So, yeah. There!
It's kind of hard getting Kohaku's personality right, since he was all quiet and stuff in the first movie, but I think/hope I understand most of it.
No replying to posties TT
Listening to "thriller" by the king of pop himself, Michael Jackson 3
And Harry Belafonte, and "complainte De la butte" by Rufus Wainwright
'Thinking'"Speaking"
Doing
Flashback/whatever((A/N))
E/N's are blue, but you never see them
Chapter 9
Night Flower
All was silent in the bathhouse as day approached them once again. Everyone was sleeping. Everyone except for Rin, Akina, and Chihiro -who were walking- back to their room to catch some sleep.
'Geez,' Rin whined mentally. 'Kohana over there has been bugging Chihiro all night.' She shot a look towards Akina as if to say, 'Don't you ever be quiet?'
Akina got it. "What? I'm just trying to get to know my new friend," she said, putting her hands on her hips.
"I don't blame her," Chihiro piped in. "I wouldn't want to work with someone I didn't know very well."
"Fine, fine. Just get some sleep tonight," Rin sighed, defeated.
" 'Kay." Akina and Chihiro chimed in unison.
Chihiro, Rin, and Akina walked into the quiet room. Yunas had lain down and were asleep, dreaming peacefully. The three took of their main work shirts and lay down, the day's weariness finally catching up with them. Chihiro was out like a light, off in a dream.
Rin stayed awake. "Hey, Kohana. Sure, you're curious, but aren't you going a bit too much into Chihiro's business?" she whispered to the young looking girl. She had her long black hair back and closed her eyes.
Akina opened one eye. "Why?" she whispered. "I'm curious about her. I mean, she's human after all."
"That's not the only reason, is it?" Rin whispered suspiciously.
"You're hallucinating. You're tired. Go to bed," Akina said, rolling over and sighing.
Rin sighed and closed her eyes, falling asleep too, quite fast.
-------Later-------
"Akina. Akina," came a whisper from the wooden porch outside their room. "Come out here."
Akina groaned, quietly got up, and walked outside. "Yes?" she asked.
Sano, the man with the jet-black hair with blue streaks looked at Akina, almost in a scolding manner. Those soft blue eyes were hard and staring, his eyebrows furrowed.
"Oh? Did I do something?" Akina asked, smoothing out Sano's blue Chinese shirt in a sweet manner.
"Yes. You're taking too long. If you don't hurry, we'll have to wait another year for the sacrifice," Sano said quietly.
"Alright, alright. Just don't rush me," Akina sighed, crossing her arms. "You can expect her in the next couple of days."
"Good. We'll be waiting," Sano said, smirking. He turned into a long red dragon with blue eyes and a blue mane. Sano huffed and left, gliding away in the sky.
Akina went back to bed and collapsed, Exhausted.
-------Even later-------
"Wake up, you lazy woman!" Rin said, throwing a pillow at Akina, causing her to groan.
"What?" Akina whined, almost yelling.
"You don't get any days off. Now get up," Rin said.
Akina looked around and untied her hair, searching for a brush, "Where'd Chihiro go?"
"She's getting breakfast again today," Rin informed her, going out to sit on the wooden porch.
Akina tied her long black hair back into a ponytail so it wouldn't get in the way all day.
Rin didn't look over, but raised her voice so it could be heard. "So, Kohana, who were you talking to earlier? I heard something."
"What do you mean? I was asleep," Akina said, looking over at Rin nervously.
"Maybe I was hallucinating. Whatever," Rin sighed, dropping the subject.
Chihiro returned with three bowls of rice with other food in them; such as hot dogs that look like octopi, vegetables, etc. She handed the bowls to Rin and Akina.
Akina and Rin both took their food and started eating. Chihiro sat down on the wooden porch and watched as a train went by, eating her fill of breakfast.
Akina ate a little and set her dish down, taking the bowls back as Rin and Chihiro finished eating. She sighed, and then smiled to herself, a determined look on her face. "Tonight, we'll rock!"
"Time to get started!" Akina announced happily, bounding in through the doors again. She heard the Yunas groan and slowly get to work. Rin and Chihiro stood and put their top work shirts on, following Akina, who was skipping.
Rin, nudged Chihiro's arm and whispered, "What's wrong with Kohana?"
"Maybe she's sick?" Chihiro whispered, shrugging.
The three walked into the main room and talked with some Yunas before cleaning the floor, running back and forth with the cleaning cloths. Chihiro was getting better at it; she wasn't as slow, but still couldn't keep up with them.
They were assigned to a normal bath, so cleaning it was no problem.
Later, when all the customers were arriving, one in particular struck Akina's attention. 'Sano!' she thought as he walked in and looked at Akina.
Sano smirked. "Ah, Kohana, my good friend. I didn't know you worked here," he lied.
Akina nodded. "I just started," she said through gritted teeth. 'He better not,' she thought.
