chapter 19

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disclaimer: I do not own any of Miyazakis work. (cries) and never will. (throws body on the floor throwin a fit)

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Hey ppl, well.. im reeeeeeeeaaaaaaalllllyyyyyyyy sorry about all these short chapters, I'm not sure that this chapter will be long because.. well.. i havent exactly written it yet. I'm reeeeeeally sorry about all of the mistakes and will NEVER stop saying that because i know i need more schooling before i can do any of this right. OK! Just for a little warning... Kohaku sneaks up on Chihiro in the feild. (no smex'n, but a lot of kissin and fillin.) OKAY! hope you all like. (POV changing to the naraters.. (Me) POV, since Chihiro isnt exactly there where some of the other characters are)

"LIN!" Yubaba cried angrily..

Lin went running to the end of the extremely busy hall. "Yes?" She asked.

Ever since the whole deal with Chihiro being practically possessed, everyone has been upset with Yubaba, but they also have contracts that cannot be terminated until their time was up. They all frowned at her, and spoke loud enough for her to hear, behind her back. She knew everyone hated her, but also knew that she couldnt turn them ALL into pigs because then she wouldnt have anyone to cook them. She knew that every single person in her bathhouse was against her. She would ignore their behind the back comments, and ignore their evil stares.
She knew they were on Chihiros side, but also knew that they wouldnt go against her. She owned them, and whatever they did was under her jurisdiction.

She just walked past their little hissy fits, and did what she had planned. But today... she would find some news she wasnt ready to here.

"LIN!" She called again, not noticing Lins frail body under her large nose.

"I'm here old hag, what is it." Lin said annoyedly.

"I will have to turn you into a pig if you make one more remark like that. Now what is the news with Chihiro?"

"I wouldnt know, the messenger isnt back yet." Lin said, looking away as if bored. Which she was.

"Oh really? WELL GET OUT THERE AND FIND HIM!" Yubaba screamed, turnning her large roundness and almost knocking over Lin.

Lin rolled her eyes and turnned to go down the stairs towards the entrance the the not so busy bathhouse.

"Lin! Are you really going to give her the scoop on Chihiro?" A girl asked comming over with a large bucket of what looked like slime.

"Dont exactly want to become a pig. I want to be there and watch Chihiro shove that fat crow down where she belongs." She said, staring out at the large unopened large entry doors.

"Oh.."

"I have faith in Chihiro. You should to." Lin said, pushing the heavy doors open.

The girl nodded, and then ran to where all of her working friends were to spread what she heard.

Just as Lin was opening the door, a small boy about the age of eight rammed into Lin with a message in his hand.

He fell hard against the ground, leaveing Lin with a very horrible letter. She shook her head, reading what she'd hoped wouldnt have to happen.

Then she watched as a wrinkly hand reached over her shoulder and snatched the letter from her hands.

Yubaba held the letter in front of her eyes reading carefully.
She didnt seem to have any expression worn on her face when she gave the letter back to the messanger.

"Lin." She said with nothing but an evil humm to it.

"What?"

Then Yubaba looked down at Lin, almost happy. "Looks like there will be no war. The brat stole the jewel already. All we need now is to wait."

Lin stood as stiff as a board as Yubaba turnned with the largest smile on her face, laughing that shrill laugh that made everyone wince.

The same girl came up to the messanger boy and snatched the message out of his hand. The small child only stood there and watched the faces of everyone that read the letter. They all were sad.

"Someone has to warn her." Someone whispered in the croud.
"Someone has to tell her to give it back."

Lin only stared out into the sky. Clouds were rolling in. Everything was becomming sad, and mixed up.

'How could she? Why would she be so stupid?' Lin thought as she felt a small rain drop fall onto her cheek. She reached up and wiped it away, looking down at the little messanger.

'Looks like Chihiro..' Lin thought, and when a vision of Chihiro covered up his boyish looks, she raised her hand and brought it down hard on his cheek.

"STUPID!" She screamed.

The boy fell back and let out a sob of supprise. He only looked back up at her while rubbing his cheek. A toad-ish like woman ran to the boys side, tucking her hands behind his arms to lift him back up. They all stared at Lin. As if she'd gone mad.

"What was that for?" Cried the girl helping him up.

Lin shook her head forgetting the scene. "Lets go back inside!
It's going to rain." She said.

Everyone took one last distraught look at her, then turnned to go. Lin stopped the toad girl from helping him inside. She took the boys arm and dragged him in herself.

She dragged him down a hall, and another, through the large kitchen with oversized skinned pigs, and fruits of all kinds.
She ran through a hall of lazy unworking people,
and then into a boiler room where they were to ask Kamagi if he had any more of those train tickets from those five years that passed.

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They all helped me in what ways they knew. Metsuki didnt show any strength in his fighting skills, but he knew them well.
Ekiyuu didnt do much, but did have the idea of hanging large bags of hay by a tree limb, and letting them drop on me with a blind fold. Kohaku got me off the ground a few times, but about a minute in the hair and my wings would give in. Good thing he caught me everytime I fell.

