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If you do happen to see some spelling/grammatical mistakes etc. its because this chapter came to you un-betad so please try to get past them.

This is also my first cross over story so please bare with me as I try to get into the style of writing from 2 different standpoints….sometimes it gets a little hard to pluck an anime cartoon/manga character into a real life action movie ya know? And even more so to keep them in character without undoing each side's personality.

Either way I'm really enjoying writing this fic…I really love Optimus…*sigh* and cant forget everyone else -the rest of the Autobots.

But I do hope your enjoying it as much as I am.

So here's a new chapter for you…enjoy!

Last time…

"Alright Kagome, we've got a few questions for you. You need to tell us everything."

Ch. 4 I'll pass, thanks

Kagome scowled as she sat with her back leaned up against the lone tree in the area, and was mercilessly interrogated.

It had been three hours since the questioning began, and while at first she had answered every one of them -though with a grudging one word response- they had finally came to a standstill. Far worse was the fact that Sam was the one who was doing most of the grilling as if he were in some show and she was the accused. Really, why the heck was he doing most of the questioning? He barely allowed any one of the other mechanical beings to speak, irritating not only them, but more importantly her.

What she wouldn't do for some magical beads right about now, she thought with inner delight, remembering all the times the hanyou had argued with her and lost.

"Look Sam, you're not one of those 'American police detectives' on a television show, so just get over yourself will ya!!" Jeez. You're such a baka! (idiot)

"Anata wa watashi no shinkei ni ki te iru." (You are getting on my nerves!) She said in her native tongue with irritation, hoping they would just let her leave.

Bumblebee snickered with her humorous remark evidently understanding what she had just said to the boy, though he quickly held in his amusement with Optimus' reproving look. The other Autobots only looked at her with distaste obviously not liking the way she was voicing her thoughts without restraint.

"W -What did she just say? I mean…its not…is she making fun of me? Are you making fun of me?" Sam questioned noticeably upset with the possibility. "Because, I don't see why you should be making fun of me. What did she say to me anyway Bumblebee?" He said turning his look from her, to stare pointedly at his car knowing he would answer truthfully.

Sensing Bumblebee's slight hesitation and the facial…er…metal expression of 'I want to tell you but don't want to get her in trouble' look. Kagome took mercy on him and answered in his stead.

"I just said you were an idiot and that you were getting on my nerves. That's it."

"Please just answer the questions as best you are able." Optimus interrupted upon seeing the look of shock and anger that crossed the boy's features with her casual admission.

"I have already answered your questions…all of them! And I can sum them up in one sentence… I don't know anything! Now, as you can clearly see, I am quite tired and would like to go home, though -umm- you can just drop me off near the school that Sam and I attend if it's not too much trouble." She stood stubbornly refusing to back down crossing her arms over her chest in agitation.

Hearing the whirl of a cannon shifting from the being known as Ironhide, Kagome quickly turned her eyes to him, fear griping her heart with the threat as he set her in his sights once more.

"There is more to this than you are telling us human!" He exclaimed angrily, his blue optics watching her every move intently.

No doubt they had already tired of her, she thought with rising panic, and since they were done with their questioning -which she gave no valuable information to assist them- she was now expendable. But would they really go as far as to kill her? She questioned in growing fear stepping back until she bumped into the tree's irregular trunk.

They could and they would! She thought frantically knowing there was nowhere she could hide as they were out in an open field. Of course they wouldn't want anyone to know about them! Sam was obviously useful to them in one way or another if they kept him around. But she -she was unimportant, though she had killed one of their less formidable enemies. Since she did tell them she didn't know how she had done it, and hadn't given her permission to have a 'scan' done on her, they thought that she was no doubt still a dangerous and unknown human as they commented on the odd energy source they felt coming from her.

