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"Truth." Bella answered, a bit fearfully.
"Bad choice." Rose muttered to her. She looked even more scared that she might pee her pants. Maybe it's better if I go light on her.
"What is the greatest secret that you would never share to anyone? Not even us. But I guess you have to tell us now, don't you." I added a smirk. Before I could even see it in a vision, she passed out, collapsing on the floor. "Bella!" I screamed. Her eyes were closed and she was even paler than normal, but her heart rate was the same. Edward is so going to kill me when he gets home! Rose poked her stomach.
"Did she die or something?" she asked. I glared at her before carrying Bella to my car in a flash, placing her in shotgun. What the hell happened?
"Are you coming, Rose?" I asked in a hurry.
"No thanks." she said. Ugh, just let go of the grudge completely, Rosalie. I drove Bella to the hospital. It's a relief that Carlisle was volunteering for a shift there. Esme was helping him out as his personal secretary or something. I pressed on the gas pedal a bit more. I was thankful that the police isn't that tight on speeding. When we were in front of the hospital, I pressed the brake pedal pretty hard and the car reached a sudden halt. I carried her inside and in Carlisle's office as fast as a human pumped by adrenaline can. I didn't even knock before going in, then screamed at the sight inside. Esme was straddling Carlisle and making out with him!
"Carlisle, Bell-Oh my eyes!" I screamed. They broke apart as they looked at me in shock. I ran out of the room the moment I saw the sight. This is definitely going to scar me forever. After a while, Esme went out.
"Alice, I tho-Oh my!" Esme gasped when she saw a limp Bella in my hands. "What happened to her?" she asked, her voice rising a bit. Carlisle went out of his office and took Bella from me. We followed him to the table in the room where the patients are supposed to lie down. Carlisle laid her on the table and did some check-ups. "Alice? What happened?" Esme asked, a bit gently now.
"I don't know either. We were just playing truth or dare then she fainted when it was her turn." I explained, my head in my hands. "Carlisle, what's wrong with her?" I asked, pleading. He looked at me with a blank expression.
"I don't know either." he answered, shocking me. "Her heart is healthy and beating normally, all vital signs are present, but she's just a bit paler than normal. That wouldn't be the reason of fainting." he sighed. Then I heard familiar footsteps. I am so dead! Jasper, Emmett and Edward opened the door forcefully. How did they know?!
"Rose called." Edward growled. But Edward, I didn't make her faint. You heard what Carlisle just said. Edward nodded stiffly. I sighed. I heard Bella groan.
"No, it's not what you think!" she screamed. What's she dreaming about? Edward rushed to her and grabbed her hand, rubbing soothing circles on it. "No, don't leave me again." she whimpered. I saw Edward's eyes darken
"Don't worry, love. I won't. I'm staying. I'm too selfish to stay away from you again." he said comfortingly. Tears escaped Bella's eyes. Her heart beat quickened it's pace.
"It isn't like that. I lied to you because..." she trailed off. Lied to us? What...? Then she screamed again as she opened her eyes, waking up. Her heart beat was slowing down. "What? Where am I?" she asked. Edward hugged her.
"I was so worried about you." he murmured into her hair as another vision hit me.
Vision:
The girl's long white hair blew in the wind as she sat on a tree, crying. Parts of her skin had blood on it, but she didn't seem to mind it. She hugged her knees to her chest and laid her head in between. Three girls appeared, looking at her with a sad expression. It was the three exchange students!
"Sensei, what happened?" Sakura asked slowly. The girl didn't respond as she gasped and sniffled.
"I've never seen her cry, not even when she was leaving the village or when she saw her mom for the first time." Ino whispered to Tenten.
"It's definitely big." she whispered back.
"Shut it, you guys." Sakura scolded.
"Girls," another voice echoed. A man with white hair appeared. It was our perverted teacher! "If she doesn't want to talk, then leave her alone." he said sincerely as sadness filled his eyes as well.
"Why don't you just follow your own advice, Jiraiya?" the crying girl mumbled, gasping at some parts and wiped away her tears. "Anyways, do you guys have room in the jet?" they looked at her, confused. "I think I'm ready to go back home." she gave a small smile, though it was forced.
"But sensei, I thought you were happy here?" Ino asked.
"You're just going to leave your friends and-" Sakura was cut off.
"Don't! And don't question my actions, alright?" she asked them as she stood up.
"What about uncle Charlie?" Tenten asked. Charlie? What does he know about this?
"I'll send him a goodbye video or something. I don't want to deal with his tears." she waved as she jumped away with the three girls following.
"You've changed. You never had to run away from your problems before." our teacher murmured into the wind before following them.
Everything disappeared as I went back into reality and saw that everyone was looking at me expectantly. Jasper wrapped his arms around me. Edward looked confused.
