"This is Japanese."
"This is English."
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Butterfingers will not be a part of this story as I could not find any page with that particular AI (he was honestly either not mentioned or he was spoken about as though he did not actually exist, I don't know which of them is true to be entirely honest) – so sorry ladies and gentlemen!
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I do not own Inuyasha or Avengers!
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Tony's full name in this story is Anthony Edward Stark (A. E. Stark as you would see it under the Ironman section).
Kagome's mother will be known as 'mama Higurashi' as I can't figure out if she was actually given a name in the series.
Warning! There will be cussing in this story!
I do not have a beta to proofread for me so if you catch any mistakes then please point them out to me! (I know that I suck at catching them myself as I, sort of, read myself blind in my quest at finding mistakes)
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Tony decided that he wanted to get to know his daughter at their own pace and had, as such, arranged for one of his planes to be ready for them the day after they had their talk – that included someone to go to Kagome's hotel room to pick up her things so they would not have to worry about that on their way.
The plane ride was relatively quiet. They watched a movie and talked about simple things, like favorite colors.
Both of them were tired from the day before and were sure that they would be going to bed early.
Tony led Kagome towards a waiting car when they landed, Kagome was looking around and did not really notice the car or the man who would be driving said car.
"Kagome, this is Happy. He's my driver and head of the security at Stark Industries." Tony said, gesturing grandly towards Happy as he explained who the man was.
"Happy, this is Kagome. She's my daughter. She only really speaks Japanese, so it would be fantastic if you would take that into consideration when speaking to her." Tony said, gesturing to Kagome whilst sending her a gentle smile which quickly turned into a grin as he turned towards Happy again.
The two shook hands, Kagome sending the man a small smile while Happy just sent Tony a small exasperated eye roll, which told Kagome that he might have expected something a lot more outrageous from the man. Kagome stifled a small giggle behind her hand and let Happy open the car door for her so she could get in the car with Tony who was pouting at Happy.
The rest of the car ride was silent, though Kagome enjoyed that a lot as she could rest her eyes and just disconnect a little.
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Their arrival to the Malibu home could not be called quiet by any means. Tony was overly enthusiastic as he pointed various things out to Kagome, he even went far enough to tell the story of his first flight in the suit and how he had accidentally cut the power on the suit and how he had crashed through the house and all the way down to his workshop.
He had deliberated with himself a bit before he decided to tell her how he and Rhodey had absolutely destroyed the house once in the suits. Kagome was slightly horrified but could not hold her giggles back completely.
Happy stopped the car in front of the Malibu home and got out to open the door for Kagome, closing it behind Tony who had sent him a little smirk as Happy did not open the doors for him on a normal day.
Happy moved back towards the trunk of the car to remove the bags so he could bring them inside, not noticing that Kagome had followed him back there to help him with them.
"Ah, no miss, I'll take the bags." Happy intervened quickly, he made sure to send her a somewhat stern look as he hoped to get it across to her properly.
"But I can take my own bags just fine." Kagome muttered, her accent thick and her words somewhat awkward.
"It's really all right miss. It's my job." Happy explained with a small smile, he honestly found her quite endearing.
"But it's so weird to have you do this for me when I can do it myself!" Kagome exclaimed exasperatedly. She would never be used to people doing things for her that she was perfectly able to do herself.
"Really miss, I've had to do much worse for Tony in the time he's been employing me." Happy said, completely ignoring Tony's indignant squawking in the background.
"I see how it is," Tony grumbled when he failed to get a reaction out of Happy. "Then I'll just take my lovely daughter and you can do all the boring stuff without my wonderful presence!" Tony continued, exclaiming the last part before he grabbed a hold of Kagome's arm and deliberately ignored Happy as he grinned and said: "Oh how shall I ever manage, such a travesty my lord!" followed by the man's snickering.
"I tell ya Kagome, I get no respect! NONE!" Tony whined. He sent her a small pout as she just giggled at him though he could not help the small smile that formed on his face at her happiness.
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Kagome looked around the house curiously when they entered, Tony was watching her face as she looked around as he wanted to get an idea of what she thought of his favorite home. He had plainly refused to bring any of the Avengers to see it at any point in time, yes that included Bruce.
"Now Kagome, let me introduce you to Jarvis." Tony said, gesturing grandly to the room. Kagome looked at him with furrowed brows as she was not sure what he was even talking about. No one but them were even in the room.
