Brother Dearest
Hello, my name's Hitomi Kanzaki however, everyone here knows me as Hitomi Cullen. The Cullen family isn't just a normal American family. Nope, we are a family of vampires and one human. Edward, Emmett, Rosalie, Alice and Jasper are my adopted brothers and sisters. The head of the family is Dr. Carlisle Cullen and his wife Esme Cullen. I love Carlisle and Esme to death just like I would my normal parents and I love all my brothers and sisters. Oh, I almost forgot the human member of our family. Isabella Swan is Edward's girlfriend. Personally, I don't believe that Edward deserves Bella he's so cocky and obnoxious. Well, to me he is. But Edward is the one that Bella chose so I can't argue with that.
Edward and I don't get along, we're never able to get along, never have and never will not since the day I joined the Cullen family five years ago. I'd traveled to America soon after I was transformed about fifty years after my transformation (that's a short amount of time for someone who has infinity to live). I could hide my transformation pretty well in Japan while I was young, I was already pale skinned and colored contacts took care of the red pupils and I never came in contact with humans that I didn't have to come in contact with. However, I felt restless and agitated in Japan. There were too many people on the small Island of Okinawa also my family had become suspicious of me. One night while lying in bed pretending to sleep a voice in my head called out to me.
"Hitomi, Hitomi, you must find us, we will help you and protect you." I laughed at the cheesy message. Help and protect me? From what? I was indestructible. The inner voice sighed,
"Fine, I was only trying to be dramatic, a member of our family had a premonition of you joining us soon. I 'm just sending the message along, don't kill the messenger." I snorted and thought back, why should I? I don't know who you are and where exactly am I suppose to find you anyway?
"You will find us in Forks, Washington, the United States; we can teach you how to feed without killing humans." I rolled my eyes and thought, I already know that. You take the blood from an animal; I've already figured that out. But, America you say? Hmmm…..I could do with a change of scenery. Okay, I'm game I'll be there in two weeks. Now get out of my head I'm going for a walk outside.
I waited for a response but when none came I shrugged got up and headed outside. The moon was full tonight and filled the whole garden with a soft silvery light.
It was when I eventually got to the Cullen house two weeks later that I meet the owner of that ridiculous inner voice. It was a boy named Edward; he was about the same age as me, well sort of. He was transformed at seventeen, I was changed at eighteen. However there was a difference of a hundred years in our actual ages. From the very beginning Edward and I disliked each other. And that dislike built throughout the years which leads me to my story of the most eventful week in the Cullen Family.
It started normal enough watch the rain cloud veiled sun rise over the forest treetop and begin preparations to go to school. Forks High School was the dullest on the planet. However, I entertained myself by playing with the humans. I had a special gift that appeared after I was transformed. I could make illusions in peoples minds. Today I was having fun with a girl named Jessica Weber. She was the typical gossip that every school in the world had. You know, the girl who has to know everything about everyone. She was seated by Bella today and I grinned this was going to be fun. I glanced at Jessica and then began to concentrate forming an image in my mind and then transferring it into Jessica's mind. Her face went blank and then she stood up with a very loud "MEEEOOOW!" Ran across the cafeteria and embraced a pillar that was near the doors. Everyone stared and then when Jessica began to purr the whole room burst out laughing. I giggled and smiled, my one mischievous plot was completed for the day. I looked at my brothers and sisters and found Emmett desperately trying to hide a smile behind his hand, Alice had her face blank but I could see the twinkle in her eye. Jasper was chuckling and Rosalie smiled appreciatively at me and said very softly,
"That was brilliant Hitomi," I smiled at my sister and gave her a high five under the table where no one could see. Only one person at our table was looking at me with disapproval and that was of course Edward. I sighed and rolled my eyes, it was going to be the same old boring lecture that he always gave me whenever I did something like this.
"Hitomi, you know you shouldn't be drawing attention to yourself or to us for that matter." I sighed inwardly but put on an innocent angelic face and said,
"But brother dearest, I didn't draw attention to me I'm not the one meowing and purring like a cat." Edward scowled at me but he dropped the subject. Rosalie leaned over and asked,
"What image did you give her Hitomi?" Edward glared at Rosalie and said,
"Don't encourage her Rosalie." Rosalie rolled her eyes and said,
"You sound like her father Edward, lighten up will you?" Edward huffed, got up and went to go escort Bella to their next class. I turned to Rosalie and said loud enough so that Edward could hear as he walked off,
"I simply put the image of Edward dressed like a big fluffy kitty-cat in her mind, the rest is all her." Edward whipped around and gave me a death glare. Rosalie, Alice, Emmett, and Jasper all fell into fits of laughter. I smiled wickedly and waved my fingers at him. He turned sharply on his heel and marched off. I smirked after him and turned back to my other brothers and sisters who were all still laughing. Emmett was laughing the hardest and he raised a fist which I hit with my own fist,
"Well done little sis, I haven't seen Edward that embarrassed before." I giggled,
"I think my role in the family is to be his annoying little sister, the one he's never had before." Jasper chuckled and ruffled my hair.
"You do tend to get on his nerves quite often Hitomi, usually we don't even try to enrage Edward because all of us know his temper is the worst." I smiled mischievously and shook my head.
"The one thing that I noticed about Edward when we first met was he acts just how I use to before I was changed." Rosalie raised an eyebrow and frowned,
"How so Hitomi?" I smiled at my favorite sister and explained.
