Unnatural

“Speaking”
‘Thoughts’


Chapter 3
A Loss of Control

Once the bell excusing lunch rang Kagome rose with the others and walked with a girl that had the same class as her this coming period. The girls name was Angela, she was nice and shy so we walked to the biology class in companionable silence. Kagome knew she would get along with this girl best; Angela’s soul was pure and her aura radiated kindness. She was much more pleasant then anyone else Kagome had come into contact with so far. She knew they would become great friends.

When they arrived at class Kagome watched as Angela walked to one of the black tables and was disappointed to see that she already had a partner. Kagome then took a glance around the class too see where she might be placed only to see one table with a free seat. It just so happened that the free seat was beside one of the boys from the group of whatever they were. When Kagome handed the teacher the paper he needed to sign he announced “Please take a seat by Mr. Cullen” he finished motioning in the direction of the boy after he passed her a third year biology book.

With a nod she walked to the desk and took a seat placing her bag down beside her leg and putting the book the teacher gave her in the center of where she sat. She could see him out the corner of her eyes and he was staring again, looking at her with frustration and no small amount of suspicion. The intake of breath from him made it obvious that he was trying to scent her, but came back with nothing. This made Kagome want to flash him a smug smile, but she held it in check.


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He knew the moment he saw her walk into his class that she was going to be seated beside him. He did not know what to think of her, she was silent to him. For some reason he could not hear her and it was frustrating him to no end. The frustration only mounted as she took a seat near him. He had readied himself to smell a human so close, so when he took a breath and came back with every scent but hers he was even more frustrated, confused, and now even more curious about her.

He had never come across a being he couldn’t hear never mind smell. Everything had a scent no matter how dim. But the scent of anything with blood was heightened to his senses because of what he was. She was like a ghost except he could see her and probably feel her. What was she exactly? She looked human her eyes where a dark blue, Her skin had a healthy flush across her cheeks a clear sign she was human and not other. Her heart beat echoed in his ears and he could see the artery located on her inner wrist when she opened up her book, but he still could not smell anything about her. Neither her natural scent nor the scent of her blood registered to him and it left him feeling no small amount of frustration.


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Kagome knew that he would be confounded by her and it was slightly amusing. The fact that he would be just as confused about her as she was about him left her feeling no small amount of satisfaction. She still could not tell what he was since he felt like no demon she had ever met. Of all questions left unanswered one thing was clear though; and that was that he was dangerous, the tingle down her spine that alerts her to a possible threat was going haywire being this close to him.

The staring was also unnerving ‘I can swear he has not once turned his eyes from me. What is it he is hoping to find?’ she thought to herself as she takes a quick glance out the corner of her eyes to see that he was still looking at her. It was making her antsy, her powers where surging under her skin barely held under control. He was an unidentified threat that seemed to be unable to stop staring; Kagome knew she had to get away before her powers broke free of her control.

The warm tingle of her powers rushed through her looking for a weakness in her hold on them to come forth and eliminate the threat. Kagome turns towards the boy eyes closed and as she was opening them the rush of her powers surged to her eyes.

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He watches her unable to turn away; he had never seen or heard of a human being anything like her. She doesn’t have a scent and he can’t hear her thoughts it makes him wonder if there was anything else different about her. He sees her peeking at him from the corners of her eyes aware that he was looking at her and this seems to make her nervous. That was nothing new humans seem to shy away from contact with his kind it was like an unconscious instinct.

He was still watching her as she turns her head towards him like she was going to comment on his staring when she opened her eyes and he was thrown for a loop. He only seen it for a second, but it was enough when she opened her eyes they were glowing pink. She closed them quickly and turned her head away again as if that did not just happen.

The moment her eyes had opened a foreign tingle of warmth like he had never felt before seemed to skate across his skin while a chill skated down his spine, and just as fast as it started it stopped with the closing of her eyes. It took a moment to realize what it was he was he experienced, because it had been centuries since he felt that particular emotion, fear. Fear was what he felt with that spine tingle and he could not understand why; it was like an instinctual feeling. He knew he should fear, but did not know why he felt fear. It was the same type of reaction that humans have to his kind when not knowing what they were but instinctually knowing they were danger.

When she opened her eyes again after a few moments of deep breathing the glow was gone, but he could not deny what he saw. And again he wondered if she was indeed human. Because everything he had learned so far tells him that she is not, she is something else entirely.


