"I am so happy for you!"
"You saw?"
"Not all of it, just the part where you asked Kagome to be your girlfriend and she said yes. What happened with Victoria?"
"She ran off when I got there."
Emmett didn't want to tell them about Kagome being a Miko, he didn't feel it was his place. Good thing Edward wasn't there.
At this point the rest of the family appears and begins to congratulate Emmett. Jasper pat him on the back.
"I knew you two would get together soon, I could feel her attraction for you for quite some time." Jasper tells him
Emmett gives him an incredulous look, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Where's the fun in that?" Jasper asks with a smirk.
"So when do we get to meet the young lady?" Carlisle asks.
And does she know about us?" Esme asks.
"Yes she knows about us, I told her earlier, and she's fine with it. and if you guys want I'll ask her if she wants to come over tomorrow.
"Good, I want to see if she's good enough for my little brother," Rosalie tells him.
"Oh trust me, Rose, she is, the question is am I good enough for her?"
"Of course you are, Little Brother." Kostas tells Emmett
'I don't know about that.' Emmett thinks.
The next day Kagome is up bright and early as is her custom, she goes through her routine and decides to just have cereal for breakfast since her Uncle Charlie left her a note saying that he was going to be getting up late then he was going to be going fishing. Once she had her cereal she goes downstairs and changes into her running gear. Exiting the house she finds Emmett leaning up against Bella's truck. He smiles at her and pushes off the truck. Making his way over he leans down and kisses her on the lips.
"What are you doing here so early?" Kagome asks.
"Well, I don't sleep."
"Like ever? Kagome asks.
"No not ever." Emmett tells her.
"Wow, that still doesn't explain what you're doing here so early."
"Well, Bella told me that you go running every morning and I wanted to go with you, if that's okay?"
Kagome narrowed her eyes, "You just want to go to keep me safe, don't you?"
Emmett gives her a sheepish grin, "Guilty."
Kagome huffs and crosses her arms, "I'm a big girl, Emmett, I can take care of myself, as I plainly proved last night. But, I would love the company, let's go."
Emmett grins and follows Kagome down the street. And while they're running, Emmett poses a question.
"Hey, Kagome, how about after this we go over to my house so you can meet my family."
Kagome nearly trips, "What, but I already know Alice and Jasper and Edward isn't here."
"Yeah, but you haven't met Rosalie or Kostas or my parents, please, Kagome." Emmett begs giving her puppy dog eyes.
"Oh, alright only because I can't resist the eyes."
"Yes, thank you, Kagome"
"Yeah, yeah."
They finish their run and head back to Kagome's house. Emmett leaves and tells her he'll be back in an hour so that will give Kagome plenty of time to get ready. He kisses her goodbye and runs off, Kagome goes inside and makes her way down to the basement. She pulls out her blue sun dress, yellow sweater and heels and goes to the bathroom to shower and change. Once she has blow dried her hair Kagome, makes her way upstairs, where she finds her uncle Charlie getting his stuff ready to go fishing. He looks up and smiles at her.
"My, don't you look pretty, what's the occaison?"
"I have a date." Kagome says in a excited tone.
"A date with, who?" Charlie asks.
"Emmett Cullen."
"I thought you said you two were just friends."
"Well, not after last night."
Charlie's eyes widen, "What happened last night?"
"Nothing bad, Uncle Charlie, we've just been seeing a lot of each other and getting closer and last night, Emmett asked me to be his girlfriend."
"He did, did he? Well, I want to talk to him before you leave. I'm not going to let him treat you the way his brother treated Bella, I stayed quiet that time and she got her heart broken. I won't stay quiet this time."
"Uncle Charlie!"
"Nope, Kagome, I don't trust those boys, so make sure he comes in the house.
"Okay."
A few minutes later there's a knock on the door, Kagome goes to answer it. When Emmett sees Kagome, his eyes nearly pop out of his head when he sees Kagome.
"Wow, Kagome, you look beautiful."
She blushes prettily, "Thank you, Emmett."
He offers his arm, "Shall we go?"
"Not just yet."
Emmett gives her a confused look.
"My uncle wants to talk to you."
"Great."
Just then Kagome and Emmett hear from the living room, "Kagome is that him?"
"Yes, Uncle Charlie."
Kagome takes Emmett's hand and leads him into the living room, They stand in the doorway waiting for Charlie to acknowledge them, Charlie doesn't say anything at first.
"Uncle Charlie, you remember, Emmett Cullen?"
"Uh huh, have a seat, son."
Emmett, sits down on the loveseat and Kagome sits down next to him. they both sit there waiting for Charlie to continue. Charlie takes a sip of his beer then looks at Emmett.
"Emmett, I'm sure you know that Kagome is my only niece and that her father is no longer with us, so I'm going to take on the role as her father would have. And I'm telling you right now, that if you treat my niece the way your brother treated Bella there will be hell to pay. I don't care if I am the Chief of Police I will not tolerate you hurting my niece."
"I wouldn't dream of hurting Kagome, sir, I plan on taking good care of her."
"That's what your brother said." Charlie pointed out.