She had never been a person who was afflicted with asthma, yet as she had been forced back to the present with the completion of the Shikon no Tama, this seemed to be one new hardship that had plagued her whenever she became inexplicably and utterly afraid. The difficulty for breath wasn't necessarily out of fear itself, but with the fact that it reminded her that she no longer had Inuyasha's protection, or that the security the rest of her feudal family offered was no longer present, no longer a part of who she was; therefore, the thoughts of her past mixed with her anxiety and she was almost always left breathless, unable to draw in enough air.

Thankfully the little transforming radio she had killed had caught her unaware and forced her to run instead of gasp for air in an unforeseen asthma attack, and she had been too incredulous upon first meeting these mechanical aliens to think about much else, but now, this was not the case.

The miko desperately wanted to call out for Inuyasha, just as she had done many times before. She wanted him to hold her and tell her it was alright, that he was going to protect her from all threats, and as she began to hyperventilate, she couldn't help but look to the one being that seemed to be wise beyond her own imagining and inexplicably plead for his intervention instead.

"Op -Optimus…" She wheezed making Sam begin to stutter once more -as seemed to be his habit- in rising panic.

"What's wrong with her?!! Optimus s-something's happening to her -do something!! Ratchet -you're the medic!! Help her!!"

The Autobot leader stepped forward then as she called out to him, something within him prompting him to go to her and protect her from all harm. Optimus was taken by surprise not only with her sudden condition but with the need to see to her safety. Never before had he felt this need, this desire to help another human so. Yes, he knew that he had to protect all humans from the devastation of the Autobot's and Decepticon's war but never before had it been such a personal, intense necessity before. Not even with the boy Sam did he feel this need to protect him from all harm, from all hurt and distress as he did with this small woman. Of course he wanted to protect the boy and not allow his short human life to come to an end, but the feelings, the sensations were not the same. This connection they so briefly shared was unfamiliar and inexplicable and needed to be looked into with all due haste, for he was sure that it meant something; but what?

Intent on helping the young woman immediately as he pushed back all thoughts of their unknown connection to study at another time, he motioned Ratchet forward, yet he noticed how she flinched and moved to draw away from him as he too stepped forward to aid in her distress.

He was left confused…for hadn't she just called out his name to gain his help? Yet now, she was behaving as if he was going to hurt her. What could she be thinking?

Was he -was he going to crush her o-or step on her?! She thought, her alarm only mounting with his move. Her breathing became even more erratic as she thought back to the time she had first met Kouga and how his pack had fought the birds of prey. She remembered how she had helped in the battle and how the sight of the bird's giant feet stepping on a few of his wolves mercilessly, still made her shudder. She shut her eyes tightly as she continued to fight for breath. She also remembered the giant oni who had tried to crush not only her, but all of her friends as well, with his massive feet when he came after her collection of jewel shards. Thankfully Inuyasha had drawn his father's fang and cut him almost clear down the middle valiantly protecting his own little pack from the threat.

To preoccupied in her flashbacks, and her struggle for air, that Kagome didn't even notice the stir she had caused with her unexpected asthma attack.

Yet as she opened her eyes to ask Sam to bring her the medication she kept in her purse, which coincidentally was on the ground not too far away, her eyes widened with the turmoil she had evidently caused.

Optimus' deep voice rang out as he was berating Ironhide, reprimanding him for pulling his canon on her as she was no threat and telling him to back away from her. While at the same time Ratchet and Bumblebee were trying to get to her, pushing one another out of the way, both intent on helping. All the while Sam was yelling for someone to help her before she died, grabbing a hold of her arm and shaking her to get her to stop wheezing, though Optimus seemed to take exception to the rough handling and ordered him to let her go.

All in all if she hadn't had Optimus grab her and remove her from all of the shouting and arguing, she might have just passed out from lack of oxygen.

He held her gently in the palm of his large hand while she continued to cough and pant hoping he wouldn't crush her like some unwanted bug.

