Chapter 11 - Chapter Eleven

Ok, since only one person voted on whether they just wanted one more

chap or two more, I'm going to do two. Warning: this one is probably going

to be vary long, because I have a cool idea. Anyways, enough of my babbling,

on with teh fic!



Disclaimer-I own nothing from Spirited Away. I do own Larena and any other original characters



Chapter 11



"Mom!? Dad?! Anyone?! Hello!?!" Kohaku yelled as he and Larena ran around the ruins

of the bathhouse, searching for a sign that any one had survived. Hearing no reply, they

continued searching, weaving in and out of ruined door ways and support beams, having

to quickly dive out of the way when the roof decided to collapse every now and then. "Can

anyone hear me?!?!" he called again, watching Larena as she walked towards a small pile

of rubble.



Her ears perked up when she heard a soft moan. "Kohaku! Over here!" she called, falling

to her knees by the pile of rubble and pulling pieces of rock away. Kohaku ran over and

knelt beside her, helping to pull away the stones. Once the stones were cleared, Larena

reached in and gently picked up the small frog-like spirit.



"Can you hear me?" she asked softly, shaking it gently.



The small frog groaned again and slowly opened it's eyes, taking in the site of the two. It

smiled slightly, coughing a bit. "M-Master Kohaku, Lady Larena, you have returned." it

said quietly.



"What happened here?" Kohaku asked. The frog spirit turned it's head towards him and

sighing.



"Dimitri came yesterday, with little Mistress Sen as his hostage. He offered a deal- give

him the bathhouse in return for Sen. Lord Haku and Lady Chihiro didn't know what to do.

L-Lord Kitsune attempted to fight Dimitri, but the evil man won. In the end, they did trade

the bathhouse for Sen. T-Then they moved to the forest for safety. I stayed behind to lead

anyone who came to the forest, but some rubble fell on me, and I was trapped until now."

the frog coughed again, finishing the story.



Larena closed her eye's for a second, holding back angry tears. Someone close to you is

not who you think. Her grandfathers words rang loudly in her ears. Now she knew what he

had meant.



"Larena?" she looked up at Kohaku, their eye's meeting for a second," we have to go now."

she nodded, and cradling the small spirit in her arm, the two took off running in the direction

of the forest. It took them about 5 minutes to get there, but it felt much longer. They stopped

when they reached the spirit camp, once again, staring in shock. The number of good spirits

had been cut to about half as many as before, and all looked thoroughly beaten and depressed.



They walked silently threw the camp, the spirits looking up and whispered. One ran into a near

by tent, emerging a minute later with Haku, Chihiro and Sen.



"Oh thankgod you two are alright!" Chihiro exclaimed, hugging them both tightly. She pulled back

a moment later, looking over the both of them for injuries of any sort. "Your not wounded are you?"



The two teens shook their heads, Larena handing the frog spirit to Haku, who took it to be looked

at.



"It is good to see your are alright, Larena."



"Grandfather!" Larena ran over and hugged him tightly, the elder spirit chuckling lightly and hugging

her back. "Grandfather, why didn't you tell me Dimitri was the evil one?!" she exclaimed, pulling

back a bit and looking up at him.



"I had to let you figure it out for your own my dear. Now, listen closely Larena. Your necklace is the key

to defeating Dimitri once and for all..you must....." her grandfather trailed off, closing his eye's and slumping

to the ground.



"Grandfather!" Larena cried, falling to her knees and shaking him. The other spirits all crowded around them,

Kohaku holding a crying Sen close. "Please wake up! Please!!" she cried, tears falling from her eye's and

onto his clothing. Then she saw it. The patch of blood on the side of his robes. "He's...dead...." she whispered,

standing and turning away from his body. "Dimitri killed him..." she growled quietly.



"DIMITRI! YOU BASTARD! YOUR DEAD!" she screamed to the sky letting out her rage. The gem on her

necklace flashed red, and she was encircled by flames.



"Larena!" Kohaku shouted, going to move forward. He was stopped by his Mother, who simply shook her

head no.



Within a few minutes, the flames began dispersing, showing the slightly different Larena. She now wore

fire red robes, and her hair was pulled back in the style of a priestess.



She blinked, her eye's now containing little red flecks, her ears twitching a bit. "Wha.." she gasped,

looking at her self.



"You now have the powers of the kitsune goddess, Larena. Your necklace held the power until you needed

it." Chihiro said, smiling slightly.



Larena grinned, looking at Kohaku. They nodded to each other before turning towards the ruins of the

bathhouse. It was time to get rid of Dimitri, once and for all.



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Dimitri cackled to himself as he sat on top of the old bathhouse, looking around the area. "Nothing

can stop me!" he snickered.





"Think again!" he looked up and shouted in pain when a sudden whirlwind of fire knocked him off his perch.

He managed to right himself, looking up when Larena and Kohaku landed on the other end of the roof.

He smirked.



"So, your here to defeat me? Just try!" he charged at them, slashing out with dark blades. Larena

dodged easily and sent a tornado of fire at him, Kohaku also throwing his sutras at the dark spirit.

Dimitri growled and turned to Kohaku. "Your the first to go boy." he snarled, sending a beam of

dark energy at him. Kohaku dodged to the right, but the attack still managed to hit his arm.



"Gah!" he cried out, slumping to the ground, uncontious.



"Kohaku!" Larena cried, her eye's flaming. Her aura rose in power, the fact that Dimitri had hurt her

friend causing rage to boil up within her. Dimitri's eye's widened, and he backed away from the

kitsune goddess, shocked at the amount of power she commanded.



