They pulled to a stop in front of the shrine, the car was really quiet. Not much had been said since they left the hospital. Kagome hadn't felt like speaking and she was glad that the other two had respected her silent wishes. She had a feeling that she would be doing a lot of explaining coming soon so the quiet and peaceful ride back to her home was much appreciated. As the car stopped Natasha opened the door and got out, she held out her hand to help Kagome out. Kagome gave her a tight smile and took hold of her hand. As she got out she looked up the stairs without saying a word, she took a deep calming breath. This was the part that she needed to be brave. She could do this. She could walk up those stairs and face her home, where her family had been killed. First step of course was actually walking up all those steps with her hurt ankle. She thanked the lord she had already had her morning sickness otherwise she would have been screwed if it happened going up these stairs.
Natasha must have noticed her trepidation as she smirked at her as she pulled out her cellphone. She held up her finger telling her to wait as she speed-dialed somebody, "Hey Clint. Yeah, we got her, hardly even a problem. Look can you send Steve down, we need a bit of help. Yeah thanks see you in a bit."
Kagome looked at Natasha questioningly but her unasked question was answered almost immediately as a tall blonde man started to practically run down the stairs. Kagome whipped her head towards Natasha, "Tasha!" she growled at her.
Natasha smirked at her, "What? It's not like you'll be able to walk up all of those steps."
Kagome was still glaring at Nat when Steve made it to the bottom, "Clint said you guys needed help?" He wasn't even slightly out of breath.
"Yeah Kagome here has a sprained ankle and can't walk up the steps herself. Think you can give her a lift up?" Natasha said with a smirk.
Steve looked at the girl that was standing next to Natasha, she seemed to be favoring one leg over the other. She was pretty short, only measuring up to 5'2'' maybe a bit more. She had long black hair that fell to her hips, though each side of her face was framed by either orange or a silvery-white. Her deep chocolate eyes also seemed to be glaring at Natasha which confused Steve a bit.
"Oh, um… sure. Where's Tony?" he asked noticing the absence of Kagome's supposed father.
"He's still in the car. He needed to video chat Pepper quickly as he left without saying anything." Natasha said before starting up the stairs. "He'll meet us up there don't worry." She called behind her, not stopping her accent up the shrine steps.
Steve turned to Kagome who was giving an awful big blush, "It's fine you don't have to carry me. I can make it up myself, honestly. It'll just take me longer than I'm used to." She really didn't want to be carried. There weren't many people she felt comfortable carrying her.
Steve shook his head, "No Miss I can carry you. You are hurt and it's best to rest your ankle." Steve said before picking her up bridal style. He didn't even really give her a chance to prepare herself.
Kagome complete froze up as he picked her up. She was doing her best not to lash out and start attacking the man holding her. That really wouldn't be the best first impression on Natasha's friend and teammate. But her defenses were screaming at her to make the man stop carrying her. Her personal space was being intruded upon and she was starting to panic. Before she knew it though they were at the top and he was setting her down.
She let out a breath that she didn't realize she had been holding and quickly took a few steps away from him. It really wasn't anything personal, letting people close made her mind go into overdrive. Which was really annoying because prior to three weeks ago she was a big people person. Inuyasha always complained about how she made friends where ever she went.
"Sorry did I overstep?" Steve asked worriedly. He had noticed on the way up that she had been extremely stiff. Halfway up she started holding breath. Once she had done that he had sped up his trek up the stairs so he could put her down.
"No, no it's fine. I'm just jumpy is all. It's not you." Kagome babbled quietly.
She looked to the side to avoid looking at him and her eyes caught sight of the wellhouse. Kagome started looking distraught, it was completely destroyed. She walked slowly over to it. She knew it had gotten wrecked when Naraku and his crew had come though, but she hadn't realized the damage had been quite that bad. She walked to the edge of where the well used to be. To her astonishment there was no hole anymore, it was like the well had never been there in the first place. The only thing indicating a well used to reside there was the chunks of destroyed well house and a burnt spot on the ground.
"It's gone…" Kagome said, tears filling her eyes.
"Gome." Clint called out.
Kagome turned to Clint, tears streaming down her face, "It's gone." She repeated, letting out a sob.
