Author Note: Here is the sequel! I had a hard time with this; I took a break from Twilight for a while before really starting this again. I would also like to mention if you haven't read Vicariously Immortal, you probably should, otherwise this might be a tad confusing.

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Nostalgic Mortality (Sequel to "Vicariously Immortal")

Pairing: Kagome/ Edward (Cannon)

Summary: Kagome and Edward are still a couple and loving each moment they spend together. After graduation the Cullen's started the process of where to travel next, this time making sure Kagome has her own space. They move to Anacortes, where the people are instantly surprised to see the new family, and all the students are in awe with how gorgeous the new students are. Attending school once again after so many years, and dealing with Alice already planning her wedding, good thing Kagome never sleeps. Their lives are thrown into chaos and confusion when they receive a letter from the Volturi requiring that Bella be changed soon, or they will take action.

Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story; everything belongs to the creators/ authors/ so on.


Nostalgic Mortality

Chapter 1: Take my Chances with You

Anacortes, Washington (14th October 2006)

Kagome sat in front of her window, in her own room. She had just finished her schoolwork, and was currently reading a bit. Edward and some of the others decided to go on a hunting trip the previous day, since she was still detoxing on demon blood, she was on a whole different schedule. So that had left her alone for a while.

The new school was interesting, they had moved to Anacortes a little after graduation, it was more like a port, so there were lots of boats to look at. There was also a camping place not too far away; so on sunny days so it could seem like they could go 'camping' like the family had done back in Forks.

Kagome sighed and closed her book, unable to read now with the thoughts running through her head.

She pushed her book to the side, so it rested on her bed, Kagome looked at her room that the Cullen's helped decorate for her. Tetsusaiga sat on a beautiful dark mahogany table, a place that was only reserved for the sword. Every once in a while the sword would pulse; it gave a clam aura, one which Jasper was drawn to.

The other few objects she had strewn about were ones she had collected over the years, mementos from Europe, America, and other places she had been. The largest item was the painting that Shippo had painted for her. After she received the gift, she instantly called Kouga, whom had given her Shippo's number.

She had called Shippo once or twice, he promised that he would visit her sometime, but nothing had happened so far.

His life was exciting; he traveled like she had over the years. The only difference was that he had dealt with demons around the world, while she stuck to the vampires.

Kagome sighed gently letting her eyes roam over her room once more, her eyes caught her jewelry box sitting on her desk with a few books and an old fashioned ink well with a feathered pen.

She got up from her comfy seat to walk over to the wooden box, a few important items sat in the velvet-lined box. Some of her mother's jewelry, along with Inuyasha's beads she still kept. She had rings and necklaces that she had found in her bedroom from when she was still human.

One of the most important things that she had in the box was a ring; her thin fingers reached into the box and gently picked up the beautiful ring. It was gold; thirteen brilliant cut diamonds were placed into the setting. All organized in a way so all the diamonds could be seen by anyone looking at it from above. It was an old fashioned setting, but she would have preferred it that way.

To say the least it was stunning.

Kagome slipped a gold chain through the ring and held it so she looked at the beautiful engagement ring hanging from it. It was Edward's mother's ring. It wasn't very long, but with how it was going between them, it would only be a matter of time before they would get married.

Edward had given it to her, saying that it was almost like a promise ring. He gave her a gold chain so she could wear his mother's ring around her neck until it could be official then it would be moved to her ring finger on her left hand.

Kagome smiled at the jewelry, she ran a finger over it, thinking about how she wished she could have met his birth family.

Taking only a second more to look at the piece of jewelry she slipped the necklace around her neck and reached behind with her hands to close the clasp. Her reflection looked back at her in the small mirror that was sitting on her desk.

Her golden eyes looked back at herself in the reflection, with that Kagome gently smiled and turned away to pick up her discarded book. She thought about her and Edward's relationship so far.

