Do You Hear What I Hear?
Summary: Do you see what I see? Do you hear what I hear? Do you know what I know? A child, a child, shivers in the cold, let us bring her back to her home. Listen to what I say! The child, the child, sleeping in the night, she will bring us goodness and light...
Anime/Manga: InuYasha/The Rise of the Guardians
Pairing: Kagome/Jack Frost
Genre: Romance/Adventure
Rated: M for Mature Content
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The Man in the Moon stared down at the child, she was crying by the side of her now dead mother. Nearly three years old, and the child who was to become a Guardian in the future, was going to die, either by the bite of the cold or the bite of a wolf the way her mother had...in the solitude of the mountains...
Whichever it was that claimed her life, it would not be welcomed by the Man in the Moon. She was too young to die, it couldn't happen so soon, not when he needed her later. If she died now, she would never receive the gift of the moon...
This was what made him decide on a single, familiar course of action...he formed a new star in the night sky, and he made it shine brighter than all of the stars combined, it was a signal to his Guardians, it would call them forth, and hopefully, they would arrive in time to save the girl.
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"Mama! Mama~!"
Sharp gold eyes looked down at the child thumping small fists against her dead mother. Looking across at its pack, the wolf wondered what it was that kept him from jumping, killing and feasting on the child. It was as if light was pouring from her, shaking its head, the wolf let of a feral growl before jumping, only for a golden whip of sand too smack it down.
~Yip!~
Looking around, there was nothing, it looked the child over once more before howling, calling off his pack and running off into the distance, leaving the girls life for the winter air to take.
Warm orange eyes looked down on the child.
"Ai, Sandy, you're here too!"
Sandy, turned to see a bunny standing on his hind legs, a boomerang on its back, and an Australian accent coming from its mouth when he spoke. Sandy nodded, a child forming above his head, the image was formed by the sand with which he controlled.
"Off with it! Giant oaf!"
The two turned to see a taller and larger built man walking towards them with two swords tucked away at his side, "Little girl is why Man in Moon called us together?" His thick Russian accent caused a small smile to form on Sandy's lips, but it was quick to fade with the cries of the little girl below.
"I'm freezing my whiskers off mate; let's get the little Ankle Biter to a warmer location!"
"We're missing Tooth! Sheila's off her rocker if she's out to ignore the Man in the Moon,"
"We should get crying baby to warm spot, Tooth is busy, sure enough, no one else is coming."
"Not quite..."
The four below turned and looked up, a boy around the age of seventeen stared at the odd group with a curious look on his face.
"You have to be kidding me! What's this icicle doing here?!"
"..." Sandy shrugged.
"He is ally, Bunny, not enemy, let him help."
The boy laughed, "No, no, I'm here for the show, you guys happened to be in my area at the time..." he looked down at the girl and frowned, he had seem the two earlier, a bright light shined down on him and he looked to see the star above grow brighter before vanishing. "So...what, am I supposed to drop everything I'm doing to help babysit a little girl?" He turned the question his question to the moon.
It gave off an energy and all was silent, all...as in, the little girl no longer cried either.
"Mama...wakey Mama...wakey...Mama..."
Her voice grew light with the cold air claiming her voice in a tight grip.
"Da Sandman come...sleepy..."
Everyone looked to Sandy who gave a sad smile, moving his hands in a graceful motion, a trail of sand wrapped gently around her and lifted her from her dead mother as sleep claimed the child.
"...so Sandman has dibs first, I say we go in order oldest to youngest!"
"Blimey Mate, don't bother, you go about messing with our work, we'll take care of the Ankle Biter,"
"Jack Frost is good kid, though...naughty...give time to adapt, Bunny,"
Bunny scoffed, "He's had nearly three hundred years to adapt!"
"Three hundred and three exactly," Jack supplied with a smirk, watching with a raised brow as Sandman rocked the baby silently with his sand.
"Oi, North, ya get the girl next, Easter is coming up soon, I don't need to get distracted by a toddler running about my Warren!"
"Easter is not real Holliday,"
"Don't start with me you Jolly oaf!"
Sandy frowned, the girl was freezing, and the others were arguing. Jack moved up close to Sandy and smiled at the little girl, "She's not going to make it till morning if you don't get her somewhere warmer," he pulled off his cloak and helped Sandy wrap the small girl in it before jumping between Santa and the Easter Bunny. "I enjoyed seeing everyone immensely, " Jack said with a sarcastic note to his words, "but I really must go, I have a lot of planning,"
"What for!?" Bunny asked, doubting the Frost maker could do much of anything.
"Easter..." Jack smirked before letting the wind carry him away, ignoring the yells of Bunnymund and the threats that followed.
Jack had no intention of raising a child, he was a teen himself, he had never had kids, and while he was a three hundred year old teen, he wasn't stupid enough to believe he was a good influence on a child, he would leave the girl to the group of misfits, and continue with what he did best, no matter what the Man in the Moon said.
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Me: Here is another fic for the collection of Rise of the Guardian crossovers sure to come! Hope you guys enjoy!