Changed chapter 3 to fit the story. This is the only difference: ""SHUT UP!" Bella yelled, grabbed Kyo, and threw him into the air. "Oh my God what is happening?" Kyo shouted from 50 feet above. When he fell, Bella caught him and threw him back into the air. "Bella, stop." Edward said. "NO! I CAN'T STAND HIS STUPID NAGGING QUESTIONS! I'M TEACHING HIM A LESSON!" She shouted. He eyes lit up in a furious blaze, when Alice sprang up and grabbed her. She struggled against Alice and Kyo began to fall again. Edward jumped, caught him and dropped back to the ground. Edward stood him up, and Kyo was shaking. He turned to Edward."
Well…hi. Um…read the confrontation! This one of the final chapters, I think. Everything is being invented, I have no idea what's gonna happen next, but I believe only one or two more chapters and then an epilogue. It seems that I write best while flying, because most of this was written on an airplane coming back from my vacation.
Consider yourselves disclaimed, so…on with the fic!
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"YOU!" The Volturi turned to face the voice they'd heard. Standing across the field from them was the Sohma family, carrying torches of fire with varying degrees of enthusiasm and reluctance. Aro chuckled.
"What do we have here?" Caius asked predatorily.
"That's the human that got away from me!" Victoria snarled in surprise.
"How many vampires are there in Japan!" Akito growled. Aro made a motion with his hand, and the Volturi guard sprang forward to attack, only to be blocked by force field which, now that they knew it was there, flickered faintly purple. The Cullens walked onto the field, creating a third side to the fight. They all surrounded Elisa and Bella who had looks of intense concentration on their faces.
"The Cullens. At least we don't have to track you down now." Caius said.
"Now, now, Caius. Let's be nice. Welcome to the party!" Aro said, jovially. Carlisle rolled his eyes.
"What's our offense now, Aro?"
"Why, look across the field, my dear Carlisle. It seems you've exposed our secret to many a human, and that just won't do." His tone became darker. "Are you going to make this easy, or hard?" In the next moment, Kyo appeared, carrying a bruised, bloody, and barely conscious Yuki, who called out to Elisa.
"Yuki?" Elisa gasped in shock. The faint purple field evaporated.
"Elisa!" Jasper yelled, "Concentrate!" With a feral cry, Akito hurled himself forwards, the rest of the Sohma family following behind. In the human blink of an eye, Akito was dead on the ground, drained of blood. The reluctance of the other Sohma's had saved their lives, because Elisa managed to pull the shield back up. Near Akito's dead body, Jasper was shredding the attacking vampire. The remaining members of the Sohma family backed into a frightened cluster, whispering. Kyo walked forward to Edward, silently asking him about the enemy vampires.
"Volturi." He said, so that only he could hear. "They've been looking for a reason to destroy us ever since Bella came along decades ago as a human. They're the equivalent of vampire police." After a moment, Kyo quietly said.
"They're gonna kill everyone." Even though he didn't say it as a question, Edward nodded. They shared a grim look. There were a tense few moments where everyone, immobile due to the force field, simply stared at each other. Then Edward gasped.
"Which one of you is Hatori?" The man in question stepped forward, face unreadable.
"That is me. Who are you?"
"Edward, and I know your name because I am a mind reader. Is it true you can manipulate memories?" There was a sharp gasp from all of the vampires on the field.
"Yes." He stated, firmly, leaving no room for argument of the truth. Edward turned his attention to Aro.
"Aro, I have a peaceful solution which will reduce the need for useless human death and allow us to continue living here, seeing as we are rather partial to this location." He extended a hand to Aro. "If you would, please." Aro and his brothers exchanged a brief few words, he ordered the guards to stand down until further notice. With a nod to Elisa, the field flickered away with just enough space for Edward to pass through. "I will be needing you, too, Hatori." After a moments hesitation, Hatori strode forward, not wanting to anger the vampires now that he knew what they were capable of. Another break in the field allowed Hatori to join Edward. As the first openings closed, a third one opened in front of Aro. He hesitated, and then stepped through, the opening filling in behind him. Edward held his hand out to Aro, who took it and bent over slightly, a look of intense concentration on his face. For several minutes, everyone on the field was silent, even the humans. The two broke apart, and after a brief look shared with Edward, he reached a hand out to Hatori. Confused, he turned to Edward.
