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Solitary: Part One

Chihiro hid back her tears as she coughed, "How many months have I got?"

"At the most, three." The doctor whispered.

Chihiro smiled, and she got her bag, "Thank you for everything, doctor Lim. You have tried your best. At treatment…everything."

"I may have tired…but also failed."

"Don't worry. It wasn't your fault."

"And it was your fault?"

"I don't know…" Chihiro murmured, "Maybe it was fate."

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Chihiro walked slower and slower as she got to her little blue house. She sighed as she heard a little child scream, "Mummy Isn't that the girl who has can…cer?"

Chihiro grimly opened the door as she had the child's mother hush her to be quiet.

Yes. That was her secret that had leaked out somehow. She had terminal cancer, and was to die in three months.

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"I can't die like this, I can't! I have to see more of the world! See more things! And…see my old friends…"

Rin, Kamajii, No face… Haku… where are all of you? Are you living happily?

Chihiro smiled as she put her back pack down, "I can't go back now. I absolutely can't…" but then, she started to feel sadness surrounding herself, "but I'm going to die…if I can't see them one last time…"

I have to go.

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Chihiro walked through the long tunnel. She was the happiest she's ever been for years. For years she had known she had terminal blood cancer, and had gone through many treatments, to no success. For years she's limped around, weak and fragile. For years she's felt pain. But it was all going to end…in three months.

Chihiro smiled as she reached the end of the tunnel, "Well. I hope they remember me."

Chihiro grinned as she thought her sixteenth birthday would be soon.

She then started walking through the deserted streets, full of restaurants. She was a solitary figure, all alone in the mist.

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Chihiro frowned as she got to a bath house with no one inside. Suddenly, she remembered. It wasn't dark yet! Chihiro looked at her watch as the sun set. The lights switched on, and suddenly, a voice behind her grumbled, "No one should be here."

Chihiro turned around, and found a young man staring back at her, "Haku?"

"I'm very sorry, but I do not know you. I have no idea how you know me."

"What…" suddenly, someone slapped Chihiro on the shoulder, "Chihiro?"

Chihiro turned around again to find an older Rin looking at her in surprise, "Rin!"

"Oh! Chihiro! You don't know how much we've missed you!"

Suddenly, Chihiro asked, "How come Haku doesn't…"

"You know this girl?" Haku interrupted.

Rin sighed, "Yes I do, Kohaku. Even if you are of a higher position than I am, you have no right to butt in when I am talking to your savior and my friend!"

"My savior?"

Rin sighed again, "Yes Haku. She saved your life from Yubaaba's torture. I know you don't remember her, so shut your mouth!"

Haku frowned, "Why should I listen to you?" and then he walked away.

Chihiro bit her lip. Why couldn't Haku remember her? What had happened?

"Rin…why…is Haku…why doesn't Haku remember me?"

"He was like this ever since he met that Tenchuu. Before, he was dragging about, murmuring your name under your breathe, and now…he's just murmuring Tenchuu's name…"

Chihiro smiled lightly, "I don't really care. I'm not jealous. I mean, I only have three more months of … I mean, I'm happy just to see him. See him happy. That's my final…wish."

Rin coughed sarcastically, and she groaned, "It sounds like you're gonna die or something, but anyway, lets go in, and we'll get you a job, I bet you anything Yubaaba would want you to pay off her debts!"

"You think so…" Chihiro murmured, looking around. Suddenly she gasped as Rin started pulling her sleeve, "Rin!"

"We are going to get to Yubaaba's office right this instant, and if she doesn't let you work here…well, I'll force her too!"

"But Rin, you can't…"
"I so can!"

Chihiro gave in to Rin.

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Haku looked intently at the girl who was smiling and talking to Rin. Who was she…and why did she seem to bare a striking resemblance to someone…who he seemed to have…forgotten?

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