Chapter Summaries

Xia You rescued Maya from Team Rocket at the Temple of the Sea, and the next morning the group set out for Silver Rock Island to investigate the Sea God’s last reported appearance. They arrived near the island after a rough boat ride, with the weather clearing as they reached its waters.

• Xia You carried Maya into the temple and assured her that Team Rocket had been driven away for now.
• Maya told Ash and his friends about the attack, thanked Xia You for rescuing her, and urged them to stop Team Rocket from capturing the Sea God.
• Ash, Brock, and Misty promised Maya they would prevent Team Rocket from succeeding.
• Xia You and his friends left the Temple of the Sea and boarded a boat for Silver Rock Island, where the Sea God had last appeared.
• Rough seas left Xia You, Erika, and Brock dizzy, so Xia You rode Charizard with Erika until they reached the waters near Silver Rock Island, where the weather turned calm.

Xia You and his companions searched Ogi Island for clues to Lugia and unexpectedly reunited with Ritchie. Ritchie revealed that he had come to find a mysterious Pokémon, leaving them wondering whether he was also searching for Lugia.

• Xia You, Ash, Misty, Erika, and Brock landed on Ogi Island and decided to search the nearby islands for Lugia or for the person who had reported signs of it.
• The group explored inland and encountered Raine, whom Ash recognized as Ritchie's Pikachu.
• Ritchie appeared, and he and Ash greeted each other with surprise before the group settled down to catch up.
• Ritchie told them he had come to search for a mysterious Pokémon, prompting Xia You and the others to wonder if he was looking for Lugia.

Ritchie joined Xia You and the others after learning that the mysterious Pokémon was Lugia and agreeing to help protect it from Team Rocket. The group searched a nearby island and encountered a boy with a Lanturn.

• Ritchie explained that his research had led him to Chong Island, and Xia You revealed that the group had come to protect Lugia.
• After learning Team Rocket was targeting Lugia, Ritchie gave up on catching it and joined the group.
• Ritchie said he had already searched Chong Island, so Xia You led everyone toward a nearby uninhabited island.
• Xia You, Erika, Misty, Brock, Ash, and Ritchie crossed the sea on their Pokémon and explored the nameless island.
• The group found a nervous boy floating in a pool with a Lanturn, which Ash identified with his Pokédex.

Xia You and the others questioned Shuichi after spotting a Pokémon slip away underwater, and Xia You suspected it was Lugia. After revealing he was the Hero of the Sea, Xia You won Shuichi’s trust and asked him to let them meet Lugia.

• Xia You and Erika spotted a Pokémon secretly swim away behind Shuichi, while Shuichi denied knowing anything about mysterious Pokémon.
• Xia You asked Shuichi his name and confronted him about the Pokémon, prompting Shuichi to swim away and insist he had seen nothing.
• Xia You guessed the hidden Pokémon was Lugia and assured Shuichi that the group wanted to protect it from bad people.
• Xia You introduced himself as the Hero of the Sea, changing Shuichi’s attitude and earning his trust.
• Xia You asked Shuichi to speak honestly and let the group meet Lugia.

Shuichi introduced Xia You and his companions to Silver, a young Lugia he had befriended, and they shared lunch together. As everyone ate, Team Rocket spies reported Silver’s location to Dr. Namba.

• Shuichi surfaced with Silver and introduced Lugia to Xia You and the others.
• Shuichi explained that he had befriended Silver while playing by the sea and kept him hidden to protect him from people who might try to catch him.
• Brock and Erika prepared lunch, and Silver eagerly ate the food with the group.
• Two Team Rocket members watched from a distant reef and reported that they had found Lugia to Dr. Namba.

Dr. Namba ordered nearby Team Rocket teams to begin plan A and try to capture Lugia. Xia You proposed luring Team Rocket into a favorable battlefield to protect Silver, and the group agreed to take the offensive.

