Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING BUT THAT OF WHICH I CREATED...which in this case is practically nothing...not anything worth while...not like Inuyasha or anything *sigh*
The Plan
Kagome and Inuyasha stood strong against the vicious Taisho ojii-dono. But he has yet to back down, vowing to keep this engagement from ever becoming a wedding. Can Kagome and Inuyasha withstand further encounters? What other aces could Taisho ojii-dono possibly have up his sleeves?
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Kagome still felt a little miffed about her first encounter with Taisho ojii-dono as she started to walk with Inuyasha to school.
"I can't seem to get past how he tried to bribe me right in front of you!" Kagome had been stewing in it all night and just started to erupt again.
Inuyasha sighed, "That wasn't the first time." His voice held an undertone of sadness.
Kagome looked at Inuyasha. "Do you...want to talk about it?"
Inuyasha remained silent.
"How did it go?" Eriko popped up, seemingly out of nowhere.
Kagome smiled, "Engagement is still on."
Eriko beamed, "I should have known. There really should have never been a doubt." Eriko looked at Inuyasha. "Kagome really is the best, ain't she?"
Inuyasha nodded, "Yeah, we should have expected this from her. No less."
"Not everyone is so easily swayed," Eriko's voice lost some cheerfulness.
Inuyasha's put on a sad smile. "Yeah."
"Childhood memory?" Kagome sighed. If there was one thing that annoyed Kagome about Inuyasha and Eriko, it was that they sometimes forgot that they were the only ones who knew everything about each other. They had these conversations that meant so much more than what you heard but they'd be the only ones to understand. Times like this, Kagome wished she had met Inuyasha much earlier.
Inuyasha shook his head. "Much more recent."
Kagome sighed, "Are you gonna share it?"
Inuyasha looked at Eriko.
Eriko nodded as Inuyasha started to walk ahead of them. Kagome looked from Inuyasha to Eriko as Eriko let out a sigh.
"You know how Inuyasha and Kikyo used to go out?" Eriko began.
Kagome nodded, "Yeah and they broke up pretty abruptly. She moved to Okinawa, didn't she?"
Eriko nodded, "And they cut communication."
Kagome blinked. "Really...why?"
"I'll give you one guess."
"It's not like I haven't done it before."
Kagome's eyes narrowed. "Taisho ojii-dono."
Eriko nodded as she let out a mollifying breath. "Inuyasha and Kikyo had been going out for a while and as soon as Taisho ojii-dono caught word of it, he instantly hated the very idea of the two of them together. He told Inuyasha to break up with her and, as in love with Kikyo as he was, he refused adamantly."
A small smile spread across Kagome's face as she imagined Inuyasha telling Taisho ojii-dono off.
Eriko caught Kagome's smile but couldn't place one on her own face. "And Taisho ojii-dono, being Taisho ojii-dono, told him that there was no way he was going to allow their relationship to continue...
"He told me that he was going to split us up before Christmas rolls around," Inuyasha chuckled to Kikyo as Eriko sat, ignored.
Kikyo rolled her eyes as she grabbed a hold of Inuyasha's hand tightly, "There's no way I'm going to let that happen to us." Her eyes tenderly gazed into Inuyasha's. "I love you and there's nothing he can do to change that."
Inuyasha's eyes widened before they fell to the ground in embarrassment. "I know that and I told him that there was nothing he could do to stop us."
Kikyo leaned her head against Inuyasha's shoulder. "Because there isn't. Let him do whatever he likes, we're going to be together forever."
...Just like you, Kikyo was not about to let Taisho ojii-dono tear her and Inuyasha apart," Eriko's voice fell to a mumble under her breath, "At least that's what she said."
Kagome blinked, "So then what happened?"
"Although I've only heard some of this second-hand, I'm sure there was not an ounce of exaggeration in what I'm about to tell you," Eriko's voice was soft and frayed, "Taisho ojii-dono caught them while they were walking home from a movie date..."
Inuyasha's hand clenched onto Kikyo's as he spotted a white limo pulled up.
The window rolled down and Taisho ojii-dono looked Kikyo up and down before sighed. He stepped out of the car, a briefcase in hand. "So you're the woman this abomination is so enamoured with?"
Kikyo gave him a cold stare. "You can say whatever you wanna say but I won't break up with Inuyasha."
"Are you sure?" Taisho ojii-dono smirked as he opened the briefcase, "Ten million yen."
Kikyo blinked and her grip on Inuyasha's hand tightened. She swallowed. Inuyasha caught the sudden change in her expression and he blinked away his wetting eyes.
Kikyo looked between Inuyasha's puppy dog expression and the briefcase filled with enough money to make all her dreams come true.
"I've heard about your family's financial situation and spoken with your parents," Taisho ojii-dono continued triumphantly, "They've said that they would love the money and are happy to convince to abandon this foolish infatuation of yours."
Inuyasha watched Kikyo intensely.
"And I've also heard about your aspirations towards being a doctor," Taisho ojii-dono continued, "This is enough for you to make all your dreams and then some." Taisho ojii-dono smirked as a tense silence ensued.
Kikyo's eyes watered as the dilemma really hit her. What should she do? As much as she loved Inuyasha, with the way things would go she'd have to give up her dreams and everything important to her...her family needed this money. "What should I do?" she whispered desperately.
"All you have to do is take this money and never talk to my grandson again," Taisho ojii-dono announced after waiting patiently, "I've already made accommodation for you and your family to move out of town and change schools."
Inuyasha felt his heart snap as Kikyo was no longer able to meet his eye.
Kikyo's hand reached out towards the briefcase. "I'm sorry Inuyasha. But...you understand, right?"
Inuyasha eyes spilled over in tears as he cast one angry glare at the victorious smirk of Taisho ojii-dono before turning and walking away first slowly before sprinting.
...She moved away the very next day," Eriko finished, "He didn't show up at school that day and he's avoided talking about her since. Taisho...Taisho ojii-dono actually told Inuyasha that he should just forget about her because she didn't love him in the first place."
Kagome looked at Inuyasha sadly. "How could...how could Taisho ojii-dono do that to his own grandson?"
"He'll do anything to keep up the 'image' of the mighty Taisho family," Eriko spat, "Especially at the expense of the 'half-breed'."
It wasn't at all what you thought it was going to be? But does this mean Kikyo is out of the picture? *evil smirk*
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