Chapter #14
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Chapter #14
...and as Nile slept, the green yarn in her hand lost its glow, becoming its original emerald green...
Mei hugged her sister, HARD. "SATUKI!!!" Satsuki raised her eyebrow. "What?"
"Er...I MET TOTORO!!!!!!!!"
"You DID?!?!"
"COME!!!!" exclaimed Mei, running out to the gardens, dragging a certain perplexed sister behind. Explanations could come later.
Chihiro walked steadily behind Haku, submerged, deep, deep down in a sort of ice. Her face wouldn't show anything, nor would her movements. She was almost like an empty shell.
Haku stopped at the end of the hallway, turning to face Chihiro. "Chihiro..." he began.
"I know. I killed someone. I'm a murderer. You want nothing to do with me. No-one wants anything to do with me." Her voice was flat.
"No! What happens in one place happens in another. Mei's mother was sick. So Yu-baba had to be sick too. You were just the unfortunate carrier. Don't you see?" Chihiro's eyes were blank. "How do you know it's not the other way around?" said her monotone voice.
Haku sighed, exasperated. "Chihiro it's NOT. Umiko got sick before Yu-baba. The two sides were unbalanced. Do you see? Chihiro, we're not afraid of you."
As he took a step forward, she took one back, both mentally and physically. "If you come near me, you'll die too. That's what everyone else is afraid of, isn't it?" Her voice was still flat as a board, but Haku could hear the traces of bitterness in it. "Isn't it? I'm a murderer. I saw everyone in there. They WERE afraid of me, no matter what lies you try to feed me."
Haku shook his head. "No, not afraid. Surprised that Fate would pull something like that, but no, WE AREN'T AFRAID OF YOU." He stressed the last bit. Chihiro looked up into his eyes. He could see she had given up, the hopelessness in her eyes.
...Mei and Satsuki ran joyfully to their oldest playmate. He pulled out his top, and spun it on the ground. Hopping on he gestured for the girls to climb onto his back. They obliged, and they went off into the night...
...Nile snored, turning over in her sleep. (Yes, they just left her. *sweatdrops*)...
Chihiro's voice was dull. "When I was young, grade four at least, all the class, ALL of them, were running around, calling me names. I felt isolated then. I guess I've always been...have been...alone. That's when, I was eleven, I came here. I finally felt like I BELONGED. I left again, forgetting. I made friends in Satsuki and Mei. We were...are...the best of friends. But in the back of my mind, I could feel if there was somewhere else I belonged, and I could never reach it. Sometimes it would happen, so suddenly. I would be laughing, hyper, then suddenly stop. I would become vague, and serious, and nothing could stir me out of it until those moments passed. And now, I'm isolated out of...everything. You wouldn't understand."
Haku raised his eyebrow, seeing how she was distressed. A sudden wave of pain hit him, and he grabbed his shoulder. He remembered the fight that had taken place, and how he had turned dragon...
"I do understand." He said quietly, feeling the warmth of the opal scale, tied by a cord on his neck. "I understand completely."
Chihiro looked up. Haku swallowed hard. This was painful for him, too. "We make choices. You decided not to stay beside the car, as you could have, but to go with your parents. You chose not to eat the food. Just as I chose..." he trailed off, and looked away.
A flicker of guilt crossed Chihiro's features. Why had she been so stubborn, making him recall his difficult choices? The truth began to seep into her mind. How he was right, how he had given up his magic...for her..., how she was acting towards him right now...but there was something else...
"You said I was a shaman. I looked it up. It means those who communicate with the dead, who can travel between realms. So I'm different another way too."
Haku looked at her, confused.
Chihiro looked down at her hands, with a sad smile that Haku recognized all too well. "I'm different. I always have been, and I always will. Who cares about a freak?"
Haku smiled. "Me." He hesitated, and then hugged her. Chihiro began to cry, quietly. "I'm sorry, Haku." She sobbed. Haku wiped away her tear, and kissed her cheek softly.
He stepped back and smiled. "I'd better go get Nile. Knowing her, she's probably still sleeping there. Like a lump." He grinned. "Don't tell her I said that."
He walked off towards Nile. Chihiro stood there, blinking, before she went to go wash her face. The sound of ocanara echoed outside.
"ROLL CALL!!!!!!!!" Mei shouted, bouncing up and down on the bed. Nile shook her head. "Lin isn't here." She said, trying to act mature, while her whole being itched to join Mei.
Mei stopped. She focused, and suddenly a burst of fireworks lit the room.
"I can understand why." She said sadly, looking at her now-spirit/human hands. Chihiro raised her eyebrows. "She...you're..."
