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A/N

Erm….so yeah, I haven't really been writing this for a while…blush…but I'm really busy. That's a bad excuse. But whatever, I figure that you guys should be glad for what you get. Right? Cowers behind huge tree

The Training Begins

After a disturbingly comfortable lunch hour, Shigure drove Hatori back to the clinic. Since Hatori was tired, he dozed in the back while Ayame and Shigure talked in the front.

"That was fun. We'll have to do that more often." Ayame sighed.

"I liked when the waitress tripped and then Ha'ri had catch her safely." Shigure snickered. He felt a fist bonk his head lightly. "Ah, Ha-san is awake!" Shigure sang.

"Yes, I'm awake." Hatori rolled over and propped himself up to look out the opposite window.

"Ha'ri…your seatbelt isn't on." Ayame reminded.

"Oh. Right." Hatori click his seat belt and sat up completely.

"It's too quiet in this car." Shigure whined.

"Quiet is good." Hatori said in monotone.

"Quiet is BOOOORRRRINNG!" Ayame whistled.

"You are annoying." Hatori sighed, closing his eyes.

"Ha-san is mean." Ayame pouted.

"We're here!" Shigure announce, pulling up in his driveway.

Hatori stepped out of the car and waved to his grinning cousins. He opened the door and hung his coat on the coat rack. He continued to make his way to his office when a nurse called his name.

"Hatori-sama…"

"Yes?" Hatori turned around.

"Anou…this letter came in the mail for you." The nurse turned and fled.

Hatori smiled ironically as he watched the young girl run away. Hatori was a stony-faced man to his clinic since Kana had gone. He could almost swear that they were all waiting for him to erupt one day. He looked at the package in his hand and examined it, turning it over in his hands. It was from the government of Japan. Hatori opened it, frowning. His frown grew deeper as he read more into the letter. When he was done with it, he did something that amazed his staff: he swore.

"Shimatta!" Hatori hissed under his breath.

Gasps went up all around the room from the secretaries and nurses.

Holding the letter in a tightly closed fist Hatori walked into his office and sat down. He reached for the phone and dialed a number.

"Moshi Moshi?" Shigure said; his voice a bit huskier and lower than normal. Hatori heard shuffling in the background.

"Shigure?" Hatori asked, not completely sure it was Shigure, the person he was talking to right now was working seriously.

"Ha-san? I just saw you, what do you need?" Shigure said distractedly.

"I need to talk to you. Is this a good time?"

"Yeah, I'm just looking for the manuscript for Mii-chan. She threatened to quit if I didn't hand in my next manuscript on time. I decided to make her happy and hand it in early."

"Get off the phone, imposter."

"Look, Ha-san, I'm not doing this on my own incentive, it is Mii-chan's birthday today, and I don't have any other present to give her." Shigure explained.

"Ok, I got a letter today from the government." Hatori started.

"Uh huh." Shigure sounded distracted.

"And I have an inspection in two weeks." Hatori stated.

"So?"

"Shigure, I have an INSPECTION of my clinic when I am not there."

"That's really too bad Ha-san, but what's the point of you telling me this?" Shigure protested.

"You are here during that week. So you will need act as me and show the inspectors around." Hatori said slowly, regretting every word as it came out of his mouth.

"Ok. But why do I need to act as you?"

"The government requires a doctor to be present during the examination. Doctor as in M.D. doctor. Your own identity does not come with that qualification." Hatori explained.

"Great, so do I get to cut my hair just like yours? Do I get a make-over?" Shigure for once sounded like the conversation was the only thing he was paying attention to.

"I suppose so. You'll be the exact clone of me. You'll need to get some contacts and glasses. Your eyes are different than mine. I can get them for you." Hatori again regretted every word that came out of his mouth.

"I GET A MAKE-OVER!" Shigure crowed. Hatori heard things crash as he imagined Shigure dancing around. Hatori winced.

"That's not the hard part. The hard part is where you actually sound convincing when you speak to the inspectors. You have to know what you are talking about." Hatori reminded gently; though Shigure was annoying, he was like a little kid, it didn't take much to get him excited.

"That's ok, I've done lots of research of doctor stuff…you know, for my books." Shigure assured Hatori.

"Huh. Anyway, I want you to take classes with me until your week comes, ok?"

"Don't you trust me? You know, I write more than just smut." Shigure said huffily.

"I don't doubt that, but I need to know what you know, and I can't do that unless you do this, understood?" Hatori sighed.

"Yes." Shigure was pouting.

"Don't pout. I need to go; I have a patient at three. Please be at my office at five. We'll have class for an hour here, go back to your house, have dinner, and continue lessons until 8. That should provide us with enough time." Hatori said firmly.

"Ok! I'll be there. Bye Ha-san!" Shigure hung up merrily; he was going to get to look just like Ha'ri! Shigure frowned suddenly; he was going to have to spend a lot of time studying. He didn't like studying. Oh well, maybe he could get inspiration from Ha-san's classes. He remembered what he was looking for, and continued his search.

