Yoshi opened his eyes, and he noticed the flames that spread all over him. he got up, and shook about his body, getting the flames off him, and glared at the Magby. The Magby was still angry, and it continued firing fiery balls of embers at Yoshi. Yoshi lowered his eyes, and he grabbed all of the fireballs with his long red tongue, holding them in his mouth, feeling the heat. He then released the fireballs at the Magby, pushing the reptile-like Pokemon backwards, and into the red, bubbling lava. The Magby screamed, and it hopped out of the red, bubbling lava. It let out a sigh of relief, but as it looked up, Yoshi whacked it across the face with his tail, knocking the Magby back into the red, bubbling lava. The Magby slowly raised its head from the red, bubbling lava, and it then plopped its head back into the lava, being knocked unconscious.

Yoshi grinned, and he turned around to the watching audience, giving them a thumbs up sing and laughing triumphally. The audience clapped loudly and chanted Yoshi's name, with Charles the Charmeleon grinning as Yoshi was awarded with Fire Coins being tossed to him.

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Back inside Charles's home, Yoshi placed all of the Fire Coins he was awarded from winning the match in his small, red pad. He looked at Charles and smiled confidently. "Hey, that was pretty good for a fight! How many more do I need to fight?"

Charles chuckled, patting Yoshi on the back. "Oh, my dear Yoshisaurus," Charles told Yoshi, "You can fight as long as you like. I don't mind - I'm just making a living on all of the bets!" He laughed, pointing at the pile of Fire Coins in the northwestern corner, which had increased more after the fight.

Yoshi grinned, rubbing his chin. "As long as I like, eh?" He took this deep into thought as he told Charles that he was ready to fight another contender.

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Not too far from the arena were two slithering, red Cobrats, who were searching for Yoshi. The two snakes slithered over to the arena, curious about why the Pokemon were surrounding it.

"Hey brother, look," Said the first Cobrat, pointing at the arena, "Something is going on there. Should we take a look?"

The second Cobrat rubbed his chin with his tail. "Hmmm...perhaps we shall take a look, brother." And with that said, the two Cobrats slithered to the arena.

Yoshi exited out of the building, and he looked around, his jaw dropping as there were more crowds of eager, watching Pokemon than before. He waved to the audience, and he received a loud applause, going to the center of the arena. It was then that a giant, reptile-like Pokemon with a pink beak and its tail lit by a flame. It's body was also red and yellow, its head topped by yellow flames. The reptile-like Pokemon then bellowed out, "Mag-maaaaaar!!!!"

Yoshi gulped, and he got into a fighting stance, as did the Magmar. The audience watched eagerly, and the two Cobrats poked their heads through some of the Pokemon to see Yoshi and the Magmar.

"Look, brother!" The first Cobrat pointed at Yoshi with his tail, "There he is! The green Yoshisaurus!"

The second Cobrat grinned, and he chuckled. "Hmmhmmhmmhmm... now we'll see if he's worth fighting," He whispered to his brother, and the two Cobrats turned around, to see the fight.

The Magmar cracked its knuckles, and it then launched a Fire punch at Yoshi. Yoshi jumped up in the air and he started whacking Magmar in the back with his tail. The Magmar turned around, and after being whacked in the face by Yoshi, it grabbed Yoshi by the tail and started to swing him around, releasing him into the air, and watching him fall into the red, bubbling lava.

Yoshi screamed, and he bounced back onto the arena, running around the Magmar as his tail was on fire. The Magmar laughed, as did the audience, before gasping as the Magmar jumped into the air and used a Fire Punch down to the ground, pounding Yoshi beneath the arena. Yoshi poked his head back from the ground, coughed up a bit of dirt, and struggled to get out, being lit aflame by a Fire Spin from the magmar. Yoshi screamed in pain as he felt the flames burning his face. Yoshi then popped out from the ground, and he took out a bottle of water from his small, red pad splashing it all over his face. Feeling sizzled, Yoshi drank up some of the water, and placed it back into his small, red pad.

The magmar bellowed loudly, and charged towards Yoshi. Yoshi growled, and he got on his hands, kicking the magmar back a few feet with his two feet. Yoshi then got back on his hind legs, and he took out several, green-spotted eggs from his small, red pad, tossing the eggs at the magmar. The magmar bellowed in pain, though it then started spinning around and blew out flames around itself. The magmar was then engulfed in a fiery tornado, and it went towards Yoshi. Yoshi hid into his egg, and was picked up by the gusty force of the fiery tornado. The egg was then broken, and Yoshi screamed as he could feel the burns of the fire. The fiery tornado then stopped, and Yoshi fell down to the ground, moaning in pain. The Magmar chuckled, and it whacked Yoshi across the arena with a powerful swing from its tail.

Yoshi got up, and rubbed his head, before being burned by a Flamethrower attack from the Magmar. The Magmar continued using the burning Flamethrower attack, inching closer and closer to Yoshi, until Yoshi suddenly wrapped his long, red tongue around the Magmar's face. The Magmar screamed, and Yoshi pulled the reptile-like Pokemon into his mouth, letting the Magmar struggle to get out.

The audience gasped, and after a few brief moments, Yoshi spat out the Magmar, and he jumped into the air, and ground pounded the Magmar. The Magmar went soaring into the air, and falling back down to the magma-hardened ground. He fumed and his body started to burn, and it started firing smaller, fiery balls of embers at Yoshi, Yoshi ate all of the fireballs, licking his lips with delight as the fiery balls of ember warmed up his stomach, before he got serious and rammed his head into the Magmar. The Magmar fell to the floor, and Yoshi jumped up into the air and started to flutter kick the wounded magmar several times. As Yoshi jumped off of the Magmar, Yoshi ran back a few feet, and anticipated the Magmar's next move.

The Magmar got up, and it fumed angrily, its eyes burning red. It then screeched loudly, and it fired a Fire Blast towards Yoshi. Yoshi quickly glanced to the audience, spotted a mirror, grabbed the mirror with his long, red tongue, and used it to repel the Fire Blast attack at the magmar, engulfing it in flames and knocking it down to the ground. Yoshi then placed the mirror back and ran over to the Magmar, and rammed his head onto it once more. The Magmar moaned weakly in pain, and it fell back, its eyes rolled back.

Yoshi grinned, and he turned to the audience, shouting his name in triumph and raising his right fist in the air. The audience cheered loudly, chanting Yoshi on and clapping as they tossed their Fire Coins to him. The two watching Cobrats chuckled, looking at each other and slithering away from the arena.

"He's definitely the one," The first Cobrat told his brother, "Shall we ambush him?"

The second Cobrat paused, turning around to the arena. He then got an idea, facing his brother. "Ambush is a little description of what I have in store for him..." He chuckled evilly, joined by his brother as they slithered back to the entry point of Fire Island.