"Hello sir, madam." A voice with a British accent intoned. Kagome's eyes widened as she looked around, she felt confused, there was still no one other than Tony and her in the room.
"Jarvis is an AI, his name stands for Just A Rather Very Intelligent System. I created him a while ago and he helps me fly the suits." Tony said, finally introducing Jarvis properly to Kagome.
"So cool." Kagome breathed before a rather peculiar thought hit her. Tony had created Jarvis. Jarvis was her brother, albeit an unconventional one.
"So, he's sort of my brother then?" Kagome asked, she looked worriedly at Tony when he made a choking sound, then he burst into gut wrenching laughter which sent him to the floor with tears of mirth streaming down his face.
Jarvis was silent.
Kagome was blinking at her father, she felt slightly confused, she did not think that what she had said was particularly funny but he obviously thought so, a pout formed on her face as he continued to laugh, though his laughter turned silent with painful sounding wheezing as he tried to get air into his lungs.
Kagome did not feel even the smallest bit of sympathy for him to be honest.
"Oh boy." Tony rasped when he had finally gained control of himself again. He sent her a small fond and proud smile.
"Did you hear that Jarvis? You're a big brother now." Tony informed the AI. The room was silent for a while longer and Kagome could feel herself start to worry for the AI. She hoped that she had not damaged him with her sudden words.
"It would seem so sir." Jarvis finally said, a mild note of befuddlement in his voice.
And that was how Kagome was initially introduced to Jarvis.
She got to know the AI a lot better over the next few days, even to a point where she began calling him nii-san and he would occasionally call her little sister (he would, of course, also chastise her as an older brother might chastise a younger sister, which Tony found hilarious).
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They had spent the rest of the first day relaxing and watching television, neither of them had enough energy to do much of anything at that moment.
So it was after they had slept and eaten the breakfast Kagome had prepared (Tony had wisely bowed out of making any food as he already knew he was so beyond bad at cooking that it was not funny at all) that they went downstairs so Tony could show off his favorite part of the entire house; the workshop!
The first things that greeted them were thick panes of darkened glass.
The lights turned on as soon as they entered the workshop. The first thing Kagome noticed was the line of overly expensive cars and then she noticed the rest of the lab.
It was a little cluttered but nothing too bad. She had honestly expected it to be worse.
"What do you think!?" Tony asked, looking at her expectantly and bouncing where he stood impatiently.
"It's nice, definitely interesting." Kagome said, she sent him a small smile at the gleeful grin that spread on his face.
"Now, I want to introduce you to two more AI's." Tony started, he looked around himself, trying to locate the two AI's he wanted to introduce her to. "Ah, there they are! This is Dum-E and this is U." Tony exclaimed gesturing to the two AI's in turn. Dum-E was pointing a fire extinguisher at Tony while U was holding a camera which looked to be recording at that very moment.
"Dum-E put that down, don't douse anyone! U stop recording!" Tony exclaimed, though he sounded fondly exasperated more than anything else.
Kagome was giggling at her father and his antics which prompted Tony to look at her and narrow his eyes at her, though his small smile gave away just how happy he was.
Tony continued to show her around, Dum-E and U followed them around the entire time, their claws sometimes grabbing onto Kagome's clothes just for them to tug on it gently. Kagome guessed that they found her odd and that they did not know quite how to deal with her yet.
It took a little while before they decided that they liked her.
Dum-E showed it in the way he began fetching numerous things that she did not need, though Kagome accepted it graciously and made sure to give him a fond pat every time he had fetched her something.
U showed it by always being near and rubbing against her sides, almost like a cat. She could not help but let out small giggles every time the AI would make angry sounding noises when Dum-E or Tony made him move away from her.
They were protective as shown in the way Dum-E would douse random offensive things with his fire extinguisher whilst dummy would let out a high pitched battle cry and begin throwing things, rarely ever hitting what he had intended – he was more prone to hitting Tony than anything else, which Kagome found amusing and Tony was beginning to find annoying.
He never did anything about it though, mostly due to how it made his daughter laugh.
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They had been in the Malibu home for a few days when it happened.
Pepper arrived.
The worst thing about it though, was that Tony had completely forgotten to tell his girlfriend about his newly found daughter. Which thus contributed to her glare when she saw Tony cuddled up with a young girl on the couch, watching a movie – which would seem rather innocent, had it not been for the fact that she had known Tony for a long time.
"Tony!" Her voice cut through the room like a whip, bot Tony and Kagome jumping in fright at the sudden sound.
