History Timeline / PokemonResetBloodlines

* Agatha and her younger brother Tony are traversing [[TheLostWoods Drowning Woods]]. [[CatapultNightmare Agatha wakes up violently from a nightmare.]]

!!!Black Rose Tournament Interlude

!!!Steven Interlude Chapter Three: Sometime after the first Holiday Special, possibly in Year Two.

[[folder:Before The Events Of The Main Story]]
!!Ancient History
!!!Koga & Janine Gaiden
* Koga's ancestors [[{{Teleportation}} Obito the Teleporter]] and Feng of the Beedrill fight during the Second Ninja Wars.
* Obito dies without siring any children. Feng's lineage will continue up to the present day. Her Key Stone and Beedrillite are kept within the family shrine, only to be used in times of dire need.

!!!Jeanette Interlude
* Utsubotto Fisher, a Victreebel Bloodliner, wins many battles with his unparalleled knowledge of the Victreebel family for the era.
* He marries and establishes the Fisher Clan.
* Utsubotto sired one child, who isn't a Bloodliner like he is. Utsubotto dies to illness before he could have more children.

!!!Main Story
* AZ is born.
* King Kahele reigned in the Alola Region as a fair and beloved ruler, eventually passing on his title to his third eldest child. During this time island culture develops the Island Challenge and Totem Pokemon and Z-Crystals appear. He was eventually killed by Kamehameha, plunging the islands into civil war that became island vs island conflicts different from the earlier conflicts within islands that were common before Kahele. Eventually a descendant of Kamehameha takes over the entire island chain, becoming the first King of whom Acerola is a descendant.
* [[ThePlague The Dark Pestilence]] kills half the population of Kalos and nearby regions.
* Thousands of years ago, Sir Aaron conducts his research on Bloodliners, leading to Rota having the most complete and comprehensive information on Bloodliners by the present day.

!!!Sir Aaron & Lucario Gaiden
* Sir Aaron and his Lucario are exploring some ancient ruins, in search of answers about the fourth Bloodline type, Dominion.
* They accidentally trigger a device that warps them back into the past.
* While in the past:
** After falling on a huge plain, Lucario senses an army approaching. Using his aura sensory abilities, Aaron determines their commander is a Psychic-type bloodliner.
** Aaron and Lucario decide to approach the army, hoping they would have answers to where they are.
** Aaron recognizes the army's banner, which much to his shock, belongs to an army long gone in his time, and thus he deduces he's in the past.
** The soldiers attempt to threaten him, but Aaron manages to use his diplomatic skills to request to speak with their commander.
** The commander introduces himself as General [=DeEsper=]. Aaron recognizes his name as one of the allies of Lord Avianus, the warlord who tried (and failed) to submit Rota by controlling the Legendary Birds.
** Asking if he's on his way to join with Lord Avianus, Aaron tries to forewarn [=DeEsper=] that the invasion to Rota is doomed to failure.
** [=DeEsper=] retorts that Lord Avianus has a secret weapon, but Aaron replies that not even with the Legendary Birds they will succeed.
** [=DeEsper=] is surprised that Aaron knows about this, and demands that he says how he knows. In response, Aaron reveals himself as a bloodliner as well.
** [=DeEsper=] is impressed, and decides to challenge Aaron to an honor duel, one-on-one. If Aaron wins, [=DeEsper=]'s army will retreat. If [=DeEsper=] wins, should Aaron survive, he'll be taken as prisoner of war. Having no other choices, Aaron agrees, but stipulates that no weapon may be used.
** [=DeEsper=] decides to set up the rules, including allowing the no weapons rule, and declaring that the battle continues until one yields or dies.
** The duel starts. When Aaron begins to gain the upper hand, [=DeEsper=]'s Alakazam attempts to interfere, but Lucario stops him.
** As they continue their duel, [=DeEsper=] sets up a Future Sight attack. Then, [[BeamOWar he uses a super-powered psychic blast, which Aaron counters with Dark Pulse]].
** Unable to push it back, Aaron jumps out of the way of the blast, and decides to engage [=DeEsper=] in close combat. [=DeEsper=], however, is too tired to continue after that attack.
** Aaron tries to get [=DeEsper=] to yield, but then, the Future Sight attack activates. Much to Aaron's shock, it wasn't meant for him, but for ''Lucario''.
** [=DeEsper=] points out that he demanded no one would interfere in his duel with Aaron, [[ExactWords but never said anything about him interfering in Lucario and Alakazam's battle.]]
** Aaron pushes Lucario out of the way, and [[TakingTheBullet takes the Future Sight attack for him.]]
** Declaring himself the winner, [=DeEsper=] orders his men to aprehend Aaron.
** Lucario is ready to defend his master, even if he knows he can't win, but suddenly, a Celebi shows up and rescues them before the soldiers attack them, warping them back to their own time.
* Back in his proper time, while comatose, Aaron experiences visions of a distant future, mostly about bloodliners increasing in numbers, arising conflics, and a boy who looks a lot like him, even displaying similar abilities.
* Lucario uses [[HealingHands Heal Pulse]] until Aaron wakes up, noticing they're back at the ruins they were exploring before. Celebi then speaks to him.
* Celebi reveals that the answers Aaron was looking for are not here, and that he was not even supposed to be here, because an entity who interfered with the flow of time sidetracked him from his path for its own amusement, thus prompting Celebi to rescue them.
* Aaron asks Celebi about the visions he had, which Celebi confirms that the boy he saw is indeed Aaron's descendant, and that his actions will eventually change the world, after he faces many harsh trials.
* Aaron doesn't understand, but Celebi assures that things will be clear in their next encounter, and advices him to continue his studies about Bloodliners, since his descendant will eventually need that knowledge as well, before teleporting away.
* Leaving the ruins, Aaron and Lucario see a Pidgeot flying towards them.
* The Pidgeot lands, and delivers a message for Aaron. Lucario deduces that it's from his lover, a young woman named Hanako from Kanto Village.
* After reading the message, Aaron and Lucario hop onto Pidgeot's back and fly to Kanto Village, the former saying that his lover needs him by her side.

!!!Sir Aaron & Lucario Gaiden: Several years after
* Aaron and Lucario visit the Tree of Beginning's main root after another encounter with Celebi, who finally gave them answers.
* Celebi and the Mew who lives in the tree have a plan for Aaron to help his heir in the future, but it involves sealing Lucario inside a staff, and imbuing the tree with a portion of Aaron's spirit so that when the heir sets foot in Rota, the tree will sense it.
* Despite his doubts, both Aaron and Lucario ultimately agree to it, bidding each other farewell.
* After Lucario is sealed inside the staff, Aaron goes to deliver it to Lady Rin so it's kept safe until the time comes.

!!!Holiday Special 2017
* [[TemporalParadox Tobias and Clembot accidentally created Christmas]].

!!Seventy-Two Years Ago
!!!Clair Interlude
* Drayden is born.

!!Sixty-Nine Years Ago
!!!Blaine Interlude
* Blaine is born.

!!Sixty-Eight Years Ago
!!!Argenta Interlude
* Argenta is born.

!!Sixty-Six Years Ago
!!!Laramie Gaiden
* Leeroy Laramie is born.

!!Fifty-Four Years Ago
!!!Blaine Interlude
* Several years later, Blaine becomes a trainer prior to the beginning of the Oak era.
* At some point, Blaine becomes lost for several days in the caves of the Indigo Victory Road. He is saved by the Legendary Fire Bird Pokémon, Moltres, and this inspires him to become a [[PlayingWithFire Fire-type specialist]].

!!Forty-Two Years Ago
!!!Laramie Gaiden
* Encouraged by his mother, Leeroy Laramie enlists to serve in the Trainer-Ranger war.
* He is assigned to the KLS Aqua battleship, under the command of Admiral Aves. He quickly befriends his new crewmates, Ronse and Tatsumi.
* After asking what kind of person is Admiral Aves, Ronse and Tatsumi tell him that he and his [[SuperMode Mega Pidgeot]] have brought countless victories for the crew. Afterwards they turn in for the night.
* Several months later, Leeroy, while in lookout duty, spots a Ranger battleship in the distance and relays it to the rest of the crew. Admiral Aves calls everyone to battle stations.
* In the midst of the crossfire, a roar alerts the crews of both ships, and a school of Gyarados shows up. Some of them were wounded and are ''not'' happy for this.
* Both ships abandon hostilities to try and escape, but the Gyarados' ferocious attacks wounds and kills many, including Tatsumi. Ronse forcibly takes Leeroy to a lifeboat, along with other crewmates and Admiral Aves.
* They try to escape, but one of the Gyarados notices them and follows.
* Seeing that they have no choice but to fight, Admiral Aves calls and Mega Evolves his Pidgeot, ordering his men to escape without them.
* One of the Gyarados [[WeatherOfWar summons a Rain Dance]], bringing out a storm that shakes the lifeboat, and then a tidal wave swallows it, with everyone on board.
* Leeroy wakes up stranded on beach. He breaks down as he realizes that he was the [[SoleSurvivor only one to survive.]]
* Another human voice calls, and Leeroy briefly feels joy to know there's another survivor. Much to his chagrin, it's not one of his crewmates, but a Ranger.
* The two attempt to kill one another, but end up knocked out due to the evident fatigue.
* After they wake up again, [[TeethClenchedTeamwork they grudgingly agree to a truce to survive]]. The Ranger introduces himself as Jenkins Jackrum.
* For the next months, the two make use of their survival training. Jenkins tries to use his styler to capture a Pidgeot, but it breaks the disc rendering the device inoperable. Leeroy mocks him for it.

!!Forty-One Years Ago
!!!Laramie Gaiden
* One year after they first met, Leeroy is almost at his limit in tolerating his time with Jenkins. He attempts to capture a Rapidash but is attacked by Jenkins. [[RageBreakingPoint Letting a year's worth of frustration overwhelm him]], Leeroy strikes back.
* The fight takes both of them back to the beach, where they attempt to kill each other, but are stopped when [[NotSoDifferent each says that they'll do what's right for Pokemon]].
* One month after their fight, Leeroy begins fixing things by asking Jenkins why Rangers use Capture Stylers. He explains it's how they apply their teachings of "Living in Harmony with Pokemon".
* Jenkins in turn asks why Trainers uses Pokeballs. Admitting he never thought about it, Leeroy concludes it's because people and Pokemon can grow stronger together. Jenkins accepts that as long as the Pokemon chooses that life, saying that's how Rangers earn their Partner Pokemon. Leeroy agrees to that.
* Suddenly, the Rapidash from before makes its presence known. [[MeaningfulLook Sharing an understanding with Jenkins,]] Leeroy rolls his Pokeball to Rapidash. Rapidash chooses to tap the Pokeball, and allows itself to be captured.
* The next day, Jenkins leads the search for the Pidgeot he wants to befriend. Finding the Pidgeot, it takes them to the remains of Admiral Aves and his Pidgeot. After taking the Key Stone and Pidgeotite, the group buries them.
* Leeroy teaches Jenkins about Mega Evolution. [[InstantExpert He successfully Mega-Evolves Pidgeot immediately]]. After returning Rapidash, Leeroy, Jenkins and Pidgeot leave the island.
* Finding and Alolan Ship, Leeroy and Jenkins land. They learn from the captain that the Trainer-Ranger wars ended while they were gone. They also learn of the laws that would prevent them from associating with one another.
* Several weeks later, Leeroy and Jenkins return home, never to see each other again.

!!Forty Years Ago
!!!Twenty Gyarados Bill Gaiden
* Bill is working as a fishing boat crewmen in Johto and is ridiculed by his colleagues and boss as a nobody. He is given a Magikarp as a mocking gift.
* Bill remembers [[MagikarpPower Magikarp evolves into Gyarados]].
* Bill begins his quest for [[{{Revenge}} vengeance]].
* He recruits nineteen other Magikarp and begins training. He names them [[NumericalThemeNaming First, Second and so on]].
* While training, he finds a [[SuperMode Gyaradosite]].

!!Thirty-Nine Years Ago
!!!Twenty Gyarados Bill Gaiden
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge begins on the anniversary of when Bill met his first Magikarp, starting with [[WhosLaughingNow murdering his crew mates and boss]].
* Bill and his Gyarados destroy coastal settlement after coastal settlement, becomes known as [[RedBaron Twenty]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Gyarados]] [[TomTheDarkLord Bill]].
* Military, led by General Javelin, with support from Elite Four Denki Tekina, confront Bill and his Twenty Gyarados at Goldenrod City.
* [[BigBadassBattleSequence During the ensuing battle]]:
** Javelin attempts to Mega-Evolve his Ampharos. Bill has First Giga Impact it and steals Javelin's Key Stone. He succeeds in Mega-Evolving First.
** Denki's Electrode sets off an Explosion in Seventh's mouth after being thrown there by one of Javelin's Dragonite, killing it. In revenge, Sixteenth uses Earthquake on Electrode, killing it.
** Second is killed by soldiers firing rockets at it while it's down. Eighth and Fifteenth were angered and attempts to kill them. Denki's Magnezone shields them, with Javelin's second Dragonite helping the soldiers escape. [[KillItWithFire Magnezone dies from Eighth's and Fifteenth's Flamethrower attacks]].
** Javelin and his Charizard and Aerodactyl find Ampharos, dead. They recover the Ampharosite and fly straight back to Denki and his own Ampharos.
** Denki's Raichu, Electivire and Jolteon as well as Javelin's third Dragonite, and the soldiers they were with, took advantage of Raichu's Static to defeat Third, Fourth, Ninth, Thirteenth, Seventeenth and Twentieth. The remaining surviving Gyarados all surround them and kill them all. Two of the surrounding Gyarados died when [[DefiantToTheEnd Denki's and Javelin's Pokemon and the soldiers fight to the end]].
** Javelin reaches Denki, and Denki learns all his other Pokemon were killed, [[HeroicBSOD shocking him]]. Javelin snaps him out of it and gives his and Ampharos the Ampharosite and a spare Key Stone. He also contacts his soldiers and gives the order to lure the surviving Gyarados into the trap they prepared earlier. Denki [[SuperMode Mega-Evolves Ampharos]].
** Javelin's soldiers succeed in luring all the remaining Gyarados besides First into their trap, killing them.
** [[BeamOWar Firing Hyper Beam at each other]], the final battle results in a MutualKill for Bill, First, Denki and Ampharos.
* People are glad Bill has died, while mourning all those Bill has killed.
* At a T.A.T.O. summit, representatives accepted Professor Oak's proposal of placing a limit on the number of active Pokemon a Trainer may have, and Javelin's proposal of making the limit six [[DueToTheDead in honour of Denki]].

!!Thirty-Three Years Ago
!!!Main Story
* Delia is born.

!!Thirty-Two Years Ago
!!!Johanna Gaiden
* Johanna is born.

!!Thirty Years Ago
!!!Lorelei Gaiden
* Frey is born.

!!Twenty-Nine Years Ago
!!!Lorelei Gaiden
* Lorelei is born.

!!Twenty-Seven Years Ago
!!!Mars Gaiden
* Cyrus is born.

!!Twenty-Six Years Ago
!!!Clair Interlude
* Lance is born.

!!Twenty-Five Years Ago
!!!Happy Birthday, Ash!
* Daisy Oak is born.

!!Twenty-Four Years Ago
!!!Black Arachnid Gaiden
* Neko Hachi and Ito Jenny are born.

!!Twenty-Two Years Ago
!!!Skyla Gaiden
* Skyla is born.

!!!Sabrina Gaiden
* Sabrina is born.

!!Twenty-One Years Ago
!!!Clair Interlude
* Clair is born.

!!!Lorelei Interlude
* Lorelei receives a Lapras stuffed doll for her eight birthday.

!!Twenty Years Ago
!!!Sabrina Gaiden
* Sabrina's mother dies of an unknown (at the time) disease.

!!!Mars Gaiden
* Mars is born.

!!Nineteen Years Ago
!!!Cynthia Gaiden
* Cynthia is born.

!!!Maylene Interlude
* Maylene is born.

!!!Brock & Lucy Gaiden
* Solidad is born.

!! Eighteen Years Ago
!!! Main Story
* Rainer, Pyro, and Sparky are born.
!!!Clair Interlude
* Whitney is born.

!!Seventeen Years Ago
!!!Koga & Janine Gaiden
* Janine is born.

!!!Wicke & Nephew Interlude
* Wicke and Pia attend a rave together. Pia and everyone else make fun of Wicke, prompting her to leave in embarrasment.
* Pia ends up having an one-night stand with a mysterious man.

!! Sixteen Years Ago
!!! Main Story
* Kiawe, Belladonna, Black Gaiman, John Archer, Vermell, and Astrid are born. [[BizarreBabyBoom The Bloodliner population begins to rapidly increase.]]

!!!Skyla Gaiden
* Betty Snyder and Jamie Oliver are born.

!!!Ultima Interlude
* Ciel is born.

!!!Lara Gaiden
* Lara, Hex and Dario are born.

!!!Wicke & Nephew Interlude
* Zilant is born

!!!Mars Gaiden
* Mars' parents die when their house collapses. She's taken in by her aunt and uncle.

!!!Lorelei Interlude
* Frey makes it to the Top 16 in the Indigo League.

!!Fifteen Years Ago
!!!Sho Interlude
* Shotaro Inazuma, AKA "Sho" is born.

!!!Ritchie Gaiden
* Ritchie is born.

!!!Happy Birthday, Ash!
* Delia's father dies of a stroke shortly before the birth of his grandson.
* May 22: Ash Ketchum is born.

!!! Main Story
* Misty, Iris, Anabel, Red, Gary, Paul, Serena, Clemont, Samurai, A.J, Elwood, Aideen, Joshua, Aurora, Otoshi, Jeanette, Frax, Velvet, Lillie, Mallow, Lana, and Sophocles are born.

!!!Ultima Interlude
* Fitzdane is born.
* Ultima is training at the beach of Two Island, when she spots a girl surfing on a Pokémon and getting caught in the whirlpools surrounding the island.
* The girl attempts to freeze them shooting [[FreezeRay Ice Beam]] attacks from her hands, but fails and ends up falling into the water, prompting Ultima to rescue her.
* Ultima takes the girl to her house to tend to her, but when she goes to get some food for her, upon returning she finds that she just grabbed her stuff and left.

!!!Lorelei Gaiden
* Lorelei receives her starter Pokémon from the local Daycare Center in Floe Island, a newly hatched Seel.
* Lorelei and her friend Frey go into Icefall Cave to find a Lapras for Lorelei.
* They encounter Krysta, who to their shock, is AnIcePerson.
* After a confrontation, Frey is injured. Lorelei manages to get him out of the cave and to the local clinic for medical attention.
* Lorelei encounters Krysta who apologises for what she did before explaining that she's an Ice-Heart Bloodliner.
* Krysta helps Lorelei capture a Lapras, before leaving.
* Lorelei promises not to tell anyone about Krysta and gets Frey to promise the same.

!!!Mars Gaiden
* Kibou is born.

!!!Luana Gaiden
* Luana practices double battles with her active Pokémon, her Marowak and Bellossom vs her Misdrevous and Alakazam, pondering on her plans to eventually become a Gym Leader of the Orange Crew.
* A trio formed by a Rhydon, Electabuzz and Lickitung approaches the beach. The Rhydon ponders on his past, how his family was taken from him and how he plans to make humans pay for it.
* The lifeguards approach them to try and solve this peacefully. The trio of Pokémon instead begin attacking, killing anybody who tries to stop them, until they set their sights on the Grand Liucheng Resort.
* Luana and their grandparents arrive to find the hotel has been set ablaze. Shocked at this, Luana resolves to find the ones responsible and punish them.
* Luana finds the Rhydon and his cohorts, and confronts them with her own Pokémon.
* During the Fight, Luana's Marowak attacks Lickitung with Bonemerang. Rhydon gets in the way, and the bone [[EyeScream hits directly into his eye.]]
* Checking for injuries on Electabuzz and Lickitung, Rhydon rips put the bone out of his eye socket along with his eye, which he [[{{autocannibalism}} eats]] to prevent his enemies from getting a trophy. He then whips up a Sandstorm to cover up his retreat and get away, carrying his knocked out teammates with him over the sea.
* Luana names the Rhydon "One Eye", in case he needs to be identified should he ever return or needs to be hunted down.
* A man suddenly appears behind Luana, commenting that he's impressed. Luana turns around, and notices the man is quite handsome.
* The man asks for a place to crash for the night, and Luana offers to show him. The man proceeds to introduce himself.
* At some point after these events, Travis is born.

!!!Holiday Special 2017
* Sapphire is born.
* One-Eye and his crash are sleeping together while One-Eye watches over an egg. Watching the human fireworks, he decides to attack the nearest human settlement in the morning.

!!!Lorelei Interlude
* Lorelei and Frey begin traveling through Kanto together.

!!! Clair Interlude
* Meliae and Grayson (Gray) Bebop are born

!!Fourteen Years Ago
!!!The Wild Boy From Sinnoh
* Hareta is born.

!!!Blaine Interlude
* Alish is born.

!!!Dude Gaiden
* Jimmy Ethan Gold is born.

!!!Holiday Special 2016
* Lorelei and Frey are traveling together through Kanto. On Christmas Eve, they stop at Saffron City for an event host by Silph Co to celebrate the holidays.
* Lorelei buys a muffler for Frey, to replace the one that got burned while training with his Charizard. Meanwhile, Frey buys a gold bracelet for Lorelei.
* Lorelei returns to the Pokémon Center for the Christmas event to meet up with Frey, and they exchange gifts.
* Upon noticing they're UnderTheMistletoe, Lorelei takes the initiative and kisses Frey.

!!!Mars Gaiden
* Kibou is left by a mysterious man by the doors of the local church in Mars' hometown. She's taken in by the local priest.

!!!Lorelei Interlude
* Lorelei and Frey compete together in the Indigo League, facing each other in the Top 16.
* Despite losing, Lorelei's Dewgong manages to cripple Frey's Charizard by injuring one of his wings, forcing him to sit out the next round.
* Frey loses in the Top 8.
* Afterwards, Lorelei and Frey decide to travel separately, but stay in touch with each other.

!!!Black Arachnid Gaiden
* Kumo Jenny, Ito Jenny's mother, lectures Neko Hachi for stealing an autograph that another kid had stolen, saying that he shouldn't take law in his own hands.
* Ito and Neko talk to each other. The former mentions how the latter always gets in trouble, but the latter replies that one time it turned out for the best, citing how he rescued his Meowth from an abusive woman named Kyatto.
* Neko reveals that the other reason he stole the autograph was because he wanted to use it as inspiration to make a name of himself. He and Ito [[ThePromise make a promise with each other to become famous one day.]]

!!Thirteen Years Ago
!!! Main Story
* May is born.

!!! Happy Birthday, Ash!
* Delia's mother dies, leaving her to run the family restaurant and raise Ash on her own.

!!!Johanna Gaiden
* Johanna's parents are dying and needs urgent medical attention.
* Johanna becomes especially determined to win the Sinnoh Grand Festival to use the prize money for her parents' surgeries, and manages to win against a Mega Medicham.
* [[ShootTheShaggyDog The surgeries weren't enough, and her parents died.]] Johanna suffers from financial difficulties.
* Johanna receives a call from someone representing a group called [=UTP=]. They offer to help Johanna with her monetary issues.

!!!The Wild Boy From Sinnoh
* Mitsumi is born.

!!!Looker Interlude
* Blake & Koya are born.

!!Twelve Years Ago
!!!Arnold Interlude
* Arnold & Laila are born.

!!!Skyla Gaiden
* On route to visit her grandfather, Miles, with her parents, Miles Jr. and Huuro, Skyla watches the Flying-type Pokemon of Unova in wonder and watched as they used the winds to their advantage. She decides to continue her grandfather's dream and become a gym leader to do it.
* They arrive at Miles' gym, where he tells Skyla about his latest challenger. After hearing it, Skyla asks about becoming the Gym Leader. Miles is happy about that, though his joy is lessened when he hears that Skyla is doing it to continue ''his'' dream.
* He gives Skyla a Ducklett as a starter, before taking her to the pond where he keeps his Ducklett and Swanna. The Swanna dance and Miles points out [[ChekhovsGunman his strongest Swanna]].
* That night, Miles talks to his son and daughter-in-law about Skyla's reasons for becoming the Gym Leader. Her parents decide that it has to be her grandfather who help her realise that she has to [[BeYourself be herself]] to be the best Gym Leader she could be.
* The next day, Miles takes Skyla to where he keeps his Woobat and Swoobat. There, one Woobat leaves a heart-shaped mark on Skyla, which Miles say is a symbol of good fortune.
* They later begin Skyla's battle training. Skyla shares her idea of Pokemon producing winds on the battlefield for their own advantage. Miles approves and they begin work on developing the move. They are unable to succeed before Skyla and her parents have to go back.

!!!Sabrina Gaiden
* In Turquoise Town, Sabrina discovers her psychic powers when she uses them to stop a ball from hitting her.
* Sabrina's father explains to her that she is a bloodliner, and [[ComesGreatResponsibility encourages her to use her powers to make the world a better place.]]
* Sabrina begins using her powers to help the townspeople, and they often reward her with gifts and tokens of gratitude. However, over time, the townspeople begin to rely too much on her, to the point they often call her for mundane tasks because they're too lazy to do them themselves.
* After a woman drags Sabrina into her house to help her with the cleaning, her father assures her that she shouldn't let people abuse her kindness.

!!Eleven Years Ago
!!!Falkner Gaiden
* An unknown individual rides their bike into the Celadon Department Store. [[NoodleIncident Somehow this ends with property damage in the millions and fourteen people hospitalized.]]

!!!Blaine Interlude
* Alish's parents die in a fire, so Blaine becomes her legal guardian.

!!!Skyla Gaiden
* Skyla's family visits her grandfather again. Her Ducklett evolved into Swanna during the year.
* Miles has Skyla handle a first-badge challenger. Before the battle begins, Miles asks if her answer to the question "Why do you want to become a gym leader?" Skyla responds it's still to continue his dream.
* The battle ends in a DoubleKnockout. Miles explains that in the event of a draw, the gym leader gets to decide whether or not the challenger gets the badge. Skyla decides he gets the badge.
* Skyla and Miles work together to develop the move Skyla spoke off, with the help of Miles' strongest Swanna.
** They start with teaching Skyla's Swanna to fly in turbulent winds.
** Skyla's Swanna is taught Hurricane. Skyla decides the move is to be named Wind Works.
** They make progress in modifying Hurricane into Wind Works. They perfect Wind Works after several days.

!!!Holiday Special 2017
* Lorelei and Frey go to a secluded location at Krysta's request. They find a frozen lake complete with Pokémon sculptures for them to use as a private ice rink.
* Watching from afar, [[ShipperOnDeck Krysta]] watches as an [[OlympusMons Articuno]] she befriended comes and makes it snow for them, wishing them a Merry Christmas and musing how they reunited her with her parents.
* Sapphire spends her Christmas with May and the rest of her family.

!!Ten Years Ago

!!!Main Story
* Iris gets her leg injured by a school of Basculin, taking one month to heal and properly use it again.

!!!Luana Gaiden
* Luana and five-year-old Travis play at the beach together, along with Alakazam and Marowak.

!!!Sabrina Gaiden
* Sabrina continues to use her powers to help the townspeople, but is now standing her ground. Still, she can't help but feel that people grow more and more dependent on her.
* Her father is called by the school principal in regards to an issue. On their way to school, they pass by a young trainer named Tommy, who continues to delay the start of his journey because he's too afraid to step up to the challenge.
* Sabrina's father notes that "You can never improve if you never push yourself". [[GoneHorriblyRight Sabrina agrees]].
* At school, the principal says Sabrina wrote an essay for her history class about Twenty Gyarados Bill, [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior whom she praises]] as "a shining example of self-improvement through hard work and determination", shocking her father.
* At home, Sabrina tries to justify herself by focusing on [[EvilVirtues Bill's positive traits]], but her father will have none of that, [[GoToYourRoom and sends her to her room.]]
* Sabrina becomes angry, not only at her father, but at everyone else in town, since they're too lazy to pursue greatness, and always content with doing the bare minimum effort. She decides that if the promise of achieving greatness doesn't motivate them, she will push them with the fear of losing everything.
* Sabrina begins using her powers to terrorize the town, choosing a random victim every day to cause them some kind of harm.
* When her father catches wind of this, he tries to stop her. In response, she hypnotizes him in order to force him leave the town.
* Others try to escape the town, only to run into her. Sabrina's reign of terror continues for a month.
* One day, Tommy, the bug-catching trainer appears to stand up and face her. Despite knowing he has no chance against her whatsoever, he decides to at least ''try'' to do something.
* Tommy brings in his strongest Pokémon, his Pinsir, and fights alongside him to try and stop her.
* When Sabrina realizes Tommy is actually trying to ''kill'' her, she pins him against a wall and almost kills him, but suddenly stops.
* Sabrina realizes that she was proven right in her theory: in terrorizing the town, she drove Tommy to stand up to her. For his courage, she decides to [[YouWillBeSpared spare his life and the rest of the townspeople's]], and teleports away, since she can't stand being in that town any longer. Tommy vows to become strong enough to rid the world of her one day.
* Tommy decides to sign up to become a Buster, to one day make Sabrina pay for her crimes.

!!!Lara Gaiden
* 6-year-old Lara, along with her parents and grandfather visit Rota, where they volunteer to groom Pokémon for an upcoming festival.
* Lara plays at an open field with the local Ponyta while her parents watch. Fuko and Larry note the Ponyta seem to accept her rather quickly, like the ones they have at home.
* Suddenly, Lara becomes covered in a burst of flames, causing Fuko and Larry to panic. As they rush towards her, they notice that, for some reason, she doesn't seem in pain or burning at all, even her clothes remain intact.
* After putting out the fire, soldiers from the Cameran Palace show up, and ask them to come along with them.
* That night, Lara waits in a guest room while her family talks to Lady Ilene. After a while, they enter to explain that she is a bloodliner.
* Lara is worried that she's a freak, [[GoodParents but her parents and grandfather quickly comfort her]], assuring her that, bloodliner or not, they still love her and that will never change.
* Larry points out that Lara's gift makes her special, since she can act as the bridge between humans and Pokémon to promote their philosophy of living in harmony, and Lady Ilene agrees.

!!!Maylene Interlude
* Fed up with the bullying all over town, Maylene knocks on the doors of the Veilstone Gym and asks Tanimoto-sensei to take her in as a disciple.

!!!Kangaskhan Kid Gaiden
* Tommy Marshall is born.

!!Nine Years Ago
!!!Cynthia Gaiden
* 10-year-old Cynthia and her Gible explore the Coronet Mountain Range to search for ruins.
* Cynthia unlocks the Kricketune temple.
* Cynthia and Gible find the Temple of the Brotherhood of the Medimen.
* Cynthia reflects on the [[WrongSideOfTheTracks state of her home town]].
* Cynthia and Gible meet Riolu, who tries to warn them of the Light Stone Temple.
* Cynthia and Gible encounter Riolu again, who tries to warn them about the Tomb of the Ice King.
* Cynthia, Gible and Riolu, who joined them permanently, find a Topaz Crystal.

!!!Sabrina Gaiden
* One year after Sabrina left, Turquoise Town is abandoned by its residents and becomes but a GhostTown, effectively erased from the maps.

!!Eight Years Ago
!!!Cynthia Gaiden
* Cynthia, Gible and Riolu use a Feebas to unlock a tomb.
* Cynthia, Gible and Riolu find the Adamant Orb.
* They find a Draconid funeral site.
* Cynthia, Gible and Riolu find and explore the Gracidea Sanctuary Ruins.
* In a tomb containing the spirits of 108 condemned criminals, Cynthia, Gible and Riolu encounter Professor Carolina and her team as well as the Spiritomb holding them captive.
* Cynthia frees them but is attacked by Spiritomb in turn. She is successfully saved.

!!!Looker Interlude
* On a mission, Looker and Nanu lose a colleague to Guzzlord.

!!!Blaine Interlude
* Blaine discovers that his granddaughter is a Fire Heart bloodliner when she involuntarily uses Overheat.

!!!Misty Gaiden
* While cleaning her house's attic, Misty finds a box containing an old TV Set, a VCR, and several videotapes with her grandmother's name. She begins watching them.
* Her mother comes and tells her to go clean up the pool instead of watching those videos. She reluctantly complies.
* While cleaning the pool's edge, she gets fed up of her treatment and throws a tantrum, accidentally slipping and falling into the pool.
* She starts to call for help, but no one seems to hear her, so she sinks and begins to drown.
* [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening Her bloodliner powers kick in]], [[SuperNotDrowningSkills and she starts breathing inside the water without problems.]]
* She finally gets out after several minutes, and confronts her parents and sisters. They are shocked, and quickly deduce she is a bloodliner.

!!!Mars Gaiden
* Mars' uncle and aunt throw her out of the house [[DisproportionateRetribution for forgetting to take the trash out.]]
* Mars meets up with her friend Kibou, who tells her of a powerful trainer she just met. The two discuss their dreams of becoming trainers one day and the Pokémon they'd like to have once they do.
* Kibou takes Mars to the local church, where the trainer is staying. The priest, who is tinkering with a Poké Ball to figure out its functioning, tells them the trainer is at the courtyard, and they also talk of an upcoming event, featuring a treasure from the Celestic Museum.
* Mars and Kibou head for the courtyard, where they find the trainer, who introduces himself as Cyrus.
* Mars recognizes Cyrus from seeing him in a tournament on TV a few years ago.
* Cyrus notes that now he travels around the world, searching for strong people, and asks Mars if she is strong.
* Mars doesn't reply, but Kibou tells Cyrus that she is very strong, and they'll both become trainers when they're older.
* Cyrus then glances at Mars, and quickly deduces that [[StepfordSmiler her smile is but a facade to hide her true feelings.]] Cyrus claims that to gain real strength, you shouldn't hide your feelings, but supress them altogether. This leaves Mars thinking about it.
* The following day, Mars is cleaning up the house for the event, and almost touches the orb while cleaning its glass cabinet, before being scolded by her aunt.
* As the event begins, Mars' uncle begins with a lengthy speech.
* Suddenly, the priest leaves his seat and begins walking to the orb, much to Kibou's shock, who tries to stop him.
* As soon as he makes contact with the orb, the priest begins screaming around and drops it, like having some kind of attack.
* Kibou tries to help him, but when she touches him, suddenly she electrocutes him, leaving him on the floor, and her hands begin giving off sparks.
* Everyone looks at Kibou in fear, but before Mars can do anything, Cyrus steps up and calms her down. He takes her and the priest back to the church, and tells everyone to continue the event.
* That night, Mars' aunt and uncle begin talking about what happened during the event, and begin to suspect that Kibou could be some kind of witch, since they've always felt something off with her.
* Mars suddenly drops a plate, shattering it, causing his aunt and uncle to beat her up and throw her out of the house again.
* She decides to go to the church, where she meets Cyrus, who offers to treat her wounds.
* Mars ends up telling Cyrus about her relatives' treatment of her, and how much she awaits for the day she and Kibou can leave this town.
* Cyrus then tells her that the world is a horrible place, filled with violence, lies and hypocrisy, and there are many like Mars' uncle and aunt.
* Mars wants to become strong and asks Cyrus to help her. Cyrus doesn't take pity on her, but does offer her a Poké Ball with a Bronzor he's been training for a few weeks, and she accepts. Cyrus then reveals he plans to leave town the next day.
* The next morning, Mars wakes up in the church, and Cyrus is gone. She goes to check on Kibou and the priest.
* The priest is having dreadful nightmares and Kibou doesn't know what to do. Mars offers to go get help for him.
* As she reaches her house, Mars overhears his aunt and uncle talking to the townspeople. Much to her shock, they're calling Kibou a witch [[TorchesAndPitchforks and plan to do something to her.]] As soon as they spot her, Mars flees to the church.
* Mars comes back and tells Kibou they have to leave the town immediately. Kibou doesn't want to leave the priest behind, but ultimately complies.
* The two girls escape, but end up getting lost, and they have to stop to rest after getting tired and hungry.
* A pack of Houndour suddenly attacks them, but inexplicably, Kibou manages to drive them off with a glare, leaving her and Mars confused.
* Suddenly, someone hits Kibou in the back of her head. Much to Mars' shock, it was her uncle carrying a club, who hit her so hard he actually ''killed'' her, much to his own and his wife's shock.
* [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Mars' uncle is worried that if the townspeople find out he killed a little girl]], [[ItsAllAboutMe it'll kill his reelection.]] [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit His wife suggests that they make up a story that the girl went berserk and killed Mars, so they had to avenge her.]]
* Mars is shocked that they want to kill her, and begins calling for help, even for Cyrus, but to no avail. As her aunt and uncle approach her, she finally snaps and decides to unleash the Bronzor Cyrus gave her on them.
* Mars has Bronzor use Psychic on his aunt and uncle to restrain them. Despite their cries of pain, she lets Bronzor continue until they're crushed to death.
* Cyrus then appears, and asks Mars if she regrets what she's done. She says that she doesn't, and breaks down into tears, declaring that she hates the entire world.
* Cyrus then reveals that he plans to create a new world, and asks Mars to come along with him. She accepts.
* Back at the church, the priest continues to have nightmares about an incoming great war, apparently triggered by his contact with the orb. [=MissingNo=] then appears before him.
* Mistaking him for a messenger from Arceus, the priest asks [=MissingNo=] how to get rid of those nightmares. [=MissingNo=] then calls the priest by his real name: William Stronger.

!!Six Years Ago
!!!Arnold Interlude
* Anna discovers Arnold is a [[AlwaysAccurateAttack Lock-On]] Bloodliner.

!!Five Years Ago
!!! Main Story
* Belladonna is thrown out by her mother after being seen kissing girls.
* Kanto's Bug-type Gym Leader is arrested for theft, and Erika takes over as the new Celadon Gym Leader.

!!!Misty Gaiden
* Misty is at the Cerulean Battle Club. Don George and Nurse Joy are impressed with her battling skills, commenting that, should she inherit the Gym, she could save it from being revoked.
* After leaving the Battle Club, Misty walks nearby the river north of Cerulean City.
* She spots a trio of kids harrassing a Magikarp, kicking it like a soccer ball. She quickly goes to confront them.
* The kids, despite being older, [[KnowWhenToFoldEm know that she's a very tough Pokémon battler, so they promptly retreat.]]
* Misty places the Magikarp back into the river. The Magikarp thanks her for helping him before swimming off.
** [[AndroclesLion This Magikarp would eventually become her future Gyarados.]]

!!!Jeanette Interlude
* Jeanette discovers she's a Bloodliner.
* Several months later, she reveals this to her parents, who ''celebrate'' the revelation.
* Her parents explain it's because her ancestor was himself a Victreebel Bloodliner, [[TheMagicComesBack and they were hoping for his Bloodline to resurface]].
* When Jeanette reveals her concerns at other people finding out, [[GoodParents her parents comfort her]].

