Jermaine Deon Carter
November 11, 2021
The Hothead
One Tuesday afternoon, the Cinnabar Island Gym Leader Blaine invited me to Cinnabar Volcano for a friendly rematch. Leaf tagged along. She expressed concern about Blaine and I having a battle inside an active volcano. I assured her everything would be fine.
Blaine called out a Magmar. I called out my Charizard and Mega Evolved it into Mega Charizard X. Charizard outmaneuvered Magmar and knocked it out with only one Earthquake attack.
He sent out a Rapidash. I recalled Charizard and sent out my own Rapidash. Our Rapidash were evenly matched in power and speed. They exchanged Drill Run moves until his Rapidash was knocked out.
He called out a Ninetales. Rapidash outsped Ninetales and knocked it out with two Drill Runs. However, Rapidash was hit and had its Special Defense lowered by a Dark Pulse attack in the process.
He sent out a Flareon. I recalled Rapidash and sent out my own Flareon. Our Flareon were evenly matched in power. They swapped Quick Attacks and Superpower moves until his Flareon was knocked out.
He called out an Arcanine. I recalled Flareon and called Charizard back out. Charizard outmaneuvered Arcanine and knocked it out with one Earthquake.
"Hah! I have burned down to nothing! Not even ashes remain! Well done," he said.
The commotion from our battle caused the volcano's rock walls to crack, which triggered an eruption. We used our Fire Pokémon to block the cracks with boulders. She berated me and him for having a battle inside the volcano in the first place.
After that, a wild Magmar appeared. I sent Rapidash back out. Rapidash knocked out Magmar with a single Drill Run. I chucked a couple Poké Balls and Ultra Balls at Magmar before I caught it. He congratulated me and was happy we both had a Magmar now.
A few minutes later, a Moltres flew up out of the magma. I had to use my entire party just to battle it. I threw multiple Poké Balls and Ultra Balls at it until I caught it. He was impressed I was able to catch a Legendary Pokémon.
We left the volcano. We visited the Pokémon Center to heal our teams. As we left the Pokémon Center, I looked over at the Pokémon Mansion. I noticed a Vulpix and Growlithe cuddled up next to each other sleeping.
"Awww! They look so cute together!" she said.
The two Pokémon woke up. They ran around and played with each other. They ran up to me. Growlithe accidentally knocked me down and proceeded to lick my face. Vulpix nuzzled and rubbed its head against my legs.
"They like you!" she said. I pulled out two Poké Balls and caught both Growlithe and Vulpix.
"Yay!" she said.
I called Vulpix and Growlithe back out. I reached into my backpack and pulled out two Fire Stones. I used them to evolve Growlithe into Arcanine and Vulpix into Ninetales. I now had every Kanto region Fire-type Pokémon registered in my Pokédex. Arcanine and Ninetales snuggled up next to me.
"I'm all fired up! That was certainly fun to watch," he said.
