Recaps

After touring Alto Mare, Xia You and his companions discovered Latias disguised as a girl and saw two fashionable thieves capture her. Ash tried to free Latias, and the silver-haired woman ordered Ariados to attack him.

• Rossi showed Xia You and the others around Alto Mare, then recommended a restaurant before leaving them to enjoy the city.
• The group bought pancakes, and Ash noticed Pikachu had wandered off to a fountain, where he found Latias disguised as a girl.
• Latias ran from two fashionable women who released Espeon and Ariados to chase her, and Pikachu and the others followed.
• Espeon lifted Latias with psychic power while Ariados bound her in silk beneath a bridge.
• Ash tore away the silk and confronted the women, prompting the silver-haired woman to order Ariados to teach him a lesson.

Ash and Xia You's group confronted two female thieves who fled after a brief battle, while Latias disappeared unnoticed. The group then visited Alto Mare's Grand Cathedral museum and learned about its fossils before reaching a mysterious steel apparatus.

• The silver-haired woman ordered Ariados to attack Ash, knocking him into the river, and Ash and Xia You's group fought back with their Pokémon.
• The two female thieves escaped by speedboat, and Latias vanished while everyone was distracted.
• Xia You and Misty teased Ash about helping the girl, and the group continued to Alto Mare's Grand Cathedral.
• Tour guide Ben Gray explained how the museum's floor fossils were protected beneath tempered glass and led the group through the exhibits.
• The group entered a circular room with a towering steel apparatus, where Brock loudly predicted that he would meet beautiful older women.

Ash followed a red-haired girl through Alto Mare after recognizing her from the cathedral, but she denied knowing him and he lost sight of her in the city’s maze of canals. The girl later appeared to be Latias in disguise and beckoned the group to follow her into an alley.

• Lorenzo explained the cathedral’s history and the ancient peace device while Ash spotted a red-haired girl painting in the gallery.
• Ash chased the girl through Alto Mare, and Brock, Xia You, Misty, and Erika followed him.
• The girl denied having met Ash and walked away, but Ash continued after her until he lost her in a residential maze.
• Ash told the group the girl gave him the same special feeling as a Pokémon he liked, and Xia You suspected she was an ordinary human connected to Latias.
• The girl reappeared on a bridge with a different expression, waved to the group, and entered an alley; Ash led everyone after her.

Xia You and his companions followed Latias through a hidden barrier into a secret garden, where Latios appeared and attacked them. The chapter ended with Latias protecting the group and Latios revealed in front of them.

• Erika noticed that the girl leading them differed from the one at the cathedral, and Xia You told her that the girl was Latias in disguise.
• Xia You warned Erika that the two female thieves were still tracking them through a spider-shaped robot.
• Latias led Xia You, Ash, and the others through a hidden barrier into a vast garden beneath a glass dome.
• Latios burst from the pond and knocked Pikachu aside when it tried to protect the group.
• Latias stepped between Latios and the others, and Latios revealed its true form.

Ash, Misty, Brock, and Xia You discovered that the girl who had led them into the Secret Garden was Latias, and they made peace with her brother Latios and the humans protecting them. Kanon and Ben Gray introduced the Legendary Pokémon’s Dream Projection and explained the legend of the Soul Dew, which the thieves may have been seeking.

• Kanon ordered Latios to drive the visitors away until Ben Gray confirmed that Latias had brought them, and Latias revealed her true Pokémon form.
• Latios apologized to Pikachu, and Ash, Pikachu, and Togepi befriended Latios and Latias as Xia You explained how they had rescued Latias from the thieves.
• Ben Gray and Kanon welcomed the group and explained that their family guarded the Secret Garden, where Latios and Latias lived.
• Latios and Latias used Dream Projection to show the group an underwater scene from Latios’s perspective.
• Kanon told the group that the Soul Dew had once driven away darkness and suggested the thieves had tried to capture Latias because they wanted the jewel.

Xia You and his friends visited the secret garden, where Ben Gray showed them the Soul Dew, then returned to Alto Mare with Kanon. That night, Latias burst into Xia You’s room, injured and panicked, leaving them to face an urgent mystery.

