Chapter Two: Don't Fight The Fire, Help It Grow

As Isaac wakes up from his slumber he takes the time to stretch out his tiredness, feeling revitalised. Due to his age and his condition he doesn't know how to talk yet so he looks around, confused as to where exactly he is.

"Ah, I see your awake young one" Ronin made his presence known to Isaac as he entered the room Isaac was in.

"Do not be alarmed, you are here because I found you alone outside in a snowstorm." Ronin explained, earning a nod from Isaac. As Isaac got out of the bed and tidied it, he walked up to Ronin with a questioning look on his face.

"Can't you speak little one?" Ronins question was answered with a shake of Isaacs head. Ronin simply gestured for Isaac to follow him and the two went to the front room, where the entrance/exit to Ronins dojo was.

"Now then, care to show me what you know?" Even though Ronin expected the young chimchar to look confused, Isaac took a fighting stance, ready to advance. Ronin nodded and Isaac let loose a flame thrower. Ronin stood strong took the hit even though his typing is weak to fire, though Isaacs flame thrower wasn't as strong as he'd expected it to be against him, a part steel type, but it was as expected when the attack was from a possibly under trained three year old chimchar.

"Another!" Ronin commanded. Isaac nodded and lunged at Ronin, his paws outstretched in front of him. Scratch. Ronin stood strong as he readied himself for the attack. As soon as Isaac swiped, Ronin noticed that Isaac was indeed under trained as he saw a clear opening to counter, so he took it and grabbed the chimchars arm and threw him across the room.

Once Isaac hit the floor, he struggled to get up, to which Sensei Ronin simply placed a paw on his shoulder, crouching to his height. "That is enough for today child." Isaac nodded and sat up, trying to soothe the pain in his back.

"From this day forth, I shall teach you how to fight, and control the fire within you, young Ignitus." The chimchar looked at the lucario confused but it soon dawned on him that Ronin had given him a name of sorts.


Ever since that day, Ignitus has trained with Ronin and the hitmon brothers to better prepare himself for combat, and for looking after others should he need too. Ignitus thought that the latter portion of the training would not be needed or something he would prefer to learn by himself, but the sessions in companionship were greatly appreciated. Two years had passed with great progress in Ignitus' combat skills.

However, during one training session with Tsuyo-sa, Ignitus was under high amounts of stress and pain due to the hitmonchans heavy blows. Soon, another punch from Tsuyo-sa flew through the air towards Ignitus, effectively punching him in the gut and knocking the wind out of Ignitus, causing him to fall to the floor.

"Come on Ignitus, you've got to be able to withstand brutal attacks that may knock you unconscious in one blow." Tsuyo instructed, but Ignitus was still trying to get himself back onto his feet. However, something seemed to have snapped in the young chimchar. He got up slowly, but his eyes looked bloodshot and his tail fire had grown exponentially larger than before.

"Rrrrraaaaaaawwwwwwggggghhhhh" Ignitus screamed in anger. His sight going red as it tunnelled around the edges of his peripheral vision.

"Uh oh" Tsuyo said, gulping down saliva in his throat due to Ignitus' sudden anger spike. Tsuyo immeadiately ran for Ronin.

"Sensei!" He called out, bright orange could be seen from the corner of his eyes whenever he looked to the side doors, Ignitus' flames were getting worse.

"What is it Tsuyo?" Ronin asked as he walked in front of Tsuyo from around the next corner. The hitmonchan was panting heavily from the running.

"It's Ignitus, he's entered a Blaze rage." He said, feeling guilty for pushing the chimchar, not taking note of how fragile he still was, even if he had grown a little older.

Ronin nodded and ran towards Ignitus, growing cautious at how large the young chimchars flames may have gotten. The closer Ronin got to Ignitus, the brighter and more orangey coloured the surrounding rooms and corridors got, yet once Ronin had reached Ignitus, what he saw was not what he expected. Ignitus was simply stood in one spot, flailing around as his tail fire still grew. His flailing looked more to be anger fuelled scratch attacks at seemingly nobody, but getting close would indeed be a bad choice.

"Ignitus, listen to me. You must calm down and remember where you are." Ronin tried calming Ignitus down, extending his arms towards Ignitus. Ronin closed his eyes and a small pulse of energy emitted from his paws. Heal pulse. The pulse reached the chimchar successfully, effectively calming him down, but also causing Ignitus to fall unconscious due to the sudden episode of anger Ignitus went through.

"It seems we have much more training to do" Ronin commented, lifting the child up and carrying him to the room he was given when he arrived at Sensei Ronin's dojo to rest.