Okay so here's the newest update. Hope you like. I've been thinking about that hostility thing between Bella and the Cullens and with what I have planned it actually worked out quite nicely, I think. I admit I have an idea of where I'm going with this, you know brainstorming and all that but I'm not so sure how to uh.. Connect the dots haha so bear with me. Personally I don't think its turning out horrible and by the reviews I'm assuming you guys don't think so either. Oh yeah and one of you mentioned something about why Sam and Emily weren't married yet. Apologies, your right. I did make that mistake so I'll correct it tomorrow since I am currently getting ready for bed. Anyway I wont go on and on so enjoy and I look forward to seeing what you have to say.
Disclaimer: I own nothing of Twilight nor do I get any form of profit (unless satisfaction counts) from it. I only own my own characters like Sakura, Hattie, Marcello etc.
EDIT: Sorry, I thought I had fixed the chapter but I guess not. It was all in Italics o.o, anyway I'm fixing it now. Sorry about that again.
Last Time
"Don't misunderstand me Edwin" she faced away from him, "I'm certainly not doing this for you. I'm doing it because Bella can grow stronger from this experience."
"Still… I am grateful"
"You better be" she snorted, "I don't like you"
"Dully noted" he frowned.
She smirked, "Later Edwin"
"Its Edward" he corrected.
"I know" she walked away from him back to the car where Bella waited.
"Okay" she nodded, "Jacob…"
He looked right at her face.
"You know if it were possible I'd rather have her end up with you" Sakura turned and walked away.
"What?" he muttered surprised. "And here I thought you didn't like me" he grinned to himself knowing she heard him even with the distance she had put between them.
"Hattie" Sakura stated without turning.
The girl known as Hattie sat on the floor leaning her back against a tree trunk. One leg spread out while the other was bent keeping her foot firmly on the ground. Her hands behind her head while she grinned at Sakura. "What's crackin?"
"What are you doing here?" Sakura was cautious knowing that Hattie liked to cause chaos as fun.
"Came to deliver a message" she twirled a rolled up letter between her fingers. "From our dear sister" she tossed it to Sakura who caught it easily.
"Whatever" she shrugged, "peaceful or not sister is going to have what she wants. You know that" Hattie twirled around a still Sakura, "your golden eyes are a sign of weakness"
Hattie's laugh echoed, "I will come back two days before the war begins. Make your choice"
"Damn it…" she whispered, "DAMN IT!" without thought she swung a powerful punch at the forest floor creating a small fissure. Sakura kneeled on the floor gripping the letter in her hands tightly, "what do I do?"
With Jacob
"I'll be right back. I have to talk to Sam about something" Jacob removed his shirt and shoes.
"Okay" Bella took the clothes in her arms then turned to give him some privacy for his pants. When she heard him change and run to Sam she went to put his clothing away. Bella sighed, "First Sakura and now Jacob… what are they hiding from me?"
CHAPTER 11
Visions and Alcohol Make Things Complicated
Alice's Vision
Her vision showed a blurred Sakura standing next to two others. She flanked them on the right, a girl with red spiky hair dressed in a black suit on the left and a girl who could have been Sakura's twin. Alice would have mistaken her for Sakura had Sakura not been standing next to her. The three females stood across from the Olympic Coven and Bella. Numerous vampires, by the look of them mostly all newborn stood behind the three girls.
The vision was not only blurry here but choppy. Alice saw both sides exchange words but could hear nothing.
Bella stepped forward between them, "Why did you do this to me? You were my sister!" it was clear that Bella had let her emotions overtake her actions.
Sakura only glared not faltering nor showing any sign of remorse, "Your not my sister"
The female in the center laughed, "Blood is thicker than venom after all"
Another chopped scene showing a girl who looked like Sakura only younger standing in the midst of the elder vampires on Sakura's side of the line. The young girl looked frightened and by the color of her eyes, human.
End Vision
Alice didn't need to tell Edward who was up in his room of her vision. She was sure he had seen it just as she had. Edward met Alice in the living room, "What should we do?"
"I don't think Bella would believe us over her friend" Alice frowned.
