GC130

==Synopsis==
Rachel's Pokemon cannot battle seriously without her commands.
==Summary==
The Battle Palace Battle Tent competition continues. Andrew is shown in the second round embarassed as his Crawdaunt is hyper-aggressive against a Magneton. Andrew knows Crawdaunt are a violent creatures but he did not anticipate Crawdaunt to be reckless without his commands. Crawdaunt attacks without tactic and is easily defeated, eliminating Andrew from the tournament. 
Rachel calls on Skitty who faces a Gloom. Irritated by Gloom's stench, Skitty easily wins with Blizzard. 
In the semifinals, Rachel and Summer choose Skitty and Loudred, respectively. Skitty defeats a Xatu by making a game out of her Assist, using it constantly out of interest to see what she gets. Justin notes that he's never seen Skitty lose a battle. Meanwhile, Loudred continues to use powerful vibrant sonic attacks to win. 
Rachel and Summer meet in the finals, and Rachel chooses Shuppet while Summer chooses Meditite. Shuppet takes free rein to battle how he pleases by attempting scare and mischief tactics against Meditite Night Shade and the unavoidably Phandom Force. Meditite easily dodges everything by simply meditating and revealing its new Recover. 
Justin watches and recgonizes that Summer and Meditite have a similar relationship he and Gardevoir have. Summer privately reflects how she and Meditite train every day and have developed an intense and intimate bond. Meditite is able to read Summer's mind instead of her emotions in order to battle perfectly. Meditite subsequently begins to counter Shuppet's attacks easily, leading Shuppet to shift from playful to frustrated. Shuppet performs an Embargo to bind Meditite. When he attacks with Phantom Force, Meditite prepares and counters with a heavy Ice Punch that knocks him out and wins Summer the tournament. 
Summer claims a giant Lapras Doll as her grand prize, alongside a trophy and cash prize. 
After the tournament, everyone thinks they had good fun overall. While it was admittedly frustrating not to be able to command their Pokemon, they enjoyed seeing how their Pokemon battle naturally. 
With the tournament over, Monica leaves to continue her ranger duties and prepare for the Ever Grande Conference. She catches a different boat than her friends, who intend to take the next ferry toward Slateport City. When they all go to register for a ticket, they find Elite Four Drake, who is happy to see Justin and Rachel while meeting their friends. When he learns the kids are headed to Slateport City, Drake shares that is his next stop as well and invites the kids to join his crew, free of charge. Justin and his friends happily accept. 
==Major Events==
*Andrew's Corphish is revealed to have evolved into Crawdaunt
*Andrew loses in the second round of the Battle Palace Battle Tent
*Rachel and Summer advance to the finals
*Rachel's Shuppet learns Embargo
*Summer defeats Rachel to win the Battle Palace Battle Tent
*Elite Four Drake passes through Pacifidlog Town
*Drake agrees to take Justin, Summer, Rachel, and Andrew to the Hoenn Grand Festival while Monica departs from the group
For a list of all major events in this anime, please see Major Events (Grand Conquest). 
==Characters==
===Humans===
*Justin
*Rachel
*Andrew
*Summer
*Monica
*Drake
*Drake's Crew
*Announcer
*Trainers
*Audience
===Pokemon===
*Eevee (Justin's)
*Skitty (Rachel's)
*Shuppet (Rachel's)
*Aipom (Andrew's)
*Crawdaunt (Andrew's)
*Meditite (Summer's)
*Loudred (Summer's)
*Altaria (Drake's)
*Gloom
*Magneton
*Xatu
*Granbull
*Mightyena
*Dusclops
*Kricketune
*Glameow
Category:Grand Conquest