"Alice, what was your vision about?" Carlisle asked. I took an unnecessary breath before answering.
"The same girl, the one I keep on having visions about. She's allies with the new teacher and the exchange girls." I explained.
"After that vision, their thoughts make a bit of sense now." Edward added.
"Then the girl said that she was leaving. Based from the previous vision, I think that she was leaving us. But I still don't know who she really is. I can't even get her name." I finished. I heard Bella's heart beating quickly again, making everyone look at her, then it was as though it was forced to slow down. Then something occurred to me. "We're definitely going to meet her." everyone snapped their heads back at me. "The visions I keep on having are set in stone. It's like nothing I've seen before. The vision was at it's hardest and it was so hard and looked so real that I think that it can't be changed, for once. There was no part in it that was blurred." I explained. Bella looked frightful as she took deep breaths.
"Bella, is something wrong?" Carlisle asked. She shook her head.
"I just need to get some fresh air." she said as she stood up and went out. Why didn't Edward follow her?
"Because she needs to clear her thoughts and some alone time." he answered my thoughts. I hesitantly brought up the question I've been meaning to ask Edward.
"Um, Edward?" he looked at me. I was blocking my mind by singing the Philippine National anthem in German. "Haven't you noticed that in my visions about that girl, Bella is no where in it?" I asked. He growled. Carlisle laid a hand on his shoulder.
"She's simply asking a question. No need to start a scene in the hospital." Carlisle reprimanded. He growled one more time before leaving, slamming the door on his way out.
Bella POV
"The vision was at it's hardest and somehow, I think that it can't be changed, for once." Alice's voice echoed in my mind. I was currently on the rooftop of the hospital, watching the misty-aired Forks. "Based on my previous vision, I think that she was leaving us." So I'm really going to leave them, huh? I can't wrap my mind around having a life without the Cullens. I wonder what will happen when they find out. It sucks not knowing when it will happen. I felt a pair of cold, familiar arms wrap around my waist.
"What do you think about the girl?" I asked, keeping my gaze on the scenery of Forks. He didn't answer for a while.
"Promise me you won't be mad." he asked me. I nodded. He spun me around, searching for something in my eyes, before speaking. "Alice is starting to think that you're the girl in her visions. She thinks that this," he waved his hand to my body. "is some kind of disguise." he said. I just nodded. She's right, this is just a disguise. This was all just to trick them. I didn't want to lie to them, but I was to selfish and I knew that if they knew the truth, they'd push me away, disgusted. At least Edward hasn't read Mike's or Eric's or Tyler's or Jessica's or Lauren's minds, because I'm sure they'd be thinking about the girl that they saw. After a while, I couldn't take it and hugged Edward as tight as I can, wrapping my arms around his waist. I wanted to spend as much time with him as possible if I was really going to leave him. Tears leaked out of my eyes uncontrollably. He soothed me, combing his hand through my hair.
"Why are you crying, love?" he asked. I can't tell him yet. I didn't answer him and just kept on crying. "No one hates you." he suddenly said. I shook my head, letting him know that that's not the reason that I was crying. Yet. I'm going to miss this. I'm going to miss everyone's hilarity. Alice's shopping obsessions, Emmett's teasing, Jasper's big brother character, Rosalie's snobbishness, Esme's care, Carlisle's medical treatments and mostly, Edward's love for me, showering me with tenderness and care. I let go of Edward reluctantly and wiped my tears with my sleeve. Edward helped me wipe them away.
Im feelin' all superhuman
You did this to me
Superhuman all day with-
I picked up my phone, which was in my pocket the whole time.
"Hello?" I greeted, my voice holding fresh tears.
"Bella!" I heard my mom's worried voice. "What happened?" she asked. I sniffed before answering.
"Uh, nothing. Just watching the Titanic with Rose and Alice." I answered, blushing. Edward chuckled.
"Oh, well. I just wanted to tell you that I'll be in Forks for your wedding a week before the actual day, okay?" she asked. My eyes darkened as I remembered that there might not be a wedding.
"Uh, yeah. Sure." I replied, sadness in my eyes, though I didn't let Edward see that.
"Okay, I gotta go. I have to see how the hospital's doing." she said and hung up.
"What did your mom want?" he asked.
"Just wanted to tell me that she'll be arriving in two weeks for the wedding." I answered him, hiding all the sadness from sounding in my voice as I made my way downstairs, going back to Carlisle's office. Edward followed me as we both went back to our family, the one that I was going to be leaving soon. Edward held onto my hand. I smiled. The door to Carlisle's office was coming into view and we stepped inside. Alice tackled me the moment she saw me.
