A.N. Sorry it took so long to update...but it's you people's fault...I only got three new reviews...it bothered me that so many people read this yet so few review...so of well...I worked on my Broken Wings story and HP rants during that time..but alas my muse will only help me so much...hope you like this chapter and please review...I would really appreciate it...

Disclaimer: I don't own Spirited Away. (sorry that wasn't more creative...)

Chapter 9: A Memory Resurfaces

"She doesn't remember anything?" Yubaba asked to confirm what Rin had said.

"Nothing at all," Rin replied for the twentieth time.

Yubaba sighed, "Haku is correct, she will have to remember on her own."

"But I want to help," Rin complained.

"She has to remember on her own or great peril will befall her," Yubaba said.

"How do you know this?" Rin asked.

"I'm a witch..." Yubaba said as it was completely obvious.

Chihiro was still wandering through the bathhouse with a nervous look on her face when Rin walked up to her.

"Umm...Chihiro?" Rin asked hesitantly.

"What is it?" Chihiro grumbled out irritably, still mentally debating if she had went nuts and just didn't realize it.

"Aren't you hungry?" Rin finally replied.

Chihiro's stomach grumbled in response.

"I take that as a yes, follow me," Rin grinned and headed towards one of the elevators.

"Why should I follow you? I don't even know you," Chihiro glared at Rin.

"Whatever, but unless you follow me, that stomach of yours is going to get pretty empty," Rin replied with a shrug.

"Wait!" Chihiro ran to catch up with her, "I'll trust you, but only because I'm starved."

"Well...it's a start," Rin said with a sigh and opened the door to the kitchens, "Eat what you want...you have full privileges."

Chihiro stared at the food with distrust for a moment, before her stomach growled and she started gathering up a plate.

:That night:

Chihiro walked around the gardens that lay just beyond the Aburaya. The night-blooming roses left her in awe as she watched one of them unfurl.

"There's nothing like this back home...And yes I've finally accepted that this place is indeed the Spirit World...and yes I may be insane...but I no longer care...this place seems so familiar, but I just can't figure out from where..." Chihiro thought as she continued walking.

Soft footsteps sounded behind her, but she was to deep in her own thoughts to notice.

A pathway made itself clear to her, so she entered without really paying attention. White, pink, and many other colored flowers surrounded her on every side. Once again the feeling that she had been here before struck her.

An opening at the end of the pathway came into view, and as she exited through it she found herself standing before a...pigpen?

She collapsed to her knees, holding her head in her hands. A memory of pigs and her crying came back to her, a memory of a young boy helping her..giving her back her name. Tears spilled down her cheeks, "Why am I remembering these things!"

The weight of a hand fell on her shoulder, so she looked up and met a pair of emerald eyes...the same eyes that had been in her memory. It was the guy who had been there when she'd woken up earlier.

"Are you alright Chihiro?" the young man asked, offering his hand to help her up.

She gladly grabbed his hand and pulled herself to her feet, "I...I think so."

There was an unearthly silence for a moment, then Chihiro asked, "Is your name Haku?"

Hope glimmered in the young man's eyes, "Yes it is."

"Then maybe you can tell me what is happening to me," Chihiro averted her eyes to the ground.

"No I can't...you have to remember on your own Chihiro," Haku replied softly.

"Okay, then maybe you can make sense of the memory I just got back," Chihiro looked up again.

"Maybe," was Haku's only answer.

"Well...a memory of pigs...me crying...and you giving me my name back...it sort of just popped into my mind," Chihiro said quickly.

"Is that all you remember?" Haku asked.

"Yes..." Chihiro replied sadly.

"I'm sorry Chihiro...the answers to the questions that come with that memory are the ones you need to find on your own," Haku looked sympathetically at her, "If it's any help...you helped me find my name the last time you were here."

A dazed look came over Chihiro's face, the look of a memory resurfacing.

"I hope I didn't give her any information I shouldn't have," Haku thought worriedly.

"Kohaku," the name whispered from her lips before she feinted into Haku's arms.

A.N. Umm...I just came up with this off the top of my head...I hope it was good...even if it wasn't that long...my mind is really drawing a blank on this story...so I don't know how long it will be until I update again...I'm really sorry about that...maybe that evil muse of mine will stop being mad at me...or maybe somebody will help me out a little..:hint hint:...well I g2g for now...Review please!

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