5. The injured solider

It was mid winter sooner than I expected, I was in a full bloom with sweet scent of flowers lingering around me that attracted various kinds of insects, birds and animals towards me . Although the smell attracted various animals it didn't enter the village to lure the villagers towards me.

Staying free almost throughout the days Inhad started practicing musical instruments to spend my leisure hours. I had learned to play zither and flute quite well. During every full moon blooming night I played flute to show my regards to the moon, Tsuki-yomi. And every day at the break of the dawn I played zither to show my respect to the sun goddess, Amaterasu. Although the winter was chilling but it didn't snow here to make me feel heavy this year.

Oh! I forgot to mention that not only the tree had blossomed with pink but my spiritual attire also changed giving my kimono with a pink touch. I have been bragging about myself all the time, why wouldn't I, I wasn't less than a real goddess from the heavens. Well to tell the truth I was actually regarded as the god who cherishes the land that she touched.

During winter every night after the sun had set from somewhere unknown a light mist appeared and soon became thicker as it got midnight. I have strolled beside the lake quite a few times like this day to enjoy the fresh and quite air and sat myself on a bolder. A spirit soul nevers sleeps and is sleepless all the time, but in this quiet environment I felt like taking a quick nap. My nap didn't take so long but I woke up sooner than I expected.

It was still middle of the night and I felt like it would be better if I go back to the tree now. So I got up on my feet and dtarted walking back. No sooner did I reach there than I saw a young man soaked in blood laid against the tree. As far as I could say he was no evil person, but he was a soldier or perhaps a victim of war who was badly wounded....