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My Father's Will

Chapter Three

by Phoenix Blade

Disclaimer: Inuyasha is the rightful property of Viz and Rumiko Takahashi. This fanfic is all mine!

I turned around and saw five people waiting for me at a large table for six. I recognized the speaker, it was Kageshiro Inutaisho and across from him from the other end of the table was Asagi-san. Beside Inutaisho was a beautiful woman with long black hair whom I assumed was his wife and across the table from her was Inuyasha and tnext to him was the king of perfection, which I was now pretty sure was his brother, whom I saw earlier who proceeded to pay me no mind.

So they're his sons… I see the resemblance now… Hmm…

I bowed, "Asagi-san, Kageshiro-san. Though it is an honor to see you again, I'm confused as to why I'm here."

Inutaisho laughed along with Asagi-san, "My apologies, Kagami! We meant to tell you beforehand that you were to join Inuyasha in coming here to dine with us this evening, but we simply forgot. Come and have a seat beside my wife."

I nodded and went to the seat he directed. I was so nervous. It seemed that everyone was well mannered and dressed up. Even Inuyasha and his brother had slipped out of their uniforms into something more suitable.

Inutaisho proceeded to introduce me to Inuyasha and his brother, who was called Sesshoumaru, and his wife, Izayoi.

"We've already met," I told him when he addressed Inuyasha.

"Oh really? He should have told me," Inutaisho said.

Inuyasha scoffed and grumbled enough for his father not to hear, "Like when Sesshoumaru told you about today?"

Sesshoumaru ignored him and took a sip of his drink, presumably tea, in the most delicate and well-presentable ways. Suddenly, a little girl with black hair ran in and climbed into Izayoi's lap. Everyone seemed to have noticed but paid her no mind as she went on and talked a great deal to his wife who half listened to her every word.

"So… Kagami… How was your first day," asked Asagi-san.

I looked up and my nervousness faded when he smiled. That smile… reminded me of my father…

I cleared my throat and smiled back, "It was tiring, but nothing too hard to deal with."

"I hope you didn't get lost in that big school," Inutaisho's wife said to me.

I shook my head, "Well,I got lost when I was coming to the school and by the time I got there,a student named Miroku helped me find the administrative office."

"Ah, Miroku! Such a nice boy," Inutaisho added.

"He's a perv," Inuyasha mumbled.

"S'not nice to talk about your friends like that!" the girl shouted at him from across the table.

"Feh! He's aperv!" he countered.

"Inuyasha," came his father's warning voice, "enough. You've already done your damage today."

He suddenly went quiet.

"Didn't I tell you to keep that temper of yours in check? I know that Kouga is a friend of yours, but his family is a client of mine so you must be careful with that temper!" his father scolded him.

He lectured him some more when I decided to chime in.

"Ano, it was nothing really Kageshiro-san! They were just having a little dispute, that's all. I stopped them before it got too big so it's fine!" I told him.

He rose an eyebrow, "You stopped them?"

I nodded hesitantly and he laughed loudly.

"Really? My Inuyasha was stopped by you? How rare! I thought Sesshoumaru was the only one who could keep his mouth shut, but I suppose your coming to this school has its benefits as well! You really have your father in you! Inuyasha, you'd better treat him well in school!" he chuckled.

There was a questioning look from everyone else aside from Asagi-san and Inutaisho.

"I suppose you don't remember him very well, all of you were very young, but the three of you all used to play together with Asagi-san's son," Inutaisho said.

His wife looked at me with surprise and amazement, "Oh my! Why, you're Higurashi Takeshi's child! My husband has told me so much about you!"

"H-hai."

Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow at me and returned to his food that had been served sometime during our conversation.

"Takeshi always mediated our fights when we were all together in high school, remember Inutaisho?" Asagi laughed.

Inutaisho joined in on the laughter.

"Are you still going to try out for the Archery Club?" Asagi-san asked me when his laughter faded.

"Well…"

"It is school policy that students must join at least one club if they want good marks," Sesshoumaru spoke.

I looked at him and he countered with a fierce look, "I suggest you join that club before the end of this week or you will hear from me."

My blood froze and a chill went down my back. Shit, he was scary!

"H-hai."

Inutaisho chuckled, "Sesshoumaru, no need to be so upfront and forceful to the new student. We are having dinner so there is no need to bring up those things here."

He grunted and went back to his meal. I played with my food as Inutaisho and Asagi talked about business matters. The girl, who told me her name was Rin, talked to me the whole evening while the brothers ignored each other and myself completely.

"You should come and have dinner with us more often Kagami, having another person at the table is more enjoyable," Inutaisho's wife smile at me.

"You should sleep over!" Rin exclaimed happily.

I shook my head, "Gomen, but I need to go back to the dorms."

