Disclaimer: Inuyasha isn't mine… yet.
Enter: You-know-who
Waking up in the late night, she looked out of the window, staring the empty sky. Walking out of her bed, taking her blanket with her, she stepped into the balcony and enjoyed the chilly night.
Closing her eyes, she inhaled deeply. She slowly opened her eyes again.
Still staring the sky, she seemed to find something. When she found what she was looking for, she smiled softly and she hugged the blanket more closely. Satisfied with it, she returned back to the bed, not wanting to be late for her first day of work and certainly not wanting to be the one with dark circles.
Setting herself in a comfortable position, she switched off the lights and spared a glance to the night-stand. The night-stand, in the moon-light shimmered on the surfaces of the photos. One of them contained, a women in her fifties holding a boy in his twenties and an old gentleman.
The other pictures contained similar people with occasional of picture of the girl sleeping, to be present with them. If one could see, she was still smiling softly in her sleep as if she was happy and satisfied more than ever.
MORNING
Waking up with a start, obviously late for her schedule which she had made herself, she hurried and began swiftly doing things.
An hour later, bathed and hunger satiated, now presentable, she hopped in her car hoping to reach in time and consummate her job call. All the way to the hospital, the young nurse had only one mantra," Please help me out ma, please, if you love me, pleaseeeee!"
Miraculously she had reached the hospital in time, reached the office and made sure; her job offer was still standing. Shaking hands with the elderly nurse who was congratulating her for her job, she took a look at her posting order, - Pediatrics ward, number 20. Amazed, she let a smile on her face; she read out the details and went on to her duty all the while studying the surrounding.
So immersed she was observing the campus, she didn't knew, whom she was going to run into.
"Ummfff- sorry!" She murmured.
"Watch it, wench!"
"I apologized already, mister!" she bickered back.
Not even sparing her a glance, the white headed guy just walked away.
Raising an eyebrow, she was mesmerized by his appearance. Long, shiny silver hair, two identical ears that rested on top, which by the way made her nearly squeal with their cuteness. Intense, tired but mysterious amber eyes that were looking at anything but her. It all seemed to lure her towards him. But the way that man shrugged her off, showed his rocky exterior. So the squeal of cuteness dissolved into 'got an attitude problem 'list. Giving him one more glance, she muttered, "Whatever" and walked away to where she was originally planning to.
The new place was exciting as ever for her. The shift, the colleagues, the hospital were all like she had imagined it would be. The orientation given, she was feeling confident about the new job. It was her second anyway. She had given up the last job in the hopes of a better future and left her small home town and came to the big city.
Smiling softly to herself, and thanking her 'ma' secretly, she began thinking about those amber eyes again. Her mood quickly darkened, and she shoved the thought away.
"Arrogant pig." She whispered.
Much of her day was pretty normal. Giggling and chatting with her new friends, she started walking towards the hostel. It all felt like ages she since she was so frank and happy.
Just as she was about to enter, a man in porch of the hostel, straightened himself up as he saw her approaching. A wide smile broke up on her face and she literally jumped onto him. That man held her close and whirled her in the air.
"Roku you are really here!" she exclaimed.
Setting her onto the floor, he scratched the back of his head and said," I am really sorry I couldn't come to receive you dear, but you know the conference and all."
Nodding her head, she looked back at her friends and saw their confused expressions.
"Oh yeah. The introductions."
Now pointing at them, she turned to him and said," These are my friends, Eri, Yuka, Ayumi and Ayame and guys this is my cousin, Dr. Miroku Kanemoto."
" Hello lovelies, it's a pleasure to meet you." He said somehow grabbing their hands.
'He's so hot.' All of them thought in the same way. And the Miroku magic evident as their eyes became dreamy and hazy. 'Oh boy.' The girl thought.
"Umm sorry ladies, gotta go. Want to take my baby sister to home. See you guys later." He said dragging her hand towards his car.
Turning to see her, he said, "Sango and the kids are waiting for you."
ELSEWHERE
Inuyasha had just finished giving away appointments to his patients, clearly the only work scheduled for him for the day. Straightening himself, he walked behind his chair. He looked out of the big glass window that gave him a great view of the night city. He sighed and closed his eyes. Mocha brown. Was all he could think of.
Dressed casually in a knee length skirt and a cute top, hair flowing wildly, naturally wavy, eyes so expressive as she examined the surrounding. A small yellow backpack on her back, looking at the campus, plus a parchment in her hand which, by her antics the only thing that could be derive was 'newbie!.'
Inuyasha stopped in the middle of his tracks. ' She just looks like….'
But his thought was cut in, as the girl crashed into him. Mind hazy that could not process things, he couldn't stop himself, he called her a wench! Her eyes shot up and nose scrunched in anger. She looked, dare he say….. so lively? By the looks of her, she already had some more things to say to him, and it was something new. 'so this newbie doesn't know about me, huh?' But the thing that was making her so noticeable to him was her scent. Inuyasha knew a lot of scents, but this wench's scent was so different, making him draw him towards her. It was not something he was comfortable with.
Everyone in the hospital knew him, not to make some scene, and to ruin the day, he walked away.
