Author's Note: AHH! Here's Chapter 24! ENJOY!

Also I do not own Fairy Tail or Pokémon.

Chapter Twenty Four - Fun with Team Magma

Natsu found himself hopping out of the air as his tiny yet dependable Mirajane the Noibat dropped his off at a very familiar volcanic peak.

"Okay Natsu, I hope I was quick enough!" She smiled with delight in her eyes.

"You're good, thanks Mira!" Natsu nodded and collected his Noibat back inside her Poké Ball. He then collected where he was.

"Okay Nigel…" Said the pink haired hero as he scratched his head. "What am I doing back here?"

Nigel had Levy pull up a map on her monitor and began instructing Natsu on his new mission. "You're heading under the mountain. Go that way."

Natsu smiled. "Oh I used that passage way to get around it the first time!"

Nigel waved that off. "No, no I mean you're actually going inside the heart of the mountain this time."

Lucy sat by with a worried face. "Um, isn't it a volcano?! Won't he be endangered?"

Nigel looked at her and grinned. "Hey, he is a Fire Dragon Slayer, isn't he? Are you Fairy Tail Wizards just for show, or...?"

Lucy paused as that comment made her smile, and faintly blush as she thought about her pink haired friend. "Yea, I guess you're right about that."

Happy patted her on the back. "Of course he's smart, Lucy! After all this is Nigel we're talking about!"

Lucy sighed, knowing Happy probably did not mean that entirely. "Well I can see the two of you got along on your little 'bro-trip'..."

"HA! Man, it's always good to hear you, Happy!" Natsu laughed and began his decent down the southern end of the volcano. As he made it about half way, however, he found himself tumbling over a very steep section of cliff. Once he jumped off a large cliff face, Natsu turned around and noticed that the boulder face of the cliff seemed to have one large piece separated from the rest of the rock wall.

Natsu scratched his chin. "Hmm…I wonder if…?" He ran forward and pushed through the rock, and after doing that it caused the separate rock surface to go inward, revealing a door frame hidden form every day view.

Nigel cringed. "Hmm, so this is what they've been doing to my server…?"

That comment made Natsu angry. "Oh don't worry. They're gonna pay…"

Natsu made his inward decent throughout the red and black cave. He could hear a constant flow of lava around him at all times, but his nose was too distracted by all the smoke and ash that he could never keep a trail straight in front of him.

All he knew was that Nigel told him to find the core of the volcano. And so, after running into several locked doors, Natsu finally came across a disgruntled trainer wearing a Magma hoodie.

"Uh-oh looks like we got a little Salamander snoopin' around. Hehe…" Just like Maxie, all the members of Team Magma happened to be real life players who were all corrupted into joining the dark team and their nefarious plans. This player however, seemed to be very familiar with the news surrounding Fiore. "Everyone's talking about it in the kingdom. The Salamander and his S-Class friends of Fairy Tail are less than 2 days from being wiped away from the game. Even better, Maxie is looking to save the server, but only for Magma members!"

"Damn it!" Nigel slammed his fist on the table. "I figured he was up to some crap like that! I bet Archie is doing the same thing! They don't care about the safety of the server at all!"

The kid then bravely threw out his first Pokémon. "You're goin down, Salamander! GO BALTOY!" He then threw out a tiny little clay Pokémon with pink lines surrounding his body.

Natsu collected a final breath and began to grin. "Kid…I hope you know what you're doing…GO JUVIA!"

Knowing Magma and Water-types do not get along, Natsu cleverly enough put two and two together and decided to use his powerful Water-mage/Milotic in this battle to come.

The proud Juvia emerged to the field. "Oh this isn't the battle with Love-Rival anymore? I wonder who it could…" Juvia paused as soon as she saw the Magma logo.

"Oh…" She then spoke with a serious and determined expression. "Well, I can't be letting up my attack for these monsters."

That made Gray smile back home. "Hey, that was pretty cool Juvia."

The Milotic smiled back. "Well Gray, when my friends in Fairy Tail are being threatened by fools such as Team Magma, there really is no time for playing games. Now…WATER CYCLONE!"

Juvia of the Great Sea demolished her opponent, and the one after that, and she even led Natsu all the way through that hallway and onto the next.

One by one, Juvia and Natsu fought their way throughout the twists and turns of the Magma Hideout as they made it lower and lower inside the cave. Then, as steam started to replace simple smoke, they could hear the sounds of magma getting much louder.