"Bella, I am so sorry. I didn't really want to suspect you of anything. It's just that I was worried about where you were in the visions." she apologized. I patted her back with one hand, letting go of Edward's, and returned the hug with the other on. Soon, I let go of Alice and observed the room. Carlisle was reading over some papers, Esme had an arm wrapped around Carlisle as she read with him, Jasper was reading a book that was on Carlisle's shelf and Emmett was lying on the table.
"Well, why don't we all go back home? I don't think it would be convenient for people to see a doctor's entire family in his office." Carlisle chuckled. "And I have good news when we get back home later." I, along with everyone else except Edward, who was grinning, looked at him in confusion. At least they're letting off about the fainting thing. We reached the parking lot of the hospital and saw Carlisle's Mercedes, Emmett's Jeep and Alice's Porsche.
"By the way, Bella, did you know that Angela's grandmother ate Angela's homework?" Alice asked, keeping her amusement from showing as she pulled me to her car, sticking a tongue out at Edward, who was chuckling. I was shocked.
"Oh my god, why'd she do that?!" I asked in disbelief.
"Because her homework was cake." Alice, as well as the rest of the Cullens that are present, broke out in laughter. I blushed. How could I be this stupid? I chuckled at my stupidity. I went to take shotgun in Alice's car, ignoring Edward's protests of riding with him in Emmett's Jeep. Alice started the engine and sped off towards the familiar road to the Cullen house a bit faster than my liking.
"Alice, you think you could slow down a bit?" I asked her. She shook her head.
"Emmett's challenging me. We're racing against him." she informed me as she steeped even harder on the gas pedal. I saw Emmett waving at me from the rear view mirror as he went in front of us. I clutched onto my seat as if it were dear life. Alice drove even faster and within seconds, she stepped on the brakes sharply, sending me plunging forward. Not again! She caught me just in time with my forehead just an inch away from her glove compartment. I let out the breath I didn't even realize that I was holding in. "Edward's going to kill me if he sees another bruise on your forehead." she tinkled. "That reminds me, we need to get the first one treated by Carlisle." she reminded me as she sat me upright. I gave a small smile. Sometimes, I can admit that bruises as small as these are from the crazy vampires I call my family. She unbuckled my seatbelt-she never fastened hers, of course- and went out of the car. I got out and was met with a pair of cold arms wrapped around my waist. I immediately knew who these belonged to.
"Emmett, let go of me or else Edward and Rosalie will kill you." I said, turning my head to look at him. He grinned cheekily at me. Edward flicked his forehead. Emmett complained.
"Hey! Don't do that, prude." he stuck his tongue out at him. Edward gave him the evil eye.
"Just go cuddle with your wife instead of my fiance." he hissed. I giggled. Edward can get really jealous. Emmett let go of my waist and went inside in vampire speed. Edward turned to me and kissed my forehead. "Love, go to sleep. You'll need your energy tomorrow for the final exams." he reminded me. I groaned.
"Can I just fake a fever? I don't think I'm ready." I pleaded, clasping my hands together. He chuckled.
"If I'm the one who reviewed you, then you should be fine." he said. I rolled my eyes.
"Cocky bastard." I muttered under my breath, knowing Edward, as well as everyone else in the house, can hear me perfectly. I heard laughs coming from inside and I saw Edward smirking at me.
"You really shouldn't have said that." he warned me. I remembered the first time I went to the Cullen house to meet the family. He said that when I said that I wasn't afraid of him. Suddenly, I was pulled to Edward's back and he suddenly started running. I kicked his ass. He looked back at me, shocked and a bit lustful.
"Put me own, prude." I emphasized the last part. He looked even more playful when he heard that. I closed my eyes, ignoring the nausea that threatened to come out. The wind stopped suddenly. I'm guessing he halted running. I opened my eyes and I saw that we were in front of Alice's door.
"I rather you hang out with Alice than Emmett. Anytime now, you might rush to the computer and start watching porn." he answered my confused look. My confusion turned into disbelief when he said that. Before I could say anything, Alice pulled me into her room.
"Let's just stay awake until the dawn, Bella." she chirped. Then I remembered something as an excuse.
"Um, Alice, Did you forget something? Like, Oh, I don't know, a bruise as big as Edward's ego on my head?" I asked her casually. Edward appeared in thin air, looking insulted. I just kissed his cheek, letting him know that I'm just messing with him. I saw Alice looking sheepish for a minute before Edward carried me to Carlisle's office. He knocked on the door and we heard a faint 'come in' from Carlisle, or at least it was faint in my ears. We came in and we saw that Carlisle was sitting on his chair reading a book. After a few seconds, he put it down and looked at us, smiling.
"Ah, what can I do for you today?" he asked casually. I pointed to my bruise.