"We can help you Kagome. Allow Ratchet to run a diagnostic on--"

"NO! I just…need…" She was seriously close to loosing consciousness now.

Before she could refuse 'Ratchet's' help once more, she abruptly felt a large metal finger run up and down her back comfortingly. The miko couldn't believe it. He was -he was stroking her back trying to help her to calm down! And just as unexpectedly as his soothing gesture was the fact that she did indeed begin to feel much better, now able to take in large gulps of fresh air, to try to get her lungs back to normal working order. He was obviously not going to kill her if he was helping her to relax in order to breathe correctly.

"It's alright, watashi wo kizutsukeru koto wa deki nai." He said in Japanese to continue to earn her trust yet decided to repeat it in English as well if only for Sam's benefit.

"I will never harm you." He said softly watching her reaction intently as he continued his ministrations upon her small body.

Kagome felt it then. Even through the difficulty of taking in enough oxygen to satisfy her lungs, she felt his spoken promise to never harm her reach down to her very soul. A link, a bond that made her forget her surroundings and stare up at the shining blue optic eyes of this being unexpectedly penetrated her shattered and disillusioned heart; something that made her regain not only her breath but her complete awareness and interest as she stared at his face, once more transfixed by his absolute gentleness and what seemed to be true honesty.

Though her hand itched as she wanted to reach out to touch him once more, she folded both her hands in her lap instead and looked away from him, as she continued to breathe deeply.

No. The raven haired priestess did not want to form a bond or a link with anyone…not anymore. It only lead to heartache and isolation, depression and medication. No she absolutely refused to go through this again, for when the time came for it to be broken, she would not be able to handle it a second time. No matter what this beings wanted -which once she thought about it they had never told her- no matter, she would not entangle herself in their affairs or dealings; it would not matter if they were trying to save the world or not, for she had already gone through that before, and did not come out unscathed.

They could save the world on their own; they did not need her help.

Mind made up and not daring to look at his questioning and probing gaze she quietly asked him to set her down and allow Sam to take her home.

Hearing nothing but the absolute stillness around her, the teenage boy was quick to open the passenger door of the now transformed Bumblebee and help her get in.

Sam locked eyes with Optimus while he got into the driver's seat of the camaro and began to drive away leaving three large Autobots standing in the clearing and looking at the disappearing car with questions in their gazes.

Neither teen spoke but for the necessary instructions Kagome gave which was simply to leave her a block away from their high school.

They arrived at their destination fairly quickly and just as she had opened the door to step out of the car, she heard Sam's quiet plea.

"Please don't….don't tell anyone about the Autobots. They're…" he sighed before continuing, "they're the good guys and can't be discovered. I -I know what the government is capable of doing to them if -when…"

"I won't say anything. I promise." Kagome got out and shut the door quickly before she could see the genuine worry in his gaze. It was apparent that he had come to care for these beings at some point or another.

Yes she had seen that gaze before. Kagome certainly remembered how she, herself, had once held that look so long ago. Inuyasha never cared for it really, always telling her not to worry that he would never be found out, but oh, she knew what would happen to him if he ever were discovered. She knew.

A great big sigh dissolved her thoughts on the matter. Turning to walk back towards her apartment, she resolved to take a few sleeping pills and forget about the whole thing. Her curiosity had been appeased. Well….perhaps it hadn't as much as she had wanted it to; she was a curious person by nature and Sango did always say that her inquisitiveness was always getting her into trouble and situations she didn't want to be in. 'How right you were Sango, my sister.' She thought with bitterness.

Another exhale. But for her own sake, she curbed all thoughts of her past and shoved them back to the recesses of her mind. She would not inquire, she would not look, she would not touch or ask. It was as simple as staying away really.

'Hai, that is exactly what I'll do, I'll just stay as far away from them as I can.'

Mind made up, she walked back to her apartment, showered, then got into her warm bed and fell asleep almost instantly.

