Prologue
Agent Kagome Higurashi sat at a small table to one side of the mess hall. She fiddled idly with the laptop cord as she stared at the partially filled screen, trying to think of how to phrase what had happened. She knew from experience that mentioning yokai wouldn't do any good. Early on when she had first joined SHIELD she had done so and had gotten several lectures on the 'scientific base for everything' and had long since stopped trying to convince the other agents that some of the things they came up against weren't just enhanced people or strange natural phenomena. But then, yokai had gotten much better at disguising themselves over the years. She only recognized them for what they were because she could sense their energy, a leftover 'gift' from her time in the feudal era.
She read through the report one more time, then with a sigh pushed her chair back and stood up. She couldn't think of any way to explain what had happened in a more 'scientific' way, so this would have to do.
.o.
As she walked down the underground hallway she had to step hurriedly to the side as a couple of agents carrying a long box collided with some other agents pushing a cart of scientific equipment with a loud crash.
The resulting mess was impressive! The box fell on its side and broke open, while the scientific equipment went skittering across the floor.
Kagome stepped forward to help pick the items up, then froze as her eyes fell on what had fallen from the broken box.
The katana looked older, the sheath a bit more scuffed and scratched, the wrapping on the handle a bit more ragged, and a few new chips on the hand guard; but it was unmistakable.
'Tessaiga?' She breathed out in a whisper.
.o.o.o.
So this is an idea that's been bugging me for a while, and wrote it out to see if it helped get rid of writers block on Nura. It did. Let me know what you think!