A.N. Sorry it's taken so long, but my muse is mad at me right now. So I'm gonna try to write a good chapter, but I warn you it might suck. Oh yeah...to the person who asked if I was pagan, I'm not but my best friend is a Wiccan. You learn stuff around people, and thank you for the reviews!

Disclaimer: I don't own Spirited Away...

Chapter 8: Memory Loss

Chihiro's eyes opened slowly, and she took in her surroundings, and said, "Where am I?"

She sat up and looked around again, "Mom? Dad?"

Rin walked into the room to check on her and noticed she was awake, "Thank the gods you're awake! You've been asleep for a week, we were really worried."

"Who are you?" Chihiro asked.

"Stop playing around Chihiro...you know very well who I am," Rin replied as she sat down next to the bed.

Chihiro just stared at her, "How do you know my name?"

Rin realized what had happened, "HAKU! GET YOUR ASS IN HERE! NOW!"

"Who's Haku?" Chihiro asked, "And why am I here?"

Haku rushed into the room a worried look on his face and saw that she was awake, "She's awake?"

"Well duh, genius, but she doesn't remember anything!" Rin replied to him.

Haku turned back to Chihiro, "How old are you?"

Chihiro rose an eyebrow, "I'm ten years old and now not only am I upset about the fact that my parents and me are moving next week, but also by the fact that I've woken up in a strange place surrounded by people I don't know."

"Why did the gods have to curse me now?" Haku said frustratedly.

"How did they curse you? I'm the one who's lost and has probably been kidnaped," Chihiro said and moved to get out of the bed.

"What are we going to do now?" Rin asked.

"She'll have to remember on her own," Haku replied and added, "Go inform Ubaba."

Rin nodded and left the room.

"Aren't you going to stop me?" Chihiro asked, now standing up and heading to the door.

"No, plus you don't have anywhere to go anyway," Haku replied with a weary sigh.

"I'll just call my parents," Chihiro smirked, thinking she'd found a loophole.

"We don't have any phones connected to the Human World," Haku said as if it were obvious.

"Human world? If we're not in the human world, where are we?" Chihiro asked as if he were crazy, which she probably thought he was.

"The Spirit World and if you don't believe me," Haku added because a skeptical look had stolen over Chihiro's face, "Go look around the Bathhouse."

(A.N.: Sorry I can't remember the proper name for it...it begins with an 'A' though...-sigh-...)

"Bathhouse? I think I will," Chihiro responded and left the room.

Haku just sighed and leaned against the edge of the bed and looked out the window.

(A.N.: I feel like describing something...so I'm going to describe what he sees when he looks out the window...yay...by the way this doesn't have a point...as far as I know...)

:Outside the window:

A soft rain was falling over the outside world, the people eating at the restaurants in the streets were watching the people who were stuck in the rain with little interest and most had a look of boredom on their faces. The wind picked up and the windows in the Bathhouse shook for a moment before the wind settled back down to a breeze. Raindrops seemed to dance to the never-ending song of the world around them as they slid down the windows and through the skies.

:End of the pretty description:

:To where Chihiro is:

Chihiro is rushing through the Bathhouse, and each time she turns a corner she becomes even more surprised.

(A.N. yes...I know I'm getting annoying...but the words in italics are thoughts...m'kay? M'kay)

This place is a Bathhouse and every time I enter a different room the people and spirits...yes my dear unbelieving mind...spirits...greet me as if we're good friends and I feel like I have no choice but to play along so I wave and smile in recognition to each one, occasionally murmuring a greeting before I leave. Yes I know I sound crazy, even to myself, but why am I here in this Spirit World? I'm just a human. Why take me from my family? I don't even know why I'm going through this with myself...I'm obviously just dreaming...maybe if I give myself a good pinch...:pinches self mentally and physically:...

"Ouch," Chihiro rubbed her arm.

Okay...maybe not...so I'm either actually in a place where spirits exist...or I'm crazy? Wait till Mom and Dad here this one...Oh god I'm talking with myself! I must be crazy...:mentally slaps self: ...yup definitely...:argues the fact that she's not crazy with herself: ...and now I'm arguing with myself...that's just great...

A.N. I hope you liked it...I worked really hard on this...and even though it's not as long as I was hoping, it turned out a lot better than I thought...by the way...if you haven't noticed...I'm fond of reviews...and helpful ideas that sometimes come in those reviews...

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