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Cynthia calls out her Garchomp, while Paul chooses {{TP|Paul|Chimchar}}; a choice that surprises Cynthia, as well as the crowd, due to his disadvantage as a {{type|Fire}}. Paul commands Chimchar to use {{m|Fire Spin}} and then {{m|Dig}}. Once hit with Fire Spin, Garchomp also uses Dig under Cynthia's command. Garchomp strikes her opponent underground, knocking Chimchar out. As Paul [[recall]]s it, he scolds him for his loss, which doesn't sit too well with either Cynthia or Ash.

Paul calls out his {{TP|Paul|Torterra}} and starts things off with a {{m|Giga Drain}}. Since Giga Impact left Garchomp unable to move, Giga Drain hits its mark and manages to weaken Garchomp. Torterra follows up with {{m|Frenzy Plant}}, though Garchomp blocks the attack with her fins, much to Paul's astonishment. Cynthia then tells Garchomp to use {{m|Brick Break}}. Garchomp pushes the Frenzy Plant vines away and jumps into the air, hitting Torterra with Brick Break on its head, taking it down and out. Paul then gives up the battle, to which the crowd responds by poking fun at him. Ash, with newfound respect, rebukes the crowd and compliments Paul on a great battle. Paul says goodbye to Cynthia and walks away. Ash realizes that isn't where the Pokémon Center is, and Cynthia demands that Paul go to the Center to heal his Pokémon.

Unfortunately, when they get there, [[Nurse Joy]] claims that she needs to perform surgery on an injured Pokémon. Cynthia decides to heal Paul's Pokémon by herself, to which {{an|Brock}} says that he'd love to help out. {{TP|Brock|Croagunk}} comes out of his {{i|Poké Ball}} to use {{m|Poison Jab}}, but stops once he sees Cynthia smiling at him, and blushes instead. Cynthia treats Paul's Torterra with a [[Super Potion]]. She moves on to Chimchar, giving it a pill and encouraging it to rest up. Cynthia then tells Paul that his Pokémon are all healed and well trained, especially his Torterra. Paul reveals that Torterra was his [[starter Pokémon]]. He also says that he traveled around [[Hoenn]], [[Johto]], and [[Kanto]], where he caught his Murkrow and Weavile, failing to win any of their [[Pokémon League Conference]]s, before coming back to [[Sinnoh]], where he caught his Chimchar. When Cynthia compliments Chimchar, Paul complains that Chimchar didn't do well against Garchomp. Ash then argues that he didn't care how many Pokémon got hurt, though Paul defends his training methods. Ash becomes angrier, saying that he has to support his Pokémon. Upon Paul saying that he wants to become stronger, Cynthia takes everyone back to the stone tablet in Amity Square and reads it to them. She claims that before reading this tablet, she used to train endlessly. Then she discovered that all Pokémon have different [[Nature|personalities]] and she wanted to get to know all of them.

Meanwhile, back at the Pokémon Center, Team Rocket hovers over the still sleeping Chimchar. Before trying to steal all of Paul's Pokémon, Nurse Joy catches them. Team Rocket makes a run for it, just grabbing Chimchar. Cynthia and others notice the trio on their return from the ruins and give chase. Team Rocket reaches their balloon and begins their ascent. Chimchar then wakes up, using {{m|Ember}} on Team Rocket. Before Ash can react and call out {{AP|Staravia}}, Paul sends out his {{TP|Paul|Ursaring}} and tells it to use {{m|Hyper Beam}}. Chimchar jumps away from Team Rocket right before the attack collides, sending them blasting off.