Edward knew she was right. The chances of Bella believing them, the ones who had lied to her and left her was very slim. And that was even if she gave them a chance to talk to her. "I'll talk to her friend. Can you see anything else?"
Alice grimaced, "No those wolves are in the way. They don't let me see anything"
"I'll go now" he made for the door but stopped when Alice informed him that she couldn't see Sakura.
"Most likely they're with the wolves now" she made a disgusted face.
Edward knew that until they made it back he would be restless to talk to Sakura so he decided to occupy himself with Jasper and Emmett on a hunt.
With Jacob
Sam and Jacob had been speaking about what should be done over the Cullens. Jacob had this idea to make them leave but Sam refused as much as he would enjoy them gone. His sons had already started to exhibit the pre-fever to becoming wolves themselves. Sam was true to their side of the treaty with the Cullens though. As long as they did not step on their land or bite anyone the Cullens were safe to live in Forks.
'Sam!' Seth shouted in his head.
'what is it Seth?' Sam replied also in his head.
'Its about Sakura. She is in some sort of trouble'
'she can take care of herself' Sam replied.
'I mean someone is trying to force her into something'
'what do you mean?' this time it was Jacob who spoke/thought.
After Seth filled them in on what he had overheard. He first started at something about the redhead bringing a message to Sakura from a sister and something about a war and two other people being mentioned. Sam told Jacob to speak to Sakura about this seeing as Sam, after all those years still didn't have much of a relationship of any kind with Sakura.
With Sakura
She had made up her mind to not tell anyone about what had happened. 'I can figure something out' she thought hopefully. Sakura didn't like the Cullens at all but Bella and the wolves were different. Some of them were still iffy around her but Seth for one had grown to be a very trusty friend and Jacob although not very welcoming at least accepted her. After clearing her thoughts Sakura went back to Jacob's house to Bella.
Bella sat on the couch trying to at least pay some degree of attention to the program currently on the screen. Needless to say she was failing. All she could think about was Sakura and Jacob. 'what could they be hiding from me?'
Bella had never been one to like lying or keeping secrets but since her last human year she had been doing much of those two things. Mostly because of the Cullens. The name irked her now. The pain she once felt at the mention of the mere name gone replaced by anger. 'How could they leave me like that? I was nothing but a pastime, a toy to them' she thought bitterly.
Sakura walked in sitting herself down next to Bella on the couch, "What are you watching?"
Bella wasn't sure whether to ask her sister what had been said between her and Edward earlier. Deciding she would talk about it with her at home Bella smiled, "the news"
"Well no wonder you look bored" she commented. "Lets watch something action"
"Sure"
They flipped through the channels for something decent to watch. Trouble was, in their years of existence the human race hadn't thought of one original idea. Everything they had now was either a rerun or a remake of and old show to fit the times. Boring stuff basically.
"I'd give you guys a key if you didn't know how to unlock doors already" Jacob grinned walking inside his own home.
The two vampires smiled at him. Only Sakura noticed how Jacob paused looking at her a bit longer than Bella. 'Weird, normally it's the other way around. He'd stare at Bella longer'
"So what's for dinner?" he strolled into his kitchen.
"I left it on a plate in the microwave" Bella called out.
"thanks" he pressed two minutes on the microwave before turning back to the girls in his living room. "So what are we going to do today?"
"Celebrate" Bella smiled.
"Celebrate what?" Jacob was sure he hadn't missed anyone's birthday.
"That I am officially over the Cullens" Bella stood up from the couch.
"Great" Jacob grinned, "I'll get the others then. We can have a bonfire out on the beach"
"Sounds good" Bella walked into the kitchen with him handing him a slip of paper with a few words written on it. "Later" she off handedly said as to not raise suspicion with her sister.
Sakura heard the voices in the kitchen lessen then pick up again, 'your not that sneaky Bella'
Within the hour everyone was set to go down to the beach to celebrate. The smell of hot dogs, cheese for nachos and burgers filled the air around them. The only two not eating were the obvious two who didn't require that sort of food. Instead Sakura had taken the liberty of swiping two packs of animal blood from her stash at home. Both were in white styrofoam cups with plastic lids and straws after she poured them in. Sakura handed Bella her cup, "Cheers"
"To being free" Bella smiled, "of the Cullens"
"To freedom" Jacob raised his alcohol and coke mixed cup slightly in the air.
