Hi, I'm finally back. :) Sorry for such a long wait, I've been really busy and had evil writers block. x.x Sorry for leaving you guys with such a short chapter, I'll try to make this one as long as I can. Please enjoy and leave a review.
The sound of water gurgling filled the peaceful air along with the sounds of rustling leaves and reeds, croaking frogs, singing crickets and the hum of the cluster of dragonflies wings as they skimmed over the water. They didn't pay mind to the man standing in the middle of the river with his eyes closed, standing so still it was as if he was one with the river, which of course he was since it was his river. Six years after Chihiro had left, he had flown around the spirit world and stumbled upon this river without a spirit. After asking Zeniba about it, she had laughed at him and asked him how he couldn't even recognize his own river and ever since then he had been taking care of it.
"Hey Haku!" The peaceful silence was broken by Terra's yell as she ran high-speed towards the frozen figure. With a solemn sigh, he turned around just in time to see her trip over her own feet and acquaint her face with the earth. Muffled speech filtered through the air as she continued to talk through the ground.
"What are you saying? I can't understand you." he walked out of the water completely dry.
"You're lucky that you can come out of the water completely dry, it takes hours for my hair to dry off, big pain in the neck." She grumbled as she dusted her scraped knees off.
"Can you please repeat what you said earlier?" He had learned that if you want to talk about something with her that you have to go straight to the point or else she would start to ramble or clam up entirely.
"Huh? Oh Yeah! Your friend from the other side came over just a bit ago." A shocked look covered his face for a second before he swiftly turned into a dragon and flew towards the bathhouse. "That's nice, just leave me here why don't cha'? It isn't like I just ran who knows how far at the speed of sound just to tell you and trip over my own feet." She mumbled teasingly, just to be swept up by her feet flying through the air upside down. "Why thank you." The dragon grunted as he looked straight ahead, eager to reach his destination soon.
Zeniba looked out the window with a worried look on her face. Chihiro looked like she was going to head back any second by her slow walking through the grassy field dotted with statues and abandoned buildings. Just then she heard the air whoosh by her and saw the dragon flying through the sky with, what was that? A tree? No, it was Terra, hanging from his front paw laughing her head off. She smiled at her strange antics as Chihiro looked up at the sky with an expression of shock and happiness covering her face. The dragon gracefully landed in front of her after putting the green-haired girl on her feet. She immediately stepped out of the way so that the older girl could hug her childhood friend's head. Zeniba was overjoyed that her granddaughter had finally got back and ran out of the gatehouse to hug her granddaughter tightly.
Okay, I guess I'll put it as a cliffhanger there... well, if you could count that as a cliffhanger. Please review and I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as possible. If there's anything you think I should change please tell me. :)