Hello all! I wanted to mention a few things so it might be a long author note!

First of all I want to say a huge thank you to PiratekitAG, she pretty much fixed all my issues at the last 1500 words so the ending was saved by her!

I wanted to mention about questions that I have been receiving. Like what Jacob thought of Kagome or what Emmett had told Edward while in the school Even Alice's unknown vision while Kouga was in the car. Maybe a question about the mysterious person who had gave Kagome the tip about Carlisle being in Forks.

I thought it would be fun if I had a Q and A for all of those answers at the end of my story, so if you have any other questions and want them answered please write a review or send me a message (Since now we have those new nifty message inboxes). Then all will be revealed at the end.

I wanted to apologize for taking so long. This whole semester I was working on my thesis for one class. I ended up putting at least 100 hours on this thesis. So I apologize for being late writing this, I am out of school but will start up again in a week for spring semester (which thankfully is one class) so I will be able to update faster than I did for this chapter.

One final thing! Thanks for all who love this story, I never thought any of my stories would be close to 200 reviews, (16k hits for this story!) all of you made that happen so I hope I lived up to expectations with this chapter!

-Lindsey-


Vicariously Immortal

Chapter 9: Against the Grain Should be a Way of Life

Forks Washington (4th June 2006 A.D)

"Kouga" Kagome whispered softly, her legs folded under her as she sat on the ground by the base of the couch. "Kouga time to get up" she said once again shaking the wolf demon.

"He isn't getting up," Edward said from the entranceway to the living room. He was casually leaning against the wall arms crossed smiling. "The lazy mutt" Edward mumbled watching them.

Kagome just smiled at him as she heard Kouga rouse slightly "That's not very nice Edward" she reprimanded tilting her head slightly to look at the vampire.

"Shut up ya two, I need my sleep" Kouga joked cracking one eye open first looking at Edward then at Kagome showing a lopsided smile. "Good morning beautiful" he replied watching her.

"Good morning to you as well" Edward spoke interrupting Kagome, "I can hardly call you beautiful though" Edward shrugged eyeing Kouga indifferently.

The wolf demon just gave a low growl and closed his eye. "Shouldn't you be off 'learning'?" Kouga asked waving his hand in a shooing motion though his eyes were closed.

"School doesn't start for another ten minutes; plenty of time" Edward replied looking at Kouga.

Kagome just smiled at them, though the whole ordeal with Victoria was happening; the rest of the Cullen's had to act as though nothing was going on. This also meant that the younger looking vampires had to return to school. "Regardless of this oh so interesting…" she trailed off speaking looking from Edward to Kouga "conversation" she phrased their fight "I'm going to talk with Carlisle". With that Kagome got up from her spot on the floor, with a little assistance from Edward and walked toward where she heard her old friend.

Before leaving the room completely she stopped a moment to turn and tell Kouga one last thing "Five more minutes then you need to get up" she said raising her finger for emphasis.

"Mmm Hmm" Kouga hummed out pulling the blanket back over his head and turned over to face the back of the couch.

Kagome shook her head out of embarrassment and turned back to Edward who was standing beside her. Quickly she thought 'Lets go' knowing he could hear it.

They both left the room and walked to the kitchen, Esme was currently cooking Kouga a rather large breakfast. "You don't have to do that Esme" Kagome mentioned walking up to the counter to lean on it; ignoring that she needed to see Carlisle. Edward decided to stand close by her, ever since Bella and Jacob been at the house they had both been closer.

Esme gave a large smile to the two, "I enjoy cooking, It's no trouble at all" she said "besides" she continued while she grabbed a few eggs. "It helps us to portray a look of being human at the market."

"True" Kagome laughed. It was quiet in the house; Carlisle was just outside, while the rest of the family was doing a quick search of newborns before school. Esme, Kouga and herself would be the only ones to keep Forks safe while the rest of the family were at work, and school.

