A Vampire's Love - Edward Cullen (Twilight saga)

Chapter 80 - Bet

Aiyanna

The fight with Emmett was cadenced by the sound of his grunts, the barks that would escape me or his feet landing on the ground before rushing towards me again.

The same flow repeated itself : attack, escape, attack, escape...

Although we both were limited in our attacks as we didn't wish to hurt or worse kill each other inadvertently, having Emmett as an opponent was an experience I was glad to have accepted. In wolf form, our height were almost similar and none of us had to envy the other in terms of strength.

After testing him for a while, my teeth eventually found a way near his neck. My teeth loudly chattered once next to his ear, signaling that in a real fight I would have ripped his head off.

"Ah Emmett, didn't I warn you already ? You don't want to fight with me." I provoked him, letting Edward translate my thoughts.

I stepped back and Emmett turned towards me, grinning from ear to ear contrarily to his reaction earlier, when he lost against Jasper.

"Damn ! That was excellent fun !" He exclaimed. "Again !"

Sparring with him felt like a real challenge. There were no special gifts involved and it was surely different from sparring with our own kind as we both were so used to.

I had to admit that I did enjoy it too.

"Hell no ! My turn !"

"I already said no, Paul."

"It's tempting me too..." Ricky admitted.

Jasper walked towards us, laughing. "I'm impressed. I hope one day you'll accept to go against me." he suggested.

I nodded vigorously as I quickly came to like the idea of fighting against vampires.

Jasper then turned to the pack and the rest of his family.

"As you've all seen, while Emmett's offensive attacks were more upfront, Aiyanna kept aiming for his sides and back. The trick is to never face off a newborn and take them by surprise. Counter their strength with speed and agility. However, never stop moving even to decipher their next move. Since you weren't supposed to kill each other, I'll give you credits for that Aiyanna. But during the battle, it is best for you to not give them time to think. Once they do, it's over for you."

Jasper went on with the training with the rest of his family while the pack and I watched alertly, sharing images among ourselves once we saw something worth being noted.

Due to Edward's mind reading gift, fighting with Jasper was quite long and without a clear conclusion on who the winner was. Carlisle had to call it a draw once seeing that neither of them could gain an advantage.

Once Alice's turn came, it felt as if both her and Jasper were dancing without touching each other. Even with her visions being blurred out because of our presence, she managed to anticipate each of Jasper's attacks and always landed on her feet like a ballerina.

Rosalie looked as fatal as Jasper. He didn't need to fix much in her stance. Judging by how insisting Emmett had been to have a chance to fight with me, I doubted Rosalie didn't have to deal with his provocations as well.

Although the idea of killing someone, whether it was a newborn or a mere human didn't delight Carlisle, I was surprised to see him having not much difficulty in front of Jasper.

Esme on the contrary, was the one who needed Jasper's assistance the most. She never had to kill any vampire before and didn't seem to take part in the friendly fights the Cullens would have among themselves, which would explain her difficulties. While taking it slow with her to fix her form and offensive attacks, Esme was able to improve after six or seven tries thanks to Jasper.