"My father was a member of the government so we were pretty wealthy. I was use to always getting my way. My temper was much worse than Edwards, I wasn't a mean person I cared deeply for my older brother and my little baby sister and I protected them just like Edward protects Bella, however, when I changed my Brother and Sister grew older and when I didn't I was isolated. After that I was angry all the time, whenever things didn't go my way I got really angry and I was overly protective. Just like Edward." Rosalie smiled sadly and placed her arm around my shoulders and I continued with my explanation,
"If Edward keeps up like this he'll become exhausted and begin to resent everyone, just like I did." I remembered the looks on the faces of my older brother and sister when they saw me last time. Love was no longer in their eyes, all that was left for me was disgust. Instead of feeling sad all I had felt was anger and resentment. A great sorrow lashed threw my heart and I quickly suppressed the memory that was beginning to bubble up. I looked up at my brothers and sisters and gave them a carefree smile.
"The only way Edward will learn to control his temper is if he gets a taste of his own medicine or he can just go about being angry until he hurts someone he cares for. But since he's my brother I don't want that. Also, it's entertaining to watch him get mad and he annoys me." Rosalie giggled and Alice smiled brightly.
"So you really do love Edward don't you Hitomi?" I smiled and nodded,
"Of course I do, he's my brother, just don't tell him that. I'd hate to lose my title of annoying little devil." Emmett laughed and patted my head,
"Don't worry little sis, that won't happen, you'll always be an annoying pest." I laughed,
"Good, now let's get to class, I believe we might actually be late." Everyone groaned and got up. We headed toward the cafeteria doors and parted to head to our respected classrooms. I headed to my history class and deliberated over which book I would read during class today.
The rest of the day went by very slowly as it usually did and by the time the final bell rang I quickly got my things together and ran out the door in a normal human pace. If I ran at the speed that I was really capable of I would shock quite a few people. I ran to the parking lot and by passed Edwards Volvo. I didn't ride in the car with my bothers and sisters because there was no room and because I didn't like Edwards driving. Why did he have to go so fast, why didn't he just slow down every once in awhile and enjoy the scenery? I would never understand him. I finally found my ride home, it was a Kawasaki Ninja motor cycle. I climbed on, gunned the engine and speed home. I was halfway home when a silver streak flew past me. I shook my head when I recognized the car and continued home at a normal speed. I got home after Edward and everyone else but getting home wasn't a race so I didn't really care. I walked threw the door took off my helmet and my jacket and dumped my bag on the floor. Edward looked up from where he sat at the piano and scowled at me.
"You're late Hitomi." I snorted and plopped down in front of the T.V.
"What am I late for exactly Brother Dearest, dinner?" Edward glared at me and went back to his playing. He was playing Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. It was my favorite piano piece and I had to admit that Edward could play it beautifully. However, I would never tell him that, his ego would get too big. I switched on the T.V and pretended to watch a movie but I was really listening to Edward play. When he was done I yawned and looked at the clock and frowned. It just dawned on me that Edward was here, at home and not with Bella. I turned to him and asked,
"What are you doing here Edward?" He looked up and frowned at me.
"I live here of course." I rolled my eyes,
"That's not what I meant. What I meant was why the hell are you here and not with Bella?" Edward scowled at me.
"Bella wanted to spend time with Charlie today so I let her have some alone time." I sighed and turned back to the T.V.
"Great, we get a mooning Edward tonight. Go figure you're playing sounds so depressing." Edward glared at me.
"Well sorry, what music would you prefer to have me play." I looked up at him and smiled,
"Something happier more upbeat," Edward glared at me and crossed his arms.
"I'm not performing for you. Why don't you come here and play something your self?" I smiled and got up and walked over to the piano.
"Okay, scoot over," Edward raised an eyebrow.
"You can't play the piano," I smiled and plopped down next to him on the piano bench. I put my hands on the keys and thought for a moment about what I wanted to play. There were so many songs that I knew that I loved to play. I thought of the movie I was watching. Pride and Prejudice the one with Kira Knightly in it. One of the songs was Arrival to Neatherfeilds, it was one of my favorites, and it was a difficult song as well, so I was able to show off just a little bit. I put my hands on the right keys and began to play. Edward uncrossed his arms and starred down at me in disbelief as I played.
When I finished the song Edward was speechless for a moment but then asked,
"Why haven't you played the piano before? You've lived in this house for five years and not once have I seen you come near the piano." I smiled and got up.
"Because, I knew you loved to play and your passion for the piano is stronger than mine. Also, I've already imposed on your life in many other was. I thought I would be nice and let you have the piano all to yourself. And anyway I prefer my guitar." I walked away towards the stairs. Edward called after me.
"Are you actually being nice?" I winced and turned around,
"No, I'm being honest. Now go do your mopping somewhere else where no one can hear you." I dashed up the stairs and into my room. I put on one of my favorite CD's plugged in my headphones, closed my eyes and just listened to my music.
The Next day was Tuesday and it was sunny outside so everyone was inside and at home today except for Carlise who was at the hospital. I asked if I could go with him but he said that it wouldn't be a good idea. I may have been a nurse at one point in Japan, but here everyone thought I was still in High School so I wasn't going to be able to do anything. I sighed and asked him if I could borrow some of his books instead. Carlise smiled and consented. I smiled back gave him a hug and dashed upstairs to his office to dive into his extremely large collection of books. I pulled down the thickest volume in the room which was a history of medical herbs and medicine and it described all of there uses and how some old potions were made. I was really into the medieval times and enjoyed everything about their life style. Their use of herbs and such for medicine was what really fascinated me. I spent a majority of the day reading the book. However, I became restless and book marking the page I was on I left Carlisle's office and headed down stairs. I plopped down in front of the T.V and switched threw the channels to see if anything was on. Unfortunately, it was the middle of the day so of course the only thing on were soap operas. I switched off the T.V in disgust. I got up and headed to the garage. Rosalie was there in jeans and an old ratty t-shirt that didn't even dim her beauty. She was tinkering around with Edwards car and she smiled when I came in.
