Falling Inside the Black
Summary: "She has Edward. That's who she loves! Not you!" He gripped her wrists and she looked up at him, her eyes were begging him, pleading for him not to leave her. "You're not my imprint, Nozomi."
Pairings: Jacob/OC Paul/OC Leah/OC
S/N: Caffiene : Jeff Williams is ideal for this chapter
Chapter 2:
They hunted the same things.
Would they kill her for being on their lands?
Would they kill her for hunting their prey?
That would be super rude if they did.
Jacob followed the scent and it stopped at the edge of a clearing, where he peered through it with a snarling look on his face. Jacob had found his reason for fighting harder, Nozomi. She was his imprint and he had to keep her safe. She was so small and fragile looking, that his instincts chuckled to himself, she was such a soft spoken girl he couldn't even imagine her getting hurt. That left a sour taste in his mouth, something he didn't want.
His eyes darted to a movement in the trees.
'Jake. Did you see that?' Leah asked. He nodded his large head and growled at the clearing, his eyes saw the woman that he used to fawn over. Leah snorted, like he didn't still fawn over her. Bella. Nozomi sat on a branch in a crouch before she jumped off and sailed downward. The wind rushed passed her and her eyes narrowed on the dark skinned man with the dreads. Laurent.
She finally understood her orders in its entirety. Protect Isabella Swan. She had read somewhere in her reports about her. She shook her head before the male turned to her and she ran her tanto blades through his arms, the appendages dropping to the ground. She landed in a crouch and he snarled at her before turning and running off into the woods. The ninja didn't pause to look at the girl when she saw the wolf males come out of the tree lining. Despite her orders, she didn't care for the girl. And she had good reason not too. She smirked pushing more ninpo into her feet pursuing the male with a determined look on her face.
He was fast. She jumped from tree to tree before she sailed through the air. She had caught his scent quickly and kept it but she refused to fail this mission. Nozomi jumped over the trees he tried to knock her off course with. Even with accelerated healing he knew if she caught him, it was over. She jumped and sailed over him before he skidded to a stop and she pointed a blade at him. She glared at him, her darkened eyes almost glowing with her ninpo.
"Wait! You can't kill me!" He pleaded, if he could have lifted his hands, he would have.
"Oh I think I can. You're an abomination. You're kind goes against everything I believe in." Nozomi spoke coldly as she moved closer to him, her hips swaying.
His eyes widened as she lifted the sword above him before smirking.
"You're the lily ninja." The color drained from his face he was almost transparent.
"Seems I've made a name for myself. But you are correct. I'm glad that I will be the last thing you will ever see." Her heart thudded and she brought the sword down severing his head from his body. She chuckled as his head rolled to the ground. She hummed in pleasure before she turned and moved her hands through some hand signs before she made a circle in the air.
"Rage of Inferno." She started glowing a bright red before she turned and slammed her hands into the ground incinerating the body. She eyed the smoldering ash and turned before sheathing her swords on her thighs. Her ears picked up on a twig being snapped and she looked at the large creatures that emerged. Her eyes widened.
"Wolves?" She questioned herself, ah yes. The spirit warriors did take on the form of wolves to defeat the cold ones. One walked up to her cautiously with a growl passing its lips.
"I mean no harm to you spirit warriors, only the cold ones. They are my targets. You are the alpha are you not?" she spoke softly placing a hand on her heart. She was taking a risk here, she was sure she could get away if she used her ninpo but she would need a bit of time, especially after using the ring of inferno.
The one that seemed to be the leader nodded. She let out a sigh of relief before taking a step forward and offering her ungloved hand. He smelled her and motioned for her to pass her scent onto the others. As she moved to each wolf, she smiled gently before regloving her hand.
"If anything happens and you need help, you can find me by scent." She turned her head and met eyes with a beautiful russet wolf. He was gorgeous, not as gorgeous as her Jacob but he was close. She blushed before shaking her head. She waved her hand and jumped up vanishing in white lily petals.
=w=
The only lady wolf eyed the girl that had just vanished with a strange fondness, she smelled like this letter she got a few days ago. Her letter from her friend Lily pad, her eyes narrowed at the lily petals. Someone else was using her namesake as a get away. That wasn't right. Leah felt awful for not replying to the letters, but she didn't know what to say to the girl. Hey I turned into a wolf and I'm angry all the time so that's why I started to ignore your letters. Sorry?
