Recaps

Xia You questioned N about Team Plasma’s lab and the Genesect, then chose to let N go after learning he had destroyed the lab and left Team Plasma. As Xia You’s group departed, they discussed N’s extraordinary origins and speculated about his Pokémon parent.

• Elesa asked N where Team Plasma’s lab was, and N said he had destroyed it to stop the Pokémon there from suffering.
• Xia You told Elesa that N was Ghetsis’s adopted son and asked N where the Genesect were; N said he did not know but would find them.
• Bebene and Concordia accused Xia You of wanting to capture the Genesect, but Xia You left without detaining N.
• N watched Xia You depart and felt intimidated by Charizard’s strength, then left with Bebene and Concordia.
• Xia You reassured Elesa that the lab was destroyed and explained N’s origins to the others.
• Cynthia and Makomo questioned how a human and Pokémon could have a child, while Cynthia speculated that N’s parent might have been a Gardevoir.

After the Nimbasa City incident, Elesa and Caitlin left to investigate Team Plasma while Xia You and his companions prepared to continue their journey. The next morning, Xia You learned more about N’s raid and departed for the Fighting type Tournament Bea was entering.

• Elesa apologized for the interrupted welcome and promised to treat Xia You next time, while Cynthia teased her and showed her jealousy.
• Elesa and Caitlin left to help the Pokémon League and police investigate Team Plasma, postponing Caitlin’s plan to take Xia You to her castle.
• Cynthia privately told Xia You she had followed him because she feared Elesa would end up in his bed.
• After spending the night in Nimbasa City, Xia You contacted Elesa and Caitlin and learned that Colress had researched Genesect in secret and N had raided Team Plasma’s base.
• Xia You and his companions left Nimbasa City and headed for the Fighting type Tournament Bea was about to enter.

Cynthia received an urgent call from the Sinnoh Pokémon League and had to return home, while also revealing she had joined the Masters Eight. Cheryl decided to travel back to Sinnoh with her, leaving Xia You and the others to continue toward the Fighting-type tournament.

• Cynthia learned that the Sinnoh Pokémon League needed her urgently, with Flint and Lucian already called in, and prepared to return to Sinnoh.
• Cynthia told Xia You that she had accepted an invitation to join the Masters Eight, and the two exchanged affectionate farewells.
• Cheryl announced that she had decided to go home to Sinnoh with Cynthia and hoped to return when Cynthia came back to Unova.
• Cheryl hugged Xia You, Dawn, and Makomo, asking them to keep an eye on Xia You while she was away.

After Cynthia and Cheryl left, Xia You, Dawn, and Makomo traveled north through the forest and reached Eindoak Town, a mountain city known for the Sword of the Vale. They arrived during preparations for a harvest festival, and Dawn spotted someone familiar in the town.

• After Cheryl left, Makomo agreed to cook for Xia You and Dawn during their travels.
• The trio walked northeast for two days through the forest and found Eindoak Town built high on a rocky mountain.
• Xia You decided they would stay in town to rest and resupply, then carried Makomo's backpack as they climbed the steep stone steps.
• Xia You, Dawn, and Makomo reached the town and learned that its harvest festival was approaching.
• Dawn spotted a familiar figure ahead and called Xia You's attention to them.

Xia You and Dawn found Cogita relaxing at a café in Eindoak Town and introduced her to Makomo. Cogita explained that she had been traveling around Unova and had arrived in town the day before.

• Dawn pointed out Cogita sitting outside a café, and Xia You recognized her.
• Xia You introduced Makomo to Cogita and described Cogita as his woman.
• Makomo was surprised by Cogita’s bearing and by how calmly she seemed to accept Xia You’s other relationships.
• Xia You, Makomo, and Dawn ordered drinks and snacks from a server.
• Cogita told Xia You that she had toured Unova and had arrived in Eindoak Town the previous day.
• Cogita remarked that Eindoak Town felt isolated from the outside world and like a place time had forgotten.

Xia You, Dawn, and Makomo met Cogita at a café during the Harvest Festival and shared stories about their travels. After Xia You went to the inn with Cogita, Dawn and Makomo ran into Ash and Cilan while exploring, and Ash asked where Xia You was.

• Cogita described the places and everyday experiences she had encountered while traveling, and Xia You and Dawn shared stories from their time in Unova.
• Cogita told Xia You that the Harvest Festival included a battle tournament and said she had stayed in town to experience it.
• Xia You took Cogita to an inn, leaving Dawn and Makomo to explore the city.
• Dawn and Makomo encountered Ash, Cilan, and a dark-skinned girl in the crowd, and Ash asked where Xia You was.

