Recaps

Xia You and Pheobe returned to the shrine after Team Magma staged a surprise attack, only to find the Red Orb stolen and Pheobe’s grandparents’ house burning. Xia You sent Pheobe and Misty to contain the fires while he went after Maxie and Team Magma.

• Xia You warned Pheobe not to pursue Team Magma too far, but she kept fighting because she wanted to catch Maxie and avenge her grandparents’ house.
• Maxie ordered Team Magma to hold Pheobe and Xia You in place while Tabitha slipped behind them to steal the Red Orb.
• Pheobe and Xia You hurried back after an explosion at the shrine, where they found Pheobe’s house and the surrounding trees engulfed in flames.
• Misty told Xia You and Pheobe that attackers had overwhelmed her while Tabitha escaped with the Red Orb, carried by two Weezing.
• Pheobe blamed herself for chasing Team Magma, but Xia You told her and Misty to put out the fires while he pursued Maxie.

Xia You pursued Team Magma to its coastal hideout and searched for a way inside, but found no secret entrance and decided to launch a frontal assault. As Gengar went back to locate the base’s self-destruct system, Team Magma’s guards went to investigate a strange Pokémon approaching the entrance.

• Xia You left Pheobe and Misty to fight the fire on Mt. Pyre and followed Team Magma’s retreat with Dragonite.
• Maxie celebrated obtaining the Red Orb, and Team Magma drove to its hideout near Lilycove City while Xia You tracked them from above.
• Xia You sent Gengar to scout the cave entrance, then explored the coastal cliffs with Gardevoir and Scizor but found no hidden way in.
• Xia You ordered Gengar to find and disable the base’s self-destruct system, then prepared to attack the base head-on.
• Team Magma’s Control Room spotted an unfamiliar humanoid Pokémon approaching the entrance and sent guards to investigate it.

Xia You and Deoxys broke into Team Magma’s base, forcing Maxie to abandon it and escape by submarine. Courtney stayed behind with the self-destruct controller, and when Xia You reached the harbor too late to catch Maxie, she experienced a terrifying vision of Groudon’s uncontrolled destruction.

• Team Magma’s captain recognized Deoxys, but Deoxys swiftly defeated the garrison and triggered the base alarm.
• Maxie ordered the base evacuated, its data destroyed or transferred, and the noncombatants sent to the submarine.
• Xia You advanced through the base with Deoxys and his Pokémon, while Gengar disabled the control room and revealed Maxie’s escape route to an underground harbor.
• Maxie ordered Courtney to stay behind with the self-destruct controller and delay Xia You; she accepted and watched Maxie depart by submarine.
• Xia You reached the harbor after the submarine had submerged, found Courtney alone, and asked where Maxie had gone.
• Courtney spoke about the red alarm light, then saw a vision of an uncontrollable Groudon destroying everything before noticing Deoxys before her.

Courtney tried to kill Xia You by triggering the Underground Harbor’s self-destruct, but he saved her from the collapse and escaped with her through the water. As Milotic carried them toward the passage’s other end, Deoxys protected them from falling rocks.

• Courtney blamed herself for Team Magma’s failures and resolved to stop Xia You, even if she had to die with him.
• Xia You asked where Maxie had gone, but Courtney refused to answer and said Maxie had taken the orb to find Groudon.
• Xia You warned Courtney that detonating the harbor could kill other Team Magma members, but she pressed the remote’s button anyway.
• The Underground Harbor began collapsing, and Xia You pulled Courtney beneath Deoxys’s Confusion barrier instead of leaving her to die.
• Xia You decided to escape through the water and jumped into the sea with Courtney, then Milotic carried them forward while Deoxys guarded them from falling rocks.

Xia You rescued Courtney from the flooded Team Magma base and persuaded her to reveal Maxie’s destination after she foresaw Groudon attacking Team Magma. Courtney agreed to guide Xia You there, and they flew southeast on Dragonite while Misty headed for Lilycove City.

• Milotic carried Xia You and Courtney through an underwater passage as the underground harbor collapsed, and Deoxys lifted them to the cliff after Courtney nearly drowned.
• Xia You revived Courtney with abdominal thrusts, then told her that her life belonged to him because he had saved her.
• Courtney saw a vision of Groudon attacking Maxie and Team Magma, then told Xia You what she had foreseen.
• Shelly called Xia You and explained that Primal Reversion would bring destruction; persuaded by Shelly’s account and her own vision, Courtney agreed to lead Xia You to Maxie.
• Courtney gave Xia You the coordinates, and he flew with her on Dragonite while messaging Misty to meet him in Lilycove City.

