ones to me," said a snow white spirit.
"But to where, do the Little Ones need to go?" asked Yuyaarikii.
"I may look five but I'm older then you, I'm older then you could even think of. The boy is the only one who can carry the blade and the girl might be able to carry it and is the only one who will find me. So just send the Sprite, she is the last of her kind," replied the spirit.
"Well how are they going to travel the train doesn't go back?" asked Yuyaarikii.
"She has dragon cousins, send one along," said the spirit agitated, as he turned to leave the house of Yuyaarikii, "Oh and I will never return here."
"Why do you always do that? Soon you'll have no place to go! What happened to the child like spirit I knew?" asked Yuyaarikii.
The spirit stopped in the thresh hold but didn't turn towards his host, "So be it than, I would have never showed my face if it was not for the Little Ones. The child like spirit you ask? Died with his sister, I only wish I could as well. Now stop with your questions and leave me in peace!" yelled the spirit as he stormed out of the door.
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"Little one... Oh Little One..." said a voice.
Ryu looked around she was on a snow covered mountain though the Cherry Tree she sat under was in bloom. She looked at the tree and noticed that it was no normal Cherry Tree but a Snow Cherry Tree. The dark red speckled white cherries were ripe for eating. "Where am I?" Ryu asked, "who is speaking to me?"
"Where the snow sleeps Little One..." replied the voice.
"Why do you call me Little One?" asked Ryu as she stood up and fresh falling snow whipped around her.
"My sister named you Tea so many years ago, she died for you and this world. You are my Little niece and always will be, Little One. Now listen to my words Little One, The Soul Blade can end this, is the only thing that can kill the sorcerer. And in his death his spells will be broken. I have the Blade Little One, here on this mountain. But heed warning the Blade becomes unbearably hot in the hands of a spirit, unless like me and they can freeze the blade. Humans can carry it, and that is what you have to do. Retrieve this blade and stop the sorcerer."
Ryu nodded, and tried to get her bearings strait, but in the snow she couldn't see strait.
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Ryu woke up in her own bed with Miki at her side, besides being cold she was fine. The last three days had really been interesting, there was the daily fights with Miki as usual and Ryu finally got to see her cousins work, the shy Kawatarou being hounded by Hana.
Ryu got out of the bed and walked over to her desk that contained two piles of clothes one her own and the other Miki's from the human world. Ryu wanted to keep them in the back of the closet, while Miki wanted them at hand when need. It was a constant fight between the two and now that Miki was asleep she could put them were he wouldn't find them.
Ryu picked up the two piles of clothes and opened the closet door, she began to move around the random junk in the corner so she could hide the clothes. She threw them on the ground and recovered them with junk. Ryu closed the closet door and walked back to the desk. There on the floor by the chair was an old piece of paper. Ryu picked it up she thought that it must have fallen out of one of Miki's pockets .
She began to unfold the delicate paper, but a hand ripped it away from her grasp before she could read it, "Hey, I wanted to read that!" said Ryu as the sour Miki shoved the paper in his pocket.
"Hey nothing, that was mine and you had no right to read it," replied Miki, turning his back to Ryu.
Ryu thought for a second and then remembered that the paper did look familiar to her. Ryu smiled as she took out a similar old piece of paper from her pocket and unfolded it. With a sly grin she spoke, "Oh well I don't need to read it I bet I know what it says: 'Friendship Contract- Miki Natsuki and Ryuichi Teataura Nushi will be best friends forever, and will die together. So neither will be lonely or scared.' And it is signed by both you and me. Am I right? Is that what the paper says?"
"Yeah! so?" said Miki, still back to Ryu.
"You kept the contract, you don't hate me, you want to stay my best friend, you want to die with me, its so sweet really," replied Ryu with a smile.
Miki turned around and walked towards Ryu stopping centimeters from her, "I could say the same thing about you."
Ryu smiled, "You are right there, so we are both at fault."
"Oh no Tea there you are wrong did I ever say you guessed correctly?" said Miki in a hateful voice, Ryu looked at him she was sure he had agreed that it was the contract he snatched away, "I kept it, for the future use of blackmail if the opportunity showed itself."
Ryu was speechless as Miki laughed an unpleasant laugh. There was a knock on the door, followed by an Aogaeru voice, "Zeniiba wishes to see you two."
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Ryu and Miki arrived in Zeniiba's office still without a word to one another. In the office was Zeniiba, Kaonashi, Kohaku, Chihiro, Morio, Kawatarou, and a Wish Sprite.
"Well I'm glad all of you are here, Gingko has something to tell you all," said Zeniiba.
