Author Note! Very important!

Well this will be my last author note pretty much for the story. I wanted to mention one last time that for any last questions! This will be your last chance to ask any questions, no matter if they are about my story or not.

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Now the final main chapter of Vicariously Immortal I hope you enjoy. Just wanted to mention, I tried to stray a little from the book, but a lot of the things will seem very close to it, I apologize for the similarities.

Lindsey


Vicariously Immortal

Chapter 12: What's Worth the Price is Always Worth the Fight

Forks Washington (10th June 2006- before midnight)

She could practically smell the cold air that night. The plan had changed slightly since everyone had originally thought of it.

Instead of Bella not being apart of the ordeal, she would be spending the night in a tent before everything happened in the morning. Everyone decided that she would be more protected out here, than if she stayed in Forks or La Push.

It was dark out and she was with the werewolf and human high above normal elevation. Since they had Bella walk with Kouga up to the clearing and so on, she could not be close to the area. Kouga's blood still made her a bit crazed, so she was placed here at Bella's base camp while Kouga finished up spilling his blood.

She could hear what was happening far away, but she felt so useless standing around, much like how she was when she was human. Kagome crossed her arms and looked out through the trees. Speaking of human, it was much colder where they were because of the elevation, so hopefully Bella would be all right for the night.

The Japanese woman stood out in the night waiting while Bella and Jacob slept in the tent, at least she wished they would sleep. It seemed a little pillow talk was in order, but after the first two hours she was getting tired of it.

She understood that they were together and were dating, but she really didn't want to hear the conversations they whispered back and forth to each other. Then the worst part was that Jacob knew she was out here, so he continued to mention things about 'the bloodsuckers'.

Gently she gave a soft sigh and focused on the wind that was blowing around, sweeping her long black hair into different directions. Though vampires were resilient with temperatures; like the cold. It didn't mean she couldn't feel chilled in below freezing temperatures. Gently she hugged herself when the wind whipped around her violently kicking up some powdery snow that had fallen.

Kagome let her mind wander while she rested her back against the bark of a tree that was beside the clearing. She thought of Edward and Kouga, it seemed for the last few days they have been getting along pretty well; it just seemed odd.

She really wished she could have Edward's mind reading ability, and then she could figure out what was going on between them. Her eyes narrowed in thought, hopefully they weren't tolerating each other because of her, she almost wished they would act like themselves and fight. She hated it when people acted differently for her sake.

Kagome was snapped from her thoughts when she heard a vampire enter the meadow, through the windstorm she could quite clearly see Edward standing watching her.

"Speak of the Devil" she replied moving from her spot beside the tree.

He only raised an eyebrow at her. "Thinking about me then?" he playfully questioned.

She smiled slyly for a moment while she walked over to him, she frowned looking down to what he carried, "I'm not staying with the family?" she questioned him looking at the wrapped up tent that he carried.

Edward frowned when she spoke, he didn't like it anymore than she did but she couldn't go back down to where the rest were. "Carlisle thinks that you won't be able to resist the blood down there yet" he replied.

"If it makes you feel any better though" he started to reply when she looked back up at him "the smell is bothering Rosalie and Jasper, it seems like they are also fond of demonic blood".

Kagome let a grin escape while she thought of the two vampires. "Well Rose does like the finer things in life" she chuckled grabbing onto the tent he held. "Jasper just likes blood in general" she said while she carrying the tent with her to the other side of the meadow.

Gently she unzipped the case and pulled out the tent to start setting it up. Thank goodness for all the times she camped out over the centuries, because she was pretty much an expert outdoorswoman. She could feel Edward behind her as she set up her camp quite easily.

"Looks like I wasn't needed" he replied watching as she popped the tent up gracefully. She put the stakes into the ground to secure the small tent, since the wind was whipping around so furiously, she wouldn't want to lose her shelter in this snowstorm.

"You were" she stated putting the last stake into the cold earth "but not for putting up the tent" Kagome said grabbing onto her boyfriends hand and pulling him into the newly constructed structure.

Once they stumbled into the shelter she quickly zipped up the entrance, casting the two into almost darkness.

They could hear the hushed whispered words between the other couple in the other shelter.

Even with Jacob's hearing, the two vampires spoke in such hushed tones it was barely audible over the wind outside.

Edward held onto Kagome as they talked about what the next day would have in store for them. "Alice predicted they would show up tomorrow morning" he stated as she rested her head on his thigh.

Her black hair was flopped over his legs while she rested her cheek against his jeans he wore. Edward's hand brushed gently through her locks of hair, the soothing ministration easing her nerves. "Could she see anything further?" she asked.

Edward looked down at her dark head. "Just that the vampires will handle their job" he announced, louder than he needed.

Kagome almost let a smirk escape; he was trying to annoy the werewolf. No doubt with how loud Edward had spoke that Jacob had heard the vampire. "Anything?" she questioned when her boyfriend grew quiet and his hand stopped caressing her hair.

He didn't answer for a second, but resumed playing with her long hair. "He has this crazy idea stuck in his head that the werewolves will handle their task long before us" he chuckled softly relaying his message to her.

"As if" she stated, though she liked Bella, her werewolf boyfriend had a bit of an attitude.

She was waiting for Edward to say something in response, but his answer never came. Gently she turned in his lap and she faced up at him. "What's wrong?" she asked his blank stare.

She saw his golden honey colored eyes lock onto her golden eyes. "Alice had another vision aside the one about Victoria's coven" he stated, almost inaudible even to her ears.

She lowered her voice as quiet as he had made his. "What did she see?" she asked calmly looking at his marble-like face. If he was acting like this, then Alice's vision couldn't have been a good sign.

He took a long deep breath of the chilled night air before he began speaking. "Some of the Volturi are coming" he stated.

