Yo guys it is Vigilante 14 with a brand new chapter. So without further ado

Chapter 9: Wonder Star

Wally yawned as he approached the bookstore his Robin sent him to in search of a book on alternate dimensions and the demons in them. There was a title he couldn't pronounce, but that was the gist of what the book would contain. The reason Robin wanted the book was to get a better idea of what sort of dimension his brother but not in blood i.e. Wally came from. From his memories they knew that he came from a dimension where humanity managed to advance more in the biological sense than the technological.

The bijuu which Naruto used to contained was actually a powerful force of nature with the title of Kyuubi no Kitsune from the natives of elemental nations. From what Rob has found about kitsune is that in Japanese folklore kitsune can have up to nine tails, depending on its age, wisdom and power. The only way to kill a kitsune is to cut off all of its tails, as it is said that one of the tails is its main tail and the source of all its power. Not knowing which tail is the main one, one would have to cut off all its tails to kill it. One, five, seven, and nine tails are the most common numbers in folk stories. When a kitsune gains its ninth tail, its fur becomes white or gold.

A kitsune is a shape shifter, and usually when it reaches the age of 100 years, it learns the ability to take on a human form. Thus, they have to be a fox for a hundred years before it can shape shift from a fox to a human and back again. It is also said that a kitsune can duplicate other human beings, in other words shape shift into the look-a-likes of different people.
Kitsune can be either male or female, and usually take the form of young Japanese girls, beautiful women and older men.
Kitsune are believed to possess superior intelligence, long life, and magical powers. They are a type of spiritual entity, and the word kitsune is often translated as fox spirit. However, this does not mean that kitsune are ghosts, nor that they are fundamentally different from regular foxes. Because the word spirit is used to reflect a state of knowledge or enlightenment, all long-lived foxes gain supernatural abilities.

There are two common classifications of kitsune. The zenko are benevolent, celestial foxes associated with the god Inari; they are sometimes simply called Inari foxes. On the other hand, the yako tend to be mischievous or even malicious. Local traditions add further types. For example, a ninko is an invisible fox spirit that human beings can only perceive when it possesses them. Another tradition classifies kitsune into one of thirteen types defined by which supernatural abilities the kitsune possesses. Physically, kitsune are noted for having as many as nine tails. These kyuubi no kitsune gain the abilities to see and hear anything happening anywhere in the world. Other tales attribute them infinite wisdom.

There are thirteen different kinds of Kitsune, each with a corresponding element, listed as follows: Heaven (or Celestial or Prime), Void (or Dark), Wind, Spirit, Fire, Earth, River, Ocean, Mountain, Forest, Thunder, Time and Sound. One of the most important things to a Kitsune is freedom. They do not fare well to being locked away, and do not like to be forced to do something they don't want to. Doing something like that would be likely to get you killed if they are freed. Kitsune love playing tricks. They like to take things and hide them from people, or do just about anything else to piss someone off.

Kitsune's have things called Kitsune balls, or star balls, which is a small white-gold ball that is a Kitsune's most prized possession, since it is almost like their life force in a ball. If you get your hands on a Kitsune's star ball, you would have the ability to control the Kitsune, and make it do your bidding. However, Kitsune hate being stripped of their freedom, and when the Kitsune gets its star ball back, there will be serious repercussions for you to deal with.

In some stories, kitsune have difficulty hiding their tails when they take human form; looking for the tail, perhaps when the fox gets drunk or careless, is a common method of discerning the creature's true nature. Variants on the theme have the kitsune retain other fox like traits, such as a coating of fine hair, a fox-shaped shadow, or a reflection that shows its true form. Kitsune-gao or fox-faced refers to human females who have a narrow face with close-set eyes, thin eyebrows, and high cheekbones. Traditionally, this facial structure is considered attractive, and some tales ascribe it to foxes in human form. Kitsune have a fear and hatred of dogs even while in human form, and some become so rattled by the presence of dogs that they revert to the shape of a fox and flee. A particularly devout individual may be able to see through a fox's disguise automatically. One folk story illustrating these imperfections in the kitsune's human shape concerns Koan, a historical person credited with wisdom and magical powers of divination. According to the story, he was staying at the home of one of his devotees when he scalded his foot entering a bath because the water had been drawn too hot. Then, 'in his pain, he ran out of the bathroom naked. When the people of the household saw him, they were astonished to see that Koan had fur covering much of his body, along with a fox's tail. Then Koan transformed in front of them, becoming an elderly fox and running away.'

