A Heated Battle!

[Ben & Flannery]

The scorching hot sun blistered Ben's back as he walked along the rough terrain of the Krantiko Magma Flow. Ben and his Mudkip, Poseidon, had been searching for a fire-type Pokémon for at least an hour now and Ben was starting to get seriously dehydrated.

"What I wouldn't do for some nice cool water right about now..." Ben mumbled effortlessy.

A blast of cold water pounded him in the back of the head sending him flying onto his feet.

"POSEIDON! That wasn't quite what I had in mind!" Ben shouted at the small blue Pokémon who was now grinning widely. "C'mere you!" Benny laughed as he tackled his little buddy.

"Uh....Hi. Would like to battle? I'm trying to train my new Pokémon so I can catch a Fire-type." A voice came down at the wrestling two. Ben looked up at the trainer, slightly embarassed he got to his feet.

"Alright! My name's Ben and this is Poseidon. Nice to meet you." He said as he stuck out his hand.

"My name's Favian. So a simple 1 on 1 then?" The trainer replied as he shook Ben's hand.

"Right. Go Poseidon!" Ben shouted as he sent his Pokémon into battle.

"Alright. Go Makuhita!" Favian replied as he tossed a Pokéball onto the dirt. A strange looking Pokémon erupted from the tiny ball like the magma erupting below them.

"Poseidon, quick use Take Down!" Ben cried. Mudkip dove at the Makuhita for a full body attack.

"Makuhita dodge it and use Seismic Toss!" Favian shouted. Makuhita narrowly missed the airborne blue bullet and quickly turned around to grasp its' tail.

"Oh no...Poseidon, don't let him toss you shoot a Water Gun attack at his fa....." Ben stopped in mid sentence and glared to his right. "Look over there!" He cried as he pointed.

Standing on the rcoky ground on the other side of a magma flow was a....

[Tristan]

Loud chirps engulfed the air originating from the angered Pokemon. It was a small, bird-like figure...

Torchic/Female/Blaze.

...for some reason it was in an angered rage. It lept across the magma with ease.

[Ben & Flannery]

Favian and Ben both glared down at the tiny bird Pokémon.

"Finally, a Fire-type!" They shouted at the same time.

"Hey I saw it first!" Ben cried.

"But I've been looking for one for 2 days!" Favian replied angrily.

"There's only one way to settle this! We'll finish our battle and the winner gets to catch it!"

"Sounds good to me. I'm gonna love having a Torchic!" Favian replied laughing heartily.

"In your dreams! Poseidon, use Hydro Pump!" Ben commanded his Mudkip who had been freed from Makuhita's grasp to watch the two argue.

"Makuhita, retaliate with Arm Thrust!" Favian shouted.

The Torchic oddly sat down to watch the battle. Apparently it enjoyed a good fight. Mudkip opened its' mouth wide and with incredible force blasted a wide beam of water at the Makuhita. Makuhita took the attack full force and was sent flying onto its back. Amazingly the little fighter got up, ran towards Mudkip and repeatedly beat him with fierce punches.

The two weakened Pokémon looked finished but caught their footing for more.

"Great job Makuhita, now use Tackle!" Favian yelled.

"Poseidon, we can do this! Try Bide!" Ben called to his Mudkip.

Makuhita stepped backward and then quickly ran at Mudkip slamming its thick shoulder into him. Mudkip fell backwards but hopped back onto his feet and released another beam, this time of pure energy. Makuhita attempted to dodge but the beam was too quick and it hit him in the leg. Makuhita fell to the ground, unconsious.

"Yahoo!" Ben shouted happily.

"Makuhita return! Well, I guess fair is fair, thanks for the battle though." Favian said sadly.

"Alright Poseidon, one final Hydro Pump!" Ben cried excitedly.

Torchic confusedly thingyed its head sideways. Poseidon shot another blast off cold water at the tiny red bird making it fall onto its' back.

"Good Job! Pokéball Go!" Ben yelled as he threw a white and red sphere at the weakened Torchic.

The ball rattle back and forth on the rocky ground....

[Tristan]

The battle twitched spastically in a fury. It shook once...twice...BANG! It's popped open and Torchic leaped out!! Torchic flew straight out of the Pokeball, and into a jagged rock wall. It crashed into the wall and flew backwards. As luck would have it, the Torchic crashed right into the same bouncing Pokeball it was released from seconds ago, and was sucked back in! It shook once....twice....THREE TIEMS!

Ben caught the Torchic! Or...Torchic caught itself? Well, whatever the case, Ben has a cute little chicken now!!