"Don't you need to get to school soon?" Kagome teased Edward, turning her head to look at him not moving from her spot leaning over the counter.

He gave her a smile "We still have plenty of time," he mentioned again her reaching for her waist and pulling her up from the counter. "Lets go see Carlisle," he said to her, giving a nod 'goodbye' to Esme.

Kagome reached the front door to the house, Edward being the gentlemen he was opened it for her and let her walk out in front of him.

"Ahh Kagome" Carlisle said looking down to his old friend noticing the door had opened "will you be fine today?" he asked her.

"Have more faith" surprisingly Edward spoke "Kagome could do a better job than the rest of us".

She was embarrassed; she wasn't used to complements like that one. "Hardly" she waved her hand slightly. "There shouldn't be too many of them today" she said to Carlisle trying to lessen his concern for her. "If it gets too much we could call you" she said to him.

He only nodded "Please do".

The peeling of a car's tires could be heard and all three vampires looked to where Alice drove the Volvo, suddenly it stopped in front of the house. The rest of the family all sat in Edward's car.

"Uh oh" Kagome mentioned taking a step back from Edward.

"Alice! Out Now!" he yelled at the pixie like vampire who only smiled happily from the drivers seat. She just shrugged her shoulders and opened the door; she quietly slipped to the back seat along with Rose and Jasper.

"You should be going Edward" Carlisle said to the younger vampire, changing his focus he rested a pale hand on Kagome's shoulder "be careful" he replied to her. Once he received a nod from Kagome and Edward he made his way to the garage to get his car casually waving a hand to his children in the Volvo.

"See you after school" Kagome replied smiling at Edward.

Gently he returned the smile until the sound of a car horn snapped him from his thoughts. "Emmett!" he yelled to his brother catching him honking the horn. With one last look directed her way Edward quickly made his way to his car and took off towards the school rather fast. She waved casually to the speeding car until it was out of sight.

"Hm" Kagome hummed to herself "wonder if Kouga is up yet" she questioned herself. She watched as Carlisle's car sped down the driveway waving lightly as his car grew smaller in the distance. Once she could no longer see it she opened the front door and walked in.

Kagome could hear Kouga and Esme talking so she walked towards the kitchen. Piles of plates surrounded the counter, most of them empty. "God" she spoke looking disgusted at the flecks of food spread across empty plates "what kind of thing devoured all of this?" she asked glancing up to Esme.

"Just me" Kouga replied before Esme could answer.

Kagome glanced to him for a moment and shook her head at him, this time she walked over to Esme to stand next to her "You're too nice" she said to the older looking woman.

Esme just smiled at the comment "You're too polite" she announced grabbing Kagome into a hug. "You know" she said standing back from Kagome though her arms were resting on Kagome's shoulders "I really consider you like a little sister" she spoke to the girl.

Kagome let a smile escape as she gripped Esme "Thank you" she told her ignoring Kouga's munching as he bit off a piece of bacon. She truly cared for Esme like an older sister of sorts.

Letting go of the woman Kagome thought of her own mother who had passed. She would never forget her but it was nice that Esme could step into that protective, comforting, older woman role.

"I also truly wouldn't mind it if you got together with a certain vampire I know" Esme mentioned casually. Her golden eyes caught her own, she could see the sparkle of a homeless romantic.

Of course she was all over the idea of both her and Edward getting together. "Well…" she started to answer.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Kouga asked both girls. He looked between them waiting for one to answer. He casually held a piece of bacon in his hand.

Kagome was about to speak but Esme got to it before she did "Edward likes Kagome" she said picking up Kouga's plate and dumped it in the sink before he had a chance to grab the other piece of food that was sitting on it.

"So what?" he asked annoyed "it's not like she likes him anyway" Kouga mentioned before eating the rest of the bacon he held.

"Ignore him" Kagome stated leaning against the counter. Grabbing Esme attention she only smiled at the older looking vampire. "We ready?" she asked Kouga, only tipping her head back to look at him behind her.