"Are these your friends? Lets not put them to work, I just want you," Sano smiled.
Akina was inwardly growling, "Of . . . of course."
Rin and Chihiro were fairly out of the loop, but didn't care as soon as they were dismissed. "Alright, see you! Have fun!" Rin waved and walked off, taking Chihiro with her.
"I hate you so much right now," Akina sighed as Sano sat in the bath, sinking low so only his eyes could be seen.
"Did you hear me?" Akina yelled, throwing a scrubber at Sano's head, causing him to blow bubbles in the water.
"Augh! Whatever, see you tomorrow," Akina said, also bailing.
"Bye! And don't forget," Sano said, pulling his mouth out of the water.
"Fine," Akina said, waving, walking out.
Rin and Chihiro were walking around, bragging about how they were dismissed. Or, Rin was, Chihiro was just following her, with the lack of anything better to do.
'I'm sure Kohaku is doing things for Yubaaba. I mean, he's probably a really busy person,' Chihiro thought, spacing out. 'Besides, I don't know what I'd say to him after yesterday.'
"Bye! We'll be relaxing!" Rin bragged as they left, Chihiro following, but not watchingwhere she was going.
Chihiro bumped into someone, then bowed "I'm so sorry!" she said, then looked up to see Kohaku.
"Are you okay? Be careful," Kohaku said, looking at Chihiro and quickly changing the subject. "And why aren't you at work?"
Chihiro started babbling, in fear of being in trouble. "Well, um, see . . . Kohana knew the guy who had the tub we had to clean, so he said we didn't have to do anything, so Rin said that we were dismissed and we left but I don't know where she went," she said, then inhaled deeply.
Kohaku took a minute to comprehend it at that speed. "Okay," he nodded and smiled slightly. "Follow me, I want to show you something."
"Alright," Chihiro nodded, following Kohaku through Aburaya.
Kohaku opened two sliding doors to a small garden.
Chihiro looked at the garden. 'I remember this place,' she thought. This was where Kohaku told her where she had to go to get to Kamajii's boiler room.
The garden had different flowers than the first time they were there, Chihiro had never seen anything like them! They were called Caryopteris's and they wouldn't bloom until nighttime. Chihiro was in awe at the flowers. They glowed a light blue color, attracting butterflies and other insects to drink the sweet nectar of the flowers. "Wow. They're so pretty!" Chihiro said, almost afraid to touch them, as if they'd crumble away under her hands be cause of their fragility.
Kohaku picked up a flower that had somehow snapped off of the rest of the flower and tucked it behind Chihiro's ear, attracting a butterfly.
Chihiro blushed and smiled. She was new with relationships, so didn't know how to deal with it.
Kohaku leant down and looked straight at Chihiro. "You look adorable."
Chihiro got even redder. "I . . . I should go find Rin. She might be worrying," she said and went inside, mentally freaking out.
Kohaku stood up straight and smirked a bit, also going inside.
Chihiro returned to the Yuna's room and saw Rin. "Sorry. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going," she said, her face not as red.
"Run into Haku? You're blushing," Rin said, turning to look at Chihiro.
Chihiro sat down and nodded. "I literally ran into him."
"And he was covered with flowers?" Rin asked, motioning towards the Caryopteris.
"No. He wanted to show me a garden with all those flowers in them," Chihiro said, blushing again.
"That's obviously not all that happened," Rin smirked.
Chihiro looked away stubbornly. "No, but that's all I'm going to tell you."
"Fine," Rin shrugged, looking forwards again.
-------Later-------
The Yunas slowly went inside, collapsing on the beds. "Today was really tiring for some reason," they all said, complaining to each other.
Akina returned. "That bastard," she growled, mentally plotting his demise. (Pardon My French o3o . This is a PG-13 fic, right?)
"Rough night?" Rin asked, turning to Akina, smirking.
"I don't want to talk about it," Akina sighed, lying down. "Good night."
"We should get to sleep, too," Rin said, standing and going to her futon. (futons are those mats they sleep on, FYI)
"Yeah," Chihiro agreed, going to her futon and laying down. She set the flower next to the mat and was soon asleep.
A few hours later, Akina silently arose and looked around. Everyone was asleep. 'Good,' she thought. Lucky for Akina, she was next to Chihiro. Unlucky for Chihiro, she was a deep sleeper.
Akina quietly arranged Chihiro so she could make a quick move and not let it be detected. Akina took a handkerchief and tied Chihiro's mouth, making her awake slightly. Noticing it, Akina moved quickly and threw Chihiro over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes, then jumped from the deck, quickly changing into her dragon form.
Chihiro sat up and looked around, freaked out. She was too high to jump off the dark blue dragon. Why won't the gag untie?' Chihiro thought in a panic. She inhaled and let out as loud of a muffled scream as she could, but it still wasn't loud. She just hoped someone would save her.
More to come later 3