"Hey there Hitomi, where have you been hiding all morning?" I smiled and went over to a stool and sat down.
"I was in Carlisle's study reading some of his books but that got boring so I came out here to see if there was anything to do." Rosalie smiled and wiping off her greasy hands went over to her work table and brought over my racquetball racquet.
"I finished fixing your racquet, I got the hardest metal there is, so this time it wont break and Emmett fixed the wall, so you can play racquetball outside." I smiled, jumped down from the stool and ran over to Rosalie. I gave her a hug and a kiss.
"Oh Rosalie you and Emmett are the best!" She giggled, handed me my racquet and shooed me away. I laughed and dashed off to the racquetball court that Carlise and Emmett had built for me out back. Inspecting the court I saw that Rosalie had told the truth and the hole that I had made a week ago was gone. I took one of the plastic balls, I served it and it zoomed toward the wall bounced off and I chased after it hitting it toward the wall again.
I had fun volleying the ball for a little bit but then I began to get restless and began hitting the ball with more force that I was suppose to. The ball bounced off too fast and sailed threw the air and the next thing I heard was the sound of shattering glass and then a crash. I winced and looked toward the house. I had the worst luck, the window that was broken was none other than Edwards window. There was silence and then a roar.
"HIIIIITTTTTTTOOOOMMMMMMMMIIIIIII!" I winced again and Edward came barreling out of the house. I did the only thing I could think of. I turned and ran. That didn't stop Edward. He gave chase and yelled after me.
"HITOMI! YOU GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!" I didn't slow down but yelled over my shoulder.
"Are you kidding? If I slow down you'll rip me to pieces!" Edward growled,
"YOU BET I WILL! YOUR STUPID BALL SHATTERED MY CD PLAYER AND YOU KNOCKED DOWN ALL MY CDS! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU WHEN I CATCH YOU!" I smiled and said over my shoulder,
"Catch me if you can, you forget I'm faster than you." He roared again and ran after me. Edward was fast but I was able to stay a good arms reach away from him. I was actually having some fun. I giggled and that made Edward angrier. He roared and shouting a few profanities drew closer. I smirked turned around and ran toward him and then past him. He screeched to a stop, turned and ran after me, cursing me as we ran. A few minutes later we burst from the trees and since I was looking over my shoulder at Edward I didn't see Emmett and so I ran right into him. He grabbed me by the shoulders to keep me from falling over.
"Whoa there little sis, what's all this racket?" I didn't get a chance to answer because Edward charged out of the trees and ran towards us.
"Good Emmett you got her now hold her down! You're going to pay you little devil." I turned to run into the house but Emmett grabbed me by the collar and held me in place. I looked up at him in fright, thinking that he might actually let Edward hurt me but he smiled down at me and winked. However, before Emmett could stop him Edward crashed into me and we feel to the floor. His eyes were jet black and they were murderous. He raised his fist and said,
"You're going to pay!" I scowled brought my knee up and hit him in the groin. We vampires may have been as hard as steel but when a vampire hit a male vampire in the groin it still hurt. Edward grunted and fell over sideways groaning. Emmett shook his head,
"You shouldn't have done that Hitomi, that really hurts you know?" I got to my feet and glared down at Edward who was still on the floor but I could tell that the pain was fading.
"It'll pass." Edward got up and glared at me. Emmett stepped in between us and asked,
"All right, what is the problem?" Edward glared at me and said,
"She wrecked my CD player and knocked down my whole CD collection. It's going to take me hours to put them back up." I glared right back at Edward and said,
"I didn't do it on purpose, I was playing racquetball and I missed the ball, it was an accident." Emmett turned to Edward and said,
"Come on Edward, she didn't do it on purpose you can't get mad at her for that. I'm sure if you had given Hitomi a chance she would have apologized." I opened my mouth to protest but Emmett shot me a warning look and I closed my mouth. Emmett continued. "I'm sure that Hitomi would have offered to pay for the CD player and help you put back all of your CD's.
"WHAT!" I looked up at Emmett in disbelief. There was no way in hell I was going to do that. Emmett gave me a pleading look and I consented. I could never say no to Emmett. I sighed and nodded. Emmett smiled and turned to Edward.
"See," Edward still looked mad but he nodded.
"Fine, let's go Hitomi; we have a lot of work to do." I frowned but followed without saying a word. Emmett watched us go with a look of satisfaction on his face. He probably thought that he was so smart to have stopped a fight before it broke out. He was wrong. Edward and I hadn't been working for more than five minutes before we started yelling at me. We had put the shelves up and were putting the CD's back and of course Edward had his organized in a stupid way. He had them arranged by year and then personal preference with in that frame. Of course I didn't know Edwards personal preference and since I didn't listen to most of his music I wasn't sure which album was made in 1999 or 1932. I just began to put the CD's on the shelf at random. Edward of course noticed and began yelling at me.
"YOU DON'T PUT LINKIN PARK NEXT TO QUEENS! THEY FROM DIFFERENT YEARS!" I glared at him and yelled back,
"DON'T YELL AT ME! HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO KNOW WHERE TO PUT YOUR STUPID CDS? YOUR ORGANIZATION SKILLS ARE STUPID!" He gave me a black look!
"THE WAY I ORGAINZE MY CD'S IS NOT STUPID! IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE!" I glared back completely exasperated by now.
