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
Endymion
There was a sort of irony that came with sinking into the depths of the untamed lake and letting the thrashing waters consume her. Because she'd done this before. More times than she could count. And she had the bravery to see this through.
Her personal rebellion against life was now meant to end it. Because for Kohaku to prove that he was indeed worthy, she had to die. Die, and have life breathed back into her.
It was oddly fitting really, that the one thing she had trusted to the hands of the nameless cove -her life- was now the one thing he needed her to give away. Because the guardian of this place needed to have life in him. A fierce passion in his soul, because he would have to give life and take it away with the same waving of his hand.
And no mere spirit could do that.
So when the burning of her lungs became overwhelming, she opened her eyes. And the image of the world she had flung herself into was amazing. Glowing and strange and swirling around her in curiosity of the newness she represented.
And as the last of the air finally spilled from her lungs, creating bubbles around her that rose almost peacefully to the surface she refused to let her panicking muscles spur her toward, she saw him. Twisting his way through the waters toward her; shimmering silver and glowing just as brightly as the life that followed him.
Her world darkened to points, focusing on him and blurring about the edges, becoming so much sharper before there was nothing left. And her final thought was that he looked like Endymion, bringing the light of the moon to her one final time.
Note: So did I just blow you guys right out of the water? Was this arch not the biggest plot twist i could have ever introduced?