Other supernatural abilities commonly attributed to the kitsune include possession, mouths or tails that generate fire or lightning, wilful manifestation in the dreams of others, flight, invisibility, and the creation of illusions so elaborate as to be almost indistinguishable from reality. Some tales speak of kitsune with even greater powers, able to bend time and space, drive people mad, or take fantastic shapes such as a tree of incredible height or a second moon in the sky. Other kitsune have characteristics reminiscent of vampires or succubus and feed on the life or spirit of human beings, generally through sexual contact.

Wally entered the shop called Dark Knight Readers, opened obviously by someone who supported the 'Batman Family' as the others in the cape community called the masked heroes of Gotham City.

As he entered the practically empty store, Wally nodded to the clerk, a piercing covered teen that looked rather bored while scratching his nose, and veered towards the section labelled 'Alternate Realities and Different Dimensions'.

That sounded promising.

However, the second he entered the isle he was pleasantly surprised as he found that he wasn't the only shopper. The other browser was a raven-haired girl around his age, wearing a black tank top that did nothing to hide her impressive bust and silver bracers covering her wrists. Tight black pants protected her very shapely legs and a silver belt hung around her waist. Her pants were tucked into equally dark heeled boots. Arching a brow in interest, Wally walked closer and looked at the cover of her book.

'Historically Accurate Records for Dimension Hoppers' there's actually a book out there for-oh. Written and published by Dr. Kent Fate...Seriously? The league allowed it to get published? The blonde thought in confusion. The girl clearing her throat broke him from the thoughts.

"Can I help you?" She asked, her blue eyes narrowing as her looked at her. It was then he realized two things: The first being that this girl was drop dead gorgeous and the second was that while he knew that he was reading the title of the book, it could be seen as him staring at her chest.

Oh...Shit, Wally thought as he fought the urge to run away screaming. Thinking quickly, the red head said the first appropriate thing that popped into his head, "That's an interesting choice of literature you have."

"Really, I couldn't tell," she replied in tone that labelled him as an idiot for saying that.

Wally shook his head, "No, I mean, uh, the fact that you're reading a book for people from different realities is interesting. Makes one wonder..."

"Wonder what?" the girl asked defensively. She was scrutinizing him with her gaze, looking for any hint of him being a threat. Unknown to the blonde she was giving him the same once over he gave her. Ever since Naruto has been training him he has gained more muscles but not in a bulky kind of way, his muscles were like a sprinter helping him with his running. With his red hair and lean built

"Uh...W-Wonder if she's studying for a philosophy class or-or a history class!" he quickly covered while mentally patting himself on the back. Couldn't drive her off with the thought that she would read it because-

"Or I might actually be a dimensional traveller trying to blend in," the girl said with a small smirk. Wally straightened and tensed as he looked around for an exit in the worst-case scenario.

"But that'd be stupid, wouldn't it?" she replied with a shrug before closing the book and putting it back on the shelf. She turned and smiled at him, holding a hand out, "Cassandra Sandsmark you can call me Cassie"

Smiling back and relaxing, Wally took her hand and shook it, "Wallace Rudolph West but people usually call me Wally". Unknown to them Cassie was quite shocked to hear this but was able to school her expression so as to not cause any suspicions.

Cassie wasn't sure of what to say after he said his name a part of her wanted to hug him but another part of her was afraid of the consequences and thus a long silence overcame them before Wally asked, "You wanna get some coffee or something?"

"Uh...Sure?" replied the raven-haired girl in uncertainty. She was rewarded with a beaming smile from the red head.

"Sweet," he replied before holding a book that he grabbed up, "Let me just check this out and we'll go."

Cassie froze as she caught the title of the book he had: Demons, Dimensions, and Dust; A Record of the Known Multiverse by Dr. Kent Fate.

