A/N: Okay, I was asked to do the training scene from Eclipse by Jalice2254, and so this chapter is dedicated to her for all the help she's been to me and for her constant support and reviews. Enjoy... :)

Chapter 15: Learning to fight the newborns...

15. Training

Alice watched as Carlisle and Sam had a conversation through Edward's translation. There were so many of them! Alice had known they had grown - Bella had told them about a recent addition, Quil, was it? - but she never imagine they would grow this fast. Ten gleaming eyes looked back at her from the dark of the forest as Sam spoke through Edward. Ten. That was a whole lot of werewolf. They outnumbered the Cullens, and Alice felt a strange need to protect her family from the wolves, even though they were posing no threat. Yet. But Alice couldn't help wondering just how long this truce between the Cullens and the werewolves would last. After the fight with the newborns, what would happen then? Being unable to see the future where the wolves were concerned put Alice on edge. They could be planning anything, and she wouldn't know what to expect. Her family always looked to her to keep them alert and protected from future threats, but what if she couldn't see the future threat? What if, whilst taking out the newborns, the wolves decided they might as well take out the Cullens too? With odds of ten werewolves to seven vampires, would the wolves be able to win a fight against the Cullens? Alice had never seen them fight, but she knew that they had killed vampires before. They'd taken down Laurent, for one. Would they be skilled enough to kill a few Cullens? Even one Cullen dying was too much for Alice to bare. She couldn't stand the thought of living without her adopted parents, Carlisle and Esme - who were like real parents to her, especially as she couldn't remember her own human parents. She wouldn't be able to carry on without her siblings; if something happened to Rosalie, Emmett, or Edward, she didn't know what she would do. And Jasper. What if something happened to Jasper? Surely, if he died, Alice would too?

"Thank you for the information. We will watch." Edward said, his voice coming out flat and polite. Sam obviously didn't want to be there. There was a few moments of silence, and then Jasper stepped forward into the empty space between the vampires and the wolves. His skin was bright against the darkness, and Alice watched him intently. Nothing was going to happen to Jasper, Alice told herself. He was the best fighter of all of them. And he wasn't going to let anything happen to his family, either. They were all safe with Jasper. And now he was going to teach them how to fight newborns and keep themselves safe.

"Carlisle's right." Jasper said, ignoring the wolves and speaking just to the Cullens and Bella. "They'll fight like children. The two most important things to remember are, first, don't let them get their arms around you and, second, don't go for the obvious kill. That's all they'll be prepared for. As long as you come at them from the side and keep moving, they'll be too confused to respond effectively."

His voice was so authoritive that Alice got lost in it. That tended to happen whenever Jasper tried to teach her something; she would be concentrating too much on listening to his voice, and not the words he was actually saying. She started paying more attention when Jasper called Emmett forward. She watched as Jasper backed up, and instructed Emmett on what he wanted him to do. Emmett was already looking smug, like he'd won this fight before it had even begun. Alice already knew that the real outcome of the fight was with Jasper winning.

"Okay, Emmett - try to catch me." Jasper said, and the pair began moving at vampire speed, Emmett charging and jasper dodging. They were both impossibly quick, but Jasper had the upper hand. Any time it seemed Emmett's big hands had Jasper for sure, his fingers clenched around nothing but air. Suddenly, Emmett froze. Jasper had him from behind, his teeth an inch from his throat. Emmett swore, insisting that they fight again. Alice knew what was going to happen next, she'd already seen it. She slipped out of her coat and bent down to take off her strappy high heels, passing them to Rosalie to hold. She didn't want them getting ruined.

Jasper waved Alice forward, and she danced happily into the ring, her eyes twinkling. She already knew everything he wanted her to do. Jasper was talking to Bella now, "I know you worry about her. I want to show you why that's not necessary."

Alice laughed quietly at the idea that Bella was worried for her safety as she faced Jasper. He sank into a crouch facing her, and she stood frozen still. She looked tiny and weak after Emmett, but Jasper knew better. She was smiling softly to herself, confident because she knew what was going to happen. As Jasper came towards her, she closed her eyes, the smile not leaving her face. He sprang, and without opening her eyes, Alice knew exactly where he would be. At the exact second Jasper's body flew through the spot where she had been standing, she would take a small step forward, and he would land behind her, crouched and watching her, a smile playing on his lips as his wife dodged his attacks.

