A/N: This a preview of a story I HOPE I work up the moxie to make. I really do. Tell me if I've got a good concept going...please?

Ammy couldn't help but wag her tail when she finally spotted the creature she'd heard sneaking by. She crouched down and watched a small rabbit pad through a patch of nearby flowers, occasionally stopping to sniff at the ground. It did a very convincing job of wandering aimlessly, while at the same time creeping farther away from her.

Amaterasu wasn't fooled by it in the least.

She gave a short bark, and unlike most rabbits who jumped, squeaked, then ran away, this one snuck a sideways glance at her hiding spot. Amaterasu, if she'd had the vocal chords for it, could've chuckled. Her quarry had removed any doubts as to who exactly they were in one fell swoop.

Hello there, Yumigami, the wolf thought to herself.

Yumigami was obviously trying to avoid her today. Usually, Ammy would just let the rabbit go on with whatever she was doing. But today, she was very, very bored – and there was only so many good deeds one could do for random inhabitants of Nippon without hungering for just a little chaos. Oh sure, she'd never do anything destructive – or at least not purposefully. Yet there was not a soul who could say Amaterasu was not a playful goddess.

So Ammy barked again, inciting a twitch from Yumigami. The rabbit had given up hiding from Ammy, and just turned to look at her. Actually, more precisely to give her a snarky glare.

Ammy barked one last time, sadly not making Yumigami twitch again. In one fluid motion, Ammy was no longer crouching – now she was running at the little rabbit goddess, in the hopes of making her run. Ammy was in the mood for a nice chase...

What happened, however, was that the dratted rabbit just hopped out of the way. She tried to turn to run after her, but Ammy just ending up skidding and then--

Hit a tree.

A few long, dizzy seconds later Ammy's vision focused again. Now she could finally identify that strange, fuzzy shape over her as Yumigami.

"Out of shape, Amaterasu?" the rabbit asked smugly.

Ammy just let out a small growl before closing her eyes. She was still really, really dizzy...

When she opened her eyes again, she was somewhere completely different than that happy, sunny meadow with Yumigami. She was somewhere with the cloud of evil stifling the sun's rays, dirtying the air...she was, quite literally, hundreds of years away.

Amaterasu woke up from her dream in the wee hours, just as the sun was starting to bring the world back to life. She was curled under one of the many giant ancient trees of Agata Forest, with a Poncle shrouded in a green glow sleeping by the tip of her nose. Ah, yes, that was Issun...

And that wonderful time with Yumigami was a far off memory, a scattered dream.