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Hey guys!
I know you wanna kill me, but I have bad news for you. If you kill me there's no end…:D
So, you might have noticed this story is coming to an end, I think it'll be only the epilogue after this. So all I wanna say is thank you for bearing with me guys, love yah! Oh, and if any of you also finds fun reading horror stories, check out "Into the Spider's Web" and "The Kidnap of the Royalties Friend"
Also, I'm pretty sure you're not gonna like the end. It's the way it actually ends, and it might be a little rough. I'm adding one little piece to the English script to put in what was in the Japanese version. So guys, here's why spirited away never had a second part… I really hope you don't hate me after this…
By the way, you wanna know what's pathetic? Trying to perform as Ophelia, from Hamlet, for a play without reading Hamlet and a complete idiot performing as Hamlet… Yep, that's my life…
Also, I re-read the whole story and found a lot of mistakes in my writing back then. I wrote as if I was speaking Spanish, sorry for that. After I finish this I'll correct everything, I promise.
And because this is a very important chapter, I wanna tell you a secret: I LOVE CHOCOLATE MILK!
So on with the story! Ok, so this time I really missed these words.
Chapter 7:
"This isn't good…" I heard grandpa Kama, If he was there, it meant we were safe. Chihiro was safe, and maybe, just maybe I would be too. "Haku, hold on!" Chihiro was desperate "What should we do? Haku will die!" she was yelling. There was a silence "Something is eating him from the inside" said grandpa Kama. Chihiro gasped "from inside?" she asked. "It's a strong magic. I wont be able to help…" grandpa explained.
I could barely move, it hurt awfully. Suddenly Chihiro told me "Haku, the river god gave me this" my eyes were closed, so I din't really se what it was "Eat it, it might help". She wa trying to put something in my mouth, "Haku, open your mouth" but I wouldn't let her open my mouth "Haku, please eat it". Seeing that I would not cooperate she tasted the thing "See? It's okay…". Grandpa Kama asked "Is that a dango?" Unfortunately, I had no idea what a dango was, and I let Chihiro open my mouth "You're a good kid, now swallow it…" but as soon as that thing was in my mouth I wanted to spit it out. Of course, Chihiro wouldn't let me, so I swallowed "It's okay"
Then I puked…
Chihiro and grandpa Kama began yelling a bunch of things about something coming out. There was something about a running stamp too I think, but I'm not really sure. Everything was in a blur and I wasn't hearing anymore, so I simply closed my eyes.
I felt myself going back to my human form.
I was sitting beside Chihiro on a bench, we were in a nice green park with lots of cherry blossoms. The trees where in full bloom, and so, the petals surrounded us with every wind blow. Things where just perfect and I found myself at peace. Where was I? I have no idea. What were we doing there? I have no idea either. But I was sure about something, I felt happy. I didn't know how or why… but I felt happy.
For the first time in years, I felt I could do whatever I wanted! I wouldn't have to care about Yubaba, I was free! Chihiro was only sitting there, looking at me and smiling. Something good must have happenet for her to smile at me like that.
But even in the joy of the moment, I felt deep down that something was wrong. I felt asfixiated, I felt I was dying…
Was it that simple? Enjoyable even… I didn't know. But if I really was dying, this really felt like a good way to die, happy and at peace. So who cared…
Chihiro kept smiling "Haku, you must wake up…". I stared at her with begging eyes, I didn't want to leave. "Haku, the more time you spend here, the more you get away from among the living. I need you… I really do." She spoke, the her image vanished. I immediately desperate, I had to find her. "Haku, please…" so I followed her voice.
It brought me to a river, my river. "Haku.." I noticed the voice came from the water, so I jumped in… Air began filling my lungs, I no longer felt asfixiated. I no longer felt like I was dying.
Anyway, I still had to find her. Where was she? "Haku!" I kept following her voice until everything went black…
And I just followed her voice…
I woke up in Grandpa Kama's room. He was sitting right beside me, asleep. I felt somewhat tired, as if I had ran three times from Japan to the Unated States and back using the Europe route. Chihiro was nowhere to be seen, where was she? I put a hand on Grandpa Kama's shoulder "Grandpa…" He woke up.
