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Chapter 6

The screen changes to the side of the bathhouse where more guests are crossing the bridge while the frog spirits are running in the opposite direction carrying lanterns to find the human.

But what they don't know is that right beside the outer wall of the bathhouse, a small door opens to reveal Chihiro coming out.

Zoe "It looks like most of the workers are heading into the restaurants to find Chihiro."

Takuya "Good. That gives her time to make it to Kamaji with fewer spirits searching for her."

Kouji "Let's just hope that she knows how to keep quiet."

Chihiro hugs the side of the wall as she takes one step at a time to make her way to the long-awaited staircase, but there were no railings to support her or to stop her from falling.

Seeing the train going by in the dark ground below wasn't helping to overcome her fear. Especially feeling the wind blowing at her.

The kids and digimons felt a twinge of fear at the sheer drop of the mile-long staircase.

J.P. "Aw man! This is just like the mountain we were on!"

Tommy "And there's nothing to hold on to! Just seeing this is making me scared too!"

Takuya, Tommy, Zoe, and J.P. were heavily remembering their first day in the digital world when Tommy was trying to go back home by running on the tracks that were hovering over the open air. That was a frightful event.

[Sen's Courage]

Chihiro gulps down her fears and slowly starts to go down the tall wooden staircase.

She got down onto the floor, and scooted herself over to the first wooden step. Slowly puts her weight on the step before doing it again on the next one.

But when she placed her foot on the second step and tried to bring her other foot over, only to slip. Thankfully, she caught herself before something terrible could have happened.

Everyone let out a short gasp and tried to relax themselves, Kouji however thought that a long flight of stairs wasn't that much of a big deal. But seeing those stairs have no safety railings, nets, or anything that can save a life, then it is extremely nerve-racking.

Especially when little/small kids are on it.

Feeling how close she is to the next step, Chihiro slowly moves to that spot to take a moment to collect herself and her breathing.

She looks back down and the camera cuts to her point of view, showing that she still has a long way to go.

Cut to a small close-up of Chihiro's scared face, she closed her eyes so tightly, wishing to be somewhere else and not have to do this. But deep down, she knows she has to face this challenge to save her parents and herself.

She then tries a different approach of going down the stairs, she turns her body to face forward while holding onto the sides of the steps.

As she places her foot on the next step and makes sure she's in a good position to put her weight on it, but once she stands up.

*Crash!*

Everyone "No! Chihiro!"

Bokomon "This is just like what happened at the Flame Terminal"

Kouji "What happened?"

Takuya quickly told Kouji what happened when they first arrived, how Tommy ran out on the trailmon tracks, and how it all led up to Takuya gaining his spirit to fight Cerberumon.

Kouji "Holly… You guys had it rough."

Takuya "It's a miracle that we're still alive."

Bokomon "But did you have to make a pun about it?"

The wooden stepboard broke, causing Chihiro to stumble down. Screaming and prompting her feet to run down the stairs until she comes to a stone platform and wall, slamming right into the said wall. That would lead her to another staircase, but more solid.

"Ooh!"

Everyone winces at Chihiro's impact on the stone wall. While few laughed at the physical comedy building up to that point.

Neemon "Was that quiet?"

Bokomon "No it wasn't."

Chihiro peels herself off of the wall and steady her breathing, however, she hears a window opening just above her shoulder about two yards away from where she's standing.

Another frog spirit opens a window to let out a smoke from his cigarette, and from what can be heard that section of the building must be the kitchen.

Chihiro then carefully slips to the side of the platform to the set of stairs, making sure that she isn't spotted by the frog spirit.

J.P. "At least she wasn't found."

The camera shows the lower area of the bathhouse where all the steam is coming from. The Boiler room. Once she made it down to the remaining stone stairs, Chihiro took a hop, step, and jump to the door to the boiling room.

When entering the boiler room, Chihiro is met with an oddly shaped shadow around the corner. As she stepped forward to see, the frame shows a great boiler with fire and steam being released when the camera pans down to show what seems to be an old man with a bald head, thick black glasses, and a distinguished broom mustache rolling something and as soot spirits carry coal to the furnace.

Takuya "That's Kamaji?"

Tommy "He doesn't look like a spirit."

J.P. "He could pass off as my grandpa."

The old man then grabs something out of a jar with another arm and then turns a wheel off to the side with another arm, and then uses another arm to pull the lever as well as ring a bell.

J.P. "Okay. Now he does!"

Kouji "The old guy has six arms!"

Zoe "He must be some kind of spider spirit."

