Chapter Summaries

Xia You defeated Lt. Surge at the Vermilion Gym, earned the Orange Badge, and received a Thunder Stone as a gift. After Professor Cerise asked him to investigate the nearby power plant, Xia You offered Eevee a choice of evolution, and Eevee touched the Thunder Stone as electricity flared around it.

• Bulbasaur put Electabuzz to sleep with Sleep Powder, then defeated it with Razor Leaf and evolved into Ivysaur.
• Lt. Surge gave Xia You the Orange Badge and a Thunder Stone, which Kirlia caught with Confusion before Xia You accepted it.
• Xia You and Chloe returned to the Cerise Laboratory, where Professor Cerise asked Xia You to investigate unstable power at the nearby Unmanned Power Plant.
• Xia You discussed Eevee's possible evolution and offered it the Thunder Stone; Eevee touched it, and electricity flashed through the dormitory.

After Jolton evolved, Xia You went to an abandoned power plant near Vermilion City and discovered Zapdos feeding on electricity. He ordered his Pokémon to attack the Legendary Pokémon, beginning a battle to capture it.

• Jolteon evolved, and Xia You praised its new form.
• Xia You entered the old power plant with his Pokémon to investigate it.
• Xia You heard a cry and followed it to the main power room, where Zapdos was drawing electricity from the generators.
• Xia You decided to capture Zapdos and ordered Kirlia, Ivysaur, Jolteon, Squirtle, and Charmander to attack together.
• Zapdos unleashed an electric wave, and Xia You began the battle by calling out moves for his Pokémon.

Xia You and his Pokémon battled Zapdos in the power plant, enduring its devastating attacks until Jolteon’s Volt Absorb helped turn the fight around. Xia You finally caught Zapdos, leaving him stunned as the Poké Ball clicked shut.

• Zapdos broke free of Kirlia’s psychic grip and attacked Ivysaur, but Charmander’s Smokescreen helped the Pokémon evade its Drill Peck.
• Xia You’s Pokémon pinned Zapdos down and attacked together, but Zapdos summoned a thunderstorm and unleashed powerful moves that damaged the power plant and battered the team.
• Jolteon absorbed Zapdos’s Thunder with its Volt Absorb Ability, allowing Kirlia and Ivysaur to restrain Zapdos while the others struck it.
• Xia You’s first Poké Ball failed to hold Zapdos, and Zapdos knocked down all of his Pokémon except Jolteon with another Thunderbolt.
• Jolteon used Quick Attack to defeat the weakened Zapdos, and Xia You caught it with a second Poké Ball.

Xia You secretly caught Zapdos, persuaded Professor Cerise to increase his Poké Ball limit, and trained his Pokémon against Zapdos. After setting out from the laboratory, he reunited with Ash, Misty, and Brock in Vermilion City.

• Xia You returned to the Cerise Laboratory and told Professor Cerise that he had caught Zapdos, asking him to keep it secret.
• Professor Cerise updated Xia You’s Pokédex permissions, increasing his carrying limit from six Pokémon to twelve.
• Xia You released Zapdos at Cerise Park and ordered his Pokémon to attack it as a sparring partner.
• After a day’s rest, Xia You left the laboratory and ran into Ash, Misty, and Brock.
• Ash showed Xia You his three badges, while Misty and Brock explained that they had gone easy on him in battle.
• Brock introduced himself as a Pokémon Breeder, and Xia You asked why he looked older than fifteen.

Xia You reunited with Ash, Brock, and Misty and joined them aboard the S.S. Anne, suspecting the famous cruise ship was doomed to sink. He bought diving equipment before boarding, then entered the crowded banquet hall with the others as a Pokémon battle began.

• Xia You reunited with Ash, Brock, and Misty, who invited him to join them on a group ticket for the S.S. Anne.
• Xia You recognized the ship from his memories and worried that Team Rocket and a storm would cause it to sink, but decided to board without warning the others.
• Xia You and the group reached Vermilion City’s port and saw Trainers boarding the S.S. Anne.
• Xia You bought diving goggles and a breathing apparatus, telling Ash that his swimming skills were poor.
• Xia You, Ash, Brock, and Misty boarded the ship and entered its crowded banquet hall, where a Rattata and a Starmie were battling.