"Yeah, but I unlike my brother truly mean it. I plan on sticking around for as long as Kagome will have me. I care very deeply for Kagome and there's nothing I wouldn't do for her."
"Are you sure about that, Emmett."
"Yes, sir."
"Good, now I'm going out of town, but I expect that you bring her home at a decent hour."
"Yes, sir."
"You can call me Charlie, son."
Thank you, Charlie, I'll take good care of her."
"Alright then, have fun."
Kagome, Emmett and Charlie stood up, Emmett shook Charlie's hand then he takes Kagome's hand and leads her outside. Charlie walks to the door and watches as Emmett opens the door to his Jeep for Kagome and helps her in then he walks to the other side, gets in and they drive away.
He sighs and closes the door, "Well I definitely like him more than I do Edward."
As Kagome and Emmett drive off, Emmett takes Kagome's hand and kisses it. She blushes but smiles at him.
"Blushing suits you." He says.
She blushes even harder, "Well I think that went well," Kagome tells him.
"Yeah, I think he likes me more than he likes Edward." Emmett says with a smirk.
"Yeah why is that, Uncle Charlie told me that Edward left Bella and broke her heart, but why did he leave Bella?"
"Well…"
Emmett, then proceeded to tell Kagome everything that happened at the beginning of the year, about the whole Jasper attack on Bella's birthday, about how Edward made them leave. How Bella started hanging out with the wolves on the reservation.
"You know about them don't you?"
"Yes, They're a form of they're a watered down version of Wolf demon back home."
"Demons are real?" Emmett asks.
"Yes, but not the way you're thinking, I'll explain later, go on with your story."
"So then, Bella jumped off a cliff-"
"Wait, she jumped off a cliff!"
"She said it was for fun but Alice saw it as her committing suicide."
"What do you mean, Alice saw?"
"Some vampires have gifts, Alice can see the future, Jasper can control people's emotions and Edward can read people's mind." Emmett tells her.
"He can?!" Kagome says with a gasp
Emmett chuckles, "For some reason, he can't read yours or Bella's"
Kagome sighs with relief, Emmett quirks an eyebrow.
"Why, Kagome, what are you hiding?"
"Nothing, just that's such a violation of one's privacy."
Emmett nods, but he doesn't quite buy it, so he continues on with his story about Edward wanting to kill himself and Bella going to Italy to save him and about the Volturi and about her making a deal to become a vampire."
"So you're telling me that my cousin is going to be turned into one of you after we graduate?"
"Yep."
"Isn't there another way?" Kagome asks.
"This is what she wants, Kagome, to be with Edward forever."
Kagome sat back in her seat in silence. She thought about her relationship with Emmett and if it ever turned to love, she didn't think she could do that for him no matter how much she loved him.
They finally reach the Cullen house and Kagome is amazed by the sight. It is a large, graceful house, rectangular and well-proportioned, painted a faded white. The southern wall is almost entirely made of glass, with a view of the Calawah river. She can't believe that vampires live like this. Kagome didn't know what to expect but this was not it. Emmett parks outside the front door he gets out of the car and goes to the other side to open the door for Kagome. Emmett takes Kagome by the hand and leads her into the house.
"Nervous?" He asks.
"A little."
The inside of the first story is open and bright, with few internal walls, with a wide central staircase to the left and a raised area with a grand piano in the center to the right as well as a rarely used dining room and kitchen, but today the kitchen is being used. Kagome sniffs and realizes that the Cullens are making her favorite dish of all time, Oden.
Kagome looks at Emmett, "How did you know Oden is my favorite dish?"
"We didn't, Esme thought you might be feeling a little homesick and wanted to make you something special. It pure coincidence that we just happened to pick your favorite." Emmett explains.
"Thank you, Emmett, this means a lot to me." Kagome tells him.
She goes to kiss him on the cheek, but at the last second, Emmett turns his head and captures her lips. They make their way into the kitchen where everyone is busy cutting up the the ingredients to add to the Oden, but they all stop when Kagome and Emmett enter the kitchen.
"Guys this is Kagome Higurashi. Kagome this is Carlisle, Esme, you already know Alice and Jasper. Rosalie and Kostas."
Kagome gives them a brilliant smile, "Hi it's nice to meet you all, and it good to see you again Alice and Jasper."
Esme is the first to come up to Kagome and give her a hug, "Welcome to our home."
Carlisle then comes over and shakes Kagome's hand, "It's nice to finally meet you."
"Likewise."
Rosalie is next, she gives Kagome a once over and approves of her. Rose can tell just by looking at her that she's perfect for Emmett. She comes over and gives Kagome a hug as well.
"It really is a pleasure to meet you, Emmett hasn't stopped talking about you since the day he met you." Rosalie tells Kagome.
If Emmett could blush, he would have, "Rose!" He whines.
"It's true, Little Brother, Hello I'm Kostas, Rosalies husband, it's nice to meet you, Kagome."
"It's nice to meet you as well Kostas."
"Forgive us for eavesdropping, but did you say we're making your favorite dish?" Kostas asks.