Instantly Kagome pushed up from the ground, her legs tucked under her while she looked directly at Edward. "Which ones?" she asked him immediately. She heard of stories of the Volturi, even long before she had come to Forks. Never once had she met any of them though. She was thankful she never had to encounter the Volturi, well, at least until now it seemed like.

"Felix, Jane, and some Guards" he answered her. The real one he didn't prefer to have near was Jane. Her gift was powerful, and they didn't know if she would use it when they got here. She was one twisted little girl.

"What are we going to do?" she asked softly reaching out to grab his hand to hold it between her smaller hands.

He sighed while he watched his girlfriend fidget nervously. Her smooth skin brushing over his hand, "We think they are coming here because of the newborn uprising" he stated watching her "Alice doesn't think anything more than that will happen".

"Okay" she almost silently spoke, still not looking at him, but focusing on his hand.

Gently he turned his hand, so his thumb could run over the back of her hand "It's going to be all right" he told her continuing with his soothing ministration.

She brought her eyes to look at his face, her golden orbs looking up from her dark lashes "Thanks" she replied just as softly as before. She still was unsure of the whole situation now that the Volturi were involved.

Edward only nodded in response "It's okay" he reassured her once again. After a few moments of silence between the two Edward decided to speak up again "You hear that?" he asked her.

Kagome turned her head to the side and looked at him oddly. "I heard the storm if that's what you meant," she stated simply. The wind swished the side of the tent, making an intense noise. Instead of lying back in his lap, she opted to rest her head on Edward's shoulder; in return he wrapped his arm around her waist to keep her there.

"True" he stated referring to her answer "though it's more like what you don't hear". Edward looked down to Kagome's dark hair; smoothly he lowered his head down so he could speak into her ear. "Seems to me the other couple here has ceased talking" he answered.

Kagome closed her eyes and listened to the surrounding noise, Edward was right. It seemed like Jacob and Bella had both fallen asleep. "Finally!" she answered opening her eyes to look up at him, her outburst earned a hearty laugh from Edward. "I like Bella and all but…" she started to answer but trailed off thinking of a way to phrase her answer "gosh I didn't want to listen to their terms of endearment for hours" she replied going back to resting her head on his shoulder.

She could feel Edward laughing behind her, "I feel truly sorry for you then" he mentioned teasing his girlfriend.

"Thanks for your concern" she mumbled, sarcasm lacing her voice. She snuggled up to his chest, her cheek resting on his shirt tenderly.

"No problem" he answered, as though he didn't even notice her sarcastic remark.

Kagome only laughed lightly, "You're funny" she replied to Edward. "I don't think you should tease your girlfriend though" she stated folding her legs carelessly under her form to get more comfortable.

"Hmm" he answered thinking of what she had said "I probably shouldn't" he came to a conclusion still playing along with her.

The two relaxed and enjoyed their company while the wind whistled outside.

Kagome eased into her thoughts as she let her mind wander about what would happen when daylight broke. It almost felt like the anxious, ominous feeling before they had killed Naraku, and his army of demons that horrendous day. That day was filled with so much bloodshed, gruesome things that haunted all of her friends, even years after it happened; including herself.

Blood was spilled enough that in some places it was said that one could walk and not touch the earth with the bodies of demons, even weeks and months after they could smell the stale stench of coppery blood. She did not welcome that moment in her life, with the blood during the battle and even times afterward she became much like a newborn. It was a dark point in her life; she was on edge most of the time, reacting violently. Mostly with words but sometimes physically she would get aggravated enough to lash out at others.

Kagome gripped onto Edward a little closer when she heard a larger sting of wind whip violently through a surrounding tree. The leaves on the tree hit others making a roar in the wind.

She knew the battle wouldn't be as bad, at least with the blood situation, but she would always be worried about how her friends would be in a fight. In this case it would be family.

Though Kagome didn't notice, her thoughts moved between Japanese and English. Edward sat silently as he heard her gruesome thoughts of her past. He held onto his girlfriend as she clutched him tighter. "Everyone will be fine" he replied as she still thought about her past.

He let the sentence hang in the air and waited at she comprehended what he had said.

She brought her head up out of where she had it resting on his chest. Twisting her lithe form she reached up and sensually pressed her lips to his perfect ones. Tenderly she held the kiss for a few seconds before breaking it, and allowing herself to gaze upon him once she opened her eyes again "Please be careful" she spoke quietly. Her face gently rested close to his, almost to the point where they could feel the touch of the other.

His breath made small puffs of air against her face, gently caressing it in a sense, while hers did the same to him.

Edward nodded holding onto her "I will if you will" he said, each word warmly stroking her skin as he spoke them.

She only gave a light smile enough to show her white teeth, her lips turning up into a smile causing them to graze his ever so slightly in a lovers caress. "I will" she whispered her lips just nearly touching his, her breath came out in a wisp of air that he could feel upon his skin and lips. With that he leaned forward and captured her mouth with his, unable to continue the teasing she was providing.


Forks Washington (11th June- Early Morning)

Kagome stood with the other vampires in the clearing. Early that morning she and Edward got up and bid a farewell to Bella and Jacob before heading down to the field to meet up.

They were now waiting for Victoria and the newborns to show up in the field. Until then they were hanging on Alice's every word.

She looked back to her family, among themselves they were chatting about small details about what would happen and different situations. She should be apart of the whole thing, but she opted to talk with Kouga for a bit. They were some of the few that could be called veterans of the battle with Naraku. The rest like Sesshomaru or Shippo didn't want to be found.

"Déjà vu huh?" Kouga mumbled from beside her. He was sporting his complete furs, as he said they were much better to fight in. For this fight he would need to be able to be at his highest ability.

She knew what he was referring to when he stated that simple sentence "Yeah" she hummed out reminiscing of their time in Japan.