Xia You, Shelly, and Courtney reached the remote islands where Groudon was hidden and prepared to stop Maxie from controlling it. Xia You’s attack forced Groudon to emerge just as Shelly warned that Maxie’s forces had arrived.

• Xia You caught up with Maxie’s submarine, then flew ahead with Courtney to Groudon’s hidden location in a remote island chain.
• Shelly arrived and teased Xia You about bringing Courtney along before helping him plan how to stop Maxie and recover the orb.
• Shelly returned to her submarine to act as a hidden backup, while Courtney hid on the island and Xia You prepared to draw Groudon out.
• Xia You ordered Tyranitar to destroy the island’s rocks with Hyper Beam, then shake the ground with Earthquake.
• Groudon burst from underground as Shelly warned Xia You over the earpiece that a suspicious target had appeared.

Maxie and Team Magma approached the awakened Groudon, but Courtney warned them of its attack and Xia You stole the Red Orb. As Maxie tried to retreat, Xia You prepared to pursue him, but Tyranitar was suddenly hurled into a volcanic rock.

• Maxie led Tabitha and Team Magma off the submarine and advanced toward the awakened Groudon.
• Courtney confirmed that she had foreseen events and warned Maxie and Tabitha just before Groudon's Hyper Beam killed the members behind them.
• Gengar stole Maxie's pouch containing the Red Orb, and Xia You revealed himself with Courtney, claiming she was his prisoner.
• Groudon fired at Xia You, but Tyranitar intercepted its Hyper Beam and faced it in battle.
• Maxie decided to retreat with Tabitha and vowed to reclaim the orb, while Xia You prepared to pursue them.
• Something struck Tyranitar and sent it crashing into a volcanic rock.

Xia You’s attempt to capture Maxie was disrupted when Archie and Team Aqua arrived and attacked the island. With both Team Aqua and Team Magma joining the battle, Groudon rampaged against the submarines, while Xia You stayed to search for the missing Courtney.

• Tyranitar failed to stop Groudon, so Xia You sent Gengar after Maxie and used Raikou and Suicune to help keep Groudon occupied.
• Shelly arrived with the Blue Orb as Archie’s submarine surfaced, and Archie demanded revenge and the return of what he claimed belonged to him.
• Archie ordered Team Aqua’s submarine to bombard the island, but Groudon retaliated with Hyper Beam and halted the attack.
• Archie sent Team Aqua members toward the island, while Maxie and Tabitha escaped to their submarine and ordered its drill to attack.
• Groudon turned on Team Magma’s submarine as Team Aqua reached shore, and Xia You stayed to fight because Courtney was missing.

Xia You and Shelly fought Team Aqua while Groudon and Kyogre clashed, turning the island into a dangerous battlefield. Maxie took Courtney hostage and demanded the Red Orb, and Xia You ended the chapter by asking whether Courtney would remain in Team Magma after the exchange.

• Xia You found Courtney unharmed beneath Camerupt, then joined Shelly in battling Archie and Team Aqua.
• Kyogre emerged from the sea and attacked Groudon, forcing both rival teams to fight while avoiding the Ancient Pokémon’s battle.
• Xia You directed his Pokémon to hold off Team Aqua as Maxie watched from the submarine and devised a plan to take the Orbs.
• Maxie appeared with Tabitha and Courtney as his hostage and demanded that Xia You hand over the Red Orb.
• Xia You questioned whether Maxie would let Courtney remain in Team Magma if he agreed to an exchange.

Xia You exchanged the Blue Orb for Courtney while tricking Maxie into thinking he had received the Red Orb, then provoked Archie into turning Team Aqua against Team Magma. Maxie fled toward Groudon and Kyogre’s battlefield with Archie and Xia You in pursuit, leaving both teams near the fighting legendaries.

• Xia You arranged to exchange an orb for Courtney and secretly gave Maxie the Blue Orb while keeping the Red Orb.
• Xia You revealed the switch and alerted Archie, who redirected Team Aqua to attack Maxie.
• Xia You, Shelly, and Courtney joined the battle against Team Aqua while Archie pursued Maxie for the Blue Orb.
• Maxie abandoned his route back to the submarine and led his pursuers toward Groudon and Kyogre.
• Archie and Xia You continued after Maxie as both teams approached the center of Groudon and Kyogre’s battle.