Clint rushed forward and pulled her into a hug. The hug didn't bother her nearly as much as Steve carrying her. Most likely because her feet were still firmly on the ground. Kagome clung to the back of Clint's shirt as she sobbed into his chest. Clint kept his arms wrapped around the girl who had lost so much, every so often he would pet her hair to try and calm her down. He himself had been extremely surprised when he got here to see the well had vanished. If he hadn't known about a well there before he would never have believed there had been one in the first place. If it had been a shock for him, he was sure it was a major hit to Kagome. Not only did she lose her family here, she also lost access to her family in the feudal era.
That was the scene that Tony walked up on. His daughter clinging desperately to Legolas sobbing her heart out. He tore his eyes away from his despondent daughter to his surroundings. The place where they were standing was surrounded with chunks and splinters of wood. There was a large tree that had a few slash marks on it, though not enough to kill it he thought absently. All over the shrine's ground there were gashes in the ground, what caused them he had absolutely no idea. There were also burn marks and craters littering the area. The house itself wasn't in the best state either. The roof was collapsed in one area which would make maneuvering through the top floor of the house dangerous. There were some holes in the walls and practically all of the windows were broken. Parts of the house looked slightly scorched as well. How in the world did the police think that Kagome was the cause of this?
Kagome's voice brought him out of his stupor, "Thanks Clint."
Clint let out a friendly chuckle, "What good would I be if I didn't let my little sister cry on me."
Kagome let out a small shaky laugh before stepping back from him, her gaze went back to the origin of the wood explosion, "How did it just disappear?" she asked quietly.
"I don't know Gome, I was just as surprised when I got here. Let's go inside the house so you can sit down. The living room is still in pretty good shape, and so is the kitchen. We've been making you something so you can eat something before you tell us what happened if you're feeling up to it."
Kagome gave a nod, "I'd have to tell you eventually so I might as well tell you right away. You know just to get it over with. If I put it off I probably wouldn't even want to go into it."
Clint wrapped his arm around Kagome to help her take some weight off her leg, Natasha had filled him in quickly before Steve got Kagome to the top. He couldn't believe that little Kagome was pregnant. He was very interested to find out who Kagome had done it with, last he knew she hadn't been interested in everybody. Unless she became that good of an actress and liar that she withheld the truth and they believed her. They could usually tell when Kagome was lying, she was pretty much an open book. Or at least she used to be. After she reported that her friend Sango was teaching her demon slayer arts she had started becoming more closed off. Definitely still Kagome, but not quite as open with her emotions. She closed herself off a bit gaining control of her emotions. Had she gained so much control that she had been able to successful pull the wool over two trained spies eyes?
He sat Kagome down on the couch and sat right next to her. Bruce had been starting to cook something for her the moment they were told that she was coming. Out of all of them he could probably cook the best, from all of his time in third world countries. He gave her the light stew he was able to cook up and she gave him a grateful smile. The food hadn't been the best at the hospital.
She ate the bowl slowly, enjoying the taste. All too soon she was done and she knew that it was time to tell them what happened, "So, where should I start?" she asked looking at Natasha before turning her eyes to the others sitting around who didn't know about her past.
"Just pretend that this is our next briefing. Clint and myself will fill them in about the rest later." Natasha told her, then gave her a strict look, "But this time don't leave anything out, like you obviously have been."
Kagome blushed and leaned into Clint slightly for comfort, who then blurted out "Why don't you start by telling us who you are having that baby with." He said looking at Kagome's tiny baby bump. Kagome's blush deepened, as she put her hand on her stomach a smile on her face. Before she could say anything, he asked, "It wasn't that immature ass hat Inuyasha was it?"
Kagome laughed, "No it wasn't Inuyasha and before you ask it wasn't Koga or Miroku either." She let out a sigh and started playing with the stripe of slivery-white hair. "It was Sesshomaru."
"Wait, what!" Clint yelled out surprised.
Natasha raised an eyebrow, "Isn't he the one that tried to kill you the first time you met? Plus, other times after that?"
Kagome nodded, "Yeah but he settled down quite a bit after Rin started following him around. About half a year ago we decided it would be best if our two groups started traveling together. Rin was getting older and Sesshomaru wasn't used to human children and their needs. He wanted my help as I was one of the only ones he trusted and Rin liked me. I was starting to need help with Shippo as well. While I was used to most demon traits and traditions I wasn't the right person to teach Shippo. I am only human. Inuyasha was always so brash and ready to throw himself into battle at any moment. While I loved Yasha I didn't want Shippo to grow up like that. So Sesshomaru agreed to help Shippo learn how to hunt and other things that Shippo's dad never got the change to teach him. I guess we just ended up spending so much time together that we fell in love. Neither of us suspected it, not in the least. Yasha was pissed off for the longest time which made traveling together a bit tense."
