My Lullaby
Chapter 4: Memory
I know the pairings are a little confusing at the moment, but hopefully this chapter will help to clear that up.
Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or Twilight.
Sess/Kag...8
Jacob/Kagome...7
Mysterious Sapphire-eyed guy/Kags...4 (sapphire-eyed guy has been added to my poll..I can't believe I missed him..I need to clean my glasses!! I finally made up a name for him...instead of his 25 letter name) I was also thinking up some names like Daisuke, Yusuke, or Ryu.
Inu/Kag...3
I apologize for so much confusion I promise everything will be clear soon!!
Last chapter I said I was going to set a deadline for voting...
*VOTING ENDS* - Right after I post Chapter 6 (I'm giving myself time to add a little bit more details to the story to help with the voting)
(Right after Jacob is transported to the Feudal Era)
"Did you guys hear that?" Emmett asked.
"Yeah, it sounds like Leah Clearwater and her little brother." Jasper commented as he and Alice got up from their spots on the couch.
"Let's go check it out, it seems they are in some sort of trouble." Alice said following after her mate. Emmett rose from his seat on the couch leaving the news on low volume as always.
"You coming, Rose?" Emmett asked his wife.
"Why should we help some low lives?" Rosalie spat. "They haven't done anything except stink up the place."
"They have helped save our family, Rose. Whether you like it or not, they have helped this family in more ways than one. We at least owe them our help. Even if it is no to your liking, we are in their debt. If you want to make this easier for yourself, you might want to start paying that debt." Jasper reasoned as he and Alice left to go help.
Emmett walked over to Rosalie with a smile on his lips, he held out his hand. "Shall we?"
Rose rolled her eyes and took his hand and he pulled her up to her feet. "Fine, but you owe me." He leaned down to peck her on the lips while murmuring, "I know."
Once they were outside, they saw the most peculiar scene. Leah and Seth were peering down into a well yelling Jacob's name.
The sight of the well itself, confused the vampires to no end. Since when did they have a well on their front lawn?
"What happened, the mutt can't swim?" Rosalie scoffed as a smirk played on her pink lips. Emmett sniggered at this and watched intently as the wolves kept searching the inside of the well for their lost leader. "You know yelling won't save him." Rose commented.
"Rose—" Alice warned. Jasper stood near the well also glimpsing down. "What happened?"
Leah looked at her little brother as if trying to figure out what happened herself. Seth chewed on the bottom of his lip while fisting his hands. He couldn't stand the bloodsuckers. Their scent caused him fury. His instinct as a werewolf was to rip their limbs and burn them until they no longer existed, but Jake would kill him if he dared to hurt them. Not to mention he was under Jacob's control. He glanced noticed his sister was also having similar difficulties controlling her werewolf. "Jake decided to check out this well you have here, and then he vanished. All we saw was a flash of green before he disappeared." Leah supplied while scrutinizing Jasper.
Alice looked at the said well, but as soon as she touched it she noticed a green glow swirl at the bottom. "What is it Alice?" Jasper asked, concern evident in his eyes.
"The well, it glowed." She said stunned as she tried touching it again, but the same thing happened.
"Here, let me see." Emmett offered, while placing his hand on the well, he too saw the soft green colour appear.
"We should get Edward and Bella over here." Jasper suggested in a orderly tone. He was never one to start pushing orders to anyone, but the well caused something inside him to stir. Something was not right.
Alice nodded. "I'll go get them. Rose can you call Carlisle? Esme should be there at the hospital with him too."
Rosalie took out her cell phone from her jeans and dialed Carlisle's number. After she finished, Alice had already returned with Edward and Bella in tow with Renesmee.
"Since when did we have a well?" Bella asked as she saw everyone surrounding it. Curious, she went to examine what was the problem. She gently handed Renesmee to Edward. Edward protested when she walked closer to the ominous well.
"We didn't, at least not until now." Edward said not sure himself. He followed Bella, keeping a protective eye on his mate. Alice mentioned the ominous green glow, and he couldn't help to think that maybe this contraption linked to the female vampire. Everyone's thoughts were more concerned with why the well was located here of all places. Alice was upset once again, because her visions were clouded. Stupid dogs. She always thought. Jasper said a few calming words to comfort Alice, which calmed her down. Rosalie was envisioning Jacob trapped in the well forever. Although Emmett was more involved with ways he could kill the female vampire who dared doodle on his immaculate visage (face).
"Well are you just going to stand there? Or are you going to help?" Leah said frustrated. She couldn't take all these vampires around her at once. It was bad enough just staying outside of their house while Jake came for his visits. Their stench was beyond comparison to anything she has ever smelt before. Not even manure could top their horrific scent. Although, Renesmee's scent was the only one that didn't smell like the rest of her family's. It's as if the vampire scent and human scent cancelled each other out. In fact, the little hybrid had a scent with the aroma of daisies in a lush meadow. She was going to say something else that was impolite to the bloodsuckers, but the silence surrounded them like a thick fog that she didn't dare penetrate. She could feel their cold gold eyes on her, expecting her to say something else, but Jasper decided to intervene.
"We can't do anything until Carlisle and Esme have returned. We make decisions as a family and that's how it's always been." Jasper said bluntly.
Soon the sound of a car engine could be heard and Carlisle's Mercedes S55 AMG appears. Once they parked on the driveway, Carlisle and Esme got out and rushed over to everyone.
