This chapter was not beta'd so if you find any errors or confusion points, just tell me and I'll fix 'em! PLEASE R&R!

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Monday morning came rather quickly. Inuyasha got up at six, did his morning run and work out, took a shower, put on a pair of sky blue scrubs and made it in time for his first real day as a resident doctor. He made it to his locker and Dr. Yamamoto caught up with him.

"Nice to see you bright and early Dr. Tashio. How was your weekend?"

'If you only knew. I went to the club after shift Friday night and met the most beautiful woman ever and had a one night stand with her. How was yours?!' "It went by fast. Didn't really do much."

"I see that Miroku didn't pay us a trip over the weekend, so I guess it's safe to say that he didn't do much either." He laughed.

Inuyasha just stood there and nodded. He got his lab coat out of the locker and donned it on for the day. "Yeah. So… Anything this morning?"

"We have a little boy that came in with head and chest pain. I think I heard the he was hanyou so you make your way over there. We also have Dr. Sato is coming down for orientation of the new ER residencies in about an hour. I'm going to be showing them around and introducing all of the ER resident doctors. And that includes you."

"Oh I remember that day. I was so scared. Maybe I can get Miroku to play a trick on them and scare them half to death. It's one thing to know what to do in a situation, but to actually do it…. They might want to stay in general medicine and not the ER."

Dr. Yamamoto laughed. "That would be funny but he doesn't come in until second shift."

"Dr. Yamamoto. You are needed at ER nurse station one. Dr. Yamamoto, ER nurse station one," came over the loud speaker.

"Well that's Dr. Sato. She's early. Well I'll see you in a few Inuyasha." With that he left the locker room.

Inuyasha sighed, closing his locker door. "Well here goes day one."

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Kagome could not believe her luck. The power had gone out sometime during the night so therefore; she had no alarm to wake her up that morning. She woke up at 7:15 and she had to be at Tokyo General in 45 minutes. She took a quick shower, got into some fuchsia colored scrubs and lab coat, got her supplies, and raced to the hospital. The Kami's were on her side when she didn't see the police on the way there. She got there with five minutes to spare. She had finally breathed a sigh of relief. She noticed her orientation guide being crowded around by other young doctors. She walked over and waited for the tour to begin.

"Hello Dr's. My name is Dr. Yumi Sato. Congratulations on graduating and now the fun part; your residency! You all have your specialties so I have a doctor from each to escort you to you specified areas. Pediatrics, follow Dr. Kato, General MD's follow Dr. Sasaki, Geriatrics follow Dr. Ito, Oncology follow Dr. Yamada, Surgery follow Dr. Kimura and Emergency Room follow me. You each have been given a map along with you orientation pamphlets. I see you each have followed earlier instructions and gotten a hospital ID made. It will get you in all of the employee areas. And please don't be shy; get right into the work. It will build new relationships and also something we all need from time to time; confidence! Now I will leave you to go to your areas. We will meet again later today, let's say around 1:00 and have lunch and have a tour of the hospital. Have fun!"

The group broke and all that was left was Dr. Sato and Kagome. She looked at her in awe. "Well I wasn't expecting anyone to stay. I haven't had any ER residents in years. Well let's go Dr. Higurashi." Kagome only nodded and followed the older doctor.

"Dr. Sato?"

"Hm?"

"What did you mean about not having any ER residents? I would have thought you would be getting plenty."

"Well dear, I think it's because some are a bit squeamish to blood and foul smells. They want to stay where it is more clean and less likely to catch anything. Yeah I know that some went off to surgery but they don't have to deal with a coherent patient like we do."

"Hm. I guess that's a good theory. So how many residents have you had?"

"In the past 5 years, three. All of them came in at the same time. They just finished their residencies here and one of them got the opportunity to stay along. He is a great doctor; especially with the demon community. Since he started, the number of demon, and half demon patients have increased 135%."

"Wow! How can one doctor do that?"

She chuckled holding her ID in her hand and sliding in through the machine to unlock the door. "Well Dr. Higurashi, that is because he is a half-demon."

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"Hey buddy how're you doing? My name's Dr. Tashio. But you can call me Dr. Inu." Dr. Tashio cooed as he walked into room. He had a 7 year old half-demon boy as his patient.