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It was with relief and urgency that Kagome raised quickly out of her seat when the bell rang and all but ran out of the class. She had to go; she could not stay when she was so close to a slip up she could feel it coming. In an attempt to quell the need to purify him the need to burn him arose. This was the first time her new ‘fire power’ had ever rose up in defense before since she had not been in any danger since the bonding ritual. It was only natural that she would forget to suppress that power as well as her miko ki, and it had escalated to the point where she was becoming unstable. The stirrings of heat started to blossom in her palms as she dotted out of the room clenching her fists tight trying desperately to hold off her newly gained elemental power. ‘God I could have purified him right then and there!’ she thought as she raced towards the forest she felt Kirara lurking in all the while trying to shake off the heat that was building in her palms the tell-tale sign that she was about to flame-up.

She did not make note of the grass that crunched under her as she ran her eyes set on the forest before her. By the time she made it to the tree line her fingers would flame up and then smoke out almost immediately sporadically the moment she lost even an ounce of control. Kagome knew she could not hold off on it much longer, she had never mastered control of this power never had the chance.

Running further into the forest Kagome tried to hold on to her power flare “Kirara!” She called as she ran knowing that her friend would follow. Once she was sure she was far enough away she came to a stop the forest was thin and bare around her. It was obviously a cold season, but the cold had not affected her since her bond was created. Her body would heat its self accordingly of its own accord as a natural reflex.

Kirara appeared beside her as soon as she came to a halt waiting for further instructions. “Let’s go up the mountain I need a place far enough away to release.” Kagome said glancing at the mountain a good distance away.

Needing no further instructions Kirara’s small frame burst in flame and out of the flames emerged the battle form of Kirara. With a roar Kirara jumped in front of Kagome ready for her to mount and go clearly aware of the urgency of the situation. Kirara had no idea what set Kagome off, but she knew that she had to get them a fair distance away so whatever it was that upset her could not feel the release of her powers so clearly.

With a handful of Kirara’s fur Kagome jumps onto her back. No sooner then Kagome was seated did Kirara take off into the air ready to fly towards the mountains as fast as she could while carrying. As they flew towards their destination at top speed Kagome could feel the question that no doubt was plaguing Kirara. Leaning towards her eyes Kagome says in a low rushed voice “I ran into a non-human. But whatever it was like nothing I had encountered before. He housed no jaki or youki, no life aura, but my warning tingles went insane when I was forced to sit by him in class. I don’t know what he was, but my senses went haywire like it was Naraku sitting there. It was strange though; he did not feel tainted enough to be considered a threat on the same level as Naraku. I think it was the not knowing what he was and the shock of finding a non-human species that I had never encountered before that set me off. I need to get far enough away so I can not be felt so clearly by anyone. Find a place with water like a pond or river so I can use the cold water to cool off quicker.” I added the last part as more of an after thought. I did not want to stand around in the forest for long naked.

It only took Kirara a few minutes to find a decent size source of water land near and Kagome was off her back and undressing alarming speed. The flickering of her fire power melting the buttons before she could unbutton the shirt she was wearing, her fingers singed the bottom of her shirt as she lifts it over her head. Concentrating harder Kagome reaches for her bra and has it off in only seconds before she reaches for her jeans and undoes them and kicks them off shoes and all. Not really worrying about her socks and underwear as they were already ruined by the burning temperature of her body. Bra only withstanding because it was not flimsy cotton and it was drenched with sweat. Once the cloths her off and she had taken a few steps flames burst forth from her hands and they spread up her arms rapidly. Walking swiftly towards the pond Kagome tries to stop the accelerated growth of the fire upon her body so she could get to the pond without too much trouble. Once she was waste deep in water Kagome let go and the flames traveled so intense in its strength that you could see the fire glow from her legs even while they are underwater. Her hair each strand fire coated and whipping around her head in a frenzied state.

She does not know how long she stood their consumed by her flames standing within pond, but long enough for the water around her begin to boil. With eyes close she tries to grasp upon the thin strings of control and get her powers back under control. This was why practice was so dangerous, it is so easy to lose control of this power if you are not careful and it reacts more strongly to feels of anger and hate. Any emotion that would hurt me sends me smoldering with only the slightest pressure.

When she had herself under control once again Kagome swam further out into the pond where the colder water would be so she could cool faster and remains their until her body temperature would no longer ruin her cloths.


It was dark by the time Kagome made it back home her father in the living room watching the sports channel. “Dad I’m home! Sorry I took so long, I was at the school library so I could catch up with everyone. I am way behind in history since they don’t have American history in Japan as a compulsory class.” My excuse already thought out on the way home flowed from my mouth easily. Lying was something I hated to do, but it was in way hard I had perfected it while still traveling to the past.


“Ok Kagome, just call me next time so I don’t worry. Oh and your box arrived today I put it in your room when I got home from the station.” The gruff voice of her father sounded from the living room no doubt from the chair in front of the television.

