Spirited Away II

Summary: Several years have past and Chihiro who is now near 16 and her little brother Risu who is 6. Are her stories all too real? Or are they fake?

Chapter one

'Chihiro!' a voice called. Chihiro looked over to her clock 8: 30 PM. She mentally slapped herself in the head

'I'm coming, squirt!' She yelled. She made her way through the empty house. The day had been tuff for her and Risu; it was their first day without parents. Their mum died from cancer, and their father went insane. Chihiro now feared that her little brother would start calling her "mum" She wasn't ready for that.

'Okay, squirt. What story tonight, hmm?' Chihiro asked as Risu stopped bouncing on his bed

'The story about Sen and Haku!'

Chihiro cringed. Why did she ever tell him that? Oh yeah, so I wouldn't go insane like dad did! She thought as she sighed and went over to tuck her brother in.

-

Chihiro knew it was coming after she had told him the story

'Are Sen and Haku real?' Risu asked Chihiro just smiled and changed the subject

'How's your ear?' Risu looked at her as if she hurt him, but that look always came when Chihiro changed the subject on him but eventually he sighed and turned sideways. The one thing about Risu was his ear; one part of it was all scale, not skin. And Chihiro didn't want to touch it, afraid of it, half knowing what it was

'Okay…. You sleep now okay? If you have any problems….' Risu looked down to his sheets and Chihiro stopped talking

'You sound like mum.'

'I do….?' Chihiro asked and he nodded stunned that he'd remembered her. Then he started to cry

'W-why d-d-did they le-eave u-us?' Risu said while crying and sniffing. Chihiro pulled him into a hug and stroked his head

'I don't know Risu, I really don't know. I want to know as well.' She said and she felt Risu nod

'Tell ya what, why don't we go visit dad tomorrow?' Chihiro asked strangely Risu shook his head and pulled away from her

'They left us for a reason! I don't want to know it was me!' Risu practically shouted this. Chihiro blinked

'You think they left us because of you?' Risu sniffed and nodded then he clung to Chihiro's shoulder

'I wanna go to the land where Sen and Haku are!' Risu Chihiro raised her eye brow

'C'mon now is the time for sleep.' She said while getting up then went over to the light switch.

Chihiro got back to her room, flopped onto her onto and sighed. Chihiro stared up at the ceiling and fell asleep dreaming of the place her brother wished he was.

Morning

'Chihiro? Chihiro wake UP!'

Chihiro felt something going onto her bed and jumping onto it; she groaned and rolled over but it just kept bouncing

'Okay, okay! I'm up!'

'C'mon sis I wanna go outside!' Chihiro sighed
'Okay, let me get dressed and I'll come with you,' Risu stopped jumping on the bed. Chihiro faintly heard her bedroom door closing.

-

'Squirt don't run where I can't see you,'

'Stop calling me that!'

'Or what?'

'I'm gonna call you names!'

'Like what are you gonna call me?'

he didn't answer for a minute

'Hmm, let's see…. "Spirit Girl"!' Risu called back Chihiro blinked now going defensive

'Hey! Spirits are cool! Don't ditch 'em!'

'It's not like they are real!' Chihiro grasped Risu's hand

'Do, never, ever, say that!'

'Why!'

'Because it'll come back to haunt you.' Risu raised an eye brow at his sister but said nothing to it. Risu kept walking with his nose in the air, he didn't look where he was going and he tripped

'See? That's what you get when you ditch Spirits!' Chihiro said

'But I said I was sorry!' He whined but Chihiro was smiling all in the same.

-

Risu ran on ahead

'Chihiro! Come quick! It's the tunnel from your story!' Risu yelled. Oh no. Chihiro thought and she ran full pelt. She came to the tunnel she hadn't seen in years, yet to find it hadn't changed one pit. Her brother was staring right into it like she was when she first saw it. Then he turned around and pulled on Chihiro's arm

'C'mon I wanna see if your story is true!' Before Chihiro could say anything against this, Risu was running

'RISU!' Chihiro yelled then running after him.

Chihiro saw Risu run up the stairs as she was on the river

'Risu!' Chihiro yelled forgetting it wasn't a good thing; he turned a corner and was gone. Chihiro stopped and breathed faster

'Risu!' She yelled again as she started to run again.

Chihiro found him staring at the bathhouse she came up behind him and threw her hands over his eyes

'Hey let me go!' Risu said

'If you ever run off again, Spirits, ever so help you, I will kill you!'

'Sorry!' Risu screamed at her he was able to get her hands off his eyes

'But your story is true!' Risu said he could feel Chihiro stiffen

'What's wrong?'

'You shouldn't be here. Get out of here now! ... They are lighting the lamps, you've got to get across the river. Go! I'll distract them!'

'We have to get out of here… Now!'

'But…. Why?' Risu started to argue. Just like Chihiro was like when she was that age just Risu was a boy. Chihiro didn't listen, she grasped Risu's hand and pulled but he didn't move

'Risu move!' Chihiro growled at him not seeing what he was staring but eventually followed his gaze.

'Oh my God!' Risu said then rounding on his sister forgetting what he was staring at

'You're Sen! You're Sen! You said you didn't believe in it! And here we are. Your Sen And you didn't tell m-!' Risu would have said more to his out burst but Chihiro placed a hand over his mouth and gagged now looking angry at her he was shaking. But Chihiro looked frightened and pale. Risu turned his attention to what he was staring at before it was a big place, but Risu couldn't remember what it was called. Risu was going to say something but Chihiro made sure he wasn't going to.

-

'Umm…' Chihiro said Risu looked up at her not knowing why she was like that. Chihiro looked at the floor and her hand slipped from her brother's mouth. Risu knowing his chance to speak was now or never

'Uh... This is that bathhouse?' Risu said with something going into his voice, Chihiro nodded

'We really shouldn't be here…'

Risu stood there looking at one to the other, then getting over timed. Risu stared at Chihiro for a long time

'..What…?'

'Aren't you gonna say something?' He yelled

'…No…' She said in a shaking voice he looked at her and he crossed his arms angrily.

(A/n: Hi all! How's this for a first chapter? Good? No flames yet people! I know I'm gonna get flamed latter on in story!)

(A/n2: Sorry guys I just realized that I had this in bold, Lol, I fixed it now! As you can see Lol)