Human Compensation

Inuyasha woke up surrounded by the sweet, heavenly, scent of his mate. He took in a deep breathe, breathing in as much as he could into his nose. He felt like he was walking on clouds, as his head swam lightly at the intense scent. He looked down at her snuggled comfortably in his arms. He’d watched her closely throughout the night as her body and mind went through the slow transformation that would bind them together to make them as one. He was a little worried at how she would react when she found out part of him had merged with her. He hadn’t explained to her the results of their mating. He hadn’t thought about it until now, the only thing that had been important to him was making her his at the time. He could feel her, not just physically, but emotionally and mentally as well. Everything that was Kagome, everything that made Kagome who she was, was now a part of him. He smiled in content. She really was an angel. She wasn’t filled with anger, revenge, despair, none of the negativity that he thrived off. For the first time in his life, he actually felt at peace with himself and she had unknowingly given him a very precious gift, her. He wasn’t alone anymore, the realization hit him like a brick wall.

Kagome stirred and yawned. The shock she’d felt from Inuyasha woke her up. She smiled lazily at him when she saw him watching her and moved to sat up, wincing slightly at the soreness of the muscles in her right shoulder which made her remember everything that had happened last night. Sliding to the far side of her bed with speed she didn’t know she had, she glared at him and pointed her finger in his face.

“You bit me!” She yelled. “You fucking animal!”

Inuyasha was surprised by her use of language and realized she sounded exactly like him. He smiled.

“What the hell are you smiling about? You tried to kill me!” Kagome asked, her anger rising.

“I wasn’t trying to kill you Kagome. It was the last part of the mating ritual. I did it to bind you to me.”

Kagome looked at him suspiciously. Inuyasha felt himself growing hard. He couldn’t help it. She looked so wild and beautiful with the white satin sheets wrapped around her naked, tanned, body, her hair tangled around her shoulders, and her dark, brown eyes shooting flaming sparks at him.

“Kagome,” he reached for her, but she scooted off the bed and stood up. Inuyasha watched her with an amused smile, her bare feet padding loudly on the carpet as she ran to the full-length mirror on the wall to look at herself.

She gasped when she saw two gold crescent moons on the junction between her neck and shoulder where Inuyasha had bit her. They were the same as Rin’s markings, except Rin’s were blue instead of gold.

Inuyasha suddenly appeared behind her. Wrapping his arms around her waist, he pulled her up against him, smiling when she stiffened at his hard arousal pressing into her buttocks. He pulled her hair back and slid his tongue slowly over the markings. Holding her tightly when her knees buckled and her body began to tremble.

Kagome felt as if she was having another orgasm. The feelings coming from the markings were sending her body into a sensuous roller coaster. “What’s happening to me?” Her voice stuttering when she asked the question.

Inuyasha smirked against her skin. “You’re mine, body and soul, Kagome. You’re my mate for life and your body can’t help but respond to me whenever I want you.”

Just then the door opened, one of the butlers carrying a tray entered the room. Inuyasha growled in annoyance. “Don’t we have any privacy in this mansion?”

Kagome was more than grateful. She was still sore from last night especially down there. She couldn’t deal with Inuyasha’s enormous size right now. Besides, she was suddenly starving.

“Food, food, food,” she chanted giving the butler a dazzling smile.

He smiled back at her. “A gift from Sesshoumaru on your recent mating,” the butler said, making Kagome blush.

He took the top off the tray. Kagome nose suddenly went haywire with all the different smells from the food. The scents were so intense, they almost made her sick to her stomach. “Ahh,” she screamed, grabbing the butler with one hand and lifting him up in the air by his collar, while holding the sheets around her with her other hand. “What are you doing? Are you trying to poison me? I can smell the fumes from this tainted food as soon as you took the top off.” She threw him a good feet away from her in her rage.

The poor butler crashed against the wall on the opposite side of the room, before he scrambled to his feet and quickly left. “They don’t pay me enough to put up with this kind of abuse,” Kagome could hear him mumbling to himself.

She stared down at the food on the floor finally realizing what she had done. She covered her mouth with her hands and turned to Inuyasha in shock. He was trying to stop himself from laughing and failing miserably to her dismay. He gave up and let it out.