"It wasn't treated yet." I informed him. He stood up and pressed his cool hand on the damaged part of my head. A familiar pain shot through me, making me hiss. He sighed as he disappeared for a second, then appearing again with a cold bag. He handed it to me and I gladly took it from him.
"Just keep that on your forehead." he commanded. I followed his instructions. I put it on my head with as little pressure as possible, knowing that it might hurt if I'm not careful. I felt a hand replacing mine.
"I'll do it." Edward said and I let go of the bag. He put it on my forehead and I sighed. It didn't hurt when he put it.
"By the way, Carlisle, what's the good news?" Alice asked as she and the rest of the Cullens went in his office. Carlisle grinned.
"The wolves have decided that they won't need our help anymore, so we don't have to talk to them more about the mystery girl." he said. That reminded me that it won't belong before they find out. Everyone in the room rejoiced and I just waved my hand unenergetically. I noticed Edward staring at me a bit weirdly, but I didn't let him know that I noticed it. Instead, I yawned.
"Nap time, Bella." Emmett carried me on his shoulder as he ran at human speed to mine and Edward's room. The ice bag was in Edward's hand, so it got off of my head.
"Emmett, put me down." I thrashed around, but he wouldn't put me down. I felt a familiar churning in my stomach. "I think I'm gonna throw up." I moaned sickly. I closed my eyes and tried to keep the nausea down. Emmett opened the door to our room and put me down on the bed. I heard someone smack his head.
"Prude." Emmett shouted before I felt a gust of wind. At least this time, I wasn't joining the source of the wind. I felt the bed shift.
"Are you alright, love?" Edward asked. I nodded weakly. He kissed my forehead tenderly and wrapped his cold arms around me. "Love, Alice and I need to skip tomorrow. The sun's appearing again." he told me. I groaned, opening my eyes. I saw his god-like face smiling apologetically at me.
"Make me absent, too." I groaned. He chuckled.
"If I can't will myself to stay away from you for a few hours, then you'll stay with me. But I'll try my best to let you go to school." he said. I stuck my tongue out at him and closed my eyes again, preparing to go to sleep. I heard Edward say something, but I wasn't conscious enough to understand it.
I woke up to the sun blinding my already closed eyes. I didn't dream of my dad again. The thought was sad, but at least I was able to talk to him. Cold arms were still wrapped around me from behind and I caught a whiff of Edward's familiar, musky scent.
"Good morning, love." he greeted, turning me so that I could see his face. He was smiling crookedly at me. It made my heart flutter, but when he saw my pout, his smile vanished. His expression turned to a calculating one. "Is something the matter?" he asked. I nodded as if it was obvious.
"Let go of will power and keep me at home." I whined. His smile returned and my heart increased it's pace again.
"Sorry, dear, but it's your exams." he tapped my nose.
"Stupid shiny Volvo owner." I grumbled. Edward laughed. I could hear Emmett boom from here. I blushed. The door burst open, revealing a grinning Alice. I don't think I like that grin. Before I was able to do anything, or even get up, I was airborne and in a blink of an eye, I was seated in front of Alice's dresser.
"You dressing yourself yesterday was just a test. And you failed. Now I get to dress you until you've got it right." she squealed. Uh-oh, not good. She threw me some clothes and pushed me into the bathroom.
"I have a horny fiance and a shopaholic, pixie, coffee loving sister who aren't taking the exams with me. Don't I have the perfect life?" I grumbled. Emmett's boom was heard all over the house, yet again. I could hear Alice's tinkling laugh from the other side of the door and Edward complaining. He must be in the room. I stripped from my clothes and stepped in the shower. When I was done, I wore the clothes that Alice shoved to me. It was a long-sleeved, blue top, a plain black skirt, a pair of black, knee high socks and closed-toe heels, about 2 inches off the ground, plus a gray scarf. I sighed. The things that Alice makes me wear aren't me. When I went out of the bathroom, Alice squealed.
"It looks better if I see it myself instead of in a vision." she said, grinning happily. She pulled me to the mirror and sat me down. She put a bit of eyeliner, mascara and lip gloss, then she clapped her hands, signaling the end of this torture.
"You know, this lip gloss is going to be taken off after I eat." I reminded her. She looked as if she remembered something she forgot.
"Then I'll retouch." she chirped. I sighed and went downstairs to eat. In the kitchen is Edward, making a plate full of pancakes.
"Huh? Where's Esme?" I asked. He turned to me, pouting.
"You don't want to taste my cooking?" he asked, his eyes held innocent sadness.
"N-No, that's not what I meant. I mean, I always see her here and, um," I was at a loss for words because number one, I didn't want to offend Edward so I was looking for the right words and two, his pout is too cute that my mind couldn't function properly. He laughed.
