"Chihiro?" Haku repeated. "Your friend's name was Chihiro?"
"Yes," the girl answered. "She was the only friend I made ever since I moved into this city. Now, I don't have a clue where she is, or what she could've possibly done." Then she shed a tear from her left eye. Haku didn't know what to do. He had to know more, but he couldn't ask when she was crying.
"Come," he insisted the girl. "I need to show you something." Then he took the girl's hand and helped her up from the ground. He ran across the forest of trees back to the area where he got washed up by the river, clutching the girl's right hand tightly. "Does this look anything like the car Chihiro was suppose to drive?" he asked as he pointed to the broken-down car. The girl looked at it with misery, but did not cry.
"It is," she replied. "She's gone... she's GONE!" The girl began to cry again, even heavier than ever.
"Please don't cry," Haku said angrily. The girl stopped crying immediately at the tone of his voice. Then Haku's voice softened. "Chihiro is not dead. Fortunately, I know Chihiro, and I know that she had the power to survive this accident. I've been with her 6 years ago. I've seen it all, so I believe that Chihiro is NOT dead and I'm going to find out the truth." Haku began walking up the forest again towards the city, leaving the girl behind.
"Wait!" she called out. "Please, may I help? I need to find Chihiro too." Haku stopped at that moment. He stood there in silence. "Maybe you can make some uses in this task," he said suddenly. "C'mon!" he said as he gestured towards him. The girl ran up to him and continued walking up the steep path.
Nearly an hour had passed and Haku and the girl had made their way into the busy streets. The girl led the way to Chihiro's house, avoiding every cop and suspicious people around them. After a long walk, they had finally made it to Chihiro's house and knocked on the door. They were welcomed by Chihiro's mom, talking busily on the phone.
"No, she doesn't have pigtails. My daughter would never dress like that. Thank you anyways, goodbye," she hung up the phone and looked at them in shock. "KAKI! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! I WAS WORRIED SICK OF YOU AND I THOUGHT THAT I LOST YOU TOO!"
"I'm sorry Ms. Ogino, truly I am," Kaki said calmly. "I went looking for her
and ran out of luck."
"Well, now you're here, that's what matters," she said more calmly. "And this is..." she gestured to Haku.
"Oh umm, this is..."
"Haku," he interrupted. "I'm Chihiro's friend that has come to see her, when I heard that this has happened."
"Why thank you but she is not here right now is she?" Ms. Ogino said sarcastically. "Now that this is settled, I think that you should go home now and come back another day, goodbye."
"But Ms. Ogino!" Kaki shouted. "He can really help us in this mission to find Chihiro. We do need some help you know."
"All right fine," Ms. Ogino agreed. "Come in you two, I'll make something to eat." Both Haku and Kaki stepped into the house and into the kitchen. It was unusually small for a house, although it would make sense since there's only two in the family. Haku took a seat at the dinner table across from Kaki.
"So," Kaki blurted out. "Tell me about yourself while we wait for lunch."
"Oh umm, I need to tell you privately," Haku whispered.
"No prob," Kaki assured. "Ms. Ogino, we're going up to Chihiro's room, ok?"
"Fine, just don't touch anything," she yelled across the noise of the stove fan. Kaki and Haku began to make their way up to Chihiro's bedroom. Kaki switched on the lights and the room lit up with flashes of red.
"Ouch," Haku yelled. "Why are the walls red?"
"I don't know. Chihiro says that red was her favourite colour, and it always reminded her of something." Kaki replied. "Well, take a seat on her bed. I'm sure she won't mind."
Haku sat down on Chihiro's queen sized bed that felt somewhat very soft and comfortable to sleep in. "She also has a fairly large bed."
"Yeah, she's so lucky," Kaki whined. "She only uses half of the bed anyways because she says that she saves the other half for someone special."
Haku was in shock. He didn't have a clue that Chihiro misses the Bathhouse this much, neither did she miss himself.
"So uhh, can you tell me about yourself now?" Kaki reminded. Haku began explaining who he is.
"So, you met Chihiro 6 years ago, and never saw each other again?" Kaki repeated, with tears in her eyes. "That's the saddest story I've ever heard, sadder then when my Grandmother died!
"Yeah, that's how we met," Haku ended. "I was hoping that I would see her again. I did promise to see her again, and I won't break it."
"Kaki, can you come down for a moment?" A voice yelled from the kitchen.
"Sure, be right down Ms. Ogino!" Kaki bellowed. "You can stay in the room if you like Haku. I'll come back after I'm done." With that, Kaki left for the kitchen.
Haku was left in the silent bedroom.
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Takako-San: As you can see, I've already did! Thanks, Dude!
From this point, I'm not sure how the story is going to turn out. I'll think of some solutions soon and get it on here as quick as possible.
