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Chapter Two
InuYasha smiled widely at the beautiful nurse before him. It had been awhile since he'd had the he'd felt the need to flirt, but when he was alone with an attractive woman, one just couldn't past up the opportunity. "Someone should be on their way down any minute now." she said as he leaned against the desk.
He made a pouting face as he said, "You mean it won't be you? And I was really looking forward to it." When the nurse giggled, InuYasha mentally smirked. It was such an old game for him that he wondered how he never got bored. He did, however, like the fact that he could still make girls eat out of the palm of his hand.
"Oh, Mr. Takahashi! You flatter me!" she said as she smiled at him.
"Please, call me InuYasha." he replied as he flashed her a smirk. The nurse blushed, and his ego grew to an enormous size.
The moment was lost, though, when the sound of someone clearing their throat caught InuYasha's attention. He looked over, and saw a woman in scrubs with a scowl on her face. A spark of recognition went off inside him. He just couldn't put his finger on why she was familiar. He furrowed his brow in thought. There was something about this woman. Something he should remember. . .
"Oh, Kagome! Umm . . . We where just, uh, I was just telling the intern that someone was coming down to get him." the nurse stuttered as her already red face became brighter.
Kagome walked up to the pair, and rolled her eyes. "That'd be me, Ayame." she said as she grabbed the clipboard off her desk, and started looking through it.
'Kagome . . .' he thought, and it was then that it all come flowing back. Everything that he had been repressing about this one woman as now front and center in his mind. "Kagome? Kagome Higurashi? Is that really you?" he asked with a surprised expression on his face. He looked her over, still trying to grasp that she was right in front of him. . . . She looked the same as she did the last time he had seen her, but . . . at the same time . . . she looked completely different.
Kagome didn't even bother to look up from the clipboard when she said, "The last time I checked that was my name."
"Don't you remember me? InuYasha Takahashi? From high school?" he asked as angled his head to be even with the clipboard, in an attempt to get her to look at him. She had to remember him. There was no way she could forget about him.
As she fiddled around with the clipboard, trying to find some way out of this mess, she couldn't help let his comment seep into her head. Of course she remembered him. She was reminded of him every time she looked at Ami, but she wasn't going to tell him that bit of information. With a mental sigh, she glance up at him. "Hey, what ya you know." she said before looking back down at the clipboard.
Ayame was beginning to feel snubbed. InuYasha had been giving her his whole attention, and then Kagome walked up and stole it all. She pursed her lips in thought. Well, if there was one way to get men away from women it was to mention children. "So Kagome, where's your daugh--" Ayame started to asked, but was abruptly cut off by Kagome shoving the clipboard into her arms.
"She's up stairs with the nurses." Kagome answered, silently congratulating herself for stopping her in time. "So InuYasha, are you ready?" She had to get InuYasha out of there before Ayame wised up to her plan.
InuYasha, who was eyeing Kagome suspiciously for what had just transpired, wasn't really ready for her question. "Ready for what?"
Kagome sighed as she rolled her eyes again. "For me to give you a tour around the hospital. I don't have all day." she said as she turned around, and started walking in the direction she had come. She suddenly stopped, and looked over her should to see him still staring after her. "Well, come on."
InuYasha instantly snapped out of his gaze as he caught up to her. They started walking down the hallway in silence, so InuYasha started up a conversation. "So, are you an intern too?"
Kagome didn't answer at first. "No." she replied.
InuYasha raised an eyebrow in confusion. "But you do work here, don't you?" he asked as Kagome nodded. "Well, if you're not an intern then what do you do here? I mean, there's no way you could be out of school yet."
Kagome sighed as she stopped and looked at him. He stopped as well. She might as well tell him as much of the true as she would allow herself. "I'm not an intern, but I do work here. . . . I never went to college. So I don't really have any qualification to work here." Kagome explained. "I'm more of a helper instead of a nurse."
"Why didn't you go to college? Didn't you once tell me you wanted to be a doctor like your mother?" he asked as she looked away. "Don't tell me that changed. I mean, I'm pretty sure it was you who got me interested in the medicine field."
"Yeah well, things do change." she replied as she started walking down the hallway again.
InuYasha rushed to catch up with her again. He could tell that he hit a nerve, and, though he didn't want to drop the subject, he lightened it up a bit. "Okay, so, what do you do here?" he asked as he shoved his hands into his pant pockets.