Dawn brought Ash to meet Xia You, who reunited with Ash and met his Unova companions Cilan and Iris. The group learned that Ash had come to participate in the Harvest Festival Tournament, while he was surprised that Xia You had already earned so many Badges.

• Dawn sent Xia You several messages about Ash, but received no replies.
• Dawn and Ash returned to the hotel, where Xia You greeted Ash and met Cilan and Iris.
• Ash was surprised to learn that Xia You had collected more Badges than he had, and Dawn and Iris teased Ash about getting distracted and lost.
• Ash told the group that he had come to take part in the Harvest Festival Tournament.

Ash, Iris, and Cilan visited Xia You at the inn and told him about a cave leading into the mountain and the castle above. After Cogita reminded Ash about the Harvest Festival registration deadline, Xia You and Dawn decided to join the festivities, which began as they reached the grounds.

• Ash told Xia You that he had found a crystal-filled cave inside the mountain and followed it to the castle on the mountaintop.
• Cogita joined Xia You and the others, introduced herself to Ash, and said Xia You had praised him as a talented boy.
• Cogita warned Ash that registration for the Harvest Festival events was about to close, so Ash, Iris, and Cilan hurried to the festival grounds.
• Xia You invited Dawn to enter the event, and she agreed so she could see how strong Ash had become.
• Xia You, Dawn, and the others reached the festival grounds as Mayor Momendo announced that the Harvest Festival battle event had begun.

Ash, Dawn, Iris, and Cilan entered the Harvest Festival battle event, while Xia You declined and persuaded Makomo to compete using one of his Pokémon. After the contestants dispersed, Xia You left Makomo on her own to explore the city with Cogita, leaving Makomo to discover which Pokémon she had been given.

• Mayor Momendo explained that contestants would battle one-on-one across the city and collect opponents' identification tags.
• Dawn and Ash challenged each other to compete, and Ash tried to provoke Xia You into entering, but Xia You refused.
• Xia You invited Makomo to enter the event and lent her a Poké Ball with an undisclosed Pokémon inside.
• Ash, Dawn, Iris, and Cilan received their identification tags and left to find opponents as the crowd dispersed.
• Xia You left with Cogita, telling Makomo to compete on her own, and Makomo wondered which Pokémon was in the Poké Ball.

Makomo entered the Harvest Festival elimination competition with Xia You’s Gardevoir and faced her first battle despite having no experience as a Trainer. Gardevoir defeated a Manectric with ease, leaving Makomo victorious and its Trainer humiliated.

• Makomo realized Xia You had entrusted her with Gardevoir so she could teach Ash a lesson, and she agreed to work with it.
• Makomo encountered a young man who challenged her to a battle and sent out Manectric.
• The young man ordered Manectric to use Thunderbolt, but Gardevoir blocked the attack with Confusion without Makomo’s command.
• Makomo told Gardevoir to defeat Manectric, and Gardevoir knocked it out with a psychic attack.
• The referee declared Gardevoir the winner and ordered the young man to hand over his identification card, leaving him embarrassed by his earlier boast.

Makomo kept winning battles with Gardevoir, then defeated Cilan’s Crustle and Iris’s Axew in one hit each. The chapter ended with Iris’s Axew knocked out, giving Makomo two more victories in a row.

• Makomo used Gardevoir to defeat two more contestants and collected three identification tags.
• Makomo met Cilan and accepted his challenge; Cilan sent out Crustle after recalling his tired Pansage.
• Gardevoir knocked out Cilan’s Crustle with a single attack, leaving both Cilan and Makomo stunned.
• Iris arrived, learned what had happened, and challenged Makomo to a battle.
• Gardevoir sent Iris’s Axew flying as soon as the battle began.

Makomo wondered whether Xia You had lent her Gardevoir to protect her after Dawn, Iris, and Cilan declined to battle her. Meanwhile, Xia You and Cogita grew closer during a walk outside the city, where they checked on the Darkrai guarding her.

• Gardevoir defeated Iris and Cilan's Pokémon in one hit, and Dawn refused Makomo's challenge after seeing it.
• Dawn went to find Ash so he could challenge Xia You, while Iris and Cilan also left Makomo alone.
• Makomo decided to let Dawn have her fun and approached another Trainer instead.
• Xia You and Cogita walked through the city and opened up to each other, deepening their bond.
• Cogita released Darkrai in a quiet garden, and Xia You confirmed that Darkrai had helped protect her.

Xia You and Cogita arrived as Makomo’s Gardevoir defeated Ash’s Pikachu, then met Carlita and learned that Ash had encountered Victini. The chapter ended when Sword of the Vale Castle began rising into the air.

