Little shorter than the last one... Still... Hopefully it's a good chapter! Happy Reading!

Chapter 9

Champion
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"Look! Miranda's back!" a little girl says. A group of kids run up to her, surrounding her.

"Who are those people? They look weird!"

"Miranda, why is that guy carrying a shield?"

"Why's he carrying arrows?"

"Some people that need my help. Yes, they do look weird. I think to protect himself from incoming attacks. To shoot at bad guys," the girl says.

"Oh, look, the champion is back!" an old woman says and walks up to her. "Here are the herbs you asked for."

The girl takes out some money and gives it to the old woman. "Thank you!"

"Can we play with your pokemon?" the little girl asks.

"I'm sorry. Maybe later. I have to go right now," the girl says.

"Awww!" all the little kids complain and walk away sadly.

"See? I told you that you would find out who I am," the girl says.

"So Miranda is your real name?" Steve asks.

"That's right!" Miranda says. "I do like Flare though. It was nice while it lasted though!"

"You're the champion! No wonder you have so much money!" Clint says.

Miranda giggles. "Yeah. Anyway, let's go into my villa." She walks away from them towards the villa.

"That villa is huge," Bruce says tiredly.

"For a girl her age, yeah," Steve says looking exasperated at the large villa.

"You guys coming?" Miranda shouts.

"Yeah!" Steve shouts back and they all make their way up to her villa.

"You live here all alone?" Steve asks while Miranda fishes around in her bag for her keys.

"Yeah, just me and my pokemon," Miranda says. She finds her keys and opens the door. "Well, welcome to my humble home!"

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"So, you have an idea of how to get us home?" Widow asks. Everyone sits down around a table. The pokemon kinda look around the villa and chase each other.

"I have a plan, but in order to do it we need to find a couple of pokemon," Miranda says.

"Who would those be?" Bruce asks regaining his strength.

Miranda pulls out her high tech pokedex and lays it on the table. A hologram appears from the pokedex. Three pokemon show up. All look pretty much alike except different colors. One pink, one blue, and one yellow. The shapes on their heads are different too. All the pokemon try to look at her screen curiously.

"These three are known as the lake guardians," Miranda says. Miranda focuses in on one of the three lake guardians. "This is Azelf bringer of willpower. She protects Lake Valor." She swipes the screen and it changes to the next one. "This is Mesprit bringer of emotion. She protects Lake Verity." She again swipes the screen bringing up the last one. "This is Uxie bringer of knowledge. She protects Lake Acuity. These three should be able to get you home. Also." She changes the screen to a different pokemon. "This is Arceus he is known as 'The Original One'. It is said that he created the entire universe along with the lake guardians and the creation trio. The master of both." She changes the screen again to three familiar looking pokemon. "These guys are the creation trio." She closes in on one. "This is Palkia and he controls space." She swipes the screen again. "This is Dialga and he controls time." Again she wipes the screen. "Finally, this is Giratina and he controls antimatter and the Distortion World."

"You have the creation trio?" Steve asks, remembering the giant pokemon that she had.

"Yes, I do. I believe if we use the Distortion World portal we would be able to get you back home. Except with a little alterations and that's where everyone else comes in. We need all these pokemon. Since I already have the creation trio that means we just need to find four pokemon," Miranda says.

"How do we find them?" Widow asks.

"The lake guardians shouldn't be that hard. Arceus on the other hand, could take months maybe even years to find," Miranda says.

"Do you think it will work if we find them?" Steve asks.

"It's worth a shot. I'm not a 100% sure more like 85% sure..." Miranda guesses.

"This just sucks!" Clint yells and almost kicks a chair until Lucario blocked it.

"Do not ruin the furniture. That chair cost more then everything you own put together," Lucario says.

"Whaa!? I-it can talk!?" Clint says freaked out and jumps back.

"9 out of all my pokemon can talk," Miranda says. "Telepathically, not through actual speech."

"Isn't that what Mewtwo can do?" Clint asks.

"I think so," Tony says, trying to remember. .

"Yes, Mewtwo communicates that way too," Miranda says.

"You've met?" Widow asks.

"Yeah, we help each other every now and then," Miranda says.

"Do you know who Team Rocket is?" Clint asks out of nowhere.

