Friendly Fire
Prolouge
Yes...I know all of you are probably like "Why the hell is she writing another fic when she can't even keep up with one!" The answer is that I had a great idea and I just had to follow it! So read on and please no flames, although if that's the only reason anyone will give a dumb review your welcome to...
Summary: Chihiro and Haku are both royalty in a war...unfortunately on opposite sides...What happens when they start to fall for each other?...
Disclaimer: Although I want to say I do own it, there are some tall dark guys in black business suits with briefcases saying "You do not own it!" so I guess I cannot...this time... Spirited Away is not mine. There happy?
Love is like a dream, you must wake up from it sometime.
But true love is like a nightmare, it seems endless.
Although we want all love to be true and everlasting, face it. It's not. Everyone loves something or someone at a point in their life, even though it's not exactly life-long.
The love of Chihiro and Haku, although made difficult by their families, lasts forever and never dies.
"Dear, I know you are upset...but I cannot do what you are asking of me..." Father said, turning to a teenage girl.
"But Father-" The girl, named Chihiro, said.
"Sir...Our scouts have just reported that the enemy's troops are marching toward this fort," a man said, dressed in a navy-blue uniform.
"How many?" Father asked, immediately turning from father to sir.
"We estimate about 3000, sir," the young man said, still standing strait and looking a bit tense.
"3000... Looks like they have decided to end this war...But they will soon find that the Ogino family is greater!"
'Father...Why won't you listen to me? Is winning this war so important to you that I mean nothing? You acted the same way towards Mother...And she died without your love...' She thought, starting to walk away.
She walked out into the hall and toward her room. When Chihiro reached it, she went to the balcony and stared out over her father's land. Her mother had told her stories of how this place used to be green and beautiful, before she died. The war that had lasted over a hundred years between the two families of the continent or J'linne (pronunciation: ga-lin; J sounds like G in George...just wanted to clear that up...) had taken its toll on the grey and dreary land that Chihiro called home.
"Haku, your father could not have chosen a worse time to die! What will we do now? We have been planning this bttle for a long time!" A strict looking woman said to her son.
"Mother, I will guide the troops in my father's absence, please do not worry," Haku said. Father had died the day before and now it was his duty to take over the command of the army.
"Good, now go, and prepare for the battle," Mother said. No, she did not care for my safety. The war seemed to matter more. Power and Victory was what she longed for, and this war was the perfect way to gain it.
Haku immediately went to my chambers and started fishing my armor and weapons out of the closet. He had never liked war. Haku had fought many times before, but not as the commander. Father was always there.
As Haku began pulling the gear on, he heard a knock on my door. "Who is it?" He called.
"Lieutenant Rae, sir."
He quickly finished and let him in. "What is it, lieutenant?"
"Sir! We are ready to depart, Sir!"
"Great...I'll be right there."
"Yes Sir!"
'I hate the army...' He thought rolling his eyes, but so that the solider could not see him, that would cause some problems.
Haku went down to the kitchens so to say goodbye to his only friends. "Hey, Rin!" Haku said upon seeing the cook preparing my mothers dinner.
"Haku! Your mother will kill you if she finds out you're here!"
"She won't have time! I'm leaving in a few minutes to go to battle! In my fathers place!"
"Really! That's great!"
"I just came down to say bye...so bye Rin!"
"Bye Haku!"
Chihiro was alway strangely exited about a battle. Because, each one could be their last. Even though she knew that the final battle meant that many would be hurt or killed, and that if her family lost she could be killed, she also knew that peace would give her a lot more freedom than she had ever experienced, even in her 18 years. Chihiro was attractive, although she had turned down every suitor. Her brown hair was well past her shoulders. Her hazel eyes could capture any boy's heart with a glance. Her skin was mostly tan, she was more of an outside person, even at her parent's (mostly her now deceased mother's) protesting that she would ruin her skin or simply get dirty.
Chihiro continued to gaze out over the land, imagining what it would be like if it was green and plentiful again. All of a sudden she heard a faint but steady drumbeat as the few birds stopped crowing. "They're coming..." She whispered as she realized what it meant.
"Father!" She cried, running quickly to the war room, "They're coming! I can hear their drums!"
"Thank you, Chihiro...You! Gather the troops and send them out to meet our 'guests'!" Her father said as he sent a solider out of the room. "Chihiro, make an announcement and take all women and children into the center of the castle, now!"
"Yes father," Chihiro murmured and hurried to her duties.
When she finished, she did not do as she was told and join the others in the castle. Chihiro did now know what drove her to do it, but she went to the armory and grabbed armor and weapons. Quickly, she put them on and looked at herself in the mirror. "What am I doing?" Chihiro asked herself. She soon realized why. She wanted to see why her father always bragged about the many battles.
My my, so short. I know I need more on Haku but that's what the next chapter is for and I kinda have a writers block. :runs and hides: sorry people...and I know 3000 men is not that much but whatever, this is my story.