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She sat beside Rhodey as he drove them back to his place, she let the tears reach her eyes, but she didn't want to cry in a car, she wanted to sit in the shower and break down then. They pulled in to the drive way of his home and walked into the house. He turned to her, "Kage's what happened?" seeing that the only reply he was going to get was just the silence as she bowed her head to look at the ground he walked over and placed a hand on her shoulder while the other went under her chin to draw her face up to look at him.

"Kagome talk to me." When he saw the tears in her eyes he wanted to go back over to Tony's and punch him in the face. "he told me that I wasn't needed there Rhods, for the first time since we've known each other he yelled at me, he told me to leave." She broke down and Rhode just held her and let her cry. Damnit Tony you are too blind for someone who is supposed to be a genius. After a couple hours he had moved them to the couch, he looked down when he no longer felt her shaking, and saw that she was asleep, giving a soft smile he picked her up and carried her in to the bedroom and placed her on the bed, he was getting up to leave when her hand shot out and grabbed his hand, turning to look at her. He saw the desperate look on her face and walked over to the other side of the bed before pulling his uniform off. He lay down on the bed not caring that he was in his boxers and wife beater. Kagome snuggled in to him and he pulled the covers over them. He then turned his head and kissed her on the forehead before falling asleep.

Kagome woke up to the smell of bacon and coffee. While rubbing her eyes she walked into the kitchen and sat down at the island. She smiled as he gave her a mug of coffee and a plate of bacon then leaned back against the counter that was across from her.

"So what are you going to do now?" she looked up at him while taking a sip of her coffee, she closed her eyes "I'm going to do what I promised him I would do and what I will always do, be there in the background keeping the playing field in my favor." She gave him a cheeky smile and he smiled back shaking his head. He put his mug of coffee down before walking over to her and placing a hand on her shoulder "I'm going to change then we'll head back to the tower for your stuff how does that sound?" she turned her head to look at him and smiled as the tone of his voice was soft and caring, "yeah that sounds good I want to check Clint's wound as well but I'm stealing the shower so you'll have to wait for it."
"I covered that while you were sleeping Kage's". With a smile on his face he watched her run to the shower oblivious to what he had said. Shaking his head he walk to his room.

The car the ride to Tony's was quiet. Rhodey knew that she was just putting on a mask, one better than the one that Tony wore. He looked at her out of the corner of his eye as they pulled up to the tower. Despite what she might think he could see right through her. Sighing quietly, he reluctantly followed her into the building.

The elevator doors opened, causing everyone in the room to look over at them, and much to their surprise Rhodey and Kagome exited the elevator. They walked in to the common area.
"Ms. Higrashui what are you doing here?" Steve asked they had no expected her to come to the tower today, not after the way she looked last night. Kagome smiled at the tall blond man and walked over to where Clint was sitting, with Natasha.
"I am here because I left some of my things in my room which I need to grab and I wanted to check on Clint's wound and Rhodey here offered me a ride here." Her voice was pleasant which surprised most of the people around them, the last time she had seen them her voice had been hard. She was peeling back the bandage she had place on his wound when the elevator door opened again. Everyone but Kagome looked over to see who it was.

Kagome could feel Pepper and Tony's aura before the elevator doors had even opened, she continued on with her work on Clint until she realized that she had not brought any bandages,
"Here you are Ms. Higurashi." Looking up she saw that Banner was standing beside her with a box of bandages, giving him a smile she took what she needed and began to redress Clint's wound all the while feeling Tony's glare on her back.

"There all cleaned up, it should be healed up in a few more day's but if you feel like something's wrong tell Jarvis and he'll call me okay." She gave a pointed look to Clint who nodded slowly. Turning around she walked over to the kitchen to throw the old bandages out when her path was blocked by Tony.
"Oh hello Tony I didn't realize that you had come up." She forced the cheer into her voice as she side stepped him and continued to head towards her destination.

"Bull shit."

Everyone in the room froze at the hostile sound in Tony's voice, Rhodey and Pepper stopped their conversation as did the rest of the avengers. Kagome paused at the sound of his voice, her back straightened, her old training began to kick in. Placing the bandages on the counter she turned to face him, her eyes hardening.

"Oh and why would that be bull shit?" Tony's eyes flared with annoyance not caring that there were people in the room he walked up to her.

"You knew I was coming up here with Peps before I even told Jarvis to come to this floor so cut the shit." Rhodey took a step closer to the two wanting to be closer in case one of them lost control and threw a punch. The others were confused by what Tony had said, and only Thor knew what he meant.

"You want me to cut the shit fine, I'll cut it, in fact I'll just start being brutally honest from now on." She heard Tony laugh and caught the look Rhodey gave her out of the corner of her eye. Her fists clenched, locking her jaw she refused to throw the first punch. "I have never lied Tony, not to you, Pepper or Rhodey and you know that." Seeing the look in his eyes she knew that he was going to throw the first punch and that It would be a low blow.

"Do I, wow that's weird because I was under the impression that everyone you love has been lied to from day one." Kagome looked at him and walked out of the room, Natasha saw the look on her face and followed after the girl.

"Tony!" Pepper yelled knowing that was a soft subject for Kagome

"What the hell man she has never once lied to you about anything. You need to stop now, before you do something that you will regret for the rest of your life." Rhodey was now in Tony's face. Glaring at the man he called a friend not understanding why he was taking out all his anger on Kagome.