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A/n: I know that I've been lax on the updating. I am truly sorry. I have had to deal with a lot this year and it has taken a toll on me and my ever vanishing muse. I do plan on updating the following -

Looking beyond the Image
Living a quarter mile
The Hidden Friend
The beast with a heart of gold
At the midnight hour
Bound In chains

Also if anyone is interested in tossing ideas at me for new crossovers with Inuyasha feel free to PM me as I have a constant list going and I am looking for new ones that would work. Also this has not been proofed well. Anyway on with the story.

Clint made his way into the kitchen where he knew everyone was still gathered. He had seen the look on Tony's face when Rhodey was carrying Kagome and wanted to punch him, he was sure that Nat had seen it too and wanted to slap him as well. As he neared the kitchen it took everything he had not to burst through the doors and tackle Tony to the ground and beat the shit out of him. The man needed to get his head out of his ass. With a sigh he opened the door, as he came into the room he froze, eyes wide as he saw Tony yelling at So'unga while Thor was trying to defuse the fight.

"What are you trying to say?!"
"That you're stupid for a human." So'unga said calmly not bothering to match Tony's volume. This caused Clint to snort, causing the others to realize that he had come back.
"What, you agree with One Eye, Bird Brain?" Tony said with a glare. With a shake of his head he ignored Tony in favour of talking to So'unga.
"Hey why don't you go to Kage's room, it's idiot free at the moment." With that So'unga vanished but not before calling Tony an idiot.

Bruce sighed in relief that the argument was over. Turning to look at Clint with a concerned glance "How is Kagome, Clint?" Hearing this Thor turned to look at Clint as well.
"Yes Brother Banner is right How is Lady Kagome Brother Barton?"

Clint smiled at the concern the two had for Kagome and shot a glare at Tony out of the corner of his eye.
"Kagome was asleep when I left, other then that I don't know,"

Bruce nodded knowing that she would need to wake for them to see if she was alright.

"is Rhodey still with her then" Tony asked with a bite to his words causing Clint to square his shoulders and walk towards him with purpose, bypassing Thor who tried to grab his arm when he saw Clint's hand curl into a fist. Without warning he decked Tony in the jaw, with enough force to knock him on his ass.

Tony rubbed his jaw while he stared up at Clint in shock.
"What the hell man? Why are you acting like a jealous fool? You have Pepper, is she not enough for you? Do you really want to ruin the friendship you have with James and Kagome because you can't get your head out of your ass? Huh? What if Peps was here and saw the look you gave James as he carried Kagome out of here? What would you have done then? hmmm? " Clint spoke in a stern voice that carried throughout the room, everyone was silently watching the two. Tony's eyes darkened as Clint spoke, gritting his teeth he glared at Clint before speaking.
"What the Fuck is your problem Barton? What do you care if I mess up a friendship? It's not your problem. And Pepper knows that I love Kagome like a sister so she would not have done anything."

Clint scoffed at the response Tony gave him and crouched down, and grabbed the front of Tony's shirt and pulled him closer, his forehead nearly touching Tony's.
"You need to get your philosophical genius head out of your tight ass Stark. Or have you been in your ass to long to realize that Nat and I care for Kagome. As for loving Kagome like a sister, I believe you need to re-evaluate your feelings in that area, and your feelings for James for that matter. That look you threw at him when he was taking her to her room, was not one of brotherly love, Stark. That was a look of a jealous man who doesn't know what the fuck he wants. So i suggest you figure out what you want, and figure it out fast. Because at the rate you're going i highly doubt, that Pepper is going to stay blind to what is going on in your head, and that Kagome and James will stick around. So when you do figure out what you want, and it is Pepper then you need to stop giving them false hope, ass." Clints voices was low and threatening, shoving Tony away from him, he stood up.

The room was quiet none wanting to break the tense silence that Clint had created with his "talk" to Tony. They watched as he went to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water before turning to leave the room, Clint paused for a moment and turned his head to look over his shoulder at Tony. "Think on it." was all he said as he left the room. The others stared at the door in shock as Clint left. After a few moments it was Tony that broke the silence.
"What the fuck was that. Damn he didn't hold back on that punch." Bruce looked at Tony and shook his head. He could understand where Clint was coming from. But he also knew that Tony was an emotional flat line when it came to his own feelings, and it would take a lot more than Clint's "talk" and punch to make him understand.

