Chapter Summaries

Gary was interrupted from his peaceful tea time to settle a dispute between May and his student Brendan, who had beaten her and taunted her during a battle. After Brendan apologized and Ash lost to him too, Gary introduced his three Hoenn students to the others before sending them off to train.

• Gary received messages from Ash and Brock asking him to deal with Brendan after Brendan beat and insulted May.
• Gary arrived at Verdanturf Park, ordered Brendan to remove his mask, and had him apologize to May.
• May forgave Brendan and left with him to practice for Pokémon Contests, while Ash lamented another loss to Brendan.
• Wally defeated Jessie’s Seviper with Ralts, and Shū withdrew from the Pokémon Contest before setting out to get stronger.
• Ash challenged Gary after losing to Brendan, and Gary introduced Brendan, Wally, and Kimarō as his Hoenn students.
• Gary sent everyone to the Pokémon Center ahead of afternoon training as Wally’s brother-in-law arrived to pick them up.

Gary and his students trained in the Verdanturf Town freight tunnel, where powerful Pokémon had halted construction. Gary found three Mega Stones and defeated the Pokémon guarding them, leaving the tunnel cleared enough for work to resume.

• Big Strength Bro told Gary and the others that wild Pokémon in the freight passage had driven off every Trainer hired to clear it.
• Gary sent Sceptile, Blaziken, and Aggron into the tunnel while Brendan, Kimarō, and Wally went to train in the outer passage.
• Gary found three Mega Stones embedded in the rock, and a Shiny Metagross, Gardevoir, and Salamence attacked his Pokémon.
• Gary sent Celebi and Moltres into battle while Eevee-chan struck Salamence, and the three guardians were defeated.
• The battle shook the tunnel and opened a passage for fresh air and light, so Gary told the students to report that the tunnel had collapsed and returned with them for dinner.

Gary returned to Rustboro Academy with the boys, resumed teaching, and helped arrange training access for his students. As autumn arrived, Lorelei’s message prompted him to plan an outing to Petalburg Woods with the youngsters.

• Kimarō won his third consecutive Verdanturf Contest Ribbon, and Wallace invited Gary to compete as a celebrity contestant in the Wallace Cup.
• Big Guy drove Gary and the three boys back to Rustboro Academy, where Wally enrolled and moved into Gary’s villa.
• Gary rushed to campus and taught two packed lectures on Pokémon Contest Battle theory.
• Roxanne arranged training-ground access for Gary’s students, and Gary escaped when she asked about his fight with Hunter J.
• Gary received a seasonal message from Lorelei and announced an autumn outing to Petalburg Woods for the next day.

Gary spent a leisurely autumn morning at home with his Pokémon and students, then planned a camping trip to a nearby hill. After shopping for seasonal clothes in the group chat, he set out with Brendan, Kimarō, and Wally for their outing.

• Gary asked Dusknoir to stop guarding his doorway and let Blastoise take over, while Gengar continued its training at Mt. Pyre with Pheobe.
• Blastoise returned to Gary's side and threw itself into training, while Kimarō fed the newly hatched Bagon.
• Brendan and Kimarō proposed seeking battles with other students, and Wally admitted that Roxanne had made him write Gary a self-criticism after he cornered junior students.
• Gary decided to take the three boys camping on a nearby hill for an autumn outing.
• Gary browsed the group chat, bought seasonal clothes and pajamas for himself and the others, then led the boys out toward the hill.

Young Master Mao took Wally, Brendan, and Kimarō camping near Rustboro City, where Wally fell into a waterfall while gathering mushrooms. The group rescued him with help from two Feebas that evolved into Milotic, then returned to camp as the rain began.

• Young Master Mao assigned the boys camping chores, and Kimarō’s Flaaffy evolved into Ampharos while protecting him from jumping Magikarp.
• Wally climbed a slippery waterfall to gather a white truffle mushroom, fell into the current, and was swept downstream after untying himself from Magnemite.
• Young Master Mao, Brendan, and Kimarō searched the stream with their Water-type Pokémon until they found Wally dangling from a rock behind a waterfall.
• Kimarō’s Feebas and Young Master Mao’s Feebas evolved into Milotic and carried Wally safely to shore.
• Young Master Mao warmed Wally and the others with mushroom-and-chicken soup, then settled in at camp as rain fell and Dusknoir carried a night-light.

