I've been trying to get these out a bit quicker. Is it working? (see bottom for explanation)

Of course, most of the credit goes to my wonderful editor 3

She's so mean though just kidding xD

Its called constructive criticism, and it works, I think.

Currently listening to: lots of AMV songs.

I have no idea how many chapters there'll be; I'm kind of winging it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Spirited away, but I DO own Takashi, Sano, Akina, and the people I'll introduce in this chapter.

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Chapter 10

Chihiro, Kidnapped

Chihiro awoke later that morning, groggy and sore; she had passed out some time during the way there, wherever there was. Chihiro looked around, the room she was in wasn't in bad shape: it had a modern-day bed, a table with food set up, a pen and paper, it even has a small hand mirror. Only problem; there wasn't a visible door. However, the room was big, so she didn't feel cramped. "Is she awake?" a fairly light voice asked.

Chihiro's head whipped towards the sound. Sitting in the corner were four other people. The youngest was a girl who looked Chihiro's age. Two others, a boy and a girl, looked like they were in their teens, and the last person, a young man, looked to be around 20. "What's going on? Where am I?" Chihiro asked, confused and freaked out.

The youngest girl answered. "Umm, we're not exactly sure. We just know it's an island pretty far away from anywhere," she said. Though she looked Chihiro's age, her voice was much less mature than Chihiro's. The girl had blonde, curly hair that went to her lower back, and eyes as dark as night. She was wearing a plain, black kimono; they all were.

"They call it the shrine. It's where most dragon spirits live, this is just their sacrifice cell," the 20-year-old answered. He had black hair that fell over his oddly coloured purple eyes. ((think of an emo hair cut xD))

Chihiro stayed silent, absorbing it all. Then it hit her. "Wait, sacrifice?" she asked, panicking.

"Yeah. You're the last one needed to sacrifice all of us." The female teenager said. She had brown hair and long black hair that went to her mid-thighs. "Thanks kid," she finished sarcastically.

"Shut up, Rin! She couldn't help it!" the youngest one said, defending the newcomer.

"I know, Kagura, shut up," Rin rolled her brown eyes at the preteen.

"There's no point in arguing," the other teenager said. He had fairly long brown hair that was tied back out of his green eyes and he looked like he was around Kohaku's age. "Don't worry, I'm sure we'll get out of it somehow."

Kagura crossed her arms. "You've been saying that the past five years."

"You've been arguing with Rin for the past five years, too," the one with the emo haircut, Akito, said, looking smugly at Kagura.

The teenager with the long brown hair, Hatori, looked at Chihiro as she opened her mouth to speak.

"Someone will come for us. I'm sure of it," Chihiro said, looking fairly determined "Someone will come looking for us."

"They stopped looking for us long ago. You, maybe, but not us," Rin said. "Besides, no one would care about us humans anyways."

"Don't say that!" Chihiro said. "There must be someone who cares about you in this world. I mean, that's why you're here, right?"

The other four got quiet. "For me, yes," Akito said. He then smiled weakly, saying nothing more.

"I ran away. This place is like heaven, compared to my home in the human world," Rin said simply, blowing bangs out of her eyes.

Hatori just said, "We should get going."

"Where can you go?" Chihiro asked, looking around for any doorknobs.

Each of the four prisoners went to wall or ceiling of the room. You had to push either of the walls to go to a different room. The door to Kagura's room was under a throw rug. A small latter fell to the floor revealing a small compartment in the ceiling where Rin's room was located. Hatori and Akito were to the left and right of Chihiro's room, which was shaped like a 'U'.

"Don't hesitate to come and see me." Kagura smiled kindly, pointing to the room in front of Chihiro's bed, "Your bathroom is in there."

"Uh, okay." Chihiro smiled as they all went to their individual rooms. 'This place seems like a maze,' she thought, sitting down on her bed.

Only then did Chihiro notice the silk black kimono and fan on her red velvet chair. 'What a beautiful kimono! I guess that's my only change of clothes,' she thought, stepping into her bathroom.

The bathroom was almost like a rainforest. There were hundreds of plants everywhere, and the bath was about 3 feet deep with a small waterfall. Hidden behind the plants in a corner was a fairly modern-day marble toilet.

