Okay readers of fanfiction, here we go for the next chapter of Mikato's Fire! I hope you like it!

Oh yeah, I do not own Pokemon and so and so forth…I'll shut up now…

Mikato stared into the endless blue sky and watched the clouds roll by, enjoying the feeling of soft grass underneath her back. She could feel the warmth of Cyndaquil's body next to her. He was sound asleep, snoring softly.

The sun peeked out from behind a cloud, sending an incredibly bright ray of light down into Mikato's eyes but she did not seem fazed at all, she seemed to enjoy it even. Mikato had always loved the sun; that bright ball of fire in the sky. Looking at it had always made her feel so much more powerful, even when she was at her weakest.

Mikato's friend Chico Smith pointed upward, "Hey look, a flock of starly." He was lying next to her on the grass, his long legs stretched.

Mikato saw those little bird-like Pokemon fly high in the sky. Any other new Pokemon trainer would have gone nuts with their Pokeballs at the sight of them, but not beginner Mikato. She was only interested in whatever Pokemon was in the pond. She had already made up her mind; she was going to catch that Pokemon. It was powerful and a water type, which she needed. What else was there to consider?

"Mm hmm," she muttered. She, Cyndaquil, and Chico got up and walked to the very edge of the pond. The few people that were in the park gave them looks while they kept there distance.

"What are you staring at," Chico said to an old man that was giving them a stink eye.

"Hmm," Mikato looked into the pond. It was a small body of water but it was very deep, the bottom of it was pure, inky blackness. No sign of a Pokemon as far as she could see.

She took off one of her pink gloves and dunked the tips of her fingers into the water. It was ice cold, just like the winds from the nearby Weavile Mountains as winter was beginning to make its presence known. "I can't swim in this."

"Why is that?" Chico asked with confusion in his face. Before going to the park, she and Chico had formulated a plan over a lunch of cheeseburgers and fries at a place called Lucario Burger Shack. Being from Briny Town, Mikato was a naturally excellent swimmer, so it was planned that she would swim about the pond to rouse the Pokemon, maybe even catch it in its own element, but as it turned out, that was not the case.

"Swimming in water this cold even for a little bit can strain the body, maybe even put you into a state shock. It's dangerous even for a person in tip top shape." She placed a hand on her flat chest. "Imagine what it would do to me."

Chico nodded in understanding. Mikato had explained about her heart problem and her ill health during the same lunch that they discussed their plan.

"What are we going to do now?"

"Hmm," Mikato thought. "Hold on a minute. Chico, do you by chance have a Water Pokemon on you?"

"Huh, oh yeah, in fact I do!" He whipped out a Pokeball in a flash. "It's a Staryu," he added with pride.

"That's great. Now, I need you to make your Staryu go into the pond and look for that Pokemon and try to coax it out into the open."

He pushed a button on the Pokeball, making it bigger. "Okay, but my Staryu is still at a fairly low level, it can't battle that well."

"It's okay. I'm the one that's going to be battling it, not you."

"Point taken," he said with a nod. "Go Staryu."

In a flash of white light, the Star Shape Pokemon emerged in its shiny, star-shaped glory.

With a swish of his hair, Chico said, "I polish Staryu's red core with steel wool every Wednesday. It takes awhile to get that sought after sheen in the gem without scratching it, but it comes out shinier than a star in the end. It's well worth it."

"Okay, that's nice and all, but let's get down to business. This waiting's making me anxious," Mikato said as she finally realized there was something about Chico she did not like: he is a show off and a bragger.

"All right, all right, hold your Ponyta. Now, Staryu, I want you to go into that pond and use flash, and when you see a Pokemon, that's your cue to get out of the water as fast as you can. Now go!"

Staryu dove into the pond, swimming rapidly to the bottom. A moment of no activity passed, and then a brilliant white light came up from the bottom, illuminating the pond. "That's Staryu's flash attack," Chico said. "I taught it that all by myself. Oh, it's gonna win so many contests." The light eventually faded.

Then there was a stirring in the water. Staryu was swimming towards the surface fast. "Cyndaquil, get ready," Mikato told her starter Pokemon. Cyndaquil answered by saying his name and igniting the flames on its back.

Staryu rocketed out of the water and floated towards its master, who returned it.

"Here it comes," Chico warned Mikato. She felt a chill of anticipation go up her spine and for a moment, questioned whether or not she was really going to go through with this. Fighting a water-type with a fire-type was not the best of ideas, and she was scared of what exactly was going to come out of the water. For a second, she actually considered running away, feeling as if she could not face the situation. The two sayings from Prof. Akira Palm and her cousin Makoto conflicted in her brain: "Think Life" and "See ya at your funeral!"

But before she could make a decision, it came.

The pond seemed to explode, making a pillar of water spout out. Eventually the waters calmed and the Pokemon, feared by many in Cobblestone City and sought after by Mikato, landed on the shore in front of them. To the shock of many, especially Mikato and Chico, what landed in front of them was an enraged…

"A Psyduck," Chico said, confused.