Her blue eyes focused on the back of the blonde's head while he checked out, making short conversation with the teen at the counter. As far as she remembered Wally in her youth never really believed in magic and all the stuff so why was he issuing a book on Demons? She had to find out a lot about him if she needed help.

Born on Earth-2 Cassandra "Cassie" Sandsmark is the second person to be called Wonder Girl; the first being Donna Troy and the third person to take the mantle of Wonder Woman; the first being Diana of Themyscira who left the position due to her death during the Luthor war and the second being Donna Troy who left the role when she ascended as the queen of Amazons. Since Cassie is the daughter of Dr. Helena Sandsmark and the Greek god Zeus she got various powers from her father like Atmokinesis, superhuman strength, superhuman durability. Her mother often used to joke how she used to blow up a storm when she was small. Her childhood wasn't so good as Cassie had a hard time controlling her powers.

Even without her power, Cassie was a problem child, and frequently had to change schools. Throughout her teens, she attended Holliday School for Girls, Brewer High School, Dennis Peterson High School, Gateway City High School, and eventually the Saint Elias School for Girls.

Cassie spent most of her time at her mother's work at the Gateway City Museum of Antiquities, where she had a penchant for getting into trouble. She quickly befriended her mother's new employee, Wonder Woman, and was eager to help her. During a fight with a Doomsday clone and another battle with Decay, she created a costume to help Wonder Woman, much to her mother's horror. Cassie later had the opportunity to ask Zeus for a boon, and requested for magical armour that could help her to fight alongside Diana. Zeus granted her request, and gave her a armour which increased her strength to near Superboy's level but gave Dr. Sandsmark the ability to deactivate the armour as well as her powers.

Dr. Sandsmark, however, reluctantly accepted her daughter's wish to be a super heroine and rarely if ever uses the ability to take away her powers. She was then send to the amazons to train.

After returning back she formed the teen titans alongside Wally West and Dick Grayson. Years passed by as the Titans fought bad guys. They were like a family and they stayed together after the original justice league died during the Luthor war. The Titans alongside Powergirl and Batwoman later formed the Justice League.

While walking towards the café Cassie's thoughts drifted towards the Darksied war and how she had almost died when suddenly someone sucked her in a weird portal and threw her in this dimension.

It has been two days since she got in this Earth.

Maybe she will be able to get some answers today.

Wally and Cassie walked away from the coffee shop, with Wally drinking a solid black cup and Cassie enjoying a nice latte. The two had spoken about their families, Wally about his mom, dad, uncle Barry, aunt Iris and brother figure Naruto while Cassie about her mother and her sister figure

The red head learned that Cassie enjoyed playing sports and idolized her sister. She wanted to follow in her sister's footsteps, but wouldn't go into detail about what that meant when he asked. It didn't deter him though. Her dodging of the question peaked his curiosity and he planned on finding out, but not through shifty ways like that hero The Question would.

In turn, Wally's own responses peaked Cassie's curiosity. She had learned that he planned on studying further and becoming a scientist. From what she remembered Wally was great in science in her dimension as well and was the third holder of the mantle of Flash after the second flash retired.

They were currently walking down the street, just continuing their conversation when Cassie felt a tingle in the back of her head. A feeling she learned to dread over time and looked apologetically at the teenage boy that was still chatting away about his friend Richard. She liked the red head, and felt bad about the things that were going to happen next.

You see all these years of being a hero has given Cassie some type foreboding senses which tell her if something bad is going to happen.

Hence, why she suddenly pushed him through a glass window to avoid the blast of energy that was aimed at her.

Wally dropped the book he was carrying and his coffee as he flew through the glass. The last thing he thought before impacting with the ground was: Damn, Cassie's strong!

Cassie rolled out of the way of a follow up blast and glared at the woman with skin as black as coal. She reeked of death; her soulless eyes caused Cassie to falter for a moment showing her the view of hell where all the evil beings were being punished. The woman seeing that Cassie was in a trance laughed evilly, her ruby red lips pulled back in a smile and her long raven locks flowed behind her with power. She channelled some energy that encased her tantalizing red dress that clung to her hourglass figure, her pupil-less eyes locked on the shorter blonde-haired girl and rushed to kill her.