Leah followed the pack but broke off to go home. Her thoughts were silent and that alone made the males worry just a tad. She was the only female wolf and she was quite a brash one. With short hair and determined features, she stood out in the pack quite a bit. She phased as she walked past a tree, getting her clothing and slipping it on. Walking into the house she made her way up the stairs to her room. She bit her lip and thumbed through her drawer before pulling out a letter.
She opened it and sat down to read it.
Dear Leah-Chan,
So since you live in La Push, I'll be coming to visit soon! Well. Not Visit more like live there. My Okaa-san died not too long ago so I have move to the states since the cost of living is lower! But I'll be moving very close to you; my Kaa-san knew some martial artists in your area and always told me if something happened to call them. So I did and they live in Forks! So I'll be moving soon. I'm really excited to be in the states. I'm sad I never get any letters back from you but I'll keep writing you until I get there. Then I'll find you and we can hang out. I hope nothing bad has happened to you. I was worried for a very long time when I didn't get any replies from you. Sigh. But it's okay, you're so strong I know you're alright! Um what else should I write here? I'm still not good at writing things, hehe. Oh! How's the pack and Seth doing? And who's this Bella you've been ranting about? She sounds so lame and boring. I'm really sorry about Sam, Leah. When I come down we can rant and rave all about how guys suck! Take me swimming too?
It'll be fun.
Til then,
Lilypad a.k.a Nozomi
P.S, Nozomi is my real name.
Leah put the letter down after wiping a tear from her face. She hadn't cried in a long time but this letter, from her only real friend. The one who she could probably spill all her secrets too and the female would still want to talk to her. The one girl she had ranted and raved too about Sam and Emily's betrayal and how she pleaded for her not to hate her cousin. Leah ran a hand through her short hair and let her head hit the desk before she sighed in frustration. That ninja had the same scent as the letter.
Could it be possible?
That the ninja was her friend Nozomi?
Anything was possible these days.
=w=
The next day Jacob woke up and stretched rubbing his eyes and getting ready for the day, he wanted to see her again. He didn't have to worry about most of his friends either since most of them couldn't go to class because of certain circumstances. He went through the motions of the morning before grabbing his bag and grabbing a sandwich. He waved to his dad and jumped into his Rabbit.
Starting it up he pulled out and began his drive to school. His eyes flickered to the tree line and he saw a blur of white and red before it stopped and a girl walked out. She was spitting a rap as she listened to her ipod and skipped in her little white sailor suit. Jacob pulled up next to her before chuckling.
"Need a ride Zomi?"
She blushed and dipped her head before tugging out a headphone walking towards the car. She opened the door before hopping it with a smile.
"Morning! You're a sweetheart Jacob."
"Call me Jake babe." He smirked looking at her with a chuckle. She blushed gently and turned her head away from him before his question made her snap her head up at him.
"So Zomi, where do you live? I can take you home if ya want."
She stilled and blinked owlishly at him, she didn't understand why she wanted to spill all her secrets to him but she couldn't. Not that she was living in a tent. Not that she was ninja. Not that she was killer. She had a feeling he would be very upset. She had no idea why but she didn't know what possessed her to say anything.
"The forest. I live around the forest." She spoke quietly as they arrived to the school. He turned off the rabbit and exited the vehicle before coming around and opening the door for her. She blushed and took his hand stepping out.
"Around? Where at?" He asked. She stammered for a reply to that.
"Uh well..." The bell rang and she jumped before turning and letting go of his hand before starting to run off. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a hug. A large warm hug, it was so nice, gosh she wanted to stay in his arms forever. Could she? Would they let her? It's all she wanted. She blushed and stepped back, straightening her sailor dress and looking at her mary janes.
"I'll see you in class Jake." She lifted her hand and turned before trotting off into the building. He had a lopsided smile on his lips before he turned to see some of his friends. Paul smirked at him.
"She's a cutie. Is she the one?"
"Yeah...She's the one."
