Disclaimer: I don't own spirited away.
The moment controls the hour, the night consumes the rest
"What's your name?" Chihiro asked the open window after a space of time she could not place, could not name, -and did not care to. Her only acknowledgement of its passing being that darkness had fallen.
And from beyond the curtains that blew softly to and fro, came a voice that for the first time in so long -sounded solid. Not just some dream or memory like all the others that passed her by. And she could had cried in relief of the realness in his notes. "I have many names, Little dog, and many have no words, not as you know them. They are lost to the wind, or are but Whale song. But I am the guardian spirit of the Kohaku River, so you may call me such if it pleases you."
"Kohaku," she murmured softly, feeling out the word even as she called out to him. "My name is Chihiro. Chihiro Ogino."
"I know." he replied, and it felt as if he were saying so much more than those few words. It felt as if he were telling her he knew of her soul and its intricacies, of her favorite movies and the color of the fluffy socks she liked to wear when it was cold. "Rest, Chihiro, and the world will look brighter."
She did not remember much of the days before when she awakened, but she remembered him, and she thought she had mumbled a reply to the guardian that had named himself her protector before drifting away. She thought she had heard him chuckle in the darkness.
Note: So today I have the day off, so you are getting update and I'm writing more, since updates are sporadic on my work weeks. As always though; Reviews are a very nice thing to leave.