• Dr. Namba recognized Xia You in the search team's live footage and ordered nearby field teams to converge and try to capture Lugia.
• Ash challenged Ritchie to a battle, but Ritchie declined and said he did not plan to enter the Silver Conference.
• Ritchie explained that he planned to travel, catch stronger Pokémon, and train after his loss at the Indigo Conference.
• Xia You proposed drawing Team Rocket out and defeating them to protect Silver.
• Misty, Erika, and Brock supported Xia You's plan, and Ritchie saw that Shuichi agreed as well.

Shuichi and Lugia played in the sea while Xia You and Ash waited for Team Rocket’s ambush. Cassidy and Butch surfaced with a large force and surrounded the beach, determined to capture Lugia.

• The Team Rocket captain noticed that only Shuichi, Xia You, and Ash remained on the shore, then ordered the submarine to surface and deploy the Action Team.
• Ash asked whether Team Rocket would come, and Xia You explained that they were using Lugia as bait.
• A submarine emerged beside Shuichi and Lugia, and Cassidy and Butch introduced themselves as Team Rocket.
• Ash warned Xia You that Cassidy and Butch were persistent, while the pair demanded that everyone surrender Lugia and leave.
• More than seventy Team Rocket Members arrived in speedboats and surrounded the beach.

Xia You and Ash faced Team Rocket’s overwhelming force as they fought to protect Lugia and Silver. Their Pokémon battled across a chaotic battlefield, but Team Rocket’s growing numbers pushed their line to the brink, and Zubat threatened Silver directly.

• Xia You and Ash refused to retreat as Cassidy and Butch deployed dozens of Zubat and Weezing against them.
• Ash and Xia You sent out their Pokémon, while Xia You kept Pupitar, Crystal Steelix, Suicune, and Raikou in reserve.
• Xia You told Shuichi to stay with Silver and protect him rather than join the battle.
• Both sides charged, and the clash divided into a sprawling melee of smaller fights.
• Xia You used Gardevoir’s Telepathy to direct his Pokémon while Ash struggled to command his amid the chaos.
• Team Rocket released more Pokémon, weakening Xia You and Ash’s battle line as several Zubat slipped past and attacked Silver.

Xia You's group fought off Team Rocket's attack on Lugia while Xia You's signal brought Erika, Misty, and Ritchie into the battle. The reinforcements helped stall Team Rocket as Xia You waited for Brock to return with the police and International Police.

• Lanturn trapped the attacking Zubat with Electroweb and fought to protect Shuichi and Silver.
• Xia You had Gengar fire a Shadow Ball signal after learning Brock had been gone for almost an hour.
• Cassidy and Butch joined the fight with Primeape, Hitmontop, Houndour, and Sableye as Team Rocket released dozens more Pokémon.
• Erika, Misty, and Ritchie arrived with Pokémon from the forest and attacked Team Rocket from three directions.
• Xia You kept fighting while relying on Brock to bring Officer Jenny, Anabel, and Looker as reinforcements.

Team Rocket’s assault on Lugia stalled as Xia You and his allies held their ground, while incoming helicopters forced Butch and Cassidy to reconsider the battle. Cassidy chose to retreat, but the tangled fighting and surrounding allies left them trapped as the reinforcements approached.

• The submarine captain detected helicopters approaching and ordered Butch and Cassidy to capture Lugia within eight minutes.
• Butch and Cassidy suspected Xia You had arranged the intervention, while Team Rocket’s Pokémon launched a desperate attack.
• Xia You told Ash that the International Police had arrived, and both sides intensified the fight over Silver’s position.
• After seeing Team Rocket’s losses and Xia You’s Pokémon still fighting, Butch urged Cassidy to retreat.
• Cassidy agreed to retreat, but she and Butch found their forces trapped among the fighters and surrounded from the outside.

The International Police arrived and overwhelmed Team Rocket, forcing Cassidy and Butch to retreat while most of their members were captured. Xia You had Misty send Poliwhirl after the submarine to locate Team Rocket’s Secret Base, and he told Ritchie they would protect Silver at any cost if the operation failed.