"YOU'RE AN IDIOT! NO ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND A CD IF THEY ORGANIZED IT THE WAY YOU DO!" Edward roared and yelled,
"I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU GET OF MY ROOM! I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!" I snapped and threw the CD's that I was holding at Edward not caring if they broke or not. Edward caught them but yelled at me again,
"DON'T THROW THESE THEY'RE FRAGILE YOU IDIOT!" I went to the door wrenched it open and yelled back,
"YOU'RE THE MOST ANAL PERSON IN THE WORLD! HAVE FUN ORGAINIZING YOUR STUPID MUSIC! I HOPE IT TAKES YOU ALL ETERNITY SO I NEVER HAVE TO SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN!" I slammed his door shut so hard that the house shook and with the sound of a crash and Edwards roar of anger I knew that the shelves that we had put up had fallen down again. With a satisfied smile on my face I went to my room and closed the door. With my acute hearing I could hear Carlisle and Emmett downstairs. Carlisle had just gotten home and was asking Emmett,
"I thought you said that you took care of them. From the sound of it, their fight just got worst." Emmett sighed,
"I thought if they worked together that maybe they would resolve their differences, I guess it didn't work." Esme answered back, I guess she had heard the whole thing as well.
"Those two will only resolve their differences over time. Carlisle do you want to take Edward and I take Hitomi?" Carlisle must have nodded because the next thing I hear is Esme knocking on my door.
"Hitomi dear can I come in?" Behind her I heard Carlisle knock on Edwards door and ask the same question. Edward and I both answered at the same time.
"Sure," Esme entered my room and I saw Carlisle enter Edwards. Oh, did I mention that Edwards room and mine were across from each others? No? Well now you know. Anyway, Esme came into my room and perched on the side of my bed. I sat up looked at her.
"I'm sorry Esme, I really do try to get along with Edward it's just we end up pushing each others buttons. Also it doesn't help that Edward has a horrible temper and holds grudges." Right when I said that I heard Edward roar from across the hall,
"I'll never get along with her Carlisle! She's a pest!" I winced,
"See?" Esme smiled and patted my hand.
"Don't worry dear, I'm sure that Edward will come around soon. I think what he finds difficult is the fact that you and him are very much alike." I scowled,
"I think your wrong Esme, Edward and I are nothing alike." Esme smiled and said,
"Oh really? Lets see, you both have horrible tempers, you both care deeply for your family and friends. You're both overly active and to tell you the truth dear, you also hold grudges just like Edward." I shook my head.
"I don't believe it." Esme sighed and patted my shoulder.
"Well, only time will tell." I shook my head but didn't say anything. Esme smiled and said,
"At least go apologize to him dear, he may look mad but I'm pretty sure he would appreciate it if you were sincere." I sighed in defeat, Esme was always right and you could never go wrong when you followed her advice. Just then I heard Carlisle say
"Edward lets go for a walk, you need to let off some steam." Edward consented and they were gone. An idea formed in my mind and I perked up.
"Will you excuse me Esme? I just got an idea on how to apologize to Edward." Esme smiled and nodded. I jumped up and zoomed out of my room heading toward the family room. I was in luck, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper and Alice were all there. I screeched to a halt in front of them. They all looked at me, Alice smiled,
"Let me guess you want our help to put Edwards room to rights?" I smiled at my sister, her power to see into the future was useful at times.
"You bet, since you have all been with Edward longer than I have I thought that maybe you could help me put his CD's back. Also Rosalie is the best carpenter in the family so I want to ask if you can make some shelves that won't fall no matter how much weight you put on it. Can you do that for me Rosalie, please?" Rosalie smiled and got up.
"I'm already on it little sis." I turned to Alice and smiled at her
"You're the fastest driver and I know how much you like to shop, if I gave you the money would you go and buy Edward a new CD player?" Alice giggled and nodded,
"Sure, also I know the perfect one." I smiled reached into my pocket pulled out my wallet and handed it to her.
"Buy only the CD player Alice no clothes or anything else you might see while you're shopping." Alice put on a pout but smiled and nodded,
"Will do," She ran out of the house and later I heard the sound of squealing wheels on the pavement. I turned to Emmett and Jasper and asked,
"Will you two help me fix Edwards window?" My two older brothers smiled and nodded. Jasper headed toward the garage.
"I'll get the glass panels that Alice bought yesterday." I blinked,
"Alice bought glass panels? Why?" Jasper raised an eyebrow and I smiled sheepishly.
"Right, she saw what was going to happen," Jasper smiled and went to go get the glass panels. Emmett and I went upstairs to look at the damage. Emmett took one look at the room, ran downstairs and came back with plastic bags and a broom. We swept up the glass and threw away Edwards broken CD player. There was a hole right in the middle where my ball had hit it after it bounced off the shelves. Emmett looked at the CD player and shook his head.
"You have one mad swing Hitomi," I smiled sheepishly and shrugged,
"Practice," He chuckled and we went back to cleaning up the mess. When we finished cleaning up the broken glass Jasper came in with the glass panels and the other materials we would need to fix the window. I helped him take the broken shards of glass out of the window and then put the new one in its place. Rosalie came in next with the shelves and we all helped put them up. Then we began to organize the music. Emmett and Jasper helped the most because they had borrowed the most amount of CD's from Edward and they were familiar with the bands so they helped me put the CD's back. Rosalie helped me with the 50's music because she was a big fan of 50's music and she knew all the bands and since Edward like 50's music as well she knew his personal preferences. By the time Alice came back with the new CD player we were almost done putting the CD's up. Alice blinked when she came in and smiled,
"It's true what they say, many hands make light work." We all laughed and went over to help her with the CD player. Alice was a wiz with electronics and so we had it hooked up and going in no time. I stood up and looked around. Edward's room was back to normal except that he hand a brand new CD player that was much better than his old one. I hope he appreciated it because from what Alice told me it cost me around a thousand dollars.