Kouga was quiet for a moment letting the silence comfort the two old friends. "To bad Inuyasha wasn't here" he said crossing his tan arms, "could take few of these newborns down with that sword" he joked lightly looking off to the direction of the werewolves. "They wouldn't know what happened" he finished softer than he started, as though he was remembering his old rival. Sure they fought but it was always in a way that wasn't detest or hate, but playful or annoying.

Kagome smiled gently and looked up to Kouga, who decided to continue to look off in the distance. Never really had she heard Kouga completely pay a compliment to Inuyasha, or say his real name without mock lingering in his voice. It seemed like more than just her and Shippo were hurt by Inuyasha's passing.

She remembered each one of her friends dying. Kaede was the first one to pass on; she was so old at the time it seemed like it was a matter of time. When Sango and Miroku passed and she found comfort with Inuyasha. Though she wasn't particularly fond of Kikyo, her passing was also a sad moment in her life, the beautiful woman left Inuyasha devastated for years after she died. The next heartbreak was that of little Rin, though she got to see the little girl grow it was very hard to see her leave the Earth.

Then it was demons that were killed in battle or other things, like Kouga's friends Ginta and Hakkaku. Or demons that just vanished like Sesshomaru or Shippo, leaving to live their own lives.

"Too bad he wasn't here" she replied thinking of her first love. Kagome wrapped her arms around herself in a comforting manner. "He would have loved to see a vampire brawl wouldn't he?" she asked Kouga gently thinking of how Inuyasha would have put the fight.

Kouga let a half laugh and sigh escape, gently shaking his head at how much Inuyasha would have stated those same words. "Well he missed out," he stated turning to look at the petit dark haired girl beside him. "In more ways than one" he said simply letting her interpret the sentence.

She understood what Kouga meant by the sentence, he was talking about her. She let a small sad smile escape, "True" she stated softly so only the wolf demon could hear "but everything turned out for the better. I found someone who makes me incredibly happy" Kagome said thinking about Edward.

He uncrossed his arms and rested a large hand on her shoulder in a soothing manner. "Too bad that someone isn't me" he stated, his thick voice speaking lovingly to her "but if it couldn't be me I'm glad it's him" he stated earning a smile from the girl.

Kagome couldn't be more proud of Kouga, though he was in a sense letting her go. She knew he would never fully release his claim on her, if only he held it to entertain himself when Edward was around. Kouga would always be Kouga; he needed a rival.

"Thank you" she replied sincerely, since Kouga was one of her closest friends she felt much better that he approved of Edward. Though if he didn't she knew she would still want to be with the vampire.

A light wind swirled around the two Feudal Era friends, along with the wind they instantly picked up the scent of newborns.

"They're here!" Kouga shouted releasing his hold on her and turned instantly from the friendly wolf demon to someone who was ready to go into battle. Someone who she knew would do anything to save her and her new family.

Edward was by her side instantly when Kouga left his post. "You ready?" he questioned gently pushing her along to get into their places.

"Well I guess I have to be" Kagome stated almost a joking tone to the statement.

He would have come back with some quick-witted response if the situation weren't so dire. He only settled for a light smile to comfort her. He was ready to do anything to protect her.

Kagome stood where she was supposed to; Edward beside her clenched his jaw in anticipation. She swept the clearing with her eyes to check on everyone one last time before the fight would actually start. She stopped once the first newborn broke through the surrounding woods.

They were going to try to reason with them if they looked docile but with this group they looked anything but that.

Their eyes wild, and bright crimson looked over the scene of vampires and demon. Instantly those who believed they were powerful enough lunged forward attacking any vampire that they saw. Their lips pulled back into a snarl showing their teeth. From what she could smell, they were covered in human blood, probably from their last feeding.

The Cullen's and Kouga took off from their spots to attack the incoming vampires. Each family member took a section, and tore apart any vampire that came at them.

A male vampire came at her, but before he could reach her she saw that Edward had interpreted the assault. She continued on with the fighting but also noticed Edward was all over the place, along with Jasper. Leaving both Alice and herself with significantly less to do.

When the other newborns noticed that their coven were getting beaten those who were still sensible enough started to surrender.

Kagome watched as she killed her last newborn, when the girl fell into pieces at her feet Kagome felt someone lock onto her arm roughly. She turned to gaze into Edward's angry eyes "What's wrong?" she asked instantly.

He started to pull her along as the rest of the family finished up. "Victoria knows" he stated taking off at full speed into the forest toward Bella, and Jacob.

Kagome instantly followed knowing that speed would be the most important thing at this point. Her and Edward would have to beat Victoria before she could reach the base camp. Keeping an eye on Edward in front of her she dodged the trees, and other things while she tried to keep up with him. Even though she was fast she knew Edward would always seem to be that much faster than her. Suddenly they both heard a howl of a werewolf in the direction of the camp.

For less than a second she thought they were too late, but when Edward continued to run as if he didn't even hear the wolfs cry; she followed instantly. Kagome noticed when they got closer that it wasn't only Victoria that was there, but she had another vampire with her.

Edward broke into the clearing first, while she closely followed behind. Upon entering she was met with the deadly woman standing there with what looked to be a young boy.

Edward was standing in front of Bella and Jacob to guard them from the two vampires. She made her way to Edward's side to help if Victoria decided to attack Bella.

Kagome took in the two vampires standing before them. The woman, Victoria, was watching them carefully not expecting a second vampire to be there. Her eyes were black and wild; they shifted back and forth between her and Edward no more than a few seconds at a time. They would then shift to Bella standing behind them, and her eyes would narrow in anger.

She was angry that she had come so close to her prize, and she didn't expect to be stopped so close.

Kagome glanced to the other vampire standing next to Victoria, a young blond boy looked muscular. His eyes were blood red, more brilliant than she ever saw. He had to have been just changed, that meant he would be strong but he would lack in technical ability.

