After the presentation of the 
Sinnoh League in Suzuran Island, Ash and friends were having a conversation when they saw Paul. They approach him and Ash told him that he wants to battle Paul on the final match but Paul said he will use his strongest Pokemon and Ash will not be qualified for the final battle.
Sinnoh League in Suzuran Island, Ash and friends were having a conversation when they saw Paul. They approach him and Ash told him that he wants to battle Paul on the final match but Paul said he will use his strongest Pokemon and Ash will not be qualified for the final battle.
Team Rocket plans to sell merchandise for outside the gymnasium but they were assigned on the farthest area after a draw lots.On that night, Ash was bothered on what Paul said and remembered the Gym leaders he defeated on his previous battles.
The following day, the Suzuran Tournament has just started. Ash and friends met Barry in a hurry and bumped Ash. Barry told Ash that he will defeat him then ran away. Conway also appeared in an instant whish made Dawn told him to stay on a distant. Barry just won his game and got qualified for the preliminaries. When he went out of the arena along the corridor, he saw a mischievous person who happens to join the tournament owning a Darkrai, which made Barry so nervous upon seeing him.
Team Rocket was dissapointed being too far from the crowd, so they decided to sell their merchandise and made their business as usual without getting any trouble. Ash's game has just started and Nando released his Roserade against Ash's Staraptor. Roserade used Sweet Scent and Magical Leaf which made Staraptor fall. It was a difficult round though Staraptor manage to win against a Solar Beam with his Brave Bird Attack! Nando sends out his Armaldo to fight the worn out Staraptor and won the match. Ash released his newly evolved Quilava but the match ended in a draw after Quilava's Aerial Ace and Armaldo's to X-Scissor collided.
Nando then sends out Kricketune against Heracross. Kricketune used Sing that made Heracross fell asleep but Ash asked Heracross to use Sleep Talk to counter the attack. In the end, Heracross used Megahorn with a combination of a Horn Attack that made Kricketune lost the game. Ash was qualified fot the preliminaries. Paul also was qualified for the preliminaries and will soon battle Barry on the next episode.
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