Miranda gets thrown off a little by the random question, but regains her stance. "Yes, the villainous organization in the Kanto and Johto regions. Under the control of Giovanni. Creators of Mewtwo. Why?" Miranda asks.

"Just cause. And, do you know a boy named Ash Ketchum?" Clint asks.

"Hmmm, oh, yes, I know him," Miranda says. "How do you?"

"In our world he is on a tv show," Tony says.

"The Ash with a Pikachu, right?" Miranda asks.

"Yes," Tony says.

"That's... really... weird," Miranda says freaked out. "Anyway, back on topic, we should first head to the three lakes."

"You know where to find them?" Steve asks.

"Of course," Miranda says.

"Then we shall head out now!" Thor says and stands up.

"Whoa! Not so fast!" Miranda says. "You all can't walk around looking like that. We want to draw as much attention away from us, not to us. If you all look like this we will become the center of attention. The only one that looks normal is Tony."

The pokemon snicker.

"Why?" Clint asks.

"We don't want anyone to follow us," Miranda says. "We don't want any bad people to follow us."

"Gotcha," Tony says.

"We can head to the mall. I will buy all your clothes for you," Miranda says.

"You don't have to pay for us," Steve says.

"Well, do you have any money?" Miranda asks. "My world's money?"

"No..." Steve says.

"So then I will buy you clothes," Miranda says. "We have to get clothing for each lake. Each lake has a different sort of weather and trust me you will need it."

Miranda grabs a hat and some sunglasses. She grabs a pony-tail and puts her hair up. Then she puts on the hat and sunglasses.

"What're those for?" Clint asks.

"Well, do you wanna get knocked down by people trying to get to me?" Miranda asks.

"I'm used to it. Except they would be coming to me," Tony says.

"Actually, we will get covered with people no matter what. One, you being dressed like that and two, you guys are all good looking. People will try to snatch you up and make you their's," Miranda says.

"Thanks, I know I'm good looking," Tony says and Clint stifles a laugh. Tony shoots him a glare.

"Thor, I would take off the helmet and leave your hammer here. Steve, leave the shield. Natasha, leave the guns... Tony, leave the suit. Clint, leave the bow and arrows," Miranda says.

"What if we are attacked?" Clint asks.

"One, that most likely won't happen and two, if it does happen I'm pretty sure I can handle it," Miranda says. "Also, you have the Hulk."

"True," Tony says.

"Just leave your things here," Miranda says.

Everyone lays their things on the table and Miranda goes to lock the door.

"What about the pokemon?" Tony asks.

Miranda glances at them. "You all can take one it you want. The others will have to stay here," she says.

"So? Who wants to come with me?" Tony asks, spreading his arms out like how you give someone a hug.

"Sneasel!" he says and runs to Tony.

"Alrighty then, Sneasel it is!" Tony says and puts Sneasel on his shoulder.

"Bun!" Buneary says and jumps in Widow's lap.

Widow gives a little laugh so little only Buneary noticed. "Alright."

"Munch?" Munchlax says and looks at Bruce with wonder.

"Oh, alright," Bruce says.

"Shinx!" she says and jumps onto Thor's shoulder.

"Aye!" Thor says happily.

"Star?" Starly says from Clint's shoulder.

"Well of course," Clint says.

Togepi looks up at Cap and Riolu gives him an annoyed glare saying 'if you dare hurt a hair on her you're dead meat.'

Cap nods. "Alright Togepi."

"Toge pi!" she says gleefully.

"Gallade," Miranda says, tossing out another pokeball to reveal a white, bipedal pokemon. Its lower body consists of rounded hips with strong legs. It has a thin green torso with sharp, red horns sticking out of its chest and back. Its arms are shaped like tonfas with extendable blades in its elbows. Its head resembles a gladiator's helmet with a white face and a teal head crest. It has spikes on the sides of its face. It is a master of courtesy and swordsmanship that is capable of predicting its foe's moves. "Could you make sure these pokemon behave and don't make a mess of things."

"Yes, master," Gallade says.

"Gardevoir," Miranda says.

"Yes," Gardevoir says.

"They talk too?" Bruce says now fully recovering.

"Yeah," Miranda says cutting it short. "Gardevoir, teleport us to Veilstone City."

"Right away. Everyone get together," Gardevoir says. Everyone holds hands or shoulder - cause they're full of it - and they all disappear.

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