Kagome fidgeted as she sat in the chair, everyone sitting around her, just staring at her, on her left was Clint and on her right was Natasha, said two were still awkward around each other, but it would work out eventually. They always did.
She had given them a brief run down, telling them she was a miko who had discovered her powers on her fifteenth birthday, not a lie, and had been cursed by a powerful magical object, also not a lie, and was not able to die because of said curse. They had taken it relatively well, the Norse god probably making it easy for them to believe in priestesses and magic.
Yet, she made no mention of her time travelling or the Shikon, not yet. Her fingers twitched lightly, not liking to be stared at like a thing, a freak. "So…" She paused as she ducked her head feeling ashamed.
Was Loki, the King of Fools, actually right? Would they disown her? She jumped lightly as Clint placed a hand on her leg under the table, giving it an affectionate squeeze.
"Did you see a white light?" The question was asked almost uncertainly and she blinked as she turned to the Captain, but shook her head.
"No, not this time around."
Steve shifted in his seat, feeling Tony's glare, but, he, as a religious man, wanted to know what happened when one died, "What do you mean 'this time around'?" It was an innocent question, no hidden meaning or malice behind it and she gave him a small smile.
"The first time I died… I was sixteen. I didn't see my life flash before my eyes, it was over far too fast. One minute, I was alive, and the next, I was dead, though I didn't even know I was dead." She paused and shifted a bit, letting Natasha place hand on her arm. The woman was still shaken up from her death, it wasn't often that she cared about someone, but when she did, it was with everything she had.
"I saw no white light at the end of the tunnel, just a bridge. On the other side of that bridge was my Father, and other family members who had passed away. They stood there, smiling, as if happy to see me. I wanted badly to go to them, but before I was able to, I was pulled back. I had been brought back." She smiled fondly thinking of her 'Onii-san', who had brought her back at the insistence of Rin.
Tony blinked. "Brought back? Like this time, by the 'curse'?"
She shook her head. "No, that time I was brought back by Tenseiga," She paused and blinked as they looked at her puzzled and she blushed lightly remembering they had no idea of what she was talking about. "Tenseiga is a sword that can bring back the dead."
Bruce blinked, puzzled. "How is that possible?" He wanted to know, the scientist in him had to know.
She smiled, "Magic." She explained no more and turned to Thor with a small frown on her face, "Your Brother, he was there…. any idea how?"
Thor blinked, "He is well known for his magical powers and often accused of black magic." He frowned, not liking the thought of his brother being in the realm of the dead or wherever it was she had been when dead.
She furrowed her brows, knowing that was not dark magic, but a magic that had a similar feeling to that of Naraku, "That was no black magic. Loki may be twisted, but he still has light left in him…" She trailed off, fumbling trying to figure out how he had gotten there.
It must have been the staff.
"The staff, has he always had it?" She asked of the Thunder God.
Thor frowned, but shook his head. "No, he has possessed similar staffs in the past, but never this one." She groaned, rubbing her temples making him toss her a worried glance, "Is something amiss, Lady Kagome?" She scrunched her nose up at the title, but let it slide for the moment.
"It seems our dear King of Fools is someone else's pawn."