“Ok Dad I will, sorry and thanks.” Kagome said as she skipped up the stairs Kirara in tow.

0ooo0

Meanwhile with Edward…

The bell sounded ending the sixth period and he watched with surprise as Kagome shot out of her seat and out the door in a blink of the eye. He debated briefly if he should follow her, maybe find out what class she has next but he decided not to. ‘I should speak to the others first.’ He thought as he walks out of the class. He had class with Alice next period she might be able to see what she was.

When Edward arrived to his last period Language class which he shared with Alice she was already there waiting.

“I can’t see her Edward.” Alice stated in a low voice so not to be over heard by the students now filing into the class. Alice was his closest sibling their bond second only to his bond with Carlisle and he second only to her bond with Jasper.


Sometimes Alice’s ability to see the future was just as good as mind reading, she must have ‘saw’ him ask her about Kagome when he decided to ask her on the way here. “No?” Edward asked with a frown it was obvious that he did not like this. He did not like the idea of a human so immune to their gifts. He could not read her mind and Alice could not see her future, there was no way to find out what he wanted unless he actually tried to find out. It was kind of his duty to his family to find out if she would be a problem to them. It was up to Alice and him to make sure they were never exposed. “I can not hear her thoughts either. I wonder what it is about her that stops our abilities.” Edward said his eyes taking on a thoughtful far away look; it was obvious that was a statement and not a question. He knew she would have no idea either.


Watching her brother Alice knew he was curious about the girl, almost obsessively so. She could practically see the wheels turning in his mind. He would not be satisfied unless he solved this mystery, Edward was passionate about things he set his mind to and this would be no different. Only this time Alice saw the potential outcome of this situation she did not need her visions to know that her brother was interested in solving the puzzle of Kagome Higurashi. It gave her hope; this was the first girl Edward has ever shown any kind of interest in. The fact that his interest was solely of the non romantic type did nothing to shorten her hope for his future. “So what are you going to do now?” she asked him her voice and eyes free of any implication to what she was thinking, but that matters not he heard it anyway.


“It is not like that Alice. Yes I am curious, but not in the sense where I would want to be with her. There is just too much about her that is different for her to be human, but she looked human. She had no scent, I could not read her mind, you could not see her future, and her eyes glow pink. Not only that, but I could feel something about her was dangerous to me when we sat so close together. The shiver of fear that skirted down my spine was startling when I first felt it, not knowing what it was or where it came from worries me. My instincts were screaming at me to run or fight I don’t understand any of it.” He said shaking his head to dispel the feelings he felt while sitting so near to her.

Brow scrunching she admits “I can see how that maybe a problem, and why you would want to find answers. But is it really our business too meddle in her private life? To uncover secrets she may not want found out? Well I guess the least we should do is find out if she is dangerous to us in anyway just to be safe, but beyond that.” She drifted off knowing he catch her drift as she was thinking it. And before her eyes a new vision appeared.

Alice Vision:

Edward standing by a window in a bedroom clearly not his own surveying the room. It was bare except for essentials. He was alone in the room.

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Alice’s eyes snapped to Edwards as she came out of the vision she knew he saw it too. ‘If you would be their without her home you would have to leave during school’ Alice thought to Edward. She knew he would go at least to find out why she is so different, to see if he could find a clue as to her inhumanness and maybe find out what she was exactly.

She was right he did see her vision and he too agreed that he would need to go now if he wanted enough time to actually look around her room. With a nod to Alice he gets out of his seat and walks over to the teacher as the bell rings.

“Mr. Cullen?” his teacher questioned looking at him curiously. Before she got to say anymore however he voiced his reason for the approach. ‘I still can not get over how beautiful they all are.’ The teachers thoughts skidded across mind slightly louder then the other thoughts that echoed in the background of his special hearing.

“Ah yes Mrs. Brown I am not feeling well, I was hoping you could excuse me to the nurses station please?” his voice low and persuasive, he was trying to dazzle her into letting him go without a fight.

Like any other female before her she was unprepared for the force of his eyes and voice that she caved immediately “Yes of course, go right ahead Mr. Cullen.” She said with a smile ‘to young and you’re a married women’ the thought echoed through her mind like a mantra and he would have laughed if he were not in such a rush to leave.

With a nod he exits the classroom and heads straight for the Volvo he had no intention of wasting time at the nurse’s office. He knew where her father lived so finding her house was not a problem and he was climbing in through her window in no time.