Aaaiiieeee!! Why the hell couldn't they just stay away from me?!! She vented within the confines of her mind in agitation and mounting fear.

"Stupid, stupid Decepticon robots!! It's all your fault!!" She screamed while running and jumping over the hurdles of shattered glass and broken furniture pieces, somehow still not able to believe she was now running for her life in present day America.

How had her perfectly good weekend gone so horribly wrong?

* FLASHBACK *

It had started out as a relatively quiet Saturday afternoon and Kagome had decided that perhaps she would be able to afford the monthly payment of a small entertainment center, therefore, had gone to the furniture store down the street. Immediately noticing that their prices were out of her price range, she continued to walk down the block stopping a few times to enter a couple of storerooms to see their 'deal of the week,' which to her way of thinking was more of a rip-off than a deal.

Soon realizing that the whole area she was in was much too high priced for her monthly allowance, she decided to walk further down the neighborhood, perhaps to what she would call the Golden Kuo, also known as a big block of crummy bars and cheap priced furniture and clothing stores around her previous home in Tokyo.

She walked for a few more minutes, asking a few people along the way for directions to an inexpensive store and how to get there. As she felt her stomach complain in hunger, the miko decided to stop for lunch and hastily made her way into a fast food restaurant. After she had eaten she began to look for the affordable furniture stores the locals knew of, and soon found the part of town the residents considered 'cheap.'

Spotting a store, or what looked to be more of a small warehouse, she made her way inside and asked to see their selection of entertainment centers. One of the young store clerks, too enthusiastic in his attempt to help her after she mentioned she found nothing she liked, quickly allowed her to look in the back of the warehouse, or the stockroom that he'd said held 'all their best stuff.'

Hoping to find something that she liked and could afford Kagome allowed him to lead her to the back of the dusty warehouse and leave her with a promise to come back and help if she found something she wanted.

The priestess looked around hoping something would catch her attention, when she finally spotted a dark cherry wood piece that would look perfect in her small living room. She passed her hands over it admiring the feel and quality, noticing a dvd player and other electronic items were already displayed on it. The small black radio that sat on one of the shelves made her suddenly apprehensive when the memory of being attacked by something so similar returned to her mind.

Looking around her in sudden wariness, noticing there was no one else in the back room but her, and how dark and old the place looked, she decided to go somewhere else and just leave the store as soon as possible.

Passing by the large and elevated rows of steel shelves which held all the furniture, she tensed the moment she felt her aura flare out on its own as if searching for something. Since the miko had no real desire to find out what it was her aura was looking for, the young woman walked faster, imagining herself to be hearing all sorts of hair-raising noises she hadn't heard before. Almost in a full run now, she tripped over something that made her loose her balance, though thankfully she was able to hold on to one of the steel bars displaying not only furniture but electronic equipment as well.

"All you all right?" A male voice questioned suddenly nearly making the miko jump out of her skin in fright as the male clerk stood before her in concern.

"Oh, umm, y -yes, I was just…well I almost tripped on my way out." She said catching her breath with the scare the young man had given her.

"Oh, I'm sorry." He apologized looking down to the floor to see what had almost made her fall and consequently sue them for the injury.

"It looks like one of the toasters fell. Although…I never knew we even sold kitchen appliances, this is probably something knew. Anyway let me show you what else I found over here. I bet you'll like this one."

Kagome immediately knew that something was wrong. Even if she wouldn't have felt it in her gut just now, she would have reasoned it out in her mind; he had just said that he had never seen that toaster before so that could only mean that perhaps the stupid little robots known as the Decepticons also took on other small forms of electronics or appliances; which could very well be this toaster. Or so she reasoned. There was still so much she didn't know about this alien beings and she had never gotten the chance to ask.

"Umm actually, thank you but I have to be going now." She turned on her heel intent on walking out of this warehouse as fast as possible only to stop dead in her tracks as she heard the most chilling sound, a sound she honestly never wanted to hear again; the clicking and whining of something that was no doubt alive.