When Emmett put the last CD in place we heard the sound of the downstairs door close and we all knew that Edward was back. Everyone gathered in the middle of the room waiting for Edward to come into his room and see the surprise. I got a sudden urge to leave, I didn't want Edward to know that it was me who asked me to did all of this or that I hand in doing it. So while everyone was whispering excitedly I quietly opened Edwards window climbed down and jumped to the ground landing like a cat and then sprinted off into the woods. I felt a pair of eyes follow me from the direction of the kitchen I turned and waved to Esme who was the one watching. She smiled and waved back. I turned and sprinted into the forest.
Right in the middle of the forest that surrounded our house was a very large tree that hid me from the sun but let me have a great view of the Olympic National Park from its highest branches. It was my place to come and think and be alone. I climbed the branches all the way to the top and perched on my favorite branch. I sat like this for a few hours watching the sunset behind the mountains and then I watched the moonrise into the dark night sky. It was a clear night for once and I was able to see all the stars in the sky.
Out here whenever the rain stopped and the skies cleared you could see the stars so clearly. I sat and looked for my favorite constellations. I sat in my tree all night and I saw when the rain clouds crept up behind the mountains and crossed across the moon throwing the world into an inky darkness. I sighed and climbed down from my tree and slowly walked back home. In the middle of all the darkness the house was a haven with all its lights on and the shadows of everyone in the windows I smiled and ran the rest of the way home. I entered threw the kitchen door and spotted Esme. She turned when I came in and a smile lit across her face.
"Welcome back Dear, how was your walk?" I smiled and hopped onto the counter.
"Very nice, since the sky was so clear I was able to see the stars for once." Esme smiled and perched beside me.
"I use to look at the stars when I was human and wonder and wish for a love that would last forever." I giggled and said,
"I guess the power of the stars gave you your wish didn't they Esme?" Esme smiled brightly and said,
"I suppose they have." We giggled together and then Carlisle came in saw the two of us and smiled.
"What are you two giggling about?" Esme and I looked at each other and fell into another fight of giggles. Esme composed herself and went over to Carlisle and embraced him.
"Oh nothing dear," I smiled. I was so happy for Carlisle and Esme, they had found each other on this world and now they would be together for eternity. Carlisle smiled lovingly down at Esme and then looked at me.
"That was a very nice thing you did for Edward Hitomi," I smiled and placed my fingers to my lips.
"He doesn't know it was my idea does he?" Carlisle shook his head and smiled,
"No Alice knew ahead of time that you didn't want to be mentioned so we all lied but, you know Edward he probably already knows what with his special abilities." I smiled and giggled,
"Well if he asks I'll deny it. He may be able to read my mind but I have learned how to shield my thoughts from him when I want to." Carlisle chuckled and I hopped down from the counter gave Esme and Carlisle a hug and then ran upstairs to my room. I spotted Edward coming out of his room. I zoomed past him into my room, closed the door and locked it. I then put on my head phones and put on a CD and pretended not to hear the knock on my door.
The next morning I got up early and got ready for school then I sprinted downstairs hollered a good bye to everyone in the house and headed to the garage to get my bike. However, when I entered the garage Edward was there leaning against his car. I smiled and greeted him.
"Good morning annoying brother of mine." Edward frowned but it disappeared and he smiled back and said,
"Good morning annoying little sister of mine." I snorted and went over to the shelf where my helmets were kept.
"Is there something you want Edward?" I grabbed my favorite helmet and turned around. Edward had a serious look on his face and said,
"I wanted to thank you for what you did yesterday." I had a feeling this was probably the reason he was here. I quickly put a reign on my thoughts and raised an eyebrow.
"What did I do yesterday? I don't think I did anything worth being thanked for. Unless you're talking about trashing your room?" Edward frowned and said,
"I'm not stupid Hitomi I read Emmett's mind and found out that it was your idea to fix my room." I raised my eyebrows and said,
"Someone fixed your room? Wow that was nice of them, but let me tell you Brother Dearest it wasn't me." Edward looked completely frustrated now and growled,
"I'm trying to thank you Hitomi why don't you just admit that you did something nice for me and accept my thanks." I smiled and said,
"If I did that Brother Dearest I would loose my title of your extremely exasperating little sister." Edward let out a yell of exasperation.
"You're so exasperating." I smiled and climbing onto my bike I said,
"Good, that's what I was shooting for. See you later big brother." And with that I put on my helmet gunned the engine and zoomed out of the garage.
Edward didn't speak to me the whole day and I smiled in satisfaction. At lunch he sat with Bella and glared at me from across the lunchroom. I smiled and twiddled my fingers at him. His glare deepened and I turned away. The rest of the day was uneventful and Edward and I didn't get into a fight…until the next day. It was Friday and everyone was getting ready to go hunting. I was plopped down on the sofa reading one of Rosalie's many magazines. Carlisle came over and asked,
"We're all leaving Hitomi, we should be back in a few hours, you sure you don't want to come along?" I looked up from my magazine and smiled,
"No thanks Carlisle I feel like just staying home today." He smiled and consented. He headed out the door and joined everyone outside. I waited till I could no longer sense them and then ran upstairs to my room. I closed my door and grabbed my electric guitar, plugged it into the amp and turned on my Rascal Flatts CD. I waited for the CD to load and when the music came on I brought my hand down hard on the strings and played along to the CD.
