Chapter Summaries

Lucy’s Milotic lost to Xia You’s Milotic in an underwater fight, so she sent out Seviper for the second battle. Xia You chose Eevee, which dodged Seviper’s attacks on land but was knocked into the pool, leaving Xia You to order it onto a floating log.

• Lucy ordered her Milotic underwater, but Xia You’s Milotic fought independently, defeated it, and dragged it to the poolside.
• Lucy recalled her unconscious Milotic and sent out Seviper as the delinquent girls cheered her on.
• Xia You chose Eevee to face Seviper, and the young female referee started the second battle.
• Seviper attacked with its fangs and blade-like tail, but Eevee dodged and countered by kicking its head.
• Lucy’s Seviper struck the ground with its tail, sending Eevee into the pool, then pursued it through the water.
• Xia You saw floating debris and told Eevee to climb onto a log to escape Seviper.

Xia You’s Eevee defeated Lucy’s Seviper at the Battle Pike, earning the Luck Badge and bringing him within one victory of completing the Kanto Battle Frontier. As Xia You and May set off on foot toward the Battle Tower, May’s egg hatched into an Eevee.

• Xia You saw through Lucy’s Flamethrower feint, and Eevee knocked Seviper back into the pond and struck it with Swift.
• Xia You directed Eevee’s fierce Quick Attack counteroffensive, and Eevee defeated Seviper despite its physical disadvantage.
• Lucy conceded defeat and awarded Xia You the Luck Badge, his fifth Frontier Badge.
• Xia You and May left the Battle Pike, returned to Fuchsia City, and began walking toward the Battle Tower, where Xia You expected to meet the present-day Anabel.
• May’s egg hatched as the two reached the Kanto Continent, revealing a newborn Eevee.

May’s Eevee hatched during the pair’s mountain journey, and Xia You and May later reached Jianten City, where they encountered the notorious Red Lightning. After Red Lightning attacked them, Xia You exposed it as a Scizor controlled by a device, leaving them poised to confront its unseen operator.

• May’s egg hatched into an Eevee, which she welcomed into her family alongside Xia You and their Pokémon.
• Xia You and May traveled to Jianten City and learned that its Pokémon Contest had ended and that Red Lightning had been attacking Trainers.
• Red Lightning appeared in a city park and challenged Xia You’s Eevee to battle.
• Red Lightning fired a Hyper Beam at Xia You, May, and Eevee, and Gengar blocked the attack.
• The blast revealed Red Lightning to be a Scizor, and Xia You found its artificial eye and identified its camera and loudspeaker as evidence that it was being controlled.

Xia You and May tracked the remotely controlled Scizor, Red Lightning, to the rooftop estate of a wealthy girl named Liuna. After Liuna admitted her attacks were pranks for fun and ordered Scizor to fight, the confrontation began again.

• Gengar defeated Scizor with Dark Pulse, but the injured Pokémon escaped by gliding on wind currents, and Xia You sent Gengar after it.
• Xia You and May followed Gengar to a rooftop estate, where they discovered Scizor’s hidden lair.
• Gengar revealed that it had seen Scizor speaking with a little girl, and Xia You identified the wealthy young owner as the likely culprit.
• Liuna appeared with Red Lightning, and Xia You accused her of injuring Pokémon and attacking Trainers.
• The butler apologized and admitted he knew about Liuna’s pranks, but Liuna dismissed him and said she acted because it was fun.
• Liuna ordered Red Lightning to use Hyper Beam on Xia You and his companions.

Xia You defeated Liuna’s Scizor, took her to the police station, and left the authorities to handle her attacks on Trainers. After Xia You and May continued toward the Battle Tower, they arrived in Rokudōki and unexpectedly met Ash and his companions again.

• Liuna sent Scizor against Gardevoir, but Gardevoir stopped its attacks and repeatedly knocked it back.
• The butler tried to make Xia You leave, but Xia You showed his International Police identification and Gardevoir restrained Liuna and Scizor.
• Xia You and May brought Liuna and Scizor to the Jianten City Police Station, where officers took charge and contacted Liuna’s parents.
• May questioned whether taking Liuna to the police station was the best approach, and Xia You explained that the authorities should handle the incident.
• Xia You and May continued toward the Battle Tower, camped overnight, and reached Rokudōki the next day.
• Xia You and May met Ash, Brock, and Max outside the Pokémon Center, where Ash said he had earned four Badges and planned to visit Metal Island.

