A month before their wedding, Kagome and Emmett started receiving RSVPs from all of their invited guests. As it turned out, all of Kagome's Youkai friends were going to attend and so were Sam, Emily, Paul, and Seth. The rest of the pack were going to stay behind on patrol, Sue, Billy, and Old Quil were also going to go. Old Quil was looking forward to meeting Kagome's grandpa and learning more about the legends of Youkais.
Finally, the day of Bella's wedding arrived, it was going to be a spectacular event. Everything was going to go off without a hitch, Alice made sure that every detail about the wedding was perfect. right now she and Rosalie were upstairs helping Bella with her hair and makeup. Kagome was in Emmett's room finishing up with her makeup when Emmett walked in.
"You look so beautiful."
Kagome looked at Emmett through the mirror and smiled, "Thank you, Emmett, you look very handsome yourself."
He smiled at her and came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, "Just think in two weeks it'll be our turn to get married, I'm so excited."
Kagome turned in his arms and wrapped her arms around his neck, "I am too, Emmett, I can't wait to be your wife and start our life together."
Kagome reaches up and gives Emmett a quick peck on the lips, he goes to deepen the kiss but she pulls away laughing.
"Don't want to ruin my make up."
Emmett pouts, and pulls Kagome closer to him, "Oh come on, Kagome, I need a real kiss."
"No, after the ceremony, I'll kiss you all night long if you want," Kagome tells him with a giggle as she tries wiggles her way out of his embrace.
Emmett sighs and lets go of Kagome, "Fine, I'll wait until after the ceremony, but I'm going to hold you to your promise, Kagome."
Kagome rolls her eyes at Emmett, "Yes, Emmett, I promise, you can kiss me all night. Now we better get going, the ceremony is going to start soon."
Kagome checks herself in the mirror one last time then Kagome heads to Alice's room to check on Bella, while Emmett heads downstairs. As Kagome walks into Alice's room, she hears the tail end of the conversation that Bella is having with her mother.
"It's your first family heirloom. Pass on to your daughter, and her daughter." Renée tells her daughter as she sniffles a bit.
Kagome feels an ache in her heart when she hears those words, knowing that Bella will never have children. It then occurs to her that with marrying Emmett she too will never have a family. That was just something she was going to have to accept, this was the life she had chosen. Besides if Emmett agreed they could always adopt a child if they really wanted one.
After Renée and Bella have their mother-daughter moment, Kagome walks further into the room, she smiles at how beautiful Bella looks with her makeup and hair done.
"You look stunning, Cousin."
Bella smiles and motions for her to come closer, as Kagome does she greets Renée and Charlie with a hug. Alice then comes out of her closet holding the garment bag that contains Bella's dress.
"Okay. Time for... the dress! Do you wanna see it?"
Renée smiles, "I wanna see it!"
"And that's my cue, I'll see you in a minute Bells," Charlie says as he quickly makes his way out of the room.
Once, Bella is dressed Alice, Rosalie and Kagome get into position. The music starts playing and the girls walk out. Kagome goes and stands off to the side with Alice and Rosalie, then the music changes and Bella walks down the aisle on Charlie's arm. When Bella reaches the altar, Charlie reluctantly hands his daughter over to Edward.
The minister begins the ceremony having first Edward repeat after him, "I Edward Cullen…"
It was a beautiful ceremony, Edward and Bella gazed lovingly at each other throughout the ceremony and everyone cheered when they shared their first kiss as husband and wife. Later that evening at the reception, Kagome and Emmett are dancing to a slow song. Kagome has her head on Emmett's chest while Emmett has his arms wrapped around her waist. He expertly maneuvers Kagome through the crowded dance floor. Emmett bends down and kisses Kagome's head, she lets out a contented sigh.
They dance a few more songs, then Emmett leads Kagome over to meet their cousins from Denali. They had just finished meeting Bella and Irina had stormed off, leaving only Eleazar, Carmen, Tanya and Kate.
"Kagome, I'd like you meet our cousins, This is Eleazar, Carmen, Tany, and Kate. Guys this is my finacée Kagome Higurashi."
Kagome gives them a big smile and offers her hand, "It's nice to meet you all."
They all smile and each shake her hand, "It's nice to meet you as well, Kagome, we look forward to coming to yours and Emmett's wedding in two weeks." Tanya tells Kagome.
