Working for Sesshoumaru had provided her with a certain element she had lost since after ridding the world of both the Shikon and Naraku. What was happening now seemed like everything that there was, such as the powers the be, were slapping her in the face to remind her of who and what she was.

"Kneel!"

A garbled noise escaped her when she was dragged down by a tight grip on her wrist. Most likely to remove an obvious target to those around her. Wrenching her wrist free, she pulled out her cell and began texting Sesshoumaru.

"Now, is this not better? Your natural state?"

Those words struck a chord deep in her that had her snapping to her feet. Ignoring the gasps, hisses and desperate hands of those next to her, she stared the male down. Turns out, she wasn't the only one that stood up. She highly doubted that she and the old man were really fully capable of actually taking the strange male down.

It was when the sharp scepter was raised against the old man did instincts kick in. She was in front of the old man and blocking with a barrier the planned attack before anyone even knew it.

The tall male stared at her in awe, arm and scepter lowering slowly back to his side. Kagome's own arm dropped back to her side when she realized he wasn't going to raise his weapon again. "I cannot allow you to harm these people."

"I was not aware there were any of your kind left on this world." the people around them flinched and scuttled away when he began to walk forward. "You, above all others, should bow before me. Ready to serve me and my glorious purpose."

Her chin thrust out at him as she sneered. "Not interested." she wasn't going to allow his taller stature intimidate her. Sesshoumaru threatened her with pain, torture and even death. This male just wanted her. Which was actually far more annoying now that she thought about it.

"You should bow to me, swear your loyalties and undying devotion to me." he leaned down to her height, a pale hand just barely cupping her cheek, pressing further into her personal space.

Crossing her arms over her chest as she stared up at him, Kagome's glared at him. "Again, not interested." She raised a hand to slap his hand away. "And I have no instinct or need to bow and cower to you."

The male smiled down at her, it was playful. In a handsome and dark way. "I can see that." his eyes darted off to some point over her shoulder, reminding her of the old man. He then breached all space between them.

Everything froze. Time, the world around them, her brain and bodily functions. All because his lips were pressed against her own. The hold on her face shifted. It became something more intimate. One hand shifted to weave into her hair while an arm wrapped around her waist and forced her hips to be pressed with his own.

Her hands pushed and pulled in an attempt to get him off of her as his oddly cooler lips pressed and slid against her own. Something heavy landed somewhere behind her, the people scattering when a small jet arrived. That didn't stop the kiss though, not until the echoes of rock music filled the air.

Now, Kagome sat across a smug looking Loki, which pissed her off since that technically made him a god. It didn't help that she was also restrained. "You can wipe that smug look off your face. I should have gone for a punch instead of that... cliché girly slap."

"I'm shocked! Does Nishikawa know of your new friend?" Stark smirked down at her, brows waggling. "Didn't know you had it in you. Makes me wonder what I did wrong for you to turn me down."

All eyes turned to the man as he continued to smirk down at her.

"No. Just, no. I have no idea what, or who, you've been doing. Let alone that mouth of yours. I was also under 18 when we first met." she shook her head and stared down at her restrained hands with a slight pout. All because Sesshoumaru didn't want to deal with his business partners.

"Details." Tony scoffed as he waved her words away.

"Very important details." when she looked back up, her brows furrowed at the very pleased expression Loki was now wearing. "What?"

"You would make the perfect consort." his smirk grew when she glared at him while the others stared in shock.

"Never going to happen." her eyes narrowed when his smirk became... more. "Never." turning away, she winced knowing that Sesshoumaru was going to put her through hell for this.

Heaven's be damned gods.