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

Assumption

"That's not the point, you impertinent girl. The point is I was providing you with a test and you damaged my bathhouse. What will the guests think of that bloody mess?"

Chihiro could feel the anger that began boiling in her blood with every word the witch uttered, making the pulsating curse that scarred her palms to throb in time with her heartbeat. "For one, Yubaba, impertinent I may be, but I am no girl. And for two, your making the assumption that I care about having ruined your precious wallpaper. You released those... those things, those shadow monsters, to try and kill us. That was no trial, that was an attempt to be our end, merely for your petty pride."

"How dare you speak to me so!" Came the woman's shrill reply.

"I dare because you have no power anymore to do anything about it. We've bested you and now you have no choice but to release us, as shamefaced as you may be."she quipped lightly, pressing her face into Haku's lightly, fighting the adrenaline that was screaming in her blood.

"And you're making the assumption that I'm still being forced to play by the same rules."

Note:Yeah, so I totally forgot to update this in the face of finally working on my original fics. Sorry. Here's a leading chapter though to make it up to you?