Chapter 3: Karra

"Thank you for everything." said Chihiro grabbing her parents' hands and starts to walk to where their car is. Leaving an impression of a family of Japanese weirdos to the locals they just talked to. They stood there a bit, thinking about who those people could be, and eventually they got over it and continued to walk like they were, except the girl who knew Japanese, she knew there was something fishy about those people, not anything bad, just different. So, she decided to followed the fellow Japanese, to find out more.

On the other hand, Chihiro can't seem to find the intersection to the small bumpy road where they left their car at.

"Are you sure we are at the right place, Chihiro?" asked Akio.

"I am positive that this is the place, but the road seems not here anymore." where the car suppose to be is now filled in with trees and disappeared along with the car.

"Yeah, but it's not like the road can just disappear into thin air, you know." stated Yukko.

"Could it be that we are still in the spirit world?" said Chihiro, thinking out loud.

"Spirit World?" said her parents, even more confused.

"let's just say that this is the spirit world, but those people we met looked like normal humans and they called this place Delia..." Chihiro continued to think out loud, unaware that her parents are listening.

"Is our daughter going crazy?" asked Akio.

"No, dear. I think that our daughter just have a wild imagination." answered Yukko clamly.

"Then, what about this place?" said Akio, probably getting irritated by now. "At this rate, we will never get to our new house on time!"

"Will you stop thinking about the house already!" yelled Yukko, can't seem to keep clam anymore."We are stuck here in this stange place without a car, and people that speak english!"

"At least I am trying to figure out what to do!" Akio yelled back.(A/N: No, you are not)

"Don't be yelling at me, it's not like I know what is going on here!" eh, oh, the parents are going to have a fight.

"Hey, stop it you two! Don't you think you guys should clam down!" now, Chihiro butt in trying to stop the fight."Yelling at each other won't help."

"Chihiro, butt out of this." Akio yelled at Chihiro. "Your mom and I are trying to have a discussion here!"

"Hey, you!" the fight is getting hotter and hotter. " Don't yell at my daughter!"

"Your daughter!? She is my daughter too! And my name is not 'you'!"

Chihiro can't handle this anymore. "WILL YOU PLEASE BE QUIET!!!!" the voice of chihiro echoed through out the little town. Some startled birds flew out of the trees. And then there was a moment of peace. Chihiro's parents are just staring at their daughter, who is trying to catch her breath.

"Well, you guys look like you need some help." came a voice that broke the silence. "I can try to answer some of your questions, but can you tell me your story first? I want to know what kind of situation you are in."

It's the girl that was among the locals, who can speak Japanese. The only reaction from the Japanese family she recevied is silence. She is standing not far from them, obviously been listening the whole time, but didn't get spotted since the Japanese were too engrossed in their own conversations.

"I won't tell anybody that you are illegal immigrants." stated the girl "I only want to help. By the way, my name is Karra."

She still seems to be dirty, is she really working at such an young age?

"Wait, wait a minute." said Akio, "You think we are immigrants?"

"Yeah, well aren't you?"

"Of course not! We are decent Japanese citizens." claimed Akio.

"Then what are you doing in America." asked Karra.

"You mean... we are really in America?"

"Uh... Duh!"

There was a moment of silence then Akio and Yukko shouted, "... All right!! We always wanted to have an vacation in America." Then they started dancing with each other, totally forgot the situation they are in.

Seeing the weirdness of the couple, the two girls couldn't help it but laugh. 'I guess I can't depend on my parents to help us get out of here, but Karra might

'We suddenly got teleported to America and they are busy on vacation.' thought Chihrio, giggling. 'Well, there is nothing wrong about being positive.'

'They sure made up quick.' thought Karra.

Meanwhile the parents are dancing...

"So, what is your story?" asked Karra. "You can tell me can you?"

"Well...I don't know what to tell you."

"Hey come on you trust me!" answered Karra without hesitate. "I was even willing to cover if you were immigrants, what could be worser than that?"

'You have no idea...' thought Chihiro, 'But if I tell her the real story she might not believe me. Maybe I will just tell her the -'

"You can tell me when you feel like it." said Karra interrupting Chihiro's thoughts. "Come om, follow me you need a place to stay tonight."