Yoshi was on a layer of bedrock. He was motionless - the impact of his ambush knocking him out cold. Sluggy the Slugma was nearby, trying to flare up Yoshi to wake up the green Yoshisaurus.

"Yoshi!" Sluggy cried out as he increased the body temperature of his lava body, "You can't just lay around here! We gotta get through the Lethal Lava Volcano!"

Yoshi murmured as he slowly opened his eyes. He gasped, and got up. "What? What happened, and what am I doing here?" He asked Sluggy, looking around to see that he was in a dome-shaped area, under the heated magma.

Sluggy sighed and slugged closer to Yoshi. "Well," He started to explain, "You see, we were getting closer to the cannon, but then two Cobrats arrived, and they attacked you. And you went pummeling into the magma." He shook his head. "I took after you, and now, we're both under the magma."

Yoshi looked up, to see steams coming out from the red, hot magma. He glanced at Sluggy. "Well, the only thing to do is to get back to the top. Are you with me?"

Sluggy nodded, smiling. "Of course I am, Yoshi!" He glanced to the left, and then to the right. He then looked at yoshi and stated, "You head to the northern direction, and I'll go the southern direction. I have a hunch that either way, there is a path that leads to the volcano."

Yoshi nodded, giving Sluggy a thumbs up sign. "Right! I'll meet up with you later!" The green Yoshisaurus then ran towards the northern direction, while Sluggy slugged into the southern direction.

As Yoshi exited the underground portion of the volcano, he glanced to his left and right to see the volcano walls vibrant with the color of red being exaggerated. Yoshi gulped, and he felt the warm blast of steam coming from the direction he was running in. Yoshi then turned to the left, and he jumped up, grabbing the platform and walking upward. He could hear the ground rumble, and Yoshi screamed as fire bursted from the fire pit below him. Yoshi ran faster up, and he then grabbed the wall and spun to the right, heading out of the hole. Yoshi was in awe as he looked around - he was outside of the volcano's underground, and was right at the peak of the Lethal Lava Volcano area. The large sea of red, hot, bubbling lava made Yoshi gulped, and he watched as gigantic fireballs loomed over the lava and into it. Yoshi looked to his right to see several, individual pads of hardened magma, and he jumped onto the first. He felt it shake, and the hardened magma slowly started to sink. Gulping and realizing what would happen, Yoshi jumped to the next pad of hardened magma, jumping from one to another as he left the second volcano behind and jumped onto a steel-made platform. Yoshi rubbed his forehead,but it was then that lava lunged from under the steel cage, and Yoshi hopped up into the air, screaming in pain as he rubbed his flared behind. Yoshi then fell back down onto the steel cake, and it slowly started to sink. Yoshi ran up, and he jumped down onto the magma-hardened platform from the steel cage, watching as it sunk down into the lava.

Sighing of relief, Yoshi turned around to see that there were several fire pits everywhere, that bursted out red and hot flames. Taking a slight caution, Yoshi waited for the fire pits to spit out fire. He watched as they did, and Yoshi ran through them. He stopped in front of a wall, and looked to his right, then up, to see that he would have to jump up to reach the top of the platform. Waiting for the fire pits to burst out fire, Yoshi jumped and fluttered. As the fire pits blew out fire, Yoshi grabbed one of the flames with his long red tongue and ate it. Yoshi closed his eyes as he fell down, but it was then that his special, blue orb was glowing. Yoshi got it out of his pad, and Yoshi gasped, his eyes gleaming. The blue orb shined brightly, and then Yoshi turned into a green-spotted egg, being protected from the intense flames of the fire pits' fires.

The protective egg then fell onto the bottom of the platform, which slowly started to get over flooded by the fiery, heated magma. It was then that as the lava covered the bottom platform fully, the egg bursted into pieces, and Yoshi was now red-colored, his tail revealing a small, but intensely heated flame. Yoshi opened his eyes, and he looked up. He looked down, and unleashed a fiery burst of flames, using it to advance upward. He then stopped, and fluttered down safely onto the top platform. Grinning with his newfound power, Yoshi turned around, to see that the platform he was on was a distance away from the volcano. Yoshi fired another burst of flames, this time arranging the flames as a bridge towards the volcano. Yoshi stopped, and he ran on the fiery bridge, the flames not having any effect on his feet (which were protected by the body temperature of Yoshi's fiery form). Yoshi then stopped in front of the volcano, and he fired another burst of flames, burning s hole into the volcano. Yoshi ran in, and he jumped up, grabbing the platform. He climbed on top of the platform, and looked down to see the lava below him. Yoshi glanced to his right, to see that there was a path covered in lava, which lead upward to the magma-hardened platform jetting out of the wall. Determined, Yoshi ran onto the lava path, turning right and then jumping up and fluttering to the magma-hardened platform, grabbing it and climbing on board. He looked at his hands, and then glanced upward at the cannon, noticing that the two Cobrats from before were still there. growling and feeling revenge, Yoshi ran as fast as he could towards the Cobrats, preparing to take them out for good and to blast into the next volcano.