Chapter 42 - Fire vs Fire!

Still in Cinabar Island, right now Rize is in great pinch battling against Flaine the leader in charge for the middle category level. Rize still have two opponent to beat while he only have one Pokemon left to use and he is about to make the decision of which Pokemon to use.
Rize: I've decided! It's fire against fire! Charmeleon! Only you can do it!

Flaine: Interesting! So you have quite a decent Fire type! Flareon use Quick Attack!
Rize: Slash attack!
Charmeleon attacked Flareon with Slash while it come near to it trying to attack with Quick Attack.
Flaine: Woa! Your Charmeleon have a very good reflects! It responded very fast to your command! But how about its fire power?
Rize: You wanna see?! Witness it for yourself before your very own eyes my Charmeleon's fire power! Flamethrower!
Charmeleon used its powerful Flamethrower attack but Flareon appear to be unaffected and received all of it and its fire fur in its body becomes bigger and stronger.
Flaine: Hahaha! Thanks to you Flareon's fire power is increased tremendously!
Rize: What?! But how?!
Flaine: Flareon's special ability is Flash Fire! Now Fire Blast!
With increased power, Flareon shot a very powerful Fire Blast to Charmeleon and Charmeleon caught it and block it with its claws but the fire is too strong and Charmeleon is being pushed back by the attack.
Rize: Hang on! You can do it!
Charmeleon was unable to hold the Fire Blast attack anymore and got hit and burned inside the flame of Fire Blast. However, something came up! Charmeleon begin to glow and evolved inside the burning flame of Fire Blast. It flew up high freeing itself from the flames as a Charizard!

" Charizard the Flame Pokemon and the evolved form of Charmeleon. It is a Fire and Flying type. It is said that CHARIZARD's fire burns hotter if it has experienced harsh battles. "

Flaine: This is bad!
Rize: Chance! Quick use Dragon Rage!
Charizard unleashed a new powerful Dragon type move which is Dragon Breath replacing Dragon Rage and knock Flareon out.
Rize: Charizard! Not only you evolved but you've mastered a new move too! You're the best!
Flaine: Wait till you see my best Pokemon! Magmar go!!

Rize: Magmar?

" Magmar the Spitfire Pokemon and the evolved form of Magby. Born in the spout of a volcano, its body is covered by flames that shimmer like the sun. "


Rize: Charizard use Slash attack go!
Flaine: Smokescreen!
Magmar covered itself and hid inside the smoke it created and Charizard stopped its attack as it can't spot Magmar.
Flaine: Mach Punch go!
Magmar came out of the Smoke and attacked instantly with Mach Punch and hit Charizard on the stomach hard.
Rize: Charizard!!
Flaine: Smog!
While Magmar is in close range to Charizard it used Smog attack and Charizard became poisoned. However Charizard managed to counter back with Slash attack. Magmar moved back and hid itself again inside the smoke.
Rize: Charizard flap your wings and try to clear the smokes away!
Charizard cleared the smokes by flapping its wings and Magmar is spotted!
Rize: Allright Slash attack!
Charizard flew up high and charged in a very fast speed and it used a new learned Aerial Ace instead of Slash attack.
Flaine: Damn! Magmar Fire Blast!
Rize: Dragon Breath!
Charizard's Dragon Breath cut through Magmar's Fire Blast and knocked Magmar out.
Referee: Magmar's out! The winner is Rize and his Charizard!
Blaine: Your Charizard's quite something! Here's your Medium Volcano badge as prove of winning this Gym!

After getting through the long heated battle, Rize finally won and earned his Volcano badge and he is now just one step away from entering the Kanto League tournament!