• Four International Police helicopters arrived, and Cassidy and Butch ordered Team Rocket to retreat toward their submarine.
• The submarine began submerging, while International Police officers rappelled onto the island and captured the scattered Team Rocket members.
• Xia You asked Misty to have Poliwhirl follow the submarine and find Team Rocket’s Secret Base.
• Anabel met Xia You after the battle, and Brock arrived after helping alert the police.
• Xia You told everyone to rest and treat their Pokémon before a possible assault on the Secret Base.
• Ritchie asked what they would have done if the plan failed, and Xia You said they would protect Silver at any cost.

After helping capture the Team Rocket members on the island, Xia You and his companions waited for Silver’s mother to arrive. The adult Lugia emerged from the sea wary of the humans, and Xia You’s group backed away to ease her suspicion.

• Xia You told Anabel that he and his companions would raid Team Rocket’s base themselves, and Anabel agreed to send boats to help afterward.
• Anabel left by helicopter with the captured Team Rocket members, and Shuichi returned Silver from the water.
• Xia You, Ash, Ritchie, Shuichi, and the others shared stories about the battle while waiting for Poliwhirl.
• Shuichi warned the group that Silver’s mother was due to arrive and disliked humans.
• Silver’s mother, an adult Lugia, emerged from the sea and regarded the group with hostility.
• Shuichi pleaded with Lugia, and Xia You signaled everyone to back away, easing her wariness.

Xia You and the others watched Silver leave with his mother, Lugia, then learned that Team Rocket's base was hidden on the seabed. They set off by speedboat for Chong Island to prepare diving equipment before approaching the base.

• Xia You used his Hero of the Sea blessing to sense Lugia's wariness and Silver's happiness, but Lugia noticed him probing her mood.
• Silver reunited with Lugia and swam away with her, waving goodbye to Shuichi, Xia You, and the others.
• Misty's Poliwhirl reported that it had found Team Rocket's base on the seabed nearby, and Gengar translated its message.
• Shuichi led the group to his speedboat, and Xia You decided they should go to Chong Island to get diving equipment before heading to the base.

Xia You and his companions prepared for an underwater operation and followed Poliwhirl to Team Rocket’s hidden base. They left Shuichi on the boat and slipped past the base’s cameras using Misty’s Corsola to block one lens, reaching the outer wall undetected.

• Xia You bought diving gear and underwater writing boards for the group, then sent Anabel the operation’s coordinates.
• Xia You, Erika, Ash, Misty, Ritchie, and Brock dived with their Water-type Pokémon while Shuichi stayed aboard with Lanturn.
• Poliwhirl led them to a brightly lit Team Rocket base on the seabed, where cameras covered the surrounding area and no guards were visible.
• Xia You instructed Misty to have Corsola block a camera as though it were a curious wild Pokémon.
• Xia You led the group across the camera’s coverage to the base’s outer wall, and Corsola swam away without raising suspicion.

Xia You and his companions infiltrated Team Rocket’s underwater base by following a maintenance worker through an open passage, then freed the Pokémon imprisoned inside. The alarms sounded, and the group began fighting their way through the base as Dr. Namba, Cassidy, and Butch recognized them on the surveillance footage.

• Xia You used Misty’s Corsola to bite through an outside camera, prompting a Team Rocket maintenance worker to swim out and repair it.
• Xia You and the others slipped through the open passage into the underwater base and quietly made their way through its corridors.
• The group found dozens of Water-type Pokémon locked in cages and had their Pokémon break them open.
• A Team Rocket member discovered the escapees, sounded the alarm, and was knocked unconscious by a Pokémon.
• Xia You told the group to wreck the base and take down everyone they encountered, and they charged through the facility.
• Dr. Namba, Cassidy, and Butch saw Xia You and his companions on the surveillance footage and realized the base had been infiltrated.

Xia You and his companions fought their way through Team Rocket’s underwater base while Dr. Namba secretly prepared to escape with its research data. As the base suddenly rose toward the surface, Cassidy and Butch revealed they had not known the escape mechanism was being activated.

