Hello again! I've been feeling better about everything in existence, and I no longer dream of putting a pipe bomb under the mobile classroom I have Health class in, so it looks like I'll be sticking around and writing more, instead of being locked up in the loony bin! So! Yes! And I actually know what I want to happen next, and have a basic idea of how this will end! Go me!

Disclaimer: I dis-claim all the rights to all the stuff I write about. I un-claim it, cause I don't have it, so I can't claim it in the first place.

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Inu-Yasha stared at the guy who called himself Giles. Buffy, as he had learned her name to be, had gone off home, but Giles was still trying to communicate, without much luck. Inu-Yasha's eye twitched as Giles said yet another stupid sounding sentence in that irritating language of his, sounding each syllable out as if Inu-Yasha were a child. Inu-Yasha understood the need to communicate, but it was still pissing him off.

Giles sighed and decided to give up for the night. Inu-Yasha had obviously understood at least some of what he had said, but it wasn't enough. He just wondered what he was supposed to do with him. He didn't trust him enough to take him home, and he could be found if he was left in the library-not to mention the fact that he could cause serious damage.

Giles rubbed his forehead in that way that made it obvious he was getting a headache. He regretted thinking it, but Inu-Yasha had been surviving without their help, and would be able to find a place to sleep for himself. The problem was, would he come back?

To Giles's surprise, Inu-Yasha stood up. He frowned down at the Watcher for a second, and headed for the door. It was plain they weren't getting anywhere, and he preferred finding a tree to sleep in to sitting in the library with some guy who wanted to talk at him. He shoved open the door, and disappeared off into the night.

Giles sighed. At least now he wouldn't have to find a place for him to stay..

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Inu-Yasha leaned against to trunk of the tree he was sitting in. Everything in this place was so different. Even the stupid trees were different from in Japan. He tilted back his head and sighed. He hated to admit it even to himself, but he missed being back in Japan. Hell, he missed Kagome. She would have made a big deal over his stupid foot, even though by now it was already almost healed, and he would have yelled at her, but he kind of missed that.

He Feh-ed to himself, and fell asleep.

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Buffy jogged into the library, abnormally chipper. Finally, she was done looking for Inu-Yasha! She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw that Giles was alone at his table.

"Where'd demon-boy go?" she asked.

"Oh, he ran off last night. I expect he found a tree to stay in," Giles said. Buffy half-grimaced. All that, and he just left. But, then again, Giles didn't seem too concerned, so it wasn't like she was going to have to go hunt after him.

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Inu-Yasha wavered. It really seemed pointless to him to go back to the library, but he was really hungry. He could just go with his earlier plan again, and just start walking. But who knew how long it would be before he got another meal? He finally decided to just go back, at least to get something to eat.

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Giles started a bit at the sound of the door being slammed open. It was unusual for anyone other than Buffy and her friends to even come anywhere near the library. He glanced over and saw Inu-Yasha, who seemed to be angry. Not that Giles had ever seen him any other way.

"*Do you have ramen?*" asked Inu-Yasha.

Giles blinked. He thought he had heard the word "ramen" but he wasn't sure.

"Ehh.ramen?" He asked, a bit perplexed. Inu-Yasha nodded. Giles was still confused, until Inu-Yasha's stomach growled.

"Ah. I see," he said. "I'm afraid we don't have ramen.but maybe we can find something else?"

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Inu-Yasha stared at the food that had been brought to him. Giles had referred to it as a "school lunch", and made a face when he said it, too, which was far from reassuring. He poked it a bit, and resolved to eat it, no matter what.

He picked up what looked to be a greasy triangle, with bread on one side. It had little bits on it, and smelled of meat and fat. He struck one corner in his mouth, and bit down.

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Giles dialed the number of another Watcher he knew, who spoke fluent Japanese. He wondered as the phone rang on the other end of the line what he was going to say. He was grateful when he got the answering machine. He waited patiently for the beep, and just said that he was in need of a translator for a very important matter, carefully omitting the fact that he was trying to talk to a demon. No doubt the Watcher's Council would not approve.

Inu-Yasha finished the food, and proceeded to chew on the tray. After a few seconds of this, he spat out the remains of the Styrofoam thing, and got up. He wandered around the library for a while, looking at books and leaving them lying all over the floor. Giles sighed, and began to pick them up.

Inu-Yasha glanced over his shoulder, and snickered. Seeing what Giles was doing, he immediately dumped an entire shelf of books on the floor.

Giles groaned. It was going to be a long day.

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Yes, another annoyingly short chapter, but that's because of writer's block. No worries, next chapter will be longer, and better, since I plan more violence, since it's easier to write well.