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 25: Posting Bail

As she waited outside the doors, Kagome couldn't help but fidget. She rocked back and forth on her heels, nibbled at her fingernails, and tugged at the hems of her sleeves until she was ready to go crazy. She heard voices, though she was unable to distinguish words, and she silently and unsuccessfully willed time to move faster. She was about to break through the doors herself when the door finally began to creak open. Odin stepped through first, and, nodding regally to Kagome—and ignoring her exasperated glare—stepped aside.

Had she not been in the presence of the Allfather, Kagome would have squealed. Loki gracefully stepped through the doors, his ever-cheeky grin sloppily plastered on his face. He was dressed in his old green and black suits, and Kagome couldn't help but find herself awed by how well these semi-formal garments accentuated his figure. She looked down at the floors, embarrassed by the blush she was sure had encompassed her entire face. She had never seen him dressed in anything but plain, and itchy-looking tunics and trousers. At her commitment ceremony, he had worn hyper-formal, special robes, but Kagome had been too worried about tripping or saying something wrong to really take it all in.

Loki lifted her chin, adoring the delicate pink hue her face had taken, "Kagome," he whispered so quietly she almost wasn't sure he had said it. "Kagome, I'm free."

Snapping out of her daze, Kagome returned his brilliant smile with her own pearly whites, "No, Loki," she said with a sigh, "we're free." Loki leaned down to give her a kiss, but was interrupted by the clearing of his former guard's throat.

"Oi! I like to think I suffered too! You were not exactly a model prisoner." The man crossed his arms, and stood in a wide, defensive stance. Odin's laughter brought a rosy red to the man's cheeks.

"Yes, well, we would not have chosen you if you were not capable." Odin said, leading the other away. "Now that you have fulfilled your duty as my son's guard, you certainly deserve a vacation!"

The muscular man disappearing down the corridor with Odin laughed, "A vacation? Now you are talking!"

Kagome giggled at Loki's poisonous glare fixed on the place where the man had disappeared around the corner. "If he were not immune to my magic, he would be nothing but flakes of dust in the wind right now."

Kagome looked up curiously, "He's immune?"

Loki sighed and nodded, returning his fond gaze to Kagome, "It is why he was chosen. He is too simple to be tricked, immune to my magic, too physically strong for me to oppose, and his awareness is keen." He sighed again, "Although, when he snores at night, it sounds like a mountain being dragged across boulders, so I suspect he was also chosen because father knew he would irritate me."

Kagome laughed, and buried herself in his embrace. Pulling back a bit, she placed a hand on the back of his neck to pull him down low enough to give him a kiss.

"Welcome home, Loki."