"So you say you saw a green light engulf Jacob?" Carlisle asked Leah and Seth. They both nodded. As Carlisle approached the well he saw Renesmee start to reach out at him. "What is it little one?" Renesmee kept reaching out at her grandfather until he placed his face close enough for her to reach. After awhile of silence, Carlisle looked at Edward to see if he was listening in on Renesmee as well.
"It seems this is the portal that our visitor used to get here and back to her own time." Carlisle explained. Emmett's eyes widened in surprise. This was the moment he was waiting for. A chance to find that snake and teach her a lesson she would never forget and yet here it was; her little portal, taunting him to jump in and track her down.
"Really? Then what are we waiting for let's go!" He exclaimed in much enthusiasm. He began to move forward, but Rosalie put a hand on his arm, making him wait. "If Emmett goes, I go as well."
Carlisle looked at them both for a long time. "I'll go too." Bella piped up as she looked at Rosalie. "We'll go." Alice said politely after discussing it with Jasper.
Edward's eyes widened. "No, Bella, you're staying here with Renesmee." Bella turned to looked at him. "We have to save Jake. What if something bad is happening to him right now?" Edward stared into her eyes for a moment. "Then I will go and you'll stay."
"That won't be necessary, Edward. We are a family and no one is to be left behind, not even our friends." Carlisle countered.
"It's not getting there that's the problem. It's getting back." Esme explained. "We might get stuck there so it's best if we all go. We need all the help we can get if that problem should arise." Edward kept his gaze on his wife and daughter. What if they did get stuck while in that world, could they eventually find a way back or would they need to find this mysterious woman in order to go back home? It was all very risky and he didn't want to take any chances, but he also wanted to help for Bella and Renesmee's sake.
'Come on Ed, last one there is a rotten egg.' Emmett said as he started to approach the well. Edward glared at Emmett, this was hardly the time to be joking around.
"Well, if everyone's ready, Carlisle and I will do the honours of going first." Esme announced. She looked towards Leah and Seth, "it's best if you two stay here as a precaution. If we're not back in two days, then you know why." Leah nodded in understanding
In the end, Carlisle and Esme decided to go first to see if they could get through, and to everyone's surprise they were engulfed by the green light. Jasper led Alice to the well and before they jumped in, Alice gave a salute to everyone. Emmett was about to jump in when all of sudden, Edward pushed him out of the way, causing Emmett to fly to the side.
"Hey what was that for?" Emmett said angrily. Edward took Bella, who was holding a giggling Renesmee, in his arms and glanced down at his brother mockingly. "I didn't want to be the rotten egg." Emmett growled and quickly grabbed Rosalie in his arms, jumping down into the well after his annoying brother.
Kagome watched as Jacob's body shook with fury and then when she heard the soft voice of the little girl, he immediately settled down and released his grip on her. She hastily got back up, distancing herself from the strangers. Maybe she could get away now without them noticing. The farther she was away from them, the better.
"Renesmee...why'd you guys have to bring her into this? She could get hurt!" Jacob shouted at Bella and Edward. His body shook in fury. Bella held her hands up calmingly. "Jake, calm down. We came here to save you." Jacob snorted in disgust. "I don't need saving, I'm not a weakling."
"I never said you were." Bella defended. "Look, can't we just forget about this and go back before the well doesn't permit us to go back?"
"You expect me to put this behind me and move on? That wretched vampire touched Renesmee!" He bellowed.
'So that's Renesmee.' Kagome thought as she watched the little girl smile at Jake. 'Must be his little sister or something. Perhaps that is why he attacked me like he did. Though, I don't get it, that look in his eye when he saw me, was like he cared for me.'
"We couldn't just leave her either, Jake." Bella said to her best friend. Jacob watched as Renesmee squrimed in Bella's embrace. Bella noticed this too, and set her down on the grass. She was already the age of a toddler and each day that passed by, you could notice the difference in her height and facial features. Renesmee then started to run towards Jacob, with her bronze curls bobbing up and down as she moved to embrace him. Jacob smiled at her, and she smiled back. Every angry cell in his body seemed to extinguish once Renesmee embraced him. Her angelic face, made butterflies flutter in his stomach and his breath to hitch. "Miss me, Nessie?"
Kagome watched the interaction once she was a safe distance away. 'Why do I feel like I envy her?' Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara were still watching from the sidelines and they didn't seem to notice that Kagome had already left.
Carlisle was the first to notice that they had an audience on the outside of the clearing. "So Jacob, care to tell us who these kind people are?" Everyone glanced up to look at who Carlisle mentioned. Miroku and Sango were the first to come forward after they had heard what the blond haired man said to Jacob.
"You came through the well, but how is that possible?" Miroku asked, he felt Shippo pop up his head over his shoulder.
"We came to find our friend, Jacob. He was transported here by accident. With that being said, where are we may I ask?" Edward asked politely.
"You are in Feudel Japan." Sango supplied.
Carlisle's shocked expression smoothed into a soft smile and began to introduced his family. "I apologize, we didn't formally introduce ourselves. I'm Carlisle Cullen, this is my wife Esme. My sons Edward, Jasper, and Emmett. My daughters Rosalie, Alice, and Bella, my granddaughter Renesmee and our friend, Jacob Black."
"I'm Miroku, and these are my friends, Sango, Shippo, Kirara and where'd Kagome go?"
"Do you mean to say, we were sent back 500 years into the past?" Jasper asked incredulously not noticing the absentee in the man's group. Miroku nodded to the blond headed boy.