Thor frowned at his friend on the ground, he knew that Clint meant well but he couldn't help that feel that he may have made the situation a little bit worse. But he knew that Tony needed the push. Walking over to where Tony sat on the ground he held out his hand and waited for Tony to take it. Tony stared at the hand for a few moments before grabbing it and letting Thor pull him up. Thor smiled and patted his friend on the back. Deciding to keep his views and comments to himself for once. Not wanting to push Tony further.

"Alight now we need to debrief Fury," Steve said from his place beside Bruce, who nodded.
"I'll go get the others," Bruce said, but was stopped when Thor walked up to him and placed his hand on his shoulder.
"Ah Brother Banner, let me inform the others, Brother Rogers, Stark and you should head to Fury, the others and I will met you there." And with that Thor left the room leaving no room for argument.

When Clint entered Kagome's room he let a smile grace his face. Natasha had climbed on the bed and was curled up around Kagome, who seemed to have her head buried in her chest, and holding on to Nat for dear life, both of them seemed to be asleep, though he knew better than to believe Nat to be sleeping.

"Jarvis showed me the feed from the kitchen." Rhodey said as he spotted Clint. Who just looked over at Rhodey and tossed him the bottle of water, and sat down on the couch beside the man.
"How much did he show you?"
"He started the feed from the moment you walked into the kitchen to the moment you left."

Clint nodded his head and moved so he could watch the girls on the bed and look at James at the same time.
"How long have they been like that?" Clint asked quietly, Rhodey raised a brow at Clint and turned his head to look at the girls on the bed. Shaking his head "I have no idea, a little before the feed started I had moved off the bed to sit here, Nat was awake then."

"Still am" a soft voice came from the bed, causing Rhodey to give a small laugh. "My bad, anyway Clint thank you."
"I didn't do anything."

Rhodey shook his head at Clints attempt of brushing off the conversation, but he knew that he had to tell Clint what was on his chest and he would be damned if the man refused to let that happen.

"No, Really Clint," seeing Clint go to speak he quickly cut him off. "Shut up and listen. You didn't have to give Tony that push but you did. So thank you, to be honest, it was getting to the point that either Kagome or I would have." he gave a sad laugh before he continued "And it more then likely would have been me giving a push that would have had a catastrophic outcome. Being here, with Pepper and Tony as long as we have these passed few days, weeks? I lost count, to be honest. But it's made us realize how much we care for him, and how much it hurts to see him act like that when he already has Pepper. And the sad thing is that we should be used to it. He has always been like that to, I guess that since we have seen less of each other since college we've lost that armor that saved us from this pain. You want to know something, it's kind of sad really, when I saw him fly in to that hole with the nuke, I stopped breathing, not out of fear. It was out of shame." he let out a dark laugh and leaned forwards his arms on his legs, hands dangling over his knees. "Shame that I never had enough balls to tell that ass how I felt, and how much I also wanted to smack him upside the head and tell him that for a genius he is pretty blind. And the fact that he never called me, or Kags, the two people who had our phones in our hands since the fight began, shame that I was upset that he called his girlfriend over me, and Kags. Shame that even if he did end up hating me if i ever told him, that i would still feel the same for him. Shame that I know that if he and Kags ever got together that I wouldn't be upset, i'd be happy, for her, for me maybe to. Happy that I would finally be able to move on, but then the shame that wouldn't happen and i'd end up pinning after both of them. Shame that as I watched him fall, that I felt all of this and not once thought of how Pepper felt. The shame that an army Colonel is to much of a coward to tell him his feelings. So yes I thank you for decking that blind genius. And for what you said, he needed to hear that, and know that Kags feels the same." Rhodey felt arms wrap around his neck and a curtain of long black hair cover his face. Leaning back he let Kagome hug him as he reached up and clutched of one of her arms and let the silent tears fall.

They sat in silence for a few minutes before Rhodey looked over at Clint. 'Sorry man didn't mean to drop that on you." Clint smiled and gave the man a pat on the shoulder
"na you needed to get that off your chest," giving the man a sly smile he wrapped his arm around Rhodeys neck and pulled him out of Kagome's grasp. And leaned closer to whisper in his ear. "Besides now we can plot how to make him get his head out of that tight ass of his yes. But first the rules are the females cannot know. Nat can be scary and I have a feeling that Kags can to."

Rhodey laughed and nodded his head, and wrapped his arm around Clints neck as well. Kagome raised a brow at the two men on her couch and shook her head and turned to Natasha with a questioning look, only to receive a shrug of the shoulders from Natasha.

