Yoshi woke up, shaking his head and then rubbing it with his right hand. "Urk...where am I...?" He asked himself, getting up to his feet, and looking around.
The place Yoshi was in was a dome-shaped room, painted red with flames burning on the torches placed around in the center of the building. There were also four piles of Fire Coins sitting in each of the building's four corners, indicating that whoever lived here was rich.
As Yoshi was about to search around, the red-colored Charmeleon from before suddenly jumped in front of him, startling the green Yoshisaurus. The red-colored Charmeleon cleared his throat, and sticking out his left hand for a friendly handshake, he greeted, in a British voice, "Sorry about that. I didn't get a chance to say hello from before. I'm Charles the Charmeleon." He grinned, winking his right eye. "Glad to meet you."
Yoshi hesitated for a few moments, but he shrugged and shook the red-colored Charmeleon's hand, smiling. "Same here, Charles! I'm Yoshi." He looked around, and turned to Charles, asking, "Where am I?"
Charles chuckled, letting go of his grip on Yoshi's hand and pointing at several of the objects around them. "You're in my house. This is where I live, and also where I keep all of the money I win from bets." He cleared his throat. "You see, I happen to host the matches of Fire Island here. Anyone who is willing to take a chance and fight always comes here to participate and try to win some Fire Coins." He looked at Yoshi, with his right eye close to the green Yoshisaurus, "Are you plan on trying, Yoshi?"
Yoshi paused for a moment, and he smiled, nodding. "Yep!" He smiled with confidence, placing his hands on his hips. "After all, I'm planning on getting something from the Torkoal's shop."
Charles nodded, rubbing his chin with his left hand, understanding. "So, I see." He opened his eyes and clapped his hands together. "Well, what are we waiting for? Go to the arena and prepare yourself for some fights." He winked, giving Yoshi a thumbs up sign. "I'll be sure to pay you a good amount of Fire Coins after you win the fight."
Yoshi nodded, and as he was about to leave, he faced Charles again and asked, "Wait, where do I leave to go to the arena?"
Charles pointed to his right, at the purple-colored eastern direction, "Oh, just go behind those curtains. Don't worry." He patted Yoshi on the back, "Newcomers always get confused on their first try." He watched Yoshi exit through the purple-colored curtains, and then went to a door, heading a few feet upward and and arriving in his betting booth, turning around into the southern direction to face the few Pokemon. "Hello, my fellow fire friends! Are you ready to place bets on today's fights?"
The fire-type Pokemon all nodded and cheered, handing Charles the Fire Coins they planned to bet on the upcoming fight.
Yoshi looked around the small outdoor arena, curious. As he headed up north and peeked down at the red, bubbling lava below, he jumped up and turned around, to see a small, red-colored, yellow-bellied reptile-like Pokemon standing in front of him, in a fighting stance. Yoshi tilted his head.
The reptile-like Pokemon called out, "Magby mag!" And it then fired a small ball of fire at Yoshi, who dodged it.
Yoshi fumed, gritting his teeth as he glanced behind him to see the ball of flame fall into the red, boiling lava. "All right, buddy!" He got into a fighting stance and taunted the Magby with his tongue, "You want a fight, you got a fight!" He then ran towards the Magby and rammed his head into it, causing the Magby to be hurtled towards the watching Pokemon, who cheered as the Magby got back up to its feet.
"Mag Magby...MAG!!!!!" The Magby screamed with rage, as it started to twirl around and looked upward, spewing out flames that started to circle around it and then form a fiery tornado around it.
Yoshi's eyes widened, and he jumped to the left to avoid the fiery tornado, but he was sucked in by its incredible force and was burned. Yoshi was then released, and he got up from the magma-hardened ground, running around the arena, screaming as the flames spread around his body. The Magby stopped spinning around in the fiery tornado, and it launched a fiery punch at Yoshi by the face, knocking the green Yoshisaurus to the ground. The fire-type Pokemon cheered as Yoshi got back to his feet and shook his head, grabbing the Magby by his tongue and swinging the fiery reptile-like Pokemon around, until he released it into the red, bubbling lava.
After a few seconds, the Magby jumped back from the red, bubbling lava, a red energy surrounded it. The Magby then started spurting fiery embers at Yoshi, who did his best to dodge, but he was then burned on the tail by one of the embers, and he started to roll on the ground, trying to put the fire out. The Magby then jumped up and fired a stream of fire at Yoshi, engulfing the green Yoshisaurus in flames.
What will happen next in the fight between Yoshi and the feisty Magby? Find out next time!
