Xia You's Pokémon slowly gathered around him, all carefully surrounding him.
Picking up the Great Ball containing Articuno, Xia You looked back at the temple of ice and snow. Because of the fierce battle just now, its beauty was gone, leaving it riddled with holes and devastation everywhere.
He sighed. "It's a shame it ended up like this, but perhaps after a while, another Articuno will come here to roost. I believe it won't take more than a few years for it to look the way it did before."
Collecting himself, Xia You stayed no longer now that he had achieved his goal, turning to leave.
When Kirlia used Teleport to take him off the island in the middle of the lake, Xia You did not retrace his steps. Instead, after Haunter found a way out, he climbed some distance up a steep rock wall, then flew for a long time. At last, the view ahead grew brighter and brighter, and he left the underground world through another narrow crevice.
A refreshing sea breeze brushed against him. When the travel-worn Xia You saw the blue sky and sea again, he was already standing halfway up the Little Seafoam Islands!
Although the Seafoam Islands looked like two islands surrounded by seawater, a passage connected them beneath the surface. Just as their name suggested, they were twins, inseparable from one another.
Leaving the Seafoam Islands, Xia You headed west by water. After several hours of travel, he crossed the sea and arrived at Cinnabar Island.
Cinnabar was a vivid red, as passionate as fire.
It lay at the southernmost tip of the Kanto region and was also the largest island in its southern waters. Forests covered the island, and it had an enormous active volcano. But with the movement of the