They had been having regular dates; they had also been intimate a few times. It was a large leap for them, Edward was old fashioned, and even though she wasn't a virgin, she was still inexperienced when it came to sex. It was partially that she never found anyone important enough to share that kind of serious relationship with, also she got a high from the adventure in Japan, she had no reason for being intimate with a man.

Her pale hand ran over the binding of the book, fingertips just grazing the object almost sensually. She stopped when she got to the bottom, her fingers falling off the edge and her hand brought down to her side.

"I wonder what Carlisle is up to" she commented looking at the book once more before elegantly making her way over to her bookshelf to place the object in it's rightful spot.

Kagome then walked to her door and opened it; she could hear Esme down in the living room, probably reading. Most of the family was gone aside from Jasper hanging around somewhere, and also Carlisle.

She closed her door quietly behind her and made her way down the stairs. As she walked she caught glimpse of the artwork with the family's caps from graduation, the ones from Forks now included in the piece.

Her feet carried her down the stairs, as quietly as a ghost would have. When she made it towards the living room she caught sight of the two physically oldest family members, quietly reading. Esme flipped through one of her romance novels, and Carlisle studied a medical book that she had bought him a few weeks prier.

"Hey" Kagome greeted the two while she walked into the space. Immediately she went to the sofa that Esme was sitting on. She then curled up at the corner of the furniture.

Carlisle's golden eyes looked up from his book "You get your homework done?" he asked her.

Kagome's lips curled into a smile "Yes father" she teased the older man. Well technically she was older, but who was truly counting. It was an odd set up, Edward saw Carlisle as a father figure, and she saw him as a brother. It was as if the nephew was dating the aunt. Though stranger things had happened to her in the past. Maybe it was just the worry that Edward would think it was too odd for his taste.

Carlisle let a laugh escape at Kagome's antics. "Looks like the rest will be home in the morning by the way" he relayed the information to the newest family member.

She nodded understanding that both Jasper, and herself would probably meet the family at school the next day. Without the other evil vampires, humans, werewolves, or demons, this new town was slightly boring. "Okay" she hummed out perfectly, ignoring Carlisle for a short moment. She focused her attention on Esme; the woman was truly a saint with how she dealt with the males in the family. Mostly Emmett, Jasper, and Edward's bickering and fighting.

She leaned over into her space, glancing at the words on the page to get an idea of where Esme was in her book. "Ooo" Kagome dragged out realizing that she was at a good spot.

Esme glanced up at Kagome for a moment to give her a smile in return for the obvious interest from her about her reading choice.

She smiled in return while she stood up, not wanting to hinder the two from reading their books anymore. "I'm going to go see Jasper," she announced smoothing out her small shirt. Her large sweat pants hung on her hips loosely and her hair was tied into a poorly pinned up look, making her look a lot less like an elegant and beautiful vampire but more so like a normal person.

"Alright" Carlisle spoke turning back to his book "might want to try your room".

Kagome nodded while she walked away, bringing a hand up beside her to give a simple farewell. She knew Jasper would probably be in her room; he had been in there whenever she wouldn't be in the space. He got that comforting feeling whenever he was around Tetsusaiga, and he was oddly drawn to it. It was a nice place for him to escape the harsh emotions that usually consumed him.

She was a pretty open person, usually letting anyone use her room whenever they really needed something. The only thing she wouldn't let them mess with was her Jewelry, Shippo's painting, and Tetsusaiga directly. She was the only vampire that had ever touched the demonic sword. She wanted it to stay like that too.

When she grew near her door she could immediately smell Jasper in her room. Reaching her doorknob she opened the door with her name on the front. The quiet vampire that she grew attached to was sitting on her ledge by the windows, the place she used as a "bed".

"Hey" Jasper spoke looking at her for a moment.

She smiled at the vampire, entering the room completely and closing the door slightly, leaving it open a crack. With all the lights on in her room it made the dark sky behind Jasper appear even darker. The moon was only a sliver of light in the sky; it would be the new moon soon, if not tomorrow. "Tetsusaiga telling you anything?" she asked him.

