Recaps

Xia You and Sabrina encountered Ash, Misty, and their companions on a speedboat while traveling toward Grapefruit Island. They reunited and joined the boat’s passengers for part of the journey, leaving together toward their nearby destinations.

• Sabrina sensed familiar people aboard a speedboat, and Xia You brought Charizard down to investigate.
• Xia You reunited with Ash and Misty, then Sabrina joined them on the boat.
• Misty introduced Tracey, a Pokémon watcher, and he recognized Xia You as the undefeated Indigo Conference champion.
• Misty explained that Brock had stayed at Professor Ivy’s laboratory on Tangelo Island.
• Xia You said he had two Badges and was heading to Grapefruit Island, while Ash planned to challenge his second Gym.
• Xiaomei invited Xia You and Sabrina aboard, and Xia You accepted the ride.

A Flying Fortress attacked Moltres while Xia You and his companions traveled by speedboat, but a supernatural storm blew them off course to Shamouti Island. There, they were surrounded by people disguised as colorful, birdlike creatures, and one of them recognized Xiaomei.

• A man aboard the Flying Fortress ordered an attack on Moltres, which fought back with flames.
• Xia You and Misty chatted as the speedboat approached its destination, while Sabrina watched them.
• A sudden storm and enormous waves sent the boat off course, and Xiaomei could not steer it.
• The storm subsided and the boat washed ashore on Shamouti Island.
• Ash and the others found themselves surrounded by birdlike figures, and one of them recognized Xiaomei.

Xia You and Ash arrived on Shamouti Island during its annual festival and learned of a local prophecy about Pokémon Trainers. The festival began as the islanders welcomed them into town, while Flula’s teasing left Misty embarrassed.

• Xiaomei reunited with her old friend Gloria, who explained that her younger sister Flula was now the festival girl.
• The islanders cheered when Xiaomei introduced Xia You and Ash as Pokémon Trainers, and an old man told them they matched a prophecy about the Sea God and a commander.
• Flula kissed Xia You and Ash as part of the tradition, prompting Misty to confront her before Flula teased Misty about having a crush on Xia You.
• The old man called for the festival to begin, and the islanders escorted Xia You and the others into Shamouti Island’s decorated town.

Xia You and his companions attended Shamouti Island’s crowded festival, where Flula performed and invoked a ritual about the sea god and an outstanding Pokémon Trainer. She asked Xia You and Ash to prove themselves, leaving Ash confused as she explained that it was an annual tradition.

• Xia You and his companions struggled through Shamouti Island’s festival crowds and watched a procession featuring a huge Gyarados lantern.
• Gloria welcomed the group to a banquet hall and arranged dinner and lodging for them.
• Ash searched for the girl who had kissed him, while Xia You recalled the danger involving the Legendary Birds and Lugia.
• Flula danced and played a flute at the banquet, then recited a prophecy about the sea god appearing with an outstanding Pokémon Trainer.
• Flula asked Xia You and Ash to prove they were the Trainer in the prophecy, then told them it was a yearly ritual.

Ash set out with Xia You and Xiaomei for Fire Island to retrieve its shrine treasure, despite the stormy weather. After their speedboat accidentally struck the Team Rocket Trio’s submarine, the trio recognized Ash and Xia You and wondered whether something important was about to happen.

• Flula explained that Ash needed to collect treasures from Fire Island, Ice Island, and Lightning Island and place them on the altar at Shamouti Island.
• Ash insisted on leaving immediately, and Xiaomei offered to take him to Fire Island by speedboat; Xia You joined them while Sabrina, Misty, and Tracey stayed behind.
• Xiaomei steered the speedboat south through heavy rain as thunder and lightning filled the dark sky.
• The speedboat struck and wrecked the Team Rocket Trio’s Gyarados Submarine, though Xia You, Ash, and Xiaomei did not notice who they had hit.
• Jessie, James, and Meowth climbed onto a floating board, recognized Ash and Xia You, and speculated that something big was about to happen.

Xia You, Ash, and Xiaomei were caught in a storm that drove their speedboat onto Fire Island. Xia You reached the volcano’s crater and found Ash and Pikachu beside a stone shrine containing a bronze bird statue.

