Clint's POV

We were back at the base, in my opinion not nearly fast enough. I don't think that I've met a clingier child in my entire life. At the house she had been desperately protecting her brother, now it's like she doesn't even care about him, she just wants to cling to me. Even with how good a guy Steve was, she didn't let him get to close.

He had tried approaching her on the plane, after putting the plane on auto pilot. As soon as he got within three feet of her the barrier that she uses popped up. "Nice try Captain." I told him. I think that it kinda hurt his feelings, but to be honest it was a bit funny. When we walked into the meeting room I saw most of the group was here. The only one that wasn't here was Thor, but who can blame the guy he does have some distance issues. The girl was clinging to my leg again and Steve was carrying the baby boy. Tony took one look at me and started laughing hysterically. Natasha looked at me weird, but she knows that I am not the best with little children. Bruce was looking at me curiously, but kept his opinions to himself thankfully.

Tony started to approach me and strangely the girl let him. Which upset Steve even more than he already was. He knelt down in front of the girl and gave her a little pet on the head. She looked at him strange then a small smile appeared on her face. She reached out to him and touched his arm lightly, getting it off of her head. Once his hand was off her head I saw a tiny flash of pink and Tony jumped back with a yelp. I looked at him questioningly "The little brat just shocked me, what the hell was that?" he gave the kid a look then sulked off. I had the sneaking suspicion that she shocked him because he had laughed at me, and I felt a little bit of pride at that.

Fury approached me and the kid clung to me even tighter than she already was. "Who are these kids Barton?"

"Sir they are the kids from the most recent shrine attack. I came in contact with a member of the new faction, and sir they are not human. It looked like a monster or demon, I don't know how else to explain it. The one that came that night said they were looking for something that the little girl possessed and they were going to keep looking for her. So not knowing what to do I brought them here."

Fury approached even closer and the girl shrieked and the next thing I knew I was inside that same barrier that she had made at her house. Just to test a theory I reached out and my hand passed right through the barrier. I took a step backwards and so did the girl, the barrier moved along with us. I gave a little sigh then kneeled down to the same level as the child. "Hey nobody here is going to hurt you, I promise." The girl looked me right in the eye for a minute before nodding and letting the barrier drop. She still wasn't talking, she hadn't talked since we left her house. To be honest I was a bit worried about her. I don't know what this kid is doing to me, it's like she is making me soft. I was usual unattached to my targets, but a spot in my heart was already forming for this kid.

To my surprise she let go of my leg for a split second, bowed to fury in apology, then latched herself back onto me. We were all silent for a bit trying to figure out what to do next, when Steve ended up being the one voicing the question we were all thinking. "So what are we going to do with the children if monsters are after her?"

Fury looked at me and I instantly knew that I wasn't going to like what was going next. "She seems very attached to you Barton, do you think that you could look after her? Just until this new faction is taken down for good, you are more than capable of protecting her."

"Sir if I have a choice in this matter, I really would rather not. I am not the best with kids."

"Well who else has been able to approach her without her activating that barrier?"

I looked over at Tony and he got the same look on his face that I was feeling "Well Sir, only Tony. She even activates it when Steve tries getting close."

"Well what about you Tony, want to try to raise a kid?"

Tony let out a laugh "No thank you Fury, I am barely capable of taking care of myself according to you people. I am going to have to say no. At the very least, if needed I guess I can babysit when Clint here get called on mission. But I am going to have to say that this particular mission is going to have to go to Clint."

I gave him a 'thanks a lot' look then turned to Fury "If there is no other option, then I guess I will accept."

"Good, do you have a safe house you can use?" Fury asked me.

I thought about it for a moment, then realized that nobody knew about my oldest house, not even Natasha or Fury "Yeah I have one."

"Good take her there, don't tell anyone where you are going. We don't know anything about this new faction."

"Sir what about the boy? I cannot take care of two children, and I pull the line at diapers."

"We will find a safe place for the boy, the faction doesn't seem to be after him. They will be reunited when she is finally safe. Until then they can video chat when he gets older." With that Fury left the room. Bruce gave me a slightly sympathetic look, but left to who knows where. Steve left with the boy, cooing to him slightly, I had a feeling that Steve might end up getting the boy. Tony came over to me again, obviously trying to win against the four year old.

He got down to her level once more "Hey I have already forgiven you for shocking me, aren't you lucky? What is your name?"

She looked up at me, in what seemed looking for permission. I gave her a slight nod, she looked back at Tony and whispered in a barely audible voice "Kagome."

"Well it is nice to meet you Kagome, are you happy to be staying with Clint here?" he pointed at me and she nodded with a smile.

I had decided that I had had enough of Tony for one day so took hold of Kagome's hand and said "Kagome, it's time to get going, come on."

She nodded up at me with a smile, then she waved goodbye to Tony and followed me out the door.

Things will start to speed up after this I promise. Please review.