!!!Joey Interlude
* Joey won a prize. That prize is being able to appear as a special guest in DJ Mary's and Professor Oak's radio show. While on air, he declared his Rattata is the top-percentage of all Rattata.
* Joey becomes a MemeticMutation, and people begin mocking him.

!!!Dude Gaiden
* The Dude is waiting on Route 29, for someone to appear so he can pass on the knowledge of his art in catching Pokémon.
* A local boy from New Bark, Jimmy Ethan Gold comes on a skateboard. The Dude tries to ask him if he'd like to be taught how to catch Pokémon. Jimmy is in a hurry to buy groceries in Cherrygrove and continues without stopping, much to the Dude's chagrin.
* The Dude visits his grandfather, the Old Man, in Viridian City. After talking about his problems, the Old Man convinces his grandson to take a vacation to Cinnabar Island.
* At Cinnabar Island, the Dude begins to pace from one end of the shore to another, trying to think about how to solve his problems.
* [=MissingNo=] appears in front of him.
* [=MissingNo=] begins to rant to the Dude about how things aren't going as expected in this new timeline, especially how many [[CharacterOfTheDay Characters Of The Day]] have gone [[AscendedExtra on to have their own adventures.]]
* The Dude replies that everyone is special in their own way and they have their stories, so [=MissingNo=] is nobody to judge them.
* [=MissingNo=] then [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asks if the Dude has something exciting or worth living for.]] The Dude resolves to find something, and [=MissingNo=] decides to keep an eye on him.
* Over the next months, the Dude goes on many adventures:
** He helps Casey Snagem's daughters when they are attacked by a vicious Rattata.
** He helps a girl and her father catch a legendary: a Mini-Arcanine.
** He gets stranded on an island after a Gyarados wrecks his boat, and tries to catch a Pidgeot to escape.
** He encounters in a cave a young Splash Bloodliner named Placido Walters.
** He breaks into a house of a man attacking a child... until he sees the man is just teaching math to the boy, so he leaves.
** He takes part in a Catching Tournament... until he sees it's for criminals and the winner is the one who steals more Pokémon from the others.
** He saves a girl from a Rocket Grunt trying to mug her.
* After his adventures, the Dude finds himself atop Mr. Mortar, still unsure about what to do.
* He finds a girl who is trying to kick Poké Balls into a madeshift circle, and has her arms tied to her back in a madeshift cast.
* The Dude approaches her, and she explains that she came to train her aim in catching Pokémon, but she fell and injured her arms.
* The Dude then offers to train her, and she accepts. She introduces herself as Marina Crystal.
* One month later, the Dude has passed all of his knowledge to Marina, who then goes her own way.
* The Dude returns home, and meets [=MissingNo=] again, who is not amused upon seeing the Dude found something worthwhile after all and is satisfied. [=MissingNo=] leaves.
* The Dude spots Jimmy coming out of town again, and tries to approach him. Jimmy is still not interested.

!!!Falkner Gaiden
* Falkner goes on a journey to try and capture Flying-type legendaries.
* He meets up with Satsuki of the Kimono Dancers, who introduces him to Koji.
* After passing Koji's test, he gives Falkner the Rainbow Wing so Falkner can search for Ho-oh.
* With the Rainbow Wing, Falkner encounters Ho-oh on Mount Silver, and challenges it to a battle.
* [[CurbStompBattle He loses badly, and wakes up four days later at the Pokemon Center]].

!!!Ritchie Gaiden
* Ritchie and his mother Regina are on a vacation aboard a cruiser through the Sevii Islands.
* A large Gyarados appears to block the ship's path, but an older trainer named Silver comes up and with his Salamence defeats it, even catching it for himself as a trophy.
* Ritchie becomes impressed, and Silver reveals that he plans to fight Moltres when they get to One Island.
* After docking in One Island, Ritchie sneaks away and follows Silver to see his battle against Moltres.
* Salamence fights Moltres to a standstill, but a stray attack hits close to where Ritchie is watching, endangering him.
* Silver spots Ritchie and abandons the battle to ride on his Salamence to rescue him.
* Moltres blasts a boulder about to crush them, and then leaves, [[WorthyOpponent silently promising Silver to end the battle another day.]]
* Silver takes Ritchie to his mother, [[AngerBornOfWorry who is angry that he sneaked away like that, but relieved that he's safe.]] She thanks Silver for saving him, and tells him that if he stops by Frodomar City one day, she'd be happy to show him her gratitude.
* After returning home, Regina grounds Ritchie for two months as punishment.

!!!Holiday Special 2017
* Tsurugi and Katana moved to Crimson City in time for the annual Fisher Clan Christmas party after Tsurugi's father's death, whom they killed in self-defence after he discovered they were Bloodliners.

!!Four Years Ago
!!!Lorelei Interlude
* Lorelei and Frey face each other for an Elite Four slot. Lorelei barely wins.
* Despite losing, Frey

* Despite losing, Frey's performance impresses Lance, then an Elite Four member, enough to convince Lorelei to get them both in contact.
* Lance recruits Frey for the Pokémon G-Men.

!!!Black Arachnid Gaiden
* Neko Hachi and Ito Jenny reminisce about their childhood, and the promise they made. Ito says she doesn't believe they're able to keep it.
* Unknown to them, Sabrina overhears their conversation, and goes to Neko's house to wait for him.
* Neko meets Sabrina in front of his house. Despite having some suspicions, he lets her in.
* Sabrina talks to Neko about her dream to make the world full of amazing people rather than mediocre ones. Neko believes that a nobody like him wouldn't be able to amount to anything.
* Sabrina brings up the story of Twenty Gyarados Bill. Neko is horrified, but Sabrina points out that [[FromNobodyToNightmare he too started as a nobody and left a mark in history because he tried.]] She then asks what's stopping Neko from doing the same, and Neko realizes it's his own inaction.
* Sabrina leaves, and Neko ponders on her words. He decides that he will do as Bill did and gain FameThroughInfamy, albeit not as a murderer, but as a master thief, only targeting people who deserve it.
* Afterwards, he realizes that Sabrina called him by his full name, [[INeverSaidItWasPoison but he never mentioned his surname in his conversation with Ito]], wondering how she knew it.
* Neko and Meowth begin training in the Battle Club, seeking to develop athletic skills for the former and break the move limit to have a wider arsenal for the latter.
* Neko has a battle with Elizabeth Snyder, with her daughter Betty watching. Neko's Meowth defeats Elizabeth's Galvantula by revealing his two extra moves.
* Betty and Elizabeth are impressed, and the former is surprised that Neko doesn't have any badges. Elizabeth mentions that not all trainers without gym badges are weak, reminding her of the Non-Traveling Protocol.
* Before Elizabeth leaves, Neko recognizes her as the supermodel Electra, and asks her for an autograph for inspiration, as he too wants to become famous one day. Elizabeth accepts.
* Neko decides to befriend a teleporter, and thus goes to find an Abra in Route 34, to help establish TheAlibi. To avoid suspicion, he chooses not to put it in a Poké Ball.

!!Three Years Ago
!!!Sho Interlude
* Sho is taken by his parents to watch the Pokémon World Tournament hosted in Sinnoh.
* In the semifinals, Volkner fights against Clay. Volkner wins.
* In the finals, Volkner fights Elesa and wins, getting the Gym Leader Cup for himself.
* Inspired by this match, Sho decides to become an [[ShockAndAwe Electric-type specialist]] when he gets his trainer license.

!!!Georgia Gaiden
* A SerialKiller becomes known to Unovan authorities, and is nicknamed "The Reaper".
* Victims include Georgia's parents. However, in his failed attempt to kill Georgia, he loses a knife, which Georgia uses to cut him and draw blood, providing the authorities the means to identify him.
* The Reaper's identity is revealed to be Eric Knudsen, Ghost-type gym leader of Striaton City.
* Eric Knudsen's gym is raided by Busters and SWAT teams. He is successfully arrested.
* Georgia gains motivation to become a Buster.

!!!Black Arachnid Gaiden
* On the anniversary of his conversation with Ito, Neko and his Pokémon get ready for their first heist. They plan to steal an autograph from Pallet Oak in the Florando City Museum and expose the curator for his ties with Team Rocket.
* With Abra in wait, Neko and Meowth successfully sneak in after knocking out a guard and took the autograph, leaving behind the evidence to expose the curator as well as a CallingCard with a black spider.
* The alarms get triggered, and more guards come in. Neko and Meowth manage to slip away without much trouble, using Pay Day to distract them, and meeting with Abra to teleport back home.
* The next morning, Ito listens to DJ Mary's radio show, where she talks about last night's heist. She recognizes the thief's m.o. as the same as Neko's. The thief is named "the Black Arachnid" after the CallingCard he left behind.
* Before going to work, Ito decides to ask Neko what he knows about last night's heist. Neko dodges the question, which only raises Ito's suspicion even more.
* Ito goes to talk to her mother, who is now the local Police Chief. Kumo tells Ito that Neko has an alibi for last night and thus he cannot be the culprit. However, this doesn't ease Ito's worries, and she decides to sign up for more training in case the Black Arachnid comes to their city.

!!!Clemont Gaiden
* Meyer gives Clemont a Shinx for his eleventh birthday.

!!!Black Arachnid Gaiden
* The now christened Black Arachnid jumps from rooftop to rooftop in Alto Mare, approaching his next target, Kagemori Yosei. He's planning to steal the Books of Zeref from his personal collection in his mansion and expose [[AbusiveParents his abuse of his daughter Kira]].
* During the break in, the guards witness Kagemori throwing a sword at his daughter just for coming in. As they reprimand him, the Black Arachnid tells them Kagemori has a long history of abuse with his daughter and makes his escape. The guards decide that it's more important to apprehend Kagemori than chasing after the Black Arachnid.
* The next morning, Kumo and Ito listen to another DJ Mary interview, and how Kagemori was exposed by the Black Arachnid. Despite the alibis, Ito still believes Neko has something to do with it.

!!!Ritchie Gaiden
* One day after school, Ritchie goes to the restaurant where his mother works to eat something.
* The place is full, so he goes to ask for a seat to a table occupied by a single man. Much to his surprise, it's Silver, the same trainer he met two years ago.
* A bald man tries to pick trouble with Ritchie's mother when she accidentally spills some coffee. Silver intervenes.
* The bald man first tries to pick a fight with Silver, [[OhCrap but when the latter reveals his height and comes up to him]], [[KnowWhenToFoldEm he wises up and decides not to push his luck.]] After finishing his meal, he leaves.
* Silver apologizes for causing trouble, and offers to treat Ritchie to whatever he wants to eat. Regina tries to tell him it's not necessary, but Silver insists, [[TemptingFate claiming that Ritchie couldn't eat more than him anyway.]]
* [[WhamShot Much to Silver's shock]], [[BigEater Ritchie ends up eating almost twice as much as him.]]

!!!Black Arachnid Gaiden
* The Black Arachnid commits heist after heist, and the police forces of several cities gather to discuss what they know and how to catch him.
* Some of the members question whether they should try to catch him, [[AssholeVictim since his targets are always people who deserve it]], comparing him to vigilantes like Gligarman or Blaziken Mask. Kumo Jenny, however, points out that the Black Arachnid commits his own crimes and thus ''has'' to be arrested.
* The officers discuss the possibility of someone getting targeted at the upcoming Denki Memorial Exhibit, as many important people are going to attend and perhaps there might be someone bad enough for the Black Arachnid.
* Neko and his Pokémon discuss their next target, Mahiro Harutaka, an executive from the insurance company Insuricare. [[CorruptCorporateExecutive They got a tip from an anonymous informant that Mahiro always tries to deny his customers their legitimate claims whenever they need insurance]], as well as that he has in his possession an amulet that once belonged to the King of Pokemopolis.
* Several weeks later, the Denki Memorial Exhibit is underway, with many important attendees, including the Fisher Clan from Kanto and the Blackthorn Dragon Clan.
* While Javelin Wataru delivers a speech about Denki Tekina, the Black Arachnid appears, exposing Harutaka with a recorded confession, and freely admitting that he's a criminal before making his getaway.
* Ito, who is among the police officers in the event, yells out "Kyatto is going to be released from jail!" to get a reaction from the Black Arachnid. It works, and her suspicions are confirmed.
* Ito confronts Neko, knowing it's him. When she asks him to turn himself in, he reminds her that as a police officer it's her job to catch criminals, basically daring her to try and catch him.
* Neko's Abra uses Protect to shield him from the attacks before they can catch him, and they eventually escape.
* Ito is upset at her friend being a criminal, but Kumo tries to comfort her, saying that something good is about to happen.
* Kaoruko Fisher offers to negotiate with Harutaka for the Pokémopolis amulet. Harutaka accepts, and [[HopeSpot allows himself to believe this is the end]].
* Jeanette finishes her call with the Fisher Clan's stockbroker, and reveals that the scandal has already wiped out half of Insuricare's value, and it's expected to go down further. With Harutaka exposed, Kaoruko declares that he and Insuricare have suffered reputational ruin, and that he'll end up in bankruptcy and even jail after being prosecuted.
* Back in Catallia City, Ito is still saddened for what happened, until her Spinarak brings her Neko's CallingCard along with a letter. It also has a map marking a location, presumably where he stored what he had stolen. The message says "I kept my promise, what about you?"
* Ito realizes that Neko did all of this for her, and vows to become the best police officer she can be to catch him one day, to honor their promise as well.
* Elsewhere, Neko and his Pokémon are resting after another successful heist. Sabrina appears before him, to congratulate him, before teleporting away.
* Neko notices that something seems off with her, but ultimately ignores it, satisfied with himself, as well as with inspiring his old friend to achieve greatness, before going to sleep.

!!!Holiday Special 2017
* Ritchie and Silver attempt to buy a Christmas-themed cooking book for Regina, but Regina is also at the store.

!!Two Years Ago
!!!Dakim Gaiden
* Fresh off winning an Ante Battle, Dakim demands more. A Cipher Peon named Skrub accepts.
* After the battle, Skrub offers to introduce Dakim to his boss, Nascour.
* Dakim and Nascour meet. They have a battle.
* Dakim is introduced to the power of Shadow Pokemon, and is [[BloodKnight delighted by it]].
* Nascour invites Dakim into Team Cipher. Dakim accepts.

!!!Holiday Special 2017
* In Cerulean City, the local Officer Jenny finds Misty standing alone outside of the cake shop, and offers to buy her some cake to cheer her up.
* In Catallia City, Ito Jenny comes back home after a failed operation to catch the Black Arachnid. She finds at home a Christmas present, a badge in the style of an official award, with a note from Neko congratulating her as "the best police officer in Catallia City".

!!!Main Story
* 14-years-old John Archer finds a female Ralts in a forest.

!!!Cipher Interlude
* Two young boys, Shawn and Jeff have a battle.
* After their battle, Shawn declares his intention to begin his journey in Orre, [[PathOfMostResistance saying it's more challenging than Unova's League]]. He ignores Jeff's protests that Orre is a [[WretchedHive crime-ridden hell hole]].

!!!Skyla Gaiden
* Miles begins having Skyla handle more and more of the gym challengers.
* Skyla's answer to the question "Why do you want to be a gym leader?" remains the same to Miles' disappointment.

!!!Gardenia Interlude
* Gardenia becomes Gym Leader of Eterna City.

!!!Brock & Lucy Gaiden
* Having exceeded the time to keep the Pewter Gym closed to mourn his parents' deaths, Brock reopens it. Unfortunately, he's unable to get his mind into it and he can't even defeat the easiest challengers.
* Going for a walk, he meets up with Solidad, who offers him a ticket for the upcoming [=SteelixCon=]. While he has his doubts, he ultimately decides to attend.
* At the [=SteelixCon=], Pike Queen Lucy is determined to find herself a date.
* Lucy spots Brock sitting on a bench, and decides to approach him. While he's reluctant at first, she manages to talk to him, and by listening to his issues, she actually makes him feel a little better.
* Brock is about to leave, but Lucy stops him, asking him to stay for a while longer, and arguing that she would enjoy his company. He ultimately accepts, and the two decide to enjoy the rest of the event together.
* Knowing that Lucy likes serpentine Pokémon, Brock offers to give her an Onix egg so she can have one for herself. They arrange to meet up the following day, and he even invites her to go for a meal somewhere. She accepts.
* A few days later, Lucy asks Brock if he has any plans for the weekend, and they arrange to have a date at the local indoor pool.
* While they take a rest, a guy tries to make advances on Lucy while Brock is away going to get their meal. After he doesn't take a "no" for an answer, she throws him into the water.
* [[OhCrap Lucy notices that Brock just saw what she did]], [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon and fears that's he's gonna dump her on the spot, like many other boys she dated before.]] Much to her surprise and relief, [[AmazonChaser he's actually]] ''[[AmazonChaser impressed]]''.
* While they eat their meal, the two share their troubles with one another. Upon learning that Brock will be in serious trouble if he doesn't improve his winning rate, Lucy offers to train him to get him back into shape.
* [[TrainingMontage Brock and Lucy spend the next two months training]], and she leaves shortly after to go back to the Battle Pike.
* Brock only has one month to improve his winning rate. The first challenger is a trainer named Chris, who comes for his sixth badge and expects an easy victory.
* Brock's Onix defeats Chris's Alakazam and Vaporeon, much to his shock.
* Chris calls in his strongest Pokémon, a Venusaur, who defeats Onix, but falls to Brock's Fire Fang-using Rhyhorn.
* Brock's Rhyhorn proceeds to defeat Chris's Nidoqueen, winning the match for Brock.
* Chris is shocked at his defeat, and Brock asks him to go out there and tell everyone that if they want a Boulder Badge, they'll have to work for it. Chris leaves in a huff.
* For the next two weeks, [[HesBack Brock manages to improve his winning rate, achieving a 93% of victories]].
* While having dinner with his siblings, they notice he's back to his former self. They mention Lucy, and begin asking him questions about her.
* Brock proposes to invite Lucy to come for dinner, but just when he's about to call her, she does it first.
* Lucy congratulates him on his winning record, and also tells him that she's stopping by Pewter in a few days if he wants to hang out. Brock takes the chance to tell her that his siblings want to meet her and asks her if she'd like to come for dinner at his house.

!!!Lara Gaiden
* The Laramies are at a community center imparting one of their chats to promote their philosophy of living in harmony with Pokémon. It's Lara's first time doing it, giving a presentation about Pokémon abuse and how to deal with it.
* Much to Lara's chagrin, Dario is among the atendees.
* After the presentation ends, a family of a father, Dex, and his son and daughter, Rex and Hex respectively, stay to talk to Lara's parents.
* Dex explains that Hex was traumatized by a Beedrill swarm and has been afraid of Pokémon since then, and they figured perhaps the Laramies could help her with it. Fuko and Larry gladly accept.
* Fuko suggests that Lara might be the perfect person to help Hex, since the two are around the same age. Lara accepts.
* The Laramies take Hex to their home, while Dex and Rex bid their goodbyes for now.
* The next morning, Lara takes Hex to the barn where they keep the Ponyta and Rapidash. Noticing how wary she is of the Pokémon, Lara asks her about the Beedrill attack.
* Hex finally reveals that her mother protected her, taking the worst of the Beedrill attacks, and died before the doctors could save her. Lara comforts her.
* Lara tries to assure Hex that, while some Pokémon can be scary, there are people who can be scary as well, citing Twenty Gyarados Bill as an example. But she also points out that, if there are heroes like Blaziken Mask and Gligarman among humans, there are also heroes among Pokémon, like Tapu Koko.
* While Hex seems a little less wary, she still doesn't feel quite ready to touch Pokémon. A cold breeze then passes through the barn's open doors causing Hex to shiver, giving Lara an idea.
* Recalling the time she learned she was a bloodliner, she decides to put it to practice, showing Hex her Flame Charge. Much to her surprise, Hex also reveals that she too is a bloodliner, who can use Shadow Claw.
* Slowly but surely, Hex begins to accept the Pokémon in the ranch, even enjoying their company.
* A few days later, Dex and Rex come to check on Hex. They're happy to see she's back to normal.
* The Laramies invite Hex's family to stay for the upcoming Pokémon Race, but they decline since they don't have Pokémon to ride.
* A comment from Lara makes Rex realize that she too is a bloodliner, and asks Hex if she already told her about it.
* Dex scolds his son for blurting this out, but Rex replies that if Lara is a bloodliner too, they're in good company. Lara confirms it by using Flame Charge.
* On the day of the Pokémon Race, Larry competes with his Rapidash and wins, while Lara and Hex watch with their families from the stands. Larry wins the race with a commanding lead.
* That night, at dinner, Lara expresses her excitement about competing in the race, so Larry announces that he's going to retire and Lara will take over for him the next year.
* Fuko is worried that Lara is still too young, but Lara assures her that in one year she'll be ready to race.
* Hex is unsure about competing too, but Lara offers to help her train, while Dex and Rex encourage her to accept.

!!A Year Ago
!!!Sho Interlude
* Sho's parents go separately to get him a starter Pokémon. His father catches him a Shinx, while mother gets him an egg that hatches into a Pichu with Volt Tackle. He decides to keep them both.

!!!Misty Gaiden
* With their parents' passing, the Cerulean Sisters are now in charge of the Gym.
* Daisy passes off a special permit for Misty, so she can start her Pokémon journey despite being under fifteen. Misty correctly assumes this is only a way to kick her out of their home without fear of getting into legal troubles.
* Realizing she's not welcome there, Misty ultimately accepts the permit and leaves the Gym.
* Misty goes to the Pokémon Center, where Nurse Joy listens to her woes. As a way to help her get started, Nurse Joy gives her a Water Stone, a Pokéball with a Wingull, and some money to get by for a few months. Misty thanks her, and promises to pay it back in full one day.
* As she leaves the city, Misty vows to return one day and restore the Cerulean Gym to its former glory.

!!!Georgia Gaiden
* Georgia joins a Buster Boot Camp to begin her training to become a Buster.

!!!Astrid Gaiden
* Astrid goes on her journey.
* She finds an abandoned village devastated by [[ThePlague Dark Pestilence]].
* Absol finds a Key Stone in said village.
* In the Kalos League, Astrid places in the top sixteen, losing to Vermell's [[SuperMode Mega Steelix]]. Vermell goes on to win the league.
* Astrid accepts Mabel's offer to train under her.

!!!Lara Gaiden
* Hex has begun working at the Big P Pokémon Ranch full time, her fear of Pokémon all but forgotten.
* Lara is getting ready to compete on her first race, and Larry brings his Rapidash for her to ride.
* Meanwhile Dario talks to his cronies, who are ready to set up the traps for the competitors.
* A few days later, the race is about to begin. Lara sees Dario approaching and tries to show some sportsmanship, but Dario refuses it.
* The race begins, and several accidents begin to happen thanks to Dario's traps. Every time, Dario takes the chance to get ahead and never stops to help the injured.
* At the halfway point, Dario loses his lead when [[CallForward his Dodrio's heads begin fighting over who gets to eat first]].
* A landslide occurs, gravely injuring many racers. Dario takes the chance to get ahead.
* Enraged, the uninjured racers tell Lara to continue and win the race while they help the others.
* Despite Dario's lead, Lara uses Rapidash's Flame Charge for a major speed boost.
* Dario almost reaches the finish line, but Lara manages to catch up and overtake him at the last possible second, winning the race.
* [[MoralMyopia Dario accuses Lara of cheating for using her father's Rapidash,]] to which Lara counters that unlike her, he didn't stop to help the injured racers, and still lost.
* Dario replies "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial all of that ain't [his] fault]]", which gets Lara suspicious, since she wasn't accusing him of that.
* Lara decides to leave, [[SoreLoser but Dario demands that the prize should be his.]] Enraged at his attitude, Lara tells him that next year they can race again, and she will use her own Pokémon.
* Dario keeps trying to pick a fight, but the other racers also show up to call him out, [[KnowWhenToFoldEm so he wisely decides to leave rather than facing everyone.]] He vows to make her pay next year.
* That night, Lara talks to Hex about what Dario said. Hex admits it's suspicious, but they have no proof to act. Still, they agree Dario must not be allowed to win the race, so Hex offers Lara to race herself next year and help her with it.

!!!Oak's Summer Camp Gaiden
* Grace enters a Rhyhorn Race Cup in Kanto. She places Serena in Oak's Summer Camp.
* Serena meets Ash, Elwood and Aideen.
* The four become friends, and Serena and Ash become close.
* Mr. Mime is already living in the Ketchum house and works helping in the Pallet House restaurant.
* Ash and Serena take part in a baseball match in opposing teams. Joshua is chosen as captain of Serena's team.
* Ash's team wins the match. [[SoreLoser Joshua becomes upset at losing, and plots to take revenge on Ash.]]
* During a Rhyhorn Race, Joshua tries to sabotage Ash, putting him and other people in danger. Without any proof, Ash was about to take the blame before [[TakingTheHeat Serena steps in and takes the fall]] so Ash is not expelled.
* Serena and Grace return to Kalos, although not before Serena and Ash decide to become pen pals to stay in touch with each other.
* Ash, Gary, Joshua, Elwood and Aideen take the final exam of the camp.
* [[CheatersNeverProsper Joshua is caught cheating, and is expelled]].

!!!Charmander Gaiden
* Charmander and Kaia begin their journey together.
* They encounter a Spearow, whom they defeat. And then, the rest of the Spearow's flock attacks them, forcing them to flee.
* Upon seeing Charmander at risk of serious injury, Kaia returns Charmander.

!!!Oak's Summer Camp Gaiden
* A couple weeks after the camp, Ash receives his first letter from Serena, and writes his reply.

!!!Koga & Janine Gaiden
* Koga reflects that his daughter is almost ready to succeed him as Gym Leader, and prepares himself to take a spot on the Elite Four and strengthen his clan.

!!!Charmander Gaiden
* Two weeks after the Spearow attack, Charmander is found by Nurse Joy. With Kaia nowhere to be seen, she was [[LegallyDead presumed dead]].
* Unbeknownst to them, Kaia was found, brought to a hospital, without any identification, and was blinded by the Spearow attack.
* Nurse Joy makes the arrangements for Charmander to be adopted.
* Charmander is taken in by Damian.
* He sets Charmander against his Nidoran. Though disappointed by Charmander's lack of strength, he decides Charmander has some promise.
* Damian orders Charmander to spend the night training, Charmander does so.
* The next morning, an exhausted Charmander is forced to battle, and loses as a result of the fatigue.
* Later, Charmander battles a Rattata, and when he loses, Damian saves him, annoyed that it came to that.

!!!Clemont Gaiden
* Professor Belmondo meets Meyer, offering Meyer anything to let Clemont work with the group Professor Belmondo is representing.
* Upon learning the group wants to develop anti-Ranger weapons, Meyer refuses to allow [[TechnologicalPacifist Clemont to build weapons of any kind]], no matter [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules how much he gets offered]].
* Professor Belmondo kidnaps Clemont.
* Clemont and Sphinx defeat the security robot after they recover.
* Donning his Blaziken Mask disguise, Meyer and Blaziken defeat the kidnappers.
* Professor Belmondo escapes and leaves his accomplices behind. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse The fate of his accomplices wasn't specified.]]
* Meyer resolves to be an even better superhero than before.
* Clemont begins seriously considering obtaining the position of Lumiose Gym Leader upon turning fifteen.

!!!Kangaskhan Kid Gaiden
* Tommy Marshall is reading a book about Pokémon in his room, until his mother comes in, asking him why he isn't dressed for the dinner his father is hosting.
* Ms. Marshall helps Tommy get dressed and fixes his hair to take him, while his father and the rest of the guests have already begun eating.
* Mr. Marshall notices how his son seems sad during the party, and feels he needs to do something about it.
* That night, Mr. Marshall discusses with his wife how Tommy seems to be sad lately, and wonder what they can do about it.
* Mr. Marshall pulls a few strings, to arrange a trip by an A.I.-piloted helicopter to the Kanto Safari Zone with his son, so he can enjoy some freedom in the wilderness with Pokémon.
* The trip goes well, and Tommy feels happy to be able to meet and play with many Pokémon, much to Mr. Marshall's joy.
* As the sun begins to set, Mr. Marshall decides it's time to return home. Tommy feels reluctant, but his father promises they will return one day, and reminds him they can't stay too long because it might be dangerous. Tommy finally agrees.
* Mr. Marshall accidentally kicks a baby Nidoran, who begins to cry. Trying to calm him down, the Nidoran cries louder and ends up alerting a giant Nidoking.
* Mr. Marshall, assuming the Nidoking is the Nidoran's father, tries to give it back, but that doesn't calm him down. Tommy recalls that [[PapaWolf hurting a Nidoking's offspring]] [[BerserkButton will result in them getting really angry.]]
* Mr. Marshall and Tommy begin running back to the helicopter, with the Nidoking chasing them. As he spots the helicopter, he commands the A.I. to "fly back home and don't stop".
* Mr. Marshall trips with a rock and falls, and the Nidoking almost catches up to him.
* Before the Nidoking can attack his father, Tommy throws a rock at him, [[EyeScream hitting him on the eye]] and distracting him long enough for his father to get back up and run to the helicopter.
* Mr. Marshall manages to get in, but Tommy doesn't make it, and the helicopter takes off without him.
* Mr. Marshall tries to reach for Tommy, but he can't. He commands the A.I. to go back down for Tommy, but the A.I. refuses, on the previous order of "[[ExactWords fly back home and don't stop]]". The helicopter leaves, and Mr. Marshall is unable to rescue his son.
* Tommy escapes the Nidoking, managing to get just a brief moment to rest. He tries to find a way out, but ends up injuring his leg.
* The Nidoking finds him again. When he's unable to run away anymore, he slips into unconsciousness. A Kangaskhan comes up and grabs him before the Nidoking can kill him.
* The Kangaskhan takes Tommy to her cave. She returns just after he wakes up, bringing some berries for him.
* After eating, Tommy tries to get back up and leave, but his injured leg, and Kangaskhan pointing to him that night is falling makes him reconsider it. He decides to stay there until he recovers, at least.
* Kangaskhan sings a lullaby for him, causing him to recall his own mother.
* The next morning, Tommy wakes up, expecting to be back in his home, but is still in the cave.
* Still hurt, Tommy tries to get out of the cave, but another Kangaskhan, one with a baby in her pouch, blocks his path.
* The new Kangaskhan tries to attack Tommy, but the Kangaskhan who saved him stops her.
* After that, the Kangaskhan who saved Tommy beckons him to get into her pouch. Since he still has his leg hurt and can't walk on his own very well, and he needs to explore the zone, he agrees.
* The two Kangaskhan leave the cave and begin to walk around the zone, meeting with many other of their kin feeding their young. Tommy takes the chance to see his surroundings, and his Kangaskhan begins to act very affectionately with him, helping him leave his worries aside.
* The days pass, and Tommy gets to know more about the Kangaskhan and many other Pokémon residing in the zone.
* The Kangaskhan mediate between an argument between the leader of a Tauros herd and a Farfetch'd wielding three leeks at once, who apparently beat up the whole herd.
* Suddenly, a roar alerts everyone, and a Nidoking appears. Tommy recongizes him as the one who attacked him and his father a few days ago.
* The Nidoking has everyone bow before him, except the Tauros leader, who tries to fight him. Unfortunately, the Nidoking is too strong and [[CurbStompBattle defeats Tauros with ease, crashing him into a tree]].
* The rest of the Pokémon begin handing to Nidoking the berries they've gathered. Nidoking takes them and leaves.
* Tommy can't stand this, and once Nidoking leaves, he jumps out of Kangaskhan's pouch. Recalling his father's words about humans being weak by nature, but beings smart enough to come out on top, he offers to help the Pokémon, but needs to learn more.
* [[TrainingMontage Tommy's training begins.]]
* As the days go by, Tommy trains with the local Pokémon, all the while watching how Nidoking continues to boss everyone around as he pleases. Even if they try to gang up on him, his offspring protect him.
* [[TrainingThePeacefulVillagers Tommy assembles all of the Pokémon in the Safari Zone, offering to help them train to defeat Nidoking once and for all. Much to his surprise, everyone listens in.]]

!!!Main Story
* John Archer goes on his journey throughout Hoenn.
* He encounters Zinnia who chases him off Draconid territory.
* His Pokemon team by the time he reaches the Hoenn League is Gardevoir, Ninjask, Shedinja, Probopass, Altaria and Flygon.
* John Archer reaches the Top 32 in the Ever Grande Conference, losing to Tyson.
* Sometime after, John Archer was smothered in his sleep and his Pokemon was stolen.
* The accomplice to John's murderer confessed he was told to do it by a man calling himself "Emissary".
* John's Pokemon end up with Felgrand.

!!!Kangaskhan Kid Gaiden
* Months after training, Tommy understands what he can and cannot do. He helps each different Pokémon to play up on their stronger points to they can play their role more effectively, regardless of how strong Nidoking might be. Over this time, Tommy has trained how to climb and jump from one tree to another, and has fashioned himself a [[BattleBoomerang boomerang to fight from a safe distance.]] During this time, he also learns that the reason his Kangaskhan doesn't have a baby is because she lost it because of Nidoking. Tommy becomes more determined to take him down.
* The day to finally end Nidoking's reign has arrived. Before they start, Tommy notices how [[AbusiveParents Nidoking eats his tribute and refuses to share it with his offspring, who have to make do with the leftovers.]]
* The group of monkey Pokémon begin the attack by pelting them with berries from the trees, [[IShallTauntYou and making gestures on Nidoking and his offspring to bring it]].
* Nidoking's offspring attempt Sludge Bomb attacks, only to end up trampled under the attacking Tauros.
* Nidoking attempts to use Earthquake, but several Chansey use Protect to counter it, and begin throwing him a barrage of Egg Bombs.
* As Nidoking tries to fend off his attackers, the other Pokémon begin attacking his children to prevent them from helping him. The Flying-types, led by the three-leeked Farfetch'd begin attacking him from above.
* Tommy tosses his boomerang at Nidoking and jumps down to confront him.
* As Tommy is about to finish Nidoking off, one of his Nidoran cries out, causing him to hesitate as he recalls what happened to him and his father. Nidoking takes the chance to attack Tommy by surprise, and demands that everyone surrenders or he'll kill Tommy.
* A Sucker Punch takes Nidoking down, and after Tommy is safe, all of the Pokémon jump on him to continue attacking.
* After he's finally down, Tommy realizes that [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he was about to become a monster just like Nidoking.]] He finally decides to let his Kangaskhan decide what to do with him.
* Kangaskhan readies a Mega Punch, but instead of finishing Nidoking off, she tells him to just go away and never return. Nidoking flees.
* The Safari Zone Pokémon celebrate their victory. Tommy offers to let Nidoking's offspring to stay with them, on the condition that they help everyone and don't cause any more trouble.
* The weeks pass, and peace returns to the Safari Zone. Tommy realizes that his thoughts about returning home have been left in the back of his mind [[AndThenWhat and he hadn't thought what he would do after defeating Nidoking.]]
* [[InterspeciesAdoption Realizing that he and his Kangaskhan have both a void to fill, they decide to fill it together, and Tommy offers to be her Kangaskhan kid for the time being]]. The two leave for home.

!!!Holiday Special 2016
* Belladonna, Aurora, Vedia and Evanna rob a department store, but not without having an impromptu fashion show in the middle of the robbery.

!!!Holiday Special 2017
* In Vaniville Town, Serena bakes cookies and prepares Christmas cards at home, including one for Ash. Grace arrives along with her niece, Yvonne or "Y" as she likes to be called. [[ShipperOnDeck Grace and Y tease Serena about Ash]].
* In Lumiose City, Clemont and his Luxio rest after some work on their latest project. Meyer brings them some chocolate and Pokémon food, and tells him that Bonnie has a surprise for him, [[OhNoNotAgain much to Clemont's shock]]. Going out of the house, Clemont finds Bonnie brough him a long line of attractive women for him to choose one to marry, and he faints.
* In Pallet Town, Ash and Delia prepare for the party at Pallet House. Ash receives Serena's postcard, and Daisy Oak comes to visit and bring a Christmas cake for the party.
* Georgia visits Marion and her fellow orphans at the OrphanageOfLove.
* The Safari Zone hold a Christmas celebration after Tommy explained the whole thing to them.

!!!Misty Gaiden
* Misty reflects on the months she's been traveling on her own, how she's been training to understand and master her bloodliner powers. While she's been doing mostly fine, sometimes she feels lonely.
* She hears some sniffing, and finds a Horsea in a small creek, beaten up and with a black eye.
* She learns that his trainer abandoned him for losing a battle, calling him useless. Misty decides to take him in, and he happily accepts.
* Two weeks later, she has an encounter with a Farfetch'd trainer who manages to make off with some of her supplies, including her fishing bait.
* She decides to use a box of doughnuts the thief dropped in his escape as substitute for bait for the time being.
* As she prepares to cast, her lure gets snagged into something, and a Psyduck flies off into the water along with it.
* [[SuperDrowningSkills The Psyduck is unable to swim for some reason]], so Misty has to dive in and save him. He quickly asks if she has more food for him.

!!!Kiawe Interlude
* Kiawe confronts a group of bikers dubbing themselves Team Catastrophe in front of the Pokemon School.
* He fights the Kanto originating biker gang, and when he is on the ropes he is given a hand by a pair of new students named Frax and Velvet Lono.

!!!Skyla Gaiden
* Skyla grows frustrated with her grandfather still being unwilling to hand the gym over to her, despite her taking on most of the work.
* She encounters Betty and Jamie. Betty is Electric-type specialist and challenges Skyla for the badge.
* Before the gym battle, Miles asks Betty why she chose to specialise in Electric-types. Her answer leads Skyla to realize she needed to [[BeYourself be herself]] instead of trying to be [[GenerationXerox too much like her grandfather]].
* The battle begins, and ends in a DoubleKnockout.
* [[MeaningfulEcho Skyla explains that in the event of a draw, the gym leader gets to decide whether or not the challenger gets the badge]]. She decides Betty gets the badge, and also gives her the instructions to teach her Emolga Wind Works.
* After Betty and Jamie leave, Miles asks Skyla "Why do you want to be a gym leader?" for the last time. Skyla answers that it's to pursue ''her own'' dream, rather than ''her grandfather's''.
* Happy with that answer, Miles officially hands the Mistralton Gym over to Skyla.