• Flula blamed herself for Xia You and the others sailing into the storm, so she asked Gloria for a boat and set out to find them with Sabrina, Misty, and Tracey.
• A huge wave hurled the speedboat onto Fire Island, where Xiaomei checked its damaged hull and Pikachu ran into the darkness.
• Ash chased after Pikachu, and Xia You told Xiaomei to stay with the boat before following them inland.
• Xia You climbed the volcanic stairway with Gardevoir and Jolteon while Haunter warned him that something felt wrong.
• Xia You found Ash and Pikachu at the crater, where Ash showed him a stone shrine with a bronze bird statue.

Xia You and Ash retrieved the Red Orb from Fire Island, but the Team Rocket Trio confronted them and tried to take Pikachu and the treasure. Misty, Flula, Tracey, and Sabrina arrived by sailboat, just as Zapdos appeared over the island and the Great Balls at Xia You’s waist began to tremble.

• Xia You let Ash pull the Red Orb from the bird statue and told him to put it away.
• The Team Rocket Trio revealed themselves and demanded Pikachu and the treasure, but Ash refused to hand them over.
• A sailboat slid up the stone steps, and Misty, Flula, Tracey, and Sabrina emerged to pick up Xia You and Ash.
• Zapdos flew over Fire Island, startling Flula and making the three Great Balls at Xia You’s waist tremble.

Zapdos attacked Fire Island after Moltres disappeared, but a Skyship captured it and Xia You’s group. As they were carried aboard, Xia You expected to meet the force behind the abduction.

• Xia You kept his Legendary Pokémon inside their Great Balls while Gardevoir blocked a lightning strike from Zapdos.
• Zapdos landed on Fire Island’s shrine, altered the island’s magnetic field, and claimed the island after Pikachu learned that Moltres had disappeared.
• A Skyship absorbed electricity from Pikachu and Zapdos, weakening Zapdos and releasing metal rings to capture it.
• The metal rings trapped Xia You, Ash, their companions, and their sailboat, then carried them toward the Skyship.
• Xia You recalled Gardevoir and Jolteon and told Sabrina to wait, while Zapdos was also captured and hauled toward the ship.

Xia You and the others were held captive aboard an airship by a man who collected rare Pokémon. They learned that he had captured Moltres and Zapdos and was tracking Articuno, leaving Lugia as his likely next target.

• The captured group found Moltres and Zapdos caged aboard the airship, along with a stone tablet bearing the prophecy about the three Legendary birds.
• Xia You explained that the tablet had made Moltres and Zapdos targets, and Flula realized the Collector might next pursue Lugia.
• The Collector introduced himself as a collector rather than a Pokémon Trainer and released the group from their cage.
• Xia You caught Sabrina as they fell and secretly softened their landing without revealing his abilities.
• A synthesized voice reported that Articuno had been detected and tracked, and the Collector declared that his plan was nearly complete.

Xia You explained how the Legendary Pokémon’s battles could devastate Shamouti Island, and Flula chose to free Moltres and Zapdos rather than let the collector keep them. As Ash and Pikachu failed to break Moltres’s cage, the ship reached another island, where the Ice God appeared.

• Ash asked whether they should rescue the captured Pokémon, while Flula examined the prophecy tablet and warned that disaster would follow if the three gods’ balance was broken.
• Xia You explained the butterfly effect and how battles among the Legendary Pokémon could bring destruction to Shamouti Island.
• Xia You described capturing all three Pokémon as an alternative, but Flula chose to return the Thunder God and Fire God to their islands.
• Ash rushed to Moltres’s cage, but its energy knocked him down, and Pikachu’s Thunderbolt failed to damage it.
• The ship arrived at another island, where Articuno fought back against its attackers with ice, and Flula recognized the Ice God.

Xia You freed Moltres by destroying the power conduit feeding its cage, but Moltres and Zapdos resumed their feud and damaged the airship. As the aircraft plunged toward Lightning Island, Sabrina used her psychic powers to protect everyone.

