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'Damn it!'

He expected to see nothing when he turned the corner, but what he found was exactly the opposite, 'What!?' His eyes widened in disbelief as he skidded to a complete stop.

"Were you seriously trying to pull a Kouga on me!?" Kagome hissed in Japanese, her boot pressed firmly on Bankotsu's back while she tugged harshly on his long braid, "I'm sorry that you will find I'm not that useless anymore!"

"Goddammit, woman!" Bankotsu groaned in pain, "I'm just what the Boss ordered!" He whined, grunting when she merely pulled harder in retaliation, "You're the one who wanted the damn help!"

"Miss Kagome?" Steve cautiously asked and said girl jumped, immediately releasing Bankotsu's hair and removing her foot from the downed assassin's back, "Are you all right?"

"Steve!" Kagome wrung her hands nervously, "It wasn't necessary for you to follow after me!" She laughed with obvious apprehension.

"Of course... I would," Steve said hesitantly, rather surprised that a small girl like Kagome could take down someone even Hawkeye couldn't with such ease, "Who are you?" His hopes that she was just a normal girl were fading far too fast for his liking.

Kagome smiled apologetically at him, "Someone like you I suppose," She shrugged, trying to appear nonchalant about it, but was clearly uneasy about his reaction, "Someone who wants normality once in a while too."

He had to ask, "Are you an... enemy of S.H.I.E.L.D as well? An assassin?" His tone grew guarded and his heart sank at the very thought.

"If I barely know of the Avengers, what makes you think if know of... shield, did you call it?" Kagome shrugged again, "I try to stay out of Big Brother's business."

"Like shit you do." Bankotsu mumbled, flinching slightly when Kagome lightly kicked him in the side in response.

Steve honestly did not know what to believe, "I..." He couldn't compromise the security of his beloved country, so he knew it was the correct choice to make, though he didn't want to, "I don't think I can make that lunch."

Kagome bit her shaking lip and nodded with a falter, "I understand." She said quietly, watching his return behind the corner with saddened eyes. She was thankful that Bankotsu refrained from making a snarky comment.

After all, this was only to be expected...