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Worth Fighting For

Chapter 9


JPOV

I was finally able to get Bella out of her cabin after I agreed to her demands to tell Tanya that she was no longer to make anymore crude gestures in regards to our sex life. Considering Kate already laid into Tanya I didn't think it was going to be a issue anyway. We silently walked together on the way to what was left of the kitchens to get Bella something to eat with her arms wrapped around me and he face buried in my side.

I refused any time someone tried to stop and engage us in some type of conversation. I was a little pissed myself. We were vampires and used to when we got in large groups to ignore the sounds of coupling between whoever was fucking at the time. It was actually taboo for us to comment on it especially when its between mates. So the fact that Tanya did irked me. Damn near pissed me off that more than one of them also I heard Bella's cries of pleasure. That shit was for my ears alone.

A foul odor came from the direction we were going, sniffing at the air I knew that someone was cooking Bella's human's food for her. After another couple of feet I was able to smell Edward's scent coming from the kitchens as well feeling very smug about himself.

Once inside the kitchen I saw Edward pulling out what ever he was cooking out of a large pot filled with boiling oil. I allowed the little bastard to hand over the plate to my mate making sure to keep myself glued to her side with his close proximity to her.

Then just as I was hoping I felt his outrage and anger once he got a good whiff of Bella and smelled my scent all over her. I purposely didn't mention to Bella how strongly she smelled of our sex while she was getting dressed. I wanted him to know I claimed her. I wanted all of them to smell her as my scent was all over my mate.

His eyes darted to me so I knew he was reading my thoughts as his outrage grew.

Pulling Bella a little closer and making a show to kiss her temple I glared at Edward.

"Bella, why don't you go on out and eat with Char. You've been so cooped up the fresh air will do you good." I said into her hair.

"Yeah that sounds great. Come find me once your done here." Her tone was happy and upbeat but her emotions told me that I didn't fool her one bit. She knew why I wanted her out of the kitchens.

As soon as she was through the thresh hold I pounced on Edward. With his head locked against my side I dragged him over to the stove. His attempts to get free were useless and his little pussy growls made me laugh out loud.

"You know Eddie if you want to be my bitch you can go dust Bella's cabin next."

"Fuck You"

"Hell Boy I'm impressed. I didn't think you had it in you."

Pulling him upright and locking him in a full nelson and peered into the pot of oil that was still bubbling on the stove.

"You know what Ed. I wonder what boiling oil would do to a vampire. Hows about you help me figure that out." Hissing in his ear I used the fingers I had locked behind his head and applied pressure pushing his head towards the bubbling pan.

The little bastard was stronger than I thought so I had to use more force to get his head a couple of inches above the grease.

His squealing was starting to bug me so I squeezed the sides of his head with my palms until he got the hint and shut the fuck up. Once I had his attention I bent over him pressing my full body weight against him and continued to hiss in his ear.

"If you don't learn your place I will end you boy. Bella is mine get over it! Or I will have myself a whole lot of fun making you scream before I end your sorry ass."

Letting him go he quickly backed away from me and tried to make a break for it. Stepping in his path and pushing back so that his body crashed into the counter making it break under his weight.

"Now, we have some serious shit here to deal with and I do not want to have this conversation again. Are we clear boy?"

He gave me the slightest of nods in reply and I turned to walk away. But not being able to resist I turned back before walking out.

"You know you really are quite stupid. That oil would have done nothing but irritate you eyes and make you need a shower." Chuckling at his expression I left him sitting there in the rubble of the kitchen and went to find Bella

Finding her sitting in amongst a large group of females happily chowing down on her food as she teased Irina by waving a french fries under her nose and laughing at the disgusted look on her face.

Hearing her laughter made me smile and I left her to her female bonding and went to seek out Peter.

"Hey Peter I need to hunt and I want you to sit here with Bella while I'm gone."

Emmett stepped up asking if he could watch over her instead. " I need to speak with her Jasper. She's my little Sis and I let her down. I knew Edward wasn't her mate but let it go so I could get to keep her as a sister." Feeling him out I could tell he was genuine and agreed.

Looking around the camp I knew Bella would be safe. She was surrounded by vampires who loved her and Emmett was already hovering near her giving the stink eye to any male that got too close for his liking.

After telling Bella that I would be back as soon as I could I hurried into the forest ready to feed off the closest animal I could. A few miles out I was brought up short by Collin who was standing over a heavily over weight human at his feet.

"Got you some take out Major." This time I managed to not even wince at the title.

Collin stepped back several feet while I fed. After draining my much appreciated meal I heaved the carcass in front of a wolves den for them to finish off at their leisure.

Ready to run back to camp I turned and saw Peter, Collin, Garrett standing there waiting on me. Every one of the fuckers were giving off a little to much mischief and humor for my liking.