"Where'd Kagome go?" Miroku whispered to Sango and Shippo, not informed of the enhanced hearing capabilities of the Cullen family. Kirara mewed, while tugging on the ends of Miroku's robe. Sango bent down to see what Kirara wanted. "What is it, Kirara?" Shippo hopped down from Miroku's shoulder, "I think she's trying to say that she knows where Kagome ran off to."
'Damn! The neko knows where I am.' She cursed inwardly. She noticed the bronze-brown haired man look in her direction. 'How the hell did he know I was in this particular spot?'
At the mention of the girl's name, Jacob spun around to find her and noticed her aura had slunk away into the forest. She wasn't going to get away that easily. He watched as the cat named Kirara dashed in the direction the girl was located at. "I don't know about you, but I'm going to kill that girl for ever touching Renesmee." Jacob handed Renesmee over to Bella, and bolted after Kirara.
"Kirara!" Sango called after her and also chased down her neko demon companion.
"Hey, get in line mutt! I'm first to kill her!" Emmett growled after Jacob. The other Cullens sighed in defeat. It was a good thing they told Leah and Seth to expect them in two days and not any earlier.
Kagome's P.O.V. (long)
My mind panicked. Confused and frightened. I felt foreign somehow. In this world, life, mind, and body. Its seemed as though my body could interpret every detail, but in the end, I remained in an endless circle, running around in laps until I was too tired to stay alive. As if my body could sense the danger I felt my legs move like two blurs underneath me. I was invincible. Strong, yet mentally weak. There were holes in my memory like missing puzzle pieces that could not fit into their designated spaces. I ran with ease, as I sped past the greenery in the forest. The feeling of cat and mouse crept up my spine. Still, I was the mouse. Escaping from my own fate as prey for the cat. Ironically enough I was being chased by a cat or something along the lines of a cat. A cat with two tails? Weird...
I tapped into my other senses, revealing that I was also being followed by the man called Jacob and some other man who rivaled Jacob's speed. It was weird having to wake up not knowing where exactly you were with waves of nervousness clashing down like symbols in a band. My mind was very confused. I wasn't one hundred percent sure actually I existed. Maybe I was dreaming. All these special abilities were just a hallucination. Perhaps pinching myself would do the trick? My hands reached for my skin, but they retracted after first contact. Has my skin always been this cold? It felt like touching a metal pole in the winter time. I knew my heart had stopped beating; that was the cause of my terror. Every living thing had a heart. Which would mean I'm, undead.
I felt like laughing, since when did dreams become so...eccentric. Then again, when were they so vivid. I bit my lip. What the hell was I doing? I am worried over a dream that I am most likely going to wake up from. Nothing to worry about. Soon, very soon, I will no longer be pursued. I will float on a white cloud waiting to wake up in my room at home. Wherever home was. I stopped feeling no more danger now that I had convinced myself that there was no possible threat.
As soon as I had stopped, the cat came bounding out from between the trees. The small cat moved swiftly to a battle stance in front of me, but instead of challenging me, she was growling at the two men who were about to appear. Honestly, I was momentarily stunned. All this time I thought the cat was chasing me, when her true intention was to protect me.
The men pushed and shoved at each other in attempts to beat each other. When they noticed the protective cat, they stopped shoving altogether and burst into fits of laughter.
"A kitten. Is that all ya got?" Emmett shot at her. Jacob held his stomach from laughing so hard. To his amazement the so called 'kitten' transformed and sent a powerful roar that blew back the hairs on his head. All the while I couldn't keep from laughing myself.
"Kitten? What kitten?" I smirked as the jaws of the two men dropped. To say I wasn't surprised was a lie. The transformed cat growled menacingly, and flames played lively around the large feline.
"H-how is that possible?" Jacob sputtered unable to believe the cat transformed.
"Scared." I taunted. They snapped out of their trances and were back to their furious expressions.
"You wish bitch!" Emmett snapped, disregarding the snarling cat as he dashed to attack me. Something inside of me began to boil as if it were ready to take over in case things got out of control. I felt the need to let this feeling have its way, but my mind told me otherwise.
"You'll wish you were never born." Jacob threatened. While shaking in fury. It seemed like he was going to pop a vein if he let his blood pressure exceed what it was already at. Though what happened next, was far more terrifying than the cat transforming. His clothes started to rip from his expanding muscles. His hair whipped around with his aura and his facial features took on those of a wolf's. With a pop, dust cast a mushroom cloud and out came the russet coloured wolf.
I was speechless. The wolf's roar was echoed throughout the whole forest, but the cat that remained unfazed by the wolf. I shuddered back a shiver. His eyes never leaving mine. He could see right through me and I knew he could feel the dangerous shivers crawling up and down my spine. His head lowered and his hind legs started to back up more with claws digging and scratching in the dirt. He was hunched forward, ready to attack at any moment.
The cat gave me one look before turning her head back to be attacked by the massive wolf. In that one second I knew she was buying me time, but what of the other guy? His speed matched the wolf's. Did that make him a wolf as well? What if he was? What would be left of her in the end. Bones for the dog to chew on or a chew toy? Either way I wasn't taking any chances to find out.
I leaped to escape, but to my own damn luck he was waiting for me at the exit. I was trapped. Ripping sounds of flesh and growls filled and scorched my ears. I turned around to see the cat winning. An uneasy feeling filled my stomach with doubts. I could feel myself deciding between which fate to choose. None looked quick and painless. They were furious which gave them more reason to torture me to death. I took one step toward the man, feeling oddly at ease with a death from someone who wasn't very savage.