I usually didn't get the chance to play my guitar with my favorite CD's because my instrument was a very loud instrument and Edward despised my music just as much as I despised his. I began to sing along so I didn't hear the banging on my door. However, I did hear when Edward began playing some dumb 70's music. I walked over to the amp and with my toe turned the volume up and grabbing my remote for the CD player turned the music up till I had drowned out Edward's music.
Everything was fine after that, until Edward's music began to drown mine out. I raised the volume again and continued playing my music. If I had known that getting Edward a new more powerful CD player would result in what happened next I would never have bought it for him. Edward always got to blare his music but I never did because I knew not everyone in the family liked my music so to be considerate I never played it loudly. However, no one was home except me and Edward, and damn it I was going to play my music as loud as I wanted for once. If he didn't like it he could leave.
I think Edward was in the same state of mind because once again his music soared over mine. I growled and turned the music up again. The volume knob was almost turned all the way over. The walls began to shake and the glass in the windows began to rattle. Edward turned his music up to full volume and I did as well. I sensed my family returning and began to turn the music off. Edwards music and mine were still blarring when the earsplitting crash thundered threw the house. I quickly pushed the off button and raced downstairs to see what had happened, Edward right behind me. When we got to the living room we saw the damage. The large window at the back of the house the one that covered the entire back of the house had completely shattered. I starred in disbelief and Edward was silent for awhile but then he rounded on me.
"This is all your fault! Carlisle's going to be so mad." I turned sharply and glared at him.
"My fault? I was just playing my music you're the one who started the battle of volume! I just wanted to play my music loud for once." I jabbed my finger at him to emphazise my point. "However, you never let me because you're such a brat." Edward glared,
"No one wants to listen to that garbage you call music." I gave him a threatening glare.
"My music isn't garbage, it's some of the purest music there is not one wants to listen to that depressing crap you listen to." Edward would have turned red if he could have. He was seething and I smirked. Making Edward mad was still always entertaining. My smirk threw him over the edge and he charged. I crouched and pounced. I grabbed his arm and flipped him over on his back. He fell hard. I flipped into the air away from him and landing on my feet a few feet away. Edward got to his feet and glared at me with murderous eyes.
"You'll pay for that!" I smirked and got into a fighting stance and grinned.
"You can try Brother dear but I've studied Martial Arts for over 50 years. You can't beat me." Edward charged again. I jumped and flipped over his head and landed behind him. I then grabbed his arm and flipped him over my knee and sent him crashing into the sofa. He got up and this time was too fast for me and he knocked me down. I cursed and struggled to get out of his grasp. Edward glared at me and raising his hand punched me in the jaw. I saw stars, I blinked and glared at Edward and I punched him in the eye. He reeled back shock on his face but then it turned into anger and pretty soon we were rolling on the floor throwing punches at each other. Edward had me pinned under him and was throwing punch after punch but I was lucky I was blocking all his punches and I got a punch in every once in awhile. However, when I was getting ready to punch Edwards other eye someone grabbed Edward off of me. I jumped up and charged at him however someone held me by the arms. I struggled and I saw the Edward was struggling too.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Edward and I both stopped struggling and we both turned toward Carlisle. We starred in fear because we had never seen Carlisle yell like that before. He took a deep breath and pointed to the now gapping hole at the back of the house where the wall of glass use to be.
"Could one of you please explain this?" Edward and I pointed at each other and said at the same time.
"She/he did it!" We turned and glared at each other and said at the same time again.
"I did not! It was your fault!" I muttered a string of Japanese profanities under my breath and said,
"Don't you dare blame this one me. I wasn't the one who wanted to compete with you on who can play their music the loudest. I just wanted to play music without headphones for once. You could have just left the house if you didn't want to hear it!" Edward glared at me and said acidly,
"This is my house too Hitomi, I have every right to play my music as high as I want." This was the last straw, I was mad and really hurt if I could have I would have been crying and I'm pretty sure that when I spoke everyone heard the unshed tears in my voice.
"It's not fair Edward! You get to play your music as high as you want because everyone loves your music. I don't have that luxury because I know everyone doesn't like my music so I play my music low so no one can hear it. Why can't you be considerate for once? Why am I always the bad guy?" I jerked out of whoever's grasp was holding me and ran to my room slamming and locking the door. I looked at my CD player and its set of high tech headphones and snorted in disgust. I didn't want to be in my room. I climbed out my window jumped to the ground and sprinted in the direction of my tree in the middle of the forest. I rushed up the branches and sitting on my favorite branch, hugging the massive trunk I let all the sobs out but no tears.
I cried my tearless cry until I was exhausted and my throat began to ache. Letting go the tree trunk I took a few deep breaths and looked at the world around me. It was raining of course it always rained here, everything green and gray. I sighed I missed home, not my home here in Forks but my home in Japan. I missed the sun on my skin but most of all I missed the love of my human brother and sister. For once I let all of the depressing memories flood back and crash down on me like a hug wave in the middle of a violent storm.
It was my 45th birthday and I was a little concerned about seeing my brother Hiro and my sister Kana again after five years. I hoped that they would think that my ageless face was passable for plastic surgery. I was kneeling in the middle of the room when they both entered the room. I smiled at them and they looked shocked when they saw me. Kana spoke first. She had bloomed from a misfit child to a mature, hardworking, ambitious woman.
"Onee-san, it's good to see you and looking so well." I smiled at her,
"Kana-Chan, you've grown-up so much. May I congratulate you on your engagement?" Kana giggled and nodded, "My smile brightened and I said teasingly.