"Didn't Sesshomaru hate humans though?" Clint asked suddenly.
Kagome looked up at him and shook her head, "No he didn't hate humans. He does think as most of them beneath him, but he doesn't hate them. I used to think that as well. I asked him the same thing when he started courting me. He explained to me about dog demon traditions. Dog demons mate for life, if you go against your mate it is an actual crime. InuTaisho was mated to Sesshomaru's mom when he slept with Inuyasha's mom. So basically, InuTaisho cheated on his mate, which goes against dog demon pack mentality. Sesshomaru didn't like Inuyasha because he was a constant reminder of his father's infidelity. A blemish on the pure Taisho name, he told me."
"So, what happened after that?" Natasha asked when Kagome fell quiet.
"I knew I was pregnant for a couple meetings with you, I just didn't tell you. When we found out Sesshomaru was slightly panicked. It was actually amusing to watch the Icy lord of the west loose his cool. Our two packs didn't sleep at the same camp, we were close to each other in case anything happened though. The night that my scent changed I was sleeping with my original group. I flip flopped between the two and Shippo went were I went, we did share a sleeping bag. When Shippo woke up he told me that I smelled weird, different from my usual scent. That must have woken Inuyasha because he took one whiff of me and his face turned dark before just taking off to who knows where. I was pretty worried, because Shippo told me he didn't know why I smelt different. He told me it wasn't an ill scent and that was the only thing that reassured me. He wouldn't have known what it was as we were never around pregnant people; his own mother had died when he was just a baby so it wasn't like he could get the experience from having a younger sibling.
"We woke up Sango and Miroku and told them we were heading over to Sesshomaru's camp and for them to wait there for Inuyasha to come back from wherever he ran off to. When we made it to Sessh's camp everyone was already awake. I remember Rin ran and greeted Shippo and me before dragging Shippo off to help her with Ah-Un. Sesshomaru took one breath and was instantly in front of me. He took a deep whiff of my scent and bluntly told me that I was pupped. It took me a second to realize what he meant and that is when I started freaking out. We had really not planned on having kids, not yet at least. We wanted to wait until Naraku was dead and no longer a threat. We weren't even sure if we were compatible to have kids with him being a demon and me being a Miko. We thought the energies might clash with each other leaving us unable to have kids. I had brought that up once and he simply told me that he would name Shippo as his heir then as he was my kit whether we were blood or not.
"Sessh didn't want to risk leaving his courting partner pupped and unmated though, so he whisked me away. He told Jaken to go to Sango and the other and explain what was going on and that we would be back by the end of the week. Sesshomaru took me on his cloud while Rin and Shippo followed behind us on Ah-Un. We didn't want to leave the kids behind, Naraku had been becoming more active and we didn't want them out of our sight. We went to Sesshomaru's castle where I got to have the very embarrassing experience of meeting his mother. She had been acting as ruler of the west while Sesshomaru was out wandering with us."
Kagome felt a smile come over her face remembering what had all gone down that week. It had certainly been hectic. Hectic but wonderful. So far telling the story wasn't painful for her at all, though she wasn't to the bad part yet. Right now, it was just telling them her good memories. Though her good memories did have a bit of a sad tint to them now that they were only that memories, she couldn't go back anymore.
Everyone else in the room were having many different thoughts. As soon as she mentioned demons Tony, Steve, and Bruce became worried as Natasha and Clint had failed to warn them about that. The three were doing their best to keep up with Kagome's story, though it was a bit hard without knowing the full backstory. It was like jumping to the last chapter of a book before reading the rest of it first. They hadn't really talked on their way over to Japan, everybody was worried and tense. Now they kinda wished they had asked the two spies for her story. Clint and Natasha were slowly putting the pieces together they hadn't known was missing. What had really caught their attention however was the fact that she had said she had known her a couple briefings about her pregnancy. That would have been about five or six months of her being pregnant depending how far along she was for that first abbreviated briefing. The hospital told them that she was only three months along. Something really wasn't adding up. Natasha looked at Kagome with confused eyes, and Kagome caught the look. Kagome sent her a smile, obviously knowing what she was curious about.
