Wow, Guys. So this is my first fanfiction that I am actually uploading! It's not the first I've written, but I just figured I've had an account up for a while but I haven't posted any stories. You can thank/blame my dear friend WizardsGirl for motivating me. Anyways this is, obviously, a Spirited Away fanfic, and that alone is kind of intimidating. I hope I can live up to the movie (^_^')

I love studio Ghibli films. They amaze me. But anyways, I hope you guys like it! Thank you for reading, I really appreciate it!

Note: I do not own Spirited Away, or any Characters in it.

"Hey, Lin, how did you come to be at the bath house?" Chihiro asked the older girl as they cleaned a tub.

"What do you mean?" Lin inquired.

"Well I mean why are you here? What'd you do before this? What made you decide to work for Yubaba?"

The other girl was silent for a moment then answered. "I died… Well at least I think I did. The last thing I remember was being in an ambulance then I woke up on the other side of the river… I wandered around till I came here… and here I am."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bring up bad memories…," Chihiro said.

"It's alright," Lin replied.

Chihiro awoke in her room. It had been three months since she left the spirit world and during that time her parents had gotten a divorce and her mom had gotten a new boyfriend. Her dad had moved to somewhere in Germany.

Chihiro drew a shaky breath as she remembered the conversation she'd had with Lin.

"I miss you guys," she said to herself as she sat up.

"Chihiro!" her mother called from downstairs, "Aouyama's here!"

"Ugh," Chihiro thought as she pulled on her pink shorts and white shirt with the green stripe, "the hated boyfriend."

As Chihiro walked down the steps she put her hair in a ponytail using the string Zeniba and the others had made for her.

"There she is!" her mother said as she entered the kitchen.

"Morning," Chihiro mumbled.

"Do try to be more happy, Chihiro," her mother chided, "You've been moping ever since we moved in and you're starting to get very moody… Anyways I have to run to the store to pick something up. Will you entertain Aouyama until I get back?"

Chihiro merely looked at her mother.

"We'll have loads of fun," said Aouyama.

"Alright then, Sweetie, take care!" her mother said as Aouyama walked her to the door.

Chihiro nearly puked listening to them kiss each other goodbye.

When her mother had finally left Aouyama came back into the kitchen and glared at Chihiro.

"What?" she asked not caring that she sounded rude.

"You're stressing your mother out which makes her not happy. And when my girlfriend isn't happy it makes for very boring evenings. So either change the attitude or get out."

"You can't tell me to get out. This is my house."

"Look you're my future daughter, so I'll let that slide but-"

"'Future daughter?'" Chihiro interrupted. "You will NEVER be my father!"

*WHAP*

Chihiro was stunned. Aouyama had actually slapped her.

With tears streaming down her face she clutched her cheek. "Mom's gonna be so mad at you!"

Aouyama glared. "Yeah? Well 'Mom's' not gonna find out!" and with that he hit her again. And again. And again and again until he was full out beating her up.

By the time he stopped hitting her, Chihiro was a crumpled mess on the floor.

"Now you get out of this house right now, or you'll with you were never born," Aouyama threatened.

Chihiro didn't know what she was doing, or how she managed to do it, but she felt herself stagger to her knees and then her feet. She kept her head down and ran through the front door, slamming it behind her and not looking back. She ran past houses, past the school, past shops and cafés but she didn't stop. She vaguely recognized the road with the little shrines as she ran down it, towards the old abandoned theme park. She didn't stop running until she was right outside the entrance to the tunnel next to the little statue.

"It's raining," she dimly thought. Her entire body ached as she looked up at the sky and let the rain mix with her tears.

Slowly her mind began to register what had happened. She was just considering going back to tell her mom what happened when she realized where she was.

Her heart started beating faster as she tried to think. Aouyama wouldn't let her back in the house that was for sure. No doubt he had some story already lined up to tell her mother how she had run away. And she was already this close to seeing Lin, and Boh, and Kamaji… and Haku… She couldn't just leave now, could she?

Chirhiro drew a shaky breath and stepped into the tunnel. She walked through the train station and out the other side. She took in the sight that she had last seen three months ago when she was told that she could go home and Haku promised he'd see her again. That promise might get fulfilled sooner than either of them expected…

So that's the first chapter! Sorry if it seems kind of short and awkward. I wrote this a long time ago so it will probably seem strange until I get to the part where I can actually start writing it myself instead of copying it from my notebook from two years ago.

The next chapter will be following Haku so this *Cue heavy sarcasm* shocking cliffhanger will not be continued until the chapter after that.

I know it all seems pretty cliché up to this point, and I'll try and make it better, but I've got some ideas that I haven't seen anyone else try for this fandom that I think will be interesting.

Again, thanks for reading, and reviews are appreciated (not required but very much loved lol).

Have a great day guys!

-ArgentSterling