Her room was tidy with not much personal affects out such as pictures. It looked like the room of someone who just moved in, but it was not that fact that gave him pause. It was the scent; her room housed the most heavenly scent he had ever encountered. His throat burned like someone threw a match and a gallon of gasoline down his throat. He was thirsty, no he was ravenous.

Swallowing the excess of venom that flooded his mouth with such a delicious scent Edward tried to focus on his surroundings. It was not easy as a million different scenarios flooded his mind. That scent was beyond anything he had ever smelt, it was divine. He could have her, the owner of this wonderful scent. He could wait for her to come home and she would be alone, no one would know he was here. It would be so easy. The mere thought of the warm blood that would soon begin to flood his mouth made him close his eyes in pleasure. How wonderful would the owner of this scent taste? His thirst was raging now as he inhaled the scent yet again like it was heroine and he was an addict looking for his fix. No one would blame him; they all have messed up before. The image of Carlisle spring forth his mind unbidden, he knew Carlisle would forgive him for this, but he would be disappointed. There was nothing more hard to deal with then Carlisle’s disappointment even if he would never voice it aloud. He did not have to after all Edward could hear what was going on in his mind. Then there was Esme she would just look at me with sympathy and love in her eyes. A look a monster like him does not deserve to be pointed at him self. Shaking the feels of self pity and loathing from his mind he concentrated on the matter at hand. He did not have much time before school ended and he had to leave before he was caught.

After a while of searching and not breathing he found nothing non-human, nothing that would point out her obvious difference. After an uneventful search he decided to check the rest of the house for scents, maybe he had the wrong room?

It became clear that he did not, there was only one other human living in the home and that was the chief. There was a strange scent of cat though it smelled different somehow. Taking one more sweep of the house before he left Edward exited out of the same window he entered.

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Kagome walks into her room eyes intent looking to approach her box as soon as she was in her room. She could not help the relief that came when she realized that her stuff was here, she felt vulnerable almost without her weapons nearby. Even more so now since there was obviously something more then human in this town and she was unsure of the dangers they pose to her.

When Kagome reached the box her attention was drawn to the now sneezing and growling Kirara. Kagome knew that sound and knew what she was feeling from the bond with her dear friend. “What is it Kirara? Do you smell something?” Kagome asks in a low tone looking down towards Kirara, who was still hissing and sneezing. Knowing what Kirara was trying to communicate Kagome closes her eyes and concentrates on drawing her powers into her eyes. Her Irises now glowing bright pink Kagome surveyed the room and immediately noticed the aura that does not belong. A shocked hiss broke through her teeth as she recognized the aura “It was one of them. The non-humans I was telling you about earlier. One of them was here in my room.” Panic began to spread and Kagome rushed to follow the trail the visitor unknowingly left.

’He was here in my room! In my home! In my fathers room! My living room, kitchen, everywhere!’ Anger pulsed through her who the hell does he think he is to come in here uninvited like this and snoop through my things, my families things!’ Fear was her first response to this information. She did not know what they were or what they were capable of and the idea that one of them came here ’What if Charlie was home! it was that very thought that caused her next actions.

Kagome did not know why she had not done this the moment she arrived here, but she figured that here she would not need to worry. She was so far away from Japan, so far away from anyone that may be able to recognize her. “Now I can not delay it any longer.” Kagome whispered to herself as she sat at her desk and painted up a few Ofuda to seal up all the entrances in her home.

“Hey Kagome what are you doing?” Charlie asked as he watches Kagome paste a few pieces of paper over all the windows and doors in the home. He did not know what it said since it was in Japanese Kanji.


“Oh! Um, back home I’m the Miko of the shrine. I guess this is a habit, I am blessing the house. Weird I know, but it makes me feel better. More at home you know?” Kagome added the last part for effect. She did not, could not say what they really were for.

“Oh, sure. Do whatever you need to feel comfortable Kagome” Charlie said awkwardly from the couch.

“Well I’m done; I’m going to head on upstairs so I can finish unpacking.” Kagome said with a wave and tried to run up the stairs only to catch the last step and stumble into the wall catching her self before she puts her head through the wall. ’I don’t get how I can be so graceful while fighting, but the minute I am not I fall over my own two feet! Kagome shook her head sadly as she walks towards her room.

Closing the door behind her Kagome finally sets about going through her box. She wanted to put them in the trunk of her car so she would have them near all the time even while at school, just in case. It was such a relief opening the long box filled with her dangerous mementos of her friends from the feudal era. They represented safety and protection, but without them she was still not defenseless. Everything about Kagome was dangerous to anything not human; she would be able to hold anything off while she gets her weapons if needed, even if that means fighting naked among her flames.

