A/N = I know, I know. Be I should finishing of my other fanfictions, and- There has already been a few AU hospital fics with the Inuyasha cast. Well I've read a few hospital fics (my fav being '28 days' by Rosefire, go check it out now!) and I thought I'd write one of my own, I couldn't resist ^_~ Unlike my other fanfictions (I'm too lazy to get round to doing it) this one will be provided with fanart which I'll give ya all the link to as soon as I get my scanner working ^_^

Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha I wouldn't be making FANfictions would I??

Anyway Enjoy!

He smirked as he left the boys far behind as he ran on ahead, rushing towards the finish line. Those boys were not fit for a man's race, and the only being remotely near competition was that wimpy wolf-lover Kouga. They were promptly drawing nearer to each other, but he was in the lead, Kouga only behind a few steps. But suddenly he felt a strange wave come over him, similar to a head rush though it seemed to affect his legs. He frowned in concentration, no way would he lose this race. He fought with the urge to pass out, pushing himself harder and harder until finally his body said 'no!' His legs gave way and he fell to the dusty ground, his face scratching against the dirt. His eyes remained open long enough to see a pair of feet race past him and onto the finish line. And then everything went black.

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Kagome stirred the coffee in her cup with a plastic spoon. Her shift was to start in about twenty minutes leaving her enough time to get a drink and a pack of crisps. Just then Sango, a fellow nurse and friend caught she attention by waving from the far side of the room where she had just entered. "Kagome-chan! Where have you been?" She demanded playfully as she shot over to her friend's side.

"Hello Sango-chan." She smiled. "Why the hurry? Is there something important you wanted to tell me?"

"Hai!" Sango sat down on the chair next to Kagome and her face was beaming. "Miroku just asked me out!"

"You mean the guy from the hospital chapel?" Kagome asked shocked. Miroku was a priest, or he was supposed to be. Many a time had the two girls bitched about his perverted ways; she was surprised that Sango had actually fallen for him. "Well whatever floats your boat." She teased and Sango gave a pretend pout.

"He's not that bad once you get to know him. Sure he's a pervert and should by all rights have his hands chopped off. But I was talking to him last night and well...." She left it to the imagination. Kagome was amused, and had to prevent a giggle. "Oh! I forgot the more important reason I wanted you. I've just finished talking to Doctor Hojo, he was telling me of a new patient that was admitted last week when you was on holiday. I haven't met him yet but apparently you'll be his new doctor. I don't know the details but apparently, he's a handful! Doctor Hojo said he wants you to go to his office and he'll give you the details there. "

"Nothing I can't handle." Kagome replied confidently. But then silently she muttered under her breath. "I hope."

Kagome winced at the smile on Doctor Hojo's face as she stepped into his office. "You wanted to see me Hojo-kun?" She had never called him Doctor Hojo when they were in private since she had known him since high school and it just didn't seem right. They had dated a few times in the past and while Kagome felt she had moved on Hojo plainly had not.

"Hai Kagome-chan. I've got a new patient for you." He handed over the clip- chart and smiled warmly at her. "His name is Inuyasha and he's a very ill man though you would not think it to look at him. All the information is in the chart but to summarise it all he's got an unknown illness, many doctors and scientists have looked at these results but all admit that they've never seen any thing like this." He sighed almost sadly. "But by the way things are going this is potentially fatal unless some other treatment is found."

"Oh." She replied quietly as she quickly scanned over the files. She was relatively a new doctor herself but had passed at the top of her class not to mention she was the best doctor in the hospital, not that she liked to brag but she had never lost a patient yet. And she wasn't about to start now. "Well according to this schedule he's first on my list this morning." She took another look at the notes in her hands. "And he's unable to walk right?"

"Hai, or at least he should be. He's a little stubborn." Hojo sweat dropped.

"Well I'll sort him out. I'll catch ya' later Hojo-kun. Bye!" She waved as she left his office and started down the corridor.