He started closing in, getting faster with his attacks, and Alice's dodges matched, all the time keeping her eyes closed. She felt like she was dancing as she dodged, spiralling and twisting out of the way. Jasper watched the beautiful dance and joined in, lunging and reaching through her graceful patterns. It was like every movement was choreographed. Of course, Alice had known this dance off by heart since she had foreseen it earlier that day. Jasper never touched her, though he was genuinely trying to catch her. Alice could never be scared of him; she knew he would never in a million years hurt her. But at the same time, she knew that Jasper wasn't holding back on her, letting her win the fight - he really was trying, and she was beating him. She was a perfect match for him, and the fight carried on - him attacking, her dodging - until finally Alice had enough. With no warning, she jumped onto Jasper's back, her lips at his neck.

"Gotcha," She whispered, and kissed his throat.

Jasper chucked, shaking his head, "You truly are one frightening little monster."

Alice laughed and kissed his cheek lightly before slipping down from his back and skipping over to where Bella was standing. She was watching Edward as if he were walking towards his death. Alice nudged her, "Cool, huh?"

"Very." She agreed, but she was too distracted by Edward. Alice turned her attention to Edward too, watching the fight that was unfolding. Jasper was more skilled than Edward by far, but Edward could read Jasper's every thought - he knew every move he was planning to make, and that made the fight even. Instinctive snarls came from both their lips as they came at each other again and again, neither one gaining the advantage. After they'd been fighting for a while, Carlisle cleared his throat, and the boys stopped fighting. They both took a step back and grinned at each other, reminding Alice of just how childlike they could be when they wanted.

"Back to work. We'll call it a draw." Jasper said. Everyone else stepped up, one by one, to fight Jasper. Emmett insisted on his rematch, but it came to the same outcome as before. He couldn't beat Jasper. Pride shone through Alice as she watched Jasper win his battles. Her Jasper. He was giving encouraging instructions to the Cullens, making them better. Alice's eyes flicked to Bella, who was falling asleep. Edward was telling her that it was nearly finished.

Jasper turned to the wolves for the first time and spoke to them. His expression grew uncomfortable, as he surveyed the group. "We'll be doing this tomorrow. Please feel welcome to observe again."

"Yes, we'll be here." Edward answered for Sam, then he sighed and explained that the pack wanted to get familiar with each of the Cullen's scents. Carlisle stood at the front, with Emmett and Jasper either side. Alice and Edward stood after Jasper, and Rosalie and Esme on Emmett's side, as one by one the wolves came forward to sniff the vampires.

Alice watched cautiously as the one next to Sam, the big red-brown one, pulled a wolfy grin at Bella, and began striding towards her. He trotted past Edward and Alice, until he was standing not two feet away from Bella. His gave flickered briefly towards Edward, but he was too busy watching Bella to notice.

"Jacob?" Bella asked. Of course it was Jacob, Alice thought. Who else? Bella was reaching out and stroking his fur, as if he were a real dog. Alice withheld her laughter at that, watching Bella. She only saw what was about to happen a split second before the real event occurred, and she pulled a disgusted face as Jacob licked Bella's face from chin to hairline. Bella jumped back and smacked him, "Ew! Gross, Jake!"

It sounded like Jacob was laughing and, as she wiped her face on her sleeve, Bella joined in. The Cullen's watched the exchanged with perplexed and somewhat disgusted expressions. The other wolves began backing away, but Jacob stayed put. Two of the wolves lingered in the trees, waiting for him to catch up. Edward didn't hesitate any longer in making his way over to Bella and taking her hand. Alice could tell that he just wanted to get her as far from Jacob as possible.

But Jacob didn't seem to be going anywhere. He left for a few moments to change into his human form, and came back wearing only a pair of black sweat pants. The rest of the Cullen's were talking on the other side of the clearing, but Alice was watching Jacob and Edward's exchange. Edward turned towards the Cullen's and called Jasper's name. He began walking towards Edward, and Alice followed at his side, frowning because she hadn't seen this in the future. Because it involved him and she couldn't see his kind.

"We're going to see if I can confuse the scent enough to hide your trail," Jacob was explaining when Alice and Jasper reached them. They'd already heard the plan from across the clearing of course. Alice didn't like to admit that it was a good one.

"You're going to have to let him carry you, Bella." Edward said. To a human, his voice might have appeared calm and collected, but Alice and Jasper's advanced abilities allowed them to know how disgusted he was by this thought.

Bella frowned. It seemed she too was not overjoyed with the notion, but before she could protest, Jacob had yanked her up into his arms. "Don't be such a baby." He told her.

