"Inuyasha!" I jumped out in front of Inuyasha, taking the brunt of the hit. I was pushed backward into Inuyasha who stumbled backward in surprise. I looked up and smiled, happy that he had gotten only a few scratches. His jaw was slack as he took in the situation. "Ka-Kagome…" He was hurt and shocked. That was when his anger set in. His eyes narrowed, purple lines appeared on his cheeks, and his eyes glowed red.
I had seen him angry before when Kikyo was hurt, but never like this. In a matter of seconds he had transformed into a full demon. His fangs were longer, his ears were bigger, and I could even feel the fluffiness of a tail against my leg. It scared me. "Hmph that girl got in the way again, but this is good news. I didn't think you'd let your demon blood out for a mere mortal." Sesshomaru said blankly.
"Inu... Yasha?" I asked. He growled intensely. "Mate hurt. Inu kill." He growled. Softly putting me down he raced towards his brother at the speed of light. "Kagome!" Sango, Miroku, and Shippo ran to my side. "This is bad." Sango said, looking at the wound in my stomach. However, I was not paying attention, my thoughts were on what Inuyasha had said. "Mate?" I wondered out loud. To everyone's surprise, Inuyasha was winning! Sesshomaru could barely keep up with the enraged hanyou.
This didn't last long, as Sesshomaru realized his fighting patterns and struck him down. "Inuyasha!" I cried out as he went flying backward. He bounced off several rocks before slamming into a boulder. I swear I could hear his spine snap from over here. It was silent, no one dared to move. "Hmph, let's go Jaken, Rin." Sesshomaru reacting first, he began to leave with no other words. "Yes Lord Sesshomaru!" Jaken and Rin followed him.
The rocks in which Inuyasha lay on began to move. He growled as he stubbornly got up. "Kill… Sesshomaru…" he growled. "Inuyasha!" I go to stand up but in a few steps I collapse. Sango and Miroku help me up before being roughly pushed away by Inuyasha still in his demon form. He grabbed me and sniffed at my face, growling when he noticed the blood leaking from my mouth. I shivered as he got closer to the wound on my arm. He stopped a moment before continuing. I flinched as he licked my wound. I grabbed my arm holding it away from him. "Mate? Why is Mate scared?" Inuyasha asked.
"I… I just don't want you to accidentally hurt me." I told him, feeling guilty for feeling that way. "Inu not hurt Mate. Mate no be scared. Mate is life." He said, going back to my arm. I let him see it and this time he was a lot more gentle. I looked at Sango and Miroku wondering what was wrong with Inuyasha. "Kagome?" Shippo tugged on the sleeve of my shirt. "No touch Mate! Mate mine." Inuyasha growled a warning to Shippo. "What's going on?" I asked.
"Inuyasha thinks you are his mate. In human terms that means he thinks you're his wife." Sango explained. "Inu are protective of their mates. It makes sense that even Shippo can't touch you at a time like this." I looked back to Inuyasha who was lapping at my wound. My eyes widened as I realized all the blood was gone and it was healing quickly. He then moved to my stomach where the larger cut was. He gently pushed me onto my back and pulled up my shirt. I blushed heavily, but didn't sit him, after all he was trying to help.
As he looked at it he whimpered. It was more of a slash wound than a gash like my arm. He tore a sleeve off of the shirt under his robe and gently wrapped it around my waist. "Mate safe. Rest." Inuyasha said, curling himself up next to me on the side where my injuries were. He lay there and I watched as his demon features slowly went away, leaving Inuyasha in his regular sleeping form. It was a unanimous vote that we would spend the night here.
Inuyasha refused to move so when it was dinner time, I had to force him off me. "Sit boy." I said, frustrated that he wouldn't budge. He woke immediately and groaned in pain. I felt bad because I had forgotten how hard of a hit Sesshomaru had dealt him. "Gahhh, what was that for?" He asked bitterly, not as angry as he usually is. "I can't eat with you holding onto me like a lifeline." I told him simply. He sat up with no argument.
"So, Inuyasha. When did you mark Kagome?" Miroku asked him out of nowhere. The boy who had been eating almost choked at that question. I once again was clueless, having no idea what the monk was talking about. "You mean you didn't? Then why'd you call her 'Mate'?" Miroku asked. "Don't blame me for whatever my demon says." Inuyasha countered, going back to eating his smoked fish. "So if I were to tell you Koga is right behind you and is going to steal Kagome, you wouldn't object?" The monk asked smirking.
I could tell they were playing tricks on him because Sango and Shippo were behind Inuyasha, pretending to be Koga. "What could he do anyways? Kagome's my mate, back off mutt." Shippo did his best impression of Koga. It was actually pretty good, even fooled Inuyasha. Inuyasha went into protective mode and curled himself around me. "If you even think about laying a single claw on my Mate then I will kill you where you stand. Kagome is mine you flea-bitten wolf!" He spat.
It took him a moment to realize he wasn't actually talking to the real thing. He became flustered but didn't untangle himself from me. It made my heart warm to know how protective he was of me, even against my own friends. Maybe he did actually return my feelings after all. I smiled to myself and rubbed his ears in thanks causing him to nuzzle his face into my neck. Life was going to be different with Inuyasha being my mate.