"What's his name? And is he handsome?" Kana opened her mouth to reply but Hiro nudged her and shook his head. Kana closed her mouth and became silent. I inspected Hiro for the first time and I saw that his face was not welcoming his eyes were cold and distant. I smiled timidly and bowed to him.
"Hello Onii-san, I hope you are well." Hiro nodded and said,
"I'm fine thank you. This visit is not to be a pleasant one Hitomi." I looked at him and frowned slightly.
"Really, then why are you here Hiro? Did something happen to mother and father?" Hiro shook his head.
"No they're both fine, we are here because of a rumor that we have heard." I was confused, what rumor was he speaking of? I hadn't heard about any rumors.
"Oh? What rumor Onii-san?" Hiro scowled and said,
"The rumor about you," I blinked in surprise.
"Me? What rumor Onii-san?" His scowl became cold and hard.
"There is a rumor about you being a creature of the night. A creature that preys on innocent people and drinks their blood. The rumor about you being a damned creature cursed to roam this earth for eternity, drinking the blood of humans. The rumor of you being a vampire!" I gasped in disbelief. How had this rumor started? I never left the house. I didn't keep servants and I didn't hunt humans. How did my brother and sister find out? I searched their faces and saw the answers. Kana had very little to do with this, she only knew our brothers assumption, she hadn't heard the rumor. And as for the rumor. There was no rumor, Hiro only said that as an excuse, he probably hired a detective or some such person to follow me around and see what I was up to. I sighed in defeat and hung my head in shame.
"What you say is true Onii-san; I am a creature of the night, damned for all eternity. But…" I raised my head and looked at them both in the eye. "…I do not prey on humans. I have learned that taking the blood of the animal is just as good as that of a human. I am not a monster." Hiro's face turned from anger to disgust and Kana's face mirrored his. Hiro scooted back dragging Kana with him.
"Stay back monster, you are to stay here we have already called the necessary people to come and rid this world of you." I starred at him in horror,
"What do you mean?" Hiro scowled,
"You must be destroyed creature." I was speechless and then slowly the anger began to build up.
"You would do that to your own sister?" Hiro's scowl deepened,
"You are no sister of ours; you are a monster a plague upon this world." I shook my head,
"I'm not a monster! I'm your sister! I love and care about you! Don't you remember all that I've done for you!" Kana frowned and said,
"Just go away monster, having you linked to our family isn't good for our name." I crumpled to the floor covering my ears, my anger rising.
"Stop it! Stop it! I'm not a monster! I'm still your sister!" Hiro looked down at me in disgust.
"We have no sister." With that my anger boiled over and the next thing I knew I flew at Hiro and Kana and before they even had time to scream they were both dead. The anger made me lose my self control and when I came to my senses they were both on the floor cold and dead and all of there life's blood was flowing in me, completely sucking them dry.
I had run after that to Okinawa Island and there I mourned the death of my brother and sister and my part in it. I had hated myself, despised and hated myself to no end. Even to this day I hated myself for what I did and I would live with this pain for eternity, that was my curse.
When I snapped out of my revere it was pouring buckets and buckets. I was soaked threw and the rain fell down my face like tears. I turned my face up to the sky and let the rain fall on my face and roll down my cheeks like tears. The sky was helping me cry.
"If you were a human you would catch a cold." I looked down and saw Edward climbing up the tree. I frowned and asked,
"What are you doing here? How did you find me for that matter?" Edward gave me his famous half smile and perched on my branch next to me, hanging onto the branch above his head.
"I followed your thoughts." I shook my head,
"Liar, if you were at the house I would be out of range, that's the reason I like this tree so much, it's the one place I can truly be alone," I glanced at him sideways, "Well it use to be." Edward chuckled and said,
"Don't worry I won't take away your haven, we all need one." I smirked and said,
"Like your meadow?" His head snapped around and he frowned at me.
"How did you find out about the meadow?" I smiled,
"It was by accident, I was running when I heard voices and I found your meadow, you were there with Bella professing your love to her if I remember correctly." Edward glared at me and opened his mouth to yell a retort but he caught himself, closed his mouth and for a moment was silent, regaining his self control.
"Don't push my buttons my Hitomi," I smiled and shrugged,
"So how did you really find my tree?" Edward looked away but not before I saw the sheepish look on his face.
"I followed the sound of your voice." I frowned.
"My voice? But I haven't said a…" I stopped short when I understood what he meant. He hadn't followed my voice he had followed the sound of my sobbing. I looked away so he couldn't see the embarrassment on my face.
"Oh, so you heard that?" Edward nodded and turned to me.
"Did I hurt you that much Hitomi?" I sighed and looked down at the forest floor.
"It wasn't really you that caused me all that pain, what you said was what unleashed the floodgates. I had a lot of pain bottled over the years and it just all came out." Edward scowled,
"What did you do?" I looked at him uncertainly, could I really trust him with my secret? I hadn't even told Carlisle. I shook my head.
"You don't want to hear it." Edward raised an eyebrow,
"Come on little sis. I'm your big brother you can trust me." I winced at the word brother. But his voice was so sincere that I decided to tell him anyway.
"Fine but if you don't despise me more after this it'll be a miracle." Edward twisted around until he was facing me. I relaxed my shoulders and placed my hands on my lap and not looking at him I began my story.
"I came from a very wealthy family in Japan, and while I was a human I was happy. I had two loving parents and an older brother that I worshipped and a little sister that I adored to death. I had everything that I could ever want." I smiled sadly,
"I guess you could say I was very much like you Edward." I shook my head and continued.
