Healing his Pokemon at the Pokemon Center, Davin entered the Lavaridge Gym. From the outside, it looked like a bathhouse while on the inside was a battlefield with, to Davin's surprise, no roof due to the field being in the far back of the building.

"Wow..." Davin whispered to himself.

As expected, there was a person waiting at the end of the field: A girl with red hair in the shape of a bow, in a black mini t-shirt with a flame on it and jeans. "I've been expecting you." She said. "Your name's Davin, right?"

He blinked once in surprise. "Y-Yeah. How did you know?"

"A girl named Maura stopped by here and told me that a boy wearing a red and white shirt with blue pants was going to be my next challenger before she headed to Fallarbor Town." She explained.

Davin shook his head. "That Maura... Well, she was right. I challenge you!"

She nodded. "Very well. My name's Flannery." She called for the judge of the battle, who explained that it would be 4-on-4 and that only Davin may substitute.

"Begin!"

"Okay, Numel, let's go!" Flannery threw her first Poke ball and a camel with one hump materialized on to the field.

"So that's a Numel..." Davin took out his Pokedex.

"Numel, the Numb Pokemon. Numel store boiling magma in the hump on their backs. It is a hardy Pokémon that can transport a 220-pound load."

Davin shook his head. "This is a Fire-type gym after all. I assumed the gym leader would use the town's name as a trick and use different kinds of Pokemon." He sighed. "Shows what I know."

He threw his Poke ball. "Go, Ira!" The piranha appeared on the field, glaring at its foe.

Flannery made a smug smile. "Just to let you know, I've trained my Fire types to deal with Water Pokemon, so you better have a good strategy."

"I knew you would say that. Ira, use Aqua Jet!" It jumped into the air and shot itself towards Numel.

"Numel, Take Down!" The two collided with none of them undamaged.

"Use Sunny Day!" A white orb formed in Numel's mouth and it shot into the sky, causing the sun's light to become brighter. "Now, Overheat!" Its body drastically turned dark red and it unleashed a powerful orange-yellow fire with an orange flame spiraling around it.

"Endure!" Ira braced itself and was hit by the powerful flames; though it had heavy burn marks on its body, it was still ready to fight. "All right! Screech!" Numel flinched as it heard Ira's high pitched scream.

"Numel, use Magnitude to stop it!" Though it was struggling, with a single stomp of its foot, an earthquake moved the field as shock waves hit Ira from the ground.

"Overheat, now!" The straight, blazing fire hit its mark again and Ira fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Carvanha is unable to battle! Numel wins!"

Davin recalled Ira and looked at its ball. "Sorry, Ira. Guess I got a little too hasty."

He threw his second Poke ball to reveal his Marshtomp. "Ros, use Water Gun!"

"Numel, Overheat!" Both attacks exploded upon contact, creating smoke. Through the smoke, Numel came charging and smashed into Ros.

Davin grinned. "Not bad. You knew that Overheat clashing with Water Gun would cause explosion smoke to cover the field, so you used it to your advantage, right?"

Flannery smiled smugly. "Naturally."

"Well, get a load of this! Mud Shot!" A blast of mud escaped Ros's mouth and it splattered all over the Fire/Ground type. "Now's your chance! Tackle!" Ros slammed his body against Numel, resulting in the latter sliding across the field and fainting upon falling over.

"Numel is unable to battle! Marshtomp wins!"

Flannery recalled Numel. "Now, Slugma, you're up!" A slug made entirely of magma came out.

"Slugma, the Lava Pokemon." said the Pokedex. "It is a species of Pokémon that lives in volcanic areas. If its body cools, its skin hardens and immobilizes it, which it avoids by sleeping near magma."

"Water Gun, go!"

"Slugma, use Light Screen!" Its eyes glowed yellow and a golden box appeared around it, protecting it from Water Gun. "Use Smog!" A thick, gray smoke was released from its mouth, blinding Davin and Ros from seeing anything.

"Great. Now what's she up to?" He thought. The answer came as a powerful fire that shot out of the smoke and hit Ros directly. He grunted. "Should've guessed."

