Do I Hear A Ralts?As Ash and his friends are taking a break, Max hears a cry for help and finds a sick Ralts. It's too weak to walk but needs to be treated at a Pokmon Center, so Max decides to carry it there. However Team Rocket wants Ralts for themselves and will go to any length to get the Pokmon. The Great Eight Fate!Arriving in Sootopolis, our Heroes watch Juan the Sootopolis Gym Leader put on an impressive water show! Ash challenges Juan and while the first victory is quickly achieved, thoughts turn to how the battle will end, and why Team Rocket has disguised James as Juan! Eight Ain't EnoughRejoining the action in the middle of Ash's toughly fought match against Juan we soon find that James has dressed up as Juan to attract an audience for a Water Illusion show. But with no Water Pokmon and no talent, Team Rocket resorts to Plan B where they learn never to mess with a lady and her Blastoise!Showdown at Linoone!3 Months away from Ever Grande City, May discovers 2 of her Pok Balls have suddenly vanished! Ash tracks there disappearance to a Linoone named Token obsessed with collecting round objects! Team Rocket is so impressed by Token's Pickup ability they decide to capture it, but end up capturing Pikachu instead. Just how will Ash get his best friend back?!Volume 8.6Who, What, When, Where, Wynaut?When Ash and May see Drew training his Masquerain, May can't resist the challenge of a practice match. But it isn't long before they're interrupted by Team Rocket and their Magikarp submarine! While snatching the Pokmon, Team Rocket accidentally captures the Trainers as well! Date Expectations!May and her friends are headed to Pacifidlog Island for the last Pokmon Contest before the Grand Festival, but their boat has engine trouble and the pilot, Carlos, lands on a nearby island where they are told they'll have to find another way to reach the event if May wants to make her Grand Festival debut. Mean With Envy!While May is practising for her contest, Team Rocket manages to scare another Coordinators Aipom! Skitty gives chase and May closely follows meeting Joshua along the way. But Team Rocket is never far and its no surprise the first competitor in the Pacifidlog Contest - The Jester - looks awfully familiar!Pacifidlog JamAs the second round of the Pacifidlog Contest begins the Jester is forced to reveal herself as Jessie when Meowth's Transform scam goes wrong. Meanwhile Erica, a Coordinator who has a crush on Joshua watches as Joshua and Houndoom battle May and Skitty.