• Ben Gray showed Xia You, Ash, Misty, and Brock the Soul Dew and explained how it could unleash its power, while Kanon asked them to keep its location secret.
• Xia You and his friends said goodbye to Latias and Latios, then Kanon took them by speedboat to the Pokémon Center as the thieves’ reconnaissance spider entered the secret garden.
• Xia You and his friends had dinner with Kanon, exchanged contact information, and returned to the Pokémon Center to rest.
• Xia You looked up the two female thieves and learned from Looker’s files that the sisters were Sanna and Lian, renowned for never failing a theft.
• Latias flew into Xia You’s room during the night, injured and distressed, waking Ash and Brock.

Latias revealed that Sanna and Lian had invaded the Secret Garden, captured her brother Latios, and stolen the Soul Dew. After the group saw through Latias’s Dream Projection that the thieves were activating an ancient device in the Grand Cathedral, they split up to reach it despite the city’s iron-hook defenses.

• Gengar translated Latias’s warning that Sanna and Lian had taken Latios and the Soul Dew from the Secret Garden.
• Latias used Dream Projection to show Xia You, Ash, Erika, Misty, and Brock that Kanon and Ben Gray were bound at the Grand Cathedral while Lian operated the device and the fossils came alive.
• The group discovered that ancient iron hooks had blocked entrances and routes throughout the city, and Gengar blasted a hole through the barrier outside the Pokémon Center.
• Xia You and Erika set off on Dragonite while Misty and Brock headed for the river to find a boat.
• Latias carried Ash into the air alongside Xia You and Erika as they hurried toward the Grand Cathedral.

Xia You, Ash, and Latias fought their way into the Grand Cathedral to rescue Ben Gray, Kanon, and Latios from the fossil Pokémon and Sanna. The battle continued as Gardevoir teleported to the bound hostages.

• Erika stayed outside to hold off the revived fossils with her Pokémon and Xia You’s Crystal Steelix, Tyranitar, and Scizor.
• Xia You and Ash fought their way to the Grand Cathedral, where Gengar smashed through the iron hooks and lock on the doors.
• Xia You found Ben Gray and Kanon bound, while Latios was restrained in a machine that drained his power.
• Sanna sent more revived fossils against the group as Latias tried to free Latios, but Espeon and Ariados attacked her.
• Xia You’s Gardevoir used Teleport to appear in front of Ben Gray and Kanon while the other Pokémon fought the fossils.

Xia You and Ash fought Sanna and Lian’s fossil Pokémon, then tried to stop Lian’s seawater waterspout and free Latios. Their attacks failed to disable the restraints, and Xia You reached Sanna as she alone stood between him and the device.

• Gardevoir used Teleport to rescue Ben Gray and Kanon, who warned Xia You and Ash about the Soul Dew and urged them to save Latios.
• Pikachu, Jolteon, and Ash’s Pokémon defeated several fossil Pokémon, but Lian used the Soul Dew and device to create a growing waterspout from seawater.
• Xia You and Ash split up: Ash tried to free Latios while Xia You went to destroy the device.
• The iron rings absorbed attacks and shocked Noctowl when it struck them, knocking it out and leaving Ash unable to free Latios.
• Xia You’s Gardevoir, Jolteon, and Gengar defeated Sanna’s Corsola and Ariados, leaving Sanna as the only obstacle between Xia You and the device.

Xia You and the others tried to rescue Latios and stop the waterspout from destroying the Grand Cathedral, then sent Misty and Brock to reach the device while the others held it back. Misty, Brock, and Latias climbed into the cathedral through a window to attempt the rescue.

• Gardevoir and Jolteon failed to reach the device as the waterspout blocked them, forcing Xia You and Ash to retreat from the Grand Cathedral.
• Xia You led Ash, Ben Gray, and Kanon into the square as the waterspout burst through the cathedral doors, while Erika finished defeating the fossil Pokémon.
• Misty and Brock arrived by boat and learned that Latios and the Soul Dew were still inside the cathedral.
• Xia You realized the device was unguarded and sent Misty and Brock to pull the silver-haired woman away from it.
• Xia You, Erika, and Ash ordered their Pokémon to attack the waterspout, slowing it while Misty and Brock approached the cathedral with Latias.
• Misty, Brock, and Latias climbed through a side window into the Grand Cathedral.