• Dr. Namba ordered Butch and Cassidy to stall Xia You’s group while he prepared to evacuate with the research data in his head.
• Dr. Namba told a Team Rocket member to ready the submarine and revealed that he had sent Butch and Cassidy out to punish them and buy time for his escape.
• Xia You and his companions battled through Team Rocket forces to the base’s second floor, where Cassidy and Butch blocked their path with more members.
• Erika recognized that Cassidy and Butch were stalling, and Xia You prepared to attack them.
• The base began rising rapidly toward the surface, surprising Xia You’s group and Cassidy and Butch alike.
• Cassidy and Butch privately wondered why the base’s escape mechanism had activated, then decided to finish their assignment and get out.

Xia You and the others fought their way through Team Rocket’s rising underwater base, only to learn that it was set to self-destruct in five minutes. As everyone fled, Xia You grew suspicious of Team Rocket’s evacuation and chose to stay behind to investigate.

• Xia You, Ash, and their companions attacked Cassidy, Butch, and the Team Rocket members as the base rose toward the surface.
• Shuichi watched Team Rocket’s steel fortress emerge from the sea and recognized it as their secret base.
• A self-destruct warning revealed that the base would explode in five minutes, and Cassidy realized Team Rocket’s leader had sent them to be trapped there.
• Cassidy and Butch fled with the other Team Rocket members, while Xia You and his companions ran toward the exit.
• Xia You noticed that no researchers were present and questioned Team Rocket’s actions, then stopped at the exit and told the others to leave without him.

Xia You decided to stay inside the base despite the evacuation countdown, convinced that Team Rocket’s rushed retreat and the promised destruction did not add up. Erika stayed with him, and after the countdown ended, distant explosions stopped abruptly along with the alarm, leaving them unsure what had happened.

• Xia You rejected Misty’s pleas to evacuate and said he would stay to investigate the suspicious warning, relying on Gardevoir’s Teleport if necessary.
• Erika chose to stay with Xia You, while Ash and Brock led Misty out of the base to wait outside.
• Xia You and Erika moved deeper into the base as the countdown continued, and Gardevoir prepared to teleport them away.
• When the countdown reached zero, distant explosions shook the base, but Xia You stopped Gardevoir and listened instead of leaving.
• The explosions and alarm suddenly stopped, leaving Xia You and Erika wondering why the base had not been destroyed.

Xia You and Erika discovered that Dr. Namba was researching a Pokémon virus at Team Rocket’s underwater base. After Dr. Namba triggered explosions and escaped by elevator, seawater flooded the lab, leaving Xia You and Erika in danger.

• Xia You and Erika searched the sinking base and found researchers working behind a blast-resistant door.
• Xia You had Gardevoir blast open the door and confronted Dr. Namba, who revealed his research into a Pokémon virus.
• Dr. Namba admitted the captured Pokémon were intended for experiments, while the other researchers escaped by elevator.
• Erika condemned Dr. Namba’s attempt to alter Pokémon genes, but he defended his research and activated a red button.
• Dr. Namba escaped as explosions tore through the lab, and Gardevoir protected Xia You and Erika while seawater flooded in.

As the flooded Team Rocket base sank, Xia You and Erika struggled through its corridors to escape, and Xia You discovered he could absorb oxygen underwater. They reached the surface with help from Ash and Misty's Pokémon, while Dr. Namba and the researchers escaped aboard a submarine.

• Xia You recalled Gardevoir, sent out Dragonair, and held onto Erika as seawater flooded the base and debris swept through the room.
• Xia You and Erika swam back through the flooded corridors, with Dragonair shielding them from debris.
• A bursting pipe knocked Erika toward a wall and tore away her breathing apparatus, so Xia You gave her his own.
• Xia You realized he could absorb oxygen through his skin and continued swimming without the breathing apparatus.
• Xia You and Erika met Ash's Totodile and Misty's Corsola outside the base, then used the Pokémon to swim toward the surface.
• Xia You spotted Team Rocket's submarine below them and realized Dr. Namba and the researchers had escaped.