Chapter 2: My Return
Chihiro jumped out of bed, startled from the nightmare she had.
It was terrible, Chihiro had returned to the Spirit World in her dream, to find Haku to have been dead.
Tears began rolling down her face. She hated the thought of even imagining Haku that way. She knew he was a fighter, and he was most likely still 'alive'. But, she needed to know for herself.
She looked over at her clock, seeing it was 12am.
"I might as well just try..."
Chihiro tied her hair up with the hair band No-Face and Zeniba had made for her two years ago. Then, she snuck out the door, hoping her parents wouldn't hear her.
She headed towards the path where she had driven down before. Determined, she ran as fast as she could down the path and through the narrow tunnel, being careful not to trip.
Once across, she ran to where the Kohaku River had once been.
To Chihiro's surprise, the river stood where the dried up piles of rocks and dust once stood. Obviously, A lot has changed since she had last been there. She sat beside the river, gazing into it. As usual, she began day dreaming of meeting Haku once again. Now that the river was here, he obviously returned at the rivers' spirit.
"Haku, C-can you hear me?, I know I must seem crazy, coming back here just to see you. But I miss you and everyone in the Spirit World. How is Zeniba? How is No-Face? Or more importantly, how are you?"
Talking to herself, getting no response began eating at her. Soon she became furious.
"I came all the way out here! Running away from home to talk to you! And I get no response? I thought you were my friend Haku... I thought you cared about me."
Chihiro began crying, her tears falling into the river. With nothing else to do, she fell asleep right there, beside the Kohaku River.