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TSakura: I... am... extremely... mad. I was beginning to write chapter three and then I found out that my computer didn't save the file!!! I had to write it all over again!!! God, my computer is so...so....so....GOD!!! It took me such a long time to write it, too!!! Anyway, this is chapter three and I hope you enjoy it. Please, review, because if you do, the chapters will come faster. Now, on with the chapter.

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Second Chance

Chapter Three: The Present

Inuyasha opened his eyes, but shut them back as quickly as he opened them. The sun's rays were flowing through Inuyasha's window, shining down on him.

"Damn sun..." he mumbled. He tried going back to sleep, but a knock on his door prevented him from doing so. "Who is it?"

"Master Inuyasha, Master Sesshoumaru wishes to speak to you," came a male voice. It was one of the butlers.

"Tell him to fuck off!!! I ain't in the mood!!!" Inuyasha really wasn't in the mood. The whole night, he didn't sleep. He spent it twisting and turning, but sleep never came to him. All her was thinking about was the events that took place the day before.

"I'm sorry, sir, but it is important. Master Sesshoumaru says that if you do not come downstairs, he will make you."

"I don't give a damn what he says!!! And let him try to make me then!!!"

"Inuyasha, stop acting so childish and come downstairs," another voice said. It sounded like Sesshoumaru. "You have ten minutes to so do." And with that, the man left and headed downstairs.

Inuyasha lazily made his way out of his bed with a few mumbles. If anything, he was going to take a nice, long shower, he didn't care if it took ten minutes or ten hours.

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"You're late," Sesshoumaru commented. He watched as Inuyasha walked and sat down on a seat in front of his desk. He did the same, except he sat behind his desk.

"So what? I'm here, aren't I? Now, what do you need?"

"I have a few things to discuss with you."

"And that would be...?" Inuyasha heard no reply and his patience grew thinner. "Well?! What is it?!"

"Inuyasha..." he started. He gave into a sigh. How was he going to explain this situation to his younger brother? "You know that father...has many expectations of us."

"Could you just get to the point already?!"

"Knowing that, father gave me the business, but he wants me to do one more thing for him..."

"That would be...?"

"You have to get married before you turn twenty-five."

"...What..." Inuyasha gaped. Did he hear correctly or was it just his imagination?

"You heard me. You have a few months so I am letting you find someone, if you don't, however, I will have to find someone for you."

"...You can't be serious..."

"I am totally serious," Sesshoumaru said. Truth be told, he was actually excited to see how his little brother would handle things. It amused him. "Face reality, little brother and we are leaving an hour. Get ready."

"Where are we going?!!"

"You'll soon see."

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Inuyasha sat in a limo, gazing out the window, pondering how his life had just turned upside down in mere days. 'My parents are crazy!! I have to get married before I'm twenty-five?!!! And Sesshoumaru's is just now telling me?! ...But...what if I don't get married? ...He's probably gonna kick me out.'

"Hey, Sesshoumaru, what happens if I don't get married?" It seemed that the marriage was all Inuyasha was worried about.

"I'll have to kick you out," he responded. He kept his stare on a file of papers on his lap.

'So I was right,' Inuyasha thought. He scoffed at his thoughts. 'Everything always has to resort to kicking me out!!' Inuyasha thought a bit more, until he finally exploded.

"You expect me to handle all of this?!! You want me to take care of the business while trying to find a bride?!! You're crazy if you think I can handle it all by myself!!!"

"Exactly why I have a present for you."

"A...present?" Inuyasha repeated.

"Correct, a present. You won't be seeing it until tomorrow, though. My plane leave at five in the afternoon tomorrow so I'll being showing it to you."

"Sesshoumaru, you better not be up to something..." Inuyasha growled. He swore, if that man was up to something, he would just go...insane! Things were already complicated enough!

"Don't worry; I think you'll actually like it."

About five minutes later, they arrived at a building. Inuyasha knew the building too well. It was their business headquarters; The Takahashi Corporation. It was a tall and an outsized building, having sixteen floors.

"So you're going to show me to handle things?" Inuyasha inquired.

"Do you really expect me to answer that?"

The two brothers entered the building and Inuyasha sighed. Here he was again. This was the building he worked at, always coming every two days or so. He hated the building, on behalf of the fact that he hated his job. It was just so...he couldn't even describe it, but guess what? If he didn't work there, he would get kicked out.

Once inside, Inuyasha saw people of all kinds on computers, answering phone calls, or running around the place. It was extremely busy, but he was used to it.

"All our companies will be destroyed if I didn't show you how to handle things," Sesshoumaru stated. He led Inuyasha to a room.

