Chapter 2

After biology, the smaller non-human girl manhandled Kagome to gym class. The priestess was shocked at the strength of the petit girl, but then again, never judge a book by its cover. Meeting Edward was… a bit awkward. Since he was a mind reader and from some sort of superhuman family, he heard Alice's thoughts before they even arrived at the gymnasium. Throughout the period, he kept shooting Kagome suspicious and cautious glances, and by the look of it, the two Cullen siblings were having some kind of mental argument. The tension between the two was even felt by a few of the more aware students. When class was over, Alice dragged Kagome to Edward.

"Edward!" Alice called out. "This is Kagome. Kagome, this is my brother Edward."

"It's nice to meet you Edward." Kagome shook the boy's hand, not at all bothered by its unnatural iciness. A yuki-onna's hands are way colder; this is nothing.

Edward offered a somewhat hesitant smile. "Likewise."

"And before I forget, I invited Kagome to have lunch with us, and we can share stories about each other." Alice stressed the word "stories".

Her brother looked at her sharply, "Al-"

"Don't worry, I won't be sharing information about you guys with the rest of the world or anything like that. Plus, I have my own stories to share with you guys." Kagome said, when she noticed how Edward was a bit reluctant. She would be too, if an unknown threat was invited to have dinner by her mother, brother, or her eccentric grandfather. "Plus, aren't you curious as to what I am?" She added the last part in a quiet whisper. Too quiet for any human to hear. But she felt the two in front of her heard it perfectly.

"Well, what are we waiting for? I'll have to introduce to the others!" Alice smiled and dragged Kagome towards what she assumed would be the cafeteria. She really hoped that getting manhandled won't become a habit.

~oo0oo~

When Kagome walked towards the table occupied with the other Cullens with Alice and Edward, she noticed how the blond woman's aura and the big, bear-like male's melded perfectly with each other, same with Alice's and the blond male's. It was beautiful. The way each aura completed the their other half's. One word popped up in Kagome's mind.

"Soul mates."

Five pairs of golden eyes focused on her.

"Kagome?" Alice said, a bit unsure.

The miko blinked.

"Oh, sorry. I got caught looking at your soul's and how it melded perfectly with your other half's. It's a very mesmerizing site." Kagome explained and sat between Alice and Edward at the table. Also was it her or was half the school just watching her? Man, these Cullens must really isolated that someone else other than family sit with them is such a big deal...

"You said you can see our souls?" Edward asked, a look of wonderment on his previously frowning face.

"Yup, though it is more detached from a normal human's." Kagome said, and she briefly thought of Kikyo, whose soul was in a similar condition when she was brought back. But a bit more detached then these mysterious non-humans.

"Whoa, so our kind do still have souls." The big guy of the five said. "Edward had been so sure we don't have our souls anymore after we were turned."

"Emmett." The blond girl hissed. "Don't just go blurting out things like that to strangers."

"If you are making reference on the fact that you are not human. I already know since you guys arrived." Kagome mumbled and pulled out a sandwich from her bag. She was famished.

"Ah, I almost forgot!" Alice exclaimed. "Kagome, these are the rest of the family: Emmett, Rosalie and Jasper. Guys, this is Kagome."

"So, Kagome, what are you?" The blond male, Jasper, asked.

"I'm a hundred percent human. I come from a line of priestesses, and I'm the first one in many generations to actually be born with power. Our job is to exterminate supernatural threats against the human population. If you are mean no harm to humans, we don't… Well, at least I won't have to do anything you." Kagome explained. "Alice already told me you guys don't have any bad intentions to the human kind. Now, the question is, what are you?"

The five siblings exchanged a look. All debating if they should tell her, except for Alice. The pixie cut girl haven't seen any visions involving Kagome, but she can already feel Kagome a great friend to her, and to Rose too, once you get past her bitchy attitude. Finally, each of her sibling nodded in agreement. Alice grinned and leaned over Kagome's ears to whisper. "Well, we are vampires."

