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Chapter 7: Molten Magma Dude!

"My first Orange Island Gym win!" Dustin smiled as he viewed his previously won badge from Sissy. The badge seemed to shine even brighter in Dustin's hands.

Dustin had defiantly changed since his journey in the Johto region, besides the fact his hair was longer and his body more toned. His attitude was still mellow and laid back, however his Pokemon skills had took a huge 360! The previous Gym battle was a breeze, thanks to the intense training Dustin did with his Tyranitar during the huge break.

Dustin laid back on the red couch in the Pokemon Center, not having a care in the world and waiting on his traveling buddy to hurry up.

Kamme ran down the hallway and walked into the lobby. "Hey Dustin," she walked over to him.

"Sleep in?" he laughed.

"Yeah, but no biggie," she smiled and enlarged a Pokeball, "I'm the one with the Lapras. But anyways we're not leaving the island for a few hours," she viewed the clock over the counter, "We'll leave at three, ok?"

"Works for me," the mellow surfer trainer smiled.

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Somewhere below the ground on the same island as Dustin, inside a darkened room, sat a young Magma Admin.

She was dressed in a pair of black suit pants, she had a black blazer buttoned half way, behind the blazer was a red shirt, on the right chest part of the blazer was the infamous crimson "M" for Team Magma. She had a black mafia hat tilted on her head, covering some of the bright blonde hair pulled in a pony tail, her figure was curvy and matched that of a super model. She stared at the screen in front of her with her sapphire eyes.

"Brit," the figure on the screen said, he had flaming red hair and was known only as the Leader of Team Magma; Maxie.

"Sir," she nodded. "We've gathered some information, a member of Team Aqua was found near the island yesterday."

"Do you know who it was?"

"Admin Tina," the girl, Brit, replied. "Seems they were here to rob some locals of their Pokemon, what a waste of time."

"None the less," Maxie followed up, "You need to keep a watchful eye, you never know when the members of Team Aqua will pop up."

"Very well," she nodded once again. "I'll be on the look out."

"Good," he nodded back with approval, "Don't fail me."

"Yes sir," she ended as the screen turned black and shut off.

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"Treecko return," a boy smirked and withdrew his reptile in a flash of red light, he shrunk down his Pokeball and latched it to his belt.

"Whoa!" a kid from the previous battle group gasp, "Tyson is the man!"

Tyson; victor of the previous battle against a youngster girl. One of the top Pokemon trainers on Mikan Island, he had competed in the Orange League last year and this year decided to spend all of his time training.

"You did awesome," the youngster smiled. "Your Treecko's Dragonbreath was remarkable!"

"Thanks," Tyson smiled. He was around six or seventeen, tall and toned, much like Dustin. He had shaggy and long blonde hair, ending at his shoulders, his hair matched his indigo eyes perfectly. He wore a pair of faded greenish-brown cargo pants, a vintage blue tee-shirt and on his feet were blue flip-flops, he wore three shell bracelets on his right wrist and around his waist was his full Pokeball holder belt. Tyson's skin was naturally tan, a sign of his Orange Island lineage.

Walking by the crowd outside the PokeCenter was another bronze skinned trainer, however he wasn't a native of the Orange Islands, it was Dustin. "Huh?" he walked up in the dieing crowd and saw Tyson.

"Tyson you're the man!" one of the kids squealed.

"I don't think anyone could beat Tyson!" another kid picked up.

"I'll take on anyone," Tyson grinned with his perfectly white teeth.

"Wow!" one girl shouted in amazement, "An accomplished surfer! Top Pokemon trainer! What isn't Tyson good at?"

'He must be good,' Dustin thought to himself and then opened his mouth, "Um –Tyson?"

"Yes," Tyson turned around from a girl and saw practically a dark haired and brown eyed version of himself, this but him in awe. "Wha?!" he had to recollected his thoughts, "I mean –yes?"

"I'll battle you," Dustin smiled.

"Fine," Tyson latched a Pokeball from his belt and enlarged it, "Three Pokemon each?"

"Works for me," Dustin smiled back and enlarged one of his Pokeballs.

