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One day at the [[Pokémon School]], {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} watch as {{AP|Pikachu}}, {{TP|Mallow|Steenee}}, {{TP|Lana|Popplio}} and {{TP|Sophocles|Togedemaru}} have a race around the classroom. The Pokémon race up the ladder with Pikachu in the lead, followed by Steenee in second place, Togedemaru in third and Popplio bringing up the rear. Ash, {{an|Mallow}}, {{an|Lana}} and {{an|Sophocles}} cheer their Pokémon on as they jump down onto the classroom floor as Togedemaru and Popplio catch up with Togedemaru but as they race around the tables, Togedemaru trips, causing Popplio and Steenee to fall as Pikachu reaches the finish and jumps into Ash's hand. Mallow, Lana and Sophocles praise the efforts that their Pokémon put in as {{an|Kiawe}} notes that Pikachu was at an advantage with speed. [[Professor Kukui]] arrives at that moment, noting how well everyone is doing with their Pokémon as the students greet him. Professor Kukui announces that today, they'll be trading their Pokémon partners, much to their horror. With everyone sitting at their tables, Mallow asks what Professor Kukui means by trading Pokémon, while Lana worries that this means Popplio will be leaving. Fortunately, Professor Kukui clarifies that they'll only be changing partners for a short period of time so that they will get to understand the natures of different Pokémon.

Reactions to Professor Kukui's announcement are varied. Ash thinks that this will be fun as Sophocles says this will give him a chance to gather data on non-{{type|Electric}}s, but Lana isn't keen on being separated from Popplio. Meanwhile, {{an|Lillie}} notes that this will be a great opportunity as she wants to play with Pokémon other than [[Snowy]], and Kiawe agrees that this will be a good idea. Professor Kukui brings out six sticks, saying there are two of them with the same color and the ones with the same color will trading their Pokémon with the other. Lillie and Ash have a red colored stick, so they will be trading Snowy and Pikachu. Lillie informs Snowy that they will be apart from each other for a while and tells it to listen to Ash. {{Rotom}} tells her not to worry about Snowy, as he has gathered all the data on Snowy's behavior and routines. Meanwhile, Mallow tells Sophocles to take care of Steenee while he checks that Togedemaru will be fine without him. Kiawe checks with Lana that [[Harper and Sarah|her sisters]] are at home and thinks they would be afraid of {{TP|Kiawe|Turtonator}}; Lana tells him not to worry as she doesn't think they'll be afraid. Professor Kukui tells them that the trade starts from now until Monday and he is keen to see how they get along with their new partners.

{{DL|Samson Oak|Komala}} rings the bell, signalling the end of school. Kiawe and Popplio set off on {{DL|Kiawe (anime)|Charizard}}, with Lana telling him to take care of Popplio. Kiawe promises that he will and likewise tells her to take care of Turtonator. They set off, with Kiawe telling Popplio to hold on tight whilst Lana hopes that Popplio will be alright. Meanwhile, Mallow informs Togedemaru that it is time for them to set off, while Sophocles tells Mallow to take care of Togedemaru. Lillie's limo driver arrives and opens the car for Pikachu, who jumps in. Ash tells Pikachu to try not to shock anyone by accident, then Lillie says she'll see him and Snowy on Monday. Lillie then attempts to enter the car but becomes nervous of Pikachu. Sensing why, Pikachu moves further along the seat as Lillie gets in, and her driver closes the door before driving off, with Ash waving goodbye while Snowy looks concerned. Later, Ash and Snowy arrive at Professor Kukui's house, where Ash calls out {{AP|Rockruff}} and {{AP|Litten}} before opening his backpack and waking {{AP|Rowlet}} up. Rowlet rolls out of the bag and off the table, startling Snowy in the process. Ash proceeds to tell his Pokémon to be nice to Snowy.

At Lillie's mansion, [[Hobbes]] greets Lillie who informs him that they have a guest and is surprised to see Pikachu with her and inside whilst Pikachu eats macarons, Hobbes learns that Snowy was left with Ash and Lillie says that whilst she trusts Ash, she goes to approach Pikachu who turns towards her and startles her. Lillie tries again, reaching her hand out to Pikachu but when Pikachu becomes happy, Lillie is startled once more as she tries to pluck up the courage to touch Pikachu without Snowy, she becomes determined knowing that is Snowy can do it, so can Pikachu. In the garden, a collection of Pokémon are playing and they are joined by Pikachu and Lillie who tells Pikachu that it can play as much as it wants and soon Pikachu is playing with {{p|Petilil}} and {{p|Bonsly}} whilst Lillie makes notes, having decided to start with observation which Hobbes says is the first step to becoming friends. Lillie notices that Pikachu is agile and curious.