At the Liudaomu Pokémon Contest venue, May prepared to compete with her newly hatched Eevee while Brock met Youwu, a Pokémon Breeder and former Grand Festival winner. Youwu invited Brock to enter the contest and learn to apply his breeding skills to performances, and he registered immediately, setting up a debut that could make him May’s opponent.

• Xia You treated Ash's group to a meal, where they learned May planned to enter Eevee in the Liudaomu Pokémon Contest's first-round Performance Evaluation.
• May registered for the contest and met Mihua, a rookie Coordinator entering her first Pokémon Contest.
• A woman named Youwu approached Brock, but he realized she had been admiring his Bonsly rather than him.
• Youwu introduced herself as a Pokémon Breeder and praised Brock's Bonsly, other Pokémon, and homemade Pokémon food.
• Youwu revealed she had won the Grand Festival as a Coordinator and invited Brock to enter the contest, while declining May's request for training because May already had experience.
• Brock accepted Youwu's invitation and registered at once, prompting Xia You to tell May that Brock could become a difficult opponent.

May and Brock advanced through the Rokudōki Contest and faced each other in the final, where May’s Munchlax gained an advantage over Brock’s Marshtomp. The battle remained unresolved as Xia You confidently predicted May would win.

• Brock challenged May to the contest and went into secret training with Youwu, while May renewed her practice with Xia You’s help.
• Mihua, May, and Brock delivered successful Performance Evaluations and advanced to the Battle Evaluation.
• Brock defeated Mihua’s Absol with Marshtomp, while May advanced through her matches to meet Brock in the final.
• Marshtomp used Mud Shot to make the ground slippery, but Munchlax grabbed it after it landed a close-range attack, pulling both Pokémon onto dry ground.
• Xia You told Ash and Max that he expected May to win because she was his traveling companion.

May defeated Brock in the Liudaomu Pokémon Contest and earned her fourth ribbon, while Brock lost his chance to be coached by Youwu. Xia You and May reached the Battle Tower, where Xia You began his challenge against Anabel.

• May's Munchlax defeated Brock's Marshtomp with Focus Punch, winning May the Liudaomu Pokémon Contest's Ribbon Medal and her fourth ribbon.
• Youwu chose Mihua as her student instead of Brock, and Brock declared that he would never compete as a Coordinator again.
• Xia You and May left Rokudōki Town the next morning and traveled through a forest to find Kanto's Battle Tower.
• Xia You recognized the tomboyish Anabel as the Battle Tower's Frontier Brain, while May was surprised to learn her identity.
• Xia You began a three-Pokémon battle against Anabel, who sent out Alakazam first.

Xia You defeated Anabel’s Alakazam with Dragonite and then gained an early advantage in the Metagross battle by anticipating her command. Anabel recognized the gap between their skill, while the second battle continued.

• Xia You sent out Dragonite against Anabel’s Alakazam, and the two Pokémon traded attacks at range and up close.
• Anabel’s Alakazam surprised Xia You with Focus Punch and Recover, but Dragonite overcame it and won the first round with Thunder Punch.
• Anabel sent out Metagross, and Xia You recalled Dragonite and chose his own Metagross to test its strength.
• Both Metagross opened with Psychic, then Anabel’s Metagross charged with Take Down as Xia You’s Metagross used Iron Defense.
• Xia You’s Metagross took less damage from the collision than Anabel’s Metagross suffered from recoil, then drove it back with Tackle.

Xia You and Anabel’s Metagross fought to a draw, leaving Anabel behind two to one and forcing her to stake the challenge on her final Pokémon, Espeon. Xia You sent out Scizor, and their match-point battle ended with Anabel unsure which Double Team image was the real Scizor.

• Xia You and Anabel’s Metagross knocked each other out with Hyper Beams, and the Green-Haired Referee called the round a draw.
• Xia You and Anabel sent out Scizor and Espeon for the final round, while May watched Espeon as a possible evolution for her Eevee.
• Anabel used Espeon’s Psychic and Agility to keep Scizor at a distance, while Xia You struggled to find a way past its speed.
• Xia You sent Scizor’s Double Team images charging at Espeon, and Anabel first identified the far-right image as real before changing her mind when the far-left image moved.
• Espeon’s Psychic shattered the far-left image, leaving Anabel wondering where the real Scizor was.

