Ablution

by velvet-sometimes

Some memories never leave us behind, and the bonds forged between a child and a River God retain remembered strength in paint and dreams. Hope rides the thin edge of a weathered sea shell and the cleansing sting of the ocean spray... A Drabble series

89. Devotion

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

Devotion

Only after a long moment of merely relaxing into his embrace did she speak, softly and slow. "Then we should hurry and return to the human world. I want for us to go home."

She felt the movement more than she viewed it when he nodded in acceptance. "Come then," he told her, rising elegantly from the water, seemingly just as dry as he was upon his entrance to it. "And let us attempt to pass whatever test your Cove has set for us. I shall not disappoint you, my little Chihiro."

She accepted his outstretched hand without hesitation and allowed him to help her to her feet in a movement that was infinity less elegant than his own as water poured from her sodden clothes. "Yes," she told him with laughter in her voice, and when he smiled in return, the devotion in his gaze was easily recognizable. "Lets go home."

With that he was sweeping her up into his arms with the barest of ease and stepping out of the pool, heedless to the fact she was getting his clothing wet when even a soak could not, and walking with her out of the magical place that had trapped them for far too long.

Note: Hey hey everyone! An update! I'm working on this one again so never fear; and ending is in sight! (at least for me anyway, you guys still have a bit before then)