"I know, just teasing." he chuckled, putting the last pancake on the plate and sprinkling it with strawberry syrup. Payback time.
"You suck. And I wanted chocolate syrup." I huffed like a little girl. He stopped pouring the syrup and started getting the ingredients to make pancake in vampire speed. It was my turn to laugh. He stopped mixing and looked at me, confused. "I was just kidding. Strawberry syrup is my favorite." I sang. He looked relieved. I dug into the pancakes. They were so yummy! Before I knew it, I'd finished the entire plate. I looked at Edward, who was watching me with wide eyes.
"I didn't know you could eat 5 pancakes in less than a minute." he breathed out in amazement. Shit! Eating something that quickly-it's one of the useless techniques I created!
"Uh, yeah. Me neither." I laughed unsurely. "Anyways, time to get to class." I stood up and was about to make my way out of the door, when I remembered something. "What am I taking to school?" I asked, turning around so that I could see Edward. He was smiling at me, though I'm pretty sure that I can still see parts of his shock leaking out. I wonder if he'll think I'm a pig now.
"I took the liberty of getting your car. Since I don't want anyone else besides me driving my car-" IDIOT!!! "-and the rest of the cars aren't to your liking, I took your car here." he explained. I ran to him and hugged him, pecking him on the lips. He wrapped one of his arms around me while the other one was patting my hair.
"Thanks, Edward." I said in my softest voice.
"Your welcome, but that cute act isn't going to work on me." I pushed him away. I saw that he was smirking. "Exams are exams. And these are your last high school exams as a human, remember?" he teased. I didn't let Edward see the sadness in my eyes.
"Please." I begged in my cutest voice. He looked as if he was going to break is will, but at the last minute, he regained his composure. He smiled as he carried me on his shoulder to my truck. "Why the hell does everybody have to carry me around?" I whined. We reached outside and Edward put me down. I saw that he was raising an eyebrow at me. The sun was shining, and his face, along with the rest of his exposed skin, was shimmering.
"I've never heard you use that type of language." he stated. Oh no! God, fuck! I'm merging with my old self too much.
"I was just, um," I fidgeted, adding extra effects. "It's just because I'm..." I took a deep breath. I could feel his curiosity from a mile away. "...on my period." I whispered, embarrassed. If he were human, he would have beaten me on my best day. He coughed, ashamed...probably for asking that.
"Oh, um, well, good luck on your exams." he kissed my forehead again before opening my door. He lifted me inside and, put my bag on the passenger's seat and buckled my seatbelt for me. I pouted. I don't want to do the exams! He closed my door and waved me goodbye. I turned on the engine and rolled down the windows.
"Alice! I'm giving you full power to use Edward as a mannequin of me and give him a make-over." I shouted before driving away. From my side mirrors, I saw Edward in disbelief before disappearing. I laughed loudly to myself. I can really be evil sometimes. I went through the path through the forest. I was still smiling as I remembered the events that happened today. By now, I've reached the school. I saw the three girls walking towards the door of the school. At least I won't be alone for lunch. I grabbed my bag and froze. My hand. The vein appeared. This is not good. That vein only appears when something bad is about to happen. My stomach was in knots as I grabbed my bag and went out, running to the three girls.
"Sakura! Ino! Tenten!" I called. They all turned their heads to look at me. Sakura was smiling as she approached me.
"Sensei!" Sakura called, making people look at her. I pushed the nervous feeling away. She froze, her words making sense to her. I got nearer and at the right distance, I flicked her forehead, making her thaw out.
"Don't call me that in public." I reprimanded. "Actually, why are you calling me sensei when I'm not your sensei anymore?" I asked them.
"It's kinda hard to imagine you as something else." Tenten smiled.
"How about..." I thought of something. "A friend?" they all smiled softly at me and nodded. Then my face turned serious. "I need to tell you something. Can we meet up after school?" I asked them. When they saw how serious I was, they nodded furiously. I smiled at them. "Great, now, I know you guys don't have to take the exams, but I have to, unfortunately." I pouted. They smiled at my quick mood changes. "Wish me luck." I waved to them and started going to my designated classroom. I met up with Angela halfway.
"Hey, Bella." she smiled.
"Hey." I replied.
"Edward and the others out hiking again?" she asked. I nodded. "Why didn't they take you along?" she inquired.
"Um, I wanted to take the exams today so that I won't have to make my nerves last longer." I chuckled a bit. She nodded understandingly.
"I know, relief and stuff. By the way, how's the wedding planning coming?" she asked. I shrugged, though I had hidden sadness in my eyes.
"Oh, you know, the usual. Alice driving me to hell and all that." I chuckled as I opened the door to our classroom. Angela suddenly grabbed my hand and held it close to her face.
