A10riddick: Thank you. Read to see how the mating process works.

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Clara, Elizabetta, Kerori, Ameri and Narfa walked towards the door of the cabin before they stopped and looked back to see Iruma sitting in the darkest corner of the cabin and they frowned, "Iruma, if you want, we can stay and keep you company again while you-"

"You girls go and enjoy yourselves, Ameri," Iruma smiled and shook his head, "I'm mostly going to be sleeping anyways, and I wouldn't want to be the reason you five are stuck inside all weekend,"

The five continued to frown as Elizabetta walked over to Iruma and knelt to his level, "Iruma, we don't mind staying here with you…it's your last day of being free before you have to fight the one who did this to you, and you told us what'll happen if you lose,"

"I'm not going to lose," Iruma reached up and patted the top of the tall beauty's head, surprising Elizabetta, "I'll be training tonight and…since you five won't let me leave for a hunt…I was hoping I can get some blood from each of you…to get a little stronger before tomorrow night,"

"I…sure you can, Iruma-kins," Clara smiled and Iruma looked towards his best friend, "We don't want you leaving, so we'll help you as much as we can,"

"Thanks Clara," Iruma smiled, "Why don't you girls go out and enjoy your day…I'll see everyone tonight," everyone nodded as Elizabetta straightened herself up and the five demonesses walked out of the cabin, closing the door behind them as Iruma sighed and closed his eyes.

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The five walked down a dirt road as Elizabetta slightly smiled, "He patted the top of my head and…wait…aren't we supposed to return home tonight?" the five stopped as Ameri, Clara, Kerori and Narfa looked back at Elizabetta, "If we return and Iruma's a Vampire…they're going to figure out he was human an-"

"What can they do?" Ameri questioned, "He's a Vampire now, so there's not much that anyone can do. My parents can't send him back to the human world because he won't fit in, the staff and students at Babylus won't be able to do anything because…again, he's no longer human and trying to hurt him will anger him and we don't know how a Vampire acts when angered, and besides everyone will have to deal with us an-"

"No one is hurting my Iruma-kins!" the four turned their attention to Clara as she narrowed her eyes and pouted, "No one is taking my Iruma-kins away, and no one is going to hurt him,"

Kerori sighed as she shook her head, "No one is going to hurt him…but…unless he wins tomorrow night, he'll have to leave," the five frowned, "We can only help him train, give him some of our blood and that's it…we don't know anything about this guy, we don't know if he'll fight fairly, we-"

"Iruma will win," everyone turned their attention to Elizabetta as she frowned, "He was human and he rose all the way up to Hé in our first year…Iruma will win…plus he has his ring…Ali wouldn't let him lose, would he?" the girls looked at each other and nodded.

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Iruma groaned as he opened his eyes and sat up, pressing his body against the wall, avoiding the sunlight peering through the window, "Hey Ali?" the specter hummed and looked at Iruma, "Be honest…what are my chances of winning this fight tomorrow?"

"It's hard to say, Iru-boy…you've been getting better at using the magic stored in the ring, but at the same time, you can be oblivious to the amount you're putting out…the Battler's Party? If that demon didn't save you, you would've been killed…why a terrorist chose to save someone is beyond me…and speaking of, you shouldn't have used that spell at such a great height."

"Yeah…I know, but if I used it at a lower point, it might not have worked and everyone could've gotten hurt or killed," the specter sighed, "And if worse comes to worse, I'm going to have to use it again against this Vampire tomorrow night…I'm not leaving grandpa, Opera or any of my friends,"

"And that's something you wanted to avoid the moment Kirio told you his plan to destroy the school and kill the students and staff," the specter took a deep breath before continuing, "Your desire to want to protect everyone in your life will cost you greatly, Iru-boy…look at what happened the night you walked the girls here an-"

"Don't hold that against any of them…I wasn't going to allow Clara to get hurt and you know that." Iruma hissed, "Clara's my best friend, and whether it was her, Elizabetta, Narfa, Kerori or Ameri, I wasn't going to let them get hurt. And I wouldn't hold it against any of them, whether I turned or not,"

The specter hummed as Iruma sighed and shook his head, "And then when I told them the rules of Vampires…I could sense the uneasiness from them…I told them that a Vampire will take on a mate and I explained what that is…Clara looked the most upset, but there's nothing I can do. The Venom that courses through me picked the ideal mate to carry out the Vampire line and I can't tell them that after I win this fight,"

"I've been by your side since you received the Gluttonous Feeder Ring and I can tell you're serious about this," the specter inhaled deeply, "You knew the outcome of that creature and being bit, you know what's going to happen tomorrow night and you're still going to try and win and then what? Are you going to abandon your little friends to search for-"

"They've been helping me this weekend, and there's nothing I can do to repay them for it…but I'm not going to up and leave them after the fight…I want to stay by their sides and show them my appreciation for the help, hell…all five of them watched me while I tried to sleep yesterday…I…I don't know, Ali…I don't know what to do right now,"

"You'll think of something, Iru-boy…you always come up with a plan at the last minute," Iruma sighed and shook his head as specter took a deep breath, "You and the girls are going back tonight…you can ask their families, the Chair-Demon and your butler to help train you and prepare for tomorrow night, but outside of that, I don't know what to tell you,"

"I know, Ali…I know," Iruma closed his eyes and drifted off to an uneasy slumber as the specter frowned and faded back into the ring.

Well…the choosing of the mates was explained and in the next chapter…I got nothing…please enjoy everyone and please let me know what everyone thinks.