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War on My World
Chapter 2: Into the Valley
The next thing she knew, Chihiro was soaring over a valley on Haku's back. "Wow! This place...is so beautiful!" She said, and looked over her back. The portal was getting smaller and smaller, and it looked like this place was over an eclipse, too.
Haku landed in what looked like a town or something, and Chihiro got off his back as he transformed.
"Chihiro, this is the Valley of the Wind. Nausicaä is the Princess of this land." Haku said, and looked back at the eclipse. "Chihiro, do you know that we can only go through this land when both worlds hold an eclipse? It's extremely rare, though. Since this place has a faster time than ours." Haku said, and Chihiro nodded.
All of a sudden, a girl clad in blue with red hair came rushing up to them.
"Haku! It's so good to see you!" She said. Chihiro knew this must be Haku's cousin, Nausicaä.
"The same here. This is Chihiro, of the other human world." Haku said, motioning to Chihiro, who bowed.
"Nice to meet you, Princess Nausicaä." she said. Nausicaä smiled.
"I'm sorry the Valley is a bit crowded at this moment. The Toulmakians are trying to take over Pejitei and the Pejitans are losing. We're helping out, but all of the people are trying to get over here by gun ships." Nausicaä said, then motioned towards the castle. "Come inside the castle. It's not so crowded in there." She said as Haku and Chihiro followed her. Once they were inside the castle, Nausicaä turned to them.
"We're afraid of the Toulmakians trying to take over your world once they take over ours. That's why we asked Haku to see if the Spirit World was ready if a need should arise." Nausicaä explained to Chihiro, who nodded.
"I doubt your world would believe you if you told them, though." Nausicaä said. She was right. No one in their right minds would believe Chihiro if she went and told them that an army from another world was going to attack them.
"You're right. No one would believe me." Chihiro said.
"Nausicaä, the Spirit World knows. They said they're ready if the Toulmakians come right now." Haku said, and Nausicaä nodded her head.
"That's good. I'm just afraid they're going to target the Valley next. They probably are, and we can't handle an attack like that. We'll probably be destroyed. But I've got to be strong." Nausicaä said, and sighed.
'It must be really hard being a Princess in her situation. She can never give up or her people will, too.' Chihiro thought. Suddenly, the door burst open.
"Asbel! I thought you were in Pejtei helping to defend the Toulmakians! Are you hurt?" Nausicaä asked. Chihiro turned around to see who it was. It was a brown-haired boy, the same age as Nausicaä was.
"I hate to say it, but we're losing. Pretty badly. A lot of my people have been killed too, those who decided to stay, anyway. We have to retreat here. They're going to attack the Valley next. What should we do?" Asbel asked.
"I don't know. When do you think they're going to come?" Nausicaä asked. Any time they could use.
"We got a hold of one of their soldiers and he said that they were going back to Toulmakia and restock before they came here. How much of that is true, I don't know. But it should buy us time to prepare, to say the least." Asbel said, and Nausicaä nodded. She went to go and tell her Valley, and Asbel went with her.
"Haku, they're not going to go to our world, are they?" Chihiro asked. Haku looked at her.
"I don't know, Chihiro. I don't think they would fit into our world if they did. Even so, not all of those people could go through the portal. It can only take a maximum of six people at a time, and there's not enough time for everyone in this world to go through. I don't know how the Toulmakians are managing to get their whole army through." Haku said. Chihiro nodded.
"Is there anything I can do? I don't want to see people get hurt." Chihiro said, sighing. She really didn't want to get anyone to get hurt, her world or not.
"I don't think there's anything we both can do. We have to wait and see." Haku said, and Chihiro nodded. So they waited.
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The Valley had gotten ready for an attack, but it was nighttime, so there was nothing they could do but wait. Asbel had persuaded Nausicaä to rest, and if they attacked, he would tell her. Haku wanted Chihiro to rest, also. Both girls had to go to the same room, for the other rooms were being used to house the wounded. Once both girls were in Nausicaä's room, Nausicaä offered for Chihiro to sleep in her bed while she would sleep on the floor.
"No thanks," Chihiro said when she offered, "You're a Princess. You don't deserve to be on the floor."
"Are you sure?" Nausicaä said, and Chihiro nodded. Nausicaä got a blanket and a pillow and placed them on the floor. "Will that be ok? I'm sorry, I don't have anything else comfortable for you to sleep on."
"No, it's fine." Chihiro said, laying down.
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After a interminable amount of time,(to Chihiro it seemed), Chihiro could still not get to sleep. She was thinking about Haku. He and Asbel had offered to stay up the night.
"I wonder what they're talking about." Chihiro wondered, not realizing she had said that out loud.
"You're awake? Am I keeping you up?" Nausicaä asked. Chihiro sat up and saw that the Princess wasn't asleep yet, either.
'I wonder what's keeping her up...' Chihiro thought, but instead she said, "No, you're not. In fact, I didn't even know you were awake!" She said. After a long pause, Chihiro managed to ask,
"Have you ever been in love?"
That question made Nausicaä sit up also. Chihiro wondered if she would get mad, but by the smile on her face Chihiro knew not to worry.
"Of course I have been in love. Why do you ask?" Nausicaä asked. Chihiro looked at her, and knew that Nausicaä was trustworthy.
"I...I'm in love with Haku." Chihiro said, clasping her hands together and looking at the floor. She expected to hear Nausicaä laugh. But she didn't.
"Being in love is a wonderful thing, it's really nothing to be ashamed of." Nausicaä said, smiling.
"A-Are you in love with Prince Asbel?" Chihiro asked, looking at her. She seemed taken aback by how Chihiro knew this.
"How did you know?" Nausicaä asked. Chihiro shrugged.
"I guess I can just tell. Goodnight, Princess Nausicaä." Chihiro said.
"Goodnight, Chihiro. Oh, and, Chihiro?" Nausicaä asked, laying back down.
"Yes, Princess Nausicaä?"
"Please just call me Nausicaä."
"Alright, Nausicaä. Goodnight." Chihiro said, a smile on her face as the Dream World pulled her away from consciousness.
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They're such short chapters! I'm so sorry! If anyone actually likes this story, please review. If no one likes it, I'm not going to waste my time writing something no one likes. Well, er, I'm not going to be negative! See ya next time!