Juvia kept up her intense stare ahead. "This is steam, not smoke, which may suggest machines or provisions. We must be nearing a low point in the volcano."

Natsu nodded. "Yea, I smell magma now, which means our other Magma should be right ahead too…"

Then, As Natsu and Juvia emerged the came across a large pool of liquid hot magma with several team members of the same name surrounding the room. Natsu immediately recognized the Leader, Maxie, but as he went ahead the goon Tabitha came in to confront him first.

"Hehehe! You made it this far, so I'll tell you!...That's right! Up ahead, Groudon is sleeping!"

Natsu looked confused. "What are you talkin about? Who's Groudon?"

Tabitha scoffed and continued. "Maxie went to Groudon just seconds ago! It's going to awaken really soon! Hehe! And soon after…we will be able to abandon this lousy public server and rejoin our own. Then you fools will all lose your characters and watch as they're wiped from the server! Hehehe! GO NUMEL!"

Tabitha then sent out his choice without looking at Natsu's, who was already out on the field.

"DON'T WORRY NATSU! I'LL DEAL WITH HIM, TOO!" Juvia spoke without a command. "WATER SLICER!"

Once she sent out her powerful Aqua Tail, Numel fainted. This made Tabitha step back and re-evaluate his next move.

"Hmm…go Mightyena."

Natsu began to grin as the normally weak wolf Pokémon took the field. "Geeze, you guys will never learn. These stupid pups will never beat me!"

Happy smiled from Magnolia. "AYE! Everyone knows that Cat's Rule and Dogs Drool!"

Juvia smiled. "Well I can't vouch for that, Happy. But I certainly know THIS DOG WILL BE DROOLING!" She then sent out a powerful Surf attack that flooded the entire field and faint Mightyena in one fell move.

Tabitha had no reaction and continued to grin. "…go Zubat."

Then, a tiny, annoying little bat Pokémon took the field.

Natsu laughed. "AHAHAHA! THAT'S YOUR BIG TRUMP CARD!?"

Natsu couldn't quell his laughter in time to notice that the Zubat was flying in at max speed, and just as it did it landed a quick bite of pure pain right on Juvia's neck.

Juvia shrieked in pain. "AGH! WHAT WAS THAT MOVE?"

"Zubat used Poison Fang! Juvia is now badly poisoned!"

"No…" Natsu had a hard time remembering each and every stat effects in this game, and some still confused him. However, after experiencing a very painful poisoning at the hands of Gym Leader Ramos back in his game with Lucy (X&Y), he knew just what Juvia was in for.

"WATER JIGSAW!" Juvia did not however, and continued to attack. She sent out a quick Water Pulse to faint the extremely weak Zubat and ended the battle.

Natsu looked puzzled, and completely forgot about Juvia's stat condition as Tabitha began to speak.

"Taken down again I see... Hehe...Well, while you wasted time with me, Maxie should have awakened Groudon..."

"GYAH! YOU BASTARD!" Natsu and Nigel both shouted simultaneously as Maxie turned to greet them. Yet, as he did, Natsu's eyes were now being drawn to the pool of magma, where inside he then saw a great big red and black beast Pokémon with bright eyes that were barely opened up, and razor sharp teeth slowly came out of the edge of the magma. It appeared to be lying down in a shallow pool of the magma as it was in the middle of a deep sleep.

Then, Maxie began his ritual. "Groudon... Nothing could awaken you from your sleep bathed in magma... This Blue Orb is what you sought. Wasn't it? I have brought you the Blue Orb. Let its shine awaken you! And show me... Show me the full extent of your power!"

"YOU DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL WORK! JUST STOP, YOU IDIOT BEFORE YOU…!" Natsu went to run into stop the villain, but he was then blinded by a glaring blue light as the orb began to shine and coat the entire cavern in a haze of blue.

Then, the ground shook, and as the magma began to boil the mighty Groudon's eyes fully opened up. It stood tall as magma dripped off of its scaly back, and as it rose it let out a powerful roar.

Then, in a puff of smoke, the beast fled.

Maxie gasped and looked around the empty pool of magma. "Groudon! What's wrong? Wasn't the Blue Orb the key? Groudon! Where have you gone...?"

