Punishment
Inuyasha-Avengers
Kagome-Loki
Comedy, Romance
Series
For his misdeeds on Midgard, Loki was given only one punishment: Kagome.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything from the Avengers, Inuyasha, or Norse Mythology. Also, I'm sorry if there are lots of facts that are wrong, or don't make sense and stuff.

Chapter 13: Friendly Banter

Kagome awoke the next morning to a muted knocking on her door, feeling worse than when she had gone to bed. Groaning as she pulled herself to the edge of her bed, she shouted, "Hold on! I'll be there in a moment!" She yawned and tugged at her hair, desperately wishing she could at least brush her teeth or something before she had to see her first visitor of the day. Shuffling toward the door, she groggily rubbed at her eyes, none too surprised when the door opened before she got there, "What d'you want, Thor."

Thor's booming laughter did nothing for her temper that morning, but the God was oblivious; having lived his whole life with Loki, Thor was fairly accustomed to moody morning tempers. "Kagome! Good morning to you too! I trust that you are doing well!"

Kagome sighed and stretched forward and back, "As well as can be expected, I suppose. I can see you're happy to be up this morning. How's Loki?"

"Ah, well, Loki is well, if not in a bit of a mood. You can see him today, if it would please you!" Thor smiled down at his brother's love.

"Hm, well. I may take you up on that offer."

"Loki is very blessed to have won the love of one such as yourself, Kagome." Thor empathized with the young couple who were cursed to remain apart for so long. He sighed, "If I did not have Jane…"

Kagome looked up wryly at the radiant Thunder God, "Well, if you didn't have Jane, you'd certainly be lonelier; I'm pretty sure that my feelings were inevitable." Thor laughed, and Kagome yawned again.

"Right you are! But perhaps I would not have let you see Loki!" Kagome rolled her eyes, knowing how much he enjoyed their platonic banter.

"You would have. It was necessary to take me to him. I mean, who else would have been able to keep him in line!"

"I suppose you are correct; although I did take the risk of your powers not working on him, I was sure you would persevere." His tone grew very sincere; Thor couldn't let her forget just how important she was.

It was Kagome's turn to laugh, "Yeah, I'm sure I would have figured a way to knock sense into him regardless of my powers." She fidgeted with the silken edge of her sleeve. "Thanks again. I didn't fancy being a science project; even for someone as prestigious as Tony Stark."

Thor placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, "Anthony Stark is a formidable human, but it was clear to me that your place was with us, here."

Kagome pulled away and walked toward the vast window, taking in the texture of the sky. It felt like so long since she had really seen its beautiful blues, and the ethereal hints of pink that shimmered across this magical realm for herself. "I… I can't stay here, Thor. I can't stay in the palace anymore."

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mb: well, I received a very passionate review the other day (was it yesterday?) asking about the feasibility of SHIELD seeking out Kagome for her priestess powers, since they are really meant to harm demons, not aliens or humans, etc. I really appreciated it, and although I didn't address it at length in this chapter, I mentioned the improbability of her powers working on Loki because he is a God. I thought about the logic, and I decided that her zaps were more like "really annoying healing" zaps than "really annoying purification" zaps because Loki is a damaged soul, not a demon. Also, I would say that SHIELD simply wanted to research her. I don't think I implied any more than that previously, but I'm just reiterating since it wasn't clear.

I take reviews very seriously, so please continue to let me know what you think, if you feel like it, but know that I can't accommodate every issue because this is just fan fiction, and there is no way I will have the fortitude to change everything. Just blame it on my ignorance if I don't get around to it.