Kagome continues to run her fingers through Emmett's hair trying to sooth him, kissing his head every now and then.
"Shh, Emmett, it's okay, I'm okay." She whispers softly in his ear.
He looks up at her, his eyes swimming in tears that he can never shed. He lunges for her and captures he lips in a searing kiss. Breaking apart, he places his forehead on hers.
"I thought I lost you."
"You can never lose me, Emmett, I love you."
"I love you too, Kagome."
They sit there in silence for several minutes holding each other, enjoying each others company, until there came a knock at the door.
"Can we come in?" Alice asks, as she peeks her head inside.
Kagome smiles and motions for her to come in, Alice dances her way into the room and hugs Kagome. With her entrance Carlisle comes in as well to check on Kagome and to determine whether or not he should remove the IV.
"We were so worried about you." Alice says,
"Thank you, Alice."
"Everyone is waiting downstairs to see you, do you think you're up for a few visitors?" Carlisle asks.
"Yeah, send them up."
Bella was the next one to come in, she threw herself on the bed and hugs Kagome tightly, sobbing into Kagome's shoulder.
"Don't ever scare me like that again, Kagome!" Bella says between sobs.
Kagome chuckles, "I'll try not to, Bells."
Edward comes and pulls Bella off of Kagome and tells her that he's glad she's recovered. One by one everyone comes in to say how happy they are that she's doing better. Kouga being the last one to come in.
"Damn, Kagome, you really scared the shit out of me. If something had happened to you I don't know what I would have done. Plus Sesshomaru would kill me, as it is I have to call him and tell him you're awake."
Kagome sits up. "You told him what happened?"
"Of course, if he found out any other way he would have slaughtered me and my pack."
At precise moment Kouga's phone rings, he answers it.
"Yeah? Yep, how did you know? Yeah she's right here. It's for you Kagome."
"Hello?"
"Miko."
"Um, hi, Sesshomaru, how are you?"
By this time everyone had left the room except for Emmett.
"Enough with the pleasantries, this Sesshomaru told you to be careful. This Sesshomaru will make your mate pay dearly for letting you get bitten."
"My what?"
"Hn, so the vermin has yet to tell you. I believe you have a pending conversation with him then. If he cannot be trusted to keep you safe, This Sesshomaru will collect you and take you back to Japan."
Emmett gasps, he couldn't believe what he was hearing. Sesshomaru was going to take his mate from him and there was nothing he could do to stop it.
"No, Sesshomaru, I will not leave Emmett, we were in the middle of a battle, he couldn't sit there and watch me the whole time though he tried. And besides, I can take care of myself."
"If that was the case, Miko, you would not have been bitten." Sesshomaru tells her.
"He snuck up on me!"
"How was that possible, Miko, if you can sense demonic auras?"
Kagome sighs and puts her head down, "I wasn't paying attention."
"Exactly, you are still young and need someone to look after you."
"Emmett and I can look after each other."
"This Sesshomaru doubts that, but I shall give you a second chance if something like this happens again, This Sesshomaru shall destroy him and his entire coven without hesistation. Now go talk with him, let him explain and This Sesshomaru suggests you tell him the rest of your story."
Kagome gasps, she hadn't thought of telling Emmett the rest of her story yet, but now she had no other choice.
"Alright Sesshomaru."
"Good, I shall be in touch."
With that, Sesshomaru hangs up. Kagome looks at Emmett who has been sitting there frozen in the same spot the whole time she was on the phone.
"Emmett?" Kagome asks concerned.
"He can't take you away from me." Emmett whispers.
Kagome takes his hands and kisses them.
"He won't, Emmett, Sesshomaru said he'd give us a second chance, and he never goes back on his word. But there are things we need to talk about."
"Yeah we do, but not now. Right now you need to eat and rest. Let me go downstairs and get you something to eat."
When he goes downstairs Kouga is explaining just how powerful Sesshomaru really is.
"There was an incident that I'm aware of that he destroy an entire army with one strike of his sword because they were in his way." Kouga tells them, So in all honesty if he wants you dead, there really isn't anything you can do to stop him."
"What about Kagome, can't she stop him?" Rosalie asks.
"By pleading with him, maybe, using her powers, not likely. She's tried to purify him once before, he caught her sacred arrow with two fingers and melted it with his poison claws."
"Wow, he must be incredibly powerful." Kostas comments.
"Yeah he is."
Emmett walks past them and goes into the kitchen where Carlisle and Esme are making breakfast for those that eat. Esme has a big stack of blueberry pancakes, bacon, ham, and eggs ready. She looks at Emmett and smiles.
"I'll make a plate for Kagome, so you can take it up to her."
"Thanks, Esme."
Emmett goes to the refrigerator and get some orange juice for Kagome, while Esme plates some food for Kagome. Once everything is ready and Carlisle has finished taking everything out to the dining room, he tells Kouga, Bella, Ginata Hakaku and the wolves that breakfast is served. He then follows Emmett upstairs to his room.
Upon entering the room, Carlisle walks over to Kagome and kisses her head.
"How are you feeling?"
"Tired, hungry, a little weak." Kagome tells him.
