Disclaimer: I do not own the movie "Spirited Away" or any of its characters. I also don't own the Disney Channel movie "The Thirteenth Year.", which this story is loosely based on.
^All reviews welcomed, but kindly lay off any obscene, profain, or distasteful comments. Flames will be used to feed my pet dragon.^
Chapter Two
Fifteen years later...Five years after Chihiro and her parents returned from the Spirit Realm...
"Chihiro! Breakfast!"
A young woman of fifteen yawned as she got out of bed. She changed clothes quickly and then brushed her hair. She picked up a purple hair band that looked ordinary to anyone but her. This hair band was made up of threads that her friends from the Spirit Realm had woven together; it protected her.
She put her hair, which now came to the small of her back, up in its customary pony tail and then headed downstairs. She stopped half-way down the staircase, as her sensitive ears picked up the end of a conversation-more like an arguement-between her parents. Her ears were just one of a few things that had changed since she turned fifteen.
Besides the usual changes a female of fifteen went through, she had other things changing. Her ears were extra sensitive and instead of straining to overhear someone, she had to strain to not to overhear. Not only that, but she was on the Track Team and she had broken all the old track records. Also she won every race that she had run this year. Not once while she ran did she ever break into a sweat.
Also she seemed to be addicted to water. Whenever she could, she drank vast quantities of it and went swimming whenever she could. She took baths so long that her mother had to shout her out of them, even when her bathwater had become ice cold. Also she seemed to have a new grace that her friends noticed, as she had been a total klutz before her fifteen birthday.
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"I'm telling you, Rei," Kyle stated angrily, "Fifteen is not the right age to tell her!"
"She has a right to know!" Rei shot back, "And I think fifteen's old enough to know something that important!"
Just as Kyle opened his mouth to retort, Chihiro walked in. Chihiro ingored the fact that their eyes were following her trip around the kitchen for a glass of orange juice.
"What?" Chihiro asked, with a bit of an attitude, over her orange juice.
"How much did you hear?" Kyle asked her with a slightly cold tone.
"Just the last two sentences," Chihiro replied, "Now, what this about me being old enough to know about something important?"
"Chihiro, honey," Rei stated softly, "Would you please sit down?"
"Your mother and I have something very important to tell you," Kyle added.
"Okay," Chihiro stated flatly, as she sat down in the nearest chair, finished off her orange juice, and then studied them.
Kyle looked directly at Chihiro.
"Chihiro, we think your old enough to know this," he stated with no emotion, "Chihiro, honey, you're adopted."
*Thunk!*
Kyle and Rei looked down at the fainted form of their daughter.
"Well," Kyle started calmly, "She took it better than I thought she would."
Rei rushed to revive Chihiro, who quickly came-to with the aid of some smelling salts. Chihiro flew to a sitting position and then to her feet.
"Did I hear you correctly?" Chihiro stated after getting back into her chair, "I'm adopted?"
"Yes," Rei stated, "We found you by a river when you were just a baby. There was no one in sight and you seemed to be abandoned. The only clue to your past is the very necklace that you are wearing."
Chihiro looked down at the necklace that her parents had given her for her thirteenth birthday. To a person far away, it looked like a single, gold, dogtag on a gold chain. On the front of the necklace was a dragon, very much like Haku's dragon form, flying over a raging river. On the back was a message written in a language that no one knew.
"I was wearing this when you found me?" Chihiro repeated and then looked up, "Can we go to the River tomorrow morning?"
Rei and Kyle exchanged looks.
"I suppose so," Kyle replied, "But I don't think we'll find any clues, Chihiro. After all, it's been fifteen years since we found you."
"I have a feeling that we'll find more than a clue there," Chihiro replied while running up the stairs.
"What if we do find your parents and they don't want you back?" Kyle asked her, making Chihiro stop climbing the stairs.
"I think they will," Chihiro replied and finished going up stairs.
After she was gone from sight, Kyle looked over at Rei.