"Ying AND yang." Haku finished. Neither would look at each other.
"The thing IS," interrupted Nile mischievously, as if she knew what was going on. "Three humans entered here, so three have to leave."
Haku's head jolted up. Three humans. Satsuki, Mei and Chihiro. He would once again be separated from Chihiro, seeing her in his dreams, but never being able to talk to her, to relate to her. He turned to watch Mei, his bright green eyes stinging.
Chihiro was thinking along the same lines, as tears welled up, making the room a blur. Mei stopped bouncing on the bed and hopped down, the bed protesting with a moaning creak. She cocked her head to one side, looking at both Haku and Chihiro. She seemed to have matured overnight. She raised questioning eyebrows at Nile, who nodded.
"Well, um.Haku? How are your wounds? Are you healing well?" asked Satsuki, understanding.
Haku nodded, glad of the change in subject. "Yes," he said slowly, his mind obviously elsewhere. "They're almost all healed."
Nile bit her lip. This was hard on them, more, in fact, then she thought it would be.
"So, Chihiro, do you, er, still have that yarn I gave you?" Chihiro nodded. "Oh, well, um, keep it. It'll make it so we can contact each other."
"Alright."
Mei stood up. "Court dismissed!" she said, running out to meet Totoro, her sister close on her heels. "Hey, wait up!"
Nile rose, and faked a yawn. "Well, I best be going to bed." She smiled. "I'm REALLY tired." She said, making it obviously stressed. Nile, as you can plainly see, isn't the best of actors. She left the room.
Chihiro looked up with a tortured expression. "Haku..."
Haku removed something from his neck, and placed it in Chihiro's hand. She felt the coolness and smoothness of the object, and looked down. A single scale, opal coloured and strung on a golden chain, rested in her hand.
"Keep it."
Haku's emotion overwhelmed, and he turned and walked quickly away, so as Chihiro would not see the tears in his eyes.
Chihiro stared after him, crying.
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Believe it or not, I've still got more plot twists ahead. If you think anything can be improved in my writing, please tell me in a review. I LOVE the input, as long as it is not a flame. A flame is like "this stinks." Or "You're a horrible writer"
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One more chapter after this! And then the SEQUEL!!!!!!!!!!
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Chapter #14
...and as Nile slept, the green yarn in her hand lost its glow, becoming its original emerald green...
Mei hugged her sister, HARD. "SATUKI!!!" Satsuki raised her eyebrow. "What?"
"Er...I MET TOTORO!!!!!!!!"
"You DID?!?!"
"COME!!!!" exclaimed Mei, running out to the gardens, dragging a certain perplexed sister behind. Explanations could come later.
Chihiro walked steadily behind Haku, submerged, deep, deep down in a sort of ice. Her face wouldn't show anything, nor would her movements. She was almost like an empty shell.
Haku stopped at the end of the hallway, turning to face Chihiro. "Chihiro..." he began.
"I know. I killed someone. I'm a murderer. You want nothing to do with me. No-one wants anything to do with me." Her voice was flat.
"No! What happens in one place happens in another. Mei's mother was sick. So Yu-baba had to be sick too. You were just the unfortunate carrier. Don't you see?" Chihiro's eyes were blank. "How do you know it's not the other way around?" said her monotone voice.
Haku sighed, exasperated. "Chihiro it's NOT. Umiko got sick before Yu-baba. The two sides were unbalanced. Do you see? Chihiro, we're not afraid of you."
As he took a step forward, she took one back, both mentally and physically. "If you come near me, you'll die too. That's what everyone else is afraid of, isn't it?" Her voice was still flat as a board, but Haku could hear the traces of bitterness in it. "Isn't it? I'm a murderer. I saw everyone in there. They WERE afraid of me, no matter what lies you try to feed me."
Haku shook his head. "No, not afraid. Surprised that Fate would pull something like that, but no, WE AREN'T AFRAID OF YOU." He stressed the last bit. Chihiro looked up into his eyes. He could see she had given up, the hopelessness in her eyes.
...Mei and Satsuki ran joyfully to their oldest playmate. He pulled out his top, and spun it on the ground. Hopping on he gestured for the girls to climb onto his back. They obliged, and they went off into the night...
...Nile snored, turning over in her sleep. (Yes, they just left her. *sweatdrops*)...