Kagome shrugged her shoulders. "Anything they tell me to, I guess." she answered. "Sometimes I do their paperwork, and then sometimes I help out in the nursery, but mostly I go around and--" she started, but cut herself off out of moot embarrassment.
"You what?" InuYasha asked curiously.
Kagome shook her head. "No, it's nothing."
"Oh, come on. Just spill it already."
Kagome debated on telling him or not. He'd probably just laugh at her, but . . . it wasn't as if she cared about what he thought about her. "Fine. I go around and . . . and make all the unmade beds." she confessed.
InuYasha grinned at the obvious joke. "You're kidding right?" he asked as his grin grew wider, but it vanished when Kagome glared at him. "You're serious? Wow. Um, why would you, uh, want to do something like that? I mean, why skip out on college to become a professional bed maker?"
Kagome's glare never lifted. "It's not funny. I didn't have a choice."
InuYasha furrowed his brow at her. Obviously his comment had upset her, and he should've probably apologized for it, but he couldn't let what she had just said slip away. "What do you mean you didn't have a choice?"
Kagome suddenly stopped as she changed the subject. "Well, I think this is as good a place as any to start."
InuYasha noticed the change of subject, but decided to drop it. Even though he wanted to know her reasoning, he didn't want to get into a fight with her right now, but that didn't mean he'd forget. InuYasha nodded to show he was ready, but just as Kagome was about to explain the floor they were on, a woman with long black hair strided up to them.
"Kagome! Thank goodness I found you!" the woman exclaimed, a little out of breath.
"What is it, Sango?" Kagome asked her coworker. "Did something happen?" Her mind wandered to Ami, but she would let it wander to far. It wasn't even for sure it was about Ami.
Sango nodded. "It's Ami. She's having a fit again, and she asking--well crying--for you." she explained.
Kagome sighed, and she had almost freaked out over nothing. "Oh dear. Well, I'm kinda busy right now. I have to show him around." Kagome explained, and that's when it hit her. InuYasha was standing right next to her, and they were talking about Ami. "Uh Sango, would you mind showing the new intern around while I go, uh, calm her down?" Kagome asked with caution.
Sango looked from her to InuYasha, who didn't have a clue as to what was going on. "Um sure."
"Thanks Sango. You're a lifesaver!" Kagome stated as she started off down the hall, but came to a halt when a thought crossed her mind. What if InuYasha asked who Ami was? Sango, not knowing who InuYasha was, would tell him that she's her daughter thus opening up old wounds that didn't need to be opened. "Um, on second thought, why don't you stay here, InuYasha, until I get back? Besides, I'm sure you're way too busy to show an intern around, Sango."
"Actually Kagome, I'm free right--" Sango started.
"Like I said, way too busy." Kagome said as she started to drag Sango down the hallway. "I'll tell you later." she whisper, and Sango gave in.
"Fine. I'll go check on some of my patients." Sango said as she rolled her eyes at Kagome. Kagome gave her a greatful look, then she turned back to a dumbstruck InuYasha.
"What the hell was all that about?" he asked trying to grasp what just happened.
Kagome smiled nervously at him as she scratched behind her head. "Oh that? Nothing. Now why don't you sit on that bench over there while I go check on something." she said as she pointed out a bench that was up against the wall.
"Okay, but why is this Ami asking for you, and why couldn't that nurse show me around?" he asked both of the questions Kagome didn't want to answer. The first being worst than the second.
'Think of something Kagome!' she told herself. "Um . . . Well, Sango just doesn't realize how busy she is, and Ami is a . . . little girl who's in nursery that wants to see me." she told him. It wasn't a lie. Ami was just a little girl in the nursery. He just didn't need to know how she was connected to her. "Now just sit down and wait. I'll be right back."
"Feh." he said as he walked over to the bench and sat down.
"Thank you. It'll only take a minute." she said as she made her way down the hallway. She rushed onto the elevator, and impatiently waited for it to reach her destination. When the doors finally opened she raced out of them and down the hallway.
She could hear her daughter wailing, and various nurses trying to soothe her. When she arrived outside the door, she calmed herself down, and then walked inside.
An older nurse looked up at Kagome, and smiled with relief. "I'm glad ye are here Kagome. We've tried everything to try and calm Ami down. She just won't listen." she told Kagome.
