Pokémon Chat!
Chapter 7: Turning up the Heat!
"Blaze, let's go!" Jared called out, throwing Blaze's PokéBall.
"Your Charmander again?" Brock asked.
"Surely you've learned by now that Fire-types aren't the best choice." He told Jared.
Jared looked very confident.
"Just watch me." He said to Brock.
"Okay, Onix!" Brock said.
"Let's do this!" he threw Onix's PokéBall and released it for battle.
The towering rock snake roared and the crowd went wild.
Raye sat quietly, holding Kachu next to her.
"You can do this, Jared." She kept thinking to herself.
"Onix, use Rock Throw!" Brock commanded.
Onix started picking up rocks.
"Blaze, use Growl!" Jared said.
Blaze let out a loud growl at Onix, making it drop the rocks it was holding.
The bigger rocks broke into smaller rocks.
"Onix, don't let that Charmander get the best of you!" Brock told Onix.
"Use Rock Throw!" he commanded.
It was a little difficult for Onix to pick up the smaller rocks, but it threw them at Blaze anyway.
It didn't hurt Blaze much as it stood there, ready to attack.
"Great, Blaze! Now, use Ember!" Jared commanded.
The flame on Blaze's tail burned hotter.
Jared then noticed a small horn started to grow on the back of Blaze's head.
"What's this about?" he asked himself.
Large embers flew from Blaze's mouth and hit Onix.
Then, a flame started on Onix's body.
Brock was astonished.
"Burn status!" he muttered to himself.
Onix cringed in pain from the burn.
"Alright, Blaze, use Scratch!" Jared commanded.
Blaze's claws started glowing and it slashed Onix.
Onix roared in pain.
Brock was surprised again.
"T-that move!" he thought.
"There's no way that can be Scratch!" he said to himself.
Jared was surprised as well.
Never had he seen such power.
Raye was at the edge of her seat.
Kachu got on top of Raye's head just to watch.
The crowd was silent.
Blaze had turned a slightly darker color.
Its eyes looked more intense than before.
Onix fell to the ground.
Brock called Onix back.
"Go! Geodude!" Brock said.
Geodude came out from its PokéBall.
"Geodude, use Bide!" Brock commanded.
Geodude crossed its arms and started glowing.
"This should buy me some time." Brock thought to himself.
"Blaze, use Scratch again!" Jared said.
Blaze's claws started shining again.
It slashed Geodude with great force.
Geodude tried to hang on.
Blaze just kept slashing.
Then, once Geodude fell, Blaze started flashing rapidly.
Brock called Geodude back.
Raye clutched her chest.
The crowd was silent.
Blaze let out an endless stream of embers and started growing.
"Blaze is… evolving?!" Jared thought to himself.
Indeed, Blaze was evolving into a large, red lizard with a horn on the back of its head.
It had larger fangs, a more intense look on its face, and a longer tail.
Its claws grew larger and it came up to half Jared's height.
"CHARMELEON!" the Pokémon yelled.
Raye couldn't believe her eyes.
"Blaze evolved into Charmeleon!" Raye said under her breath.
Kachu got the rest of the crowd cheering.
Brock walked up to Jared.
"That was outstanding, Jared!" he told him.
"Y'know, you remind me of your father way back when." He added.
"My dad?" Jared asked.
"Yeah. I gotta admit, though, Blaze has some power!" Brock complimented.
Brock held out the BoulderBadge.
"Here. You earned it." Brock said.
"This is the BoulderBadge." He told Jared.
"It will allow you control stronger Pokémon. It also strengthens your own Pokémon." He added.
Jared placed the badge on his Trainer Card.
"And here is Technical Machine 34." Brock said, handing him a disk.
"This one contains Bide. I'm sure you know what it does by now." He told him.
They shook hands afterward.
The crowd cheered.
Jared met Raye at the entrance.
She ran up to Jared and hugged him.
"You did great, Jared!" Raye complimented.
"Thanks, Raye!" Jared said.
They headed outside.
"Where should we go next?" Jared asked Raye.
She got out her map and looked.
"It looks like the nearest city is Cerulean City." Raye told him.
"But to get there, we have to get through Mt. Moon." She added.
"Then, let's get to Mt. Moon!" Jared said.
They headed to Route 3 into a large field of tall grass.
"This field is thick!" Jared said, walking through.
Then, they saw a blur fly past them.
"What was that?" Raye asked.
The blur then landed on the ground.
It was another bird Pokémon.
It had pink-ish wings, a sharp beak, and was small.
"It's a Spearow!" Jared said.
"Blaze, let's go!" he said, calling out his Charmeleon.
"You're gonna catch that thing?" Raye asked him.
"You bet!" Jared told her.
"Blaze, use Ember!" Jared commanded.
Large embers flew at the Spearow.
It immediately went down afterwards.
"Aw, shoot." Jared said.
"This thing's no good if it can't defend itself." He told Raye.
"Let's keep moving." Raye said.
They walked up to a Pokémon Center.
"Huh? A Pokémon Center next to a cave?" Jared said.
Raye was puzzled as well.
They walked inside to see yet another Nurse Joy inside.
She looked a bit different, though.
This Nurse Joy seemed very excited, as if it were her first time on the job.
"Oh, goody goody! My first patients!" she said happily.
Raye and Jared looked at each other.
"Oh! Wait here while I get my equipment!" Nurse Joy said.
She ran quickly to a medium sized bag and pulled out a stethoscope and a clipboard.
She sat Raye down and put on her stethoscope.
Nurse Joy put the stethoscope on Raye's chest and listened to her heartbeat.
Raye didn't understand what was going on.
Jared just couldn't stop watching as the Nurse Joy placed the stethoscope on Raye's chest, back, and stomach.
He finally came up to Nurse Joy and tapped her on the shoulder.
"Um, aren't you supposed to heal our Pokémon?" Jared asked.
Nurse Joy took the stethoscope off of Raye.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" she said, smiling.
"How silly of me! Please, give me your Pokémon!" she said.
Nurse Joy turned to Raye.
"By the way, you have a very healthy heartbeat, sweetie!" she told Raye.
"Um… Thanks?" Raye said.
Jared and Raye handed Nurse Joy their PokéBalls.
"I'll be back in a jiffy!" she said, rushing to the back of the Pokémon Center.
Jared and Raye sat down at a table.
"I think she's new." Raye whispered to Jared.
"Yeah. I noticed." Jared whispered back.
They looked outside the window and saw the sunset.
A few seconds later, Raye felt something on her chest.
She looked down and saw Jared's head on it.
Raye blushed and her heart pounded in his ear.
She pushed him off and Jared jerked up, blushing a bit.
Raye giggled.
"It's getting late." Jared told Raye.
"We should stay overnight." He added.
Raye was already beginning to feel drowsy.
"Yeah. Well, good night!" Raye told Jared.
Meanwhile, Nurse Joy was caring for Jared and Raye's Pokémon.
"And there you go!" she said.
All of the Pokémon looked very happy and content.
"Okay, now back into your PokéBalls!" Nurse Joy said as she called them all back.
She left them on the tray on the counter.
Nurse Joy noticed Jared and Raye were sleeping.
She smiled.
"I think I should hit the sack too." She said, taking off her shoes and laying in her bed.