Love's Bitter Poison
Summary - Kagome and Inuyasha are in love, but afraid to speak up. When Kagome finally sums up the courage to tell him, he rejects her, acting as though he could care less about her. However, Inuyasha soon realizes that his arrogance is killing Kagome and decides to tell her the truth. But will it be too late by then? R & R!
A/N: The rating may go up for lemons later.
Prologue
"Wait, Inuyasha," Kagome said softly. Her voice was barely audible, but the wind carried her voice over to Inuyasha's perked dog ears.
"What?" Inuyasha asked, a little harsher than he'd meant. He turned around as Kagome walked toward him.
As she walked, the grass swayed gently beneath her feet and the wind whistled an incoherent love song. Her black hair shimmered with a deep purple color as the moon's rays gleamed upon her. Her brown eyes sparkled with more light than all the stars in the sky combined.
She's so beautiful...Inuyasha thought.
Inuyasha's eyes shook as she came close to him. They stood, their faces inches apart, looking into each other's eyes. Inuyasha felt his cheeks turn a tint of red, and he looked away from her.
This disappointed Kagome slightly, but she tried to ignore it. She inhaled and exhaled, mentally preparing herself for the words that were about to escape her lips.
The wind quieted, as if politely and patiently waiting to hear Kagome's words. Even the grass remained motionless in rapt attention.
Kagome was ready, but could not find her voice. The world was still anticipating the words she had wanted to speak for so long, and her voice was missing.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Tell me already," said Inuyasha, sounding annoyed.
Kagome inhaled, gathered up the words, found her voice, and let her true feelings stumble out into the open.
"I love you, Inuyasha."
Now it was Inuyasha's turn to lose his voice. He could think of no response to her statement. The wind picked up, the grass swayed violently, and the stars even seemed to be relieved to be able to twinkle again. Everything regained its movement now that Kagome's feelings were revealed. Everything except Inuyasha.
Kagome anxiously awaited his response. Inuyasha, I know you feel the same. You just have to! thought Kagome worriedly. He was taking a long time to answer. Or perhaps he was waiting for just the right moment.
The right moment came. The wind died down once more and the grass stood still. The world now anticipated Inuyasha's words. The stars dimmed slightly as if taking time away from sparkling to contemplate every aspect of Inuyasha's expression and body movement. From what Kagome observed, he seemed very still...and his eyes looked shocked.
She told me the truth...but how can I tell her the truth? I love Kagome more than anything, but...I still have feelings left for Kikyo... Inuyasha thought. And he also did not want to degrade himself by admitting he loved another woman... but he couldn't help feeling sorry for the rejection Kagome was about to feel...
"Well, what are you waiting for? Tell me already," said Kagome, a small smile on her face. She said those sentences a lot gentler and kinder than Inuyasha had.
Inuyasha swallowed and the world became so silent with anticipation that Kagome could hardly stand it.
The words came. But they were not the truth.
"I don't feel the same, Kagome."
After the words were spoken, there was a pause in Kagome's heartbeat. The words slapped her across the face like the merciless hand of a demon.
"...I'm sorry," Inuyasha said. Kagome did not notice, but Inuyasha's voice broke slightly at those words.
With the conversation gone and the world suddenly filled with Kagome's sorrow, Inuyasha turned and walked back to the village to find a tree to stay up all night in and ask himself why he couldn't have just been honest with her.
As Inuyasha walked away and disappeared from sight, Kagome simply stood there, breathless.
Inuyasha doesn't.....love me?
The words finally registered on Kagome like the pain you feel seconds after the slap. The pain made tears itch at the corners of her eyes like dogs scratching at their cages, trying to escape.
Kagome let the tears drip down her cheeks. She fell to her knees, and then she collapsed into tears. She lay sprawled out on the ground; the cool, soft grass caressing her gently as if to comfort her. But nothing could ease Kagome's pain. She had loved Inuyasha so long and so much....and now, after so long, she confessed, she spoke the words that tasted like forbidden sugar on her tongue...
...and then she was rejected.
A/N: This is the prologue, and I apologize for its shortness. If you liked the idea of this story, please say so in reviews! Let me know whether or not you are interested enough for me to continue. Thanks!