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A/N: Well, I was dragged to see the new Twilight movie, and I thought it was a complete cheesefest (though an improvement from the first one).... anyways, this story should (hopefully) be updated every other week from now on (though schooling might interfere just a bit)
Forks, Washington State, USA
'Oh, Kami-sama!' Kagome moaned painfully, startling herself out of unconsciousness when pain just seemed to explode from every part of her body. She didn't dare move, though she was vaguely aware of how her legs were trapped within the wreckage of the damaged car. Blood was dripping everywhere, and the miko could hear shouts and screams and panicking voices – and they were starting to make her head hurt even more.
"You just need to relax, Kagome," A soothing voice suddenly said, not too far away from her position. Kagome let out a pained gasp, cracking her eyes open just enough to see that it was Alice who had spoken. Edward was right behind her, his eyes flickered back and forth between gold and black; most likely because of all the blood that she had split, "Carlisle is on his way; he'll help you." Alice murmured, holding her own breath at the divine scent of blood.
"Great," Kagome bit out sarcastically, biting her lip as to hold in another moan of pain. She had never been in so much pain before– well, this was only second to when her soul had been forcibly ripped from her body, that was the most pain she had ever been in. But this didn't seem to be too far behind.... "W-what about the other p-person?" Kagome breathed out, not aware that she was now trembling and shivering violently, "Are they a-alright?"
"They died on impact," Edward answered her with a low tone, it was almost emotionless, "Can you move your legs?" Edward asked, narrowing his golden-black eyes at the crowd, fighting back the urge to sneer. If only these humans hadn't gathered around, they would've been able to free Kagome from the wreckage with ease with their strength.
"T-they're dead?!" Kagome coughed, her blue eyes wide with shock and guilt as she struggled even more desperately to free her legs – probably injuring herself further in the process, "Dead, I killed them?" The miko moaned, slumping down even further into the wreckage.
"Jasper," Alice turned back to her mate, who was standing a ways back from the scene as to try and avoid the scent of fresh blood, "Jasper." Alice repeated, not saying another word because Jasper seemed to get what she was trying to say. The small black-haired female watched as her mate put his special skill to work – to try and calm down the now panicking and almost hyperventilating Kagome.
'The hell?!' Kagome almost stopped her pained breathing when something calming forcibly washed over, almost causing her to forget her panicking in the first place, 'Get the hell out!' The miko, despite being in great pain, was not happy with the forcible intrusion on her emotions.
"Jasper, what's wrong?!" Edward demanded, looking back to his adopted brother with alarm as he seemed to take a step back in surprise, "Does your power not affect her, too?!" Edward asked in a low tone, watching with slight frustration as Jasper nodded without any emotion. The blond vampire could read the girl's emotions, but it seemed that he couldn't manipulate them as he wanted.
"Kagome!!" A boyish voice suddenly yelled out, causing the panicking group of people to glance up at a young red-haired boy – who looked absolutely stunned at what had occurred, "Kagome, are you alright?!" Shippou asked, horror bright and clear within his emerald-green eyes as he observed the accident scene. He cursed, mentally reminding himself to gut that damn Kouga for letting this happen to his precious miko.
"D-do.... I look alright?!" Kagome panted in a sarcastic tone, her face paling from the loss of blood, "Just.... hurry and get me out of here." The miko moaned as another wave of pain seemed to travel up her spine.
Shippou growled, his emerald eyes flashing red as he gave the annoying crowding humans a deathly glare. If only there weren't around, then he would have been able to easily rescue Kagome from the wreaked car. And those.... things were just standing there and observing almost apathetically....
It made him want to rip out their throats.....
"Carlisle's here, he'll take good care of you." Alice said soothingly, watching as the ambulance along with Carlise and a few other paramedics rushed over to the car accident scene. Edward wasn't exactly sure why he felt a sharp feeling of something hit through him at the pitiful sight of the human girl in such a position, but he ignored it for now.
"S-Shippou-chan, put me to sleep..." Kagome sighed in Japanese, her breathing was getting raspier by the second as the paramedics got to work trying to free her from the damaged car, "T-this hurts... so much."
Shippou actually snarled when Carlisle attempted to push him back, "Move it, or I'll rip out your eyes!" The kitsune threatened, and Carlisle was slightly startled when the red-haired boy's emerald-green eyes flashed a deadly red for moment, only for him to witness. The oldest Cullen gave a slight nod as he moved slightly to the side for the young-looking boy to move a bit forward – though he blocked the sight from the other human paramedics so they wouldn't be able to see what was going on.
