GC109

==Synopsis==
Justin and Rachel explore Shoal Cave.
==Summary==
At the start of the episode, it's Rachel, not Justin, who competes in a trainer double battle outside Mossdeep City. She needs to be ready for the Double Battle rounds of the Grand Festival once she qualifies. After she wins, Justin and Rachel press into Shoal Cave, where Justin intends to catch a sixth Pokemon. 
Justin shares with Rachel that when he had traveled through Johto he had ten Pokemon by his seventh badge, and he needs a full roster to compete in the Ever Grande Conference once he qualifies. Justin cites many times in their journey when he could have caught in additional Pokemon, such as Seviper, Trapinch, Sandslash, Volbeat, Tropius, Sharpedo, Kecleon, or Duskull but they were sideracked by chaos, especially with Teams Aqua and Magma. Justin wants to have a full roster to make sure everyone is fully experienced for the league conference. In addition, due to the conference rules Justin has to be more selective with the Pokemon he captures and trains.
When they venture eeper into Shoal Cave, Rachel has her own agenda of collecting Shoal Shells and Shoal Salt to made a Shell Bell.  
Justin and his Pokemon ends up fiding a hole of Shorunt, Glalie, Spheal, Sealeo, and Walrein. Justin and Rachel peacefully interact and play with the Ice Pokemon. The Snorunt even help Rachel collect some more supplies.
Eevee particularly befriends a Spheal. During their play, Spheal introduces Eevee to an Ice Rock. Curious, Eevee touches the Ice Rock and begins to evolve into Glaceon. However, Justin calmly pulls out the Everstone he found whiling diving and taps Eevee with it, preventing his evolution. Rachel asks why Justin stopped Eevee's evolution and Justin shares he does not want Eevee to evolve until they've won their first league conference though he does not know what kind of Eeveelution he would ultimately prefer. 
Considering Spheal almost caused his Eevee to evolve without Justin's consent, Justin captures the Ball Roll Pokemon, and happily adds the new addition to his team.
==Major Events==
*Justin's Eevee almost evolves into a Glaceon but Justin stops his evolution with an Everstone
*Justin captures a Spheal
For a list of all major events in this anime, please see Major Events (Grand Conquest). 
==Characters==
===Humans===
*Justin
*Rachel
*Earnest
===Pokemon===
*Eevee (Justin's)
*Gardevoir (Justin's)
*Plusle (Justin's)
*Minun (Rachel's)
*Skitty (Rachel's)
*Shuppet (Rachel's)
*Wailmer (Earnest's)
*Machoke (Earnest's)
*Snorunt (multiple)
*Glalie (multiple)
*Spheal (multiple)
*Sealeo (multiple)
*Walrein
Category:Grand Conquest