Even as Clint landed the quinjet in the field next to his farm he looked at Kagome in slight shock. He had been excited when Kagome had agreed to play poker with them. He hadn't been sure if she even knew how to play and how bad Natasha would wipe her out. Kagome has quickly reassured them that she did indeed know how to play and not to worry about her. The game itself went on for nearly the entire trip, so almost four hours. Clint tapped himself out after the first hour a half when the bets started getting a bit too high for him to keep going. The last of the game was an intense battle between his two girls fighting to keep the lead. Clint had become the dealer, and silencer of Jaken when he got too annoying. Natasha hadn't been kidding when she said she didn't play for fun. They both kept adding more money into the game up until the point Clint had cut them off, telling them to simply play with what they had. They had been getting close to the farm and someone had to admit defeat at that point. In the end it was surprisingly been Nat who ran out of money to bet with first. Kagome had a few good bluffs and lucky hands toward the end that helped her win. The soon to be mother was now 15,000 dollars richer. Clint knew that she would save the money for when she needed to start buying things for her kid as that was one thing she wouldn't accept help from Stark with. Clint had been a bit pouty at having to leave the game at first, but in the end, he couldn't make himself care too much. During the poker game Kagome had been more active and happy than she had been in weeks.

Nat playfully glared at Kagome as they touched down, "I will be getting a re-match soon sestra, one that doesn't have a time limit."

Kagome grinned at her, "Whenever you want Tasha." It had felt really good to play the game she had played with her mother all of the time. Having Sesshomaru's icy stare to work off of helped as well. Half of the time Nat didn't know if she had a good hand or not as her face had been completely blank.

Clint shut the jet down, making sure the cloaking feature was still on before walking away from the controls. He made his way over to Kagome, throwing her bag at the imp to carry, "Welcome to my home Gome." He heard Jaken squawk as he caught the bag and he hid a grin, his kids were going to have a field day with him.

Kagome smiled at him nervously, "Thanks for trusting me enough to bring me here Clint."

Clint grinned down at her and mussed up her hair. He laughed as she batted his hand away, "How did you put it? We are pack, which makes up family."

Kagome sent him a silent smile as he led her off the plane. As they walked down the ramp her eyes went wide and a grin spread across her face. The house was a nice and simply two-storied farm house. Though she was sure there were booby traps and safe rooms everywhere just in case. There was a large barn off to the side and a small chicken coop where she could hear the clucking of said chickens. All of that wasn't what made her smile though. No, completely surrounding the farm for what seemed like miles was forests. Trees circled the farm, making the air clean and easy to breath. She hadn't realized she had missed nature until that moment. There were no plants inside of the tower and it wasn't like she could go outside. For one it was too dangerous right now, and secondly it wasn't like there was much nature around in New York besides Central Park. Kagome stopped for a moment to simply take it all in. She hadn't really thought about it since moving into the tower, but the lack of nature had been bugging her. For the past four years she had been surrounded by nothing but nature for the most part. Sure, there had been the times she had gone back home, but those had usually been brief. Especially the last two years. Even in the larger villages in the feudal era they had been able to see trees no matter what direction they looked.

After a minute of simply breathing in the clean environment she turned to Clint, "Your home is amazing Clint. Where are we?"

Clint shrugged as he started leading her towards the front door once again, "The middle of nowhere Iowa. I own the land around the house for five miles in every direction. So, there is nobody nearby to worry about."

"There are multiple escape routes set in place if they ever become necessary. Plenty of warning triggers all over as well." The red-haired assassin said as they walked up the front steps.

Kagome's mind settled a bit, that meant she was completely safe out here. All she had to worry about was lower level demons living in the woods around the farm and she doubted there would me many around. Or at least she hoped there weren't many. When Clint had announced they were only a few minutes from landing she had silently set up two small barriers; one around her powers, and a slightly more powerful one around the jewel. If she used any of her Ki they would break immediately as she set them up with no prep and quickly, but only higher-level demons should be able to sense her with the barriers in place. And that was only if they were close to her. She did not want anything malicious to sense where she was and come after her. She would not bring harm to Clint's family.

Clint, unaware of Kagome's silent determination, opened up the front door and called out, "Laura, honey, you in?"

Jaken dropped the bag on the floor inside the door and watched Barton move further into the house, calling for his wife. Romanov took her bag and disappeared up the stairs. The Miko simply stood still looking at her surroundings. The Neko was curled in the crook of the Miko's neck, keeping a silent watch. Even Jaken had to admit that there was a huge difference between this house and Barton's floor at the tower. This place was well decorated and felt very homey and lived in. The rooms at the tower were just a place to sleep it seemed like.

He had noticed the moment the Miko had set up the barriers. He quietly got the Miko's attention and as she looked down at him he gave her a serious look, "Are you going to be able to safely keep up those barriers while we are here?"

Kagome looked started for a moment before she realized that of course he would notice the call of the Shikon suddenly disappearing. Jaken had no desire to actually use the Shikon, but even those that didn't want to use it would still feel the call of it, "Yes I'll be fine. It's not like I plan on using any of my Ki while I'm here so I won't be straining myself. I refuse to bring trouble to Clint's front door."

Jaken scowled at her stupid sense of humanity before saying, "If you feel any strain at all I expect you to drop the barriers at once. I have my staff with me and I shall defeat anything that come for you Miko. Plus, those two human's you've claimed as pack can hold their own as well." Jaken knew from all of the research Inukimi made him do throughout the years that when Miko's became pregnant their Ki started becoming hard for them to call up on in their later months. Kagome's situation was slightly different as she was pregnant with a youkai and would be carrying longer. He didn't doubt that she wouldn't be able to access any of her Ki in the last month of her pregnancy, though he hadn't told her that yet. There had never been a documented case of a Miko baring the child of a youkai. That meant he had no idea if the two opposite Ki's would react if she kept attempting to use too much of her own Ki. He didn't want the battle between the two Ki's to affect the Miko's health.

