Author's Note: Hello! Here's the third battle featuring Natsu vs the Elite 4! I liked the formula with Juvia going at it vs Phoebe, so I made a similar move here. Enjoy!
Also,I do not own Fairy Tail or Pokémon.
Chapter Thirty Four - Elite 4 Part 3: Not More Ice!
Natsu had just claimed victory over the second trainer defending their title of the Elite Four, and was now set to move on. After defeating the Master of Darkness Sidney, Natsu also ran right through the Ghost Whisperer Phoebe after that. Here, we now find our fiery hot trainer walking out of Phoebe's room and onto the next challenge.
"Agh!" He moaned with an annoyed tone. "This one feels colder than the last on!"
He appeared to be right. The last room vs the ghostly Phoebe featured an eerie chill in the air, but no significant decrease in temperature. That was not the case for the next room as the bridge to the other side was frosted and covered in ice. It also stretched over a never ending abyss of black, and to the other side Natsu saw a large building frozen with red and blue accents, and also saw a large layer of snow collecting over the roof as large icicles draped from its gutters.
Finally, as he stepped off the red-wood bridge, Natsu cracked open the nearly frozen door and entered into the icy hall. He looked around and noticed highlights of white and light blue, and as Natsu collected the frigid new battle arena, his next opponent stood before him.
"Welcome." Said a taller, older woman with light blonde hair and powder blue eyes. "My name is Glacia of the Elite Four. I've traveled from afar to Hoenn so that I may hone my Ice-type moves."
Natsu smiled and stood tall. "My name's Natsu. I'm a Fairy Tail wizard trapped inside a video game, and I'm here to win the Pokémon League and get me and my friends out."
"Is that so?" Glacia smiled with a chilling grin as she lingered into her next words. "Well, all I have seen are challenges by weak Trainers and their Pokémon…I wonder what you will show me."
Natsu's eyes lit up with flames. "Listen Lady, I ain't got time for your stupid games. I'm challenging you, and I'm gonna beat you on way or the other!"
Glacia let out a tiny laugh. "Ha. What a relief it would be if I could, for once, have a serious battle against an opponent! You are the Salamander who is friends with Nigel Thomas, aren't you not?"
He nodded, and she continued. "Excellent! I've been waiting for a Trainer with a burning-hot soul! How can you oppose my Mega Evolution that can freeze everything?"
"HA! Easy!' Natsu grabbed the first Poké Ball off his belt and grinned. "I'll just use my Mega Evolution to burn him to a crisp!"
Glacia nodded and they both revealed their teams. "Go Abomnasnow!"
"GO ERZA!"
A large woolly tree Pokémon emerged on the right side of the field, and the familiar Blazekin emerged on the left.
Erza stood tall and smiled. "Well, I see your favorite element has joined you in combat, Natsu." She said with a sarcastic tone as more ice filled the room.
Natsu growled. "Yea, well I figured you have the best experience beating up Gray on the team, and since this is ice, I figured that would transfer over."
Lucy rolled her eyes. "He couldn't just assume that Fire-types melt Ice-types?"
Happy giggled. "No! This is Natsu! He never thinks with his brain!"
Erza took her place. "Very well. I shall make up for my earlier defeat vs Sidney. I just hope this Glacia is ready to take a trip to the PC to visit her poor team."
Natsu almost fell over in fear from her threat. "Yea…you do your thing…"
"Very well!" Erza lunged forward and jumped into the air. She prepared to deliver a flaming Fire Punch right to her foe, but she began to feel the ground shake and realized it had moved first.
"Abomnasnow used Earthquake! Erza avoided the attack!"
"Hm, well this won't be as strong, but it still might leave a mark!" She fell from the sky and clawed the defenseless Abomnasnow right in the top of his head.
"Erza used Sky Uppercut! It's Super Effective!" It was twice as damaging to the enemy's ice side, but the yeti managed to tank the hit and hold its health into the red.
The large woolly beast then turned its right arm into a large wooden stump and bashed Erza right in the side. It knocked her right into the wall with full force, and although it appeared to be a Grass-type move it still left a fare bit of damage on Erza's body.
"Abomnasnow used Wood Hammer! It then took recoil damage!"
Then, the large amount of recoil was just enough to hurt the already injured Abomnasnow into an early defeat. Glacia then took her next move. "Well, your Blazekin surely has a fiery soul. Go Beartic!"