"Oh, Haku, You're awakwe!" He said, his eyes showing relief. "Grandpa, where is Sen?" I asked "What happened? Please tell me". "You don't remember anything?" he asked, "I only remember a little" I said thinking "Darkness, and Chihiro kept calling my name. I followed the voice and woke up here" I explained. He stared at me "Chihiro? Her name is Chihiro?" I nodded. "Well, she went up and spoke with Yubaba, and then left to Zenibas's place" I looked at him in horror. "Zeniba?" he nodded. I don't want her to go to Zeniba's, if she gets in trouble it'll be my fault "Oh, and she destroyed that thing that was inside you" I thought for a minute. "The stamp?" he shook his head. "The worm" I stared at him, worm? What worm? Oh well… "I'll go see Yubaba now" I said. "Be careful boy"
When I arrived upstairs, I could hear her voice from her bathroom. She was complaining about Chihiro doing something wrong. Oh for god's sake, please don't let her be in too much trouble. "Maybe we should make her parents into ham, or bacon…" I heard her say. I stepped forward, since she didn't seem to have noticed my presence "Please wait". There were three people kneeling in front of her and as they stood, one of them turned and said "Master Haku!" how I hate to have them call me that…"Well, well. You're still alive…" she said with poison in her voice.
I knew it was no use for me to ask for my freedom. I couldn't remember my name so I couldn't really leave. Also, the only guarantee I had of Chihiro being freed along with her parents was for me to stay. I had to stay and endure anything she would punish me with. That was my decision, from the moment she walked into this world. "You still don't see it. Something important has changed." I said. "Since when did you get smart enough to talk back to me?" geez, that's funny. I was wondering that myself. I thought. I didn't reply, I simply looked back at her. She reached out and grabbed one of the gold pieces in front of her. Now seriously, was that all she cared about. She looked back at me with a smile on her wrinkled face and I simply kept staring at her, she was still missing my point.
When it dawned on her, I had to do my best to keep myself from laughing at her face. She began desperately calling for her baby as the gold turned into sand. Well what do you know? She wasn't that wrong after all. "My boy! My baby! Where are you?" she cried while looking for mr. Fatty in his… shall I call it room? "Come out! Come out!" She cried. I just walked in the room, there was no need to rush she wouldn't find him anyway. When she saw me she began breathing fire… Literally. I'm fortunate to be a water dragon and fire not hurting me. She came towards me and trapped me with her hair. "YOU!" She yelled "WHERE DID YOU PUT MY BABY?!" Funny, how I get accused of everything. I looked her in the eye and answered "Zeniba's place." Fire extinguished "Zeniba?" she said letting go of me. "I see. The witch thinks she can beat me like that…" she sat down "And? What do you plan on doing about it?" Always me, huh? "I'll get your baby back" I said "In exchange, please return Sen and her parents to their world." It wasn't really a request, if she didn't do it I wasn't bringing her baby back. She looked at me with hate in her eyes "And after that what will happen to you?! Do you care?!" This time I closed my eyes and took a deep breath "I will destroy you when you come back!" she added angrily. "I know" I turned and left.
I went down to Kamajii's again. This time, Rin was there. "Haku!" she hugged me "Are you ok? Did she hurt you anymore?" she really seemed concerned. I shook my head "The baby… Did you find a place for her yet?" I asked suddenly remembering the poor kid. "She's good for now…" she said. "For now?" what do you mean for now? "I need her to be safe always" I said concerned. "I know. I have a plan" she said. "May I know what the plan is?" I asked. I seriously needed to know.
Then Kamajii intervened in the conversation "We'll tell you later. Zeniba wants you to go pick up Sen." I looked at him. "I don't really think there will be a later…" I stared at the floor "Once she leaves, I'm a dead man" I knew they were staring at me in disbelief. I knew they couldn't handle it. But I needed them to know that this was probably our last conversation and that I needed to make sure the baby would be fine before I died. So, they told me their plan and we said our good byes.
I left with a weird feeling in my chest. I wasn't really sure if spirit creatures could actually die. I knew we disappeared from the spirit world, but was there a spirit world for spirits? I knew there was one for humans; they usually got to our world after death. But on those standards and even if I had never died, I was already part of the dead. I think. And how did it feel to die? Was it painless? Or did it hurt? I just didn't know what to think. I really didn't care if I died anymore; I just wanted to see her again. And the next time I saw her, I wanted it to be in a beautiful place where we could be free and have no concerns what so ever. That's all I wanted, all I cared for at this moment. So I felt light and calm, just like the kid I had never been able to be. If I was going to die anyway, I might as well spend the last hours of my life with the person I loved most.