"Kagome, you got to look at me," Shippou said in a low tone in Japanese, allowing his fox magic flow up to his eyes, causing them to shine with an ethereal white, "And relax, it's harder for me to affect you because you're a miko."
"I-it smells bad as always...." Kagome gave a half-hearted attempt as a joke as Shippou used his kitsune seduction to 'suggest' for Kagome to go to sleep. The miko was out only a moment later, and Shippou was surprised that his mind control technique worked so quickly – but then sighed when he remembered that Kagome was so injured. Using his pheromones on Kagome usually didn't work (and it usually repelled her because of the 'bad' scent that he produced), but he was glad it worked now.
"What the hell are you?!" Edward said in a low tone as Shippou stepped back in order to allow Carlisle to do his job. The red-haired kitsune simply gave Edward an uninterested glance, as if he weren't even worth his time, "What the hell is that scent?!"
"I'd like to know as well." Alice said quietly, taking a vague whiff of the air, only to smell very seductive-like pheromones. While the scent was rather pleasing, it didn't seem to put them in a trance-like state like it was doing on the other gathered humans.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Shippou sneered, not even taking his alert eyes off of Kagome when she was finally freed from the car, and carefully loaded up onto the stretcher, "Stop hanging around Kagome." Shippou suddenly warned, allowing his fangs to flash from behind his illusion.
"Or what?" Emmett, who was watching the scene from a far in silence, flexed his muscles threateningly, staring down the much smaller male – who didn't seem to be afraid of his larger size. Rosalie simply glanced at her mate from the corner of her eyes, but didn't stop Emmett from his threatening. This red-headed kid deserved a little intimidation just from his arrogant attitude.
Shippou smirked, "You'll regret it, I promise you." He stated in a deadly voice, and much to the Cullens' surprise, he abruptly swung around to hop in the back of the ambulance just as it was leaving.
"What the hell is he?!" Rosalie burst out angrily as they watched the ambulance blare away with its loud sirens, and ignoring how all the humans seemed to be standing around uselessly in a daze-like trance. However, she still noticed that rather seductive scent was still heavy in the air, "His scent is identical to a fox!"
Alice kept calm, "You know that we aren't the only supernatural beings out there. I'm sure that there is some explanation for this," The petit vampire stated, suddenly looking rather excited, "I'll go research some Japanese folklore and see what I can find!" Alice quickly turned to Edward, "Do you want to come, or do you want to go to the hospital?"
Edward made a slight face, "Alice, I don't even get along with Kagome. Why would I want to go to the hospital?" He asked dryly, though he did actually have an urge to go to the hospital to see if the girl was at least going to live.
"C'mon, Edward! Don't be shy!" Alice teased, "I know that you enjoy arguing with Kagome, and how different she seems. She doesn't melt at your feet just by your looks!"
Edward snorted, though he concluded that Alice did have a point. Kagome was strange and different and completely unaffected by his good looks. Not even Bella was immune to his charm....
"I say that we should go and raid the girl's house while she's in the hospital," Rosalie said quietly, causing the vampire clan to glance at her in surprise at the statement, "It might be our only chance to figure out what the hell this girl and that kid are."
"But that's no fun!" Alice pouted, smirking just a bit, "It takes out the fun of this riddle if we solve it right away!"
"This isn't a game!" Rosalie argued, looking slightly startled at Alice disagreed with her, "That girl could be a real threat to us."
"You really think so, Rose?" Emmett said with amusement and with slight disbelief, "I really doubt that the girl and that kid could really do anything, even if they are weird."
Edward sighed, not wanting to get into a big argument with his family, "Alright, we'll do it this way," He stated in a firm voice, "I'll go to the hospital to see if the girl is alright; Alice and Jasper will go where ever to look up Japanese folklore, and Emmett and Rosalie will go check out the girl's place to see if there's anything suspicious."
"Yay, I knew you were on my side, Edward." Alice smiled attractively, dragging Jasper along to the way to the library, "We'll be back!"
"It could be fun, I guess." Emmett shrugged, leaving with Rosalie towards the direction of the girl's home. Edward watching them leave until they were out of sight. He almost sighed, observing the humans lightly for another moment, and how they just finally seemed to snap out of whatever daze they were just in. He also noticed that nice scent no longer seemed to be in the air....
'That kid can't be human,' Edward concluded, disappearing out of sight when the humans weren't looking. He quickly made his way to the hospital, bracing himself once again for the seductive allure of Kagome's blood...
It was yet another time he cursed her existence.....
