Yoshi continued looking suspiciously at the strange object, which slowly came closer as it swam smoothly in the red, hot, bubbling lava. Yoshi growled, and he got into a fighting stance. "Hey! Just who are you, anyway?"

"Whoa!" The strange object gasped, chuckling. "Now now, you wouldn't hurt a poor, little Slugma now, would you?" The red, fiery slug-like Pokemon stated, being young due to the high-pitched voice.

Yoshi growled a bit more, before dropping his arms and placing his hands on both of his hips. "Okay then, so who do you happen to be?" Yoshi asked, eyeing the Slugma suspiciously.

The young Slugma only laughed. "Ohohohoho! My dear green dinosaur, my name is Sluggy! I live here, and with that said, I welcome you to the Lethal Lava Volcano!" He took a bow, before looking up at Yoshi again. "And what's your name, sir?"

Yoshi moved his lips a bit, folding his arms. "Well... I'm Yoshi. I'm from Yoshi Island, and I'm on an important task." He stated.

Sluggy gasped. "Really? You came all the way here from Yoshi Island? Wow!" The young Slugma exclaimed, getting excited. "Whatever you came here for, it must be important!" He then got an idea. "Say, how about you come over and stay at Fire Island for a bit? You can explain your story there, and I'll offer some food and shelter!"

Yoshi sighed, rubbing his chin. "Hrrm... well..." Yoshi was not too sure whether to trust this strange Pokemon fellow or not, specially one who's body is consisted of flames and lava. "I really don't know..."

Sluggy scoffed. "Nonsense! It wouldn't be any trouble at all!" He turned around, facing the direction he swam from. "Just get on my back and hold on, and off to Fire Island we go!"

Yoshi sighed, shrugging. "Well, if you insist," He eventually agreed, walking towards Sluggy and going on the Slugma's fiery back, jumping up in the air and screaming as the hot flames burned his back side. "YEEEEEOOOOWWW!!!"

Sluggy gasped a bit. "Oh my, I forgot to mention!" He laughed. "You'll get burned at first, but you'll eventually get used to it."

Yoshi muttered angrily, rubbing his back side with his right hand. "Yeah, I happen to notice that..." He slowly got back onto Sluggy's back, and growled as he clutched his hands around Sluggy's neck, holding a tight grasp. The green Yoshisaurus could feel the fiery contents of the Slugma's body burn him, but he managed to get used to it after a few minutes. "All right, Sluggy, I'm ready for takeoff," Yoshi told Sluggy.

Sluggy nodded, smiling and shouting, "All right, to Fire Island we go! Ho!" And the young, eager Slugma started to swim away from the small patch of hardened magma and headed straight forward out in the red, hot, bubbling sea of burning lava.

Yoshi could feel the heat as the steam seeping from the gigantic volcanoes nearby moved through his body. Yoshi wondered how long it would take to reach Fire Island, and what the island itself would be like. As Yoshi looked on at the seemingly endless sea of lava, he screamed as Sluggy suddenly tilted to the right. "Sluggy! What the heck was that about!?" Yoshi shouted, sweat coming down from his head.

Sluggy glanced back at Yoshi. "Hold on, Yoshi! It seems as if we're being attacked!" He then submerged partially into the lava, which Yoshi right above the bubbling fiery substance.

Gulping, Yoshi looked to his back, screaming as flaming fireballs came hurtling towards him. Yoshi ducked one, and he grabbed the other fireball with his tongue, eating it. He licked his lips, but knew that this wasn't to be much, as he held on tightly to Sluggy, who jumped out of the lava and the fireball went through under him and Yoshi. Sluggy fell back into the lava, making quite a splash. The Slugma then turned to the right and headed into the eastern direction, the fireballs firing straightforward.

Yoshi let out a sigh of relief, whipping his forehead with his left hand. "Phew! That was crazy," He stated, "Do you always have to deal with that?"

Sluggy laughed. "Oh, all the time! It's fun, though!" The Slugma admitted, smiling as he slowly approached a narrow strip of land, which was golden-colored hardened magma. "There isn't too much excitement for my species on Fire Island, so basically going through what we just went through is the most fun experience I had in my entire life!" He laughed heartily, joined by Yoshi, who chuckled nervously, before frowning.

"Yeah... really fun," Yoshi muttered, thinking to himself, Geeze, this guy is definitely young. I mean, sure, I'm up for fun and all, but THAT was crazy. He opened his eyes and looked down at Sluggy. "So, Sluggy, how close are we to Fire Island, exactly?" He asked curiously, rubbing the back of his head with his right hand.

Sluggy looked up, to see the narrow strip of land. He gasped as he swam closer, noticing the small, magma-hardened houses. "Here we are! This is it, Yoshi!" He cheered, laughing, "This is my homeland! Fire Island!"

Yoshi gasped, his eyes sparkling as he and Sluggy got closer and closer to the magma-formed island that was known by the natives as... Fire Island.