"It's a gift of his. He can see everything you have, heard every thought you've had, with a touch. Go ahead." And with that, he grasped Aro's hand. For the next few minutes, Hatori forced his normal indifferent expression onto his face, where Aro made no attempt to disguise his emotions. As he let go off the human's hand and said, without much feeling.
"I apologize for your losses," Then turned to Edward, "I believe this could be a solution, although I do know my guard is rather…hungry." He grinned evilly at the humans, who cringed and backed into the shield Elisa had placed behind them as well. She also lifted the field long enough for Aro to rejoin the Volturi and for Carlisle to join Edward in the center.
"What is going on, Edward?" Carlisle demanded quietly, even though every vampire could hear them.
"It's simple. Hatori will remove all of the memories of vampires existing from everyone's mind," He lowered his voice to vampire levels, "We will have to change him, otherwise the Volturi will kill him. Can you arrange something with the wolves?" Carlisle nodded.
"I believe something could be arranged." During this exchange, Hatori's eyes widen marginally when Edward mentioned changing him, but again fought to keep his composure. Aro stepped forwards again, even though the shield was blocking his path.
"My brothers and I can see no flaw in your plan, so we must allow it,-"
"Not that some of us want to…" Caius interjected quietly. Aro continued unfazed.
"-but we will be checking up on you to make certain that this does not happen again. Good day, Carlisle, my friend." The whole of the Volturi guard turned and walked away. Elisa dropped the shield and fell to her knees in exhaustion. In Kyo's arms, Yuki reached for her with a shaking hand. Kyo knelt down next to her to bring the two together. She sighed and held his hand to her face.
Victoria burst back into the clearing, and threw herself towards the huddle of Sohmas. A loud crash resounded through the meadow, and one could see Bella grappling with Victoria. Well, one could see them if they were a vampire, since they were moving much faster than a human could see. As they rolled, trying to get the upper hand, Bella grabbed onto Victoria's hair.
"Hair pulling? What are you, a high schooler?" Victoria chided, then with an evil smirk Bella wrapped Victoria's hair around her neck and pulled it, her hair slicing her head clean off. Victoria's severed head looked shocked as Bella chucked it at Jasper, who caught the head as he joined Bella. She finished thoroughly shredding the rest of Victoria and put the pieces in a pile. Jasper pulled a small black device out of his back pocket, aimed it at the pile of Victoria, and pushed the button. Flames shot out, engulfing Victoria in fire. She screamed.
"Sohma family members, if you value your lives, follow us." Jasper said coolly. Rosalie, Alice and Esme guided [read: herded] the humans back to their house. Elisa was carrying Yuki, walking a bit separate from the group. Neither talked, they simply basked in the knowledge that the other was still alive after everything that happened. Jasper, Carlisle, Edward, Kyo and Hatori walked together; they spoke quietly of what would happen next.
"Hatori, will you be able to erase any vampire related memories in such a large group?" Jasper asked.
"There is always the slight possibility that they will remember something, but I doubt that would happen without something to jog their memories."
"So we'll still have to move?" Edward inquired. Hatori nodded solemnly.
"What, though, will happen to me?" He asked quietly, "I cannot erase my own memories." He asked. Carlisle sighed.
"You have a choice between becoming a vampire, or death."
End
…Hi. I do feel a bit guily for this, but still, be glad it's getting finished. The next couple chapters SHOULD be up soon-ish, but don't get your hopes up. God, this is like…Through a Mirror, Darkly except way less popular or awesome. (If you don't know it, that's one of THE Static Shock fics. It's like, Star Trek's Home.
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