Xia You, Shelly, and Courtney escaped after Groudon and Kyogre unleashed Precipice Blade and Origin Pulse, destroying most of the island. They discovered that the Red Orb had been lost, while Maxie and the Blue Orb were missing, and Xia You feared the next encounter would involve Primal Reversion and Rayquaza.

• Xia You and his Pokémon broke through Team Aqua's defenses as Shelly and Courtney fought alongside him.
• Maxie failed to approach Kyogre while Archie pursued him across the island.
• Groudon and Kyogre unleashed Precipice Blade and Origin Pulse, and the explosion shattered the island and threw everyone into the sea.
• Xia You escaped on Dragonite with Shelly and Courtney, then rescued Courtney from the water.
• Xia You found no sign of Maxie, Archie, Matt, or Tabitha and discovered that the Red Orb had fallen from his torn pouch.
• Xia You predicted that Archie and Maxie would obtain the orbs and that their next encounter would involve Primal Reversion and Rayquaza.

Xia You released Deoxys to end Groudon and Kyogre’s battle before Rayquaza noticed them, directing it to attack Kyogre so Groudon could drive it away. After Kyogre fled into the sea and Groudon failed to catch it, Deoxys returned to Xia You, who promised it another chance to fight them.

• Team Aqua’s members fled after the explosions sank their speedboats and submarines, while Xia You and Shelly decided they had to stop Groudon and Kyogre before Rayquaza arrived.
• Xia You took Shelly and Courtney into the sky on Dragonite and released Deoxys, ordering it to target Kyogre so Groudon could help bring the battle to an end.
• Deoxys ambushed Kyogre and evaded its counterattacks, while Groudon struck Kyogre when it exposed itself to attack.
• Kyogre fled into the sea, and Groudon could not pursue it; Groudon then roared at Deoxys as it flew away.
• Xia You sensed that Deoxys still wanted to fight and promised it a better chance to battle Groudon and Kyogre next time.

After returning to Hoenn’s mainland, Xia You assigned Shelly and Courtney to monitor Team Aqua and Team Magma while he continued his journey. He headed to Lilycove City to meet Misty and planned to seek the Draconids’ help finding Sky Pillar and Rayquaza.

• Xia You proposed tracking Maxie and Archie through their organizations’ nearby bases, and Shelly and Courtney agreed to recruit informants.
• Xia You said he would continue his Gym journey and seek help at Sky Pillar, since his current strength might not be enough to face Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, or Rayquaza.
• Shelly and Courtney left to gather information while Xia You traveled alone toward Lilycove City to meet Misty.
• Xia You arrived at the Pokémon Center, where Misty, Pheobe, Ash, May, Brock, and Max were waiting for him.
• Xia You told the group he had been attacked by Team Aqua and witnessed Groudon and Kyogre’s battle, during which both orbs were lost.

Pheobe thanked Xia You and left to take her grandparents home and rebuild their mountain residence. After hearing about LaRousse City, Xia You called Zinnia to ask about visiting Sky Pillar, but when she refused to take him, he provoked her by claiming he knew its location and its barrier’s origins.

• Pheobe thanked Xia You for his help, said she would take her grandparents back to Mt. Pyre, and left after saying goodbye to Misty.
• Ash told Xia You that May had won her third Contest medal and that he had earned six Gym Badges; Max described LaRousse City and its Battle Tower.
• Xia You remembered that LaRousse City might let his Deoxys meet others of its kind, and decided to call Zinnia about changing his travel plans.
• Zinnia refused to take Xia You to Sky Pillar, even after he explained the danger posed by Groudon and Kyogre.
• Xia You claimed he knew Sky Pillar was near Sootopolis City and knew about the barrier maintained by the People of Sootopolis, startling Zinnia into demanding who had told him.

Xia You persuaded Zinnia to meet him in Lilycove City in three days, then traveled with Ash and the others to LaRousse City. After arriving, the group explored the futuristic city, where Ash was rescued from a conveyor belt by a boy with a Blaziken.

• Xia You revealed his knowledge of the People of Sootopolis and the Dragon Altar, then convinced Zinnia that Deoxys could attract Rayquaza and arranged to meet her in Lilycove City in three days.
• Xia You woke late, joined Ash and the others for breakfast, and traveled with them by light rail from Lilycove City to LaRousse City.
• A robot welcomed the group, photographed them, and issued city passes, leaving May embarrassed by her startled photo.
• Ash was carried away on a conveyor belt while searching for the Battle Tower, and a boy used his Blaziken to pull him off before dismissing Ash as stupid.