"The night after we got to the West's castle Sesshomaru and I got married. I am now very proudly Kagome Taisho." Kagome explained one part.
"That's why you stuttered on your name during that phone call." Tony mentioned, he had been curious why she would stumble on her own name.
Kagome nodded, "Yeah for the past five months I've gotten used to being called Kagome Taisho. Sesshomaru's mother married us and blessed the wedding so the West would accept me, a human, as Sesshomaru's mate. The next day she pulled me aside and explained some things to me. She told me that when the whole Naraku problem was taken care of she would train me on some things, as I was now a noble. She also explained that as this would be Sesshomaru's first child, the child I was bearing would be born heir to the West." She looked Natasha directly in the eyes, "Heirs are always born full blooded demons."
"What does that change?" Clint asked her. His own wife has gone through being pregnant two times so he was fairly used to what was supposed to go down during a pregnancy. He would definitely be there to help her every step of the way.
"For one I'll be pregnant longer as demons age much slower, even in the womb apparently. A demon pregnancy takes a year, so I'm actually half way done with my pregnancy. Lucky me being stuck with morning sickness for so much longer than I normally would be." She explained as she rubbed her stomach lovingly.
"Alright another thing I need to know before we go to darker explanation. Your hair is different colors, why?" Clint asked her.
Kagome fingered her dual colored bangs, "Oh that's an easy explanation actually. The silvery-white is from Sesshomaru, it's the exactly color of his hair. When we got married there was a blood bond so I could share the life span of my mate. Otherwise my lifespan would be practically be over in a blink of an eye to him. I'm still completely human, my lifespan just got connected to Sesshomaru's. The Orange is from Shippo, it's his hair color. Once I bonded with Sesshomaru I was free to actually adopt Shippo. Shippo and I did an adoption blood bond that made me his mother. I hid the colors when I came home for the briefings, it wasn't something you guys needed to know at the time." A frown appeared on her face. She actually wasn't sure what had happened to Shippo, which was a constant ache to her heart. She was pretty sure that he hadn't been killed during the attack, she was sure she would have felt something with the bond. She was pretty sure he hadn't made it to the village yet during the panicked rush of Naraku's attack.
Clint wrapped an arm around Kagome's shoulder and pulled her closer so she could take any comfort from him that she could, "Do you need to take a break Gome?"
Kagome shook her head, her eyes started filling with tears that she was fighting back, "No, if I don't do it now I'll just chicken out." Kagome cleared her throat and snuggled in next to Clint, she didn't actually look at anyone as she started explaining what happened three weeks ago. "We were on our way back to Kaede's village. There was a festival the village was doing, apparently in honor of us, and they wanted us to attend it. Since we really hadn't been doing much other than damage control from Naraku's attacks we decided to go to it. The only loose pieces left of the jewel was in Koga's leg and Kohaku's neck so it wasn't like we had to search for jewel shards. No, we were mostly just going out and searching for Naraku or Kohaku. We were about two kilometers away when we noticed the smoke. We didn't think much of it as we knew they had planned on having a big bonfire. When we were a kilometer from the village the smell finally hit the noses of the demons. The village was downwind of us so they hadn't noticed it before then."
Kagome hadn't even realized that she had stopped talking until a question knocked her out of her stupor, "The smell of what?" Steve asked, though he had a pretty good idea where the story was leading.
"The smell of blood and burning bodies, it's a smell you really can't forget. Inuyasha took off at full pace to get there quicker. Sango and Miroku hopped on Kirara and Sesshomaru picked me up. Rin, Shippo, and Jaken got on Ah-Un who followed at a slower pace. By the time we got there it was too late. Everyone was dead and most of the village was up in flames. We rushed to Kaede's hut in hopes that she somehow survived. She hadn't, poor Kaede had been decapitated right outside of her hut. She probably hadn't even had the time to defend herself. When we heard some noise we all rushed towards it, hoping for a survivor. It wasn't a survivor it was Kohaku.
