Chapter 15: Beyond My Reach

Kagome's eyes remain widen. "I just can't accept this, Mr. Takahashi." She politely decline the man's offer. The catalog that Inutaishou gave Kagome shows various options of the most luxurious cars. Even the so called the ones at the lowest prices was too much for her to afford. "Like I said before, I'll take car of it." Inutaishou reminds her to see how she is thinking about this despite that. Inuyasha already can tell how complicated this subject has become for Kagome. "What about my parents? Should they know about this?" Kagome asks him. Inutaishou laces his fingers and places his elbows onto the desk. "That's up to you, Kagome. I'm not really forcing you to take you pick for any of these vehicles."

That advice calmed Kagome down. "Ok. I'll talk to my parents about. But I can't promise for what they might say or think about this offer. I'll be going now." Kagome bows and leaves the office. Inuyasha just looks out to see Kagome blushes as she glimpses when she sees him and looks away quickly. As soon as Kagome closes the door behind her, Inuyasha turns around to see Inutaishou putting the catalog away. "I think it's too much for Kagome to know about the acquirements when she turns sixteen." He comments. Inuyasha shakes his head. "You think? Dad, from where she moved from, such things shouldn't be given to her. She's not ready." He crossed his arms in annoyance.

Inutaishou nods his head, "I get that, my son. I just wanted her to be sure for what's being provided. I didn't mean to put so much pressure on her." He explains to his son. Inuyasha just leaves the office and heads into the kitchen to get something to eat. Inutaishou sighs. 'Maybe I went too far on that part.' He turns off the desk lamp and goes out to join his son to get something to eat.

Kagome comes into her house. "I'm home." She calls out to her mom. "In here sweetie." Ai responds to her from the living room. "How was it?" Ai asks her daughter as she takes a seat on the couch. "How was what?" Kagome asks her innocently. Ai chuckles at that. "Don't be coy, I know what you did. You went next door." Kagome just blushes. "So what if I was. I just had to help Inuyasha with his math homework. Nothing more."

Ai can obviously tell that something else is on her mind. "Is there anything else you want to talk about? I can see that there's something else that happened." Ai takes hold of Kagome's shoulder in a comforting way. "Well, we both know when I turn sixteen, I get a car for my birthday." Kagome starts off the most obvious subject when turning sixteen. "Yes, dear. What about it?" Ai nods at her. "The thing is that Mr. Takahashi is thinking of getting me a car of my choosing." Kagome explains to her mother. "So what's the problem?" Ai tilts her head. Kagome sighs, "You see the cars that Mr. Takahashi showed me were too much for me." Kagome explains to Ai with a downcast look. "What kind of cars are we talking about here?" Ai asks her curious. "Let's just say it's the nice luxurious ones You know, the ones that famous people have." Kagome explains it more easily to her.

Ai aahs to her daughter. "I see. So you're just worried what dad was going to react when he hears about this." Kagome nods. "Well for starters, could you go back and ask to borrow the list that Mr. Takahashi lent you for you to browse the available vehicles?" She suggests Kagome. Kagome nods. "Give me a few minutes to go get it." Kagome stands up and heads outside.

Inuyasha and Inutaishou are having dinner with Izayoi. "Delicious as always, dear." Inutaishou smiles with delight. "Same here mom." Inuyasha does the same. Izayoi smiles proudly. "It's nice to hear that from the both of you two." The doorbell rings to get their attention immediately. "I wonder who that could be?" Izayoi asks as she is about to stand up to get to the door. However Inuyasha stops her and does the task.

Inuyasha comes up to the door and opens it. "Oh Kagome, What brings you here?" He asks her. "I know I might have come at a bad time but my mom would like to borrow your father's catalog. That is if it's okay with him." She answers the question. Inuyasha gestures her to follow him. "Who's at the door, Inuyasha?" Inutaishou asks as Inuyasha comes back into the kitchen with Kagome right behind him. "Oh Kagome, how are you doing, dear?" Izayoi smiles at the girl. "I'm doing just fine, Mrs. Takahashi. I was hoping if I could borrow Mr. Takahashi's catalog so that my mom would take a look at it?" Kagome smiles back to her nicely.