Reaching into the box Kagome began to unload first with the bow and arrows, Hiraikotsu, Tessaiga. That should be enough, The Tessaiga – For protection. It still erects a barrier around me once it feels dangerous emotions around me. The Bow and Arrows – For offense and defense, I can deflect and attack using purifying ki. The Hiraikotsu – For defense and offense, nothing can slice through flesh like a miko charged Hiraikotsu. It is also a good surprise tactic. Grabbing a sash from the box I tied Tessaiga to my waste and lay down on my bed waiting for Charlie to go to bed. She had a lot to think about after all, she can not let them think this little visit of theirs went un-noticed. ‘I will use them as target practice if they do not keep their distance from my home!’ She thought looking at the ceiling As adverse to conflict Kagome is; she will not allow any harm to come to Charlie due to her being here with him. He was hers and like a demon she protects what belongs to her.

These strange thoughts, or as Kagome likes to think of them demon instinct had showed up shortly after the jewel was wished away. There was not much Kagome knew about the changes that occurred on that day and there was really no way to find answers since everyone she knew was either dead or can not be found. No one ever knew much about the jewel even while in the feudal era and since its destruction answers were not forthcoming. The only thing Kagome is sure of is that a large chunk of the Shikon’s power was transferred into her; reasons for this are unknown to all. The only thing that became obvious where the physical changes, she was stronger then before, faster then any human, and she heals at a rapid pace. It is almost like her body is the same as a demon only she does not have the senses as one. Hearing, smell, and sight are all the same as before the Shikon was completed.

Even while her thoughts ran amuck the presence of Tessaiga was comforting. It was almost like Inuyasha was here with her protecting her. In essence he is here a part of him was put into the blade and it is that part that she can feel. It is that part that allows her to sleep at night.

Meanwhile…..

Edward made it back to the school before the bell rang in time to pick up his siblings and as soon as she stepped foot into his car Alice opened her mouth to speak. “So, nothing huh?” she asked knowing it was true.

Glancing at the passenger seat where Jasper was seated he knew that he could speak freely. Alice has no secrets with Jasper and he would find out later anyway. “No nothing, just a normal human girl’s bedroom. Everything else in her home is normal as well. There is nothing that would suggest she was not normal except…” He ran off in thought as he recalled the scent in her bedroom. That mouthwatering scent was unforgettable.


Now he had their attention. Jasper was unsure what this was all about and sent a meaningful look at Alice. Catching his look Alice tells him of the vision she had of Edward going to investigate the new girl’s house. That Edward noticed something about her that was not normal and on top of that he could not hear her thoughts or smell her scent.

Intrigued now Jasper looks to Edward with a raised brow “Except”, he prodded wanting Edward to finish his sentence. He was curious about what could have been found and if the girl was not human then what was she? It was obvious that she was not one of them because she had a beating heart.

“In class I could not smell her. Even while she sat right beside me I got not a faint trace of her scent. Nothing to denote that she was there not even her thoughts; it was like she was a ghost only solid. When I got to her home I was caught off guard, not expecting her room to be saturated with a scent; her scent. It was her smell, for lack of a better term it was divine. She smelled like heaven. At first I thought that it might be someone else’s smell so I looked around the house to see if maybe I had the wrong room, but it was only a 2 bedroom home. Charlie only has one child; her. His room did not even smell of her at all, only pieced of the house she would visit held faint traces of her. Somehow she is hiding her scent when she is not at home, that right there tells us she is not a normal human.” Edward said as they drove home from school in his Volvo whipping around corners with no problem.


“So what is going to happen? Are you going to tell Carlisle? You probably should” Jasper said after a few moments of silence. What he really wanted to know was if this girl will cause a problem for them. He will not allow anyone or anything endanger Alice or his family. “Alice can you see her future?” Jasper asked wanting to know if they at least had that for protection against the unknown.

“She does not come in clear, but I can see her.” Alice replied after she attempted to look for Kagome. All she could see was the girl shoulders deep in a pond somewhere in the forest.

“Alice, where is that, when is that?” Edward asked seeing the same fogged filled vision as Alice. ‘Why would she be in water at this time of year?’ he asked himself not knowing the answer.

“I don’t know Edward. Only that it is happening soon.” Alice replied as they pulled into the Cullen garage.

They were lucky because today Carlisle was pulling the night shift so he was still home. “I’m going to speak to Carlisle.” Edward said as he got out of his car and flashed up the stairs and into the house without further notice.


There was nothing Carlisle could suggest except to be alert and cautious around the girl since she was an unknown and possibly dangerous. A family meeting told the others the same, they would need to watch and be careful of her.