Trials Of Love

By Jamie Day

Chapter 1

Don't own Inuyasha

Kagome walked through the halls of her high school. Whatever happened today would change the rest of her life. The sixteen-year-old Kagome knew she loved her neighbor, Inuyasha. This started when she was six but she didn't realize what her feelings were until she was about fourteen. However, at that time she was to very frightened to say anything. She was afraid he wouldn't care and that he would run away from her. Now though she was tired of not telling him. She wrote a note to him telling him exactly how she felt.

Today would be the day. She was going to give him the note and whatever he said or did today would change the rest of her life. When she saw him in the hall she paused and took a deep breath. And then she walked.

When she finally reached Inuyasha and his crew she held out her hand with the letter in it. She noticed that her hand was trembling and almost jerked her hand away but then she steeled her resolve and her nerves and plunged on. "Here, Inuyasha, this is for you. I wrote it last night. Only you can see it, okay?"

Inuyasha's friends snickered. He took the letter while trying to look cool. He opened it slowly. 'Please don't let it be something embarrassing for Ka.' He thought. Then he started to read.

Dear Inu,

I don't know how to say this without making you angry with me. So I'm going to say this the only way I know how. I think I love you, Inu. No, I know I do.

I've loved you since we were six. I love you so much I can't imagine what it would be like without you.

I love you,

Ka

'I'm sorry about this Kagome. I'll make it up to you tonight but if these guys don't think I'm cool they'll make my life a living hell.' He thought. God, she would hate him.

"I can't read anymore of this." He said with a sneer in his voice. Although if Kagome's vision hadn't been blurring by the tears that sprang to her eyes as he passed the note to the next person she would have been able to see the sadness in his eyes. "This is so disgusting. I think I'm going to be sick."

Kagome was frozen. This was wrong. She looked up. All the guys were laughing at her. This wasn't how it was supposed to go at all. She looked at Inuyasha helplessly. Help me, she silently pleaded with him. Then seeing he wasn't going to help her she turned on her heel and ran down the hall to the girls' bathroom.

Inu took a step toward Ka before remembering where he was. He hated himself at that moment. What had he done? There were other things he could have said or done. Why was he so reckless? He sat there and laughed a laugh that even to himself sounded fake. He remembered the look on her face before she ran. She looked at him as if she even then expected him to protect her from the world.

In the restroom Ka heard the last bell of school ring. In epilogue to that she heard everyone running through the halls. She had not gone to her last class of the day. Instead she had stayed in the bathroom and spent her time crying. When she heard nothing else outside the restroom she decided to go for it. Just when she got up and was about to make a mad dash for home she heard a small knock and then a hesitant Inu call her name, "Ka."

"Go away." She screamed in a pained and tortured voice as she tried to hold back fresh tears that threatened to fall.

She waited about a half hour more. Then she ran as fast as she could out the door of the bathroom. She had just made it out of the school door when someone grabbed her from behind and pulled her in so anyone outside couldn't see them. Her wide, frightened eyes came to a rest on Inu's beautiful golden orbs. Then her eyes narrowed and she began thrashing around.

She suddenly felt his lips on hers. At first she jerked away from his touch. But, in the end, she couldn't help but respond. She cursed herself for giving in so easily to the one person who could harm her the most while also applauding herself for experiencing something she had waited a long time for. When he pulled away she couldn't help but feel a little shaken up.

"Ka, I love you, too." Inu said, looking deep into her eyes.

Hearing those words she hurriedly caught herself. "It's too late. I will love you until the end but you have ruined my trust in you. What would you have to say if I told you that I didn't trust you when you said you love me." Kagome said. When she looked back at him it was Inuyasha who had to look away to keep stop from pleading with her not to be angry with him. "Have you ever heard the song 'Going Under' by Evenesance? You should listen to it some time. Now let me go so we can go our MERRY ways."

Inu just sat there and watched her walk away. 'Damn, I'm such a fool. I couldn't see what even my own heart yelled at me to take. I really do deserve this."

And Inu started his long, lonely, thoughtful journey home.