"I don't feel good. My chest hurts and I feel really hot."

He walked up to the bed he was on and sat on the side of it. "Oh okay." He looked inside of the chart. He noted the boy's heart rate was a little faster than what it should have been and wrote it down. His breathing was making crackling sounds and it was also a little bit labored. "Okay Riku, how long has it been hurting?"

"About a… 3 days" Cough Cough

"Whoa! That's a pretty bad cough man. How long has that been going on?"

Cough. "A week."

"Okay buddy we're going to make you feel all better okay?" He said with a soft pat on the hanyou's leg. He turned to his mother that was sitting adjacent to him. He could sense that she was a neko demon. But like always he had to ask.

"Are you of feline demon decent ma'am?

"Yes."

"And the child's father is of human decent?"

"Yes."

He wrote some more things down inside of the patient's chart. "Okay I'm ordering some x-rays and blood work. And we'll go ahead and start an IV to give him fluids so that he won't become dehydrated. And I'll give him something to help with his fever. I'll be back to check on you later okay man?"

Riku only nodded and laid down to cuddle with his stuffed tiger that he brought with him. He smiled lightly at the young hanyou and exited the room.

He went to the nurse's station and put the chart down. "Kira I need you to do a hanyou admission on room 3, beep radiology for a chest x-ray, start an IV with neko electrolytes for dehydration, and administer some fever reducer."

"Yes sir, Dr. Tashio. Dr. Sato just got here with the new resident. Dr. Yamamoto is looking for you at nurse station one."

He sighed. "Okay, beep me when the x-rays are in."

"Yes sir." With that he started walking to nurse station one.

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Kagome was in awe when she saw the ER. Sure she had been there before when she was younger when she had broken her ankle but she hadn't remembered it being this big. It had a total of 40 beds and had many nurses and doctors to run it. She saw an older man coming up to greet them.

"Ah Yumi! How are you this morning? I see we got us a new resident this year."

"Yes I'm fine this morning Kaito. Yes we have one new doctor to add to our team for a couple of years. Dr. Kagome Higurashi, this is Dr. Kaito Yamamoto, head of the ER department."

Kagome bowed in respect, and then shook his hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you Dr. Yamamoto. I'm looking forward to learning all I can and helping out when I'm needed."

"Ah enthusiasm! I like that in new residents. Well I called all of the doctors here to introduce them, but some of them are just getting in and one other is seeing to a patient. So tell me about yourself."

"Well I'll turn 25 in September and I just graduated from Medical School with honors. I was Valedictorian. Um…? I lived on my family's shrine until college. And that's basically it."

"So you have no social life? Friends, hobbies, a boyfriend maybe?" He asked hinting slightly. "We like for our residents to be committed to their job but to not have anything to balance itself is not healthy." The doctor said.

"Well….I do have friends but I was totally engrossed in school that I hardly saw them. Same with my family. They understand I guess. And to answer your question, no sir I do not have a boyfriend. A relationship is too much for me right now." 'Especially after Friday night…'

"Well there are both doctors and nurses your age that I'm sure you'll get to know and make friends with." He noticed all of the doctors had assembled except for one, Inuyasha. He sighed. 'I guess he's giving the hanyou a thorough checkover. I guess I'll introduce Kagome to him privately.' "Okay everyone. I like you to meet our new college graduate and resident, Kagome Higurashi. She's enthusiastic about starting so let's help her out and make her feel welcome. Okay well let's get back to work and please introduce yourself through the day." Some of the doctors went back to their doings and others came and shook her hand. She accepted their aquatints with smiles and firm handshakes.

While introductions were being made, Dr. Yamamoto noticed his hanyou protégé coming to meet the new resident. He nudged to Kagome to get her attention. "Dr. Higurashi I'd like you to meet Dr. Tashio. The newest resident ER doctor to Tokyo General." She turned to meet the doctor's gaze. She gasped. 'Oh shit!'

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Inuyasha walked towards the crowd of doctors fawning over the new resident. 'Must be a girl. When I came they all left without so much as a handshake.' The crowd dispersed and he saw a woman with long black hair that went to the small of her back, a nice figure, and what looked about 5'4'. He smelled her from far away but couldn't place her scent. 'Where had I smelled her before?' He shrugged and stepped up to his mentor to be introduced. The woman in question turned and he stared wide eyed at the person in front of him. 'Fuck!'