• Xia You realized the iron cage likely drew power through a conduit and had Haunter blast through the floor to expose it.
• Haunter destroyed the conduit, cutting power to Moltres's cage, and the freed Moltres destroyed Zapdos's cage.
• Moltres and Zapdos attacked each other despite being free, then flew through a hole in the airship and began damaging it.
• Moltres and Zapdos's attacks caused the airship to tilt and plunge toward Lightning Island.
• Xia You called to Sabrina, who used her psychic powers to shield everyone as the airship fell.

After escaping the crashing airship, Xia You and the others found the islands and sea frozen as the three legendary Pokémon fought overhead. Their sailboat was swept toward Shamouti Island by a waterspout, where they heard a mysterious call that Flula suspected came from Lugia.

• Xia You led the group out of the damaged airship as it began to fall apart around them.
• The group discovered that the Ice God had frozen Lightning Island, the neighboring islands, and the surrounding sea.
• Ash retrieved Lightning Island's yellow Celebration Orb while the Fire God, Thunder God, and Ice God battled in the sky.
• Xia You and the others boarded their sailboat, and Flula steered it toward the sea before an Ice Beam froze the outlet.
• The Thunder God shattered the ice, sending the sailboat down a rushing current, and a waterspout caught it and carried it toward Shamouti Island.
• Flula heard an eerie call from the sea and wondered if Lugia had appeared.

Ash and his companions reached Shamouti Island’s altar, where a talking Slowking demanded all three Treasures for the ritual. As the three legendary birds’ battle shifted toward the island, the waterspout returned and revealed a mysterious white Pokémon in the sky.

• The waterspout carried the sailboat to the cliffs by Shamouti Island’s altar, where the boat fell apart after everyone escaped.
• Ash and his companions met a talking Slowking, which told Ash to place the Treasures on the stone tablet and explained that all three were needed.
• Sabrina showed interest in catching Slowking, but Xia You urged her to wait until the crisis was over.
• Xia You noticed Team Rocket had disappeared during the chaos.
• The Lightning God, Fire God, and Ice God’s battle moved toward Shamouti Island, but the waterspout blocked their path and revealed a strange white Pokémon overhead.

Lugia arrived to stop the three Legendary Birds, but they attacked it instead. Xia You sent Ash to retrieve the Treasures from Ice Island and revealed that he had caught his own Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno, which he sent to join the battle.

• Flula recognized Lugia as it appeared, but the three Legendary Birds ignored its attempt to stop their war and attacked it together.
• Xia You told Ash to go to Ice Island and retrieve the Treasures while he stayed behind to help Lugia.
• Xia You released his Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno, astonishing Ash, Misty, Tracey, and Flula.
• Xia You ordered his Legendary Birds to attack the three divine birds, and he told Flula that ending the conflict quickly was worth the risk of environmental damage.

Xia You coordinated his Legendary Birds and Lugia to turn the battle against the local Legendary Birds, focusing their attacks on the Ice God. Just as they gained the advantage, the Collector trapped Lugia with electrified metal rings, prompting Xia You to order his Pokémon to use their ultimate move.

• The six Legendary Birds clashed, and Xia You used Gardevoir’s Telepathy to direct his Pokémon to focus on the Ice God while Articuno held off the others.
• Xia You asked Lugia to help, and Lugia agreed to work with Articuno to stop the Fire God and Thunder God.
• Lugia struck the Fire God with Hydro Pump while Moltres and Zapdos wore down the Ice God, and Articuno blocked the Thunder God from reaching it.
• Ash rode a plank pulled by Charizard toward Ice Island as the battle shifted in Xia You’s favor.
• The Collector launched metal rings that bound Lugia, and Xia You ordered Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno to use their ultimate move.

Xia You unleashed a coordinated attack by the Legendary Birds, combining Thunder, Blizzard, and Moltres’s diving Burn Up to overwhelm their opponents. The Thunder God was knocked unconscious, the Ice God and Fire God were left injured, and Lugia disappeared, apparently having escaped underwater.

