WOW! I got seven reviews in one day. YAY! You all made me happy. Here is my sequel to "Goodbye?", hope you enjoy it. This fanfic is rated T for slight nudity mention.

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Bold: Chihiro's P.O.V

Italic: Flash Back/person's thoughts

Here to Stay

Chapter One

Return to the Spirit World

Chihiro carefully unwrapped the box with trembling fingers. A beautiful, wooden jewelry box rested against the silk in her palm. A single sakura (cherry blossom) was painted on the lid. She opened it and the most beautiful gold necklace sat on a pink pillow. It was studded with diamonds and sparkled with a such a radiance she had never seen before. Chihiro quickly put it on and admired it in the built in mirror.

Then, for some reason, she felt herself whisper these words to the wind. "I will return..."

"Chihiro! Time for breakfast!"

Mother's voice came from downstairs. I sighed and stared at my reflection in my vanity table's mirror.

"I'll be right down!" I called. The small wooden jewelry box I had received five years ago was open with the beautiful and expensive necklace it had contained those years ago resting against the satin pink pillow. I placed it around my neck and fingered the sparkling diamonds. It made no sense. Who would send a ten-year-old girl such an expensive and exquisite piece of jewelry?

Well, I suppose that is a mystery that may never be solved. In case you're wondered, my name is Chihiro Ogino. I am a fifteen-year-old girl who moved here to Asahikawa from Kofu. Basically, I now live in the middle of nowhere. Oh well, some things cannot be changed.

I guess I have a pretty ok life. I mean, my parents are nice enough and give me many things. I am an only child so I don't have to share a room and worry about anyone reading my diary. My father also has a good job so we have a nice house and more than enough money for good food and extra stuff. But, somehow I feel something is missing...

Chihiro put on her green robe and house slippers. She carefully tied her long, brown hair into a graceful ponytail with her sparkly red hair band. She did not remember where she had gotten it, but it was somehow very valuable to her.

Down the stairs she ran and to the breakfast table. Her father had already dug in. A plate of eggs and a bowl of rice rested at her spot. Chihiro sat down and her mother placed a plate of okonomiyaki in front of her.

"Domo arigato, (Thank you very much/many thanks) mother." Mrs. Ogino smiled warmly at her daughter.

"Do itamashite (you're welcome) Chihiro." Mr. Ogino continued to eat, oblivious to the rest of the world. Chihiro picked up her chopsticks and took a bite of her rice.

Yeah, that's my family. Mom over there cooks, cleans, and is just like any other mom. Dad eats, watches soccer and football twenty-four seven, and goes to work in a suit and tie. Yeah, your basic, average parents. Too bad I don't take after them.

I'm completely weird. I'm always off in my own little world. Like now, I'm talking like a narrator to nobody in particular (No offense readers) like some sorta freak. Heeeeelllllllllloooooooo, Earth to self. Reality and a sense of being normal calling. Sorry, gotta put you on voice mail.

It's no wonder I hardly have any friends. That, and I don't have a boyfriend. Sure, I've been on dates, but I either make em run with my weirdness or I get this feeling of betraying someone and leave. You want to know what's even freakier? Whenever I get that feeling, I discover the guy has a girlfriend and see her slap them. Completely crazy and abnormal.

Another thing, I'm the brain of the school. I swear, I'm in college courses and I am acing them. I'm a freak of nature. Still, I feel as though something in my life is missing. A bit of my past I cannot remember. A person...but who?

Chihiro finished her food and placed her dishes in the sink. She trudged up the stairs to her room and took off her robe. She washed her face, brushed her teeth, and brushed out her tangled hair. Chihiro took a good look at herself in the mirror. She had definitely grown more beautiful in the past five years.

Her wavy brown hair cascaded to her lower back and the bangs framed her matured face. Dark lashes outlined her sparkly black eyes. A petite nose which wrinkled daintily when she laughed. Rosy pink lips with cheeks to match.

Chihiro put on her navy blue shorts and white T-shirt for running. She decided to experiment with her hair. She braided three areas along her scalp and brought them together to form a ponytail. Normally, running with an expensive gold and diamond necklace was stupid, but it was important to her and she could not leave without it.

She put on socks and white sneakers, put a towel over her shoulders as a sweat guard, added a matching headband and sweat shields, and ran downstairs. Her hand extended and pushed the screen door open.

"Ja ne (See you) Mom and Dad. I'm going out running." Chihiro jogged away from her blue house and into the forest. She decided to try this new path out. The trees grew everywhere and created obstacles which only made her run more enjoyable. Beads of sweat started to grow on her forehead and back of her neck.

Chihiro leaped over a fallen tree trunk, laughing in delight at the rush of the jump. She loved running. It felt wonderful, kept her in shape, and was pure fun. She kept going but soon stopped.

A stone statue of what seemed to be a Buddha covered in green moss stood there. She blinked and hesitantly stepped toward it. Behind that statue, a red building of plaster stood. It was an opening, like a tunnel. Chihiro somehow found this place familiar.

She jogged into the tunnel. A veil of darkness covered it. She looked straight ahead at the end. Sunlight streamed against her face. Grass rustled under her sneakers. Chihiro stood there a looked around. The sun embraced a beautiful blue sky over a pure green, grassy field. The wind made the gently sloping hills roll.

"Wow..." Chihiro breathed. She jogged through the grass and came to a rocky area with a small amount of water rolling through. She jumped over the rocks to the other side. A colorful village awaited her. It resembled a street carnival with all of its colorful buildings. "What is this place?" she asked herself aloud. Chihiro ran through it, trying to find anybody.

Soon, a great building loomed. Water streamed like waterfalls. She ran onto the bridge and looked down. A train rolled on a invisible track. She raised an eyebrow and gazed up at the building. It was a large Japanese bathhouse. Somehow, she felt she had been here before.

Chihiro decided to see if anybody was there. After all, she was pretty sweaty and a little dirty from the woods. The door opened with a lonely creek. Chihiro peeked her head inside.

"Hello?" she called. "Is anyone here?" Nobody answered. Chihiro walked inside tentatively, looking around. Nobody was around. She soon came to a room where a tub was filled. The herbal water spewed steam. Somebody had to be there for it to be warm.

Chihiro decided she may as well take a bath if somebody had prepared a bath and nobody else was there to take it. She took off her clothes and removed her headband, sweat shields, and hair band. She placed the hair band on her wrist like a bracelet and stepped into the warm water.

The temperature merged perfectly with her delicate, pale skin. She dived down into the water. Haku peeked into the room, his brown hair tied back in a ponytail. Quickly and quietly, he crept into the room and laid a new outfit on the bench where Chihiro had laid her clothes and ran out.

"She does not remember this place. How...intriguing...we shall see how she faces this world again now that she is older. And, more importantly, how she shall face me again."

HUZZA! The start of the sequel is here, YAY! And it only took one day. Isn't that wonderful? Well, whatever. Please review.