…

"Wait a second. Like, as in Dracula? With bat wings and stuff?" Kagome asked. 'I thought vampires were supposed to come out at night?'

Emmett snorted, "That's a really pathetic image of vampires if you ask me." The rest of them laughed at his comment

Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on your point of view. Alice decided to make manhandling her a habit. And that was how Kagome ended up at the Cullen family's house after school. She got meet Esme -bless her soul; she was absolutely the kindest woman to ever walk the earth- and Dr. Carlisle. She displayed some of her powers and skills, and shared her culture and even some information about demons with them. In turn, the vampire family taught her some of theirs and explained that they were vegetarians, feeding on animal blood instead of human blood. Kagome was absolutely ecstatic. She was finally getting the supernatural interaction she was hoping for! And thank god, the first group of non-humans were totally harmless! Ha, in your face stupid jewel!

~oo0oo~

It's been a couple of weeks since school's started, and Kagome developed a habit to just stroll in the forest of the reservation. It cleared her mind, and often felt calmer in the thick vegetation. Today was like any other day, minus the fact that it was super sunny and the Cullens were on a "hiking" trip, so she sat with a few of her new human friends. Suddenly, her sharp ears heard a small whine of fright and helplessness. It reminded her of Shippo's whimpering after a nightmare. Curious, Kagome followed the sound to its source. She was careful to not make a sound when she walked, she didn't want the frightened animal to run away.

Whatever she was expecting, it wasn't a giant black wolf. Giant, as in the size of a horse giant.

'What the heck?' Kagome thought. 'Even Koga's wolves don't grow this big!'

Strangely, despite the obvious animal appearance, the soul was that of a man surrounded by the spirit of a wolf. The aura of the creature showed it was frightened and confused, but Kagome couldn't sense any wounds. Looking at the black canine, an idea suddenly came to her. 'Maybe it doesn't know how to change back to a human? It does have the soul of a man.'

Slowly, Kagome approached the wolf, purposely stepping on a twig to alert her presence to the too-big-to-be-normal-wolf-man-creature. Its large head snapped towards her, and Kagome was surprised to greet a pair of very human looking dark eyes.

"Hello." She whispered in a gentle tone. The wolf got up, looking as if it was ready to bolt if necessary.

"Hey, I won't hurt you." The wolf looked at her with hesitant and fearful eyes.

She slowly reached her hands out, stopping when it was several inches from its large muzzle. She held eye contact with the large creature, and her aura reached out to calm down the agitated the wolf. After a few minute of silence and a staring contest, the canine moved forward so its muzzle met Kagome's dainty hand. Slowly, Kagome moved closer and scratched the beast as it let out a few confused whimper.

"I know you are confused and frightened, but it's okay. I'm here." Moving slowly, so the beast may still have a chance to move if it wants to, Kagome wrapped her arms around the large canine's furry neck and petted soothingly. The beast slowly relaxed, comforted by the touch of a human, and chased away the dark loneliness that has been eating him away. For a long time, they stayed in the same position with Kagome running her hands gently through his fur, and the giant wolf resting his head on her shoulder.

A while later, Kagome felt her shoulder aching and moved out of her embrace .The wolf whined when she moved away and looked at her with sad eyes that belonged to a kicked puppy, causing the priestess to giggle. "Haha, sorry. My shoulder was hurting a bit. You are quite heavy, and I'm not that big." The canine actually looked guilty!

"Well buds, my name is Kagome. What's yours?"

The black wolf let out a bark-like growl as if responding to her question. Immediately, he looked at Kagome with wide and alarmed eyes, worried that she was frightened by his threat-sounding answer. Kagome simply cocked her head to the side at his human-like response. She remembered when some of her demon friends turn into a beast; many of them still had the ability to form human words. "Hm. You are still able to think like a human in this form, but not talk. Interesting."

That easily caught the wolf's interest. His ears perked up and stared at her intently.

"I'm guessing this is the first time you have transformed into a wolf."

The canine nodded its large head.

