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Of Moviefan-92's "Spirited Away 2: Return to the Spirit World".
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That I have personally created for entertain purposes. I have already obtained
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Chapter 3: Sen's decision
It was another beautiful day in the spirit world, the sun was shining and the cool breeze rustled over the ocean and into the large trees. Although it was REALLY early in the morning, the spirits hurried through the bathhouse to start a new day's work; of course…accept for Sen. "SEN!" Lin yelled busting through the door almost breaking it. "Yes Lin..." sighed Sen. "GET UP! WE HAVE TO GET READY FOR WORK!" Lin said throwing the covers off of Sen and yanking her out of the bed. "Customers aren't awake at this time of the morning! What's with this new work schedule?" Sen complained and as she hurried over to the sink to wash her face and brush her teeth. "Listen, I don't make the rules! Just hurry up, you know how that money hungry witch is" Lin replied opening the door. "Okay okay! I'll be right down!" Sen said as she leaned down to wash her mouth out but accidently hitting her head on the sink "OW" she yelled. Lin shook her head and smiled "You're as big of a dope as your mom" she laughed and then closed the door. "5 minutes you dope!" Lin yelled as she walked away. Sen Then sighed. "Every day it's the same routine! Get up, cater to these ungrateful spirits, break, and then back to work again before I even get a decent 5 hours of sleep!" she thought out loud to herself. "There I go talking to myself again" she said as she looked in the mirror brushing her hair, only to put the brush down for a moment to make funny faces at herself. "You're as big of a dope as your mom" she said mocking Lin and then laughing at herself. Sen Then put on her clothes and made her way to her cabinet; when she opened it her mouth instantly dropped. "No…it can't be!" Sen yelled. Her lantern was gone. "She throw everything out of the cabinet and searched hopelessly only to find that it was really gone, along with a toy car. She was so filled with anger she could feel her power rise up in her. She ran through the door at a brief speed and down the stairs, passing Lin who she had almost ran over. "HEY! Watch it will you! We're not all excited to work!" yelled Lin shaking her fist. Sen ignored her and charged through the bathhouse startling the morning guests. "What's with Chihiro's daughter?" asked one of the women. "Besides her being Chihiro's daughter?" Joked the other spirit. Sen enraged, ignoring all of this, still charged through the bathhouse. "Yubaba! Yubaba!" said the foremen rushing into the Witch's office. "What is it?" Yubaba asked not even looking up from her paperwork. "It's Chihiro's daughter! She's gone mad! She's startling all of the guests! She seems to be upset about something!" replied the foreman. Yubaba sighed and then waved her finger and her paperwork began to shuffle itself back into a neat pile. "I tell you...the apple doesn't seem to fall far from the tree" Yubaba said getting up from her desk. "Chihiro should be here any minute, I needed to speak to her anyway. Your job now is to handle the situation before I do" Yubaba said glaring at the foreman. "Yes ma'am!" he saluted her gulping. "AKIO! YUUKO!" Sen boomed throughout the bathhouse. Suddenly she came across two small green haired twins playing with around with a toy car and lit lantern. "What's up?" Akio said still playing with the toy car. "What's up?! I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S UP! GIVE ME BACK MY THINGS YOU LITTLE BRATS!" Sen yelled. "Um no. Say please first" Yuuko said squeezing the lantern as if to break it. "I'll show you please!" Sen said as she tried to grab the twins. They quickly grabbed the toy and lantern and ran behind the corner. Sen followed only to be met by a more enraged spirit. "SEN! What on earth do you think you're doing?!" boomed the spirit. Sen quickly retreated back a few steps and could see Akio and Yuuko hiding behind the spirit giggling. "Mom! Those two stole my things!" Sen pleaded. "And you couldn't wait to get them back?!" Chihiro scorned. Chihiro was still as beautiful as ever. Her appearance hadn't changed much, due to the fact that she was now a spirit and she could stay 22 forever if she wanted to. Even if she was 67 now. Chihiro Then took the Lantern from the twins and gasp. "Sen…where did you get this from?" Chihiro asked in a shocking tone. "I um..." Sen mumbled. "You've been going out to the human world?! Sen I forbid you to even attempt such things!" Chihiro yelled. "I didn't mom! I just-"Sen continued to mumble. "Oh you just what?! You found it?! Come on Sen! Tell the truth will you?! You've been sneaking off into the human world! This is HUMAN lantern! It's dangerous out in the human world! What if something would have happened to you! You are so irresponsible!" Chihiro continued. From the corner of her eye, Sen could see Akihiko looking sadly at her. "I didn't! Why won't you listen to me!?" Sen gritted her teeth and suddenly ran toward the exit and transformed into her dragon form and flew off into the sky. "Sen!" Chihiro yelled. "Comeback I didn't mean it!" Chihiro said holding her head down. Akio then began to roll the toy on the ground "Pretty cool isn't it mom?" Akio asked who was then smacked by Yuuko across the head. "Not now you idiot!" Yuuko scorned. "Chihiro" a voice called out. Chihiro turned to see Yubaba "Yes?" she replied. "We need to have a talk" Chihiro nodded and then followed the witch. Leaving the rest of the spirits in awe over what just happened. "HEY! What are you guys staring at! GET BACK TO WORK! WE HAVE CUSTOMERS!" yelled the foreman. Everyone began to go back their usually routine while the foreman shook his head in disapproval. "I know right, what a couple of lazy bums huh?" Len said folding her arms and shaking her head as well. "That means you too...you lazy bum" the foreman said handing her a bucket and sponge. "Big tub. Now." The foreman said sternly. Lin snatched the bucket and mumbled a lot of explicit things under her breath about how she should have stayed gone for maybe another decade or 2.