The soot spirits proceed with their work. But Chihiro, feeling uneasy, wanted to escape, but when she backed away from the doorway a sudden hiss from a pipe stopped her.

The old man then proceeded to slam a mallet, telling the soot spirits for a break, and as Chihiro entered the room after they all went back to their holes.

Chihiro: Uhm… excuse me.

The old man looked at her for a bit but proceeded to pay no mind to her as he drank from a teapot

Chihiro then stepped to the old man's work station as the camera shows the old man brushing off ash Chihiro spoke

Chihiro: Uhm…hello, are you Kamaji?

Old man: Heh?

As the old man then went back to his business, he then stopped to look back in bewilderment. The old man then made sound grunts of amusement and curiosity.

All the kids and Digimon leaned back in fright at how close Kamaji is to Chihiro.

This made Chihiro uneasy, but she built up the courage to ask what she was told by Haku

Chihiro: Haku told me to come here and ask you for work. Can you give me a job, please?

Then from a red shaft, wooden rectangle plates attached to purple-violet ribbons came down as bell rings were heard.

Old man: Aah… Four bath tokens at once.

The old man then raised his mallet and proceeded to call on the soot spirits by ringing the metal wheel.

Old man: C'mon get to work, you little runts!

Chihiro then looked back in curiosity before looking back at the old Boiler man talking to her.

Old man: Yeah, I'm Kamaji, slave to the boiler that heats the baths.

Tommy "He's a slave…?"

Kouji "Working to keep the fire going day in and day out is a slaving job just by yourself."

Takuya "But those little black things were helping to feed the furnace to the fire going. They could also be workers too."

Kamaji shouts out to the sootballs. (Yells again)Move it, you stupid little sootballs!

Chihiro: Please, I need to get a job here!

Kamaji: I don't need any help. This place is full of soot. I just cast a little spell on them and I got all the workers I need.

Everyone "Wait what?"

J.P. "Those little black things? Those things are living soot?"

Zoe "I think they're cute."

Bokomon "They could pass off as baby digimon."

[Sootballs]

Chihiro looks back to the holes to see the sootballs swarming out and carrying lumps of coal to keep the boiler alive.

Chihiro then cornered herself out of the way of the sootballs, but some were able to clunk up because of her being on the way.

Chihiro: Oh, sorry.

But more and more sootballs keep coming and getting blocked by Chihiro's foot.

Chihiro: Wait. Just a second.

This causes her to move away and place herself in a corner near the holes where the sootballs live.

As Chihiro looked on in amazement, Kamaji then extended his hand to reach for a cupboard where Chihiro was currently blocking.

Jaws dropped at the spider spirit's ability to extend his arm. Some were interested, but others were freaked out.

Kamaji: Out of the way.

Chihiro did so, and Kamaji grabbed a small handful of hay from the cupboard and then closed it before extending his arm even more as she reached another cupboard at the top.

This causes everyone's jaws to drop. As they witnessed Kamaji's arm extend to tall heights.

"Man, for an old spider guy, he sure can stretch his limbs."

Chihiro then saw a sootballs trip and get crushed by the coal it was carrying, prompting a gasp from her. She then helped by picking it up for the little guy, which caused the other sootballs to stop and look at her.

Chihiro: What should I do with this?

The sootballs didn't answer as they continued with their work.

Chihiro: Should I leave it here?

Kamaji paused from working and told her.

Kamaji: Finish what you started, human.

Chihiro then followed what the other sootballs were doing and proceeded to the furnace. As she nears it Chihiro watches the moment when the gates open and close, with the heat stinging her eyes, Chihiro then flings the coal into the furnace as she runs behind the small wall next to Kamaji trying to catch her breath.

Tommy "That was kind of a big step. I mean, if it was me, I would have missed it or slipped and fallen into the water. At least, I think it's water."

Seeing how Chihiro handles their job, one Sootball drops the coal it was holding on top of itself. Chihiro and Kamaji see this as more and more sootballs do the same thing. Expecting Chihiro to do their work for them.

Neemon "Hey, what's going on?"

Bokomon "They want Chihiro to do their work."

Neemon "So she's got the job?"

Bokomon "I'm not quite sure?"

The sootballs started to swarm around Chihiro as if they were trying to have her do it. Kamaji then banged his wooden mallet to get the Sootball's attention.

Kamaji: HEY you runts, you want to turn back into soot!?

He then turns to Chihiro

Kamaji: And you back off. You can't just take someone else's job?

