Title The Fear of God

Author landofthekwt

Rating K

Prompt Fear (unsung heroes)

Word Count 287

POV Rin

Warning none

Summary Rin saves the rice planting festival

Kagome stood nervously with the seedlings she had blessed at the shrine. Rin was by her music and dancing had stopped the moment the crowd saw her coming. All the people were standing staring at her as if she had grown two heads.

No one wanted to be the first. It would be the first rice planting without Kaede in more than fifty years. Could they depend on the new miko to earn the favor of the kami for a successful rice crop? Even the daimyo in Odawara had hesitated to send a representative.

Rin had a plan. She had donned the traditional red and white planting outfit. Sango had agreed to attend. Shiori's mother would receive the seedlings but Shiori would participate with her head covered by the hat held in place a strap and the hood.

When no one stood forth to receive the seedlings, Rin stepped forward and bowed her head to Kagome. Kagome beamed at her as she passed the tray of seedlings to the waiting Rin. Sango and Shiori's mother followed.

Rin and her group proceeded to the rice paddies and plant their seedlings. The crowd waited. No fire and brimstone burned the new seedlings as offensive to the kami. It must actually be fine with the kami that they had received their seedlings from the tainted miko.

Slowly, the crowd of women began to surge forward to receive their seedlings. The musicians began to play and the dancers began to perform in their rice planting outfits.

Kagome whispered a word of thanks to Rin who stood at her side again. Rin shook her head. She had not done it for Kagome, but for truly was their guardian kami.