Xia You followed Ash and the others to LaRousse City’s Battle Tower while searching for the Deoxys nearby. There, he unexpectedly met Drew, whose question about the girl traveling with Xia You made him realize Drew meant Misty, not May.

• Xia You’s Deoxys sensed others of its kind nearby, but the city’s magnetic fields prevented it from locating them.
• Ash asked Xia You, Misty, and Brock to partner with him in the Battle Tower’s Double Battles, but all three refused.
• The group arrived at the Battle Tower and split up, with Xia You taking an elevator to the top floor to survey LaRousse City.
• Xia You encountered Drew, who said LaRousse City was his home and asked why the girl who was always with Xia You was absent.
• Xia You realized Drew was asking about Misty, not May, and wondered whether Drew still remembered Misty slapping him.

Xia You suspected Drew had developed feelings for Misty, then searched LaRousse City for the research institute before returning to watch Ash’s team battle. Ash and Xiao Chao lost badly to Rafe and Shota, and Xia You went to check on them afterward.

• Xia You hinted that Drew would not actually retaliate against Misty, and Drew left after realizing Xia You had guessed his feelings.
• Xia You failed to locate the research institute from the Battle Tower, then received Misty’s message that Ash’s match was about to begin.
• Xia You joined Misty, May, Max, Brock, Audrey, and Catherine in the stands as Ash partnered with Xiao Chao to face Rafe and Shota.
• When Xiao Chao had no Pokémon to send out, Ash lent him Torkoal, but the pair failed to coordinate while Rafe and Shota’s Blaziken and Blastoise took control.
• Blaziken’s Overheat knocked out Pikachu and Torkoal, and Xia You stood up to check on the defeated Ash and Xiao Chao.

After learning that Xiao Chao feared Pokémon because of past trauma, Ash set out to help him befriend Pikachu. Xia You tried to reach the Laboratory, but the arrival of another Deoxys drew him to the forest, where it finally met his Deoxys.

• Yuko told Ash and the others that Xiao Chao had become afraid of Pokémon after a terrifying experience, and Ash blamed himself for pushing him into a battle.
• Ash decided to help Xiao Chao overcome his fear by befriending him with Pikachu, while Xia You sent Gengar to follow Yuko toward the Laboratory.
• A Red Aurora appeared above LaRousse City, and Xia You recognized it as a sign that another Deoxys had arrived.
• Xia You contacted Misty, then took his Deoxys and Gardevoir to the forest outside the city and had his Deoxys create a Blue Aurora.
• The other Deoxys followed the aurora and landed before Xia You, where the two Deoxys began circling each other.

Xia You reunited his Deoxys with its companion, but Rayquaza arrived and attacked the pair, prompting an evacuation of LaRousse City. As the battle shifted toward the city, Ash and his friends went outside and saw Rayquaza fighting two Deoxys.

• Xia You used Gardevoir to tell the wild Deoxys that its companion was safe, and the Deoxys agreed to wait and trust him.
• Rayquaza arrived and attacked the two Deoxys, while Gardevoir shielded Xia You from its blast.
• Dr. Lund warned Officer Jenny that Rayquaza might reach LaRousse City, and she ordered the residents and tourists to evacuate.
• Ash and his friends heard the alarm, and Xiao Chao offered to lead them to his father's research institute for shelter.
• Ash led the group outside to find the battle moving toward the city, and Max identified the green Pokémon as Rayquaza.

As Ash and other Trainers rushed toward the battle to catch the Legendary Pokémon, Xia You redirected Rayquaza toward them and used Deoxys’s duplicates to drive them back. Misty and May watched from the riverbank, where Max marveled at Deoxys’s power.

• Misty told Ash and the others that the two Pokémon were Deoxys, Mythical Psychic-type Pokémon as powerful as Rayquaza, while keeping Xia You’s ownership secret.
• Ash, Rafe, Shota, and other Trainers ran toward the forest to try to catch the battling Pokémon, and Misty and May followed after them.
• Xia You saw Rayquaza drifting toward LaRousse City and ordered Deoxys to steer it toward the Trainers crossing the river.
• Rayquaza’s attack sent several Trainers and their Pokémon into the water, then Deoxys created hundreds of duplicates that attacked the crowd.
• Misty and May found Max, Brock, Xiao Chao, and the twins safe on the riverbank, and Max praised Deoxys’s strength.