In ways Tetsusaiga could communicate with him, he could feel the emotions from the sword, and could really understand what the object could tell him. She had spent many times with Jasper in her room, speaking with the sword about Inuyasha and his father. They both had learned much about the emotional aspect of Feudal Japan.

She grew quite attached to the Hale family; she couldn't take the Cullen name technically (otherwise it would look odd dating another Cullen). She could neither take the Hale name, since she did not have the blond features that Jasper and Rose had, she decided to keep her Higurashi lineage.

Usually she would drift towards the Hale's, even though it technically wasn't her family name.

Maybe it was because she almost killed Jasper, or maybe he could understand Inuyasha's sword. It could even quite possibly have been his, and Rosalie's interest in her lifestyle, with drinking demonic blood and being drawn to that. The 'non Cullen's' all favored the smell and essence of demonic blood; maybe it was just a family thing.

"Nothing new" Jasper spoke, his arm that rested on the top of his knee flexed carelessly. He looked to the left of him, out into the empty darkness past the windows. "Did Carlisle say when they would be back?" the vampire asked his new sister.

Kagome nodded as she walked over to her windowsill bed. Jasper brought his leg up slightly so she was able to sit down across from him. "Sometime tomorrow morning" she answered his question.

The two sat in comfortable silence, most likely both thinking of their significant other, and the rest of the family who was away. Her and Jasper both had to feed a lot more often than the rest, so usually she would go hunt with Jasper instead of the others.

Alice was a wonderful woman for him. She guessed though, he would want breaks from her just as anyone would after being with someone so long. Even she at times would just lose it with Edward, and sometimes he would lose it with her. Fights about pointless things, if either he was reading her mind or some stupid reason like that.

She had a big blow up at him a few weeks ago, when she found Japanese language books in his room. The only way to keep her privacy from him was to use a language he did not know. So she got into a heated argument with him about learning her native tongue.

To say the least both refused to even look at each other for a few days. Everyone was on edge in the house. Certain family members, i.e. Emmett and Alice decided to choose sides. Well the family was momentarily split for sometime.

In the end, Edward offered to not invade her privacy by not learning what she was saying. Sometimes his curiosity was a bad thing between them. All relationships, no matter how much someone loved the other, they fought.

Jasper let a small laugh escape, one so soft she wasn't sure if she had just imagined it. "What?" she asked him curiously.

He smirked, one that could rival Rosalie's, "You might want Edward there to protect you tomorrow morning" he replied, going back to his more emotionless look.

Kagome rolled her eyes as she pushed his leg with her sock covered foot. "I don't need big bad Edward to protect me" she teased her new brother.

That was the other problem they had encountered when going into a new school. Since they were all beautiful vampires, the students would try to be with them. Everyone had people chasing after him or her. Rosalie probably had the most out of everyone. Herself though, well she had a more dedicated group of boys.

One freshman really followed her; he was sweet and nice. His personality was much like Houjou had been, much less forward though. Sure he followed her, maybe gave her things, but he never directly asked her out, probably because he was too shy.

"Don't worry" Jasper answered her comment, "I'll protect you" he joked with her momentarily.

Kagome smiled at Jasper, it was times like this when life was truly amazing. No fighting, killing, or hating, but a nice conversation between friends about the day that was to come.


Anacortes, Washington (14th October 2006- That Morning)

She pulled into the new school, her bright red and white Ford Shelby could be seen from anywhere in the parking lot. Many students went to look, on account she did not usually take her own car out, mostly the Jeep or Volvo was seen.

She turned the car off, and gracefully got out of the vehicle, Jasper did the same, but also lifting her backpack and his bag when he got out. The two from the Cullen family made their way into the building. As they walked a few of the students turned to gawk at them.

