Author's Note: Hello! Okay here's a big chapter!

Also, I do not own Fairy Tail or Pokémon.


Chapter Forty Three - I Believe in You


"LUCY!?"

Nigel, Happy, Cana, and Levy all leapt out of their seats as they then looked around to noticed Lucy Heartfilia was no longer in Magnolia.

Instead, the real life Celestial Wizard had ventured back inside the game she so desperately despised, just to save her friend from peril.

She smiled with guilt. "Hehe…sorry guys. I had to help Natsu. I knew he'd face someone way too powerful one way or another."

"Teehee! How romantic! She really looooves him!" Happy batted his eye lashes and flew across the computer desk like Cupid on Valentine's Day.

Lucy sighed with pain. "Ah man…I still can't avoid that cat even in the virtual world…"

Nigel cracked and unwanted smile at that joke before looking to Lucy. "Yes, I'll laugh at that later Happy…but Lucy why did you…?"

"NO TIME!" Natsu yelled as he grabbed Lucy by the shoulders and shoved her onward. "LUCY'S GOTTA KICK SOME BUTT NOW!"

"NATSU WATCH WE'RE YOUR GRABBING!" She felt his fingers press up against an unwanted area and assumed he was making a move. Lucy then jumped out of his hands with a blush brighter than her red hat.

"Okay…yea I can fight this idiot, but you have to keep an eye out for Rayquaza!"

Klodoa then let out a laugh. "HA! AHA! AHAHAHAHAHA! YOU FOOLS! I already caught the beast before you got here!" He then held up a Master Ball with the black entity's hand.

Nigel growled. "Natsu…you never picked up the Master Ball from the Aqua Base did you…?"

Natsu never answered as he ran in to tackle the being, but before he could, Laxus used his last bolt of energy to zap it out of the shadow's hands.

"AGH! NOW NATSU!"

Natsu ran over and grabbed it out of midair, and as Klodoa commanded the black being to run back for the ball, Lucy snapped her fingers. "HEY! YOU OPPONENT'S RIGHT HERE!"

Klodoa sighed. "Agh, not this whiny little girl again…fine." He then proceeded to grab all six Poké Balls.

Lucy looked horrified. "Oh man! He wants to use all 6 at once!?" She then pulled out all of hers, but noticed one was missing. She held 4 regular Poké Balls, and her all-white Premier Ball for Lucario, but her sixth ball was bright red all over and had a black ring around the middle.

Lucy pondered, but stopped as her five familiar balls opened up on their own.

Then, out came Glalie, Altaria, Steelix, Gardevoir, and lastly Lucario, all ready for action.

Natsu collected Laxus form the field, and quickly yelled in anger. "HEY WHERE'S THE CHARIZARD!?"

"I HAVE NO IDEA!?" Lucy frantically looked worried, yet before she got ahead of herself, her Pokémon began to move in a funny manor.

Then, the Steelix smiled with two familiar red eyes. "Hehehe, well looks like that white cat was right. Blondie did go back into the game…"

"WHAT THE…!?" Natsu, Lucy, and everyone back in Magnolia all shouted out as Gajeel's voice came from the familiar Steelix of Kalos.

Then, the Glalie spoke just like Gray. "Man, no legs…? Eh it's not so bad."

Lucy stuttered. "I-I-I don't understand?"

Wendy the Altaria then turned and smiled. "Carla thought you'd enter the game on your own. Then Jason saw that you enter the game from Magnolia, so he figured he would send the three of us to join you from Crocus!"

Then they all looked to a red-haired Gardevoir and a Luciaro with a familiar tattoo, who looked like they had just gotten home form a rough party the night before.

"Whoa…" Erza spoke as her old Gardevoir self. "Why do I fell soo…wait, I'm Gardevoir again?"

Jellal remained silent until he saw Lucy. "I see. Lucy has returned, and since our forms are fainted with Natsu our spirits returned to her side."

Lucy then pointed to Natsu. "Don't heal Blazekin or Gallade!"

Natsu nodded his head and snapped his figure. "OH, but hey! Looks like you'll need one more from your old team…just heal her for me, will ya?"

He tossed Lucy the ball that contained Juvia the Milotic, and then Lucy looked down to her mysterious Cherish Ball.

"Um, here…I'm not sure who this is, but I think we have to trade anyway."

Natsu smiled and grabbed the ball. He then grabbed Lucy by the hand as if they were about to arm wrestle. "Okay, good luck Lucy. I believe in ya!"

Because of that, she never lost faith in herself. His smile comforted her for the next mission at hand.

"Right!"

Then, Natsu ran off and threw out Klodoa's Master Ball. "OKAY RAY! TIME TO FLY!"

