"Round Four is Charmeleon vs. Weezing. Begin!"

Without hesitation, Charmeleon races towards Weezing, sending a barrage of scratched its way.

"Smog it, Weezing."

The poison cloud sends Charmeleon crumbling to the ground.

It slowly gets up, only to shoot embers straight at Weezing.

A toxic blast hits Charmeleon again, sending it to the edge of the arena.

"Show that lizard what fire really looks like."

Koga smiled at his irony of beating fire with fire.

Weezing sent out a Fire Blast of its own, almost hitting Charmeleon as it dragged itself out of the way.

Then it saw the flames leaving the Poison Gas Pokemon's mouth. There were little sparks in its mouth, almost like really hot embers...

Charmeleon got an idea. It seemed crazy but it might work. It started building up embers in its mouth, smoke billowing out of its mouth.

Even Delia got confused.

"Charmeleon, what are you doing?"

It got down on all fours as pieces of ember fell out of its mouth between columns of smoke.

"Hit it again, Weezing! Now!"

Charmeleon felt the heat of the Fire Blast coming. It knew to dodge, and then found the right temperature for the fire.

It got back up, took multiple deep breaths and exhaled into a flamethrower.

At first, it looked like magma shot out of its mouth, but with enough practice, and multiple dodges, it finally found it.

It took one final breath and sent a flamethrower shooting out to Weezing, hitting it square in the face. It flew out of the edge of the arena and smacked into the wall before falling still.

"Weezing is unable to battle! Charmeleon wins, which means Delia wins the match!"

All she remembered of the rest of the day was receiving a complimentary backpack, four new pokeballs, a first aid kit with her newest badge, a view of the Academy from the mountainside, and seeing Charmeleon's flames lick at the ceiling in a brilliant display of triumph.