Rin whined and started to cry. She stopped crying after I promised her that I'd stay over and play with her and she smiled. Inuyasha was staying behind for the night, but Sesshoumaru needed to go to school early and since the dorm was right behind the school (sort of, considering that stretch of land that was used for extracurricular activities and so on forth), he would get there in less time. After saying my farewells with promises to return, I climbed into the limo after Sesshoumaru and we sped off.

I remained quiet as Sesshoumaru sat silently with his eyes closed and leaning into the leather seat. It was nerve-racking to be sitting across from him when he was so scary and monotonous at times. The silence was bugging me and I just had to say something.

"It was nice of your father to invite me to a meal with you guys," I said.

He said nothing and made no movement.

Hmm… won't say anything, huh?

"I don't know if it's me, but it seems like you and Inuyasha don't get along well," I said.

His eyes snapped open and he looked at me in annoyance. I completely regretted saying anything at all.

"You are noisy. Shut your mouth," he ordered.

He narrowed his eyes on me, as if he was threatening me and I gulped and nodded. Shit, he was scary as hell.

I turned away and looked out the window. Despite the fact that I was no longer paying him any physical attention, I could still feel his eyes on me, but I was too frightened to look back and tell him to stop staring. We were like that the whole way and when the limo stopped and the driver opened the door, I rushed out without a thank you and made my way to my room without looking back. I threw myself onto the bed and trembled involuntarily.

I felt dirty and unclean all of a sudden and took a long shower, scrubbing myself furiously. Sesshoumaru's eyes flashed in my eyes. They were like two glowing amber orbs in the darkness, regarding me as nothing but trash. I was filth to his radiant cleanliness. I then decided that I hated this school.

Dad, I hate this school because there's a pompous ass here who makes me feel like shit…

Thud!

The arrow had hit the center of the target, making it my tenth bull's eye. There was a sound of amazement among the other archers. The captain did a double take to make sure what he saw was actually real. One of the archers whistled and I scratched my head in nervousness. Today was my third day in the archery club.

The captain laughed, which took me by surprise, "What you have is a natural skill! Even I can't shoot ten bull's eyes in a row and I'm the best on this team! I still can't believe that a regular miko trained you."

I laughed weakly, "Yeah… can't believe it myself…"

There came a scoff behind me. I watched as a smartass came forward with arms crossed and a smarmy look on his face.

"Huh! So he's lucky! So what? Compared to us third years, he's still nothing! He's still got a lot to learn even if he can shoot ten in a row."

Several others agreed with him. The guy smirked. I got the feeling that he usually got things his way. Great a spoiled brat...

"Kojiro! Shut up!" the captain snapped at him.

He was taken back, "What? How DARE you talk to me that way! Might I remind you that I'm richer than you are, monsieur capitaine? My parents can make your families' companies bankrupt overnight if I say one word to them."

What a complete asshole!

The captain gave him a stern look, "I know… I know very well Kojiro, but might I remind you that I amla capitaineof the archery club and am better than you despite the fact that your archery teachers have been many of the best in all of Japan?"

The Kojiro guy threw his hands down in anger and pointed a finger at the captain, "You're in for it, captaine! I'll make you bankrupt overnight and I'll take over the captain position!" he spat.

Temper, temper. Getting upset over small shit like that, what the hell was up with him? This guy needed some anger management classes.

The captain narrowed his eyes on him, "Then you'd have to go and bankrupt the whole team because it was the team who chose me as captain, not you. I let you in because your servants begged me to. I doubt it your family has enough money to bankrupt the whole team."

The guy was infuriated and yelled incoherent words at the captain who stood against every word thrown at him. Seeing that he could not get through to the captain, he turned his anger at me.

"You!" he snarled, "you're nothing but a peasant! You're beneath me! You are dirt! I'll make you wish you were never this good! I'll make your family go bankrupt and get you kicked out of this school!"

Shit! I had forgotten about my family. We barely had enough money to get on. I needed to finish the rest of my high school years to get money, but if I didn't…

He kept spouting out nonsense to me and I interrupted him, "If you're talking about skills, then cut the bankruptcy talk! Money has nothing to do with skills! What you're bitching about is bullshit! If you want to see who has real skills, then we will have a face-off. Whoever manages to shoot five arrows closest to the center of the targets wins. You game or not?"

He went quiet. He was scared… the coward. He dug himself into a hole that he couldn't get out of.

"Good idea Higurashi-kun! Someone bring over ten clean targets! We'll see who's good or not!" the captain announced.

The captain shoved a bow and a quiver with five arrows to Kojiro while I readied my bow and quiver with five arrows. After the other archers put up ten targets, they put us in place, back to back with five targets in front of us.

"To make things fair, we'll have your shoot your targets without having to see how well your opponent is doing. Shoot at your own pace!" the captain said.

I held my bow out and notched an arrow. I felt Kojiro's presence somewhere behind me. My heart was pounding hard and beating fast. Ah shit, what the hell had I gotten myself into?