Gingko sighed, "Yes well seven years ago, my people were attacked by a sorcerer he captured my people, I luckily escaped. I lay dying in Kniknichmai for a year or so. Knowing I could never return home when I was better I stayed with Yuyaarikii. Recently I learned the truth the sorcerer used the Soul Blade and ate the souls of my people. A Spirit stole the blade and has given Ryu, Miki and one of the twins the task of retrieving it so you can stop the sorcerer."
"I don't understand," said Chihiro.
"Don't worry mom, I do. Miki, Kawatarou, and I will go to where the snow sleeps," replied Ryu.
"Why him, I want to go!" complained Morio.
"Yeah why me? Let him go," added Kawatarou.
"Well one of you is our ride, and must stay in dragon form most of the time," said Ryu with a smile.
"I'll go!/He can go!" said the twins together.
"But why do the children have to go?" asked Kohaku.
"A spirit can't hold the blade without getting burned, but a human can no problem. And Ryu is the only one who knows were to go," answered Gingko.
"Anyway Chihiro you can't go, you work here and need to work, same with you Kohaku. Don't worry I trust the kids and I hope being a dragon for a while will get it out of young Kawatarou's system," said Zeniiba.
"So where are we going exactly?" asked Miki not really addressing Ryu, but she was the only one who knew the answer.
"To a snow covered mountain where Snow Cherry Trees grow," replied Ryu.
"That leaves only one place I believe..." began Zeniiba.
Ryu smiled she, had heard the legends of her uncle, and knew what she had seen in her dream, "Ice Mountain, in the Lonely Mountain Range. Far past Swamp Bottom, past Kniknichmai, past Stein and the Dark Forest. The hardest place to reach as a group, and all not that far when you are alone physically and at heart."
"Who would live there?" asked Chihiro.
"Saki," replied Kohaku.
Author Note: Yeah I hope you liked it, I'm sorry it took a bit to post and what not. I hope you enjoyed and liked the twist, if you didn't catch the hint... What race is the sorcerer? Just throws a whole knew element into the mix. And I'm not picking favorites with Kawatarou and Morio I'm going with their characters and therefore Morio would rather be in a human form while Kawatarou dragon form. So what did you think?
- Na
Part 2
Disclaimer: I don't own Spirited Away or any of its characters.
Author Note: Really short chapter, beware...Again. Happy Reading!
-Na
Chapter 10: To Where the Snow Sleeps
"So where have you been hiding all of these years?" asked a short old woman.
"None of your business Yuyaarikii, now tell me the sprite is alright and can send the Little Ones to me," said a snow white spirit.
"But to where, do the Little Ones need to go?" asked Yuyaarikii.
"I may look five but I'm older then you, I'm older then you could even think of. The boy is the only one who can carry the blade and the girl might be able to carry it and is the only one who will find me. So just send the Sprite, she is the last of her kind," replied the spirit.
"Well how are they going to travel the train doesn't go back?" asked Yuyaarikii.
"She has dragon cousins, send one along," said the spirit agitated, as he turned to leave the house of Yuyaarikii, "Oh and I will never return here."
"Why do you always do that? Soon you'll have no place to go! What happened to the child like spirit I knew?" asked Yuyaarikii.
The spirit stopped in the thresh hold but didn't turn towards his host, "So be it than, I would have never showed my face if it was not for the Little Ones. The child like spirit you ask? Died with his sister, I only wish I could as well. Now stop with your questions and leave me in peace!" yelled the spirit as he stormed out of the door.
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"Little one... Oh Little One..." said a voice.
Ryu looked around she was on a snow covered mountain though the Cherry Tree she sat under was in bloom. She looked at the tree and noticed that it was no normal Cherry Tree but a Snow Cherry Tree. The dark red speckled white cherries were ripe for eating. "Where am I?" Ryu asked, "who is speaking to me?"
"Where the snow sleeps Little One..." replied the voice.
"Why do you call me Little One?" asked Ryu as she stood up and fresh falling snow whipped around her.
"My sister named you Tea so many years ago, she died for you and this world. You are my Little niece and always will be, Little One. Now listen to my words Little One, The Soul Blade can end this, is the only thing that can kill the sorcerer. And in his death his spells will be broken. I have the Blade Little One, here on this mountain. But heed warning the Blade becomes unbearably hot in the hands of a spirit, unless like me and they can freeze the blade. Humans can carry it, and that is what you have to do. Retrieve this blade and stop the sorcerer."
Ryu nodded, and tried to get her bearings strait, but in the snow she couldn't see strait.
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Ryu woke up in her own bed with Miki at her side, besides being cold she was fine. The last three days had really been interesting, there was the daily fights with Miki as usual and Ryu finally got to see her cousins work, the shy Kawatarou being hounded by Hana.
