AN: Hey peoples! Okay, okay, let me say this one thing, and then I'll get to the replies and then the story. I made the advertisement editor for my school paper!!! Yay! Oh, I don't know if any of you would find this chapter a little gory, but it might be. So, just as a warning, be a little cautious! Ok, ok, lets get to the replies, ok?
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inu-hanyou2: Okay, okay, I can't tell you what the ending is going to be, that would ruin the story!! But, please keep reading! Ja ne!
Palmtree-Epiphany: ducks from your knives ok, ok, well, I'm just glad that you like my story. Seriously, thank you so much! Please keep reading! Thanks!
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Stephanie: Armon is not Naraku, Naraku is dead, like I think I said before in the last chapter, or the one before, Takudo is Naraku's reincarnation, so Naraku is dead. Armon is something else, I will get to that in this chapter. Does that help any? I hope it does, I don't want my fans to be confused! So, please keep reading! Thanks!
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Chapter Nineteen-What's a Mate?
Inuyasha walked Kagome home, shocked that she would even ask him to in the first place, but never questioned her. Takudo stayed at the hospital for a few more minutes after they left, just to have a talk with the doctor, make sure Sota would be okay.
Kagome forgot that she was mad at Inuyasha, and Inuyasha didn't remind her. He wanted to be close to her, to explain things to her, and to help her through her hard times. But they didn't go back to the shrine, they went to Kagome's apartment, where she was still living with Armon.
"Are you sure you want to go with me?" Kagome asked Inuyasha as he walked with her up the steps.
Inuyasha nodded, "if he's the one that made you his mate, and you don't want to be alone with him, then I'm going."
Kagome looked at him, Inuyasha was wearing a necklace, one that Takudo gave to him. He now looked like a teenager, close to Kagome's age, with jet black hair tied behind his head and he was wearing a red shirt with tan slacks. Kagome looked at his eyes and she could almost forget he was a demon. He looked too human.
Inuyasha put his arm around her shoulders when she looked at the front door and jingled the keys into the lock. She unlocked the door and led Inuyasha inside. "Be careful, I don't know where he is..." she whispered.
As soon as the words were out of her mouth, an arm from around the corner grabbed her and pulled her into the bedroom. Inuyasha charged after them, but he was too slow. Being a human, he didn't have his demon speed.
"Crap," Inuyasha cursed, running to the bedroom door and beginning to pound on it loudly.
Kagome kicked the man behind her, biting his hand that was over her mouth, and she gasped for air once it left her lips. She turned around to sock him, but the other arm grabbed her arm and bent if behind her back. She screamed and heard pounding on the door. Inuyasha was trying to get to her.
"Inuyasha!" She screamed, kicking and fighting her way free.
She was forced onto the bed, and the attacker lay on top of her. She couldn't move. She stopped fighting and looked at the man over her.
"A-Armon..." she gasped.
He grinned slyly, "yes, my love. I knew you would return to me." He moved his face down and pressed his lips on hers. She fought against him, kicking and waving her arms in the air to get free from him. She kneed him, and he let her go, falling to his knees in pain and screaming out.
Kagome gasped at what she had done, but then dashed for the door. "INUYASHA! HELP!" Armon tried to stand up, but couldn't, he ended up falling again. Kagome tried to unlock the door with her shaking hands, and once she got it, she screamed.
She kicked the door open, and fell into Inuyasha's arms. He caught her and held her tight.
"Kagome, are you okay?" He asked.
She buried her face in his chest, "kill him!"
Inuyasha looked past her and into the room, seeing that Armon guy sitting on his knees on the floor. Looks like Kagome hurt him pretty well. Inuyasha let go of Kagome and went into the room, shutting it behind him so Kagome couldn't hear anything.
The room was dark, and Inuyasha slowly took off the necklace he wore around his neck, and turned back to his demon self. He felt his senses rise up, grow stronger, and his eyes adapted to the dark. He saw the man, Armon, on the floor.
Inuyasha grinned, "she got you good, didn't she?"
Armon grinned back up at Inuyasha, "yeah," he said, his voice almost shaky and high-pitched. "And you are...?"
Inuyasha tilted his head, "I'm Inuyasha, a long time friend of Kagome's. You must be her... mate?"
Armon's grin went sly, and his eyes twinkled, "oh yeah, she's a fox."
Inuyasha growled, but tried to control his anger. "Yeah, she is. But, you know what's worse than being tortured by Kagome?"
Armon's grin vanished, "what?"
"Being tortured by me," Inuyasha said and jumped on top of Armon, grabbing his neck and sinking his claws into his neck. Armon gasped for air, and pounded onto the ground, kicking and trying to crawl his way out of Inuyasha's strong grip.
"You don't like to get hurt, do you?" Inuyasha growled, "neither do I!" He sunk his claws in deeper and Armon cried out in pain, clutching at Inuyasha's hand to break it free from his oozing neck. Blood dripped down Inuyasha's hand and through his fingers. He could smell the blood, and the stench made his nose cringe.
'When two demons become mates,' Kaede's voice ringed in Kagome's ears. 'They can feel the pain that the other is going through. They feel sorrow, joy, envy, anger, any emotion that the other mate feels. Pain, lust, desire, anything.'
Kagome frowned, she remembered Kaede telling her that when she was crying, telling her of Inuyasha's choice to be Kikyo's mate. Kagome didn't know what being a mate meant at that time, so she asked Kaede.
"If I can't feel Armon's pain, then that means..." Kagome gasped and ran to the door. She began to pound on the door. "INUYASHA!" Inuyasha stopped sinking his claws into the broken man's neck when he heard pounding on the door. "INUYASHA!" He got off of Armon, and walked to the door. Kagome burst through it, falling into Inuyasha's arms.
"Kagome? What is it?" Inuyasha asked as Kagome kissed his cheek.
"I'm not Armon's mate!" She shouted.
Inuyasha frowned in confusion, "what are you talking about? You have the marks on your neck!"
Kagome shook her head, "I remember when Kaede told me what it felt like to be a mate! She said that both mates can feel everything the other feels. I didn't feel a thing while you were trying to kill Armon! I didn't feel anything!"
Inuyasha didn't get what was going on, but he smiled, holding onto Kagome tighter in his arms. "That's great!"
Kagome held him back, and Armon lay there on the ground, bleeding through his neck. Kagome noticed the smell and gasped. "Inuyasha!"
Inuyasha turned to look at the almost dead Armon, and shrugged. "I guess we should get out of here."
Kagome ran to get Inuyasha's necklace on the bed and put it around his neck. "And quick before the person next door finds out!"
Inuyasha pulled off the necklace, and grabbed Kagome's hand. "Let's go through the window, instead." He pulled her close to him and she grabbed his neck. He kicked the glass window open and jumped out of the building, jumping from one building to another, going towards home.