Hatori hung up the phone after a merry "ja ne!" from Shigure. It wasn't all fun and games; he was a little worried what Shigure would do while he was in Singapore. Speaking of Singapore, he had to prepare his material. After this patient Hatori resolved.

"Ha-Hatori-sama?" A secretary poked her head into his office.

"Yes?" Hatori replied, looking up.

"Anou…Akito-san is waiting." The secretary quickly retreated. While she adored the doctor in a far-off way, she'd been his first employee since the beginning of the clinic; she didn't want to stress him too much.

"Akito…" Hatori got up, collected his medical equipment, put on his qwhite doctor's coat, and stepped out the door. He walked over to Akito's complex and entered. Taking off his shoes and coat, he entered Akito's room softly.

"Akito, you need to take your medicines." Hatori opened his black medical bag and rummaged through it, looking for Akito's pills.

"I don't want to take medication today." Akito said.

"You don't have a choice. If you don't take these, you'll get severely sick tomorrow and cause a lot of problems." Hatori said firmly and pressed several pills into Akito hand.

"I was just seeing if my opinion would sway your decisions. You seem solid in your decisions." Akito mused.

"Only when your opinion is about harming your health." Hatori muttered. "I'm leaving, unless you have anything you want to tell me about?"

"No." Akito said simply.

Hatori opened his mouth to tell Akito about Shigure, then paused and stopped. If we can fool Akito, we can fool anybody. We'll have a trial run later. Hatori quickly shut his mouth and bowed to Akito before exiting.

Akito simply stared out his window.

Hatori found that he was actually looking forward to their "ploy," if you would call it that. He found that fact disturbing. Shaking his head as he walked back to his house, he looked at his watch.

3:45

Hatori entered his office without removing his coat and shoes, passing a stunned nurse whose hands had been outstretched to take them from him and hang them up. What stunned her even more was when he turned around and gave her a smirk. She fainted. Leaving her to the other secretaries and nurses, Hatori sat down in his chair and faced his desk. He started to gather his material for his convention.

"HA-SAN!" Shigure sang merrily.

Hatori jerked abruptly and hit his head on his lamp.

"Oh…are you ok?" Shigure said, bending over Hatori concernedly.

"Yeah, I'm fine. You just startled me; that's all." Hatori rubbed the back of his head. He stood up and walked to his black medical bag and brought it over to Shigure. He dumped the contents of it in front of Shigure.

"Identify all instruments and medication and tell me their uses." Hatori handed a piece of paper to Shigure to write on.

"Ha-san!!" Shigure whined petulantly.

"What?"

"I can't do this, I don't know how," Shigure complained.

"Learn." Hatori threw a doctor's encyclopedia on the table next to Shigure. "Use this if you get confused."

Still grumbling, Shigure got to work, carefully examining the instruments and writing down strings of words. Hatori continued to gather his materials together for his conference. Half an hour passed by in relative silence; only once did a nurse disturb them to know if they wanted anything, as they were ordering dinner. Both said no and Hatori shooed her out with another uncharacteristic grin.

"I've never seen you do that." Shigure noted dryly.

"I've never heard you talk like that." Hatori said, just as dryly.

"Never mind." Shigure bent his head over his paper. After about five minutes, He handed the paper to Hatori and stretched, leaning back in his chair that he had occupied a while ago.

"You done?"

"Yup."

Hatori examined the paper carefully, made a few marks on it, and handed it back to Shigure. After reading it over, Shigure whooped loudly.

"Perfect! See, I told you I know more than I look like I know." Shigure smiled triumphantly.

"Good," Hatori looked at his watch, "let's retire for today. This is just an intro for today. Also, I'm tired. Get your stuff together, we'll go for dinner."

"My little flower doesn't know we have an extra guest…" Shigure said slyly.

"You didn't tell her?!" Hatori said, shocked.

"No, I forgot."

"Now she's going to freak. I hate to impose on her." Hatori said, frowning.

"That's ok. She's so perfectly cute when she's flustered."

"You did this on purpose." Hatori accused.

"Me? Never. Besides, you know how much she loves having YOU over for dinner." Shigure hinted.

"Don't talk nonsense." Hatori grabbed his coat and walked out of his office. "Orimi, please lock up for today."

"Yes, Hatori-sama." The secretary at the front desk smiled. She grinned at Shigure, who winked back.

Hatori grabbed the back of Shigure's yukata and dragged him out the car.

"I told you, no flirting or seducing the staff, understood?" Hatori said firmly.

"Ha-san has no sense of humor." Shigure pouted. "Besides, why would you enforce that rule? All the staff people are women; you have made it harder for yourself and me." Shigure pointed out.

Hatori didn't reply; instead, he ran his hands through his hair and sighed. He started the car and drove in silence to Shigure's house.

A/N

Again, I said that it would be a shorter fic….as in chapter and story length. I'm sure you understand…I hope. Sorry it took SO long for me to update, but you can send your complaints to my teachers. Please drop off a review before you go!

-FongSaiYuk319