Ash is training for the upcoming gym battle with Clay until Cilan's brother Chili shows up. Chili challenges Cilan to a Pokémon battle and he accepts. Chili uses Pansear while Cilan uses Pansage. They begin to battle and Pansear loses the match. Pansear gets angry at Chili,Chili gets angry at Pansear and Pansear runs away. Cilan calls Cress who claims Chili ran away after contemplating why Chili lost gym battles one after another. They go to a doughnut shop where they find Chili eating his stress away. They are able to calm Chili down. After Chili explains what happens they set out to find Pansear. They find it eats its stress away too. Cilan sends Pansage to talk to it. Chili soon follows and asks Pansear for another chance. Meanwhile, Team Rocket pulls out the Thunder Wedge and destroys it. Cilan performs a compatibility test between Chili and Pansear. They are a perfect match. He suggests that Pansear should learn the move Solar Beam. They go to train Pansear to use Solar Beam by putting it through rigorous training. After it has completed its training, Pansear tries and succeeds in using Solar Beam. Cilan gives Chili some more advice on how to battle more effectively. After taking in his advice, Chili wants to battle and Ash offers to and decides to use Oshawott. They battle it out with Chili taking Cilan's advice and using it. Chili has Pansear enduring Oshawott's attacks to focus its rage into a Solar Beam that takes out Oshawott. Chili decides to head back home to apply his new strategy in battle. Nurse Joy comes running out saying Clay has returned to Driftveil City. Meanwhile, suspicious activity is building on Milos Island.
Ash is training for the upcoming gym battle with Clay until Cilan's brother Chili shows up. Chili challenges Cilan to a Pokémon battle and he accepts. Chili uses Pansear while Cilan uses Pansage. They begin to battle and Pansear loses the match. Pansear gets angry at Chili,Chili gets angry at Pansear and Pansear runs away. Cilan calls Cress who claims Chili ran away after contemplating why Chili lost gym battles one after another. They go to a doughnut shop where they find Chili eating his stress away. They are able to calm Chili down. After Chili explains what happens they set out to find Pansear. They find it eats its stress away too. Cilan sends Pansage to talk to it. Chili soon follows and asks Pansear for another chance.
Tandis que Sacha s’entraîne en vu du match contre Bardane, Armando, le frère de Rachid, apparaît. Il demande un combat contre Rachid et le perd. Du coup, lui et Flamajou se disputent et se séparent.
Benny wird von seinem Bruder Maik zu einem Kampf herausgefordert. Als Maik mit seinem Grillmak gegen Benny und sein Vegimak verliert, wird er wütend und läuft weg. Von seinen anderen Brüdern erfährt Benny, dass Maik in letzter Zeit in der Orion-Arena einen Kampf nach dem anderen gegen die Herausforderer verloren und deswegen die Arena verlassen hat. Benny überlegt nicht lange und bietet seine Hilfe an! Gemeinsam gelingt es ihnen das Verhältnis zwischen dem Trainer und seinen Pokémon zu verbessern und Grillmak eine neue, starke Attacke beizubringen. Mit gestärktem Selbstvertrauen verabschiedet sich Maik von den Freunden, um nach Orion City zurückzukehren.
Mientras Ash espera por su batalla de gimnasio, los chicos se encuentran con Chili, uno de los hermanos de Cilan, él y su Pansear abandonaron el Gimnasio de Ciudad Striaton.
Mens Ash forbereder sig til sin kommende Sal-kamp mod Clay, får de et overraskende besøg af en med et dilemma, og både Ash og Cilan får muligheden for at hjælpe.