White roses, it was the only view I wanted to keep during the funeral. Inutashio, my father laid just underneath those roses in a hard-black coffin. To my memory he was hardworking and almost never around as a child, he made sure the bills where paid and that my brother and myself lived lavish lives. Our mother had died during childbirth when I was 7 years old leaving us in the care of our father. Looking around the church I could see family and loved ones there to pay their respects, most of the crowed belonged to people that feared my father. Tashio Industries was one of the largest technology companies in the world, my father was a ruthless CEO and had made many enemies in his lifetime. Many of those enemies sat up close and personal clad in black watching the priest say his prayers.
One in particular was Naraku Miasma and his son Onigumo, Naraku was my fathers right hand man and also his biggest enemy. He has always sat and waited for the chance to take this company from our family, yet here he sat with my family putting in a effort to look saddened by my family's misfortune. My father and Naraku had been best friends since high school days, and when my father made it big he felt he needed to throw his best mate a lifeline. Fast forward 45 years and they couldn't stand the sight of each other without some sort of pissing contest.
Feeling a small squeeze in my left hand I'm distracted for a moment to think about someone else, the small squeeze being the delicate hand of my beautiful wife, Rin, just letting me know she is there next to me. Thinking about her next to me causes me to drift on and think about the small life inside her growing, 6 months pregnant and the next possible hire to the Takanashi cursed style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWhile thinking of Rin I can't help but to remember one of the pissing contests between the families, the better fiancé. Took my father 10 years of pushing and nagging to get me to date a girl one year my junior during school and another two years to get engaged, and now here we are a year into our marriage expecting our first born and saying farewell to my father.
"The rest of the service went by as I watched the flowers in silence, people bowed and said things in passing. Rin did most the speaking for my since I was distracted by the thought of being in charge now, running the 75-story building my father had created with his bare style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanAfter the crowd cleared I finally stood to make my way up to the casket, the man I feared as a child just lay there completely still and almost looked at peace, peace with the damage and disaster he has left for his sons.
"mmhhmm" Finally being pulled away to see the face of Naraku standing next to me " He was a great man Sesshoumaru, you can't take his business mind away from him no matter how hard he was on you" reaching his hand out he rested it on my shoulder with a small squeeze " I'll see you in the office on Monday after you have seen the lawyer about your fathers will" removing his hand he turned and left before I had a chance to speak up.
"what was that about" bringing me back to reality was Rin "Sesshy?" putting her small hand back inside mine she gave it another squeeze, this one much tighter than the one before.
"He wanted to point out the lawyer situation with my fathers will" returning the squeeze we started walking towards the car "Do we still have a time set up with Myoga?" "yes, he said to be over as soon as the funeral cleared out, said we should get all this over with and move on" I could sense the sarcasm in her voice and she mocked the old family friend.
Closing the car door for Rin I walked around to the driver's side to start the vehicle "Honey have you spoke to Inuyasha about your father's death?" that one sentence was enough for me to finally wake up and face facts, he was gone and my own brother was unaware. Suddenly it all became very real, I had to sit in that office and use my father's chair and control his enterprise. Leaning forward into the steering wheel the tears I had been refusing to let out finally broke out and left me there crying like a child in the drivers seat as my wife rubbed my back in complete silence.
Settling down after a good thirty minutes we got on the road towards the lawyer's office, Myoga was a friend of my mothers and one of the many men who courted my grandmother. He loved my father and was very loyal so who better to control my fathers will. Pulling up to the old brick building containing possibly some of the worse news I'll ever hear we parked our car and made our way inside the building.
"good afternoon young master, Im sorry for doing this today but I felt it best to get on with it considering everything" Myoga lifted the small round glasses on his nose and directed me and Rin to take a seat infront of his very neatly put together desk "Shall we begin" nodding for him to continue on he started to read off some of my father's wishes.
"The estate and everything inside it is to be left for Sesshoumaru and his wife Rin to pass through the next generation and it's a place to always be left open for Inuyasha to return to" he paused to look up and gage my response " The company shall be granted to Inuyasha once he returns to make his claim since at this time Sesshoumaru runs his own flourishing company, I may have not have done right most of Sesshoumaurs life but ill start here by not giving him the burden" taking a sip of his water before continuing "Inuyasha, as much as you refuse the union Im sorry to say you will go through with it in order to claim your future, Kagome is a bright and beautiful woman, she will be the perfect match for the next CEO of Tashio Inc."
"Also, inside the will he had written a letter for young master Inuyasha" reaching down Myoga pulled out a small white envelope with Inuyashas named written in his handwriting. "do you have any idea where your brother is?"
"Honestly, I've always known where Inuyasha was, I just didn't want him to be aware of it, you can only track down a thrill seeking 24 year old so many times" span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanFor a moment I thought back to the photos the investigators following Inuyasha had sent, skydiving and cliff jumping in the amazon, ice fishing in Antarctica, all while letting his hair grow beyond his shoulders and his face become covered in hair. "Last I heard he was in Finland boarding a fishing boat for the next 2 weeks in below zero weather" Leaning back in my chair I released a breath I didn't even realize I was holding "So your telling me my father made damn sure he marries the one girl he has spent the last 4 years running away from? Inuyasha won't want to come back and he definitely wont want to marry Kagome" Looking to Rin for support she just smiled and turned to Myoga "Does it say anything about a time frame? Or does it go right to Onigumo if Inuyasha does nothing" she got right to the point.
"Considering the situation, I would try to get Inuyasha back here as soon as possible, Naraku is already trying to cause a stir and I'm sure he wont waste any time coming after that seat" Myoga stood to hand me the letter sealing my brothers' fate. "Thank you Myoga, looks like I have a flight to catch" Closing the door behind me, Rin and myself exchanged looks "maybe Inuyasha has changed?" was all Rin could say on the car ride home.