!!!Ritchie Gaiden
* Ritchie wakes up and prepares to go to the Pokémon Center for his final test to get his Pokémon trainer license.
* The final test is choosing a starter Pokémon and taking care of it for a week. If they do a good job, they'd be allowed to keep it and their license will be approved.
* Ritchie picks Charmander, while the other two trainers are busy bickering with each other over who gets to choose first.
* Back home, Ritchie shows his starter to Silver. Silver offers to train Charmander to learn a Dragon-type move.
* [[TrainingMontage With the help of Silver's Salamence, Ritchie's Charmander begins to learn Dragon Rage.]]
* Six days after, Ritchie continues the training on his own, with the help of Silver's Chikorita.
* While they're resting, a Pikachu comes up running away from a trainer whom Ritchie recognizes as Joshua. The Pikachu runs towards Ritchie and hides behind him for protection.
* Ritchie notices Joshua has a Thunderstone, and quickly deduces he was trying to force the Pikachu to evolve.
* Ritchie refuses to step aside and challenges Joshua to a Pokémon battle. The winner decides what to do with the Pikachu.
* The battle starts, Ritchie's Charmander vs Joshua's Spearow.
* Joshua attempts to attack Pikachu using Pursuit. Ritchie then has [[ChekhovsSkill Charmander use Dragon Rage]] to stop it.
* Joshua becomes enraged at losing and accuses Ritchie of cheating, and makes some comments about him and Silver. Before Ritchie can say anything else, he tosses Pikachu's Poké Ball and leaves in a huff.
* Ritchie asks Pikachu if he wants to come along with them, and he accepts.
* Days later, he talks with Silver about what happened, but Silver just shrugs it off, telling Ritchie that he shouldn't care about what others say.
* The two reminisce about the time they met, and Silver comments about his choices in names for his Pokémon, Sparky for his Pikachu, and Zippo for his Charmander.
* Regina comes and calls them to come down for dinner.

!!![[BirthdayEpisode Happy Birthday, Ash!]]
* Mid-to-late March: Daisy Oak wins the Kanto Grand Festival, and takes Gary for a small vacation to celebrate.
* May 21:
** Ash and Delia close the Pallet House restaurant early to start decorating for Ash's 15th Birthday party.
** When Ash goes to cancel the fee for the catering service they ordered, Delia ponders on how much Ash has grown over the past one and a half decade.
* May 22:
** Ash goes in the morning to kill time at a fishing spot, but the only thing he fishes is an old rusted Pokéball. He decides to keep it to himself anyway.
** While on his way to the restaurant, Ash runs into Professor Oak at the entrance of his lab. Oak wishes him a happy birthday, and Ash asks about the results of the Summer Camp exam. Oak simply says that he'll find out soon enough, and promises to go to his party later, after he's done with some paperwork.
** Ash returns to the restaurant, and finds out his mother decided to start the party early to surprise him. The celebration begins.
** During the party, Ash receives many gifts, including his Pokémon League Expo hat, and a muffler from Serena.
** The birthday cake is served, baked by Delia herself.
** At night, after the party, Ash goes out for a walk before going to sleep.
** At the river bank, he finds that Gary has returned. He approaches to talk to him for a bit.
** Gary explains that Daisy just came to drop him off and left, though not without asking him to wish Ash a happy birthday.
** Gary tells Ash that he took a peek to his grandfather's files while he was out, and found out that they were the only ones to score above 90% in the exam, although there was an average of 80%.
** Ash pulls out the Pokéball he fished that morning, and breaks it to give the red half to Gary. [[ThePromise He explains he wants him to keep it as a reminder of a promise, to eventually face each other as equals and see who's the strongest of the two.]]
** Gary accepts it, and the two exchange a fist-bump before leaving for their homes.

!!!Giselle Interlude
* Noland is teaching Giselle's class about how [[WeatherOfWar sunlight, rain, hail and sandstorm are used in battle]].
* Joe asks about other types of weather, citing how [[BlowYouAway Skyla developed a move to create windy weather in battle]] from a magazine article, though also noting it is not yet an officially recognized move.
* His classmates stare at him as if he was crazy.
* After class, Giselle talks to him, saying he can't use a move just because he read about it in a magazine, especially if it's not officially recognized.
* Joe asks about going beyond what they're taught in class.
* Giselle disapproves, saying he can't even master the traditional tactics.
* She offers to help Joe. He accepts.

!!!Main Story
* Betty Snyder takes the Top 4 of the Unova League, defeated by Black Gaiman the eventual Unova Champion of the year.

!!!Charmander Gaiden
* Damian releases Charmander so his Geodude could get some training.
* During the training Charmander collapses.
* At the Pokemon Centre, the Nurse Joy is shocked to learn that the last time Charmander was out of his Pokeball was six months ago, and scolds Damian for it, telling him that's why Charmander was weak and kept losing battles.
* Damian [[NeverMyFault scolds Charmander for not letting him know the reason why he was weak]].

!!!Misty Gaiden
* Misty encounters Damian, whom her Horsea recognizes as his former trainer. She decides to challenge him to a battle to give him a lesson.

!!!Charmander Gaiden
* Damian uses Charmander against Misty.

!!!Misty Gaiden
* Misty's Wingull quickly makes short work of Damian's Charmander, and is about to beat his Weepinbell.
* [[SoreLoser Damian gets angry]] and calls his Tentacruel to restrict Misty's Wingull.
* Misty yells at Tentacruel to let go of her Wingull. [[WhamShot Surprisingly, it complies.]]
* Misty continues to give orders to Damian's Tentacruel, and it obeys them, smashing Weepinbell around and then smacking it into Damian's face.
* Angered, Damian returns both his Pokémon [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere and promptly flees]].

!!!Charmander Gaiden
* Damian uses Charmander against Cross, and Charmander loses once more, making Charmander more worried about Damian's continued disappointment in him.

!!!Pokemon G-Men Interlude
* Team Rocket's Johto branch attempts to derail Goldenrod City's Magnet Train. Their plain is foiled by a trio of bloodliner vigilantes known as [[FlyingFirepower Flamestorm]], [[SuperSpeed Flashstrika]] and [[ArcherArchetype Decid-Arrow]].

!!!Ritchie Gaiden
* Ritchie begins his Pokémon journey with Sparky and Zippo, bidding farewell to his parents.

[[folder:During The Main Story - Year One - Ash's Kanto Journey]]
!!!Main Story - Chapter Two
* The day Ash's consciousness woke up in the reseted timeline after Arceus sent him back.
* Ash realizes things [[CloseEnoughTimeline changed]]:
** People go on their journey at the age of fifteen, not ten.
** Ash is himself fifteen.
** He kept in contact with Serena this time.
** Mr. Mime is already a member of the family.
** The Pokedex has more comprehensive data.
* Ash goes to collect his starter and Pokedex, but witnesses a crony forcing Professor Oak to give his boss' children the official Kanto starters or risk his funding getting cut.
* Ash reunites with Pikachu.
* Delia and Professor Oak sees Ash and Pikachu off.
* Ash and Pikachu discover Pikachu remembers everything, but his power and abilities were reseted.
* The Spearow and Fearow flock attempt to kill Ash and Pikachu, [[InSpiteOfANail just like in the original timeline]].
* Misty witnesses this, and attempts to save them.
** She also already has Psyduck and just caught Goldeen.
* [[WhamShot Misty witnesses Ash reflexively use Counter]], repelling the entire flock, before he collapses.
* Misty comes into physical contact with Ash as she tries to carry him to the Pokemon Centre, and gains a strong sense of familiarity, but she doesn't remember anything else of the old timeline.

!!!Cipher Interlude
* Shawn leaves for Orre.
* He fights Dakim, and loses everything except Sir Thorn.
* He manages to survive by having Sir Thorn evolve from Snivy to Servine, catching a Mandibuzz, and resorting to thievery.
* Desperate, Shawn ends up joining Team Cipher.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Three
* Misty reflects on Bloodlines while at the Viridian Pokemon Center, and wonders why Ash seems familiar.
** It turns out people are [[FantasticRacism bigoted against Bloodliners]].
** Nurse Joys and Officer Jennys don't share this bigotry.
** Bloodliners have heightened metabolisms, [[BigEater resulting in more frequent hunger pangs]].
* Jessie, James and Meowth have captured the downed Spearow and Fearow flock for Team Rocket.
* Ash wakes up from his injuries and starts hearing a voice. He also sees Misty.
* [[HaveWeMet Misty demands an explanation on why Ash seems familiar when as far as she's aware, they had never met.]] [[ConvenientlyTimedDistraction Ash is spared from having to explain by Jessie, James and Meowth attacking the Pokemon Center.]]
* Ash and Misty repel the trio.
* Giovanni sees the trio afterwards and was about to chastise them before seeing who they lost to. He assigns them the long-term mission of tailing Ash and reporting back to him on every detail.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Four
* Misty begins travelling with Ash.
* The voice Ash started hearing turns out to be Pikachu.
* Ash reunites with Butterfree, reverted to a Caterpie. Misty's phobia of Bug-types are still present.
* Misty shows Ash her Wingull.
* Misty talks to Ash about Bloodliners.
* Professors Oak, Ivy, Elm, Birch, Kane, Rowan, Cedric Juniper, Aurea Juniper, and Sycamore hold the 40th annual meeting of the Pokemon Professor Association:
** They talk about the budget cuts many of them experienced.
** The money is going towards the Mirage System built by Doctor Yung as an anti-Bloodliner weapon.
** Professors Ivy and Elm both fall into anti Bloodliner FantasticRacism.
** Aurea and Cedric want to know more about Bloodliners, but Rowan advises politicians may cherry pick their findings.
** Professor Oak enters deep thought.
* Misty demonstrates her Bloodliner powers to Ash.
* She tells Ash he used Counter against the Spearow and Fearow flock. Pikachu confirms it.
* Jessie, James and Meowth encounter Gary, but he leaves before they could steal from him.
* Ash and Pikachu have a talk with Caterpie, who is looking forward to reuniting with his mate, the Pink Butterfree.
* Ash reunites with Pidgeot, reverted to a Pidgeotto.
* Caterpie evolves into Metapod.
* Ash and Misty encounter the Samurai. Ash won the battle they had, [[TwinkleInTheSky sending him flying into the distance]].
* Metapod evolves into Butterfree.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Five
* Ash discovers the Battle Clubs common in Unova are now common all over the world, with a [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Don George]] heading every one of them.
* The Pewter City Don George gives Ash and other trainers a lecture on what are the requirements for battling Brock, explaining that all Gym Leaders are allowed to set requirements, and that Brock's requirement is merely that challengers show they're prepared by taking part in a tournament hosted by Don George.
* Don George also explains the different badge teams Gym Leaders have.
* Ash discovers Pokedex Holders are generally treated with a lot of respect.
* Ash also discovers different regions have different levels of progressiveness on Pokemon rights, with Johto being the worse.
* Ash and three other trainers passed.
* Misty suggests that they go to Rota for the information they have on Bloodliners, and afterwards take a detour around Cerulean City. The latter suggestion confuses Ash and his Pokemon.
* Ash discovers Flint's and Lola's graves, shocked that [[ForWantOfANail the timeline changes resulted in this]].
* Ash also discovers Brock has a girlfriend, and is on course to get engaged.
* Ash, Pikachu, Butterfree and Pidgeotto discuss the ramifications of Brock regaining any memories of the old timeline, even imperfectly like with Misty. Butterfree concludes that the best outcome, is that Brock must not remember anything.
* The gym battle starts, but not before Ash and Brock shake hands. Though intellectually, Ash knows it's for the best, he was still devastated Brock couldn't be reminded, at all.
* During the gym battle:
** Butterfree knocks out Geodude.
** Onix forces Ash to withdraw Butterfree in defeat.
** Pikachu defeats Onix, earning Ash the Boulder Badge.
* As an additional prize, Brock gives Ash a TM, containing instructions on how to teach moves to Pokemon they otherwise don't learn.
* On Mt Moon, a male trainer saves a young girl.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Six
* In Orre, at the Realgam Tower, Giovanni trades the Duel Anchor for one million dollars with Ein. As Giovanni leaves, Ein muses that now he has the final component to complete the Snag Machine.
* At the North of Pewter City, Misty muses over the course of her life, and her recent encounter with Ash. They are heading for Rota so they can learn more about bloodliners an their powers.
* Ash and Misty run into the Team Rocket trio, who try to convince them to return to Kanto, as they cannot enter Rota without risking to be arrested an executed. Ash and Misty [[TwinkleInTheSky promptly sends them blasting off]] and continue their way to Rota.
* A few days later, they're on the verge of running out of food before reaching Rota. Their last rice ball is stolen by Ambipom, who is back as an Aipom. [[SequenceBreaking Ash recaptures her and puts her up to speed with the events]].
* Hours later, they've almost reached Rota, but they're about to collapse due to the lack of food. Ash passes over the roots of the Tree of the Beginning, causing them to react to his presence.
* In Cameran Palace, the Duchess of Rota, Lady Ilene, sees the crystals in the throne room glowing, and says that "an heir has come".

!!!Charmander Gaiden
* Damian lets Charmander out with the order to keep him warm.
* Charmander encounters Kaia, his original trainer, and learns she was [[EyeScream blinded by the Spearow flock]]. He hears Kaia remember him fondly, but because of her blindness, she can't recognise Charmander as her starter.
* Kaia and Damian battle, and Charmander loses once more.
* Damian tells Charmander to stay at a rock, with the full attention of abandoning him. Several hours later, when it starts raining, Charmander worries for Damian's safety and tries to find him.
* Charmander finds his way to a Pokemon Centre, where he finds Damian, who is not happy to see him.
* Charmander loses consciousness at the Pokemon Centre, and Damian returns him and abandons him, with the Pokeball this time.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Eight
* Gary has a battle with a trainer named Red at the Cerulean Nugget Bridge. He loses, and the battle damages the bridge so badly that it cuts off the north access to Cerulean until repairs are finished.
* Ash and Misty arrive at Rota, and are stopped by Ilene's guards, who demand that they come to the palace. They comply only after they agree to give them food, since they're starving.
* After being fed, Ash and Misty are taken before Ilene, who apologizes for her guards' treatment. She takes them to the Royal Library. She then uses Sir Aaron's staff to determine what kind of bloodliners they are.
* In Agate Village, Giovanni investigates the local library about the infamous Seven Brothers, but other than one who was the WhiteSheep, he doesn't find any useful information. Jessie and James then phone him to inform him that Ash has entered Rota, and also of their encounter with a trainer named Damian, of whom they stole all his Pokémon and valuables.
* [[InfoDump Ilene explains to Ash and Misty about the different types of Bloodlines in the world]]. Ash is a Lucario Species Bloodliner, while Misty is a Water Heart Bloodliner. They decide to spend a few days in Rota before returning to Kanto and continuing their journey.

!!!Charmander Gaiden
* The next time Charmander comes out of his Pokeball, he sees only Bulbasaur and Melanie, with Damian nowhere in sight.
* Charmander has a nervous breakdown, leading to Bulbasaur and Melanie realising that he has Atrice Syndrome. Charmander then secludes himself in his Pokeball.
* Bulbasaur reflects on Charmander's condition. Knowing the best way to heal him is with a loving trainer, Bulbasaur doubts they'd be able to heal his emotional wounds.
* Bulbasaur then spots Ash and Misty sparring.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Eight
* A few days after leaving Rota, Ash has a sparring match using Aipom against Misty's Wingull. They're interrupted by Ash's Bulbasaur and Melanie.
* Team Rocket attempts to gain access to what seems to be a restricted area. They're chase off by the security system.
* Melanie takes Ash and Misty to her place, and Ash discovers that in this timeline, she's a League-sanctioned Pokémon breeder of Bulbasaur to be used as starters for trainers.
* Pikachu taunts Bulbasaur into attacking him so that Ash can make contact with him. Upon regaining his memories, Bulbasaur convinces Melanie to let him go with Ash. He also brings a second Pokéball in addition to his own. Melanie explains that it's another Pokémon who was abandoned by his trainer.
* After leaving, Ash releases the Pokémon, and turns out that it's Charizard, reverted to Charmander, who is ''not'' happy about the situation. They fill him in.
* At night, Ash has a shared dream with his Pokémon, seeing visions of a possible future of the previous timeline in Kalos, and also has his first encounter with [=MissingNo=], who appears before him as a Giratina-Palkia-Dialga amalgam.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Nine
* Professor Oak meets up with Gary at the Cerulean Pokémon Center, presenting him with a prototype H.O.P.E glove to make Pokémon rotation more efficient. Just when Oak is about to leave, Nurse Joy tells him that a package arrived for Ash Ketchum from Rota.
* Ash wakes up and realizes that his previous encounter with [=MissingNo=] [[ThatWasNotADream was not a dream]] when Pikachu wakes up too and remembers it as well.
* Ash discusses with his Pokémon what they should do now. As things are, most of his friends, bar Serena, are now complete strangers and very unlikely to believe him. While Pidgeotto offers to deliver messages to them, they ultimately decide not too, since she can't fly too long distances with her current form.
* Dexter accesses Ash's Facebook account, and begins looking for information about Ash's friends. While he learns that May, Max, Tracey, Clemont and Bonnie are mostly fine, he finds official records that point that Cilan and Iris might be dead, and no records of Dawn whatsoever. This causes him to enter a HeroicBSOD.
* Dexter then plays a message from Professor Oak, who apparently recorded it in the event that Ash might suffer something so bad that he needed encouragement to move on. This helps him regain his determination, and he vows to become stronger to protect the friends he still has, instead of giving in to despair.
* Ash begins training with his Pokémon to start developing his own bloodliner powers. Misty and Psyduck watch him from a distance.

!!!Giselle Interlude
* Joe and the other students spot Ash and Misty camping near their school. Joe is sent to lure them so the students can show off and humiliate them.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Nine
* Ash and Misty arrive at the Pokémon Tech.

!!!Giselle Interlude
* Ash and Misty give a CurbStompBattle to every student before Giselle is called in.
* Ash battles her.
** Ash uses Pikachu and Giselle uses Cubone.
** Cubone throws a Bonemerang. Pikachu dodges.
** Pikachu flips Cubone's skull around, before biting its tail.
** Bonemerang returns and hits Cubone.
** Pikachu uses Quick Attack and Iron Tail, defeating Cubone.
** Giselle's next Pokemon is Graveler. It uses Rollout.
** Pikachu dodges and uses Iron Tail.
** Graveler switches to Rock Throw. Pikachu uses Quick Attack to dodge.
** Graveler uses Magnitude, causing Pikachu to lose his footing. It tries to press its advantage but Pikachu uses Thundershock at point blank range.
** The attack temporarily blinds Graveler. Pikachu uses Quick Attack over and over until Graveler gets paralyzed by Pikachu's static.
** Pikachu claims victory with Iron Tail.
* [[BreakTheHaughty Giselle is shocked by her defeat]].

!!!Main Story - Chapter Nine
* Ash and Misty's battling skills impress Noland, who considered these students the best generation he's had in his career. Scott, who is scouting members for his Battle Frontier, discusses his opinion with him, and offers him a position as a Frontier Brain. Noland accepts.

!!!Giselle Interlude
* For winning, Ash and Misty ask for an all-you-can-eat buffet. [[GluttonyMontage They shock students and cooking staff]] alike [[BigEater by how much they eat.]]
* Joe talks with Ash while Giselle talks with Misty.
* Giselle tells Misty "[she's] got an interesting boyfriend". [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend Misty denies being in a relationship with Ash, saying that he's only her friend]]. Trying to change the subject, Misty [[WhatTheHellHero calls out Giselle on how she treated Joe]].

!!!Misty Gaiden
* The night after leaving Pokémon Tech, Misty can't get Giselle's words out of her mind, realizing she doesn't find the thought of Ash being her boyfriend unpleasant at all.
* Ash asks her if there's something on her mind, but she denies it.
* Ash asks if she's still bent on not passing through Cerulean. She says that she is, so Ash asks if something happened over there. Misty notices the concern in Ash's eyes, and feels moved by it, but she's not ready to talk about it yet.
* Ash decides not to press any further, but does note that if she ever wants to talk about it, he's always there, making her smile.

!!!Giselle Interlude
* The next day at Pokémon Tech, in class, Giselle notices Joe's seat is empty before Noland comes in.
* Noland announces he's resigning, shocking the class. He explains that it's not because he's disappointed by their performance the day before, but because Scott offered him a position as Frontier Brain.
* Noland's final lesson is that what Pokemon Tech teaches, while valuable, is not the pinnacle of Pokemon Training. He says that the world is big, and they will have to face it eventually.
* Giselle visits Joe in his room. She sees Joe had packed his belongings and is leaving Pokemon Tech, saying it's not for him. His talk with Ash helped him realise that.
* Joe also says he didn't like his classmates' teaching methods, making Giselle realise [[JerkassRealization what they did was wrong]].
* Giselle is sad to see Joe go, but bids him goodbye.
* Giselle, having [[WakeUpCallBoss learned her lesson from battling Ash]], declares she will go over everything she did wrong and next time she faces Ash, she will not lose.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Nine
* A few days later, Ash and Misty arrive at the Nugget Bridge, still undergoing repairs. [[TemptingFate Misty is glad that they won't have to pass through Cerulean]]. She's starting to feel attracted to Ash, to the point she becomes distracted as she walks and accidentally bumps into a Vileplume.
* Ash is training with his Pokémon, and when they finish, Pikachu suddenly runs off. He follows, and they find Misty covered in spores as a Vileplume flees the scene. Dexter reveals the effects of Vileplume's spores, and Ash realizes that Misty will die if she doesn't get medical attention soon. Determined not to lose her, he decides to take her to the hospital in Cerulean, despite her initial wishes of not going there.
* A Squirtle shows up to threaten Ash, claiming revenge as the SoleSurvivor of the Squirtle Squad.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Ten
* Ash reminds Squirtle of the original timeline.
* Squirtle notes that to help Misty, they'd need a large Pokemon and the only one large enough around where they are is Gyarados. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Squirtle promptly regrets saying that when Ash decides to ask one for help]].
* Dexter ''tries'' warning Ash of the [[PersonOfMassDestruction dangers Gyarados pose]]. Ash ignores him for Misty's sake.
* A Gyarados appears, but cuts of its rampage upon seeing Misty hurt. It knows Misty and helps Ash and Co cross the river to the Pokemon Centre.
* Jessie, James and Meowth take a break from tailing Ash to rob a store for supplies, [[DramaticIrony reasoning Ash can't get into]] ''[[DramaticIrony too]]'' [[DramaticIrony much trouble while they're gone]].
* En route to the hospital, Ash reunites with Krabby.
* Red has a [[BadDreams nightmare]] but Yellow wakes him up.
* After arriving at the hospital, Ash catches the Gyarados in Misty's Pokeball and catches Squirtle for himself.
* Doctor Yamato who was treating Misty tells Ash Misty is fine, before ordering him to go battle the Cerulean Gym as a stress reliever.
* Daisy, Lily and Violet are worried they'll lose their gym if they lose against the next challenger. Daisy hatches a plan to tip the odds in their favour.
* Ash is forced to battle under the None-Traveling Trainer League Entrance Protocols rules, which lets Daisy use her full power.
* Charmander wins against Kingdra, due to Ash unconsciously SuperEmpowering him.
* Misty wakes up and learns what Doctor Yamato had Ash do. Doctor Yamato isn't worried until Inspector Joy and Don George show up to reveal Ash is battling under the None-Traveling Trainer League Entrance Protocols.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Eleven
* The Gym battle continues.
* Dexter criticises Daisy's ineptitude in properly taking care of her Pokemon and keeping them fit.
* Aipom wins against Cloyster.
* With more unconscious SuperEmpowering, Pidgeotto wins against Poliwrath.
* Butterfree defeats Tentacruel [[CurbStompBattle easily]].
* Misty, Don George, and Inspector Joy try to make their way to the Cerulean Gym, but construction going on around the city slows them down.
* The three encounter Professor Oak.
* Professor Oak is shocked to learn Ash is battling under the Non-Traveling Trainer Protocols.
* Professor Oak explains that any challenger who loses under the protocols are barred from re-challenging a gym for a year.
* Bulbasaur defeats Seaking.
* Pikachu defeats Dewgong, winning Ash the Cerulean Gym badge.
* Inspector Joy and the others finally arrive at the Gym. She and Don George take Daisy, Lily and Violet into custody.
* Misty tells Ash off for bringing her to Cerulean, but understands why he did it.
* [[TragicDream Misty despairs at what happened to the reputation of the Cerulean Gym]], before Professor Oak tells her it could still be salvaged.
* [[PathOfMostResistance Ash decides to continue challenging gyms]].
* Ash is given the H.O.P.E Glove. Professor Oak tells him that unlike Gary's, his also collects data on Bloodliners.
* Misty agrees to drop spare Pokemon of at Professor Oak's ranch.
* Ash receives a package from Rota Kingdom. It's Sir Aaron's staff, and he realises Sir Aaron's Lucario is inside.

!!!Misty Gaiden
* The night after leaving Cerulean City, Misty can't sleep, so she gets out of her secret base and calls Ash so they can chat for a bit.
* Misty apologizes for yelling at him, telling him she does appreciate that he cares for her.
* Misty tells Ash that she wasn't ready to return to Cerulean yet, but she does want to do it one day, to restore the Cerulean Gym to its former glory, and even make it better than before. Ash says that he hopes to see that day, and offers his support to help her in doing so.
* Misty asks why would he want to help her. Ash shows him the Cascade Badge, saying that it feels empty, and wants to earn one from a true, worthy Gym Leader.
* Misty realizes that he wants to earn a badge from ''her''. [[ThePromise The two promise to get stronger to have that battle one day]].
* As she goes to sleep, Misty mentally thanks Ash for believing in her.

!!!Sho Interlude
* Sho decides to challenge Volkner for his second badge, [[CurbStompBattle but loses badly]]. He promises to return for a rematch one day.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twelve
* Iris and her [[RaisedByWolves adoptive family of Dragon-types]] are passing through Vaniville Town in Kalos. She sees Grace and Serena from a distance as they practice Rhyhorn Racing, but she ignores them as they're preparing to leave the region.
* At Team Rocket HQ, Giovanni checks out several news reports from about incidents that have happened since a few years ago up to the present day, trying to connect the dots between them. He receives a call from James, to give their usual report about Ash, and also mentioning that Jessie is planning on entering Pokémon Contest. After mentioning Sootopolis Gym Leader Juan, Giovanni tells him to continue as he sees fit and ends the call.
* On Route 104, Ash has his Pokémon train to learn/relearn the [[SpinToDeflectStuff Counter-Shield technique]], also recalling that when he tried to teach it to his Unova Pokémon, he didn't have much success.
* Misty's Psyduck uses Secret Power to build a couple of secret bases for her and Ash to sleep in the night. Before going to sleep, she ponders that Ash was very nice in catching Gyarados for her instead of for himself.
* The next morning, shortly after waking up, Misty ponders on the dream she had, and how it relates to the way she imagines her own future.
* While fishing on the stream, she manages to land a wild Poliwrath, which she catches with Gyarados' help.
* At the same time, Ash tries to release Lucario from the staff, with no success.
* After finally giving up with the staff, Ash runs into A.J. who has chosen him as his opponent number 100 for his winning streak before challenging gyms. Ash accepts the challenge, determined to win this time around.
* A.J. chooses his Sandshrew and Ash chooses Squirtle. Despite putting up a good fight, Squirtle manages to defeat Sandshrew with the help of his Counter-Shield, catching them off-guard. A.J. is shocked at being defeated, but Ash acknowledges that he's more than ready to start challenging for Gym badges. [[FriendlyRivalry The two part on friendly terms.]]
* Ash and Misty arrive at the Vermillion Gym. Ash is challenged by the two punks guarding the entrance and their Magnemite before being allowed in. He easily defeats them using Charmander.
* A battle between Lt. Surge and another challenger is currently underway. After the challenger's Dugtrio is defeated and recalled, Ash hears his voice as he calls out his next Pokémon, quickly recognizing who it is.

!!!Butterfree Interlude
* Hunter J is hired by an unknown client who pays her to capture the Butterfree who are being released for their mating season. She succeeds in capturing them all, except for the Pink Butterfree and a new mate she found this time around.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Thirteen
* The challenger turns out to be Paul. The battle continues while Ash and Misty keep watching:
** After losing his Dugtrio to Surge's Voltorb, Paul brings in a female Pikachu.
** Paul's Pikachu defeats Voltorb, but not before the latter manages to hit her with Electroball before fainting.
** Surge calls in his Magnemite. Paul's Pikachu defeats it using Dig, but not without taking a lot of damage.
** Surge calls in his Sergeant Raichu, who defeats Paul's Pikachu with ease.
** Paul calls in his Grotle. After tanking several of Sergeant Raichu's attacks, its ability Overgrowth activates. Paul calls for a Razor Leaf attack.
** Surge withdraws his Raichu, not wanting to risk him in getting horribly maimed by such an attack at point-blank range, thus losing the round and the match.
* Paul wins, but after the callous attitude he displayed over the course of the match, Surge refuses to give him the badge until after he has battled Ash. He stays in the sidelines to watch the battle, along with Misty.
* The 3 vs 3 battle between Ash and Surge begins:
** Surge calls in a female Pikachu, named Private Volty. Ash chooses Bulbasaur.
** Bulbasaur manages to dodge Volty's attacks with ease and defeats her with a Razor Leaf.
** Surge calls in a Joltik. Ash plans to switch Bulbasaur out, but Surge commands a Spider Web, preventing him from doing so.
** Joltik defeats Bulbasaur using Bug Buzz and Shockwave.
** Ash brings in Charmander. He's ''not'' amused to be fighting a small bug.
** Charmander surprises Surge by [[NoSell nullifying Joltik's electric attack using Metal Claw on the ground]].
** Charmander finishes off Joltik with a Flame Charge attack. When the fire dissipates, he's revealed to have evolved to Charmeleon.
** Surge calls in his final Pokémon, Staff Sergeant Raichu. Ash switches Charmeleon out and sends in Pikachu.
** The battle is evenly matched, although Staff Sergeant Raichu is able to tank Pikachu's electric attacks thanks to his Assault Vest.
** Surge calls for a Focus Blast. Ash has Pikachu use his Counter-Shield to send it back.
** Surge commands a Grass Knot attack to immobilize Pikachu and stop the spinning, and calls for a Mega Punch to end the match.
** As a last ditch effort, Ash calls for a Zap Cannon. Instead of throwing it, however, Pikachu uses it to hit Raichu at melee range for masive damage. One last Quick Attack and Raichu is down. Pikachu wins the match for Ash.
* [[WorthyOpponent Lt. Surge commends Ash for his victory]], praising him for his unorthodox yet effective battling style and gives him the Thunder Badge. He also gives Paul his own, telling him to just go away. Paul leaves.
* Just as they exit the Gym, Ash and Misty are intercepted by Jessie and James in disguise, who give them the tickets for the S.S. Anne.

!!!S.S. Anne Interlude
* Excited at the prospect of traveling in a super deluxe cruiser, Misty drags Ash to the Vermillion port. Ash is unable to convince her not to get on that ship, and ultimately relents after he seeing her so happy.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Thirteen
* At the Viridian Gym, Giovanni defeats and sends off a challenger. He receives a call from the trio, who report to him of Ash's victory at the Vermillion Gym. When they report that he's boarding the St. Anne, however, he immediately tells them that the operation aboard the ship is cancelled, orders the trio to tell Butch and Cassidy to attack Hop Hop Hop Town instead, and ends the call.

!!! S.S. Anne Interlude
* Ash and Misty board the S.S. Anne, and become separated after a bit.
* Misty is intercepted by a [[SnakeOilSalesman Magikarp salesman]], who tries to sell her one for an outrageous price.
* Misty quickly sees through the scam, [[ObfuscatingStupidity but pretends to play along]] to trick the salesman into lowering the price and revealing his personal information.
* Misty buys the Magikarp, and plans to send the information to Professor Oak to eventually get him arrested. She decides to continue shopping for the time being.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Thirteen
* Ash is dragged off by Burgundy, [[AdaptationalIntelligence who in this new timeline is a full-fledged A-Class Connoisseuse]], quickly demonstrating it by evaluating the compatibility between Ash and Pikachu. When Ash shows her his Butterfree, she informs him that the Butterfree released for the mating season were stolen by some mysterious criminals.
* Hunter J's ship flies over the East of Cerulean City, fully loaded of the recently captured Butterfree.
* As J tries to find another well-paid job, a mysterious figure teleports into the ship, identifying himself as an "Emissary" of the Bloodliner King.
* The Emissary offers J a hefty sum, forcing her to accept the job on the threat of exposing key elements of her operations. Giving her a photo of Ash, he tells her to test his abilities, either capture and bring him in, or have him escape despite her best efforts. She finally agrees, and the Emissary teleports off the ship.
* J's crewmen detect a large group of long-distance Flying-types coming in close. She then orders everyone to chase and capture them.

!!!Arnold Interlude
* Anna reminds Arnold to keep his Bloodliner powers a secret before he leaves to play with Growlithe.
* Arnold plays catch with his Growlithe in the outskirts of Hop Hop Hop Town.
* He meets Laila, a [[DodgeTheBullet Detect]] Bloodliner.
* Arnold buys Laila ice-cream, before inviting her to his house.
* On the way, they meet Anna who was going to the shops.
* Team Rocket, led by Butch and Cassidy, attack Hop Hop Hop Town.
* Arnold and Laila stand up to them, inspiring the rest of Hop Hop Hop Town to fight back.
* Butch and Cassidy [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere cut their losses and orders a retreat]].
* After getting their statements, Officer Jenny lets Arnold, Laila, and Anna go home.
* At home, Laila reveals her parents [[IHaveNoSon chased her out of their home]] after they found out she was a Bloodliner several weeks ago.
* Anna and Arnold accept Laila [[HappilyAdopted into their household]].

!!!S.S. Anne Interlude
* After several rounds of Pokémon battles, Ash and Misty leave their Pokémon at the onboard Pokémon Center, and go to their cabin to rest for a bit.
* Misty takes a shower and after getting dressed, asks Ash to let her borrow the ship's guide to check something.
* Ash gets curious and asks Misty what she's looking for. She replies that she wanted to go sunbathe on deck, but her bikini is getting small for her, so she thinks about buying a new one.
* Noticing that this caught Ash's interest, she offers that they go together. A bit reluctant, Ash accepts.
* At the store, Misty tries out several swimsuits, even asking Ash for his opinion. [[EatingTheEyeCandy He admits all of them look nice on her.]]
* After they're done shopping, they get a call through the speakers to go pick up their Pokémon.
* The next day, Ash and Misty spend the morning at a pool, while their Pokémon relax as well.
* Gyarados is upset that Misty bought a Magikarp, [[IHatePastMe since it reminds him of the days he was a puny fish.]]
* Psyduck notices Ash and Misty together, [[ShipperOnDeck and wonders if they're going to "mate" already. Gyarados approves too,]] since he respects Ash for being willing to fight him.
* Pikachu tries to talk to Butterfree, who has been somewhat distant with the others since they met Burgundy. Butterfree is concerned about his mate, worried that she might have been taken along with the rest of the mating Butterfree.
* Pikachu feels tempted to tell him that Squirtle might also have lost his friends of the Squirtle Squad, but ultimately decides not to.
* On the afternoon, Ash and Misty go to the lower deck to find more Pokémon battles.
* Ash finds the gentleman whom he traded Butterfree with in the original timeline. The man challenges him, and he's forced to accept.
* Ash fights his Raticate with Butterfree like before, only this time he takes the battle to the end. Butterfree wins.
* The gentleman calls a Wartortle, which Ash faces with Squirtle.
* Wartortle mocks Squirtle for being tiny, but Squirtle ultimately defeats him.
* The gentleman congratulates Ash for his skills, and offers to trade Pokémon, even offering a rare Dratini. Ash politely declines.
* That night, on the observation deck, Ash and Butterfree discuss about that trade in the original timeline, and how both felt about it.
* Misty comes up, and asks Ash why he didn't accept that trade. Ash explains that his Pokémon are all unique and irreplaceable to him, so he can't make a trade so lightly.
* Ash goes on to explain that, if he ever makes a trade, he'd be sure to make it with someone he can trust to take good care of his Pokémon and make them happier, and in turn, to be able to do the same for the Pokémon he receives. Pikachu recalls this is how the trade Ash made with Dawn in the original timeline went down.
* Misty asks if he'd be willing to trade with her sometime. Ash admits to himself he probably would, but doesn't say it out loud, only leaving Misty with a "maybe in the future".

!!!Main Story - Chapter Fourteen
* On the skies over Rock Tunnel, Hunter J's ship attacks Iris' family of Dragon-types. She and her Pokémon barely escape capture, but end up plumetting to earth in the process.
* Ash and Misty leave the St. Anne at a port northwest of Lavender Town.
* Before they left, [[ChekhovsGun Ash had won a lot of different types of Pokeballs]].
* Georgia is undergoing training at a Buster Boot Camp in Unova, [[CrypticBackgroundReference reflecting on gym leaders and Elite Four members who had to be removed for committing crimes]].
* Georgia holds a [[DueToTheDead moment of silence]] for the Busters who tried to remove the gym leader of Saffron City.
* Jessie, James and Meowth battle Ash and Misty. Though Ash and Misty repelled them once more, they're worried [[TookALevelInBadass by how much the trio improved]].
* At Lavender Town, Gary encounters Red once more, and loses yet another battle with him.
* At Puerto Blanco, Ash encounters Forge Smith, who offers to make Ash League-sanctioned holders for approved held items after Ash saves the latter from thugs.
* Ash receives a Thunderstone, an Eviolite, and a holder so Pikachu can use the Eviolite in battle from Forge.
* Bulbasaur begins falling into his role as peacekeeper on Professor Oak's ranch.
* While separated from Misty, Hunter J kidnaps Ash. Misty meanwhile is forced to flee from a [[BeeAfraid swarm of Beedrill]].
* Unconscious, Ash is visited by [=MissingNo=] again, who makes a [[MythologyGag reference to his Goodra]]. Ash regains consciousness.
* Ash and his Pokemon are shocked to learn they're on Hunter J's ship.
* Searching for a way out, they find a room full of Dragonite. Ash, Pikachu and Charmeleon are shocked to see Iris' Dragonite among them.
* Misty manages to escape the Beedrill swarm, before encountering an Axew. Iris arrives to save Axew from Misty, not realising Misty is not an enemy. They have a confrontation.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Fifteen
* Team Rocket have landed near a mansion after being blasted off by Ash and Misty. James recognises the place and searches the mansion.
* He finds and is reunited with Growlithe, Carnivine, Yamask and Inkay.
* The trio find a flyer promoting the Battle Dome tournament, and they leave after ransacking the place of everything they could take with them.
* Misty's and Iris' battle continues:
** Emolga defeats Poliwrath.
** Psyduck defeats Emolga.
** Misty brings out Staryu and Gyarados.
* Aipom frees a captive Goomy, triggering the alarms and security systems.
* In Porta Vista, Paul sees a rerun of the Ever Grande Conference, featuring a battle between Tyson and John Archer.
* [[MookHorrorShow Ash defeats goon after goon]] on J's ship, before encounter J herself. Hunter J is [[CurbStompBattle far more powerful and Ash has trouble defeating her]].
* Goomy uses Bide, causing an explosion that throws Ash and his other Pokemon out of the ship.
* While falling, Ash captures Goomy to save him from death, returns all his Pokemon except Pikachu, Butterfree and Pidgeotto.
* The three Pokemon hold on to Ash as he uses his SuperEmpowering to give Butterfree and Pidgeotto the strength needed to give them a safe landing.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Sixteen
* Professor Oak receives Goomy, and is concerned by the unusual circumstances he was caught in, before deciding to pretend to both himself and Delia that Goomy was caught normally.
* Delia comes over for a visit, and so does a representative from Pokemon TV.
* The representative asks for their permission as Ash's and Gary's respective legal guardians to let them film and air footage of them.
* Professor Oak agrees after being [[EveryManHasHisPrice told of the royalties]]. Delia agrees after being reminded of what Ash's dream was.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Fifteen
* Misty and Iris see him. Iris realises Ash was on Hunter J's ship and demands to know where J went. She comes into physical contact with him, and realises Ash seems familiar.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Sixteen
* Iris decides to go after Hunter J herself after talking to Ash.
* Dexter stops her, defeating her in a battle when Iris continues to insist.
* Iris [[CryCute breaks down crying]].
* Ash invites Iris into their group.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Fifteen
* The Emissary reports back to the Bloodliner King, saying Ash proved his strength and has encountered Iris, a second Type-Heart Bloodliner.
* The Bloodliner King then orders the Emissary to kidnap Misty's sisters as {{Breeding Slave}}s.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Sixteen
* The next day, Misty wakes up, reflecting on the events of the previous day.
* After spending a week in Dark City as feeler agents, Butch and Cassidy recommend that Team Rocket gets involved with neither the Yaz or Kaz gangs.
** Giovanni had assigned them the job as punishment for their failure in Hop Hop Hop Town.
* Giovanni sees a photo taken during the Hop Hop Hop Town operation, featuring Arnold and Anna. Giovanni notes the resemblance between Arnold and Ash.
* Ash begins training with Goomy.
* Misty catches a Slowpoke.
* In Lavender Town, Jessie, James and Meowth encounter Red and Yellow.

