Spirited Away Fan Fiction ❯ Illousa's Dragon ❯ Back Again ( Chapter 1 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
*****I am Sakura G. I am republishing this story because unfortunately for me, someone hacked into my account and changed my email and password. I have emailed fanfiction many times but after almost two months, I still haven't gotten a reply. So, I decided to make a new name and repost all of my stories. These stories are still posted under Sakura G though. You can still read them there and I will still get your review but for the stories I have not finished, you will have to read them from this name. Be warned however, that most of the stories on that name have not been edited as have these (they say they have but they really haven’t). Thank you for all of your support. And now here is Illousa's Dragon.*****


Sakura G: Hiya peeps! I just wanted you all to know why I wrote this story.

Maylo: Because you hated the last one.

Sakura G: What! No I loved the first one! I just hated the ending.

Illousa: Why?

Sakura G: Because you don't know if they ever see each other again! It sucks! So I decided to write my own story. Now if you two will shut up we can begin!

Maylo: Fine , fine. You don't have to get mad.
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Chapter 1: Back Again

Leaves crunched under Chihiro's feet as she walked up the stone steps to her town's shrine. A gentle breeze came and blew her long, brown hair around her face. It had been seven years since she had last visited the bath house and she couldn't wait to get there. She quickened her pace as she got to the last stone steps. The shrine was very old and trees surrounded it except for a small spot where the stairs lead back to the main road. It had been closed for a few years now but Chihiro loved to come and see all of the cherry blossoms bloom. The only thing that kept the town from tearing it down was that people still lived there and didn't want to sell the land. Chihiro was glad. She walked around a small well in the middle and started looking for Maylo. Maylo was her new best friend from school. When she had gotten back from the Spirit World, she wrote a story about her adventure and only Maylo, who was the priestess at this shrine, read it and believed it. Maylo had said a few months ago that she would love to go and visit, so Chihiro planned to take her.
"Maylo! Come on! Let's get going!" cried Chihiro when she saw Maylo sweeping the back porch.
"What! Oh hi Chihiro. Don't scare me like that. What are you doing here I thought you were going to your Grandma's," replied a girl with bright blue eyes. Maylo set down the broom and collapsed on the porch. Her long black hair was in a low ponytail and when it caught the sunlight it looked like it was a deep purple.
"That's next month Maylo. Today we were going to the Spirit World remember?" asked Chihiro as she too sat down. Maylo always forgot things and Chihiro wasn't surprised she had forgotten this too.
"That's today! Oh my gosh! Give me a minute Chihiro and then we can go!" cried Maylo as she jumped up and tore off her long red and white robes reveling her ninja suit. It was a deep blue with purple lining. A large pink bow was on the back and she had no shoes on. Maylo trained with her grandpa everyday and was a great martial artist. She ran inside and came back out with a light blue backpack with dolphins and the ocean on it. She ran towards her room, which was a separate building and came back out with a long roll of tape and many long strands of string. She stuffed them in her bag and followed Chihiro down the stone steps.
"What's the tape and strings for?" asked Chihiro as the reached the bottom and crossed the street.
"Nothing. The strings are for my hair.”

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After about fifteen minutes they reached the tunnel. Chihiro stopped and looked up at it, eyes shinning.
"I can't believe I'm going back. Mind you we probably will have to work but I brought some money so we can take a bath."
"Ohhh I can't wait! You have to introduce me to everyone! I want to meet the boiler man, Lynn, Yubaba, the Baby, and especially Haku!"
"His name's Kohaku! Well....I wonder if he wants to be called by that."
"We'll just have to ask him. Now let's get going!"
"Right," replied Chihiro cheerfully as they started through the tunnel. They walked slowly and when they got to the end the sun was about to set. ((They had left at about 6:00)) They quickly walked through the large room, which Chihiro had found out was a train and boat stop, and quickly out the other end. Chihiro almost walked right into the water. Maylo gasped. Water was everywhere. Out a little far a ways was a large island with a bridge connected to a large building.
"Is that the bath house?" asked Maylo, pointing at the building.
"Yep. Now we need to find a way to get across."
"How about that boat?"
"What boat?"
"That boat," replied Maylo, pointing towards a large boat. It was the same boat that Chihiro had seen when she first came and she could see people already boarding.
"Great idea," said Chihiro as they started towards the boat. But when the got closer she saw that you had to pay a great deal of money just to ride it. She hadn't brought enough. "We don't have enough money. We can't get on," she said as they watched people get on.
"I know how," whispered Maylo. She grabbed Chihiro's hand and pulled her behind a large wooden crate, "Take your shoes off."
"Why?"
"Just do it! Put them in your bag. Socks too. We're gonna sneak on board."
"But how?" asked Chihiro as she stuffed her shoes and socks into her small black backpack.
"Up that ramp. See, when those frogs go to get another crate, we'll quickly run up the ramp and to the back side of the boat. Got it?"
"Ya but....oh Maylo we really shouldn't!"
"Quit complaining. Do you want to see Kohaku again or not?"
"Oh alright!"
"Okay. Let's go..........now," she jumped up and quickly ran up the ramp, Chihiro right behind her. They ran all the way around the boat and when they reached the end, they slumped on the ground, breathing hard.
"See....that wasn't too bad," said Maylo as she wiggled her toes.
"Ya....but I normally don't go around hopping boats," replied Chihiro. She smiled then started laughing. Maylo joined her.
"Well.....I guess we're on our way," said Chihiro as the boat blew a long whistle indicating they were leaving.
"And our adventure has just begun," smiled Maylo.

To be continued...

Sakura G.
FF,SMFA,&A

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