"Um, for those who don't know Kohaku was Sango's little brother. He had been on the verge of death when Naraku stuck a shard of the jewel in his neck and took control of his mind. The piece of the jewel was the only thing keeping him alive, but at the same time as long as the jewel was in him Naraku had control over him. We had not run into Kohaku for over a year, we followed every lead we found. Each time we only got there in time to put out fires, bury bodies, and release the spirits of the dead. Sango became more desperate each time we came across a village that Kohaku was sent to destroy. She just wanted to help her brother, we all did. Kohaku was a sweet boy when he wasn't being controlled by Naraku, he didn't deserve what was happening to him. When we saw Kohaku standing in the middle of the village, covered in the blood of the villagers, we had mixed feelings. On one hand we were glad that we had finally caught up with the kid. On the other hand, he had just murdered the entire village we used as a home base. Kaede was like a grandmother to all of us, she treated us all like her grandchildren. Loosing Kaede to something other than old age was a major hit to all of us, even Sesshomaru respected Kaede. Kaede would always be the person we would leave Rin and Shippo with when we got a request that was way too dangerous for the kids to go with us on.
"Kohaku started attacking us and we all got pushed to the defensive. None of us wanted to kill Kohaku, he was only fifteen. He was only eleven when Naraku took control of him, we all wanted to help him. We were all so glad of finally running into Kohaku that we failed to realize that it was a trap and he was just the distraction. Naraku had finally decided to go onto the offensive. One moment we were all trying to corner Kohaku, the next we were surrounded. Kagura, Kanna, and Hakudoshi were all there. They had probably been in one of Hakudoshi's barriers and that is why we didn't notice they were around. We were surrounded by Naraku's incarnations and the fire of the village. All at once we were dodging wind attacks from Kagura. Our own attacks were being fired back at us from Kanna's mirror. Hakudoshi, despite how young he is, is extremely skilled with the sword he wields. Plus, he's riding on his fire horse Entei. So, he had a height advantage. For a few minutes we thought we might actually be getting the upper hand, but then a huge swarm of Saimyosho came out of nowhere so Miroku had to start limiting his use of his wind tunnel.
"Sango was battling with Kohaku. Inuyasha was battling Kagura as she was staying off the ground on her feather. Sesshomaru was taking on Hakudoshi, their sword skills were pretty even. Miroku was trying to take care of the Saimyosho so he could start using his wind tunnel again, Kirara was helping out Miroku. I was facing Kanna. For quite a while I started sensing something off from Kanna, almost like a plea. I had realized what it was after a while, she wanted freedom. She wanted to be able to feel something, anything. Naraku kept her emotions very carefully locked away, probably the same place he kept Kagura's heart. It was all going good until everything went to hell." Kagome said losing the battle with her tears as they started streaming down her face.
"Sa-Sango had been able to actually pin down Kohaku. She couldn't make herself make more of a move upon him though, not that I blame her. None of us would, not even Sesshomaru as Rin had a soft spot for Kohaku. Kohaku being under the control of Naraku did not have the same impulse control. He went for any shot he could get in, which just so happened to be a fatal hit. Sango's scream practically froze the battlefield. Everyone stopped and looked towards the source of the noise and we all saw Sango with Kohaku's weapon imbedded in her chest. Then to our horror Naraku popped into existence behind Kohaku. The ever-present blank look in Kohaku's eyes disappeared as Naraku fully released Kohaku from his control. All at once everything Kohaku had done over the past four years, and his dead sister laying in front of him broke the poor boys mind. The scream that escaped his throat is something I'll never be able to forget. It was the scream of a broken soul. He screamed out for his sister and then seconds later Naraku reached out with a smile splitting his face. He stabbed his hand into the back of Kohaku's neck and ripped out the shard of the jewel. Kohaku fell like a puppet who's strings had been cut.
"Everyone was silent for a brief horrified moment. None of us could process what had just happened. We had been extremely lucky the past four years, none of us had died. We had not lost a single pack member ever. Sure, Yasha came close a few times, but the stubborn dog always pulled through. Now we had lost Sango and Kohaku. Kohaku hadn't been part of our pack, but he was Sango's brother which made him honorary pack. Naraku's incarnations were leery of what was going to happen next. Kohaku had been Naraku's puppet for four years and he had killed him without a second thought, with a smile on his face. The incarnations all knew they were expendable, but just how expendable had just been shown to them. The moment Kohaku's job was done he was exposed of. Miroku was the first one to break out the shock…" Kagome explained as her mind went back to the battle.
"SANGO!" Miroku had screamed. He had just lost the love of his life, the woman he had planned on marrying and having kids with when they defeated Naraku. He started fighting his way to Naraku with a determined type of insanity.