"When I was 18 I was just about to graduate from High School and I was taking cram classes at night getting ready for the entrance exams for College. It was December so it was cold. I remembered what I was wearing, it was my school uniform, a red plaid skirt and white button up blouse and my read school blazer. I was also wearing my brand new coat that my parents had bought me the previous day for my birthday. It was off white and of the softest material. I was walking proudly down the street, not a care in the world. I was near the train station when I heard the noise in the alley way. It was the most beautiful singing that I had ever heard. I was put into a trance like state and I followed the voice down the alley and when I reached the owner of the voice it was the most beautiful man I had ever seen in my whole life. He was tall, very muscular a disarray of beautiful brown hair. His smile was so alluring, that I was drawn in. The next thing I'm aware of his this excruciating pain beyond anything I had ever felt before. I could feel my life fading but then the vampire stopped and looked down at me and smiled.
"You are a beauty aren't you? It would be a waist to rid this world of your beauty, I think I will spare your life. I will see you again little one, for we will meet again." I looked up at Edward and I saw that his face was curious waiting for me to go on. "I managed to get home without yelling and screaming in pain but I did get a lot of weird, concerned looks on my way home and it wasn't until I got home that I noticed that my brand new jacket was soaked with blood." I shuddered at the memory of the blood stained coat. I paused and continued,
"Lucky for me my parents were in the parlor and didn't see me come home. I went upstairs to my room and pretending I was sick I stayed home until the three days were over. Those three days were the most horrible of any of my lives. The pain was unbearable and not being able to utter a single sound, made it that much harder." I said this in a rush not wanting to reminisce on the pain.
"However the three days went by and the pain ended and faded and I woke up with such a horrible thirst for blood it frightened me. I was lucky that we had a large park behind our house and that there were no humans around at the time the thirst hit. The sent of a passing pack of wolves over powered me and I went after them, devouring the whole pack. I was also extremely lucky that the park was overly populated so I was able to satisfy my thirst in the park and I never once took the blood of a human. I went back to my normal life in a week; I went back to school and cram school. I took the entrance exam and got into college. I went to college and started anew. I hid myself in unfashionable clothing and since I had the power of illusion I tricked my family into thinking that I didn't look unusual. Little by little I let the illusion fade so it looked like I was growing and changing at a normal rate. I got colored contact so I could hide the fact that my eyes were now a different color. Life went on, I graduated college and moved out of the house and got a night job teaching at a university. However, my anger intensified after my transformation. Whenever I got mad it was horrible black rage that couldn't be stopped. Oh how I wished I had learned how to stop the anger."
"Beside the anger issues everything went well for 23 years but then on my 45th birthday everything changed." I paused and closed my eyes; I took a deep breath and went on.
"My brother had become worried about me over the years when I stopped coming to family reunions and New Years. I never called or visited and so worried about my welfare he hired a private detective. I found this entire story out from a friend of his. Anyway, the detective had followed me on one of the days that I hunted and terrified he ran back to my brother and told him." I could feel my face twist in pain as I told the rest of the story.
"He visited me on my birthday with my little sister Kana. He accused me of being a vampire and told me that it was his duty to rid the world of a monster like me." I heard Edward gasp, I continued, the pain creeping into my voice. "My sister Kana agreed with my brother and said for the good of the family I must be destroyed. My anger boiled over and…" My voice faltered as I starred straight ahead in horror.
"My anger took over and the next thing I knew they were both dead." I feel silent and let the pain pass then continued.
"I hated myself after that, everyday I'm repentant for what I did, and that is the reason I'm so annoying toward you Edward." I turned to face him and I saw surprise on his face.
"What?" I went back to looking over the park and continued.
"My temper back then was just as bad as yours Edward; I noticed it when we first met. I don't want you to make the same mistake as me. We are constantly surrounded by fragile humans. You don't want to hurt one that you love in a rage." I looked at him.
"The hate and pain that you feel will never go away, and since we don't die you live with it for all eternity." Edward stared at me in disbelief, his jaw hanging open.
"What?" I snickered,
"You need to get your ears checked." Edward grinned but then he became serious.
"Have you told Carlisle all of this?" I nodded,
"Of course I have, I can't hide something that important from Carlisle I could never forgive myself if I lied to Carlisle." Edward was silent and I turned slowly to look at him. His face was thoughtful as he looked over the park. Eventually he turned back to me and said,
"Well we all make mistakes and I'm not saying that what you did was a good thing. It was really evil of you Hitomi," I winced. "But I can tell that you were really pained by what you did. I'm pretty sure that your brother and sister have forgiven you, I know I would." I smiled sadly.
"I'll never know," Edward clapped his hand onto my shoulder and grinned at me and I grinned back.
"Lets go home and help Carlisle and everyone else fix the window that we broke." I smiled at him,
"You said that we broke the glass, not that I alone broke it." Edward shrugged,
"I'm sorry that I said that to you Hitomi, I was mad and I shouldn't have said what I said. From now on I'm going to try to control my temper." I smiled brightly and gave my eldest brother a huge bone crushing hug.
"Glad to hear it, now lets get going." I jumped down from the tree and landed on my feet and waited for Edward. He looked at the distance shrugged and jumped down and landed next to me. He straightend and shook his head.
"If you were human you would have died." I laughed,
"Good thing I'm not human." We laughed and ran back to the house. Everyone was busy cleanining up the mess, when Edward and I entered the house everyone looked at us. I took a deep breath and bowed.
"I'm really sorry everyone," Carlisle came over and patted my head.
"Don't worry about it Hitomi we all forgive you, we're just happy to see you happy again." I blinked innocently and asked,
"What? I wasn't happy?" Carlisle smiled,
"That's our Hitomi." I smiled and looked at my family, my true family and smiled contently. No matter what I did, what I became I knew that this family would always love me.