She stopped at the door and turned to wave at him a beautiful smile on her lips. He watched as her beautiful red hair fanned out into the air as she looked at him. Before he knew it, she had went inside.
"Definitely." Jacob spoke with a smirk.
=w=
Nozomi walked the halls before making her way to the gymnasium; since she was late yesterday she didn't get a chance to check it out. She eyed the large letters across the hall and her footsteps carry her to the door. Nozomi pulled it open and was greeted with an empty court and a gush of air. She winced and looked around before spotting a door to the locker room. Entering, she looks to the door that is labeled Coach before poking her head in.
"Ano…I'm Nozomi, the new student?"
The older coach looks up at her with a smile, her light brown hair was graying and she had warm brown eyes. Something the Asian was not accustomed too. She was meeting a lot of people with kind eyes. Its hard to just accept that when a lot of people that looked at you, either wanted you dead or other not so good things.
"Welcome to La Push High. Do you have a set of gym clothes?" She asked her. Nozomi nodded her head, her short red hair bouncing.
"I have my gym clothes from my stay in Japan. I can acquire new ones if they are unacceptable."
"For being Japanese your English is very good." The woman complimented.
"I'm only half Japanese." Was all Nozomi said before she picked up a lock from the woman's hand and exiting the office. Walking to the lockers she opened it and placed her bag down. She set her gym clothes aside and stripped from her sailor dress. She kept her thigh high socks on, since they were the only ones she brought with her. She slipped on her gym bloomers and white sweater like top. She ran a brush through her hair and sighed happily. She loved sports, volleyball more than anything. Running a hand over her leg, she felt the scar there and looked away. She prayed no one asked about it.
"Nozomi right?" a voice spoke to her. The Japanese girl looked up at the voice and her eyes widened. She was beautiful, long black hair and green eyes with tan skin and slim body type. Nozomi rose an eyebrow at her and her smile was returned, this girl could be an excellent stealth agent with how she snuck up on the ninja that way.
"Hi, I'm Johanna. I'm in your English class." Nozomi gave her a smile and dipped her head in respect.
"It's nice to meet you." Nozomi spoke standing up and locking her locker.
"Would you like to hang out during gym with me?" Johanna asked shyly. She was timid almost but she was beautiful. Her timid nature seemed to hide something else and Nozomi was curious about it. This Johanna looked mysterious.
"Sure! I'd love too; I haven't made many friends yet." Nozomi confessed sheepishly rubbing the back of her neck before blushing. Johanna chuckled at that as they made their way to the bleachers. Johanna picked up a volley ball and held it to her chest before turning her head. The female was moving back and forth and up and down, like she was getting ready for something. Nozomi rose an eyebrow before Johanna pointed subtly to the opening of the gym.
"Lookie Lookie! It's the Quileute's." Nozomi turned her head and saw Jacob, her eyes widened as she looked at the marking on his arm. So he was apart of that tribe. Everything in her wanted to fly into his arms and nuzzle and love on him. The thought made her blush, that was new; not unwanted but it was still new. A sigh was heard and she looked up at Johanna, who looked at a fit woman across the room. She had short black hair and hard brown eyes. Copper skinned and tall, she was quite a pretty face.
"Johanna? What are you looking at?"
"Leah…Clearwater. She's so beautiful…" The girl sighed, taking a seat on the bleachers with a smile on her lips. Nozomi tilted her head and her eyebrows shot up. That was the name of her pen pal! Leah Clearwater. So that's who she was. That was easier than she thought. She thought she would have to infiltrate where they kept birth record and such to find the female. Stalkerish, yes. But whatever.
"You like her…that's so cute." Nozomi gushed. It really was. Leah Clearwater. Nozomi knew that name well, her pen pal was here. She flickered her red eyes to the girl across the court that had a scowl on her face before she chuckled at the thought.
It had to be her.
No one else had such a cute name or such an adorable face.
Jacob heard it. That cute laugh, he held the basketball in his hands before turning his head to the red head across the bleachers. He watched her stand up and stretched, her breasts were defined in that shirt and her toned stomach as her shirt rose up. She was laughing at something the girl next to her had said. He wondered if he could steal her right in the middle of this class and hide her away from the world. She was way too precious for just anyone to look at.