• The Legendary Birds gathered dark clouds over the sea, prompting Xia You to warn Misty, Flula, and Tracey to prepare for a powerful combination move.
• Thunder struck the Legendary Birds, followed by a Blizzard that left the Ice God, Fire God, and Thunder God badly injured.
• Moltres used Burn Up in a high-speed dive and slammed into the Thunder God, knocking it unconscious and blasting a huge crater into the ice.
• The Ice God and Fire God struggled to recover while Xia You and Misty realized Lugia was missing; Xia You suspected it had escaped underwater after the Thunder broke its restraints.
• Residents on the far side of Shamouti Island watched the spectacle in fear, wondering if it signaled the end of the world.

After Lugia destroyed the Collector’s airship, Xia You prepared to finish the battle against the remaining Legendary Birds, but an unexpected helicopter crash brought Ash’s family and other visitors to Shamouti Island. Ash returned with the final Treasure, and the group turned to placing the Treasures in the Altar to stop the birds’ rampage.

• Lugia emerged from the sea and destroyed the Collector’s wrecked airship with a scorching beam.
• A helicopter crashed near the Altar, so Sabrina, Misty, and Tracey went to check for survivors while Xia You continued directing the Pokémon battle.
• Ash returned with the final Treasure, and Xia You recalled the Legendary Birds after Sabrina warned him of danger; he asked Ash and Flula to keep the Pokémon secret.
• Sabrina returned with Delia, Professor Oak, Professor Ivy, two pilots, and TV station staff, who had come to investigate the abnormal weather.
• Professor Oak attributed the Blizzard and the rampaging weather to the Legendary Birds and Lugia, while Xia You urged Ash to place the Treasures in the Altar.

Ash placed the three orbs in the Stone Tablet, activating the Altar and allowing Flula’s Festival Song to calm the Legendary Birds and melt the ice across the sea. After Lugia thanked Xia You, Ash, and Flula, Professor Oak and Professor Ivy persuaded the television crew not to publicize the crisis, and Misty introduced Xia You to Professor Ivy.

• Ash fitted the three orbs into the Stone Tablet, causing the Altar to release green liquid that melted the surrounding ice and snow.
• Flula played the Festival Song, calming the battling Pokémon and the Legendary Birds while the Thunder God recovered.
• Lugia cleared the storm clouds with a waterspout, then thanked Xia You, Ash, and Flula for protecting the world.
• Professor Oak and Professor Ivy convinced the television crew not to report the incident to avoid disturbing the Orange Islands.
• Lugia bid farewell and disappeared into the sea, while Xia You decided not to try to catch it.
• Misty introduced Xia You to Professor Ivy.

After the crisis on Shamouti Island, Xia You and the others returned to town, where they reunited with Professor Ivy and shared a meal with the islanders and researchers. Gloria then asked about Xiaomei, and Xia You realized they had left her stranded on Fire Island.

• Xia You greeted Professor Ivy, and they returned to Shamouti Town with Flula.
• Professor Oak and Professor Ivy stayed on the island to work on a paper about how Pokémon battles affected the environment.
• Xia You and the others ate at the banquet hall while Misty told Professor Ivy about Xia You's butterfly effect idea.
• The mayor thanked Xia You and the others for saving Shamouti Island, and Xia You learned the old man was the town's mayor.
• Gloria asked whether Xiaomei had returned with them, and Xia You admitted they had left her on Fire Island.
• Gloria said she would go to Fire Island to retrieve Xiaomei.

After the island celebration, Xia You declined to travel with Ash and Misty, then invited Sabrina into his room. Their quiet conversation turned into an impulsive kiss, leaving their relationship on the verge of changing.

• Xia You asked Gloria to return to Lightning Island and find out whether the mad Collector was alive.
• The mayor hosted a celebration where Flula played music, and Xia You, Sabrina, Misty, and Professor Ivy drank fruit wine while Ash and Tracey kept busy.
• Misty told Xia You that she and Ash planned to leave the next day and invited him to join them, but Xia You declined.
• Sabrina heard Xia You tell Misty he saw her only as a little sister, then accepted his invitation to sit in his room.
• Xia You moved closer to Sabrina and kissed her.

After waking late, Xia You learned that Professor Oak and Professor Ivy had gone to the Three God Islands, while the Collector remained missing after the wreckage on Lightning Island was found. He reunited with Sabrina and, relieved that she seemed fine after the previous night, resolved to speak with her privately later while worrying about their lack of precautions.

