Wheee it's a Team Magma and Aqua fanfiction aha! xx

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'You're an idiot.'

'Why thank you, Tabitha. What a great compliment!' Sarcasm dripped Courtney's voice.

'No, really. You what, invited the boy to join Team Magma?'

Courtney turned around, unknown to Tabitha that it was to hide a faint blush. 'I–I was gonna convince him to join so we could get more information on him! That's all!' she protested.

'Oh?' The Field Commander raised an eyebrow. 'Is that so, Courtney? Information on what? How to participate in contests properly?' He snickered.

'Damn it, Harlan! Leave me alone!' Courtney ran off in a hurry, her heart aching. Tabitha sighed.

'Looks like she won't be talking to me anytime soon.'

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'Oi, Matt.'

'What?'

'Want some gum?'

Matt looked at Shelly, incredulous. Never before had she offered something to him.

Eyes sparkling, he replied, 'Yes!'

Shelly smirked, holding out the bar, a piece of it already sticking out. Matt walked over eagerly, plucking the candy.

'Owww!' he shrieked, holding his finger, which had been zapped by the toy.

Shelly collapsed in fits of laughter, clutching her stomach in an attempt to stop. Eventually, she had calmed down, and was glared upon by Matt. She handed him the small toy.

'It's a gum trap,' she giggled. 'I have to say that I'm surprised you fell for it.'

'I hate you!'

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'Commander! There's a trainer blocking our path! She won't budge!'

'Battle her,' Tabitha spoke into the hand-held transceiver. 'Show her how string us Magmas–'

'I already did that, sir!' the grunt wailed. 'She kicked my ass!'

'Fine,' the Admin grumbled. 'I'm coming over.'

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'So,' Tabitha said smugly, 'since you don't want to move out, I guess I'll have to make you! Mightyena, go!'

The trainer huffed. 'Fine. Manectric, Thunder!'

'Dodge it–'

'Too late.' She was right. The attack hit, sending Mightyena flying.

'Mightyena, Shadow Ball!'

'Counter with Flamethrower. Now, quick, Thunderbolt!'

Soon, Mightyena was an unconscious pile of fur at Tabitha's feet.

He grit his teeth. 'You…'

'Problem?' the trainer asked, innocent.

'Argh! Who are you, anyway?'

'My name is Kuro.' She bowed. 'Nice to meet ya!'

Tabitha gritted his teeth. 'I am Tabitha, admin of Team–'

'Team Magma! Awesome! You guys expand the landmass, correct? Can I join?'

The Magma Admin's anger faded, quickly turning into surprise. 'You…what?'

'I said I want to join!'

'I-I'll call Maxie.'

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'Welcome.'

Kuro glanced up. 'You are…Maxie, correct?'

'That's right. And you are Kuro, am I right? And you would like to join Team Magma?'

The trainer nodded. 'Yep!'

'Fantastic. You will be a grunt–'

'Sir,' Tabitha interrupted. 'I don't think she should be a grunt.'

Maxie glared at him. 'And why not?'

'Kuro is really strong. Her battling skills, I mean. She took my Mightyena down with one hit!' He saw Maxie's unconvinced expression, and quickly added, 'And she has a Manectric. Good for sweeping those pesky Aquas.'

The boss of Team Magma nodded thoughtfully. 'I guess you are right, Commander Tabitha. We shall have three admins: You, Courtney and Kuro here. However,' he paused for a while. 'Kuro will be training with you. Is that clear?'

Both Tabitha and Kuro saluted. 'Yes sir!'

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'I'll show you around the ship,' Tabitha told Kuro. 'Oh, and congrats on getting the admin position. Especially on the first day.'

The new admin chuckled. 'You really didn't have to say that, about my battling skills, ya know.'

'I felt you would be an over-powered grunt.'

Kuro shrugged. 'Oh well.'

They reached a room. 'This will be where you are sleeping. You can check it out later,' Tabitha said.

He led Kuro to another room beside it. 'And this is mine. Just knock if you need anything.' Tabitha looked at his watch. 'It's time for lunch! Follow me.'

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'Are you okay?'

Courtney glanced up. 'If you're not going to help, go away.'

'You're Courtney, aren't ya? I'm Kuro, the new admin. Need a hand?'

Courtney was dangling down a cliff, the only thing preventing her from falling to the jagged rocks below was her gloved hand, gripping tightly to the rocky edge. Kuro grabbed Courtney's arm, yanking her up and in the meantime falling over the side, swapping places with the purple haired admin.

'W-what are you doing? You'll fall to your death!'

'Nah, I'm good. Go tell Tabitha I'm fine. Bye!'

'But–'

Kuro let go of her grip, letting gravity pull her downward. She released her Swellow, who (thankfully) was smart and fast enough to catch her mid-fall.

'Thanks, buddy. Fly me back to the ship!'

