This was basically just me with a bunch of ideas and nowhere to put them, so I came up with this. It has undergone many changes over the past year, because that's how long I've been writing it. I only recently thought it had become good enough to post, and so I've been dividing it into chapters all this time.

It isn't technically my first Inuyahsa fanfiction, but I haven't posted the others, so it might as well be. Besides, I'm not sure the other ones are quite good enough yet to be posted. Though I do have them as work-in progresses. I may just ditch one of them. It's really short, and it hasn't been going anywhere for a while, so I figure, what's the point, huh?

At any rate, when you finish reading each chapter, I'd really like it if you reviewed. I haven't reall shown this to my friends to the point of them actually reading it. They only know it as 'the good one'.


Singing To The Wind

Chapter One

Prologue


The wind pushed gently against the Irish dragon's back as she flew across the southern mountains of Japan. The forests beneath her were abundant, and she decided to drop down for a rest, seeing as the trees would give her much-needed cover. Ellyria had been running from all humans she'd seen for what might well have been forever. All they really did was try and kill her anyway, and what Ellyria wanted was to live a quiet, long life, and fly as long as she could.

Lying low enough to be hidden by the trees, Ellyria figured she might as well search for food. She was hungry. And there didn't seem much else to do but root around in the underbrush. Perhaps today she would come across a fine meal of rabbit, or maybe a snack of some lizard or other. Oh, she could hardly wait.

Passing a few small clearings, she found very few signs of sufficient sustainment around. There were squirrels, but they were scared off by her before she even saw them. A few rabbits' dens were spotted, but again, dragons were hardly welcome to small, furry animals. It was look, see, bolt like heck for the bunnies.

Ah! There went one! Ellyria followed it to it's den and tried to find it with her claws. Her appendage barely fit, and didn't go that deep, so the effort was obviously fruitless.

Swinging her head around to find another small rodent to snack upon, her eyes were snagged by something. A rabbit, perchance? No, upon further inspection, the object of excitement was an egg. Large, and white, but much bigger than anything that should be native to a forest. Perhaps it was a meal for her today. One never knew. Drawing closer, Ellyria saw that it must have been abandoned. Her mothering instinct kicked in, and she plucked a few leaves from the sycamore that the egg was leaning against and wrapped them around it, adding pulled grass for more insulation. Ellyria then proceeded to tuck it into her wing so that it might be warmed by the many intricate blood vessels running through it.

A few weeks passed, and Ellyria wondered when the egg would hatch. For certain, it was alive, she could see that when she carefully held the egg up to the light. The definite shape of the creature inside could not be ascertained, but it would come with the hatching. Ellyria decided that she would just have to wait and be patient. It wasn't as though the creature could be all that dangerous to her. Even if it was, she had sheer size on it anyway.

About two and a half months after the finding, the dragon's patience paid off. A small cracking was heard while Ellyria was napping, and she shot up, knowing what was going on. Tiny fissures were seen, then they widened, and one piece of the shell was forced up by a miniscule golden beak. The egg tooth on the bird (as it so obviously was one now) made quick work of the rest of the shell, tumbling out when there was no more support. It didn't peep, but it looked up at Ellyria and supposed that the thing it was staring at was it's mother. It stretched around it's neck as though it were preparing for something it would need it for. Then was it that Ellyria noticed the bird's plumage. While premature, it was clearly an indicator of the coming adulthood. Mostly red, with tiny wings that had flecks of gold on the top and white on the bottom. The bird also had a white underbelly, and a crest made up of alternating red and gold feathers. There was a shock, though, for the fore feather on its head was an electric blue.

The next month was amazing for Ellyria, as she strove to provide for her newfound child. She was in a fog as to the gender, but that didn't matter. What did was that the bird that, last week, had been barely large enough to fit in Ellyria's palm, a good twenty centimeters across, could now take on a large dog for size.

Over time, Ellyria grew very attached to the creature, and managed to develop the stealth needed to catch small rodents, and often fed them to her adopted offspring. The bird also seemed to enjoy eating grass. Ellyria couldn't discern why, as she thought it was completely horrid. But she accepted whatever her child wanted.

A year passed. How, Ellyria was not sure. Time didn't seem as important. But she wanted to figure out a birthday for the bird, whom she still hadn't attempted to name. Wrong names were a burden. And the bird was technically born twice. Once when it came out of it's mother as an egg, and once when it hatched. Since the dragon had no idea when the bird came out if it's mother, she gave it's first birthday as the day she found the egg. Which happened to be right at the european new year, as she recalled. What a coincidence, then, that the little one's second birthday be on the Japanese new year. This embraced youngling was a double miracle, as far as birth dates were concerned. And the chick now seemed as fully grown as she would get, with a wingspan of twenty feet or so. Her neck was about three-quarters the proportional length of a swan's, giving it an elegant look. And still no idea if it was a male or a girl. Ellyria had no inkling as how to find that out. And she didn't really have a necessity to. As far as she was concerned, her child was loved by her, and that was all that mattered. So she snatched a corpulent bunny and swiftly broke it's neck to take home.

