After a day of traveling through the sea, the ferry arrived at Cinnabar Island. When Nils, Tana and Ren got off the ferry, they saw Firenze standing next to a bald, old man and was waving at them.

"Hey guys and welcome to Cinnabar Island," said Firenze as Nils, Tana and Ren walked to her.

"Hi Firenze," said Tana.

"Why are you standing next to an old man Firenze," asked Ren.

"Because I'm Firenze's grandfather," answered the old man, "My name is Blaine and it's nice to finally meet my granddaughter's friends,"

"Grandpa's the one who was taking care of the Gym for me while I was on my journey," explained Firenze, "He actually was Gym Leader before me until he retired but when he told me I should go on a journey to become a better Gym Leader he happily became my substitute Gym Leader."

"Firenze has told me a lot about her journey with you two boys," said Blaine to Nils and Ren, "She told me how she met you by being chased by Beedrill, all of your encounters with Team Bomb, even the fact that she'll be the Maid of Honor at the wedding at the Pokemon League which she told me is your wedding Nils and Tana."

"And I'm the Ring Bearer," said Ren.

"Anyway," said Firenze let's all go to Cinnabar Town so I can have Gym Battles with both Nils and Tana," and the group of five began to head over to the town.

As they were walking, Firenze was catching up with Nils and Ren and learned that Garbodor, Zebstrika and Froslass all evolved and then she told them that Darumaka evolved into Darmanitan. After catching up, Tana decided to talk about the wedding and she told Nils and Firenze that the youngest of the three daughters of the Pewter Gym Leader was going to be the Flower Girl while Nils told her that Daisy was going to be the Minister and Rex, who is now a friend, is the Best Man.

Just then, an explosion happened on a nearby mountain and Blaine became worried.

"That's Threat Mountain," explained Blaine, "It's a volcano that's been inactive since the time I became Gym Leader." "Something must be happening there and I think it's something bad."

"Then let's go there and find out," suggested Nils and they all went to the volcano.

Once they reached the base of the volcano, the group noticed some Team Bomb grunts guarding the area.

"Why am I not surprised," asked Nils to himself.

"Grandpa," asked Firenze, "Does a Moltres live at this volcano?"

"There is a Moltres living here," answered Blaine, "But only a select few know that." "Do you believe Team Bomb is after Moltres?"

"They have to be," said Ren, "They were after Zapdos in Thunder Canyon and Articuno in Snowcraft Forest."

"Then we have to stop them," said Tana.

"I'll distract these guys while you go up the mountain to Moltres," explained Blaine.

"Be careful Grandpa," said Firenze.

"Don't worry Firenze," said Blaine, "I may be retired, but I'm still strong, go Magmortar," and a Magmortar appeared.

Blaine and Magmortar attacked the Team Bomb Grunts and successfully distracted them while Nils, Tana, Ren and Firenze went up Threat Mountain. Once they got closer, two male grunts showed up ready to stop them.

"I'll take care of them," said Firenze, "Go Torkoal," and a Torkoal appeared.

"When did you get a Torkoal," asked Nils.

"I always had him," answered Firenze, "Torkoal was my very first Pokemon but I decided to leave him behind when I left for my journey. However, I've decided to take Torkoal with me for the remainder of the journey.

"Well if you're gonna stay to buy time then I'm gonna help," said Ren, "Go Raticate," and Raticate was sent out.

"Nils, Tana, get to the summit and hurry," said Firenze and the engaged couple went higher up the volcano.

Once Nils and Tana made it to the summit, they saw two female grunts and one of them was battling Moltres with an Octillery while the other one was watching.

"Ivysaur, stop that battle by using Razor Leaf on Octillery," and Ivysaur was sent out and did as instructed.

Once Octillery was attacked, Moltres flew away from the interrupted battle and the two grunts then noticed Nils and Tana.

"So the others weren't able to stop you," said the grunt who was watching, "I guess this means we'll take you down right here, go Ninetales," and a Ninetales appeared.

"Go Wartortle," said Tana and her Wartortle was sent out.

"Use Bubble Beam," said the grunt that was battling Moltres and Octillery started using the chosen attack.

"Razor Leaf," said Nils and Ivysaur used Razor Leaf which destroyed the Bubble Beam and hit Octillery causing super effective damage.

"Water Pulse," said Tana and Wartortle attacked Ninetales with the selected attack which also caused super effective damage.

"Ice Beam," said the grunt with the Octillery and Octillery gave Ivysaur a lot of damage from the selected attack.

"Energy Ball," said the grunt with the Ninetales and Ninetales gave Wartortle a lot of damage from the chosen attack. "Now Overheat on Ivysaur," and Ninetales used the move of choice which gave Ivysaur a lot more damage.

"Bullet Seed on Wartortle," said the grunt with Octillery and Wartortle was hit by Octillery's Bullet Seed at full power which gave Wartortle a lot more damage.

Having each been hit by two powerful, super effective attacks, Ivysaur and Wartortle tried to get back up and continue battling but they were both having a hard time. Suddenly, Ivysaur evolved into Venusaur and Wartortle evolved into Blastoise.

"What do you know, they both evolved at the same place at the same time again," said Tana who remembered Bulbasaur and Squirtle evolved at the same time by battling each other back in Celadon City.

"Use Petal Blizzard," said Nils and Venusaur used the move she learned from evolving which knocked out Octillery and damaged both Ninetales and Blastoise. "Oops, sorry Tana," apologized Nils.

"It's ok," said Tana, "I think I can take advantage of that mistake, use Hydro Pump," and Blastoise used the move he learned by evolving, which got boosted by Torrent, and knocked out Ninetales.

"You may have won this battle, but you and all of Kanto will soon lose the war," said the grunt with the Octillery as she and the other grunt returned their Pokemon and then fled by using a smoke bomb.

After their victory, Nils and Tana went down the mountain and reunited with Ren, Firenze and Blaine who were also victorious in their battles.

"So you say Team Bomb said all of Kanto was going to lose a war," asked Blaine, "This may be a bad omen."

"At least we defeated Team Bomb," said Firenze, "Now with that out of the way, let's continue going to Cinnabar town, which is only one mile away, for the two Gym Battles."

"Ok," said Ren, "By the way in which order will you be battling Nils and Tana?"

"I've decided to battle Tana once we get to the Gym, and then I'll battle Nils tomorrow," answered Firenze.

"I'm ok with that order," said Nils but I think we should first go to the Pokemon Center once we get to the town to heal our Pokemon."

"Agreed," said Tana and they all went back to going to Cinnabar Town.

Meanwhile on top of a nearby hill, the Team Bomb grunts were waiting for a helicopter that would take them all back to headquarters. While waiting, one of the grunts that battled Firenze and Ren contacted a mysterious person.

"Did you succeed," asked the mysterious person.

"We did Boss," answered the grunt, "At long last, we of Team Bomb have battled Zapdos, Articuno, and Moltres."

"Excellent said the mysterious person, "Now our plans for world domination can finally happen." "Return to headquarters and wait with all of the others until I tell you it's time," and the communication was turned off.

A Team Bomb Helicopter then appeared and all of the grunts, who became excited, got on.