"What happened?" she asked worriedly. I paled. She saw the vein.
"Um, I don't know." I answered, keeping my voice from shaking. "I'll ask Carlisle to look at it." I laughed a bit as we went inside. She looked at me a bit more, worry clear in her eyes, before sighing and going to her seat. I took my seat as well, relief and nerves flooding me. It's a good thing that I have a mini-scroll that I can use to activate weapons kept in my pocket just in case.
The bell rung. I waved goodbye to Angela quickly before running to the rooms where each of the girls are. When everyone was with me, I quickly shoved them in an empty room to tell them the problem.
"What is it?" Ino asked. My eyebrows furrowed together.
"Something is about to happen." I said. They looked at my hand. They knew about the vein.
"Let's move to a safer place." Sakura suggested. I nodded.
"Unfortunately, we're going to have to take my 1953 truck." I pouted. They nodded. We walked out to the parking lot. When we were a couple of meters from the truck, I stopped, halting them as well. I sensed an evil aura again, this time, it's just in a tree a couple of steps away.
"Move away!" I screamed. It's a good thing everyone else was still inside. We ran away, towards the opposite direction. In a few seconds, my truck exploded. I growled, jumping into the trees as I changed into my true form with the girls following. I used my Byakugan and traced the person who tried to kill me with a paper bomb.
"Where are we going?" Tenten asked. I just kept looking straight ahead, my stomach in knots. We were getting closer to the Cullen's house, and so was the perpetrator. I doubled my speed. I heard the girls complaining, but I couldn't pay attention enough to them. Within seconds, I caught the guy. He was wearing a black hood. I took him by the neck and pulled him to the opposite direction. Just a few more meters and Edward would have read his mind. Shit! I forgot. I hope Edward wasn't spying on me again. When we were at a safe place, including the girls and Jiraiya, who had caught up with the girls, I pinned the guy to the ground. His chakra was familiar, and yet, he was my most hated guy after I've killed Orochimaru.
"I spared your life with much will power." I growled. "Why did you have to chase me all the way to this dimension and try to kill me?" I asked the bastard.
"You killed my master. So before I could deem his position, I would need to have your head first." Kabuto struggled and I took off his hood. The girls gasped while I heard nothing from Jiraiya.
"His position as leader to the group who tried to conquer and destroy Konoha?" I can't seem to stop growling. I gave a bitter laugh. "It's time to end this." I whispered in a deadly voice. I looked at everyone else once with sad eyes. Killing was always my last option. With my hand still on his neck, I found the chakra line on it and put deadly pressure on it. He screamed in agony. I put a bit more strength and his head snapped off, his scream fading as his blood was all over my hand. I jumped off of him and put him on fire the second I was away from his skin. I would have thought he would put up more of a fight. I was shaking. "What...have I done?" I murmured.
"There was no other solution." Jiraiya said as he put his hand on my shoulder. I was shaking. Even though his heart was pure evil, he was still someone who had a life. Everyone in Konoha knew that I didn't want to kill anyone. I collapsed. Everyone patted my back comfortingly. Suddenly, images of blood everywhere, including my body. The number of dead corpses lying around can be compared to an army. A kunai drenched in blood was in my hands. I was covered in blood. I screamed.
"No! I didn't do it! I don't want to kill!" I kept on screaming things along the lines of those.
"Jiraiya-sensei! Do something!" Tenten screamed. I screamed even more as something was being etched onto the skin of my back using my blood. The lines were made of blood. It was excruciating. Then the horrendous images were blurred away and I forgot what I was just freaking out about as the pain in my back subsided.
"W-what happened?" I asked, confused. All I remember was that my truck was bombed and I was chasing after Kabuto. "Where's Kabuto?" I queried.
"Don't worry. I made you come here while we took care of him. He won't be bothering us again." Sakura smiled.
"Shit!" I screamed. They all looked alert now. "No enemies. It's just that, I'm sure the Cullens are probably trying to look for me." I sighed, enjoying the warmth of the fire behind me, which I'm not sure where it came from. "We need to get back to school, maybe wipe some memories." I told them. They nodded.
"Here, I'll carry you." Jiraiya offered and lifted me onto his back. The girls jumped first and Jiraiya followed second after. It was a peaceful ride with me being carried back. Then, I felt a hand going up and down my thigh. A vein popped in my head. I pulled my arm back and swung it with a lot of strength, my fist hitting Jiraiya's face. He stopped jumping and fell down. I jumped off of him before gravity took him. I landed on a tree. He was on his back, twitching. He had a huge nosebleed and a goofy smile on his face. I jumped and landed beside him.
