to death. Misty yells at Ash since he's done nothing all day, and Brock continues cooking lunch. A pirate kid soon walks up to them and wishes to know where Ash from Pallet Town is. Ash says that he's him and the pirate kid challenges him to a Pokemon battle. Ash willingly accepts the challenge and their battle begins with Ash's Bulbasaur versus the pirate's Donphan. Donphan rolls around, hitting Bulbasaur a few times, but Bulbasaur leaps into the air and gathers the sunlight. Donphan charges at Bulbasaur in a rolling state, but Bulbasaur blasts Donphan away with Solar Beam. Angered by this, the pirate kid sends out his next Pokemon, Machamp. Machamp is up against Ash's Squirtle. The two Pokemon charge at each other, and Squirtle getsdoes so by giving the message to a Dragonite, the messenger. Ash and the others start to eat, and soon Team Rocket is hungry as well. Jesse offers to cook, but Meowth says that he lost eight of his nine lives when she did. The Dragonite zooms across the sea, and soon reaches the area where Ash and the others are. The Dragonite knocks over Team Rocket, and does the same to Ash's group. The Dragonite lands and everyone is confused. The Dragonite hands Ash a card and a woman appears from it as an image. The woman invites Ash to New Island, where the supposed greatest Pokemon Trainer is. Brock drools over the woman and the woman's image tells them that only the greatest Trainers make it