Ryu got out of the bed and walked over to her desk that contained two piles of clothes one her own and the other Miki's from the human world. Ryu wanted to keep them in the back of the closet, while Miki wanted them at hand when need. It was a constant fight between the two and now that Miki was asleep she could put them were he wouldn't find them.
Ryu picked up the two piles of clothes and opened the closet door, she began to move around the random junk in the corner so she could hide the clothes. She threw them on the ground and recovered them with junk. Ryu closed the closet door and walked back to the desk. There on the floor by the chair was an old piece of paper. Ryu picked it up she thought that it must have fallen out of one of Miki's pockets .
She began to unfold the delicate paper, but a hand ripped it away from her grasp before she could read it, "Hey, I wanted to read that!" said Ryu as the sour Miki shoved the paper in his pocket.
"Hey nothing, that was mine and you had no right to read it," replied Miki, turning his back to Ryu.
Ryu thought for a second and then remembered that the paper did look familiar to her. Ryu smiled as she took out a similar old piece of paper from her pocket and unfolded it. With a sly grin she spoke, "Oh well I don't need to read it I bet I know what it says: 'Friendship Contract- Miki Natsuki and Ryuichi Teataura Nushi will be best friends forever, and will die together. So neither will be lonely or scared.' And it is signed by both you and me. Am I right? Is that what the paper says?"
"Yeah! so?" said Miki, still back to Ryu.
"You kept the contract, you don't hate me, you want to stay my best friend, you want to die with me, its so sweet really," replied Ryu with a smile.
Miki turned around and walked towards Ryu stopping centimeters from her, "I could say the same thing about you."
Ryu smiled, "You are right there, so we are both at fault."
"Oh no Tea there you are wrong did I ever say you guessed correctly?" said Miki in a hateful voice, Ryu looked at him she was sure he had agreed that it was the contract he snatched away, "I kept it, for the future use of blackmail if the opportunity showed itself."
Ryu was speechless as Miki laughed an unpleasant laugh. There was a knock on the door, followed by an Aogaeru voice, "Zeniiba wishes to see you two."
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Ryu and Miki arrived in Zeniiba's office still without a word to one another. In the office was Zeniiba, Kaonashi, Kohaku, Chihiro, Morio, Kawatarou, and a Wish Sprite.
"Well I'm glad all of you are here, Gingko has something to tell you all," said Zeniiba.
Gingko sighed, "Yes well seven years ago, my people were attacked by a sorcerer he captured my people, I luckily escaped. I lay dying in Kniknichmai for a year or so. Knowing I could never return home when I was better I stayed with Yuyaarikii. Recently I learned the truth the sorcerer used the Soul Blade and ate the souls of my people. A Spirit stole the blade and has given Ryu, Miki and one of the twins the task of retrieving it so you can stop the sorcerer."
"I don't understand," said Chihiro.
"Don't worry mom, I do. Miki, Kawatarou, and I will go to where the snow sleeps," replied Ryu.
"Why him, I want to go!" complained Morio.
"Yeah why me? Let him go," added Kawatarou.
"Well one of you is our ride, and must stay in dragon form most of the time," said Ryu with a smile.
"I'll go!/He can go!" said the twins together.
"But why do the children have to go?" asked Kohaku.
"A spirit can't hold the blade without getting burned, but a human can no problem. And Ryu is the only one who knows were to go," answered Gingko.
"Anyway Chihiro you can't go, you work here and need to work, same with you Kohaku. Don't worry I trust the kids and I hope being a dragon for a while will get it out of young Kawatarou's system," said Zeniiba.
"So where are we going exactly?" asked Miki not really addressing Ryu, but she was the only one who knew the answer.
"To a snow covered mountain where Snow Cherry Trees grow," replied Ryu.
"That leaves only one place I believe..." began Zeniiba.
Ryu smiled she, had heard the legends of her uncle, and knew what she had seen in her dream, "Ice Mountain, in the Lonely Mountain Range. Far past Swamp Bottom, past Kniknichmai, past Stein and the Dark Forest. The hardest place to reach as a group, and all not that far when you are alone physically and at heart."
"Who would live there?" asked Chihiro.
"Saki," replied Kohaku.
Author Note: Yeah I hope you liked it, I'm sorry it took a bit to post and what not. I hope you enjoyed and liked the twist, if you didn't catch the hint... What race is the sorcerer? Just throws a whole knew element into the mix. And I'm not picking favorites with Kawatarou and Morio I'm going with their characters and therefore Morio would rather be in a human form while Kawatarou dragon form. So what did you think?
- Na