Chihiro's voice was dull. "When I was young, grade four at least, all the class, ALL of them, were running around, calling me names. I felt isolated then. I guess I've always been...have been...alone. That's when, I was eleven, I came here. I finally felt like I BELONGED. I left again, forgetting. I made friends in Satsuki and Mei. We were...are...the best of friends. But in the back of my mind, I could feel if there was somewhere else I belonged, and I could never reach it. Sometimes it would happen, so suddenly. I would be laughing, hyper, then suddenly stop. I would become vague, and serious, and nothing could stir me out of it until those moments passed. And now, I'm isolated out of...everything. You wouldn't understand."
Haku raised his eyebrow, seeing how she was distressed. A sudden wave of pain hit him, and he grabbed his shoulder. He remembered the fight that had taken place, and how he had turned dragon...
"I do understand." He said quietly, feeling the warmth of the opal scale, tied by a cord on his neck. "I understand completely."
Chihiro looked up. Haku swallowed hard. This was painful for him, too. "We make choices. You decided not to stay beside the car, as you could have, but to go with your parents. You chose not to eat the food. Just as I chose..." he trailed off, and looked away.
A flicker of guilt crossed Chihiro's features. Why had she been so stubborn, making him recall his difficult choices? The truth began to seep into her mind. How he was right, how he had given up his magic...for her..., how she was acting towards him right now...but there was something else...
"You said I was a shaman. I looked it up. It means those who communicate with the dead, who can travel between realms. So I'm different another way too."
Haku looked at her, confused.
Chihiro looked down at her hands, with a sad smile that Haku recognized all too well. "I'm different. I always have been, and I always will. Who cares about a freak?"
Haku smiled. "Me." He hesitated, and then hugged her. Chihiro began to cry, quietly. "I'm sorry, Haku." She sobbed. Haku wiped away her tear, and kissed her cheek softly.
He stepped back and smiled. "I'd better go get Nile. Knowing her, she's probably still sleeping there. Like a lump." He grinned. "Don't tell her I said that."
He walked off towards Nile. Chihiro stood there, blinking, before she went to go wash her face. The sound of ocanara echoed outside.
"ROLL CALL!!!!!!!!" Mei shouted, bouncing up and down on the bed. Nile shook her head. "Lin isn't here." She said, trying to act mature, while her whole being itched to join Mei.
Mei stopped. She focused, and suddenly a burst of fireworks lit the room.
"I can understand why." She said sadly, looking at her now-spirit/human hands. Chihiro raised her eyebrows. "She...you're..."
"Ying AND yang." Haku finished. Neither would look at each other.
"The thing IS," interrupted Nile mischievously, as if she knew what was going on. "Three humans entered here, so three have to leave."
Haku's head jolted up. Three humans. Satsuki, Mei and Chihiro. He would once again be separated from Chihiro, seeing her in his dreams, but never being able to talk to her, to relate to her. He turned to watch Mei, his bright green eyes stinging.
Chihiro was thinking along the same lines, as tears welled up, making the room a blur. Mei stopped bouncing on the bed and hopped down, the bed protesting with a moaning creak. She cocked her head to one side, looking at both Haku and Chihiro. She seemed to have matured overnight. She raised questioning eyebrows at Nile, who nodded.
"Well, um.Haku? How are your wounds? Are you healing well?" asked Satsuki, understanding.
Haku nodded, glad of the change in subject. "Yes," he said slowly, his mind obviously elsewhere. "They're almost all healed."
Nile bit her lip. This was hard on them, more, in fact, then she thought it would be.
"So, Chihiro, do you, er, still have that yarn I gave you?" Chihiro nodded. "Oh, well, um, keep it. It'll make it so we can contact each other."
"Alright."
Mei stood up. "Court dismissed!" she said, running out to meet Totoro, her sister close on her heels. "Hey, wait up!"
Nile rose, and faked a yawn. "Well, I best be going to bed." She smiled. "I'm REALLY tired." She said, making it obviously stressed. Nile, as you can plainly see, isn't the best of actors. She left the room.
Chihiro looked up with a tortured expression. "Haku..."
Haku removed something from his neck, and placed it in Chihiro's hand. She felt the coolness and smoothness of the object, and looked down. A single scale, opal coloured and strung on a golden chain, rested in her hand.
"Keep it."
Haku's emotion overwhelmed, and he turned and walked quickly away, so as Chihiro would not see the tears in his eyes.
Chihiro stared after him, crying.
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YAY!!!!!! ONE MORE CHAPTER!!!!!! I HAVE MORE THAN A HUNDRED REVIEWS!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Believe it or not, I've still got more plot twists ahead. If you think anything can be improved in my writing, please tell me in a review. I LOVE the input, as long as it is not a flame. A flame is like "this stinks." Or "You're a horrible writer"
Thank you again. And bonus points to anyone who's been reading these.
~Jose~
