Broken Heart
A quiet girl who is like a shadow keeps a dark secret, a handsome boy who wants to help her. Chihiro has never felt love, and a boy she meets wants to change that. But is it enough to mend her heart. (Totally original story, doesn't flow with the movie)
Disclaimer: Me don't own Spirited Away! And if you tell me I don't, I'll just ignore you…
Chapter 3
Haku hurried into the hallway to follow Sen back to class. He rounded a corner quickly to catch her entering the classroom. He picked up his pace so he'd be close behind, and as he entered through the door, he saw Ms. Riley get up from her desk. "You two, detention for two hours after school." Sen frowned and sighed dejectedly and turned to her seat, when Haku spoke up. "Oh really? For what may I ask?" he asked with a growl in his voice. The woman smirked, " For disturbing my class. Now I expect to see you and Miss Kurono after school in the detention room. End of discussion." Some in the class snickered as others gave unseen glares to the teacher.
Haku was about to argue further when the bell rang. He grumbled under his breath as he went to his seat to retrieve his books and binder. When he looked up, he saw half of the class had already headed out the door. His eyes also caught the dark grey sweatshirt Sen wore as she rushed out of the classroom. He hurried after her and called her name in the hallway. "Sen! Wait up!" His words only caught the attention of a few students, but Sen just hurried through the crowd. Haku knew he would have lost her if he didn't have the same exact schedule. "Sen, wait up!" he called once again as he caught up to her finally and placed a hand on her shoulder to keep her from running. She looked over to him and winced from a sore spot on her shoulder. Giving the boy a steely glare, she snapped, "Thanks for helping me, but I'm perfectly fine now as you can see! So I'd like it if you'd just leave me alone now!" Haku widened his eyes from the girl's words. No one but Lin had ever yelled at him like that, it was a different tone he wasn't used to hearing. "Hey, what's your problem? I just wanted to talk with you," Sen pulled away and tightened her hold on her binder. "Well obviously, I don't want to talk with you. Anyone with eyes could see that." she stated angrily and turned once again to go down the hallway to their math class.
Haku growled and reached out, grabbing her arm. "Sen, what happened back there?" he asked with a soft tone in his voice. The brown haired girl shuddered a bit and closed her eyes before sighing heavily and opening her eyes sadly. "You don't want to be seen with me. You should get to class first. Otherwise they'll think you were walking with me," Haku let go of her arm, and hoped she wouldn't run. She didn't. "Sen, I don't see what makes you think you aren't as important as anybody else, but if you're going to think that way, I'm going to have to persuade you otherwise." He stated firmly. Sen sighed and looked over to him with tired eyes. "Why bother? I'm just one person, it doesn't mater, it never did. I never did," her voice was so soft that she practically breathed the last part. Unluckily for her, Haku could hear it. "Sen, what do you mean? You never mattered?" but she never answered for the bell rang and she rushed into their math class with the bell. Haku just stared after her and followed into the math room.
The day progressed slowly as Haku observed Sen the rest of the day. After math, they only had English before lunch finally graced them. (A/N: I didn't feel like writing about their classes so deal with it)
Haku finally got out of the lunch line and tried to find Lin's face among the many seniors in the lunchroom. He'd lost Sen in the ocean of students rushing to lunch, so he'd have to ask Lin if she knew where the girl was. He finally found her by the doors that led outside to the outdoor eating area. Smiling, Haku strode over. "Hey Lin!" he shouted over the din made by the students. The girl heard him and turned to look at him with a grin. "Hey Haku!" she shouted back as he reached her without dropping his lunch tray. Lin too held a similar lunch tray, and she grinned wider. "Wanna eat with Sen? I saw her run by a few minutes ago and have been waiting for you," Haku nodded as he followed her outside.
Outside, it was bright and sunny, with puffy cirrus clouds hanging in the air. Lin led him towards a large tree that grew in the middle of the campus. As they walked towards it, Haku looked around and saw that for being a nice day, not many people were out there.
The normal kids, and other populars and jocks sat close to the school. But farther away, other groups had stationed themselves. In one of the corners of the building that was covered in shadow he could see punks and Goths wearing the dominant black and keeping to themselves. Over by one of the outdoor labs, some future Tree Hugger Society nerds were eating. On the farthest away point of the school, he could see the various places where the school gangs hung out. As Lin took him closer to the tree, he caught a glimpse of the school's biggest hazard: the No Face gang. He shuddered a bit when he saw the members of the gang standing by the side of the school in their signature black cloaks they were only allowed to where outside and their blood red shirts with black straps across the chests. He almost froze when a boy with light brown hair and dark eyes looked over to him and his gaze met Haku's head on.