Suddenly, a horrifying noise of what seemed to be gunshots or more like the bullet rounds of a machine gun were heard echoing all over the room before she abruptly heard the clerk scream in horror and fear.

Not wasting any time -and thankfully conditioned to run from threats that didn't exist for most humans- Kagome ducked and ran for cover, shielding her head in a frantic attempt to protect herself from something she knew would kill her anyway -as bullets tended to pierce through skin and muscle and wouldn't just claw or bite like the youkai she and her companions battled.

Hiding behind a large sofa, she frantically looked around for an escape, for a back door that was marked exit or emergency, or for anyway to get out without dying in the process. Tremulously looking around the side of the sofa, she felt herself begin to pant in an attempt to send enough oxygen into her lungs. 'No,' she chastised herself harshly, 'now is not the time to remember Inuysha's not with me, for he won't be…ever! Its up to me, and me alone this time. No one is going to come and save me, I have to rely on myself. I just have to breathe deeply then run like hell, and if it comes after me I'll fry it!'

The priestess didn't even know how she had killed that first little robot but she assumed it had something to do with her holy power, and if that was the case, she would experiment with this thing until she found out exactly how she had killed the first.

Allowing her eyes to scan the now quiet room, she came to the immediate realization that there was nothing there save the clerk who looked to be dead, blood pouring out of his body from what seemed to be small bullet holes.

The little bastard was probably hiding, waiting for her to make a run for it or for her to--

"AAHHHHH!!!"

* END FLASHBACK *

So now here she was, running for her life once again through what seemed to be some alleyway or wide loading area where only delivery trucks frequented on an regular basis.

The little appliance had come after her, almost jumping on top of her from the sofa where it was perched, though she was somehow able to throw it off her with a burst of her holy ki. She hoped she might have even blinded it in the process as she could still hear the little bastard running behind her, its skinny and spidery metallic legs clicking on the concrete as it screamed at her angrily in some sort of odd language, shooting at her, although the miko noticed his shots weren't even coming close.

Not knowing where she was going she kept running, screaming out her anger for getting involved in something like this all over again, yet she quit her shrieking when she couldn't seem to breathe anymore as panic and terror gripped her once more.

"DAMMIT!!" She shouted out with a huff one last time for good measure not knowing if she was going to die from a self-induced asthma attack, or from the psychotic little killing machine that was still running after her.

She couldn't keep running, Kagome knew she would grow tired and run out off breathe sooner rather than later as she could hear herself wheezing with each step she took.

What was she going to do? Where could she hide? Would she be able to stand up to this thing if in fact she could get close to it without first getting shot? And why couldn't these 'Autobots' deal with such small demented creatures, they were huge in comparison to their enemy? It just didn't make any sense.

That's it!

The Autobots…Optimus! Hadn't she already experienced an odd connection with him? Couldn't she then grab a hold of that connection somehow and contact him one way or another?

'What the hell am I thinking? Of course I can't grab that connection. It only happened a few times when we touched, and I'm not touching him now!! And anyway, I don't even know what that connection is. What if one of us gets hurt or -or something happens because I tried something when I didn't know what I was doing? Besides its not like I can convey my thoughts or something right? That wouldn't --'

She nearly cried with relief when she saw a police cruiser parked at the end of the loading pathway or street, alley, or whatever it was she was running through.

The American officer might have a heart attack when he saw the little alien, she mused, though she didn't quite care what his reaction would be so long as he was armed.

She ran up to the car hoping someone was in the vehicle and shouted for their assistance, frantically banging on the hood to get their attention.

Though as soon as she touched the car, her power flared up once again, making her nearly dizzy with the strange overwhelming sensation of foreign sounds and malice coming from the vehicle.

'No, please, please don't tell me that this is…this is…'

Yes, my dear readers, its an evil cliffy….*ducks and covers*

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