Naraku had simply grinned at him before Miroku fell to his knees screaming in pure agony. He gripped his hand and Kagome had watched in horror seeing air begin to escape the bindings of Miroku's wind tunnel. The wind tunnel was collapsing, and Naraku had been the cause of it. Naraku had been the one to curse his family with the wind tunnel, so it proved right that he could make it collapse at any time he saw fit.
"Within a few painful moments Miroku was consumed by his wind tunnel, leaving a crater in his place. Just the same way his father had gone before him. Sesshomaru had been holding me back from foolishly running to Miroku. I know now that it was stupid and would have only caused my death getting sucked into the wind tunnel as well, but at the time I just wanted desperately to help my friend. I didn't want to lose another pack member in the span of a few minutes.
"It was then that Naraku started laughing. He was laughing like he was having the time of his life. The bastard probably was, his plan was working. He was killing off the people that had been opposing him for the past four years one by one. He then looked straight at me and grinned. He told me "I learned your secret little Miko." I started panicking. I thought he had learned about me being pregnant. I had been able to hide the scent of it with a mix of a slight barrier and some herbs. We did not want Naraku to know that I was pregnant, who knows what he would do with that information. Well, both Sesshomaru and Inuyasha must have thought the same thing because they each went to the extreme. Sesshomaru suddenly appeared in front of me, blocking Naraku's view of me. Inuyasha started charging Naraku himself.
"The idiot completely forgot that there were others around as well. Kagura got in a lucky shot and sliced up Yasha's back. He… he probably could have survived that. But then Naraku impaled him on one of his tentacles. I don't actually remember what all happened immediately after that. I know that I screamed Yasha's name and tried to get to him. He was my best friend, my brother. In my mind I needed to get to him, I couldn't lose anyone else, I just couldn't. Not Inuyasha…"
Kagome trailed off briefly, she wiped angrily at the tears pouring down her face. She just needed a second to compose herself. The room was deathly quiet, everyone captured by her story. Everyone felt immense sorrow for the girl sitting in front of them. After a few quiet moments Kagome took a deep breath and started again.
"Sesshomaru picked me up and started running. At first, I wasn't even sure which direction he was taking me, all I cared at that moment was he was taking me away from my dead pack members. I didn't want to leave them, not with Naraku. I wanted to avenge their deaths, Naraku needed to die. He killed three of my friends, three family members, within the span of three minutes. I was fighting to get out of Sessh's grip, which was probably driving him crazy. I know what was going through his mind. He need to make sure I was safe. I was his mate; not just his mate, his pupped mate. His inner beast was probably screaming at him to keep me safe. When we slowed to a stop I realized what his plan was. We had stopped in front of the well, Sesshomaru wanted to send me back to this time where I would be safe for sure. I-I couldn't just do that though! I couldn't leave my mate behind to face off against Naraku and three of his incarnations. I couldn't let my pack member's killer just get away with it. I wasn't even sure where Shippo, my kit, was. I had hoped that Ah-Un had heard the fighting and kept the kids away. When worse came to worse Jaken would be able to defend the kids. But I couldn't just leave and abandon everyone. I was ready to argue with everything I had with Sesshomaru but then Naraku and his crew caught up to us.
"It was then we realized the 'secret' Naraku had learned was of my time traveling abilities. I still don't know how he learned about it, I mean I didn't really hide it my first year over there, but I don't know what even made him look into it. He said some stuff about the well and being Kikyo's reincarnation and how it all made sense now. Sesshomaru didn't even give me a choice. He simply kissed me before tossing me straight into the well. The last thing I saw of the feudal era was Naraku's furious face before Hakudoshi went straight for Sesshomaru. I fell past the lip of the well and was consumed by the normal comforting blue of the time traveling well. Though it had a slight worried tint to it, which I hadn't noticed at the time. I was too wrapped up in my grief. I landed in the bottom of the well in this time and climbed out. I hadn't realized that I was sobbing loudly until I heard my mom start calling out to me. I was fighting with myself, trying to decide if I should just jump back into the well and help Sesshomaru who was being cornered by the most sadistic evil bastard to live.
