After a routine day at school the Cullens and Bella found themselves that afternoon in the yard getting ready for fight training. Jasper was in front of them explaining what he had planned.
"First I think it would be a good idea to see Bella's fighting style. That way I can see where she needs improvement." At Rosalie's glare he held up his hands."If she needs improvement. I didn't mean to imply that she did. So why don't Bella and Rosalie fight and all of us watch to see what we can learn from Bella."
Bella nodded and waited for Rosalie to stand in front of her. "Don't take it easy on me.Remember you need to learn all you can about your new body."
Rosalie huffed." I know I just don't like the idea of even accidentally hurting you."
"Think of it as teaching me to protect myself.I have no experience fighting vampires. So if it comes to me fighting them in human form I'm going to be at a huge disadvantage."
Although she hated to admit it Rosalie knew Bella was right. Bella did need to learn to protect herself when in human form and she was the only one even strong enough to train with her.
"Ok now that that's settled I want you to attack each other at the same time. We are going against newborns and they won't have any discipline. They will be relying on their strength and speed to simply destroy their opponents. Even if they have some kind of training their lack of impulse control will render it mute." Jasper explained.
The Cullens stood around watching as Bella and Rosalie raced towards each other in a blur to fast for the human eye to follow.
Rosalie's technique was to try and grab Bella to subdue her but every time it seemed like she had succeeded Bella was somewhere else before she could even blink. Getting frustrated she swung a right hook at Bella only to find Bella behind her locking Rosalie in a headlock.
"Holy shit!" Emmett exclaimed." Is she teleporting? Can Bella actually teleport?"
As Jasper watched Rosalie go from having her arms around Bella's to on the ground with Bella's foot on her throat he wasn't so sure. Bella seemed to moved faster fighting then she even ran. He had never seen anything like it. He realized then that Bella didn't need any instruction. No one would be able to even catch her if they tried.
"Ok I think you can stop now." Jasper called to them as Bella helped an obviously frustrated Rosalie off the ground.
"Are you alright? I tried not to hurt you to badly but your neck has some cracks on it." Bella said looking at Rosalie's neck in concern.
"I would ask you if I hurt you but I don't even think I was ever close enough to touch you let alone hurt you." Rosalie said gruffly. At Bella's worried look she licked her finger and spread her venom on her neck." I'm fine sweetheart. It doesn't even hurt."
"Bella can you teleport? That's what you were doing right? Teleporting?" Emmett asked excitedly. "Do you think you can teach me how?"
Bella was confused. "I don't think I can teleport. Why would you ask?"
"You were moving incredibly fast. I couldn't even follow your movements. It's was like one second you were there and the next you were gone. I don't think you were teleporting but the speed you were moving to not be able to be detected by vampire sight is incredible. I wonder if this is a hidden shifter trait or does it have to do with you being the great white tiger." Carlisle mused already lost in thought at the implications of what having such an ability would mean.
"Great Bella has another shifter Jesus gift." Emmett grumbled. "If you weren't so cool Bella a person could really hate you."
"Uh thanks I think?" Bella questioned. Emmett just gave her an big smile and thumbs up in reply.
"Well now that we know Bella is almost untouchable when in human form she won't need hand to hand training. However we should go over the easiest ways to subdue a vampire so you can leave them and not have to worry about them being able to put themselves back together." Jasper said." Rosalie why don't you pair up with Emmett and try not to hurt him to badly."
"She can't hurt me." Emmett said flexing his arm muscles.
"I know of a rock that will tell you different." Rosalie replied taking position across from Emmett.
At Emmett's smirk Rosalie let her anger loose and flung herself at Emmett.
It seemed as though Rosalie had not only gotten speed and strength from Bella but she was a lot more durable than any vampire Jasper had ever seen. He watched as a frustrated Emmett tried to pull Rosalie's arm off. Rosalie's smug grin didn't bode well for Emmett and after breaking the hold he had on her Rosalie grabbed both of his arms and ripped them from the sockets.
"What the hell? Give me back my arms." Emmett screamed staring at Rosalie in disbelief as she held both his arms in the air.
"Rosalie you didn't need to do that we are just practicing. Give Emmett back his arms."Esme told Rosalie.