As she soared above, Kuro could see the Magmas below her. She made out Tabitha and Courtney, who seemingly were talking to each other.

'Swellow,' Kuro whispered. 'Let's land.'

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'You left her dangling from a cliff?!'

'She told me to tell you she was fine!' Courtney argued, though her expression showed some fear.

'Kuro arrived yesterday, and now she could be dead?!' Tabitha snapped.

The trainer in question decided this was the best time to walk in. She waved casually to Tabitha, whose mouth was wide open.

'H-how…'

'Hey, guys! I just dangled off a cliff, fell down, died and came back to life!' she said coolly. At the shocked expressions on her colleagues' faces, Kuro burst out laughing, and Courtney and Tabitha joined in.

'Why were you hanging off a cliff, anyway, Courtney?' Kuro asked after calming down. 'Somehow I don't think you just slipped.'

'An Aqua pushed me,' Courtney replied. 'I was trying to look for ocean movement when she appeared out of no where and shoved me over.'

'Hm…How does she look like?' The trainer wondered.

'Red, curly hair.'

Kuro snapped her fingers. 'Shelly! Tactical Commander Shelly, one of the Team Aqua admins, along with Matt.'

Both Tabitha and Courtney stared at her, surprised. 'How do you know?'

Kuro shrugged. 'I just do.'

Tabitha decided to drop the subject. 'Well then, we should get back to the ship. Almost dinner time.'

'Let's go!' Courtney agreed.

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'Full name?'

'Kuro Brelyn Mitsu.'

'Alright.' Maxie turned to Tabitha. 'And you?'

'Tabitha Harlan Homura.'

'And you?' The leader of Team Magma asked Courtney.

'Courtney Marge Kagari.'

'Great. You?' Maxie pointed a pen to a raven haired grunt.

'Davus Sebastian Himataa, sir!'

Maxie went around the room, scribbling down the full names of every member of Team Magma, and Kuro used that time to think.

I've successfully joined Team Magma, she thought. And I'm an admin. Even better…Time for phase two.

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'Impossible!' Maxie slammed his hand down on the table. 'When did this happen?' he demanded.

'Sir, we only found out this morning. We are not yet sure on which grunt is the undercover Aqua member, but Courtney is looking for him or her now.'

'Good. And may I ask how you know that there is an Aqua on our ship?' Maxie inquired.

'I found an Aqua bandanna in the mess hall, sir,' Kuro replied. 'I figured an undercover must have dropped it by accident.'

'Very well. I am glad you are admin, Kuro. You are dismissed.'

Kuro and Tabitha walked out of Maxie's office.

'Hey, Kuro. You think we'll find that Aqua crook today?'

Kuro smiled. 'Of course, Tabitha. Just leave it to me.'

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Shelly's POV

Everything was going according to plan. Shelly had snuck into the Magma ship, completely unnoticed. Naturally, she hated their uniform, especially since she had to hide her curly red hair inside the hoodie. Still, she dealt with it, not wanting to disobey her boss, Archie.

And then she realised her bandanna was missing. Maybe I didn't bring it along, she thought, trying to reassure herself, but she knew clearly that she had packed it in. Shelly shook the thought out of her head. There was no time to worry about that now.

She was currently in one of the cabins with the other grunts, who were all (fortunately) not paying attention to her. Digging into her backpack, she pulled out a PokéNav and snuck into the bathroom.

Shelly dialed in Archie's number. 'Archie, sir,' she whispered.

'Shelly? Is that you?' Archie's voice replied.

'Yes, sir. I'm currently in Team Magma's ship. I managed to come here, unnoticed,' she said, trying to push down the thought of her lost bandanna. 'What do I do next, sir?'

'Good job, Shelly.' Shelly could almost hear the smirk in his voice. 'I knew I could count on you. Next, I need you to get Kyogre.'

'K-kyogre?! How am supposed to do that? I don't even know where Kyogre is–'

'But I do.'

Shelly gasped; they had spent so looking for the Ancient Pokémon, and Team Aqua finally knew where it was located!

'Sir, where is Kyogre?'

'Team Magma has successfully captured Kyogre, as we had done with Groudon.'

'Right!' she nodded. 'Tell me where to go, and I'll free Kyogre, sir!'

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Kuro's POV

'Maxie sir, someone has intruded Kyogre's enclosure!' Kuro reported.

The leader of Team Magma gritted his teeth. 'It has to be that Aqua!'

'Don't worry, sir, I'll go get Tabitha and Courtney!'

Kuro ran off, looking for her two colleagues. She had to admit, even going along with her plan, she quite enjoyed being a member of the organisation.

'Tabitha, Courtney!' Kuro called out to the other admins. 'Follow me! We have to go to Kyogre!'

Unfortunately, by the time they had reached Kyogre's enclosure, there was a massive hole in the wall, beside where Kyogre was meant to be. Tabitha scowled. He pulled out his transceiver.

'Sir, Kyogre has escaped!'

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