Things are beginning to get serious for our young heroes, and Aarch thinks that the time has come to have a frank discussion with them before they arrive at the immense Genesis Stadium, where the coming matches are to take place. The pressure is mounting: the eyes of sports journalists from all over the Galaxy are on them, but the Snow Kids are staying in a luxury hotel where they even have a butler named Djado to wait on them. These new and (to say the least) surprising conditions excite everyone, especially Mei, who has agreed to be a spokes-model for a brand of shampoo. But Tia has other things on her mind: armed with a photo of Rocket's mother, she goes to look for her.