-Hulk's Room-

Hulk wakes up, remembering what happened between him and Margaery. He opens the door and speaks to one of the male servants standing outside of his door. "I want to see Margaery." He says.

"I'll have her brought here immediately, sir." The servant says before walking away to do as he was told. Hulk sighed before closing the door.


-Later-

Margaery walks into Hulk's room. Hulk looks at her, but she looks down in embarrassment, clearly not forgetting what happened between them last night.

"Margaery." Hulk says, finally getting the beautiful Tyrell woman to look up at the green-skinned monster.

"Forgive me. I have not forgotten our last meeting." She says, clearly flustered.

"If it helps, I was surprised by that kiss, but I also liked it."

"You did?" Margaery was surprised to hear him say that. She slowly approached him.

"Yep. I liked it. A lot." Hulk said, winking suggestively. Margaery blushed and giggled before letting out a sigh of relief.

"I hate to ask, but there are two things I'd like you to do."

Hulk simply nodded. "What is it?"

Margaery looks up at him. "Firstly, do not tell anyone about our kiss. Especially my grandmother. She'd be furious."

Hulk chuckled in amusement. "Obviously. What's the second thing?"

"I beg your forgiveness. Me kissing you...it was unorthodox and inappropriate, especially from a Lady."

Hulk sighed. "I forgive you. I liked the kiss, but...not like I'd have a chance with a...girl like you."

"Please, do not be so harsh on yourself. I'm sure even you are capable of finding love, my friend." Margaery said, rubbing Hulk's massive arm, who sighed pleasurably at Margaery's touch.


-Later-

Hulk, Natasha, Olenna and Margaery sit at the table from before, eating fruit and drinking wine.

"You may be wondering why I asked for the two of you." Olenna said as Hulk and Natasha shrugged. "I asked you here because the House of Lannister has been a thorn in our House for many years. A tournament is to be hosted within a week. I wish to have one of you as our House's champion to combat the Lannister's champion."

Hulk and Natasha look at each other, unsure of an answer before Natasha came to a decision.

"We're going to fight for you. Who is it that you want us to fight?" Natasha asks as she crosses her slender legs.

"A beast of a man that must not be taken lightly. Ser Gregor Clegane of House Clegane. By reputation, he is called the Mountain. No man has ever bested him in combat." Olenna said, practically shaking as she described her hated opponent House's champion.

"He's never met me. If this...Mountain is as bad as you say, I'll be the one to crush the Mountain."

"You do not possess the weaponry or training to combat Ser Clegane, my friend. You need both in order to face the Mountain in combat." Margaery says, resting her arms on her knees.

"She's right. No offense, big guy, but you're not the best fighter." Natasha says.

"Grrrr..." Hulk growls, insulted by Natasha's comment. "Fine. Train me so I can fight."

"Loras will train you. There's no swordsman in Highgarden more skilled than him." Margaery says as Loras approaches.


-Later-

Hulk and Loras stand in a large open area. Loras is adorned in his armor and wields his sword while Hulk is unarmed.

"This'll be fun..." Hulk says before charging at Loras. He grins, rolling out of the way and slashing Hulk's leg, causing blood to pour from his wound, only for the injury to heal within a few seconds.

"Impossible..."Loras said, clutching his sword.

"Nope. Just incredible." Hulk remarked before lifting Loras by the shoulder and flinging him across the dirt covered ground.

Loras groaned as he picked himself up and unsheathed a Valyrian steel dagger, slashing and stabbing at Hulk's gut and legs with his sword and dagger. Like before, blood spurted from the wounds, only for them to heal, much to the amazement of everyone but Hilk and Natasha.

"So...the creature can heal. Good to know." Loras whispered to himself as he charged, dodging a swing from Hulk's right arm and slicing his Achilles' tendon with the dagger. Hulk hollered in pain as he fell onto one knee.

"Ow...!" Hilk hollers in pain.

"Get up and fight back!" Loras said as he swung the dagger across Hulk's back.

Hulk has had enough. He caught another swing from Loras' dagger, grinning as he very lightly punches him in the chest plate, knocking him down. He pinned Loras' dagger arm with his foot before gripping his dented chest plate and began to gently punch Loras in the face again and again, trying not to kill him. On the seventh punch, Loras, released his dagger. "Yield! I yield! Training is over, giant." Loras breathed out.

An applause was heard. Hulk and Loras looked up to see Margaery and Olenna were the source of the applause.

"He is to be our champion. He will fight for us...and triumph against the Mountain." Olenna said proudly, unaware that Margaery had a concealed look of uncertainty on her face.


-Later-

Hulk's Room

Hulk, now in Bruce Banner form, was folding clothes in preparation for his travels to King's Landing to fight the Mountain when Margaery walked in.

"Oh. Sorry. I didn't hear you come in." Bruce said politely as he turned around to look at Margaery.

"No. The fault is mine. I should've knocked. So you're the 'other man' that Lady Romanoff spoke of..."

"Yes. I am the Hulk's...better half. The half that has control."

"You speak as if the creature has caused you great pain and loss."

"He has. Because of him, I...I spent the majority of my life running, hiding from people that wanted to use the Hulk as a weapon. A tool for war."

"I apologize. As a woman that spends her days walking through gardens, I cannot imagine what kind of toll that can have on a man." Margaery said sympathetically. She was genuinely saddened by Bruce's story.

"At least I have Natasha..." Bruce said, lightly smiling as he finished packing clothes.

"She is a very beautiful woman. No doubt her beauty makes her irresistible among men." Margaery said.

"Hehe. Yeah..." Bruce chuckles as Margaery cutely smiles at him.


-Author's Note-

Next chapter will involve Natasha and Bruce sailing to King's Landing and Hulk meeting Cersei, Jaime, and the rest of the Lannisters before fighting Gregor Clegane. In the aftermath of the fight, Hulk will get a little downtime with a certain prostitute while Natasha will probably have to deal with light flirtations from Jaime at a celebration feast that the two heroes attend...