Chapter 6: The Doctor's Office Part 2

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Sesshomaru and Kagome watched on as the doctor pulled up a chair, and sat in front of Rin. "So" he said, looking at the child, " What seems to be troubling you?"

"Well, Rin's throat hurts, and it's hard to swallow" the girl replied.

"Any other symptoms?"

"Hai. Rin's head and stomach hurt, and Rin got sick a few times"

"But it's just your throat now?" Rin merely nodded. Dr. Yagura picked up the thermometer that was sitting on the counter nearby, and put the one end into the girl's mouth. "Now, leave that under your tounge until it beeps, ok?

Sesshomaru had watched the doctor pick up an item off of the nearby counter, and he almost growled when the man stuck part of the foreign object in his ward's mouth. He didn't like this room, or any of these mysterious items in it. It smelled clean, almost sickly clean, he noted. And all of the containers labeled with words he hadn't ever seen before weren't exactly calming.

The fact that the miko didn't react at all when the doctor put the stick thing into Rin's mouth was the only thing that kept Sesshomaru from interfering. The Taiyoukai figured that the miko would recognize it if the doctor did something wrong, seeing as she seemed to be familar with all of the objects around. Either that, or she was completely clueless. If that was the case, then Sesshomaru was in trouble. He wouldn't admit it, but had no clue whatsoever if any of this stuff was harmful or not, but he was on guard nonetheless.

The thermometer beeped. "99.9" The doctor read, pulling it back, "A small fever". Dr. Yagura pulled out his stethoscope, and put it on. He listened to Rin's heartbeat, telling her to breath deeply.

"Now, I have to get a sample from the back of your throat, so this might be slightly uncomfortable. Open wide!" said the doctor, opening a throat swab. Rin obeyed, and Yagura took a swipe at the back of her throat with the swab, causing her to gag slightly. Sesshomaru growled and cracked his knuckles menacingly, but didn't do any further actions.

"Sorry Rin, but I needed to do that so we can figure out what you have" Dr. Yagura explained quickly, eyeing the silver haired guy nervously. He didn't really fancy the thought of a trip to the emergency room at that moment, and it looked like this guy could make his unwish come true. Rin nodded, grimacing. She was never really fond of the gagging sensation.

"I'll take this to get tested right away" With that, the doctor left the room. It was silent and Rin was bored once more. Instead of counting the ceiling tiles again, she figured that she'd count all the cracks in them.

"56" she stated aloud after a few minutes, causing Sesshomaru to quirk a brow. He had no idea what in the world was running through his little ward's mind. She had to be one of the oddest creatures he had ever met.

Sesshomaru was brought from his musings when the wooden door slid open and the doctor entered the room again. "Well," he stated, "Rin does indeed have strep throat. I'm going to prescribe some antibiotics for her"

Kagome nodded.

"Can she swallow a pill?" questioned Yagura. The miko looked at Rin uncertainly, and back at the doctor. "How big are they?"

"Not very," he responded, "about the size of a pea" Kagome looked at Rin again. "Do you think you could swallow that without chewing?"

"Hai" she answered.

"Good. The pills will be fine, then"

The doctor filled out the prescription and handed the slip to Kagome before tellign her to go back to the receptionist desk to check out. They headed back towards the waiting room to find Aki reading a magazine that looked like it was from the mid-eighties. He looked up when they entered the room.

"So how'd it go?"

"Rin has strep throat, just like I thought" Kagome sighed, "Can you take us to the pharmacy?"

"Sorry, I can't. I have to be at work soon"

"Can you give us a ride home them?" I'll just get the medicine later"

"Sure"

"Hold on, I still have to check out"

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The ride home was uneventful, unless you count another truck blowing exhaust everywhere, and Sesshomaru having a coughing fit. They arrived back at the house, and Aki took off to his job. When they entered the livingroom, Jaken, who had been watching Jerry Springer, waddled over to greet Sesshomaru. The Taiyoukai glanced at the television.

"Jaken, what are you watching?" he drawled, coldy. The toad looked back at the screen just in time to see some lady whip off their shirt and run around the stage, screaming like a banshee. His eyes bugged out, even though everything was blocked by censors.

"Ehehehehe..." Jaken stammered.

Sesshomaru's gaze grew even colder when the person on the tv let out a stream of cuss words, most of them blocked, but some could still be heard.

"Rin" he said, "Plug your ears"

"Hai Sesshomaru-sama!" she replied, doing just that.

"Jaken" Sesshomaru continued, glaring at the toad youkai, "You will turn that off immediately" Jaken gulped and ran to shut off the tv, which was now showing the topless person and another girl in an all out fight with Jerry just watching from the sidelines. Kagome watched the whole thing, covering the smile plastered on her face with her hand.

"Well" she said, "after lunch, we can go get the medicine. Since we don't have a ride, I guess we'll just have to take the bus"

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A/N: Sorry it took so long. School and everything...sigh. I'm so glad it's almost summer vacation - I can't wait!

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