All eyes were on Edward, watching to see what he would do. His voice came out in the same calm manner as he spoke to Jasper, "Bella's scent is so much more potent to me - I thought it would be a fairer test if someone else tried."

Jasper nodded as Jacob turned away from the little group and carried Bella into the woods. They waited for a while, and Jasper could not pick up on Bella's scent. He wrinkled his nose every time he went near the trail that Jacob had taken. Edward stalked off into the clearing, clearly anxious for them to get back, leaving Jacob and Alice alone to talk.

"You know, I wonder if she could leave a false trail, to confuse them." Jasper mused, "She could lead them right to where we want them, and at the same time she'd be exciting them beyond control with the scent."

Alice concentrated for a moment, her eyes glazing over, and then she smiled and kissed Jasper's cheek lightly. "It's a brilliant plan. It will work."

"What did you see?" Jasper asked

"They'll follow the trail. When they catch our scent, they'll split up and try to come at us from two sides. Half will go through the forest and then..." Alice trailed off, "Then my vision disappeared."

She muttered under her breath about 'damn dogs'. She didn't like being blind. Jasper spotted Jacob coming over to where Edward was waiting, still carrying Bella. Alice followed him across the clearing until they were standing next to Edward. Jacob put Bella down, and she went straight to Edward's side and took his hand. Bella looked at Jasper, "Well?"

"As long as you don't touch anything, Bella, I can't imagine someone sticking their nose close enough to that trail to catch your scent." He told her, grimacing, "It was almost completely obscured."

"A definite success." Alice agreed, wrinkling her nose at the memory of the smell.

"And it gave me an idea." Jasper said

"Which will work." Alice added with confidence. Edward looked across at Jasper, reading his mind.

"Clever." He agreed

"How do you stand that?" Jacob muttered to Bella. Edward ignored him and explained Jasper's plan to Bella.

"Yes!" Jacob said in agreement when Edward was finished. Edward smiled at him - a type of comradeship was forming between them. They both had the same motives, and they both wanted the same outcome; save Bella.

"Not a chance." Edward said suddenly, disgust in his voice. His eyes were on Jasper, and Alice instinctively tensed, ready to step in front of Jasper if Edward's anger grew.

"I know, I know." Jasper said quickly, "I didn't even consider it, not really." Alice stepped on his foot, silently asking for an explanation. "If Bella was actually there in the clearing, it would drive them insane. They wouldn't be able to concentrate on anything but her. It would make picking them off truly easy..." Edward was glaring at Jasper, and Alice was looking at him as if he had gone mad, "Of course it's too dangerous for her. It was just an errant thought."

"No." Edward said firmly

"You're right." Jasper agreed, holding Edward's gaze for a moment to show Edward that he meant it. He took Alice's hand and started leading her away, back into the clearing. "Best two out of three?"

"You're on." Alice told him. They left Edward, Jacob, and Bella to talk as they walked away. The rest of the Cullen family headed home, and after a few minutes, Jacob left into the forest, and Edward took Bella back to Charlie's.

Alice and Jasper stayed in the clearing, both attacking the other, testing their skills. Alice was the one Jasper wanted to spend the most time training. She was the one he wanted to be most prepared, most protected. Of course, he wanted to keep all of his family safe, but the fierce protective bond he had to Alice told him to concentrate on her. Alice was trying hard to prove herself to Jasper. She needed him to know that she could do this for herself. She knew what he was like; if he had the slightest idea that Alice couldn't protect herself, he would spend the whole battle watching out for her, having her back. He couldn't afford to be distracted like that. If he was distracted, he might make mistakes. And if he made the wrong mistakes in a battle like this, he would end up a pile of ashes. Alice shuddered at the thought and Jasper caught her whilst she was distracted, pinning her down on the ground.

"Gotcha." He said, repeating Alice's own word from earlier. She giggled underneath him, leaning up to kiss him. As soon as he was distracted by the kiss, she slipped out from underneath him, and straddled him on the floor, holding his arms up by his head. "I hope those aren't your fighting techniques." He murmured.

"No, this is just for you." Alice said with a tinkling laugh as she lent down to kiss him again.

Sooooooo, what did you think? I think I got all of the details right, but sorry if there are any mistakes in there :/ Review, let me know if you liked it :) Again, thanks to Jalice2254 :D You should all go check out her Alice/Jasper fanfic 'The Cowboy & His Angel'. :) :)

By the way, I couldn't come up with a good name for this one-shot, so if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know and I'll change it! Much appreciated! :) :) :)

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