"I'm glad you said that I have something for you all."
Kagome opens her clutch and pulls out the same type of necklaces that she had made for the Cullens. She hands a necklace to each member of the Denali Clan, the Vampires admire the necklaces.
"These are very beautiful, thank you, Kagome, though we don't understand why you're giving these to us."
"These are not ordinary necklaces, they are made specifically for your kind. They are sutras that I have blessed that will allow you to be out in the sunlight without fear of anyone discovering what you are. I have given one to every member of the Cullen Clan. You're going to need them to attend our wedding." Kagome explains.
The members of the Denali Clan look at each other in surprise, "Are you serious, these necklaces will actually keep us from sparkling?"
"Yep, Kagome and I have already tested them, they work like a charm," Emmett says, proud of his mate.
They're all speechless, Kate is the first to react, she hugs Kagome, "Thank you so much, Kagome, this means so much to us."
"You're very welcome."
Emmett suddenly realizes that Irina isn't with them, he looks around for her, "Where's Irina?"
Tanya and Kate look at each other, "Emmett, Irina left, she couldn't handle seeing the wolves here."
Kagome gives them a confused look, "Why is that?"
"The wolves killed Irina's mate, but we were told that the reason they did was that he was trying to kill Bella," Eleazar explains.
"If the wolves killed him then it must be true," Kagome tells them.
"I knew Laurent was only pretending to want to be like us, Tanya," Kate tells her sister.
"I must admit, I had my suspicions as well." Tanya agrees.
"Let's not talk of such tragic things, this is, after all, a joyous occasion," Eleazar tells everyone.
"Eleazar is right, So, Kagome, are you nervous about your wedding," Carmen asks.
"Just a little bit, I hope nothing goes wrong," Kagome says.
"I'm sure it will be perfect."
They talk for a bit longer then they all go sit down when people begin to make their toasts to the happy couple. Several people were taking the opportunity to embarrass Edward and Bella, including Emmett, but in the end, Edward gave a beautiful heartfelt speech to his new bride. The night continued with Edward and Bell cutting into their wedding cake and more dancing. It was close to the end of the evening while Kagome was dancing with Emmett that she suddenly felt Bella's aura change from contentment to fear.
Kagome stiffens then looks up at Emmett, "Something's wrong with Bella, Emmett."
He was about to ask what she felt when he heard Jacob's raised voice.
"No! You can't do this!" Jacob yells.
"Jake."
"Listen to me, Bella."
"Jake, let me go!"
Suddenly Edward appears beside Bella.
"Jacob, calm down, all right?"
"Are you out of your mind? Huh? You'll kill her!"
Emmett, Kagome, and the wolves show up to break up the commotion.
That's enough, Jacob," Kagome yells at Jake.
"Stay out of this, Kagome, this doesn't concern you."
"The hell it doesn't, that's my cousin you grabbed, now back off before I make you regret it," Kagome says.
Kagome brings forth her spiritual powers into her hands causing the demon side of everyone around to shrink back from her.
Jake backs away, "I thought you of all people would be against this, it's not right what they're going to do, he'll kill her!"
"Of course he won't, Jacob, and what they do or do not do is none of your business. Now I suggest you leave, you've worn out your welcome."
Jacob gives Kagome a hateful look, You're going to regret not stopping this when he kills her."
And with those words, Jacob takes off into the trees, followed by other members of the pack. Sam turns and looks at Kagome and the Cullens, he sighs and shakes his head.
"I'm sorry about that, had I known he was going to do that, I would have ordered him to stay away."
"But you didn't Sam, it's alright, thank you for being here to stop him, "Edward says as he shakes Sam's hand.
"I really didn't do much it was all Little Sister."
"Thank you for being here anyway, Bella tells him.
He smiles and looks at Seth, "Go back to the reception, Seth, we'll handle Jacob."
With that, Sam shakes Edward's hand and heads out into the forest.
Bella looks devastated as she looks at Edward and Kagome. "I'm really, really, really stupid."
"No, it's all right. Come on, people are probably missing us. Let's go back." Edward says as he kisses Bella's head.
When they leave, Emmett hugs Kagome and kisses her, "My fiancée is a badass."
Kagome laughs and kisses Emmett again, "Yes I am and don't you forget it."
Emmett laughs and escorts Kagome back to the reception.