Rome, Italy
"And why the hell are we here?!" Ayame snarled, already fed up by the female dog demon's rather arrogant attitude, "I thought that we were going to follow after the miko. Isn't she in America?!"
"Shut up, you're annoying," Sakuya said dryly, not really listening to the whiny wolf's.... whining. Sakuya sighed dramatically, not exactly sure why she agreed to take along the red-headed wolf in the first place when she would be able to deal with the miko easily herself.
The inu-youkai smirked her red-painted lips, golden eyes flashing at Ayame's question, "You are, in fact, rather useless to me in the way you are," Sakuya bluntly stated, turning to glance back at both Ayame and Hojo, "So, instead of wasting my time – I want you two to investigate something here in Italy for me."
"Excuse me?!" Ayame growled, attractive green eyes darkening in rage. She wanted to go to America so she could strangle the damn miko herself, "I'm not someone who you can just order around!"
Sakuya gave the wolf a bored look, "And I have no interest in bringing you along with me anymore. Instead, you will make another use for me," Sesshoumaru's mother smirked, now directing her conversation towards Hojo – who, surprisingly, hadn't said anything or protested as of yet, "My cute little pup likes to keep his secrets from me!" Sakuya gasped in dramatic horror, putting on her little act, "But I know he has dealt with a secret.... pack, as you could say, here in Italy..."
Sakuya glanced down at Souta, narrowing her eyes just a bit, "In fact, that's where I think I can recognise your scents from. I thought it smelled somewhat familiar," Sakuya stated, "I still do not know what exactly species you or they are, but I intend to find out by using you two." Sakuya gestured to both Hojo and Ayame, smirking once again.
"And I think they go by the name of Volturi...."
Forks, Washington State, USA
"They are close, aren't they?" Shiori sighed, looking around with alert violet eyes as she observed the surrounding forest around Kagome's house, "I still don't know what they are." The bat-hanyou frowned, glancing down at Kirara.
Kirara was hissing under her breath, her red-ruby eyes glaring in every direction as she could sense something strange in the woods, "But.... there's no scent of human blood. I don't think these are the ones who killed those humans." Shiori murmured, keeping her eyes open to try and spot the beings that were stationed near Kagome's home.
"Come, they are not going to come any closer." Shiori said quietly, guiding a still hissing Kirara back into the house while giving another brief look to the woods. The hanyou narrowed violet eyes when she swore she spotted a flash of blond, but didn't think much about it as they – whatever they were – didn't seem to want to come any closer.
"What the fuck?!" Rosalie cursed as she and Emmett circled the house, though was unable to get in because of the strange older woman and that little blond girl, "The woman had the scent of a human and a bat mixed together!" She snarled, frustrated with the whole thing.
"Calm down, Rose!" Emmett sighed, though grinned because this was starting to get exciting. It was much better than the normal boring town, and he always liked excitement.
"We'll just try again later."
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"Do you feel that?" Jacob demanded, looking around warily when he felt shivers running down his spine, "Just now?"
"Feel what?" Bella blinked, looking around doubtfully when Jacob simply shook his long hair in frustration, "Are you alright, Jake?" She asked in a slight concern, watching him intently when he looked around in a paranoid-like manner.
"Yeah.... uh, it's nothing, I guess...." Jacob muttered, though he couldn't get the feeling out of his mind. It was like he was being watched.... though by something very, very dangerous. He almost had the feeling like he wanted to flee or something, or get to somewhere safer than this place...
It was just too weird for him....
"Do you think it's that animal that had been killing people?" Bella asked quietly, unconsciously shuffling closer to Jacob. She glanced around, though didn't see anything remotely suspicious.
"No, probably not." Jacob lied, even more wary because he had that exact same thought. He wrapped his arm around Bella's shoulder, noticing with a small smile that Bella didn't try to shrug it off this time, "C'mon, let's just go back." He stated, leading the shorted girl back to the main reserve. She followed without hesitation.
"Tch, pathetic senses for a wolf, though I'm surprised he could even sense me just a bit." Kouga muttered to himself, leaning up against the tree he was in. The wolf grinned predatorily, "Looks like I'll just have to force that wolf to reveal himself.... by force." Kouga stated to himself rather dangerously, cobalt eyes darkening to an almost black as he lazily switched his gaze over to the human girl the wolf-pup was currently hanging off.
"And there's no better way to challenge a wolf by threatening his mate...."
Here ya go, there should be a lot more Edward/Kagome interaction next chapter! And if you have time, please go vote on my new poll!
