Spirited Away Fanfiction - "The Brunette From Hell"
by TASHHHH
I don't want to spoil the surprise, so I'll blab at the end instead.
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CHAPTER 2 - Middle School Blues
13-year old Kumakura Mariko sat on the train quietly. She lightly skimmed the pages of the novel in her hands, which she intended to drop off at the school library before class started that morning.
The train stopped and the prerecorded voice announced the town of Shimai. Mari suddenly became very interested in her novel as two girls in the grade below her boarded the train.
The taller of the two, a girl with brown hair in a pink hairband, was speaking to Mari.
"Good morning, Mari-tan."
Mari-tan mumbled something, bowing her head and allowing her long dark hair to shield her eyes, if only somehow the gesture would cause her to turn invisible.
"What are you reading, Mari-tan? It looks good, why don't you let me look at it, since I'm sure you've already read it twice and written down all the vocabulary words." The girl boldly snatched the paperback from Mari's hands. "And you still haven't greeted your other friend."
"I'm feeling quite left out now," said a girl with shiny black hair resembling a bowl-cut, but stylishly trimmed. She was shorter than the brunette, and had a medium build. She wore eyeliner and lipstick way to dark for her age, and a yellow barrette in her hair. Both girls had their cool gray pleated skirts hiked up way past the knee.
Mari clenched her fists around her longer gray skirt, without looking up at said in a small voice, "Good morning, Iyashi-san."
"Ugh, what the hell is with all these kanji? No middle-schooler could read this book, what are you even doing at this school? I'll just have to do everyone a favor," the brunette smirked at her victim, as she deposited the two, now separated, halves of the library book back into Mari-tan's lap.
Mari clenched her toes and bit her lip as she tried not to look into the younger girl's eyes. Iyashi giggled as her ponytailed friend pulled Mari's face up by her hair, a satisfied smirk on her face as she knew that Mari would now not make it to her first class without a long trip to the bathroom first. "Now Mari-tan, I've just done you a favor, what do you say?"
"..."
"I said, what do you say Mari-tan?" said the brunette from hell.
"Thank you, Ogino-san."
Boring Author's Notes:
I came up with the title after writing this chapter, because it made me giggle, and seemed more likely to attract readers than "Spirited Away 2: (Chihiro/Haku)'s (Return/Journey/Angst)". However, I may change it, as I'm not sure exactly how relevant evil Chihiro will be to the plot (if there is even a plot).
The same goes for the rating, which I'm just going ahead and changing to T now, because all the cool fics are T. Also because one of the chapters I wrote is called "Rivers Are The Shit." I'm sorry if there were any 8-year-olds reading. I think my choice in language brings out the desired tone, or something.
I put horror down, because it just seems that a story involving an evil Chihiro and a supernatural/fantasy world could only end up as some sort of cheesy psychological horror attempt, but please don't read into the genre too much, because that too could change. If you're looking for fluff, I'll assure you that I am a C/H shipper, and it will not be denied, but may not be emphasized either.
TL;DR: I'm making shit up as I go.
This story is a fan-based work, not associated with or sponsored by any Studio Ghibli persons. BTW I don't own Mari either. Cameo win! Read Girlfriends.