"To freedom" they all repeated lifting their cups then drinking. Some held simple punch, some coke and some had mixed their drinks with alcohol. They were over eighty years old after all. Pretty sure that was more than the required age.
Only two noticed Sakura grimace at the word freedom. The night proceeded with them telling stories to each other or retelling the tales of the tribe to the young ones among them. The original wives were no long around. They had one by one passed on considering their human aging. Because of this most of the husbands felt guilty for not being able to withstand phasing long enough to age along with their families. Now it was the next generation they stayed with. Each had the potential of becoming new wolves but the fact that the original pack (at least from Jacob's time) was still there they didn't have the need to change.
Around three in the morning they all decided to head back home. They each had responsibilities after all. Of course most of them wouldn't be tired after just a few extra hours of staying awake. The humans among had either passed out from exhaustion at all of the excitement or passed out from excessive alcohol consuming. Bella laughed at how her best friend Jacob was stumbling over himself in his drunken state. Apparently wolves could get drunk, they just needed more than the average person to do so. Even Sam had a light tinge on his cheeks due to the drinking.
Bella decided to help Jacob walk to his house after he declined her offer of carrying him. It wasn't like he was that heavy for her anyway. He just drunkenly mumbled something about it being weird for a man to be carried by a woman. Sakura helped clean up the beach from the trash they had made. When they made sure all of the humans were gone Sam and the other wolves except Seth and Jacob went home. Seth leaned crookedly onto Sakura complaining about how sickly sweet she smelled. Sakura snorted, "your not exactly a fresh breeze for me either"
"you burn my nose" he stupidly said.
"you hurt my eyes" she smirked when Seth tried to push her but stumbled forward instead.
"Lets take them back to Jacob's place" Bella wrapped one of Jacobs arms around her neck and supporting him with her other hand around his waist.
Sakura held Seth in the same fashion while he drunkenly choose to admit that he had followed her and seen her talk to another vampire. Bella had frowned at this, 'why didn't she tell me?' for some reason Bella felt as if her sister was distancing herself too much within the last twelve hours. She decided she didn't like it one bit.
Jacob was singing the song from the movie Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End, "Yo Ho thieves and beggars" he stumbled slightly.
Sakura laughed at him, "You've seen that movie too many times"
"Don't make fun of Jacob" Seth hiccupped, "he's just trying to find something to do since" another hiccup, "he's all hung up on Bella but she wont... woah the trees are sideways" he bent himself forward too much and was now looking sideways at the trees.
If Bella were human she was sure her cheeks would resemble the shade of a tomato by now. Sakura laughed again, "Seth you really need to calm down"
"Yo ho yo ho a pirates life for me!" Jacob sang.
"Now that is a completely different song" Sakura knew she was having a lot of fun with these two being drunk.
"Why couldn't you be human?" Seth stopped walking to turn to Sakura.
Sakura looked at him questioningly before a knowing look graced her features. Seth went on to mutter something along the lines of, "you know its easy to ignore when I'm drunk"
Sakura was about to say something when Seth leaned it closely to her face. She had the urge to push him away but refused to hurt her friend. He pressed his forehead to hers. He noted that her skin felt colder than usual, "if you were human you'd be my best friend"
"If I were human I'd be dead by now" Sakura smiled faintly clearly uncomfortable with their close contact.
He chuckled, "Right"
After he removed himself from being so close he let her lead him to Jacob's couch where he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. Bella put Jacob on his bed also noting that he had passed out pretty fast. The sisters walked out of the house to go back home. Not that they were tired in the least, they just didn't want to stick around drunk passed out wolves all night.
"Want to go grab a bite?" Bella asked.
"Yeah" Sakura nodded.
The cups they had had earlier or rather, the night before were small and didn't have nearly as much blood as they would consider a feeding. They had tried to keep their blood intake small around the wolves since they were still disgusted with their meal preference.
They each caught a deer drinking their fill. Bella stopped drinking, "Sakura"
Sakura stopped too then turned her head towards her sister at her left, "Yes?"
