12 Old rivals meet

Step by step, Heatran moved closer to his rival. It had been a long time since they met and he really wanted to see who was stronger. He had practiced a lot in the time they hadn't seen each other, so he hoped he was stronger this time.

As he moved on through the cave, a clearing above the magma came in view. They were currently near the centre of the volcano, the sky visible through the top. In the middle of the fiery hot magma was a big plateau. Waiting on it was a giant, yellow bird Pokémon. Fire sprouted from its crown, wings and tail.

At the sight of Heatran, Moltres issued his challenge. He flapped his wings, sending hot air towards Heatran, spurring him to move faster.

Heatran issued the challenge as well as he stamped on the ground. Sprouts of magma shot up, nearly hitting Moltres.

Moltres backed away, glaring at Heatran for attacking before he reached the platform. It was their agreement to only start when both were present on the battlefield!

Mew woke up from all the shakking and looked around at the duo's actions. Floating from Heatran's back, Mew went towards Moltres and circled around him. Moltres was taken aback seeing the new spectator, watching as it floated around him.

When Mew was done appreciating the view, he waved at Moltres in greeting. Before Moltres could give his own, Mew sat back on Moltres's body and waited for the show to start.

Moltres looked in disbelief at this little, foolish brat. He knew exactly who and what Mew was, which made him all the more helpless. Moltres glanced at Heatran who just shrugged. They both started to ready themselves, ignoring the pair of blue eyes staring at them.

When both were done and ready to fight, Moltres flew high into the air, starting his attack with air slash. Sharp blades of wind slashed down at Heatran. Heatran braced itself and received the attacks. When the dust settled, Heatran could be seen with only a little scratch to show the attack happened.

Moltres looked with irritation at Heatran. If only he didn't have the ability Flash fire. He couldn't even use his fire attacks now.

Heatran smirked as if taunting Moltres to try harder. Angry at this, Moltres blasted a Hyper beam towards him, while Heatran quickly used protect. The Hyper beam collided and broke throught the protect in an instant.

Heatran yelled in anger as he used Ancient power and flung rocks towards Moltres. Dodging it with ease, Moltres began to glow and shot down towards Heatran. Seeing the Sky attack coming his way, Heatran's head began to glow as he used Iron head to block it. The attacks collided with Heatran being pushed back.

Like that the battle continued until both were panting from exhaustion. They would have stopped earlier when they found out the others progress. The thing that stopped them was the giggling and clapping from their little spectator. Mew seemed to really enjoy watching them exchange moves, so both couldn't help but continue.

As both of them rested on the ground, Mew showered them in a Heal pulse, removing the little scrapes and bruises both of them acquired during the battle. Nodding in thanks, both Heatran and Moltres left the battlefield. Heatran moved back into the volcano, while Moltres left throught the opening on the top.

A bit disapointed they left so soon, Mew stayed a little longer to explore the field they had just battled on. Anything that interested him from glowing little rocks to a few feathers, everything was put in the subspace. Satisfied with the souvenirs, Mew moved on to a mountain that was said to have many pretty stones. Evolution Mountain is what it was called.

Looking forward to it, Mew moved on, ready to leave this hot yet warm place behind.