The first argument of the week was a complete accident that Tony completely blew out of proportion. So Kagome was completely blaming Tony for starting the series of arguments.
Kagome was actually rather bored. She was used to almost constant action. Even after the feudal era she was used to trying to keep a job. Now with three days of just doing practically nothing she was dying to do something. Now she had all day every day to herself and she had absolutely no idea what to do. She let out a huff as she entered the elevator.
"Hey Jarvis, where is everybody?" The first couple days she felt very awkward talking to nothing. Now with it being the third day she was fine with it. Honestly she just pretended she was talking to Myoga, she couldn't see him half the time she was talking to him anyway.
"Sir is currently in the lab working on his latest project and sends his promise for lunch together. Mr. Banner is working in his lab. Mr. Barton is in the common room. The rest are not currently in the building."
"Alright thanks Jarvis. Can you send me to the common room then please?" She didn't feel like bothering her dad or Bruce while they were working.
"Of course Miss Kagome."
Moments later the elevator binged open and Kagome walked out. A small smile appeared on her face, maybe she could convince Clint to have a friendly archery match with her. A little practice wouldn't be so bad for her, it has been a while since she last let out a few arrows. Though she really didn't need too much practice, with her powers she would never miss her target. Even without using her powers though not many people could beat her, with how much she had practiced in the feudal era she had become a pretty dead shot. It would be nice to shoot with somebody else, nobody she knew practiced with a bow. Well that's not entirely true. Her smile disappeared. There was Kikyo, the one person who would always be better than her in every aspect. At least that was what Inuyasha had always said.
She shook herself out of her thoughts, no Inuyasha was wrong. About a lot of things. When she entered the common room a smile came on her face again and she had to hold back laughter. Clint was sitting? on a couch. He was completely flipped though. His legs were dangling over the top of the couch and his head was close to touching the floor. Kagome's grin grew, it looked like she wasn't the only one who was bored.
"Hey Clint what's up?" Kagome called out.
Clint turned is head to look at her, a smirk came on his face "Hey Kags, you bored too?"
Kagome nodded at his question. She smiled slightly at the nickname he had given her. She was about to reply when she tripped over, well she wasn't even sure what had made her lose her balance. Her eyes went wide as she toppled forward. Clint's eyes also went wide as he saw that she would be crashing right into him. Kagome let out a brief 'eep!' before she collided with him.
With her momentum she practically tackled Clint off the couch. They fell together on the ground in a tangle of limbs. A bright red blush flushed over Kagome's face as she realized with how they landed… well they were currently kissing. They were both frozen for a moment before Kagome attempted to scramble off of him. However her foot got caught under his leg and she toppled again. This time Clint was prepared for it and caught her before she fell on top of him completely again.
A smirk appeared on Clint's face "Well hey, I'm not bored anymore." Then he let out a chuckle.
Kagome's face became even redder, which she didn't even think was possible. "I am so sorry. I'm just so clumsy!" Kagome had to question her clumsiness at times. Really, if she was fighting a demon she was completely sure foot. Put her in a normal situation a crack in the sidewalk could be her downfall.
They detangled themselves from each other and settled themselves on the couch, Clint sitting the proper way this time. "It's alright, accidents happen. No harm done." A mischievous grin appeared on his face "Unless of course if that was your first kiss." He teased.
"No!" Kagome burst out thinking about her kiss with Inuyasha. When his demon blood had taken over, kissing him was the only thing she could think of. After his initial surprise and after he got control of himself again he had returned the kiss as well.
Clint simply laughed at her hasty reply.
Tony was working on updating an item for Natasha, something new she could use in battle. Their equipment was getting a bit out-dated. The bad guys were expecting their usual items and planning for them. He was about to put one of the final touches on it when Jarvis interrupted him.
"Sir; with the new protocol you established with me, the one about watching Miss Kagome. There has been a development." Jarvis told him.
Tony put down his tool, a bit worried. Was something wrong with Kagome? "Alight Jarvis what is it?"
"Well Sir, it seems that Miss Kagome and Mr. Barton are currently kissing in the common room."