Natsu had no idea what he was doing, but as soon as the ultra-powerful Dragon Pokémon emerged, he climbed on its back and had it take him to the heavens.

Then, as a blinking light replaced his outline, Lucy sighed. "Man…he's gonna die isn't he…?"

Klodoa laughed. "HA! He most certainly will…now…COME FOURTH MY SIX DEMONS!"

Then, Lucy and her team prepared for war as six new shadows took the field.

Before they landed however, Lucy healed Juvia and threw her out. "Okay! …please don't kill me…"

Juvia emerged, and looked right to Lucy. "L-love…rival? Why have I been healed…?" She then looked around and noticed all of her new teammates.

Gray spoke up first with a smile. "Hey! Long time no see!"

Juvia nearly fell over at the sound of his voice. "OHHHHHHH IT'S MY HONEY BEAR GRAY!"

She would have hugged him, but she had no arms. Then, they all heard a laugh from the other side of the field as the smoke cleared.

"Heh. I'd go ahead and say good bye to your little Honey Bear while you at it…cause I doubt you'll ever see him again once I'm through with him."

The Fairies scowled as the familiar voice of Cobra the Poison Dragon Slayer came from a large Arbok on the other side of the field.

Lucy point at him with a scowl. "How did you creeps get out of ERA!?"

Klodoa answered for her. "Oh they never truly left! We hacked their magic system with Nigel's computers, so I just zapped them up with magical energy! Isn't magic just the best!?"

Then, a gaudy Absol twisted her head at a teasing angle. "Well, I must say I don't enjoy being one of these little beast…but at least mine has all the angelic properties I need to fulfill my place."

A swift Pidgeot then flew around in a fast whirl of wind. "Man, I don't know about you guys, but I already feel the freedom in this world."

A large and passive Swampert sat down in a harmless manor and sighed. "Well, I guess I'll have to agree with you…oh yea!"

Finally, a looming Tyranitar and a fast asleep Banette stood behind the other four. The Tyranitar spoke with a sinister grin.

"Well done Klodoa. Although this isn't real freedom, you certainly know how to simulate it." Said the familiar voice of the Seis's leader and guild master, Brain.

Klodoa laughed. "Haha! Well, I try…now MEGA EVOLVE!"

The villain then sent out a field-wide command to make all 10 of the 12 Pokémon who could utilize Mega Evolution do so. Juvia and Cobra sat out as ten new beasts entered the field.

Finally, Midnight woke up. "Well, this certainly is an impressive form of power…" He said as his hands began to glow with raw energy.

Gajeel reared his head with a grin. "You clowns ain't goin' nowhere. After I'm through with you it'll be lights out for the demons."

Wendy flew beside him. "Yea! We beat you all before! We'll beat you again!"

They moved forward, but Erza raised a hand. "Stop. We can let them make the first move."

Cobra laughed. "Oh relax Titania. You won't even get a hit on us."

Jellal stepped forward. "You're quite the fool if you believe that, Eric. We possess more power than you in this world, with experience and conviction both at our side."

The Swampert now revealed as Hoteye sighed once more. "Well, the Saint does have a fair point…oh yea."

Angel the Absol howled with laughter. "AH! You Fairies never seize to entertain me!"

"Yea…oh well." Racer the Pidgeot then zoomed forward in a quick bout of wind. "TIME TO DIE!"

Juvia of all people then moved forward. "IN YOUR DREAMS! WATER NEBULA!"

The Rain Woman then sent out a powerful canon of water, but unfortunately it soared right over Racer's head.

Gray cried out. "JUVIA NO! YOU'RE STILL TOO WEAK!"

Sadly, she was. Racer soared in with a powerful Brave Bird attack and nailed Juvia right in the face.

"JUVIA!" Lucy yelled as her newly arranged Milotic went down first.

Gray let out a loud roar in anger. "AGH! ICE MAKE: LANCE!"

He then sent out a sharp and powerful column of ice right for Racer, which nailed him in the back and sent him crashing to the ground.

"Gray used Ice Beam! It's Super Effective!"

As Racer fainted, Angel moved forward with a grin. Gray sent another beam of ice for her, but it missed as she ran away, hitting Hoteye right in the face.

Then, Angel went in to deliver a fast Feint Attack to force Gray to faint in mid battle.

Erza shouted out with anger. "THAT WAS A BIG MISTAKE! FAIRY GLITTER!"

Remembering that she named her powerful Dazzling Gleam attack after the fabled Fairy Spell, Erza sent a shimmering light right for Absol, which forced her to fall over at the true gaze of beauty.

"Oh wow…it looks like…the light of a real angel." She smiled with sparkles in her eyes as the light forced her to fall over and faint from the battle.