!!!Snivy Interlude
* In Unova, Snivy's current trainer decides that since they can't get along, she'll make a Wonder Trade. Snivy seems fine with it, thinking that she might have a chance to find a better trainer somewhere outside Unova.
* The Samurai Wonder Trades his Butterfree, hoping to receive a rare Unovan Bug-type. Much to his chagrin, he gets Snivy, whom he quickly dismisses as useless upon seeing she's not a Bug-type.
* Deciding to test Snivy, the Samurai sics his Pinsir and Beedrill on her. [[CurbStompBattle She quickly makes short work of them.]]
* Over the course of four days, Snivy gets fed up with the Samurai's bravado attitude and his habit of [[BullyingADragon picking fights with opponents too strong for him]], including the twins Elwood and Aideen. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere She decides that she won't stay with him a second longer than necessary and will find a better trainer as soon as she gets the chance]].

!!!Butterfree Interlude
* Ash and company arrive on the cliff where he and Butterfree parted ways in the original timeline. [[{{Flashback}} Butterfree reflects on the memories of his past life with the Pink Butterfree]].
* Ash and Pikachu approach him so they can keep going, since Misty and Iris must be worried about them.
* Butterfree gets angry since he feels that Ash didn't think of his feelings and just dragged him back to his adventures. He flies off to find his mate on his own.
* After flying off, he finds a rocky island he recognizes from the old timeline, as a relief spot he and the Pink Butterfree used when crossing the sea the first time. He spots another Butterfree being attacked by several Fearow, so he flies in and uses Sleep Powder on them to rescue him.
* The other Butterfree relates him that he was one amongst those who gathered for mating, but they were all captured by a woman, whose description Ash's Butterfree quickly matches with Hunter J. Turns out that only this Butterfree and his mate were able to escape her, the rest were captured.
* They go into a cave to meet up with the other Butterfree's mate so they can tell him the full story of what happened. Much to Ash's Butterfree shock, it's none other than the Pink Butterfree herself.
* Ash's Butterfree is happy to see her safe and sound, but she doesn't recognize him.
* The male Butterfree explains how things went down, and Ash's Butterfree can't help but notice that it happened very similar to his own experience with the Pink Butterfree in the past timeline. When Hunter J attacked, he tried to fight back and save as many as he could, but in the end he could only save her.
* Ash's Butterfree goes out for a bit with the male one and the two begin talking. The latter tries to give Ash's Butterfree some words to move on, but he's still upset at him for "stealing" his mate from him.
* Seeing the Fearow still flying around, Ash's Butterfree realizes that [[MurderTheHypotenuse he has a chance to kill his "rival"]] [[WhatYouAreInTheDark with no one noticing]]. [[DefiedTrope He ultimately chooses not to]], [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy realising that the Pink Butterfree actually seems a lot happier than when she was with him]].
* Ash's Butterfree bids his farewells to the Pink Butterfree and her new mate, wishing them a safe trip. [[YouShallNotPass He fights off the returning Fearow to clear the way for them.]]
* Butterfree returns to the cliff, and is surprised to see that Ash and Pikachu have stayed there the whole time, waiting for him to return.
* Butterfree apologizes to Ash, [[JerkassRealization realising that he never meant to cause him pain]], and decides that he will stick around and help him win his badges, to make up for the last time.

!!!Snivy Interlude
* The Samurai enters a Battle Club and his Venonat loses to a Sandslash.
* Snivy manages to get out of her Pokéball in the middle of the battle, and seeing the Sandslash, she decides to fight it before leaving.
* The Samurai attempts to command Snivy, but she refuses to listen, battling on her own accord:
** Starting with Attract, the Sandslash is revealed to be female.
** The Samurai calls for Vine Whip. Snivy instead uses Leaf Blade, surprising him.
** Snivy then uses Leaf Storm, shocking the Samurai even more when she repeats the attack making it stronger instead of weaker thanks to her ability, Contrary.
* After defeating the Sandslash, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Snivy is ready to leave]]. The Samurai, however, is not willing to let her go that easily now.
* When he's about to return her, Snivy snatches the Pokéball, and slices it in half.
* Still trying to get her back, [[ISurrenderSuckers Snivy decides to let him think she's going to let him capture her again]], [[TheDogBitesBack only to attack him with Leaf Blade and leaving him with a nasty cut on his arm.]]
* Snivy sneaks into [[AirVentPassageway an open air vent]] to get away from the Samurai.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Sixteen
* On Route 10, Ash, Misty and Iris enter the Battle Club.
* Iris encounters the Samurai and defeats him.
* Iris, Misty and Ash proceed to win all their battles at the club.

!!!Snivy Interlude
* Snivy peeks through the vents, watching the trainers battling, including Iris defeating the Samurai. She becomes interested in Ash, and decides he might be the trainer she's looking for, so she decides to challenge him.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Sixteen
* Ash [[AdaptationalEarlyAppearance encounters Snivy]], and captures her.
* That night, Pikachu, Aipom, Snivy, and Emolga have a pleasurable time together. [[TooMuchInformation Ash refuses to learn the specifics]].
* Ash, Misty, and Iris arrive in Lavender Town, where they encounter Red and Yellow.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Seventeen
* Ash and Red prepare to battle, but are [[MomentKiller stopped by Scott]]. He invites Ash, Misty, and Iris to take part in the Battle Dome Tournament. The three accept.
* At the tournament, all participants are given Key Stones.

!!!Arnold Interlude
* Arnold, Anna and Laila see Ash and Red on television.
* Anna suspects they're Arnold's [[LongLostRelative half-brothers]].

!!!Main Story - Chapter Seventeen
* Round One:
** Red's Charmeleon defeats Alex Davis' Kadabra.
** Misty's Staryu defeats Otoshi's Cubone.
** Iris' Emolga defeats Jeanette's Scyther.
** Ash defeating Cerulean Gym's full power is announced to the world.
** Ash's Snivy defeats Solidad's Slowbro.
* Winners of Round One are given Berry Kits. Ash sends his, Misty's and Iris' to Professor Oak.
* Round Two:
** Ash's Squirtle defeats A.J.'s Sandslash.
** Misty and James won their battles.
** Red's Clefairy defeats Iris' Axew.
* Winners of Round Two get type-boosting items.
* Round Three:
** Ash's Butterfree defeats James' Inkay.
** Red's Pikachu defeats Misty's Gyarados.
* Winners of Round Three get significant winnings. Winning the finals nets even better winnings.
* Final Round:
** Red's Charmeleon vs Ash's Butterfree.
** Red assumes it would be a CurbStompBattle in his favour. Not only is he wrong, his Victory Sight ability [[NoSell goes haywire because Ash is too unpredictable]].
** After a close battle, Red's Charmeleon emerges as the winner.

!!!Arnold Interlude
* Laila checks with Anna about whether Arnold having {{Long Lost Relative}}s is as unimportant as she thinks.
* Anna reaffirms her belief it is unimportant, but Laila continues to wonder.

!!!Hiker Interlude
* After the Battle Dome Tournament, a long streak of defeats begins for the Hiker.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Seventeen
* Ash and co. leave Lavender Town. Misty and Iris note that [[GracefulLoser Ash is taking his loss against Red rather well.]]
* Red reflects on his battle with Ash, and notes Ash could have won if he used his SuperEmpowering ability.
* Serena is saddened by Ash's loss, and her hair [[KaleidoscopeHair briefly darkens]].

!!!Jeanette Interlude
* Disappointed by her loss, Jeanette goes to Celadon City to train further.

!!!Wally Interlude
* Wally begins attending the Rustboro Trainer School.
* Roxanne introduces herself, and specifically tells Wally that because of his asthma, if he needs to take a break, just let his teachers know.
* Sawyer introduces himself to Wally, and asks what Norman the Petalburg Gym Leader is like.
* Wally notes [[ChekhovsGun Sawyer's notes]].
* [[ThePromise Wally and Sawyer make a promise]] to see [[FriendlyRivalry who can become]] the [[FamedInStory more famous trainer]].

!!!Blaine Interlude
* Alish comes to Blaine's laboratory to inform him that there's a trainer coming to challenge him soon. She suggests that he uses his Growlithe, and he agrees.
* Later at the gym, the challenger, named Raymond, arrives to fight Blaine. [[UnderestimatingBadassery He seems pretty confident that he can beat him easily.]]
* Alish, who is acting as the referee, declares it to be a three versus three battle.
* Raymond begins with his Machoke, and Blaine brings out his Growlithe. Growlithe defeats Machoke easily.
* Raymond brings out his Donphan. Despite the type disadvantage, Growlithe defeats him too.
* Raymond gets angry and breaks the rules bringing out his three remaining Pokémon at once: Golem, Venomoth and Pinsir.
* Growlithe handily defeats them all, and Raymond leaves in a huff.
* Blaine decides to have a talk with Alish, thinking it's time for her to receive her starter Pokémon: a recently hatched Eevee, the offspring of his own Flareon.
* Alish goes out to play with Eevee and get to know each other more.
* The next day, Alish comes in excited to show Blaine something: she reveals she spent her savings on a Fire Stone and evolved Eevee into Flareon. Blaine is shocked that she did so.
* Blaine explains that she rushed the evolution and that Eevee needed more training to learn some attacks before evolving.
* [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Alish realizes she made a huge mistake]] and runs off to the Pokémon Mansion.
* Flareon comforts Alish, assuring her that it's not entirely her fault, since he too felt curious about evolving.
* Feeling better, Alish decides to return home with Flareon, but then they heard a noise deep in the mansion.
* Alish first thinks it's one of the Pokémon living in there, to which Flareon replies that they have seen none of them since they arrived. Alish admits it's strange so they go to investigate.
* They see it's a Team Rocket grunt trashing about the place, and muttering something about some documents. Flareon comes out of their hideout and attacks him.
* Seeing that Flareon has blown their cover, Alish comes out too. The Rocket grunt brings out a Slowpoke to fight.
* Despite putting up a good fight and managing to learn Ember out of sheer willpower, Flareon is ultimately defeated, due to the type disadvantage and being underleveled compared to his opponent.
* The Rocket grunt, despite already having won, [[KickThemWhileTheyreDown decides to keep hurting Flareon]]. Alish begs him to stop, but he doesn't listen.
* Alish becomes angry, and this triggers her Overheat, firing it off against Slowpoke and defeating it. However, this causes her to quickly become weakened and fall to the floor.
* The Rocket grunt is ready to give Alish a lesson, but then, [[HeyYouHaymaker Blaine shows up and punches him in the face]]. He's ''not'' [[PapaWolf happy to see him messing with his granddaughter]].
* [[OhCrap The grunt recognizes him as the local Gym Leader,]] but he quickly tries to resume his bravado and brings out a Gengar.
* After checking on Alish, Blaine brings out his Magmortar, who handily overpowers Gengar, and sends him and the grunt [[DestinationDefenestration blasting through the window]]. Alish loses consciousness shortly after.
* After waking up, Alish is back in her room. Blaine tells her that, despite the odds, she fought very well, and with proper training, she can still make up for evolving Flareon too soon. He also offers her to train along with his Pokémon to learn other Fire-type attacks to better control her powers.
* The Rocket grunt, despite his humilliating defeat, manages to make it back with his two friends, and reveals that he did get what they were looking for. The trio leaves off to cause trouble in Cinnabar.

!!!Iris Gaiden
* Ash, Misty and Iris spend the night in a Pokémon Center on Route 8.
* The next morning, while eating breakfast, Iris spots a pregnant woman, and becomes confused. Ash and Misty explain she'll soon have a child.
* Iris assumes human females lay eggs just like Pokémon do. Dexter chimes in and [[TheTalk begins going on a lengthy explanation about how human reproduction works.]]
* Ash remarks that [[FishOutOfWater Iris probably feels a little weird living among humans]], [[RaisedByWolves having been raised by Pokémon her entire life.]] He asks her about how it is, and she begins telling stories about her past:
** One time, she was attacked by a group of Dratini who shunned her because she wasn't "one of them", even after offering one of them some berries she had gathered. Things got better eventually, even though many members of her adoptive family didn't accept her.
** Another time, her big brother Dragonite got into a fight with a Noivern that left him seriously injured. While nursing him back to health, [[AngerBornOfWorry she chides him for making her and the others worry about him,]] making him feel some remorse because he doesn't mean to cause trouble for his family. She then asks him to train her and Axew so they can grow strong to fight him on equal terms one day.
** Her first encounter with Emolga, and how she played on Axew's infatuation with her to get free food from him, and her habit of using Attract to get other Pokémon to do the same. After saving her from a hostile Scolipede and the revelation that she did that because she was weak, Iris offered Emolga to come with her, promising to get her food and protecting her until she becomes strong enough to get food on her own.
** Her first encounter with Excadrill, back when he was Drillbur. He had beaten up Axew and kicked him out of his usual berry gathering spot. Iris goes to give him a lesson, and as it turns out, Drillbur had been kicked out of his own home by a gluttonous Simisear. [[FireForgedFriends After driving him away together, Drillbur asks her if he can come along with her too.]]
** Lastly, at one point Axew went into a cave to fight on his own a swarm of Swoobat, ending up seriously hurt. When Iris chides him for it, he reveals that he wants to evolve one day to become stronger and be able to protect Iris too.
* Iris finishes telling her stories, and the group leaves the Pokémon Center once they finish their breakfast. Back on the road, Iris asks Misty and Ash if they can tell her about their pasts as well, and they accept.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Eighteen
* Paul arrives at the Celadon Gym, and is infuriated to know that Erika is not accepting challenges from male trainers.
* A Sinnoh dojo destroyer named Morana arrives to challenge Erika for her position as Gym Leader. Erika invites Paul to come in and watch the battle.
* Morana challenges Erika to three one on one battles, best two out of three, using her strongest Pokémon. [[{{Sleepyhead}} Erika falls asleep while she talks.]]
* The battle begins:
** Morana opens up with a Glalie and Erika with an Exeggutor.
** Glalie attempts a [[OneHitKill Sheer Cold]]. Exeggutor replies with Hypnosis, making Glalie fall asleep.
** Exeggutor then uses Dream Eater until Glalie wakes up again.
** Glalie attempts an Ice Beam, Exeggutor counters with Leaf Storm, knocking Glalie out.
** Morana brings in an Abomasnow, with Snow Warning. Erika brings in a Victreebel.
** Abomasnow tries to use Blizzard, Victreebel uses Sunny Day and Weather Ball, [[SingleStrokeBattle ending the round in a single hit]].
* With Morana defeated, Paul leaves the Gym.
* Iris wakes up early, and [[{{Flashback}} reflects on some memories of her childhood]], mainly with her "Grandfather" Dragonite.
* Iris spots Team Rocket stalking Ash, and believing they're trying to eat him, she chases them off using Dragon Claw.
* Ash discusses with his Pokémon the possibility of evolving or not, as after the Battle Dome tournament, he has realised that they need more offensive power and durability to face stronger opponents.
* Professor Oak finishes setting up the Berry kits sent by Ash and Co. around his ranch.
* Pidgeotto arrives with the flock she protected in the original timeline, bringing them in to stay at Oak's ranch.
* Ash trains with his Pokémon, trying to develop his bloodliner powers as well as spending time with them.
* With Goomy, Ash is unsure as to how he can be trained, since his only moves are Rain Dance and Bide. Iris comes up and offers to help Goomy learn an offensive move.
* Three hours later, Goomy manages to learn Dragon Breath, and evolves into Sliggoo.
* Misty watches them from a distance, [[WhatIsThisFeeling and begins to have a strange feeling at seeing Ash and Iris so close to each other.]]
* Misty encounters a wild Golduck and tries to capture it. Unfortunately, her mind is not in the battle due to her thoughts still focused on seeing Ash and Iris training together, and Golduck easily defeats both Wingull and Poliwrath. Ultimately, Misty decides to use her control abilities to capture Golduck.
* Psyduck's comments make Misty realise that she's starting to feel jealous, and also afraid that Iris might take Ash away from her.
* Ash and co. walk through the scrublands leading to Celadon City, the place where he caught Primeape the first time around.
* An explosion is heard, and something is blasted off into the sky. Dexter identifies it as Primeape, and suggests that he might not survive that.
* Paul comes out, revealed as the one responsible for blasting Primeape away.
* [[BerserkButton Ash becomes enraged]], and challenges Paul to a battle on the spot. Paul suggests a three on three, best two out of three.
* Ash and Paul begin their battle. First round, Charmeleon vs Grotle:
** Grotle attacks with Razor Leaf. Charmeleon counters with Flame Charge.
** Grotle attempts Rock Smash, Charmeleon counters with Dragon Tail.
** Charmeleon attacks Grotle savagely with Metal Claw, actually enjoying to see his trainer going on a full-blown rage.
** Grotle attacks with Razor Leaf, Charmeleon tanks the attack with no problems.
** Ash calls for a Fire Pledge to end the round. Paul however, snaps his fingers to command Grotle to set up a Stealth Rock discreetly.
** Charmeleon defeats Grotle.
* While Ash cheers on Charmeleon for having won the first round, Misty notices something is off, [[ILetYouWin as if Paul had lost that round on purpose]].
* Second round. Pikachu vs Nidoking:
** Just as Pikachu enters the field, he's pelted by Stealth Rock.
** Pikachu opens up with a Quick Attack. Nidoking counters with Bulldoze.
** Nidoking uses Double Kick. Pikachu counters with Iron Tail, managing to stumble him back.
** Pikachu lands a solid Quick Attack on Nidoking's chest.
** Paul calls for a Venoshock, giving Nidoking time to get back up. Paul comments that Ash's Pikachu is pretty strong, and acknowledges that winning against Surge's Raichu wasn't a fluke.
** Nidoking uses Bulldoze and knocks Pikachu out.
* Ash takes Pikachu to Misty, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness who tells him that he's not acting his usual self.]] She also tells him that he needs to focus if he wants to win against Paul. Ash thanks her, and promptly [[LetsGetDangerous turns his hat backwards]].
* The final round begins: Aipom vs Drowzee.
** Drowzee begins charging a Psybeam. Aipom lands a Power-Up Punch and makes it lose focus.
** Drowzee attacks with Poison Gas. Ash calls for a Counter-Shield to block it.
** Paul calls for Disable, which neutralizes Aipom's Counter-Shield, then presses forward with a Thunder Wave.
** Aipom manages to dodge the electric attack, and blocks a Psybeam attack with a perfected Double Hit.
** Aipom evolves to Ambipom.
** Ambipom lands a Double Hit on Drowzee, knocking it out and winning the match for Ash.
* As Misty and Iris approach to congratulate Ash, Paul returns Drowzee, and walks away angry.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty
* Ash and Co. arrive at the Celadon Pokémon Center. Nurse Joy explains to them that Erika is not taking challenges from male trainers, due to an incident with a DirtyOldMan spying on a wedding.
* As they exit the center, they're caught in the middle of a rush of people running around the city. Ash and Pikachu are separated from Misty and Iris, and become lost.
* Ash and Pikachu arrive to a dark alleyway, with a single locked door. Dexter detects an underground meeting and warns Ash not to go inside. Ash ignores him.
* Ash comes across the P1 from the old timeline, which is now an underground fight club. He sees Anthony, the man who trained Primeape in the old timeline, whose Hitmonchan has just lost to the current champion, the Giant and his Hitmonlee.
* Ash steps ups to the challenge, bringing out Charmeleon. Despite not using his fire attacks, Charmeleon wins with ease.
* Ash gives the grand prize to Anthony, [[ComicallySmallDemand only asking for directions to the Pokémon Center.]] After getting them, he leaves.
* Meanwhile, Misty and Iris have gotten themselves lost in another part of the city. They come across a city park where a small Tag Battle Tournament is being held, with none other than Lorelei, who announces there are still two empty slots to have an even number, and offering to do any favor she can as the prize for the winner. Misty decides that they should enter.
* Erika is also watching the tournament along with Lorelei.
* Misty and Iris' first opponents are Kim and Kail, two of the [[SmallNameBigEgo Invincible Pokémon Brothers.]]
* The Brothers bring out their Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee, Misty and Iris send out Poliwrath and Excadrill. [[CurbStompBattle The girls win easily.]]
* Misty and Iris make it to the final, facing a duo of girls named Assunta and Melissa. When they point out to Erika and reveal that she's the local Gym Leader, Misty notices that Iris has gone deep in thought, as if she was up to something.
* Assunta and Melissa bring out a Rhyhorn and a Clefable. Iris flinches at the sight of the evolved form of Clefairy, but Misty offers to handle it for her.
* Misty is about to choose her Pokémon, but Psyduck comes out on his own, much to her chagrin. Iris brings out Axew.
* Assunta and Melissa put up a good fight, but in the end, Misty and Iris manage to win.
* Erika and Lorelei approach to congratulate them all.
* Before Misty can say what she wants for a prize, Lorelei gives her a Wooper. She's so surprised she couldn't even say anything at all.
* Lorelei asks Iris what she wants. Iris surprises everyone (especially Misty) by asking her to convince Erika to allow their friend, Ash, to have a Gym battle with her.
* Lorelei takes Erika aside for a chat. The Elite Four member offers the Gym Leader [[{{Fanservice}} a swimsuit calendar featuring many female trainers (herself included)]], also pointing out that after the League hearing, it's unlikely that she'll be able to keep the ban on male trainers much longer.
* Erika agrees to battle Ash, and [[ADateWithRosiePalms leaves off to attend some business.]]
* Lorelei leaves as well, hoping that Ash wins his battle.
* Misty ponders on how Iris went on her own initiative to help Ash, and cannot help but feel guilty with herself for not thinking about it.
* Meanwhile, Ash continues to be lost. He hears a female, telepathic voice calling out the name "John", and decides to investigate.
* Ash comes into a warehouse district, and after dispatching a guard, he runs into several containers full of stolen goods, cages filled with Scatterbug, and a plastic container with six Pokéballs. The man responsible introduces himself as Felgrand, one of the infamous Seven Brothers of Orre.
* Noticing that Ash has a Pokédex, Felgrand decides he'll kill him and take it for himself as well. The voice Ash heard before asks to be freed, it's a Psychic-type Pokémon.
* Felgrand brings out an Onix. Ash sends in Squirtle to fight it, while sending Pikachu to free the Scatterbug from the cages.
* Squirtle defeats Onix with relative ease, so Felgrand sends in a Kangaskhan and a Rhyhorn. Squirtle fights Rhyhorn while Ash decides to fight the Kangaskhan himself.
* Felgrand is shocked to see that Ash was able to defeat his Kangaskhan, and realises that he's a bloodliner. Squirtle defeats Rhyhorn as well.
* Felgrand uses a smoke bomb and escapes, leaving all of his stolen goods behind with Ash.
* After getting away, Felgrand is angry, but ready to start anew. He takes in a caged Wobbufett ready to sell it for profit. [[HopeSpot Unfortunately, he comes across the Team Rocket Trio]], [[EvilVersusEvil who are not happy to see that there's another thief in their turf, and bring him in]].
* Ash wonders what to do with the Scatterbug. Dexter determines that their chances for survival outside of Kalos are rather slim. Pikachu suggests Ash should capture them using the Pokéballs they found in that place, after Dexter hacks them.
* The Scatterbug agree, on the condition of not being forced to fight, except for one.
* Ash then approaches the six Pokéballs inside the plastic container. Dexter determines that they're no longer synced to their owner, either due to death or legal problems.
* One by one, Ash lets out the Pokémon, and they seem to mistake him for someone named "John".
* The last one is a female Gardevoir, whose telepathic voice was the one Ash heard before. She's the only one to notice that he's not this "John" person.
* Gardevoir explains that Ash looks a lot like their trainer, John Archer. Upon hearing this name, Dexter searches and brings up a photo of the aforementioned trainer. Ash is shocked to see that, indeed, John Archer looks a lot like him.
* Dexter brings up the Gym badges John Archer won in Hoenn, also revealing that he ranked Top 32 after he lost to Tyson. Unfortunately, it also reveals a piece of bad news: John Archer was found several months ago, dead.
* According to Dexter, he was smothered in his sleep, and his Pokémon stolen from him by a janitor. The person responsible didn't give a name to the murderer, only that he was referred to as an "Emissary".
* At night, Ash finally returns to the Pokémon Center, very tired with everything that happened that day.
* Misty and Iris reveal that they managed to get him a battle at the Celadon Gym. Despite still being pondering about what happened that day, this helps in lifting up his spirits a little.
* Ash decides to rest for the night, and be ready for his Gym battle the next morning.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty One
* Ash and Misty reflect on the eccentricities of the Gym Leaders they encountered.
* [[WorthyOpponent Giovanni is impressed by Solidad's skill in their gym battle]], before winning against her.
* Ash, Misty, and Iris arrive at the Celadon Gym for Ash's gym battle.
* Erika tells Ash about how trainers' teams are public knowledge and readily available. Ash replies that either way, he has to be ready and prepared for the unexpected, eliciting a smile out of Erika.
* The first battle is Leafeon versus Butterfree. Butterfree wins, but Leafeon leaves behind a [[WeatherOfWar modified Rain Dance]] that affects his ability to fly. Erika explains that this Rain Dance is her way to hamper all of the Grass-type primary weaknesses.
* Erika's Tangrowth defeats Butterfree.
* Ambipom defeats Tangrowth.
* A Parasect with the ability Dry Skin defeats Ambipom.
* Parasect and Sliggoo are at a stalemate, before Ash orders Sliggoo to use his own Rain Dance to get rid of Erika's. It ''[[CrazyEnoughToWork works]]'', shocking Erika.
* Sliggoo wins against Parasect.
* [[WorthyOpponent Erika admits Ash is talented,]] before bringing out Vileplume.
* Vileplume defeats Sliggoo.
* Ash brings out Pidgeotto.
* Pidgeotto evolves into Pidgeot, and defeats Vileplume, earning Ash the Rainbow Badge.

!!!Hiker Interlude
* The Hiker arrives in Fuchsia City for the upcoming Tag Tournament.
* Paul has just released his Onix and Mr. Mime [[YouHaveFailedMe after losing in the Fuchsia Gym.]]
* The Hiker challenges Paul to a battle.
* The Hiker's Onix defeats Paul's Raichu, but loses to Paul's Torterra.
* [[CurbStompBattle Torterra takes out half the Hiker's team on its own.]]
* The Hiker calls his Golem, [[TakingYouWithMe who uses Explosion to take out Torterra.]]
* Paul uses his Nidoking, who defeats the Hiker's remaining Pokémon.
* [[GracefulLoser The Hiker tries to congratulate Paul for his victory]], [[TrashTalk but Paul replies calling him pathetic and leaves.]]
* [[HeroicBSOD The Hiker becomes depressed at losing]], but decides to go back to the mountains for more training.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty Two
* The night after his gym battle, Ash writes a letter to Serena warning her of the possible dangers she may face according to [=MissingNo=].
* [[PutOnABus Pidgeot promises to deliver the letter as timely as possible]].
* The next day, Paul wins his gym battle with Janine.
* Paul had released his Mr. Mime and Onix as weak, while considering releasing Raichu as well.
* He is told by Janine about the Fuschia Tag Team Tournament where winners earn the right to enter the Safari Zone.
* Misty is fishing for Water-type Pokemon. Dexter is suspicious of the lack of Tentacool.
* Professor Oak goes to Doctor Boxer's house after receiving a call and is stunned that he managed to develop a way to get inanimate objects stored into small storage devices.
* At the Crimson City Battle Club, Ash and A.J. meet again and they battle.
* Ash tells A.J. about Erika's counters to Bug-types, and A.J. tells Ash about the Crimson City Bug Catching Contest.
* Before the contest, Ash and a boy battle, with their respective Scatterbug and Caterpie evolving into Spewpa and Metapod.
* During the contest itself, Ash discovers Poison-type Pokémon behaving strangely.
* Ash catches a Yanma, which wins him the contest.
* Misty and Iris are at a restaurant, where Iris asks about Misty's exact relationship with Ash. Misty admits she likes him, to which Iris also admits the same.
* Iris then brings up the possibility of sharing Ash, stunning Misty.
* Ash meets up with them, and gives Misty his prize, a Water Stone.
* The three arrive in Gringy City. Upon discovering its cleanliness, a citizen explained a WealthyPhilanthropist named Tokiomi Borealis cleaned it up.
* [[ThrowTheDogABone Jessie, James and Meowth receive praise from Giovanni for their capture of Felgrand]], since he was looking for the infamous Orre criminal brothers for some time.
* They encounter Evanna, who blasts them off with her Power-Up Punch.
* The rest of Evanna's group arrives, Aurora, Vedia, and the leader, Belladonna.
* Belladonna is a Poison-Heart Bloodliner, [[MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot and is responsible for the odd behaviour of the Poison-Types]].
* The group are going to attack the Gringy City Power Plant, to kill a certain man.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty Three
* A certain person in Gringy City reflects on all the [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome good things the world has to offer]].
* That person reunites a pair of kids with their Arcanine companion before a BigBlackout occurs.
* Belladonna and Aurora arrive at the control room, with Belladonna killing one guard and imprisoning another after he pleads "IHaveAFamily".
* Ash, Misty, and Iris investigate the power plant and discover it is being invaded by Poison-types. Misty recognises the expression on the Pokemon and tells the others that a Poison-Heart bloodliner is behind this.
* Learning Goldeen resents Misty for her using her MindControl on her, Misty vows to never use it ever again, to Goldeen's approval.
* Ash, Misty, and Iris get past the Poison-types and make it inside the power plant, but have to deal with more Poison-types.
* Iris encounters Evanna and they and their Pokemon battle.
* The person who helped the kids reunite with their Arcanine arrives at the power plant and sees the situation before she has a {{Flashback}}:
** She was raised by her uncle after her parents died. That same incident rendered her mute.
** Her uncle is aware of the Bloodliner powers that grant her {{Telepathy}}. [[GoodParents He loves her all the same, and comforts her when he realised she is saddened on how she can't reveal her powers to anyone]].
* In Fuchsia City, Red and Yellow meet Lilo. Red and Lilo have a battle but it is interrupted. Lilo then tells Red about the Tag Team Tournament.
* Still in the Gringy City Power Plant control room, Belladonna is frustrated at the fact that Tokiomi Borealis is still alive.
* Aurora reflects on how events led to this:
** Aurora is Tokiomi's daughter.
** She used to live a good life, before Tokiomi discovered she's an Ice-Beam Bloodliner.
** Tokiomi [[FantasticRacism turned]] [[IHaveNoSon on]] [[AbusiveParents her.]]
* Aurora doesn't want to go through with killing her father, but is too afraid to voice her thoughts. Tokiomi going from a [[GoodParents loving father]] to an [[AbusiveParents to a cold and abusive one]] caused her severe mental and emotional issues.
* Ash, Pikachu, Charmeleon, and Starmie encounter Muk, having been {{Mind Control}}ed into attacking them. Ash attempts to recapture him, but Muk's subordinate Grimer keeps getting in the way. He ends up catching all of them.
* At Professor Oak's ranch, Oak runs from Muk and the Grimer all trying to hug him.
* Ash brings out Yanma, Butterfree and Snivy.
* The group splits up. Ash goes one way, Pikachu & Starmie another way, Yanma and Butterfree another way, and Snivy and Charmeleon yet another way.
* Charmeleon and Snivy find themselves surrounded. Snivy perfects Aerial Ace, and then evolves.
* Misty encounters Vedia, and they battle.
* Ash reaches the control room, where Aurora freezes him to the wall and Belladonna almost attacks him before Aurora stops her. Aurora says Ash and Belladonna look a lot alike.
* Belladonna notes the resemblances, but refuses to believe it unless he is also a Bloodliner and uses her second Bloodline to force Ash to tell the truth.
* Ash confirms he is a Lucario Bloodliner. Belladonna and Aurora are shocked, and Belladonna begins believing that she and Ash are [[LongLostRelative half-siblings]].
* Evanna's and Iris' battle continues. Evanna realises they're NotSoDifferent. Both girls had one family that was lost. They then had a new family, before losing that one too.
* Belladonna begins asking Ash things about himself. She deduces that he, like her, was raised by a single mother, but is surprised to learn that [[GoodParents Ash's was loving and caring]], [[AbusiveParents unlike her own]].
* Belladonna tells Ash about her life in the Old Cesspit, and [[TrashOfTheTitans the conditions she lived in]], until the day her mother [[IHaveNoSon kicked her out for being a lesbian.]] She begins telling him the story on how she met Aurora, Evanna and Vedia and their respective stories.
* Charmeleon and the newly evolved Servine continue battling against the Poison-types.
* A Weedle tries to attack Charmeleon from the back. [[OffhandBackhand He casually flicks it away with his tail,]] and this triggers his evolution back into Charizard.
* The newly restored Charizard is ''[[RunningGag not]]'' [[RunningGag amused at having evolved against a small bug, again.]]
* Iris continues her fight with Evanna, their Pokémon already knocked out and unable to keep fighting. [[BigDamnHeroes Butterfree and Yanma arrive to help Iris.]] Evanna panics at the possibility of losing family for a ''third'' time, and {{Flashback}}s to the second time:
** She saved a baby, but stepped on a Slowpoke's tail.
** [[UngratefulBastard The people were ungrateful]] to [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Evanna's act of heroism]]. [[TorchesAndPitchforks They try to kill her and her adoptive father, Kyle Narec]].
** Evanna manages to escape, but her father was killed.
* Belladonna finishes telling Ash her story, and how she ended up with three girlfriends.
* Ash, trying to buy time, asks her if she thinks she's above the law. [[{{Ubermensch}} Belladonna replies that since they're neither humans or Pokémon, they're not bound by their laws.]]
* When Ash seems ready to argue that her scheme is placing many others, not just Tokiomi, at risk of dying, Belladonna reveals that [[EvenEvilHasStandards she waited until he was moved to a hospital specialized in treating people who ended up sick due to drug addictions and poor lifestyle choices, so that if anyone else dies, she feels they deserve it.]]
* Ash still argues that she's going too far, to what Belladonna replies that, if he ever experiences the rage of seeing a loved one hurt, the only way to deal with it is to [[PayEvilUntoEvil punish the one responsible.]]
* Ash then realizes that he felt the same rage when Paul blasted Primeape into the sky. Belladonna then sees that Ash actually understands the pain she's going through. [[SympathyForTheHero She actually tries to comfort him]], and in the inside wishes to punish the one who made him suffer.
* Vedia has Misty pinned to the ground, and questions why she's opposing their goal. She has noticed that [[NotSoDifferent they have the same eyes, of someone who was neglected by her family.]] Vedia also notices that Misty has also found someone who cares about her, like she did Belladonna.
* A telepathic voice speaks in the heads of both girls, [[BigDamnHeroes and then someone appears between them]], [[MindOverMatter sending Vedia flying across the hallway with a telepathic push]], freeing Misty. The newly arrived girl introduces herself as Anabel.
* At the control room, [[DynamicEntry Charizard breaks the door,]] allowing himself, Pikachu, Starmie and Servine to enter, and they immediately attack Belladonna and Aurora upon seeing Ash frozen against the wall.
* Belladonna's Golbat arrives to inform her that Tokiomi is finally dead, so they have no reason to stay anymore. Aurora brings out a Shelder capable of using Teleport, and they escape.
* Ash fills his Pokémon in about what happened during the confrontation with Belladonna, although he's still unsure if they're related or not.
* Ash is reunited with Iris, his other Pokémon and Misty, who has brought Anabel along. After a chat, Misty invites Anabel to travel along with them.
* Upon hearing the police sirens approaching, Anabel teleports them all away to escape the Power Plant, stopping only to pick up Ash's Sliggoo on the way out.
* At Team Rocket's HQ, Giovanni sees the news about the incident at Gringy City's Power Plant, of which the authorities have pinned the blame on Giva City for a dam they're building and causing trouble for the local Pokémon. Thanks to Jessie, James and Meowth, however, he knows the truth behind it.
* Giovanni comes to question Felgrand. He shows him a photo of Ash, whom he recognizes as the boy who busted his operation in Celadon. Then, he shows him a photo of Belladonna, and he becomes ''horrified'' at her sight.
* Felgrand then reveals that she looks a lot like his own mother, a bloodliner who could affect people's minds. The Seven Brothers of Orre were born in alphabetical order from the A to Felgrand himself, and [[WhiteSheep the one with the E is the only one who is not a criminal]]. He reveals to Giovanni that he and his other brothers (bar E) [[SelfMadeOrphan killed]] [[{{Matricide}} their mother]].
* Felgrand deduces that one of his brothers must be spreading around his children, breaking their pact, and demands to know who did it. Giovanni leaves him to ponder about what he just revealed.
* In Orre, Agrev and Gonzap of Team Snagem oversee Wes, who is training in the virtual simulator, surprised that he managed to beat all the simulations on his first try, even though somehow he suffers a serious case of amnesia.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty One
* Several days after her last attempt, Solidad has a rematch with Giovanni, bringing out [[SuperMode a Mega Slowbro]]. [[BadassBoast Giovanni declares he defeated more impressive evolutions]].

