"What's a Youkai?" Alice asks.
"Youkai are a class of supernatural monsters, spirits, and demons in Japanese folklore, but their actually real." Kagome explains.
The Cullens look at each other then give Kagome a skeptical look, Emmett encourages her to continue with her story.
She goes on to tell them that Midoriko was able to seize the souls of youkai and purify them, this power coming from having a positive balance of the four souls within her heart, and in a time of many youkai ravaging the earth those who possessed spiritual powers such as hers were considered to be as powerful as one hundred samurai. Her spiritual power alone paled that of any other person alive, and it was said she could purify and destroy ten yōkai at once. Her final adversary and the one that claimed her life was created by many yōkai joined and anchored within the evil heart of a human who secretly lusted for her. After seven days and seven nights of fighting, Midoriko realized that she would be unable to fight off the youkai, and as she was drawn into the creature's massive jaws, she seized the spirit of the youkai and bound it within her own with the last of her power, killing both of them and creating the Shikon Jewel, which burst from her chest. Within the jewel, her soul and the souls of the youkai she bound within it still battle on. The state of this battle is influenced by the person who possesses the jewel.
"That was a very interesting story, Kagome, but what does that have to do with you? Rosalie asks.
"I'll get to that in a little bit."
She then tells them the story of Naraku, How Kikyo was entrusted with the guardianship of the jewel due to her purifying powers, but it leads to her untimely demise. Naraku deceives Kikyo and Inuyasha, a half demon, who had fallen in love with her, into hating each other by making them believe they had betrayed one another. The purpose of his plan is to steal the jewel and corrupt it with their hatred and bitterness.
"Inuyasha was sealed to a tree for fifty years and Kikyo died of her wounds, she had the Jewel burned with her body. Now we come forward 500 years to my time. When I was 15 I was on my way to school when my brother Souta told me that our cat Buyo was down in the well house that was know as the Bone Eaters Well. I found him, only to be pulled into the well by a youkai known as Mistress Centipede, whose bones had been resurrected by the presence of the Shikon no Tama within my body."
The Cullens gasp, Emmett sits further on the edge of the loveseat and takes Kagome's hand.
"I resisted the demon, and escaped her grasp. But when I climbed out of the well, I found myself in the middle of a forested meadow 500 years in the past. Later I was found by some local villagers when I stumbled upon a sleeping Inuyasha.
"That night the village was attacked by Mistress Centipede and I ran into the forest. By this time the spell that had Inuyasha pinned to the tree had weaken and he woke up, I released him from the tree but not before Centipede injured me and ripped the Shikon Jewel from my body."
Kagome lifts her shirt to show them the scar where the jewel had come out of her body, Carlisle gets up so he could take a closer look at the scar. Kagome continues.
"Inuyasha was able to defeat Mistress Centipede, but suddenly he turned on me!"
Emmett growls softly beside her.
"Fortunately Lady Kaede, the local Priestess, was there and she had some beads of subjugation, she casts the spell and they wrapped around Inuyasha's neck. So that every time I said the word sit, he would face plant into the ground."
This caused the others to chuckle.
Kagome goes on to tell them about later on shattering the Shikon Jewel and traveling throughout Feudal Japan collecting the shards, and defeating other Youkai that possessed them. She told them about her friends Shippou, Miroku, and Sango. She told them about being kidnapped by Kouga and how he declared his love for her and always called her his woman. This caused Emmett to growl again. She told them about Sesshomaru and Kikyo had be brought back with a piece of her soul. She told them about fighting Naraku and about the final battle and how she came home.
"And that's how I ended up here." Kagome concludes
The Cullens sat there with their mouths hanging open, they just couldn't believe it. The only one that had no doubt was Emmett. After witnessing her powers, he knew that she was telling the truth.
"I know that it's hard to believe, but I want you all to know that I'm telling you the truth."
Still the Cullens sat there as still as statues, until Emmett stood up he takes Kagome by the hand and pulls her to her feet.
"Why don't you show them your powers?"
Kagome brightens, "Yeah, I could show you my spiritual powers if you like."
Carlisle was the first to come out of his trance, "If it's not on inconvenience, Kagome."
"No, not at all."
They all get up and go outside to the back yard, Kagome walks over to where there's a tree stump sticking out of the ground, she pulls her bow off her charm bracelet and enlarges it, the Cullens gasp at the sight.
"This is the Sacred longbow of Mount Azusa."
"You mean the one from your story?" Kostas asks
"The very same, with this bow I can make arrows of purification, since I didn't bring my regular arrows I'm going to show you those, but you need to stay back because I don't want to accidentally purify you."
The Cullens all move back a safe distance, while Kagome takes her stance. She takes a deep breath and concentrates, suddenly a pink arrow appears in the bow string. Kagome pulls it back and looses the arrow, it hit dead center of the stump. She shoots several more, all of them hitting the mark. After a while the arrows fade.
"Show them your barrier, Kagome." Emmett yells.
Kagome puts up a barrier, and explains that she can put up several types of barriers depending on her intent.
"This one is just a simple barrier, if you were to come at me you would simply bounce off of it the way the red haired vampire did last night."
"Victoria attacked you?" Jasper asks.
"Yeah, but she was no match for my barrier, she's fast though. I tried to hit her with my arrows, but I only ended up setting her coat on fire."
"Really, that must of happened before I got there." Emmett observes.
"Yeah, she was kind of pissed that I ruined her coat."
Kagome puts down her barrier and walks back to towards the house, Emmett meets her half way and gives her a hug. They walk back towards the others with Emmett's arm around Kagome's shoulders.
"Well, what do you think?"
Alice starts bouncing on her toes, "I think that was amazing!"
She goes to hug, Kagome but stops herself, "Is it safe to hug you?"
Kagome giggles, "Yes, of course, I have great control over my powers, otherwise, Emmett would have been purified by now."
"Oh, right," Alice says with a sheepish grin and hugs Kagome.
"You must be tired after that demonstration, Kagome." Esme wonders.
"Nope, I feel fine, I've long ago built up my endurance, but I am hungry though."
"There's still some left over Oden, how about I heat some up for you and then I'll put the rest in some Tupperware so you can take it home."
"Yay, let's go inside! Oden, Oden, Oden."
The Cullens chuckle at Kagome's antics and all head inside.