"Slugma, use Overheat again!"

"No way! Ros, jump and use Tackle!" It got out of the way and did a headbutt to Slugma's head.

"Use Water Gun!" The golden box from before appeared and blocked the attack again.

"Shoot! I forgot about Light Screen." He held up a Poke ball. "Ros, return!" As soon as it got back in its ball, Davin sent out his Slakoth. "Luck, use Brick Break to destroy Slugma's Light Screen!" It jumped forward and when it striked, the golden box shattered into pieces while hitting Slugma in the process. "Now, finish with a Scratch attack!" A single swipe across the face made Slugma fall back and faint.

"Slugma is unable to battle! Slakoth wins!"

"Thanks, Luck, for getting rid of that Light Screen." He returned the sloth to its ball. Flannery did the same with Slugma and she took out her third ball.

"You're good, Davin, I'll give you that. But are you good to handle this?" She tossed the ball, releasing another camel, the difference being it was orange with two volcano-like humps on its back. It blew smoke out of its nostrils, ready to fight.

Davin looked it up.

"Camerupt, the Eruption Pokemon. Camerupt is the evolved form of Numel. It's body courses with 18,000 degree magma. When enraged, the magma erupts from the volcanoes on its back."

"Seems strong..." He sent out Ros again. "But that's going to stop me! Ros, use Water Gun!"

Flannery smirked. "Attract!" Camerupt winked at Ros as hearts flew at him. Upon contact, Ros began to sway back and forth with hearts in its eyes.

"Oh, great!" Davin smacked his forehead.

"Use Tackle!" It charged towards the lovestruck mud fish and knocked him into the wall; he got up, but was still dazed.

"Pull yourself together, Ros! Try to use Mud Shot!" Surprisingly, it did what it was told and hit Camerupt square in the face.

"Camerupt, Overheat!" Ros was scorched by the fire, but it was still okay, not counting its Attract condition.

Davin sighed. "This is hopeless. Return, Ros!" He substitued, yet again, for Luck. "Use Yawn!" It lazily opened its mouth to let out the bubble and Camerupt fell asleep when it popped in her face. "That's better." He called back Luck and sent Ros back out, who recovered from Attract.

"Water Gun!" The spray of water hit, pushing Camerupt back a little. "Mud Shot!" The stream of mud blasted her in the face. "Tackle!" Ramming his body into her caused the Fire/Ground type to faint.

"Camerupt is unable to battle! Marshtomp wins!"

Flannery returned Camerupt. "Heh. Don't get confident yet. As you know, my last one is my strongest."

"It doesn't matter how much power it has, we'll stomp all over it!" Davin countered.

She smirked. "Torkoal, let's go!" Upon the ball opening, a reddish-brown turtle with a black shell appeared.

"Torkoal, the Coal Pokemon. It battles using energy it gets from burning coal. When loosing smoke from its nostrils, it lets off a sound that is similar to a locomotive's horn."

" 'kay, Torkoal. You ready?" Flannery asked.

"Tor-koal!" It shot smoke from its nostrils, making the locomotive horn noise the Pokedex mentioned.

"Let's get 'em, Ros! Water Gun!"

"Use Attract!" Hearts flew at Ros and it was lovestruck once more.

"Not again!" Davin groaned. "Ros, retu-"

"Body Slam!" Flannery cutted him off. The turtle jumped in the air and slammed her body on top of Ros, leaving him unconscious.

"Marshtomp is unable to battle! Torkoal wins!"

Davin grunted. "Return, Ros." The Water type disappeared inside its ball. "Time for plan B. Let's go, Ferro!" The Aron stood firm, ready to battle. "I know Ferro's a Steel type, but its also a Rock type, meaning that Torkoal's Fire attacks won't be super effective. If I could just make this right, I can win this."

"Torkoal, use Overheat!" The unleashed orange-yellow fire with an orange flame spiraling around it headed towards its target.

"That's really getting old! Use Dig!" It burrowed underground, the Overheat passing over the hole.