Before she was able to damage Cassie, a lightning engulfed her. For the spectators it would seem that someone has hurled lightning on the black villain but in reality Wally was running around her and was delivering punches at supersonic pace. The last punch sends the lady through a store giving Wally to take all the nearby people to safe locations

Cassie who meanwhile came out of her trance was able to see Wally saving people. Silently thanking him she bit her thumb and swiped the blood on the ancient rune on her shoulder and the result was that in a blink of an eye she was in her armour.

"So in this dimension Wally becomes Kid Flash too. I can get help from him but first I need to put that bitch down"

And with that she rushed to attack the angel sort of thing. She gave her a solid punch in the jaw followed series of fast punches all over her body. Not wanting to lose her momentum she grabbed hold of her and threw her towards Wally's direction that was busy generating kinetic energy in his fist. As soon as she reached in his area of contact Wally hit with a punch with force to knock out almost any one. The result of the collision was a loud explosion which utterly destroyed the neighbourhood.

After the smoke settled Cassie ran up to Wally. She saw that his hands were burnt badly and his clothes were torn slightly.

"What happened?" Cassie asked as she tended Wally's wound

"The lady decided to put some kind of barrier but even before I could punch someone appeared, lightning was surrounding his palm and he tore through the barrier like it was paper. The attack hit the lady and she blasted into smithereens. The guy then disappeared into nothing" Wally said as he dusted himself up

Before he could ask question he noticed someone in the shadows.

"I believe you have some explaining to do," Batman said as he stepped out of the shadows alongside his trusted sidekicks Robin and Bat girl. He had arrived long ago but stopped to see who this new girl was

"It's a long, long story," Cassie replied with a frown as she looked at the Caped Crusader, "So can we go somewhere else or are we going to stand here all day?"

From the shadows emerged Robin, with a grin on the young sidekick's face he looked at the older were-fox and asked, "Well...Are you keeping her a secret from us, Kid Mouth? Anything we should be worried about?"

"Why should you care, Bird Boy?" Kid Flash shot back in annoyance before waving at the Dark Knight, "Hey Batman, what's up?"

"What happened?" Batman asked, his eyes narrowing behind the cowl as he stared at the new girl.

Seeing that the Dark Knight wasn't in the mood for his antics, Kid Flash pointed at Cassie and said, "Technically, it's her fault. So ask her"

Batman's attention shifted to the gob smacked Cassie, who used a backhanded slap on Kid Flash's pointing arm with a growl, "I didn't do anything! Dark Angel attacked us!"

"Yeah, but you're the one that pushed me through the window," Kid Flash shot back as he rubbed his arm, "Damn girl, that actually hurt! What do you bench, three-fifty?"

"Who are you?" Batman insisted, getting the bickering teenagers' attention back on him, "And who is 'Dark Angel'?"

"I guess since you're here, I shouldn't try to lie," Cassie replied with a frown before standing proudly, "I'm Cassandra Sandsmark, proud warrior of Themyscira and youngest daughter of Queen Hippolyta although adopted. In real I am the demigod daughter of Zeus and my mom Helen Sandsmark"

That statement certainly got some raised eyebrows from the males around her. Batman thought over the possibility of such thing, but without Diana's input, he couldn't draw a solid conclusion. It didn't help that she did look a lot like amazons. Same facial build and eye colour. She also had the same 'don't think I won't kick your ass' attitude that Diana has occasionally when they would disagree on something. It was those arguments he tended to walk away with a silent thought of Thank God I'm still alive and in one piece. Granted, they hadn't had an argument like that for a few years, but still.

"...Since when has Wonder Woman been an older sister?" Robin asked after a moment of staring at the girl. This time it was Cassie who looked shocked before she sighed and held her head.

"Great, another one of those dimensions," she grumbled to herself, though it was heard by the Dark Knight and Kid Flash. She looked at Batman and said, "I'll tell you everything I can, but not here. And not to these two"

With the pretty older girl pointing at him, Robin looked put out, "What's wrong with telling me? Am I gonna be concerted from the reveal?"

