A/N: Sorry! No M rated thingies in this chapter! But fear not, surely there is more to come! I don't own Twilight or any of the characters associated with Twilight.

We layed curled up together on Jane's bed. After spending an entire night of "returning eachother's favor," it was nice to just relax. Jane had her head nuzzled into the crook of my neck, she had been lightly purring for quite a while in her relaxation.

A sharp knock on the door drew us from our tranquility. Bolting upright and glaring at the door, she barked, "What?!" She sounded pretty pissed. Her trademark scowl returned to her face, making me smile. Grumpy Jane looked adorable.

"Aro, requested that Bella had her first training session with me shortly. He would like to see her raw skills in combat," the voice from the other side of the door informed us.

I sighed, back to reality I suppose. I sat up, stretching my arms above my head. Jane grumbled something unintelligable before dissapearing momentarily, returning within seconds with two sets of clothing, including the trademark Volturi cloak and medallion.

I reluctantly slid off of the bed, both of us clothing ourselves. I guess she must have gotten proper clothing in my size during my transition.

Once we were appropriately garbed, Jane looped her arm through mine and led me out of the room. We trekked through winding hallway after winding hallway. This place is massive, has no one noticed a random castle this large was filled with vampires?

Jane must have noticed my speculation, "The castle lies under a city. It's easier to stay under the radar this way," she stated. I merely hummed in response.

We were walking towards our location at a human's pace. I suppose she wanted to spend as much time with me as possible, not that I'm complaining.

We eventually arrived in a large, empty stone room. The only other people in it were Aro and another vampire I had yet to meet.

"Ahh, Isabella! Vampirism suits you well!" Aro was grinning like an idiot as we strode up to him. "I see that you and Jane have become well aquainted."

It's times like these that I'm glad I couldn't blush.

Jane unwound her arm from mine, rubbing my shoulder before standing on her toes to whisper in my ear, "good luck." She kissed the shell of my ear before slinking out of the room.

The other vampire in the room looked at me like I was crazy, "How'd you manage to do that?" I gave him a questioning look, "I mean, she's a total ass to everyone! I've never seen any emotion from her besides rage and irritation."

I snarled at him in response, how dare he call my mate an ass? Who does he think he is? I was about to pounce on him when Aro intervened.

Clearing his throat, Aro introduced this foolish vampire to me, "Bella, this is Felix. He will be teaching you how to fight. I'm not going to be here for every session, or even most. I would just like to see your progression."

So he's going to be my teacher? Perfect, that means I have free dibs on beating the shit out of him. A wicked grin grin spread across my face, "great, when do we start?"

Aro chuckled, "well, let me just get out of your way and you may begin whenever you're ready!"

As soon as Aro was out of the line of fire, Felix and I began sizing eachother up. He started to stalk around me in a circular motion, and I copied him.

"Come on princess, come at me whenever you're ready," he taunted.

I let a snarl rip from my mouth, leaping at him in a rather jumbled manner. He easily dodged me, returning my efforts with a massive fist to the back of my head. The sound of the collision reverberated off the walls, sounding like a clap of thunder. As my face collided with the ground, my head dug in to the stone floor, leaving an indent as I yanked myself back up. Cracks were spidering all across my face.

I stood ready for him to attack me, but his pose seemed more defensive. I guess he just wanted to see how I attack. I went in for another clumsy punch, he blocked it, and returned with a punch of his own. I attempted to dodge, his fist only clipping my cheek. I snarled again, swiping out my leg in an attempt to knock his feet out from under him. He leaped up just as my leg was about to collide with his. He landed behind me, instantly having me in a choke hold.

"You've got alot to learn, princess."

Hours of fighting later, Jane came strolling back in to the room. She entered just at Felix had pinned me again, face buried in the stone and arm locked behind my back.

She growled as she saw this, Felix suddenly seizing up and collapsing. He began to shriek in pain and continuously yelping," Stop!"

"It appears someone is still a bit over protective," Aro chuckled. "Enough, Jane." he simply stated. Jane apparently ceased doing whatever it was she was doing, because Felix let out a relieved sigh and relaxed against the ground.

As I picked myself up and dusted myself off, I shot her a quizzical look. She returned my look with a sheepish one.

Aro turned to leave the room, "Well, Isabella, it does appear that you need much more progress. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll be as skilled of a fighter as any other member of the guard within a few months." He strode out, leaving me, Jane, and a recovering Felix.

Jane sprinted up to me at her normal speed, vampiric speed, and started dragging me out of the room.

"Jane? What was that?"

She sighed, glancing at me sideways,"My gift." She stated simply.

"Oh..." I trailed off. It took me a minute to realise we weren't heading back towards her room. "Where are we headed?"

"You look famished, and I need to feed as well. I'm taking you a few towns over to hunt."

Hunt? As in hunting people? Well, I don't feel near as guilty as I should and... human blood is delicious. I didn't even realise how thirsty I was until she pointed it out.

I nodded in reponse. I guess hunting won't be as bad as I expected it to be.

A/N: Yay! Bella getting the tar beat out of her by Felix, and Jane being protective! Criticism is always welcomed!