Beginning note: I don't own Spirited Away, I'm not making any money off it, and this is all for the funzys.
Ablution - A ceremonial act of washing parts of the body or sacred containers
Contemplation
Chihiro was lost in contemplation, biting her lip and following him wordlessly down a corridor that looked no different from the ones before; amazingly detailed murals covered them entirely in a never ending image of the macabre.
She almost didn't know what hit her when his arm snaked around her waist and he propelled them up into the air, sending a ball of power toward the floor that exploded like a powder-bomb; the glow of it licking up the walls before vanishing into the air.
It was all at once then that everything happened.
The shadowy creatures exploded from the black areas in the paintings, reaching up at them with yearning hands.
And Haku was changing; pinning her to an upper portion of the wall with hands that had turned to claws as his skin dissolved away into scales and his body twisted in on itself in movements she could only describe as beautiful.
It was then she realized the danger they were in; the shadows were crawling up the walls toward them with frightening efficiently, steadily drawing closer and closer to her and her dragon.
"Haku," She reached up to grab his face, bring him down to look her in the eyes. "Kohaku we have to go. Come on. Come back to me."
Note: I have up to chapter 67 finished of this, so as long as I don't update too terribly quickly there will be enough to tide you guys over for another week should I not have the time to write more. I'm working on getting Updates done for some of my other stories too, as I do have 8 other in-progess stories posted, and a handful of others that haven't, so this wont be my top priority for a few days.