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Chapter 1. Finding Out

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It was a normal day in the Takahashi residence. And as usual, Inuyasha Takahashi, being a brilliant and successful owner of the Shikon. Corp, was always preoccupied on his work desk, either signing important contracts or monitoring the work from his laptop. Every so often, a frown appeared from the black haired man's perfectly angular face as he tried to read or understand some statements or data. Inuyasha had never took it easy on work, but it was also clear that in the past few years, oftentimes he was becoming too serious in his work... Well, it was not without reason, though.

Knock, knock.

"Come in." came the gruff voice of the business owner.

"Inuyasha." Said a soft voice that Inuyasha instantly recognized as his wife of seven years, Kagome Takahashi. "Won't you come down for a while? Sesshomaru and Rin are visiting us… and they want to see you."

"Keh. And what's that bastard brother of mine doing here now, hm? Apparently there is no new business deal to talk about, so why would he look for me?" He answered, eyes still locking on his laptop. Kagome sighed. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru never really have a healthy brothers relationship.

"He doesn't come here to talk about businesses, you know. You see, he- well, he want you to… to," the raven-haired woman find it was kind of hard to told this to her husband.

"Spill it out, Kagome." Inuyasha was getting impatient. He was in the middle of reading something important.

"He wants you to meet…your new nephew." said Kagome very carefully.

For one moment, time seemed to passed really slow as the business owner threw away his concentration from his laptop, trying to process his wife's word on his mind.

'Nephew? It means,' Inuyasha thought to himself.

"So that guy finally got a brat huh. Well good to him. Just tell him my congrats."

"Inuyasha…"

"What now?" The business owner snapped. He was quite busy at the time and couldn't help but to get irritated with his wife.

The raven-haired woman flinched. "I know you're disappointed with me. I- I can't give you a pride of being a father, and I-"

"Stop it Kagome." Inuyasha cut her mid sentence.

"But, Inuyasha, you had always wanted a ch-" Kagome tried to retort back.

"I SAID STOP!" He barked as he pounded his desk with his palms. However, his features softened as he saw the startled looks on his wife's face. He quickly sent her an apologetic look.

"Look Kagome," He began as he rose from his chair and threw his gaze to the window. He refused to look at her when he said this, "We both know that… that we might never be able to have any child. Hell. We've known that for years! And I don't really wanna talk about that right now… So, can you please leave the room for now?" He asked, eyes never met hers.

Kagome bit her lip as she looked up to her husband. "Alright, Inuyasha. I'll tell Sesshomaru… that you can't be bothered right now."

After hearing the door being closed, Inuyasha slumped to his chair. "Damn it!" he cursed. "That guy was only married for two damn years… and here he now, showing off his heir to me!" He covered his face with his hands. "And I… I will never have any child that will inherit all my hard works!"

Because Kagome was barren, the only way for him to get a blood related child is to marry another woman… But he just couldn't do that to Kagome. Despite of his cold antics sometimes, he really loves her a lot. And besides, the Takahashi family has an oath to never marry another when their spouse was still in this world. That's why, after Kagome was diagnosed infertile four years ago, their relationship has never been the same. Inuyasha was becoming more distant and cold, spending much of his time in his working room. Kagome, on the other side, always thought that she had disappoint her husband a lot. She was overwhelmed with the guilt she felt, and thus never protested her husband even for once.

Inuyasha never wanted to do anything that might hurt Kagome's feelings. He loves her, he really did. At first he tried not to think so much about the problem. He thought, as long as he was with her, the woman he loves the most in this world, nothing else would really mattered anymore. But apparently, he was wrong... Still, no matter how much he assured himself that having Kagome by his side is enough, he couldn't help but to envy those families with a little kid or two...

After Sesshomaru's visit, the days becoming even harder for Kagome. Every time she tried to get Inuyasha out of the house and spend some time with her, Inuyasha would always try and made excuses to avoid her.

"Inuyasha, do you want to go visit Sango and Miroku? We barely saw them this year, you know."

"I'm quite busy right now Kagome. I got an appointment at three."

"Inuyasha, can you accompany me to my mom's house? Souta said he's going show me his new girlfriend.

"Actually, Kagome. I got a lot of works need to be done today… Another time maybe?"

"Inuyasha! Breaking Dawn part two is finally out! Oh I'm sooo going to watch! Please join me?"

"Uhh… Kagome… I'm not really into vampires and stuffs like that… you know…"

Holding a piece of envelope, Kagome contemplated to herself whether she should tell this to Inuyasha or not. 'It's now or never, Kagome…"

"Inuyasha-"

RINGGG

"Hello, Takahashi's here. The Tama C.E.O arrived already? Ok. I'll be there as soon as possible." Inuyasha hung up the phone and quickly went to take out his jacket. "Sorry, Kagome. I got a very important meeting. See you around dinner time!" He said as he planted a kiss on Kagome's forehead.

Kagome sighed as she saw her husband's car becoming out of sight. She gripped the envelope in her hand.

Flashback

"What, doctor, what do you mean I have- I have a lung cancer?" Kagome was nearly in tears. Recently, she's been feeling very tired all the time and shortness of breath despite of the small amount of activities she did. She also felt some kind of pain in her bones, especially on pelvis and back. At first, she thought it was only a normal pain of her monthly cycle. But when the pain began to get worse, she decided to see the doctor.

"Apparently, Mrs. Takahashi, you had been with this cancer for quite a while… For what I can see, the tumor cell here has spread through out your body…" the doctor explained sympathetically.

"Is there… is there any way that this cancer can be treated, doctor?" by this time, Kagome was already holding her tears.

The doctor looked at the hopeful woman and sighed. "I'm sorry to break this to you, Mrs. Takahashi. Stage IV lung cancer is almost always incurable… But it is still treatable. We can do a few palliative therapies to improve your survival rate… and also to relieve the pain." The doctor answered.

At this, the dam brake and Kagome burst into tears.

End flashback

'If I were to get those therapies, there's no way Inuyasha wouldn't find out.' Kagome thought to herself. 'But then again, if… if I did not survive, Inuyasha would be able to marry another woman… and have a child or two, like he had always wanted… but…'

The thought of Inuyasha with another woman, promising each other in the holy matrimony was almost unbearable though. 'What am I thinking? I'm such a selfish woman.' She gripped the envelope in her hands harder. 'God. What should I do now?'

End chapter

A/N: The first chapter was kind of short and looked somehow serious, but believe me, this is just a simple romance story between a couple with a rather unfortunate conditions...not a crazy business thingy. For most chapters, the business part only played a role in rising conflicts.

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Amane~