Peter took a slight step forward. Apparently he was the asshole elected to go first with what ever fuckery they had planned.

"Now I know you may kick my ass for this but how is it exactly do you manage to be ….intimate with your mate without hurting her."

Yeah I was going to punch him later. But he was now putting off enough curiosity that I answered him.

"Don't really know. When I am with her I just... I just can't hurt her you know." Personally I didn't care as to why I couldn't hurt her I was just happy that I didn't. It was instinct mainly and that was enough for me.

"So exactly how warm is it?" He asked and then slightly stepped behind Garrett who was trying to move out of his way.

Not even bothering to move around Garrett I tackled both of them causing all of us to skid across the damp earth and get covered with mud. Collin was standing at the side line laughing like a fool so I flung Peter into him to teach him a lesson.

For the next 20 minutes we wrestled around and beat the crap out of one another. It was a just what I needed to work out the aggression I wanted to take out on Edward.

It wasn't until we were on the way back to camp that Garrett asked the question I knew all of them were dying to ask.

"So Jasper, why is Edward still alive?"

"Because we could use the little bastard. He is surprisingly enough a decent fighter and with his mind reading bull shit he will be a great asset."

"Okay then I guess that makes sense. But I am going to make sure he is on the front line." He huffed back at me looking very put out by the idea all together.

Smiling I thought of the look on his face standing at the front as he was rushed by a few crazed newborns. "Yeah, that sounds like a good spot for him."

I was jarred out of my happy thoughts of Edward being ripped to pieces when Collin started give his report concerning Alice. I new she was angry over the whole situation with me and Bella, but she would have to get over it. I had no ties to her other then an occasional fuck. Her anger was fine but the rest of her emotions is what kept me on high alert. She was up to something I just didn't know what yet. Though she was still smart enough to understand that holding back on us would result in the loss of her head.

"Alice says that there have still been no strong decisions as to when they are coming. She said that ever since their look outs saw the Cullen's heading north there has been nothing but one dismissed plan after another. They also don't know where we are yet. Well according to Alice."

Taking in his information my brain went into battle mode and thought out all the different scenarios that this information could pose for us. Not wanting to take any chances I order Garrett to add more detail to his perimeter checks and made sure Peter knew it was time to start kicking the training up a notch.

"I also want to make sure the females are properly prepared for the newborns. There is more than just plain blood lust that will be driving them once the get worked up enough. The last thing I want is for any of them is to be dragged off and raped while the rest of us are fighting."

Collin looked shocked at this and started to say something but my serious expression made him hold his tongue. This was war and every tactic would be used to win and that included our side. If the idea of rape scandalized him so much how would he handle it once I got my hands on the one of James' people.

Then a breeze coming in from the north west paused all conversation as a unfamiliar vampire scent was carried with it. Immediately I went to the trees scaled to the top then used the foliage they provided to sneak up on the possible enemy. I barely heard the others as they went to their own trees and our formation instinctively so that once we got the outsider in our sights he would be quickly surrounded.

Once he came into sight we all paused at the sight in front of us. He looked to be nothing more then a boy in appearance. His fear was strong not only in his emotions but in his demeanor as well. If it was possible for a vampire to piss himself I'm sure this boy would be.

I jumped down and slowly approached him but waited to signal for the others to make themselves known. The closer I got the more terrified he became. Stopping where I was I called out to him. "What are you doing in my territory.

His response was immediate and a little shaky. "I meant no harm I'm just passing through. I wasn't aware that I crossed onto marked land."

"You a nomad boy?"

"I guess I am now. Haven't been with my coven in 3 years and I have no plans to go back."

His emotion told me he was being truthful. But he was sloppy in giving me to much information so easily. He just told me he was alone and that no would be missing him anytime soon. He was no threat. But he can be used as an extra man on the battlefield if I played my cards right.

"Well now that sounds like a nomad to me. Tell me can you handle yourself well in a fight?"

He shifted a few steps towards the left in fear. I also noted that it was the only path left open. He was aware of the guys in the trees. This means he had good instinct. He was becoming very promising.

"I told you I meant no harm." he croaked out at me his eyes shifting upwards to the higher branches of the surrounding tress.

Holding my hands up palms out I took another tentative step forward.

"I know that. I ain't gonna attack you. I was just wondering is all. If your out here on your own you will need to learn how to defend yourself. You have any gifts to help keep you safe?"

I pushed a fuck load of trust and sincerity to him and when his posture relaxed I knew I had him.

"Yah I have a gift. But I don't really know how to fight."

Smiling my best friendly smile at him I slowly closed the space between us. This way if he refuses I would be able to catch him better. It would be a waste but I couldn't take the risk and let him go with our location.

