Trust the Scales

Hi everybody! Let me start by saying I AM SO SORRY! I've been in and out of the hospital the last couple of months they have no idea what's wrong with me but I'm getting better so I managed to get this typed out so sorry if it has a few errors! Sorry sorry sorry but now that I'm feeling a bit better and I know exactly what I'm going to do so the next one will be coming real soon. Also THANK YOU everyone's reviews mean SOO much to me you don't even know it brings tears to my eyes to know people are actually reading and liking my work. Sorry for babbling but THANX.

Disclaimer: If I owned Spirited Away (which I don't) Chihiro would have different colored shorts.

Chihiro shut her eyes tight trying to keep the tears from coming but it was to late for they came. Sobbing, Chihiro keep rubbing the scales, Haku's scales like if she stopped rubbing them they would disappear. She was just so happy, she really hadn't dreamt all this up it had happened, she really had been here, been friends with Haku, Kamaji, No Face, Granny, Bu and Lin. Her thoughts raced and yet her mind felt numb from the sudden excitement that had bubbled up inside her. Suddenly she had a strong urge, an urge to just run, run to some place faraway and never look back. But to where could she run to, where could she go and what would she do when she got there, where ever there is.

A strong wind blew through a broken window it swirled around Chihiro for a second and seemed to whisper:

"Go, go and find what you seek."

"BUT WHERE DO I GO" Chihiro shouted back.

"Chihiro, dear, is that you," Chihiro heard her mother call from outside the Bathhouse some where. Mom I'm sorry but I can't reply Chihiro thought as she shakily stood up and pocketed the 2 scales. But now that Chihiro was up where could she go because nothing was stopping her mother from coming in and exploring the Bathhouse. Chihiro looked around helpless for a few seconds until it hit her like a ton of bricks. Yubaba's Office. That's where she would go, so even if her mother searched for her it would take awhile to find her.

Standing up was harder then she thought, both her legs had fallen asleep. She used the wall for support until her legs felt normal again. As she started to walk up the stairs she heard her moms shouts.

"If you only whine and cry you'll never get anywhere in life dear, you'll end up scrubbing floors for the…" But her mother's words where cut off as she reached the top of the stairs. She glanced at the elevators but in their dilapidated state she didn't trust them at all. She continued up the stairs taking her time staring at the halls the passages that so long ago, she had walked through. Her heart fluttering the whole time just knowing that she actual had walked down these halls and passages. As she climbed what seemed to be the fiftieth staircase a thought floated into her head. Why do I want to be here? There's no one here so why? Her thoughts distracted her while she continued to climb up the seemingly never-ending staircases.

It had seemed like hours of climbing but at last she had reached it, she had reached Yubaba's office. Yet Chihiro's heart sank, the once grand appearance of the office had vanished replaced by heaps of broken pottery, doors hanging of hinges, pealing wallpaper, rotting or smashed wood and sadly old rags that had once been some type of blanket most likely a baby blanket. Her heart weep further upon discovering that the door leading to the nursery had collapsed so that there was no way to enter. Chihiro allowed herself to collapse face first on to the carpet. Rolling onto her back she covered her face with her left hand as the other hand, holding the scales, lay limply on the carpet beside her. I'm a fool she thought as tears threatened to well up in her eyes, I'm hiding from my mother for no reason, its just that I wanted to see my friends so badly. A small tear rolled down her cheek, and she closed her eyes to try and prevent more.

"Don't cry," whispered someone so softly Chihiro barely heard. Chihiro's eyes shot wide open, she knew that voice. Her body shot up so quickly her head swam but she didn't care if the floor had collapsed because standing in front of her was…

"Haku…" She breathed. Yes, there before her was the silver dragon, with the aqua mane, but something was a bit off. His eyes were not even looking at Chihiro they were staring through her, as if she wasn't there.

"Haku," She whispered. "HAKUUUUUUU."

Tears flowed freely down her cheeks at this point. Haku…you're your really here.

"YOU'RE HERE," she screamed and ran to with her arms out in front of her like she was about to hug him, but then it happened. The unthinkable happened.

She ran right through him

Haku kept staring forward like he didn't notice or even see. Chihiro caught her self before she ran out the doors that once lead to the balcony. Chihiro blinked and then slowly turned around to stare.

"Trust the scales, let them be your guide," Haku's monotones voice said before fading away as if he had never been there. Chihiro's eyes started to water as they went wide.

"Haku…Haku," Chihiro whispered while looking around widely, unaware that she was slowly backing up towards the open doors that had once lead to the balcony "HAKUUUUUUU!" She wailed, as her left foot did not land on the tile of Yubaba's office, in fact it didn't land on anything. In less then a second Chihiro had slipped out the open balcony windows and plummeted down towards the ground far below. Screaming she closed her eyes waiting for the end.

It never came.

Please review, I know it's short, sorry! Ok since its been awhile I'll give you a hint at what's to come. Yes everybody who was anybody from Spirited Away will make an appearance a few in the next chapter and if anybody has a certain character they want to see in the fic just tell me and I'll squeeze them in. Anyways there is going to be a BIG plot twist next chapter. Also 10 points to anyone who knows where I got Haku's line from? Hint it's from a movie that's not anime but its CG. Ok next chapter coming soon if I don't get put in the hospital again (I really hope not. I never want to see another needle again in my life.) Bye bye and please review.