Hearts Aligned

Whoa! They've already made their way into Lear's manor!

Actually, we led them here on purpose.

Bugsy! And Whitney, too?

If we battle outside, we run the risk of putting other sync pairs in danger.

So we decided to bring the battle inside! After all, we have the home-field advantage here.

I see.

To be honest, though, we're kinda struggling since they're coming at us with so many people.

Then we've gotta hurry and take down Giovanni!

Not so fast. We won't allow you to meddle in our affairs.

Whoa!

Sheesh, you don't gotta be so surprised. We're not ghosts.

Unfortunately, we can't let you go any further.

We'll do anything to buy our great boss, Giovanni, some time to achieve his ambitions!

Hmph. There they go again, coming at us with hordes of weaklings. How annoying.

We'll take them on! You all go on ahead!

Yeah! We can take care of this!

Well, well. Aren't you the excited one.

I'm not excited, I'm upset at you meanies!

I remember what you did back in Goldenrod City!

I heard from Kurt about all the awful things you did to Slowpoke.

You should be ashamed of yourselves!

Hmph. I was wondering who you were... You're that kid from Azalea Town.

Thanks, you two! We're counting on you!

But...

There are way too many of them for just two Trainers to take down...

Then how about two more join the fray?

Lance! Are you and your Pokémon OK now?

Yeah. We're fine, thanks to you.

Never fear, the strongest pair of dragon masters from Blackthorn City is here!

You're in good hands!

A Champion and another Gym Leader? Fine by me.

I couldn't ask for better opponents!

Thanks to Whitney and Bugsy, we've gotten this far without a hitch!

Yeah. But there's still a ways to go.

There should be four Team Rocket executives, which means...

Hold it right there!

I knew it wasn't gonna be that easy.

Of course not!

We can't let brats like you do as you please forever.

It'll hurt Team Rocket's pride over and over again, making it lessen, you see.

The only ones getting hurt here are Pokémon!

I can't believe you forced Pokémon to Dynamax without even considering their feelings!

You don't deserve to even be associated with the IDEA of being a Trainer!

What are you talking about? Pokémon are simply tools we can use to make money.

Who cares about other people's Pokémon, anyway?

Unbelievable!

Ethan! Silver! Leave her to us.

OK...just don't go too overboard.

I'm not sure I can promise you that...

Because we're gonna take her out with everything we've got!

*chuckle* Aren't you just using your Pokémon as tools for battle yourselves?

What's so different about you and us?

We became Pokémon Trainers because we love Pokémon!

If we didn't love them so much, we wouldn't spend so many hours searching high and low in the tall grass for them!

We love Pokémon, which is why no matter what kind of troubles we go through to meet them, those memories shine the brightest!

There's no way we'll lose to someone like you, who's forgotten what that feels like!

Let's go, Lyra!

Yeah! We'll show you how strong our bonds with our Pokémon can be!