"You know, Edward and Emmett could at least respect meal times."
"I was with Jake." Bella tells her father.
"Oh... Good."
"Yeah, she skipped school to be with him and I had to go hunt her down." Kagome tells him in a irritated tone.
Bella gives her cousin a disbelieving look.
"Wait, you skipped school, both of you?" Charlie asks getting slightly angry.
"Well, Kagome stole Emmett's Jeep." Bella says.
"What?!"
"I did not he let me borrow it." Kagome argues.
"You said you stole it." Bella counters.
"I didn't mean it."
Charlie looks between the arguing girls, "Wait, let's get back to this skipping school."
Just then there's a knock at the door, the girls look at each other then at Charlie.
"I'll give you guys some privacy."
Bella opens the door and standing there are Emmett and Edward.
"Hey." The girls say in unison.
"Do you understand how worried we've been?" Edward tells Bella.
"We were perfectly safe."
"Speak for yourself," Kagome mumbles and crosses her arms.
Emmett pushes past Edward, "What do you mean?"
"I ran into you little wolf friend, Paul." Kagome tells him.
"I'll kill him if he hurt you."
"Don't worry, Emmett, he didn't get near me, I used the beads of subjugation on him and froze him in place."
"The ones you used on your friend, Inuyasha?" Emmett asks.
"The very same."
Emmett chuckles and hugs Kagome, ignoring that she smells like a dog. Edward stares at them for a moment.
"Nevertheless, we almost broke the treaty to make sure of you two were safe," as he steps into the house.
He abruptly he stops, inhales, and looks at Emmett alarmed.
"I know, I smell like a dog. I'm sorry" Bella says.
"No, no. Something's wrong."
They both rush upstairs into Bella's room, with Kagome and Bella following behind. Bella walks into her bedroom and sees Edward holding her dreamcatcher.
"Edward what's wrong?"
"Someone's been here."
"Their scent is all over the house." Emmett adds.
Emmett takes Kagome by the hand and they head downstairs, they sneak past Charlie and head into her room.
"He was in here too." Emmett says with a growl, "We need to go to the house and talk to the others."
Kagome nods.
The girls tell Charlie that Esme has invited them over for dinner, and that they would be back soon. Emmett takes his keys back from Kagome, they get in his Jeep and drive to the Cullen house. Edward and Bella following behind them in his Volvo.
When they get to the house Edward explains exactly what happened, Jasper and Kostas take off towards Bella's house to track down the vampire that was there. Meanwhile the others speculate on who it could have been.
"Who was it, someone we know?" Alice asks.
"Just a stranger, I didn't recognize his scent." Edward tells her.
"A nomad passing through?" Esme questions.
"A passer-by wouldn't have left Bella's father alive."
Bella shivers at the thought of someone hurting her father.
"Whomever it was wouldn't have hurt Uncle Charlie, Bella, I made sure of it." Kagome tells her cousin.
Everyone turns to look at Kagome.
"What do you mean, Kagome?" Carlisle asks.
"When I first moved here, and met Edward I knew what he was but I didn't know what his intentions were. So I surrounded the house with sacred sutras to purify him-"
"Well obviously they don't work." Edward snarks.
"If you don't mind let me finish." Kagome says to him.
"Dude, don't interrupt." Emmett adds.
"Thank you, Emmett." Kagome says.
"No problem, Babe."
"As I was saying, the sutras are designed to purify any demon that has a malicious intent toward anyone in the house, so it's obvious this vampire was a scout."
At that moment Jasper and Kostas burst through the door
"His scent disappeared five miles South of Bella and Kagome's house." Jasper informs them.
"Could it be Victoria?" Kostas asks.
"I would have seen her decide." Alice tells him.
"It has to be the Volturi." Edward says.
"I don't think it's the Volturi either, I would have seen them decide, I've been watching Aro's decisions." Alice explains.
"So then we keep looking." Kostas tells them.
"In the meantime we take shifts guarding Bella and Kagome at their house." Carlisle tells them.
"Another protection detail?" Rosalie complains.
