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 7


"You want me to WHAT!?" Kagome screeched while backing away towards the window. "Do I really need to repeat myself to you?" Nick replied with an aggravated tone. Kagome glared at him from where she was standing. "Let me get this straight. You want ME of all of the trained agents you have here, to be dropped off alone where Loki's base is, and when he finds me, pretend to have betrayed you and work for him?"

Kagome said trying to sum the whole thing up. "Basically, yes. The reason is, when he attacked you earlier, while you were unconscious, when he went to get his spear he had the chance to kill you, but he didn't. We have reason to believe he had orders to kill you or something of that nature." Nick explained while pacing. "How can you know that for sure, I mean, who would've given him the orders?" Kagome asked with a frantic tone. "We're not sure who, but we can assure that someone certainly did." Nick said wiping out all doubts of the idea. "Well, that's good to know. Kind of creepy, but good to know." Kagome spoke while scratching the back of her head.

"Sounds like you're not going for the mission then." Nick said, trying to confuse her to get her to do the mission. "No, I am gonna go for it." Kagome replied with a confident look on her face. "Okay then, how about we go and introduce you to the rest of the team and brief them on the new mission." Nick said while opening the door for her and motioning with his hand for her to exit the room. Walking past him and out of the room, she stopped and waited for him to take the lead. Shutting the door, Nick motioned for her to follow him.

Kagome made sure to pay attention to the turns and stairways that they used. Left, left, right, down a flight of stairs, right, left, straight, left, up a flight of stairs, and right. On way the back, she would just have to reverse that. Walkthrough a large black glass door, she recognized a few faces in the room like Bruce, Steve, and Tony. The others were new to her. Two males and one female. "Avengers, meet Kagome Higurashi. She is the newest addition to your team." Nick said introducing her to them. They all looked up from what they were doing and stared at her. Everyone but Steve and one of the men she didn't know began to object to it. Many reasons were thrown out all at once.

Among them were things like "She's too young, she can't be over seventeen!" or "We don't need any more girls!" or "There are enough of us already!" Kagome looked down at the ground. She was already used to it. Being told no to things because she was a girl or she wasn't strong enough to save her family… "THAT'S ENOUGH!" Nick bellowed, making everyone stop yelling. "THIS GIRL HAS DONE MORE IN HER LIFE THAN ANY OF YOU HAVE DONE! I DON'T CARE IF YOU THINK SHE'S TOO YOUNG! SHE'S ONE OF YOU NOW SO GET USED TO IT!" Kagome looked down at the ground once more when she felt all their eyes on her. "Now, I've already assigned her a mission, and I need to all shut up and listen." Nick demanded of them.

"The mission I have assigned her could quite possibly get her killed, but, she has agreed to try the mission. Earlier when Loki attacked her, he had the chance to kill her, but didn't. We have information that he was given orders by someone unknown to kill her. Why he didn't, we aren't sure. Her mission is to betray us and work for Loki." Nick stated calmly while the other member once again began to object. "HEY! WHAT DID I SAY? SHE CAN MAKE HER OWN CHOICES!" Nick once again scolded them as though they were little children. "Even though I can make my own choices, I would hardly say I'm too young. After all did just turn twenty-five four days ago…." Kagome turned around and was just about to go back to her room when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Do not leave, just because you look too young to be fighting. I think that the saying that you use here on Earth is 'Do not judge a book by its cover', is it not?" Kagome was surprised that someone actually stood up for her. She was just so used to being put down by Inuyasha. Kagome turned her purple colored eyes to meet those of the person who stuck up for her. The first thing she thought when she saw the color of his was 'It's like looking at the sky.' It was again the same man she did not know who had not objected to her joining the team. "Why do you stick up for me when you do not know me?"

