DISCLAIMER:
I DO NOT own the pictures/ art work of Hayao Miyazaki or
His production "Spirited away". I also do not own the storyline
Of Moviefan-92's "Spirited Away 2: Return to the Spirit World".
All of the above belong to their respected owners EXCEPT my story line
That I have personally created for entertain purposes. I have already obtained
Permission from Moviefan-92 to use their storyline as a baseline for my
Own purposes.
Chapter 2: Resemblance
The darkness began to creep more heavily across town; lanterns began to go out one by one while all of the town's people made their way back to the coziness of their homes. The wind blew harshly and the lanterns floated steadily on the line in the cool wind. One of the lanterns slowly ignited a flame within itself and began to pry itself from the line of the other lanterns. It then became surrounded by a swarm of vibrant leaves and was carried away hurriedly by the wind to its new destination. What would have taken hours seemed to only take mere seconds as the Lantern flew over roads and into what seemed like a secret pathway which led to an almost demolished tunnel. The lantern then drifted gracefully into the tunnel and shown its light brightly into the darkness. On the other side of the tunnel many lights beamed forth! A strip of food, spirits and other unworldly beings became more visual as the lantern floated forward, oh it was a wonderful sight! The strip was filled with laughter between spirits, delicious & irresistible food any human would have gobbled down like a pig, games and activities for the spirit children, and of course peace. Yes, this was the spirit world of course; and peace had MOST of the time, carried out its definition. That is of course until a human and her parents had changed the view of the spirit world forever. The lantern then floated its way to a very large and prestigious bathhouse. Many spirits could tell that this was no ordinary lantern judging from its markings and smell. "What is a Lantern from the human world doing here?" asked one of the shadow spirits turning toward its accomplice, who then returned the question with a shrug. "It seems that the humans are always here whether in body or spirit, I'm just use to it anyway" replied the spirit who then continued to drink his sake. The lantern finally made it up to the right side of the top window of the bathhouse. It carefully made its way into the room of a sleeping girl who was resting on her pallet, and landed very quietly beside her. She had long brown hair that ended at her hip, with very pale skin. Her lips were plush and her very attractive figure could be seen even in the bundles of blankets that covered her. "Sen" a voice called out to the girl. "Hm..." the girl replied very tiredly. "I have something for you Sen, wake up!" the voice called out again. "Maybe later. I'm tired" Sen replied putting the cover over her head. Just then the Lantern's flame flew up tremendously and the voice boomed "SEN". Sen screamed and rushed backwards (falling in the process) to the wall of the room, bumping her head. "OW! That hurt you know?! What's the big idea?!" She groaned as she rubbed her head as her hair plopped in front of her face. The flame then began to decrease just enough so the room had a very heavenly glow. Sen brushed her hair out of her face and looked up in awe "Is that? A lantern from the Hu-..But how? How did you?-"before she could get out another word, a boy appeared behind the lantern. His name was Akihiko, He had light blonde hair and piercing blue eyes and was very handsome. He then appeared next to Sen at brief speed and helped her up gently "I snuck off into the human world. It's their Shunsetsu Festival, and since you weren't able to attend, I thought this would be something to add to your collection" Akihiko smiled. Sen blushed and looked down trying to hide her face. "Hiko...you shouldn't have! But thank you" she said as she lifted up her head smiling back. Akihiko then grabbed the lantern and placed into Sen's hands. "Take care of it! If something happens to it, I won't be able to get you another one for another year!" Akihiko laughed. Sen bowed and hugged him tight "Thank you so much Hiko, this means a lot". It was Akihiko's turn to blush now! "Don't mention it" he hugged her back. "Well I should um...get going! I don't want Yubaba to make clean up the pig pin again! Later Sen!" Akihiko waved as he made his way to the door. "See you later!" Sen waved as he went out the door. She then looked at the lantern "I wonder what it would be like to make one in the human world..." she thought to herself. She then opened up a cabinet and placed the lantern beside many other objects such as banners, toy cars, and other things from the human world. "Maybe one day" She said smiling as she closed the cabinet and getting back into her pallet. She covered herself back into her large folds of blankets and yawned not noticing the door beginning to open. "With Hiko...That would be great..." she said falling asleep, not realizing that 2 thief's were coming to take her most prized possession.