"Yeah yeah" he hummed wiping his hands on the napkin in front of him; at least Kouga could get ready fast if there was food involved on account he was completely dressed for the day.

"Just let me throw this away then we can leave" Esme announced grabbing the rest of the napkins that Kouga had used, quickly she threw them away in the trash and walked over to stand by Kagome, "shall we?" she asked her.

Kagome just nodded, before she moved she slipped a hand into her jeans pocket to get something, "Here" she said tossing a lighter at Kouga who caught it easily. "If you run into any newborns you just need to rip them apart and burn the pieces" she explained.

Kouga ran his thumb against the lighter making a flame appear suddenly "Cool" he casually replied letting go so the flame extinguished. She saw him place it into his front pocket and got up from his chair "Ready" he announced.

With that the two vampires and one wolf demon took off into the wooded area surrounding the home.


"Dear are you alright?" Esme asked from above her.

She rolled over onto her stomach and pushed herself up into a standing position "Yeah give me a minute" she replied after a moment of trying to focus on her surroundings. The newborns were worse today; maybe Victoria did know that the rest of the Cullen's were away. That wouldn't be good if she was keeping tabs on them.

The three of them were attacked by five newborns. While she was taking care of a male newborn (after she weakened it first), one of it's friends had attacked her breaking her trance and messing up her head pretty good. She didn't have a real chance to snap out of her trance but she tried to get rid of both vampires as quickly as she could regardless.

Soon enough she had taken care of those two and then went to help Esme who was dealing with two more at the time. One was torn apart but the other was still alive. While going to help Esme destroy the first one, another female had almost attacked Esme from behind. Quickly she had used her gift to prevent anything from happening to the woman.

"What happened to Kouga?" she asked Esme who still looked concerned at her.

"He is burning his vampire," she mentioned walking up to the brunette. "Just take a moment to relax Kagome, you just destroyed four vampires," she said wrapping her arm around Kagome and guided her in Kouga's direction.

After a few steps she noticed she was finally coming out of her disoriented state and could walk on her own. "I'm fine, I came out of it," she mentioned to Esme who released the girl.

It wasn't good to use her power so much in such a short amount of time. It did take a while to come out of trances after she would destroy a strong vampire and doing it repeatedly didn't give her mind a break. This caused a longer time to recover and it made her feel more confused after doing so.

Shaking her head lightly she smiled at Esme who still watched as she finally came out of her trance. "No worries" her voice was light as they still walked in the direction of a burning vampire.

As they got closer Kagome hesitated for a moment but continued to walk. Kouga came into view; he was standing behind a small dying fire. Aside his clothes which were slightly ripped and a rather large gash on his arm he looked well.

The problem was the blood; it was such a while since she had true demon blood, not the diluted stuff she brought along or animal blood. She glanced to Esme and noticed she had no problem at all avoiding the smell. Demon blood was probably an acquired taste like the same with tolerating animal blood. Some people just hated animal blood with a passion.

She never got much of the stronger blood from full-fledged demons. That was too hard to come by, and with the smell of Kouga's blood threw the air it was making her uncomfortable.

"Are you alright?" Esme asked Kouga walking ahead of Kagome to glance at the ashes of the vampire he had killed.

"Yeah fine" he shrugged flipping the lighter closed and stuffed it in his pocket. "How did you gals fair?" he asked them.

"Fine" Kagome spoke walking up to them, she looked to Kouga's wound and closed her eyes a moment before taking a step back "take care of that" she told him.

Suddenly he noticed why she wasn't her usually self, unbuttoning his shirt Kouga slipped it off and wrapped it around his arm to prevent some of the smell to waft through the air. "Better?" he asked her once he finished tying the cloth.

She continued to hold her breath but replied to him anyway "It will do for now" she said.

She could tell Kouga was looking at her oddly but he didn't say anything else on the subject.