Bokomon "I guess not."

The scene switches to Chihiro's scared face as Kamaji points his wooden mallet in her face.

Kamaji (Off-Screen): If they don't work, the spell wears off, and they'll turn back into soot.

Switches back to Kamaji continuing his lecture and swings his wooden mallet off to the side. Indicating for Chihiro to leave.

Kamaji: There's no work for you here. Got It!? Try somewhere else!

Takuya "Looks like they don't want to work at all."

The sootballs got back up with coals in their 'hands' jumping up and down throwing an angry fit, as they gathered around Chihiro and dropped the coal at her feet. Pilling it up to her knees.

Kamaji: You Sootballs got a problem? NOW GET BACK TO WORK!

Then a woman enters from a sliding door holding a tray and a basket of food.

Women: Chow time. What's going on, are you fighting again?

Women: Where's your other ball? From yesterday, I always told you to leave it out, Kamaji.

Kamaji proceeded to take the newly filled bowl of soup and place his dirty dish.

Kamaji: MEAL TIME, TAKE A BREAK!

As Kamaji announced the break, all the sootballs jumped out of the coal pile and headed toward the woman, who started tossing the soot ball brightly colored candies.

Tommy "Wow, those little guys must really love Konpeito."

Zoe "Are they really that good?"

Takuya "Yeah, they've been around for many years."

Jane "Since the early 16th century by Portuguese traders."

Everyone "THAT LONG!?"

Jane "Yes. Maybe use this knowledge in your history classes."

As the woman fed the sootballs she noticed Chihiro, and then she got on to her feet and pointed at her.

Woman: A human! You're in trouble. You're the one everyone is looking for.

Kamaji: She's my granddaughter.

Woman: Granddaughter?

Everyone "Granddaughter?"

Neemon "Is Chihiro Kamaji's granddaughter?"

Bokomon "You dimwit, of course not! At least I don't think so."

Kamaji: She told me she wants to work here. But I got all the help I need. Would you take her to see Yubaba? She's a tough little girl. I think she can handle it.

Woman: No way. I'm not gonna risk my life.

Kamaji then extends his hand and offers her what looks like…

Kamaji: What if I give this roasted newt?

J.P. "Roasted Newt?"

Tommy "Bleaugh!"

Kouji "Spirits sure have a strange appetite."

Kamaji twirls the newt to tempt the woman, who makes a sour expression. Implying, she is tempted and yet angry at herself for being this desperate for the roasted reptile.

This causes Kamaji to chuckle.

Kamaji: It's a good one.

Kamaji then talked to Chihiro.

Kamaji: If you want a job. You need to talk to Yobaba. She's the head honcho here.

Kouji "This just got a lot harder."

Zoe "Wasn't the plan to get a job so that Yubaba doesn't get to her?"

Takuya "Yeah, but if Chihiro can stay to her demands and not fall for any tricks. Then there's a chance she'll be okay."

J.P. "I hope you're right, Takky."

The woman then snatched the newt from Kamaji's hand.

Woman: Give me that.

The woman said as she proceeded to spill the Konpeito to the sootballs.

Woman: C'mon little girl, you better follow me.

Chihiro then got up from the coal left over by the sootballs, nearly slipping and tripping, to get to the woman and ran to her.

Woman: Can't you manage a "Yes ma'am" or a "Thank You"?

Chihiro: Yes ma'am!

Woman: What a dope. Hurry up.

Chihiro then tried to walk up to the Wooden floor but stopped by the woman

Woman (Off-Screen): Agh! You don't need your shoes or your socks. Just live 'em.

Chihiro: Yes ma'am.

Chihiro then placed her shoes and socks next to the sootballs who in turn moved out of the way and gathered around them in curiosity.

Zoe "It looks like the little sootballs have something to play in."

Tommy "Yeah."

As Chihiro crouched down to fit in the small sliding door, she was stopped once again by the woman.

Woman: Thank the boiler man, you idiot. You know he's really sticking his neck out for you.

Chihiro turns around but bumps her head in the process, she then bows (Zarei) politely to Kamaji.

Chihiro: OW. Thank you, Mr. Boiler man.

Kamaji gave her a thumbs up and said.

Kamaji: Good luck.

Chihiro then crawled away and slid the door closed.

Takuya "She's going to need all the luck she can get."

Kouji "No kidding."

Well, I just completed chapter 6.

The next chapter is going to be somewhat short, but it's still part of a great movie. Take the time to enjoy the littlest and the simplest of things in life.

See ya later.