Catse: Hello people! I'm sorry this took so long to upload. I've been kind of busy with my other story, Dance of Swords now that there is a third, and another one I started that is entirely my own fic. Well, I don't have time to talk, I've got shopping to do! Yays! Well, talk to you later!


Disclaimer: See chappie one, but you already know I tried and failed to get Inuyasha to be mine. sniff
Next morning, he awoke with the sun, as he did every morning, to find Kagome still sleeping.

He opened the window and climbed in, checking the clock.

It was an entire half-hour past the time she was supposed to be up.

"Kagome." He nudged, trying to wake the girl up as he shoved her on the bed. "Kagome…"

"Mmm…What?" She asked, sitting up with bleary eyes.

"Aren't you supposed to be at that place you call school about now?" He inquired.

Kagome turned her tired eyes to the clock, and nearly freaked out.

"AH! I'm half an hour late!" In a moment she was out of the bed, throwing clothing all over the floor in search of a clean uniform, and once found, she shoved Inuyasha out of her room to change.

He walked down the breakfast table, deciding he would eat a quick meal before getting dressed and ready for work.

Kagome was hopping down the stairs, two at a time, five minutes later, and grabbed a butter slimed piece of toast with out stopping, throwing her shoes on in a matter of seconds, and then left, the door slamming loudly behind her.

"Well, I hope she makes it to school in time. Inu-dear, it's about time you got ready for work, isn't it?"

Inuyasha nodded around his glass of orange juice, and stood up, placing the empty glass on the table.

In a matter of moments, he was in the janitors outfit, with his hair back in the same blonde braid, his fake ears and contacts on, and a new nametag he had trouble pinning to his shirt for work.

After a sigh, and another piece of toast, he was gone, this time deciding that since he had time, he would take the streets instead of the sky. It was interesting to walk down the street, without anyone looking at him weird, or staring at his ears. For once, he actually fit into society. But not to get him wrong, he was proud he was half-demon. It was just sort of nice to actually walk in public every once in a while like a normal person. Any other day, he would either dodge a village all together, or, if he would enter, he would glare at everyone that passed, as a sign of warning that if they started trouble, then so would he.

When he had finally made it to the school, and gotten inside, he found that many students were still cluttering the yards around it, and discovered that his walk had gotten him there a few minutes earlier than he had planned. Shrugging, he stepped into the school, receiving more looks than he had the day before. But they weren't looks of disgust that Inu was so used to from back home. Hell, half the girls gave him a flirty look of interest, and some of the men nodded to him out of respect. He wasn't sure why. He hadn't talked to any of them at all, and he hadn't done anything spectacular for them except clean. Why would any one other than him and the janitors be proud of a clean bathroom?

He managed his way towards the Janitor's locker room and found Jaki there, same as yesterday.

And same as yesterday, he cleaned his assigned places with just as much vigor as the day before. Maybe even more today now that he was accustomed to the job.

Around lunch time for the students, he received a break. He had already cleaned his area, and had finished earlier than yesterday, so Jaki figured Inu could use a little time to himself before helping them all out at the cafeteria when they went to clean it.

So Inu took his time out on the grounds, finding a good solid tree around the back to hide in, as he watched the students walk by.

A few looked up at the tree inquisitively, wondering what a janitor would be doing sitting in a tree, but Inu didn't really heed them mind. Usually, he would have leapt down and started trouble, but if it was one thing he had learned from working at this place only two days, it was that a person in this time didn't do that if they had a job. Nope. They might loose it. And Inu definitely didn't want to go searching again.

That was scary in itself.

He ceased his thoughts when a certain dark haired familiar crossed his vision from afar.

Kagome had an apple in her hand, and she was listening to her friends jabber as they pulled her towards another tree at the far area of the grounds. He kept his eyes on her, and smiled, not even noticing a young man standing under the tree that also had his eyes on her.

"I still insist that you need a boyfriend." One of them commented, her hair very short on her head.

"Yeah Kagome! There are plenty of guys around here. Can't you choose one?" Asked another, this one with a head band.

"No." Kagome replied with a blush. "I'm not really interested in anyone here."

A blonde haired man swept across her mind. 'Well, not anyone from here.' She thought to herself wryly.

"What about Smith, that new Janitor? He's rather cute." Said the third, her hair long and curly.

"Yeah! He's young, he's hot, and he's American!" The one with the head band commented. "He's perfect!"

"Oh, I can just see it now!" The short haired one giggled. "Kagome and Smith. What a beautiful couple."

Kagome blushed again, beginning to glare at the ground over her friends attempts at matchmaking.

How she wished they would leave here alone.

"Hello ladies." The man from under the tree commented, walking up to the four.

He smiled to them, but his eyes were essentially on Kagome, and small package behind his back.

"Um…Higurashi, I was wondering if you and I could go to a movie or something this Saturday. That is…if you don't have anything else planned."

Inuyasha didn't realize he was growling until he almost pounced from the tree to attack the young man.

How dare he talk to Kagome? Kagome had better things to do than to hang around with sissy looking guys like him!

'Tell him off Kagome. Tell him off…'

"I'm sorry Hojo. I would love too, but I'm busy this weekend. Can we do it another time?" Kagome answered sweetly, smiling gently.

Hojo smiled and nodded, looking a little depressed. "Yes, sure. Oh, I got something for you from my shop." He pulled out the package from behind him and handed it to Kagome. "They're some herbs. They're supposed to help with many different diseases, so maybe they can help you. See you around Higurashi." Hojo waved good bye and walked away, smiling.

Inu was the only one to notice the frown spread across Hojo's lips as he entered the school.

Inu snarled slightly, and then jumped down from his tree.

At least Kagome had a good head on her shoulders. That Hojo guy looked like bad news.

Then again, there was a tiny voice in his head that said that Hojo was only bad news for him, and not for Kagome.

And if he wanted to please Kagome, he too would have to find things to give her. But what? What could Inuyasha give Kagome that she didn't already have?

'That bracelet for one.' His mind told him simply. 'She doesn't have that.'

Inuyasha smiled to himself as he walked into the school. Yeah, there was that.


Catse: Well, there you go. I'll update again tomorrow because it took so long for this update. Well, please Review, and Ja Ne for now!