Inutaishou chuckles, "I don't see why not." He stands up and heads into his office to retrieve the catalog. "Care to join us for dinner?" Izayoi offers Kagome a spot for her at the table. "No thank you, Mrs. Takahashi, my mom is in the middle of making dinner at my place. Maybe another time." Kagome respectfully decline the offer. Inutaishou comes back into the kitchen to give Kagome the catalog. "Just make you return it to me when you finish it with your mother." Inutaishou said to her serious. Kagome takes the catalog. "I promise." Kagome smiles and then leaves the house.

Kagome comes back to her house. "I'm back, mom." She runs into the living room where Ai was reading a book. "Ah, let's take at that list." Ai gestures Kagome to hand over the catalog. The moment that Ai opens up the catalog was beyond her expectations. "Mr. Takahashi wants you to choice any of these cars?" She looks at her daughter. Kagome nods nervously. "I now know why you're so hesitant about these. I know for how our jobs can afford and what it cannot afford. And it's usually up to me and your father to decide one which car is best suited for you." Ai sympathizes the situation.

The door opens up. "We're home, Ai." Hige and Sota come into the living room. "Oh, what do you got there?" Sota asks Ai as he comes up to the ladies to get a closer look of the catalog that Ai was looking. "Dad, look at this!" Sota snatches the catalog and hands it to Hige. "Really? Do you honestly believe that you want any of these cars, Ai?" Hige is obviously not thrilled about this misunderstanding.

"It's not me who's wants these cars. Mr. Takahashi is offering to buy one for Kagome when she turns sixteen." Ai calms him down. Hige is still upset about this. "Why would you think of such a thing, Kagome? You should know that your mother and I have already found you a car that's been reserved until you turn sixteen." Kagome looks at him surprised. "I'm sorry. What?" She asks as she can see that Hige spoke of something that he shouldn't really say to her. "Hige!" Ai glares at him, thus intimidating him. As such Hige hands Kagome the catalog back to her. "When did we agree to buy Kagome a car when out of nowhere that our new neighbor is offering to buy one for her?"

Sota can tell that this is his cue to leave the topic to the adults and leaves them alone. Kagome spots him trying to escape. 'Poor kid.' She thoughts to herself. "Hey it wasn't my intention to be offered to buy these kinds of car." Kagome defends herself. "I know how much of effect it is on you, dad. Trust me. I was shocked by these options." She explains to him. Hige gets it now. "Ok. But then why would Mr. Takahashi offer to buy such a thing in the first place? He wouldn't just waste such an amount of money to a kid who would just move in and try to join some group."

Kagome nervously chuckles. "Actually, that's exact reason why Mr. Takahashi wants to buy me one." Hige and Ai look at Kagome in surprise. "I'm sorry, what?" Hige asks her in disbelief. "Listen can we continue on with this tomorrow. Mr. Takahashi has your answers." Kagome said to him. Hige can tell that from where they are, they're not getting the answers he's getting from Kagome. "Very well. We'll get to the bottom of this tomorrow." Hige agrees with the idea. "Thanks. Dad." Kagome smiles and runs upstairs to her room.

"Hige, that was a bit too far to convince Kagome that we already have a car ready for her." AI crosses her arms in disappointment. "It just slipped. I didn't mean to mention that. We both know how eager Kagome is when the word car is in the topic." He looks at her serious. "Yes. I'm aware. When she showed me the catalog, I was just as shocked as you would be when you took a look at it. She was worried for what your reaction would've been." Ai nods. "For now we'll get to the bottom of this. But first dinner." She goes into the kitchen to make tonight's meal.