"Pepper, my love, light of my life!" Tony exclaimed, eyes lighting up happily as he stood up from the couch and went to her, never noticing that she was, in fact, so beyond pissed that she really could not find the right words to put on the emotion.
"Who is she Tony?" Pepper asked, her tone clearly letting Tony know who she thought the girl was.
"Wait, you think she… Ew!" Tony exclaimed, ending up sounding like a little kid.
"Who is she then Tony?" Pepper asked, Tony could easily hear that she was biting back other words and he was fairly sure that none of those words would be nice at all. And then he realized that he had completely forgotten to inform the love of his life about his daughter.
"Well, Pep, I might have forgotten to tell you that I had a daughter who I didn't know anything about until recently. Uh, I might also have forgotten to mention that she's Japanese and that she's really insecure and uh, I wouldn't ever cheat on you Pepper." Tony explained his tongue tripping over the words as they spewed out of his mouth.
He watched Pepper's eyes go from angry, to stern, to wide eyed disbelief and then to reluctant amusement.
"Oh Tony." Pepper smiled, then looked at the girl sitting on the couch, she looked nervous and ready to bolt.
"Pep?" Tony asked, sounding more cautious than she had ever heard him. Pepper looked at him, gave him a reassuring smile before she sauntered over to Kagome. She made sure that she did not look threatening at all.
"Hello, I'm Virginia Potts, but please call me Pepper. I'm Tony's girlfriend. It seems he's completely forgotten to tell you about me and vice versa." Pepper told the young girl, automatically switching to Japanese after Tony had said that the young girl was from Japan, she was still smiling calmly which seemed to help relax the young girl.
"I'm Kagome. Um, I'm apparently Tony's daughter. It's nice to meet you." Kagome said, her smile unsure but there.
Pepper sat down and began talking to the young girl about everything and nothing at all.
Neither of them noticed Tony's bright smile, nor did they notice that he slowly backed out of the room to let the two girls get to know each other for a bit.
Gods he loved Pepper.
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Pepper spent the next few days getting to know Kagome properly, her punishment for Tony not telling her about his daughter was relatively mild as it mostly consisted of her telling Kagome all kinds of stories she was sure Tony would not have wanted his daughter to know.
She especially relished telling Kagome the 12 % story.
Tony just thought she was an evil woman and he would whine on and on about how his daughter should not laugh at his misfortune, that she should defend his honor. His pouting and whining just let to helpless giggling from the two ladies, which was honestly what Tony was going for.
He loved hearing his girls laugh.
Pepper had, once she felt she knew Kagome well enough, decided that she should begin acquiring tutors for her, mostly for her English at that point though.
Neither Pepper nor Tony had any problem speaking Japanese but Pepper knew that things would be much easier for Kagome once she could speak and understand English better.
Kagome was pleased with the idea and looked forward to the lessons.
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"Hey Kagome, why don't you tell us about your friends from Japan?" Tony asked all of a sudden one night.
Kagome looked up from the book she had been reading, blinking rapidly a couple of times as she processed the question.
"Uh, well… There was Shippo and Sesshomaru I guess." Kagome answered, her words hesitant. Tony and Pepper perked at her answer, both looking at her expectantly, obviously waiting for her to tell them more about the two.
"Shippo is a fox demon, um, he's really mischievous though he has always been nice about it when he decides to let it show. Uh, he's a redhead and he has green eyes. He was just a little kit when I first met him though. He was so cute when he was little. Oh! I have some pictures somewhere that I can show you later!" Kagome told them, her eyes shining with excitement.
Neither Pepper not Tony noticed how she had entirely skipped telling them about Sesshomaru.
"That's nice sweetie, will you tell us about Sesshomaru then?" Pepper asked, keeping her voice gentle.
"I… Yeah, of course. Well, Sesshomaru is a perfectionist and he's super scary when something is not to his liking. He's a bit like a big brother to me though he'd never admit to it. He's a dog demon by the way. He owns Taiyo incorporated by the way." Kagome explained, her brows furrowed as she tried to figure out what else to say.
"Holy shit! He's even more rich than I am!" Tony exclaimed, then pouted a bit as he thought some more about it.
"I know he is. I also know that he has been contemplating making a sort of alliance with Stark industries, though I'm not sure when he'll go through with it." Kagome explained with a smile, giggling a little at the way Tony's and Pepper's eyes almost seemed like they were bugging out of their head at her words.
