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"Higurashi Kagome. You can't escape from me now." He let a smile come onto his lips. He turned his seat around and looked at the building across him.

"Kanpeki huh? It doesn't look that glorious. Kagayaki is much more magnificent."

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"First of all, thank you for taking your time to come to this ceremony. …From today on, I'll be leading Kanpeki into prosperity; however, in order to do that, I need all of you to be by my side…I may not be a perfect president, but I'm willing to learn from you. Please guide me along the way. Thank you."

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"Ha, you don't have to be so uptight. Just call me Inuyasha. That'll be fine. I'm calling you by your first name anyway. Is that okay with you?"

Kagome nodded. Her eyes shifted from his face to his right shoulder.

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Deep inside she knew that her friend was probably right, but a part of her refused to believe that Inuyasha was that type of men.


Chapter 3

Crisis

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.

Kagome took out the documents from her purse. She put them neatly on her desk as she began to look over the papers. She sat down on her executive officer chair and took the first folder from the pile. As she was about to begin, she glanced over to a picture that was framed by glass. It was a picture of her whole family when she was in high school.

"Grandpa, Otoo-san, Okaa-san…" Kagome allowed a teardrop escape from her eye, but she wiped it away with her night gown sleeve. "This isn't a time to grieve Kagome. Get your act together…Kanpeki depends on you."

After reading through several thick documents and analyzing them, Kagome decided that she could continue tomorrow at her office. She dragged her worn out body to the bed and hid herself under the blanket. Slowly she drifted off to dreamland.


"Kagome…Souta…The plane that your parents took…exploded on top of the Pacific Ocean…" Kagome and Souta's grandfather announced the horrid news to the siblings. They looked no more than eighteen. "No! This cannot be happening! No!"

Kagome saw herself crying in her grandfather's arms, and Souta trembling next to her. Their grandfather was trying his best not to cry in front of his grandchildren, and comfort the two poor children who had just lost their parents. The younger Kagome was weeping heartbreakingly while Souta tried to hold in his tears.

"Grandpa…How can this be happening? How? This is so unfair!" Kagome yelled as she cried. "We can't even find their bodies and give them a proper funeral…" Kagome continued to sob. Their grandfather had no idea what to say; he had no idea what could make those children feel better. He made a gesture to Souta indicating that he wanted him to come closer. Souta couldn't hold in his sadness anymore. He ran toward his grandfather and sobbed together with his sister. Their grandfather could do nothing other than hug the two children tightly.

Kagome stood in a corner of the house that they used to live in and observed the whole scene. Before she realized, the setting switched to a hospital. She vividly remembered what happened in that hospital.

Once again, Kagome saw herself weeping and holding her grandfather's hand.

"My dear Kagome… please forgive me that I cannot be with you all the way, and I'm leaving you such a burden. I'm sorry."

Kagome's grandfather said weakly. It sounded as if he was using his remaining strength to talk. Kagome saw herself shaking her head violently.

"No please! Grandpa, don't leave me please!"

She heard herself begging her grandfather not to leave her, then she saw a straight line on the heart beat monitor. Kagome focused on herself again. She was still holding his hand.

"Grandpa…Don't worry. I'm going to make sure that our company will be prosperous."

Kagome looked at her crying self. She wanted to run to her and hug that poor girl, but suddenly, thousands of alarms were going off…


Kagome opened her eyes and realized that all of her five alarms went off. She got up and turned off each of the alarms. She went to the bathroom and realized that she had been crying in reality too. She followed her daily routine: brushed her teeth, washed her face, applied make-up, went to the wardrobe and picked out an outfit. This time, she chose a suit with a skirt instead. The suit was black. Kagome didn't want to wear other colors yet. She was still mourning over her grandfather's death. Even so, she didn't want to appear too depressed; therefore, she would choose an accessory to lighten up her business outfit.

She checked how she looked before she headed out to Kanpeki. The moment she left her house, she felt as if the sky didn't like her either. It was gloomy and the sun was blocked by numerous gray clouds.

"I have a feeling that today isn't going to be a good day." Kagome thought as she climbed into her car.

The moment Kagome stepped into her office. Sango ran up to her and asked, "Did you read today's Finance Journal?" Kagome was shocked to see Sango so apprehensive.

"No I haven't, Sango-san. What happened?" Kagome told Sango the truth. She honestly did not have a slight idea of what was happening.

"Well I'm sure you know of Kagayaki." Sango said.

"I heard they are another perfume company like us. What's the big deal?" It was obvious that Kagome was oblivious to what went on around her company.

"Oh Kami-sama! Kagome-san, Kagayaki is not any perfume company. They are our rival. They are the strongest and the most persistent rival of Kanpeki. Didn't the former president inform you anything about them?" Sango sounded urgent which confused Kagome further.

"Okay, so Kagayaki is our fearsome rival. Anyway Sango-san, just tell me what happened!" Kagome could no longer stand the suspense, and the feeling of danger that she was sensing.

"Kagome-san, a few days ago, the President of Kagayaki, Kagayaki Sesshomaru had a news conference with all the important people in fashion industry and lots of reporters. They appeared to be advertising for their new products, but in reality, they were targeting at us. The death of the former president was a definite blow to our company and our stocks are going down. If we don't do anything, we'll lose our customers and our reputation. Our stocks cannot afford to go any lower than it is now."

"Wait. Stocks? I thought no one holds any share of Kanpeki."

"Kagome-san, the former president allowed 20 of the shares to be sold. Currently, you're holding 60 and Souta-kun is holding 20. We had to share the stocks Kagome-san, or else we would not have enough funds to continue on our business."

Kagome's face paled. She couldn't believe how oblivious she was to everything. This was only her second day as the CEO of Kanpeki, and such a crisis was already happening. Her confidence was tumbling down like a tower being bulldozed.

"Sango-san, what do we have to do?" Kagome asked pleadingly. She didn't want to lose the company. Her grandfather spent all of his time and energy into Kanpeki to bring the company to where it was now. If the company bankrupted in her hands, how could she face her family? Sango saw the fright in Kagome's eyes. She told Kagome the only thing she could think of that might be able to help Kanpeki.

"Kagome-san, please give your brother Souta-kun a phone call tonight. He might be able to help."

Kagome's face lighted up a bit upon hearing her brother's name. "Right! How can I forget about Souta? My brother, Souta, the one who created Yuri & Kagome."


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