Xia You stopped James from being swindled by a Magikarp Salesman and bought the Magikarp for five hundred. He left with a Pokémon he expected would soon evolve into a Gyarados.

• The man in a suit defeated a boy's Starmie with Raticate, and Ash rushed forward to challenge him with Butterfree.
• Xia You left the crowd and spotted James listening to the Magikarp Salesman's promise that a Magikarp could produce gold.
• Xia You questioned the sales pitch, prompting James to realize he was being tricked and storm away.
• The Magikarp Salesman tried to make Xia You pay for ruining the sale, but Kirlia frightened him into backing off.
• Xia You negotiated the Magikarp's price down to five hundred and bought it.

Xia You caught Looker breaking into a cabin and learned that the International Police officer was investigating Team Rocket aboard the S.S. Anne. After the ship departed and its communications were jammed, Xia You returned to the main hall and found Ash looking miserable despite winning a battle.

• Xia You followed a suspicious man and caught him picking a cabin lock after he disabled the corridor camera.
• Xia You identified the man as Looker, who admitted he was an International Police officer investigating Team Rocket in Kanto.
• Xia You told Looker that a group of people had boarded the ship in disguise, and Looker suspected they were Team Rocket members planning something big.
• The S.S. Anne departed, and Looker discovered that the ship's signal jamming prevented him from contacting headquarters.
• Xia You returned to the main hall and found Misty and Brock eating while Ash sat beside them looking forlorn, though he said he had won his battle.

Team Rocket hijacked the S.S. Anne and stole passengers’ Pokémon, but Xia You helped Looker defeat the operation’s commander, Lambda. Lambda escaped in a smokescreen, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Misty told Xia You that Ash had traded his Butterfree for a Raticate, and Xia You left Ash to handle his regret himself.
• Team Rocket stormed the ship’s hall, used suction machines to steal Poké Balls, and began battling the passengers.
• Ash, Misty, and Brock joined the fight while Xia You spotted Looker battling Lambda on the second-floor corridor.
• Xia You ordered Kirlia to use Confusion, helping Looker defeat Lambda’s Pokémon and disrupt Team Rocket’s raid.
• Lambda used Weezing’s Smokescreen to escape with his Pokémon before Looker could capture him.

After Looker and Xia You stopped the Team Rocket robbery, a storm capsized the S.S. Anne and sank it to the seabed. Xia You, Ash, Misty, and Brock searched the overturned ship for an escape route, but the submerged stairwell left them trapped.

• Xia You urged Looker to focus on the remaining Team Rocket members, and they helped defeat the robbers before Looker left.
• A violent storm struck the S.S. Anne, and the captain fled in a lifeboat as the passengers rushed to escape.
• Xia You found Ash trading Butterfree with a suited man, but Ash dropped Butterfree's Poké Ball during a lurch and chased it into a corridor with Misty and Brock.
• Xia You chose to follow them instead of leaving alone, and a powerful wave overturned the S.S. Anne and carried it to the seabed.
• Xia You woke Ash, Misty, and Brock, then led them through the sinking ship, but they found the stairwell completely submerged.

Trapped underwater in the sunken S.S. Anne, Xia You and the others found a way to cooperate with Team Rocket and planned an escape. The group agreed to breach the hull in a flooded section and use floating bottles for extra air as they swam toward the surface.

• Misty sent Goldeen to search underwater, and it returned carrying the nearly drowned Team Rocket Trio.
• Ash, Brock, and Team Rocket prepared to fight until Misty and Xia You persuaded them to form a temporary truce.
• The group learned Team Rocket had been swept into the flooded cabin after breaking through the hull to escape the capsized ship.
• Misty proposed breaking through the hull beneath the engine room, but Xia You warned that rushing water and rising seawater could trap them.
• Xia You suggested breaking through a flooded section of the hull and using floating air-filled bottles for extra breaths, and the group agreed to follow his plan.

