Yoshi laughed as he held several of the red Fire Coins in his hands. "Ha ha! I got enough to buy almost anything in the Torkoal's store!"

Charles the Charmeleon chuckled, walking over to the green Yoshisaurus and patting him on the back. "Oh Yoshi, you definitely put on a great show for the watching viewers! In fact..." He rubbed his chin, grinning, "How about one more match to determine if you can become the champion of Fire Island?"

Yoshi's eyes gleamed, rubbing his green hands together. "Well..." He shrugged, giggling, "It wouldn't hurt if I did at least one more match." He shook Charles's hand, and agreed. "I'll do it, Charles!"

Charles laughed, and he walked over to his bet booth. "All right, then, Yoshi! You go and do freely what you want." He winked. "I'll wait until you return."

Yoshi smiled, and he nodded, exiting out of the magma-hardened, dome-shaped home of the rich Charmeleon and heading to the magma-hardened, dome-shape shop of the Torkoal shopkeeper.

A few feet away, behind a tall, red sign were the two Cobrats, who watched Yoshi enter into the shop. They looked at each other, and chuckled.

"So he was doing all of this fighting just to get something from a shop? Ha!" The first Cobrat laughed, shaking his head, "If he was merely doing all of that for shopping, then we could have bagged him earlier!"

"Now now, brother," Said the second, older Cobrat, stating cleverly, "Have patience. When the time is right, then we will attack."

The first, younger Cobrat sighed and nodded in agreement. "I might as well, brother." And he turned his head to the Torkoal shopkeeper's shop, waiting for Yoshi to exit.

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Yoshi walked towards the center of the shop, seeing the Torkoal shopkeeper waiting for him. Yoshi spotted the red fire turtle, and he bowed.

The Torkoal shopkeeper chuckled, saying, "So, do you have the Fire Coins now?"

Yoshi nodded, smiling as he took out the red Fire Coins and showed them off to the Torkoal shopkeeper. "I got them all here for you, mister," He stated, winking.

The Torkoal shopkeeper scoffed, and he turned around, walking past the red curtains and through a small tunnel, with Yoshi following close behind. "Well, all right, then. Feel free to chose anything you like, as long as you have enough Fire Coins." He stated carefully, glancing at Yoshi suspiciously.

Yoshi shrugged his arms in defense, and he looked around at all of the amazing items and artifacts the Torkoal shopkeeper offered. Yoshi then spotted a light-blue, shining orb, which shone in his face. Yoshi's eyes gleamed, and he shouted to the Torkoal shopkeeper, pointing at the orb.

The Torkoal shopkeeper looked at the orb, and then turned his head slowly to Yoshi. "So, how much will you pay for the orb?" He asked, pulling out a price tag, which read '30 Fire Coins'.

Yoshi smiled, and he took out twenty seven of the Fire Coins he has earned. "Well, can you go as low as twenty seven Fire Coins?" He asked, smiling innocently.

The Torkoal shopkeeper paused briefly, and he shrugged, nodding. "Sure! I hope you enjoy it... it's the only thing of its kind!" Taking the twenty seven Fire Coins from Yoshi and stashing them away into his gray-black shell, the fire-type turtle Pokemon grabbed the glowing orb and handed it to Yoshi, who held it in his two palms, his eyes gleaming as the green Yoshisaurus placed it away into his pad. He then waved goodbye to the Torkoal shopkeeper, and he ran out of the shop.

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After Yoshi exited the Torkoal shopkeeper's shop, he decided that it was time to meet up with his new pal, Sluggy the Slugma, again. Smiling with confidence and looking to the left to see the red, magma-hardened homes lined together and the path forging with the port of entry to Fire Island, Yoshi turned around and started running towards the village. As he ran, he was then blown by a powerful fireball, slammed down to the ground, his tail on fire. Yoshi got up, glanced at his tail, and jumped up, screaming as he ran around, the flame getting bigger the faster he ran. Yoshi was then attacked by two more powerful fireballs, the launchers revealing themselves as the two Cobrats spying on the green Yoshisaurus.

"Well, well..." Said the second, older Cobrat as he and his younger brother, the first Cobrat, slithered to Yoshi, who was plopped on the ground. "If it isn't the green Yoshisaurus who fought in the arena."

Yoshi got up, shook his head, and turned around to face the two red Cobrats. He made a quirky face. "Hey, I don't remember you two being here." He folded his arms together. "Hey, who are you two, anyways?"

The two Cobrats only laughed as they slithered closer to Yoshi, making the green Yoshisaurus feel uneasy.

"Oh, you don't have a clue, do you?" The first Cobrat said, whacking Yoshi in the back of his head with his red tail, "We're Cobrats. We snakes are far better than you inferior Yoshisauruses."

Yoshi's left eye twitched after hearing the word 'inferior'. "What... what did you just called me!?" Yoshi snapped, getting into a fighting position.

The second Cobrat scoffed, rolling is eyes. "Please! You can't even be able to get rid of that flame on your tail!"

Yoshi gasped, and he remembered that his tail was still on fire. "YEEAAAAAGGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He then turned around and started running towards the village, screaming as he felt the flame burning himself.

The two Cobrats looked at each other, nodded, and then started slithering after Yoshi, firing small, fast fireballs at the green Yoshisaurus, turning left and staying close.

Yoshi moaned as he sensed that the two Cobrats were following him. Great, first they call me inferior, and now they're chasing me! It couldn't get worse... He thought to himself, before tripping over a passing Magcargo, landing on his face. He moaned as he tried to get up, but was pinned unconscious on the ground by the younger Cobrat.

The older Cobrat slithered over to the unconscious green Yoshisaurus, and chuckled. "Heh heh, how does it feel now, Yoshisaurus?" He laughed, joined in by his brother, who both laughed for several seconds until...

FWOOOOSH!!!!! A powerful, heated Flamethrower scorched the two Cobrats and Yoshi's unconscious body. The two Cobrats screamed in pain as they felt the intense flames burn their bodies, and they slithered away as fast as they could. The Flamethrower attack then stopped, and a young Slugma slugged over to Yoshi. Looking down at Yoshi's unconscious body, the young Slugma carefully placed Yoshi on his fiery back, and slugged back towards his home, located on the far southern end of Fire Island.

The passing Magcargo that Yoshi tripped over watched as the young Slugma took Yoshi with him, and he shook his head, muttering himself about young children these days.