"My mom grabbed my shoulder and I almost attacked her, that's how tense I was. She pulled me into a hug and didn't even mention all of the blood that was on me. She had started dragging me towards the house, probably to clean up, when I heard the noise. I turned around in horror just in time to see Naraku burst out of the well house in an explosion. I have absolutely no idea how he got through the well, Inuyasha and I were the only ones who could get through before then. Right behind him was Kagura and Kanna. Hakudoshi wasn't with them so my best guess is Naraku used the distraction of Hakudoshi fighting Sesshomaru to sneak past them and follow me. I was outnumbered, my mind was in anguish over all I had just lost, and I now had to protect my family. It all turned out to be too much for me. I remember pulling my bow up and started shooting at them. It was the real Naraku for once, not one of his puppets, and he didn't have Hakudoshi's barriers to hide behind. If I could get in a lucky shot, I thought, I could protect my family.
"To be fully honesty I don't remember the entire fight. I do know that it lasted a while. I remember Kagura decapitating Gramps. I remember Naraku impaling my mom, with that damned smile on his face. I remember shooting an overcharged arrow towards Naraku only for Kagura to get in the way. She died almost instantly, which I was glad with. Kagura hated Naraku probably just as much as we did as he kept her heart captive so she couldn't be free. What I don't remember is how the fire started, but I do remember having to avoid the sudden fire around me. Then he grabbed Sota. I was too weak and I couldn't stop him…"
"Kagome!" Sota yelled out in fear.
Kagome's eyes went wide in concern, he had her brother. The damned bastard had her brother! "Sota!" she screamed out, "Let him go Naraku." She yelled pulling the bow of her string back. She could make this shot, she could use the ability of arrow fazing to have it go through Sota without hurting him and hit Naraku. She could save her brother! What Naraku said next stopped her dead.
Naraku held up the jewel shard he had ripped out of Kohaku with a demented grin on his face, "You know little Miko, I'm in need a new play thing."
"NO!" Kagome screamed as Naraku plunged the shard into Sota's chest.
Sota immediately stopped struggling and simply stood compliantly. Naraku handed Sota a sharp piece of broken wood and Sota simply held it to his neck, ready to plunge it into himself at Naraku's soonest whim. Naraku laughed at her, "Now let us have some fun before we end this for good. You are destined to lose, now all by yourself. I wish to enjoy myself a bit longer. Goodbye for now Miko, come boy." Naraku started turning away and in a desperate act to possibly save her brother she rushed to attack him. Naraku must have anticipated it however as a tentacle whipped out and sent her tumbling across the shrine.
She suddenly lost strength in her entire body and she watched with blurry eyes as Naraku disappeared with her brother and Kanna. With the last of her conscious strength she checked on her baby and nearly cried in relief when she found no damage had been inflicted upon them. The barrier she kept up around her stomach was probably the only thing that kept her baby safe. In the next instant she blacked out.
"When I woke up next I realized I was laying next to my mom's dead body and the police were coming up the shrine steps. Apparently, a visitor tried to come up only to see the carnage, they ran and called the police." Kagome turned to look at Natasha desperately, "You have to help find Sota. Please Tasha, I can't leave him in the hands of Naraku. The only reasons I haven't gone completely insane in worry is knowing Naraku won't kill him. No not yet, the only way Naraku would kill Sota is if he died in front of me. I almost lost it completely in the hospital worrying about Sota, Shippo, and Sesshomaru. I had to physically make myself not think of them. For the first three days I was there I'm pretty sure all I did was bang at my door trying to get out so I could find Sota.
"I don't know why he didn't just kill me and take the other part of the jewel shard from me. My best guess is he want to torture me even more yet and there is still a single shard out there that neither of us possess. Koga had it in the feudal era. If Koga is still alive he will still definitely have it, if he's not alive then I need to find where the shard ended up. Naraku is probably out there looking for it now, that is most likely his next move. Finding the last unclaimed shard." Kagome finished, her eyes starting to glaze over in a panic. Clint started trying to calm her down right away, which did work a bit.
"Why does he have such a grudge against you?" Bruce asked quietly. From what he had learned from the past thirty minutes of explanation was that she was just a random fifteen-year-old who got thrown into the past. Why did this Naraku guy want to torture her so much?
Kagome's mouth twisted into a scowl, "I'm the reincarnation of the dead girl his human heart fell in love with. Kikyo died for good almost a year ago. Since she's not around for him to play with he turned his attention to me since I look almost exactly like her." Kagome spit out.
The Avengers all looked at each other, each had a lot they needed to process. The next few months were going to be busy ones they could tell.