"Rose." Esme warns.
"No, she's right. You can't protect us, watch my dad, and search for the intruder. And for Victoria. And keep yourselves fed." Bella argues.
"We are not leaving you two unprotected." Edward tells Bella.
"We're not unprotected, my sutras work just fine you guys, no demon with malicious intent can get past them." Kagome insists.
"Yeah, I trust Kagome's abilities, and if that still doesn't convince you I can ask…" Bella trails off.
The next day Kagome and Emmett are in the meadow where Kagome goes to practice, she had taken her arrows this time and was turning them into sacred arrows every time she loosed one.
"So the mutt's at your house right now getting the scent of the scout?" Emmett asks as he lies in the grass watching Kagome shoot.
"Yep, that's why we're here not there."
"You don't like him, do you?" Emmett asks.
"I don't like the idea of having the wolves involved, it's like you guys don't trust me." Kagome says as she shoots.
" I trust you." Emmett say, "I trust you with my life."
Kagome puts down her bow and turns to look at him. The sun has filtered through the trees and is shining down on Emmett, making him sparkle. Kagome can't help but think how beautiful he looks and how much she cares for him, she gets a little bit choked up.
"What?" Emmett asks when he notices Kagome staring at him.
"Nothing, it's just that with the sunlight hitting you like that, you look so beautiful."
If Emmett could have blushed he would have, he looks down at himself, he hated the fact that he couldn't go out in the daylight because of the stupid sparkle.
"I hate this. I wish we didn't sparkle in the sunlight."
Kagome thought for a while, maybe she could do something about that, but she'd have to think about it for a while, if she wrote a sutra just right, it might be able to hide his appearance in the daylight. But she wasn't going to mention it until she was sure she could do it.
Over the next few weeks the Cullens and the wolves work together to keep an eye out on Bella and Kagome's house. While the Cullens hunted the wolves would take over. At first Kagome was put off by it, but after talking with Sam on day she felt a little better.
"I know you think we don't believe your sutras work, Kagome, but that isn't the case. I for one just want to take extra precaution that you're kept safe, and I'm sure your boyfriend feels the same way. Your now mine and Emily's friend and I always look out for my friends." Sam explains.
Kagome sighs, "Okay Sam I believe you, thank you."
"You're welcome, hey come on over to the Rez, we're having a get together tonight, Jacob is going to bring Bella so you can come along with them. And Emily would love to see you." Sam tells her.
"Actually, I was going to go car shopping today with Emmett, and I know that Bella is going early with Jacob, but I'll be there tonight." Kagome informs Sam.
"Okay, then see you tonight."
Later on that day as Bella goes with Jacob to the reservation, Emmett and Kagome head up to Seattle to look at cars. Kagome tells Emmett that she's always wanted a muscle car, he chuckles and pulls into a Ford dealership.
"Kagome I will buy you whatever car you want." Emmett tells her.
Kagome looks at him surprised, "What? I don't need you to buy me a car, Emmett. A few months ago I met up with an old friend of mine who told me that he set up a trust fund for me, and that I should get myself a car. So I have plenty of money to buy whatever I want."
"Who did you meet up with?" Emmett asks. Finally he was going to find out who that man was.
"Um, Sesshomaru."
"That was who you were talking to at the Café, Sesshomaru, the Youkai from 500 years ago?!" Emmett exclaimed.
"How do you know we met at a Café?" Kagome asks.
"Um…"
"Emmett?" Kagome questions, raising an eyebrow.
"Okay, I sort of followed you that day, I couldn't help it, I was worried that something might happen to you."
"So what happened?"
"Well, after your meeting with Sesshomaru, he came out of the Café and spotted me. Suddenly I was hoisted by my neck in a alley by him, he told me to leave you alone. But I told him no."
Kagome studies Emmett for a second, she can tell he's leaving something out, but decides not to press him about it.
"Wow, I'm surprised he let you go, or that he didn't use his poison claws on you."
"Poison claws?" Emmett asks
"Yeah they eat through anything. Oh well, let go look at the cars." She says and walks away.
