"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate." - William Shakespeare
The Darling Buds of May

Chapter Two:

" Hrmmm. Inu-yasha Masato." 'Strange name. oh, well!' Kagome shrugged her shoulders and knocked on the door.

"Go away. I don't want any medicine." quipped a disgruntled voice from inside.

"I'm not a nurse, or a doctor," called Kagome . " I'm just a visitor. May I come in?"

"Feh. I don't WANT any visitors, either, so go away."

" Humph!" something about this person annoyed Kagome. "I CAME here to visit and I'm NOT leaving UNTIL I've visited!" She retorted stubbornly.

"Fine! Come in and see if I care!"

"Fine! I WILL come in!" Kagome pushed the door open. Her eyes met with a boy around her age, maybe a year or so older, with wild, jet black hair and unusual violet eyes.

Inu-yasha had just begun to drift off to sleep when he heard a knock at the door.

'Damned nurses.' He thought. 'Always waiting until I'm comfortable and then they decide to pump me full of drugs.'

"Go away. I don't want any medicine.' He called.

"I'm not a nurse, or a doctor, I'm just a visitor. May I come in?"

'A girl? Who in the hell - well I don't care, I don't want anyone to come in here. '

"Feh. I don't WANT any visitors, either, so go away." 'Humph. that'll take care of her.' thought Inu-yasha.

"I CAME here to visit and I'm NOT leaving UNTLIE I've visited!"

'Who the hell is she?! Doesn't ANYONE know the meaning of GO AWAY anymore?!' "Fine! Come in and see if I care!"

"Fine! I WILL come in!"

He pushed himself put into a sitting position, wincing at the pain in his back. 'Hell if I'm going to look like I need help. been a while since I've had to sit up, but I'm NOT taking any of her damned pity.'

The girl pushed the door open and came in. He looked up and met her hazel eyes. 'She can't be any older than me. I don't know her, so why is she here?'

"Hi! I'm Kagome Higurashi!" She said, determined to be as cheerful as was possible. " Your name is Inu-yasha, right? " Kagome asked.

"You're a regular genius. " Retorted Inu-yasha.

Kagome rolled her eyes. 'Well, I certainly don't pity this guy. Don't see why he's in here, either. he looks perfectly healthy to me. oh, well.' Kagome sat down and rifled through her bag, but didn't find anything she thought he'd like.

"Is there something you'd like me to bring you next time I visit?" she asked.

"Yeah, an off button, to make you stop talking..."

The girl ignored the comment. " Well, I'll have to think of some things you might like, then." After a few more minutes, she got up and heaved her bag up onto her shoulders. " Well, see you tomorrow, then! " The girl called Kagome left as suddenly as she had come.

Inu-yasha settled back down to rest. " Stupid girl." he mumbled. "Stubborn, annoying." Inu-yasha drifted off to sleep.

As Kagome made her way back down the hallway, a nurse stopped her. "Wait a moment, Miss. Higurashi, is that right?"

" Yes mam?" Kagome wondered if she'd done something wrong.

" I just wanted to thank you, Miss Higurashi. You've been so kind to the patients here, and. and well, you're the first person to get that Masato boy to even sit up."

" I don't' think I've met anyone so stubborn before!" Kagome said. "Talking to him is like talking to a wall. "

The nurse chuckled a bit and rolled her eyes. " He's a bit stubborn yes, but don't judge him yet, Miss." The nurse said her good bye's to Kagome and made her way down the hall. Kagome walked on to the elevator and pressed the button. The door opened, and Kagome stepped inside, pressing the button that would take her to the first floor as she entered.

" It's sad, really. You know she's the only visitor that boy's had other than Mr. Myouga ." said a short nurse with a push cart.

"Can't really blame him for being so stubborn. the Masato boy's already lost his parents, and now he has to learn to walk again." Said a nurse at the desk to the first one. The elevator door closed.

Author's Note: Okay, before all you lawyer people start jumping on me and beating me with the proverbial stick, the disclaimer is in the first chapter, so I don't have to write one for each chapter after it.

*Hears a knock on the door* "Yes? Who is it?"

In bounds a small furry creature. "Starmoon!!"

"Shippou! How? Why -"

"Don't speak, love.just pet my head."

".Ummm.."

"I'm in love with you, starmoon! Come away with me!"

" I thought you were too young!"

" Actually, I'm just really short."

"Oh, okay! Sorry, looks like I'm running away with Shippou, so my next chapters might be a little late!"

*Shippou and Starmoon bound off together, leaving a trail of mushrooms behind.*