Inuyasha growl at the annoying sun that just seem built to shine in his eyes while he lay in bed. Aggravated and determined he managed to push himself out of the bed, but unfortunately his legs hadn't grown stronger since the last he tried and so he fell straight to the ground instead of his attempted stand. He once again growl and he used his arms, his only strong limbs. He looked towards the wheelchair with disgust and pulled himself to that since it was closer than the window. But instead of pulling himself into the chair he pulled himself up and lent on the back, using it only as a slight support as he tried to use the little strength in his legs he had to walk the best he could. He was so close to the string that would shut away the sun from his eyes, he reached out a hand-

"Good morning Mr Inuyasha, I will be your new Doctor Higurashi Kagome and-" Chirped an annoying dark haired girl. Annoyed he spun round to shout at her, temporally forgetting his position. He quickly toppled off balance and fell, bringing the chair down on top of him. He gave a short shout of pain. Of course Kagome rushed over to help him but his hand was rudely slapped away.

"Piss off wench! I can do this myself!" He almost screamed at her and she began to feel her temper boiling.

"What are you doing out of bed? Baka! Now don't argue with me, here let me help you with that." She lifted the chair off of him and set it down properly. She tried to help him into the chair but he had instead growled and dragged himself to sit in it without her help and then just sat. Sat and stared at her. "You shouldn't be out of bed, your legs aren't strong enough." She stated.

"Feh! What strength I lack in my legs I gain in my arms, I'm not helpless. I can still move myself wench." He snarled at her. "What do you want? I was doing just fine before you interrupted!"

"I'm your new doctor, Higurashi Kagome. I've come to give you your antibiotics for the morning and I give you a quick check-up. Since we're both new to each other I thought it would give us a chance to talk too." She tried to say as calmly and as happily as she could.

"Another dumb doctor. Baka, baka, baka." He taunted in an almost rhythmical tone. Kagome clenched her fists and tried to ignore his childish antics. "I don't need your help, or any other doctor."

"Yeah right! In case you hadn't noticed you're not very well at the moment Mr Inuyasha so you'll just have to sit back and shut up to allow us to do or job if you can't be nice about it." She told him sternly. She then walked behind the wheelchair and pushed it towards the bed. "Now can you get on that without my help?" She asked sweetly but Inuyasha just grunted and pulled himself onto the bed. He was actually surprisingly good moving about relaying only on his arms despite actually not been in this state for a long time. A week to be exact. They were in silence since neither decided to talk and so Kagome put on her gloves and reached for the tools that were on a stainless steal trolley that was at the side of the bed. First using a rubber rope to tie around his arm, she filled the syringe with antibiotics, taped the side and inserted it into his arm. He didn't even wince, instead he kept his steady gave on the blinds that he had not gotten round to shutting. After she was done she followed his gaze and walked towards the window to close the blinds. "Is that better?"

"Hai." He replied almost timidly, his voice was so quiet she barely heard him.

"Good. You shouldn't push yourself so hard, you don't need to prove yourself to anyone in here."

"Feh! I know that wench, but I'm not going to just sit around all day! I'll be bored out of my fucking mind!" He snapped and she jumped slightly in the sudden change of tone in his voice.

"I don't like such language, please refrain from using it in the future." She chided. "Now be still and let me take your temperature." The ten minutes that followed was not pleasant, Kagome had given up trying to be nice and so they resulted in exchanging insults until finally she was done with her duties and stormed off, leaving him chuckling to himself.

Kagome took the young child's temperature, after giving him another injection. He had winced but other than that he tried to act brave and because of his efforts she rewarded him with a lollypop. "You're a lot braver than my other patients Shippo-chan!" She praised him. "And you're recovering quickly now, you'll be home by the end of the month."

"Really? That's great!" He exclaimed excitedly.

"I know, I'm so happy for you. Now get some rest before you have your lunch ok?" She patted him gently on the head and walked away towards her next patient.