Everything played in slow motion as I was attacked from the side by the man. His hand grabbed my throat, I was giving up, I didn't struggle, because inside I still believed that this was just a dream; a really vivid dream.
Suddenly, a sweet scent filled my head with a desire to find the source. Without thinking the man was already off me like he was burned just from touching my skin. Maybe it was the cold temperature, but I didn't want to worry about that right now. I was more concerned about finding the delicious taste that made my throat tight. I wouldn't even be surprised if I were drooling. The scent was overpowering like bouquets of roses in a small room. I got up and found myself drawn to the cat. There was a deep gash in the cat's side. The wolf must have dug his saber teeth into the flesh really deep because the cat was staggering from blood loss. The blood itself was pooling, filling my nostrils with roses. I licked my lips in delight to the wonderful aroma.
At that moment there was a silence that coated the air with a thick tension. The cat looked at me confused. I could see my reflection in her wide red eyes. My pupils were black and I was hunched forward with fingers trembling in excitement. It was like a rhythmic dance with the pure beats of the cat's heart pulsing and pumping blood into veins that were waiting to be drained. The cat took one step back and I followed forward.
It kept going on like that until I backed her into a tree.
I relished the feeling of being in control. To finally be the one in command gave me such pride.
I was just less than a meter away, centimeters, now millimeters. Her fur tickled my nose, but she stood stationary for me. Like I beckoned to her to do as I commanded. First I dived into the wound, quenching my awaiting thirst. The howls of pain came out from the cat's mouth. I kept drinking in her blood. It tasted so rich and sweet that no wine could compare. The body started to give in, slumping down against the bark of the tree. Stop.
Please. I beg of you to please, stop! I tried to ignore the voices as I kept drinking down the blood. I could feel that I was drinking down the last supply of blood in the cat.
She'll die. I didn't care if the cat died. All that mattered was blood.
Don't kill, Kirara!
Kirara? The name felt familiar. My lips left the spot on the cat's wound completely. I felt my lips close tightly in a firm line. Someone was controlling my actions now. I wanted to drink the very last drop of blood. I wasn't done and to have this voice interrupt was no better. My lips latched onto the wound once more, intending to drink the very last drop.
I SAID STOP! This voice just didn't give up.
FOR GOD'S SAKE STOP! It was like I was thrown against a tree because in that second I was across from the cat's body lying flat on my back. My head stirred and my vision became all fuzzy. I realized now that, this was no dream. This was reality.
My vision blurred and I could feel something thick and dark trail down the bridge of my nose. I gasped in surprise at the dark substance. I lifted my hand to wipe the blood off, but some of it had already traveled into my mouth. It tasted bitter sweet and also sour. My body jerked back as my eyes started to roll back. I searched for the reason my blood was spilt. My eyes followed my invisible blood scent to the werewolf. I snarled savagely at the wolf and he growled back. The other man had already left, whatever I did must have sent him running. My legs gathered underneath me, ready to spring at any given moment.
The scent of more blood pouring out of my wound, caused shivers to run up and down my spine. My fingers curled and gripped the twigs that were scattered on the ground. Gripping them with such force I heard breaks and then powder particles fall to the ground. I loved the sounds of destruction, but I would savour the sounds of the wolf's bones breaking under my grasp.
My eyes glared menacingly at the wolf. The wolf's glare was equally dangerous, but held something like solitude within their depths. The brown colour was dark and secretive like he was holding a veiled secret that only he knew of.
Jacob took one step forward, his muscles rippled underneath his fur and his large, sharp teeth sparkled in the sunlight. And she expected they would be yellow. My lips curved into a smirk, I shifted my weight to the right, bringing my left foot over I began to circle my opponent. As calculated, he moved in sync to my footsteps. Silently, waiting for an opening I felt the shift in the atmosphere.
Unusually his aura was more stronger than before. Could it have been my feeding on the cat that caused his anger? With incredible speed he lunged forward, I had barely enough time to dodge his attack. I moved to the right, but before I managed to defend myself, he was already inches away from me. I didn't have time to move so I prepared myself for the pain. I didn't want to feel anything when I died, but I could feel a guilty sin bury itself in my stomach and I knew that I had deserved this pain.
I kept my eyes shut, expecting a white light. Wishing for a white light and not a black abyss of raging hot flames. I could no longer hear growling from Jacob. I must be in heaven, for what good I have ever done, it must have trumped murder. I could feel warm arms embrace me, a scent that was like pine trees and the forest. It smelled refreshing to my nose. Like this scent itself could clear my head of anything.
I opened my eyes, someone was embracing me. A man with amber eyes and silver hair smiled down at me. He wore a red clad outfit with a white under shirt underneath his haori. I blinked in confusion and surprise. How? How did he...
I looked behind him to see the werewolf knocked out. Although the wolf was no longer a wolf. He was in his humanoid form, slumped against the thick base of a spruce tree.
"How did you?" I began, but the man just smirked shaking his head. That's when I noticed he had two silver dog ears on top of his head.
"Keh, I forgotten how much you get in trouble everyday." He then let go of me as soon as he noticed he was still embracing me. I could feel a sadness that tinged my heart when he let go. "Now that you're back we can go hunting for the jewel shards again. It's been three damn months we had to wait for you to wake up and Naraku probably has all the shards by now!" His attitude started to get on my nerves and my blood started to boil.
Who does he think he is to yell at me like that. I was just about having enough of these temper tantrums from men who I have never even met before.
"Who the hell are you to shout at me as if you know me!" I roared. I could visibly see his ears shrink back. "I don't even know you!"