"Friends we are to meet the others at the helicarrier, Lady Kagome how are you?" Thor said as he bursted into the room with a bright smile on his face, one that Kagome found entirely contagious.

"I'm fine Thor, thank you for asking, and am I right in guessing that Rhodey and I are to attend this debrief?" She said smiling back at him, causing him to beam even brighter if possible.
"Although the others did not say, I do believe that I would be smart for You and Friend Rhodey to come."
"Alright well you heard the God let's go met the pirate."

Fury paced across the floor in front of the large table that held three out of the six avengers plus the two guests that were sure to be showing up. Upon the threes arrival he had noticed how beat up the Iron Man suit, 'lets hope that Loki has not made another move' the thought had passed through his mind a few times since they had entered the room. It was a given with how quiet they were. 'Hell why is Stark so quiet, Christ I never thought I would miss the mouth he has on him'.

Tony sat across from Steve with Bruce on his right, his arms were crossed and his jaw was a dark purple, the scowl on his face, Bruce sat looking at the wall occasionally giving a glance at the man next to him before shaking his head. Steve had his arms crossed as well, more relaxed then Tony's he seemed to shoot Tony looks as well before looking over at Banner, who would shake his head when their eyes met. 'Just what the hell happened' Fury though as he took in how the men were interacting or not in this case.
"Sorry for the wait Sir, someone misplaced the jet," a voice said as a group entered the room.
"I did not miss place the jet, it was moved, Nat i swear." Clints voiced as he sat next to Natasha who had moved to sit next to Steve. Thor moved to sit next to Tony while Kagome went to the other side of Steve with Rhodey next to her.

Fury was quiet as he watched the team for a moment, The glare that Tony was giving Clint while he moved a hand to rub the bruise on his jaw, the glare that Clint returned to Tony, Natasha not breaking it up, but sending her own glare at Tony only to smirk slightly when she saw the bruise on his jaw, the way Rhodey refused to look at Tony and how Kagome sat looking at the bruise on Tony's jaw in question. Thor seemed less thor if that was possible. 'Okay what the fuck? I send them on a mission and now their acting as if one of them has died or switched sides.'

Fury quickly noticed that Kagome was sending Clint a questioning look, and kept quiet to see where it went. "Clint why does Tony have a Bruise on his jaw?"

"Because I put it there."
"What?Why?"
"Because I and I quote 'Need to get my philosophical genius head out of my tight ass' or so i'm told" Tony spoke with a bite to his voice causing the others to shift in their seats. Kagome looked confused by what he said.
"I feel like i missed something," Natasha behind Steve and patted her shoulder.
"It was just a fight between friends nothing to worry about." Kagome looked at her but did not look convinced but nodded her head. 'I'll get the feed from Jarvis when we get back to the tower' Kagome thought before quickly texting Jarvis to send the feed to her phone so she could watch it later.

"Alight now, what happened? Not between Stark and Barton, but on the mission is the threat neutralized?" Fury spoke from the head of the table hands behind his back, 'I'll have to get a report from Agent Romanov about the fight between Stark and Agent Barton'
The others looked at each other waiting for one of them to speak. Giving a sigh Steve realized that he was going to have to give the details.
"When we arrived on sight, we saw that most of the area had not been damaged, the only area that was, was a park. Most of the trees had been torn up. The civilians had also been cleared out before hand by the local police. The Target was unlike any I have fought before, it was like he was on the same power level as Loki but not at the same time. Soon into the fight Stark was thrown and crashed landed into his kitchen window and landed across the room hitting the wall." Steve went to finish but was cut off by Clint. "The rest of us arrived shortly after to discover that Kagome and Rhodey was in the room was well. The target then turned and looked happy to find Kagome there, as the two spoke he soon gave us his intentions and Kagome gave us his name which is"

At this point Kagome cut Clint off before he could say the target's name,

"His name is Naraku" she spat out the amount of fury coming off of her in waves could be felt by everyone in the room. Fury raised his brow at the woman before placing his hands on the table and looking her in the eye.

"I take it you have a past with this Naraku"
"Yes"

"Well then enlighten us then"

Kagome glared at Fury before nodding squaring her shoulders she looked at Thor, knowing that he already knew who she was. Seeing him smile and nod at her she felt slightly relaxed but not by much.

"Naraku, was a man I thought I had killed when I was Eighteen, I still don't know how he survived what I did to him. Now to put it bluntly even though i was eighteen that was five hundred years ago, and no i am not a god, i was born in 1997." She stopped to give everyone time to absorb the small information that she gave them, knowing that they needed to let this sink in before she continued.