"That's what I'm afraid of," Kyle stated softly.
^All reviews welcomed, but kindly lay off any obscene, profain, or distasteful comments. Flames will be used to feed my pet dragon.^
Chapter Two
Fifteen years later...Five years after Chihiro and her parents returned from the Spirit Realm...
"Chihiro! Breakfast!"
A young woman of fifteen yawned as she got out of bed. She changed clothes quickly and then brushed her hair. She picked up a purple hair band that looked ordinary to anyone but her. This hair band was made up of threads that her friends from the Spirit Realm had woven together; it protected her.
She put her hair, which now came to the small of her back, up in its customary pony tail and then headed downstairs. She stopped half-way down the staircase, as her sensitive ears picked up the end of a conversation-more like an arguement-between her parents. Her ears were just one of a few things that had changed since she turned fifteen.
Besides the usual changes a female of fifteen went through, she had other things changing. Her ears were extra sensitive and instead of straining to overhear someone, she had to strain to not to overhear. Not only that, but she was on the Track Team and she had broken all the old track records. Also she won every race that she had run this year. Not once while she ran did she ever break into a sweat.
Also she seemed to be addicted to water. Whenever she could, she drank vast quantities of it and went swimming whenever she could. She took baths so long that her mother had to shout her out of them, even when her bathwater had become ice cold. Also she seemed to have a new grace that her friends noticed, as she had been a total klutz before her fifteen birthday.
~~~~~~~~~
"I'm telling you, Rei," Kyle stated angrily, "Fifteen is not the right age to tell her!"
"She has a right to know!" Rei shot back, "And I think fifteen's old enough to know something that important!"
Just as Kyle opened his mouth to retort, Chihiro walked in. Chihiro ingored the fact that their eyes were following her trip around the kitchen for a glass of orange juice.
"What?" Chihiro asked, with a bit of an attitude, over her orange juice.
"How much did you hear?" Kyle asked her with a slightly cold tone.
"Just the last two sentences," Chihiro replied, "Now, what this about me being old enough to know about something important?"
"Chihiro, honey," Rei stated softly, "Would you please sit down?"
"Your mother and I have something very important to tell you," Kyle added.
"Okay," Chihiro stated flatly, as she sat down in the nearest chair, finished off her orange juice, and then studied them.
Kyle looked directly at Chihiro.
"Chihiro, we think your old enough to know this," he stated with no emotion, "Chihiro, honey, you're adopted."
*Thunk!*
Kyle and Rei looked down at the fainted form of their daughter.
"Well," Kyle started calmly, "She took it better than I thought she would."
Rei rushed to revive Chihiro, who quickly came-to with the aid of some smelling salts. Chihiro flew to a sitting position and then to her feet.
"Did I hear you correctly?" Chihiro stated after getting back into her chair, "I'm adopted?"
"Yes," Rei stated, "We found you by a river when you were just a baby. There was no one in sight and you seemed to be abandoned. The only clue to your past is the very necklace that you are wearing."
Chihiro looked down at the necklace that her parents had given her for her thirteenth birthday. To a person far away, it looked like a single, gold, dogtag on a gold chain. On the front of the necklace was a dragon, very much like Haku's dragon form, flying over a raging river. On the back was a message written in a language that no one knew.
"I was wearing this when you found me?" Chihiro repeated and then looked up, "Can we go to the River tomorrow morning?"
Rei and Kyle exchanged looks.
"I suppose so," Kyle replied, "But I don't think we'll find any clues, Chihiro. After all, it's been fifteen years since we found you."
"I have a feeling that we'll find more than a clue there," Chihiro replied while running up the stairs.
"What if we do find your parents and they don't want you back?" Kyle asked her, making Chihiro stop climbing the stairs.
"I think they will," Chihiro replied and finished going up stairs.
After she was gone from sight, Kyle looked over at Rei.
"That's what I'm afraid of," Kyle stated softly.