• Xia You and Cogita came upon Makomo battling Ash, and Dawn explained that Gardevoir had agreed to withstand three of Pikachu’s attacks.
• Gardevoir blocked Pikachu’s final Thunderbolt with Confusion, then defeated Pikachu and won the battle.
• Ash complained to Xia You that it was unfair to have Gardevoir fight, and Xia You teased him about his confidence.
• Xia You met Carlita, who said Ash had beaten her after receiving Victini’s power.
• Ash said he had followed Victini’s trail but did not know where it had gone, and Sword of the Vale Castle began rising into the air.

The Sword of the Vale rose from the mountain and released energy that transformed a barren plateau into an oasis. Xia You recognized that someone had awakened the Dragon Vein and had Gardevoir take the group up to the floating castle, where the chapter left them on its stone platform.

• The Sword of the Vale lifted into the sky as a green glow flowed from it and turned the barren plateau into an oasis.
• Cogita explained that ancient texts called the energy flowing beneath the earth the Dragon Vein, and Xia You said someone had awakened it.
• Xia You asked Carlita what was happening, but she hesitated to reveal what she knew.
• When Iris and Cilan wondered how the group could reach the floating castle, Xia You said Gardevoir could take them.
• Gardevoir teleported Xia You and the others onto a stone platform inside the Sword of the Vale.

Xia You led the group to the temple atop the Sword of the Vale, where they found a man operating stone pillars and Victini trapped in a cage. Ash recognized the man, who then spotted Carlita and asked why she was there.

• Xia You asked Carlita, a local, to lead them to the place where something unusual was most likely to happen, and she pointed out the temple at the Sword of the Vale’s highest point.
• Ash raced up the stairs with Iris and Cilan, hoping to beat Xia You, but Xia You and the others arrived first with Gardevoir’s help and waited at the top.
• The group found a man operating stone pillars in the temple, with an orange Pokémon trapped in a strange cage behind him.
• Ash recognized the man as the kind stranger who had shown him out of the castle, and the man recognized Ash before noticing Carlita and asking what she was doing there.

Dredo explained that he planned to use Victini and a legendary dragon to restore the ancient Land of the People, but Victini’s power drew Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, and the Swords of Justice to the Sword of the Vale. Ash freed Victini as the legendary Pokémon began fighting, leaving Xia You to assess how to handle the escalating battle.

• Dredo told Ash and Xia You that he intended to use Victini’s energy and a legendary dragon to restart the Dragon Vein and rebuild the Land of the People.
• Ash and Xia You argued with Dredo and fought him, while Victini’s pain and the battle triggered an eruption of its power.
• Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem appeared, followed by Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, and Keldeo.
• Xia You told Ash to free Victini, and Dredo was too stunned by the arrivals to stop him.
• Reshiram and Zekrom began fighting, Kyurem joined them, and the four Swords of Justice gathered nearby.

The Legendary Pokémon’s battle threatened to devastate the area, and Xia You decided to intervene. He sent Mewtwo toward the fighting dragons and Swords of Justice, leaving the others stunned by his Pokémon’s identity and power.

• Keldeo challenged Kyurem, but Kyurem ignored it and continued fighting Reshiram and Zekrom as the Swords of Justice joined the chaotic battle.
• Ash and the others watched from a safe distance while Xia You realized the unstable summoning had likely brought the Legendary Pokémon together.
• Xia You took out a Great Ball and told Ash he intended to stop the battle.
• Xia You released Mewtwo, whose identity and strength shocked Iris, Cilan, and the others.
• Mewtwo flew toward the battlefield without waiting for instructions, eager to face the powerful Pokémon.

Mewtwo arrived at the Sword of the Vale and attacked the Legendary Pokémon battling in the sky, quickly proving it could fight several of them at once. As Mewtwo clashed with Kyurem, Zekrom, and Reshiram, Iris, Cilan, Carlita, her brother, and Ash watched from the platform.

• Mewtwo sensed the Pokémon in the sky and launched a barrage of psychic attacks before reaching them, injuring them with the blasts and shock waves.
• Zekrom recognized Mewtwo from their earlier fight and defended itself, while the other Pokémon stopped underestimating Mewtwo after its opening attack.
• Kyurem and Reshiram attacked Mewtwo together, and Zekrom joined them as Mewtwo dodged and fought back at close range.
• Keldeo kept attacking Kyurem, while the three dragons had to avoid one another's moves as they tried to catch Mewtwo.
• Iris, Cilan, Carlita, and her brother watched in astonishment as Mewtwo fought the Legendary Pokémon, and Ash told Cilan that Mewtwo had once defeated six Mythical and Legendary Pokémon at the Lily of the Valley Conference.

A second, female Mewtwo appeared during the chaotic battle in the sky, prompting the combatants to retreat and leaving the two Mewtwo facing each other. With the danger gone, Xia You and the others turned their attention to Dredo.