"What are you talking about?" He scratched his head in annoyance. "Look. If we don't start searching for..."
"No. You look! I don't know who you are, but whatever you are looking for you can count me out. I'm sure anyone else would be able to find them, but not me! So scram!" I could feel my anger decrease.
"Kagome don't you forget that you were the one to shatter the jewel in the first place! And I am not taking no for an answer, wench!" He darted for me in seconds and when I suddenly dodged him he blinked in shock. How does he know my name? Have I met him before?
"How'd you do that?" He asked. I shook my head, my eyes glaring into his.
"I should be the one asking questions here." I said dangerously. I started with the most troublesome of questions on my mind.
"How is it you were able to defend me against the wolf?" I stared at him waiting for his response. He looked at me like I knew the answer his eyebrow was raised as if he were wondering if I were joking.
"You're kidding right?" I shook my head at him.
He huffed, tucking his arms into the sleeves of his haori. "Well I guess when I saw Mirkoku and Sango they were right. You have lost your memory. I just never wanted to believe it." I cocked my head to the side. I could tell by his eyes that he thought this was 'cute'.
"It is true that I do not remember waking up in this place before. I do remember living in a place with street lamps and cars, but here, my mind comes up blank." I murmurred back.
"So what you're saying is you know of no one here? Not even me?" He sounded anxious as if he wanted her to not remember. When she shook her head, she could hear a small sigh of relief.
"How is it that you know me?" I questioned curiously. Ever since he called out my name, my head had been spinning.
"The first day you came here, you saved me from a spell that bound me to a tree for fifty years. When you came here, you were attacked by a centipede demon who wanted the jewel that was embedded in your body. When you cried out for help, I had awakened from the spell and protected you. I knew from then on that you were the one for me Kagome. We were lovers before you lost your memory." His hand was held out to her. She looked at it like it was something foreign. I didn't knwo what it was but I could feel something wrong with him. He had this gleam in his eyes that made her think he was deceiving, but his voice sounded so convincing.
'You'll hurt us. If you go with him. Run away. RUN! Get away from him he's lying to us!' My head spun from the voice that was telling me to get away. But he didn't look like he imposed a threat. He began to get nervous, his eyes searching mine for whatever was the reason for my uncertainty. My foot stepped backwards, again I had no control over my actions. The man noticed and shook his head not being able to believe what I was doing.
"Kagome?" He asked with an innocent look in his eyes. "Don't you want to go home?" I did want to go home, but the home that I wanetd to flee to, was not here. Not this world. I did not want to call this place home. It threatened my existence and well being. I couldn't belong here. I knew of know one here. I wanted to hug my mama and gramps tell them of this nightmare. I could feel him drawing nearer, giving me less time to think of what to do.
For every step he made forward, I took one backwards. Inevitably, I would be backed up into a tree. No longer did I feel like the predator. No, I was the prey. Instinctivley frightened and defenceless.
"What's wrong, Kagome? Scared?" He taunted. I stared at him in fear. His aura spiked around me. Maybe I should listen to that voice in my head more often instead of people who want to take advantage of me. My back hit the bark of the tree and he closed the space between us. He gripped by chin forcefully. I gasped his strength was shockingly strong. His eyes did not contain the amber. Instead they were red with a teal iris. Purple jagged marking strecthed across his cheeks adn his fangs elongated. He laughed with malice tainting his voice. "Looks like you can't go anywhere, bitch."
"You lied to me. You are no lover of mine! My lover would have never lie to me or hurt me." I managed to spit out. He chuckled evilly, dragging his claws against the skin of my neck.
"Your skin is colder than I remembered." He noted as he trailed his fingers down my side.
"Get your hands off me." I sneered. He smirked, but didn't move his hands from where they were placed. Instead he moved them lower until they were touching the hem of my green skirt.
"I always love it when you wear these skirts." He whispered seductively in my ear. I shivered from the warm air prickling my ear. He pushed back my hair, twirling a strand around his index finger.
Voices trailed in the forest. "Inuyasha!" Stupid humans who were they even looking for anyway. The name seemed familiar. "Inuyasha." I said quietly. The man in front of me grinned and pressed his lips roughly against mine. The flashes of memories blurred in my head. Whirling around in circles until my eyes widened with incredulity. From the beginning of my journey, the fights, friends, family, the dreams, and the present. Everything added up now. I am Kagome Higurashi. I am a priestess. I am friends with Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara. I drew on the faces of Jacob Black and the other Cullen men. I recalled every moment and second that I spent in their house. I knew myself again. I know what and who I am. I am a vampire. A bloodsucking vampire.
When I actually noticed that Inuyasha was kissing me, my eyes narrowed and I shoved him away from me. Inuyasha flew a couple feet away from my vampire strength. "You tried...to..."
By the time Inuyasha stood back up his eyes were back to their ambery colour. "What just happened?" He scratched his head in confusion. I growled in frustration. "You are unbelievable, Inuyasha!"
"What? Wait. Kagome you remember me?" He asked his eyes widened in realization.
"Yeah, unfortuantely." I said coldly. His ears were pinned back on his head adn his face showed a sign of hurt.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that you almost raped me back there, Inuyasha! I know it was your demon side taking advantage of me—"
"Kagome whatever I did I didn't—"
"Mean to. Is that what you were going to say? You know I'm sick and tired of everyone trying to take advantage of me. Especially you, Inuyasha." I could feel the liberty inside me break free. I could say anything I wanted to him now because in his scent I could smell two women scents. All over his body. A rage took over me, but I did not lose control. "You're sick, you know that. Does Kikyo know you're cheating on her with another woman?" I smirked at his surprised expression. "I can smell their scent all over you from here. Absolutely revolting."
