Playing With Fire: Chapter 7
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"Well, here we are! Time to challenge Blaine!"
We had arrived at the Cinnabar Gym, well known for its Gym leader, Blaine, who only used... guess what? Fire Pokemon.
In true Danny fashion, he had taken us to the Pokemon Centre nearby, rested up for the night, and come to the Gym at seven in the morning.
As Lucky yawned, Danny pushed open the doors and strode in confidently, me following behind. Gym rules state that only one Pokemon can be out of its Pokeball at a time, but Lucky didn't have one, so nya nya nyaa!
"Have you come to challenge me?" A voice echoed around the cavern. After all, the Gym was built into the volcano, so it was pretty cool.
"Yes. Can we battle now?" Danny shouted.
"Battle?" Lucky asked as lights flared and the battlefield was illuminated.
"As you wish, but I won't let up. Four Pokemon each. Go!" Blaine shouted, opening a Pokeball and expelling... a Rapidash, who whinnied and reared on its hind legs.
Danny chucked a Pokeball into the field.
"Go, Brad!"
The Charmander curled his little hands into fists and bounced around, glaring at the Rapidash. Rapidash smirked.
"Rapidash, use quick attack!" Blaine yelled, and the Rapidash zipped behind Bradley and slammed into him.
"Aah!" he yelled as he flew through the air and landed with a bump on the ground near us.
"Bradley!" Lucky yelled, and jumped off my head and raced up to him.
"Lucky, no!" I shouted, running after him.
"Rapidash, use horn drill!"
The lethal horn on the Rapidash's head span like a drill, and it raced towards us.
"Lucky, we have to go! I'm sorry, Brad. Do your best!" I said, picking up Lucky in my mouth and diving out of the way as the Rapidash crashed into the ground, sending dust everywhere.
When the dust cleared, the Rapidash was still standing, and poor battered Bradley was lying on his stomach with his eyes closed and his teeth clenched.
There was silence as he twitched, and the Rapidash's legs were starting to tremble.
Then, with a massive crash, the Rapidash fell, twisting onto its side and lying still.
"Yes!" I whispered, and then everyone's eyes fell on Bradley, who looked up, saw the fainted Rapidash, and hauled himself to his feet.
"And that is how we do that!" he shouted, waving his arms in the air in celebration as the ref announced his victory, then fell with a little splat onto his face, out cold.
Danny recalled him with a "Good job, Brad!" and grinned at Blaine.
"Go, Ninetales!" he cried, as the graceful white fox Pokemon strutted in a circle and sat down, tails gently fanning out.
"See, Lucky, that's what you'll be if you evolve!" I said, pointing at the Ninetales.
"Wow..." he murmured, as Danny tossed another Pokeball out.
"Go get 'em, Blitz!" he yelled as Blitz howled, sending a shiver up the Ninetales' spine.
"Blitz, use crunch!" Blitz rushed towards the Ninetales, who stood up slowly.
"Ninetales, flamethrower!" Ninetales opened its mouth and spewed flames at Blitz, who was running so fast that she rushed right through them.
Burnt and in pain, she ran blindly into the Ninetales and bit down on its neck hard.
The Ninetales screamed in pain and thrashed about wildly, as Blitz slowly suffocated it.
"Never burn me again," she mumbled, before spitting the unconscious Ninetales out and trotting back to Danny. Then she moaned in pain and collapsed, trembling.
"She must really not like fire," I mumbled as Lucky jumped off my head and stared at Blaine.
"He's good," he said worriedly. "What if his Pokemon beat us?"
"Don't worry, even if they do, which they won't, we'll just try again tomorrow." I reassured him, and he nodded and returned to watching the battle.
"Magmar, go!" Blaine sent out his most famous Pokemon, and I knew who Danny was going to send out.
"Inferno, go!"
The two Magmars stood at opposite ends of the field, staring at each other expressionlessly.
Then their faces contorted in inexplicable rage, and they flew at each other.
Soon there was a great cloud of dust covering the battlefield, and no one could see what was going on, until about five minutes later, a Magmar flew above the cloud of dust and landed on its head hard near Blaine.
The dust cleared, and there standing triumphant was Inferno.
"Sorry, Brianna, but I told you I was better at battling!" Inferno called as he was returned to his Pokeball.
"How--?" 'Brianna' asked incredulously as she was returned to her Pokeball.
"Now, not many know this, but my best battler is not Magmar."
"Uh oh." I said, knowing that I was next.
"Amber can beat it!" Danny said, as I licked Lucky and leapt onto the field, trying to sound as ferocious as possible.
"You really think that that puppy can beat... my Arcanine?" Blaine laughed, sending the huge, powerful dog into the arena.
It spotted me and laughed.
"Fine. I'll burn you to a crisp!" it barked. I grinned. He didn't know what my ability was.
"Fire blast!" Arcanine roared and sent a gigantic Kanji (Chinese symbol for 'big') rushing straight towards me.
"Amber, get out of the way!" I stood stock still as the lethal flames flew closer and closer towards me.
"MUM!" Lucky yelled, just as the flames hit me, and everything went red.