Spirited Away 2: The Return of Chihiro | ✓

HAKU

My chains rattled and the air echoed as I charged against the farthest wall. My arms ached. My wrists bled. My head throbbed. My body numbed. Nothing was going to stop me from getting to my Chihiro. Not pain, not magic, and especially not that damned Kao. 

"Help me!" I screamed out, beating on the wall with my weight. "Yubaba! Lin! Somebody! Anybody! GET ME OUT OF HERE!!"

Curse the soundproof spell! And curse the one who had set it upon this room! 

I knew I couldn't be heard, but I continued to holler, hit, make any noise possible. Finally, after hours and hours of attempts and fails, I sat down next to the window in defeat as I watched the sun disappear and the moon take its place. I felt empty; was this what it felt like to lose, to be beaten? 

I took a good, long look at the moon- that full orb- and worried about what would happen to my beloved Chihiro if I never got out of this. Would she forget about me? Would she leave the Spirit World and never come back? Worse, would she fall in love with Kao?

I shook my head vigorously, driving away the negative things. If I kept this up, I'd be sure to go mad. 

"Don't give up now!" I heard Chihiro's voice say in the back of my mind. "You can do this, Haku! Do it for me!"

She was right. I had to get out of this, for her, even if it was the last thing I did.

I stood and paced around the room, thinking hard and figuring out ways to set me free. Alas, none of my ideas were possible without the help of someone else. Here, I was alone and helpless. Soon, my hope began to diminish. Then suddenly, it hit me:

Ten years ago, Chihiro had saved my life when I should have died from Zeniba's curse. But, her love- our love- proved otherwise.

True love is the ultimate safe haven. 

I lifted up my wrists and balled my hands into tight fists. I closed my eyes and concentrated, thinking of the right choice of words to get me out. 

"By the love of me and Chihiro, unchain me and set me free."

I opened my eyes. Nothing had happened. I closed my eyes tight and said it once more, this time with more force.

"BY THE LOVE OF ME AND CHIHIRO, UNCHAIN ME AND SET ME FREE!"

Suddenly, I heard a clink. I opened my eyes again to find the chains that held my wrists finally broken below me. I moved my fingers, my wrists throbbing in pain, but it didn't matter. I was free. Now, time to go get her. My Chihiro.

I walked to the door, slamming it open in anger and making the wood frame crack. The servants passing by stopped. I eyed one of them, and he flinched.

"Where is she?" I growled, stepping in front of him. My hands were still in fists. 

He gulped, at a loss for words. I lifted him up by the hem of his shirt and pinned him to the wall. 

"Where is she!?" I demanded, getting in his face. "Where is Chihiro!?!?"

"She went with Kao to Kuiboia by train," he whimpered, closing his eyes and tensing up. "Something about a festival." 

I dropped him, not even managing to help him up. The rage in me was at its peak. I sped out of the bathhouse and past the train station, headed straight for Kuiboia. To my Chihiro. To that damned Kao.