Here's the second Chapter. Hope you guys enjoy and don't forget to review!
Chapter Two
With HakuRan perched comfortably on my shoulder and the dawn slowly breaking on the horizon I stood where the forest gave way to long farming fields with small houses dotting the countryside just passed them. My hair blew forward with the wind as I stood in the shadow of the trees keeping my nose to the wind and my eyes locked on the houses across the rice fields.
The small village absolutely reeked of demons; the scent was so powerful I was forced to turn my head away. If I didn't know better I would think that it was home to all the grotesque monsters living within a hundred miles in all directions.
Only I did know better and that meant that there could only be a few demons the village at the most. And they were not lesser demons.
I clutched the amulet around my neck, an uncharacteristic growl escaping my lips. It had been just over two centuries since I had inhaled the scent of Dog demon yet it felt as if it had been so much longer than that I wished to see one again and possibly request their assistance, but...the timing seemed to perfect.
In a flurry of feathers and chirps, HakuRan was in the air and soaring towards the village. I made no move to stop him though it would have been easy for me. I knew what he was hastening to do and I knew it was necessary. He would see what was happening among and within the houses then return to me with the information.
As I watched him flit across the fields the wind suddenly shifted once again.
My back stiffened and my eyes narrowed. When I hissed the name of what I smelled a felt a tremor of disgust pass over me,
"Half-Breed."
/^\
I ducked out of the house just as Lady Kaede was waking from her restful night's sleep. I loved to smell the dew on the grass as the sun hit it every morning, but Lady Kaede always asked that I wait for her to wake before I went out so that she would know when I did. I listened to her, but I did wish I could be there I little bit earlier so I wouldn't have to run all the way through the village to get to my favorite place.
But then again, the running was most of the excitement.
I waved to several of the villagers as then exited their own houses for the morning routines. Many of them found my fascination in such simple things as the smell of grass to be strange—I could tell that they did—but I didn't mind, I was sure that each of them had their own quirks just like me.
"Morning Rin!" One of them waved.
"Morning!" I smiled pleasantly back as I hurried on my way to the tree that marked my special place.
I cross the wooden planks that formed the small bridge of the rushing creek on the edge of the village and slid to a stop by the rich, green grass that grew in the shadow of the oak tree. I knelt in the dew covered grass and took a deep breath of its sweet scent.
A giggle escaped me unbidden and I clamped my hands over my mouth. If I didn't stop myself I would be unable to stop laughing for a long time and I would wake all the other children in village and that would be just mean.
The reason I laughed was because I remembered the way Master Jaken had scolded me for acting so bizarre all the time. It had always made me laugh to myself when his little beak mouth moved so rapidly.
Thinking of him brought A-Un to my mind and upon the thought I exhaled noisily.
Without A-Un to talk to I felt lonelier than usual. Because while I was used to Lord Sesshomaru and Master Jaken going off on their own for days at a time, I was also used to A-Un waiting for them with me.
"A-Un would have loved to eat this grass." I mumbled with a small smile at the thought.
A flash of white made me turn my head away from the green carpet beneath me and to the houses of the village. I saw there a white bird perched atop one of the many roves in the village.
The sight of the small creature made me smile and it didn't take long after I spotted it to decide I had to catch it. My loneliness would be over if I managed to get it.
"Plus." I added to myself aloud, "I'll have something to show Lord Sesshomaru when he comes back!"
So humming to myself and keeping my eyes trained on the white bird gazing attentively at the villagers I skipped to find a few branches thin and flexible enough to made a piece of twine with.