"You just carried me so that you could feel me up." I said, too calm, placing the heel of my foot on his chest. My fist was shaking, begging another swing at him. The girls arrived just now. Ino sighed.
"How many times were you slapped by the students at school?" she asked. He stood up, though his nose was still bleeding.
"Can I help it? Bella's just gained a lot more of curves." he said, his expression and his voice were clouded over with lust. A vein popped in my head again and I punched him again, upwards. He flew high in the air.
"Tch. I'm leaving." I waved before jumping away. I changed into my cover-up form and sensed that the girls are following without the lecher.
This time we're not giving up
We'll make it last forever
Screaming, hallelujah
We'll make it last for-
"Hello?" I greeted.
"Bella." I heard Charlie's worried voice. "I heard that something exploded in your school parking lot?" he asked frantically.
"My truck." I sighed.
"What?!" he screamed. "What happened?" he demanded.
"Long story. I'll tell you later." I said. The school was in view now and I could see some people with tears coming out of their eyes, crowding over my burning truck. "I gotta go now, charlie. But don't worry, everything's been taken care of." I hung up. I landed on the ground before anyone can see me and walked towards them. "Um, what happened to my truck?" I asked, pretending I didn't know anything as I laced my voice with anger. Everyone snapped their heads towards me and the three girls behind me. Angela was the first to rush over to me.
"Bella! What happened? Is something wrong? Are you injured somewhere?" she kept on firing questions at me.
"I'm okay, Angela. But what happened to my truck?" I asked. She bit her lip.
"We just heard a crash and saw your truck on fire. That's it. Then, we couldn't see you anywhere and we all thought that you were already inside. We thought you died." she sobbed at the thought. I hugged her and patted her back comfortingly. Everyone else was coming to me now.
"We'll see you later." Sakura said, walking away. Man, couldn't they help me? I was still hugging Angela when everyone started asking questions. Then, we heard the screeching of a car. I heard it stop just a few meters away from the crowd. Everyone made way and I saw that it was...Edward?! But this is a dangerous act! I let go of Angela as I assessed him. He was wearing a long-sleeved shirt, pants, gloves, shades and a hood. He rushed over to me, taking me in his arms.
"Dear god, this is the second time I thought you died. Alice tried looking for you, but she couldn't find you." Edward sobbed. I knew what he was talking about. He let go of me and held my hand. "Let's go to Carlisle and get you checked up." he said as he pulled me to his car. I went to the passenger seat, waving goodbye to Angela. She waved goodbye back. I went inside the car and Edward sped off to the hospital. "Are you alright, love?" he asked, worried.
"Don't worry. Sakura and I talked before my truck exploded. We were at the other side of school when it boomed." I assured him. He sniffed something and tensed up.
"You smell like fresh blood. But it isn't your blood." he said tensely. My eyes widened.
"I don't know how that happened." I shrugged, making hand symbols for the technique to get rid of the scent. I finished and luckily, it didn't use smoke like a clone technique would. "Are you sure it isn't just your imagination?" I asked. He sniffed the air again, looking confused. The scent is completely gone.
"Um, yeah. I guess it is." he said, baffled. Throughout the rest of the drive, Edward was looking at me as if I'm a very fragile piece of glass, but I tried not to look at him, afraid that my eyes will give me away. Then Edward stopped in front of the hospital. He got out of the car quickly. I mirrored his actions, but when we were intercepting in front of the car, he took the liberty of carrying me the rest of the way to Carlisle's office. I would have complained, but I didn't think that this was the best time. Edward didn't even knock when we reached his office. I saw that he was sitting on his chair, looking at some documents with a pen in his hand. When he saw us, he dropped the pen and walked over to us, smiling gently.
"What can I do for you two today?" he asked.
"Carlisle," Edward started. "Didn't you hear what happened at the school?" he asked. Carlisle shook his head. "For some reason, her truck exploded. People say that it was because of a bomb, most probably." he explained.
"I'm telling you, I'm fine." I complained, though he ignored me. He set me on the table bed thing and made me sit. He checked my eyes.
"Look here, please." he said, pointing a finger in front of me. I did as he said. "Probably a bit stressful. You need to rest the whole day tomorrow." he told me. I sighed. The stress was probably because of my fucking secret that I'm trying to hide. He checked the rest of my body. "Nothing seems out of the ordinary here, Edward. She's fine." Carlisle concluded. I stuck my tongue out at Edward. Kabuto wasn't able to injure me. "Just take her home, Edward. We'll discuss this later. I'm sure everyone at the house would want to see her now." Edward growled. He didn't like the idea of waiting so long. "If the perpetrator strikes before we catch him, we're more than enough to protect her." he reassured him. I started making my way outside. I heard Edward saying something low and fast to Carlisle, but of course, I didn't hear or understand it. After a bit, Edward caught up with me. We were silent for a while. Not knowing what to say.