Misty and Brock rescued Latios from the Grand Cathedral, but the Soul Dew became corrupted and triggered a colossal tsunami. The sea withdrew from Alto Mare, and Ben Gray warned that the returning wave could reach a hundred meters and destroy the city.

• Latias rushed to Latios, exposing Misty and Brock, while Lian revived fossil Pokémon and directed the waterspout toward the Grand Cathedral.
• Misty and Brock's Pokémon damaged Lian's machine, causing it to malfunction as the Soul Dew turned black and Latias freed Latios.
• Misty and Brock carried the injured Latios out of the Grand Cathedral, where Xia You and the others met them; Misty reported the corrupted Soul Dew and the vanished waterspout.
• Ben Gray explained that the corrupted Soul Dew would cause a tsunami, and the group saw the sea receding and the seabed exposed around Alto Mare.
• Ben Gray warned that the returning tsunami could reach a hundred meters and submerge the entire city.

Xia You brought Suicune to help Latias and Latios stop the tsunami threatening Alto Mare. Their combined attack blasted an enormous gap in the wave, leaving the city’s fate unresolved.

• Xia You recalled that Latios had sacrificed himself to stop the tsunami in the movie and decided to change that outcome.
• Latias and Latios flew above the Solar Tower to confront the approaching wave, but Xia You arrived and urged them to wait.
• Xia You released Suicune and proposed that it help Latias and Latios disrupt the tsunami before it reached Alto Mare.
• Xia You, Latias, Latios, and Suicune flew toward the wave while Ash and the others watched from the waterfront.
• Latias and Latios attacked the wave from the air as Suicune struck from below, and their combined power blasted an enormous gap in it.

Xia You rescued the exhausted Latias and Latios from the tsunami’s path, using Poké Balls as a temporary measure before releasing them onshore. The weakened waves flooded parts of Alto Mare, but the group reached safety and the crisis subsided.

• Suicune and the other Pokémon weakened the tsunami enough for Alto Mare to withstand it.
• Xia You and Dragonite found Latias and Latios drifting helplessly near the seabed ruins, where the approaching waves threatened to crush them.
• Xia You recalled Latias and Latios into Poké Balls so Dragonite could carry them away, and the tsunami destroyed the castle ruins behind them.
• Xia You released Latias and Latios in the square, where Erika and Brock confirmed they were exhausted but uninjured.
• Ben Gray led everyone to higher ground as the tsunami flooded low-lying areas of Alto Mare, then the waves receded after half an hour.

After stopping the tsunami, Xia You and his friends found that Sanna and Lian had escaped and the Soul Dew had shattered. Once everyone recovered at the Secret Garden, Xia You left Latias and Latios in Ben Gray’s care, where they would continue guarding the garden.

• The tsunami receded without causing injuries, though it flooded some buildings and swept away small boats.
• Xia You and the others returned to the Grand Cathedral and found Sanna and Lian gone and the Soul Dew shattered.
• The group returned to the Secret Garden, where Latias and Latios recovered and everyone rested.
• Ben Gray said he would preserve the Soul Dew legend and rely on Latias and Latios to protect the garden.
• Xia You gave Ben Gray Latias’s and Latios’s Poké Balls so no one else could catch them, and Ben placed them where the Soul Dew had rested.

Xia You and his friends said goodbye to Kanon, Ben Gray, and the people of Alto Mare before sailing back to Johto. After reaching the mainland, they split up, with Ash planning to challenge the Blackthorn Gym and meet Xia You again at the Silver Conference.

• Kanon gave Xia You and his friends a drawing of their group in Alto Mare, and Xia You kept the only copy.
• Latias and Latios saw Xia You and his friends off as their passenger ship left Alto Mare.
• Xia You and his friends sailed overnight and arrived near Cherrygrove City early the next morning.
• Ash, Misty, and Brock parted ways with Xia You and Erika at the harbor, with Ash planning to challenge the Blackthorn Gym before meeting them in Silver Town.