Xia You and the others escaped the sinking ship through a broken window, with their Pokémon towing them toward the surface. After rescuing Jessie and James from tangled ropes and lending Misty his breathing device, Xia You and the group reached the surface safely.

• Misty, Xia You, and Ash sent their Pokémon to break a hole in the ship’s window, and Brock tied the group to the Pokémon with clotheslines.
• Xia You sent Magikarp to tow Jessie and James, then made Meowth a hostage to ensure the trio cooperated.
• Xia You prepared his belongings and breathing gear, and the group left the ship through the broken window.
• Jessie and James became tangled while being pulled upward, so Xia You, Misty, and Meowth helped free them.
• Jessie accidentally kicked Misty, causing her to lose her air, and Xia You gave her his breathing device.
• Xia You and Misty swam upward with Squirtle and James’s help, and the group emerged safely at the surface.

After escaping the S.S. Anne’s wreck, Xia You and his companions reached Maiden's Peak and rested at the Pokémon Center. They woke at dusk and set out together to join the town’s summer festival.

• Ash and Brock pulled Xia You, Misty, and the Team Rocket Trio onto a makeshift platform after the shipwreck.
• Misty thanked Xia You for saving her, while Ash sent Pidgeotto to search for help; Pidgeotto found a port town nearby.
• The group reached Maiden's Peak, where Jessie, James, and Meowth said farewell and ran off.
• Xia You spotted a mysterious woman in white near a pier, but she vanished before Ash and Misty could see her.
• Nurse Joy told the group that Maiden's Peak was holding its summer festival, and they went to rest at the Pokémon Center.
• At dusk, Xia You woke Ash and Brock, gathered Misty, and joined the festival crowd following the parade floats.

Xia You and his companions attended the summer festival, where Brock recognized the woman from the dock in a shrine painting depicting the legend of Maiden Rock. They went to the cliff at night to see the rock, but a glowing figure emerged from the hut behind them.

• Xia You bought snacks for the group and gave Misty a hair clip as they explored the festival.
• A disguised Gastly warned Xia You and Brock to beware of beautiful women, but Misty led the group away.
• At the shrine, Brock recognized the woman from the dock in a two-thousand-year-old painting and learned the legend of Maiden Rock.
• Brock asked where Maiden Rock was, and Xia You and the others climbed to the seaside cliff to see it.
• Xia You summoned Charmander and Jolteon when the night grew dark, and Misty saw a glowing figure float out of the hut.

At Maiden's Peak, Xia You and his companions discovered that the ghost haunting them was Gastly, which put them to sleep with Hypnosis. Kirlia freed Xia You's Pokémon, but Gastly took Brock away, leaving Xia You to wake among his scattered Pokémon.

• The ghost disguised as the woman in the portrait bewitched Brock and pulled Xia You and Brock toward her, but Misty held onto Xia You while Charmander and Jolteon attacked.
• The ghost summoned flying skeletons, and Xia You identified it as Gastly after scanning it with the Pokédex.
• Gastly used Hypnosis to put Xia You, Ash, Misty, and their Pokémon to sleep, then began carrying Brock away.
• Kirlia emerged from Xia You's Poké Ball and used Confusion to release his other Pokémon, including Zapdos.
• Gastly decided to take only Brock and left with him, and Xia You later woke beside Kirlia and his other Pokémon.

Xia You searched for Gastly after rescuing Brock from the energy-draining ghost and challenged Gastly to a battle at Maiden Rock. The battle began with Jolteon dodging Gastly’s Shadow Ball and counterattacking with Pin Missile.

• Xia You woke Misty and Ash, told them Brock had disappeared, and led them to Maiden Shrine, where they found him unconscious.
• Xia You concluded that the two-thousand-year-old ghost had drained Brock’s energy with Gastly’s help, and Nurse Joy confirmed that Brock was exhausted but safe.
• Xia You left the Pokémon Center to find Gastly, hoping to catch the speaking Ghost-type as a partner for his journey toward the Indigo Conference.
• Xia You found Gastly at Maiden Rock and sent out Jolteon to battle it, while Gastly countered Thunder Shock with Shadow Ball.
• Jolteon dodged Gastly’s Shadow Ball and launched Pin Missile.

