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. I also do not own the name "Ishakari River" as it is a real river in Japan.
^All reviews welcomed, but kindly lay off any obscene, profain, or distasteful comments. Flames will be used to feed my pet dragon.^
Chapter Three
The next morning the three of them packed a few necessary items and then loaded in the car. After quite a bit of driving, they passed through the city where Chihiro had spent the first ten years of her life. They rented a small cabin out by the river they had found Chihiro fifteen years ago. They spent the rest of the day searching around the river with no luck.
"We haven't had much luck around the river," Chihiro stated softly, "So let's try in town."
They went into town and the first stop was the police station. The same man from fifteen years ago was the Sherriff.
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"Sure I remember that night," the Sherriff stated, leaned back in his chair and then put his feet up on his desk, "It was slow around here and then these two came carting you in here as a baby. Said they found you by the river, abandoned. You spent about a week in the local orphanage and when nobody came for you, they adopted you."
"The local orphange?" Chihiro repeated.
"Yeah, it's just down the street here."
"Thank you," Chihiro replied and bowed before disappearing out the door.
"Strange kid," the Sherriff stated to himself after the parents had also left the room.
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(I'm sorry if this next scene is bad, but I've never been anywhere near an Orphanage so I'm competely winging it.)
The orphange was run by a local church and a nun was the one to answer the door. They talked to her a moment before they were taken to the Priest in charge of the orphanage. Kyle explained about why they were there and the Priest seemed to recall something he'd been told about Chihiro's short time there at the Orphanage.
"It seems that you did not like being around other people," he stated softly, as he leaned forward in his chair, "Whenever held by anyone, you threw a large fit and would not quiet until you were put back down. After that week, three nuns had to be transferred to somewhere more quiet."
Chihiro blushed in shame as the Priest told them this.
"I'm sorry sir," she stated softly, "Did anyone else enquire about me?"
"As I recall, about the day after you were adopted, there was a young man by the name of Ryo. Said that he was part of your family, an uncle or something like that. He had heard about you being found at the river. He said that your family wanted you back, but he looked to be only twelve at the time so we couldn't give him any information about it."
"Ryo..." Chihiro repeated, not remembering anyone with that name.
"I'm sorry that I cannot be of more help," the Priest stated softly.
"It's okay sir," Chihiro replied, as they headed for the door.
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Sunset found Chihiro sitting out by the river with her knees drawn up to her chest. She had her chin resting on her knees and was looking out at the fairly sized river. It was large enough to be a traffic river, but small enough to not be a source of power and therefore it was practically untouched.
"Hello," Chihiro called out to the river softly, "Are you there, Spirit of the Sakura River?"
A small splash, like a fish jumping, caught her ears.
"Are you answering me?"
Another splash was the reply.
"Can you help me?"
Another splash and then a sort of silence that said 'Well, I'm listening.'.
"Listen, the two humans that I'm with say that they found me out here as a baby fifteen years ago. I was wondering if you knew anything about what happened that day."
Suddenly a great Serpentine head rose up out of the river. It was a beautiful light blue color and it's mane was a familiar blue-green. The dragon's eyes, which took on a sudden burst of emotion, were the exact same as Chihiro own brown ones.
Chihiro could easily tell the differences between this Dragon and Haku's dragon form. It was due to the fact that not only was this Dragon bigger in size, but it was a female. The face was more delicate than Haku's and there seemed to be a sort of comforting effect croming from it similar to the feeling one got from their mother.
The River Spirit seemed to not only be willing to help Chihiro, but to it seemed to know exactly what had happened. She looked directly at Chihiro before opening her mouth as if to speak. Instead she took on a scared look and suddenly disappeared back into the water with a splash. Chihiro was confused until she heard her dad calling for her to come inside for dinner.
"I'll be back to talk, but I don't know when," Chihiro stated softly to the River Spirit.
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That night, at dinner...
"I think we are just wasting time, Chihiro," her father announced out of the blue, "We're not going to find anything our here, so tomorrow we're going to head for home."
"But we can't leave!" Chihiro cried, dropping her fork.
"I have to agree with your father, Chihiro," her mother replied.
"No!" Chihiro yelled out.
She scooted her chair back, ran from the table, and then out the door, slamming it in the process.
Chihiro ran out to the bank where she had recently been sitting.
"Please come back, I really need your help!" she cried out
The figure appeared, this time not taking time to examen Chihiro before it made its move. It flew up out of the water, landed on the bank, and transformed into a woman. A woman that looked like an older version of Chihiro, except with dark blue hair. She was wearing an outfit exactly like Haku's, only it matched her hair.
Chihiro looked at the River Spirit in shock.
"Who are you?"
"Hello, Ishakari," the woman greeted her softly, "It's been too long since I last saw you as a baby."
