Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.
DSakura: Wow, this story has been doing well. I want to give TSakura props on her work. She's doing a great job, don't you guys think?
TSakura: Thanks, DSakura. Anyways, I am really happy!!! Thank you so much for the reviews, everyone!!! Oh yeah, about Kikyo; she will definitely be showing up again. I hate her very much so you should probably expect a lot of bashing in upcoming chapters. Now...am I forgetting something...? Well, I don't think so, so let's move on. CHAPTER FOUR!!!
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Second Chance
Chapter Four: Fate
"...My...present...?"
Inuyasha could hardly believe it. His present...was...a girl? How in the world could that be a present? It confused Inuyasha, but what confused him more is what Sesshoumaru said next.
"She is your present. Her name is Kagome Higurashi. She will be your assistant at work, but she's also going to move into the house. She'll plan out your schedule, meetings, and such. I hope you treat her with respect, Inuyasha."
"...You planned this out, didn't you?!!!" Inuyasha turned to face his brother, but when he did, his brother was already entering his plane entrance with the men with his luggage. "Hey, wait a second!!! Come back here!!!"
It was no use, the man wasn't coming back. He didn't even take a glance back. He just left Inuyasha...with his so called "present". Why...why were the heavens so cruel? They were making him go through hell! Turning back around, he found the girl staring at him with a questionable look.
"What are you staring at?!" he shouted. He turned his gaze from her. He couldn't look at her, for some reason. Maybe it was because she looked too much like Kikyo.
"You don't have to shout," she replied.
Inuyasha froze at her voice. She may look like Kikyo, but her voice was completely different. It held a lively and cheerful tone, unlike Kikyo, whose voice was always loud and noisy, now that he thought of it. Oh, why and how did his life end up like this?
"Master Inuyasha, I have a message that Master Sesshoumaru wanted me to give to you," said a butler. He had come along with the girl, escorting her.
"What is it?" Inuyasha questioned.
"I will have to tell you later, sir, but I just wanted you to know."
"...Fine, whatever, are we leaving now, are what?"
"Yes, sir, we are."
"And you, girl, you really agreed to this?" Inuyasha faced the girl. He was curious to find out why the girl had agreed to be his assistant.
"...I had no choice."
"No choice? What do you mean by that?"
"It's none of your concern."
"Why you..." Inuyasha glared angrily at the girl with raven hair. How dare she get an attitude with him?! And when he only asked a simple question! "You know, if you really agreed to this, you should watch your mouth. I could get you fired anytime."
"I don't think so. You can't fire me."
"And why not?!"
"You can't fire me because you didn't hire me. Your brother did."
"Are you sure about that?!!" Inuyasha threatened.
"Positive."
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The nerve of that girl!!! Inuyasha couldn't understand why Sesshoumaru had gotten him such an annoying assistance. How was he supposed to work with her if he didn't get along with her?!
When they had left the airport, they went straight to the house, with the girl and her luggage. She was now going to live in the same house as him. And it would only be them, all alone. No one else lived in the house, except Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha, (A/N: Not including the butlers and maids.) but since Sesshoumaru was now gone, it was Inuyasha and the girl. What was her name again?
Now, Inuyasha sat in his room. He sighed, not knowing what to do. He didn't have to worry about the girl, anymore, well, at least not yet. The maids had already shown her the room she would be staying in and that room...was right next to his.
'Great...' Inuyasha thought. Starting from tomorrow, he would become a business man, an official business man. Strange enough, he also had to deal with his assistant.
"Master Inuyasha, may I come in?"
Inuyasha guessed it was one of the butlers, from the voice and all. "Yeah, you can," he replied. He saw a man come in, with a worried expression on his face. "What happened now?"
"Well, earlier before, at the airport, I said that Master Sesshoumaru had a message to give to you..."
"Oh, yeah, I forgot. What's the message?"
"There's one more thing he needed to tell you. He asks that you call him."
"One more thing...?"
"Yes, one more thing."
Inuyasha looked at the man with a raised eyebrow. Thinking enough, he went to his phone and dialed his brother's cell phone number, also gesturing his butler to leave the room.
"Hello?" came a voice.
"Yeah, it's me, Inuyasha."
"I was expecting a call from you."