Then, a large, pin-headed polar bear took the field and immediately swiped right for Erza's head.
"Beartic used Slash! Beartic Missed!"
"What is this? How can these much larger Pokémon move faster than I can?" Erza panicked and then noticed that all these opponents who should be slower were all moving must faster than her in battle.
Nigel assumed the worst. "The room must be frozen solid. I bet you're flame body isn't handling it very well."
Erza nodded and ignited her feet with a superior blaze. "Very well then! Looks like I'll just have to burn this place down!"
"Erza used Fire Punch! It's Super Effective!"
Titania hurled a fist right into the bear's icy chest and sent it flying into the ground in a quick defeat. Glacia looked impressed. "Well, the ice doesn't seem to stop her, does it?"
Erza smiled and quickly replied. "Eh, the cold's never bothered me, anyway."
Natsu sneezed after Erza's comment, and Glacia never responded since she cannot here Pokémon speak.
Despite Erza's confidence, the Ice Champion carried on. "Go Froslass!"
Then, a spooky Ice/Ghost Pokémon emerged like a wintery phantom, and as it did it launched a pure haze of frozen winds right onto the field.
"Froslass used Hail! Hail is now falling, and Erza has been buffed by the hail!"
Then, Erza went in to swipe at Froslass with a daunting Slash attack, but the move went right through her ghostly body.
"Uh-oh" She said with fear as the Phantom Pokémon the sent out a ball of pure black and purple energy right for Erza.
Erza countered it by quickly deploying a smooth Flamethrower, which burnt up the Shadow Ball right in its course. She then jumped up to deliver a High Jump Kick, but as she landed the move went right through the body of the foe.
"Erza used High-Jump Kick! It doesn't affect foe Froslass!"
"NO!" Natsu yelled as the Froslass then sent out an evil cloud of pink from its mouth, which seemed to drain Erza of most of her remaining energy.
"Froslass used Draining Kiss! Erza had her Hp drained!"
The worn Blazekin started breathing heavily as she tried to ignite her feet again. "Well, if my normal kicks won't faze your body, then perhaps a fiery one will!"
She then successfully connected a powerful Blaze Kick to the head of the phantom, and as it hit the Froslass withered away back to its owner's arms.
Glacia made no hesitation in her next move. "Very well. Go Vanilluxe!"
After her call, a white and blue ice cream cone emerged onto the battle field, with a face full of smiles and a cloud full of ice trailing it from behind.
Natsu's mouth began to drool. "Ooooo. Erza let me handle this one…it looks so tasty!"
"Haha…that's funny, Natsu…" Erza would have laughed more, but she was now taking on some serious battle injuries. The Vanilluxe on the other wasn't feeling the same.
In fact Glacia even laughed in the turn of events. "Well, I'm glad I was able to cast a successful Hail in my last turn. Hail will guarantee Vanilluxe with a small bit of Hp each turn, securing his pure health."
Erza scowled as she held onto her side. Then, she felt a sting as large chunks of ice it her square on the head.
"I-I can't keep this up…she's making the field too cold to fight on…" Erza began witnessing only defeat in her future as the field slowly grew colder. "Juvia won't be of any use, and I'm almost positive Ice is super effective against Mira and Gildarts…perhaps Jellal or Laxus might be able to…"
"Hey." Natsu snapped at Erza while she was stuck in mid-thought. "I know what you're doing…you're trying to take a dive in order to send someone else out."
Erza had a look of guilt cross her face. "Natsu…she's left the field far too cold for me to keep going."
"Bull Crap." Natsu retorted with a serious expression. "If anyone can withstand this power, it's you and you alone."
That meant a lot coming from the most famous Fire Wizard in all of Ishgar, but it meant even more coming from a close friend and guild mate.
"Natsu…very well." She then nodded and returned her min to the battle field. As the Vanilluxe was charging itself for a powerful beam of Ice, Erza swiftly moved in and beat it to the punch, sending a large column of fire right for its head.
"Erza used Flamethrower! It's Super Effecive!"
As the poor Ice cream cone fell in defeat, Erza looked at Glacia with a sarcastic expression.
"Well, it seems the Hail didn't protect its Hp from that attack?"
Glacia raised an eyebrow. "That is a ferocious Blazekin you have there…my guess is she contains the spirit of the Titania, Queen of Fairy Tail?"
Natsu smiled, but never gave her an answer. "Let's keep goin', alright?"