We worked all day, Kaonashi running to and fro to get us drinks and food. It had become night, and Ekiyuu and Metsuki had become extremely fatigued. They went back to the kottage where Zeniba sat sewing some sort of contraption.

Kohaku held tight onto my arms, staring into my eyes,
and encouraging me to ignore what pain came from my wings, and telling me over and over again that if I got past the pain, then I could do anything.

I winced, tightening my grip on his arm. He winced, but never let go. I slowly, with all the strength i could muster,
tried to unbundle the ball that my wings somehow crumbled up into. Hissing, and twitching, and shaking, and with all of it combined, i finally got my wings to almost gracefully flow out. It hurt like hell, but felt like a great accomplishment.

"Thats great Chihiro!" Kohaku cried. " Now flap them! Come on!"

I tried, and with all the trying, and all that was accomplished,
I couldnt do it.

I searched into Kohakus eyes, trying to tell him I was tired of it. It seemed he had no pitty on me, and only tightened his grip.

His smile went to a serious and upset face." Come on Chihiro!
We've been working all day! All you need to do is flap them!''

I shook my head. "I cant."

"Like hell!" He said. I felt our feet leave the ground as he defied gravity for the both of us. "Here! I'll get you up. All you need is to stay up."

He kept going up and up. It was the first time I ever had felt afraid of heights. I looked down. I was more scared that he wouldnt catch me. I looked back at his face. He sure was serious.

I swallowed a chunk in my throat, and then let a small little twitch go at the end of my wings.

His eyes brightened, but his face didnt change. "Good. Again."

All these new muscles were confusing my mind. I had never had to use any extra muscles in my life. I hadnt even concoured all the muscles I already have! But with all that I knew about what muscles that just became my body,
I let them do what was needed, and they let out a rough wave, and i felt us lift a little higher.

My extremely tight eyes opened to simpathy, and happiness.

"That was horrible." He almost laughed. I giggled.
"It didnt hurt that bad did it?" He asked.

I shook my head. It didnt hurt as much as i thought.
I had been making myself believe that it hurt, for I hadnt been really thinking about pain, or what hurt.
I was thinking about what i'd already done.

"Can I lay down for a minute?" I asked. I yawned a large yawn indicating i was extremely tired. He nodded,
and lowered up gently to the ground.

I threw myslef on the ground, shutting my eyes, and bringing my hands over my head. The feild that surrounded us was nothing bout the most beautiful flowers. All colors of every kind. It was comfortable to be laying on such softness. At that moment i hoped I could feel this at least once before I died. Just once.

I suddenly felt a warm, and dark shadow cover my entire body up and down. I opened my tired eyes to see Kohaku staring down at me... with this... face. A weird face... it almost scared me.

"Koha-"

He put his finger up to his lips, and letting a -shh- out,
before letting his hand came right nest to my ear.

I had always wanted to be kissed, romanticly and at least be able to be awake when i did have my first kiss. Right about now, I felt I might start to snore.

My eyes opened and closed so slowly, I almost fell asleep, even with him on top of me. He laughed, a devilish smile spreading from ear to ear.

My eyes shut and opened again. He moved down a few inches. My eyes shut again, and when opened he was closer.
This time i let my eyes stay shut, as his lips gently touched mine.
He didnt move. I didnt move. The moment was to wonderful to even breath. I was awake, no doubt about it.

My eyes fluttered open, his were open to. My cheeks burnned and I let my eyes close. Peace was all around me... until he did something I had never thought he would do.

I felt his toung push up against my lips, begging me for entrance, and I froze. He became confused, and lifted his body up. I opened my eyes to his, and he seemed, sad.

"I-"

Before he could speak, I grabbed him by the back of his head, and pulled him back down to me, shoving my tongue into his mouth. He made a few squeels of excitement, and I giggle, even while we were having such a romantic moment. It almost turnned into a fun and weird childish moment, but that changed when Kohaku let his body lay on mine comfortably. One arms was on the ground beside my ear, and the other was under my head. We began to roll to compete for dominance, and eventually he won. As we layed there,
I felt his hand wrap around my back. Then... it moved under my shirt, feeling my spine. It made me shiver.

I let him have fun with the kiss as I froze, when he brought his hand to my stomach, feeling my skin as if to memmorize it. It inched up every other second. I tried to ignore it, but when his hand touched the tip of my bra, my lungs stopped functioning and I let out a high pitched breath.

He stopped, and lifted his body up. "I'm sorry."

I shook my head, a warm smile showing him it was fine,
and almost a cute yet silent laugh escaping my lips.

"Just... dont..." I started.

"I wont." He said, confidence flowing back into his whole body as he went back to the passion we had just a moment ago lost, and putting his hand back into my shirt.

It was just like I pictured it. This whole time we kissed, he didnt expect anything else, except to love me, and for me to love him back.

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