Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Marvel's The Avengers (2012), because if I did, Loki would have killed Black Widow by now.

Chapter 6

It had been almost three days since Kagome had went to sleep and she hadn't woken since. They were all starting to get a little worried. At least one of them was with her in her room at all times. Right now, Bruce was on his shift watching her. Bruce was sitting in a chair beside her bed reading about Sub Atomic Particles. Looking up when he heard a moan come from her, he placed his book mark in his book and stood up. He walked over to the side of her bed and stopped, gazing down at her. "Kagome? Kagome, can you hear me?"

Bruce questioned as he put two fingers on her wrist, getting her heart rate. Ninety eight beats per minute. Bruce's eyebrows shot up in confusion. It's unusually high for a person when they are asleep to have such heart rate. At this heart rate, it was almost like she was awake. Although he didn't know if he should be worried or not because she was a fox demon, so maybe their pulses were faster than the normal humans.

Hearing yet another moan come from her, he shook his head. "B-Bruce? What are you doing in here?" Kagome asked groggily while squinting. Bruce chuckled before releasing her wrist and walking over to the chair and table to write down her heart rate. Since there was no official doctor on the ship, he was the medic around that took care of wounds, really bad illnesses, and what not. Unzipping his medical bag, he took out a syringe to take some blood. Turning back towards her, he spoke out to her. "Okay, Kagome. I'm just going to take a little blood, okay?" Bruce warned her as he found a vein to stick the needle in. Kagome grumbled something back in response, but it was too incoherent to understand. Bruce stuck the needle in her skin and ducked as Kagome swung at him.

"Ow! What was that for?" Kagome screeched as she licked her wrist, nursing it. "Don't do that. You'll infect it. And I did warn you before I stuck the needle in your wrist." Bruce defended himself. Kagome got a weird look on her face before smiling. "You remind of Miroku. You act just like he did." Kagome giggled when he got an odd look on his face. "So I remind you of a lecherous monk?" Bruce inquired with a horrified look on his face. Kagome blanked before laughing really loudly. "No, you don't act lecherous! That's not what made me think you acted like him." Kagome stuttered as she spoke, her face red from what she said. She probably needed to think twice before she spoke. "How so than?" Bruce asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, you seem very wise on certain things like knowledge. Miroku acted a lot you do, except he was a pervert." Kagome said while kicking off the covers and standing up. "Hey sit back down! You're still wounded from Loki's spear." Bruce insisted as he pushed her back in the direction of the bed. "Hey! Stop that! I'm not hurt anymore, see?" Kagome said with an irritated tone as she lifted the side of her shirt to show skin that wasn't even scarred. Bruce marveled at the fact that there wasn't any proof that she had ever been wounded. "Amazing! Okay, this time when I go to take blood, don't try and hit me, alright?" Bruce joked while picking up the syringe for the second time.

Sticking the needle into her skin, he felt her flinch, and he tightened his grip on her arm to keep her from yanking her arm back. Keeping a firm grip, he began to slowly take blood, and when finished, he released her wrist and went to get some cotton. He walked to the table and picked up the cotton, but when he turned back to her, she was once again licking where he had stuck the needle. "I told you to stop that the first time. You'll infect it." Bruce once again explained while pulling her wrist away from her mouth.

Going to place the cotton where he had taken blood from, he was again surprised to find the mark gone. He sighed before packing up and opening the door. Kagome looked up when she heard the door knob turn and the door open. Kagome went to say something but was too late as the door closed and she was once again left alone in the room. She flopped back down, closed her eyes, and sighed. After lying motionless on the bed for what seemed like hours to her when in reality, it was only about ten minutes, she heard someone trying to open the door very quietly. She heard every move that this person made.

The door was shut quietly, light footsteps walking towards the bed, the chair being pulled out and sat on, and then nothing. She felt the bed shift under some weight. 'Probably trying to get a good look at my ears, tails, and wings.' She scoffed mentally. She felt herself stiffen when warm hands engulfed her ears and began to rub them ever so gently. She could feel her face heating up by the second. Whoever was doing this was going to regret it. She paled when she heard a light rumbling start in her chest. 'Of all times, why now?' She asked herself mentally. She was purring. Of all things to do while trying to fake that she was asleep, she was purring. She felt this person laughing quietly to himself. She snapped her eyes open and grabbed the offending appendage. She followed his arm up to his face and studied him.

Dark eyes, a mustache, a 'scruffy beard', and dark brown hair that was kind of slicked back. He was wearing a simple tee-shirt that said 'Black Sabbath', black jeans, and black loafers. Kagome scrunched up her nose in concentration. She knew she had seen that face some where before. Flashbacks of some of the social events that Sesshomaru threw for his company came back to her. Now she knew who this man was! This was Tony Stark, that big shot billionaire!

"Nice to see your awake, sleeping beauty." Tony commented, never taking his eyes off of her. Kagome blushed at the statement, but that was soon replaced by confusion. What do you mean? I wasn't asleep." Kagome asked, confusion clear in her voice. "You didn't know? Hmm, I thought you did." Tony contemplated telling her. "Know what?" Kagome inquired while swinging her feet over the side of the bed. "Know that you've been asleep for pretty much the last three days." Tony stated and smirked at the face she made. "The … past three… days? How is that even possible? I mean…" She was interrupted as the door swung open and Nick walked in. We have a mission for you Agent Higurashi. Stark? What are you doing in here?" Nick asked with suspicion clear in his voice. "Oh, nothing. Just talking to Kagome here." Tony replied with an 'innocent' voice. Kagome just watched the interesting exchange between the two. "Enough with this! Stark, get out!" Nick shouted. Tony high-tailed it out of there and Nick turned back to Kagome.

"Now as I was saying, I have a mission for you. I need you to…"