Human Compensation

“Ugh! I’ve had enough of you!” Inuyasha yelled in frustration and anger. The male lion demon had caught him off guard and jumped him when his back was turned. It attacked him with a fury even Inuyasha could barely keep up with. His entire body was getting cut with the lion demon fangs and claws. Inuyasha growled loudly. Leaving the warm, soft, body of his mate to come here and fight this asshole had already set him in a foul mood, but to be so off balance with his powers only made his temper rise. He forcefully knocked the demon off of him using his feet and hands and sent the huge demon flying backwards to the ground.

“Is he the last of them?” Shippou asked, looking around cautiously. Shippou, who had a group of spies that worked for him, had called Inuyasha and told him of Naraku’s plan to create a huge alliance against Sesshoumaru and his mafia. Miroku and Inuyasha had taken the two groups that had recently joined Naraku by surprise.

Sesshoumaru landed gracefully beside Shippou. He turned to Shippou who backed away in fright. “Why did you call Inuyasha here? I specifically remember telling you to only bring Miroku and a few other men. Inuyasha’s name never came up.”

“I...I thought you forgot to mention him,” Shippou stuttered.

“I never forget anything,” Sesshoumaru hissed as he walked to Inuyasha.

Inuyasha sat down on the ground, ignoring the painful wounds on his body. He had the worse feeling that went through his entire soul. Something was not right, but he didn’t know what it was.

“You okay, Inuyasha? Those wounds look pretty serious,” Miroku asked walking to him.

“Fool! I would think that you would be more careful with your body since you just mated with Kagome. Did you forget that the bond between you and her is still strong? Your stupidity has caused your mate great pain!” The gruesome image of Kagome’s body covered in lacerations and her blood covering his Rin as she held her on the bathroom floor made Sesshoumaru glare at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha stood up. “What the fuck are you talking about, Sesshoumaru?” He growled threateningly.

“Because of your recent mating with Kagome, she now feels everything that you do, which means, dear brother, that her weak human body is now covered in the very wounds that cover yours.” Sesshoumaru replied coldly.

Inuyasha eyes widen! A look of stark terror came on his pale face. “Kagome!” He whispered. “KAGOME!”

“Where do you think you’re going? This fight isn’t over!” The lion demon yelled angrily as he blocked Inuyasha.

“Get out of my way!” Inuyasha growled, ramming his fist through the lion’s chest and pulling out his heart. He dropped the still beating heart on the ground and leaped away. The lion stared down at his vital organ in shock before he died.

“If what you said is true, then Kagome may not be able to survive the wounds that were inflicted on Inuyasha.” Miroku said to Sesshoumaru.

“I understand that Inuyasha is still new to the experience of having a mate, but I do not have the time or patience to babysit those two. Naraku is arranging a war with us. My first priority will be to protect Rin, then fight back. If he doesn't know how to take care of his mate, I fear he won’t keep her for long.”

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Inuyasha found Kagome laying on the bathroom floor in a puddle of blood. Her head was in Rin’s lap. Rin saw him, glared at him, and quietly left. Inuyasha dropped to his knees beside Kagome and pulled her into his arms. She was weak and very pale, her skin was cold, as if all her blood had been drained out of her. The cuts on her body were already beginning to heal, now they were only thin red lines.

“Inuyasha?” She whispered, looking up at him through slightly closed eyes.

“Kagome, I’m sorry. I’m so sorry,” Inuyasha said, holding her close to him. He picked her up and carried her to their bed, grimacing at the pained expression on her face from moving her.

“What happened to me?” She asked weakly.

“It was my fault,” he showed her the cuts on his arms, then lifted her arm beside his.

Kagome gasped at the replicas of the cuts.

“You were hurt when I was attacked by a lion demon. I didn’t know that it would effect you. If I had known, Kagome, I would have never went, I swear!”

Kagome stared into his grief-stricken face more concerned about him than herself at the moment. He seemed to be taking it pretty badly.

“I never meant to hurt you, Kagome!” Inuyasha cried passionately.

“I know,” Kagome said. “It’s okay, Inuyasha.”

“It’s not okay! I caused you so much pain! I could have killed you! What kind of mate am I to do something so stupid?”

“You didn’t know!” Kagome said.

“That’s no excuse!” Inuyasha yelled. “My ignorance almost got you killed and what if you had died? I could have never lived with myself! I just...I just made you my mate....I can’t loose you...”

Kagome felt his hot tears on her shoulders.

“I’m supposed to protect you...” he mumbled in a broken voice.