Chihiro went to the bath, and laid the kimono next to it, making sure not to get it wet. Slipping in, she looked around. The only thing that convinced her that she wasn't in the rainforest was the lack of wildlife. It was humid in the room. She wondered if she had to water the plants. The only animals there were a multitude of butterflies, occupying the leaves of the higher plants. Using the waterfall to get her hair wet, Chihiro put her hair back up in the purple ponytail her friends wove for her, and got out. She quickly slipped into the kimono, since her work clothes dirty.

When she stepped back into her room, Chihiro jumped. Akina was sitting in the red and gold velvet chair. "What do you want, traitor?" Chihiro spoke boldly.

Akina blinked. "That's pretty tough talk for a little girl," she smirked. "Besides, if I told you want I wanted, it wouldn't be as fun in the end."

"Tell me about what? The sacrifices?" Chihiro asked, sitting down on her bed.

"Then you know that for you guys to be sacrifices, you've got a pretty nice room, so don't complain Chihiro." Akina said, crossing her legs.

"Don't say my name like you know me, Kohana," Chihiro steamed.

Akina got up and walked over to Chihiro, sitting down next to her, "But I do know you. I know you're a human, and why you're here. Our clan has been watching over you a long time. Oh, and by the way, my name is Akina."

Chihiro blinked and spun around on the bed, grabbing a pillow and burying her head in it. "Get out."

Akina stood and walked to the wall against Chihiro's bed. There was a door there, but this one had a keyhole. Akina pulled out a golden key with a small dragon on the end, with rubies imbedded in the eyes. "Your lunch is on the table. And don't worry, it won't kill you," she said as she left, locking it behind her.

Chihiro laid on her bed a while before going to see what the lunch was. The lunch consisted of a thick soup, a piece of bread, rice, and tea. "At least it's filling," Chihiro told herself, sitting down to eat.

-------Back At The Aburaya-------

Rin was walking through the whole bathhouse, looking for Chihiro (she didn't care much for Akina). "Where are they? This isn't some stupid game," she complained to herself.

Rin was walking into random rooms, asking if anyone had seen a little girl with a ponytail and an older one hiding anywhere. But no one had seen them, and if they had, it had been when they were with Rin.

The now frustrated Rin stomped to the very top level to look for Kohaku or Yubaaba. Spotting Kohaku walking down the hall, she ran to catch up to him. "Hey, Haku!" she called, running after him.

Kohaku turned and spun around hearing his name. "Rin?" he asked, looking back at her, wondering why she was chasing him.

Rin got to him and stopped, putting her hands on her knees and bending over to catch her breath. "Have you seen Chihiro?" she asked, regaining her composure and looking at him. "She's been missing since this early this morning. Kohana is gone, too, but you don't have to look for her."

"I haven't seen her since yesterday, you might want to ask Yubaaba or Bou," Kohaku answered, thinking that Bou might've taken her from work again, and Akina had just followed.

Rin nodded and turned to go back towards Yubaaba's office. She knocked on the doors and all the doors simultaneously opened, allowing Rin to walk through them all towards Yubaaba's office. "Chihiro's missing," Rin said, walking in as the doors closed.

Yubaaba looked up from her paperwork. "Oh, nonsense. She's probably with Bou or Kohaku," she replied

"Then explain why Kohana is missing, too," Rin shot back, placing her hands on her hips.

Yubaaba didn't look up. "Get to work. I'll take care of it, Rin," she said calmly, the door for Rin opening once again.

Rin paused, then sighed, quietly exiting. 'If she thinks I'm working by myself again, she's sadly mistaken.'

But with the lack of anything else to do, Rin went back to work.

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"Haku!" Yubaaba called from her office, doing paperwork.

Kohaku entered soon after "Yes?" he asked, knowing he wasn't going to like what he was about to hear.

"No one has seen Chihiro since yesterday, so I'm sending you to go look for her or any sign of her," Yubaaba informed sternly, looking up from her papers.

Kohaku nodded. "Very well", he said, and left.

Soooo…. That's it so far xD

Will Kohaku find Chihiro? Will Chihiro get sacrificed? Find out on the next, Days Of Our Li—the next chapter of Spirited Away: Returning Home.. I forgot the name of my fic for a moment.

And this took so long because my editor forgot.. or something. But its all good, right? …Right?