Spirited Again

Hi! I have promised myself I would write longer chapters so it might be a bit longer when I update. (Maybe three days maybe two.)

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from Spirited Away or My Neighbor Totoro.

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Chihiro blinked. This all seemed so familiar. One name berated her thoughts, pounded in her head: Sen, Sen, Sen.

"What?" she asked, shaking her head to clear it. "I SAID are you feeling okay?" questioned Satsuki. "I mean, you look kind of vague, like you're off daydreaming." "I.I'm all right.I guess." replied Chihiro. The tunnel ended abruptly, revealing a grassy plain, with buildings on the other side.

"Come on!" said Mei, running across, with her arms spread, hopping across large rocks that jutted from a small stream. Chihiro and Satsuki sighed, then chased after her.

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"Mmm!!!!!!! Something smells GOOD!!!!" exclaimed Mei. "There must still be a food shop running! Let's go EAT!!!" "NO!" bursted Chihiro. "Don't eat!!!" The sisters looked at her questioningly. "Don't! Just DON'T! If you do something bad will happen. I just KNOW!"

The sisters shrugged. "What ever you say!" said Satsuki. "BUT I'M HUNGRY!!!!!!!!!!" Mei whined. "To bad." replied Satsuki. "LOOK!!!!! IT'S A.bathhouse?" trailed Mei. "A.bath house.?" asked Chihiro. The phrase, the place, it all seemed to fit somewhere hidden deep inside her head. If only she could remember.

"Come ON!!!!!!!!!" shouted Mei as she ran towards a bridge connecting the trail to the bathhouse. She stopped abruptly, turned and beckoned towards the two other girls. "Come see!! There are TRAIN TRACKS!!!!!!"

Chihiro looked at the sky to see gathering dusk. "We should really go back." she said to Satsuki. "What are you worrying about?" asked Satsuki running ahead to join Mei. "Wow! There's the train!!!" exclaimed the younger sibling.

Chihiro caught up. "We shouldn't be here!" Satsuki sighed. "Chihiro, we're not little anymore. We're allowed to stay out past dark." "That's not it!!!" replied Chihiro, frustrated. Why couldn't they get it. This sudden urgency.

"They're lighting the lamps!" said Chihiro franticly. Satsuki rolled her eyes. "Chihiro we're FINE."

The sisters were leaning over the bridge railing, and Chihiro was looking worriedly at the sky, watching the darkness of night roll over the sky. The feeling of a fourth presence overtook her and she turned. A man, a year or to older then her, around the age of 20, looked at them with wide eyes. "What are you doing here!" he hissed. "You shouldn't be here! COME!!!!" And with that, he ran. Chihiro grabbed Mei and Satsuki's hands and followed him.

Mei almost tripped, looking up at the sky. "Wow!" she exclaimed. "Look at that huge bird!!!" "That's no bird." Chihiro murmured while Satsuki berated her sister. "Mei! You are such a klutz!!! Hurry up!!!" She looked oddly at Chihiro. "Are you okay? Ever since we got here you've been.distant. Like you're trying to remember something. Something that's you're not sure about. Are you sure you're." "I'm fine! Just tired! Stop worrying about me!" Chihiro interrupted. "Eeek!!! I CAN SEE THROUGH MY HAND!!!!!!!!!!!! ..cool.." Satsuki looked at her little sister with horror then looked down. "Ahh!! Chihiro, what?!?! Hey, sir!!!" she raised her voice. "Do you have any idea why we're DISSIPEARING!!!!!!!????!!!!!!!!" The man, if anything, just ran faster. "Ahhhh!!!! SLOW DOWN!!!!!!" "Mei!" Satsuki hissed. "Be polite!!"

The man turned a corner; chin length black hair flying out behind him. The girls rounded the corner as well, and collapsed against the wall as the man motioned them to sit. Satsuki fought a cramp in her side, as she looked up at the man, who was offering them berries. "Eat them. You have to eat some food of this world or you'll disappear."

The words echoed through Chihiro's head.

.disappear.disappear..

Chihiro crouched, hands to her head, which felt like it was going to explode. Images and words jolted through her mind, the sound jolted, like an old, scratched CD.

Chihiro rocked back and forth on feet, cradling her head in her hands.

Satsuki turned to look at her best friend. "Chihiro.CHIHIRO!!!!!!!!"

"Chihiro." the man whispered under his breath. "No.it couldn't be."