Eiri started towards the door when Shu asked, “Um Eiri what about our luggage?”

“We’ll get it later if it’s determined we’re staying.”

A part of Shu wanted to argue that they should get it anyway and stay, but he knew Eiri and he had to admit he himself wasn’t sure if they’d or he himself rather would even be welcomed, especially after their first meeting.

Before Eiri could even consider knocking Mika opened the door. Eiri and Shu could both see the disappointment in her face that Eiri had brought Shu with him. “Well don’t just stand there come in.”

They walked in and took off their shoes before Tatsuha practically pounced on them. Mika suspected he’d been up to no good all day but had yet to figure out what it is he’d done or was planning.

“Excuse me Eiri, I need to borrow Shuichi for a while.” Then before anyone could protest Tatsuha dragged him away.

“This way Eiri, father’s waiting.”

‘Oh joy I can hardly wait.’ He was tempted to say it out loud. If not for the fact that he’d have to listen to Mika lecture him on top of the one he knows he’s going to get from his father he would have. He wasn’t in the mood for two lectures in one day.

Eiri walked in and wasn’t the least bit surprised to find Tohma sitting there as well. Mika sat beside him.

“I’m glad to see your doing so well after your accident, Eiri.”

“You would have known that had you bothered to take the time to come see me or at least send pray cards or something.”

“Eiri you know I am very busy, what with Tatsuha still in school and now moving to Tokyo for the school year I have even less time.”

“Funny how you seem to have lots of free time now.”

“Eiri, father works very hard!” Mika scolded.

Eiri chose to ignore her and said, “Now that you’ve got me down here why don’t we get straight to the point.”

“What ever do you mean Eiri? Is it wrong of a father to see his son who is still recovering from an accident?”

“I’ve recovered fully, no matter what you may have heard to the contrary.” Eiri said looking over at Tohma and Mika.

“Ah, well then please follow me. There is something I wish to show you.”

Eiri followed his father as he led them to the family shrine but eir prevented him from opening it. He’d been through this little lecture in the other world, he’d be damn if he was going to have stand there and let him open it and spot off about heritage. “Save your breath. If I were to break up with Shu and marry some woman you rounded up then I would be dishonoring my ancestors.”

“This is your legacy Eiri. You are dishonoring not only them but me as well with this attitude. You have simply strayed from your true path in life Eiri. Do not continue to dishonor us all by continuing to claim you care for this boy. All of those people you claim you are honoring are turning over in their graves at this. We all have made sacrifices in life. We all wanted our own lives but we accepted that our life and the temple were one and the same.”

“If you truly believed that, then why are you letting Tatsuha go to Tokyo High instead of Kyoto. Hell why educate him at all! You’re sitting there complaining that you’re overworked. This way you don’t have too.”

“Eiri you are the oldest and as such…”

“It is my responsibility to take over the temple not Tatsuha’s. Well guess what, you go and sign the temple over to me and you can go to a retirement home.”

His father’s eyes shinned, “So you mean you’ll really drop your career and move here and take you a bride and run the temple?”

“I don’t believe I said that. No you can go and finally get a life and the temple will be sitting here waiting for any future generations if there are any to take it over. As for me I will be home in Tokyo with Shuichi. While the temple sits here and rots away.”

Eiri’s father’s eyes got wide, “You wouldn’t dare!”

Eiri smirked, “Try me!” In the other world his other self allowed his father to manipulate him into marriage to avoid taking the temple. Well he was here to tell his father that he wasn’t going to be manipulated.

Eiri’s father clearly wasn’t happy with this. The said, “Follow me.”

They walked in and Eiri was less than surprised to see a woman standing there. Okay her there in a kimono was a bit strange. But not shocked. The only shocking thing was Tatsuha was in the room for some reason. Last time he saw him he was dragging Shuichi off somewhere. ‘He wouldn’t.’ Eiri wondered.

When the bride turned around and her face was covered by a fan Eiri sighed, ‘He would.’

“Tatsuha what are you doing in here?” Father asked.

“I just thought our guest would like some water.”

Their father seemed to buy that.

Then Eiri decided on a perfect way to piss his father, Tohma and Mika off but good. “I’ll make you a deal father. If you allow Tatsuha there to marry me and this lovely thing here right here right now, you agree the Temple belongs to Tatsuha.”

Tatsuha stepped on the ‘woman’s’ foot when ‘she’ tried to speak. “She’s surprised is all.” Tatsuha said at his father’s look.