Glacia nodded. "I suppose. I'll need to step up my game if I want to make this an actual fight. Go Walrein!"
Then, a very powerful and large Water/Ice-type came onto the field, and as it did, its landing made the entire battlefield shake and rumble.
As it hit the ground, Erza channeled all her remaining energy into a single attack.
"Erza used Focus Energy! Erza began channeling her inner force!"
"ERZA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Natsu cried out, knowing to expect some powerful water move from the daunting walrus Pokémon.
Nigel sighed as well. "She's flirting with death here…"
Then, the Walrein sent out a large body of water, right over the entire field.
"Not yet…"
Erza waited in pure concentration as the tidal wave came roaring for her mark, but still she never moved.
"Not yet…"
The wall of water was getting too close for comfort, but as the entire field around her filled up with water, she simply chose her only option…
Up.
"Erza used Sky Uppercut! It's Super Effective!"
The fighting bird Pokemon came crashing down on the other side of the wave, and hit the mighty walrus Pokémon right on the head, ending its battle, and getting Erza one more step closer from certain victory.
Glacia grabbed her last choice. "Okay, this has been very interesting. Even if she's nearly beaten, and even though I will probably lose, I am really happy to see this as the final match-up. Come Forth, Glalie!"
Then, Glacia sent out the exact same Pokémon that took the form of Gray Fullbuster in Cyber-Lucy's team.
Erza smiled and nodded. "How fitting to see this particular Pokémon…REQUIP!"
The Glalie across the field had also chosen to Mega Evolve at the mark, and soon after, Mega Glalie was staring down Flame Empress Erza in a one-on-one clash of the titans.
Levy began her counting. "Man, Natsu shouldn't have any trouble winning, but I'm afraid Erza might not make it past this one. If she loses it could hurt her charisma for the next battle."
Lucy clutched her fists tightly as she prayed for an easy victory for her close re-haired friend. "Come on Erza…please!"
Then, the Glalie charged up with a mighty cloud of icy energy, and as it did Erza revved up her ultimate Fire move and readied for the pounce. "Natsu, I'm going to need some time to rest if I make it out of this battle. I trust you're okay with that much?"
He never answered, but Glacia began to laugh. "Well! Here we go! Glalie! SHEER COLD!"
"AAAGGHHH!"
Erza yelled to combat Glacia's cry as both Pokemon sent powerful elemental beams right at one another. Glalie's cloud of solid ice and daunting winds enveloped the entire field, but as it approached Erza, a large Fire Blast cut through its mark and sailed right for the enemy. Despite its fiery drive, the flames could not protect their owner, and as they hit their target, an odd occurrence then unfolded.
"Erza used Fire Blast! It's Super Effective!
"Glalie used Sheer Cold! It's not very effective."
A super effective move vs a one-hit-KO. Both Pokemon hit, both Pokémon fell in defeat. Yet as confusing as it was, only one team emerge victorious.
Natsu sighed as Erza laid cold and down. "Hey…you did good."
She cracked a weakened smiled, but quickly returned to Natsu's Poké Ball. Glalie did the same, and its owner began to sigh with defeat. "You and your Pokémon... How hot your spirits burn!"
Natsu smiled. "Hey! I'm glad you noticed! Hehe."
Glacia continued. "You and your Pokémon...My icy moves pale in the face of such all-consuming flames. Advance to the next room. There you will learn how fearsome the Pokémon League can truly be!"
Natsu normally took words from Nigel as a hint to the next chamber's Pokemon, but as he stepped around Glacia and onto the next door, a quick hinting smell of the next room wafted into his nose.
"Oh yea…Dragons!"
NEW EDIT: I fixed a long standing typo that two awesome commenters made note of on this chapter! I was very out of it when I wrote this chapter, and I made an error with Erza vs Abomnasnow, but now it's all fixed!
Well Erza took a beating, but she still won! I hope Natsu can keep this up into the final elite 4 battle! (Also, I hope you all liked the little reference drop to Disney's Frozen in there...I can't say I'm a fan of it but I had no choice but to add it in. After all Elsa and Erza are similar names.)
These are weird for me to write, and also very pivotal chapters in my stories. So any comments are always appreciated.
Chapter 35 tomorrow! (officially breaking past the prequel set at 34 chapters! Not counting the epilogue and the little info-blurb at ch 35 in the prequel.)