!!!Erika Interlude
* With Erika's ban on male trainers lifted, they start coming up one after another to challenge the Celadon Gym. She's beginning to feel tired.
* Erika checks the data about her next challenger, who is none other than A.J. Choosing her team, she decides to take a nap before he arrives.
* A.J. arrives to challenge, but after he notices Erika falling asleep, he offers to come later if she doesn't feel well. Erika assures him that she's fine, and ready to battle him.
* The battle is set as a three versus three without substitutions.
* Erika brings out her Ivysaur, and A.J. his Venonat from the Bug-Catching Contest.
* Erika's Ivysaur has the upper hand, but A.J.'s Venonat manages to land a Stun Spore/Supersonic combo right into his eyes, causing serious irritation and forcing Erika to withdraw him and send it to her assistants to get help.
* Erika brings out a Nuzleaf. A.J. is surprised to see a foreign Pokémon.
* Nuzleaf knocks out Venonat using Fake Out.
* A.J. brings out Sandslash.
* The battle is evenly matched, and it ends with a DoubleKnockOut, leaving both trainers down to one single Pokémon.
* For the final round, A.J. brings out his Beedrill and Erika brings out Gloom.
* Beedrill wins the match for A.J. after a tough battle.
* After giving him the Rainbow Badge, Erika asks A.J. some help in cleaning the boulders left on the battlefield. He agrees, feeling it'll be good training for Beedrill.
* Another challenger comes in even though Erika isn't ready yet. He tries to announce himself with a grand dramatic speech, [[MomentKiller only to find that Erika fell asleep and is not listening]].

!!!Jeanette Interlude
* After Erika lifted her ban and the pool of male trainers she could train against shrank, Jeanette resumes her journey.
* She begins setting up camp, [[PowerIncontinence before a sneeze results in a reflexive use of Sweet Scent.]]
* [[{{Flashback}} Remembering the day she discovered she was a Bloodliner and the day she revealed it to her parents]], Jeanette [[FailedASpotCheck doesn't notice a Beedrill approaching her]] as a result of the Sweet Scent.
* After winning his third badge against Erika, A.J. continues on his journey and sees Jeanette about to be attacked by the Beedrill.
* He initially tries to save her before stopping himself when Jeanette saves herself by using Leaf Storm, surprising A.J.
* Jeanette and her Bellsprout both use Energy Ball against the Beedrill, further [[AmazonChaser awing A.J.]] After it was weakened enough, Jeanette successfully catches the Beedrill.
* A.J. makes his presence known, surprising Jeanette. Jeanette becomes even more surprised he doesn't mind she's a Bloodliner.
* Over dinner, Jeanette reveals to A.J. that she is a Victreebel Bloodliner, like her ancestor.
* Jeanette also tells A.J. about the events that led to Erika allowing Ash to battle her before she lifted her ban and offers to show him the Gym Battle Review episode on it. A.J. accepts.
* Jeanette also proposes they travel together after hearing that Ash, Misty and Iris travel together. Again, A.J accepts.
* While watching the episode, Jeanette remembers when she left on her journey:
** Before she left, her parents gave her an important piece of advice.
** That advice being that if she ever finds a boy who doesn't [[FantasticRacism reject her for being a Bloodliner]], to never let him go.
* The next day, before leaving, Jeanette uses [[MundaneUtility Sweet Scent as a substitute for perfume]], hoping A.J. would enjoy the smell. She considers taking his hand before deciding against going too fast.
* A.J meanwhile considers asking Jeanette out on a date before [[TwiceShy deciding against going too fast]].
* Their Pokemon notice the mutual attraction and are [[ShipperOnDeck supportive]].

!!!Gary Interlude
* Gary catches a Tangela and a Qwilfish.
* Three days later, at a Bug-Catching Contest, Gary catches a Pinsir, winning him the event.
* He encounters, battles, and loses to Casey Snagem who [[WrongContextMagic powered up his Chesnaught in an unusual way that his Pokedex has no data on]].
* Casey takes Gary to his house, where they have a discussion on what it takes to be considered a Pokemon Master.
* Gary decides that a Pokemon Master has to, at minimum, win a major league tournament.
* Casey tells his opinion that a Pokemon Master is one who participates and merely does well in lots of tournaments.
* Gary sticks to his opinion, and after hearing Casey's life story, he leaves.

!!!Wally Interlude
* Several weeks later, Wally gains the idea of meeting his starter long before he could get his Trainer licence, reasoning it would do him wonders, even if he can't legally own the Pokemon in his own name.
* He meets Brendan, one of Birch's Pokedex holders, who helps him catch a Ralts.
* [[ThePromise Wally and Brendan promise to have a battle once Wally becomes a trainer]].
* Sawyer tells Wally that male Ralts could become Gallade instead of Gardevoir, if they use a Dawn Stone in the Kirlia stage.
* Wally's asthma condition got worse. He's forced to drop out of the Rustboro Trainer School and says his goodbye to Sawyer.
* Wally moves in with his uncle and aunt in Verdanturf Town because of its cleaner air.
* He hears of Brendan on the [=BuzzNav=]. Upon hearing that Brendan might leave the region to compete in other leagues, Wally worries he might not have his battle with Brendan.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty Four
* As a result of the Gringy City incident, Ash has an... [[RealDreamsAreWeirder unusual dream]].
* Upon waking up, Ash, his Pokemon, Dexter, and John Archer's Gardevoir discuss the events that occurred at the Power Plant.
* Dexter concludes Belladonna was telling the truth of her and her girlfriends' pasts.
* Gardevoir is concerned by the [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals number of people who look a lot like each other]]. [[PutOnABus She decides that she and the rest of John's team will go looking for more of them.]]
* During breakfast time, Ash tells Misty, Iris and Anabel about the dream he had and the possibility of him and Belladonna actually being {{Long Lost Relative}}s. He is especially concerned at how quickly Belladonna latched on to the idea.
* Iris concludes that it was because Belladonna really wanted a proper family since her own mother was terrible.
* They are then confronted by [[TheDrunkenSailor a drunk sailor]].
* In Alola, Hala and Lilo have a conversation. After it ends, Tapu Koko appears in his home.
* Hala remembers the times Tapu Koko stole Z-Rings and gave them to people it found interesting. Among them were the twins Velvet and Frax Lono, who had dark hair, red eyes, and marks on their cheeks.
* Ash, Misty, Iris, and Anabel have easily defeated the drunk sailor.
* A waitress from the restaurant the sailor works at apologised on his behalf. Ash notes she looks a lot like his [[MythologyGag Ashley cosplay]] from the old timeline.
* The waitress states the restaurant has a rule where anyone who defeats staff gets to eat for free. When all their stomachs rumbled, including the waitress, Ash and Co accepted.
* The waitress introduced herself as Ashley.
* Hala has a [[InfoDump lengthy reflection]] on ancient Alolan history. He then reads an [[VaguenessIsComing incomprehensible prophecy]].
* Ash mentally blames [[{{Troll}} MissingNo]] for the existence of Ashley as he and the others arrive at the restaurant.
* As Ashley takes their orders, Ash notes her last name is Sennenryu.
* Ash receives a call from Professor Oak, who tells him, Misty, and Iris to get to Fuchsia City as soon as possible for the Tag Team Tournament. Professor Oak is not yet aware of Anabel.
* After leaving the restaurant, en route, Anabel teleports the group to Fuchsia when it starts raining.
* At Fuchsia, the gym is closed.
* In a hotel room, Ash embraces Muk, who is happy to be reunited and is glad Ash caught his old buddies. Bulbasaur isn't.
* Ash explains that they were being {{Mind Control}}ed by his maybe half-sister, shocking his Pokemon who weren't present at the Gringy City incident.
* Ash is distressed by the possibility of him suddenly having a lot of possible half-siblings, with Ashley only reinforcing that stress.
* His Pokemon comfort him, and tell him he has a tournament to win, so he can recover his Tauros.

!!!Hiker Interlude
* The Hiker enters the Rock Tunnel, eager to begin his training along with his Vulpix.
* He encounters a very small Krabby, an is about to catch it, until a voice calls out telling him not to.
* The Hiker's Vulpix doesn't seem to hear the voice, and then a silhouette appears.
* The Hiker demands that the silhouette shows itself. It's a young girl, no older than nine and dressed in some old rags.
* The girl asks for some water, and the Hiker complies. He takes notice that the girl never opens her mouth to talk, only to drink.
* The girl identifies herself Mizu, and when the Hiker asks her how she's talking to him without moving her mouth, she explains that she's not talking; [[{{Telepathy}} she's projecting her thoughts into his head.]]
* Mizu tries to tell the Hiker that she's a Starmie, but the Hiker laughs, thinking that she just has a lively imagination, [[WhamShot until she uses a Swift attack to prove it.]]
* The Hiker deduces that she's a Bloodliner, and asks her what she's doing all alone in that place. She explains to him that her family was kidnapped, showing him the images in his mind.
* The Hiker realizes Mizu [[RaisedByWolves was raised by Water-type Pokémon]]. Mizu then proceeds to explain that she tried to find help to rescue her family, but she ended up in the abandoned Kanto Power Plant and was driven away by the Electric-types residing in it, and she had to hide in the Rock Tunnel to escape.
* The Hiker offers to help Mizu, and she accepts. The two begin walking across the Rock Tunnel.

!!!Big P Pokemon Race Interlude
* While waiting for the Fuchsia Tag Team Tournament to start, Ash and his friends spent their time training. For Ash, this includes training his Bloodliner powers. He attempts to learn Foresight with Anabel helping him. As a Psychic-Heart Bloodliner, she had faced a similar situation and learned Miracle Eye to be prepared against Dark-type Pokemon and Bloodliners.
* Meanwhile, Misty attempts to reconcile with Golduck and apologies for using her MindControl powers on him. After being certain of the sincerity of her apology, Golduck admits he's not ready to forgive her completely, but is willing to work with her.
* During a break, Ash tells Anabel about his H.O.P.E glove, including how his model has the extra function of gathering data on Bloodliners. Anabel asks if Ash, Misty and Iris ever wondered if they have ever met other Bloodliners, saying the glove could be used to identify them. Ash admits he could, but says it's not something they'd just tell other people about.
* [[SneezeCut Jeanette suddenly sneezed]]. A.J., concerned, suggests they go see a doctor as soon as they reach the next town.
* Back with Ash and Anabel, Ash shares his opinion that it's not right for them to find out if another is a Bloodliner unless they are the ones who want to share that knowledge.

!!!Laramie Gaiden
* At the Laramie farm:
** Leeroy is telling Lara and Hex about his time in the Trainer-Ranger war while the latter two [[MundaneUtility use their Bloodliner powers for farmwork]]. He clarifies that the current family motto of "Live in Harmony with Pokemon" and him establishing the Pokemon Reserve was to help him remember Jenkins.
** Hex suggests petitioning the T.A.T.O. to let Leeroy see Jenkins. Lara shoots down that idea, but Leeroy is appreciative.
** A stable hand suddenly shouts the Laramie Tauros are out of control, causing Lara and Hex to go deal with the issue.
* Meanwhile, at the Vientown Ranger School:
** The students aspiring to be Rangers are excited because Jenkins, now a retired Top Ranger is visiting.
** One student asks another student, Jane, who is Jenkins granddaughter, when he's arriving.
** She assures him that she can see her grandfather coming in fast on his Mega Pidgeot.
** Jenkins arrives, and after reflecting on how his granddaughter is a Pidgeot Bloodliner and has z-shaped marks, starts the lesson on Mega Evolution.

!!!Hiker Interlude
* While walking across the Rock Tunnel, the Hiker begins talking to Mizu, who tells her that she's scared of the outside world and wants to go back home with her family.
* The Hiker then shares that the world used to be a lot more dangerous for people and Pokémon, but the efforts of many have made it a better place, and he wants to get to know it all.
* Mizu then [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asks him if he has traveled across the world a lot.]] The Hiker then realizes that he's spent so much time exiled in the mountains for training, he has barely traveled across his own region.
* Meanwhile, near the shore of Route 10, Captain Crook and his crew are recounting their latest catch, with his first mate Scuz saying they have enough to pay their monthly fee to the Phantom. However, Crook orders that they stay where they are, since they still have to catch a bloodliner girl who slipped away.
* When some of the crew members question about this, Crook replies that he's convinced that the girl will come to save her family of Water-types.
* The Hiker and Mizu come out of the Rock Tunnel in Route 10, and she shows him the pirate ship. The Hiker is surprised to learn he's going up against pirates, of all people.
* The Hiker then [[DidntThinkThisThrough realizes he doesn't have a plan]], so he tries to make one on the fly.
* Mizu wants to come along and help, but the Hiker doesn't want to endanger her. He finally agrees, on the condition that she stays out of sight and if things go downhill, she runs away.
* The Hiker sends his Golbat to cause havoc with the pirates, while he and Mizu surf on his Rhydon to sneak in by piercing the hull with Horn Drill.
* Golbat used its sonic attacks and Confuse Ray to get the pirates to fight against each other and keep Crook busy.
* Once inside the storage room, the Hiker and his Pokémon begin freeing the captives, while Mizu stays hidden.
* Scuz goes below the deck to check what's going on, and quickly goes back up to tell his captain.
* Crook decides to ignore the Golbat and goes below the deck to the storage room, finding the ones responsible. He engages the Hiker in a fistfight.
* Mizu, still hidden, sends her Krabby to help the Hiker.
* The Krabby pinches Scuz in the rear, and after taking it off, he recognizes it as the same the bloodliner girl he encountered earlier. He demands that the Hiker tells him where she is. When he refuses, he sends in his six Tentacruel.
* The Hiker's Pokémon, having released the last of the captives, engage the Tentacruel, while the Hiker, angered at Crook's FantasticRacism, once again gets into a fistfight with him.
* Mizu goes to the last untouched Poké Ball Rack and finds her family, beginning to free them. Unfortunately, when she gets to the last Poké Balls, containing her parents, Crook grabs her by the collar.
* Crook turns her around to look her face to face, and asks her if she's got any words to say to him.
* Making eye contact, Mizu uses her bloodline to MindControl Crook into letting him go. Though he resists at first, she presses on and succeeds.
* The Hiker gets back up, and seeing Mizu has dealt with the pirate, and his Pokémon with the Tentacruel, they take the Poké Balls and get ready to leave, but not before the Hiker calls his Onix to finish wrecking the ship.
* The Hiker and Mizu escape surfing on Rhydon's back.
* Recovering from the MindControl Crook realizes his vessel is going down, and orders his crew to AbandonShip.

!!!Big P Pokemon Race Interlude
* After several more hours of training, Ash and Co see [[AnimalStampede a Tauros stampede]] heading right towards them as two girls riding two different Ponyta try to stop them. Ash immediately decides to help and ropes his friends into helping. After they succeed, the [[HorseOfADifferentColour Ponyta-riding girls]] give their thanks. Ash recognises one of the girls as Lara Laramie. After the introductions, Hex, the other girl, invites the four friends to the festival. They accept after everyone's stomach rumbled, including Lara's and Hex's.
* At the festival grounds, Lara and Hex explain that the large amount of Pokemon they're seeing are not actually theirs. The entire area is a Pokemon Reserve and the Pokemon Big P Ranch protect the wild Pokemon from poachers. Lara says that they lived in harmony with Pokemon since her grandfather's time.
* Lara also laments that because of the Fuchsia Tag Team Tournament, there isn't as much interest in the Big P Pokemon Race but says she'll win it in any case.
* Knowing the prize is honorary membership of the Laramie Clan, Misty asks why Lara is competing. Lara explains that it's because they don't let just anybody become a member and in any event, she has a score to settle with one of the other racers.
* Dario then arrives, where he proceeds to prove himself a {{Jerkass}} to Ash and his friends very quickly before he leaves. Hex drops a comment about how [[NoodleIncident he might cheat again for this year's race]].
* After arriving at the festival and buying food, Lara and Hex explain that the previous year, [[NoodleImplements there were several incidents and a lot of people got hurt during the race]]. They suspected Dario was behind them but had no proof, so the only thing that could be done was win the race to deny Dario what he wanted.
* Meanwhile, Dario is punishing one of his cronies for failing to sabotage Lara, before deciding to do it himself.

!!!Hiker Interlude
* The Hiker and Mizu are safe, and after releasing her foster parents from the Poké Balls, he destroys them.
* The Hiker thanks Mizu for making him realize he had to change his path to become strong, while Mizu thanks her for rescuing her family.
* After a little celebration, Mizu asks if she can travel with the Hiker, to what he gladly agrees. The Water-types bid their farewell and return to the sea.
* Meanwhile, Captain Crook and his crew are stranded on land, so they decide to go to a port town to steal a ship, and go to the Orange Islands, after one pirate suggests that many Johto Pokémon migrate during the season, and they have chances to catch them. Crook accepts, since he doesn't want to show before the Phantom without his fee to pay his dues.

!!!Big P Pokémon Race Interlude
* The next day, Lara and Hex continued training for the race, before deciding to return home. Unfortunately, Dario had obtained a sniper rifle that fires tranquilising darts. Though his intention was to hit Lara's Ponyta so it wouldn't be able to race, the actual outcome of Hex being hit with the dart and Lara's Ponyta being startled enough to throw his rider off causing her injury was still in his favour. Ash's intervention in saving the two girls is the only reason things did not end up worse.
* In the Laramie's home living room, Lara is saddened by her broken arm and how Hex has been hospitalised, since she knows Dario was behind it. Ash, knowing [[InSpiteOfANail history has repeated itself despite his attempts to avert it]], offers his help by competing in the race in Lara's stead. Misty, Iris and Anabel offer their help as well. Lara is moved and accepts their offer.
* After taking them to see the track, Lara teaches Ash how to ride a Ponyta. [[InstantExpert He shocks the others by how quickly he learned]] and Lara wonders if that's really the first time he rode a Ponyta. Knowing that he can't talk about the previous timeline, Ash attempts to explain it as him having experience with Rhyhorn Racing, which he managed to learn a lot about from Serena.
* The group then discusses their plan to deal with further cheating attempts. Ash and Misty will be taking part directly in the race to keep a close watch on Dario, Iris and Anabel will be on the sidelines, ready to act, and Lara will be in the commentating booth to keep the spotlight on Dario so if he tries something, he's more likely to be caught.
* After Lara leaves, Misty gives Ash a long and uncomfortable look before she asks about Serena. [[OhCrap Ash then realises he never mentioned Serena to her, Iris or Anabel]]. Ash's Pikachu and Lara's Ponyta [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere immediately leave the area]].
* The next day, Dario smirks to himself, [[TemptingFate thinking that with Lara unable to race, his victory is guaranteed]], before he sees Ash riding Lara's Ponyta.
* In the commentary booth, the commentator Horace asks Lara about the rumours her injury is due to sabotage. Lara says whoever did it will [[CheatersNeverProsper get what's coming for them]].
* After Lara introduces Ash as a Pokedex Holder picked by Professor Oak, Dario tries to assure himself that [[TemptingFate it does not mean that Ash is a good racer]]. Lara then continues to say that Ash has experience in Rhyhorn Racing and took to riding her Ponyta incredibly quickly. Dario is even more unnerved when Misty arrives with her Gyarados.
* Before the race begins, [[{{Telepathy}} Anabel checks that Ash and Misty can hear her thoughts]]. They can, and they tell her to get ready as the race is about to begin.
* The race begins:
** Dario takes an early lead, having the advantage of knowing the terrain better than Ash and Misty.
** Anabel spots two snipers with tranquilizing darts at the top of a mountain and sends Iris and Charizard to thwart them, allowing the other racers to pass safely.
** At a river crossing, the Water-types report to Anabel that some of the boulders for crossing the river are fakes, and Anabel relays this info to Ash and Misty.
** Ash is frustrated that he can't share the warning with the other racers as they fall for the traps.
** At the next section, where the racers can only continue after the Pokemon have eaten their meal, Dario is frustrated that his Dodrio's three heads fighting over who gets to eat first allowed Ash and Misty to catch up. He gives the signal for the ambush to attack Ash and Misty while Dario rushes ahead.
** Iris and Anabel arrive and Misty stays behind to deal with them, allowing Ash to go ahead.
** A trainer and his many Wartortle still attempts to stop Ash, but Ponyta's determination to win allows it to evolve, and it overcomes them.
** Seeing Ash and to his shock, ''Rapidash'', Dario activates bombs planted by his cronies, which results in Ash's and Rapidash's path getting blocked by a huge boulder. Ash orders Rapidash to use Flare Blitz to burst through the rock.
** The spectators see Dario coming in on the home stretch before seeing Ash and everyone, including Lara, [[WhamShot are shocked to see Ash was now riding a Rapidash]].
** Seeing Dario reaching the finish line, Ash refuses to give in. He keeps thinking he must win, for Lara's sake, and accidentally activates his SuperEmpowering ability, giving Rapidash the speed it needed to overtake Dario's Dodrio and claim victory.
* After stopping, both Ash and Rapidash dropped in exhaustion. Lara comes up to them to congratulate them for their victory, before [[SoreLoser Dario]] [[MoralMyopia accuses Ash of cheating]]. Lara is incensed and speaks against him. In anger, Dario almost had his Dodrio attack her before Anabel teleported in, bringing Iris, Misty, their Pokemon, and two of Dario's cronies.
* Iris and Misty force the cronies to tell the truth. The cronies reveal all of Dario's cheating attempts, and [[TorchesAndPitchforks an angry mob forms because of it]]. [[VillainExitStageLeft Dario is forced to flee]].

!!!Pokémon G-Men Interlude
* Frey is in the middle of an undercover operation in Mahogany Town, investigating Team Rocket.
* During his shift, he learns that some of the Rocket Grunts are in cahoots with a serial killer who plans to attack a woman who lives alone with her 13-year-old daughter.
* Informing his superiors, Frey is given 24 hours to deal with this before returning to his duty.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty Four
* Dan arrives at Saffron Gym to challenge the gym leader.
* He sees a rookie trainer running, before a force strangles the boy.
* Dan immediately releases his Crobat to force Ghost-types to reveal themselves, believing they're responsible.
* Crobat finds no Ghost-type, causing Dan to wonder on the perpetrator.
* Sabrina reveals herself as the perpetrator, and commends on his skill and experience in attempting to figure out what killed the other guy.
* Sabrina asks if Dan is worthy, declaring that there are too many people in the world, and [[TheSocialDarwinist the weak should be killed]].
* Sabrina tells Dan to bring out his entire team, stating that she has managed to take care of the Pokeball limit. Dan does so.
* Dan declares that he will live, [[FaceDeathWithDignity refusing to die without a fight.]]

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty Six
* Three hours after the battle began, despite his Pokémon putting up a good fight, Dan is down to his Typhlosion and Mega-Ampharos. He begins to recall some of the most important events of his life, resigned to accept his fate.
* Before losing consciousness, he gets to hear Sabrina uttering that he's proven too strong to die.
* Sabrina muses that challengers always assume that they'll die if they lose. She receives a visit from the Emissary of the Bloodline King.
* The Emissary comes to tell her that [[WeCanRuleTogether she's still got an open offer to be the Bloodline Queen]], but Sabrina refuses, as she's uninterested in being married to the Bloodliner King.
* The Emissary and Sabrina discuss some things about dual bloodliners, including specifically Ash Ketchum's recent encounters with Red and Belladonna. The Emissary leaves afterwards.
* [[PragmaticVillainy While planning on leaving Dan alive to lure more challengers]], Sabrina becomes intrigued by Ash's thoughts about her, and decides to investigate further.

!!!Pokémon G-Men Interlude
* Frey tries to approach the woman upfront to warn her that her life might be in danger, but she refuses to believe him.
* Frey resolves to keep an eye on the woman, but the murderer doesn't appear.
* An explosion is heard from the other side of town. As he arrives, Frey sees the woman's house has been set ablaze, and realizes that the real target was the daughter.
* Frey sends his Charizard to rescue any survivors, and checks his surroundings. He spots a person walking away suspiciously from the scene, and follows them.
* The person is a man in [[ConspicuousTrenchcoat a dark trenchcoat]]. Frey tries to question the man about the fire that's happening, and he replies coldly.
* The man tries to leave, but Frey refuses until he answers his questions. The man punches Frey and runs away.
* Frey tries to send his Tyranitar to stop the man, but in his escape, the man drops an object that disrupts his Poké Balls.
* Frey's Charizard comes out of the fire, carrying the woman's daughter. Having to choose between helping her or pursuing the man, Frey chooses to stay and help the girl. He keeps the device the man dropped, intending to have it analyzed later.

!!!Big P Pokemon Race Interlude
* The day after the race, [[KeepTheReward Ash turns down his prize]], saying he only wanted to help Lara. As they leave after saying their goodbyes, Ash reveals to his friends that his SuperEmpowering ability had kicked in during the last stretch of the race and he questions whether it was fair to win that way.
* Anabel assures him that he didn't do it for himself, that he just wanted to help Lara. Ash is happy with that, and thinks to himself that if he ever needs to help someone, then there is no shame in using his secondary power.
* Lara received news that Hex had woke up and rushes to the hospital. There she finds her friend being restrained by the doctors since she was upset over missing the race.
* After getting the doctors to leave, Lara succeeds in calming her friend down and at her request, briefly recaps what happened after she was rendered unconscious.
* Hex remarks that if she finds him, she will [[WolverineClaws use her Shadow Claw on him]]. Lara chastises her for being careless with the revelation of her Bloodline ability, but Hex retorts that Lara feels the same way in wanting to [[PlayingWithFire roast Dario]], to which she admits she's right.
* Lara then laments the fact that the two Bloodliner girls can't use their powers in public but is glad their respective families were understanding and accepting. [[DramaticIrony She then wishes they could have more Bloodliner friends]].
* Meanwhile, Dario remains in hiding, muttering that [[TemptingFate he will never be caught alive]] by the authorities and other civilians angry at what he did.
* Sabrina then appears and says that they won't even ''find'' him alive, before proceeding to kidnap him.
* In Kalos, Pidgeot arrives at Serena's home, where she delivers Ash's letter. After reading it, Serena is concerned by the contents.
* Upon learning the letter came from Ash, Grace says Ash appeared on the latest episode of Kanto's Gym Battle Review program and the rerun is about to start and that they could watch it together.
* Before doing so, Serena tells Pidgeot that she could spend the night at their home. Pidgeot accepts, [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling though she cannot shake the feeling that while she was gone, Ash and his friends were in grave danger]].

!!!Wicke & Nephew Interlude
* In Fiore, a group of Cipher soldiers, including Dakim, begin poaching Pokémon south of Ringtown.
* At the Ringtown Ranger Base, Spenser assumes it's the Go-Rock Squad causing trouble, so he sends three rangers to investigate. After they fail to report, Spenser sends three more to check on them.
* Three hours later, the rangers still fail to turn up, so Spenser sends aide requests to the other Ranger Base leaders to investigate, taking every ranger available, including Zilant and Garmon, Wicke's nephew and brother-in-law respectively.
* Spenser and the others find the missing rangers dead, having been killed by the Cipher soldiers. A battle ensues.
* Many rangers end up being killed and many more heavily injured. Among the latter are Spenser, who gets his arm broken by Dakim, and Garmon. The rangers manage to rescue 75% of the captured Pokémon, but their enemies escape.
* Spenser calls Garmon's wife, Pia, to inform her of the bravery displayed by her son and husband.
* The next day, much to Spenser's shock, Pia calls back to inform that she's filing for divorce.

!!!Gary Interlude
* One day before the Fuchsia Tag Team Tournament, Gary hears Casey's words in his head, and continues to dismiss them.
* He then sees Red and Yellow, and [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter remembers all his losses against Red]].
* Gary's shaken by the conflict between his view of what it takes to be a Pokemon Master and the fact he has yet to win a battle against Red.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty Four
* On the day of the tournament, Ash searches for his partner as he {{Flashback}}s to his battle with Anabel recently. Ash had smiled after their battle, knowing that despite her not quite being the same as the girl he once knew, she was still a good trainer, and may one day be better.
* Ash encounters Red & Yellow, learns Red is his partner, and notices Yellow's cheek marks.
* In Kalos, Alain challenges Vermell to a battle.

!!!Pokémon G-Men Interlude
* Lance and Krysta are infiltrating a Team Rocket laboratory. They head to the mainframe room and hack the entrance to get inside.
* They hack the computer and access the files in the database. One of them, "Project R", is noted by Krysta not to have approval from Giovanni, but from Proton.
* Before leaving, Krysta notices one last file, labeled as "Project M2". She tries to access it, but fails.
* After the third forced access attempt, a failsafe activates and the lab goes on alert, initiating an emergency lockdown.
* As they try to escape, the door is shut, so Krysta uses [[BreathWeapon Frost Breath]] to freeze it to near absolute zero, and Lance calls his Dragonite to use Dragon Rush and break it open.
* During their escape, they're intercepted by Proton and security guards.
* Krysta uses Blizzard to attack everyone by surprise. A short fight ensues, during which Lance snatches Proton's electric baton and zaps him with it before escaping.
* The duo reaches the upper heliport. Lance opens the hatches while Krysta holds off their pursuers. Lance calls his Dragonite, and they escape through the opening.
* To dodge the anti-air defenses, they fly through a rocky canyon, and head off for open sea, where they jump off Dragonite's back.
* Using rebreathers and Water-type Pokémon, they dive deep into the sea to escape, and head for the rendezvous point.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty Six
* [[TournamentArc The Fuchsia Tag Tournament has begun]].

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty Five
* Otoshi and Marowak are meditating in front of their Keystone, still trying to decipher its secrets. They've been doing so for 48 hours.
* Norman and Caroline decide to enjoy some time together since Max is asleep, and May has gone out for the night with her friends.
* A.J. shows Jeanette how building up tolerance to a Pokémon's weaknesses can be useful in battle.

!!!Pokemon G-Men Interlude
* Frey meets up with Lance and Krysta as they fly over another mountain range, heading for the rendezvous point.
* The three agents enter the secret base and head for the conference room. Director Flagg is hosting the meeting.
* The agents discuss their findings, bringing up several incidents confirmed or suspected to have involved bloodliners, including the recent Gringy City blackout.
* Krysta confirms that the Poison-type Pokémon were being controlled by a Heart Bloodliner. The files with the recent witness accounts and the information they got from Team Rocket's lab point to Belladonna Tyrian as the one responsible.
* Lance extends a proposal to create a taskforce to handle bloodliner-related incidents exclusively, to apprehend the ones who pose a danger and protect those who mean no harm.
* The problem is brought up that most bloodliners in the present time are under the age of 16, and thus they cannot recruit them.
* Frey brings up footage of the bloodliner trio seen in Goldenrod City. They are men in the same age bracket as Krysta, so they propose to send a team to wait for their next appearance to approach them.
* Krysta volunteers to be put in charge of this mission, and Director Flagg grants her the request. The meeting ends.
* Lance and Frey go to the dining hall to eat something before leaving the base.
* Lance receives a phone call from Clair, who tells him that his father Halberd wants to see him.
* Lance decides to take the lunch on the go, and leaves the base, flying on his Dragonite to Blackthorn City.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty Six
* During the tournament, Gary is paired with Paul, and they face their first opponents. Paul easily wins the battle for both of them.
* Gary asks Paul if he really has only four badges. Paul replies that he won every single badge from a Gym with prestige and power, and that he pushes his Pokémon beyond their limits to win his battles.
* [[CallBack Gary recalls his previous encounter with Casey Snagem about what it means to be a Pokémon Master]].
* Ash and Red are up next. Red notices that, just like in the Battle Dome Tournament, his Victory Sight glitches due to having Ash as his partner.
* Their opponents bring out a Rhydon and a Bellossom. Ash calls in his Yanma and Red his Poliwrath.
* Much to Red's shock, Ash has Yanma use a lot of physical attacks (including pinning down Bellossom with its weight), throwing him and their opponents completely off guard. Red's Poliwrath knocks Rhydon with a Water Pulse.
* Ash's Yanma finishes off Bellossom with a Quick Attack winning the match for them. Red admits that Ash is pretty strong, with his own battling style.
* Ash, Anabel, Red and Yellow are now on the stands, watching Lilo's match, who is facing Assunta and Melissa. Yellow comments that Red and Lilo fought a while back, but didn't get to finish their battle, and that Lilo comes from far away and uses very rare Pokémon.
* Despite being on her own, Lilo manages to make a comeback and win the fight for her team. Red comments that it wasn't her all going out, and that she might be the strongest opponent in the tournament.
* Anabel mentally replies to Ash that while she's unsure that Lilo is ''the'' strongest, she does seem a very powerful opponent, in no small part thanks to her using Pokémon from outside Kanto.
* Coming up next, Misty and Iris take their turn facing a guy named Hugo and a girl name Rachael.
* Hugo calls a Nidoqueen. Misty brings out Staryu, [[CallBack recalling that Gyarados is resting at Professor Oak's place after they took part in the Big P Pokemon Race]].
* Rachael brings out a Pinsir, creeping Misty out. Iris calls in Excadrill.
* During the fight, [[LovelyAngels Misty and Iris make a great display of teamwork]], while Misty ponders on how she was worried about Iris hurting her, and later that she would take Ash away from her.
* Misty and Iris win the battle.
* Red notes that they've gotten stronger. Ash replies that they train together to improve themselves and help each other. Yellow comments that they should do the same, and suggests that they go for dinner together. Ash and Anabel agree, and so does Red.
* Later at a PokéMart, [[NoSocialSkills Red is unsure as to what to do or say during dinner]], other than perhaps discussing battle combinations with Ash. Yellow suggests that he should ask Ash some things about himself.
* At dinner, Anabel notices how much more comfortable she's felt in the company of Ash and his friends, even though they had travelled together for less than a week.
* While Ash exchanges some info with Red and Yellow, Anabel picks up some thoughts and conversations from the people around. [[FamedInStory Some of them are even commenting about Ash and Red's performance]].
* Red picks up Ash's Pokédex, who takes no time in noting the similarities between the two. Anabel ponders that, despite looking similar in appearance, in personalities they're complete opposites.
* Anabel admits to herself that she likes people like Ash, who always tries to see the bright side of life, and helps people in need as much he can. Red, on the other hand, seems to feel quite unhappy, mostly by choice.
* Red asks Ash about his Yanma, noting that it used physical attacks, while Yanma as a whole tend to veer more to use special attacks. Ash replies that his Yanma prefers to use physical attacks and he decides to work with that, instead of forcing it to do things it doesn't like, leaving Red confused.
* Anabel picks up a stray thought, specifically of Ash arguing with Paul about how to train Chimchar in the old timeline, but she doesn't recognize where it came from.
* Meanwhile, in Hop-Hop-Hop Town, Belladonna is looking for a book for Aurora, whom she has noticed has been very depressed since Tokiomi's death, and wants to cheer her up. Belladonna also notices that [[TokenGoodTeammate Aurora]] likes it better when they do things legally.
* Vedia finds the book for her.
* Shortly after, they notice Anna walking along with Arnold and Laila across the street. Belladonna notices that Arnold looks a lot like Ash and her, recalling that recently they saw him on TV in the penthouse they raided for stay, during the tournament along with Red, making Belladonna think her father could have had more children around, and not just them.
* Belladonna considers questioning them for info about her father, but Vedia suggests that she'll first find out where they live, so they can do so while not in public.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty Seven
* That night at Hop-Hop-Hop Town, Anna is going for a night snack while Arnold and Laila are asleep. Belladonna shows up.
* Belladonna uses her bloodline to try and get info about Arnold, and gets enough to determine that Arnold is another brother.
* She then asks for Anna to tell her more about Arnold, and Anna obliges even without the use of Belladonna's bloodline.
* Anna explains everything, including the Team Rocket attack on Hop-Hop-Hop town.
* Anna also offers a description on Belladonna's and Arnold's father. Anna doesn't have much, other than his physical description, his accent sounding Orrean and the fact he was quite a physically pleasurable lover, but lacked a "spark" she had with other lovers.
* After this, Belladonna thanks her and leaves.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty Six
* At night, Ash once again has a [=MissingNo=]-induced dream. This time, however, he's shown a BadFuture featuring Clemont wearing a robotic exosuit, Latoya Parker, wearing a more heavily armored suit of Gligirl, and two others he doesn't recognize (Wes and Hapu). They discuss several incidents, including a "Bloodline War", during which Ash apparently teamed up with Belladonna. [=MissingNo=] notes that this used to be ''the'' future until a few weeks ago.
* In Alola, the twins Frax and Velvet Lono pass out in the middle of an exam.
* The next morning, Ash tries to look up information on a black Pokémon with a white top, but Dexter is unable to provide the one he's looking for.
* Ash and Red come up for the next round of the tournament, and they face the twins Elwood and Aideen. Ash recognizes them from Oak's Summer Camp.
* The twins bring out a Nidorina and Hitmonlee, while Ash and Red bring out Ambipom and Victreebel.
* Ash and Red win the battle and advance to the next round.
* In Saffron City, Sabrina has Dario captive. [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech She tells him to his face how people like him]], [[TallPoppySyndrome losers without talent, focus their efforts on sabotaging others more talented to make themselves look good rather than working to improve]], [[KickTheSonOfABitch before snapping his neck and killing him]].
* Sabrina plans to do the same with a stage magician named Melvin, to get the world cleansed of useless people who crowd out the truly remarkable ones.

!!!Pokémon G-Men Interlude
* Lorelei is at her hotel room in Celadon City. After getting out of the shower, she decides to watch some TV.
* Pokémon TV is broadcasting the Fuchsia Tag Tournament. Lorelei is surprised to see familiar faces, including Ash, Misty and Iris.
* Her phone rings, it's a call from Frey. The two relay what they've done in the past days, and discuss the possibility of spending some time together.
* Lorelei tells Frey that she's due for a lecture in Mandarin Island next week, and asks Frey if they can meet at her summer house over there. Frey agrees.
* Lorelei ends the call. She ponders about Frey's job with the Pokémon G-Men, but assures herself that he and Krysta can take care of themselves and handle anything.

