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He needed to know more.
While the mutated cat was flippin' weird and he did find it rather interesting, he needed to find out more about Taisho and the apparent existence of demons.
And there was no better way to find out information then to hack into S.H.I.E.L.D's computers and see if Fury was even aware of demons in the first place.
"Papa, where are you going?" Kagome asked, blinking blue eyes and standing up to follow him while holding Kirara against her chest, "Don't you want to pet Kirara?"
"She's not a normal cat, Kid," Tony stated, staring at Kirara's strange features which consisted of ruby-red eyes without any sclera, the too small paws, the weird chirp-like mew, and the obvious second tail, "Maybe she's a very inbred cat?"
Kagome looked confused at the term while Kirara actually put her nose in the air like she was dissing him or something, "Kirara's not a normal kitty because she's a Nekomata!" She smiled and Tony looked intrigued.
"What is a 'Nekomata'?" Tony asked, now looking at the cat suspiciously because she seemed to be glaring at him.
"A Nekomata is a cat with two tails!" Kagome said, "They can make Onibi – that means Demon Fire!" She fawned over Kirara, who bumped her head against Kagome's cheek in affection.
"So she's a demon cat?" Tony looked wary, not exactly sure he wanted a demon cat in his mansion, never mind as his kid's pet.
"What a peculiar creature," Tony turned around, seeing his teammates step into the room now that his conversation with Taisho was finished, "The creature reminds me of the Skogkatt that serve to pull Freya's chariot." Thor said, observing the cat with a curious eye.
"Apparently, this is a demon cat," Tony stated, looking at Bruce and immediately seeing his fascination as a scientist in Kirara, "And Taisho claims to be a demon too."
"In what manner do you mean 'demon'?" Steve asked, also looking at Kirara with interest as Kagome played around with her.
"I have absolutely no idea," Tony admitted and then he smirked, "Which is why I'm going to hack into S.H.I.E.L.D's computers and see what I can find since Fury is all busy securing Loki or whatever he's doing right now."
None of his teammates appeared surprised by his idea and Steve even stepped forward, "There's something I would like to know," He said quietly and Tony looked a bit surprised, "Something that Taisho said to me earlier."
"Sure thing, Cap," Tony swung his arm over Steve's shoulders, "Though I'm surprised you want to join in my mischief." He smirked, waggling his brows suggestively just to tease the man.
Steve instantly flustered, pushing Tony's arm away from his body, "I'm not condoning your actions, Stark. I'm only asking because I know you won't be convinced to stop otherwise."
"Aww, you know me so well!" Tony snickered and put out his arm, "C'mon, Kid, let's go to my lab," He said and Kagome quickly grabbed his offered hand, "You can come too, Banner. I know you're probably dying to study the demon cat, but don't blame me if she bites."
Bruce rolled his eyes and bent down to Kagome's level, "May I have one of your cat's hairs?" He asked politely.
Kagome glanced down to Kirara, who seemed to be rather neutral at the suggestion. The girl then carefully pulled a hair from one of Kirara's tails, "Here." She handed it over to Bruce, who handled it with care.
"Thank you." Bruce smiled, ruffling her hair in gratitude, and stood back up and glanced over to Tony expectantly and sighed with amusement as his fellow genius smirked back.
"Operation: Demon is a go!"