Emma: Hi everybody! I'm so sorry! I got in big trouble for a bad grade, so I couldn't get on the computer! Marina is busy, too!
Chapter 13: The Sixth Station
"Hey Midori! Get up!"
Midori's eyes flickered open. She saw Len staring at her. "What is it?" She yawned, sitting up. Len held a piece of gold in her face.
"Look! Real gold!" She said. "This guy is giving it out. Come get some!" Midori shook her head.
"I don't need any," She said.
"You sound like Sen. I gotta get some more!" Len ran out room. Midori sat up and then stood. She walked out on balcony and stared at the sea. She watched and train zoom by and into the horizon.
"Hey," Sen said, sitting next to her. Midori looked at Sen
"Oh, hi," Midori answered. She turned her attention to the sea, again.
"What are you thinking about?"
"My friend."
"Your friend?"
"I came here to get help, but now I can't get back."
"Why do you need help?"
"My friend…he's…dying."
"Oh, I'm sorry." Sen stared at the sea as well. "Haku will get us back to the human side of the river. He said he would."
"He seems nice. You seem nice, too, Sen."
"Midori, Sen isn't my real name." The wind blew by. Midori felt it blow the hair out of her face.
"It isn't?" She asked.
Sen shook her head. "It's really Chihiro. Midori isn't your real, is it? Do you remember your real name?" Midori blankly stared at her.
"Real name?"
"Ubabaa took your name. Do you have any memories of your real name?"
Midori thought for awhile. She slowly reached into her pocket and pulled out the card. She stared at it. "May…" She read. She looked at Sen. "Is that my name?"
"It has to be," said Sen.
"Haku made me write this card."
"He must be helping you, too." They both stared at the sea, each lost in there own thoughts. May…Midori thought. How could forget my name, but not my past? Sen suddenly stood up.
"Look! It's Haku!" Sen shouted, pointing out to sea. Midori stood up and looked to where Sen had pointed. It wasn't Haku. It was a white Asian dragon. It was being attacked by what looked like thousands of white birds.
"That's not Haku!" Midori said.
"Yes it is! He can change into a dragon! We have to help him!"
They both shouted his name. They got his attention; he zoomed past the birds an flew into the room.
"We have to shut the doors!" Sen said. They managed to shut one of the doors, but the birds came to fast. Midori felt them sticking to her, and from what she could see, they were covering Sen as well. They both ripped the birds off and reality stuck them. They were only paper dolls! The watched them fly out of the open door, never to be seen again.
Sen spun around and cried, "Haku!" Blood dripped out of his mouth as he growled at them. He zoomed out of the room and up to Ubabaa's office. "He's hurt!" Sen cried, again. "We have to help him!" They both ran out on the balcony. They were too worried to noticed one paper doll that stayed behind, stuck to Sen's back.
"Look," Midori said. "We climb up that ladder over there." She pointed to ladder in the distance that ran up to Ubabaa's office. The only way to get over to it was to run across an old pipe. "Let's do it. I'll go first."
They silently counted to three, and Midori climbed onto the pipe, Sen right on her tail. She ran quickly across the pipe. Midori looked back and saw the pipe breaking off from the building. Both girls ran faster. Midori dove for the ladder and made it before it broke. She grabbed Sen before she fell and pulled her up to the bottom bar of the ladder.
"You okay?" Midori asked. Sen nodded, and they began to climb up the ladder. They were almost to the top when the noticed Ubabaa fly into her office. She sort of looked like a large crow. Luckily, she didn't see them. They continued to the top and were in front of a window. They crawled onto the ledge, and tried to push it open. It was locked, so they pushed harder.
The paper doll slipped past them and through the window cracked. It unlocked the window and the girls tumbled into a bathroom with a large tub. They hit marble floor, but they were okay. They quickly got up and ran out. They were suddenly in a new room made of cushions. Midori looked at the ceiling and noticed it looked like a sunny sky. She guessed Ubabaa was in a near by room because she could hear her voice:
"That spirit is destroying everything! It must be stopped. Bring Sen to me at once!" Ubabaa barked. "Yuck! Haku's bleeding everywhere! Get rid of him; he'll be dead soon anyway." No… Midori thought. He's dying like Suoh! And what are they talking about? A spirit is destroying the bathhouse?
They both heard footsteps. Somebody was coming! Midori ran behind a curtain while Sen drove in a large pile of pillows. Midori peeked out from behind the curtain and spotted Ubabaa walk in. She started digging through the pillows and Midori's body became tense. She sighed under her breath when she stopped digging. Midori could see a giant baby's head popping out of the pillows.
"I'm sorry, Sweetheart," Ubabaa said. "Did Mommy wake you up? Go back to sleep." The baby moaned a little, and crawled back under the pillows. Ubabaa put the pillows over the baby and walked towards Midori. Midori's body grew tense, again, but Ubabaa simply pulled a rope near her. The ceiling magically changed from sky filled with sunlight to a bright night. When Ubabaa left the room, Midori ran over to where Sen was. She saw Sen coming out, but she was suddenly pulled back it.
"Sen!" Midori cried. She began to dig through the pillows, but Sen quickly popped out. The giant baby popped out, too, screaming at the top of his lungs. They both frantically ran out of the room. They were then both back in Ubabaa's office. They saw three green heads trying to push Haku into a trap door, each had a heartless symbol on their foreheads.
