Note: I do not own Beathe Into Me by Red

Chapter Four

Breathe Into Me

I felt it, a cold chill behind me. I turned to see Emmett right there with deep red eyes glowing, staring me down in the dark. "Emmett?" i gasped, and felt his cold hands grab at my throat. "Emmett?" I called out again and heard an evil laughter from behind him. I looked to see Rosalie standing there with her arms over her chest, laughing. I struggled against Emmett until I felt his fangs pierce my neck, draining me of the red liquid that kept me alive. Before the blood was completely gone, Emmett let me go and I fell down onto the hard, cold marble floor. I looked up to see my blood dripping from his mouth, his eyes staring at me empty. But there were tears coming from his eyes, waterfalls of tears poured from his red orbs and he knelt down and kissed me again. "Emmett!" I cried out weakly...

"Saya?" My body started to shake. "Kitten, wake up!"

I bolted up in the bed and looked to the right, seeing Emmett next to me with wide eyes. "Saya, what happened?"

"Nothing, "I replied coldly and swung my legs over the side of the bed, having my back face Emmett. I hid my face in my hands, "Its nothing Emmett."

"Like hell its not!" Emmett growled and crawled close to me. HE sat right behind me and wrapped his arms around my body. "What the hell is going on?"

I looked down and asked with a shivering voice, "Can you give other people mental images?"

Emmett's grip tightened on me. "Why? What's going on Saya?"

"Answer me, Emmett. Or I'll walk out of the room." I glared at him, and he sighed. "Just tell me, please."

"Fine...yes, sometimes we can. If the emotion is strong enough we can send people images of what we want them to see." Emmett replied, holding me close. "Can you please tell me what's going on?"

"...I had a nightmare..." I rubbed my neck and I felt his arms fly back and he pushed away from me.

"You...I bit you? Oh Kitten..." he gasped, and looked down. "I would never-"

"I know you wouldn't!" I said, and stood up. I folded my arms over my chest and walked towards the window. "I think its Rose...I think she's trying to scare me off."

I heard Emmett growl, and in a flash he had grabbed his jacket and left the room. I looked down sadly, and leaned against the window. God damn that blonde hussy, why did things have to go this way? With a growl, I got dressed and grabbed my guitar, walking out the door and down to the main lobby. I picked up my cell phone and called Takao, telling him we could meet at Hitoshi's house. "Ne, Hitoshi-san's not in his house today!" Takao said, and I could tell he was chewing on a candy. "Hey! How about we hang out Oniichan? Pwease? Just the two of us?"

I smiled weakly. When was the last time I hung out with the little guy? "Fine." I said, and chuckled. "Wanna go out for ice cream?" I heard a gasp of suprise and joy from the other end of the phone, followed by random shouts of glee. I hung up and made my way back up to my room and placed the guitar on the bed before leaving once again and walking down the rainy streets towards the ice cream parlor. I started to wonder about Emmett, and realized he was probably off somewhere hunting or else breaking trees.

The parlor was almost empty, but it was that '60s feel to it. What with the red light-up jukebox and the checkered floor. I saw Takao sitting at the counter, staring at me intently. He had already ordered himself about a full gallon's worth of ice cream, made into a banana split. "Oniichan!" he piped up, waving at me. HE had his spoon in his mouth, sucking every last little bit of the strawberry ice cream off. I laughed, and sat next to him, ordering myself a large sundae. He licked and sucked at his spoon eith each bite, and I thought it was so cute of him. "Oniichan! Oniichan, I'm glad you can hang out with me!"

"I am too..." I said, ruffling his hair. Even though he was about the same age as he, he acted so childishly and he was so small, that I kept on forgetting that he was. I started to eat my sundae, and said, "Are you ever afraid of an ex?"

"Eh?" Takao said, his spoon in his mouth, He shifted the metal object to the side and said, "What do you mean, Oniichan?"

"When you date someone...their ex's. Are you ever afraid of them?" I asked, and looked at him. He bit his lower lip and shrugged. "Emmett's ex, Rose...I think she's trying to get at me. Trying to get me scared of Emmett."

"Oniichan." Takao said, placing down his spoon. He looked at me seriously. "Oniichan, you dont need to be afraid of anyone. Especially not some jealous bitch." He looked at his ice cream and continued, "I learned that you can't be afraid of anyone if you truely want to be happy with someone. So dont back down from this girl, and establish your dominace over her."

I blushed, and looked down. A few nights ago, I believed that I had established that when Emmett and I had our moment of lust. "I know, but still she gets to me."

Takao looked at me and glared, "Then get back at her...You could get Hitoshi to date her and rip her up badly." I laughed, and nodded. Wouldn't that be the site of the school? Rose being revealed as the little whore she is? Takao smiled, "There's my Oniichan! Now, c'mon!" He picked up his spoon and shouted, "Dig in!"

We sat for a few hours, talking about what it was like in Forks. The more and more I talked about it, the more and more Takao didn't want to let me go back without him. He even made the point of saying he'd sleep in the car outside if he had to just to be able to come live with me.

Finally, the owner of the shop looked at us and asked, "Aren't you those kids from that band, Black Cherry Stones?"

Takao nodded, "Hellz yeah!" He stood up on the table and shouted, "Hey everyone! We're the Black Cherry Stones!"

The owner laughed, and Takao jumped down, digging back into his ice cream. "Tell you what. I wont charge you if you dont mind doing me a favor."

"What?" Takao asked, blushing. He was so eager to get free sweets all the time, it was so funny to watch him.

The owner pointed to the juke box and said, "I want you guys to sing for me. My kiddo's sick today and she's upstaris. If I get her, will one of you sing?"

"Oh hell yeah." I said, looking at the old man. "Go get your kid. I'll sing for her."