"Riley" Edward's calm voice replied looking at the young boy. "She is lying to you" he replied reading the thoughts of the vampire. If he could get the vampire onto their side then the whole thing would end up being much easier.

She kept her eyes on the older woman. Victoria didn't smile, but only frowned when she glanced upon her. Kagome wish she could have smirked herself at her thought, the woman probably didn't expect a vampire she hadn't seen before to be there guarding Bella.

"She doesn't love you Riley" Edward spoke to the tall boy, who in return shifted his eyes to Victoria in a confused manner. "She loved another vampire," he stated watching the boy "someone named James".

With that Victoria pulled her lips back in a growl when he mentioned her dead lover's name. Kagome tensed getting ready if the woman did decide to attack.

"He's lying Riley," she said, shifting her eyes for a split second to the young boy "I love you" Victoria mentioned, her voice tingling like bells.

Kagome continued to watch the vampire, getting ready to go into her trance if Victoria were to go after Bella. With how much malice this woman held it would be simple to cause her excruciating pain in a seconds notice.

"You can walk away, you don't have to die for someone who doesn't love you" Edward continued to reason with the boy, ignoring what Victoria had said. "She doesn't care, she wants you to die, then she can forget about you," he replied moving away slightly so Riley would follow him. They would have more luck if it were one on one instead of a total brawl.

Kagome noticed for a second that the boy looked back to Victoria, almost trying to understand the whole situation that was happening. It would good if he was confused about the ordeal, they might even be able to bring him to their side.

She was brought back to focus when Victoria leaned on the balls of her feet, getting ready to do something. In response she dug her foot into the ground to get some kind of grip should she need to dart forward to stop Victoria.

"Riley" Edward again spoke "you've seen the doubt in her eyes, you know she is lying to you" he said desperately trying to get through to the boy. "She will never love you, and she could care less if you were alive or dead" he said finally allowing the boy now to make his decision. "Last chance," he simply stated.

The boy looked to Victoria then made a sweep of the campsite with his blood red eyes. When he made it back to Victoria all she did was provide a smirk "He is the liar" she said taking her eyes from Riley to look at Edward. "They are just using their tricks on you, just like I told you they would" she provided.

Elegantly Victoria looked back to her, since she was in fact standing between the woman and Bella.

Kagome looked at Riley no more than a half a second; during that time Victoria used her speed to try to make it past her to Bella. Taking the open chance to get the human she so much desired.

Riley took that same time to attack her while Kagome used her nails to grab onto the red haired vampire. With speed that could rival any vampire Edward reached the newborn and threw him away from the two fighting girls.

Kagome eyed Victoria angrily, the other woman doing the same to her. Quickly she went into her trance, knowing that under the power Victoria wouldn't be able to do much of anything, but feel herself being fried from the inside out.

She heard the screech of the vampire as she collapsed onto the ground before her feet. Kagome knew what was happening, though it was hard to see things she could hear the terrifying screams of agony. Victoria brought up her body and glared at her while in horrendous pain, she used her arms up support her enough to barely make her way up. With that Kagome tilted her head slightly bringing her trance fully onto the woman.

"Riley!" Victoria shrieked breathless from the torture.

The young vampire knocked Edward away from him using his strength, resulting in the vampire crashing into a nearby tree. The newborn quickly ran to the woman who was causing his lover pain.

Edward's eyes widened when he noticed his girlfriend was still in her trance. "Kagome!" he yelled getting up as fast as possible, but with the head start that Riley had, there would be no way he could reach in time.

Kagome was focusing on defeating Victoria, but when she heard her name yelled out she quickly snapped from her trance. Only slightly confused as to what was happening.

Instantly her eyes locked onto the newborn. Riley was only a few feet from her, but in no more than a second he vanished when a large werewolf pounced on the vampire. Jacob had saved her life.

"Bitch" she heard from next to her, all she saw was red hair until she felt searing pain on the spot between her shoulder and neck. The wicked vampire sunk her teeth into her flesh when she was distracted. She gasped in sudden pain that coursed through her.

Kagome shoved her shoulder forward to knock Victoria off balance enough to give her some time to snap back into a trance. If she did it when she was being attacked then Victoria could have a chance to kill her for good when she was vulnerable.

A menacing growl came from Victoria when Kagome fought back, regardless; she did not release her hold.

Kagome opened her eyes wide when she smelt Victoria spill her venom into the wound on her shoulder. At that moment she pulled her own lips back and gave a vicious growl in response to what Victoria did. She was becoming like a true vampire, one pissed vampire.

Edward watched as Jacob ripped apart Riley, in only a few seconds Victoria managed to almost get Kagome attacked by her boy toy, then bite onto the girl herself. He raced to the two women, instantly latching onto Victoria himself to get her to let go of his girlfriend.

His prayers were answered when the red haired woman released her hold, immediately allowing Kagome to step back and grip onto her shoulder. Her shirt was partially ripped from when Victoria pulled back, now leaving her right shoulder bare. For a split second she was going to go into her trance but stopped when Edward spoke up.

"Help Jacob, she is mine" he replied, so much malice in the tone she instantly followed his orders without questioning his decision.

She quickly looked over to Jacob was. Parts of the once in tacked vampire were sprawled across the ground at the feet of the mighty werewolf. Kagome checked on Edward who was already circling the other vampire in a hunt. She went over to Jacob and quickly used her trance to get rid of Riley's body parts before he could regenerate.

Edward knew what the woman had done to his girlfriend. She had known at that point that she would most likely die. Victoria wanted to make her mark before she was killed, by spilling her venom into the wound she would ensure that Kagome would always have a scar.

"Don't leave" he spoke following her through the trees. "Don't you want your prize? You will never get a chance like this again" he replied, the hypnotic tone unsettling coming from him.