"I want to know…"
"…" 'please don't let her ask about the vampire I was talking to'
"What are you hiding from me?" Bella looked at her sister straight in the eyes.
'she knows' Sakura felt caught between his now best friend almost sister and her blood born older sister.
"You haven't told me what you and Edward spoke about"
Sakura felt a wave of relief wash over her. Compared to her Hattie problem Edward paled in comparison. No pun intended. "I was going to tell you about that. I just wasn't sure when" Sakura admitted.
Bella waited for an answer.
"He just wanted the opportunity to talk to you again"
Bella didn't know why but it made her angry to think that Edward was being a coward and not coming up to her to say that. 'why did he have to go to Sakura?'
Seeing Bella's angered look Sakura waved her hands slightly, "hey I just told him I'd let you know about his intentions"
"Which are?" Bella snapped. 'I'm not a child! why did he go to her? she's not my mother!'
"He wants to make amends with you. I'm assuming its up to you what happens after that" she spoke truthfully.
"I don't really want to talk to him" her hands found their back to the dead deer before her.
"I thought so" Sakura sighed, "It would be good for you to just get some closure"
Bella's head snapped back up, "Closure? isn't that why we celebrated? Because I am over him and the rest of the Cullens?" her voice asked angrily.
"I'm not saying you have to. Its only a suggestion. Its your choice Bella"
"I choose no"
"Fine with me" Sakura smiled her lazy smile.
"Anything else?" she was still angry but her voice only hinted at her being annoyed.
Sakura was taken back, "About what?"
"What else? The Cullens" she closed her eyes trying to make sure not to raise her voice.
'I'm sorry I have to keep secrets from you now' "No"
"Good"
Two hours later
The sisters made it to their home around five thirty in the morning. The sun was still not out but they could see perfectly without the porch light on. What surprised them both was that Edward was standing yet again, on the porch waiting for one of them.
Bella got out of the passenger side already annoyed, "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to talk to Sakura actually" he smiled sternly.
This set in motion a few things…
One, Bella's head snapped to her sister in surprise then back at Edward before she walked stiffly to his side
Two, Sakura glared at Edward
Three, Edward hadn't seen Bella's palm in motion until he actually felt it on his cheek.
SLAP
"what-" he was cut off by an angry Bella.
"First you try to talk to me, then you talk to my sister behind my back about wanting another chance and finally you come to talk to my sister again about who knows what? Not a good way to make me want to give you another chance to talk. I'm not a child so stop acting like Sakura is my mother"
"I'm aware that she's not and your not a child" he agreed. "I do still need to speak to her though"
"Whatever you have to say you can say it in front of Bella" Sakura stated.
"I think a more private setting would-" he stopped seeing Bella's hand form into a tight fist. He was sure that if he wasn't careful she would punch the daylights out of him, or at least try to. He sighed.
"Well?" Sakura asked impatient to get him away.
Edward knew this wasn't a topic that would go over well with Bella. No doubt this would bring a worse reaction from her than a mere slap. "I just want to tell you that Alice saw you"
Bella wasn't sure what this meant but needless to say she was confused at how Sakura's expression went from a confused look to an understanding one. "I haven't made my choice yet though"
"At this point I don't think it matters" he replied.
Bella looked from her sister to Edward then back again, "Would someone tell me what is going on?" she raised her voice.
Sakura snarled, "Don't"
Edward snarled back, "Sakura is going to betray you"
When Bella stood there silently it confirmed his fear. She didn't believe him. "How dare you…" she clenched both her fists, "Sakura has never lied to me! Unlike you! Sakura never left me! Unlike you! And Sakura actually loves me! Unlike you!"
Without warning Bella coiled her fist letting it snap forward hitting her once love's chest hard. He skidded back several feet. Sakura couldn't help but be surprised and proud at once. Then, the guilt sprang up inside of her like a thorned vine, taking hold of her as if to crush her to death or stab her into her non existence. Whichever came first.
Edward recovered quickly, "your fast" he commented.
"Don't you ever accuse my sister like that again" Bella snapped at him.
It was very clear to Edward that his Bella had certainly gotten stronger. And when angered enough, she could very well be a formidable opponent. A small tinge of pride instilled in him because of it.