"Yes, I'm just wild for Oden, thank you so much for making it. I haven't had any since I left Tokyo."
"Well, I'm glad Esme picked it then, but I'm afraid it's not ready yet. Emmett, why don't you show Kagome the rest of the house and we'll call you when lunch is ready." Carlisle tell him.
"Okay, Carlisle, let's go Kagome let me show you the house."
Emmett takes Kagome by the hand and leads her upstairs. On the second floor, Rosalie and Kostas' room is at the top of the staircase. Moving around clock-wise is Jasper's study, Alice and Jasper's room with an attached closet larger than the room itself. Carlisle's office is next, with an area inside for Esme's study and Carlisle's personal library.
On the third floor, Carlisle and Esme's room is at the top of the staircase. Edward's room is facing south next to his room is Emmett's room. It's a large room done in cream and blue with a large flat screen TV and every gaming system known to man. There are sports memorabilia decorating the walls and a large collection of movies and books against the other wall.
Kagome looks up at Emmett and grins, "My little brother, Souta, would love you. He's a gaming geek too."
Emmett clutches at his heart, "You wound me, woman, I'm not a gaming geek."
"You so are, Emmett it's so obvious."
"I have to do something at night, Kagome, unless you want me to start visiting you the way Edward visits Bella." Emmett says with a smirk.
"I thought I felt his aura hanging around the house at night."
"So you've known this whole time he's been sneaking into Bella's room to watch her sleep?"
"Yep and that's creepy."
"Yeah it is, hey how about we watch a movie until the food is ready?"
"Okay."
Emmett put on Iron Man 2, he and Kagome settle down on his sofa to watch the movie, about half way through, Esme called up saying that the Oden was ready. Kagome was so excited to eat that she hoped up off the sofa and practically ran downstairs. Emmett followed at a slower pace laughing as he went downstairs.
When Kagome got downstairs the dining room was set up just for her and there was a bowl already served. The others were sitting around the table waiting for her, she sat down at the head of the table then Emmett came and sat down next to her, Kagome put her hands together and said "Itadakimasu" (I humbly receive) then she took a spoonful of Oden and ate it. Kagome hummed as she ate the Oden, while the others looked on.
Kagome puts the spoon down, she smiles at Esme, "This is almost as good as the one my mother makes, Esme, thank you so much for making it for me."
Esme smiles brightly, "Oh, you're welcome, Kagome, it was my pleasure."
Once Kagome finishes eating they all go into the living room to talk. Kagome and Emmett sit on the loveseat while the others take their usual spots around the living room.
"So, Kagome, is there anything you would like to know about us?" Carlisle asks.
"I was just wondering how you all were turned, Emmett told me what happened to him, if you don't mind I'd like to hear about the rest of you."
Carlisle looks at his family and they all nod, they don't have a problem with telling Kagome about their origins, Carlisle decides that he should start.
" I was born in 1640 in London…"
He goes on to explain his life, when he's finished he goes on to explain how he created his family.
"Edward was the first I created, he was born Edward Anthony Masen and was born on June 20, 1901 in Chicago, but when I met him he was dying of Spanish influenza in 1918. His mother as her dying wish, asked me to do everything in my power to save him. I think she knew what I was. So I took him from the hospital and turned him."
Esme went next, "I was born in 1895. I grew up on a farm on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio…"
She explained that she tried to commit suicide after the death of her baby and that Carlisle found her barely alive, and turned her.
Alice went next, She informed her that she had no memory of her life as a human, that she only that she was in an asylum and that a vampire had turned her. She told her that she and Jasper joined the Cullen clan in 1950.
Jasper tells her that he was born Jasper Whitlock in 1844, in Houston, Texas. That he was part of the Confederate army and made the youngest major in Texas. That he was turned by a vampire named Maria, and that in 1948 he met Alice in a diner in Philadelphia.
Kostas, told her that he was born in 1810 on the isle of Crete, that he was turned in 1830 by a nomadic vampire that caught him alone tending to the sheep. That he could never bring himself to feed off of humans so he has always fed off of animals that he met Rosalie in New York 20 years ago and they have been together ever since.
Rosalie was a little more reluctant to tell her story. Kagome assures her that if she didn't want to tell her that she didn't have to.
"No if everyone is telling their story I should tell mine, I was born 1915 in Rochester, New York…"
Rosalie went on to tell her about her loveless relationship with her fiancé and that a week before her wedding she was brutally beaten and raped by her fiancé and his friends and left for dead. She went on to tell Kagome that Carlisle found her barely alive and changed her. By the time Rosalie was through with her story, Kagome was in tears. Emmett wrapped his arm around her and gave her his handkerchief.
"I am so sorry, Rosalie."
"Thank you, Kagome."
Emmett cleared his throat, and looks at Kagome, "I'd like to hear about your life, Kagome."
Kagome sits up straighter, she wonders if she should tell them about her adventures in the Feudal Era, but looking at Emmett with that expectant look on his face she can't deny him. Kagome takes a deep breath and starts.
"Well, it all started on my 15th birthday…"