Chapter 2: A Promise Kept

I got up and stared at the boy. "Haku is that you?" I asked hoping it was

"yeah it's me Chihiro it's me" I ran towards him and locked my arms around his neck and he locked his around my waist, "I can't believe you're here, I've dreamed of this moment for 8 years but it never turned out as I wanted it to!" I whispered in his ear

"How did it turn out?" he asked

"well on time you were wearing a clown costume, oh and there was this one other time where you brought your pet unicorn zippy with you and…" he started to laugh as he spoke

"Oh Chihiro you always did have an amazing imagination" we loosened our grip he still held me but we were face to face.

"You should see my brothers imagina… holy crap my brother" and I let go of him and turned around to see Tyler standing in a sand pit with Suzy laughing and having a good time

"Is that your brother over there with that girl?" Haku asked, I turned back to him and hugged him again.

"Yeah he is a real pain in the ass sometimes but he'll grow on you eventually" we let go of each other even though I really didn't want to and we sat on a bench,

"Well I'm glad to see your not an only child anymore how old is he?" haku asked

"He's 8 apparently my mom was pregnant with him when I first visited your world… we didn't know this of course…" I trailed off and Haku gave me a worried look,

"what's wrong Chihiro?"

Tears stared filling my eyes before I could answer with a straight face "My dad is divorcing my mom to be with his stupid boss from work! And I still haven't told Tyler, we are supposed to go back home soon and have a family meeting about it but… I can't go back there! Not now not ever… and neither can Tyler… Haku he's only 8 years old and he won't have a father anymore" Haku looked worried

"Then I don't have to be scared that you won't accept my offer." I looked up and he and he had a smirk on his face

"What do you mean your offer" he waited awhile to answer

"I came here to get you… and bring you back with me to the spirit world… everyone misses you including me." He blushed at his last words but soon went back to his regular smiling face, happiness washed over me and I jumped up

"Of course I will come back with you Haku! Can Tyler come to?"

"I don't see why not he looks like a good kid and I won't leave him alone like my dad left me."

'His dad left him alone' I thought to myself as I sat back down,

"Chihiro don't look at me like that it's no big deal I didn't really care" he had the look of hurt in his eyes

"Haku… thank you" and then something magical happened! Haku started to lean closer to my face and he was going to kiss me but then,

"Bunny can we go home now, Suzy left and I'm bored!" yelled my brother, Haku pulled away and stood up 'DAMMIT TYLER!' I thought to myself as I stood up as well,

"Tyler we are not going home… we are going to the spirit world with Haku… and we are gonna live there…"

"So this guy is Haku… Did you know my sister dreams about you, and has like 5 sketch books FULL of you!" I quickly put my hand over his mouth before he could say anything else,

"No I don't, and I only have like 2 pages in one of my sketch books with you on them" Haku looked sad after I said that,

"Oh… well should we go get your stuff then?"

"Yeah but we can't let our parents see us or they will you know…"

"I understand I'll get you guys in through a window or something"

After we got our stuff we ran down to the entrance but Tyler stopped us,

"What about mom and dad wont they miss us?"

I sighed 'I guess now is the time to tell him' I thought

"Look Tyler mom and dad aren't going to be married anymore and I can't let you go on without a father"

"But if I leave then I won't have a father anyway!"

"Yes you will" Haku butted in

"I'll be like a father figure to you… after all I am 18."

Tyler seemed confused but accepted it and went along the rest of the way, when we got to the gate I felt the wind pulling me in and I ran, I wasn't sure if they were following me but I didn't care at the moment I just wanted to run, as the end of the tunnel neared I slowed down then I saw it… the grass and I stopped

"I'm Finally Home!"