Chapter 6 Finding
It had been a long time ago; so long she barely could remember the details. However she still remembered him. Whatever she did the details came back and she would never be able to forget him. Perhaps fate wanted them together, but so far it hadn't helped much.
She had taken the train back to the old town she used to live in, once. Kohaku's message had said that his river had taken a new turn, she had no idea what it meant but she would find out. She walked in line with the old riverbank. Thanks to some work on the old river, it had disappeared years ago. Some say it died out and some say that the experiments caused it. Poor Haku.
The river was dry now, grass grew were once the water had flown so peacefully. The old bridge still stood there. She smiled and walked up to it and stood in the middle, looking down. It brought back her childhood memories and that day she fell down.
But she had barely touched the bridge and looked down when she saw something strange. Water in the river… no way. She blinked and the water was gone. What had it meant?
She sighed and then one weirder thing happened. She thought she heard water, but there was no water insight.
Use you powers, find me!
What had that meant?
Only you can summon me…
But how?
New turn…
Chihiro sighed and walked back over the bridge. It was then she saw it… a small trail of water running underneath the town and with that a white dragon.
"The Kohaku River!" she said in joy. The girl hurried back into the small town she had lived in. The river had to be underneath it. Now question would be, how would she be able to get underneath?
She was near, he could feel it. She knew where to look, he could see it. His heart beat with every second in the universe. It was finally time…
He sat near a riverbank deep underground in the Human World. Only through his river he could get there but if he ever left it he would die. He needed human escort to survive.
Every day at his bank was the same. The endless amount of voices echoing from above, the calming silence, the pain in his heart. Maybe things would turn out to be better. He could distinguish voices, his hearing was far more potent then any human and he heard her.
It made his heart race. But why? How could a spirit like him fall in such deep love? He had no idea if she really loved him that much like he loved her.
"Chihiro" he said sighing.
Chihiro had almost given up searching when all of sudden she saw light coming from one of the cesspits to the sewer. She hated to do this, but that light was something. She hurried and opened it before slowly climbing down. Yet on her way she lost balance and fell into the deep darkness.
Darkness swallowed her. One woman had seen her enter and that was the last you would ever see of Chihiro Ogino for no one would know where she was after this. No human at least.
"Don't worry Chihiro, everything will be all right!" a calm voice told her as she fell and then disappeared into the darkness.
The operation was far worse then ever. Mrs Ogino lay asleep as the doctors hurried to get the tumour out, but something was wrong and they couldn't understand what. It was horrible, by every minute that went they knew they would loose her unless a miracle interfered.
But then something did happen. The status became better, the heartbeats stronger and the breathing normal. The medics stared at the instruments believing they had malfunctioned. The operation would soon be over; all they needed was the stitches.
"It is a miracle!" one of the operation nurses said lifting her hands to the sky.
Later that day, when he finally could relax after the phone call from the hospital saying his wife had made it through without any bigger troubles. They told him how fortunate she had been and also forewarned him about some failures she would have to suffer. For instance that she would probably loose a lot of good vision from her left eye.
But another chock came, as he went up to his daughter's bedroom. The room was clean and a note lay on her pillow.
Dear mum and dad
I have no further wish to continue this life, my life has been a hell for many years and I am going to a place I know I'll be happy. I am willing to sacrifice myself to save mum and so I've done. Don't think about looking for me, you won't be able to find me.
I love you both!
Chihiro
TBC
To Reviewers:
imisseduhaku: Oh, here is the update. I hope I didn't drag. I will try to write the Epilogue before the week ends and school starts again.
The True Weirdian: Oh, Spirit Lives is, in my opinion, my best Spirited Away fic. This was just a thing I made up because I haven't seen anything like it so I wanted to try. Thanks for many wonderful reviews; I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well.
End Notes:
Last chapter, next chapter, will be Chihiro/Kohaku based on their lives together. But, things may not look what you believe it to be. I am after all a weird author never following the rules.
Ps: No Sequels after… sorry, but I am too tired to continue that much Spirited Away unless I get a brainstorm again.
Shitza