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They stared at each other for a moment then out of nowhere.

"YOU?!" They both called out to each other, each pointing a finger at the other.

"What the hell are you doing here wench?!" Inuyasha screamed at the woman in front of him.

"Wench?! I'm starting my residency today! What are you doing here?!" Kagome yelled back at him with the same vigor.

"I work here!"

They glared at each other. Great they had to work together. They were brought out of their stupor when they each heard their name called.

"Dr. Tashio! Dr. Higurashi! My office NOW!"

They both looked at a very livid Dr. Yamamoto. They both followed him to his office; Dr. Sato following closely behind, shocked at the display she had seen.

Everyone settled in the small office; Inuyasha and Kagome both in the chairs across the head's desk. Dr. Yamamoto sat down and crossed his hands in front of his face and sighed. "Okay you two. That will NOT happen again in my ER. Is that crystal clear?!" They both mumbled a 'yes sir.'

He sighed. "Okay lets work this out. It's obvious that you two have met and are not on good terms with each other. Am I correct?" They both snorted and nodded. Both had their arms crossed over their chest.

"You two are adults. You should not be having a piety fight. I suggest that you two work it out before you return to your duties. And since I had this office specially made, you two can stay in here and yell and scream all you want. Now Dr. Sato and I have other duties to attend to. I will be back in one hour. If you two still look like spoiled brats that didn't get what they wanted when I get back, I will sit in here and make you figure this out." They two young doctors blushed at that. They sure didn't want a superior in here while they talked about their one night stand.

Dr. Yamamoto got up from his chair and Dr. Sato followed after. He turned back to his two troublemakers, "Now remember kids, play nice. One hour." And he left.

They sat there in a complete, uncomfortable silence. They were both looking in opposite directions with their arms still crossed, scowling. Every once in a while one would sigh and snort. 'Who does he think he is?! Yes he may be a doctor that works here but he had no right to blow up like that! I mean I'm the victim here! UGH!!! Why did I have to see him again?! And I still don't know if I'm pregnant or not! UGH! This is just not my day… He does look sexy as hell in those scrubs though…. Where in the hell did that come from?!'

'Why should I have to work things out with her anyway?! She's the one that left without talking about it then! Damn I thought I was never going to see her again! Now I have to work with her!!! UGH!!! This is just great! At least I can tell that she isn't pregnant….I can sever all ties I have with her after her residency and go on with my life. But she does look cute in those scrubs….It makes her blue eyes stand out more….Wait… NO!! Why am I still thinking about her?!

They both heard a beeping and vibrating go off. They looked at where the sounds were coming from. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his beeper. He punched a few buttons and sighed. He looked back up to the woman and said, "Look I need to go see my patient's x-rays. How about we say that we talked it out for now; at least it will get Dr. Yamamoto off our backs."

"I would rather not say anything about it." She mumbled but he heard her anyway.

He stood up abruptly, glaring at her. "Well at least I'm trying to figure something out! All you're doing is sitting there not saying anything! If you hadn't rushed out like you did, then we wouldn't be here!"

She stood up and glared right back at him. "Well what did you expect me to do huh?! Stay around and talk about my virginity being taken by a rapist doctor?! Oh hell no! And that rapist doctor would be the father of my bastard child! I didn't want to stay around there anymore!"

"Hey! I may be a doctor but a rapist I am not! Besides it takes two to tango and you wanted it just as much as I did! You were practically begging for me to fuck you! And just to let you know, you weren't fertile when we had sex so you don't have to worry about carrying the bastard child of a half-breed!"

She was silent. She turned to walk away but he grabbed her. She turned and slapped him across his face. He held his cheek and glared wide eyed at her in disbelief and shock. She glared at him with tear soaked eyes.

"This conversation is over," she whispered. "I will be professional from now on. And I will respect you as the doctor that you are. And it does not matter if you were a hanyou. I was not raised to be like that. And unless it is on a professional matter, I will never speak to you again." She turned and left the office. She let the door close softly behind her. She walked to the nearest bathroom, making sure that there was no one in there besides her, she locked the door and slid down to the ground. Only then did she let her tears fall.