A beautiful young lady at the young age of 24. She walked down the river bank, just wearing casual jeans and a shirt. She held between her fingers a picture.
A picture she drew when she was ten. A picture of a beautiful long dragon, similar to Kohaku.
Her love for that dragon never really disappeared. Instead it became Love's woes, she never cried.
Every day, at the same time during sunset, she went to visit the Kohaku River. Remembering how she triumphed over the case of returning the Kohaku River once again.
Some where deep in her heart, she knew that re- building the river wouldn't necessarily mean that Kohaku would return to it.
But she did it, out of love. The love that she had for that one special man in her heart. One whos love was already written in her heart.
As she grew older, she became more and more attached to that picture.
She glanced at it everyday, spoke to it everyday.
she spend most of her time at the river side, feeling warm and secure as she sat there. She never really felt alone, cause some how she always felt that there was someone watching out for her.
"Where are you kohaku,"She whispered to the wind.
The wind took her words away. Whispering it through the trees. Moving the water as it soared.
The water rippled more and more as the wind grew.
"Do you know how much I love you, how much I want to see you again face to face, I want to know if you still remember me, if you still love me," her words taken away by the wind.
Her voice so soft, so soothing, she had that effect of relaxing people with just her voice. She had that flowing voice, that type of voice that would sooth your senses, make you fell safe, secure, loved. Make you feel like you were not just a no body, but a somebody.
She sat down on the grass.
She leaned back onto the tree.
This was her favourite tree, she'd sit here every afternoon at sunset, holding that picture in her hand.
She liked it because the tree had soft bark, not hard, there weren't many ants on the tree, neither was there bugs.
The tree was exactly three metres away from the side of the river.
It was the closest tree to the river.
"I wonder what you look like Kohaku, still the small innocent boy i knew years ago, or a grown up man," She asks, the wind wails as she whispers.
Like it was trying to speak back to her.
The trees ruffle around. Leaves flying everywhere.
The dim sun light, lit up the river, reflecting rays of the water onto the trees.
The effect of moving water seemed to calm her down.
She stared in the distance across the lake, staring through the woods.
Knowing what laid at the end of the woods.
The entrance.
"Will you return one day, and fufil your promise you made to me 14 years ago," she asks again.
A voice answered her questions, it whispered through the wind. "A promise made by a dragon is never really forgotten but engraved in the heart, it will never go away, forever it will be in it's heart, until that promise if fufilled,"
Startled to hear a voice whispering through the wind, her head shot up.
From the picture to the river.
There at the other side of the lake stooda figure.
Hard to make out because of the darkness.
Her heart raced, questions entering her mind. 'What if this is some serial rapist, or X murderer, what if.."
Then the voice whispered "Do not be alarmed, for you know who i truely am, only in your heart is where my name is written,"
Slowly the fast beats of her heart slowed down. She slightly smiled, a soft sigh of releif.
Though her mind still wondered, who was this strange figure.
It appeared to be a man, the shape of the figure's body gave it away.
Though the face was still behind shadows.
She stood up, slowly.
The height of the two was similar, yet different by just a few inches.
"Kohaku," She whispers.
The small dim light of the sun shines onto the figure.
A man appeared, his shoulder length hair shortened to just his ears, a bowl like shape, he still had similar features.
He smiled gently
He walked over, softly his footsteps as he crossed the river
soft small ripples.
He stopped infront of the girl.
She whispers again. "kohaku," her eyes glazed with water.
She managed a soft gentle smile.
His hand brushed over her cheek, slightly resting there.
He too had glazed eyes.
The wind blew the trees around, but the two remained like there was no wind blowing.
The picture from her hands fell.
He was here in her arms.
After a few seconds, they were in each others arms.
Hugging, letting the tears fall.
Tears of happiness.
Tears of love.
Kohaku broke the silence by whispering in her ear"You are truely beautiful Chihiro, at the young age of 24, you truely are amazing, you have a voice that always sooths me after a long day at work, and yes I hear you every day, after you re - build my river, it let me hear things that was happening in this world, your voice always calmed me down," Kohaku said between joyous tears.
He sniffled.
"I am so sorry that it took Fourteen years for me and Zeniba to track a way back to this river, but i did it so that I may return to you, to fufil my promise i once made years ago, I hope you can forgive me,I came back not to only grant the promise but to also give you something and to tell you something," Kohaku said, he drew himself back.
Chihiro smiled, she placed her finger on his lips. "Before you say, let me speak,"
Kohaku smiled.
"Fourteen years, I've waited for this very moment, I thought of all the words to say, all i ever came up with was I love you Kohaku, and i never really stopped loving you, since that day we let go of each others hands, and i ran down that fields, I love you always have, always will, no matter how long it took you, I am not angry, but happy, that you even made it back, Ashiteru Kohaku," Chihiro said, her eyes glazed once again.
"I love you too, so very much, I came here to give you this," Kohaku said.
He opened his palm
Chihiro looked down.
IN his hand laid a chain, at the end attached a small scale like shape.
"It's scales from me," Kohaku said smiling.
The scales glowed a little.
"kohaku," Chihiro said, shocked, it must have hurt.
"No, it didn't hurt, no need to worry, it was pain free," Kohaku said smiling.
Chihiro sighed. "thank goodness," she said.
Kohaku laid the chain in Chihiro's plam.
"Here, keep this with you," Kohaku said.
Chihiro smiled. "what did you want to tell me," she asked.
Kohaku's happiness in his eyes drained out. He looked down. "Chihiro i have news, bad news," Kohaku said.
He continued "In the 14 years that it took me to come here, all that hard work, I am only able to stay here for 24 hours, meaning that if i don't return back to the spirit world by9pm tomorrowI will vanish in thin air, I am sorry Chihiro but I tried as hard asi could to work towards a large area of time, this was the best i could do, I am very sorry," He looked down towards the ground.
Chihiro tugged Kohaku's hand, making Kohaku look up.
"Maybe i can come back with you to the Spirit World," she said.
Kohaku frowned. "Chihiro, 14 years, a lot has happened,thegodshas closed up the entrance to the Spirit world, no one comes in no one goes out unless you are granted permission from the Gods, they did this mainly because far too many spirits from the Spirit world has ventured off to this world, and are living here permently, the Gods let me through because I told them Our story, and they granted me 24 hours, I am very sorry Chihiro,"
Chihiro looked from the river to Kohaku. "I am not angry that you only have 24 hours to spend in this world, what I am happy about is that you came, even though it's just for 24hours, you came Kohaku, when a person promises me something I never really forget the promise, and for a person to keep that promise, is something thatis very special to me, to know that someone remembered the promise and has fufilled the promise is more than enough for me, I will try as hard as I can Kohaku, to beg the gods to let me be with you, in my world, or yours," she said.
Kohaku smiled. "I love you Chihiro, and I would do whatever it takes, to argue with you by your side as you face the gods, as long as I can be with you forever, I am happy," he said.
They stayed in the same position for what felt like an eternity but only a matter of seconds in reality.
Kohaku leaned in slowly and kissed her.
The kiss grew into a passionate one.
The next thing Chihiro woke up.
She opened her eyes, which were invited with bright sunlight.
She laid in her bed. Not alone.
She remembered the moments. She felt his hand drapped over her waist.
She looked down.
It wasn't just any hand.
It was...
"Haku," she whispered.
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