!!!Wicke & Nephew Interlude
* Wicke and several other Aether Foundation workers are working in the control of invading Pokémon species, operating on a group of Yungoos to neuter them so they don't reproduce.
* After getting the situation under control, Wicke delivers her report via video call. She manages to get a glimpse of a girl who has a passing resemblance to her nephew Zilant.
* After the call ends, Faba comes to inform her that she's got another call in wait from someone named Spenser about "family".
* At the video conference room, Lusamine is waiting. Wicke then activates the video monitor to start the call.
* After Wicke notices his bandaged arm, Spenser tells her about the incident of three days ago and its aftermath. He requests that she takes care of Zilant while Garmon and Pia are carrying out their divorce so he doesn't get dragged into the drama.
* Wicke accepts, and Spenser tells her he'll send Zilant in the next flight to Alola as soon as he can.
* At the Malie International Airport, Wicke waits for Zilant's arrival, until she finally spots him.
* Wicke and Zilant head for a local restaurant for something to eat. When they arrive, Zilant becomes a little unsettled at the extreme friendliness of the Alolans.
* That night, Zilant spends his time stargazing on the roof of the Aether Foundation while Wicke is at work, pondering on what he's seen in Alola, and wondering how he's going to reveal to her that [[BiTheWay his bisexuality]].
* Tapu Koko appears in front of Zilant, trying to give him a Z-Ring. [[RefusalOfTheCall He promptly refuses.]]
* Tapu Koko insists, but Zilant keeps refusing. Frustrated, Tapu Koko summons a storm to channel all of its power into a finger, threatening Zilant into accepting the ring.
* Zilant decides to use his power to get Tapu Koko to [[TheEmpath understand his emotions and ideals]] and explains why he doesn't want the ring. Tapu Koko is annoyed, but ultimately relents and leaves.
* The next morning, when Wicke is about to leave for work, she finds a Skarmory wrecking her car's roof.
* Wicke tries to scare the Skarmory away, but fails. Zilant, who just woke up, uses his Capture Styler to convince the Skarmory to leave and make its nest somewhere else.
* They go to a diner in Akala for breakfast. While they eat, Wicke notes a couple eating next to them, a boy with his hands burned, and a blonde girl who Wicke recognizes as the same from the video call the other day.
* Zilant and the girl seem to have disagreements on their tastes, judging by their reactions to each other, unsettling Wicke, who tries to keep Zilant distracted to avoid sparking trouble.
* Wicke suggests to Zilant that he can go play some golf while she attends her work in the Hano Grand Resort. Zilant agrees, as he needs to practice his putting.
* After practicing some putting, Zilant drinks some water and checks out an electronic board with photos of the best players of the week in the golf course. He notices the girl from the diner is among them, and her name is Betty Snyder.
* Zilant goes for a walk on the beach to distract himself.
* A Palossand appears and begins rampaging, attacking the lifeguards and beachgoers, and prompting Zilant to try and stop it.
* Zilant attempts to use his Capture Styler to pacify the Palossand, but a Sandygast gets in his way.
* After several more failed attempts, the Palossand begins sucking in trying to swallow Zilant alive, but a Giga Drain from an Eelektross stops it, while a Zebstrika comes up and takes Zilant to safety.
* Betty has appeared, and is ready to confront the Palossand, expressing her dislike for Ghost-type Pokémon.
* Zilant and Betty begin arguing, but they have no choice but to [[TeethClenchedTeamWork team up]] to stop the rampaging Palossand.
* Zilant gets a Pelipper to summon a rain to get Palossand wet, causing its body to harden and become immobilized. He's ready to capture it, but Betty beats him to the punch and uses a Great Ball to catch it.
* Before Betty leaves, Zilant is about to start a fight with her for the Palossand, but Tapu Lele appears, and takes him away.
* Tapu Lele drops Zilant in a pile of grass snippets. He goes to meet with Wicke.
* When Zilant tells Wicke about what happened at the beach, Wicke tries to reason with him that, [[CultureClash even if their cultures are clashing with one another, each has its good and bad traits,]] the world keeps changing and he should try to see things from a different perspective.
* A few days later, at Aether Paradise, Lusamine asks Wicke how things are going with her nephew, while mixing a medicine for a group of Turtonator that are sick and might endanger their surroundings if they explode.
* A sudden tremor shakes the lab, and several of the vials with it. Wicke and Lusamine try to catch them before they break, but one in particular with a strange label falls and upon breaking accidentally splashes Wicke.
* The chemical has a strange effect on Wicke, causing her to fall into a daze and faint.
* Wicke suddenly experiences strange flashes of of an AlternateReality:
** At the rave where she was being made fun of seventeen years ago, [[ForWantOfANail she sees herself taking up Pia's challenge instead of laving home.]]
** She then sees herself in bed with a man, as well as her sister Pia, clothes scattered all over the floor.
** She finds herself in front of the Aether Foundation, where she meets a bald man dressed in red, with his edges pixelated. The man says some strange things, and then the scene changes again.
** She sees herself a few years younger, with a little girl named Panonnicia who is apparently her daughter.
** Finally, she sees herself asleep in front of a computer monitor, about to send an email. Before she can see the addresses, however, the dream ends.
* Wicke wakes up in her bed, finding a note from Lusamine, and ponders on the dream she just had, as well as the circumstances surrounding Pia's pregnancy and Zilant's birth.
* While Wicke recovers, Zilant has gone to the Alolan History Museum, prompted by Lusamine.
* He finds a strange tapestry that seems off with the rest of the exhibit. A girl who works at the museum, named Makanui, approaches him.
* Makanui tells him this tapestry was brought by King Kahele, as well as her own theories about it.
* In Melemele, Tapu Koko is upset that Zilant refused a Z-Ring, and [[DrowningMySorrows copes with some root beer]]. Hala wonders if he should start practicing comforting people about rejection.
* In Po Town, Guzma and Plumeria find a Skarmory raiding their cereal supply. [[NotSoAboveItAll Plumeria decides to punish the bird herself when she sees an empty box of her favorite cereal.]]

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty Seven
* In Vaniville Town, Serena has written back to Ash, and sees Pidgeot off as she flies back to Kanto, musing that she won't be able to get back in time to help Ash in his current tournament.
* Pidgeot drops a feather after taking off, which Serena picks up, hoping that Ash answers her questions about his likeness to Red.
* The Fuchsia Tag Tournament continues.
* Gary and Paul prepare for their next match. Paul comments that "[[{{Understatement}} Red isn't half bad]]" surprising Gary. He then comments on how much Red and Ash look alike, which Gary realizes he hadn't noticed before.
* Their opponents are Giselle and a guy named Septimus. The latter sends out a Gyarados nicknamed Haku.
* Paul sends out his Raichu, while Giselle sends out her Cubone. Gary sends out his Exeggcute.
* Towards the end of the battle Giselle's Cubone gets a broken arm. Gary tries to apologize, but Paul uses the chance to attack the Gyarados with his Raichu's Thunderbolt, much to Gary's shock.
* The battle ends with a victory for Gary and Paul, the former being shocked about how far his partner is willing to go to win.
* Ash, Red, Yellow and Anabel are watching Lilo's next match. Red uses Ash's Pokédex to look up info about Lilo's Alolan Pokémon.
* Later, Gary decides that he doesn't want to deal with Paul and his attitude, so he goes off to find something to eat.
* He finds a good place to eat, but the line is extremely long. A young biker musician offers him a request for a song while he waits, and Gary agrees.
* Early the next morning, Dexter wakes Ash up to reveal he deciphered a glitch to duplicate Pokéballs, as well as a message from John Archer's Gardevoir. She and the others found another possible half-sibling in Johto, a young man named Cleff Matsuoka.
* After listing his past achievements, Dexter reveals that Cleff used his League winnings to build himself a house, and is apparently living with three bloodliner girls, [[{{Polyamory}} sharing a romantic relationship with all of them at once and in full consent]], much like Belladonna, to Ash's shock.
* Later that morning, Ash and Red have their next match, against two guys named Tim Mortis and Mike.
* Mike brings in a Ninetales who quickly sets up Sunny Day with Drought. Ash calls in Charizard.
* Tim brings out a Misdreavus, and Red calls in his Persian.
* Ash and Red's teamwork prevails, netting them another win.
* Later that day, while Ash and his other Pokémon are training, Misty, Iris and Anabel show up to tell him that they got a call from Lara and Hex at the Laramie Ranch.
* [[CallBack They tell him Dario vanished without a trace, and they only found his Dodrio.]] Ash wonders what could have happened to him.
* Yellow then appears along with Red, who has something important to talk about.
* Red reveals himself as a Fire-type bloodliner, as well as the fact he knows Ash is a bloodliner too. He also says that he wants Ash to stop "holding back".
* Ash doesn't quite get what Red is saying, so he reveals that he has a second bloodline that allows him to see the scenarios that happen to him, and also pick up when others are like him. Red then asks what he can do.
* Anabel intervenes, and reveals to Red that Ash is able to give Pokémon incredible power boosts, [[CallBack enough for a Charmander to defeat a Kingdra]], much to Red's shock.
* Ash reveals that he doesn't use it for competitive battling since it only activates on its own when he gets stressed, and he considers it cheating.
* Red argues that it's not cheating, since there's nothing written in the rules that forbids it. Ash then realizes that Red is confessing having used it all the time against everyone he's faced, including Misty and Iris in the Battle Dome.
* Red then reveals that Ash's sole presence actually throws off his abilities, preventing him from using them since the tournament started.
* [[OpposingCombatPhilosophies Both of them end up angry at the other for their viewpoints]] and ultimately Red leaves with Yellow.
* An argument breaks between Misty, who takes Ash's side, Iris, who agrees with Red to an extent, and Anabel, who remains neutral. Ash is too angry to participate.
* Hours later, Ash discusses what happened with Dexter and Pikachu. He still refuses to use his abilities on principle, but Pikachu, while fully supporting him, asks him what he'll do if there's something at stake. More specifically, [[ArmorPiercingQuestion what he will do if they lose the tournament, and if he's willing to risk the lives and the freedoms of the others to recover his Tauros.]]
* In Pallet Town the next day, Delia and Oak watch a rerun of the Unova League, before cutting to the ongoing Fuchsia Tag Tournament. They notice something off with Ash and Red.
* Their next opponents are Lilo and her partner. They send out a Mudsdale and a Pidgeotto respectively against Ash's Pikachu and Red's Haunter.
* The battle begins. Ash's Pikachu quickly knocks out Pidgeotto, but not before it leaves a Tailwind on the field, boosting Mudsdale's speed and turning it from a MightyGlacier into a LightningBruiser.
* Ash and Red are unable to properly work together due to their argument, and things only get worse as Mudsdale's defense increases with each hit, thanks to its ability Stamina, plus Pikachu is unable to damage it with Electric Attacks. Ash decides to keep attacking until the defense breaks using [[ArmorPiercingAttack Iron Tail]].
* After a risky hit, Ash manages to throw off Mudsdale by hitting its hooves, but accidentally hits Red's Haunter, paralyizing it.
* The Tailwing peters out, and Lilo decides to unleash her trump card, her [[LimitBreak Z-Move, Tectonic Rage.]]
* Pikachu manages to escape the move using his tail as a spring, but Haunter takes the full brunt and ends up knocked out.
* Ash wipes some sweat off his face in relief, and then notices a strange sand-like substance in his hand.
* Realizing that he would have lost against Lilo when their previous battle was interrupted, Red is ready to accept defeat, [[{{Determinator}} but Ash and Pikachu are still in the game and refuse to back out.]]
* In Alola, Hala is impressed with Ash's skills, and makes a bet with Tapu Koko over one year of root beer: if Ash wins, they'll send him a Z-Ring, though Hala is rather puzzled that Tapu Koko wants to send it without a crystal.
* Back at the tournament, Pikachu tries to provoke Mudsdale into attacking, but fails.
* With the two Pokémon at a stalemate, Ash is unsure as to how to cause damage without risking Pikachu to get hit. [[EurekaMoment He spots Paul, and then gets an idea]]. He orders Pikachu to gather electricity in his tail, and then slam the ground at Mudsdale.
* A large barrage of rocks rain over Mudsdale, impressing Ash's friends, the crowd, and many others all over Kanto and abroad:
** Burgundy, still aboard the S.S. Anne, muses that she might have underscored Ash and Pikachu's compatibility, even for how well she judged it.
** In Alola, Betty Snyder asks if they have Pikachu in the region, also noticing Ash has the same Z-marks as her and Zilant. Her boyfriend Jamie Oliver is preparing a meal with the help of Betty's new Charjabug.
** Janine arrives at the airport, and realizes Ash will challenge her soon.
** In their stolen hideaway, [[NotSoAboveItAll Belladonna cheers loudly]], while Aurora and Vedia watch silently and Evanna sleeps.
** In Pewter City, Pike Queen Lucy comments to Brock that she will probably be facing Ash very soon.
** Sabrina is at the restaurant ran by sisters Rhoda and Rhonda who are impressed with Ash. Sabrina agrees, mentally recalling how she spared them thanks to Ritchie's intervention, as well as a lout named Keith, but she has already killed Seymour the Scientist and Melvin the Magician.
** Lt. Surge shouts something unintelligible in excitement, recalling how [[NeverMessWithGranny his granny, the undefeated arm-wrestling champion in Agate Village]], taught him to.
** In Frodomar City, Silver begins getting ideas to pull something similar. His wife Regina gently chides him not to, since it'll only add more bans to his record. The two also notice Ash and Red's resemblance to Ritchie.
** Atop a mountain in Kalos, Vermell watches the match via Internet.
** Alex Davies relays the details of the match to Kaia, who calls it "crazy", and the former agrees.
** Dan is recovering Saffron Pokémon Center, and seeing Ash on TV, begins to pray that he doesn't meet him on the Top 16 of the Indigo League.
** Nanu gets up when his "riot senses" start tingling, and catches a glimpse of Ash on TV before leaving. He notices his resemblance to Balaur, a criminal he arrested two decades ago, but ultimately disregards it as nothing.
** Giovanni watches the match, impressed with Ash's performance.
* Back at the stadium, Ash commands Pikachu one last Iron Tail, this time boosting it with Quick Attack. Lilo calls for Mudsdale to use High Horsepower, but Pikachu's attack prevails, winning the match.
* Paul, watching the match, is rather unimpressed and decides to leave, having realized Red and Ash's respective weaknesses, and begins to plan for the finals after he wins his current upcoming match.
* Red is at his hotel room, still reminiscing about the match when Yellow comes to tell him to go out and eat with Ash and his friends. He refuses, [[BlatantLies saying that he's not hungry.]]
* Red reminisces about his mother, Shinku, and how she taught him that he should always fight giving his best, and not doing so is a lack of respect for his opponents. He still feels angry at Ash because he managed to win despite, in Red's eyes, not bothering to give his all because neither he nor any of his previous opponents were worth it.
* The next match is about to begin, Paul and Gary vs Misty and Iris.
* Paul sends out his Raichu, leaving Gary puzzled. Iris sends out Excadrill. The battle begins.
** Gary sends a Porygon he got recently and Misty her Poliwrath.
** [[LovelyAngels Misty and Iris manage to take an early advantage with their teamwork]] managing to put Gary and Paul against the ropes.
** In a desperate move, Excadrill moves in to intercept a Thunderbolt from Raichu to protect Poliwrath, but takes a Tri-Attack from Porygon in the process.
** Raichu is knocked out, but Excadrill suffers a burn from the previous Tri-Attack and faints too.
** The battle continues between Poliwrath and Porygon. Gary calls for a conversion attack, but Porygon upgrades it to Conversion 2.
** Porygon becomes Ghost-type, [[NoSell becoming immune to Poliwrath's Dynamic Punch.]] Gary then calls for a Charge Beam barrage for massive damage, winning the match.
* After winning, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Gary runs off to hug Porygon for a job well done.]]
* That night, Ash is trying to decide which Pokémon he will use the finals, trying to figure out how to win without taking Red into account because he's still angry at him.
* A sound is heard from the nearby bushes, and a Raichu comes out, a very badly beaten one.
* Pikachu and Dexter confirm it's Paul's Raichu, the latter also adding that she was recently released.
* Red comes from behind, also recognizing the same Raichu. Ash explains that Paul always releases his Pokémon if they don't perform well enough to his standards or don't know the attacks he wants.
* Pikachu explains to Ash that Raichu didn't want to fight, [[KickTheDog but Paul still forced her to, and released her after the last one.]]
* Dexter suggests that Ash clones a Heal Ball to catch Raichu so she can be healed. Ash agrees, and offers Raichu to be sent to Professor Oak's lab, where she'll be safe. Raichu allows herself to be caught.
* Red decides that they have to beat Paul, and asks Ash to tell him everything he knows about him so they can make a plan to defeat him. Despite being still angry at Ash, [[EveryoneHasStandards he considers Paul to be worse, and is willing to work with Ash one last time to beat him.]]
* Ash proceeds to tell Red everything he knows about Paul, including about the possibility of him having a Torterra at this point.
* The next day, before the final match, Ash notices Gary looks uneasy.
* Paul calls in his Torterra, just as Ash predicted. Red sends out his Charmeleon.
* Gary sends his Blastoise. Ash sends out Servine. The final match begins:
** Torterra opens up with Seed Bomb. Servine counters with Aerial Ace.
** Blastoise sends out an Ice Beam. Charmeleon intercepts with Flame Burst, letting Servine hit Torterra.
** Ash notices that Torterra used Curse without Paul telling him, and he shrugs off the hit.
** Servine tries to attack Torterra with Attract. Torterra blocks it using Stealth Rock in "Formation 4".
** Servine suggests to Ash that they take out Blastoise first so they can double team Torterra later. Ash agrees.
** After dodging a Scald from Blastoise, Servine sends out a Leaf Storm hitting Blastoise.
** Gary thinks Ash wasted an attack by doing this, and calls for another Ice Beam.
** Blastoise aims each cannon at one of his opponents, who counter with Flame Burst and Leaf Storm respectively. [[WhamShot Much to Gary's shock, Servine's Leaf Storm comes out stronger instead of weaker.]]
** Paul calls for Torterra to use Seed Bomb, knocking Servine and Charmeleon to the floor. He then scolds Gary for not knowing that Ash's Servine has Contrary.
** Blastoise uses Scald against Charmeleon. Servine jumps in to intercept with Leaf Blade, giving Charmeleon the chance to strike with Dragon Claw.
** Blastoise uses Earthquake, afflicting Charmeleon. Servine jumps to dodge attack, while Torterra sends out his own Earthquake to counter it.
** Ash orders Servine to "break the shock wave", and much to everyone's surprise, she does, by attacking the ground with Leaf Blade on the Earthquake's path.
** Charmeleon attacks Blastoise with Flame Burst, and Servine finishes him off with Leaf Storm before he can fire a Focus Blast.
** Servine and Charmeleon begin to attack Torterra, but he tanks all of the hits using Curse. Paul then reveals Torterra knows a fifth move: Stone Edge.
** Servine and Charmeleon continue their attack, but they're unable to pierce through Torterra's defenses to cause good damage.
** Servine then talks to Charmeleon and relays something to Ash, who relays it to Red. [[WhamLine He says that in order to win, they need Charmeleon to evolve.]]
** Ash tells Red that he can tell Charmeleon has the power to evolve, and just needs the proper motivation to do so.
** Red tries giving Charmeleon a RousingSpeech, and though it's a pretty bad one, ''[[CrazyEnoughToWork it works.]]''
** Upon evolving, Red's new Charizard has learned Heat Wave, which he quickly uses to defeat Torterra.
* Ash and Red win the match, and the tournament.
* That night, Ash still continues to ponder about his earlier debate with Red. Misty still agrees with Ash, while Iris, despite admiring Ash's sense of honor and pride, still considers that Red isn't breaking any rules.
* When Misty and Iris begin to argue again, Ash has to stop them, because he doesn't want them to start a fight over it.
* Anabel offers her thoughs, telling Ash that maybe he shouldn't judge Red too harshly, [[DarkAndTroubledPast because she could feel he carries a lot of pain inside and probably had a hard life]], unlike Ash. On the other hand, she also notes that Red has no right to judge Ash either, citing examples of people who pull through despite having handicaps, and others who grow stronger by ''giving'' themselves handicaps. She concludes by saying that [[OpposingCombatPhilosophies despite doing things differently]], [[BothSidesHaveAPoint neither is necessarily wrong.]]
* Ash finally voices his opinion: he's not going to force Red to accept his beliefs. He will do things his own way and believe in his Pokémon strength, sticking to what he believes. The girls accept it.
* Gary is ready to leave for Celadon for his next badge. The bard from before is going there too and offers him a ride in his bike's sidecar, in exchange for protection from Beedrill swarms.
* A strange girl watches the aftermath of the battle, talking to a mysterious person over a cellphone, having recorded the entire battle on video. She is shown to know everything about Ash, Red, and many other half-siblings. She then changes her appearance, commenting that it's "her favorite look".

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty Eight
* Ash, Misty, Iris, Anabel, Red and Yellow prepare to enter the Safari Zone.
* Before entering, Ash's group finds a couple of old Pokégears in a garbage bag. Anabel picks them up and Dexter proposes to use them as secondary bodies the others can carry so it can gather more data. Ash opposes, but is outvoted by his friends.
* Ash begins hunting for his Tauros, Misty goes with Anabel searching for Water-type Pokémon, Iris goes on her own to find Pokémon not native to Kanto, and finally Red goes with Yellow to find Pokémon to strengthen his own team.
* Misty and Anabel find a Slowbro, which the former catches. She pulls out her fishing rod to see if she can get something else from the pond.
* Ash and Pikachu find five Tauros drinking from a watering hole, recognizing three of them as part of his old herd. Ash decides to catch them all, including the extra ones.
* A Spearow gets in the way of one of the Safari Balls and gets caught instead. Before the last Tauros can get away, Ash tosses another one to catch it.
* Red is making his own captures, with Yellow keeping track of what they've found and what they still have left to find in a notepad. By this point, he has caught Scyther, Doduo, Nidorino, Sandshrew, Ekans, and a Psyduck.
* Red catches a Gyarados, and remarks his intention to find a Kangaskhan to Mega Evolve it.
* Meanwhile, at some mountains away from the Safari Zone, Otoshi and his Marowak have found a strange kid, who fed them after their supplies were stolen by a Fearow.
* The kid has taken Otoshi to a mountain range, intending to show him of a secret power capable of rivaling with Mega Evolution, Z-Moves and Bond Phenomenon, taking advantage of Marowak's Lightning Rod ability and Otoshi's Key Stone to trigger it.
* A flash from the sky hits Marowak, coating his arm and shoulder in a golden layer and powering it up. The kid explains this is called "Break Evolution".
* Back at the Safari Zone, Ash finds another group of five Tauros, including one he recognizes as the fastest one in the old herd.
* The Tauros are about to get into a fight with a group of ten Exeggutor, apparently over a plant both groups want to eat.
* Dexter remarks the plant they're fighting over is not normal food for Exeggutor in the wild, but usually given by trainers to prevent fungi growth. It also notes the Exeggutor seem to be rather low on weight and have traces of being released recently, with their Poké Balls being destroyed.
* Dexter suggests that the Exeggutor might not survive here, so Ash decides to catch them along with his Tauros.
* Misty and Anabel continue fishing in a pond, though they're beginning to feel they should go somewhere else, since they haven't found anything interesting here.
* Anabel suggests she'd like to find an Eevee, to which Misty agrees.
* Suddenly, Misty's line catches something, and after she pulls with Anabel's help, it turns out to be a Dragonair. Dexter's side body demands that they catch it, but Misty refuses since it's not a Water-type.
* Ash and Pikachu are walking up a rocky hill, and a Geodude throws a stone at them.
* Dexter gives some random trivia about Geodude, including that it has an Alolan form that is part Electric-type. Ash suggests he'd like to catch one of those, much to Pikachu's shock.
* As they continue, they find several Tauros lying on the floor, apparently defeated by, of all things, a Farfetch'd wielding three leeks, [[DualWielding one with each wing]] and [[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth one with his beak.]]
* The Farfetch'd spots them, and Pikachu translates his speech. [[ChallengeSeeker He apparently has defeated many Pokémon in the Safari Zone and wants to defeat more around the world]], but he can't fly without losing his leeks. He wants to see if Ash is worthy of him.
* Ash tries to show Farfetch'd his badges, the Pokémon he's caught, and even his muscles. He finally convinces him by showing him a Power-Up Punch, and Farfetch'd accepts being caught. Ash then proceeds to catch the defeated Tauros.
* Ash continues his quest for the Tauros, and Dexter asks why he's trying to catch so many of them. Ash makes up an excuse by saying they live in herds, and Dexter seems to accept it.
* They run into a pool of steaming water, and Pikachu accidentally falls in. Ash notes there are several Pokémon relaxing inside, including four more Tauros. An Arcanine is in the back of all of them, using its fire powers to heat up the water for them.
* Somewhere else, Iris calls for Misty and Anabel, and leads them to a pool with a strange sign. She points Misty to it, reminding her of her goal of catching every Water-type.
* The pool is full of Basculin, rather voracious fish Pokémon. Iris shows them some tooth marks on her ankle, apparently caused by Basculin ten years ago. Misty decides to catch one, but after seeing how violent they get, they decide to take them all to stop their rampage.
* Ash finds a group of Kangaskhan, and in the middle of them two Tauros charging at each other. Pikachu recognizes them as being from their herd.
* Ash prepares to catch them, but the Kangaskhan get in their way. Ash uses Quick Attack to get behind them and catch the Tauros.
* Afterwards, Ash notices the shoulder of his shirt apparently got torn by Pikachu when he held onto it. The mouse apologizes, but Ash just shrugs it off.
* Red and Yellow find an injured Ponyta. Yellow uses her [[HealingHands healing abilities]] on it and Red catches it.
* Continuing his hunt, Ash find an injured Tauros, and catches it. Pikachu confirms it was one of their own as well.
* Some digging Pokémon appear in front of Ash, a Diglett, a Gible and a Dweeble. Dexter demands that Ash catches the latter two for their rarity, but Ash refuses.
* Three Roggenrola appear. Dexter dryly remarks they're common and Ash doesn't want to catch them.
* Ash recognizes one of the Roggenrola as his own, and Pikachu confirms it, also revealing that [[SamusIsAGirl it's female.]] Regardless, Ash catches her and switches one of his Poké Balls to restore her memories and put her up to speed with everything.
* Misty and Anabel find a strange canal, which Dexter remarks was probably made by a Gyarados.
* After the canal spits some bubbles, Anabel uses her powers to split the water and reveal what's down there. Turns out it's a Krabby fighting against a Shellder, which Misty proceeds to catch.
* With this, Misty's count of caught Water-types goes up to 17, and she thinks how much her progress has sped up since she met her friends.
* After telling Roggenrola everything, Ash assures her that they will find their other friends, including Palpitoad, even after they have stopped Cyrus.
* Roggenrola picks up a Tauros ahead, and they follow her.
* Ash recalls one time in the previous timeline he took one of his Tauros for a class as a favor to Professor Oak shortly after the Sinnoh League. He recognizes the Tauros he took for that time, and for some reason it's accompanied by a Vulpix.
* Dexter suggests that this Vulpix could be an offspring of the Tauros, and after noticing it doesn't feel well, Ash decides to catch them both.
* Ash wonders how this Tauros could have had an offspring, as well as how Professor Oak kept his Pokémon from reproducing left and right.
* Roggenrola picks up a Tauros stampede, and they follow after her.
* Red and Yellow find a Snorlax. The former wants to catch it, but hesitates, [[AwesomeYetImpractical due to the fact that they eat too much]] and [[PowerAtAPrice he's not sure he can afford it]].
* Red recalls how Ash told him about his Pokémon staying at Professor Oak's lab when not in use, and becomes upset at it.
* Yellow realizes what Red is thinking, but points out to him that, if Ash catches the Snorlax and sends it to Professor Oak, he'd be using his full advantages.
* A female voice speaks behind them, and Red and Yellow turn around to meet a strange girl who seemingly appeared out of nowhere sitting on top of the Snorlax.
* The girl uses telekinesis to snatch Red's Safari Ball, explains that her eyes allow her to see into the past and future of people, and introduces herself as Naty.
* Naty explains she's from a "mysterious organization" that is interested in Red and Ash, and offers to help him. She gives Red a Rainbow Pass for the Sevii Islands, explaining that a friend of her, called Meg, runs a place where he could send his extra Pokémon to be looked after, much like Ash has Professor Oak's lab.
* Naty also gives Red a Kangaskhanite, encouraging him to find a Kangaskhan to use it. She then uses the Safari Ball to catch the Snorlax, promising to look after it while Red deals with his business in the Safari Zone.
* Yellow doesn't trust this girl, thinking there must be something bad behind her, but Red is willing to give it a chance, to increase his own advantages as much as possible. Red is confident that he can get out if it turns out to be something he doesn't want to do.
* Ash continues to search for his Tauros, letting Charizard out to burn away some thorn vines blocking his path. The Fire-type isn't amused at this, but Ash promises a role in the upcoming Gym battle to make up for it.
* Dexter receives a message from Gardevoir and the others, an update about another possible half-sibling. Her name is Meliae.
* After hearing of her league achievements, Ash asks her if she's involved in something criminal or illegal, which Dexter confirms she doesn't. Dexter also explains that she doesn't engage in {{Polyamory}} like Belladonna, but [[ReallyGetsAround tends to go often for one-night flings]]. Ash ponders about it, but ultimately decides he's fine with that.
* Ash accidentally throws Dexter into a thorn bush, and calls Charizard to burn it away to get it out.
* Iris continues to wander off on her own for a while, and stops to eat some apples from a tree along with Axew.
* While Axew is eating, the same Gible Ash let escape a while ago appears from underground and begins to chew on Axew's head.
* Iris separates them, and realizes Gible is a Dragon-type. After telling each other's stories, the girl decides to take him along. She then calls mentally for Anabel to get her a Safari Ball from Ash.
* Misty continues fishing for new Pokémon, catching a Seaking. Anabel picks up on Iris's call and she teleports them to her.
* After giving Iris the Safari Ball to catch Axew, an Eevee appears on a tree. Anabel offers it an apple. The Eevee jumps to her, much to Misty's dismay, who also wanted it.
* Ash finds the rest of his Tauros, along with many more. The count will go up to 44, and he realizes they're going to cause a lot of damage at Oak's ranch. Dexter suggests that Ash buys Oak something to apologize in advance for the damages.
* Ash finishes catching the rest of his Tauros, sending them back home safely.
* Red and Yellow appear, apparently having found everything they were looking for as well.
* Roggenrola sees Red and notes how he looks a lot like Ash. Pikachu lets slip that they're probably half-brothers, and Red's Pikachu overhears it.
* Ash debates whether he should tell Red and Yellow about their possible relationship.
* Red's Pikachu asks about what he just said. Ash's Pikachu explains what he knows, leaving Red's Pikachu puzzled about this kind of behavior in a human. He wonders if Ash would tell Red about it, to what Ash's Pikachu remarks he has no idea.
* As they leave the Safari Zone, Ash has one last Safari Ball in his hand. He gets into an argument with his Pokédex, tripping with a root and dropping both the Pokédex and the ball.
* The ball rolls near the rustling grass, and a Shiny Chansey comes out, tapping the ball and being captured.
* Dexter begins LaughingMad at this, remarking that Ash finally did something good.
* Back at the Pokémon Center, Ash and Co. call Professor Oak, who is pleased with their captures in the Safari Zone, also commenting that he plans to send them a set of Item Capsules very soon.
* Ash gets a call from the reception desk that there's a package for him. Professor Oak remarks that cannot be the Item Capsules he sent, it must be something else.
* The package has been sent from Melemele Island in Alola, and it contains a Z-Ring, but without a crystal. The sender signed it as "Kahuna and Guardian Deity" and enclosed a message of "figure it out".
* Ash grabs the Z-Ring and begins experiencing visions of several of his past battles, but each of them has his Pokémon using a Z-Move:
** Pikachu defeats Lt. Surge's Raichu with Breakneck Blitz.
** Kingler defeats Mandi's Seadra with Hydro Vortex.
** Cyndaquil defeats Bugsy's Scyther with Inferno Overdrive.
** Noctowl defeats Morty's Gengar with Shattered Psyche.
** Grovyle defeats Norman's Slaking with Bloom Doom.
** Snorlax defeats Greta's Medicham with Pulverizing Pancake.
** Aipom defeats Gardenia's Roserade with All-Out Pummeling.
** Pikachu defeats Tobias's Latios with Gigavolt Havoc.
* Anabel pinches him on the back of his neck to end the visions. Ash asks if they sent any crystals, but Misty says they didn't.
* Iris tells Ash he'd have to "figure it out", and he decides to do so after the Gym battle. He asks the girls if they want to help him train, and they all accept.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty Nine
* Ash begins training for his gym battle.
* Paul attempts to catch a Magikarp that wouldn't blast him upon evolving into a Gyarados.
* A.J. And Jeanette are fighting Blaine for their fifth badge.
* Ritchie is challenging Surge for a badge.
* Dan is challenging Brock for a badge.
* Solidad and Cross meet and battle.
* Erika gives some words of encouragement to Gary, who is still sulking from his experience at the Fuchsia Tag Team Tournament.
* Several days after training, Ash learns Janine has replaced her father as Gym Leader.
* Ash, Misty, Iris and Anabel meet Janine, who is standing on the ceiling, acting like she didn't notice them. Iris tenses and gives Janine a DeathGlare.
* Janine drops down and is impressed. She was planning to throw shurikens, but Iris noticed.
* The Gym Battle begins:
** Squirtle defeats Nidoqueen, but she managed to use Stealth Rock before being returned.
** Weezing defeats Squirtle.
** Butterfree defeats Weezing.
** Crobat defeats Butterfree.
** Yanma defeats Crobat.
** Ariados defeats Yanma.
** Ash's final Pokemon is Sliggoo. [[TraumaButton He's frightened by Ariados]].
** Ash gives him a pep talk, and he manages to overcome his fear and evolve, defeating Ariados and winning Ash the Soul Badge.
* Red finds and defeats a Team Rocket grunt with a truck full of stolen goods. He takes the following:
** Six unidentified Pokemon.
** Healing items.
** Pokemon vitamins and food.
** TM.
** Poke-Gear.

!!!Hiker Interlude
* The Hiker and Mizu travel and have many adventures together.
* Returning to Fuchsia City to challenge the Gym for another badge, the Hiker sees Ash's group about to exit, and recognizes Misty as the girl who beat him in the Battle Dome. He also recognizes Ash as one of the winners of the Tag Tournament.
* The Hiker decides to challenge Ash to a battle to test his new training. After hesitating for a bit and some prompting from the girls, Ash accepts.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Twenty Nine
* After leaving Fuchsia, Ash finds a waterfall and bathes under it. He is shocked that Iris is present and could see him naked.
* She says that though he managed to help her get stronger, Ash himself needs to be stronger.
* She shocks Ash by joining him in bathing, [[InnocentFanserviceGirl not caring that she would be naked alongside him]].
* Iris comments that Ash is taller than when they first met, and is likely to surpass her own height.
* The next day, Sabrina goes over her list of kills and people she spared. She has learned that Hilda, who works for the Bloodline Prince, has her eye on Ash and Red.
* She decides that Ash's self-handicap on not using his SuperEmpowering is not a luxury he can afford to have, and decides to improve him.
* [[WhamLine To lure him to her, Sabrina has Primeape]].

!!!Lorelei Interlude
* One week after the Fuchsia Tournament, Lorelei and Frey are at her summer house in Mandarin Island, as promised, waiting for the Pokémon Seminar the following day.
* Meanwhile, Team Rocket agent Domino is walking around town, overseeing details for an operation. Upon learning that an Elite Four member is in town, she informs Giovanni, who tells her to call off the operation. She relays Giovanni's orders to the rest of her minions.
* A guy attempts to mug her in a dark alley, but she quickly knocks him out with a few kicks and her electric retractable staff.
* The next day, the Pokémon seminar begins, hosted by Professor Ivy who informs the crowd it will be about Pokémon evolution.
* Frey is on the front row, while Lorelei waits for her turn in the backstage.
* Among the guest speakers, there are Professor Westwood, William Masaki Sonezaki (AKA Bill the Poké Maniac), Doctor Quincy T. Quackenpocker, and even Professor Rowan via videoconference.
* Finally, Lorelei's turn comes, and she talks about the question about whether trainers should evolve or not their Pokémon, beginning a round of questions and answers with the attendees.
* The lecture ends, and Professor Ivy announces Lorelei will host some exhibition battles in the Mandarin Stadium.
* Meanwhile, some Rocket grunts, despite their previous orders from Giovanni and Domino, still plan to attack the stadium and steal Lorelei's Pokémon.
* At the Mandarin Stadium, Lorelei battles one challenger after another, defeating them with her Cloyster, Dewgong and Lapras.
* After the battles, the Team Rocket grunts take hostage some of the spectators on the stands and the commentator in the booth, demanding that Lorelei hands over her Pokémon, thinking that they'll be too tired to fight back now.
* In the midst of chaos, Lorelei tries to buy time while Frey, who is among the crowd, to sneak away and attack them by surprise from below the stand to rescue the hostages.
* Frey calls for his Charizard, Tyranitar and Feraligatr as he prepares to attack.
* The leading grunt becomes irritated while Lorelei continues not only to not give in to his demands, but to remain polite and calm all the while.
* Frey's Pokémon attack the Rocket grunts and the hostage espectators escape. Meanwhile, Frey's Charizard flies to the commentator's booth to get the leader.
* With all of the Rocket grunts thrown into the arena, Frey joins Lorelei to face them.
* The leading grunt asks Frey if he's Lorelei's boyfriend or something, which Lorelei confirms, as well as warning them he's the one ho taught her how to fight.
* They refuse to give in, so they send every Pokémon they have to try and fight them.
* Lorelei calls out two of her remaining Pokémon, her Mamoswine and Jynx.
* The Rocket grunts [[ZergRush attempt to overpower them with sheer numbers]], [[CurbStompBattle but they fail miserably.]]
* With all of the Pokémon knocked out, the leading grunt sends out his full team, composed by Magmar, Machamp, Nidoking, Rhydon, Dodrio and Victreebel.
* Despite a few lucky blows, he doesn't manage to cause serious damage to Lorelei and Frey's Pokémon. The couple decides to bring this to an end.
* Lorelei brings out her last Pokémon, an Abomasnow, and she and Frey reveal they have Key Stones. Much to the Rocket grunts's shock, they Mega Evolve Abomasnow and Tyranitar.
* Mega-Abomasnow uses a Blizzard to freeze the entire team solid, save Magmar, who tries a suicide attack with Flare Blitz. Frey's Tyranitar uses a Hyper Beam, finishing them all off.
* [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere The Rocket grunts try to make a run for it]], but Lorelei and Frey's Pokémon block their path. They promptly surrender. Frey uses his cellphone to call the police.
* After the police takes the criminals in, as well as Lorelei and Frey's testimony, many espectators come to ask about their relationship. They confirm they are together, and begin answering their questions.
* Domino relays to Giovanni what happened, and she requests that the helicopter coming to pick her up changes course and array another meeting point. Giovanni accepts.
* Lorelei and Frey go to the beach for a walk, and they reminisce about their time together.