"Much kindness." the man grumbled, and left to get his kid from the upstairs. I stood next to the juke box and flipped through it, finally finding a song I knew how to sing.

There was a small cough and I turned to see the girl sitting next to Takao, with a blanket wrapped around her body. I smiled, and turned on the song.

"And this is how it feels when I ignore the words you spoke to me..." I started to sing, and suddenly found myself lost in the song. Images of the nightmare ran through my head. What if it could turn real? How could I stop it from happening?

"Beathe your life into me. I still need you! I'm falling! Falling faster!" I called out,, and opened my eyes. Takao and I weren't alone anymore. Emmett was right there, soaked from head to toe from the rain. He stood there, staring at me with wide eyes. Was he afraid of me? Did I do something wrong? He blinked, taking a seat and watching me with curious eyes.

When the song ended, I heard the girl giggle had seen that Takao had kissed her on the cheek. I smiled, and made my way towards Emmett. He looked at me, ad I leaned down to kiss his forehead. "Are you alright, Emmett?"

"Kitten, I just heard you sing from your heart." Emmett said, looking at me. "And...I know what's wrong with the nightmare."

"What?" I whispered in disbelief. "What do you mean?"

"Rosalie left. She apperantly sided with the Voltari's." he said, and pulled me onto his lap. "She's gained some new powers. And apperantly they include broadcasting mental images."

"So what now?" I said, running a hand through my hair. "Do I stop sleeping or-"

"No." Emmett replied, and nuzzled my neck. "No, of course not. Alice is going to try to stop her, or even Edward."

I stood up and looked down at him. "So, where did you go earlier?"

"I went hunting." he replied, and looked at me. "And...I took down a few things."

I sighed, knowing exactly what he mean. He had taken out his frustration by punching out trees and turning them into scrap pieces. I sat down at my table, seeing that the girl had left, and finished my ice cream. Takao looked at me and said, "Oniichan, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, Takao." I said, ruffling his hair. "You talk to your parents about moving in, alright?" I got up and walked out the door without Emmett. I could feel Takao's puppy-like eyes staring after me. I'd make it up to the little guy soon, but I didn't know when it would be next. I didn't want to drag my band into this mess, and get them mixed up in affairs between me and Rosalie.

I reached the hotel, drenched, and started to strip off the layers when I was in my room. "You should take a hot bath." Emmett said, sitting in the dark corner of the room in a chair. I shrugged, and continued my actions. "You'll get sick if you dont."

"And? Maybe then Rose will come after me, and you guys can get rid of her or whatever then." I snapped, and stripped down to nothing. Emmett growled as he pulled me into the tub, with him fully clothed. He turned on the water, making sure it wasn't too hot for me, before sitting down and holding me close to his body. "Your clothes-"

"Fuck it!" he said, not showing any signs of letting me go until I took this bath. "I'd rather get drenched again than have you get sick on me. And Rose wont come after you, even if you're sick. She thinks your blood is too dirty for her needs."

I relaxed, pouting, and curled up into him. The warm water finally covered out bodies, and Emmett lifted me off of him. He stood out of the tub, keeping his eyes on me if I made a move to get out. He dumped his wet clothes into the sink and got back in, nude, and pulled me closer to him. We sat in the tub, with the warm water rushing around us, for a while before he spoke, "I dont want to get mad at you. I dont want you hurt...I'm sorry I lashed out at you, but you need to be careful about your health. I dont want you sick. What if Rose does come after you?"

I sighed and relaxed, "I know...its just I dont want to see that image."

"The image of me biting you?" he asked, rubbing my back. I nodded and he rested his head on top of mine. "Kitten, it'll be fine, I swear. I wont hurt you...I wont let her hurt you. I'll do anything to make sure that will never happen. He pulled me out of the tub with him, carrying me over to the bed before setting me down on a towel he laid out. He wrapped a towel around his waist before crawling into bed with me. When we were dried off, he took the towels and laid them in the bathroom. I placed on my pajama's and looked back at him, getting dressed in a pair of black cotton boxers. He looked at me and smirked, "You like what you see?"

"You know Emmett, I think someone sculpted you just for my eyes." I laughed, and walked over to him to kiss him on the lips. Emmett wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed me back lovingly.

"And I think that the true reason I became a vampire was because I was born too early to see you." Emmett replied, and kissed my forehead. "It wasn't to be with Rose, it was to be with you."

"Emmett, " I said, "how old are you, really?"

Emmett looked at me and sighed, "I'm 20...I turned when I was 20."

I looked down at my bare feet and said, "At what age should I turn?"

His eyed widened. "You can't be serious!"

"I am though!" I said, looking at him. "I dont want to be old and wrinkley while you're young and perfect!" He looked at me with a shock in his eyes, and licked his lips in anticipation. "I'm 17 now! I dont want to be older than you when I turn."

"Fine, fine." he huffed, and looked at me. "What age do you think would be best?"

I bit my lower lip and shrugged, "I dunno..." He sighed and walked me over to the bed. "20 at the very latest."

"Are you sure that's the lastest you'll accept being turned?" he asked, and watched me sit on the bed.

"I'm positive." I said, looking at him. I crossed my arms over my chest and looked up at him. "I dont want to be older than you, it'll feel a little weird."

"Even though I've been turned since 1935?" Emmett said, raising an eyebrow at me.

I chuckled, and sat back on the bed, grabbing the remote and turning on the television. "Exactly, and you'll still be older than me in vampire years, but not human years."

"Fine, kitten." Emmett said, curling up next to me and watching the news. He played with my hair and I smiled, knowing everything was going to be alright as long as I had Emmett next to me.

But with the concert going on in a few days, I had wondered about the safety of my band, and the people there. Would Rose and her new friends strike? Or would they leave us alone?