Xia You and Erika traveled through Cherrygrove City and stayed with Professor Elm in New Bark Town, where they shared a room and became lovers. The next morning, they said goodbye to Professor Elm and his family and headed north toward Mt. Silver with their relationship changed.

• Erika caught another Grass-type Pokémon outside Cherrygrove City as she and Xia You continued toward New Bark Town.
• Xia You and Erika visited Professor Elm, presented gifts to his family, and stayed overnight at his home.
• Professor Elm's wife assigned Xia You and Erika the same room, where they shared a bed and became intimate.
• Professor Elm teased Xia You about keeping the household awake, embarrassing Erika at breakfast.
• Xia You and Erika thanked Professor Elm and his wife, then left New Bark Town and headed north.

Xia You and Erika traveled to Mt. Silver, where their relationship grew closer before they visited Ho-Oh Shrine. As they reached the shrine hall, a Machoke and a Machop blocked their path, and another Pokémon jumped between them.

• Xia You and Erika camped in the mountains, and Xia You spent the night with her while Scizor, Jolteon, and Gengar waited outside.
• The next morning, Xia You and Erika packed up and headed toward Silver Town, now more affectionate with each other.
• Xia You and Erika stopped at Ho-Oh Shrine, where Erika told him the legend of Ho-Oh restoring the land and creating the Sacred Fire.
• After climbing to the shrine hall, Xia You and Erika were confronted by a Machoke and a Machop, then a catlike Pokémon leaped between them.

Xia You and Erika encountered a wild Sneasel that had taken over the temple and recruited Machop and Machoke as its underlings. Xia You sent out four Pokémon to drive them away and train against type disadvantages, but Dragonite was already struggling against Sneasel.

• Sneasel attacked Xia You and demanded that he leave its turf, while Gengar translated its words.
• A temple staff member explained that Sneasel had defeated previous challengers and blocked access to the Sacred Fire before the Silver Conference.
• Xia You agreed to help and sent out Dragonite, Tyranitar, Scizor, and Eevee to face Sneasel, Machop, and Machoke.
• Xia You assigned Tyranitar and Scizor to fight Machop and Machoke, while Dragonite and Eevee took on Sneasel.
• Tyranitar and Scizor gained the upper hand, but Sneasel struck Dragonite with an Ice-type move and left it in poor shape.

Xia You drove Sneasel and its companions from the Ho-Oh Shrine, then tracked them into the forest to discuss sharing the territory. After Sneasel attacked and was defeated, Scizor carried it back to the shrine.

• Sneasel fled into the forest with Machoke and Machop after its fight with Xia You's Pokémon.
• Xia You warned the shrine staff member that Sneasel might return and explained that it had claimed the shrine because it had nowhere else to go.
• Erika suggested negotiating a peaceful arrangement, and Xia You followed Sneasel into the woods to talk with it.
• Sneasel attacked, so Xia You sent Dragonite and Eevee against Machoke and Machop, while Tyranitar and Scizor fought Sneasel.
• Dragonite and Eevee defeated Machoke and Machop, and Scizor pinned Sneasel against a tree.
• Sneasel refused to submit, so Xia You had Scizor carry it back toward the Ho-Oh Shrine.

Xia You and Erika returned Sneasel to the Ho-Oh Shrine, where it agreed to live peacefully near humans, then settled into the Silver Conference Athlete Village. As the competition approached, they spent their days training and living together before Ash, Misty, and Brock finally arrived.

• Xia You declined to catch Sneasel, then spotted Moltres flying over Mt. Silver with Erika.
• Xia You returned Sneasel to the shrine, and the staff member later told him it had agreed to stay near the shrine and coexist peacefully with humans.
• Xia You and Erika reached Silver Town, checked in at the Pokémon Center, and moved into their suite in the Athlete Village.
• Xia You trained his Pokémon while Erika prepared meals, and the two spent their free time shopping and strolling around town together.
• Ash, Misty, and Brock arrived the day before the Silver Conference, and Misty remarked on Erika's radiant appearance.