Meanwhile...
The ocean seemed to be the only thing at this moment to calm Sen Down. Everything was so confusing. Why had her mother continuously lectured her about the human world? What was so bad about it? Sen's purple scales gleamed vibrantly in the sunlight as she flown gracefully through the air. "I just have to have answers" thought Sen. About an hour later Sen landed in front of small cottage, the wind moving the shutters as she transformed back. She walked up to the door and before she could knock it opened. "Ah!" said the masked shadow monster. "No face! Good to see you!" Sen smiled as she hugged the monster. "Ah ah!" replied the monster. "Where's Granny?" Sen asked. "Over here dear!" replied the witch who was making a purple hair band? "Come in, sit my dear. I wish you had told me you were coming, I would have made your favorite dessert" Zeniba said smiling. "Oh granny!" Sen said running to her grandmother and crying onto her lap. "Sen? My dear what's wrong?" Zeniba asked comforting her great granddaughter. "Why does she hate me?" Sen asked through tears. "Hate you? Why who my dear?" Zeniba said worriedly. "Mom…" Sen said sobbing even more. "My dear what would make you say such a thing?" Zeniba asked holding up Sen's head gently. "Akihiko got me this Lantern. And Akio and Yuuko stole it! And she came back and she automatically took their side! And-"Sen looked down. "What was so special about that Lantern my dear?" Zeniba questioned. "It was... From the human world..." Sen said quietly. "Oh I see. Did you retrieve it from the human world?" Zeniba said wiping Sen's tears. "No! Hiko got it for me..." Sen said blushing. "What's so wrong about the human world Granny?" Sen asked looking into the witch's eye. Zeniba sighed "Oh boy…I know this day would come" Zeniba said patting Sen's head and suddenly standing up. "Please sit my dear..." Zeniba said kindly. Sen sat across from her grandmother and No Face poured both of their cups some tea. "Okay. My dear are you happy with your life?" Zeniba asked as she sipped some of her tea. "Most of the time. Why?" asked Sen. "You see…your mother wasn't very happy with hers when she about your age. Actually she hasn't been from the time after she was 10 years old" Zeniba said looking off into the distance. "What do you mean Granny?" Sen questioned. "Sen... Your mother hasn't always been a spirit. She was in fact a human." Zeniba said seriously. Sen was at a loss for words. How could her mother keep this from her? "What do you mean she was a human?! How could this be? Why didn't she tell anyone! Why didn't I know? Then…That must mean I'm-"Sen looked down. "That's right. You're half human metaphorically speaking. Being human is a part of you, but you are a full spirit." Zeniba said nodding. "But how? If mom was a human then why? How is this possible?" Zeniba continued "Your mom came back to the spirit world after many failed attempts when she was just 22 in search of the love of her life, your dad, Kohaku. You see, she had been in the spirit world before when she was 10. On different circumstances, her parents, being your real grandparents had turned into pigs due to the fact that they had eaten the food of the spirits like pigs. In order to save them, Chihiro stumbled into your dad and he helped her get a job at the bathhouse; where she also met Lin, my sister, and the other workers. Long story short, your dad got into some trouble with me and your mom saved his life with the power of love. Now, the power of love is greater than any other magical power in our world. When she came back for the last time, she went on a journey with myself, no face, Yubird, followed by your father, etc. To become a spirit. And as she can see she succeed, but at a terrible price. She lost all contact from the human world, never to see her parents, your grandparents, again." Zeniba said putting done her cup of tea. Sen sat there for a moment to take all of this new information in. "She didn't want to go through the same heart break as her parent's Sen..." Zeniba said sadly. Sen Then stood up and walked toward the door. "Sen" Zeniba asked. "Granny…I want to find out who I really am. And in order for me to do that I have to find mom's parents." Sen said very determined. "I figured you'd say that" Zeniba sighed getting up from the table. "This is for you" she said handing Sen a purple head band. "Granny it's beautiful! Thank you!" she said taking it and beginning to tie up her hair into a high ponytail. Zeniba smiled for a moment and thought to herself "You're Chihiro's daughter alright". "That's for two things Sen! For you to remember where you come from, and to contact me when you are in trouble" Zeniba said sternly. "I understand…" Sen said nodding and hugging her granny. "Thank you so much Granny" Sen said hugging her tightly. "You're welcome my dear" Zeniba said returning the hug and motioning no face to open the door where a blonde young man stood. "Sen you have a visitor. " Zeniba said motioning Sen to turn around. "Hiko!" Sen said hugging her dear friend. "Sen I was so worried about you! Are you alright?" Akihiko asked. "Yes I'm fine..." Sen said smiling. "I heard everything. And I know you want to go at this alone…but I refuse for you leave without me! I've decided I'm going with you. No but's about it." Hiko said sternly. Sen was taken back at the seriousness that beamed from Hiko's eyes. But she replied with a nod and smile. "Then it's decided. We're off to the human world!