When she got back, the chickling was crouched up, its wings folded under it. And the eyes were confused, a little bit scared. Ellyria didn't drop the rabbit, but she rushed (as much as a dragon can rush, considering their both bulk and long legs) to the bird's side. It wasn't hurt, but something was causing it discomfort. Ellyria stepped back as the poor thing began to glow, and light shot out of it's upturned beak, swirling around it's form. Ellyria had to shut her eyes until the brightness passed.

Opening her scaly orbs, she was shocked. In front of her, where the young bird had been lying, there was a sleeping child. An actual human girl. Or she looked human, at least. And the girl was wearing a small white kimono, adorned in printed lavender and powder blue blossoms. Porcelain skin was partly covered by crimson sunset hair, long and lushly waved. And Ellyria, while afraid of humans, did not run, knowing somehow that it was the bird she had known for a year.

The girl sat up, opening her eyes to reveal azure orbs as deep as the purest seas. They held the same spirit as that of her alter ego, but more intelligent. And the girl appeared to be about three or so. She smiled, a truly warm and comforting glow almost emanating from her person. "Hi, mommy!" her voice was as clear as a small bell, perfectly tuned, and reverberating softly. Then she ran up to her "mommy" and gave her a big hug 'round the neck. Then she stood back a bit, almost studying the dragon. As if deciding on something, she patted her
accepted mother on the snout, a small blue ball of energy passing from her into Ellyria.

Words came to the large creature's mouth. "You are so pretty, my little one." Startled by her sudden speaking abilities, she decided to ask, "Why did you give me voice?"

The little girl shrugged. "I wanted to talk, and I wanted you to answer. Your voice is really nice." More smiling.

"Well, now that I can name you, what shall we call you, little one?"

"You'll think of something," the girl said, sounding so very confident in her parent.

"I think... Hikari. It means light in the language of these parts."

The newly named Hikari smiled. "I like it. I feel made of light. Can we fly," she asked suddenly, just like a normal child would ask for a treat.

"Would you like to use your own wings, darling?"

Hikari shook her head, curls bouncing everywhere. "I want to see everything with you, Mama."

And so, the small and wondrous child climbed onto her mother's back and wrapped her tiny arms around Ellyria's neck. "Hold on tight," the dragon warned, in quite the maternal fashion. Then she pushed off, flapping her wings several times to gain enough height before she soared.

The sweet little girl hanging onto her squealed and giggled. When the excitement died down, she was simply awestruck. "Everything is so tiny," she breathed. "And the forest doesn't look so gosh-darn big. I thought it went on until forever. Wow, those are big mountains. And look at the white stuff on them! Is that snow? Do you think it's as fluffy as it looks?"

"Snow is wet sweetheart, and it turns into water when it touches you."

Hikari cocked her head. "You mean it poofs, and then it's water? How does water get to be snow?"

Ellyria chuckled at her child's questions. "It doesn't 'poof', it melts. Snow is really cold water."

"Like a pond in the winter? But snow is white, and the pond is shiny and see-through."

Ellyria craned her neck to answer the child's inquiries. "It's the same thing, dear. The snow is all that, just really small pieces of it."

"How small," Hikari asked, cuddling into her mother's neck, and looking very comfortable.

"As small as ants, dear. Do you remember how small those ants are, Hikari?" And she turned back around to look at the girl, only to find her sound asleep, peaceful as an angel. Ellyria dropped back down into the trees and touched down at their home. She set her child down on the soft grass and covered her with a wing before lying down to rest herself.


Hikari-If you are reading this, then I have two things to tell you! One- Stop being so lazy and leave areview! Two- Thank you for reading!

Kayo- And again, I make an appearance in my girlfriend's story. Really, people, review. She loves feedback, and even if you insult her, she won't care. She's really the bounciest person I know. Insults thrown at her are basically like throwing sand at a wall. She's impervious, in my opinion.

Hikari- I beg to differ! There is only one method of entry into me, and that is by-

Kayo- Honey, I don't think that they want to hear about that.

Hikari- What are you talking about? I was just going to tell them that you always-

Kayo- Thanks for reading! Bye now!

Hikari- But-