Kagome watched as Edward played with Victoria, he was reading her movements easily able to counter them all. Victoria seemed torn between leaving with her life or staying to try to claim her prize. This was not the Edward that she knew; this was the vampire that he had become. She knew it well, the side that took over. This side when it came out meant death for anyone on the receiving end.

"You're scared," he mocked following her steps using his agility, playing with his prey. "Pointless for avenging someone who never loved you" he toyed with her.

Victoria pulled her lips back showing her teeth when Edward mentioned James.

"You were a tool, someone who could escape easily," he growled leading her away from the clearing. "You were just a convenience for him" he purred the sentence out allowing her run away from him a little longer.

"Shut up!" she screeched becoming frantic about the situation. It seemed like Edward was everywhere at once, giving the sense of desperation for whoever was being hunted by him.

"Stay Victoria, we are having so much fun" Edward spoke pausing to stand before her.

Kagome's eyes widened when she noticed what Edward was about to do, quickly she looked back at Bella. For a once normal girl she was holding up incredibly well for seeing so much violence. "Bella close you're eyes and cover you're ears!" she shouted to the girl quickly.

Bella's eyes widened, but she did as she was told while she was close to Jacob.

Kagome watched as Edward circled the vampire. The red hair of the woman swirled with her jerky head movements, watching where Edward would come from.

"Are you alright?" she heard Kouga ask from beside her who just decided to show up, probably to find out where her and Edward run off to in such a hurry. The rest of the family must have finished up anything down in the field and send Kouga to check on things.

She only nodded while watching in fascination with Edward's deadly appearance. He ran past her, his teeth flashing in a smirk "Don't leave yet" he replied almost above a whisper. Gently his teeth grazed her neck and no more than a few seconds later her head slid off of her body with an agonizing shriek from the woman.

He continued to rip her apart, making sure they would have enough time to get rid of the pieces before she could regenerate.

Kagome ran instantly to his side while he tore at the woman. Kouga was right along side of her, also helping out with destroying the body.

When she reached him, Edward's bright golden eyes looked at her. "I'm so sorry" he said motioning to the bite mark.

"It's fine" she replied wrapping her arms around his neck and giving him a loving embrace. "I find scars incredibly sexy anyway" she replied quietly trying to comfort him about the situation. It was only a scar; sometimes they were there to remind people of good times. The one on her hip certainly did that, now the bite mark would remind her of her new family.

He let a chuckle escape when she released him. "Well I do too," he said holding onto the ripped fabric around the gash by her shoulder. For only a second he frowned in thought, but put it aside and smiled at his girl.

"Hey!" Kouga replied while he finished up Edward's job of tearing the vampire apart.

Kagome and Edward looked to the wolf demon that was holding Victoria's head up by her hair. "It looks like Ayame!" he smiled while looking back down to the woman's body, then back up to her head that he held. "It could be her twin, weird huh?" he laughed at the situation.

Kagome just smiled looking at the white fur clothing, pale skin, and long red hair. Victoria did look like Ayame, but Kouga was having way too much fun with the body parts. "Yes Kouga" she mentioned letting go of Edward and made her way up to her friend. "How about you give me that," she replied in a motherly tone and reaching her hand out to take the head.

"Okay" he groaned letting her take the head by the hair. He acted much like how a young boy would when a toy was taken away.

Kagome scrunched her face when she looked at the now dead vampire "Okay" she stated turning away from it to now face Edward. "How about you check on Bella, and I will get rid of..." she trailed off "well, this situation" she replied dropping the head in the pile of other body parts.

Edward just nodded before walking over to where Jacob and Bella were standing. When he was far enough away Kagome turned back to Kouga "You were so right, she did look like Ayame didn't she?" Kagome giggled quietly earning a bright smile from Kouga.

While Edward talked to Bella and Jacob, she allowed herself to go into her trance and kill Victoria for good. The ashes of the once menacing vampire crumbled into the earth at her feet.

"Carlisle sent me to come find you guys" Kouga shrugged watching as she finished clean up. "We didn't know where you went but we figured it was important" he stated watching his once crush come out of her trance.

"Well it kind of was," she stated bringing up her hand to pull at her torn clothing. Pretty much from the force of Victoria, her shirt from the neckline to the end of the sleeve was ripped on the right side. Leaving her entire shoulder bare of clothing, thankfully the rip didn't exceed anything below that, so she was still decent at least.

"Some of the vampires surrendered" he filled her in with what happened with everyone else. When he noticed her looking at her right side his eyes turned somber "Are you alright?" he asked quietly as to not grab Edward's attention.

Kagome only sighed before looking at Edward for a moment " I think he blames himself for this" she replied referring to her shoulder "I have a feeling he will always be reminded of failure when he sees the scar" she stated looking off to her boyfriend. "Thankfully this is all I got when it could have been more serious," Kagome stated running a finger over the stinging skin. With the venom being used, her wound would heal much slower than a normal one, and it would sting for a while. With how bad the damage was it would leave a nasty scar on the upper part of her shoulder.

"Well it's about to get more serious" Kouga replied grabbing onto her arm and pulling her gently in the direction of Edward. "Alice saw the Volturi or whatever really soon. I'm talking like in a short time they will be here" he replied.

Kagome had completely forgot about the Volturi "Where are we meeting up then?" she asked her friend.

"Back down where we were," he replied finally when they walked up to Edward and the others.

Kagome was silent for a long moment while Edward talked with Bella to make sure she was all right. She looked over to the massive wolf; which was Jacob. She noticed he brought his large head to look at her, in a gentle voice she spoke to him "Thank you for saving my life".

Jacob watched her; his head nodded once showing that he accepted the thank you.

"Sorry you two but we gotta go" Kouga said once again urging the two other vampires to get going.