"Ready? Aim. Fire!" the captain shouted.

I pictured Sesshoumaru's stoic face on the target and became angry, forgetting about my opponent. In less time than I seemed to not care about, I went down the targets and through all my arrows quickly. As I reached for another arrow, I realized then that I had finished. I heard an arrow hitting the target behind me and after several dozen more seconds, I heard Kojiro's arrow hit the target. He cursed loudly when the arrow hit and the club erupted in surprise, astonishment and cheers. Before I knew it, there were pats on my back and people congratulating me. I had gotten five in a row, Kojiro had only gotten two.

"This-this is an outrage! I demand a rematch! He was obviously trying to make me lose my concentration and miss the target!" he complained.

"What bull are you bitching about now? He whupped your ass! He's got skills, you don't!" one of the archers laughed.

Seeing that noone cared about what he said anymore, he stormed off in a huff with a promise of getting back at me and disappeared.

"Thank god you're here! He's rich, but he's been acting like an ass the whole time!" someone said.

The captain gave me a noogie, "You little punk! How'd you do it? I've been trying to get him off my back for as long as he's been here and you did it all in one swoop!"

"We lose a loser and win a winner!" an archer exclaimed.

Everyone made so much noise in being amazed at my skill and in driving Kojiro off that the next thing that happened took me by surprise.

"Ahem!" came a familiar low voice.

The whole club quieted in less than a second. It was so quiet that the slightest sound was like thunder. At the doorway stood… Sesshoumaru. Noone said anything for a long while as Sesshoumaru stood there, imposing and great.

Finally, the captain spoke, nervousness apparent in his voice, "Kageshiro, what brings you here to our humble archery club?"

He looked at the captain silently. I noticed the captain was trembling, as did the whole club. Everyone was scared of Sesshoumaru.

He said nothing to him as he turned to look at me, "Come with me."

My legs move on its own accord and like a moth drawn to a flame, I followed his gliding steps out the door. Itclosed behind me as I crossed the threshold into the hall. Sesshoumaru turned and looked at me. My mouth shut on its own accord, remembering his order from the other day.

You're noisy… Shut your mouth…

"You have joined a club so there is no need for me to hunt you down," he simply said.

I said nothing in return and let my gaze wander. I didn't like him being all high and mighty. I was still pissed at him for the other day for me to shut up. Fine, I could shut up…

He didn't seem to like my meandering eyes and expressed it with annoyance in his voice.

"Higurashi, it is impolite to look away when one is talking to you," he told me.

I looked at him for a brief second then went back to looking at the walls around us. They were very nice white walls… Very nice…

Suddenly, his hand shot out and dug painfully into my shoulder. I made a noise between a whimper and a cry. It hurt!

"I don't care if you are a scholarship student or not, but your manners need work! You WILL look at me when I am talking to you!" he said sternly.

Not able to take the pain anymore, my own hand shot out to push his handaway but he deflected it with his other hand. My hands had failed me and I lashed out with a foot, ready to kick his shin, but his own foot kicked mine away making me fall to my feet.

"I am also in the kendo club and a black belt in karate. You cannot harm me," he told me.

"Yeah? Well, I'm a black belt in hit-the-family-jewels club!" I countered.

My hand fisted and headed right where his family jewels were and he grabbed my arm before it would reach there. He gripped tightly into my arm and brought it behind me, forcing me to my feet. I cried out in pain.

"You are a nuisance, Higurashi!"

I felt his hand on my shoulder let loose a little and took advantage of that. With a reaction of the speed of light, I grabbed that arm and with the strength of all my ancestors (if they ha any), Ithrew him over my shoulder, surprising him and myself when he hit the ground on his back.

Damn, he was heavy!

I was breathing heavily and scared to death. On the floor was the president of the Student Council, the captain of the Kendo team, the leader of the Disciplinary Committee, a black belt in karate and I had just thrown him over my shoulder onto the ground. I looked down at him and he looked up at me, surprise in his eyes. If I thought that was shocking, his next action was even more shocking. He laughed.

"The gods must be laughing at me," he choked in laughter.

The door to the archery club opened and the captain looked at us in surprise. Me in a disgruntled, manhandled position and Sesshoumaru at my feet. 'What an odd sight!' he must be thinking…

He stammered in surprise and nervousness, "I-I came out to see w-what all the n-noise was about… What happened?"

The full realization of what I had done struck me cold. Shit, what the hell had I done? Sesshoumaru was my father's best friend's son and I had just thrown him down! Shit! Shit! Shit!

I bowed and muttered aquickapology to Sesshoumaru and the captain before running off to my dorm room. The outlook on my high school life was very bleak and dismal. It was me that the gods were laughing at...

Ano - used when you're trying to be humbleto grabsomeone's attention