Rosalie smirked at Emmett and throwing a wink to a laughing Bella she stood in front of Emmett and smacked him upside the head with his own hand.
"Hey stop that. This is not funny. Alice stop laughing and help me." Emmett pleaded as he tried to run from Rosalie.
"Sure Emmett I can give you a hand." Alice said making Emmett scowl at her. She made her way over to Rosalie and took his arms from her and brought them back to Emmett and helped him reattach them.
"Ok so now we know Rosalie can not be easily ripped apart." Jasper stated.
"Yes but Bella was able to gain cracks on her neck. So that means she isn't invincible. Simply someone of Emmett's strength can affect her. I wonder how much force would be needed to decapitate her." Carlisle gasped as he found himself slammed to the ground with Bella's hand tight around his throat.
"Bella!" Rosalie yelled running to Bella's side trying to pull her off Carlisle. "He didn't mean he was going to try. He was just asking the question out loud. Let him go. He's not going to hurt me."
Bella gave a firm squeeze before she let Carlisle go. Esme rushed to his side immediately helping him heal his throat. She would have to thank Rosalie later for intervening so quickly because Bella had been less than a second away from tearing his head off if the deep cracks on his neck were anything to go by.
"What have I told all of you about newly mated couples?! You know she feels uncomfortable around you already with your need to know everything so why would you think she wouldn't react to such a question?" Esme asked.
Carlisle's voice was scratchy when he spoke. "My apologies. I once again got a little to excited about the discovery. Bella I meant no harm. Thank you for not killing me."
Bella held Rosalie tight to her body. "It's alright. I'm sorry about my temper. I'm usually more level headed but when it comes to Rosalie I don't have an off switch. I just react."
"It's understandable Bella. We are so used to Rosalie not having a mate so we don't think about how things will affect the bonded pair. We will try to think before we speak from now on." Alice promised Bella.
"Ok so now that that happened why don't myself and Carlisle go through a few moves to show the different techniques of subduing a vampire seeing as Bella and Rosalie can not be evenly match with anyone." Jasper held up his hand to stop Emmett's comment."No one can safely fight either of them not even each other. Alice you need to pay close attention. We don't know how your gift will work in a fight with Bella involved. You need to make sure you can actually defend yourself without knowing what will happen."
"I know. Im prepared to work as hard as I can to keep myself safe. Don't worry Jazz." Alice told him.
As Carlisle and Jasper slowly went through a mock fight explaining each move to their audience Rosalie sat down on the grass with Bella following laying down with her head on Rosalie's lap.
"Do think we need to know any of this?" Bella asked quietly so not to distract the others from watching.
"I think it's good for you to know how the best way to rip apart a vampire. If we are going against an army a second may mean life or death for our loved ones." Rosalie said running her hand through Bella silky hair.
"Are you happy you got a chance to finally rip someone's arms off? I know it wasn't Edward's like you wanted but Emmett was a good substitute right?" Bella asked.
Rosalie gave her a satisfied smile." I do wish it was Edward but hopefully I get a chance to take care of the bastard soon. Emmett had it coming though so it was almost as good."
"I'm surprised you gave him his arms back so quickly." Bella said grabbing Rosalie's hand and kissing her finger tips.
"He would have cried like a small child and complained to Esme until I gave them back. I was simply helping him save face."
"You're such a good sister." Bella told her leaning up to meet Rosalie for a kiss.
Rosalie grabbed the back of Bella's head and guided her so she was laying on her back. As Rosalie moved to lay on top of Bella a clearing throat caught her attention reminding her they weren't alone.
"So I guess you guys are done with fight training for today?" Alice asked.
As Rosalie looked up she noticed they had the attention of the entire family. "Yeah we are done for today. We are going to order some take out and spend the rest of the night in our room."
"Yeah sure we'll let you know when the food comes." Alice said to their retreating backs. A wave was the only reply she got as they all watch Bella and Rosalie make their way to the house.
"Do you think they will even remember to order food or should I make something for Bella's dinner?" Esme asked with a small smile on her face. She had always hoped Rosalie would find her mate. Rosalie had been going through a major depression the last few years. But love, love looked good on Rosalie she thought to herself.
"I doubt they even remember to eat." Alice replied. The rest of the Cullens nodding in agreement before going back to their training.