The two took their places as a crowd grew around them, Dustin was a popular name on the island with his quick defeat of Sissy, however Tyson was number one all over the Orange Islands, drawing a large crowd of fans with him everywhere he went!

"Go Swampert!" Tyson threw the enlarged Pokeball and called out the final evolution of the Mudkip line.

"Good thing I choose wisely," Dustin winked and threw his Pokeball, "Bayleef go!" he threw it and called out the Grass type Pokemon.

"Swampert starts things off with Mud Shot!"

"Swamper swam!" it opened it's large amphibian like mouth, spewing out a jet of thick sticky brown mud, missing Bayleef by a few inches and giving the white walls of the Pokemon Center a new brown color.

"He missed!" Dustin said to Bayleef, "No's our chance! Hit it with a full power Razor Leaf!"

"Bay bay!" it chirped and spun around it's leaf, flinging off two green sharp leaves going at a high speed, however Swampert ducked down and easily dodged the leaves, which stopped spinning soon after and fell to the ground.

"Tyson's Swampert is the best Pokemon ever!" one of the kids cheered from the crowd.

"Swampert! Ice Beam!"

"Light Screen!" Dustin countered.

"Pert!" the Mud Fish Pokemon blew out a baby blue beam of froze H2O, however it was too late and only got deflected into different directions by the golden invisible wall Bayleef had conjured up in the nick of time.

"Now use Vine Whip!"

"Bay bay!" the Grass type Pokemon chirped, growing two green vines from the necklace of premature flowers, extending to Swampert and making the first contact, whipping the Water/Ground type over and over, leaving red slash marks on it's pale blue body before Bayleef got tired and retraced the vines back into it's body.

"Dustin's Bayleef is the best!" a kid cheered.

"Swampert! Come back! Another Ice –"

"Ancient Power!" Dustin smiled back.

Tyranitar wasn't the only Pokemon that got trained over Dustin's long break. In fact all of his Pokemon were. Bayleef took a liking to Kai's PokeBlocks and Kai eventually taught her brother's Pokemon the Ancient Power ability.

"Bay bay!" it continued to cheer, twirling around it's leaf, which was now glowing white, all of a sudden the ground started to crack and gravel began to float into the air, then gravel was then slung and jabbed into Swampert's large stomach, leaving red cut marks from the jagged edges of the concrete rocks.

"We got it now!" Dustin commented, "Razor Leaf!"

"Bayleef! Leef!" Bayleef spun out two more green bladed leaves, throwing them at Swampert...

"Mirror Coat!" Tyson replied to Dustin's command.

"Swampert!" the Water/Ground type stated a few seconds before the leaves would have made contact, it's pale and slimy blue skin was coated in a rainbow aura, when the leaves hit they were redirected to their master, slicing into Bayleef's soft exterior and leaving the Grass type injured and open.

"Finish it Swampert!" Tyson grinned with his perfectly white teeth, "Blizzard!"

"Swamp!" it inhaled a large amount of oxygen as it's stomach poked out even more, "ER!" it bellowed out a forecast of frozen ice particles, with every passing second more ice came out and it's stomach grew smaller. Bayleef stood injured as the ice hit it's light skin, leaving evidence of the attack by the frozen particles on Bayleef's body, after a few seconds the Grass type Pokemon fell over, chilled and knocked out.

"Thanks dude," Dustin groaned as he withdrew Bayleef, shrinking down the Pokeball and placing it on his belt. He smiled and enlarged his Diveball, "Squirtle Go!" he threw the blue ball and out popped the Tiny Turtle Pokemon, smiling from cheek to cheek!

"Wow!" one kid began.

"A Squirtle!" another ended.

"Swampert return!" Tyson withdrew the Mud Fish and put up it's Pokeball, he quickly enlarged another Pokeball and threw it, "Go Combusken!" he called out the flaming chicken creature.

"Combusk!" the Young Fowl Pokemon chirped, summoning some red and orange flames to burn out of the tip of it's chicken talons.

"We got type advantage!" Dustin said to Squirtle, trying to boost it's confidence. "Let's take it out with one shot of your Water Gun!"

"Vaporize it with Flamethrower!"