Ash, Rafe, and Shota reached the opposite bank and joined forces, but Xia You ordered Deoxys to reveal its true power. Deoxys overwhelmed their Pokémon, and Rafe realized it had already been caught by a Trainer.

• Ash, Rafe, and Shota fought through Deoxys's split-off bodies and reached the opposite bank, then agreed to work together.
• Xia You saw the Trainers growing more determined and mentally ordered Deoxys to show its true power.
• Deoxys appeared before Ash, Rafe, and Shota, sent Blastoise and Pikachu crashing into trees, and repelled their Pokémon's attacks.
• Pikachu's Iron Tail broke Deoxys's barrier, but Deoxys changed into a defensive form and withstood the Trainers' combined attacks.
• Deoxys shifted back to its earlier form and knocked all of their Pokémon out with a devastating counterattack.
• Shota threw a Poké Ball at Deoxys, but it failed to react, so Rafe warned Ash and Shota that Deoxys already had a Trainer.

Ash, Shota, and Rafe escaped Deoxys’s assault as it routed the Pokémon Trainers by the river. Xia You’s Deoxys helped defeat Rayquaza, and later Xia You concealed his role at the Pokémon Center, leaving Ash wondering whose Deoxys it was.

• Rafe, Shota, and Ash fled into the river after Deoxys defeated their Pokémon, and Ash carried his injured Pikachu to safety.
• Deoxys attacked the Trainers battling its duplicates, forcing them to retreat from the river and eventually flee to LaRousse City.
• Misty reassured May that Xia You was controlling Deoxys and had kept it from causing greater harm.
• Xia You sent his Deoxys to join the battle against Rayquaza, and the two Deoxys drove Rayquaza into the clouds.
• At the Pokémon Center, Xia You claimed he had gone to a shelter, then teased Ash by saying he could have beaten Deoxys if he had been there.

Xia You used Gengar to enter Dr. Lund’s institute with the two Deoxys and retrieve the core of the wild Deoxys’s companion. The revived Deoxys joined them, and the group escaped LaRousse City after defeating the police and its giant defense robot.

• Xia You met Gengar at night and learned it had located the institute and the Deoxys core.
• Xia You met the two Deoxys in the forest, then had Gengar pull his soul from his body so they could enter the institute unseen.
• The two Deoxys broke into Dr. Lund’s institute, where they found Dr. Lund and Yuko beside the core.
• Deoxys shattered the core’s seal and transferred energy to it, restoring its companion in seconds and leaving Dr. Lund’s four years of research behind.
• Xia You and the three Deoxys fled the institute, defeated the police and LaRousse City’s giant defense robot, and escaped over the forest.

After the Deoxys reunited, Xia You left LaRousse City with Misty and met the irritated Zinnia in Lilycove City. He followed her to a deserted island, where he concealed his suspicions about their destination as they approached Sky Pillar.

• Xia You returned to his body, watched the two wild Deoxys reunite, and learned that his Deoxys chose to stay with him; the wild pair promised to help him against a powerful enemy.
• LaRousse City calmed after the police announced that Deoxys had left, and Xia You and Misty departed by train while Ash and the others continued their journey by ship.
• Xia You learned that Zinnia had arrived in Lilycove City and went with Misty to meet her in a forest outside town.
• Zinnia coldly ordered Xia You to follow her, and she flew with Salamence toward the southeast while Xia You and Misty followed on Dragonite.
• After flying past Ruri Island and across smaller islands, Zinnia landed on a barren, isolated island; Xia You acted unconcerned, making her wonder whether he had visited Sky Pillar before.

Xia You and Zinnia reached the hidden desert containing Sky Pillar, where Xia You bypassed the Draconid trial and searched the tower for a special stone that could attract Rayquaza. He found it before Zinnia arrived and continued upward, hoping she would help summon the rare black Rayquaza.

• Zinnia used a key-shaped ornament to reveal the hidden desert and Sky Pillar, then began explaining the Draconid trial.
• Xia You flew to Sky Pillar on Dragonite instead of crossing the dunes on foot and entered the tower alone.
• Xia You released his Pokémon and searched the damaged floors for a special stone resembling a Key Stone.
• Eevee spotted a glint between the seventh and eighth floors and brought Xia You the round stone he sought.
• Misty and Zinnia caught up with Xia You, who concealed his find by claiming he had been looking at the murals.
• Xia You explained to Misty that he had brought Zinnia because he hoped her luck would summon the black Rayquaza.