“That was the funniest thing I’ve ever seen you do,” he said, hooting with laughter.

“You idiot! This isn’t funny! What’s wrong with me?” Kagome yelled at him looking like she was about to cry.

“Kagome, think about it, your language, your short-temper and your unexplainable increase in strength, haven’t you noticed you’re acting like someone you know?” Inuyasha asked with a sly grin.

Kagome thought for a while, her eyes widening in shock and horror. “YOU!!” She yelled.

“That’s right, yours truly,” Inuyasha said arrogantly.

“How is this possible?” Kagome whispered, sitting down on the edge of the bed and staring down at the floor.

“I told you, we’re mates now. We’re merged as one. I can feel and sense everything that is you and you can do the same with me, Kagome. But, I didn’t think you’d take on my personality, it’s quite funny.”

“Then that must mean you have some of my traits as well. You haven’t shouted at me or lost your temper since I awakened.” Kagome said in surprise.

Inuyasha smiled. “I feel strangely peaceful right now. It’s sort of new to me.”

“Amazing,” Kagome said. “When humans marry their vows to each other are a figure of speech. They don’t actually merge as one! This is crazy!”

“Humans are so hypocritical they say one thing, but never make it a reality,” Inuyasha said.

“Hey! You’re still half-human buddy so don’t put yourself down!” Kagome snapped at him. She gasped and covered her mouth again. “I feel so bitchy, no wonder you’re always in a bad mood. I want my old self back!”

Inuyasha laughed again. “You’re still my Kagome, you just have to learn to control my personality as well.”

“And what about my strength? I just sent that poor butler flying into the wall with one hand!”

“Well that’s something I wasn’t expecting, but it’s different for everyone. You probably have my keen sense of smell too if you thought the food was poisoned. I doubt Sesshoumaru would try to poison us. You’re not use to smelling anything so intensely.”

“So am I as strong as you?” Kagome asked, smiling.

“I don’t know let’s give it a try,” Inuyasha said. “Let’s arm wrestle.”

“Oh you going down, baby!” Kagome said, making him laugh again.

She, of course lost, Inuyasha grinned at the pout on her face.

“You’re probably a little stronger than the average human, but I don’t think you’ll ever be as strong as a youkai,” Inuyasha said.

“This is so exciting. I have to find out what else has changed about me!” Kagome said, getting up and putting on her pajamas.

“Kagome don’t you think you need to stay in bed for a while longer,” Inuyasha hinted at her.

“No,” Kagome said, not getting it at all.

Inuyasha sighed. If he was himself he would have thrown her on the bed and seduced the pants right off her. Unfortunately, he wasn’t quite himself right now and he was already feeling guilty thinking about the things he would do to her. Everything was still new to both of them. Hopefully, these strange feelings would wear off in a few days and they would go back to acting like themselves.

“Kagome! What are you doing!?” He yelled in alarm when he saw her standing in the window.

“I’m going to jump!” She said. “Hey I shouldn’t be harmed if I have your powers right?”

“Kagome!” Inuyasha shouted as he ran to her. It was too late. She’d jumped out the window from the third floor!

“Whoo hoo! Yeah!” He heard her before he got to the window and looked down. She was jumping up and down on the ground and waving up at him then made a high leap into the branches of a tree.

“Kagome! You get back here right now before you hurt yourself!” His demand was lost to her as she bounded from tree to tree. He growled as he pulled on his jeans. Had he always been so rash and impatient? Kagome wasn’t thinking before she acted. She could really hurt herself. He leaped out of the window after her.

“Wow,” Rin said watching the scene from her window. Sesshoumaru was standing closely behind her. “Do you think he can keep up with her?”

“I doubt it,” Sesshoumaru said, his voice holding a tinge of amusement.

“Doesn’t this remind you of one of those television shows when animals go wild? Or in this case when newly mated youkai mates go wild.”

Rin felt a slight rumble in Sesshoumaru’s chest. She turned to look at him with interest as the rumble got louder. She gasped when he burst out laughing. Sesshoumaru hardly ever laughed. His deep, masculine, voice filled the room causing her to giggle along with him. “Youkai Mates Gone Wild,” he said before falling into another fit of laughter. ^_^