Kagome forced him to lie down beside her. With every move she made, her skin felt like it would rip apart. With her mind screaming at her in agonizing pain, she wrapped an arm around Inuyasha when he pulled her against his body. She could feel his uncontrollable sobs shaking both of their bodies. She gently ran her fingers through his hair.

“It’s okay, Inuyasha,” she said softly, trying to comfort him. “I know you would never hurt me on purpose. It was just a mistake, that’s all. I’m not angry at you for what happened, so don’t be so upset about it. You haven’t lost me. I’m still here, and I have your healing abilities, so it doesn’t hurt at all now.”

Inuyasha knew she was lying to make him feel better which only made him fall more deeply in love with her. “Liar,” he muttered in her hair. He could feel every laceration on her small body, throbbing and burning painfully. The sudden fear he’d felt during the fight had been hers, but at the time he hadn’t realized it, thinking she was still asleep in bed.

Kagome swallowed, her voice shook, but she had to ask him. “When we were in our apartment, you came home with the same wounds, yet you acted as if they were nothing. How can you tolerate such pain?”

“I’m half youkai, Kagome. We can tolerate anything that doesn’t kill us. Besides, I’m use to being hurt, it only comes as a mild annoyance to me, but you’re a human and you’re female...”

“Hey what’s me being a female got to do with..,” Kagome started to argue, but Inuyasha kept talking as if he didn’t hear her.

“And you’re mine, I cannot tolerate seeing you hurt, especially when I know I'm the cause of your suffering. Don’t you understand? You’re my mate, I live only to protect you, now. You’re the only thing that matters in my life and if anything should ever happen to you, if I should ever loose you...it would destroy me. A youkai that can’t protect his mate doesn’t deserve to live.”

“Inuyasha,” Kagome whispered in awe. His words made her heart ache with tender love for him. “I love you,” she said, kissing him softly on his lips.

He kissed her back as tenderly as he could. “Try to get some sleep, your wounds should be healed in the morning.” He said gruffly.

Kagome settled against him and closed her eyes. Hoping she could fall asleep, despite her condition.

Inuyasha began to purr on purpose, knowing that the soft sound would relax her and quickly put her asleep. He’d learned that a long time ago. After twenty minutes she was sound asleep. He, however, had a very hard time falling asleep. A thousand worries were going through his mind at once and everyone of them were about her. Now that they were mates, he was responsible for everything that happened to her. It was up to him to take care of her, watch over her, make sure she was always happy and comfortable. But hadn’t he always done that? He supposed with them being bonded together as they were, it made everything twice as serious. It was the reason why Inuyoukai were so finicky about choosing a life mate. Once they mated, the females held the males hearts in their hands, their hearts, their soul, their life. Kagome didn’t understand and he didn’t know how to make her understand.

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Inuyasha jerked out of his sleep when the scent of Kagome’s blood hit his nose. His body shot up in bed and his head whirled around in panic. Kagome was still bleeding! He thought she had stopped! The covers had fell off the bed when he sat up and revealed a huge blood stain where Kagome was supposed to be. Her scent told him she had left the room. Jumping out of bed, he followed the smell of her blood to her previous bedroom. The door was closed.

Rin was sitting on Kagome’s bed talking to her when Inuyasha knocked the door down in his hurry to get to her, startling both of them. They watched the entire door fall to the floor with Inuyasha standing on top of it with a wild look on his face.

“Kagome! Are you alright?” He yelled.

Kagome put her hands over her ears. “I’m fine, Inuyasha, what are you yelling about?”

She, indeed, looked very fine compared to last night when she looked about to die, so where was the continuous strong scent of her blood coming from? “You’re bleeding, I can smell it from here!” He said looking confused.

Kagome and Rin’s face turned fiery red at his comment. Rin stared down at the floor while Kagome calmly explained to him that she had started her menstrual cycle.

Inuyasha stared back at her with a blank look.

Kagome’s mouth dropped opened. “Please, do not tell me you don’t know what that is!” Kagome begged in embarrassment.

“I’ve heard of it, I think. Is it the time when women can’t have sex? Cause Kikyo was always telling me women had those times....” Inuyasha stopped when he saw Kagome glaring at him.

“I’ll talk to you later, Kagome,” Rin said leaving.

Inuyasha walked to Kagome who was still glaring at him. He looked her over and smiled. The cuts had healed and the thin red lines had disappeared from her arms. “I’m glad you’re feeling better,” he said before doubling over in pain. He fell to the floor grabbing his lower stomach. “What the hell was that?” He yelled.

Kagome eyes widen in surprise, then a slow, suspiciously gleeful, smile spreaded across her beautiful face. “I believe those are my cramps!”

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A/N: This is the last part to A Youkai's Mate. LOL.