"I knew a few non-human acquaintances that have the ability to change their form to that of an animal, and can change back. Maybe you guys have the same concept." Kagome mused out loud. The wolf nudged Kagome with his head, excited to get out of his current form and change back to a human.

The priestess laughed at his puppy like excitement. "Okay, first of all, you have to calm down. Getting emotional can cause your inner beast to go frantic, and you'll lose control and transform into your non-human form. You were probably panicking for god knows how long before I got here." The canine nodded for her to continue. "I'm not sure if their method will work for you, but they described it as commanding their inner beast to return to its mental cage and think human. Your inner beast is basically your animal instinct in a way. It's the irrational part of you. Now, go and show your wolf who's boss."

The wolf nodded and then proceeded to try it out. After a minute or two, Kagome felt a ripple in the air. The human aura fused out of the wolf that once surrounded it, and swapped place. Now, it was the human soul encasing the wolf spirit. Where the wolf once stood was a young man with tanned skin, towering a feet or so over her, and was in his birthday suit.

"Why the hell are you naked?!"

~oo0oo~

Kagome and Sam, the name of the wolf man, met up a few time over the next month. During their hangouts, they discussed what his transformation meant, and made small talks to get to know each other, from that, she met with his girlfriend, Leah, and learned about his bastard of a father. Kagome had contemplated of arranging a meeting with Cullens for Sam to see if they can figure what was going on, but then decided against it.

Once, she hung out with Alice and Rosale before meeting up with Sam. He said she smelled overly sweet with an iciness to it, and it burned his nose, so whatever perfume she's using, stop it. Funny thing is, she doesn't own or use any perfume. Another time, she hung out with Sam and Leah before going over to eat dinner at her vampire friends, Rosalie bluntly told her that she smelled like a mongrel and it was irritating her nose, which earned her a scolding from Esme. It was then Kagome realized that all the Cullens weren't breathing. Right, she forgot that vampires don't need to breathe. That would be so useful if someone ever decide to throw her into the middle of an ocean.

Seeing how either species can't even deal with the other's scent, it would probably end in a bloodbath if they, ever meet up. Luckily, she didn't have to ponder for long, because one afternoon, Sam showed up at Charlie's house. He told her the Quileute elders knows about the phasing, and asked him to meet with them tonight. Since Kagome was there to help him change back and already knows his secret, Sam thought it was appropriate to have her tag along.

"You sure they won't mind if I come? I won't be intruding on some super ultra tribe secret?" Kagome asked as she sat in Sam's car.

"Don't worry. I told them I'm bringing someone who helped me phase back along, and they were okay with it." Sam assured her and stopped the car in front of a very familiar house.

"Um, Sam." Kagome said as she got out of the car. "Isn't this Billy's house?"

He nodded. "Yes. Though I did not know you knew him."

"Ah, he and Uncle Charlie are close friends. And I used to play with his kids when I visited him in the summer." Kagome explained. The two teens walked up to the door and rang the doorbell.

The door swung open and Old Quil greeted them. "Ah, it's good that you came, Sam. And this must be the friend that knows. Come on in." The two teens both stepped inside, happy to be out of the cold autumn night. Though it was mostly Kagome, Sam and his super hot temperature wasn't all that bothered. "It's a good thing that Jacob is sleeping over at my place right now with Embry, or else we'd have to postpone the meeting."

Old Quil led the two teens towards the living room where Harry Clearwater and Billy were seated.

Billy was surprised to see the priestess there. "Kagome? I didn't realize that the friend Sam mentioned was you. This is unexpected." Billy frowned a bit. "Sam mentioned that you knew about supernatural before meeting him."

"Magic and whatnots are not really that new to me. It's kind of hard not to when you are one." She raised her hand and allowed it to be engulfed with her holy power. The pink crackling flame in her hand shocked the elders.

Sam coughed to catch their attention again. "I was a surprise for me as well, but I believe we do have things to discuss."

"Of course, come and take a seat, this will be a long night." Harry told them.

AN: Hello again XD sorry for the long wait, but here it is!