^All reviews welcomed, but kindly lay off any obscene, profain, or distasteful comments. Flames will be used to feed my pet dragon.^
Chapter Three
The next morning the three of them packed a few necessary items and then loaded in the car. After quite a bit of driving, they passed through the city where Chihiro had spent the first ten years of her life. They rented a small cabin out by the river they had found Chihiro fifteen years ago. They spent the rest of the day searching around the river with no luck.
"We haven't had much luck around the river," Chihiro stated softly, "So let's try in town."
They went into town and the first stop was the police station. The same man from fifteen years ago was the Sherriff.
~~~~~~~~
"Sure I remember that night," the Sherriff stated, leaned back in his chair and then put his feet up on his desk, "It was slow around here and then these two came carting you in here as a baby. Said they found you by the river, abandoned. You spent about a week in the local orphanage and when nobody came for you, they adopted you."
"The local orphange?" Chihiro repeated.
"Yeah, it's just down the street here."
"Thank you," Chihiro replied and bowed before disappearing out the door.
"Strange kid," the Sherriff stated to himself after the parents had also left the room.
~~~~~~~~~
(I'm sorry if this next scene is bad, but I've never been anywhere near an Orphanage so I'm competely winging it.)
The orphange was run by a local church and a nun was the one to answer the door. They talked to her a moment before they were taken to the Priest in charge of the orphanage. Kyle explained about why they were there and the Priest seemed to recall something he'd been told about Chihiro's short time there at the Orphanage.
"It seems that you did not like being around other people," he stated softly, as he leaned forward in his chair, "Whenever held by anyone, you threw a large fit and would not quiet until you were put back down. After that week, three nuns had to be transferred to somewhere more quiet."
Chihiro blushed in shame as the Priest told them this.
"I'm sorry sir," she stated softly, "Did anyone else enquire about me?"
"As I recall, about the day after you were adopted, there was a young man by the name of Ryo. Said that he was part of your family, an uncle or something like that. He had heard about you being found at the river. He said that your family wanted you back, but he looked to be only twelve at the time so we couldn't give him any information about it."
"Ryo..." Chihiro repeated, not remembering anyone with that name.
"I'm sorry that I cannot be of more help," the Priest stated softly.
"It's okay sir," Chihiro replied, as they headed for the door.
~~~~~~~~~
Sunset found Chihiro sitting out by the river with her knees drawn up to her chest. She had her chin resting on her knees and was looking out at the fairly sized river. It was large enough to be a traffic river, but small enough to not be a source of power and therefore it was practically untouched.
"Hello," Chihiro called out to the river softly, "Are you there, Spirit of the Sakura River?"
A small splash, like a fish jumping, caught her ears.
"Are you answering me?"
Another splash was the reply.
"Can you help me?"
Another splash and then a sort of silence that said 'Well, I'm listening.'.
"Listen, the two humans that I'm with say that they found me out here as a baby fifteen years ago. I was wondering if you knew anything about what happened that day."
Suddenly a great Serpentine head rose up out of the river. It was a beautiful light blue color and it's mane was a familiar blue-green. The dragon's eyes, which took on a sudden burst of emotion, were the exact same as Chihiro own brown ones.
Chihiro could easily tell the differences between this Dragon and Haku's dragon form. It was due to the fact that not only was this Dragon bigger in size, but it was a female. The face was more delicate than Haku's and there seemed to be a sort of comforting effect croming from it similar to the feeling one got from their mother.
The River Spirit seemed to not only be willing to help Chihiro, but to it seemed to know exactly what had happened. She looked directly at Chihiro before opening her mouth as if to speak. Instead she took on a scared look and suddenly disappeared back into the water with a splash. Chihiro was confused until she heard her dad calling for her to come inside for dinner.
"I'll be back to talk, but I don't know when," Chihiro stated softly to the River Spirit.
~~~~~~~~~
That night, at dinner...
"I think we are just wasting time, Chihiro," her father announced out of the blue, "We're not going to find anything our here, so tomorrow we're going to head for home."
"But we can't leave!" Chihiro cried, dropping her fork.
"I have to agree with your father, Chihiro," her mother replied.
"No!" Chihiro yelled out.
She scooted her chair back, ran from the table, and then out the door, slamming it in the process.
Chihiro ran out to the bank where she had recently been sitting.
"Please come back, I really need your help!" she cried out
The figure appeared, this time not taking time to examen Chihiro before it made its move. It flew up out of the water, landed on the bank, and transformed into a woman. A woman that looked like an older version of Chihiro, except with dark blue hair. She was wearing an outfit exactly like Haku's, only it matched her hair.
Chihiro looked at the River Spirit in shock.
"Who are you?"
"Hello, Ishakari," the woman greeted her softly, "It's been too long since I last saw you as a baby."