It was a simple enough question, but it surprised the man. "Why- Why would I not? No one deserves to be treated like that. Even if you do not know them." Kagome was shocked. In all the travels that she made to the past, no one had ever something like that to her before. "And if Nick seems to think highly of you, it must be true." He added. Kagome once again looked away because she could feel tears coming on. "Give me a minute to do something, will you?" Kagome quietly asked the man. When she felt him nod his head she exited the room. Wiping away all of her tears, she replayed what the man had said. 'Why- Why would I not? No one deserves to be treated like that. Even if you do not know them.' It echoed through her mind and made her vision began to blur once more.

Once she had made sure that there was no trace that she had been crying, she opened the door and walked back in the room. She was surprised that no one was in the room. Walking cautiously into the room, she walked down the steps that led to the table they had been seated around. Her ears swiveled back and she did three back flips in a row to avoid arrows that were shot her. When she landed she caught the fourth in her hand and broke it in half. Her ears began to ring as several gunshots rang out. Making her hands into fists, the shadows around her surrounded her body like a shield.

Exactly seven bullets hit the shadow shield, but fell to the ground harmlessly. Unclasping her fists, she let the shadows fall back into their rightful positions. Hearing the scrape of metal and material, she turned to see a shield a mere couple of feet from her face. Pushing her arm out she caught the shield, and using its momentum, spun and hurled it bat at the thrower. Her ears swiveled to the direction behind her. A low whining started. She spun around and was met with a palm laser being shot at her. Looking up at the height of the ceiling and then at the laser, she expanded her wings and just as the laser was going to hit her. When the smoke cleared, she was nowhere to be seen, all that was spotted were a couple black feathers slowly drifting towards the ground.

Hearing what sounded like owl wings beating, the attackers look up from their hiding placed to see her keeping to the ceiling. A loud bellow was heard casing her to fall to the ground clutching her head in pain. Another roar caused her to look up and roll out of the way of her large attacker. Standing up she glanced at the large…person, to find that it wasn't there. Looking around, she tried spotting the enormous being. How it could hide anywhere in here was beyond her. Feeling something that fell from above land on her head, she looked up only to have the being land on top of her.

Freeing her hands, she pushed on the beings chest, trying to get him or her off of her person. When that didn't work, she brought her feet up and with all of her strength, used her legs to push him off of her and through the large glass window behind them. He or she went crashing through the glass and onto the platform below. Getting up and rushing over to the window, she saw that that thing was gone. Sensing something moving towards her at a very quick speed, she turned around, but was too late. Getting the air knocked of her, she went crashing through the same window that that thing had.

Landing painfully on the ground, could taste her mouth filling with blood and she struggled to breath. She knew that she probably had at least eight broken ribs, and that was saying a lot since the average person only has twelve ribs. Ten in front and two in back. Sitting up and getting on her hands and knees, she basically coughed up about three cups of blood. Looking around to see what had hit her, she saw nothing. Getting to her feet, she hissed between her teeth. She brought her hand down to her side and touched where it hurt the most. She brought it back to her face and saw blood.

Yet again sensing the object, she turned and tried to identify what it was. Recognizing it as a large hammer, she stepped to the side and grabbed the handle When it just pulled her along with it, she placed both hands on the handle and dragged her feet. Not realizing they were nearing the edge, she continued to try and stop it. Reaching the edge, Kagome screamed, realizing that the ground beneath her had disappeared and that she was plummeting towards the water. She had always known that her day would come, but she expected it to be much later in her life.

Hitting the water with a big splash, she began to flail around, hoping to get the attention of someone on the ship. Feeling very heavy suddenly, she struggled to stay at the surface. Feeling herself began to sink, she yelled to anyone that might hear her pleas. "Please help! My wings are too heavy. They're making me sink! Please! Someone? Anyone?" Not hearing anyone respond, she gave up, knowing that it was useless. No one would save her. This was just karma, getting back at her for not being able to save her family. She stopped struggling and let herself sink. Taking one last look at the light, she drifted off into unconsciousness. She should have known that she never belonged anywhere.

She was a freak after all….