He fell threw the roof when she attacked him again, the angered girl diving down after him and grabbing

him by his neck, slamming him into a nearby wall. "It was you who killed my father wasn't it?!" she

growled, her eye's still flaming.



Dimitri's eye's flashed with fear. "I killed him alright. I killed him easily. Then I threatened your mother

into silence so she would never tell you. I killed your grandfather as well! and I'm proud of it!" he

cackled, cut off when Larena sliced his head off with a sword of fire. Suddenly tired and running out

of adrenaline, Larena staggered her way back to the roof, walking carefully over to where Kohaku lay.



"Kohaku..." she murmured before sighing and passing out on top of him.



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Ha! Perfecto! and Maggie said I couldn't hang a picture. a now 21 year old Larena thought, beaming

at the portrait she had just hung on the wall. She looked around at her new apartment, smiling at the

cheery colors and thought out furniture sets. It had taken her a year to get it done, but now it was

finally finished. It had been 5 years since she and Kohaku had defeated Dimitri in the spirit world. 5

years since she had been forced to return to her life in the human world while Kohaku and the others

remained in the spirit realm.



Sighing, her gaze once more went to the picture she had just hung up. It was a photo that had been

taken a week after Dimitri's defeat. In it, she, Kohaku, Sen, Chihiro and Haku stood in front of the newly

rebuilt bathhouse, the rest of the spirits all in the background. Chihiro and Haku were standing together,

their arms around each other, while Larena had made bunny ears behind Kohaku's head, grinning. Kohaku

had his arm around Larena's waist(a fact that she tried to ignore to keep from blushing) and his other hand

was giving Sen bunny ears, his face lit up by his smile. Sen had decided to be a clown and was making a

funny face at the camera, her arms up in the air.



Larena smiled at the picture, sighing again. She had changed much from when she was 16. Her hair was

still long and red, but now she mostly kept it up in a high ponytail, and her form had filled out into that of a

beautiful woman. She had just recently complete her collage degree, and she was now an intern doctor at

a local clinic. Sighing once more, Larena blinked when she head the doorbell ring. What? Who would be

here now? she wondered, moving to the front door. She opened it and gasped.



A strangely familiar man with chin length black hair and warm brown eyes stood in the doorway, smiling

down at her as she let her gaze wander. Her eye's snapped back up to his, and something in both her

mind and heart clicked. "Kohaku?!" she squeaked.



The man smiled and nodded, his eye's never leaving hers. "Hello again, Larena." she shivered at the way

he had said her voice, the tone deeper and more husky then when she had last seen him.



"Kohaku!" she squealed, jumping and hugging him tightly. He chuckled and hugging her back.



"It's good to see you to Larena. Can we go inside to talk?" he asked. Larena nodded and pulled away,

taking his hand and leading him inside, Kohaku pushing the door closed behind him. She led him over

to the couch and sat down, motioning for him to sit beside her. The two talked for awhile, simply catching

up on what had happened in the past five years. Kohaku explained that Sen wanted to go to highschool in

the human realm, and since she was 15 now, she would be going into grade 9. He also explained that his

parents had said it would be alright if he came and lived in the human realm, if that's what would make him

happy.



Larena smiled and related that her Mom was living in a nice bungalow not to far away, and that she had a

nice boyfriend as well(her Mom was only 20 when she had Larena, so now she's about 41).Kohaku

congratulated her on becoming a doctor, and then he grew silent.



"Larena?" he murmured quietly, taking her left hand and stroking her ring finger a bit with his fingers.



"Yes?" she asked, watching his hands.



"I should've told you before you left, but I was afraid," he paused, looking up at her,"I love you Larena."



She gasped, her eye's snapping up to meet his. The amber orbs searched his brown ones for any hint

that he was lying, before, finding none, she smiled and placed her hand gently on his cheek. "I love you

to, Kohaku." she whispered, still smiling.



He grinned and leaned in, softly pressing his lips against hers. She responded, kissing him back and

wrapping her arms around his neck. They sat, kissing softly, until the need for air became apparent,

and they broke apart, panting slightly, still smiling.



Then Kohaku grinned and slipped off the couch, bending down on one knee in front of her. She smiled

and raised an eyebrow. "Kohaku, what are you doing?" she asked playfully, giggling a bit.



He grinned more, pulling a small box out of his pants pocket. "I'm asking you to marry me." he replied,

snapping open the box and revealing a beautiful diamond engagement ring.



She gasped, her hands covering her mouth in elated surprise. "So? Is that a yes or a no?"



She let out a squeal and slipped off the couch, hugging him tightly. "Of course I will! How could I ever say

no to you?" she whispered, pulling him close for another kiss.



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"sniffs and whipes eyes" awww, soo touching. Anyhoodles..I hope you people liked this! Second last

chapter! "bawls" I'm gonna miss you guys! The Epilogue shall be out tomorrow! Now, to reviewers:



Vic:yes it;s going to end soon"bawls" I don't think there will be another story...but you never know with

me. I'm glad you liked the chapter! And for the whole story they are 16, except for that last part, where they's

about 21. Thanks for the review and glad you like teh fic!



Sarah:I'm glad you like it so much! Yes it did change the story, but I had to! Glad you like it and thanks for

the review!



Yessika:lol, well, you have your answer now! lmao. Glad you like it and thanks for the review!!



Ok people, only one more chapter to go." bawls yet again" See you all tomorrow! Ja ne



Amaria

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