Kagome was right.

Three days passed and InuYasha was back on his feet again, maybe only slightly a little wobbly.

It was a serious sort of cloudy Saturday morning, and Kagome was standing near the window of one of the classrooms at her school, where the tables and chairs had been stacked neatly along the back of the fairly large classroom.

InuYasha was leaning in the doorframe unobtrusively, a hat perched delicately over his ears and he was holding a bottle of water negligently in one hand.

Also in the classroom were a fair number of students from Kagome's year, about fifteen in total, and three people wearing dark green uniforms, all of whom were standing at the front of the classroom, explaining the course the students would be learning.

'So, have you got all that?' The blonde-haired ambulance nurse was saying, tapping the board importantly.

There was a general, positive consensus, as they moved slowly and precariously through the legal aspects of providing first aid.

I highly doubt InuYasha's going to try to sue me if I save his life. Kagome thought as they discussed permission.

InuYasha, however, was eyeing the plastic dolls scattered on the ground with suspicion.

He still had a splitting headache, but sore head or not, he was not going to let Kagome wander off through the city by herself, he himself had seen how many people lived there.

He wasn't going to take any chances.

So he wound up here, watching in on this class she was taking for some reason.

Five hours passed and Kagome was feeling relieved.

InuYasha was however looking a little less than pleased.

'And that's all for today. See you tomorrow, don't forget to bring a pen for the test!' The tall, sandy-haired ambulance medic encouraged, then cleared the way for the door.

Just about everyone left in a rush, pausing only to grab their personal belongings scattered along the wall under the window, however a few people remained, most were to ask a few questions to the staff, Kagome included.

'Well I would just encourage you not to get locked into your freezer at work then.' The medic said, before turning her attention from the gangly-looking youth to Kagome. 'What's your question?'

'Well, you see my friends and I like to go hiking,' Kagome started. She had been rehearsing this story ever since she had thought of the question. 'And we go into the mountains, where there isn't immediate medical help. Say, for example, one of us falls and hits their head, what's the best thing we can do for them?'

'The woman paused slightly. 'Well, you're best bet would be to somehow carry them to a place where you can get medical help without jostling them too much. Then call an ambulance.'

'I see.' Kagome said. 'Thanks.' And she turned away, thinking to herself, hitching her bag a little higher on her shoulder.

She started heading towards the door, only to see InuYasha, looking a little like a cornered dog, where a girl was standing directly in front of him, she had her hands clasped tightly under her chin and was wearing a distinctly starry-eyed expression.

'So who are you cosplaying? You know, I'm a massive fan of cosplaying, it's one of my favourite hobbies, just like reading manga. Can you give me your number, I wonder? Oh, that's a little forward, I just met you. What's your name? Could we cosplay together sometime?...' The girl was babbling.

Kagome felt her eyes narrow, and InuYasha mad the terrible decision to choose that moment to look over at her.

'Kagome!' He said hurriedly, walking over to her. 'Are you finished here yet? Let's go!'

'Oh,' said the girl, 'is she your,'

'I'm finished, sorry it took so long.' She smiled sweetly, and proceeded to pull him from the room, and down the corridor.

'What was that "cosplay" thing she was talking about?' InuYasha asked, keeping his face straight forward and attempting not to turn red nor wince slightly as Kagome continued to hold his elbow.

'Oh, it's where people dress up as book characters.'

'Why would they want to do that?' InuYasha frowned. 'That girl's following us, by the way,' he said under his breath.

'I know. And I don't really know why, they just find it fun.'

InuYasha raised an eyebrow at her. 'It seems kinda stupid.'

'Well, some people find different things fun. Anyway, didn't you learn anything from the class?' Kagome said, diverting the subject.

'Like what? It all seemed to be pretty common sense. You humans seem to rely a lot on these things called "ambulances".'

'But didn't you learn something, like how to deal with poisons?'

'Yeah, stop the person from moving and "call them an ambulance". I doubt any name-calling is going to help the situation in the slightest.'

'That's not what they meant.' Kagome said, shaking her head slightly.

'Well, what else would they mean?'

'To give someone a call means to, oh how should I put this, about two or three hundred years or so ago this one guy invented a telephone, which is a device that can give two people the ability to talk to each other no matter how far away they are. So the phrase is short for "calling someone on the telephone". So calling someone an ambulance means sending for an ambulance via telephone.'

'Hmph.'

'Never mind. You wouldn't have to worry about it in the feudal era anyway.'


'So InuYasha, Kagome said you had a cold. Was it really a cold?' One third grader said over dinner.

'No,' InuYasha grumbled between mouthfuls, 'it was nothing.'

'So I guess there's enough human in you to catch a cold.' Souta stated, not noticing the building electricity crackle around the table.

'I was not sick.' InuYasha stated defiantly, turning away from the boy, digging into his chicken.

'Well then what were you doing?' Souta persisted, clearly put out at being ignored for four days. 'Did you sprain something or something?'

'InuYasha nearly lost a fight with an ogre demon.' Kagome said, ignoring the withering look one hanyou sent her.

Souta's eyes went round, however. 'An ogre demon? A real live one?'

'What other kinds can you get?'

'How big was it? What colour was it? Was it really fierce? What did it look like? Was it really strong? How did you fight it?'

InuYasha looked a little helpless, buried alive under the questions.

'Three times as tall as him,' Kagome assisted, 'grey, yes, it had one eye and three fingers on each hand, very crude, very strong, and,' she glanced sideways at InuYasha. 'Hand to club, for some reason.'

'Wow, really? It would'a nearly killed you!'

'No it did not.' InuYasha said resolutely. 'And I took it down easily.'

Kagome snorted.

'I did so!' InuYasha turned on her.

'My foot.'

That derailed his building temper. 'What?'

'My foot you beat it easily.'

'What do your feet have to do with anything at all?'

Kagome started to facepalm, but then remembered she had chopsticks in her hand, so then decided otherwise, sighing. 'Never mind.'

'Kagome, dear?' Kagome's mother said. 'Is there any chance you could pick up some eggs on the way home tomorrow?'


Thanks for the reviews thus far guys!

I'm really liking this story, even if it was originally written to get some story (and single chapter) ideas off my chest.

Anyway, please review!

InuKag