A fire lit in Tony's eyes, that skeezy hawk! "Oh not they aren't!" Tony shouted, then stomped his way to the elevator. "Take me up there Jarv."
"Right away Sir."
Tony's eyes hardened slightly, that bird would pay. Kagome was off limits.
After Clint and Kagome settled on the couch Clint started talking "So what had you coming up here in the first place?" he asked her.
Kagome's eyes widened as she realized that she had indeed come up for a reason. "Oh right. Well I was just wondering if you wanted to have a friendly little archery competition. I'm not used to just sitting around doing nothing, and shooting arrows would pass the time. Plus, I don't really know anyone I'm friendly with that practices archery."
Clint raised an eyebrow "No offence or anything, but I'm pretty sure that you're not up to my level, or even close."
Now Kagome raised an eyebrow. Most of the time it was extremely annoying when people underestimated her; however, with something like this it could sometimes be fun. "Are you willing to put your skills where your mouth is?"
Clint narrowed his eyes slightly in disbelief "Are you challenging me? You do realize I am in the Avengers for my archery skill right?"
Kagome decided to stretch the truth. She couldn't exactly tell him that she had spent four years having to perfect her skill to save her life. Anyway Gramps had wanted her to start early anyway, she would just pretend when Gramps wanted her to. "Yeah an I'm a shrine girl who was raised to perfect my archery skills for tradition. While I might not have cared when I was little I've cracked down on the skill the past four years. I don't know many people who are better than I am."
Clint stood up "Well you're on then. The archery room is downstairs. You got a bow?"
Kagome also stood up "Yup. It's down in my room." She hadn't brought it with her to begin with, but her mom had sent it with the rest of the stuff she hadn't had room for the first time.
The elevator dinged, signaling that someone had entered the floor, but they ignored it. They were too excited about their sudden competition.
Clint smirked "Well let's see how your skills measure up to mine then, shall we?"
"Oh I would love to!" Kagome grinned.
Only before they could Tony interrupted them by punching Clint in the face. Clint stumbled, not expecting the attack. Kagome's eyes widened and she let out a gasp.
"What the hell Stark?" Clint hollered out.
"Stay away from my daughter Barton!" Tony growled. Clint's looked at Tony confused, what had he done wrong? Tony had asked them to treat Kagome kindly.
Kagome took a step forward "Dad what is going on? We were just talking."
"Oh is that so? Then what was with the kissing then huh?" Tony demanded.
Kagome's eyes widened again and her blush came back "That was an, um, complete accident. My clumsiness struck again." Then she looked at him questioningly "Wait a minute how did you know about the kiss?"
Without even thinking Tony said "Jarvis alerted me."
Clint let out a small humorless chuckle "Oh, that's great. You're spying on your own daughter."
Kagome's eyes narrowed dangerously "Why exactly do you have Jarvis spying on me?" she asked slowly.
"To make sure you are safe of course." Tony argued "Especially form apparent creeps like Barton here."
Clint narrowed his eyes, he hadn't even done anything wrong. Tony really needed to take a breath and calm down.
Alight now Kagome was mad, he was making this seem worse than it was. "I can take care of myself just fine. Plus, Clint was being nothing but nice. The kiss was an accident, and my fault. Not Clint's."
"Right a bit over nice don't you think. Show you his 'skills'."
"He was talking about our archery skills!" Kagome yelled. How dare he insinuate that she would do something like that only after knowing a person a few days. "I asked him for a friendly archery competition. If you would let people explain instead of jumping to conclusions and punching your friends, you would have known that already." Kagome steamed.
Tony at least had the decency to look apologetic, but before he could say anything Kagome marched past him.
"I'm going to get my bow. I'll meet you down there Clint." She looked over her shoulder, eyes narrowed "And Dad I think I'll be fine by myself for lunch today." Then she walked briskly to the elevator and made her way to her room.
Clint shook his head and decided to give a piece of advice to Tony "Don't suffocate her Stark, you'll just end up pushing her further away. She was right though, learn what really happened before you jump to conclusions. Just because she is your daughter doesn't mean that she is like you were at her age. She seems like a nice girl, not an eager child looking for sex like you were." Then he walked passed Tony and made his way to the elevator. He had his own bow to grab.