Both Pokemon conjured up two quick moving jet attacks, one composed of fire, the other it's opposite, water. The two moves hit each other in mid- air and hissed as smoke and vapor arose around the crowd, when it died down it was easy to see both trainers and their Pokemon had only began.

"Squirtle use Iron Tail!"

"Tle!" the blue turtle converted it's twisted tail into a cold iron steel material, it run up to Combusken and swung it's tail, however the Young Fowl Pokemon used it's two talons to catch the Tiny Turtle's tail, holding it in place and waiting on a command from Tyson.

"Seismic Toss!" Tyson ordered.

"Busk!" the Fire/Fighting chirped and used all the muscle strength in it's muscular arms to lift the Tiny Turtle Pokemon into the air, it then spun around and slung Squirtle out. The Water type's eyes were swirls as it's tiny body collided into the Pokemon Center, Squirtle came back to it's senses and jumped out of the center, leaving an imprint of it's round shell in the PokeCenter.

"Dude!" Dustin said as Squirtle took it's fighting position again, he was impressed by the little dude's will and motivation. "If you won't give up I won't! Squirtle use Water Pulse!"

"Slash it now!" Tyson countered.

"Combusk!" the childish fowl ran up to Squirtle, it's right claw out and fierce, "Ken!" it brought down it's talons, only to be surprised when Squirtle turned around, Combusken's sharp talons clung into the Tiny Turtle's hard shell, causing more pain to Combusken than Squirtle, leaving the Young Fowl open for an attack.

"Now use Iron Tail again!" Dustin instructed.

Squirtle charged up some iron energy into it's swirly tail, it then brought up it's tail into Combusken's chest, knocking the Young Fowl Pokemon back a few feet, Squirtle then turned around and fired off an aquatic jet of blue water, damping Combusken's chest feathers and weakening the Fire type deeply.

"Yes!" Dustin thought out loud, "Now finish it for good! Rapid Spin!"

"Squir!" he smiled and brought in all of it's blue exterior limbs inside it's golden hard shell, the Squirtle spun in the mid-air, making it's way over to Combusken and doing multiple sharp cuts and spins into the chicken's damp feathers, eventually causing Combusken to fall over with crossed out eyes. Squirtle landed safely and brought out all of it's limbs, smiling big once again.

"Wow! Tyson's Combusken got beat!" a viewer called out in amazement.

"You did good," Tyson said and withdrew Combusken, placing the Pokeball on his belt and bringing another one to full size, "Go Shelgon!" from the spinning red and white ball formed a dragon covered in a white/gray shell.

"Squirtle thanks dude," Dustin smiled and withdrew the Tiny Turtle, he then latched up the Diveball and enlarged another Pokeball, "Charmander go!" he threw it and summoned his Lizard Pokemon. "Flamethrower!"

"Char!" the Fire type's tail flame grew up and then it shot out a streak of red and yellow flames, burning into Shelgon's leathery scaly skin as the Endurance Pokemon shut it's eyes tight, the flames died down and Shelgon's shell was a little burnt, however the Pokemon on the inside was totally ok and fine.

"Now Shelgon show it a real Flamethrower!" Tyson intended for.

"Shel!" the Endurance Pokemon grunted and opened it's hidden mouth, shooting out a sudden jet of flaming red and orange pyros, burning into Charmander's leathery scaly skin and totally scorching it's red scales, when Shelgon's Flamethrower went away Charmander's exterior was a charcoaled black.

"Dude you ok?" Dustin asked.

"Char..." the Lizard weakly nodded and huffed out a black cloud of smoke from it's nostrils.

"That's the way!" Dustin cheered.

"You got moxie," Tyson complemented Dustin, "But it takes more than a little spunk to defeat me in a Pokemon battle! Shelgon use another Flamethrower!"

This battle was over, Shelgon blew out another stream of red and orange flames, quickly enwrapping Charmander's weak body and scolding it's red scales, turning them to a deeper scale of charcoal black, when the fires went away Charmander was laid on the ground, burnt marks painted all over it's rose colored scales.

"-Charmander..." Dustin's eyes went blank as he ran over to his Pokemon, bent down and held the burnt Lizard in his hands. "Dude..."