"I need to go to Charlie's for a bit." I blurted out. He looked at me, baffled.
"I thought you were going to just pack up again when he comes back?" he asked. I shook my head.
"I just need to do something, okay?" I asked him. By now, we've reached the parking lot. "I think I have a spare copy of the trucks documents there, but I'm not sure if it's there or with Charlie." I lied. I was actually going to get some weapons in case Kabuto sent someone else to 'take care' of me. He nodded, opening my car door for me. He went around the car and went inside the driver's part of the seat. We arrived at Charlie's in no time with his fast driving. He shut off the engine and got out of the car. I went out of the car as well. Throughout the ride, I thought of possible ways to not make him follow me to the secret room. "Why don't we split up trying to look for it?" I suggested.
"No problem. I'm sure Alice would want to see you in the pale flesh now, right?" he chuckled a bit. At least he wasn't tense anymore. I stuck my tongue out at him.
"I'll check downstairs and you look upstairs." I said. He nodded. We went inside and I went to the kitchen, waiting for a few seconds for Edward to go upstairs. When I knew he couldn't possibly see me or what I'm doing, I went to the secret room and took as much weapons as I can hide in my clothes. When I finished, I went back up and saw that Edward wasn't here yet. Thank god. "I found nothing." I said, knowing that he can hear me. Edward appeared in front of me. I jumped a bit, surprised. He smiled crookedly.
"I found nothing either." he told me. I sighed, as if disappointed.
"I'll just ask Charlie when he gets back." I said. We went back to his car and drove back to the Cullen house. I contemplated whether I should ask this question or not. "Edward," I started slowly. He looked at me.
"Is something wrong?" he asked. I shook my head.
"I just wanted to ask a question." I said. He looked at me as if to say 'go on'. "If the one you loved dearly had a...major secret and you found out what it is, what would you do?" I asked him. He looked at me for a while. I knew I shouldn't have asked that question.
"Well," he finally said. "What type of secret is it?" he asked. I better give him something a tad bit vague.
"Um, she killed some people, maybe." I answered. He thought about it for a while. I noticed that he was driving a bit slower than normal- 55 kph. I smiled a bit.
"Well, I'd be definitely surprised, especially if it was you." he chuckled. I tried my best to smile. If only he knew... "But I'd learn to accept it. If you were able to accept my secret, then I'd definitely learn to accept yours." he smiled. "Why do you ask?" he asked.
"Um," I looked for a possible lie. "Sakura asked me about it. She's trying to tell her boyfriend this secret of hers, but she's afraid of how he'd react because she's fallen too deeply in love with him. So I thought I'd get your opinion and share it with her because she thinks that you and him are alike in different departments." I babbled. He nodded understandingly.
"Okay, now let's go back to our house and tell everyone that you're okay." he said as he hit the gas pedal harder, making the car move faster. Damn it! After I ask him a question that stirred up my nerves, he ties my stomach in knots because he's trying to kill us with his speedy driving. Soon, we reached the Cullen house. In a second, my car door was opened and I was taken in a bone-crushing hug.
"Ally...can't...need...air..." I gasped. Alice let go of me, but instead of smiling sheepishly, she had a worried look on her face.
"Did you know how much I was annoying everyone because I saw your truck blow up just minutes before it actually happened?" she scolded. "I was so worried. I couldn't find you after that, but for some reason..." she stopped.
"For some reason...?" I asked. She hesitated. Edward looked confused, Alice is probably blocking her mind.
"For some reason...the visions included that girl." she said. Edward growled. "But the moment I saw her, I stopped and looked for you instead." she amended. "I couldn't find your future. I couldn't see you. I knew that you couldn't have been with a wolf, but I still couldn't see you." she sobbed.
"Sorry for worrying everyone. I didn't know that my truck was going to blow up either." I apologized. I would've hugged her, but I think that she would've felt my weapons. I went inside the house. It was probably around sunset now. I felt a gust of wind and Emmett was in front of me in a second, hugging me as he lifted me from the ground.
"Bellsy, you're still alive!" he rejoiced. Then I heard a metal thing clanking on the marble tile. I froze. My kunai just fell. "Huh? What's that?" Emmett asked. I forced myself to thaw out of my frozen state and used my inhuman strength to break free of Emmett's grasp. "Whoa, Bella got strong." Emmett commented. My feet were on the ground by now and I saw that all the rest of the Cullens, including Carlisle, were looking at me in shock. I heard someone pick up my kunai. I looked behind me and saw that it was Edward. I stepped back slowly. This was what I was fearing. And it hasn't even been a week.
"Bella, w-what is this?" Edward asked, my kunai in his hand.
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