"Yeah what's wrong with me" Wally said

"I trust him but not you guys" she replied as she walked beside Batman to the nearest Zeta beam

o.O.o

Naruto was sitting in the kitchen of the new hideout of Avengers which was conveniently a floor below the hide out of Young Justice one. The hideouts were same to same; the only difference was the security as the Avengers hideout had more security thanks to Parker and Starr industries. Watching as Jean tried to make cookies for the group of them. "You know you can just buy cookies from the grocery store right?" he pointed out.

The point is Jean never really tried her hands in cooking before this and he was not sure if the Kitchen would be able to withstand her

"Now leave it at that temperature this time and pay attention."

"I do pay attention Blondie"

"Running off to see Clint and Karen's performance in the Danger room again and again doesn't show that you are paying attention Jean." Naruto said as he set a timer before leaving the confines of her kitchen as she began to clean up from the prep work. He ran his fingers through his hair and began thinking about the Danger Room. Karen and Peter have asked some of their top scientist to make it for them. Basically it was a training room in which people face real life experiences according to level status.

Naruto stood at the control room when Steve walked in, "Hey Naruto what are you doing"

"Not much of anything...what brings you over here?"

"Well, Jean burnt her baking so the whole place smells awful"

"I told her to pay attention..."

"Whatever. Anyway, we're expecting a call from League so call up everyone"

"Oh the joys of conference calling. Come on guys you heard the cap the league wants to talk let's not waste their time"

"Yeah"

"Alright"

"Afternoon." Greeted a voice from the computer screen as the team gathered around it, uniformed and ready.

"What's up Supes?" Clint chuckled, only to be elbowed harshly by Karen who stood at his side.

"Report," Superman said simply, causing Naruto to pipe up.

"Three raids were done at the supposedly Hydra facilities. The Data gathered was uploaded at League systems. Man Supes it was worse than we expected, each lab was controlled by a guy name Doctor Snake, and I won't be afraid to say that the snake guy is this world's Orochimaru. There were many files on Immortality and power enhancement. In short that guy was given the task to somehow create a super serum formula as strong as Erskine. We searched everything along and well at the moment we are at a dead end"

"Good if that's the case then I have a mission for all of you," he paused for a moment as a map came into view on the screen. "We have gotten word that an alien life form has crashed in this region of eastern Africa. I'll send you all the co-ordinates. We need you to go and scope out the situation. It's not considered to be dangerous, simply apprehend it."

"Boring courier service, couldn't the sidekicks go down?" Wanda droned.

"We don't think that they would be able to handle this situation, from what we've gathered there was a slave trade ship passing through the quadrant on its way to the next hand off, we were set to interfere and complete a rescue mission but it was botched quickly, they caught on and changed course. Either way, one managed to escape and we tracked her as far as we could before she landed."

"It's a her?" Clint squawked, "Sweet, damsel in distress! Alright!"

"Babysitting..." Naruto glared before the screen went blank and Superman was gone, leaving them with the last known location of the girl. "Well let's get this over with." He said, looking to Steve who was already looking over the map and waving him over, wanting help about how to split up to cover the area.

"Naruto, we'll start here near the closest village, we'll make that our meeting place. From there I want Jean and Hawkeye to go south, follow the rivers and see if you find anything. Karen and I will go to the north. Wanda you take the east then make a perimeter for any signs of her. Naruto, take the west. Let's make this a quick one people." Once in agreement they made sure they had the supplied needed and boarded their ship which was the newest model of Quinjet. It should be noted that the last one couldn't actually handle Naruto's awesome skill. Most leaguers after seeing the clip of Naruto's driving agreed to the fact that although Naruto was a devil in driving the jet he should only drive it when there is no other option.

As they took their respective seats in the jet, Steve was quite shocked as he saw Jean bringing extra clothes on the ship. "Umm, we aren't going on a vacation, what are those for?"

"She's an escaped slave girl, chances are she's going to need something clean to wear when we find her. So I'm being prepared." She said with a huff as she walked past the guys and took her seat in the pilot's position.

The trip itself wasn't all too eventful and upon landing Naruto set off in his direction without another word to anyone. He was glad to have the time to himself, sauntering through the jungle. It was a bit of a pain to go through the forest like vegetation but at least it wasn't the desert. Taking to the trees the blonde shinobi kept up his search, letting his mind fall to ease as he soared through the trees.

