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Rated: T


Ouch.

Of all the reactions she thought the three men could possibly have, she certainly did not expect the one that she received.

Kagome was stunned when she was grabbed by the arm and practically thrown to the floor, all courtesy of Barton. She was really too stunned to let out any noise when the men were suddenly surrounding her with their backs to her face.

It looked as if they were protecting her from something, she realised.

"Surprise attack?" Tony eyes were darting around the range in a flighty manner, "Well?"

"It's more than likely," Steve said grimly, "We're split up and there's a civilian in the vicinity." His talk was more military-like and definitely more monotone compared to his warm tone earlier.

Barton already had his bow drawn, having snatched it when he had thrown Kagome to the floor in order to get her low so she would be less of a target, "I'm not seeing anything." He sounded coldly irritated.

'Maybe that was a bad idea,' Kagome thought, berating herself mentally, 'After all, they are the Avengers people.' It was a pretty bad lack of judgement on her part, but she had been caught up in the spirit of competition.

"Miss Kagome, are you all right?" Steve asked worriedly, after they were sure that the area was clear of any potential enemies.

A pain that she didn't notice before was beginning to move up to her wrist from her fingers, "I don't know," She said flatly, standing up with the help of Steve, "My hand and wrist hurts."

Barton could only shrug when Steve threw him a glare and Tony grinned at the interaction, "Well, the clear winner is Miss Archer here, even with that surprise explosion."

So they truly thought it was an ambush by an enemy? Well, she couldn't really blame them and decided right then and there to make it quite clear.

"I was the one who made that blast."