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Mikasa's mother was a Japanese immigrant to London. She came from Japan to be an artist and married Mikasa's dad. Their family was poor, but her parents did their best to shield Mikasa from their poverty.

When she was 9 years old, her family was the victim of a home invasion. Her parents were murdered and, finding nothing else of value in the home, the killers took Mikasa to sell to a child traffiking ring.

Sherlock was not asked to consult on this case, but he happened to be at Scotland Yard when it came in and he heard that there was a child missing, so he volunteered. He's the one who found her and rescued her.

Child protective services take her in, but she keeps running away from every foster family to be with him.

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( watson is staring at him in demand for an explanation, he knows. he can feel her gaze boring a hole into him without even glancing at her. but sherlock's mind is occupied with other things at the moment, and he doesn't have the time or consideration to spare for a lengthy story, especially since it's so closely tied with his own addiction and the murky past within the ranks of scotland yard.

he had tried, in the past, to keep an eye on mikasa, even if he never reached out to her. he watched her foster care documents, read her report cards every once in a while. it wasn't his responsibility to take care of her, he knows. but sherlock also knows how awful the foster care system. he knows about every seedy bit of corruption and abuse within the system. he makes sure that mikasa gets sent to decent families. he pulls his strings behind the scenes.

or at least, he used to. up until his addiction had reached such heights as to interfere with his thinking. sherlock never intended to become an addict. he'd only wanted to dull the world a little bit. but in his arrogance, he had assumed that he could handle it. that someone of his intellect would surely never succumb. that he was in control -- until the day came to admit that no, he wasn't.

he had very few wits about him during that time, to remember to check up on a little girl in a foster home. it's been years now, but sherlock hasn't forgotten. even if he didn't know it was her when he'd noticed someone stalking the brownstone. he only knew that the stalker had some modicum of talent.

it's been years since then, but she's still wearing the scarf he gave her on the day she was rescued. )

Your reconnaissance skills have improved since the last time we met.