Gary spent a quiet day at home and planned a new Pokémon game based on the Hoenn Region. He left the game proposal with the planning department and considered a future online battle game before checking the group chat.

• Wally recovered from his illness in one day, and Gary noted that his constitution had improved.
• Gary spent the morning relaxing at home with his Pokémon while the three children attended school.
• Gary proposed Pokémon-Emerald after securing permission from Steven, Wallace, Pheobe, and Poni.
• Gary sent the proposal to the Game Planning Department and outlined his ambition to create a global online Pokémon battle game.
• Gary wondered whether he might stream games after retiring from the front lines, then checked the group chat and saw Pheobe mention snowfall on Mt. Pyre.

Gary visited Lavaridge Town to relax and challenge Flannery at the Lavaridge Gym, which also operated as a hot spring inn. After helping Flannery find the Gym Badges, he postponed the battle until the next day and went to find dinner.

• Gary arrived in Lavaridge Town and followed Lorelei’s address to the Lavaridge Gym, where Flannery welcomed him while working as an inn attendant.
• Flannery recognized Gary as a challenger and agreed to battle him, though she wondered whether he needed Gym Badges for the Hoenn League.
• Lorelei arrived and offered to referee the match, but Flannery could not find the Gym Badges because her grandfather had left to travel.
• Gary helped Flannery and Lorelei find the Badge box on a storage shelf above the toilet, and the search took until sunset.
• Gary and Lorelei postponed the Gym battle until the next day, then Gary asked Flannery to show him the kitchen so he could arrange dinner.

Gary battled Flannery at Lavaridge Gym’s outdoor hot spring after spending the morning relaxing with Lorelei and their Pokémon. Gary’s Milotic defeated Flannery’s Slugma, and the match continued.

• Several Rustboro City teachers bathed at the inn’s hot spring while Lorelei and Gary relaxed at Lavaridge Gym’s Secret Hot Spring with their Pokémon.
• Gary proposed holding the Gym battle on the hilly terrain beside the hot spring, and Flannery agreed to a two-on-two Single Battle with Lorelei as referee.
• Flannery sent out Slugma, and Gary answered with Milotic.
• Milotic countered Slugma’s Flamethrower and Fire Blast with Water Pulse, Aqua Ring, and Hydro Pump.
• Flannery had Slugma use Double Team and Body Slam, but Gary’s Milotic swept it up with Twister and knocked it out.

Gary defeated Flannery in a Gym battle and earned the Lavaridge Badge. After Wallace and Winona arrived, Winona challenged Gary to a battle for the Fortree Badge.

• Flannery sent out Torkoal, who used coal to boost his fighting spirit, while Gary answered with Blastoise.
• Blastoise overwhelmed Torkoal with Hydro Pump, but Torkoal endured the attack and used Sunny Day before launching Overheat.
• Blastoise's Water Pulse defeated Torkoal, and Flannery conceded and gave Gary the Lavaridge Badge.
• Gary's quest updated to five of nine Gym Badges, with Overheat as the listed reward.
• Wallace and Winona arrived on Altaria, and Winona challenged Gary for the Fortree Badge; Gary accepted.

Gary and Lorelei joined Wallace and Winona for a relaxing visit to Lavaridge Town, where Winona challenged Gary to a battle after an aerial race. The two Trainers prepared for a two-on-two Double Battle above a gorge.

• Winona teased Wallace about rumors linking him to Steven, while Gary and Lorelei exchanged affectionate gestures and Wallace gave Winona a massage.
• The four walked through Lavaridge Town, shared rice dumplings, and watched an old Unovan movie in the central park.
• Winona challenged Gary, then raced him through the sky on Skarmory as Gary rode Salamence with Lorelei; Salamence gradually caught up.
• Winona and Gary stopped on opposite sides of a gorge and agreed to battle in a two-on-two Double Battle.

Gary defeated Winona in a Double Battle and accepted two tickets to Forina’s Seven Nights Festival with Lorelei. As they prepared to visit the festival, a child’s voice sent a message from an underground cavern.

