FIRE SEEKER: A Spirited Away Fan-Fiction (Prologue) 🌟

Chapter Four - The Rescue

I felt myself tremble in horror as I thought of what that large baby might do so suddenly especially to that doll he held around his arms. Yes, the baby was holding a medium sized doll which had brown hair. As I looked at the doll being moved side to side, I heard a tiny voice call... "Onee-chan, help me."

"Hahaha," Yubaba chuckled with amusement as she felt my fear, "What are you thinking of now, Asumi? Can't you see that your brother is just fine?"

"What have you done to him?" I said as I kept on staring at the doll and the baby.

"Oh, I just gave your brother a nice home where he could play all day without you hurting him or anything. You do remember how you treated him, don't you, Asumi? How you hurt him and shouted at him whenever he did wrong. Don't worry. Don't be guilty; he did deserve that pain. You were just disciplining him..."

No I thought in my mind, slowly remembering of how terrible I treated Kaji a long time ago. I--I wasn't. I wasn't disciplining him. I wanted to hurt him... without a reason.

I felt myself cry inside as I kept on staring. When I was about to take one step towards the baby so I could grab the doll who was my brother, "Don't even think about it," Yubaba said as a cage fell from above and trapped me.

"Hahaha," Yubaba laughed as I held the bars of the cage and looked down, "You lose again... Don't you remember what I said, Asumi? You will never win. You're weak."

"I'm not weak," I said as the bars of the cage began to melt in my hands. "I am NOT weak!" I then cried aloud as the summoned flames melted the cage, releasing me.

After that, I took a few steps out of the melted cage and looked up at Yubaba and said, "... And I'm no longer going to lose to you."

After that, I suddenly approached the large crying baby and snatched the doll away from his hands as I left a flamed barrier in front of Yubaba.

"No!" Yubaba shouted furiously as she wiped away the flames with her magic.

When the barrier was finally wiped out, Yubaba saw that I have already ran away with the doll.

"You're not going anywhere," she said as her eyes burned with anger.

When I was about to run towards an open window, a metal wall with spikes suddenly appeared in front of me, blocking my way. I immediately changed direction as I slipped the doll inside my coat. As I tried to approach every exit, Yubaba kept on blocking my way.

"You have nowhere to run, Asumi!" Yubaba cried, "I control this bathhouse and everyone in it-"

"Except for me!" an irritating voice surprisingly cried.

When I turned my head, a green frog with three tongues suddenly jumped in front of me beginning to spit at Yubaba.

"Togo!" I cried as I was surprised to see him, "I thought-"

"Remember what I told you before, Asumi," Togo said as he attacked Yubaba, "I'll always be there for you..."

"Togo..." I smiled.

"Now, get out of here! I'll take care of this witch!" he cried as Yubaba began to attack Togo back with her magic.

As I was finally away from the scene where Togo and Yubaba fought...

"You Stupid Frog!" Yubaba cried as she tried to attack Togo who was jumping around the area, "Will you ever learn?"

"I guess I won't," Togo replied teasingly, "hehe..."

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As I ran so fast, heading downstairs to where Lin waited for me with a boat, the spirits gasped.

"Huh!" they jolted. "What the-"

"Hey! No running!"

Suddenly as I continued to run, the floors began to rumble until three booms were heard and a strong gust of wind with flames suddenly destroyed a slide door of a room that made everyone jolt once more.

Togo suddenly jumped out of that room and said teasingly, "Hehe... Now look at what you've done? You just broke the floor and the door... haha. Get it?" and he jumped away even farther.

"Come back here, you maggot!" Yubaba exclaimed chasing Togo around the bathhouse with her mouth flaming with fire.

"I'm no maggot!" Togo replied as he kept on jumping, "I'm a frog! And one of a kind too! Hehe"

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Finally, I was outside the bathhouse looking for Lin. From where I stood, I suddenly saw Lin bidding to me.

"Hurry, Asumi" Lin said as I quickly got on the boat, "Where's your brother?"

I panted for a while and took out the doll from my coat.

When Lin saw me take it out, "Uh, that's a doll," she said as she felt her face being squashed.

"I'll explain to you later," I said as I wanted us to go now, but then... "Wait!" I suddenly stopped her.

"What?" she asked as I grasped her arm.

"We have to wait for Togo..."

"Togo? What?" she looked at me feeling dumbfounded, "You brought that freaky frog with you? No way!"

"Please, Lin" I pleaded, "We have to-"

BOOM!

A large explosion suddenly blew up inside the bathhouse, and flames and smoke began to emerge from the windows.

"Togo!" I cried as I was about to go back but then...

"No, Asumi!" Lin grasped my shoulders and looked into my eyes, "Remember why you came here, Asumi. You need to save your brother."

I suddenly looked down upsettingly, trying to think hard and fast. I finally nodded as I had nothing else to choose for an option.

"Excuse me," I said to Lin as I reached out my arms, facing them behind me. "Hold on," I continued.

"Hold on?" she wondered not understanding in what I was talking about until sudden flames burst out from my arms, making the boat move faster.

"Wahhh!" Lin began to tug my clothes as her tears were flying away from her eyes, "Can you make this thing go sloweerrr!!!"