I landed in front of Zeniba's place with a gust of wind, and that probably made my presence known in the household because immediately someone opened the door. Chihiro. "Haku!" she yelled, then ran straight to where I was standing in my dragon form and hugged me… well not me, but my head. I just closed my eyes and let her embrace me, enjoying the feeling of her arms around me "Haku! I wanted to see you, are you okay?" she said in a rush, like she had so many things to say that she just couldn't stop. Then Zeniba appeared through the door "I'm glad he's here" she said. Chihiro turned to her and said "Grandma, Haku is alive!" with a happy and relieved expression on her face. I looked at Zeniba and then at the floor with shame, speaking through my mind as a knew she could hear I am so sorry about what happened. "Haku, I'll forgive you. But take good care of Sen" she said out loud and then added in my mind Don't worry Haku, I understand what happened. It wasn't your fault… She made you do this. Zeniba then turned to mr. fat-rat and the poor fly that held him in midair "Now you two, it's time for you to leave. Please come again" Then she looked at the No Face and added "And you, stay here and help me." The No Face nodded eagerly.
Chihiro looked at Zeniba for a moment and then ran to her "Grandma, thank you for everything" she said. Zeniba smiled at her "I'm sure you'll do just fine" she answered. "I want you to know that my real name is Chihiro" the girl added. "Chihiro. That's a nice name. Don't let anyone take it from you, it's yours. Take care" said Zeniba. "Thank you" said Chihiro. "Now, go on" Zeniba added as Chihiro came back to where I was. I let Chihiro get on me and just before we left she looked at Zeniba and said "Grandma, thank you! Goodbye!" She had really grown up since she got to the spirit world and I will never be able to put into words how proud I felt of her. Then we took off.
We had already flown for a while… She was silent, but didn't really mid. I was just happy to be with her. Enjoying the fact that it made her happy to know that I was okay, and nothing serious had happened to me. I didn't know what she was thinking, but I could just feel happy to be with her. I could ask for nothing more at the moment. But she was about to give me yet another surprise "Haku listen" she started thoughtfully "Truth is, I can't remember. But I heard from my mother, when I was small I fell into a river" she said "After a few years, the river was replaced with a mansion" she continued. "I just remembered the river's name, it was Kohaku river" she said "Your real name is… Kohaku" she stated. My eyes flew open, I couldn't believe my ears. Suddenly, all my memories where flooding back into my mind. My river; where it was; how I ended up here; but most importantly how I met her. Everything came back to my mind with the mention of just one name.
I turned into a human, but she never let go of me. She took my hand and I reached to take her other one "Chihiro, thank you! My real name is Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi." I said as we fell. But neither of us cared that we were falling. My eyes shined with unshed tears. My first tears of happiness in three years. "Nigihayami?" she asked. "Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi" I replied happily as she started crying. "What a great name! It sounds like a god." She stated. "I just remembered. The time you fell into me you were trying to recover your shoe, you almost drowned." I said happy for once of something I had done in the past. "Yes! Kohaku, you saved me and bought me to the shore" I put my forehead on hers "I am so happy" she said.
And that was when I used my powers to make us fly up, higher than the clouds. I explained to her how thing would probably work ot whe we got back and we spent the rest of our trip speaking about unimportant things and making fun of each other, just having fun while we flew through the sky back to our nightmare. Only this time it was different; this time it was the end. "They came back" I heard Rin's voice yell in the distance while we landed at the other side of the bridge. Yubaba had everything set to put Chihiro through a test and as mr. let's-get-fatter-than-an-elephant approached his hell of a mother I couldn't help but think that this wasn't what I had asked her to do. She looked at us "You came back with my baby, right?" she asked and then noticed mr. butter-ball come up to her "wha-?" he transformed back into the fat child Yubaba had for a son and said "Baba!"
Immediately she started looking for inexistent injuries in the… wait, how can mr. hippo be taller than his mother? Oh well… whatever. "Are you okay? Are you hurt?" she asked him. Then she seemed to notice something else "You can stand on your own now?" she asked him. Yep, mr. fat-baby had also grown up and I was actually proud of him too. It was time to step forward with another smart comment "Mrs. Yubaba, it's a promise. Please return Chihiro and her parents!" She stared at me obviously hating me now. "It doesn't work like that. In life, there are laws!" she said and behind her the employees of the bathhouse began booing her, so she turned to them and yelled back "Shut up!" she seemed about to say something else but mr. I-ran-out-of-names-for-him interrupted her "Stingy Baba. Just stop. I had a lot of fun" okay, I officially like the kid, so no more names for him.