"We should go back to the house and let Carlisle know what happened" Esme said. "The rest should be home from school soon but he should know first".

"Okay" Kagome replied her hands clasped behind her back in an innocent fashion. "Better make sure that he knows that we don't need him here" she teased "you know with two of his girls out killing newborns, he will want to just leave the hospital half way through the day".

Esme cracked a smile hearing the joking sound to the comment "Very true" she complied. She gave a lasting smiled towards Kagome and Kouga "I'll go call Carlisle" she mentioned repeating what they had talked about. "Make sure Kouga's vampire is good and gone, don't want any mishaps," she said before nodding politely to the two friends and speeding off towards the house.

Once Esme was gone Kouga turned his head in her direction "Why are you so weak now?" he asked her turning to her completely. "Back in Japan you could go on a killing spree and not lose any momentum. Now you're practically falling over from a few vampires" Kouga ranted.

She sighed and wrapped an arm around her stomach; she never knew what to do with her hands when nervous or uncomfortable. "It's not an issue Kouga," she answered. For a second she thought about what Esme had said, she wanted her to check over the vampire.

Taking a step in the direction she watched as Kouga followed her motions "Problem?" she asked her lips curling into a very Rosalie smirk.

"Yeah" he started to say, "start answering Kagome" he replied.

She leaned down to the burning embers of the vampire; making sure the pieces all got burnt "I drank demon blood back in Japan" her voice spoke "to me demon blood makes me feel a lot more powerful than human blood. Animal blood is below that of human" she said standing up from her crouched position. "The Cullen's drink animal blood, not human. I took on that lifestyle for a few reasons" Kagome explained turning to look at Kouga "no demons here, and I didn't want to offend anyone."

"Though I brought it along, the diluted demon blood tastes more like animal than anything else, so I figured that was okay and it wouldn't break their lifestyle if they had some."

Kouga kicked his feet on the ground "Well that's stupid" he replied, "you're a lot weaker and you basically have the hardest job".

Kagome only shrugged ignoring what Kouga was saying, regardless of how she felt she wasn't going to drink anything stronger than animal blood. "Well everything is fine here, we should head back," the words sounded casual but her voice didn't match up, as if she was trying to change the topic quickly.

He only nodded as he waited for her to run in front of him, as she took off he followed closely behind in the direction to the Cullen estate.

She thought about what Kouga had brought up, of course she was used to stronger blood. No way she would drink it though, she was part of the Cullen family now, and she wouldn't go against what they stood for. Though she would live off animal blood previously, she wasn't used to the fighting that she had to deal with here. It was hard dealing with her trances; they were like Alice's visions, unexpected during a fight.

Kagome continued to run back to the home, Kouga following slightly behind. Thankfully he could run fast.

No more than a few moments they had reached the house and calmly they walked through the doorway from the garage. Kouga clutched his arm, which was healing slowly while he walked into the home.

"Why don't you take care of that Kouga" she directed him to the bathroom wanting him to clean the wound and get rid of the blood.

"You always did it for me in the past" came the whiney voice of the wolf demon.

She could hear Esme and Carlisle speaking out in the living room in hushed tones. Though she could hear them talking she didn't know the topic of what they were speaking about. Suddenly when Kouga cleared his throat in front of her she snapped her attention from the other two vampires in the home, and she noticed lightly that they had snapped from their conversation as well.

"Yes?" she asked Kouga leaning against the wall of the small walkway that led to the garage.

"Wanna help?" he asked her tilting his arm in a new direction to show her what he meant.

"Don't worry Kouga" a new voice broke into the conversation.

Both heads turned to the direction that led further into the home, Carlisle stood to one side of the doorway while Esme was smiling slightly behind him.

Carlisle went to speak again focusing on Kagome then directing his attention towards Kouga "I'll get that wrapped up nicely for you" he replied motioning towards the arm that was still wrapped in the dirty shirt.