"You see you happened upon something that leaves you in a tight spot. Not so far from here I am training a small army. I am doing this because an asshole made his own army to come after my mate. We are a little short on numbers and could use some help."

He was suspicious now and his eye narrowed in my direction. "NO. I left Amun and his coven because they wanted to use me. Beside like I said I am not much of a fighter.

"And like I said I am training an army so you will be taught to fight. They may have the numbers but we have the skill. Do you know who I am boy?"

When he didn't answer I kept on. "I am The Major and in the trees around you is my S.I.C and two other skilled fighters I trained myself. Do you understand what that means?"

"It means I'm fucked."

Oh I like him. "Not necessarily, If you stand at our side I will train you myself and afterwords you will be free to go. No strings. No expectations. And then I will owe you a favor in return."

It only took him a couple of minutes to decide. "I will help."

"Good. Now tell me do you have any gifts."

He didn't answer this time. Just smirked at me then got a look of concentration on his face. Seconds later the ground under my feet started to rumble slightly and the trees Peter, Collin and Garrett were in started to sway then hobbled over so quick that they didn't have time to do anything but jump to the ground and out of the way of the falling trees.

As soon as the trees ht the ground the rumbling stopped and we all stood around him in different states of shock. As we stood there the winds picked up and blew leaves, broken branches and a couple of small animals in the air. Then just as quickly as it started it stopped. The vampire before me looked pleased with himself and felt almost triumphant.

"I am getting much better at controlling it." He stated proudly.

"What ahh is it exactly you can control?" Peter asked from the sidelines,

"The elements. All four earth, air, fire and water."

Fucking Jackpot!

"Shit son remind me not to piss you off. Whats your name?" Garrett offered up as a tension breaker. It worked and soon we were all on the way back to the campground learning as much about Benjamin as we could. He was going to be bad ass once I was done with him.

Entering the grounds we were met with odd stares as we introduced out new recruit and it took Esme to point out that all of us save for Benjamin was covered in mud with little twigs and leaved in our hair and stuck to our clothing.

I walked away on the mission to find my mate and a shower while Eleazar fawned over our newcomer. He was amazed at what he saw reading Benjamin's gift.

As luck would have it I found my girl in the same spot the shower was. Bella was in her bathroom putting more towels on the shelf. She sensed me watching her and spoke without turning around.

"I moved you in" she told me with a nervous smile on her beautiful face.

Not answering with words I push my acceptance and joy towards her letting her know how much I approved of her decision. She turned to me then smiling joyfully before she squealed in shock. I was turning in circles looking for the reason for her shock until she started in on me.

"What the hell happened to you. Your full mud and debris. What did the deer fight back? Jasper would you please stop turning in circles your getting mud everywhere. Go back on outside and hose yourself off."

Coming to a stop I saw pieces of dirt, leaves and twigs now taking residence on the floor under me. Oops.

Looking up I found her glaring at me and pointing to the door. With better ideas in mind I started to stalk towards her.

"Oh no you don't. You are not coming in here after me full of that crap. Out! I mean it, Duck! I just took a shower and I …..."

Whatever she was going to say next was cut off when I reached her. I jerked her into my arms and proceeded to rub myself against her getting as much of my filth on her as I could.

Her squeals were mixed with laughter as I ran my hands through my hair and wiped it on her face.

"But I thought you liked playing in the mud, baby"

At this point really I was just wiping dirt on her seeing as how the mud was mostly dry anyways.

Laughing I pulled her in the shower both of us still fully clothed and turned the water on. I just held her tight as she squirmed in my arms and enjoyed the feeling of her body moving against mine.

"Ahhww come on now Darlin. Don't you wanna get dirty with me?"

A small hit of lust in her direction got the point across I was trying to make. Her body kept wiggling around against mine but now her movements were purely seductive. When the smell of her arousal hit my nose I had her naked and was balls deep inside her within seconds.

I spent the rest of that day with Bella enjoying as much of our time together as possible. Because come tomorrow I had a new recruit to train and a troop to get in line. It was going to be awhile before I would be able to spend time like this with her.

But at least we had now and I savored every second of it. Long after that my mate fell asleep with my cock still deep inside her again.


A/N- Well this one is a little short but the next Chapter is a lot longer...what can I say I am inconsistent that way :) So what do we think about Benjamin? I always though he was a character that need a bit more attention. I mean come his gifts alone make him bad-ass! drop me a review and let me know what you think. :)

A/N 2- It may be short but we covered sex smell (kayjay112). Mud covered Jasper and Peter(wendy1969) and The Major even broke out his Grrrr face when playing with Eddie in the kitchen (starnosy) !

(DRUM ROLL) My Fic pimp out this week is for My Heart Is an Ocean by ZooperDooper. I think the plot line is one of the most original J/B I have ever read so go read it!