At the [[Aina's Kitchen]], [[Abe]] puts a plate of food out ready for Mallow to serve to the customers as Togedemaru looks at the food she has just served, the customers note that Togedemaru is cute and invites Togedemaru to play with them which Togedemaru accepts as other customers invite Togedemaru to play as well, Togedemaru becomes excited at the others and begins to roll around in a ball, causing trouble by knocking over customers and tables as Mallow tells Togedemaru that it can't play in the restaurant before getting knocked over as Togedemaru lands on her knees as Abe notes that Togedemaru is quite hectic. Outside Sophocles' house, Sophocles has placed Steenee on the big wheel and attached a device to Steenee's head for research and asks Steenee to try and run but Steenee doesn't understand so Sophocles so he sets the wheel moving which causes Steenee to start walking before jumping off the wheel and goes towards the flowers as Sophocles notes that it would be easier if Togedemaru was here. At Lana's house, Harper and Sarah are overjoyed at seeing Turtonator as Lana tells them to be careful and not to do anything bad to Turtonator which they promise. Down at Kiawe's family farm, Kiawe has a handful of hay which he sets down before looking at Popplio who looks back at him as he wonders what to do as he isn't good with {{type|Water}} Pokémon as [[Mimo]] runs over to Popplio, inviting it to play with her as Kiawe suggests she goes to get some [[Moomoo Milk]] and take it with Popplio and they leave. As night falls at Professor Kukui's house, Ash tries to get Snowy to come over to him but Snowy walks off but as Ash tries again, Snowy {{status|freezes}} him with {{m|Powder Snow}} as Rotom notes that communicating with Snowy isn't easy as Snowy walks over and lies down next to a sleeping Litten as Professor Kukui informs them that dinner is ready. Ash collects four bowls of food and gives them to Rowlet, Litten, Rockruff and Snowy but Snowy isn't interested which finds strange as this is Snowy's favorite food as Professor Kukui places a plate of food for himself and Ash on the table.

That night, Sophocles is having trouble sleeping and despite his attempts, he finds it impossible without Togedemaru to provide him with a light as Steenee sensing his problem hops into bed with him and releases its {{m|Sweet Scent}} which helps put Sophocles to sleep. The next day at the Aina's Kitchen, Mallow is cleaning the windows but falls when Togedemaru, rolling around in a ball knocks into her but Mallow asks Togedemaru to stay still for a bit but Togedemaru continues rolling around in a ball, knocking into a mop and bucket, becoming all wet and getting wipes stuck on its spikes. Frightened, Togedemaru continues rolling around in a ball around the restaurant leaving the floor all sparkling and clean as Mallow realizing that this way is quicker tells Togedemaru to continue cleaning until it is complete and that once they're finished, they can enjoy breakfast. On the farm, Kiawe is calling a milk churn when Popplio bounces up behind him wanting to play but Kiawe is busy as Mimo rushes up, informing him that the {{DL|Sima|Tauros}} are fighting and they rush over to where the Tauros are fighting whilst two {{DL|Sima|Miltank}}

watch, frightened by the Tauros.

Mimo asks Kiawe what they should do as Kiawe goes to have Turtonator stop them before realizing that he doesn't have Turtonator with him as Popplio approaches the Tauros as Kiawe warns Popplio to be careful but Popplio releases one of its balloons which splashes the Tauros as Kiawe realizes that Popplio is helping him which Popplio confirms. Getting the idea, Kiawe has Popplio create a bigger balloon before releasing it as it floats into the air above the Tauros before popping, splashing them with water, calming them down as Kiawe tells Mimo that they will calm down more once they bathe them and has Popplio use {{m|Bubble Beam}} gently on the Tauros which Popplio does and Mimo and Kiawe start to give them a scrub. Outside Lana's house, Harper and Sarah are jumping on Turtonator's back, excited by Turtonator's size as Lana warns them not to touch Turtonator's spikes but the spikes are quickly touched, causing it to explode, covering Harper and Sarah with ash but they are still excited as Lana apologizes to Turtonator for her sisters' actions before getting a brush out, allowing her to scrub Turtonator's back without touching the spikes which excites Harper and Sarah who come to help out as well and working together, they wash Turtonator's back.

At Professor Kukui's house, Snowy is sleeping as Ash notices that Snowy still hasn't eaten and suggests that they all go for a walk as Lillie mentioned that Snowy enjoys going for a walk which leads Snowy to become interested as Litten and Rockruff join them and they head out for a walk with Rotom joining them. They walk to the Marketplace where they meet the {{OBP|Old lady|Alola}} who is pleased to see Litten doing well and offers them the berries that Litten enjoys so much and invites Rowlet and Rockruff to join in which they do as Rotom notes the fruit is full of nutrients and the Old lady encourages Snowy to join them saying that the fruit is made to share with others. Litten grabs a berry and takes it over to Snowy and Snowy, after looking at Ash, the Old Lady, Rockruff, Rowlet and Litten starts to eat the berry, with Ash's encouragement.

 

 

At school, the trainers are reunited with their Pokémon and Mallow really missed Steenee which surprises Sophocles as it was only for a few days but Mallow guesses he felt the same about Togedemaru which Sophocles admits before noticing Togedemaru brushing itself against Mallow's legs as Mallow notes that Togedemaru really liked the food from her restaurant, much to Sophocles' embarrassment as Kiawe sees that Turtonator's shell is much brighter as Lana informs him that Harper and Sarah cleaned it a lot. Professor Kukui notes that from trading partners, they really learnt a lot as Sophocles says that it was a great idea and he reproduced Steenee's aroma and used it for his Malasada's which makes it delicious. As the class help themselves to the Malasada, Mallow asks Lillie if she managed to become Pikachu's friend and she shows them she did by having Pikachu climb onto her body and everyone is pleased that she managed to do it as Professor Kukui tells her to keep pushing herself and she says that one step at a time, she'll manage to touch more and more Pokémon as Professor Kukui asks how Ash did with Snowy who says that he trained with Snowy and asks Lillie for a battle where he'll use Snowy and she'll use Pikachu. Outside on the school's battlefield, they prepare to have their battle and they start it.