The couch whistled and declared that they were playing dodge ball. Johanna placed the volleyball back into the storage closet before joining Nozomi again. Nozomi smirked and Johanna let out a small whine, she personally didn't like dodge ball. She didn't have the reflexes for it. Johanna turned her head and caught the gaze of Leah Clearwater. The woman's eyes widened and she had a faint tinge of a blush on her copper cheeks. Johanna's face lit up in flame and she tugged Nozomi's sleeve.
"She's looking at me…" Johanna whimpered softly. Leah's lips then tugged into a smirk.
"Say something to her, Jo-chan." Nozomi thought that the solution was simple. As a ninja she was taught to be blunt and just speak her mind. She had to be straight forward.
"I can't…what if she laughs at me? Or or…" Johanna didn't have a good reason why Leah would treat her badly. She blushed softly and chewed her bottom lip. Leah flickered her eyes to the girl and nodded to herself, so, this was her little eternal lover. Another woman, how interesting. That was new, but not unwanted. Leah shifted to her side and Johanna squeaked like a mouse. She was quite the timid thing. Standing at 5'10 Leah towered over the 5'4 girl.
"Johanna right?" Leah spoke with a smirk on her lips.
Johanna jumped a bit and nodded her head before looking down, listening to the directions that the coach was calling out. Nozomi looked to Jacob before walking to his side and leaning against him. He looked down and chuckled.
"Hey Zomi, you look comfortable." He told her as Seth chuckled behind his hand. She was about to retort before the whistle sounded and Nozomi danced away from him. Her eyes were focused on the oncoming balls; she slowed them down with her eyes and moved out the way before her eyes locked on Jacobs. He was on the opposite side and he was her target. She shifted and weaved in between people before launching the ball at him. He saw it and moved out the way before throwing his own ball at her, almost hitting her side. She dropped into a split before rolling back, dodging more balls because, no way was she getting caught.
The rest of the period went on like that.
Nozomi even caught Leah subconsciously protecting Johanna. It was cute.
Like ridiculously cute.
=w=
As fast as it went the school day was over. Apparently Johanna didn't know that she had Leah in most of her classes. It was so cute that they were hanging out now. Nozomi didn't feel left out since they ate lunch together and had English and study hall together. When she walked outside she saw the sunlight and yawned. Gosh she could just take a big nap. It would be so nice. Unbeknownst to her, she was being watched, by something quite unpleasant. She shook her head before making her way into the parking lot. She didn't want Jacob to take her home.
Only because she didn't want him to see that she lived in the forest. She got her wish. He was helping some girl into his Rabbit. That girl was familiar, Bella Swan. Nozomi bit her lip as she watch Johanna wave to her as Leah helped her into her truck. Nozomi waved back with a fake smile on her lips. Deep inside her heart;
She was hurt that he forgot to take her home.
Maybe he wasn't interested in her?
She wouldn't blame him really.
She was plain, red hair or not.
She shook her head and made her way down the street before entering the tree line with a heavy heart. She didn't understand why she wanted to be with Jacob all the time. She shook her head and bit her lip. It didn't matter, she clenched her fists at her side before snapping her head up. She didn't care if he had beautiful smile or laugh, she had a job to do. She took off through the woods before coming upon her tent.
She unzipped it and crawled inside grabbing her bag and putting her Bluetooth in her ear. She slipped into her ninja wear which consisted of something more revealing this time. Her black face mask in place, she wore a catsuit lined with burgundy. The sash was wrapped around her waist before being tied in a large bow. Her top piece was holding her breasts in place like a corset. She laced up her boots that had blade on the back before sliding her twin blade on her thighs.
She took off into the forest as the wind rushed passed her. Her eyes narrowed before she jumped and ran along the tree tops. She stopped at a house that was in the middle of nowhere. Her eyes narrowed and she peered in the windows. There was a family inside, they looked normal enough but she knew better than to just trust her eyes. She pulled out a compact case and opened it, her fingers catching a pair of contact lenses. She placed them in her eyes and blinked. The contacts allowed her to see the truth of others, a little magical artifact that was quite useful.
This family.
They were vampires.
She placed her hands on her tantos and slid them out of the sheathes.