Kagome was silent for a moment before nodding, "I give you my word." She had seen the serious and worried look on Jaken's face, "They are only barriers though, the hardest part was putting them up. It only takes a tiny part of my Ki to keep them going. I had stronger ones up for three weeks straight last time and I was fine."

Jaken frowned, "That was a month ago already Miko. You have gotten further into your pregnancy which will make it harder for you to control your Ki. Plus, there was a large kick back when you finally released your barriers last time. You were lucky you were high enough up and no demons were close enough to sense it." Either that or any demons nearby simply decided to stay away for their own safety.

Kagome sighed as she started moving deeper into the house where Clint had gone to, "It's only for a week Jaken, I'll be fine. As promised I will drop them if I start feeling drained keeping them up. But, for now just keep it to yourself. No need to worry Clint and Tasha over nothing." She said as she entered the room she had seen Clint disappear into.

As she turned the corner she saw Clint kissing a pretty brown-haired woman. They broke apart and Clint to introduce her, "Laura this is my little sister Kagome. Kagome this is my wife Laura."

Laura smiled as she moved forward to pull Kagome into a hug, "It's nice to meet you. I've heard so much about you these past four years. I've been looking forward to finally meeting to girl behind all the stories."

Kagome smiled when Clint introduced her as his sister, it made her feel like she still had a little bit of family left. Even if they weren't actually related. As Laura stepped back from the hug Kagome gave her a smile, "It's nice to meet you as well. Clint always talks so fondly about his family."

Laura sent Clint a playful look, "Well I should hope so. I would have to teach him some manners if he was talking bad about me behind my back."

Clint held up his arms, "I wouldn't dare Love. What's bad that I could possibly talk about?"

Laura giggled, "Suck up."

Clint grinned, "To my dying breath Honey."

Laura looked from Kagome to Clint, a secret grin on her face, "Shall we tell her the good news?"

"Of course." Clint said happily before pulling his wife into a hug, his arms wrapping around her stomach as he looked at Kagome, "Laura's pregnant again! I'm going to be a dad for the third time."

Kagome smiled happily back at them, "Congrats to both of you." She turned her attention directly to Laura, "You'll have to give me some tips while I'm here. While I have two kids I adopted them when they were at least eight years old. It'll be completely new raising one from birth"

"I would be happy to. I know a great place just within the woods that is great for a picnic. We'll have to sneak away just the two of us sometime this week and have a mom to mom talk." Laura told her sincerely.

"If it's a girl is she going to be Natasha?" Nat joked as she appeared from nowhere.

"She just might be, Tasha." Laura said startling Nat a bit as she moved to hug the red-head. "It's good to see you again Nat."

"Where are the kids?" Clint asked. He knew they were excited to see and terrorize their first demon.

"Oh, they went out to play in the woods a little while ago. They should be back soon. They probably heard the jet land, plus it's almost lunch. They are probably on their way back now." She told her husband, "Why don't you go collect the two munchkins and I'll settle Kagome down in a room." She glanced down at the imp and gave him a small smile, "Along with her friend." She knew Clint had said that when he brought Kagome that a demon would be coming as well. The actual sight of him was a bit much to take in though. He looked like an oversized walking toad wearing clothes. It would definitely take some getting used to.

"Sure Hon, be back in a sec." Clint said as he headed out the back door.

"Come with me. There is a room right next to Nat's you can use while you are here. It's not super big, but is should be big enough for you and your friend." She explained. Clint had told her that Jaken wouldn't want to be separated from Kagome so she had set up a bunch of blankets in one corner of the room for him to use as a bed.

Kagome gave her thankful smile, "Anything will work for me, honest. I've gotten used to a sleeping bag on the ground. Any bed is a luxury. Jaken will be fine with anything as well." She sent a glare down to the imp that was about to start shooting off complaints he didn't actually mean, "He should be grateful he even has a place to stay."

Jaken shut his mouth with a snap, glaring at the floor as he dragged their bag behind him. He pushed the bag into the corner where he assumed he was sleeping and pouted silently before mumbling out, "This place is better than the tower I guess. Less gagingly human."

Kagome let out a sigh, "I'll apologize in advance right now if he says anything rude this week. He doesn't exactly have a filter between his brain and his mouth."

Laura laughed, a hand going op to cover her mouth, "I can just ignore it if it's too bad. With being married to Clint I've tome to learn how to listen selectively. He tends to ramble, especially if he's tired."

Kagome barked out a laugh, "I'm sure it is a good skill to have."

Laura nodded, "I'll leave you two to settle in. I have to head down and finish up lunch. Come on down when you have what you want out unpacked."

"Thanks Laura." Kagome called after her as she made her way back downstairs. She turned over to Jaken as he opened up the bag. Kagome immediately pulled out her scrapbook searching for a specific photo. She pulled one out; a picture of Kagome holding onto Rin, Rin was hugging her neck and smiling at the photo. Shippo was clinging onto Kagome's shoulder and was smiling over to Rin. Sesshomaru stood right behind Kagome not looking at the camera but down at Kagome, the barest smile tilting his lips. Kagome was grinning up at Sesshomaru; they had just found out she was pregnant and Shippo had demanded a family photo, even if the newest member of the family wasn't even visible yet. She wanted to show Laura the photo, somehow it felt like the thing she should do at the moment. She looked down at Jaken who was still digging through the bag, probably looking for a specific thing.

"I'm heading downstairs Jaken. Take your time with whatever your doing, I have Kirara with me." Kagome said before heading downstairs to show Laura her family.