Bella watched for a moment "Isn't this all done though? Victoria is gone," she stated not knowing why they were in a hurry.

Kagome looked to Edward not knowing how to answer Bella's question. She was thankful when Edward spoke up, making it so she wouldn't have to say something first.

"Some of the Volturi are coming" he said judging her reaction, "mostly to check on Victoria's army" he replied turning back to Kouga who was pulling on him slightly. Giving him a glare he looked back to Bella when she spoke.

"Who are coming? Do I need to be there?" Bella asked; her eyes showed she was worried.

Kagome decided to speak "It's okay Bella, you do not have to be there. We think it best if the werewolves and you head out so nothing unplanned happens," she stated easing the human girl's nerves. "They are just here doing their job Bella" Kagome stated one last time.

"Finally!" Kouga growled before grabbing onto her hand "we have to get there before they do" he said urging them to get going.

"Thanks again Jacob" Edward stated "take care of Bella" he finished. Turning to Bella he spoke up "Bye, stay safe from now on" he concluded with a light chuckle.

Kagome continued to be pulled away by Kouga until she got annoyed enough, and just pulled her arm from his grasp roughly. "Stop it, I don't need you to hold my hand" she argued at the wolf demon.

"I thought you liked that Kagome" he replied smirking. "Regardless of that, can we please move on?" he questioned more to Edward than the woman before him.

Edward only nodded before walking towards the group, "Let's hurry then" he replied watching at Kagome and Kouga took off quickly, with her glaring at the wolf demon for his comment. Giving a final look to Bella and Jacob he sped off into the direction of the rest of the vampires.

In a few short moments the three made it to the clearing, a rather large fire met them.

Alice looked up when they entered the clearing, instantly she eyed Kagome's wound "What happened?" she asked her friend. Immediately most of the family looked in her way for a second to see why Alice asked what she did.

"It's nothing" she replied, a bright smile graced her face as she tried to cover up her injury. Gently she looked to Jasper, who was unconsciously rubbing his arms. "How is Jasper?" she questioned Alice.

"The fool" she joked quietly "he should know I can take care of myself" Alice remarked looking behind her at her husband.

Kagome followed her look, Jasper crouched low and growled at a young vampire beside the rest; which were burning. This must have been what Kouga mentioned about, the girl must have surrendered. She looked young, maybe mid teens. She had dark hair and vivid blood eyes.

"Jasper doesn't approve of Carlisle's judgment" Edward spoke from beside her when they continued to walk over to the family. He had obviously read everyone's mind, and provided an answer to her.

She cautiously nodded, also going on the defense with this newborn. Even though she would love to see the good in people like Carlisle did, she would still trust Jasper's judgment on the whole situation.

The young girl hissed at Jasper violently, her lips curled back and her eyes piercing. Jasper countered with his own growl at the girl.

"Have you decided?" Carlisle asked the girl "we don't want to kill you but we will if it comes down to it" he stated.

The girl groaned, "I wanted her blood" she spoke watching us "I craved it" she finished, her eyes dimming slightly.

She watched the newborn; she understood the feeling. Most vampires would understand the same thing she went through, but it was possible to ignore the lust.

"You must fight the temptation" her old friend replied walking slightly closer to the girl, so Jasper was no longer the closest one to her. "It is the only thing that can save you now" he finished letting his words sink in.

The girl clawed at the ground, ferocious marks tore at the ground out of anger. She brought up her dirt-covered hands to grab onto her head as she panted out of frustration.

Carlisle watched the girl as she had her outburst, but his head was brought up to look to the North end of the clearing.

Kagome followed his line of sight, instantly knowing she would be able to see the Volturi for the first time. The family moved away from the girl to stand together, almost to put up a front.

She looked out past the dark smoke, past the newborn, and past the dark looking trees. There were four vampires, all covered in black robes giving them a sense of ominous dread. A younger vampire led the others, a little girl looked past her hood to the destruction of the field. Instantly her eyes locked onto the newborn still trying to resist herself. "What's this?" she questioned.

Kagome narrowed her eyes at the girl; her demeanor seemed ruthless. She knew the Volturi was a feared group, but this girl took that to a whole new level.

"She surrendered" Edward replied staring right at Jane; he had a history with the little girl, which was not a pleasant one.

Jane took a moment to look at the young girl, then to look over the Cullens studying them. Instantly she locked her eyes on Kouga and herself. Jane's eyes narrowed and her smirk seemed to grow when she stared at Kagome's eyes. She knew that Jane didn't recognize the two members that stood along with the Cullens. Hopefully nothing would occur because of it.

"I see," she stated snapping her look to Edward. "I am afraid there is no choice for surrender when someone breaks the rules" she cattily spoke, her smirk instantly dropping into a neutral stone look.

Carlisle decided to speak up at this point "Since she halted her attack on us we saw no reason to destroy her".

The deadly vampire looked back to Carlisle "That is irrelevant," she mentioned before she paused a moment. "Aro sends his regards," she simply stated remembering the message that the elder vampire had told her.

"Send him mine as well" Carlisle said in response to her.

Jane's smile came back after he spoke "I will" she stated. She swept the field to look back at the dark smoke "Seemed like we weren't needed" she replied watching at the dark substance floated high overhead. "How many are here?" she questioned as she continued to watch the smoke. A twisted smile was plastered on her face as she watched the smoke billow into the sky.

Kagome looked to Carlisle when he spoke up. "Eighteen" he stated curtly "all newly changed" he explained the situation a little more for her.

Jane's eyes widened, instantly her head snapped from looking at the fire burning the corpses to the other vampires before her. "Who changed them?" she questioned them instantly curious as to why there were that many vampires.

Kagome looked to Carlisle but her head snapped to look to Edward when he spoke up first "Victoria, she was their creator" he mentioned, malice lacing his voice when he spit out the vampire's name.