Indeed, it was that yellow Duck Pokemon, famous for being portrayed by the media as a dummy amongst Pokemon. It was this Pokemon that was causing panic in Cobblestone City. This Pokemon, used for the entertainment of children and not much else, was the one sending people to the freaking hospital. Oh yeah, it looked pretty pissed off.

"Psy ya, ya, ya, duck, duck, duck," Psyduck screamed. Its hands characteristically on its head, and it were stamping its webbed feet on the ground. It took one hand off its head and rubbed an eye. Evidently, that flash attack hurt its eyes.

"Aw," Chico said. He walked over to the wailing Psyduck and kneeled down to its level. "It's so cute!"

The Psyduck stopped stamping its feet and concentrated its gaze to Chico. It stared at him awkwardly and then reared back it head. A powerful jet stream of water came out of its big, yellow beak and hit Chico directly in the gut, throwing backward a mile or two. He landed hard on his back and screamed, "Oh man that is one strong water jet attack! Good luck sweetheart," giving Mikato a thumb up.

"Oh," Mikato fidgeted a bit looking at Psyduck. She looked down at Cyndaquil, it back a blaze, ready for battle. She swallowed, and called out to Psyduck, "Hey!"

It immediately turned to her with its goofy yet intimidating gaze, making her shudder, but she recovered, "I challenge you to a battle!"

"Psy," the Duck Pokemon said, and immediately released another water jet attack!

Luckily, Cyndaquil dodged it just in time. "Ember," Mikato commanded, and Cyndaquil did just that, attacking Psyduck with fire.

Once the attack was done, Psyduck did not seem fazed, it just shook it off, but Mika could tell that it had lost health. "Cyndaquil, keep it up with ember and don't stop. Consistency is the key! Don't give Psyduck a chance to attack!"

And so, that is precisely what Cyndaquil did. Ember attack upon ember attack, the Psyduck was hit with fire over and over. It only managed to get one water attack on Cyndaquil, which Mikato thought was going to be devastating, but Cyndaquil, showing remarkable endurance and tenacity, just got back up again and continued with ember, all while Mikato's cheered and encouraged him. Then, it finally happened.

Cyndaquil fired one last ember, and Psyduck just stood there, blackened and smoking. A moment of tense anticipation passed, and then Psyduck just fell onto its face, "Duck…"

Mikato stood there opened mouthed, almost not believing what just happened. "Mika," Chico called to her, "Catch it already!"

"Oh yeah, right, got it!" She reached into her trainer's belt and took out one, vacant Pokeball. She pressed the button to enlarge it. "Pokeball, go!"

She threw it and it landed on Psyduck, it was sucked into the device with no problem. The Pokeball rocked around on the ground for a second, and then stopped. Mikato had captured her first Pokemon.

She ran over to it, picked it up, and held it to the sun. A wide smile spread across her face and she hopped up and down in pure joy.

"Yeah" she screamed, "I caught a Psyduck!" She made a peace sign from her hand in celebration.

She heard applause behind her to find Chico, Officer Jenny, and Rochelle Rockwell. "Great job sweetheart, I didn't doubt you for a second," Chico said.

"I heard someone was battling the Pokemon in the lake and I just had and see it for myself and make sure everything was alright, you're a credit to the community miss," Officer Jenny said, her blue hair bobbing as she clapped.

"Great job girl, your so, like, a great trainer," Rochelle said.

Mikato was face went apple red, "Thanks you guys." She put and hand to the back of her head in modesty.

Once the applause stopped, Rochelle said, "Just so you know, I use a Geodude and a Rhyhorn in gym battles."

"Huh," Mikato asked, confused,

Jenny answered, "Rochelle here is Cobblestone City's gym leader."

"Really," Mikato and Chico asked at the same time.

Rochelle took of her shades, revealing pretty, blue eyes, "You bet I am."

"Okay then, how about right now," Mikato said still fired up from the battle.

"No way has girl, in a few days maybe, right now you need to get your Pokemon to a center to, like, rest and heal. Just look at you Cyndaquil," She pointed to Mikato's feet and she looked down. Indeed she was right, Cyndaquil may have done a good job, but it was exhausted, and hurt.

"Oh," she felt sorry for not noticing earlier, "Okay." She picked Cyndaquil up. "I'll see you at them gym in a few days I guess," she asked quietly.

Rochelle smiled, "You bet you will, girl."

"Hey rock-loving, blond girl from heaven," Chico said, leaning close to her. "Wanna pick up some coffee later? It's my treat."

"Like, no way dude, I'm taken."

End chapter

...What? Why are you staring at me like that? Psyduck is a BADASS Pokemon, and just because Misty's Psyduck wasn't extremely badass doesn't prove anything!

Anyway, remember to review, tell me what you think so far, and man, Chico totally got shot down. Hope he's not to hart broken.

See ya later, and stay tuned for more of Mikato's Fire!