"Holy shit." Tony breathed, Pepper was just staring at Kagome slack jawed and amazed.
Kagome just smiled beatifically at them, she looked as though she did not think there was anything special about what she had just said at all.
It took a long while before Pepper and Tony came out of their stupor.
Kagome had fallen asleep by then and so they just covered her up with a blanket after adjusting how she lay and them they both went to bed.
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Tony had eventually decided to show Kagome his suits properly.
And by 'properly' he meant 'she will now help me build a suit from scratch'.
Kagome found the idea exciting and a little scary, not that it made her back down, it just made her that much more determined to do it.
Pepper had protested a bit but had eventually given in as she knew Tony wanted to have some type of bonding with his daughter that would suit him.
That and she could help him make a suit that would fit her so that she would have some type of protection from all the assholes that were after his blood.
So he took Kagome with him down to the lab and they began building a new suit.
He let Kagome lead on what she wanted to do with it but helped when she needed it.
The room around them seemed to melt away as they worked on the holographic schematics for Kagome's very first suit.
They ended up working through two nights without noticing it before Pepper came down to pull them away, both of them were whining like little kids, both were adamant that they only needed five more minutes for it to be perfect.
Pepper was merciless and just kept herding them out, locking the lab down after them and then propelling both of them into the bed she shared with Tony.
She could not stop the small smile from her face as she watched Tony curl up around his little girl protectively while Kagome made a small sound and fisted a hand in Tony's shirt.
Pepper had Jarvis take a few pictures before she made herself scarce.
The two slept for just about 24 hours before they emerged from the room. Both of them cranky and leaning on the other. Both of them plunking down on a chair in the kitchen and blinking almost in synch as they stared around the room confusedly before both of them spotted the cups of coffee in front of them.
Both of them fell on like starved wolves.
Pepper giggled slightly and made sure Jarvis sent her a copy of the footage he had recorded for her.
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The day she met Rhodey had been quiet.
Both Tony and Kagome had been banned from the lab and no amount of pleading, begging, bribing or puppy eyes would get them in there for a while yet.
Pepper had told Rhodey about Kagome of course. Tony had not told his best friend about his daughter, he had entirely forgotten it in all honesty.
So when Rhodey landed in his suit Tony felt himself sweating a bit.
"Hey Tones, Pep." Rhodey said brightly as he sauntered into the room.
"Rhodey, honey bear! How are you doing?" Tony asked, some of his nervousness showing as he continued to ramble.
"Tones, I love you man, but you gotta shut up for a moment and introduce me to your daughter." Rhodey interrupted, laughing all the while.
Tony stared at the other man for a while before what he said registered, he looked briefly at Pepper who was smirking at him and knew instantly that she had been the one to tell his best friend of his daughter.
"Well, Rhodey, this is my daughter, Kagome. She's Japanese and she has a little trouble with English, so please speak Japanese to her." Tony introduced Kagome, gesturing to the girl in question as he did.
"Oh, alright then Tones. Hi Kagome, it's nice to meet you! I'm James Rhodes, though I'm more used to Rhodey by now, I don't know what Tones has told you about me but it's probably nothing flattering." Rhodey said, grinning brightly as he did. Kagome smiled slightly at him, her eyes clearly showing that Tony had, indeed, been telling her some of the stories he tried to avoid telling anyone.
Then again, with a friend like Tony, he had gotten used to people knowing some things about him that he would rather they did not.
He did, of course, retaliate by telling people some of the really embarrassing stories he had of the man.
Fun times.
"So Kagome, tell me your secret. How do you stay around Tony for so long at a time and stay sane!?" Rhodey exclaimed, the grin on his face showing that he was joking.
"Oh, sane? I'm not sure I can be classified as sane anymore. I have spent quite a long time around him now." Kagome answered, hiding her grin behind her hand as she looked around the room faux thoughtful.
Both of them ignored Tony's indignant squawking in the background and Peppers delighted laughing.
"Hah! We'll get along great!" Rhodey exclaimed, bending over with the force of his laugh. Kagome was giggling helplessly whilst Tony just stood to the side with a pout firmly planted on his face.
Rhodey and Kagome really did become great friends over the next couple of days, they would often times be teasing Tony, though sometimes Rhodey would be teased as well.
Kagome thought it was all rather great.
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This was edited to make it easier to see when people were speaking Japanese and English. So I certainly hope it helped!