Though it was obvious that Kouga didn't want Carlisle to help he nodded anyway "Sure Doc" he replied following Carlisle when he turned to leave.

This left Kagome and Esme in the small hallway "Dear let's get you cleaned up as well" Esme replied motioning to her dirt covered clothing from when she fell.

Kagome nodded and followed Esme out of the hallway and into the living room, her own bedroom as it were. "When did Carlisle get home?" She asked Esme.

While she went to one of the closets by the living room she could hear the woman sigh, that was never good when Esme sighed. "He got a call from the Police earlier today" she spoke grabbing a few new clothes for Kagome ."Supposedly someone was attacked and asked him to examine the body. He rushed home after realizing it was a vampire attack" Kagome saw Esme enter the living room with a new pair of clothes for her. "So he was only home a few moments before I came home" she replied.

Kagome thanked her for the clothes and got up and entered the small half bathroom while the boys used the upstairs one, shutting the door with a click she flipped on the light.

Esme she noticed was right outside of the door waiting for her. Kagome just placed the pair of jeans and shirt on the sink counter and started to change.

"It seems as though you weren't yourself back in the woods" Esme thought out loud. When Kagome never replied she continued, "were you alright?"

She slipped on her jeans and straitened her new shirt. "I…" Kagome started but paused not knowing how to say what she wanted to say "Kouga's blood" she stated. She turned on the water and washed her hands of the dirt that was smudged on them "I craved Kouga's blood" she summarized.

"Does it really smell that good?" Esme asked though the door when the water stopped running.

Though she knew Esme couldn't see her Kagome let a sickening frown grace her lips. This was the downside of being a vampire. All her friends were either demons or humans, and she had to be the kind of vampire that loved both those types of blood. She was their predator "Yeah…" she said running her hands over a towel to dry them before walking out of the bathroom and flipping the light off.

Esme stood next to the door watching her with concerned eyes. She knew the older woman was worrying about her.

It seemed like she was having her own meltdown with Kouga coming, the vampires attacking, and the new feelings she was having for Edward. Her world was always a spiral of drama it seemed like. "I figured the best example would be sushi," Kagome answered raising a finger to place it on the side of her face in a thoughtful manner.

"Sushi?" Esme asked clearly unable to grasp the idea Kagome was trying to make. "How does sushi relate to this?"

Kagome tapped her finger across her pale cheek thinking, "Though I doubt you had it" Kagome started "many people think sushi to not be very appetizing" she mentioned bringing her hand down.

"I would guess you're right" came the reply of Esme. She looked more confused at the comment than she had ever looked before. Esme was the perfect homemaker and it was sort of humorous to see her confused for once.

"I used to find sushi absolutely delicious" the little Japanese girl mentioned "think of demon blood as sushi. To me who would be used to it, this would be an amazing treat, but for someone who isn't use to it…" Kagome explained.

Esme finished the thought "It wouldn't smell as good as it does for you" she said understanding what Kagome said.

"Exactly" Kagome piped in; a large smile across her face. "Now for me demon blood is a lot more desirable than human blood," she mentioned. Kagome glanced to Esme and nodded in the direction of the living room. Both walked towards the larger space "When I'm going from demon blood to animal it seems as though I am skipping from a carnivore to vegan" she replied resting on one of the couches "human blood seems more like being vegetarian for me".

Esme followed her example and sat across from her "I had no idea". They knew the effects of drinking animal blood, making them not as strong. She could imagine how strong one must feel to drink blood like how Kagome had for so long.

Kagome noticed the seriousness of the conversation and attempted to lighten the mood for Esme "Just when I get that look in my eye when checking out Kouga you think you can snap me back to reality?" she asked earning a smile from the older woman. Though she could avoid Kouga's blood all right, but when it was on the outside of his body; that was the problem.

"Of course" came the delighted reply.