"That's not possible." Steve spoke in a whisper she noticed that Tony give a small nod, grinding her teeth she gave a sickly sweet smile.
"Oh tell that to the Gods then, no offence there Thor but I do have to say your father, Ripe ass." Thor gave a small laugh. "None taken Lady Kagome."

"Now let's get back to the story yes. On my fifteenth birthday, i was pulled into the past by a demon because of something that rivaled the tesseract in power. Thats where i met Naraku. He was after what i had, and because i had broken it by accident we fought constantly. Now that bastard is not a demon. He used to be a human who sold his soul to demons so he could walk again and get the woman he was obsessing over. Fifty years after that meets me. Skip three years and i kill him, with the help of a few friends i met along the way, you guys have met one of them already, although he was still a child when i met him i adopted him and became an outcast amongst my own kind because he was a fox demon, his name is Shippo. And i am a Miko or you call it Priestess or shrine maiden."

Just as Kagome was about to continue the lights in the room flickered off before turning back on, a screen behind Kagome turned on and a dark laugh echoed through the turned around, "Gentlemen met Naraku" she said in a bitter voice.

"Now now Ka-go-me is that anyway of greeting the man who holds your dear friends life in their hands." with that he stepped aside.

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Kagome's eyes widened at the sight before her. A man with long silver hair sat in front of them, his head down, arms tied behind him, he was wearing no shirt and there was blood all over him. Kagome took note that some of his wounds weren't healing like they were supposed to. "Sesshomaru" she let out in a whimper. Said man slowly raised his head to look at the screen which cause her to give a cry in shock. His eyes were closed but she could still see the blood that had trailed down his face from them. "You bastard."

"Now now, this is your fault Kagome. You know that if you were half of what she was you could have stopped this. I mean you had one job and that was to kill me and you failed, just like a copy should. It's not befitting of a copy to surpass its original." Naraku said as he walked over to where Sesshomaru sat and slowly trailed his finger across the man's chest, cutting the skin and causing the man to grunt in pain. She watched in horror as smoke came up from the wound, it was then that she understood why his wounds weren't healing. "Your using his own position against him."
Naraku looked up and smiled "ah still a smart one you are, i guess i can see why he lowered himself to train you. Now let's fix this yes"

Kagome clenched her fists head bowed as she thought about what to do. "...'ome… gome….. don't…. You must…. " "protect it….. with your live…..he…. Has the….other two… you must not let him get the last one….. Promise me... " the man spoke though he kept his eyes closed the others looked to Kagome to see that she was crying. "... I promise" Naraku laughed before pulling the man's head back by his hair. "Awe what a touching reunion, now i believe i should tell you both that you've lost a loved one. And Kagome it wasn't you this time." the others watched in horror as the man called Sesshomaru let out a gut wrenching howl. And started to growl. But quickly as it started it stopped and the man went limp. Naraku let out another dark laugh as he let go of the hair and Sesshomaru's head when back down. "You know what i want, and you know what i'll do to get it. I'll give you a week, before i go after your son." with that Naraku walked up to the camera before giving a sick smile "And Kagome i hope you remember what i can do with such a short about of time, though i was seven months you spent with me not the week he's going to."

With that the video cut out,

The room was utterly silent. Thor could feel the waves of power coming off of Kagome and walked over to her and pulled her into a hug. Surprising the others who were still in shock, over what they saw. They gave the two a moment before Fury cut it.

"What the hell does he want? And what was he talking about seven month with him?" Fury growled out not caring that he was angering his team with his treatment of Kagome.

Kagome pulled away from Thor and smiled up at him. "Thor do you think your ass of a father will help me one last time?" Thor thought for a moment before answering her 'He might but only if he knew the reason." Kagome nodded before turning to look at Fury and the others. "Then Thor i guess he will want to be here for this discussion." the others widened their eyes at her statement. And jaws dropped at Thor's words "I believe he will, i will be back soon, with my father in tow."

"Wait before you go give your father this note and see to it that he follows it okay" Kagome pulled out a slip of paper and quickly jotted down something, before giving it to Thor who's eyes widened and then broke out into a smile at what he read.

"Yes i shall make sure he does"

And with that he left to go to his father leaving the others in silence. "And now we wait for them. Fury you will get your answers when they arrive." Fury glared at the woman before nodded his head. Everyone sat still waiting for Thor to return.