Lin turned around to see Haku staring at the other students, and she stomped over to him. "Hey loser! Come back to earth you idiot!" she shouted in his ear. Haku broke out of his trance like state and looked apologetically at Lin. "Gomen Lin," he mumbled and followed her over to the tree. (Finally)
Lin brightened when she saw a grey clad figure sitting against the tree. "Hey Sen!" she shouted as she hurried over. She received no response from the girl so she stood over her and frowned, "Hey, you could at least wave or-" Lin sighed when she realized the girl was sleeping. She sat down next to her and patted the grass in front of her for Haku to sit down. The boy sat down across from the girls and set his tray in his lap. "I can't believe she'd fall asleep during lunch," Lin mumbled as she unwrapped a plastic fork and stabbed her salad. Haku took a closer look at what Lin was eating and frowned. "Lin, why do you only have a salad and an apple?" he asked as he began to poke at his mystery meat burger. Lin furrowed her brow. "What? It's healthy, and low on cholesterol. Two words you've never heard of. Besides, did you know one apple will give you the same amount of energy as a cup of coffee-?" she began when Haku decided to be brave and begin to take a bite out of his burger. "You bore me," he mumbled as he took a mouthful of mystery meat. "You know Haku, you'll die young if you eat that stuff," Lin warned as Haku spit out his mouthful. "Just my luck, bratwurst…UGH!" he stated in disgust and wiped his mouth on his sleeve. Lin crinkled her nose in disgust, "That's disgusting," Haku smirked and took a sip out of his water bottle. "Only if you're a girl. God Lin, stop being such a neat freak!" He laughed and Lin joined him.
Sen slowly opened her eyes at the sound of laughter. Her dream had actually been peaceful. She'd dreamt she was sitting against a tree with two people sitting with her and laughing at something one of them had said. When she opened her eyes fully, she realized it was real. But if only it hadn't been those two. "Lin-sama? Kohaku-sama?" she asked respectively as the two River students looked at her. Lin smiled at her. "Hey, looks like someone finally woke up. And I told you, just call me Lin." the older girl ordered as Sen sat up straight. Haku smiled at her as well. "Well, you've decided to join us. And you," he added with a smirk, "Can just call me Haku. No need for formalities." Sen looked worried and looked around. "You two shouldn't be sitting here," she began but Lin cut her off. "No more of that 'We shouldn't be seen with you' crap, okay? We really don't care, why don't you want us to be your friends?" Lin asked with a bit of hurt in her voice. Sen widened her eyes when Lin spoke those words. Why don't you want us to be your friends? rang in her head as an image of Gai broke into her head. His voice almost as if he was saying it right next to her. "And don't you dare even think about telling anyone about our little 'talks' got it? Or I'll personally make sure I will be the last thing you ever see, do I make myself clear?" Sen looked down and mumbled "Yes…" before she even knew she'd spoken aloud. She looked up to see Lin's face, "Well?" Sen smiled weakly. "I don't want you to be seen as an outcast by your friends, it wouldn't be fair." Lin rolled her eyes. "God Sen, you really are thick, aren't you?" she asked with a smile. Sen looked down again and Lin placed her hands on her hips. "And no more looking at the ground all the time." Sen looked up at her and smiled. "Whatever," she answered.
Haku, who'd been watching Sen intently during the pep talk, noticed she seemed to be a bit down. But her smile, weak as it was, was really something. Her eyes even seemed to light up. But he also noticed she didn't have her lunch with her. Did she already eat or something? he asked himself, but thought nothing of it afterward. It really was fun to watch Lin try to carry a conversation with the girl who only spoke a few select words. By the time the bell rang signifying lunch was over, he'd actually found out one or two things about Sen. One was that she lived a mile or so away from the school so she woke up pretty early, and two was that she knew a lot about birds. Just bringing up the subject of the feather covered dumplings made her lighten up and even speak a sentence or three.
As they walked back to the building, she surprised the two by saying, "Hey, I really should get to class, I left my things in my locker." Before Lin could offer to go with her, she was gone. Lin sighed and stared at Haku. "hey Haku? I need you to keep an eye on her, is that okay?" The forest haired boy nodded. "Sure, Lin. See you in gym." Lin nodded and the two cousins went their separate ways as Lin walked off towards the Senior's section of the High School and he hurried to try and find Sen in the Juniors.
Sen, true to her word, hurried to her locker and opened the accursed thing after three tries with the combination. As she opened the metal door, she reached in to grab her binder and noticed a note taped to her locker's door. "What?" she asked herself as she tore it off her door and flipped it over to reveal an insignia of a white and black mask with a frown on its face with a black X behind it. On the forehead of the mask was a small, blood red X. Sen furrowed her brow and nearly jumped out of her skin when someone placed a hand on her shoulder.