Kagome glanced to the clock on the wall, it was still early but the rest of the family would be home soon. Tonight they would also deal with the La Push crew.

The room was quiet as both women were lost in their own thoughts. She slipped her head back on the arm-rest of the couch and kicked her feet up to lie down. Kagome turned on her side and moved her arm under her head to support it. Closing her eyes she relaxed into the sofa, maybe she could meditate.

She almost laughed at the thought, Miroku had tried to get her to do it when was still human, but with Inuyasha's bickering and all the other chaotic things happening she could never sit still long enough to make any use of it.

Meditation wasn't her thing she guessed, she wasn't the kind of person to sit still for long amounts of time. Even when she turned vampire she couldn't sit still for too long, it made her feel out of place if she was motionless.

She looked toward her silent companion, seeing that the woman was lost in her own world. Kagome smiled, she was tired of silence "You think Kouga died of blood loss yet?" Kagome joked lightly, as she tilted her head to the side. She let a smile escape while she thought of Kouga getting medical attention.

The sound of shifting fabric could be heard "Hopefully not" Esme mentioned her calm but optimistic voice reaching her ears. "Otherwise we don't have our peacekeeper".

"That would cause a problem wouldn't it?" Kagome asked humor evident in her voice.

Esme laughed lightly at the comment. Kagome watched as the woman politely covered her mouth with her delicate hand.

Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, Kagome turned her attention towards the living room entrance, waiting to see who was coming. As she waited she listened intently, hearing no heartbeat she instantly knew it was Carlisle; and him alone. She turned her attention to Esme who stopped laughing enough to look proper before Carlisle stepped into the room. Once he did, he was greeted with the attention of both girls present.

"He had a nasty gash but it's all sewn up now" he stated pausing a moment to look to both the girls before taking a seat by Esme.

"Well that's good" Esme mentioned focusing on Carlisle. "Where is he now though?" she asked as an afterthought.

He just smiled at the question "He threw a fit, wanted a certain woman to dress his wounds. It seems as though he locked himself in the bathroom and asked me to deliver a message to…" Carlisle trailed off thinking of how to relay the message "well, to his woman I guess" he repeated.

"God" Kagome groaned as she sat up from her relaxed position,so she could look at the two vampires "please tell me Kouga is joking" she replied. She was now sitting on the edge of the sofa waiting just encase she needed to get up and go to the bathroom and give Kouga a stern talking to.

With her question unanswered she looked at Carlisle and noticed his small amused smile turned completely to a full blown hearty laugh. Her look of annoyance quickly turned into a look of confusion, glancing at Esme she noticed the woman was just as confused as she.

When Carlisle was calm enough to speak properly, he looked to Kagome "He's just cleaning himself up, I thought I would 'pull your leg' so to speak".

Kagome looked for a moment and fell back into the sofa giggling "You played a prank! Well not a very good one but still a prank!" she managed up get out. She could hear Esme's light laughs also from beside Carlisle.

"Well we know that Carlisle's poor sense of humor is still intact over the years" Kagome mentioned. She looked at the clock on the wall behind the two vampires in front of her. The rest of the family should be getting out of school now.

"Talking bout me?" she heard from outside of the room. Though Kouga was still in the other room he knew they would hear him.

Carlisle decided to speak up "No, just about my sense of humor" he answered moving his arm from beside him he switched it so he could pull Esme closer to him in a loving way. His arm hung loosely around her petite shoulders.

Kouga entered the room, looking much better than his dirt and blood covered form. His hair was brushed and pulled back up to sit high on his head, and he had a new set of clothing. The bright white bandage wrapped around his arm and he looked clean from the dirt and twigs.

Kouga took one second to look to the two vampires on the other sofa, watching them a moment he smirked and walked over behind the other sofa. He jumped over the back of it and landed in an up right position next to Kagome. Looking at her annoyed and bored expression he did much like Carlisle and wrapped an arm around Kagome's shoulders and pulled her into his body. "Now we look like a couple" he stated.