The crowd around the two trainers quickly died down after Tyson withdrew Shelgon and put it away on his belt.

"Here," Tyson bent down and pulled out an antidote from his black back- pack, it was a yellow spray. He pulled it and sprayed a liquid onto Charmander's skin, healing the pain and eradicating the interior pain.

"Thanks," Dustin smiled and stood up after withdrawing Charmander and congratulating it, he put his Pokeball on his belt. "Your Shelgon was awesome!"

"Thanks," Tyson stood up. "The name is Tyson, if you didn't know."

"Cool," Dustin nodded and introduced himself. "I'm from Johto."

"So this is your first round in the Orange Islands," Tyson smiled. "I competed last year and lost...I swore revenge so this year I'm training, though Mikan Island is getting quiet boring...all we get is tourist..."

"I'm traveling around with a friend," Dustin informed Tyson.

"Hey," Tyson thought, "You can tell me all about it on a cold Mikan Island smoothie, we're famous for them!"

"Ok!" Dustin grinned as his stomach growled in hunger, causing him and Tyson to laugh out loud.

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"Done! Finally!" Kamme shouted in triumph as she walked out from one of the Pokemon stores in Mikan. She walked back into the crowded streets, on her way to the PokeCenter.

"Wow that Dustin was awesome!" a little kid said to his friend as they walked by Kamme.

Kamme sighed, "He got into another battle..." she ran up to the kids, "Did you say Dustin?"

"Yep," the other kid replied, "He fought Tyson! And lost! But he put up a good fight!"

"Thanks," Kamme smiled as the two kids continued to walk away. "So Dustin meet Tyson...bet that was funny! Imagine both surfers and trainers...I bet their conversations are filled with smart dialect!" she sarcastically laughed to herself out loud.

Atop on one of the buildings on the island, near where Kamme was, stood the infamous Admin Tina from Team Aqua.

"Bat bat!" her Golbat flew down and landed near her.

"Golbat return," Tina withdrew the bat and put up it's Pokeball. "Archie said that some Magma Members were here...they must want to ruin our plans!" she laughed at the thought. "Probably that ditz Brit!"

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Tyson and Dustin sat across from each other in one of the dinners of Mikan Island, sitting around the square of the city/island. Dustin ordered a pineapple-coconut peanut butter smoothie, while Tyson had a strawberry mocha smoothie.

"So your going around on a Lapras," Tyson laughed after taking a slurp from his smoothie. "Oh the memories!"

"So you want to train for next year...I need to train for this year..." Dustin thought to himself, "I know! Why don't you travel with me and my friend Kamme!"

"-Oh," Tyson was struck in amazement by Dustin's gesture. "Well –um...ok! I need the training! We'll be sparing partners!"

"Sweet!" Dustin smiled after taking another long slurp from his smoothie. "Kamme will be pleased to meet you!"

"-Kamme..." Tyson thought, "No way! Kamme!"

"Yeah..." Dustin said in confusion, something quiet common to him, "You know her?"

"You can say that," Tyson smiled at the thought of the dark haired girl. He then looked over to a clock on the wall, "We should be meeting up with her, it's almost time."

"Oh yeah!" Dustin stood up and picked up his smoothie. "How could I forget!" he smacked himself in the forehead.

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The two quickly meet up with Kamme back in the Pokemon Center's lobby, seeing Tyson surely put Kamme in a spin.

"Your traveling with us?" Kamme pointed to Tyson.

"Yep," he snickered. "Your stuck with me!"

"Oh great," she sighed.

"Dude, I think I'm missing something..." Dustin said.

Kamme silently walked over to Dustin, "Let me fill you in!" she jabbed her right fist into Dustin's gut, causing him to fall over in pain. "Your still soft in the middle, you'll understand one day..." she sighed.

"I---thought---"Dustin started.

"You thought wrong," Kamme ended his train of thought.

Tyson just rolled his eyes and sighed. "This is going to be so much fun!" he sarcastically smiled and walked past Dustin, he had to heal his Pokemon before setting off to a new journey!

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DONE! How do you like Tyson? He's the new member of the traveling trio. Anyways I know I said I would do reviews....but I'm really tired so I'll do them next chapter...

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