• Winona challenged Gary, but Togetic and Gardevoir’s defensive tactics and coordinated attacks defeated Altaria and Swellow.
• Winona conceded and gave Gary the Badge, earning him mission progress and a Brave Bird Technical Disk.
• Winona offered Gary and Lorelei two tickets to the Seven Nights Festival, and Gary accepted her invitation.
• In an underground limestone cavern, green rings of light spread as a child’s voice said it wanted to see someone.

Butler secured Team Rocket’s support for his Groudon cloning plan, unaware that Sakaki intended to use him to pursue Jirachi, while Gary and Lorelei reached the Millennium Comet festival at Forina Canyon Plains. After Gary encountered May and Max, Team Rocket learned Lorelei was there and recognized that her presence complicated its plans.

• Butler told Sakaki he could clone Groudon using ancient tissue and the Millennium Comet’s energy, and Sakaki agreed to provide support.
• Butler reassured Diane that Team Rocket would help him prove Team Magma wrong, while Sakaki revealed to Furins that she planned to seize Jirachi instead of helping Butler.
• Gary explained to Lorelei that the crowds heading to Forina Canyon Plains had come to watch the Millennium Comet and its meteor shower.
• Gary and Lorelei arrived at a vast amusement park, met May and Max, and confirmed that Ash had gone to eat cheeseburgers.
• Gary recognized Butler’s name on a magic show flyer, and Furins learned that Lorelei was on-site and ordered his team to proceed with its plan.

Gary and Lorelei enjoyed the festival before attending Butler’s magic show, where Gary’s presence prompted Team Rocket to cancel its planned operation. The chapter ended with Giovanni reflecting on letting the young people make a wish.

• Gary and Lorelei shared a romantic Ferris wheel ride, then bought spicy rice cakes from Jessie, James, and Meowth’s stall.
• Gary and Lorelei shared the oversized meal with Eevee, Togetic, Dusknoir, and Blastoise before heading to Butler’s magic show.
• Gary teased Ash and Brock at the tent, then refused Butler’s invitation to volunteer and let Ash and Max take his place.
• Team Magma’s squad approached the tent, but Furins and Team Rocket’s Special Response Team drove them off.
• Furins learned that Matori had canceled the operation to seize the Wishing Star and eliminate Butler because Gary was on the Forina Plains.
• Giovanni stood in his office and said he would obtain what he wanted himself while letting the young people have the chance to make a wish.

Gary learned that Jirachi had chosen him as its partner, and the newly awakened Pokémon bonded with him. After Gary captured Jirachi and defeated Butler’s Pokémon alongside Lorelei, he announced that he wanted to discuss the possibility of creating a god.

• Butler and Diane explained that Jirachi awakened for seven days once every thousand years and had chosen Gary as its partner.
• Jirachi emerged from its crystal, bonded with Gary, and fell asleep in his arms.
• Gary placed Jirachi in a Poké Ball, provoking Butler to demand that he hand it over and attack with Dusclops and Salamence.
• Lorelei’s Alolan Ninetales froze Salamence while Gary’s Dusknoir overpowered Dusclops.
• Gary defeated Butler and proposed discussing the possibility of creating a god, shocking everyone present.

Gary explained that Butler could not create a god without a soul and frightened him into abandoning his plan to sacrifice Jirachi. After stopping an attack by Team Rocket agents and hearing Butler’s confession, Gary decided to take responsibility for Jirachi and go to Forina’s forest gorge with Lorelei.

• Gary told Butler that creating a god required a soul and that completing his project could mean sacrificing Diane, causing Butler to abandon his ambition and protect her.
• An Absol attacked Gary, but Blastoise defeated it with a powerful punch.
• Six masked attackers demanded Jirachi, and Blastoise used Aura Sphere to defeat their Houndoom while Team Rocket captured the fleeing intruders.
• Butler admitted that he had planned to sacrifice Jirachi, then left with Diane after Gary told him to stop pursuing fame.
• Ash, May, and Max departed that night, while Gary and Lorelei chose to take Jirachi to Forina’s forest gorge to change its fate.

Gary brought Jirachi to Forina Gorge, where he used its three wishes to free the land from its dependence on Jirachi and grant Jirachi an ordinary life. Jirachi stayed awake and chose to remain with Gary.

