Chapter four
Chihiro went back to hugging her knees again
'Why were you crying?'
'I… Wasn't…'
'You were….' Chihiro looked at Haku with sorrowful eyes
'I feared you weren't going to wake up,' she said looking away from him
'Why did you call that boy "Risu"?' Chihiro went confused (a/n: See what's happening?)
'Umm… I didn't… My parents did…'
'How old is he?'
'Six…'
'Hey…' Chihiro said 'Since when could you show emotions?'
'I suppose I should start at the beginning right?' Chihiro nodded she wasn't hugging her knees anymore (a/n: The hugging the knee thing is something she grew into. If you were wondering). Haku looked towards the ceiling of the room
'I feared things too… I feared that you'd forget everything here, and move-'
'Now that I'd never do,' Chihiro said cutting in, then reaching to her pony tail and pulled on the tie, and showed it to Haku. He smiled as she put her tie back in her hair
'I'm sorry.' He whispered
'Sorry for what?'
'Sorry for that I couldn't come to you… I tried but then the war started…'
'Hey, I understand, now, why you couldn't come wasn't your fault.'
'But you will never move on will you?'
'Huh?'
'You won't grow up right, because you were waiting-'
'I'd rather wait, for you till I die, rather then move on, okay,' Chihiro said not looking at him, but he could see her blushing
'I still feel like saying sorry for that, because I feel its half my fault…'
'Now how do you work that out?'
'Well, if you never came here, in the first place, never knew us…. You'd grow up right…. Rin, Kamajii and I figured that out once you left, Rin nearly went to ask to see if Yu-Baaba would cover your memories of this place, but we sided against it…. We just wanted you to live your life, as normal as before you came here….' Chihiro looked at him for a minute looking as if it was all sinking in
'….Chihiro…' Risu called they both looked at him. Risu came in rubbing his one eye
'What's up Squirt?'
'I couldn't get to sleep….' Chihiro looked fearfully back at Haku then to Risu a couple of times. Nothing happened for a few moments, besides Haku sitting up painfully. Risu groaned painfully then clapped both of his hands on his left ear and sank slowly to the floor
'Risu?' Chihiro said her voice changed dramatically
'What's wrong with his ear?' Haku asked as Chihiro got up and went over to Risu
'Maybe you will know…' Chihiro somehow got Risu up and got him over to Haku
'Show Haku, Risu.' Risu gritted his teeth and let his hands off his ear and Haku blinked at it
'He's from this world isn't he?' Chihiro whispered Haku nodded slowly
'He's a Dragon.' (A/n: Hears "Dun, dun, dun!" In background) Chihiro seemed to falter and Risu would have screamed is he wasn't in pain
'Here,' Haku said as he touched the scale on his ear.
Risu blinked while Chihiro looked to one to the other like a tennis match
'Thanks,' Haku just smiled at him. Risu turned to Chihiro and gave her a scared look
'I think I can go to bed now…' Risu said slowly then added in a fast tune 'But I don't like the room I'm in!' they both blinked
'Well, I think it'll be alright for you to sleep in here if Haku lets you…' Risu looked at Haku with a pleading stare. Haku nodded, and Risu whooped, then bowed and ran out of the room.
…. ….
It wasn't long until Risu yelled for help which Chihiro was counting on; she smiled and walked out of the room leaving Haku to his thoughts.
…. ….
It wasn't long after Risu's yell they both came back in the room, with Risu's bed, as soon as it was laid back down Risu went too Chihiro walked back over to Haku who was laying back down looking half asleep
'Where's your bed?' He asked and Chihiro shrugged
'Not tired yet…' But this was a lie, she was tired, she was just afraid of going to sleep and waking up and finding this was a dream
'How did you know Risu was apart of this world?'
'I can remember when he was born….. He started to disappear, and I screamed, totally breaking down I ran, then when they found that his ear wasn't skin, when I first looked at it… It reminded me of you…' Chihiro said her head was on her chest while her hair covered her face
'But I tried to conscience myself that he wasn't apart of this world, but my own, but every time I see his ear…. I would cry. Because I knew what everyone else knew not, why he grew up faster then everyone at his age… Why he had a scale on his ear…. Why he would only listen to me, not our parents…. Every day when we were at school rumours flew saying that my brother wasn't my brother and that I was his mother, not his sister.' She let a strain sob get out, then she felt something under her chin pushing it up she tried not to look at him, but he caught her eye anyway,
'Chihiro…. I can see why people would think that, the way you call him "Squirt" and everything…. I even thought for a minute there…' Chihiro started to cry Haku didn't know if they were from being happy or being sad.
Chihiro didn't know what time she actually fell asleep, but she knew she was in the same place she went to sleep in because she was so uncomfortable how she was laying half sitting half laying, her eyes wondered to her brother who was still sleeping peacefully then her eyes wondered to Haku who seemed fine then their was a knock on the door and Rin came in
'I didn't know if any of you would be awake,' Rin stated Chihiro smiled
'How are they holding up?'
'Risu just got told about his ear-'
'What?'
Risu stirred and said something about white dragons are flying which made Chihiro grin and Rin stare at him, he sat up scratching his left ear
'Morning Squirt,' Chihiro said
'Hullo,'
'So what's up Rin?' Rin's eyes wondered to Haku who was still asleep and nodded towards him
'They are shipping him back out in a couple of days…. Weather he's alright to go or not.' Risu and Chihiro blinked
'What?' They both asked cross screamed
'Don't shoot the messenger!' Rin said then she bowed sarcastically and walked out
Nothing was said.
Besides Haku who was waking up his eyes open to see Risu looming over him then Risu looked to his right
'Chihiro! He's awake!' With that Risu got out the way so Haku could sit up if he wanted to which he tried too by the time Haku got up Chihiro was back in the room looking flabbergasted as well as if she just run a marathon
'Could you get them to change their minds?' Chihiro sadly shook her head, and then she looked at Haku who seemed very confused about the convocation
'Have you told him yet?' Risu shook his head
'I don't wanna be the up-bringer-of-bad-news guy!' Chihiro raised her eye brow. Then looked at Haku and walked over to him, while her brother went over to the side of the room doing something
'They want to ship you out again in a couple of days,' Chihiro said Haku didn't say anything Risu stopped doing whatever he was doing Chihiro seemed unable to do anything.
'Chihiro? Chihiro wake up, we have to get off at the next stop!' Someone said while trying to get her up.
Since when was I on a train?
She opened her eyes to see she was on a school bus. She had been dreaming again?
The bus slowed down and Risu practically dragged Chihiro out of the bus
'It seemed so real….' Chihiro muttered and Risu rolled his eyes and started to walk
(A/n: You can flame now! This is the second last chap! sniff, sniff Lol, I really don't like flames but I knew I was gonna get them as soon as I finished it… R&R please!)