"Hurry it up; what do you want to tell me?"
"Oh, that's right," Sesshoumaru said. "How's your assistant?"
"She's a pain in the ass."
"I didn't ask you what you think of her. I was asking if she was doing alright."
"How the hell should I know?!"
"Inuyasha, do you even remember her name?"
"...No, I don't and why should I? I should be able to call her anything I want to. I'm her boss, right?"
"Her name is Kagome Higurashi."
'...Higurashi...Higurashi...' Inuyasha thought. Why did that name sound so familiar?
"Higurashi is the family that is in debt of out father, Inuyasha."
'Oh yeah!!! Now I remember. They owe us money.' Inuyasha thought. He had heard of that family from Sesshoumaru a while ago.
"Kagome's father, Shinjiro, was out father's close friend, but he likes to gamble. If you can see the relation, then good. You see, he used our father's money to gamble, but promised to pay it back. Since father died, Shinjiro never paid."
"Why are you talking about it now and making it such a big deal? How much money does he owe us?"
"...1, 800, 000..."
"You're kidding me!!! How did it get so high?!" Inuyasha was surprised. One million eight-hundred thousand?! That was a lot of money!
"Well, I don't know how, but he hacked into father's money system and took the money out. We caught him, but we let him try to redeem the money back. We give him a couple of months, but, still, he continued to hack into the system. A few weeks before, I sent the police to take care of things, but to no use. He demanded to see me and so, I went to their house. We had a long discussion and he tried to make a deal..."
"...A deal? What kind of deal?"
"...From what I can see, Shinjiro has changed. He has changed to a greedy and selfish person. He made a deal with me...that if his daughter...came to live with you, he would be debt free."
"What does that have to do with anything? The girl comes and lives here; big deal. How does that make him debt free?" Inuyasha was perplexed.
"Father died unexpectedly. Before he died, however, he told me something. He told me that when you reached the appropriate age, you would be married to Shinjiro's daughter, Kagome."
"...What the fuck?!! If dad hadn't died, I would have been marrying someone I hardly know?!!!"
"That's not all of it, Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru inhaled and exhaled before continuing. What he was about to say would shock the living hell out of his brother. "I didn't tell you this, but...I don't plan on coming back and taking back the business. I will stay here, so you have to take care of the business over there; permanently. You're twenty-four now, Inuyasha, almost twenty-five. You will get married..."
Inuyasha was speechless. He didn't like how this was going. He remained quiet while listening to the next thing that his older brother said.
"...To Kagome Higurashi and...when the time is right, you will have a child, you will have a heir to continue the business when you're done."
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DSakura: ...Whoa...TSakura...you...went...so far in this story...I'm taken back...
TSakura: Is that a good or bad thing? I thought my idea was brilliant!!! Okay, did you guys get everything I wrote? Well, let me put it into simpler phrases for you:
Kagome's dad was friends with Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru's dad. He likes to gamble so he used their dad's money. He promised to pay it all back, but he didn't. Their dad dies and Shinjiro learns how to hack into their dad's money account/system, and therefore, stealing the money. He's been doing it for years now and his debt grew and grew. Sesshoumaru found this out and decided to give him a couple of months to try to pay them back. He doesn't and Sesshoumaru gets the police to do the job of putting him in jail. Shinjiro demands to see Sesshoumaru, he comes and they have a talk.
Now, this is where a few things get complicated. You see, its fate. Inuyasha's dad was going to get Inuyasha and Kagome married when they were the right age and if he didn't die. He died, so they never got married. Now, Kagome's dad makes a deal with Sesshoumaru. Since Sesshoumaru is planning to live in America permanently, Inuyasha is in charge of the business in Japan. He needs to get married and have a baby, because, for example, if he and Kagome died, all of the sudden, his son/daughter would take over the business.
Do you guys get it?? I'm sorry; I didn't mean to make it so complicated. Well,if you have ANY questions, just ask. I'll answer them in the next chapter.
DSakura: ...I have no comment...
TSakura: I kinda rushed this chapter, though. I'm just really excited about other things that will happen in the story. Well, review please!!! Another thing, please, forgive me on any grammar/spelling mistakes that I made.
SEE YOU IN CHAPTER FIVE!!!