FD: sooooo sorry. My laptop broke down and was getting repaired. It should be fine now. There may be one more thing to be fixed, I hope not. anywho, I'll have two chapters put up today. I'm glad these are all oneshots and not a chaptered story, otherwise, I'd feel waaaay worse than I do about not being able to update. Thanks to all who've reviewed, favored and/or added this story to your alert list. Well, anywho, on with the story.

"speaking"

'thoughts'

FD: any author notes (A/N) are the voices in my head interjecting their thoughts into the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Bones or the movie(s) from which this(these) quote(s) was(were) taken.

Pairing: Kagome and Hodgins. Now go forth and read and review.

Clean In This

Cam, Booth, Hodgins and Brennan stopped their conversation when they heard a loud, piercing yelp. All four quickly ran down the hall and stopped short at the sight they saw. In front of them stood Kagome Higurashi, the intern who took over Zach's job, with green goop all over her. They looked to her face, to see her glaring at Hodgins.

Hodgins started backing away, hands up in surrender. "Hey, it's harmless, just a joke."

"It better be Hodgins, or else," Cam said.

Hodgins gulped, knowing he'd be out of job if he did anything else to Kagome. Sighing Hodgins turned t Kagome and said, "Go get cleaned up and I'll take care of the rest."

"Thank you," said Kagome before she went to clean herself up.

~1 Month Later~

Kagome sighed as she walked into the Jeffersonian. She was not very excited to be heading to work. While she and Hodgins had finally started to get along and everyone else, she and Angela had not. She had no idea what she did to the woman. As she entered the building she ran into Brennan.

"Ah Kagome, meet me in my office when you get yourself settled."

"No problem."

Kagome meandered her way down to her office. She unlocked her door and when she opened it, she promptly dropped her bag and screamed. It took about a minute for almost everyone in the lab to reach her. Cam made it first.

"Kagome what's wrong?"

Instead of answering, Kagome pointed a shaky hand towards her office. Cam looked in and saw a bunch of centipedes and spiders. She turned to look at Hodgins, who once again had his hands up in surrender.

"My hands are clean in tis, figuratively," Hodgins said.

"Well, do something."

"Right," Hodgins replied as he looked between Kagome and her office.

"I'll clear them out from your office. Why don't you go with Brennan to her office?"

When she didn't respond, Brennan grabbed her shoulders and steered her to her office. From the look of Kagome, she knew she wouldn't be able to talk about the case until she came back to reality. When they reached her office, Brennan sat Kagome on the couch while she stepped out make a phone call to Booth.

After a bit, Hodgins came in and sat next to Kagome. He placed a hand on her shoulder and she nearly jumped out of her skin.

"Hey, it's just me."

"You're the last person I want to see right now."

"I didn't do it. I could never use my insects for that."

"Then who did? No one knows how much I hate bugs, except for maybe Cam, but I can't see her doing this."

"Neither can I."

Kagome sighed and pulled her knees up to her chest and rested her forehead against them.

"Um, could you explain why you hate them so much?"

"Sure."

Kagome breathed in and began her tale. "I was probably about five. My dad and I were out playing in our yard, when he was bitten by some centipedes and one had managed to bite me as well. I screamed and alerted my mom who had called 911. We were the hospital and my dad didn't make it. It appeared that both of us were highly allergic to them."

"That explains the centipedes and why you never head down to my office but what about the spiders?"

"That's one that I can't say."

"Okay, do you feel better now?"

"A little. I'd feel a whole lot better if we know who did this to me."

"We'll figure it out. There's no need to worry," Hodgins said as he put his arms around Kagome and let her lean against him. Kagome let out a content sound and snuggled deeper into his embrace.

"Do you want to go get coffee after work today?" asked Hodgins.

"Huh?" Kagome replied while moving her head to look at him.

"Or maybe dinner or…" Hodgins stopped his nervous rambling when Kagome pressed her lips to his.

"I'll take that as a yes," Hodgins said when she pulled back.

"Mmhmm."

Hodgins leaned his head back down and went to kiss her again. Sadly, before their lips touched, they were interrupted by someone clearing their throat. They both looked towards the door to see Brennan and a grinning Booth.

"Come on, we're about to watch the security tapes," said Booth.

"And what if they work here? Wouldn't they know where the cameras are?"

"We'll come to that bridge when we cross it," replied Booth.

Hodgins got up and helped Kagome up, never letting go of her hand. All four then made their way to Cam's office. When they got there, they saw Cam and Angela.

"You're fine now, right?" Cam asked.

"Yes, Hodgins was a big help."

"Call me Jack."

"Not at work," came back Kagome's reply

Cam looked confused and then saw their linked hands.

"Well, okay then. Let's start the tapes and get this over with."

Booth hit play, then went back to stand next to Brennan. They all watched the tape and their mouths opened in shock minus Kagome and Angela.

"What did I do to you Angela and how did you find out about my fear of bugs?"

"I'd like to know the answer to that as well," said Cam, "The only place that information could be found was her files."

Angela backed up and looked into all the faces staring back at her. "I did it because you took Zach's place and then you became close to Hodgins. I snooped through Cam's files on you to find anything I could use to get you to leave."

Everyone was silent for a moment until Cam spoke. "I'm having you put on suspension for a while. I'd fire you, but we don't have anyone who could replace you. The suspension is effective immediately." Turning to Kagome, Cam said, "If you'd like to go home, you may."

"No, I'll be fine. Besides I believe we should solve this case soon."

"Okay then, everyone back to work."

Everyone left and Hodgins walked with Kagome.

"Are you sure you don't need to go home?"

"Hodgins…Jack, I'm fine. I'm not going to let it bother me, besides, we have a dinner date tonight after work and I don't want to miss it."

"I don't want to miss that neither."

By now they had reached t platform and as Kagome was about to walk up to help Brennan, Hodgins stopped her by putting a hand on her arm.

"Yes, Hodgins?"

Instead of answering, he pulled her to him and wrapped his arms around her. "I'll be here always."

"Thank you," Kagome replied before giving him a peck on the cheek and dashing up the platform.

Hodgins grinned all the way back to his office.

The End

FD: Well, I hope you enjoyed it. I'll have the next one updated by the end of today. The quote was: "My hands are clean in this, figuratively." said by Captain Jack Sparrow. Now, go review please.