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Chapter 9

Yuko set out two futons, one in Chihiro's room for Haku, and one in the living room for Rin. Later on in the night, Chihiro's father, Akio, returned home from work.

"Hello, honey." Akio said, and kissed his wife. He looked over to his daughter, who was standing with a boy. He then looked to the young woman behind him. "We have guests, then?"

"Yes! This is Rin, and her son Haku. Haku is a old friend of Chihiro's, and since they were staying in town, I asked if they wanted to stay here." Yuko replied, smiling fondly at the other woman.

"Oh? And where will they be sleeping, then?" Akio asked, sounding a bit unsure.

"Rin is sleeping in the living room, and Haku is sleeping up in Chihiro's room." Yuko answered, looking back to her husband, but still smiling.

"What? A boy can't sleep in Chihiro's room! That's just so wrong!" He said, with a hit of annoyance on his voice. Yuko just laughed.

"Seriously? There too young to think about love, sweetie." She said, and turned back to Rin. "Should we start on dinner, then?" She asked, and Rin nodded.

"Sure."

Later that night, Akio, Yuko, Rin, Haku and Chihiro sat down to their meal of curry rice. They ate in almost silence, only asking each other to pass things round the table. Chihiro felt this was very awkward.

When everyone was finished, she got down from the table, and went to do the dishes. As she was scrubbing them, Haku came in.

"Hey, Chihiro? Can I ask you something?" He asked, making Chihiro jump. She turned with a plate in her hand, and looked at him.

"Sure, go ahead."

"Are you… Scared, to go back to the spirit world?" He asked, looking down at the floor.

Chihiro's eyes went wide. Why would he ask that?

"Why would I be?" She asked.

"Because… Well… You know what Laura said… you could… you know..." Haku mumbled, and then stopped, not wanting to finish his sentence.

"Yes?"

"You could…" He started again. But before he could finish his sentence, Rin rushed in.

"Right. You are SO dead!" She cried, running for Haku.

"Ahhh! Let me go!" He complained as she grabbed him in a headlock.

"Never! I am never forgiving you for calling me your Mom! Never ever ever!" She cried, standing her ground against the struggling Haku. Chihiro smiled, knowing her friend had not changed one bit since they had been working at the bathhouse together.

"I'm sorry! I did the first thing that came to my head!" He cried, now suffocating from her grip. Chihiro was surprised that neither of her parents had heard them, and come down to see what was wrong.

"Well, next time think of something better! I could have been your sister, your cousin, or your aunt! Why your Mom?" She yelled at him. By now, Haku was starting to go purple, so Chihiro decided it was a good idea to step in before he passed out.

"Okay, okay. Fights over." She said, grabbing the arm Rin had round Haku's neck. Rin gave his neck one more squeeze, and let go. Haku fell to his knees, breathing the sweet, sweet air. Once he had some colour back in his face, he jumped up, and pointed his finger at Rin.

"Don't try to kill me!" he yelled. Rin just laughed.

"Shhh, or Chihiros parents will hear you. Now, be a good little boy and help Chihiro clean the dishes." She said in a patronising way. Haku opened his mouth to complain.

"Hey, I am your Mom. I can tell you what to do." Was Rin's simple answer. Haku stamped his foot angrily, and turned to help Chihiro at the sink.

Once everything was washed, Chihiro and Haku went into the living room to watch a DVD before bed. Haku sat on the sofa, while Chihiro picked out a movie for them to watch. After a lot of though, Chihiro chose a movie about a Japanese woman who goes to a city called New York on a business trip, meets a man, falls in love, and then goes back to Japan. About a year later, she goes back, only to find he has had a car accident, lost his memories, and married someone else. Chihiro put it in the player, and pressed play. She then sat down on the sofa next to Haku.

The title credits rolled up, telling them who had produced, directed and sponsored. And also the people who played the main characters. It zoomed into a house in Tokyo, and then onto a woman wearing a business suit going to work. The movie followed her journey to work, and then her going to a meeting, and being told she needed to travel to New York for a business meeting. It then showed her on the plane. Then it showed her getting off the plane, and going to the hotel. Then it showed her talking to her family of the phone, and then going to sleep.

Next it showed her waking up, getting ready, and going down to the breakfast bit. Then she ate, and got a cab to go to the place for her meeting. Then it showed her running into a man, and falling over. He helped her up, and there was a cheesy love-at-first-sight scene. It then went to the meeting. The next bit was her and the man doing stuff together over the course of the week. The next major scene was her leaving, and him proposing to her. She says yes, and promises to be back in a year's time. Then there was a speeded up bit, taking it to one year later. She goes back to New York, and finds the man, but he is married, and has kids. She runs up to him, slaps him and asks him why he has betrayed her. He doesn't remember her, and calls her names in the street for slapping him.

It then went through a whole bit about her feelings about the whole thing. The last half hour of the movie was the woman trying to get him to remember her, and then he does. He decides not to leave his family, and she goes back to Japan and marries someone her parents pick for her. It then rolled the ending credits.

Chihiro was slightly disappointed about the ending. She was kinda hoping that he would leave the new wife and marry her. She got off the sofa, and put the DVD back in its case. She turned the TV off.

"Well, we should probably get to bed. I do have school tomorrow." She said, and grabbed Haku's hand, pulling him towards the staircase. Once they were up in her room, she grabbed her pyjamas, and changed behind the screen in her room. Haku didn't have any clothes to change into, so he just crawled into his bed. Chihiro finished changing, threw her school uniform into some unknown corner, and got into her own bed. She was about to go to sleep, when she remembered something.

"Haku?" She said into the darkness.

"Yes?"

"Earlier you were going to tell me something just before Rin burst in. what was it?"

"Do you really want to know?"

"Yes."

"That you might…"

"Yes?"

"Die."