His bangs covered his eyes as he cast his head down, as if ashamed. I turned away from him ready to walk away when he came up to me quickly grabbing me by the arm. The look in his eyes were ferocious, showing me the side of him he could hide from me so well. "You made me a promise, Kagome. Are you just going to break that promise to me after what we've been through." His hand on my arm tightened waiting for me to respond.
"I wasn't the one who broke my promise first." I ripped my arm out of his grasp, but not without receiving claw marks from trying to rip my arm away from him. Before he could pin me down, voices were approaching quickly. I smiled cynically at him. He seemed to have noticed the voices as well and stayed afar while he let them approach. I hopped up into the tree branches overtop of the entrance to the clearing. "Have a nice life, Inuyasha."
"Where'd they go?" Sango asked. She was panting from running so long. It was unusual for Kirara to just go running off like that. Then again if Kagome was being chased after by the two males, Kirara must want to protect her from them. She looked towards Miroku, who was running along side her with Shippo placed on his back. The little kit was using his senses to track down Kagome. "Man, the new Kagome can sure run fast!" Shippo whistled in amazement.
Sango raised her head to look at Shippo in question. "What do you mean?" Miroku noticed that there was a fork in the path up ahead. Although, they had a couple minutes until they reached that point where Shippo could sniff out which direction their friend went.
"He means that Kagome is no longer human." Miroku explained to his fiancée. "Something must have happened before she went into a coma. She has a trace of demonic aura in her and then there's this overwhelming power that exceeds Inuyasha's." Sango's eyes widened, unable to think of what her little sister had transformed into. Was it something good or bad she didn't know of yet, but she had this awful feeling in her stomach that something horrible was occuring as they spoke.
Shippo nodded gravely, he didn't want to think of his surrogate mother being someone cold and heartless. He already lost his biological mother, and to lose another would be unbearable. "I miss her."
Sango nodded solemly. "We all do." The fork in the path was approaching quickly as they ran towards it and without any emotion in his voice, Shippo said, "right." Miroku and Sango followed the right path as they were heading into a thicker part of the forest.
As they ran, they held onto the memory of Kagome laughing and smiling. Always giving and caring when others needed support. 'She always put us before herself. Including Inuyasha. She ressurected Kikyo from the dead after Mount Hakurei because she didn't want to see Inuyasha hurt anymore. She did it all for Inuyasha, but he never did anything for her in return. Protecting her physically, but never went as far as emotional.' Sango thought, a tear rolled down her cheek. Almost a half a year ago she would have never thought of Kagome as some cold hearted killer, but now she had a feeling that Kagome was anything but pleasant.
"When did you find out Kagome had these qualities?" Sango asked Miroku and Shippo in a small voice. Miroku turned his attention to her,
"remember before the Cullens arrived when Kagome and Jacob Black were fighting?" Sango nodded not liking the man when he arrived something was off about him, like he was containing a secret that he wanted no one else to know about.
"Yes, but what does he have to do with Kagome?" She asked conspicuously.
"He brought out her aura. You remember how in Inuyasha's aura you can sense a human and demon quality?"
She remembered clearly how auras worked, she was taught this when she was only eight years old at the demon slayer village. Nodding, she signalled him to continue in his theory.
"Well, with Kagome as I said before, she contains a demon's aura. Although there is another aura that is unknown to me." Miroku's forehead creased in concentration. "It was unlike any aura I have ever sensed before. Demons usually have yellow auras regardless of what type of demon they are. This yellow was a golden colour, almost as powerful as Sesshomaru's."
Sango recalled her encounter with Lord Sesshomaru, he had a honey-gold aura. The more rich and darker the aura, the more powerful the oppenent is.
"So you're saying Kagome is a demon?" Shippo questioned.
"Something like that, but not quite." Miroku furrowed his eyebrows in thought. Sango stopped running, her eyes as wide as dinner plates. "Sango?"
"Why'd you stop, Sango." Shippo said as Miroku turned around to walk back to her. He waved his hands in front of her eyes to make her snap out of it.
Sango couldn't believe that she didn't realize it sooner. She grasped Miroku my the shoulders firmly. "You remember when Kagome said there were no demons in her time?" When she got the answer she wanted from Miroku she continued. "Well, what if she wasn't attacked there? What if, she was attacked while she was in a coma?"
Brief Summary( I need to keep the story moving so I need this be a little short) 7,355 words and counting... this better make up for the time I was away on vacation!
Inuyasha had been sitting on a hill outside the forest when he saw a green beam of light spout out from the trees in the distance where the well was located. His thoughts automatically went to Kagome, but he knew she was still in a coma. She couldn't have possibly awakened from it. It had almost been over a half a year since he found her scared by the well. He remembered telling Kikyo of Kagome's coma, but she knew of nothing that could have caused it except fright. Kaede had told him of a woman named, Seraiya, who was also an inu half demon like him that might know of what happened to Kagome. After a month of trying to find the female inu hanyou he gave up and lost hope for Kagome. He needed someone to support him and Kikyo just so happened to be near. That night, he mated Kikyo. A month later, while Kikyo was pregnant, he continued his trek that had been on hold and when he actually found this woman she had chocolate brown eyes and black ebony hair. She reminded him of Kagome right away and when he accidentally called her Kagome, she had thrown something at him and then everything went black.