Kagome knelt down in front of her daughter. "That's alright Kaede." she said before bringing her crying daughter into her arms. "Shh, everything's alright. Mommy's here."
"I rem-remember my dr-dream." Ami choked as she cried against her mother's shoulder. "You weren't an-anywhere!"
"I told you that I'd always be right here." Kagome cooed as she rubbed Ami's back. "But Mommy's got work to do right now. So you have to stay with Kaede for a little while, and then we can go home or maybe even to Grandma's house. Okay? Will you be a good girl until then?"
Ami pulled away and rubbed her puffy red eyes. "Yes, I be good." she said as she hiccupped.
Kagome stood up, and smiled down at her. "Good." she said as she ruffled Ami's hair causing her to laugh. She heard someone behind her tapping their foot so she turned around.
"I want to know what happened down there between you and the intern." Sango asked with her arms crossed over her chest.
Kagome sighed as she pulled Sango toward the opposite wall so they could talk in private. "His name is InuYasha Takahashi, and he's . . . he's Ami's father." Kagome explained.
Sango stood staring at Kagome in shock. "You mean the one who dumped you? The same one who doesn't know she exists? That InuYasha Takahashi?"
Kagome nodded to all of her questions. "What other one is there?" She smiled at her friend. They seemed to be sharing the same feelings on the subject. "So you see what kind of position I'm in? I don't want him to find out about Ami, but it's going to be difficult because he's working here all summer. I don't know if I'm going to be able to do it. I think I'm going to need your help." Kagome stated.
Sango exhaled as she rubbed her forehead. "I could try to help I guess, but what if he hears about it? I mean, everyone here knows about Ami and your predicament. He's bound to find out on his own." Sango asked.
Kagome bit down on her bottom lip for a moment. "Well, then I plan to stall him for as long as I can." Kagome concluded. "So, are you going to help me?"
"Of course I'm going to help you. You're my best friend. I'm not going to abandon you." Sango said. Kagome smiled as Kaede walked over to them.
"I was thinking Kagome. Since ye are only giving the intern a tour of the hospital then why don't ye take Ami with ye? I'm sure she'd enjoy it." Kaede asked as Kagome's eyes grew wider.
"Um, I don't think--" Kagome started, but Sango came to her rescue.
"I'll take Ami for awhile. I'm free right now, and I love spending time with her." Sango suggest as Ami hearing her name ran over.
"Hi honey." Kagome said as she picked her up. "Do you want to stay with Aunt Sango for a little bit?"
Ami nodded as she played with her black hair. "Want to play with my dollies?" she asked in a shy voice.
"I would love to. Dollies are my favorite." Sango said as she took Ami out of Kagome's arms, and walked over to where Ami's toys were.
Kagome smiled as she watched Sango and her daughter play with Barbie dolls, but Kaede cleared her throat catching Kagome's attention. "What is going on, Kagome?" she asked as Kagome sighed again.
'Well, Sango already knows. Why not Kaede too?' Kagome thought. "You know why I couldn't go to college. Why Ami doesn't have a father. I'm sure the story's got around to you. Well, the new intern's name is InuYasha Takahashi. He's Ami's father." Kagome explained.
"Oh my, and he doesn't know he's a father, am I correct?" Kaede asked as Kagome nodded. "Well, ye certainly are in a pickle, aren't ye? I'll try to keep Ami out of his sight for ye, and I'll even tell the other nurses to stop talking about ye, if ye like?"
Kagome's mood brightened a bit at Kaede's suggestion. She threw her arms around the woman's neck in a tight embrace. "Oh, thank you Kaede! You're the best!"
Kaede patted her back. "Your welcome, but shouldn't ye get back down there? I wouldn't want ye to get fired." Kaede asked, snapping Kagome back to reality.
"Oh yes, I should get going." Kagome said as she pulled out of the huge. "See you in a bit, Ami." Then she raced back down stairs to tour the new intern. Back down stairs to deal with her past lover.
AN: Sorry about the wait. I would have updated yesterday, but I had just got back from vacation. I had to spend the last three days in a cabin with my dad's side of the family. I had to dorm with seven of my cousins in one room with only two queen beds. Luckily I one one of the four people who got a bed.
Anyway, thanks for being patient. Hope you enjoyed it and please review!
~Dreamer6164~