He then stopped and turned to a growling Natsu. Maxie glared back at the Dragon Slayer with eyes of evil. "Oh, so it was you? I've seen you poking around uninvited here and there... I get it now! You must have pulled a cheap stunt!"

Natsu stood up. "Are you out of your mind!? Those people at the other mountain told me and Archie that this was the wrong orb! I know they told you the same thing, and yet you still went through with your plan! WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO PROVE!?"

"SILENCE!" Maxie shouted. "…You little Rat. You and that idiot Nigel. Steven, Wallace, Jason, his fool of a father Jackson, even your precious friends in Fairy Tail have no idea." He then got a look of madness in his eyes.

"At least Archie understands the end game…THIS SERVER IS HELPLESS! ARCHIE KNOWS THAT! That's why he and I are at war. We are trying to collect the two most powerful Pokémon on the server and bring them into our new worlds. Two separate worlds in which Magma members will be alone, and another with Aqua members…but in order to do that one of us must lose…"

Maxie then grabbed a Poké Ball. "AND I ASSURE YOU IT WILL NOT BE TEAM MAGMA! NOW GO, MIGHTYENA!"

Natsu never wasted his time. "JUVIA! TAKE THIS CREEP DOWN!"

He then turned and instantly remembered her new weakness. Maxie chuckled. "Ha! Nigel traps you in here and expects you to be the savior of the server, and here you can't even heal your friends!"

Natsu went to panic, but as he did the Water Serpant began twitching while a cloud of purple began to form under her eyes.

After a long pause, Juvia jumped out and onto her opponent. "AGH! WATER SLICER!"

She swiftly sent out a powerful Aqua Tail to end the battle for Maxie's Mightyena as he chose his new Pokémon.

"HA! GO CAMERUPT!"

Juvia never backed down, even as her health reached the yellow and her eyes began to haze with purple sickness.

"I-I will…not give up…W-WATER CYCLONE!"

"Juvia used Whirlpool! It's Super Effective!"

Maxie scoffed as his prized Camerupt fell to his least favorite Pokémon type. "Do you know why I hate the Water so much…?"

He then grabbed his final Poké Ball. "It's because water doesn't know when to let up! GO CROBAT!"

Then, as a sinister bat Pokémon came to the field, Natsu looked worried. "Agh, another Poison-type!"

Crobat swooped in to land a powerful Wing Attack, yet as it hit, Juvia's Hp barely changed.

"A…huh?" Natsu looked confused.

Then, Levy explained. "Marvel Scale. Whenever Juvia is suffering from a major status ailment, her physical defense stat increased drastically."

Maxie rolled his eyes, and this little glimmer of hope was just enough for Juvia to make her final move.

"Ha…well if you despise the water so much…perhaps I'll be kind enough to send you to your new server with AN ECXESS AMOUNT OF IT! WATER NEBULA!"

"Juvia used Hydro Pump!"

Despite the fact that she ended the battle in the read, Juvia the Rain Woman persevered and came through to end the battle then and there. Natsu smiled and quickly brought her back inside her Poké Ball. "Hey, good gob, Juvia. Now take a rest and I'll get you healed up soon…" He then re-focused his attention on the defeated Maxie.

"Agh…hmm…What makes you so adept at handling Pokémon?"

Natsu kept facing forward. "I can't tell ya…I'm just here to help my friend."

"Hmm, cute." Maxie then scratched his chin. "There has to be some reason why Groudon fled... That's what you're trying to say, aren't you? ... Humph... You think I didn't know that? With Groudon gone, there is no longer any need for this blasted volcano. I am going after Groudon, so this is where we part!" He then snapped at all the surrounding Magma grunts to follow him up the path out.

As Maxie escaped, Natsu looked to Nigel. "Eh, so where now? That creepy Groudon is out runnin' amok, now!"

Nigel remained calm. "Well, I know some people who may know more information…head over to Slateport City when you're done."

Okay I had a LOT of fun writing Maxie this chapter! Explaining his team's objective and having him snap at Natsu felt awesome to write! Plus the redemption scene for Juvia was AWESOME!

Chapter 25 tomorrow. You know what they say; "Magma Today, Aqua Tomorrow"...well, at least I was told that's what they say. Don't ask me who they are...

(Also the Super Bowl is set! [and once again my Browns will not compete in it, lol] Congrats to the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers! I'm actually excited for a Super Bowl for once, I'm not sure who to root for!)