!!!Maylene Interlude
* Maylene is training with her Lucario when Reggie comes for a visit at the Veilstone Gym, asking her if she's ready for her big match tomorrow. She's a little unsure about being chosen as the heir, but is determined to win.
* The next morning, Maylene is ready to fight Tanimoto-sensei's son, Kiya. First, they will have a Pokémon Battle for leadership of the Gym, with Tanimoto-sensei as the referee. Reggie is also among the atendees.
* Maylene uses her female Medicham and defeats Kiya's Hitmonlee and Primeape, but the latter leaves her too injured and exhausted to continue.
* Kiya calls his Machoke and Maylene her Lucario. The fight is evenly matched, but Lucario wins in the end.
* With this, Maylene is officially declared the Veilstone Gym Leader, but she still has to defeat Kiya in single combat.
* Maylene manages to defeat Kiya, and tries to help him up after kicking him out of the ring. [[SoreLoser Kiya becomes enraged and sucker-punches her in the nose.]]
* Tanimoto-sensei and Reggie try to interfere, [[LeaveHimToMe but Maylene tells them to stop and let her handle it herself.]] They accept.
* Maylene keeps fighting Kiya, and injures his collarbone with a powerful kick. Tanimoto-sensei decides to take him to see a doctor, and then have a stern talk with him.
* Reggie suggests that Maylene goes to see a doctor to check on her nose, and takes her as well.
* Later at Reggie's home, he's applying some ointment on Maylene's nose and places a band aid on it.
* Maylene asks Reggie what news he has of his younger brother, Paul. Reggie tells her he seems to be doing well, but apparently is bitter about losing to a certain trainer.
* Reggie admits to be a little worried about Paul, [[GenerationXerox since he too used to be a lot like that in his days as a trainer.]] Maylene notes that [[GracefulLoser not everyone learns to deal]] [[SoreLoser with defeats in the same way.]]
* Reggie offers to invite Maylene to all she can eat to celebrate her becoming a Gym Leader, and she agrees.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Thirty

* Ash has yet ''another'' strange dream, where he encounters an older version of himself arguing with an unknown figure about how [[ChronicHeroSyndrome his tendency to help others]] distracts him from his personal goals without benefiting him. His older self only replies [[EvilCannotComprehendGood that the unknown figure would never understand altruism]].
* The older self turns to talk to Ash, calling himself an incarnation of Ash's inner thoughts and concerns, as opposed to a future self. He goes on to say that Ash has to remember that whenever he questions if his actions are the right thing to do, he has to remember that purely evil people are extremely rare, such as Hunter J and Grings Kodai, and that even people like Belladonna, Red and Paul, for all their faults, do have people they care about or have some redeeming qualities, encouraging him to keep trying to bring out the best in people.
* After he wakes up, Ash's Pokédex has just downloaded an update with a new program. Hearing that Ash is having weird dreams, it offers to play some music to induce him more normal dreams, and Ash agrees.
* Sometime later, Jessie and James watch Ash running in front of a Tauros for training, questioning the methods as they await for Meowth, whom they sent to gather berries, to come back.
* Meowth ends up trapped in a tree, surrounded by a horde of angry Pikachu, internally cursing James and his entire family.
* Ash continues his training with Iris, with the help of one of his Tauros.
* Pikachu, Squirtle and Pidgeot notice a mountain in the distance, recognizing it as where they got lost and almost froze to death in the old timeline. Roggenrola questions if they plan to go through that place again, [[HahahaNo to which they simply laugh]].
* After some more training with one of his Tauros and Roggenrola, Dexter suggests Ash brings Chansey.
* Ash continues training with Iris, developing his senses by trying to dodge Excadrill as he comes at him from underground. After the session, Ash's Chansey heals him to replenish his energy.
* [[StuffBlowingUp An explosion in the distance]] alerts Ash that Charizard and Goodra have finished their training, and he goes to check them out.
* Dexter informs Ash of an update, and a program that will alert him when his Pokémon at Oak's ranch have eggs.
* The next day, Ash trains with Anabel, who almost sucumbs to the physical strain. Ash tries to apologize since the training was Iris' idea and she dragged Misty and Anabel as well, but his mind flashes to the memory of when they bathed under the waterfall and [[DirtyMindReading Anabel accidentally sees it]].
* Anabel actually admits that she feels she's growing stronger.
* Hearing Team Rocket's motto in the vicinity, Ash and Anabel quickly rush to check it out.
* The Rocket Trio is harassing a passing old man who carries a couple of shiny Wingull on his shoulders. Ash and Pikachu quickly make short work of them and send them blasting off.
* The old man, named Masuda, thanks Ash for his help, and he invites them to come the next day to a party in 3-14 of Stone Town. Ash recongizes the address as the home of the Eevee brothers.
* After Masuda leaves, Anabel and the Pokédex prompt him to accept the invite, and Ash agrees.
* Arriving at the party, Ash spots some familiar faces of people he met in the previous timeline. The group also spots a mysterious woman with long silver blue har, who after noticing Ash, for some reason smiles at him and gives him a thumbs up.
* The group splits up, and Ash is suddenly boarded by a group of trainers his own age, four girls and a boy who bears a resemblance to him and his other half-siblings. [[HeroWorshipper It quickly becomes apparent that they're all fans of him.]]
* The group asks him for advice, as they plan to begin their journey together very soon. Ash gladly complies.
* Misty overhears some gossip around about the Eevee brothers and how one of them will have to give up his dreams very soon. She muses to herself that they seem very pessimistic.
* Mikey approaches the table to eat some cheese. Noticing he seems rather upset, Misty tries to get him to talk about his troubles.
* Misty assumes that Mikey has similar issues with his older brothers as she had with her sisters. [[NotSoSimilar Mikey however denies it, making it clear that it's not the case, and that they care for each other, surprising her.]]
* After the group of trainer leaves him, Ash runs into Masuda again, who comments on how he seems popular around the place and thanks him again for his help.
* Masuda leaves, and one of the older Eevee brothers, Sparky approaches Ash, not very happy to see him.
* Sparky asks Ash what he's doing in their party. Ash tells him he came because Masuda invited him after he saved him. Sparky relents on trying to get him to leave, but he warns him to stay away from their younger brother.
* Ash is confused about this, and Sparky explains that they want Mikey to succeed as a trainer, but don't want him to emulate Ash in trying to fight and win using unevolved Pokémon and fail.
* Meanwhile, Misty sees on a stage a performance of another Eevee brother, Pyro, and his Flareon, who tries to encourage Mikey to choose an evolutionary stone for his Eevee.
* Psyduck comes out and explains that Pyro is a Pokémon Coordinator, giving her a lecture about Pokémon Coordination he saw on a TV documental.
* The remaining Eevee brother, Rainer, approaches Sparky, and then when he sees Ash, has a similar reaction to him.
* When the two brothers begin to argue, Pikachu suggests that they try to slip away. Ash agrees.
* Before Ash can leave, however, the brothers decide to beat him in a battle so that Mikey won't try to emulate him, and challenge him on the spot.
* While they prepare for the battle, Anabel mentally relays to Ash the situation: the older brothers are [[PromotionToParent fine with having to raise their younger brother in the last stretch before he becomes a trainer after their mother's death]], but the idea of one of them having to give up the trainer career they love to take over the family business has put the elder triplets in a bad mood.
* The woman from before decides to step up to the challenge and offers to battle alongside Ash to make it two-on-two. Rainer and Sparky accept it.
* Ash chooses Pikachu and the woman brings out a Murkrow, while Rainer and Sparky use their Vaporeon and Jolteon respectively.
* Over the course of the battle, Ash and the woman quickly gain the upper hand, and they continue to argue about the pros and cons of evolution. Ash and the woman eventually win the battle.
* The woman, while conceeding that their points about evolution are valid, tries to get them to understand that gaining strength through evolution isn't the only way to win a battle, but the brothers insist that Mikey ''has'' to choose a stone to evolve his Eevee.
* Trying to illustrate her point better, the woman shows them her Umbreon, a non-stone Eeveelution, surprising the brothers.
* Ash adds that he understands that they want to help Mikey, but they have to let him make his choices, and trying to ''force'' him as they do will only do more harm than good.
* Mikey steps up, agreeing with Ash, and adds that he wants to find his own answer about what to do as a trainer, by having his first battle.
* Gauging the level of Mikey's Eevee, Ash offers to bring either his Vivillon or Spearow. Mikey replies he wants to battle the stronger of the two, so Ash chooses Vivillon.
* Eevee manages to battle well against Vivillon, displaying some strategies the older brothers hadn't taught him.
* Eevee wins the battle, prompting the older brothers to hug Mikey with pride.
* After the party, Ash's group is ready to leave. They comment about how things went during the party and how the journeys are full of surprises.
* The group runs into the woman from before, who is about to leave in her motorcycle as well.
* Iris asks her who she is, and she introduces herself as Karen, from the Johto Elite Four.
* Karen explains that Johto and Kanto share one champion and usually rotate members with each other for the Elite Four positions, commenting also that Koga plans to take a spot soon.
* Karen decides to give Ash a gift to help him in his journey, a Moon Ball. She promises to meet them again and wishes Ash luck at Indigo before riding off.

!!!Main Story - Chapter Thirty One
* Ash decides to start training his Pokémon to break the [[LimitedMoveArsenal four-move limit.]]
* In Vermillion City, Ritchie muses about his recent failure in a Bug-Catching Contest, as he watches Red in a battle. He gets a message from Silver in his Pokénav, about an old rival of his, who is willing to offer Ritchie an egg from a Tyranitar as a consolation prize. Ritchie marks the address and goes there.
* Ash meets Elwood and Aideen, who decide to challenge him to a rematch to get even from the tag tournament.
* Elwood and Aideen use Venusaur and Bellossom, respectively, while Ash uses his leader Tauros and Servine, eventually winning.
* As he goes to shake hands with the twins, they note that Ash's hand has some sort of green sand in it. Ash admits that he has no clue about what it is, [[CallBack though he does remember something similar happened to him during his battle with Lilo in the tournament.]] Elwood and Aideen suspect the Z-Ring might have something to do with it.
* Meanwhile in Kalos, Serena is at the waiting line of a pharmacy.
* The training to break the four-move limit continues. Ash sends Charizard away after he manages to successfully get his Seismic Toss back and brings Krabby, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome who managed to break the limit on his own]], to help the others.
* Pidgeot learns Air Slash, but Dexter points out it evolved from Gust, and thus her move limit is still four.
* Misty, Iris and Anabel return from their own training. [[SquishyWizard The latter is especially tired]].
* The Pokédex suggests that Ash and the others should try and break their own move limit themselves, and thus they begin training too.
* While she trains with Ash to figure out how to perform Psychic instead of Confusion, Anabel decides to remove her shirt when it gets too sweaty. Ash becomes embarrassed, [[EatingTheEyeCandy but admits that he likes what he sees]].
* Thinking that he needs something to replenish Anabel's energy, Ash accidentally discovers he can use [[HealingHands Heal Pulse]].
* After using it on Anabel, she figures out how to do it herself, and [[IntimateHealing they use it on each other to replenish their energy]].
* While they heal each other, Ash praises Anabel's battling skills and tells her she could be a great trainer if she wanted. While she's unsure about competing on a league, she does express an interest for setting up a Battle Tower where everyone can challenge to go as high as they can without stopping.
* Ash trains with Iris to try and learn Dual Chop, but failing. Iris surmises that he might need more power, so she decides to let him rest for a bit.
* Iris asks him about [[ToBeAMaster his dream of becoming a Pokémon Master,]] and [[AndThenWhat what he plans to do when he finally achieves it]]. Ash replies that he'll find out when he gets there.
* Ash continues training with Misty, with both of them trying to learn [[KameHameHadoken Water Pulse]], but failing. Meanwhile, Pikachu successfully learns a fifth move, though instead of Volt Tackle as he expected, he learns Wild Charge.
* Misty becomes frustrated at not being able to perform Water Pulse correctly. Ash asks her how she learned her other moves, to which she replies she did because she had to, [[DieOrFly citing that she learned Waterfall to save herself from falling off of one.]]
* Ash ponders on it and realizes he learned his moves in times of danger or because he needed them, and thinks that perhaps Iris might have an idea to work with that. [[NoJustNoReaction Misty quickly refuses]], arguing that Iris might get the idea of setting things on fire so they ''have'' the need to use water to put them out.
* At the Celadon Battle Club, Gary successfully completes Don George's 50-Trainer Challenge, after evolving his Growlithe to Arcanine.
* Don George offers to use his Abra to teleport Gary to Gardenia City for more training with his brother, which he accepts.
* Once in the new Battle Club, Gary sees Paul having a battle with a rookie trainer who only has one badge to his name.
* As it turns out, Paul is training his newest Pokémon to put them up to par with the rest. He mocks Gary's Arcanine, calling it a "waste of a stone". Gary reveals that Arcanine helped him win a Rainbow Badge, mildly surprising Paul.
* Paul decides that he'll take that badge last, and Gary challenges him to a battle. Paul replies they've both battled today, and instead proposes that Gary brings his best team tomorrow so they can have a full battle. Gary accepts.
* Ash is playing around with a Moon Ball, replicated from the one he got from Karen. Suddenly, ''[[TheDreaded Jigglypuff]]'' shows up, and in a panic, Ash accidentally throws the ball to it and catches it.
* Back at Professor Oak's ranch, Jigglypuff arrives, and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Bulbasaur runs off to warn the others.]]
* Later, Ash and Iris walk down a cliff after some training, and approach an open area with many trainers.
* Iris recalls her latest training session with Misty, trying to get her to use new moves by throwing acorns at her.
* Ash and Iris run into the Samurai, who has just lost a battle againts [[EvilAlbino Joshua]], who mocks him for using Bug-types and having only three badges.
* Joshua turns around and recognizes Ash, who is ''not'' happy to see him. He continues to mock him as well as insulting Iris, until Ash shows him he's got five badges.
* Ash challenges Joshua to a full battle, and the latter agrees. Despite not being at the top of his game due to his anger, [[CurbStompBattle Ash easily defeats each of Joshua's Pokémon.]]
* Iris takes notice of Ash's behavior and how it affects his performance, [[TameHisAnger and makes a note to train him to control his anger.]]
* The group later arrives to the coastline, where they run into village that it's mostly dock, and an Onix-shaped boat that comes in carrying some people. Iris calls them the "Boat People", who live in said boats and are mostly nomadic.
* The Boat People set up stands for sale and barter of many goods. Ash and the others decide to stay and see if they can get something there.
* While exploring the stands, Misty stops by one that offers a Mega Stone, run by an old woman. Having no physical money to buy, she decides to barter, trying to offer anything she can, so she can get the Mega Stone for Ash.
* After a long negotiation, the old woman offers Misty a deal: she'll give her the Mega Stone in exchange for her spare clothes, since she has a granddaughter about the same height as her, and there will be a holiday where she'll be able to restock on clothes soon. Misty accepts.
* Misty learns the Mega Stone is a Sceptilite, and thus Ash can't use it for any of his current Pokémon. Nevertheless, he still appreciates the gift, and thanks her, making her smile.
* As they discuss their next destination, Misty suggests that they use their next stop to get new clothes. Even Ash seems to need them, since his old outfit is worn down as well. They all agree to it.
* One morning, Anabel wakes up to find her hair has grown out, and thinks she needs to cut it.
* Ash wakes up too, going to shave himself. Anabel asks him if he has something that she can use to cut her hair.
* While Ash doesn't have anything else but a razor, he remarks that Anabel's hair looks nice grown out. [[HasAType Anabel asks him if he has a thing for long hair.]]
* In Cerulean City, Belladonna wakes up, thinking about the recent events, and how Aurora has been acting strange since her father's death.
* Aurora approaches Belladonna, [[SpotTheImposter but she notices something off, and quickly realizes it's not her]]. Belladonna demands that the imposter reveals herself.
* The imposter reveals herself as Hilda, [[ShapeshifterGuiltTrip keeping Aurora's appearance to avoid a potential attack from Belladonna.]] She then goes on to explain who she is and who she works for: the Bloodline Prince, who plans to overthrow the Bloodline King and eventually rule the world. She wants Belladonna to join their ranks.
* Belladonna refuses, [[AndThenWhat saying that she has no interest in ruling the world]]. Hilda continues trying to convince her, pointing out that it's because of her and her other half-siblings that Aurora and the others became bloodliners. At this revelation, she begins to wonder whether Aurora's father would have disowned her had she not been born at all.
* Evanna comes and tries to strangle Hilda, but another girl, whom Hilda calls Siri, teleports in. She's a Gardevoir bloodliner, and Hilda threatens to take Evanna with them if she doesn't let go of her head, unless she wants to meet the Bloodline Prince. Reluctantly, Evanna complies, and thus Hilda and Siri teleport away.
* Evanna notices Belladonna's turmoil, and tries to calm her down reminding her that, even if what Hilda said was true, and she might have ruined Aurora's life, she also saved Vedia's, and that Evanna's own life would have played out the same regardless of whether she had been born or not.
* Ash's group arrives to Grampa Canyon, in the middle of a fossil search. The paleontologist in charge, Professor Cycad, invites them to his trailer until noon has passed, lest they suffer a heatstroke.
* After a lengthy explanation about Pokémon fossils, a female intern comes in with a finding of her own: Togepi's egg. While Ash is wondering how they'll take it, Professor Cycad asks if they want to take it with them, much to Ash and Pikachu's relief.

!!!Red One Island Interlude
* While on the boat to the Sevii Islands, Red has a strange dream about facing Ash as the Pokémon Champion. When the battle reaches the climax, he wakes up.
* After waking up, he sees Yellow sleeping and recalls how Ash told them about possibly being half-siblings. He also remembers having seen another boy with a passing resemblance to them, even with a Pikachu, lending credence to the fact they might have many more.
* Recalling Naty's offer, Red remembers his reason to come to the Sevii Islands in the first place, determined to find them for a place to train his inactive Pokémon, as the ship announces its arrival to Knot Port.
* After arriving, Red and Yellow begin discussing as to how they can find Naty's place. A girl overhears their talk and does some seemingly mocking comments. Red ignores her and is about to take his leave, [[WhamLine until she mentions Naty's name]].
* The girl encourages Red to continue his search for them, confident that he can find them, and then teleports away with an Abra.
* Red decides to explore the island using the Gyarados he caught in the Safari Zone to surf across the water. Unfortunately, its temper means that it only obeys him with a mix of Yellow's healing powers and keeping it on a leash using his Pikachu's electric attacks as a threat.
* After leaving Yellow on a beach, Red goes to explore some rocky cliffs with his Rhyhorn. When he complains about finding "nothing", a voice calls out to him.
* The voice belongs to Kalos Elite Four Siebold, who seems to recognize Red. Red in turn doesn't know who he is, but he does notice [[FamilyEyeResemblance he has similar eyes to the Sensational Sisters]].
* Siebold tells Red with a single glance that he knows the reason why Red is so far from home. However, he also tells Red that he's still missing something if he wants to master Mega Evolution, a step he seems to struggle with.
* Siebold reveals that he too has his own Gyarados, but already managed to get past the troubling stage. Red notices it has a crown of sorts with a Mega Stone imbedded in it. Siebold hops onto his Gyarados and sails away.
* When Red comes back, Yellow has gathered many pearls from the beach, and they plan to sell them to get some cash out of them.
* As there's no place for trading in One Island, Red and Yellow continue exploring towards a distant mountain. They take shelter inside a cave to avoid the heat from the path outside until it gets dark and it cools off.
* Yellow falls asleep, while Red uses his Pokégear SP to watch some videos to pass the time.
* Red watches a video of an Evergrande Conference battle between Casey Snagem and another guy named Rico, using a Tropius and a Fearow respectively.
* When Fearow uses Sky Attack, Red predicts that the battle is over and plans to pass to the next, but surprisingly, Tropius manages to endure it, and sends out an Energy Ball that manages to know Fearow out of the battle, giving Casey the victory.
* Red is surprised that it ended like that, wondering if it has to do with ThePowerOfFriendship, and recalls how Ash convinced him to get his Charizard to evolve in the Fuchsia Tag Tournament finals. He also recalls the words from Siebold, wondering if that's what he's missing for Mega Evolution.
* Red decides to bring out his Poliwrath to try and bond with it. Poliwrath is at first surprised that there's no battling or training to be done.
* Poliwrath then runs off and finds a hot spring inside the cave. An hour later, Red, his Pokémon and Yellow decide to relax together in it while they wait for the night to end.

!!!Red Two Island Interlude
* After arriving in Two Island, Red and Yellow sell the pearls they gathered in a local trading post, and go to the local Game Corner.
* While Red increases their funds, Yellow watches a rerun of the Big P Pokémon Race, and calls Red to come and see it too.
* Red is mildly surprised to see Ash competing in that race, wondering why he would do that, but is otherwise unimpressed, and decides to leave.
* As he continues to try and solve his issue of bonding with his Pokémon, Red notes that he's making slow progress, but at least he's making some.
* Deciding to deal with Clefairy, Red goes with Yellow to find a secluded place, [[TheFriendNobodyLikes noting how the rest of his Pokémon are always uncomfortable around it and only Charizard and Pikachu tolerate its presence.]]
* Before he can release Clefairy, Red hears some noises behind a rock formation.
* After going to check it out, they find an old woman training three Pokémon, which use very powerful Grass, Water and Fire-type moves.
* Yellow goes off to approach her, despite Red's warnings, impressed by the display of power.
* The old lady introduces herself as Ultima, and proceeds to explain these are the Ultimate Moves, the strongest attacks any fully-evolved starter Pokémon is able to learn, and that she holds the secret to use them to their full potential.
* Yellow becomes excited and suggests that Red's Charizard should learn it. Ultima asks if she can see Charizard, and Red agrees. With a single glance, Ultima is able to tell Charizard evolved recently, much to Red and Yellow's surprise.
* Yellow insists that Red forgets about searching for Naty and her friends and instead tries to get Charizard to learn the Ultimate Move. However, Ultima reveals that she doesn't teach them to anybody, just to those who prove themselves worthy.
* Ultima explains that she usually submits trainets to some trials before teaching them the moves, but that day, she feels generous and decides to let Red experience it just that once. She offers to have a practice battle against Red's Charizard with her Dragonite.
* Before they can start, however, Red's Clefairy comes out of its ball on its own, and gives Yellow a DeathGlare when she tries to ask how it got out.
* Clefairy glances at Dragonite, and Ultima can tell it wants a fight. Yellow suggests that Red at least directs Clefairy, since it only obeys him.
* The battle starts, and Dragonite has no problems in dealing with Clefairy, even without Ultima's orders. When it starts losing, however, Clefairy begins to get increasinly violent and refuses to listen to Red's orders, even biting Dragonite's hand and drawing blood.
* Dragonite uses an Iron Tail to knock Clefairy out. Once the danger is over, Ultima asks Red what's wrong with Clefairy, to which Red admits he has no idea.
* Ultima says that Clefairy has in its eyes a killing intent that was very common in the pre-Oak era, and that somehow it was triggered by her Dragonite.
* Yellow then recalls how Clefairy also went on a similar rampage back at the Battle Dome against Iris' Axew. Ultima is shocked to learn that it's not the first time it's acted like that, [[WhatTheHellHero and also that Red hasn't done anything to find out the reason why or solve it.]]
* Despite everything, Ultima is willing to have Red try the Blast Burn as she offered, and gives him the bracelet explaining how it works, by channeling his energy and feelings through it into Charizard for the attack.
* The battle begins, and once again Dragonite fights without Ultima's orders. As the battle goes on, Red notices how Ultima's Dragonite is holding back, to which Ultima replies that since it's just a test of strength, they don't need to go all out.
* Ultima suggests that he tries using Blast Burn. Red complies, but the attack fails. Ultima points out that he needs to stop thinking about the power and focus more on his own feelings.
* Red continues to try and use Blast Burn, but while he improves, he still fails. At the same time, he and Charizard begin attacking more and more aggresively without realizing, still somewhat annoyed that Dragonite isn't doing his best against them.
* After one last failed Blast Burn that comes out stronger but uncontrolled, Ultima decides she's had enough and has her Dragonite use [[DeathFromAbove Draco Meteor]] to end the fight, knocking Charizard out.
* Ultima approaches Red, saying he has potential, but is still not ready to learn an Ultimate Move with her, citing that, while she can see his bond with his Charizard, it's still not strong enough, citing the last failed Blast Burn attack as proof.
* [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Ultima then asks Red what his Pokémon mean to him.]] When Red has no answer, she rephrases her question, about how much he ''knows'' about them, pointing out that he probably hasn't paid enough attention to his Clefairy's behavior.
* Ultima also points out that during the fight, Red and Charizard seemed bent in getting her and Dragonite to give their all. When Red argues about being taught to always give his all against his opponents, Ultima reminds him that it was a training exercise and having gone all out could have left his Charizard with greater injuries.
* Red is left speechless, and Ultima elaborates that, barring a life-or-death scenario, she wouldn't attack an opponent with the intent of causing permanent damage, to what Red recalls what Clefairy did in the Battle Dome.
* Red removes the bracelet to return it to Ultima, apologizing for failing. Ultima replies that her door is still open if he wants to come back when he finds what he lacks, and flies away on her Dragonite's back.
* The next day, after Charizard recovers, Red goes to fly on his back for a while, in an attempt to improve his bonds, and ponder on the recent events.


!!!Argenta Interlude
* [[{{Scrub}} Argenta is disgusted by the prevalence of Smogon tactics at the Lily of the Valley Conference]], resulting in little variety. She talks with Professor Rowan about it.
* Argenta criticises Rowan's selection of Paul as a Pokedex Holder. Rowan states that Paul met his requirements, his training methods are his choice, and that it is not accurate to call him a Smogonite.
* Unsatisfied, Argenta decides to hold a tournament to beat the Smogonites, to show them Smogon theories are not absolute. She wins 399 battles in a row.
* Afterwards, Argenta encounters Mitsumi, whom Argenta identifies as a Smogonite, though unlike the others, who almost invariably used Garchomp against her, Mitsumi uses Infernape.
* They battle, and Argenta is [[WorthyOpponent impressed with Mitsumi]]. She then witnesses the friendship between Mitsumi and her Pokemon.
* Argenta realises [[JerkassRealization she was being too harsh in how she was handling the Smogonite problem]].
* After hearing Mitsumi's story, Argenta gives her Rowan's address.

!!!Maylene Interlude
* Sho challenges Maylene and wins. Maylene awards him the Cobble Badge, suggesting him to go to the Pastoria City Gym next.
* Reggie comes up and notices that Maylene seems happier than usual, and she says it's because she's finally given out her first Gym Badge.
* Reggie asks if Maylene's gotten any news about Kiya, but Maylene says that she hasn't, as only Tanimoto-sensei keeps in touch with him since he left to train on his own. They both hope he can learn to cope with defeat.

!!!Sho Interlude
* Several months after challenging Volkner, after winning his second and third badges in Veilstone and Pastoria, Sho hears of a Bug-Catching Contest held in the Great Marsh, with the chance to win evolutionary stones, so he decides to stick around for a while to win a couple of Thunder Stones for himself.
* He loses on his first attempt, but manages to win in the second, using the Thunder Stone to evolve his Pikachu to Raichu.
* Sho tries a third time, and finds a Vespiquen, which he captures to ensure a win.
* He uses the second Thunder Stone to evolve an Eevee he had received a while ago into Jolteon.
* A girl named Kylie shows up, offering him anything he wants for the Vespiquen. Upon learning that she works at the Lake Valor Seven-Star Restaurant, he decides to ask for an all-you-can-eat buffet for himself and his Pokémon, as a reward for their hard work.

!!!Wally Interlude
* Wally visits Sawyer at Rustboro City and borrows his notes, not telling Sawyer of the possibility he may not see them again.
* Wally goes to Meteor Falls, attempting to reach Brendan so they could have their battle.
* He reaches Fallabor Town. Checking his [=BuzzNav=], he hears Brendan is going to Fortree City.
* On Route 113, Wally's condition worsens because of the volcanic ash. Ralts uses Heal Pulse to keep Wally healthy.
* After trouble at the desert, Wally and Ralts reach Mauville City.
* They meet Inver, and after winning an Inverse Battle, Inver gives them a Dawn Stone. Ralts evolved into Kirlia during the battle.
* Trying to cross the river towards Fortree City, Wally suffers an asthma attack and the pair are attacked by Tentacool on top of that.
* Kirlia uses the Dawn Stone to evolve into Gallade to save Wally from both situations.
* Continuing to Fortree, Wally's condition worsens still. Gallade begins worrying about Wally's deterioting health.
* At Fortree, Wally and Gallade learn Wally has been reported as a runaway child and people are searching for him.
* He sees Winona the Gym Leader, who invites him to see one of her battles. She defeats the challenger, using the now common tactic of [[NoSell using Steel-type moves to negate Electric-type moves.]]
* Winona bids both Wally and the challenger farewell. [[DelayedReaction She only realises Wally is the runaway child after he leaves]].
* Wally and Gallade elude the search parties, even as Wally's condition continues to worsen to Gallade's great concern.
* Gallade reflects on his time with Wally over the course of the the past few months.
* They reach Lilycove City, where Brendan is. Brendan is shocked to see Wally, but keeps his promise of having their battle.
* The people of Lilycove watch their battle, awed by Wally's skill despite his age. Brendan wins their battle, before Wally collapses from his illness.
* Five days later, Wally wakes up in Rustboro City's General Hospital. Sawyer is there to greet him.
* Sawyer passes Wally a note from Brendan. [[WorthyOpponent Brendan praises Wally's battling skills]], but tells him not to endanger his health like that again.
* Sawyer also tells him that Wally has become FamedInStory as a result of his battle with Brendan and doing magnificently in spite of his age.

!!!Argenta Interlude
* Several months after her battle with Mitsumi, Argenta opens the Battle Hall, tackling the Smogonite problem from a friendlier angle, with anyone being free to use their favourite Pokemon, even if it is from the strongest tiers.

!!!Gardenia Interlude
* In Eterna City, Cheryl has been missing for an entire week. Gardenia decides to close her gym for a few days and venture on the Eterna Forest to find her.
* Sho arrived with the intention of challenging Gardenia just as Gardenia is about to leave, and offers to help her find Cheryl.
* The two decide to set up camp for the night and continue their search in the morning.
* The next day, Sho finds a bag lying on the ground, which Gardenia recognizes as belonging to Cheryl. When she asks him where he found it, Sho tells her it was in front of a gate and saw a mansion on the other side. Gardenia realises it's the [[HauntedHouse Old Chateau]].
* Despite her fear of that place, Gardenia agrees to enter, and they begin searching for Cheryl.
* Gardenia tries not to lose sight of Sho because she knows it's a bad idea [[LetsSplitUpGang to separate]] [[GenreSavvy from watching horror movies]], but when he turns around a corner, he disappears.
* [[CreepyChild A ghost girl]] appears, and attacks Gardenia.
* Meanwhile, Sho notices he's lost Gardenia, and runs into a man who looks like a butler. Despite his suspicions, he decides to follow him, at a safe distance in case he tries something.
* A scream from Gardenia is heard, and Sho decides to go help her, running in the opposite direction he was following the butler. Suddenly, [[OffscreenTeleportation the butler appears in front of him]].
* The butler transforms into a giant Haunter and attacks Sho, but a Rotom appears and fends him off, letting Sho escape.
* Sho finds Gardenia, who also managed to escape the ghost girl.
* The Rotom who saved Sho reappears, and gets them to follow him to a locked storage room.
* Inside, Sho and Gardenia find the remains of the Rotom's previous trainer, and a 2nd Generation Pokédex, which Rotom merges with in order to use its voice circuit to communicate with them.
* Rotom explains that his previous trainer was lured to the Old Chateau several years ago upon hearing of a fabulous treasure in that place, and he refused to listen to Rotom's warnings against going there, leading to his demise. He also explains that the ghosts keep themselves in the world of the living by sucking out their victims life force and plan to do so with Cheryl, who is trapped in a library in the basement.
* Rotom reveals that in the backyard there's a glowing stone that keeps the ghosts anchored to the world of the living, and they might be able to save Cheryl and get rid of the ghosts for good if they destroy it, but he needs their help. Gardenia decides to destroy that stone while Sho goes to the library to find Cheryl, although he lets her take along his Luxray and Magneton for additional firepower if needed.
* Sho goes to the library and finds Cheryl unconscious, but when he tries to get her out, the ghost girl appears and attacks. Sho fights alongside his Pikachu, Raichu and Jolteon.
* Gardenia and her Roserade and Cherrim, as well as Sho's Luxray and Magneton, follow Rotom across a hallway trying to get to the backyard. Unfortunately, the butler shows up to block their path.
* When the butler transforms, [[YouShallNotPass Magneton and Luxray decide to stay to hold him off]], while urging Gardenia to continue.
* Gardenia, Cherrim, Roserade and Rotom arrive in the backyard, where Rotom shows them the stone. They try to attack it, but a barrier blocks their attempt.
* Rotom explains that he needs to weaken the barrier from the inside so they can attack it from the outside. Gardenia quickly deduces that this could actually put him in harms way, but it's the only way to save Cheryl, so she reluctantly agrees.
* Rotom gets inside the barrier, and urges Roserade and Cherrim to attack. They do so and the stone is destroyed.
* With nothing tethering to the world of the living, the ghosts of the girl and the butler are [[DraggedOffToHell sucked into the afterlife.]]
* Sho gets Cheryl out of the library, while Gardenia carries Rotom (who barely survived the attack). The two meet up again, and Sho [[ChekhovsGun uses a Full Restore can he was carrying for an emergency]] to heal Rotom. Having no place to go anymore, and with the ghosts gone for good, Rotom allows Sho to catch him.
* Sho and Gardenia carry Cheryl out of the Chateau and quickly head back to the city to get her to the hospital.
* Cheryl wakes up and spends a couple days at the hospital, with Gardenia and Sho visiting her.
* Once Cheryl is back to full health, Gardenia reopens the Gym and finally takes Sho's challenge.

!!! Joey Interlude
* After beginning his journey, Joey considers ways to shake off his MemeticMutation reputation. One of them is going to Argenta's Battle Hall.
* He decides to enter the Cherrygrove City Tournament, where the prize is a rare egg.
* Joey makes it to the finals with his Rattata, where he battles Tristan and his Alolan Rattata.
* Hearing the commentary on the match, Joey realises people are ''still'' making fun of him, and he runs in tears. Tristan wins by default.
* Tristan finds Joey and tries to [[IFeelGuiltyYouTakeIt apologise by giving Joey the egg]]. Tristan also thanks Joey, saying that he liked his own Rattata. Joey's reputation gave Tristan the strength to stand up to his parents on his choice of starter.

!!!Sho Interlude
* Having failed to earn a badge from Volkner, and with the Lily of the Valley Conference approaching, Sho has no choice but to earn his final badge somewhere else to be able to compete.
* Sho discovers his Top 32 opponent using illegal steroids and reports him to the League authorities. His opponent, Andy Xavier, is further investigated and he's discovered to be using stolen Pokémon, getting himself disqualified and barred from competitions for two years as a result.
* Sho makes it to the Top 16, but loses 4-6.
* He returns home, and it turns out his father has brought him a gift from Hoenn: an Electrike sent by his "Auntie Agnes", also carrying a Manectrite.

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[[folder:During The Main Story - Year Two - Ash's Orange Islands and Johto Journeys]]

!!!Clair Interlude
* After the Indigo Conference, Clair continues to take on challenger after challenger.
* A trainer named Meliae defeats Clair using a Mega Beedrill, and earns her Rising Badge.
* As Meliae exits, a local rich girl from Blackthorn comes to earn her first badge, [[BadassBoast boasting that she knows how to defeat dragons]].
* Clair is unamused by [[SmallNameBigEgo the girl's attitude]], and brings out a [[JokeCharacter Magikarp]], [[CurbStompBattle defeating her two Pokémon easily.]]
* The day continues as Clair continues to take on challengers, having to deal with many {{Sore Loser}}s. One particular challenger named Gregory almost wins, but ends up losing to one critical hit, and he ends up depressed over it.
* That night, Clair visits the local Mr D's Bar. She finds a guy trying to hit on Meliae, and recognizes him as one of the challengers who lost to her.
* Clair tells the guy off, and he leaves in a huff, much to Meliae's chagrin, who though he would do for a one-night stand before leaving for Azalea to pick some Apricorn Balls from Kurt. Clair replies that she could do better than him and the two begin chatting over drinks.
* Clair spots Gregory by the bar [[DrowningMySorrows drinking and still depressed over his defeat]]. Clair however assures him that he's a good trainer and is capable of beating her, encouraging him to stop drinking and take a rest so he can fight at his best the next day. [[TheTease Meliae even offers to help him celebrate if he wins]].
* Gregory accepts and leaves, while Clair and Meliae continue to share stories over drinks.
* The next day, Gregory wins his rematch and gets his Rising Badge.
* Clair is called in by the elders of the Dragon Clan: her grandfather Javelin, granduncle Yari, her father Trishula, and her uncles Halberd and Sibat.
* The elders aren't happy because of the way Clair defeated and humiliated the daughter of one of the prominent families in Blackthorn, which also affected their reputation and relationships with the other prominent families. Clair argues that she was just doing her job and she can't go easy on people.
* The elders leave this aside for a moment, and talk to Clair about another matter: namely, [[IWantGrandkids that they want to secure a future heir for the clan]]. Since Lance hasn't married yet and his job puts him at risk, that only leaves her.
* Clair argues that she and Lance are still young and there's no need to hurry, but the elders argue that she too is running out of time to find a suitable husband, despite being only 22 years old. It doesn't help that her dating life hasn't gone well due to [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon men in Johto being extremely old-fashioned.]]
* The elders decide to try and [[ArrangedMarriage arrange a marriage for Clair]], much to her bemusement.
* The days pass and the elders send proposals to several prominent families to get someone who wants to marry Clair.
* While brushing her Dratini and Dragonair and talking about her frustrations, Clair receives responses from Falkner's father Walker and Morty, who politely decline.
* That night, while checking out her email, Clair receives a videocall from Drayden, whose family was called during their weekly dinner about the Dragon Clan's marriage proposal.
* Drayden reveals that the deal fell through due to one of Drayden's sons being too physically weak, and another having recently married another man. After this, he requested that none of them comes back.
* Clair apologizes for her family's actions. Seeing that she too is very annoyed at their actions, Drayden proposes that she takes a vacation to get away from them.
* Clair points out that she can't do that without good reason, so Drayden offers to provide one. There are rumors about a Shiny Druddigon in Cave Island and he'd like to capture it, but a new great-grandson will be born soon and he can't miss it, so he offers Clair the chance to go and find it.
* After discussing the matter with her family, Clair travels to the Decolore Archipelago.
* Shortly after her arrival in Cave Island, she runs into a trainer talking in strange slang, who just defeated an opponent with a Deino.
* The guy introduces himself as Gray and shows off the Unova badges he's won. Clair quickly spots the Legend Badge, meanind that this guy defeated Drayden, as well as many others of the strongest Unova Gym Leaders.
* Before Gray leaves, Clair notices something familiar in him, beyond a superficial physical resemblance to Meliae.
* Clair passes by a corner store, and sees some faces in the cover of a trainer magazine, recognizing them as several of the competitors in the latest Indigo Conference. She notices many of them share physical traits with Gray and Meliae.
* Clair begins to get a lay of the land. While doing so, she's attacked by a Scolipede, so she calls her Kingdra to blast it with a Hydro Pump.
* Later at the Pokémon Center, Clair investigates on the Internet more about Druddigon to see where she could find them. The noises of a battle going on in the Battle Club next door prompt her to go and check it out.
* The battle is going on between Gray and a girl named Kendra. Gray wins, and after he poses and continues to speak in his strange slang, Clair leaves.
* The next day, she begins to explore the caves in search for the Shiny Druddigon, using her Dragonair's ability to produce light to lit her path.
* Inside the cave, she finds someone using Flash, and sees Gray approaching with his Deino.
* After some bantering about their clothes, Gray mentions that he too is trying to find the Shiny Druddigon, mentioning someone named Emmy who also had one.
* Clair quickly tells Gray to "find another memento for [his] girlfriend", since she doesn't intend to give up the Druddigon. [[BerserkButton This remark angers him, and Clair realizes she must have pushed a button she shouldn't have.]] Both of them release their Pokémon and start a battle.
* A group of Abra suddenly teleport in and just as fast as they appeared, they teleport away along with Gray. Still confused, Clair continues her search for the Druddigon.
* Half an hour later, Clair finds the Shiny Druddigon inside, and comes back out five hours later having caught it.
* The next day, Clair is on a ship back home. She then spots a Tentacruel in the water, and a green light appears over it.
* Gray and his Mienfoo fall off of the light, which then dissappears. Clair decides to go rescue them using her Gyarados.

