A request drabble for Katrina5.
Title: And Rest You Now in Peaceful SleepRating: K
Genre: general/memory
Pairing: n/a
Word Count: 176
Summary: Sango & Kirara's first meeting, for Katrina5.
Sango's earliest memory is of Kirara. When just a tiny girl, she'd awakened to rain beating down on the roof of her family's home, while outside lighting slashed violently across the sky. She should have been frightened, but Kirara was there, lying right beside her, the small youkai's soft fur and warmth a comfort in the midst of the storm. Sango can still remember the feel of that fur beneath her fingers as she drifted back to sleep, knowing she was safe.
Kirara's first memory of Sango goes further back. Her curiosity at the unfamiliar noises and scents finally getting the better of her, she had stalked quietly inside the family home, a place normally forbidden to her. There on a mat on the floor she saw the small human child, lying asleep with one fat fist pressed tight to her mouth. On silent paws she'd padded closer, and gently touched a damp nose to the baby's forehead. Sango had given a tiny sigh of contentment as Kirara curled up close to her, guarding her sleep.