Kagome smiled at anyone who waved or greeted her, all while Jasper walked beside her quietly. Both her and Alice were the more friendly ones out of the vampires. She turned down one of the hallways, the shining tiled floors greeting the students that morning. She quietly spoke with Jasper as they both walked down the long hallway to get to their lockers. Since most of the family was in the same last period their lockers were by each other (on account that's how they assigned them). Jasper stopped by his a few down from where hers was. There was an abundant number of students in the last class there had to be a few people who shared lockers. Jasper shared with Edward while she shared with Alice. Both Emmett and Rosalie were in different classes all together.

Kagome continued to walk a bit further to open her locker and store her backpack that Jasper had handed her. She turned to the combination on her lock, and then lifted the handle on the locker making it swing open.

What met her gaze made her smile sadly and tilt her head to the side, her silky black hair swayed with the movement. On her shelf there was a pink carnation, a small card tied to the stem of the flower.

Pushing the books she wouldn't need that moment, and taking the ones she would need out Kagome left the flower there for a moment.

"Looks like he struck again" Jasper spoke up looking into the locker at the flower that was obviously left for Kagome. The vampire reached in and plucked the carnation out of her locker as she store the rest of her items.

Kagome leaned back against the rest of the lockers beside her; through her light shirt she could feel the coolness of the metal. "Was there any doubt?" she joked picking the flower from his hands and reading the half closed card tied with a white ribbon to the stem.

I like you.
Love Jeremy

"Subtle" Jasper sarcastically spoke as he caught glimpse of it. As he stood by his sister he glanced up to see the boy who had left the flower, looking past some of his friends that were talking with him. Almost trying to gauge Kagome's reaction.

Kagome caught his stare and turned to see Jeremy looking across the hall. He was seriously like a copy of Houjou, the repeated attempts at trying to 'woo' her. He never seemed to take a hint, though she never really flat out rejected him similar to how she kept putting off Houjou.

Their attention was caught by the sound of their family arriving at school. Edward's silver Volvo was grabbing the interest of the students who lingered outside, and the two vampires inside could hear the whispers.

Even though the time away from the rest of the family was good, she was glad for Edward and the others to be back. Kagome caught a glimpse of the rest of the Cullen's through a window that was further down the hallway; they entered the school knowing that both Jasper and her were inside of the building by now.

"Seems like he isn't too happy" the vampire beside her spoke up.

Kagome looked at Jasper, noticing that he grew tense and his eyes were directed towards Jeremy's direction. She followed his gaze and noticed that the freshman was glaring at her current boyfriend when he entered the school.

Just great, so he was a Houjou with a jealous problem.

She heaved a heavy sigh; she closed her eyes and brought a hand up to push some of her bangs out of her eyes. Hopefully the whole day wouldn't be like this.

Kagome opened her eyes when she could feel the family get close enough to her and Jasper. Her eyes caught Edward's and he calmly walked up to her and cupped a strong hand on her jaw. His thumb brushed against her cheek as he gave her a rather forceful kiss. Soon the kiss broke; it was nothing too bad, just a simple greeting.

"Good to see you again" she spoke when they separated. Edward's hand left her jaw and slowly fell back to his side.

Edward was smiling for a moment, but then frowned when he looked down to her hands, the pink carnation was held loosely. "Nice to see you as well" he spoke finally as he plucked the flower from her pale hands. He held it for a moment and then smirked at his own thoughts. "You and Jasper have fun?" he asked her before turning away and looking at the rest of the 'Cullen's'. Most had left for class already, knowing that Edward would want to be with Kagome. Well after their few days of teasing and poking fun at Edward he did deserve some kind of privacy.

She leaned back against some of the lockers, and watched as he continued to smile at her with the flower still gripped in his hands. "Yes…" she trailed off wondering what he was up to. "It was nice and quiet around the house," she continued when he didn't speak up.

Edward just nodded. His hand went up beside her and shut the locker that remained open when Alice placed what she needed away. The metal was slammed with a bang, and some students decided to look in the direction of Kagome and Edward.

Oh no, he was ticked.

"How about we get to class?" Edward asked her, but it left no room for disagreement.

