Hey people. ZukoKrazy here. This is my first spirited away fic. It takes place when both of Haku and Chihiro are back in the human world. They are both about 32 so. Young. Their kids were both about 12 and 13.

Introduction.

Chihiro and Haku both, separately, return to the human world. They fall in love, get married, and have a child. A girl for Chihiro and a boy for Haku. Sakura and Ronin.

Strangely, after Haku's wife had Ronin, she was shot and killed in a fight between two gangs. Haku grieved and swore to always take care of Ronin.

Chihiro. After she had her baby, her husband was driving home to get something for her, seeing as she was still in the hospital. On his way home, a truck missing a stop sign and barreled into him. He died right next to his wife and first child, holding their hands. Chihiro was devastated and clung to her baby like there was no tomorrow.

Both Haku and Chihiro had suffered a lot. But that was many years ago. Haku and Chihiro had both survived the losses, and had raised their kids well.

Character description.

Name: Sakura

Age: 12

Gender: Girl

Eyes: Electric green

Hair: Chest-length. Black. Usually in a ponytail with two long layers in her face.

Description: Usually in jeans. Likes to draw and write. Loves her mother's almost unbelievable stories about a bathhouse in a spirit world. Straight A student. Incredibly intelligent.

Looks enough like Chihiro to be almost her twin.

Character description.

Name: Ronin.

Age: 13

Gender: Boy

Eyes: Coal Black.

Hair: Long and hangs in face. Black.

Description: Unsocial. Usually found under a tree, writing stories or drawing pictures about the mysterious bathhouse his father had described so vividly to him. Intelligent. Average student. Amazing artist.

Has some of the same facial features as Haku.

Ronin stared blankly at the sheet of paper before him. He sighed. His character looked too skinny to be natural. He erased the stomach and drew it in again. Too fat. He sighed again.

Then he threw his head up as he remembered he had to go home straight after school. School let out at 2:45. It was now four-o-clock.

Ronin swore and shoved his things into his backpack. He took off out of the courtyard and into the forest.

If I take the shortcut home, father won't be angry with me. I hope…

Sakura sighed as the warm water rushed down her back. Last in the locker room, she could finally take her shower in peace. The other cheerleaders usually fought for the shower with the lock in it, so Sakura just sat back and watched until their arguments had been settled and the cheerleaders had left.

She slipped out of the stall and wrapped herself in a towel.

While she got dressed, she thought about the new kid, Ronin. Being a cheerleader, she heard the other girls' opinions about this cold and anti-social boy.

Most of the girls thought he was cute and others thought he was really hot while others still hated his guts.

Christine, one of the popular girls, talked to him and she thought she was just hot because of it.

She had said hi and he had mumbled a hello back.

She bragged on and on about the "delightful" conversation that they had had.

Sakura shook her head as she remembered the boy's cold eyes burning into her own.

She wondered what her mother would have said. She always had a remark or comeback up her sleeve for those who deserved it.

Sakura shoved her dirty cheerleading uniform into her bag and put on her clothes: jeans and a sweatshirt.

She looked at her watch and gasped. Four-o-clock! She was supposed to be home by three!

She raced out of the school and into the woods.

God bless shortcuts, she thought.

Ronin ran with skill and speed. His bag thumping against his back, he skidded a turn and stopped suddenly.

He had figured out this shortcut so long ago, why was it hard to remember which path to take?

Right or left?

One led to his house, the other to a place unknown to him.

He chose the right path. He jogged down the path until he reached…

Sakura raced through the woods towards her house. She had been playing in these woods since she was five, so she knew them by heart.

She came to a fork in the road. Her mind went blank.

Left or right?

Her eye caught a movement in the trees in the path to the right. A bird? No, it was too big. A boy? Looked like it.

She raced after the boy on the path, making sure to keep quiet.

Who was it? Why was he here? Where was he going?

All these questions were about to be answered as she came upon a…

Ok, there's the first chapter! I am sorry for the cliffhanger. Truly!

Anyways, thank you very much for reading this story. Please review if you have the time!

Flames are welcome; they just get me much more motivated!

Please review!

-ZK