AN: Thanx, The Clueless, I really liked the encouragement. By the by, I'm
using the names from the English version because if I try to use the
Japanese ones I will be flipping back and forth through the entire story.
Disclaimer: I am lame and can't think of a funny way to say that I don't own Spirited Away. So I'm just going to say, I Don't Own Spirited Away.
She sat looking out her bedroom window. It had been seven years since she last seen them. Rin, Bou, Kamagi, Granny, No Face, she even missed Yubbaba, but most of all she missed HIM. The seventeen year old girl sighed as she turned away from her window. It was no use; she had chosen to come back to this world, thinking she belonged here. She knew better now. "I should never have left. I belong in that world, not this one. And now, I don't think I can ever go back." She said to no one in particular. Just as she finished her statement a sharp wind blew through her open window, causing her to run over and look down the hill, searching for the road that led to her true home. She fully expected it to be like all the other times, just a random gust that, in truth, meant nothing. To her surprise, though, when she looked out her window she saw an old, worn road at the base of the hill. She didn't even stop to think, she didn't need to. This was her chance, the first sign she had, besides what she knew in her heart, that everything had not been just a vivid dream. She remembered just in time to stop and leave a note for her parents:
Dear Papa and Mama, I'm sorry to leave you like this, but it is time for me to return to my true home now. Please don't worry about me and don't try to look for me. You won't find me. I love you both and hope that you don't forget me.
Love, Chihiro
She left the note on the table, took one last look around the house that she had lived in for the past seven years, and left. As she closed the back door behind her she hoped that her parents wouldn't be to upset with her. Though she knew they wouldn't be. They would take a look at the note, perhaps shed a tear or two, then crumple it up, through it away, and forget about it, and her. Just like they had practically since the family had moved here. She thought about all that had happened to her since she left the Bath House. It wasn't her parents fault and she knew it. From the moment she got to this house and realized that the road had disappeared behind them, she knew. That was where she was meant to be, with the Spirits, with Kohaku. She had tried looking for the road, but to no avail. After a few years of this she decided to ask for help. That was when the ridicule, and eventually the therapy started. She shivered at the memory of those long sessions, and her parents eventually closing her off from all outside contact so that she wouldn't be hurt. No, it wasn't their fault; she didn't belong in their world. Eventually they had given up and left her alone to live in her daydreams. She came out of her thoughts as she reached the tunnel. Here she paused. What if everything had changed? What if they didn't want her there? What if she just got stuck there, a human girl alone in the Spirit world? "Life is full of choices and challenges." The wind seemed to whisper to her. "It is only through taking risks and moving forward that we grow. Chihiro." With this last word the wind seemed to push her forward, encouraging her to go through the tunnel and re-enter the Spirit World. She took one step through then another and was soon running down the tunnel that led to her home. The clicking of her heals drowned out the last word that the wind spoke to her. The word that welcomed her and at the same time gave away the winds secret, for it alone knew who she truly was. "Isheka." AN: Hope you liked the second chapter. I think Haku will be in the next one, but I won't be sure till I write it. Thanks again for reading, now please review.
Disclaimer: I am lame and can't think of a funny way to say that I don't own Spirited Away. So I'm just going to say, I Don't Own Spirited Away.
She sat looking out her bedroom window. It had been seven years since she last seen them. Rin, Bou, Kamagi, Granny, No Face, she even missed Yubbaba, but most of all she missed HIM. The seventeen year old girl sighed as she turned away from her window. It was no use; she had chosen to come back to this world, thinking she belonged here. She knew better now. "I should never have left. I belong in that world, not this one. And now, I don't think I can ever go back." She said to no one in particular. Just as she finished her statement a sharp wind blew through her open window, causing her to run over and look down the hill, searching for the road that led to her true home. She fully expected it to be like all the other times, just a random gust that, in truth, meant nothing. To her surprise, though, when she looked out her window she saw an old, worn road at the base of the hill. She didn't even stop to think, she didn't need to. This was her chance, the first sign she had, besides what she knew in her heart, that everything had not been just a vivid dream. She remembered just in time to stop and leave a note for her parents:
Dear Papa and Mama, I'm sorry to leave you like this, but it is time for me to return to my true home now. Please don't worry about me and don't try to look for me. You won't find me. I love you both and hope that you don't forget me.
Love, Chihiro
She left the note on the table, took one last look around the house that she had lived in for the past seven years, and left. As she closed the back door behind her she hoped that her parents wouldn't be to upset with her. Though she knew they wouldn't be. They would take a look at the note, perhaps shed a tear or two, then crumple it up, through it away, and forget about it, and her. Just like they had practically since the family had moved here. She thought about all that had happened to her since she left the Bath House. It wasn't her parents fault and she knew it. From the moment she got to this house and realized that the road had disappeared behind them, she knew. That was where she was meant to be, with the Spirits, with Kohaku. She had tried looking for the road, but to no avail. After a few years of this she decided to ask for help. That was when the ridicule, and eventually the therapy started. She shivered at the memory of those long sessions, and her parents eventually closing her off from all outside contact so that she wouldn't be hurt. No, it wasn't their fault; she didn't belong in their world. Eventually they had given up and left her alone to live in her daydreams. She came out of her thoughts as she reached the tunnel. Here she paused. What if everything had changed? What if they didn't want her there? What if she just got stuck there, a human girl alone in the Spirit world? "Life is full of choices and challenges." The wind seemed to whisper to her. "It is only through taking risks and moving forward that we grow. Chihiro." With this last word the wind seemed to push her forward, encouraging her to go through the tunnel and re-enter the Spirit World. She took one step through then another and was soon running down the tunnel that led to her home. The clicking of her heals drowned out the last word that the wind spoke to her. The word that welcomed her and at the same time gave away the winds secret, for it alone knew who she truly was. "Isheka." AN: Hope you liked the second chapter. I think Haku will be in the next one, but I won't be sure till I write it. Thanks again for reading, now please review.