Kagome looked to her boyfriend for a second, but turned to look to the Volturi. She noticed the other vampires who were standing behind Jane turned to give each other looks.

Jane judged the bonfire for a long moment. "Where is her body?" she asked watching the smoke. Jane had instantly picked up the past tense that Edward had spoke when he mentioned Victoria.

They didn't know how to answer the question. The only reason why Jane would ask was because she knew Victoria's body was not with the other vampires. They had no way of answering without explaining Kagome's gift. It was obvious that they would want to keep her powerful gift from the Volturi as long as they could.

"I burned her" Kagome spoke looking at the little girl. The heads of the family snapped into her direction. She knew Edward would be livid with her for speaking, she knew he would want to protect her, if she didn't say anything though the outcome could be worse.

Jane looked at her direction, almost trying to figure out who she was "Then you killed her" she stated narrowing her eyes at the Japanese woman.

"No" Edward replied standing tall "I did" he said looking at Jane.

She watched them for a moment, as if trying to understand the situation her blood eyes switched between the two vampires. "Then why is there no fire?" she questioned them, her eyes emotionless.

"I can burn the bodies of dead vampires with my mind" Kagome supplied, knowing she had left out much of her power. The less Jane knew the better their situation would be.

Though Jane still looked slightly curious she ignored what Kagome stated, "Then there were nineteen" she concluded looking to the Cullens.

"Twenty" Edward supplied "she had one more newborn with her. He was only a little older than this one" he looked to the young vampire before the two groups.

"You" she commanded the young girl "what is your name?" she questioned the girl on the ground. When the girl didn't answer right away Jane looked to her, resulting in an excruciating shriek from the newborn.

Kagome's eyes widened when she looked to Jane. Her mind went blank when they listened to the screams of the girl. Was that how her power was? Did she look like Jane when using it? Jane's face held a smile, amusement danced in her red eyes. She found enjoyment in the girls screaming at her torture. She knew her own gift was never good, but she tried to use it for as much good as she possibly could.

Kagome felt Edwards hand brush hers only slightly, calming her momentarily. It didn't stop her from feeling guilty about causing so much pain though. Even she was starting to feel guilt over causing Victoria so much torment.

"Bree" the girl answered when Jane's torment stopped.

Her smile grew cold and her voice hard. "Bree" her angelic voice tested the name "how many vampires where there?" she questioned the girl, this time not using her gift.

"Twenty at most" she answered quickly, most likely not wanting to be under the excruciating pain again. She panted with exhaustion from the last round of torture.

"Did this woman create you? Victoria" she supplied the name for the girl.

The newborn lifted herself up slightly, so she rested most of her weight on her arms. "We think, we don't know though" she answered the girl. "We were never provided a name, Riley told us it didn't matter".

Jane was quiet processing the new information. "What about the boy?" she questioned referring to Riley that Bree and Edward had mentioned prier.

"He told us we could have her" Bree replied, her voice instantly growing angry as she spoke. "Whoever got to the human girl first could have her. That was what we were promised" she supplied them with an answer.

Jane only nodded a bit; she turned to look behind her to a larger vampire. The one known as Felix looked at Jane. Turning back around she looked back to Edward "Where is she by the way? The human" she asked referring to Bella.

Edward's hand left her side and went to turn into a fist out of anger. Probably thoughts of Bella ran through the vampire's minds. "She no longer is with me" he provided the answer, better to be truthful with the situation.

The man behind Jane replied to his comment "Caius will be interested in this fact" he mentioned, speaking up for the first time.

Kagome locked eyes with him, and he gave a smirk in response to her look. "What of her?" he questioned still his eyes locked with the Japanese girl, his head tipped her way, obviously drawing attention to herself.

Kagome noticed Jane look in her direction, her angelic pale face full of interest. Slowly the girl's smile grew and her eyes bore into hers.

She lost her breath when she felt a prickling pain shoot up her legs. Instantly she locked up her muscles to keep the pain from completely causing her to collapse on the ground. The sting of agonizing pain coursed through her, and she felt herself panic slightly under the scrutiny.

A bit of sound escaped through her mouth, a shy whimper was the only satisfaction she provided Jane with to see the influence of her power. Though she never fell to the ground she felt like she wanted to die under the torture.

Edward's eyes widened over the seconds that he noticed Kagome in torture "Stop!" his voice shouted out, showing some kind of emotion. His eyes narrowed at the evil girl, his face set in a hard look.

Kouga's growl could be heard from behind her as she fought from screaming out to the torture.

Kagome felt the agony release its hold, Jane's smile widened when she noticed her power worked on her. "Seems this one isn't as resilient" she joked looking at Kagome once more before turning to look at Carlisle's angry face when he spoke.

"I suggest you stick with what you were meant to do, and that did not include threatening my family" Carlisle replied watching the Volturi. Quickly he looked to his dear friend, she seemed to be all right now though.

Jane frowned at him, regardless, she continued with what they were supposed to do. She watched the newborn still on the ground. "Well there is one thing to do I suppose" she drawled out. She looked back to the other vampire "Felix" she spoke turning from him to look at the vampire Bree.

"We can take responsibility for her" Carlisle spoke knowing where this was going, "we can teach her". He looked to the little newborn then to the experienced Volturi member.

Jane let a small smirk escape, probably out of amusement than anything. "That may be true…" she paused to look to the girl in question "but we do not give second chances" Jane spoke, her voice held an icy chill to it. "Well it was nice to meet you Carlisle" Jane replied once more before nodding once to the vampire and turning away.

Kagome watched at the little vampire turned to leave; thankfully she wouldn't have to deal with another experience with the girl's gift.

"Felix take care of her" she tipped her head to the newborn on the ground before she turned fully, and started to walk away.