Xia You defeated Anabel and explained how Scizor used Double Team twice to fool her. After receiving the Ability Badge, he learned from Scott that the Battle Pyramid was near Viridian City and prepared to continue his journey with May.

• Anabel's Espeon guessed wrong against Scizor's Double Team and fell after Scizor struck it at close range.
• Xia You explained that Scizor had used Double Team again as Anabel saw through the first set of shadows, and Anabel praised the battle before asking whether they had met before.
• May explained that Anabel had likely seen Xia You on television as the Indigo Conference Champion, and Anabel gave him her Ability Badge.
• Anabel said Scott would provide the Battle Pyramid's location, and Xia You called Scott after reaching a Pokémon Center with May.
• Scott sent Xia You the Battle Pyramid's current location near Viridian City, and Xia You told May that the facility could fly to different places.

Xia You and May arrived in Kouki Town for the last Pokémon Contest before the Grand Festival, where Harley confronted them and then recruited Team Rocket to help him target them. Harley chose Meowth as a hostage, unaware that Team Rocket planned to scam him again rather than oppose Xia You.

• Xia You and May detoured to Kouki Town after learning its Contest was the final chance to earn a Ribbon Medal before the Grand Festival.
• At the crowded Contest Hall, Harley mocked May for lacking five Medals and showed her that he had already collected them.
• Harley approached Team Rocket and offered to lend Jessie his Pokémon so she could compete against May, revealing that he also wanted to target Xia You.
• Harley demanded a hostage to prevent Team Rocket from stealing his Pokémon again, and he chose Meowth.
• Team Rocket secretly agreed to take advantage of Harley, intending to scam him again instead of picking a fight with Xia You.

Harley traded his Cacturne and Banette to Jessie and James for Meowth, while May steadied herself and delivered an outstanding performance at the Kouki Contest. Meowth escaped from Harley’s warehouse, and Jessie took the stage with Harley’s Cacturne, leaving her scheme and the contest’s outcome unresolved.

• Harley gave Jessie his Cacturne and Banette in exchange for Meowth, then tied Meowth up and took him to a warehouse.
• Xia You helped May calm down during practice, and she performed smoothly with Combusken at the Kouki Contest the next morning.
• May impressed the audience with Combusken’s flying-disc routine and Fire Spin finale, angering Harley, who had expected her to falter.
• Meowth escaped his ropes, knocked down Harley’s Ariados with help from Wobbuffet, and fled the warehouse.
• Jessie appeared at the contest as Fairy Jessie Bian and sent out Harley’s Cacturne, while Xia You suspected she and Harley were plotting against May.

Jessie and May advanced through the Kouki Contest and reached its final, where Harley’s Banette ambushed May’s Squirtle with a pre-charged attack. The match began with Squirtle countering Banette, while Harley’s plan to use Jessie to defeat May remained underway.

• Jessie performed with Harley’s Cacturne and earned the second-highest score, while May placed first in the Performance Evaluation.
• May defeated her opponents with Squirtle and advanced to the final, where Jessie also secured her place after winning with Harley’s Banette.
• Lilian introduced May and Jessie as the finalists, and Harley eagerly watched, hoping Jessie would use his Pokémon to defeat May.
• At the start of the final, Banette struck Squirtle with a pre-charged Electric-type move, but Squirtle recovered and counterattacked with Ice Beam.

May defeated Jessie in the Kouki Contest and earned her fifth Ribbon Medal, qualifying for the upcoming Grand Festival. After the Team Rocket Trio staged a dramatic escape with Harley’s Pokémon, May reunited with Xia You and received a Grand Festival introductory booklet.

• May guided Squirtle through a series of defensive and counterattacks that steadily depleted Banette’s appeal points.
• May lured Banette into dodging Bubble, then froze it with Ice Beam and blasted it out of bounds with Water Gun, winning the contest.
• Jessie, James, and Meowth revealed themselves as Team Rocket, blasted a hole in the Contest Hall roof, and escaped with Banette.
• Harley recognized the Team Rocket Trio’s escape and chased after them, furious that they had taken his Pokémon again.
• Lilian announced May as the winner, and May received her fifth Ribbon Medal and qualified for the Grand Festival.
• May told Xia You she had imagined battling like him, then showed him the Grand Festival booklet Mr. Contesta had given her.