"Stop it!" Sen cried, running to them. The heads moved out of the way as Sen fell next to Haku. He was still a dragon and appeared to be still alive. He was bleeding badly, though. A crow suddenly starred attacking Sen. Midori pulled out her keyblade and tried to protect Sen. The crow was black and had Ubabaa's head. On its chest was the heartless symbol.
"Leave her alone!" Midori shouted at the crow. It was too fast for her to block, and it was trying to grab Sen. The baby suddenly burst into Ubabaa's office.
"Play with me or I'll cry," He said. "And if I cry, Mommy will come back and kill you."
"Don't cry!" Midori and Sen gasped together. Tears ran down the baby's face.
"Play with me!" He cried. The paper doll suddenly flew off Sen's back.
"What a spoiled brat," It said, flying up. It flew down the ground and it looked a see through Ubabaa emerged from it.
"Mama?" The baby sniffed.
"You moron. Can't you tell me from your own mother?" The see through Ubabaa said. She snapped her fingers, and the baby suddenly turned into a mouse. She snapped her fingers at the crow, and it turned into a fly with a beak. The green heads jumped on top of each other and magically turned into what looked exactly like the baby. The witch turned to Midori and Sen.
"Who are you?" Midori asked, stepping in front of Sen.
"I'm Ubabaa's twin, Zeniba," She replied. "I'm here for the dragon. He stole my solid gold seal. He's a thief, so hand him over."
"Haku wouldn't do that!" Sen cried. "He's a good person!" Haku opened his eyes and growled. He smacked his tail, destroying the paper doll, and Zeniba disappeared. Haku and Sen began to fall down into the trap door. Midori gasped. She scooped up the fly and mouse and jumped in after them. She felt a tiny bit better when Haku woke up and caught her and Sen. Her flew through many tunnels and smashed through a slow moving fan. They landed in a boiler room. Sen was caught by what looked like a boiler man with many arms, Haku hit the ground, and Midori was caught by what looked like little black balls.
"Haku!" Sen cried, jumped out of the boiler man's arms and ran next to him. Haku didn't move. Sen pulled a brown ball out of her pocket and broke it in two. "Haku, eat this. It's medicine from a spirit I helped. It'll help!" She forced his mouth open and shoved the medicine down this throat. He began to coughed and spit up what looked like black goo. Midori shooed the black balls away as she stood up. The goo faded away, but the gold seal was there and a little black slug. Midori grabbed the seal, and Sen went after the slug.
"Kill that slug!" The boiler man shouted. Sen stepped on it and gasped. So did the boiler man. "Those things are bad luck. Put your forefingers and thumbs together." Sen did as she was told and turned to the boiler man. He chopped the fingers apart and chanted, "Evil, be GONE!"
"Haku took this," Midori said, showing him the seal. "I think it hurt him."
"There's a curse on it," The boiler man explained. "It's made him gravely ill." When Haku turned back into his human form, they all made a bed for him.
"This will make him a little more comfortable," Midori sighed. "But he isn't doing well." Sen sniffed.
"Kamaji," Sen said. "What if we returned the seal?"
(Kamaji is the boiler man)
"It might help, but Zeniba lives far away," Kamaji sighed, but he suddenly smiled. "Wait here, I know how to help." He walked over to a dresser. Len suddenly ran into the room by going through the door.
"Midori! Sen! Thank goodness," She said. "Everybody is looking for you, Sen."
"Me? Why?" Sen asked.
"Remember I told you about the guy who's giving away all the gold? Turns out he's a monster and he's everybody! He says you let him in the bathhouse, Sen! Tell me it isn't true!"
Sen shyly looked at the ground. "I thought he was a customer, so I did."
"What? He's a no-face! No-faces don't have a home or anything! They're terrible and unwanted spirits!"
"Found it!" Kamaji shouted, interrupting them. He handed Sen what looked like tickets. "Here you go."
"You got train tickets?" Len gasped. "W-when did you get them?"
"I've been saving them." He turned back to Midori and Sen. "Listen carefully: You need to walk down the tracks until you get to the train station. Get on the train, and ride it until you reach the Sixth Station, understand?"
"Yes, sir," Sen said. She nodded and knelt down to Haku. "We'll be back," She whispered to him and stood. She turned to the black balls. "Everybody, I need my clothing, please!" The black balls with big black eyes ran into their holes in the wall, and pulled out her clothing. Midori was surprised when they pulled out her own clothing as well.
She smiled and glanced at Haku. I know you did this, She thought. Thanks. Sen's clothing were simple: I white long sleeved shirt with a large green stripe and pink shorts. She also had yellow sneakers.
"What about No-face?" Len asked with an annoyed tone.
"I'll take care of that now," Sen said.
"You mean we'll take of that," Midori said, placing a hand on Sen's shoulder. "We're in this together." Sen smiled.
"Let's hurry!" Sen said. "Before Haku and your friend dies!"
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Emma: Finally I'm done! I sorry, again! Next chapter, "Haku's Real Name!" Spirited Away is coming to a close, but this next world is .hack! YAY! Bye bye! Please review and keep reading (if I still have any readers, that it)!