• A rift opened above the battle, and another Mewtwo appeared, shocking Ash and the others.
• Xia You recognized the newcomer as the calm, female Mewtwo from Unova and realized that Pokémon from all three Unova movies had gathered.
• Xia You's Mewtwo and the newcomer stopped fighting and stared at each other in disbelief at finding another of their kind.
• Kyurem fled, the Swords of Justice scattered, and Zekrom and Reshiram departed, ending the battle and clearing the sky.
• Xia You told the others to leave the two Mewtwo to themselves and focus on Dredo, who looked ashen as Carita approached.

After Victini stopped the Sword of the Vale from falling, Xia You and the others left before the crowds arrived. He then reassured Cogita that Mewtwo would stay with him and encouraged her to build a sense of belonging in this world.

• Dredo abandoned his plan after Victini was rescued, and Victini guided the Sword of the Vale back to its original position.
• Xia You recalled his Mewtwo after it returned from meeting the other Mewtwo, which then vanished.
• Xia You led the group away before Trainers and onlookers arrived, while Carita and Dredo left separately.
• Ash remembered the festival tournament, and he and the others returned to the starting venue to finish it.
• Xia You told Cogita he believed Mewtwo would not leave him and encouraged her to settle down and become part of this world.

Makomo won the Harvest Festival tournament with Xia You’s Gardevoir and celebrated with the group at a barbecue. After everyone prepared to leave town the next morning, Makomo followed Xia You and Cogita upstairs, unsure why she did not want the night to end.

• Xia You learned that the two Mewtwo had only discussed their origins and why they were in town.
• Makomo defeated Dawn in the final battle with Gardevoir and received the Harvest Festival trophy and produce prizes.
• Xia You suggested using the prizes for dinner, and the group held a barbecue at the inn.
• Ash asked Xia You about his next destination, and Xia You said he was heading northeast while Dawn confirmed she had earned all her Ribbon Medals.
• After the gathering ended, Makomo watched Xia You and Cogita go upstairs, then followed them.

Makomo was caught outside Xia You and Cogita’s room after overhearing them, leaving her unable to face Xia You. After the group reached Somek Town, Xia You contacted Bea and went to meet her as the Fighting type Tournament approached.

• Makomo listened outside Xia You and Cogita’s room, then became too weak to leave before Xia You opened the door and found her there.
• Xia You quietly returned to Cogita and decided not to get beer, while Makomo was left to lose sleep over what had happened.
• The next morning, Ash, Iris, and Cilan left Eindoak Town, followed by Cogita, while Xia You, Makomo, and Dawn continued their journey.
• After arriving in Somek Town two days later, Xia You called Bea and learned that she was training at a nearby field.
• Xia You took Dawn to meet Bea at the training field, where their gazes met through the fence.

Xia You reunited with Bea and learned that she had registered for the Fighting type Tournament, which began the next day. After introducing her to Dawn and Makomo over lunch, he invited Bea to stroll through the busy town with him.

• Xia You greeted Bea at the Training Field and introduced her to Dawn.
• Bea told Xia You that she had registered for the tournament, and Xia You praised her strength and invited her to eat.
• Xia You brought Bea and Dawn to meet Makomo at a nearby restaurant, where Makomo and Bea both acted cautiously around each other.
• After lunch, Dawn and Makomo went to attend to their own affairs, and Xia You invited Bea to stroll through the temporary street market.

Bea and Xia You spent an evening wandering a night market, where Xia You bought her favorite desserts and their closeness made her wonder about his feelings. They returned to the Pokémon Center, and Xia You wished her luck for the next day as Bea treasured the evening.

• Bea walked through the night market with Xia You, growing nervous as she thought of their outing as a date.
• A vendor mistook Bea for Xia You’s girlfriend, and Xia You let the misunderstanding stand while Bea wondered why he did not correct it.
• Xia You chose several desserts for Bea, surprising her by picking foods she loved.
• Bea offered Xia You the first spoonful of pudding, then blushed when she realized how intimate the gesture might seem.
• After wandering the market for over an hour, Bea and Xia You returned to the Pokémon Center, where Xia You wished her luck for the next day.
• Bea watched Xia You return to his room, then held the dessert bag and softly agreed.

Bea entered the Fighting type Tournament in Somek Town, where several capable Trainers competed. She won her first-round match easily and advanced to the second round.

• Xia You, Dawn, and Makomo wished Bea luck as they escorted her to the competitors' entrance.
• Xia You, Dawn, and Makomo found seats in the arena and watched Bea warm up with her Grapploct.
• The Fighting type Tournament began, with Stephan, Burgundy, Langley, Trip, and Bianca among the competitors.
• Don George opened the tournament, and the first-round matchups appeared on the screens.
• Bea defeated her first-round opponent with ease and advanced to the second round.