• Gary and Lorelei reached Forina Gorge with Jirachi and found Flygon trying to force Jirachi to return to its thousand-year sleep.
• Gary sent Salamence to defeat Flygon, then caught the injured Pokémon after it gave up resisting.
• As the Millennium Comet called to Jirachi, Gary used Dusknoir and Gardevoir to hold it in place while it opened its True Eye.
• Gary wished for Forina to gain a starlight-absorbing core and for its resources to grow more abundant.
• Gary used his final wish to free Jirachi from its thousand-year sleep, and Jirachi happily promised to stay with him.

Gary and Lorelei arrived in Mossdeep City, where Steven lent them his villa before leaving to deal with the growing conflict between Team Magma and Team Aqua. Gary settled his Pokémon team and returned with hot-pot groceries, leaving him and Lorelei ready to spend a quiet evening together.

• Gary and Lorelei met Steven in Mossdeep City, and Steven lent them his villa before flying to Lilycove City to address the escalating Team Magma and Team Aqua rivalry over the Abyssal Ruins.
• Gary and Lorelei reached Steven's ocean-view villa and discovered that its rooms displayed his extensive stone collection.
• Gary visited the Pokémon Center and adjusted his lineup, sending several Pokémon to train while bringing Weavile, Absol, and Pidgeot into active rotation.
• Gary took Jirachi shopping for hot-pot ingredients, and Jirachi accidentally teleported a Krabby into the cart before Gary left it behind.
• Gary returned to the villa with groceries, where Lorelei welcomed him home and prepared to choose a movie.

Gary left to search Meteor Falls after Kimarō reported that Wally had disappeared, postponing his Mossdeep City Gym challenge. Deep beneath Meteor Falls, Wally trained in the ancient Meteor Village while Devon began plans to develop a powerful Infinity Gem mined from the mountain.

• Gary enjoyed a hot-pot dinner and movie night with Lorelei and their Pokémon before taking Lorelei to the airport the next morning.
• Gary chose to challenge Mossdeep City's Gym with Eevee, but Kimarō called to report that Wally had gone missing at Meteor Falls.
• Gary abandoned the Gym challenge and flew to Meteor Falls on Pidgeot to search for Wally.
• At Devon Corporation, Mr. Devon ordered the Infinity Gem development project to proceed despite Steven's warning that the gem was strange and powerful.
• In Meteor Village beneath Meteor Falls, Wally trained his Altaria and Flygon and told Elder Zhenya he wanted to keep training rather than go aboveground with Zinnia.

Gary explored Meteor Falls and found a tough, hungry Gible that evolved into Gabite after Sceptile struck it. He recruited Gabite by having it fight Weavile and promising it plenty of food, then set his sights on helping it become Champion-level.

• Gary entered Meteor Falls with Electivire, Blaziken, and Sceptile, and Electivire lit the way through the cavern.
• A Gible sprang from the ground and attacked Gary, who discovered it had exceptional potential and offered it a Ganlon Berry Pokéblock.
• Gible tried to snatch the food, and Sceptile knocked it into a rock wall; the impact triggered Gible's evolution into Gabite.
• Gabite demanded more food, so Gary challenged it to defeat Weavile in exchange for Pokéblocks.
• Weavile defeated Gabite with Triple Axel, and Gary offered it a choice between joining him for regular meals or keeping the Pokéblocks; Gabite entered the Poké Ball willingly.
• Gary treated Gabite's injuries and promised it all the food it wanted, and Gabite decided to become a Champion.

Gary descended into the hidden world beneath Meteor Falls, where he encountered the Draconids of Meteor Village. After Wally and High Priestess Granny Xijiana stopped a fight between Gary and the village elders, they invited him to dinner, where he noticed a mural and inscription about Rayquaza and Dragon Ascent.

• Gary found a fissure marked by Dragon Saliva Grass and descended into an underground world with Metagross.
• Three Flygon attacked Gary, and Weavile and Blastoise fought them until Draconid elders arrived.
• Gary introduced himself to Grand Elder Zhenya, who challenged him to leave; both sides prepared their powerful Pokémon for a battle.
• Wally arrived with Granny Xijiana, who stopped the confrontation and scolded Zhenya and the other elders for picking a fight.
• Granny Xijiana invited Gary and Wally to dinner, and Gary noticed a mural of Rayquaza and Salamence beside an inscription reading Dragon Ascent.