"And you trust me?"

"No."

"Then why the hell are you letting me take care of it?"

"I have no choice. Father once said to me that he wanted to expand our business so I will do so."

Inuyasha thoughts began to wonder again, and suddenly, a question crossed his mind. He asked it before thinking, "Sesshoumaru, why do I have to get married and you don't?"

"...Our father is a very strange man. I have no idea why he wanted it that way."

A few minutes later, they were in front of a room. Sesshoumaru opened the room, showing a room with marble tiles, white walls, and a desk in the middle, bookshelves, chairs, and file cabinets.

"This is your new office, Inuyasha," announced Sesshoumaru. He watched as the young man entered the room and looked around.

"...Not bad..."

"Now, if you would come to my office. We have a long discussion ahead of us."

The next three hours were spent with Inuyasha listening to Sesshoumaru school him. It was all about business; business that, business that. It bored Inuyasha to death, since business wasn't Inuyasha's strong point and that he wasn't interested in it. Even so, he forced himself to pay attention. At the end, Inuyasha thanked the heavens that it was over. He couldn't have been happier.

"Tomorrow morning, we'll go over a few things, just to see if you remember," said Sesshoumaru.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Inuyasha replied. "We're going home now, right?"

"Where else would we be going?"

"Maybe you could just go to hell."

"I see that the lectures I gave you are getting to you."

"Naw, really?" The older man was right. It was getting to him. Inuyasha had a headache now from all the schooling.

The two walked out of the building and into the limo. When inside, Sesshoumaru found Inuyasha staring outside the window, his attention on something particular. He followed his little brother's stare and raised an eyebrow.

"Inuyasha, isn't that the girl you're with?" He heard no respond.

Inuyasha stared, stared at the girl who sat on the bench in front of a shop. It was Kikyo, but she was with another, though. A man with long, black hair and a sort of reddish eyes sat next to her. They were chatting and laughing happily. After a little while, Inuyasha finally looked away.

"She was never with me from the start," Inuyasha said. When the limo started driving away, he failed to notice that his older brother stared at him.

'...I see what's going to happen...' Sesshoumaru thought. He left his gaze on Inuyasha and focused on other matters.

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Inuyasha couldn't believe how happy she was. She acted as though nothing had happened between them. He was suffering inside and she was happily going on with her life. It wasn't fair. He was the only one who was suffering.

Inuyasha had arrived home about an hour ago and had taken a nap. He glanced at his clock and sighed. It was only seven o' clock.

'What should I do...?' Inuyasha thought. He could be preparing for taking over the business or getting ready to find a bride, and all that, but he pushed it all aside. For some reason, he didn't want to deal with it. He would deal with it when it came. All he thought about was the girl who had hurt him so much.

Later, when he reflected on a few more things, he made up his mind. For the best of him, he decided not to bother with the marriage. How could he find a bride after all that's happened and his vow? He couldn't and wouldn't find a bride. He was incapable of being in love, or at least he thought so. He wasn't going to tell his brother, though; he wasn't going to tell until the last minute. If he had to be kicked out, so be it. It would be better than spending the rest of your life with someone you don't care about.

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The next day came very quickly. Inuyasha was now walking inside an airport, about to send his brother off. The thought of not seeing his brother for more than a year was strange, but it made him joyful. Earlier on the day, they had reviewed a few things. It took about two and a half hours, but Inuyasha made it.

"Where's my present you said you were going to give me?" Inuyasha asked. He was thinking about it for a while now. What could be his present?

"It's coming," Sesshoumaru answered. He couldn't help but smile slyly at the thought of the present.

They walked to Sesshoumaru's plane entrance with a few men carrying the luggage. When they arrived at the entrance, Inuyasha took a look at his watch. It was four forty-five; only fifthteen more minutes before his plane departed.

"Look, Inuyasha, here comes you're present," Sesshoumaru commented. He watched as Inuyasha turned around, looking for any signs of a present.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

All of the sudden, a young woman came up to them. She had raven hair, creamy skin, and chocolate colored eyes. She wore a red skirt that stopped near her knees, a white tank-top, and red high-heels. Her hair was down loosely and she carried a small, black, mini purse. She looked stunning, but what caught Inuyasha's attention was how similar she looked to...Kikyo.

"Inuyasha, meet you're present."

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TSakura: Yay, I'm done!!! What do you guys think?? I kinda had fun with this chapter, messing around and stuff. I can't wait to write the next chapter, though!!! I got lots of ideas. I hope you guys review because if you do, the chapter will come faster. Well, for the people who already reviewed, thanks a lot!!! It means a lot to me!!!