Title: Mire

Pairing: Sess-Rin

Word Count: 247

Mire

The first day, she convinced herself not to worry…

"Kagome is a good girl," Asako murmured, peering out the kitchen window into the courtyard. "Such a good girl."

She smiled to herself, if only to hide the nagging worry. Kagome was a good girl, and had never been in an ounce of trouble. Her first teenage rebellion would lead her home by dark.

The second day, she was too terrified to think…

She ran to the yard, the well, the street, and then every house in the neighborhood. No one had seen Kagome. Her little girl was gone.

On the day third, she went to him…

She had known him since a whim and a flashing blade had bound her to him forever.

"Sesshoumaru-sensei," she began, looking at him as she had countless years ago when he was her world. "I know I'm not your Rin anymore, but…"

"No, you are not."

Asako nodded, and swallowed back the tears in her voice. He hated to see her cry. "My daughter is missing. The police think she's run away, but…" Her eyes implore him. "I don't know what to do."

"Go home," he said, brushing her aside like dust on his sleeve.

She does, because while she's Asako Higurashi in this life, she'll always be his little Rin. And Rin would always obey.

But when Kagome crawls from the well house and sobs in her grandfather's arms, she realizes that her Sesshoumaru-sama would never give her reason to regret.