"But this is the law, the curse can't be broken otherwise" she excused herself. "If you make Sen cry, I'll hate you" the kid said his final words. The old hag stared at him in disbelief "What?" she said in shock. Then Chihiro stepped in "Grandma!" she said. "Grandma?" replied Yubaba, still in shock. Grandma? Seriously? This girl has the talent to get herself in so much trouble with one single word. It's fearsome. "I am back now" she said "I heard about the law from Haku" I was so screwed. "Hope you're ready for it" Yubaba said "Here's your contract. Come over here" then she turned to the kid "Baby, it'll be over soon" she stated and walked towards the pigs that were behind her. Chihiro looked at the kid "it's okay" she tried to calm him down. She then approached Yubaba who explained the rules of the test "Find your parents in here" she said simply "you've got one chance. If you get it right on the first try, you guys are free" she stated.
Chihiro looked at the pigs once, then twice… Oh my god! Is she second guessing? I thought desperately. "Grandma, my parents aren't here" she said. "They're not? Is that your answer?" Yubaba asked cockily. "Yes" Chihiro answered simply. The contract exploded and complete amount of pigs that were there transformed back into bathhouse employees who stated "Good answer!" afterwards the whole staff began celebrating "Good job! Great!" they said. Yubaba was really angry "Go on. You win. Hurry up and go!" she said. Chihiro on the other side was absolutely happy "Thank you for taking care of me" she said. "Good bye! Thank you! See you again!" she added as she ran towards me. "Haku!" she called and I smiled at the sound of her voice saying my name. "Let's go…" I took her hand and began running with her towards a river that was no longer there. I wasn't so eager about letting her go away from me, but it was for the best. I couldn't very well let her see what was going to happen to me next. "Where are my mom and dad?" she asked as we ran. "They're up ahead" I answered. We kept running until we found the edge of the now dry river and stopped.
"The water's gone…" she said thoughtfully. I stared blankly ahead "I can't go any further" the only way I could go, was with Yubaba's permission and this obviously wasn't the case "Just go back the way you came in but don't look back until you exit the tunnel" I explained. She looked at me with a pained face "What about you, Haku?" she asked me. I couldn't bring myself to tell her the truth. So I made one painful decision, I had to lie to her "I'll have to talk to Yubaba, and quit working with her." I started "I'll be okay, and I'll get my real name back" I continued "I'll go back to the other world" I finished my lie. She looked me in the eye and asked "Will we meet again?" I smiled at that and decided to give her an honest answer "Yes, hopefully" She got closer to me with concerned eyes "Hopefully?" she asked again. "Hopefully" I reassured her "Now go on, and don't look back" she moved forward and began running, right then I could only watch he leave.
I could still see her when a sound behind me caught my attention. I turned to see Yubaba as she extended the hand that she uses for all her spells and curses towards me… I stared at her blankly and whispered very lowly to myself "Please just don't look back, Chihiro." After those last words, that last plea… Everything went black, my world became dark.
The End.
Well guys, this is the end. We still have the epilogue left, but this is why Spirited away does not have a second movie…
Special thanks to:
-AznLee: I am sorry that last chapter is rushed. But I rewriting this, so I'll probably do a better job on that chapter.
-Sapphiet: College. And thanks for your good luck, It's obvious I needed it.
-Charliegal.
-Maxamillion.
-kohakuchihiro forever.
-scaryneko: You are right, that would make the story more complex. But if I did that I wouldn't be able explain why he bows his head in shame in this chapter, or why he goes to Chihiro's voice in the last chapter. In fact, I wouldn't be able to explain why he saved her in the first place. And thanks for thinking I'm awesome, although I'm not. XD
-FANOFLUG14: thanks for the screen name…XD
-Chicoco Phantomhive.
-SasuTenLuvr: Ok, I guess you can keep the baby until I post the epilogue…hahaha.
-Amayada: You'll have to wait for the epilogue to know that answer.
-Migrate: XD good one.
-NickelodeonPrincess: you're absolutely right. I saw that as I re-read it but I haven't really seen the english version of the movie, so I found myself a script online. I don't really like how that script is written. In fact, in this chapter I added a lot of the spanish dialod to it because it makes a lot more sense. Besides, of all the scripts I've seen for Spirited Away, the spanish one is the cosest to the original. So I'll keep that in mind when I edit this story. Thank you!
-megan706: you're right Megan, that's why this chapter goes to you. I didn't want to finish this because I was afraid of the ending. You made me remember why I started the story in the first place. This is Miyasaki's ending to his master piece. So I'll add my own ending in the epilogue because just as all of you, I hate this end.
Guys, thank's for your support. Really… I couldn't have made this without you. See you at the last chapter guys! I LOVE YOU!
-Lu.