"That's to be expected, Kouga said you used a lot of spiritual energy to purge yourself of the venom and heal the bite. But I don't think you need the IV anymore so let me go ahead and remove it."
Kagome nods, Carlisle takes out the IV and applies pressure to it so that she doesn't bleed, then puts a Band Aid. After that he nods to Emmett, who puts the tray down on Kagome's lap so that she can eat. Emmett sits on the bed next to her and turns on the TV while she eats, every now and then taking the fork from her so he can feed her.
Once she has finished eating, Emmett takes the tray back downstairs. Kagome tells him that she wants to take a shower and change. He lifts her up and carries her into the bathroom. He stands there not sure whether he should leave her alone or not.
Kagome smiles at Emmett and kisses his cheek, "I got it from here, Emmett."
"Okay, but if you need me just call me I'll be right outside the door."
Kagome closes the door ad gets into the shower, she sighs as the hot water hits her tired body. She stays in the shower for quite a long time to the point the Emmett starts to get worried, he knocks on the bathroom door.
"Babe, are you okay?"
"Yeah I'll be out in a little while." Kagome yells through the door.
Kagome gets out of the shower, she wraps her head with a towel then dries herself off. Afterwards she changes into her pajamas and goes back out to the bedroom, when she opens the door, Emmett sweeps her up in his arms.
"I can walk, you know."
"I know, I just don't want you using up all of your energy." Emmett tells her and kisses her head.
He lays her down on the bed and covers her up. Getting into bed with her, Emmett turns on the TV so they could watch a movie, but Kagome rolls over and snuggles into him and goes to sleep. Kagome is so exhausted she doesn't wake up again until the middle of the night, she is still lying across Emmett, hugging him tightly.
"You know for a man made of marble you are very comfortable to lie on." Kagome tells Emmett as she stretches. Emmett kisses her head when she's finished stretching, he hugs her tightly to him.
"Where is everyone?" Kagome asks.
"Kouga and his friends left. He said that he couldn't stay any longer he had to get back to his mate and pups, but if your condition changes to call him. The wolves went back to the reservation, and the family is either downstairs or out hunting. Bella is asleep in Edward's room, are you hungry at all?"
"Yeah, I am hungry actually."
"Come on let's get you something to eat."
Emmett gets off the bed and gathers Kagome in his arms, he carries her downstairs and into the kitchen. He places her on a bar stool then takes the plate of leftover spaghetti and meatballs out of the refrigerator and puts it in the microwave to heat up. In the meantime, Emmett boils some water to make her a cup of tea.
As their waiting for her food to heat up, Emmett broaches the subject that has been on his mind. "So what is the rest of your story Kagome? I heard Sesshomaru tell you that you needed to tell me the rest of your story."
Kagome sighs. "How about I eat first and then I'll tell you?"
"Okay."
The microwave turns off and Emmett places the plate in front of Kagome, grabbing a fork out of the drawer for her. Kagome silently eats her food, she tries to think of the best way to tell Emmett what she needs to tell him. After a while she figures the best way would be just to straight out say it.
Once she's finishes, Emmett looks at her expectantly. She jumps off the bar stool and goes into the living room. Taking a seat on the sofa she motions for Emmett to join her.
Once he sits down she sighs, "Alright I told you the story how we defeated Naraku, but what I didn't tell is what happened to the Shikon Jewel."
Emmett moves closer to Kagome and takes her hand, "What happened?"
"I was trapped inside the jewel, the whole time it kept taunting me telling me that Inuyasha wouldn't come to rescue me. The jewel kept trying to get me to make a selfish wish, but if I did I would have been trapped in the jewel forever. Eventually Inuyasha saved me and I made the wish that the Jewel would forever vanish, and it shattered."
"Inuyasha and I were released from the jewel, We were at peace for a while. But there is no such thing as a unselfish wish, the Jewel reformed. Only this time instead of going back into my body, it merged with my soul taking the place of the part that Kikyo had stolen. Now it's forever apart of me, Emmett, and because of that I can never die."
Emmett sat there dumbfounded, he couldn't believe that the woman he loves is immortal. As it slowly starts to sink in the realization that he will never have to face the agony of losing her to death, a smile starts to spread across his face. He suddenly tackles Kagome onto the sofa and begins to pepper her with kisses, Kagome begins to giggle. He finally pulls away from her and kisses her lips.
"So then you're okay with this?" Kagome asks.
"Okay with this? I am ecstatic about this, this means I will never lose my mate!" Emmett says.
"About that, how long have you know we were mates?"
Emmett presses his lips together, "Um, since the day you moved here, Alice had a vision that you were my mate. Kagome, I'm so sorry I didn't tell you sooner, I didn't want to scare you off. I wanted to give you a chance to want to be with me, not just because of the mate bond. I wanted you to love me first."
Kagome takes Emmett's face in her hands, "I do love you, Emmett, I love you very much and I'm so happy and proud to be your mate.
"You are?"
"Yes, I am, I would love to spend eternity with you."
"I love you so much, Kagome."
"I love you too, Emmett."
Emmett kisses Kagome then picks her up and takes her back upstairs. She still needs more rest to recover fully.