Kagome just opted to roll her eyes and push slightly away so she wasn't practically glued to the wolf demons body. "Sure, like that will ever happen" she mumbled.

He just frowned, thinking for a moment he shrugged and gave an indifferent look "Ahh oh well" he hummed out "as long as your by me for now".

"Which might be shorter than you think" Carlisle mentioned. "Sounds like the rest of the family is home, better go plan for this evening" he said standing up from the sofa and politely held a pale hand out towards Esme, which she gracefully took while he helped her up.

Kouga watched them and looked towards Kagome. Who was smiling at the vampire couple. She was always a sucker for romance just how Esme was.

Without a seconds notice he moved his arm lower on her back and shifted his injured arm under Kagome's knees to carry her in his arms. Standing up he walked away from the sofa.

"Let me down Kouga!" she sounded more annoyed then angry "you should rest your arm anyway" she mumbled crossing her arms while he carried her. He glanced to Carlisle and Esme who both were watching the two entertained by the situation.

"We're home!" Emmett's loud voice yelled when the door to the garage opened. The shifting of feet could be heard from the five extra vampires. What made it worse was that Kouga was still holding her.

"Let me go" she commanded, all he the wolf did was wink and smirk as the rest of the vampires entered the room. She growled at Kouga who only ignored it while he glared at Edward as he entered the space, who in return glared back at him.

Everyone paused a moment to see what would happen. "I suggest we start planning for tonight", Jasper spoke earning the attention of the rest of the vampires, trying to get away from the intense emotion the three were extruding. Which all but the three glaring followed his lead and left the living room.

Kagome pushed on Kouga's arms which he ignored her. This was why she hated demons, they were truly self centered and possessive creatures. She smirked for a moment before erasing her expression of her face. She looked up to Kouga; quickly she went into her trance, just light enough to give him a burning sensation to flow though his arms.

True she could only destroy something with evil in their hearts, but everyone at one time or another felt hatred. If it was slight she could give a prick of pain. Someone who felt malice though, they would probably end up dead.

He snapped from his glaring when he felt the burning, instantly dropping Kagome on the floor snapping her from her trance instantly. "God this is why I hate priestesses, fuck!" he ranted looking down at his arms while he opened and closed his hands waiting for the tingling energy to stop flowing.

"Well with that handled" Edward said walking forward surprisingly with a large smile on his face. "I suggest we follow the rest of the family" he replied reaching down to help Kagome up, just as Carlisle did with Esme a few minuets prier.

"Whatever" Kouga replied ignoring the two obviously on edge from being the center of Kagome's power, he followed the previous vampires out of the room intent to get away from the raw energy that Kagome had caused.

She just giggled at Kouga while she took Edwards hand. Being lifted up on her feet she was greeted with Edwards dazzling smile. "Welcome home" she replied playfully flipping her hair behind her shoulder. "How was school?" she asked him.

"Truly not as entertaining as what has been happening here" he mentioned. "Seems as though we need to discuss the attack from earlier today", he calmly stated brushing a loose strand of glossy black hair over her shoulder "and we should have a talk later tonight about your eating habits"

Kagome just smiled but frowned at the thought of what he meant "Ohh" she droned "you must have read Esme's mind". Calmly he nodded and she knew that he was worried about her by the slight frown on his pale face.

"Changing the subject" he stated knowing this was neither the place nor time to be discussing the topic "I think after a long day at school I need to get a good laugh" elegantly he offered his arm to her.

"Thank you" Kagome said as she accepted his arm just as elegantly as he offered it.

He continued to speak as she took his arm "I think seeing the wolf on edge will surly brighten my day" Edward spoke giving her a smile as he led her out of the living room.

She almost laughed at the situation between her two guys. Well, it seems as the old saying was fitting 'boys will be boys' she mused as she was led by Edward.