Catse: Hello! Sorry it took so long to update. I'll try to make sure I can get it updated sooner next time. Well, here's the next chapter, and the first real job Inu gets: ) Hope you like!


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Jaki was a round man, with a thick black mustache that hid his wide mouth when he grinned, and small beady black eyes that reminded Inuyasha of Black Beetles. The man was kind, and understanding of the questions Inuyasha asked about the school, and about the job, and how long he would be working each day. Unfortunately, his hours would last until an hour after Kagome left from school, so he would have to figure out some sort of way to cover up his absence. His rounds included several classrooms down the three-hundred wing, the boy's bathrooms down that way, and the hallway itself. Jaki lead him around the school, showing him around. Inuyasha commented on places, doing his best to remember everywhere he had been and how to get there. When they came to the cafeteria, Jaki practically had to drag Inuyasha out. The strong smells of food took over Inu's senses, and before long his tongue was riding along the floor, leaving a long slippery line of drool in its wake.

Once out of the cafeteria, Jaki led Inuyasha to the gym and its grounds, then the outhouse buildings, and then finally to the Janitor's rooms and the front office. Inside the Janitor's locker room, Jaki handed Inuyasha a dark green janitors uniform, in which later would have a name tag with Inuyasha's name on it. Inuyasha told Jaki that he wanted his name to be something else.

When Jaki asked, Inuyasha told him that there was someone at the school he didn't want recognizing him, and so Jaki nodded with a smile of understanding. Once his uniform was on, and his cap was covering his now released ears, Jaki handed him his Janitor's cart and showed him what every chemical and object on the cart would do. Then, as a bit of fun, he told Inuyasha that if he really wanted to hide himself, he would either cut his hair short, dye it, or do both, and then pull out the contacts that made his eyes yellow. When Inuyasha told him his eyes were natural, Jaki nearly fainted.

It took a while for Inuyasha to explain to Jaki that his silver hair and golden eyes were natural, and after an accident where his cap fell off, he had to explain his fuzzy doggy ears too.

Jaki took to it rather well a while after, and even became comfortable enough to joke around with Inu and his ears.

"Well, I think you and me are gonna get along fine Inu. Now, you start you're rounds tomorrow morning, and I'll get you a name tag for you to wear tomorrow, so we had better work on an alias for you. What kinda name do yah want anyways?"

Inuyasha thought about it a moment, a cup of iced tea in his hand as they sat in the teacher's lounge talking. After a moment, he shook his head. "I have no idea. I'm not very familiar with names of this era. Maybe you can come up with something for me."

"Well, first off, are you going to dye your hair? From there we can come up with something."

"Dye? What's dye?"

Jaki felt a drop of sweat fall from the back of his head as he stared at Inuyasha in disbelief. "Well…then again…you're from another era in time. Hmm…it's a stuff that changes your hair another color. Considering your hair is white, I would suggest you color it yellow, or blonde, that away it won't look odd when you're hair grows back, because the color is so light. Black hair would look almost completely odd if some of your white grew in at the top. Then again, you'd probably look good like that. And as for you're eyes, what color would you like?"

"You can change the colors of your eyes?" Was Inu's question.

"Sure can."

"How?"

Jaki sighed. "You use something called a contact. It's a thin piece of slippery plastic that you stick on your eyeball and it changes your eye color."

"Oh…You can stick plastic in your eye?"

"Just give me a color Inu." Jaki replied, looking rather agitated. Inuyasha thought about it a moment, and then remembered something Kagome had said a while back in the feudal era:

Flash Back

"Isn't your favorite color green Kagome? You wear it a lot." Shippo commented as they came to a stream for a break. Kagome shook her head, filling one of her water bottles with fresh blue spring water.

"No. Actually, I hate the color. It's just the color of the uniform, and we always have to wear it. I'd much prefer blue actually."

End Flash Back

"Blue." Inuyasha answered after a moment. "I think I would like my eyes to be blue."

"Okay. That gives me something to work with. I guess we can make your last name American, with your first name as Inuyasha. Let's see…what kind of a name…I know! Smith! That's a good American name! How about it, Inu Smith?"

He turned to Inuyasha, to find the silver haired hanyou missing from his table, his tea still warming on the table.

"Hey! Where'd you go!" He shouted, running from the room in search of his friend. When he found Inuyasha, he was in front of the gym, and Inuyasha's eyes were narrowed on a certain group of girls playing volleyball on the grounds. From his position on the top of the school, none of the girls would even realize he was there unless they looked up, and even then they would be blinded by the sun, so they couldn't see him very well.

"Ah, I see you've found the evening gym class. Some of those girls down there are hot as hell, aren't they?"

Inuyasha wasn't listening. His eyes were not paying attention to the many girls in the skimpy uniform, knocking a ball back and forth. No. His eyes were narrowed on one girl in particular…the very one he was working so hard for.

Kagome hadn't noticed him just yet, but she was leaning against the fence in the same skimpy uniform, her eyes directed on the game.

It seemed she was waiting to join, or was just resting, he couldn't tell.

In any case, Inuyasha kept his eyes on her, and then was surprised, when another group of girls came up to her, and lead her away to a large open green field. There they pulled out a ball with several black squares on it, and commenced in kicking it across the field, trying to get it to one of two tall netted structures.

Jaki followed Inuyasha's eyes and noticed he was watching the soccer game, and then grinned.

"Ah yes, Soccer. Got to love that game. You interested?"

Inuyasha didn't answer. He watched as Kagome hit he ball with such a force that it flew past most of the girls and hit the goal with ease. He had never realized Kagome's legs were so strong, and apparently, neither did the girls. He continued to watch for a while, and finally, a little annoyed at being ignored, Jaki elbowed him to get his attention.

"Do you really like those girls or are you just really attracted to soccer?" He inquired, glaring at Inu.

"It's none of your business!" Inuyasha replied as he usually did, not really paying attention to the janitor.

"Oh I get it." Wrapped an arm around Inu's shoulders and smiled. "One of the girls down there is the one you're hiding from right? Come on, tell me, which one? I know 'em all!"

Inuyasha glared at him a moment, and then sighed with a shrug. "Her name is Kagome. I think her last name is Higurashi, but I'm not sure."

The guy nodded and smiled. "Oh yeah, I know her. Don't see her often, but I know her. Used to be a top A student, until she started gettin' sick all the time and began spending most of her time missing from school. Still not sure what kind of a virus she got, but whatever it is, I don't want it. Come on, I'll brief you on the teacher's that teach in the classrooms your to be cleaning." And they left from the building top.


Catse: Well, like I said, I will try to update when I can. This past couple of days hasn't really been all that hectic, but everytime I think about updating, I'm doing something, and I think I'll do it afterward but then I end up forgetting. Oh well. Please review if you liked the story!