'Nozomi, back away from that house this instant.'
She stilled, that was her boss. She blinked and looked around. 'Why? I thought this kind was what you wanted me to kill?'
'This family is under my protection. Heed my words little ninja.'
She glared at the house before sliding her blades back inside. Dammit, the only fresh kill in a few miles and she was being denied again. How typical. She turned and took off her feet light as she touched each branch. Hours passed and she heard no word again, just what was she doing anyway?
No orders.
No vampires.
She didn't want this. She heard voices so she stopped. She crouched low to the branch and sucked in a breath. It was that damned Bella again, with her Jacob. In her reports she had read that the girl was currently in a relationship with a man named Edward Cullen so why was she being all snuggle cuddle with Jacob. It made Nozomi's blood boil seeing them so close together. They walked hand in hand to a place that Nozomi didn't know. She followed regardless.
She wanted to know.
She was curious creature. She bit her lip and sat on a branch as they all sat around a bon fire. The way Jacob looked at Bella, sent Nozomi's heart plummeting. She didn't know why either, she had only met the boy yesterday? So why was she feeling like this? She hated it. Her eyes trailed over the ground and she shifted so she would blend even more into the darkness. Something flickered in her side vision and she turned slamming her katana's into it's throat. A newborn? She didn't have time to ponder it. She made quick work of it but not before it slashed her arm.
A few more came out of the trees and she lowered her body into a stance as the wind whipped up around her and she shot forward, her blades twirling around her as she cut through some of them. Flipping over one she felt her arm being grabbed.
She winced and decapitated it quickly. She looked around at the dead newborns before quietly setting them on fire. Watching the flames she felt a bit closer to the heat. Something about this fire was familiar.
Heat.
Something she craved.
=w=
As Bella leaned against him he couldn't help but feel like he was forgetting something. Something so important. But she was right here next to him right now. Bella was by his side, with her cute smile and red eyes. Wait. Red eyes? Bella didn't have red eyes. He shook his head and bit his lip. Nozomi. He had forgotten. He was supposed to take her home today.
His ears picked up on something shattering and he smelt the smolder in the air that was different from their own. He stood and looked to Emily who took Bella's hand leading her to the house before the males jumped up and took off into the forest, something was wrong. It was too strange, these newborns were getting more and more frequent.
When Jacob along with Leah arrived to the scene, he saw a girl with red hair stabbing her blades into a newborns face and pulling the head apart. She was wobbling before one of the newborns shoved its hand through her stomach. Her breath hitched and gasped in pain before it was ripped away from her. She couldn't stop. With so many it was like a mini army. She jumped up and her feet planted into ones shoulders as she stabbed her blades into its neck and pulling upward decapitating it.
She landed on the ground as she heard a yelp of pain. She zeroed in a small grey wolf that was fighting a bigger vampire. Nozomi pulled up a knife from her sash and aimed before throwing it without hesitation. She jumped and latched onto the grey wolf before she activated her ninpo. They flickered vanished in lily petals before appearing a safe distance away from the explosion. When Nozomi turned around she saw a male zero in on her before he vanished. She recognized him.
Riley.
He was on the missing posters. So this was a test. She knew that there would be more. She wobbled and placed a hand on her stomach before she saw the blood flowing out. She saw the wolves draw closer to her. She shook her head and her body swayed, she felt her legs catch herself before she turned.
Nozomi watched the wolf come closer; his eyes were like Jacobs. It hurt to look at them.
"Stay away from me."
Holding her injured stomach and trying to stop the blood from leaving her wound, she took a step forward and looked at the pack of wolves before she shot into the air.
The only thought in Leah's mind, that wasn't shared within the pack was.
'Nozomi.'
=w= Review Corner:
So how would it work?
Sorry if this upsets you in any way.
Well Dear Reviewer I am so glad you asked: Leah being the only female werewolf is enough for me to go above and beyond for her. She is unusual as it is, since shes like the first female werewolf. So why not give her a super cute lady lover instead. Since she is indeed sterile then it doesn't matter. IF she were to get a male lover, than she could never give him children and that would depress her and I have had enough of depressed Leah. There are more than enough imprints that will bare offspring that will carry on the lineage of the spirit warriors.