"Like that's going to work! Torkoal, use Body Slam on the ground!" She did as told and impacted the surface, sending a shock wave through the ground that brought Ferro up by force. Davin gasped as Flannery called out another Overheat and the Iron Armor Pokemon fell to its defeat.

"Aron is unable to battle! Torkoal wins!"

Flannery chuckled. "What's wrong? I thought you said you were going to stomp all over Torkoal. Guess you can't back up what you say, can you?"

"I can so! Your attacks just caught me off guard, that's all." He protested.

"Whatever." She scoffed.

Davin stared at his final Poke ball. "Luck... I'm counting on you. It was tough to get this far in the battle, so please don't make me have to challenge her again. Come on!" His Slakoth appeared, having nothing but a calm expression.

"Your Slakoth may have helped you before, but this is where it ends! Torkoal, use Sunny Day!" A white orb formed in its mouth.

"Here's an opening! Use Brick Break!" Luck ran to her, but the turtle had already launched its move into the sun and blocked the oncoming attack by turning around so that it would hit her shell.

"Body Slam!" She crushed the sloth underneath her body. Luck struggled, but couldn't break free. "Now, Overheat!" The fire attack knocked Luck back to its side of the field; it immediately stood up.

"Overheat gets weaker everytime you use it and you've used it three times already, so its not as strong as it was during the first time." Davin noted to her. "Luck, use Yawn!"

"Hide in your shell!" She tucked her head and legs inside and when the bubble popped, she was still fine, proving it when she untucked herself. "Go in for Body Slam!"

"Brick Break!" He jumped into the air to try and get a hit, but Torkoal was faster and sent it into the ground.

"Overheat!" The once big fire was now four times shorter than before, but it still scorched Luck's body, leaving burn marks.

This battle was irritating Davin. "Come on, Luck! Get it together! I know you can win this!" He tried to encourage.

"Slak... Slakoth..." It struggled to get up.

"This ends now! Torkoal, Overheat!" A fire sphere shot out and blew Luck backwards a little.

"LUCK!" Davin shouted in worry.

Luck moved a bit and tried to stand from the ground; it grunted, trying to ignore the pain. Eventually, it managed to stand on its legs.

"Slak... SlakOOOOOOOOth!" Its entire body glowed pure white.

"What's happening?" Flannery gasped.

"It's evolving!" Davin shouted in joy.

Luck grew bigger and bigger until the glow faded to reveal a familiar white monkey.

"VIGOROOOOOOOOTH!" He shouted in his new, deep voice with his arms in the air.

"IT'S VIGOROTH!" Davin cheered as he took out his Pokedex.

"Vigoroth, the Wild Monkey Pokemon. Vigoroth is the evolved form of Slakoth. It's always itching and agitated to go on a wild rampage. Its stress level rises if it can't constantly keep moving; too much stress will make it feel sick."

"Cool! Luck, you ready?" The boy asked.

He turned to his trainer and nodded. "Roth!"

"All right! Use Uproar!" Luck began stomping and moving his arms around to create sound waves, which hit Torkoal and caused her to grown.

"Now, Fury Swipes!" His claws glowed and it raked Torkoal's face continuously.

"Torkoal, use Attract!

"Dodge and use Focus Punch!" It quickly went in the air as its fist glowed light blue. It landed a blow to Torkoal's whole body, which made her fall on her back and faint.

"Torkoal is unable to battle! Vigoroth wins! The victory goes to Davin, the challenger!"

"YEAH!" Davin jumped in the air. He happily ran over to his new Vigoroth. "Luck, you did it again! I'm so proud of you!" To the trainer's surprise, Luck got him in a headlock and gave him a friendly noogie. "Hey! Cut it out! That hurts!" He laughed.

Flannery came over to them. "You really surprised me. I thought I had you beat, but you proved me wrong." Luck let Davin go as she dug in her pocket and pulled out a badge that was shaped like a wisp of fire. "This Heat Badge belongs to you."

He took it in his hand. "Thank you very much."

His signature win thing: "All right! The Heat Badge is mine!"

"Vig Vigor!" Luck cheered with him.