Spirited Away : A Voice of Healing

Chapter 6: A Sisterly Reunion

She sighs in exhaustion, as she somehow manages to sneak passed all of the staff in order to bring Sen into her quarters. A room that she no longer has to share with others, courtesy of the dragon and her new title as bath manager. Letting go of the weird bag thing that took forever to figure out, she carefully lays the unconscious human onto her futon. Sen definitely wasn't the little dope she knew anymore, and she weighed a ton, she was only lucky that she figured out the handle on that weird thing that the girl dragged around.

It was very useful in holding all of her shopping bags, which freed up her arms more so that she could carry the girl on her back. Even so though, it was a major pain in the rear and Sen definitely owed her for this, going up the stairs was a nightmare. Plus, Sen's human stench forced her to bring out and use the perfume she had just bought, it is supposed to help neutralise odours, she had bought it so she didn't smell so much like sweat whilst she was working.

It was made for spirits, so she wasn't sure if it would work on the human, but she had to try something, lest the whole bathhouse would find out that she is here before Kohaku does. Who thankfully hasn't showed his face yet, he was probably up in his office, counting the nights expenses before going to bed himself.

With a groan she rolls her shoulders, it would be sunrise soon and everyone would be finishing up their rounds and be heading for bed too. Despite her tiredness though, she couldn't help but smile again, she was excited to see her friend again, there was so much she wanted to say to her, to thank her for. If it wasn't for Sen, things around here would have stayed the same, ruled by a greedy tyrant witch...

However, ever since Kohaku got his name back and became the new boss of the bathhouse, things have become so much better around here, and even though the dragon is still a pain in the rear at times, he treated all of them well, much better than Yubaba ever did. In truth, she hopes that seeing Sen again would cheer the dragon up a bit, he works himself to the bone and she could tell that he wasn't sleeping properly. Most of the bathhouse has chalked it up to his inexperience at running a bathhouse and work related stress, but she couldn't help but think there was more to it than that. She had tried to talk to him about it a few times, but he completely shuts her down, with that damn annoying Master Haku facade.

She looks at the human in her bed for a moment longer, before moving her gaze to her shopping bags, which are still wrapped around the long handle of Sen's bag thing...That's it, when Sen wakes up she is going to ask her what the hell that thing is, it was a pain to drag around, just what is in there anyway? Stomping down her urge to snoop further, she then grabs her shopping bags from the questionable object and begins to sort out her new stuff. Making sure to spray herself with the odour neutralising perfume, lest anyone smells Sen on her.

With a sigh, she then ponders on just how she was going to keep Sen from being found out in here. She could just leave her in here, however she doubts that Sen would like that idea...so what should they do then?...

Chihiro's P.O.V

She groans as consciousness slowly made her aware of her aching body, her eyes still stung with sleep trying to edge its way back in. However, someones soft snoring garners her attention and forces her back into reality, and the memories of what had transpired recently has her jolting up from her bed with a gasp. She starts frantically looking around the room that she now finds herself in, one second she was splayed out on the wharf knocking over spirits and now she's in some random room someplace. She looks towards the soft snoring that she had been hearing, and to her shock and delight, there lay Lin, trying to take advantage of what little space was left of the futon.

Wait...that spirit woman she knocked over...could it have been?? So it really was Lin! Her heart clenches and she purses her lips tightly, eyes already misty with unshed tears, happy tears. As if sensing her gaze, Lins eyes suddenly flutters open tiredly and when she finally realised that she was looking down at her. Lin suddenly jolts and her eyes widen as she sits up even quicker than she did, a bright excited smile on her face. She could do and say nothing as Lin brings her into a tight hug.