She turned her head and could see the hand was pale with long, slim fingers, tipped with black and blood colored nail polish. Fully turning around, her eyes widened in uncertainty when she looked into the dark eyes of a girl. The girl had pale skin and dark violet eyes with dark violet hair kept down to below her shoulders. She wore a blood red shirt, and had two black straps across her chest in the shape of an X. "Hey, you're that Sen Kurono girl aren't you?" she asked in a low voice. Sen nodded, feeling a chill sweep up her spine. The girl smirked, her lips had a thick layer of violet lipstick over them, and around her eyes was a thick layer of black eye shadow and an even thicker outline in violet. She also wore heavy mascara. "Relax, I'm not hear to kill you. Just to tell you something." Sen frowned uncertainly and nodded for her to go on. "Our boss has been thinking, and we've decided to see if you can join the No Face Gang." Sen felt fear strike up to her face. The girl seemed amused by her reaction.
"You've got two weeks to think about it. When you've made your decision, come find me. My name's Kurenai Watatsumi." Sen shuddered from her name as she disappeared into the crowd of students. Sen was still shocked, but it lifted when a boy knocked her into her locker door. "Oops, wish I could say sorry!" he shouted to her as he hurried along with his friends who were laughing with him. Sen rubbed her cheek where the cool metal had slammed her and she slammed the locker shut.
As Haku walked towards the Gym, he passed by a few lockers and noticed a boy push a girl into her locker. He felt furry well up and he stomped over there to see the girl slam the locker closed. "Oh Sen," he began in surprise. He should have recognized her from the baggy grey clothes. Sen turned to him and smiled, "Hey," she mumbled before beginning to walk towards the Gym. Haku walked with her.
"What was that thing about?" he asked, referring to the locker incident. Sen looked down, "He bumped into me by accident," she answered, Haku knew she was lying. "Really? Didn't look like that from where I was standing." Sen tried to smile, "Well, it was. So there's nothing wrong," Haku felt a strange sense of anger grow in his stomach. But he ignored it and asked the girl something. "Hey Sen, Lin has the same Gym period with us, want to hang out with us?" Sen was about to say no when Lin seemed to pop up out of no where and smile. "Hey Haku, Sen! C'mon! Best subject of the day is on its way!" Lin grabbed the brown haired girl and ran off towards the girl's locker rooms before Haku could blink. "Okay, meet you later…" he mumbled as he turned into the boy's locker rooms.
As Lin dragged Sen into the locker room, Sen felt fear crawl under her skin. The other girls in the locker room were changing into their gym uniforms and had to practically strip their clothes except for their bras and underwear. Sen knew if she so much as lifted her shirt, everyone would see the bruises. Even her legs had nasty bruises. She'd surely be in trouble if anyone saw them. Lin stopped in front of her locker and took out her gym uniform. "Hey Sen, you better change. You just might be late for our wonderful next class!" Lin shouted happily. Sen frowned in downcast and went to her locker which was only a few lockers away from Lin's. Pulling out the grey t-shirt and low grey shorts, Sen sighed. Maybe if I change in a bathroom stall, I would be able to make sure they didn't see the bruises on my stomach. And I'll just say I was in the woods and fell for my other bruises. No one will care enough to actually ask anything further, Sen reasoned. She quickly headed toward the bathrooms in the locker room and stepped into one before locking it. Unknown to her, the lock wasn't locked all the way and slowly and quietly, it unlocked.
Lin finished dressing and headed towards Sen's locker, but couldn't find her. Looking around, she couldn't see the long, brown haired girl anywhere. Lin then spotted a freshman girl and walked over to her. The older girl tapped the freshman on the shoulder, making the blonde girl turn around. "Do you need something?" she asked in a sweet voice. She obviously hasn't been here long; Lin smirked to herself and nodded. "Yea, have you seen my friend walk by? Long brown hair, brown eyes, and dark grey clothes?" The girl nodded, "Yeah, she went to the bathroom," Lin thanked her and ignored what she was about to ask and headed toward the bathrooms. The freshman huffed angrily and stomped her foot. "She didn't even bother to ask me my name, what a jerk," she mumbled and walked off.
Lin entered the bathroom area and knew which one Sen was in because she could see the grey sweatshirt on the tiled floor. As the girl walked toward the stall, she stumbled a bit and fell forward. As she fell, she slammed into the bathroom stall door, scaring the creeps out of Sen and opening the door wide. As Lin stood up, she was smiling from her little blonde moment and looked over to Sen to see her reaction. But instead of smiling, her face became etched in horror. She could see Sen's stomach and arms, covered in black, blue, and yellow bruises. "S-Sen, where did those come from?" she asked as the brown haired girl tried to hide them. "Please, Lin…Don't tell anyone," the brunette cried as she reached for her sweatshirt and pulled it on easily before running out of the bathroom. Lin just stared after her.
Okay, I'm super pissed because my parents are giving me limited time on the computer! Stupid adults…thinking I don't have a social life…But anyhoo…Sen makes friends! Yay! But then that girl from the No Face gang shows up, I bet none of you can guess who the leader of the gang is! But Lin sees Sen's bruises, that can't be good huh? Well, in the next chapter, we'll have detention, an encounter with Gai, and more dream/memories.
BUH BYE!
Sam
