chapter 12 -
Its been a long time i know but my doctor suggested a week of rest for both hands. Dont know why both but anyways, here it is i hope you like.

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disclaimer: Well as you know i dont own any of these characters from Miyazakis work. I do own whatever is unknown to Spirited Away.

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'Kohaku, kohaku, kohaku, kohaku' is all i thought as i flew in the air, trying my best not to fall. 'kohaku, kohaku, kohaaAAAAAAAAA-
AAAAAAAAAAA!' Thats when i lost it.

Right in front of the house of Grandma(Zeniba), and i fell flat on my face. I stumbled to stand up, my wings throwing me off balance.

"WHOA!" I screamed, my wings automatically wrapping around me as i fell backwards.

"Chihiro!" I heard a familiar voice yell. I fealt his hands digging through the sparkling white feathers, searching for me in them.

I giggled a little, hearing the worry in his voice as he asked me over and over again, "ARE YOU OKAY?" He tried and tried to pry the wings open, but for some reason they wouldnt.

"I'M FINE!" I laughed. "Just back away real quick." I said calmly.

I fealt his hands release my wings, and heard his feet backing away.

Slowly, i rose to my feet. Then out of nowhere, not even me controling them, the wings opened up and started to shake rapidly, shaking the dirt off of them. I saw Kohakus amused look as a smile spread from ear to ear at how silly it must have looked. I blushed the brightest red.

The wings softly settled behind my back, and i brushed off my knees.

"Now that's a grand entrance." He laughed.

I looked around at the beautiful cottage. " Well where's my 'grand'
red carpet?" I asked.

Kohaku got a weird questioning look on his face. I smiled and excused myself from the question.

"Well... anyways-"

"CHIHIRO!" Yelled Zeniba, running out of the cottage.

I opened up my arms, followed by my wings, as i ran into her arms.

"GRANDMA!" When i got into her arms, the bright feathers wrapped around the both of us.

When i pulled away, she looked at me with the most warm look,
not even my mother had ever given me. 'Mother.' i thought.

Oh how i missed her. And... 'dad' even. Sometimes i didnt know how i fealt about him. But of course i still loved him. The depression went rushing from my mind when i fealt a pluck at the back of my wing.
I turned around to find Kaonash holding a feather.

"Ouch!" i laughed.

He sagged his shoulders, and let go of the wing, thinking he hurt me.
I grabbed the feather before it fell to the ground, and handed it back to him.

"Well no need to waiste it." I smiled as happily as i could, and that lifted his sorrow. "Hey there No face."

"UH! UH!" He grunted.

"Still havent learned to talk yet?" I asked.

He shook his head."UH-UH."

"Well.. dont go swallowing another frog just to do so.: I joked.

"Uh-huh!"

I smiled happily, and turned back to Kohaku.

I spread my arms and wings out calling for a hugg."Ya miss me?"

He smiled sweetly, and camed towards the hug. "Yeah."

I fealt his strong arms wrap around me, and heard his sharp breath as he smelled my hair.

"You smell like... like..."

"Salt? Yeah Lin made me soak in the salt bath for a while." I said pulling away.

"Figures." He said.

"When will you and Lin ever stop hating each other?" I asked.

"Dont know."

I sighed unhappy with his response, but laughed at how Grandma and Kaonash just stood there next to each other, sighing, and staring at us.

"What?" I asked.

Grandma stood up abruptly, and turned her head. Thats when i heard a loud sizzling sound come from a pot inside the Cottage.

Kaonash ran inside followed by grandma. After looking at Kohaku,
i soon ran inside myself.

Everything was still the same. The long table in the middle of the room. A large chiminey, which she used to cook as well as heat up the house. Small cabinets to fill with different interesting objects.
A sewing machien settled by the many shutters that sat next to the large round door. Everything cozy, and warm.

I watched as No face pooreda large amount of hot water out of the large cauldrin, and then pooting the rest into a large pitcher.
Then he rushed the pitcher to the table. I went over and smelled whatever was inside.

"My tea." Grandma said, sitting cups next to the pitcher.

"They make tea here?" I asked.

"Tea has been around for many many generations child." She said.

I smiled, and went and sat on a small bench under the window. Kohaku poored me a glass of the tea and came and set next to me.

He handed me a glass, and turned away for some odd reason blushing.

I sipped the tea, yanking my head away from it when it scolded my toung. Then i slowly went in for another sip. This time i was careful.
I looked over at Kohaku, who had some sort of guilty look on his face.

I quickly looked at Zeniba, who had the same face.

"What is it?" I asked.

I looked back at Kohaku as he spoke. "I- i put- put something in the tea." He said.

"WHAT?" I said spitting out what i had in my mouth.

"Well.. in a minute, you'll be asleep. Then you will be dreaming of what your future will be. And the future of others. You see, when i left, Lin told me that Yubaba was planning a war. You were going to be the leader. Yubaba wanted to have a war against all of the spirit world."

"A world war." I said quietly.

"Yes, and she was going to risk your life for it."

"But why? What was she fighting for?"

"There is a... a crystal, over in another part of the world. It gives you more power than anyone could ever desire. And.. she planned for you to steal it. That would make war. And also, it would have killed you in the process."

"How?" I asked."And how do you know all this?"

"Lin was snooping around and heard Zeniba talking to someone."

I thought for a minute. 'How would i not have known all of this with the amount of time i was being controled?'

"It would have risked your life, because whoever steals it.
will... will die a thousand deaths worth of pain. Once stolen, your life expired immediately. We need to get these spirits out of you,
and have you get back to your time, before any of this can happen."

"BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU?"

He smiled and hugged me tightly."Ill come with you."

Warmth filled my heart when i heard that. But then, i fealt a yawn colapse in my lungs.

"when you wake, we'll know whats going to happen." he said, laying me down onto a pillow.

I nodded, and fell asleep before i was out of his grasp.

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"OH! GOD I MISS MY BABY! MY CHIHIRO!" Scream mom, jumping into dads arms.

"Oh stop. She's a big girl she'll be fine." He said.

"BUT WHAT IF SHE'S NOT!" She cried.

Dad pushed her away angry, and scared. But he would never show it.

"Im calling that man. That- that cop with the name. The weird name"
She said, stumbling over to the telephone.

She dialed the phone number, and waited a few minutes for an answere. Then she screamed when the answereing machein came on.

"NO!" She screamed, slamming the phone down on the hook.
She threw herself on the wall near her, and slid down, covering her face with her hands. "No no no no no no NO!" She cried, sobbing heavily.

Dad sank to his knees beside her, and heald her in his arms.

"She'll be fine. I know it." he said, rubbing her back.

"No.. no. NOOOOO!" She screamed pushing him away. He sat on his knees beside her, wondering why she'd pushed him.

"IT'S YOUR FAULT! YOUR FAULT SHE RAN AWAY!" Then she got up and ran to the hallway towards the door. She grabbed her car keys and her jacket. She slipped her feet into some warm slippers, and opened the door. "IM GOING TO MY SISTERS! DONT YOU DARE COME FOR ME"
And with that she slammed the door behind her.

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