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"It's okay."

Steve said in a calm voice and offered his hand out for the cats to sniff. He stayed as still as could, catching another important detail with his enhanced eyes, "There's some sort of tag around their necks."

"Cats are collared all the time," Tony shrugged, not seeing the big deal, "What's so strange about that?" He asked.

"It's not a normal tag," Steve answered, smiling a bit when the cats stopped hissing at him and approached his hand carefully, despite their injuries, "There's... something written on it."

Bruce slowly approached, not wanting to startle the two cats and his brows raised at the sight, "That's... an ofuda," He said, rather surprised to see such a thing tied to their necks, "It's a type of Shinto charm." He explained.

"Riiiight," Tony scratched his head, "Shinto, that's Japanese, right?" He asked Bruce, who simply nodded, "So why's a Japanese charm hanging off the cats' necks?"

"I think the main question is how did these two cats even get on Stark Tower's roof to begin with," Steve said, stroking a head of one of the cats when it allowed him to, "Last time I checked, cats can't fly."

"But these are mutant cats," Tony shrugged, "Maybe they can fly." He joked, watching closely and was impressed when one of the injured felines readily jumped into Steve's arms, letting out a strange chirping-like mew.

The other one with the black fur around its neck didn't seem as trusting as the first one and simply stared warily at them with its red eyes, ready to bolt if given the chance.

"Curious," Bruce said, observing the cat in Steve's arms as he zeroed in on the charm dangling from the cat's neck, "This ofuda looks pretty authentic." He stated, wondering what the kanji scribbled on the ofuda translated to.

"Woah there, tiger!" Tony stepped back from the second feline as it bristled its fur and hissed at him, "So, one is more domesticated than the other?" He looked to the cat in Steve's arms, seeing that it looked rather comfortable.

"It appears so," Bruce murmured and then raised his brows when the cat in Steve's arms let out a few mews, seemingly communicating with its companion. His brows shot up higher when the second slowly approached Steve and actually allowed him to pick it up, "That's... incredible."

"They're definitely mutants," Tony said, gesturing for his fellow teammates to follow him, "C'mon, let's go treat their wounds."

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"Where are you going, Miko?"

Sesshoumaru asked in his usual tone and Kagome turned to him with a scowl, just barely out the door when the stoic dog demon asked the stupid question.

"To find Kirara and Kuroro myself!"