Kagome nodded and hoped he didn't do something to the human boy who was vying for her attention. "Please don't do anything," she pleaded quietly, wanting this day to be over already.

A bitter smile made it's way onto his face as he led her down the hall and towards the direction of the boy who had left the gift. "I'm just going to return the item that he had seemingly lost" Edward spoke the sentence so eloquently that she was sure he truly believed that was what he was going to do.

She bit her lip, as they grew closer to Jeremy, the human boy's stare was directed towards Edward, and the vampire's towards the boy. Edward wasn't a horribly jealous person, but he knew that the affections of the boy were bothering her.

Edward got close enough to Jeremy that the boy's friends were now looking towards the vampire. Kagome wanted to go hide in a corner. She hated stuff like this, even back when she was human.

"I believe you misplaced this Jeremy" Edward replied holding the pink carnation out to the boy, to put salt in the wounds Edward snapped the stem of the flower with his thumb, barely moving his hand to do so. "I don't think we will be finding another one of these in Kagome's locker will we?" he asked as the boy grabbed the flower.

"No" he stated looking towards Edward "I apologize" he stated taking the broken flower back and only spent a moment looking at Kagome.

She felt sorry for Jeremy; he really didn't cause much harm. "Did you have to be like that?" she asked her boyfriend when they walked away from the freshman. Edward now had a small smile plastered on his face, probably proud that he was able to intimidate the human boy.

"Yes" he simply stated moving to place a hand on the small of her back to lead her towards their first class.

She stopped instantly and pulled him over to the side by a set of empty space. "He wasn't doing anything wrong" she spoke so low others by them had a hard time at even hearing what was being said.

Edward's eyebrows knitted together "You did want him to stop though" he stated knowingly.

Kagome narrowed her eyes, "Fine whatever lets just get to class," she stated quickly tugging on his hand to continue their walk to class.

Now he grew playful "No no no" he dragged out pulling her back to him "you wanted to talk about this first" Edward joked with her.

She didn't say anything but waited for Edward to continue speaking. When he just blatantly stared at her she sighed and spoke up "I am just disappointed in the way you handled it". Kagome continued to talk as he listened to what she had to say, "You didn't have to break the flower; I thought it was rather cute".

Edward frowned at her but then smiled teasingly "So you want a flower?" he asked her. Obviously understanding what she was annoyed about, but deciding to avoid what he had done. The boy had deserved a reality check anyway.

She rolled her eyes and tugged on his jacket to get going "Yes" she stated sarcastically "I wanted a flower" she finished the sentence.

Edward followed her and brought his hand back up to rest at the small of her back, his thumb occasionally running over the cloth of her shirt as they continued back down the hall. "Then for tonight's date I'll bring you a flower," He whispered to her, the rest of the student body oblivious to the conversation that they were having.

He gently led her towards their American History classroom. "A Calla Lily" she simply stated, knowing he would have brought her one anyway. It was one of her favorite flowers after all.

Edward laughed a bit at her demanding tone, she was trying to behave as though she was still angry with him, and he knew that wasn't the case though. "Alright" he agreed to her demands.

She flashed a bright smile his way, and he knew why he put up with her antics. Sometimes she was even a handful for him to deal with, but some of the times he spent together with her were enough to keep him realizing why she was in love with her. A sparkle around her neck flashed in his direction and he saw his mother's ring around her neck. He couldn't wait until he could see the piece of jewelry on her finger.

"So where are we going for our date?" she asked him as they walked into the classroom. Some of the class was filled and there were some stragglers lagging behind.

Edward only flashed some of his teeth in a smirk "That" he stated softly "is a surprise".


A/N: I know I usually don't do notes at the end, but I wanted to just mention quickly that there will be no updates for anything until mid December I suspect. I have so much schoolwork to do right now. I thought it would be nice to at least update this sequel before the end of the year though Haha. Actually this one was the furthest along with being completed! So there ya go! Hope you enjoyed!

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