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"Gosh Chihiro i swear i almost thought you were dead!" Ekiyuu squeeked when i peeped my eyes open.
Ekiyuu pushed my up by the shoulders, and all i could see was her smile. She giggled while pushing back her glasses, when they began to slide down her small round nose. Her freckles made her look as if she were five, and her pig-tails didnt change that thought one bit.
"How long have i been out?" I asked.
"Oh... i'd say... about a minute." She said.
I raised an eyebrow. "Only a minute?"
She nodded happily. "Any longer and i'd have had to call Officer Damu on you!"
"Offi- Damu?" I smiled, wondering what in the world she was rambling about.
"Long story the police in the real world are looking for you."
I sat up straight. Ekiyuu started mumbling all kinds of things, all i could understand is that when i passed out, my nose hit the ground, and Ekiyuu thought for sure my nose should have been broken.
Thoughts of everything i was to do within the week, flooded my mind. Ekiyuu now had her hands in the air trying to explain something to me.
I reached up and grabbed her hand and brought it down, setting it softly on her legg.
"I need to tell you something." I said. "No,
more than just something. It's... well..." and with
those starter words, i began my story of how
i came to the spirit world.
"Wow..." Ekiyuu said. Metsuki made his way into
the room as well and listened to my story. "So.
what are you going to do? Im not going to let you
steal this dumb... jewel." Ekiyuu said, an exhausted
look on her face from listening to this loooooong
story of mine.
"YEAH ME EITHER!" Metsuki exclaimed, standing from his seat waving his hands in the air.
"Metsuki sit down." I said.
He did as i said, knowing if he didnt Kohaku would drool on him if he didnt.
"I have to. All my friends could be taken and killed,
or be made slaves. I was one just recently and im not
going to let that happen to anyone else."
"Oh chihiro. How did you get so mixed up in all of this?" She asked.
I looked around the room. "I dont know. I guess"
I smiled. "Blame my parents."
"Huh? Why?"
I remembered how my dad was so persistant that we go into that tunnel and check it all out. I also remember how afraid of everything i was. I clung to my mom as if i knew i was going to die or something.
"They..." I shook my head, getting them to leave my mind was all i wanted to do.
"Listen , im pretty much the spirit worlds prophecy,
and if what i have to do doesnt come true, then all
of the spirit world will parish. Okay?" I asked.
She and Metsuki both nodded, but i knew from their eyes they were going to be as persistant as ever... just like my parents.
A warm feeling filled my insides, but then... i remembered what happened to my parents. Their persistancy got them turnned to pigs and almost killed.
I angrily turnned to Kohaku. "Why'd you bring them here?"
He almost fell from his seat from my sudden outburst.
"I-... me and Zen-"
"WHY KOHAKU?"
"We needed you to be calm. You seemed so upset that day by the river... i just wanted you to be happy for as long as possible." he said.
My feathers puffed out, and my hair bunched up as anger filled my insides.
"We just talked about this Chihiro. I just thought it would make you happy." He said, looking down.
"Well it doesnt." I grumped. I settled down, sitting on my knees, my hands cupped over them.
"I'll have to take you two back." I said.
"NO!" I heard Ekiyuu scream. "I wont leave you to do this alone!" She cried, grabbing at me and wrapping her arms around my neck.
I tried to push her off. "I have to."
"Under my dead body." I heard Metsuki say.
He stood tall above me, his arms wrapped in front of his chest.
"If that's the way its gotta be." I said. Ekiyuu jerked up looking into my face. Kohaku was still, looking back and forth from me and Metsuki.
"Chihiro... you wouldnt.." Ekiyuu said.
"No... but i would do what was necessary." I said.
"Do what you have to. We're not leaving without a fight." Metsuki said.
"Fine." I said, pushing Ekiyuu from my arms. I walked ouside the door, and opened my wings. "Ill be at the feild."
I left them behind, but i could just barely hear Metsuki say, "Does she seriously want to fight me?"
Kohaku gave them all a ride on his back to the feild. I stood in the middle, and waited for Metsuki to come.
"You have got to be kidding me Chihiro. This is rediculous." Ekiyuu said.
"It's necessary as much as it is rediculous."
Mesuki stood in front of me, Ekiyuu standing beside him,
holding onto his arm, almost afraid of me.
"Chihiro dont make us leave." She said.
"I have to. I wont let what is going to happen, happen to you."
"But in our dream..."
"I wont let you see what's going to happen to me." i finally said.
"Happen to you?"
I bowed my head, not wanting to remember the pain i had in the dream. It all felt so real.
"Whatever happens to you, we'll be there." Metsuki tried to say.
"No."
"Chihiro let them stay." I heard Kohaku say. He had changed back to his human form, and was now standing in front of Metsuki and Ekiyuu.
"Let them stay. They still have their parts in this. And what are
they to tell your mother? They went to a spirit world.. found you.
and now you're going to die in it."
"Die?" I heard Metsuki and Ekiyuu whisper.
" Let them stay. Or go past me." He said.
I winced. Not another fight between me and Kohaku. I couldnt bare the memory. But it came.
I remembered the look in his eyes as i held the knife to his heart. I remembered when that blue tear leaked from my cheek and down onto his. My eyes winced and filled with new fresh tears as i heard all of my doomed friends cry for me to let Kohaku go.
And so i broke down. I let my wings go limp as i fell to the ground covering my eyes as i cried. I didnt want them to see me cry. To see me weak. But they did... and they comforted me.
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