When he woke up the next morning he felt like he was in love with her, that nothing in the world could ruin the relationship they had. Every night when Kikyo fell asleep he would visit Seraiya and they would make love until dawn. It wasn't long until Kikyo had found out about his night visits to the female hanyou thanks to her soul collectors. Surprisingly, Kikyo never said much about it. He expected for her to argue with him, but she never once made any protests to his decisions.
With Kikyo carrying a half demon baby, she only had three more months left to carry it. For Seraiya, it was approximately six months of carrying because she was also a half demon. He hated that he had to stay with Kikyo and not be with Seraiya. She was due any day now, but for some reason Kikyo would not let him visit her. She would make up these fake excuses about her stomach hurting and stuff about how the baby was kicking too much and she needed him there in order for it to go away.
All of sudden, he could hear faint shouts of people yelling Kagome's name in the distance. It couldn't possible be his Kagome that they were shouting at, could it? He began to use his demonic agility to sprint over to where the shouts were coming from. In a matter of seconds he was already in the forest. Running deeper and farther into the darker part of it. He could smell Sango, Miroku, and Shippo running in the opposite direction he was running.
When they came into his eyesight, he noticed Kirara was not with them. "Inuyasha!" They had said in relief.
"Feh, what are you running after? Where's Kirara anyway?" He asked with his arms tucked in his sleeves.
Breathless, Miroku replied, "It's Kagome. She's awake, but she ran before we could do anything."
"She was in a fight with this really tall man who came out of the well and then she ran off after the other people came, and now Kirara is chasing after her with these other two guys following after her." Shippo gasped for air when he finished.
"What? Wait. Kagome's awake?" Inuyasha said incredulously.
"Yes and she's in trouble." Sango said. "Kirara went to protect her. We were following Kirara's scent, because—"
"Well what else is new and what the hell are we standing around here if she is in trouble?" Inuyasha shouted at them. Just then they could hear Kirara's roar.
"You're right." Sango said while pushing him out of the way. "Let's go, Miroku!" Another roar vibrated throught the whole forest; this time it wasn't Kirara.
"Hey!" Inuyasha yelled out at them with fists in the air. "Wait for me!" (8,043 words o.O) Running past them was no problem for Inuyasha, he sped up in the direction Kirara went.
As soon as he arrived he saw a giant wolf coming at Kagome and before it came in contact with her he sent it flying into a tree on the other side of the clearing. He looked back at Kagome, her eyes were shut tight, waiting for the beast to tackle her, but when she felt nothing but his arms wrap around her, her facial expression smoothed into a blissful one.
When her eyes opened he was shocked. Her eyes had always been brown, now they were violet. Her skin felt cold to the touch and she was almost at his height. Her face was so...flawless. He didn't fail to notice the change in her aura. Usually she had a red-pink aura, but now there was a blue one swirling around her. As well as a golden one snaking it's way in between the two other colours. But, yellow meant she was part demon. What happened to her?
Normal P.O.V.
Kagome watched the scene play out in front of her as the man with blond hair (Carlisle) stepped out gracefully from behind a tree. The way he moved seemed too familiar and his scent seemed normal to her. Like an old spice that made a place so foreign seem like home sweet home. She decided against her wishes to leave and sat down on the branch in the tree to watch patiently. His eyes searched the area for something although she didn't know what it was. His eyes glanced at her for a brief second then moved and stopped on Jacob. Pity and guilt flickered in his eyes while he ran over to the werewolf. Inuyasha yelled at him. "Hey, you! What are you doing in my forest?"
Carlisle arched an eyebrow in amusement. "It seems my friend has gotten himself into some trouble I will take over from here if you don't mind." As Carlisle murmured Edward's and Jasper's name. They were there in a blink of an eye. (They were nearby)
"Bella's not going to like this." Edward shook his head when he saw the unconscious Jacob. Jasper heard the sound of metal slide against something and turned his attention to a man clad in red pointing his sword at them.
"If you don't tell me who you all are now and why that wolf attacked my friend, I will kill you all." Kagome's eyes widened when she saw the Tetsusaiga swirl with Inuyasha's aura.
"Inuyasha stop!" She didn't know why she interrupted, but she felt the need to protect this pack. She knew they would be able to help her figure out what was going on with her and how she came to be a vampire. Kagome dropped in front of Inuyasha's sword with her arms spread out, blocking his path.
"Move out of the way, wench!" He shouted. Kagome shot a look behind her to the people.
"Get out of here now!" Carlisle nodded firmly and told the other two boys to carry Jacob's body while they went back to their family.
Once they left, Kagome dropped her arms and stood still in front of him. "If you dare hurt them or threaten them in anyway, I will personally kill you." Her knuckles cracked at the end of her threat and her eyes had turned red and feral making sure she got her point across.
Inuyasha watched her in fear of his own life. "What are you? Who did this to you, Kagome?" Kagome smirked.
"Congratulations, Inuyasha. You've met the race of vampires. You're lucky that your human blood cancels out your demon blood or I would have fed on you by now." Her voice was so venomous, that he couldn't even tell if she was even Kagome or not.
The Cullen's POV (Everyone except Emmett and Jacob)
The Cullens watched as the humans left the wide clearing in haste after their companion.
"Jacob and Emmett are going to get themselves killed!" Bella said franctically. She handed Renesmee to Edward and started to walk off when Edward was right in fornt of her.
"You're not going after them." He said in a definite tone of voice.
Bella's hands clenched into fists while glaring up at Edward. "This vampire can freeze time. They won't even be aware that they are being attacked."