• Xia You woke late with a hangover, found Sabrina absent, and hid the bedsheet before joining the others for lunch.
• Ash teased Xia You about sleeping in, and Xia You joked that Ash and Tracey should not enter his room.
• Misty told Xia You that Professor Oak and Professor Ivy had gone diving near the Three God Islands with Miss Gloria.
• Tracey reported that Miss Gloria had found only wreckage on Lightning Island and no trace of the Collector or his body.
• Xiaomei arrived with Sabrina and joked that she had been left waiting on Fire Island all night; Xia You, Misty, and Tracey apologized.
• Sabrina reassured Xia You that she was all right, and Xia You relaxed while privately worrying that they had taken no precautions.

Xia You and Sabrina returned to Shamouti Island’s altar so Sabrina could catch the talking Slowking. After Kadabra weakened Slowking, Sabrina attacked him herself and prepared to capture him.

• Ash and the others left Shamouti Island, while Delia stayed behind with Professor Oak.
• Xia You and Sabrina crossed the forest and reached the altar, where they confronted Slowking.
• Sabrina sent out Kadabra, and the two Psychic-type Pokémon fought while Xia You watched.
• Sabrina joined the battle and knocked Slowking down with repeated bursts of Confusion.
• Slowking stopped resisting, and Sabrina threw a Poké Ball at him.

Xia You reviewed the research paper Professor Oak and Professor Ivy had written about the incident, then prepared to leave Shamouti Island with Sabrina. Flula confessed her feelings through a farewell embrace and kiss, but Xia You departed, leaving Flula in tears.

• Professor Ivy showed Xia You the draft paper, which credited his butterfly effect theory and listed him as a coauthor.
• Professor Oak and Professor Ivy persuaded Xia You to accept his inclusion in the paper because he had helped resolve the incident and was a research fellow.
• Xia You and Sabrina prepared to leave Shamouti Island while Professor Oak, Professor Ivy, and Delia saw them off.
• Flula played a forlorn tune and hugged Xia You, then kissed his cheek and called it a traditional farewell kiss.
• Gloria realized Flula had fallen for Xia You and knew he was already with Sabrina.
• Xia You hugged Flula goodbye, climbed onto Charizard with Sabrina, and flew away as Flula cried.

Xia You and Sabrina reached Grapefruit Island, where Gym Leader Ayi challenged Xia You to prove himself before he could battle for a Badge. Ayi set the test on a river at night, and Xia You accepted without hesitation.

• Xia You and Sabrina arrived at Grapefruit Island at dusk and went straight to the Grapefruit Gym.
• Ayi ignored Xia You to flirt with Sabrina, but Xia You stepped in and challenged him to stop harassing her.
• Ayi introduced himself as the Gym Leader and Southern Star of the Orange Crew, then dismissed Xia You’s two Badges as proof of his ability.
• Xia You mocked Ayi’s dismissal of the other Gyms, and Sabrina sensed that Xia You was acting possessive of her.
• Ayi took Xia You and Sabrina to a river and demanded that Xia You ride a speedboat while his Pokémon knocked down every target along the route.
• Ayi pointed out that night was approaching, but Xia You accepted the test regardless.

Xia You completed Ayi’s target practice test with Jolteon and earned the right to challenge the Gym the next day. Ayi mistakenly believed Jolteon was Xia You’s ace, then laid out the battle rules and was ignored by Sabrina.

• Ayi took Xia You and Sabrina by speedboat to his target course, where Xia You sent out Jolteon.
• Jolteon struck the targets with precise electric attacks, adjusting his power as Xia You instructed.
• Jolteon hit the increasingly frequent targets throughout the course, impressing Ayi despite the fading light.
• After the speedboat returned, Ayi declared that Xia You had passed and assumed Jolteon was his strongest Pokémon.
• Ayi set the next day’s Gym challenge as three one-on-one battles, with Xia You needing two wins, then invited Sabrina to dinner.
• Sabrina ignored Ayi and followed Xia You, leaving Ayi embarrassed with his hand outstretched.