The rest of the group was off in their set directions and Jean was walking along side Clint with a worried expression on her face. "Clint, have you noticed Steve acting a little...funny lately?"

"You mean brooding, quiet, and avoiding everyone?" Clint replied nonchalantly

"Yeah, I mean it's just not him. I haven't heard the guy laugh in what seems like ages." Jean said

"Yes because who wouldn't miss that evil laugh he's got going." Clint replied dryly. It has been only a few days since he joined and he didn't knew much about Steve so he wasn't to sure about what Jean was saying

"Clint please, be serious. I was there when he woke up and he hasn't shown this behaviour till Isla Prisca" Jean scolded

"What? He's just taking after his age I guess...but now you mention it, Steve is acting a bit like Bruce. Maybe when we get back Naruto and I can get him out of his funk."

Steve had been searching for the better part for five hours, having stopped for something to eat and drink, thank goodness for rations in his belt. As the sky grew dark he tried to get in touch with his group but the radio signal kept cutting out. "Great..." he whispered in a hiss as he tried to figure out what to do next. He didn't mind working in the dark but he didn't want to have to listen to the whining about how he wasn't communicating properly when the others found him. Either way there wasn't really a viable option at the moment so he felt he might as well keep going.

As he came to a small clearing he noticed a soft glowing green light in the distance. "Well that's certainly not natural," he whispered aloud as he carefully approached.

That's when it all changed. At first he just saw a small figure sitting there in front of a green tinted fire being it by what seemed like energy radiating from her hands. Long auburn hair flowed over her shoulder to pool like scarlet satin around her. Her skin was an odd tint but she had a warmth to her that he didn't recognize in anyone else. Then her eyes, the moment they locked with his he was lost. The greenest, most pure orbs he'd ever seen in his entire life, he was sure anyone would agree. The eighteen year old was careful though, this was an alien they were talking about. He wasn't sure what she was capable of. He approached slowly, extending his hands to show her he meant no harm, but she didn't move, she didn't even blink.

"It's ok, my name is Steve. I'm here to help." As he came closer he heard a primal growl come from her and she backed away from him, curling against the trunk of a tree that she had found refuge by. "No it's okay..."

"Rutha da kak mar kar fec!" she was shouting at him in what seemed to be her native language, but she didn't make any violent motions towards him. Instead he heard a whimper and his eyes moved to her side. She was bleeding from a wound and using her clothing to try and stop it. He could see the lacerations all over her ankles and wrists from what he was sure were injuries left over from the bindings they would have had her in.

"You're hurt..." he whispered, scoffing at himself for pointing out the obvious. Reaching into his belt slowly he pulled out a piece of gauze and some bandages to help wrap her. "See? I just want to help." He whispered gently, finally coming to sit next to her. She seemed to relax as he dabbed at the wound. She whimpered in pain but he cooed softly to her, wrapping the bandaged around her mid section to keep the gauze in place and give some support to her aching muscles. "There s-mph!" he didn't get the chance to speak as he soon found her lips on his.

She was kissing him! One minute she growls because he's coming close and the next she's in a lip lock with him. He gasped as she released him and he heard her speak in a soft, almost angelic voice, "Thank you...for helping to heal my wound."

"Uh..."

"The people of my planet can learn any language instantaneously through skin contact." She explained, nearly reading his mind as he tried to find the right words to reply.

"Uh, right well that's good to know. I'm Steve, a member of the Avengers. We were sent to find and rescue you, Miss" He explained.

"I thank you for rescuing me, I am...very confused on what I am to do."

"How so?"

"I have...nowhere to go." He watched as the emotions started to get the best of her and she curled up tighter, whimpering as she stretched her wounds.

Placing a hand on her back he got her to ease up and felt her slowly relax under his touch. "It's ok, that's what we're here for. Look we know you escaped...and I...we won't let you get captured again."

"But why, why do you wish to help me?" she asked.

"Because, no one deserves to be a slave." He replied

"Being a slave is the least of my worries..." she trailed off, looking away from him.