Ash, Xia You, and their friends arrived in Silver Town for the Silver Conference, where Ash registered and reunited with Gary, who vowed to defeat him and Xia You. As the tournament drew near, they explored the crowded town and met Pokémon League president Charles Goodshow handing balloons to young spectators.

• Ash registered for the Silver Conference before rejoining Xia You, Erika, Misty, and Brock.
• Ash and Xia You ran into Gary, who declared that he would beat Xia You and become the champion; Ash also vowed to defeat both rivals.
• Xia You noticed that Silver Town was filling with competitors and spectators, including Kenta and Marina.
• The group walked through the busy shopping street toward the Athlete Village while Ash and Misty admired the stalls and Brock watched the women.
• They met Charles Goodshow handing out balloons to children, and he recognized Ash and Xia You and wished them well in the tournament.

Xia You and the other contestants began the Silver Conference Selection Tournament, where his first opponent turned out to be Koji, a Trainer from the Orange Islands. After delivering a message from Koji’s mother, Xia You faced him in battle, with Dragonite matched against Koji’s unusually large Kingler.

• Xia You learned that contestants needed strong performances in three matches to advance from the Selection Tournament.
• Xia You and Ash drew their assignments, then Misty chose to accompany Xia You to Group A.
• Xia You’s first opponent, Koji, arrived with a Pikachu and reminded Xia You of Ash.
• Xia You and Misty told Koji that his mother missed him and hoped he would return home after the conference.
• Koji and Xia You began their match, sending out Kingler and Dragonite.

Xia You won his first qualifying match with Dragonite by paralyzing Koji’s Kingler and finishing it with a combo, then quickly won his second match with Tyranitar against an undertrained Houndoom. He left the battles needing two more wins to qualify for the Main Tournament.

• Xia You used Dragonite to defeat Koji’s Kingler after Thunder Punch paralyzed it and Aqua Tail and Hyper Beam finished the battle.
• Xia You congratulated Koji after the match, and Erika praised Koji’s strength while Misty congratulated Xia You on his first win.
• Xia You watched the third match in Group A and then returned to the battlefield for his second match.
• Xia You sent Tyranitar against an older office worker’s Houndoom and won easily as Tyranitar overwhelmed it.

Xia You and Ash won their remaining Group matches and advanced to the Preliminaries of the Silver Conference. In the League Hall, they saw which other Trainers had qualified, and Kenta and Marina approached Xia You.

• Xia You, Misty, and Erika watched Ash defeat Machoke with Phanpy after learning he had narrowly won his first match against Furret with Pikachu.
• Xia You and Ash ate lunch together, then Ash left for his next match while Xia You returned to the Group A field.
• Xia You sent out Scizor, who overcame Cyndaquil’s type advantage and won the battle.
• Xia You and Ash met in the League Hall after both had won their latest matches and found their photographs among the Trainers advancing to the Preliminaries.
• Xia You spotted Koji’s photograph and saw Gary resting alone before Kenta and Marina approached with a chubby boy.

Xia You and Ash reunited with fellow preliminaries qualifiers as Charles Goodshow explained the Silver Conference’s group elimination rules and opening schedule. After the competitors shared a meal, their photos went online and Xia You’s popularity surged to first place.

• Xia You introduced Ash, Misty, and Brock to Kenta, Marina, and Jackson, then Nana joined the group and said she had qualified for the preliminaries.
• Charles Goodshow announced that the forty-eight competitors would be split into sixteen groups of three, with only each group’s top scorer advancing to the final tournament.
• A staff member explained that the Silver Conference would open the next day with a Sacred Fire relay and public matches, which would be promoted across Johto.
• Xia You took the group to a nearby restaurant, where they ate together and became better acquainted while Misty blocked Nana’s attempts to talk with him.
• Photos of the forty-eight qualifiers appeared online, and Xia You’s popularity climbed to first place after people learned he had won the previous Indigo Conference.