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
Question
Her question answered itself when she noticed movement slowly approaching them in the darkness. It was a large, lumbering shape; its mass seeming to shift as it tried to retain its form while moving toward them.
As it drew closer, Haku lowered himself to the ground, rolling his shoulders so she knew to dismount.
The moment her feet touched the ground, he was wrapped around her again, forcing her into a far corner as he twisted himself around to face the creature again.
It was one of the most grotesque things she had ever seen; a large writhing mass of blackness, its eyes mere pinpoints of glowing red against it.
The creature and Kohaku squared off in the center of the room; it testing the limits of the dragon's tolerance and he refusing to move from his position guarding her; his tail blocking any attack that might fly off in her direction.
When it noticed her dragon's protective stance before her and not in his own defense, it lunged forward with arms that sprouted right out of its body; made of shadows that where aimed for Kohaku's belly.
He dodged them with ease, pouncing on the demon and ripping into it with his claws as his muzzle buried itself into the moving mass of shadows that was its back.
It shrieked in pain.
Note: okay, I know some of you aren't going to like violent Haku; but if you re-watch the movie, you'll see he has some tendencies as a child that could grow into an image like this as an adult. Like when he was being chased by the paper birds? So please, lets not start bitching about him being out of character; i know what I'm doing.