Steve was confused at the moment but didn't want to force the subject as she seemed distressed over it. "Look, if you don't mind me carrying you, I need to start back in the direction of the village. We can get your wounds cleaned and some fresh clothes." He took in what she wearing currently; it was quite exposing to say at least, it was good that no one was here or else they would have seen him losing some of his composure. She was barely covered; his bandage work covered more of her form. She was in tiny little white shorts that barely covered and a tube top. She let him pick her up as they started back to the village, putting out the fire before leaving. "So..." he said, looking down at her with a smile, "you never did tell me your name."

"I am Koriand'r, Princess of the planet Tamaran...though I believe in your language it would translate to Starfire."

"Starfire...it's nice to meet you, welcome to earth."

"I am...very happy to have met you too…" she was starting to get drowsy as she leaned into his neck, clutching the front of his uniform as she found comfort in his warmth and embrace.

He smiled to himself upon walking back to the village, wanting to take his time with this beauty in his arms but knowing better with her injuries than to lag behind his normal pace.

"Anything?" Jean asked as she paced beside the ship.

"Nothing. If I wasn't looking at you right now then I wouldn't know you were there. Something must have gone off line." Karen replied.

"Well this isn't the most technologically advanced place on the planet." Their conversation was interrupted as Steve came walking up to them with a very tired girl clutching him. "Where have you...!" Naruto was cut off as Steve glared at him and walked by into the ship.

He looked to Jean and nodded for her to follow. He went to sit her down in his chair but she wouldn't let go. "Star it's okay." He whispered softly, trying to get her to relax.

Naruto gave a small laugh. He could easily see that Steve was quite protective of the girl, Oh it's going to be so much funnnnnn!

"Team, I'd like you to meet the Princess of Tamaran, Miss Starfire." He said gently, smiling down at her as she weakly smiled back. "Now let me get you down, Jean is going to get you cleaned up and changed before we leave." She finally let go and he promised he'd be right back.

Once he was outside the ship he got a look from his entire team. "Okay explain!" Steve was the first to shout.

"Explain what? I found her huddled up and injured, I brought her back." Steve replied

"And this whole, won't let go of you thing?" Clint shouted. In his opinion Naruto already had his own Harem in making while Peter had many girlfriends in past. It should have been him that had the girl so close to his body… So not fair!

Wanda smirked, "Jealous much?"

"It's only because she hasn't got a taste of this stud yet." Clint teased, striking a pose.

"Whatever ..." Steve said as he went inside alongside the rest guys who were laughing at Clint's expression

Within the hour they were on their way back to headquarters with Steve sitting in his chair, Starfire nestled in his lap now dressed in a pair of Jean's pink shorts and a white t-shirt. She had brought a bra and panties that fit her for the time being but Starfire would need her own bra for sure, Jean's was much too tight but it would have to do. White shirt and no bra just didn't seem dignified for a Princess.

The girl was completely conscious the entire time and half way through the trip, the questions began. "So are you really a princess?" Karen asked.

"Yes..."

"So how did an alien princess end up on a slave ship?" Clint asked, genuinely curious as to how she got into the situation in the first place.

Steve felt her tense up in his arms and he rubbed her back, helping her sit up a little more. "You don't have to say it if you don't want to."

"I would prefer not to get into the details at the moment."

"Understandable." Steve shot everyone a look that clearly said, 'ask a question like that again and I will go full blown Captain America on your asses...'

Changing the subject Clint looked over from his seat and smiled. "So Starfire is it? What do you think of human males?" he flexed an arm and winked her way only for her to look confused at him. "I mean, like what you see?"

"Idiot..." Karen groaned, along with the rest of the group.

"Actually, yes much so..." she whispered making everyone almost fall out of their seats, but then they realized she wasn't looking at Clint, she was staring up at a now blushing Steve.

She gave a tiny yawn and snuggled back up to him, falling asleep in his arms. Steve was left smiling softly, one arm supporting her back while the other held her hand. She shivered from time to time but the tears dangling from her eyelashes let him know it wasn't from the cold. No one seemed to notice so he drew his cape around, hushing her softly and trying to calm her pain. She needed an actual medical bay and a good night's rest. He just hoped when they got back that the Justice League would cut her some slack.

Well that's for now guys. I know it was short as compared to last ones but I hope you all like it. Now you all know what to do i.e

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