The Rise of Lava

Chapter 1: Years of Training Put to the Test!

I entered the building after my father dropped me off, telling the fellow Pokemon on Battle Island that he sent me there. They immediately recognized his name, and told me to enter. There I was reunited with Uncle Bill! He was a mighty, ancient Feraligatr who knew my father very well. He helped my mother raise Quil and I until she passed away. Quil was 18 at the time, and was old enough to raise me after Uncle Bill left for unknown reasons. I looked at him, and I asked him, "Uncle Bill, it's Lava! Where have you been? Why did you leave Quil and I after my mother died!?" Bill stood up and said to me, "Lava, I had to leave. I only stayed to keep your father away from you two, but I left because I heard he was returning. I hunted him down, trying to kill him so you two would be safe from him." What I heard was a load of Tauros crap! I told him, "Safe from him? Took you 7 years just to fail to kill him, and he ended up finding us and coming back in 2015! And why didn't you want him to return? Why do you hate my father so much?" Bill then snapped at me "Dammit, Lava! You're even more ignorant than I thought you would be! 33 years old and can't see what a villain your father is! Your own brother died trying to tell you that, and your own father even admit it! What will it take to get into your head how truly evil he is!? He nearly killed your brother when he was only 6 years old! You really need to open your eyes, kid!" After the encounter with Bill, I signed up for the tournament. I looked at my phone to see I got a video call from Bud. Bud the Weiser is a bartender that I befriended a 13 years ago. He owns Bud's Bar, by far the best drinks in the entire city of L.A. We became good friends, and Z and I would always go there to hang out. I told him about Battle Island, and he told me he knew about it. Bud said to me, "My father, Jack Daniel, was one of the founding members of Battle Island. He supplied the money necessary to start up such a huge fight club. Look bro, I have to get going, it's someone's 21st birthday, you know how it is." I told him "Of course I do, that's how we met!" Immediately after I hung up, I got another call, and it was from my dad. "Lava, it's me again. I'm letting you know you are about to face your first opponent. He's Uncle Bill's son, Chomper. I expect a damn good fight, and I hope you give it your all!" I asked him, "Dad, how is this going to be good for the people? You told me that joining the tournament would do good for the people! What good will come from this?" Dad hung up on me! Things are looking suspicious, but before I could even think about what had been happening, I was pitted against Chomper, the son of Bill. I saw the gates open, I was in a giant Colosseum! Many roughnecks in the crowd cheered my name! I just got there, yet I was so popular with the crowd? This seemed a bit fishy, with the guys there recognizing my father's name and how the crowd anticipated my entry in the tournament. "There's something my dad's not telling me" I said to myself. I looked across to see the opposition. Chomper looked almost exactly like his father, only younger and has red spines going down his back rather than blue, and his body was blue rather than aquamarine. The look he had was one of a warrior, and he held a Life Orb in his hand. An item that granted him demonic strength in exchange for slowly draining his life away. Or at least it would've, but his Hidden Ability protected him from the negative effects of his item, while gaining all the strength he needed from it. Clever strategy. I wielded a Choice Scarf, an item that boosts my speed when I wear it, but locks me into only one attack. Chomper looked me in the eyes and we shook hands. He told me "Good to meet you on the battlefield, cousin! I have heard a lot about you from my dad. He says you have potential. Let's see about that! May the best Pokemon win!" I told him, "You're on, Chomper! Good luck to you, and have fun!" A referee went up to us and then shouted "Round 1! FIGHT!!"