IceSpider101

A warm breeze ran through the wooden frames of the open windows, rustling the sliding paper door carrying the gentle ting of a windchime and mixing with a few loose flying cherry blossoms that fell onto the polished wooden boards of the outside porch. Overall, a beautiful spring day. The sound added to the strokes of the bristled broom that passed over the floor as it moved dirt and the petals onto the lush grass around the steps, allowing the wind to retake the leaves and blow them off into the tree line around the place. The sight made the sweeping of the broom stop as a sigh escaped the lips of the beautiful eighteen-year-old who held it. She stopped and looked out at the lovely view before her, her sapphire blue eyes looking distant as if watching an old memory play out before her. The city of Nikko was just below them; all they needed to do was follow the trail up the mountain, through the woods, and soon enough, this antique beauty would melt into the bustling town life of