Kagome moved her eyes away from the young vampire; she couldn't watch her be killed just because of who her creator was. She noticed Edward and some of her other family members also averted their eyes from the scene.

She grabbed Edward's hand from beside her, gently linking her fingers with his when she heard a loud crack of bones breaking. A giant scream echoed among the tree's that surrounded them, each one growing softer and softer until they could no longer hear the voice of the once young vampire.

When she heard Felix throw the corpse into the fire she looked at him. Immediately the flames soared a bit higher when it had a new body to burn. The smoke rose higher and grew darker as the vampire body slowly burned into nothingness.

Felix watched them for a bit longer, eyeing her only slightly longer than the rest. He then turned and followed Jane and the other vampires out of the clearing.

Once they had left and they could no longer hear, or see them, Edward turned instantly to look in her eyes. "Are you okay?" he questioned her, complete worry evident in his voice.

She looked to the rest of her family who all seemed to be watching her. "I'm fine," she answered trying to pull off that she was indeed fine. Physically she was, emotionally? Not so much, it was bizarre to see someone with an eerily similar gift as she had, even more so having it used against her.

"Well you held up better than I did" Edward replied looking at her "both when Jane attacked me and a few moments ago" he answered showing that he was shaken like she was.

Kouga placed a hand on her shoulder and gently rubbed her back gently to comfort her. "Well if you ask me" he started to say, "you two may have similar powers, but yours completely kicks ass" he said making her smile at his antics.

"Thanks" she joked turning her head to look back to the wolf demon. "I so would win in a fight" she provided the response to Kouga's joking, both to calm those around her and even herself. "True her gift could hurt, but mine is deadly" she replied smiling at the vampires around her.

Emmett pumped his fist in the air at her last comment "Hell yeah!" he cheered earning a few laughs from the rest of the family.

"Well, I guess this is done then" Carlisle stated when the family calmed their chuckles at Emmett's antics.

Alice looked at Carlisle for a moment "Who should stay behind to make sure everything is burned properly?" she questioned.

Carlisle smiled gently at his family "I will stay here with Esme, the rest of you can go if you want" he answered Alice's question. "You guys need to start getting ready for graduation anyway," he reminded them about the event, which was only a few days away.

"Sounds great" Alice chirped in response to Carlisle's suggestion. "I suggest we go to the mall" she replied. She pulled Jasper's arm gently to get him moving back to the house so he could go along with her, he only smiled at the short vampire as he continued to walk with her.

Emmett followed absentmindedly behind the couple. "I am so done with this" he mentioned before linking his hand in Rosalie's. "I suggest we do something other than shopping" he purred at his girl.

Rosalie let a smirk escape on her face "Lets" she answered eyeing Emmett as they walked out of the clearing, obviously to someplace that they could get some privacy.

"Well I gotta go pack I guess," he said cracking his neck slightly, earning an annoying pop. "So I will see you guys back at the house then" he mumbled eyeing Kagome and Edward one last time before bidding a light 'later' before he started to run, making a small tornado appear where he was. It instantly sped out to the trees and past that in the direction of the house.

When the wolf demon was gone Carlisle turned to his friend "Why does he need to pack so soon?" he questioned her.

Kagome smiled lightly at her friend "He needed to meet up with someone in Japan I guess" she started to provide an answer. She could feel Edward's thumb running across her hand making it hard to concentrate though. "I asked him if he could retrieve some things I had in my home there. He said he would go and ship back what I requested," she stated turning to Edward for a second when he continued to distract her. "I hope that is alright Carlisle," she continued again thinking that maybe she over pushed her boundaries.

"It's fine" Esme spoke up for Carlisle "you can bring whatever you wish, this is your home now".

Carlisle looked down to his wife for a moment before retuning his gaze to his son and friend. They did make a wonderful couple. "We only wished you could have had your own room during this time" he supplied.

Kagome smiled at her dear friend and wife giving them a nod of understanding. "As much as I would love to hang around burning vampires" she said looking to the smoke "I think we should head out," Kagome replied looking back to Edward.

He only nodded at her statement "See you in a while then" he bid the vampires a goodbye.

Edward continued to hold Kagome's hand while they walked out of the battlefield. Both stayed quiet until they could no longer hear any vampires around them. "How are you doing really?" he asked his girlfriend.

Kagome's eyes were covered with her dark hair, she stopped walking instantly making Edward look at her with solemn eyes.

"Do I really look like that?" she asked him, her voice was quiet but steady.

Edward watched her carefully, he didn't understand the question that his girlfriend was asking him. "Like who?" he asked her just as quietly as she had spoken to him.

Kagome continued to look down until she saw his shoes come in her line of sight. He was standing right in front of her trying to comfort her "Like Jane" she provided an answer for him.

She heard him growl low, "You are nothing like her" he said harshly. She knew he wasn't angry with her, but more so with Jane.

"Listen Kagome" he said bringing a hand under her chin, gently his pale hand brought her head up so he could look in her eyes. "I know this whole experience has changed both of us" he started his speech. His hand reached up to brush her cheek lightly "You may think you are like that evil girl, the truth is that you are one of the kindest vampires I have ever seen" Edward smiled gently at her, his teeth showing. "You befriended my ex, which was a human no less" he chuckled lightly earning a small sad smile from her. "How many vampires actually would do that?"

"You are an astonishing woman, and I know I love you" Edward spoke, his eyes glued to hers. "Now the only thing I have to do is keep you safe, seems like all my girlfriends find trouble too easily" he joked with her earning a small giggle from the girl.

Kagome tilted her head to the side in a thoughtful manner. "Maybe you just blame yourself too much" she suggested lightly before leaning up to him. Her lips just about to brush his, she could almost feel his on hers as she held her position "I love you too" Kagome spoke bringing her lips to meet his in a sensual kiss.