Then, Cobra wormed his way over to deliver a fatal move right to Erza.

"POISON DRAGON ROAR!"

"Cobra used Sludge Bomb! It's Super Effective!"

"AGHH!" Erza cried out in pain as Gajeel, Wendy, and Jellal all looked over with sorrow.

Lucy then pointed to the field. "LOOK OUT GAJEEL!"

Gajeel turned, and laughed as Cobra went soaring over his head.

"So you like roarin' do ya…? IRON DRAGON ROAR!"

Gajeel sent a powerful Flash Cannon right into the belly of the Arbok, who yelled out in pain and fell to the ground.

Yet, although the battle was setting up well for the Fairies, Hoteye had finally gotten angry. The large Swampert then began to growl. "Well…I wasn't trying to attack you all, but since I have now been brought to the fight…LIQUID GROUND! OH YEA!"

"Hoteye used Muddy Water!"

Everone on the Seis side of the field braced for impact with quick Protects, and Wendy flew sky high as Jellal utilized a swift Detect as a large wave of pure mud and water washed away most of the field.

Sadly Gajeel took the Super Effective move head on. As one Dragon Slayer fell after another, the third and final moved into attack formation.

"SKY DRAGON WING ATTACK!"

"Wendy used Sky Attack!" Hoteye fell over as the powerful Flying move hit him on the head and forced his hand to end the battle.

Then, Wendy flew up really quickly as five large stone spikes went to hit her on the belly.

"Zero used Stone Edge! Zero's Attack Missed!"

It also appeared that Brain's Mega evolution had prematurely triggered his slap happy evil alter-ego, as Zero now joined the field.

Wendy flew up to deliver another attack, but before she could, Midnight appeared out of nowhere and slashed her in the back.

"Midnight used Phantom Force!"

"AGH!" Wendy cried out and fell to the ground.

"WENDY NO!" Lucy yelled in fear for her friend, but then looked back to the field as her Lucario stood uneven in battle - two on one. "JELLAL! YOU HAVE TO WIN THIS!"

Jellal would have responded but quickly flipped out of the way to dodge another Stone Egde by Zero.

"HOLD STILL WHILE I KILL YOU, YOU LITTLE PEST!" Zero shouted with pride as Jellal darted about the field.

Yet, as Jellal tried to land, he heard Midnight appearing behind him.

"DARK CAPRICCIO!" Then, as Zero the Mega Tyranitar sent out a large Dark Pulse, Jellal once again braced for impact with his swift Detect.

The pulse soared right though him and hit Midnight in a friendly fire incident, fainting him instantly.

"Fa-father…" Midnight cried out as he fell to the ground in defeat.

Klodoa tilted his head. "Man Zero…you sure are ruthless."

"Okay, Jellal. It's just you and me, now!" Zero ignored his idiotic stick. He then set up to charge for a powerful Hyper Beam of green and red energy.

"I'LL KILL YOU AND THE GIRL HERE AND NOW! THEN I'LL LET THE VIRUS WIPE THE SALAMANDER FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH!"

However, as he made his threat, the mighty Lucario signed off with his traditional move of pointing one finger downward, and one towards the heavens.

"FORGIVE ME, LUCY! BUT I CAN'T HOLD BACK!"

Lucy knelt down on the ground to brace for his forceful last move to be delivered. Then, Jellal yelled the incantation.

"TRUE HEAVENLY BODY MAGIC! SEMA!"

"Jellal used Focus Blast! It's Super Effective!"

Jellal then released his mighty Fighting-type move to send a crashing meteor right into the chest of the fearsome Tyranitar.

"AGHHHH YOU BASTARD!" Zero cried out in pain as the beam of energy nailed him into defeat, and caused all 11 fainted bodies to leave the field.

Jellal fell to one knee and sighed. "Lu-cy…return me to my ball please…

She nodded and did as he asked. Then Lucy looked to Klodoa, who began to panic.

"AGh AGH! AGH! YOU IDIOTS! Well...I can't stay here for much longer…AGH FINE! YOU ALL WIN IF YOU'RE LITTLE FRIEND SALAMANDER CAN TAKE OUT THAT VIRUS!" Then, he vanished into thin air.

Lucy never made a remark to Klodoa's jab as she looked on in fear towards the sky.

"Come on Natsu…I believe in you."


Lucy and her old team whooped some a$$! But She seems awfully worried about Natsu...I hope he's okay.

In all seriousness, I really enjoyed writing with Natsu throughout the story, but I have never had more fun writing a character than Lucy from my prequel story. It felt good bringing her and the team back in! :)

Chapter 44 tomorrow...oh man I felt good typin' that one!