Xia You and his Pokémon challenged Gastly, but Gastly defeated them all with its powerful Hypnosis and Dream Eater. Gastly called the battle a draw and chose to join Xia You, hoping to travel and help him become champion.

• Gastly revealed that its Hypnosis could affect the real world, then paralyzed and knocked out Jolteon.
• Xia You sent Kirlia, Ivysaur, Squirtle, and Charmander to attack Gastly together.
• Gastly put Xia You’s Pokémon to sleep and used Dream Eater to defeat them.
• Gastly said Xia You had not lost and proposed calling the battle a draw.
• Gastly told Xia You it wanted to travel with him and willingly become his Pokémon.

Xia You caught Gastly, who chose to travel outside its Poké Ball, and helped the Ghost type at Maiden Rock share her undying love. He stayed behind to preserve the legend by writing a story, and Yoshino Cerise proposed adapting it into a manga.

• Gastly entered Xia You’s Poké Ball but immediately came back out, explaining that it disliked the cramped darkness and preferred to stay free.
• The Ghost type thanked Gastly for reviving her legend, and Gastly promised to look for her lover and convey her feelings.
• Xia You returned to the Pokémon Center, where Gastly apologized to Brock for its earlier prank, then asked Brock to leave with Ash when they woke.
• After Ash, Brock, and Misty departed, Xia You wrote a story about Maiden Rock and sent it to Chloe to ask Yoshino Cerise for illustrations.
• Yoshino Cerise called Xia You, agreed to help, and suggested making the story into a manga instead of adding illustrations.

Xia You visited Yoshino Cerise to review the manga pages she had drawn from his story, then continued to Saffron City to challenge its Gym. He arrived at the deserted Gym and found people practicing psychic powers inside a room.

• Xia You agreed to Yoshino Cerise's plan to adapt his story into a manga and spent two days gathering reference material at Maiden's Peak.
• Xia You visited the Cerise family and praised Yoshino's first twenty-odd manga pages; Gastly startled Sota before the family welcomed Xia You to lunch.
• Xia You showed the Cerise family photographs from the S.S. Anne, and they reacted with surprise and admiration at his escape from the sinking ship.
• Xia You traveled to Saffron City with Kirlia and Gastly, learning that Ash and his friends had earned the Marsh Badge after catching a Haunter in Lavender Town.
• Xia You entered the Saffron Gym and saw people in white lab coats practicing psychic powers by staring at spoons.

Xia You challenged Sabrina at the Saffron Gym and chose Kirlia to battle her Kadabra. Their match began with Kirlia's Confusion being overpowered, then Kirlia launched Magical Leaf as Kadabra teleported away.

• Xia You met Sabrina's father, who warned him that trainers without psychic powers could not bring out a Psychic-type Pokémon's full strength.
• Sabrina recognized the mischief around Xia You and agreed to a one-on-one Gym battle.
• Sabrina sent out Kadabra, while Xia You chose Kirlia instead of Gastly.
• Ash's Haunter appeared and happily reunited with Gastly before the battle began.
• Kirlia's Confusion lost to Kadabra's, and Kadabra dodged Kirlia's Magical Leaf with Teleport.

Xia You defeated Sabrina’s Kadabra with Kirlia by using a false command to disguise Magical Leaf, earning the Marsh Badge and his fourth Gym Badge. After stocking up on supplies, he noticed smoke and sparks coming from Silph Co., where a battle appeared to be underway.

• Xia You and Kirlia countered Kadabra’s Teleport and Psybeam, bringing the battle to an even match.
• Xia You used a false command to make Sabrina expect Confusion while Kirlia attacked with Magical Leaf, injuring Kadabra.
• Kirlia interrupted Kadabra’s Recover, then overwhelmed him with Magical Leaf and Disarming Voice to win the battle.
• Sabrina awarded Xia You the Marsh Badge, giving him four Badges toward the Indigo Conference.
• Xia You bought Great Balls and Pokémon pouches, then spotted smoke and sparks coming from Silph Co.