Xia You and May followed strange auroras into a forest, where severe geomagnetic interference disabled their equipment and Poké Balls. They encountered Pokémon Ranger Hinata and a Deoxys, and Xia You agreed to help investigate the anomaly.

• Xia You changed his plans to seek the Battle Pyramid near Pewter City before the Grand Festival at Indigo Plateau.
• Xia You and May spotted red and cyan auroras and entered the forest, where their compass, phone signal, and Poké Balls stopped working.
• Xia You called out Gardevoir and Gengar, and the two continued through the unusually silent forest.
• Hinata appeared and explained that Ranger headquarters had sent her to investigate strong geomagnetic anomalies.
• A Deoxys emerged briefly, and Hinata asked Xia You for help; he agreed not to stand aside if needed.

Xia You explained that the geomagnetic anomaly was likely caused by a Deoxys awakening inside a meteorite that had fallen ten years earlier, and revealed to Hinata that he owned a Deoxys. Hinata led Xia You and May to the cave where the meteorite had landed, and they entered to investigate.

• At the forest Pokémon Center, Nurse Joy told Hinata and Xia You that the equipment remained unusable because of the geomagnetic anomaly.
• Xia You learned that a meteorite had fallen nearby ten years earlier and concluded that a Deoxys inside it had recently awakened.
• Xia You showed Hinata the Great Ball containing his own Deoxys, explaining that his experience gave him greater knowledge of the Pokémon.
• Hinata gathered her report and equipment, then led Xia You and May toward the meteorite's location in a mountain cave.
• Hinata explained that Ranger equipment could withstand geomagnetic anomalies, and the three entered the cave without encountering anything.

Xia You and his companions found a Deoxys trapped in a meteorite whose geomagnetic effects prevented it from leaving. After moving the meteorite away from its cave, they learned it was the source of the anomaly and debated whether to destroy it to free Deoxys.

• Xia You released his Deoxys, which helped reveal another Deoxys inside the meteorite and sensed that it was in pain.
• Hinata tried to capture the trapped Deoxys with her Capture Styler, but it broke free of the Capture Lines.
• Xia You had his Deoxys lift the meteorite out of the cave, while Gardevoir teleported Xia You, May, and Hinata outside.
• Xia You and the others moved far from the cave but found that the geomagnetic anomaly still affected them, and Xia You concluded that the meteorite caused it.
• Hinata relayed headquarters' explanation that solar wind was affecting the meteorite, and Xia You proposed smashing it to free Deoxys.
• May hesitated, noting that the meteorite was also Deoxys's home.

Xia You and May helped a trapped Deoxys destroy the meteorite causing a geomagnetic anomaly, then continued to Pewter City to prepare for the Battle Pyramid. There, Matori and Goz spotted Xia You and planned to report the encounter to Giovanni.

• Xia You's Deoxys destroyed the meteorite, freeing the wild Deoxys and ending the geomagnetic anomaly; the rescued Pokémon thanked Xia You's Deoxys before flying away.
• Hinata thanked Xia You and May, exchanged contact information with them, and said she would be assigned to Sinnoh, where they might meet again.
• After two days of travel, Xia You and May reached Pewter City and noticed that Brock's Gym had been transformed with bright decorations.
• Xia You passed a bespectacled woman in the street and felt she was familiar, but he could not identify her and continued on with May.
• The woman revealed herself to be Matori and told Goz that Xia You had seemed to notice her; they decided to report the encounter to Giovanni.

Xia You and May met Samurai in the forest on their way to the Battle Pyramid, where Samurai challenged Xia You to a rematch. May defeated Samurai’s Butterfree with Eevee, and Samurai prepared to send out his strongest Pokémon for another battle.

• Xia You and May left Pewter City and searched the forest for the Battle Pyramid.
• May sent Eevee into the bushes, startling Samurai, whom Xia You recognized from an earlier encounter.
• Samurai challenged Xia You, but Xia You made him battle May first.
• May and Eevee used the forest for cover and defeated Samurai’s Butterfree with Sand Attack and Quick Attack.
• Samurai demanded another battle, and Xia You agreed after May nodded; Samurai took out the Poké Ball containing his strongest partner.