Emmett touches his throat and gulps, "Poison claws."
The rest of the morning Emmett and Kagome test drove all sorts of vehicles, Fusions, Fiestas, Focus, light trucks, heavy duty trucks, SUV's. But Kagome didn't like any of them, until she saw it. A brand new Silver 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, at that was it she was hooked.
"That's it, Emmett, that's the one I want." Kagome tells him her eyes sparkling.
"Are you sure?"
"Definitely."
"Okay, let's go for a ride."
Emmett and Kagome took the car out for a test drive, they went speeding down the freeway at 90 miles per hour, scaring the crap out of the car dealer that was with them. Kagome made a sharp turned into the parking lot and parked in front of the dealership, her eyes were shining with the adrenaline rush. She turned to the car dealer and told him.
"I'll take it."
Emmett chuckles at the look on Kagome's place, but he pulls the car dealer aside and begins to negotiate the price of the care. In the end Emmett was able to bargain the car down for a lot lower price.
They went and signed the paperwork, and the Kagome hands them her debit card and her I. D. The car dealer is a little skeptical but he runs the car for the full price, his jaw nearly hit the floor when it goes through. After that Emmett follows Kagome out of the dealership and they head back to Forks. They split up with Kagome heading towards the reservation and Emmett heading home to catch up with the others that went hunting.
Kagome arrives at Emily's house, she gets out and walks toward the door. On the door there's a note pinned to it telling her to head down to the Black house, that's where everyone has gathered.
Kagome makes her way down to the Black house where she can now see a bonfire. When she appears out of the darkness, Emily and Sam get up to give her a hug.
"Kagome, we're glad you could make it."
"Thanks for inviting me."
Bella turns around and sees her cousin, Kagome, I'm so glad you're here
"What's she doing here?" Jacob asks with a scowl.
"Easy Jacob, I invited her here, and you WILL respect her." Sam orders.
Emily wraps her arm around Kagome's shoulders and leads her to the bonfire.
"Kagome let me formally introduce you to the pack, This is Leah, Quil, Embry, Jared, you already know Paul and Seth."
They all wave and say hello though Leah scowls at Kagome, though Kagome just ignores it. Eventually Paul comes over to apologize.
"Hey, Kagome, I'm sorry for trying to attack you the other time you were here, I should have thought before I acted."
"That's okay, Paul, no harm done." Kagome tells him.
"Good, so how come I can't take off this necklace?" Paul asks.
Kagome giggles, "Because those are Beads of Subjugation only I can take them off you."
"Can you take them off, please?"
"Nope."
"Why not?"
"Because you need to learn humility and control and I'm going to help you, don't worry though, they only work when I say that word, no one else." Kagome explains.
Everyone around laughs, Sam introduces Kagome to the council, then Emily brings Kagome over to sit with her and Sam and gives her a burger. Once everyone is settles, Billy starts telling the histories.
"The Quileutes have been a small tribe from the beginning, but we have always had magic in our blood. We were great spirit warriors... Shape shifters, that transform into the powerful wolf. This enabled us to scare off our enemies, and protect our tribe."
As Billy tells the story, Kagome and Bella are fascinated with what they are hearing. Kagome can tell that Bella can relate to the story of Third Wife. When the stories are over they all clap. Sam turns to Kagome and asks if she'll tell them a story about being a priestess.
"It all started when I was 15 years old…"
By the time Kagome was finished she had left every gobsmacked. They couldn't believe everything that Kagome had been through and she lived to tell the tale. Now Sam understood what she meant by she knew evil.
"So that's why I believe you all are descendants of a local wolf demon tribe. Somewhere down the line a wolf demon must have taken a human for a mate and had a Hanyou pups, or half demon offspring."
"It makes sense." Billy says.
"And I did singe my fingers on Kagome's barrier, they healed very slowly."
"Thank Kagome for sharing your story with us, you have given us a lot to think about." Seah Clearwater tells her.
Kagome only nods. After that everyone cleans up and heads home, Kagome calls Emmett to tell him she has arrived safely.