This chapter is much shorter than I would really like, but do not worry- it gets a lot longer in the coming chapters. I'm currently in the process of writing chapter ten, which, so far, is the second longest chapter. The first longest is actually chapter eight or nine- I can't remember.

I am very sad that the stats for audience participation are still so low. You people who read this know I love to hear from you, so why don't you do it?

I also brought to my attention that there has not been a disclaimer in a while. Or at all, for that matter, and I would like to remedy that.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any characters that were created by Rumiko Takahashi-san. I wish I did, but if wishes were horses, then there would be one girl I know who would totally flip, and I do mean that literally.


Singing to the Wind

Chapter6

Just Another Day


--She was on a battlefield, smothered in bodies. The land was covered in a dense fog that swirled away to reveal hidden corpses of newly mangled soldiers, each of them wearing either blue or gray trousers and buttoned shirts, with oddly shaped hats that had a brim only at the front. There were wheeled canons standing in wet mud and pools of blood, next to artificial lumps in the ground. There was a sword on the ground that had a golden, tasseled cord hanging from the hilt near the pommel. It was sticking up in the body of a man whose face was upturned for all to see. He was just barely alive, having been stuck with thesword in a nonfatal but crippling spot. The blood that was leaking out of him had pretty much stopped, but there was blood leaking inside him as well. After being in that position for over an hour, it was apparent that he would inevitably die.

She walked toward him, and his eyes moved to behold her, though, in his final moments, his sight was hampered more than slightly. What he saw of her was a girl with fiery hair, tied into a single long braid that was brought around her shoulder. She was wearing a white dress with a high collar. If it weren't for the fact that she looked so young, he would have assumed that she was one of the medics. That and the fact that no one was there anymore.

She bent down and brushed a few strands of hair out of his eyes before speaking. "Your time has come, and I have arrived to take you to where you need to be," she said, her tone hushed and velvety soft. "Just close your eyes and let it all go. You will have no pain soon enough."

The man was compelled to do what she said, and he succumbed to her lulling voice as he let his soul exit his body.

She stood, watching the soldier's spirit glow and take leave of its shell. she held out her hand, and the effervescence traveled to the outstretched appendage, gathering in a glittering green ball of light. She pressed it to her chest and it merged into her being. Then, she spontaneously sprouted wings, and took flight, leaving the blood-soaked land behind.--

It was now morning, and Hikari awoke in her grand four-poster canopy bed. She drew back the curtain to find the gray sky streaked with hushed shades of delicate pink and blue. It was dawn. She got dressed and placed mental locks on every door before heading down the mountain. She felt like a stroll in the woods this morning.

In the woods, the creatures were beginning to stir. Birds were chirping their early morning songs happily in their nests. The bunnies started to frolic. This was what every morning should be like, Hikari thought.

All of a sudden, a small chickadee flew up and began to flutter about Hikari's head anxiously. Hikari held out her hand and the bird landed. It began to speak in a high-pitched, yet melodical voice.

"Please, mistress, one of my babies has fallen into the lake in the middle of the forest. Save him!" Then the bird dashed off, Hikari sprinting after her.

They reached the small lake (okay, so it was more of a pond, but who really cares?) and the baby bird was thrashing near the edge. He went under before they could get to him, but Hikari snatched him out. He wasn't breathing or moving, and Hikari could see his soul coming out of his body.

For reasons that she couldn't comprehend, she burst into tears, and as they fell onto minute feathers, the little hatchling glowed as his soul reentered his tiny body. And the mother bird was as surprised as Hikari. Did her tears have healing powers? And how was that? Why had she never known of it before? Many a question resembling these flitted around in her head like frightened butterflies. The oblivious little creature flew off back to his nest, and his mother followed.

Hikari sat there for a moment or two more. She glanced around at the trees, the lake, almost expecting to see something more than before. She figured, with a new discovery, would come a new vision of the world? No such thing. Everything still felt the same. She knew this place well enough to know that. The forest was still her home, and it would tell her of any new occurrences in itself. So far, all this pondering and changing was just with her.

It was even quite the irony, Hikari mused. She, who had looked like she had for hundreds of years, was changing more than those humans who lived for such a short time.

She stood. It was too early in the morning to be caught up in thought. She'd save it until sunset. Colors would do well to aide her wandering mind.


Hecks- Okay, what the hell am I doing here?

Hikari- Sorry, Hecksie-kun, but the rules state that there must be a guest character in the footnotes ofat least every other chapter.

Hecks- What rules.

Hikari-The ones in my head.

Hecks- You are nuts. Call me when you get admitted. Better yet, don't call me.

Hikari- All righty then!I would also like to apologize for the spelling error I had in the footnotes last chapter. I don't do that often. Misspell, that is.

Hecks- You don't have to apologize for it. I doubt half the people even noticed. It isn't like they read those things anyway. Why would they? Your 'footnotes' are crap, and people only want to read the story.

Hikari- You make me sad. But, so be it. Come, Patsy.

Hecks- Who's Patsy? Your imaginary friend? Or better yet, your psychiatrist?

Hikari- No, Patsy is the guy who comes around and throws people out of my fanfiction footnotes. Violently, might I add.

Hecks- Couldn't you just write me out?

Hikari- But what fun is there in that?

Patsy-(appears out of nowhere)You called?

Hikari- Yes, would you mind taking out the trash?

Patsy- Sure. Anything else?

Hikari- Yeah. Hecksie-kun insulted me.

Patsy- He needs to be taught a lesson. After I throw him out, that is. I'm thinking, advanced physics.

Hecks- (runs away, screaming like a girl) Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!