Edward contemplated this for a moment. Their family watched this also thinking of the two boys who had already left. Alice was about to walk up to Bella and Edward, but she was caught off guard by another one of her visions.
"Alice!" Jasper said in alarm. He waited for her vision to stop and when it did Alice started shooting off commands at everyone. "Bella, Esme, Rose, and I will stay here. I need someone to rip off a piece of their clothing. Carlisle go find Emmett and bring Edward and Jasper with you."
Carlisle's forehead creased in confusion. "What's going on Alice?" Edward took this moment to reply,
"Emmett's injured and so will Jacob if we don't hurry." Rosalie shrugged off her white designer blouse and handed it to Alice. (she has a pink tank top underneath...hentais.)
"What can I do, Alice?" Rosalie asked her voice cracking up. She was trying to be strong and only Alice knew what she could do to help her mate and that was for her to stay here to help him when he came.
"I need you to stay here and set up a makeshift bed for Emmett. Something tells me he will need time to recover." Alice stripped Rosalie's blouse in wide strips. "And Bella, I need water, cherry blossom pedals, pine needles, and blood." Bella nodded and took off quickly to gather the said items. "Oh, and preferably a bear's." Alice said loud enough for Bella to hear.
Alice turned her attention to Rosalie, who's fingers were carefully weaving branches and twigs to form a bed for her mate. Her forehead was creased with worry and her eyes were down cast.
"I told him that I'd rather die than see him injured again. After I saw him mauled by that bear, I vowed to protect and love him for the rest of my existence." Rosalie whispered, her face looked pained as if calling on that memory had given her a blow to the heart.
"Rose. This isn't your fault, no one wanted this to happen." Alice said in a soothing tone of voice. Rosalie shook her head softly.
"No, I understand that, but it's the fact that I let it happen. I should have been there with him."
"I bet he wouldn't have liked that idea. Try switching places and he would likely say the same thing as you. He'd rather die, than see you hurt Rose. The best you can do for him now Rose, is to be strong. Be there when he needs you like he has done for you time and time again. I'd die if I saw Jasper destroyed. He's my other half. As Emmett is yours. We all feel these strong emotions towards our mates. Remember when Edward left Bella? Do you remember his face? He was lifeless, cold, and quiet. Bella is his life source, she's the only thing that's going for him. Her and Renesmee of course."
Rosalie nodded, recalling the memory of her brother when he left Bella. "You're right. I don't know why I'm being so emotional, Alice."
"I know how you feel. Since you saw these raw emotions first hand before, you never want to experience them again. It's okay to talk about these things, Rosalie. If anything it shows how much you love and care for him. Maybe when Emmett is fully recovered, you can talk to him about this instead of me. Give him a chance to prove to you that you mean just as much to him as he does to you."
Rosalie gave a small smile to Alice and hugged her. "Thanks Alice. I'm glad I was able to talk to you."
Alice giggled softly. "When we get back home, we'll have a girls night out what do you say?"
Rosalie rolled her eyes playfully. "You already know my answer."
"I know." Alice smiled.
(9,478)...If this doesn't make up for anything I don't know what will.
Anyway! YEAH my first chapter that's more than 6,000 words!!! *Tear* I'm so happy! (victory dance!)
A lot of things are going on so here's just a little more detail on what's actually going on with Kagome. Let's clear up some confusion.
Kagome's relationship with Inuyasha...not so good as you know she knows he was seeing other women while she was in a coma. Which actually makes her feel like he gave up on her (and he did). Kagome is not full vampire as you might have guessed. She is half demon and half vampire. You'll have to wait for the next chapter to find out what type of demon she is. Her relationship with Jacob at the moment is still in progress. The mysterious guy is making another appearance in the next chapter (through another dream of hers. Since she is not full vamp, she can go to sleep, like Renesmee, just not as much. Sesshy's in the next chapter and the next chapter I'm aiming for 8,000 words again.
One thing that I know for a fact is going to really confuse people is the fact that Kagome's non-vampire side (priestess side) stopped her from completely killing Kirara. It's kind of like an inner demon, where the different sides can take over and control your actions. Basically throughout the next couple chapters there is going to be a fight for control and she has to find out a way to have balance.
(One main reason why there is so so much confusion is because Kagome still doesn't know what she is and there are only 3 people who know what she's going through. (hint hint new characters) Overall it's just missing information that hasn't been acknowledged yet, so be patient with me for a little longer.
Many questions in reviews regarding how things are going to work between Ren/Jac/Kag... see here's how I see it...if votes are in Jacob's favour(yes, I spell it with a u!), then there WILL be a love triangle. BUT...if they aren't then you know where it goes from there either Sess or Mysterious guy so that's why your votes are so mandatory right now because they are going to be the turning point of this WHOLE story. I guess I still haven't answered the question of how it will work out. See I have ideas for how each pairing would work out. The whole imprinting thing has some guidelines that I'm going to cross. And this is where the 'I'm not always going to follow what the book says' comes into play because there is going to be a flaw with the whole imprinting thing and only Jacob will be exempt from it. I hate not being able to tell you all exactly what I'm going to do, but at the same time I love it...oddly enough lmao.
So again I am really sorry I gave no one any heads up that I was on vacation. The next due date I'm setting up for Chapter 5 will be posted on my profile.
Thank you so much for your patience, trust me I will do my best to update like crazy. It shouldn't be too hard since next chapter starts off with LORD SESSHOMARU!! :D (10,156) Ok I better call this the end right here. Any questions you have I will be happy to answer.