Missing since yesterday

written by: inuschopstiks

"this means talking"

'and this means thinking'

-ooo0ooo-

"RIN?"

"RIN?"

Kagome yelled, running to the park as fast as she could, her raven hair whipping around behind her. Rin, her younger sister, had gotten into a fight with her mother again today. This time the young five year old had run out of the house crying. Kagome's mother had told her and Sota to let her cool off for a while before going after her, she would probably come home by herself anyway.

And now…

'And now she's missing'

It was getting late, the sun was all but set and they still hadn't found her. Kagome was crying hard now, frantically calling out Rin's name.

She was so worried she wasn't paying attention to where she was going and she ran into something hard and warm.

She closed her eyes, waiting for the hard impact

"oof! Oi!"

It never came

Inuyasha stared, dazed, at the girl who had just literally run into him. He had landed hard on his butt, the girl landing in his lap.

The girl seemed not to notice, she curled into a tight little ball in his lap and proceeded to cry harder.

He sat there in shock, watching her for a few minutes. Then he gingerly he tapped her on the shoulder. She looked up at him, tears running down her cheeks.

'wow…she's gorgeous!'

"are you ok?"

Kagome stared into the boys deep violet eyes. They were so emotional she lost herself in them for a minute. Then she realised that she was curled up in the strange boys lap.

With a squeak she tumbled out of his lap, her cheeks burning red. He watched her and asked his question again

"you ok?"

Kagome shook her head, bringing herself back into reality "my-my sister! She's missing!"

The boys eyes widened "how old is she?"

"five!"

'Sesshoumaru's age…'

"I want to help, where did you last see her?" inuyasha asked, getting to his feet, then pulling the girl up beside him. She nodded.

"I didn't see where she ran off to, oh god! We have to find her!"

Inuyasha nodded, and without thinking he grabbed the girl by the hand and dragged her along "let's go check the little forest"

She nodded and followed without complaint or releasing his hand.

-Hours later-

Kagome and the boy searched everywhere, but no sing of Rin, not a clue. And to top it all off it was raining.

Kagome felt her mobile vibrate in her pocket.

"minute" she told the boy, then answered her phone "hello?"

"kagome?"

"Okaasan?"

"have you found her?"

Kagome suppressed a sob "no….!"

"I-I-I don't want to…say it but….we have to go in for tonight…"

Kagome stared at her phone "I know…but…"

"kagome dear we need to eat…and maybe she went back to the house…well meet you at the front of the park in five minutes"

"o-ok Okaasan"

Kagome turned off her phone and looked up to see the boy who had helped her walking away.

She just stood there for a second, he look mystical, his black hair being illuminated by the moon, making it look like it had pure silver in it and she remembered his violet eyes…

"wait!"

Inuyasha froze at the cry. When the girl had picked up he had found out it was her mother, he was sure that her mother wouldn't want him intruding, so he had walked away But the girl had called him and now he was facing her, the rain soaking through their clothes. Neither of them cared. to dinner with us, it's the least I could do for your help…." She looked sadly at the ground.

"I didn't help you find your sister and….I think your mother might think I was intruding…"

He stood there shocked when the girl came up and took his hand. He blushed, grateful for the dark. "wha…."

"please" she asked, looking up as she pulled him gently towards the front of the park "it's the least I can do"

Inuyasha nodded and allowed the girl to pull him along. He stretched his free hand in back to shift his guitar slightly.

A few minutes later they made it to the front. Kagome had been surprised that he had let her pull him. She had glanced back to notice how big this boy was. He wasn't fat…just…big. His hands could encircle hers and cover them completely and he seemed about a foot taller then her…then she berated herself for letting her mind wander off Rin.

They came up to her mother and she dropped his hand.

Her mother looked sadly at her for a minute, before noticing the boy beside her, her eyes widening. "who's this?"

"this is…." Which is when Kagome noticed that she didn't know the boys name

Blushing from embarrassment she turned to him. He smirked at her "Kinomoto, Inuyasha Kinomoto"

"he helped me look for Rin"

Mrs Higurashi noticed the boy look at his feet in embarrassment. She smiled at him, despite her sadness "well you must come to supper"

He nodded "yes um…." He looked over at Kagome who smiled lightly at him "Higurashi Kagome"

He nodded "she invited me, who are you?" he asked, noticing a depressed looking boy standing beside Kagome's mother.

"Sota"

Inuyasha nodded and the small group set off to the Higurashi home. Covering their heads as best they could against the rain, none of them actually caring much.

-ooo0ooo-

To Inuyasha's great surprise the "Higurashi home" turned out to be a giant ancient shrine.

They were seated quietly at the table, eating oden. Mrs. Higurashi had given him a towel and he was as dry as he was gong to get. He had taken out his plaid long-sleeved button up off but the white t-shirt he was wearing underneath was going see through on him, showing off his muscular chest.

Kagome, he noticed, was trying to pretend she didn't see anything. This almost made him smile.

It had been a while since he had had anything this good. He finished eating quickly, the family just picked at their food.

Soon enough the dishes were cleared away and he was invited up to Kagome's room. It was a farly large room, much bigger than his own, with light pink walls and a pink bed spread. The rest was either white or a darker shade of pink.

She handed him a slip of paper, he looked at it, seeing it was a photograph.

"It's a picture of Rin…if you see her…keep the picture, just in case"

He looked at her sad face, and without thinking, pulled her into a hug. She tensed for a minute then melted into the hug. They stayed like that for a couple of minutes, then he asked "can I have a picture of you to?"

She looked up startled at him "why?"

"because I would love to remember a girl who is so kind hearted and cares so much for her siblings…" 'a gorgeous, beautiful souled girl'

He let her go, and to his surprise she went and handed him a picture of her. She was wearing a white dress, her hair was down and you could tell there was a strong wind blowing, she was laughing and smiling.

He stared at it for a while, then looked up at her "thank you"

She nodded

At the front door, after thank Mrs Higurashi, he and Kagome were left alone again he turned to her before he left "I was lost once, I got lost and couldn't find my home or my family…I was missing for about a day…but I made it back…I'm sure your sister will be fine"

Kagome listened to Inuyasha's kind words. She hugged him lightly and whispered "thank you"

He nodded and turned and walked away, waving with one hand without turning around, the other holding his wet outer shirt slung over his shoulder.

-ooo0ooo-

Heya folks! This is my first fanfic…so go easy on me! I am looking for constructive criticism though! No flames. Please review, I'd love it! I didn't want to make Kagome's room pink, but I was going out of character enough with inuyasha being the older brother and sesshoumaru being the younger one….ya! I just wanted to say that sesshoumaru is a little five year old HUMAN in my story, and it's staying that way now, REVIEW!