'Whatever! That wench doesn't even deserve to be thought of anyway.' But he couldn't get those big, expressive mocha colored eyes, out of his mind somehow. Chucking the topic of the young maiden, he thought about today. It was five months, and two days since he moved out of the old house and bought up an apartment in the city. He could stay with his family, but it was kinda far-away from his job. He could do it, but he needed some more time to resolve all the matter of his past to be able what he was some years ago.
His new apartment contained nothing of the past. Rin had personally made it sure. All the photographs, all the connection of the past, were properly piled up in his old house, assured to be taken care of frequently. It was hard for him, but he was willing to accept the truth and move on.
Keeping all those things in the mind, he started to think about the high profile rape and assault case that came late in the evening to him. But before considering accepting it, he wanted his trusted Gynecologist to have a look at it. He pulled out his cell phone to call him.
MIROKU'S HOUSE
" Oh honey! You are finally in the city.!" A very excited Sango said to the girl, holding her close.
"I did say I would be here someday, didn't I ?" The girl replied.
Nodding Sango welcomed her home. " But Roku didn't come to receive me, some conference thing he said." The younger girl complained to Sango.
Eyes twitching Sango nodded," My careless husband had already applied for that thing, even though knowing you are going to be here today."
Grabbing an apple, Miroku sat next to his sister, " But I did wrap it up pretty fast, didn't I ?"
Smiling and agreeing the girl asked," Hey, were are my godchildren?"
" Dai! Sana! See whose home!" Sango yelled. Running noises could be heard. Both children halted before entering, as if scanning the room.
"Mama!" they both screeched and dived onto her. The girl showered them with kisses and removed some candies from her purse, which she had collected on the way. Dai was Miroku and Sango's four and a half year old son who looked adorable like his father. Sana was their two year old daughter who too looked like him. But both of the kids had their mother's eyes.
Enjoying the rest of the evening with the Kanemoto family, at around eight she said about leaving. Miroku offered to drop her at her hostel, since she had her car parked there. The kids were not happy to learn that their favorite aunt was leaving so soon. " I'll be back more often my darlings." She said.
As she was nearing the door, Sango who was right behind her said," Why don't you stay with us? Your hospital is near and you wouldn't waste money in renting that hostel room."
Hugging her tight, the girl replied," I will think about it, Sango-chan. Now bye."
" Bye." Sango replied.
On the way back to the hostel, which was only a drive of twenty minutes, Miroku said," Why couldn't you just stay with us?"
Sighing the girl looked out of the window and said," I know I can, and I will someday, but I just want to stay on my own. Please understand it Miroku."
Miroku just nodded. " You know your big brother can always look after you, don't you?"
" I know." She just replied.
Gripping the steering wheel he said," You don't have to be so strong."
" I want to be." She answered as she kept her head on his shoulder. His eyes moist he kissed her forehead, " All of us love you dear, you get that?"
She just nodded her head.
Tringgg…..Tringgg….Tringgg….Tringgg Rang Miroku's mobile phone. Taking his car to the corner lane, he stopped the car to answer it. The girl just wiped her eyes, and looked out at the window.
As Miroku saw whose number was flashing, he answered him immediately not wanting to delay.
"Hello Inuyasha?"
"Hey Miroku. Hi can we meet now?"
"Is everything alright man?"
"Yeah yeah, just wanted your comment on a high profile case, which I am going to assist. Its big, heck it's huge man, but I wanted your opinion. Can you come to my office now?"
Miroku looked at the girl and thought about it. The hospital was on the other way of the campus, where Inuyasha's office was. His friend has asked him for help after eons, and he definitely didn't want to ruin it.
" Yes I am in the campus, I will be there in five minutes"
" Yeah thanks Roku. See you soon."
Keeping down the mobile, Miroku turned to his sister, " you don't mind, do you?"
"It won't take long, right?"
"No would just take case history home." He answered her.
Parking his car, Miroku and his sister, walked to the elevator to the office. As the elevator binged, Inuyasha, with his keen senses knew his friend was there. Suddenly he zoned out.
The scent that belonged to the girl, she was with him. 'What the heck is she doing here?' he thought.
But before he could think any further, Miroku came in.
MEANWHILE
"You just sit over here, I will be back soon, alright?" Miroku asked.
"Hmm" she nodded.
Miroku went inside his office."Hey man." Inuyasha said.
" Hey Inuyasha."
Then they discussed about the case and Miroku took the case file to study it overnight and tell Inuyasha his opinion tomorrow morning. The whole time Inuyasha found it hard to concentrate, just because of that scent, that belonged to the wench.
As Miroku stood up, Inuyasha packed his belonging too, his shift over, and ready to go. They both walked out of the door still discussing the case.
Hearing the voices, the girl straightened herself, and turned around to see those familiar amber eyes. Shocked, she looked at her brother. Sensing this, her brother introduced him to her.
"This is my friend Dr. Inuyasha Takahashi."
Inuyasha now couldn't take his eyes off her. His hand instinctively towards her for a handshake.
"And Inuyasha, she is my baby cousin,-"
He was cut short, as her hand reached Inuyasha's.
"I am Kagome. Kagome Higurashi."
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