!!!Cynthia Gaiden
* Professor Carolina recounts how she met Cynthia at a party, ten years after they first met.
* Cynthia meanwhile takes a call from the U.T.P. She rejects their request for her help.
* Cynthia is glad the weather has stabilized after the Shamouti Incident.

!!!Clair Interlude
* Clair faced legal troubles for letting out a Gyarados near people, and is now considered PersonaNonGrata in the Decolore Islands.
* Javelin invites Clair to watch some league matches together, and assures her that she did the right thing in saving that boy, no matter what.
* Javelin then tells Clair about Gray's backstory, about how he used to be part of a gang that ended up getting caught in something that wiped them all out, including his girlfriend Emmy. Clair figures that's why he got so angry about her comment before. Javelin comments that Gray acts and speaks the [[DueToTheDead way he does as a way to remember and honor their memories]].
* Javelin adds that further investigation revealed that the guys who got convicted for the murders of Gray's old gang turned out not to be the ones responsible, but Gray might not even be aware of it. He also mentions that the green light she saw dropping them off was probably a Celebi.

!!!Clay Interlude
* Clay helps out a boy by providing the money needed to save his eyes.
* At a bar, Clay encounters Pan. Pan [[BerserkButton challenges him to battle after hearing Clay call himself King of the Mines]].
* After the battle, Nurse Joy tells both of them off and confiscates Clay's pickaxe.
* An hour later, local police ask for Clay's help to deal with a situation at the docks.
* Meanwhile, Pan is frustrated that he has yet to find the Bloodliner King.
* Pan decides to go to Kanto, where strange events had occurred. Odd behaviour of Pokemon at Gringy City, a weird storm off the coast of Kanto, at the Orange Islands, and a surge of rookie born during the [[BizarreBabyBoom Bloodliner Baby Boom]] that are very talented. He then felt a horrible feeling from the direction of the docks.
* Clay battles the crooks. He then encounters Lovrina of Team Cipher.
* Her Shadow Delcatty [[CurbStompBattle defeated half of Clay's team]] and the [[MookHorrorShow entire police force]].
* After his Golurk helped the others escape, he realises the ship has left port and he's on his own.
* In desperation, Clay orders Excadrill to use Brick Break to send Shadow Delcatty flying. It hits Lovrina and pushes both into the water.
* Several weeks later, Clay recounts the story to Alder.
* Clay is glad he won't be hit with homicide-related charges after police testified his use of force was reasonable.
* Alder brings the topic to Pan.
* Alder says that Pan UsedToBeASweetKid, but has become obsessed with finding a man whom he believes kidnapped his little sister right from the cradle, which matches another, similar incident with almost the exact same circumstances as well as the Striaton Incident.
* Pan believes the man who kidnapped his sister is the Bloodliner King, and Alder states this corresponds worryingly with the rumours he has heard.
* Meanwhile, though believed dead by Unovan authorities, Team Cipher managed to save Lovrina, who is currently in critical condition but will live.

!!!Frax & Velvet Interlude
* Frax and Velvet are trying to find a gift for their mother Jasmine, since Mother's Day is approaching. Velvet suggests that they buy her a dress, but Frax doesn't know what to get.
* The twins notice their mother has been working on night shifts at the mall to get extra money, [[ParentsAsPeople leaving her less time to rest and to spend with them.]]
* The next day at the Pokémon Trainer School, Professor Kukui is explaining about Oricorio and how they change forms with the nectar from the flowers that grow in the meadows of each island. This gives Frax an idea for a gift for their mother.
* Frax tells Velvet and the others about his idea: making an Oricorio flower bouquet, with all four different types of flowers. Velvet dismisses it, suggesting that they buy an ancient vase, since their mother loves antiques, but Sophocles brings up the prices, quickly shutting down the idea.
* Velvet accepts Frax's idea, but there's still the issue about how they will get to the rest of the islands to get the flowers, since Melemele Meadow only has yellow flowers, and they need three more.
* Everyone looks at Kiawe, who quickly deduces they want to ride on his Charizard to take them to the other islands. He promptly refuses because he needs to work on deliveries.
* [[GilliganCut The next morning, Frax and Velvet convinced Kiawe to take them along]], and they prepare to depart.
* Before they leave, Frax senses someone close to them, but upon looking closer, he doesn't find anyone. The trio and the Rotom Dex quickly hop onto Charizard's back and take off.
* As they arrive in Akala Island, Kiawe has trouble in getting Charizard to land, and he ends up overshooting the Meadow quite the distance. Upon looking closer, the trio notices a Munchlax tagged along for the ride by grabbing hold of Charizard's tail.
* Kiawe reminds them that they can't let Munchlax wander around in the island, lest the Aether Foundation finds out they left a Pokémon in a foreign environment. Velvet suggests that they take him along for the time being, since they have other things to do.
* Frax notices that Munchlax seems to like the flowers they brought along, so he gives him some. In turn, Munchlax guides them to the Akala Meadow, where they pick the flowers they need.
* The group later goes to Ula'Ula Island, and then goes to Poni Island for the final flowers.
* As they land, Kiawe warns them to be careful with Poni Island's wild Pokémon. Frax assures him that "[[TemptingFate nothing will go wrong]]", causing Velvet to chide him because that's guaranteed to make ''everything'' go wrong. Kiawe promises to come to pick them up in twenty minutes or so.
* The twins go to Poni Meadow. While Frax and Munchlax pick the flowers, Velvet stays on guard, in case they get attacked.
* Frax gets the flowers and goes back to Velvet. [[HopeSpot Apparently, everything is OK and they can return home]], but then they get attacked by a large group of wild Pokémon led by a very angry Leavanny.
* A battle ensues. While the twins' Pokémon fight bravely, the wild ones are too strong and too many for them. Even Frax's Z-Move is not enough to defeat Leavanny.
* Frax tries to buy time to get Velvet to perform her own Z-Move, but his Pokémon are quickly defeated. Munchlax steps up and decides to fight.
* Munchlax manages to get a lucky hit with Metronome, summoning a Water Pulse, but when he tries again, summoning a Blast Burn, Leavanny steals it using Me First.
* [[DeadlyDodging Frax and Munchlax manage to evade the stolen Blast Burn, which hits the wild Pokémon behind them and destroys part of the canyon.]]
* Frax has the Rotom Dex scan Munchlax's moves, and then he has Munchlax use Odor Sleuth and Lick on Leavanny.
* Leavanny gets paralyzed, so Frax has Munchlax use Tackle and pin it to the ground. The other Pokémon begin attacking them.
* Frax tries to protect Munchlax, and then a loud, ominous cry is heard in the distance, causing everyone to stop for in fear.
* Velvet completes her Z-Move, which begins sucking in everyone in the vicinity, giving them the chance to escape.
* Before they leave, they hear again the ominous cry, and Frax sees a shadowy figure atop a mountain, sending chills down his spine. Velvet reminds him they have to escape, and then Kiawe comes with Charizard to pick them up. They leave the island.
* As they leave, [[AllForNothing they notice the bouquet they had gathered is completely ruined.]] When Frax suggests that they go back and gather more flowers, Kiawe and Velvet make it clear [[ImNotDoingThatAgain they're]] ''[[ImNotDoingThatAgain not]]'' [[ImNotDoingThatAgain going through that again.]]
* Munchlax then pulls out of his fur an old vase, similar to the ones Velvet wanted to buy for their mother before. They realize he probably picked it up from the garbage he was playing with before when they arrived.
* Velvet grabs the vase, and realizes they have the perfect gift. She then says "[[IronicEcho This can't go wrong!]]" [[TemptingFate and then a strong breeze almost causes her to drop it in open sea]]. [[LampshadeHanging Frax quickly mocks her for what she said before to him.]]
* After returning home, the twins restore the vase, and they have it ready to give it to Jasmine in Mother's Day, making her really happy.
* Jasmine then gets a call from her boss, but Velvet answers instead. They explain that they're going to cover her during her night shift that day so she can relax and enjoy. While she objects at first, Frax and Velvet insist, and she ultimately relents.
* On the way to the mall, the twins find Munchlax, who wants to go along with Frax. Frax then catches him.
* A few days later, the twins are telling the rest of their classmates the story of their adventure. Hau then arrives with a bag of Malasada.
* Upon smelling the Malasada, Munchlax jumps on Hau and tries to take it for himself. The two begin fighting over it, until Munchlax wins and eats it, bag and all.

!!!Hala & Hau Interlude
* Hala investigates why Tapu Koko wanted to give Ash a Z-ring and researches him. He discovers that Ash found several Z-crystals, has ''many'' lookalikes, and is just starting his Johto Journey. He then receives notice that his latest Grand Trial challenger is ready.
* Frax apologises to Hau for his Munchlax eating his Malasada by offering to buy Hau Malasada. Frax regrets this due to the big bill he will have to pay due to how much [[BigEater Hau ate]]. Frax, Hau and Velvet then remembered that Hala's Grand Trial was going on.
* The three arrive at the Grand Trial just in time to see Hala win against the challenger, Kawika.
* Professor Kukui arrives to talk with Hala.
* In private, Kukui brings up the possibility of establish Alola's own Pokemon League:
** Hala protests that would make them officially a T.A.T.O nation.
** Kukui points out Alolans already keep Pokemon in Pokeballs, and that the Trials are comparable to the Gym Challenge.
** Hala says they also work with wild Pokemon just like the Ranger Union, and is unwilling for Alola to lose neutrality, since their neutrality provided both sides with a place to deal with each other diplomatically.
** Kukui brings up the decreasing number of Trial-goers, and the decreasing number of people able to become Island Champions and Trial Captains, citing himself and Guzma.
** [[invoked]] Hala continues to be unwilling because the Trials are an important part of Alolan culture, and the establishment of a Pokemon League would change it, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks making people upset]], citing how the ending of a minor custom of not letting girls eat bananas caused issues.
* Back with Hau, Velvet & Frax, Hau and Frax are killing time with a Pokemon Battle with Velvet refereeing. [[DisappearedDad Hau mentions how his dad left]], which Hau believes is because he was the son of a Kahuna. Upon hearing Hau say his dad was strong, Frax then [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asks whether it's Hau's dad or his grandfather he wants to surpass]].
* The next day, after class, Hau asks Kukui about his Kanto Journey. Kukui says it was great and asks Hau whether Hala told him about his Pokemon League idea. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Kukui leaves as soon as he learns that's not the case]].
* Meanwhile, Hala received a visit from Kawika, who informs him that he's dropping out of the Trials, saying he didn't even want to try in the first place but his family insisted. Hala accepts this, but after he leaves, Hala despairs once more at Alolan youth turning their backs on their heritage.
* Over dinner, Hala and Hau talk about their day. Hala asks whether Hau thinks the Trials are obsolete. Hau answers that a League might be appealing, but the Trials are still the Trials. Hala says [[INeverSaidItWasPoison he didn't bring up a League]].
* Hau admits he asked Kukui about the League because he wanted to know if they were better. He wanted to know if his father was stronger than Hala.
* [[MomentOfWeakness Hala begins getting angry, and demands to know whether Hau would prefer the Trials or the Leagues]]. Hau gets terrified, and runs away. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Hala realises his mistake and chases after him]].
* Looking for Hau, Hala realises the situation is just like when his son left, and runs straight to the harbour, where he finds Hau about to leave.
* After a short confrontation where Hala quickly defeats Hau in a Pokemon Battle, and they both manage to calm down and talk.
* Hala sees Tapu Koko watching them, and realises there's only one solution to Alola's problem.
* Hala agrees to Kukui's proposal of establishing a Pokemon League, with some modifications to allow for the incorporation of Alola's Trials into it. Hala then sends a letter to his son, not knowing if it would allow him and his son to reconcile, or if it would even reach him, but he still decided to try.
* Later, at a Bug Catching contest, Hala and Hau see Velvet and Frax volunteering at the event for extra credit after failing their assignments.

!!! Cipher Interlude
* Pleased by the results Lovrina obtained, Nascour asks on Evice's behalf when his Shadow Pokemon will be ready. Ein replies the process takes time and they must emphasise quality over quantity.
* A contingent of Cipher Peons, led by Exol, including Shawn, return to Unova to obtain a second wave of Unovan Pokemon.
* Exol uses Shadow Mawile to help capture Pokemon. At first, things go smoothly, before Shadow Mawile goes berserk.
* Shawn manages to calm it down, but not without injury to himself. Exol tells him to tend to his wounds.
* Shawn finds his way to the place where he told Jeff he'd go to Orre.
* He sees Jeff again, but Team Cipher arrives as well. Forced to make a choice, he chooses himself, killing his own friend and Jeff's Pokemon, the now Dewott Mizutaro, is taken.
* Back at Team Cipher headquarters, Nascour and Ein talk about Shadow Mawile going berserk and Shawn calming it down. Nascour brings up the possibility of having the Peons undergo the Shadow process as well. [[PragmaticVillainy Ein advises against it because Cipher does not have the resources for it]].
* [[TrappedInVillainy Shawn meanwhile is shocked at what he did]], before Exol comes into his room and gives Shawn a reward for his performance.
* After Exol leaves, Shawn despairs that it is Mizutaro, and breaks down crying.

!!!Looker Interlude
* Looker and Blake investigate reports of poaching activities.
* Looker thought the search was fruitless, but Blake finds a valuable clue, Dewott fur, which corresponds with Jeff's disappearance.
* Blake suspects a connection to Orre. Interpol higher-ups agree with Blake's assessment.

!!!Guzma Interlude
* Plumeria tells Guzma of an incident that resulted in injury to two Team Skull grunts.
* [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther Guzma smiled at the noise his grunts make, proof that they were having fun]]. Last time they were quiet was when Wally went on a journey despite not being fifteen.
* Upon seeing the injuries on the two Team Skull grunts however, [[BerserkButton his mood soured and he demands to know who did this to them]].
* The grunts answer it was "freaks in white", and they're at the Ula'Ula meadow.
* Guzma goes to deal with those who hurt his grunts.
* Cipher Peons are in the meadow, under orders from Lovrina to explore all the Alolan islands.
* They encounter Guzma and they battle. The leader of the Peons, Naps, brings out Shadow Teddiursa. Guzma uses Golisopod:
** After using First Impression to land a solid blow, Teddiursa injures Golisopod enough to trigger Emergency Exit.
** Guzma brings out Ariados. It is also defeated but Naps is concerned by the battle not being as easy as he thought as Lovrina told him it would be easy to take on a Gym Leader.
** Guzma brings out Masquerain, which Intimidates Teddiursa, surprising one of the Cipher Peons. The other Peon brings out Pinsir to increase their odds.
** The Pinsir is not a Shadow Pokemon, and is in fact angry at the humans who caught it. It turns on its Cipher masters.
** Pinsir then interferes in the Teddiursa versus Masquerain battle and it becomes a three way battle.
** Pinsir knocks out both Teddiursa and Masquerain.
** Naps recalls Teddiursa and he and the other Cipher Peons flee.
* Realising Pinsir is still there, Guzma brings out Golisopod and it uses First Impression. Guzma throws an Ultra Ball, and after it captures Pinsir, Golisopod ensures Pinsir can't escape by using its six arms to keep the ball closed.
* Guzma returns to base, and Golisopod and the Skull Grunts show Pinsir around.
* Guzma calls Lusamine about Team Cipher.

!!!Jane Jackrum Interlude
* After graduating and becoming a full-fledged Pokémon Ranger, Jane Jackrum is congratulated by her grandfather and mother, but is nervous about being able to live up to the former's legacy and the expectations everyone has about her.
* Jenkins hands Jane his Mega Ring and Pidgeotite so she and her own Pidgeot can use them, to give her a boost of confidence.
* Jane tries to Mega Evolve her Pidgeot, but it doesn't work, and she doesn't understand why.

!!!Sanpei Interlude
* In the Kalos Ninja Village, Sanpei looks at the ancient scroll telling the story of the legendary Hero Greninja. [[ChekhovsGun He writes a copy in a scroll and keeps it to himself.]]
* Sanpei's brother Ippei arrives to tell him that he has to be ready for his big day: today is the day he'll be allowed to leave the village.
* Sanpei goes off to train with his Froakie.
* Another ninja, named Satoshi, arrives, and they discuss about the responsibilities of becoming the village chief, as well as the legends about the Hero Greninja.
* Sanpei then senses that intruders are coming, and they both go off to investigate.
* A group of Cipher Peons are walking around trying to gain access to the village. Satoshi decides to attack them, using his [[MesACrowd Double Team bloodline to create clones and get their attention]].
* They manage to get one of the Peons to tell them they're coming to steal eggs, which they deduce are the Froakie eggs descending from the Hero Greninja. Given that they're outnumbered, Sanpei suggests that Satoshi sends a clone to the village to get help.
* Exol is with his Peons, watching around the perimeter. Amongst them is Shawn.
* Satoshi appears with his clones and a fight ensues. While they have their attention focused on him, Sanpei and his Froakie attack them with Frubbles.
* Exol calls for his Shadow Mawile, but recalling what happened in the Unova mission, he has one of his peons call in his Houndoom to use Smokescreen and retreat.
* Satoshi follows them, but Shawn stays behind to deal with Sanpei.
* Shawn attempts to talk Sanpei out of fighting, but he refuse. Calling in Sir Thorn and Selvaggia, another fight ensues.
* Shawn feels tempted to bring in Mizutaro, but ultimately decides not to. Sanpei commands his Froakie to use Frubble on him and leaving him glued to a tree.
* Sanpei and Satoshi meet up again, having lost the trail of the other group of Cipher Peons. They're discovered by their Commander, whose name is Capriccio.
* Another fight ensues. Capriccio gains the upper hand, and offers to spare Satoshi's life if he answers his questions. Satoshi refuses.
* Capriccio notices something on Satoshi's face, and all of a sudden, he orders his Gliscor to cover him in Sludge, with the clear intention of killing him. He then stabs Sanpei in the chest with his own kunai and leaves him to die as well.
* [[NotQuiteDead Sanpei waits until they're all gone]], [[PocketProtector having been saved by the scroll he kept on his chest pouch]] and approaches the pile of Sludge with his Froakie. To his great relief, Satoshi and his own Froakie are still alive, but very weak.
* Sanpei has to choose between saving his friend or going off to warn the village, and ultimately chooses to save Satoshi.
* The rest of the ninjas arrive, and they're chasing off the rest of the Cipher Peons, after being warned by Satoshi's clone.
* Sanpei's brothers, Nihei and Ippei arrive, and they take Satoshi to get medical attention.
* Afterwards, Sanpei discusses with his brother Ippei, on whether he did the right thing or not in choosing to save his friend. Ippei assures him that he did, and he'll be ready to be chief when the time comes.
* As the sun is setting, everyone in the village is ready to see Sanpei off.
* Satoshi ponders that things are going to be boring without his friend around.
* Capriccio gives his report to Nascour. While they couldn't steal the Froakie eggs, [[XanatosGambit they succeeded in their primary goal of getting information about Bond Phenomenon from the photos they took from the scrolls]].
* Nascour promotes Capriccio to Admin for his success, and gives him a new mission, this time in Alola. Nascour says a scouting party was defeated by "Kahuna Guzma".
* Capriccio ponders on his encounter with Satoshi, disturbed at having seen his face, [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat but he assures himself that he's gone for good]].

!!!Jane Jackrum Interlude
* A few weeks after her graduation, at the Almian Ranger Union HQ, Jane is ready for her first official mission. Top Ranger Wendy assigns her to act as a bodyguard to a Flying-type researcher named Rosebay, who works under Professor Hastings.
* Jane meets Rosebay that night, who reveals to have specifically requested for her, given that Jane is good for handling Flying-types and can help her with her research.
* As it turns out, Rosebay also expects that Jane, [[GenerationXerox being Jenkins Jackrum's granddaughter, should be able to Mega Evolve her Pidgeot too]], but Jane reveals that she still can't and doesn't know why.
* Jane and Rosebay fly to Vien Forest, where Rosebay conducts her research and Jane spends some time training along with her Pidgeot. During that time, they meet and befriend several different Pokémon.
* Unknown to them, a Celebi is following them closely.
* One night, Celebi appears in their tent, waking them up. [[VaguenessIsComing After giving Jane a rather cryptic warning]], especially about "the Shadow", Celebi disappears, leaving them confused.

!!!Kiawe Interlude
* In Akalan Mountain Peak, a challenger is ready to take the trial under Captain Iolani.
* As the challenger leaves off to undergo the trial, Kahuna Olivia arrives to tell her that she plans to appoint a new Trial Captain, and wants Iolani to show him the ropes.
* At the Melemele Pokémon Trainer School, Kiawe ponders on how he will graduate at the end of the semester, and how he's going to miss his classmates.
* He remembers the day the twins Frax and Velvet Lono arrived for the first time, when they helped him drive off a gang of thugs.
* He also remembers that they were given Z-Rings by Tapu Koko, many battles he had with them, and many adventures and misadventures along with his other friends, Mallow, Lillie, Sophocles and Lana.
* After school, Kiawe goes to meet them at the battlefield, to have a battle with Frax.
* Kiawe calls in his Fletchinder, and Frax calls in his Rockruff. Fletchinder wins.
* Kiawe calls in his Marowak, and Frax calls in his Munchlax. Frax uses a [[LimitBreak Z-Move: Breakneck Blitz]] with Munchlax to win this round.
* Kiawe calls in his Turtonator and Frax calls in his female Pikachu.
* Frax tries to hold out for a couple minutes before using a Z-Move again, despite the fact it's risky and could potentially kill the user.
* Before Frax unleashes his Z-Move, a Ride Mandibuzz arrives with Iolani, interrupting the battle.
* Iolani approaches Kiawe to inform him that he's been chosen as Trial Captain, and requests that he comes with her.
* As they fly, Iolani recognizes Kiawe's Ride Charizard as the one who belonged to Kiawe's grandfather, Koa. Turns out Iolani knew him. She also asks him about Frax and Velvet.
* When they arrive on the trial site, they find it [[GenericGraffiti vandalized with graffitis all over the place]].
* A Pikipek arrives and tells Iolani what happened, and she decides that they need to clean up the mess and punish the ones responsible.
* Meanwhile, south of the Battle Royal Park, a pair of Skull grunts, a male named Odlaw and a female named Sketch, are eating ice cream cones. Odlaw is showing off a stolen PokéNav he got during his time in Hoenn.
* Sketch notes that she can generate paint from her fingers.
* Kiawe and Iolani arrive, and confront the grunts over the vandalized site. They openly admit to it.
* Odlaw goes on a MotiveRant about how it's the Trial Captains fault that they're acting the way they do, and insults Kiawe's grandfather, [[BerserkButton making him and Iolani angry.]]
* A fight is about to start, but Plumeria arrives and knocks Kiawe out for trying to attack the grunts.
* Kiawe wakes up, having been taken by Iolani to get healed. She managed to drive off the Skulls, and then tells Kiawe a bit of her life story, specifically how Kiawe's grandfather helped her after her mother died.
* In Canalave City, Naps and Capriccio talk about the information gathered about Z-Moves.
* Naps then recalls that in their last mission, Capriccio threw a boy with black hair and red eyes into the canal and blasted him with his Ferrothorn until he stopped coming back up for air, to what he only replies that "some people are not supposed to exist".

!!!Jane Jackrum Interlude
* One morning after waking up for training, Jane notices the forest is too quiet, more than usual, so she goes to wake Rosebay up so they can go investigate.
* They find an injured Combee and Taillow they had befriended before, as well as a Staraptor. After healing their wounds, the Pokemon guide them deeper into the forest.
* Jane and Rosebay encounter a Cipher force led by Gorigan poaching Pokémon, and they overhear them talking about Celebi. Realizing they're outnumbered, Jane picks up her radio to call the HQ for reinforcements.
* Unfortunately, the Cipher Peons discover them and a battle ensues, with Gorigan sending out a Shadow Primeape and Hypno. Realizing she has no choice, Jane attacks the Peons with her Bloodliner powers, and quickly calls Rosebay and the Pokémon to hop onto Pidgeot's back to escape.
* Gorigan uses his radio to call for an order, and has several Pokémon use Gravity to cause them to fall when they fly over the Cipher force's camp.
* Jane and the others survive the fall with some injuries, and when she regains consciousness, the battle restarts.
* Rosebay takes advantage of the chaos to release the caught Pokémon so they can help them. A Peon tries to stop her but is stopped by Staraptor.
* Jane gets some of the released Starly to use Screech. Another Cipher Peon tries to stop them, but Taillow attacks her Voltorb and it accidentally uses Explosion on its own trainer.
* A Cipher Peon sends out a Victreebel against Jane, who tries to strangle her using Vine Whip.
* Pidgeot tries to help her, but finds herself unable to due to Gravity. The culprit is a Baltoy next to a Peon.
* The Combee from before tries to save Jane to no avail, and ends up evolving to Vespiquen. The battle's tide begins to turn into their favor.
* Gorigan arrives and sends in his Shadow Pokémon. A Shadow Storm attack sends Jane flying, and upon falling she breaks her arm.
* Pidgeot stands before the Shadow Pokémon to protect Jane, but they gang up on her and beat her badly. Gorigan orders attack after attack on Pidgeot, until Jane finally snaps and her Mega Ring begins to react to Pidgeot's Mega Stone.
* [[SuperMode Pidgeot Mega Evolves,]] [[CurbStompBattle and quickly begins to make short work of the Cipher Peons one after another, as well as the two Shadow Pokémon.]]
* The Peons want to retreat, but Gorigan refuses to. Suddenly, [[BigDamnHeroes the Ranger reinforcements arrive, led by Barlow, Crawford, Luana and Top Rangers Sven and Wendy.]]
* [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Gorigan wisely decides to retreat]], [[VillainTeleportation using a Slowking to teleport away,]] but leaving behind several Peons. Knowing they can't escape, they surrender themselves.
* As Wendy congratulates Jane for a job well done, [[FantasticRacism the Cipher Peons from before attempt one last ditch effort by outing her as a bloodliner, calling her a "freak" and an "abomination".]] Rosebay attempts to lie to protect her, [[ShutUpHannibal but Sven steps in to shup them up.]]
* Sven tells the Peons that even if they said the truth, he'd have no problem with Jane being a bloodliner at all, [[MoralMyopia plus with the things Cipher has done with Shadow Pokémon, they have no right to call anyone an abomination.]] The Peons are taken away.
* The day after the battle, before leaving, several of the Pokémon in Vien Forest come to see Jane and Rosebay off, with some of them wanting to come along: [[AndroclesLion Taillow and Vespiquen with Jane, and Staraptor with Rosebay.]] They agree, and they all fly back to the Ranger HQ on Mega Pidgeot.
* News of Jane twarting Cipher's plans quickly spread, much to Principal Lamont's surprise on Jane being able to Mega Evolve her Pidgeot.
* Reporters appear at the Jackrum residence, asking if Jane is really a bloodliner. Jenkins replies by asking if someone has a problem with that.

!!!Gladion Interlude
* Gladion and his Umbreon rest after completing a job with a Totem Slowbro around a campfire. He decides to read his [[PornStash Alphanean Chronicles]] to kill his time before going to sleep.
* The next morning, as he walks around town, a sailor spots him and upon seeing the state of his clothes, challenges him to a battle.
* Gladion calls out his Midnight Lycanroc and the sailor brings in a Blastoise. Lycanroc wins.
* Afterwards, the sailor explains that he has a son who is always ripping his clothes and he can't stand seeing that. Umbreon steps on Gladion's foot to get him notice that his socks have holes, which prompts him to ask the sailor to patch them up.
* After getting his socks fixed, Gladion goes off to a hill to continue his reading. While he's arguing with Umbreon about it, a splashing sound gets his attention.
* He looks at the beach below the hill, and spots a trio of girls in swimsuits playing in the water. At first he pays no mind to them, until one calls another by the name Lillie. Upon looking closer, he recognizes her as his sister.
* Right behind him, another girl, who turns out to be Velvet Lono, appears, and thinks that he's spying on her friends down below. He tells him that he's not, and while she seems to buy his story, she challenges him to a battle, and he accepts, proposing a three versus three.
** Velvet starts out with Cutiefly, and Gladion calls in his Golbat. Cutiefly wins, albeit just barely and ending up pretty hurt.
** Gladion call in Umbreon and Velvet brings out a Magnemite. Umbreon wins.
** For the final round, Velvet calls her Meowth, and Gladion brings in Lycanroc.
** During the battle, Velvet's Meowth evolves into Persian.
** Both opponents call for their Z-Moves to end the battle. The resulting explosion sends trainers and Pokémon flying away.
* Velvet is found by her friends, while Tapu Koko finds Gladion, deciding to drop him off somewhere.
* Back at their home, Velvet tells Frax what happened with Gladion. She then begins reading her own Alphanegan Chronicles, also noting that Frax dropped them after the second book for some reason.
* Frax explains that the reading got creepy after a while, as he couldn't help but notice the similarities between them and the protagonists of the book. He also recalls having seen a few lookalikes of them in the Indigo League: Ash, Red and Ritchie. Velvet just shrugs it off.
* Gladion and his Pokémon wake up in the middle of the forest. Suddenly, a Bewear shows up and grabs them, taking them away.

!!!Jane Jackrum Interlude
* One week after the battle at Vien Forest, Chairperson Erma calls for a meeting with several Ranger leaders and Professor Hastings. Given what happened in the forest, this is the first incident involving Cipher that ended up with no casualties on their side. They conclude this was in part thanks to Jane being a Bloodliner as well as having a fully evolved Partner Pokémon capable of Mega Evolution.
* The leaders decide that they have to make their Rangers stronger, by being able to evolve their Partner Pokémon to their final stage, Mega Evolving them if possible, and perhaps even have more than one. They also extend this to being more inclusive to bloodliners.
* At the Kingdom of Rota, Lady Ilene gets a newspaper showing the changes in the Ranger Union from the Mew living in the Tree of Life. The Duchess is intrigued by this development.

!!!The Wild Boy From Sinnoh - Chapter One
* A Team Galactic force, led by Charon, are at Lake Verity.
* Charon is researching the lakes and orders the grunts to gather the nearby Pokemon.
* When a grunt complains that the nearby Pokemon are largely the low value Starly and Bidoof, Charon says it doesn't matter.
* Mitsumi, now an assistant to Professor Rowan, is delivering a package to Twinleaf Town while also researching Lake Verity.
* She accidentally angers an Onix, and is forced to rely on her Starly after leaving Infernape at Professor Rowan's.
* A boy named Hareta comes in and calms Onix, his friend, down. Mitsumi notices he wore nothing but tattered shorts, has spiky hair and red eyes, and has z-shaped birthmarks on his cheeks.
* Hareta shows her the way to Lake Verity.
* After being prompted, Mitsumi explains she and Rowan are researching the three major lakes of Sinnoh.
* Hareta is confused, believing there to be four. That's what his dad told him.
* Upon both their stomachs rumbling, Hareta asks his Pokemon friends to find lunch. They do so. They then notice Onix hasn't come back yet and look for him.
* They find him, and Onix attacks them in a berserked rage. Hareta and the others are shocked. Mitsumi tries to use one of the starters she was delivering, but Onix's attack separates her from the package.
* Mitsumi tells Hareta to get to the package and use one of the starters. Hareta brings out Piplup.
* After some initial problems, Hareta manages to get Piplup to obey him and they defeat Onix after Piplup notices and breaks an odd device on Onix.
* Mitsumi notices the Galactic logo on the device.
* They arrive at Lake Verity.
* Mitsumi contacts Professor Rowan. Hareta greets Rowan, and it turns out Rowan knows Hareta and his father, Kaisei.
* [[OlderThanTheyLook Since Hareta is fifteen, to Mitsumi's surprise,]] Rowan lets him keep the Piplup, knowing the trainers in Twinleaf wanted a Chimchar and Turtwig.
* Rowan then asks her to accompany Hareta as they explore the lakes since Kaisei is an unrivalled expert on Legendary Pokemon.
* Mitsumi decides that after delivering the starters, they shall go to Jubilife City for information.
* A Galactic Grunt witnesses the above, hidden from view. He reports back to his superiors on what he saw.

!!!The Wild Boy From Sinnoh - Chapter Two
* Hareta and Mitsumi arrive in Jubilife City.
* Hareta quickly becomes lost in the crowd and is separated from Mitsumi, and begins looking for clues about his father on his own, causing some disorder and property damage along the way.
* From a rooftop, Hareta spots a Pokémon battle underway in the Joy Plaza, surrounded by a large crowd.
* As it turns out, a trainer named Park is the current undefeated champion of the plaza and taking challenges from anybody. Hareta steps up to challenge him.
* When he throws Piplup's Poké Ball, [[GroinAttack he accidentally hits Park between the legs.]] Piplup comes out and that leads to an awkward situation.
* Park brings out a Gible, and the battle begins.
* Piplup refuses to listen to Hareta, causing them trouble when Park's Gible begins using Draco Meteor.
* Hareta calls for a Bubblebeam to try and stop the Draco Meteor, covering the field in smoke from the explosions.
* Hareta orders a Peck attack. Piplup misses Gible in the middle of the smoke, but instead hits Park and begins pecking him mercilessly.
* [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Park gets fed up and decides to call it quits]], giving Hareta some money so he just leaves him alone.
* Hareta uses the money to buy himself and his Pokémon some food. Piplup is still angry at him, and refuses to eat. Hareta insists that no matter what, he's still his friend.
* Two Galactic grunts approach Hareta, telling him they're hosting a tournament and they want him to take part. Hareta agrees and follows them.
* Mitsumi continues to look for Hareta, following the trail of property damage he left on his wake. She finds him, [[OhCrap but she spots the Galactic grunts taking him away and realizes they've got trouble]].
* The grunts take Hareta to an abandoned warehouse, where they reveal their intentions, as well as many captured Pokémon they have. Hareta and his Pokémon begin to fight them.
* The grunts call their friends to overwhelm Hareta and his Pokémon, using Mean Look to hold them in place and prevent them from escaping.
* Piplup, seeing Hareta fights to protect him despite the odds, decides to join the fight as well.
* Hareta and Piplup manage to turn the tables around, and some of the grunts decide to make a run for it. However, the entrance is blocked by a fire. The responsible is Mitsumi, and the grunts recognize her.
* Mitsumi's Infernape uses Flare Blitz to finish off the remaining Pokémon. Some of the grunts try to escape using an Abra to teleport away, but then Oreburgh Gym Leader Roark and several Officer Jennies show up to aprehend them.
* Thanking Mitsumi and Hareta for their help, Roark explains that there have been many incidents with people dressed in Team Galactic's uniforms, and they've been investigating them.
* Roark sees something familiar in Hareta, who reminds him of his old colleague Kaisei. Hareta and Mitsumi explain they're looking for him and ask Roark if he knows something about him. Roark says that he does, but he has some pressing matters to attend in Oreburgh, so he invites them to accompany him there.
* Meanwhile, the Galactic grunt known as B-2, who was the only one to escape arrest, reports to Charon about what happened. Charon orders him to keep an eye on them for the time being.

!!!Looker Interlude
* Looker catches up with Nanu on Poni Island.
* Looker shares his worries about being obsolete, telling Nanu about how two young boys who joined Interpol, Blake and Koya, seem to be better than him. Looker says the mission with Koya was a few days before he arrived at Poni Island:
** Looker & Koya were visiting Zero about the disappearance of Newton Graceland.
** Zero shares that Newton met Kaisei before he disappeared months ago.
** Upon learning Zero was overworking his Pokemon, Koya gets angry, before Looker forces him to calm down.
** As they leave, Looker tries to berate him for losing his temper but Koya replies Looker isn't a trainer and he has no say on the matter, before declaring he's in charge of the case.
* Nanu points out to Looker that based on his stories, what Looker is ''really'' worried about is not that he's obsolete, but that he [[MyGreatestFailure failed his duty]] to help the world such that kids like Blake and Koya had to step up to fix what Looker failed to do, and gives Looker encouragement.
* After Looker leaves, Nanu thinks about the "tourists" asking about "Kahuna Guzma".

!!!Jane Jackrum Interlude
* Over the next few weeks after the leaders of the Ranger Union made their decision, several bloodliner Rangers and civilians out themselves to their families and the public in general, some with Jane's help. Other Rangers begin training their Partner Pokémon and getting more to become stronger.

!!!Wicke & Nephew Interlude
* Frax receives a letter from Hala, who informs him that his and Velvet's Grand Trial is scheduled in five days. He takes his Pokémon to do some training to prepare for it.

!!!Jane Jackrum Interlude
* Several weeks after the leaders of the Ranger Union decided to be more inclusive of Bloodliners and become stronger in general, Jane enters her home.
* Talking with her mother, Jane realises the reason her initial attempts at Mega Evolution didn't work was because [[YouWereTryingTooHard she was so focused on trying to achieve Mega Evolution that she forgot to focus on her bond with Pidgeot]]. She chastises herself for missing something so important.
* At Jolanka's request, Jane recounts the story of how Taillow and Vespiquen joined her. After she's done, her mother asks if she started a new trend of Rangers having multiple Partner Pokemon, horrifying Jane who doesn't want to be responsible for ''another'' change to the Ranger Union.
* After Jolanka reveals she was only joking, she says that both Jenkins and herself are [[SoProudOfYou proud of Jane]].
* Meanwhile, at the Ranger Union HQ of Almia, Wendy's and Rosebay's Staraptor enter [[OhNoNotAgain another fight]], frustrating Wendy who manages to calm them down again.
* In Professor Hasting's office, Jenkins and Pidgeot watch as the former call Professor Samson Oak.
* Professor Samson Oak in turn calls Professor ''Samuel'' Oak, and Professor Hastings surprises Jenkins when he shares his plans to bring true peace to both the T.A.T.O and the Ranger Union.

!!!Kangaskhan Kid Gaiden
* Naps, Litnar and many other Cipher Peons are raiding the Safari Zone to catch Pokémon, but haven't had much success in catching many.
* One of the Peons spots Tommy with a group of Kangaskhan feeding their young, noticing that he has facial markings.
* Litnar remembers that Capriccio is obsessed with finding and killing kids who have strange facial markings, revealing that many of his victims were bloodliners.
* Litnar suggests that they should try and find out if the Shadow Pokémon process works on bloodliners. Naps agrees and sets out to capture Tommy.

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[[folder: Unsorted]]

* Ash decides to start training his Pokémon to break the [[LimitedMoveArsenal four-move limit.]]
* In Vermillion City, Ritchie muses about his recent failure in a Bug-Catching Contest, as he watches Red in a battle. He gets a message from Silver in his Pokénav, about an old rival of his, who is willing to offer Ritchie an egg from a Tyranitar as a consolation prize. Ritchie marks the address and goes there.

* The Pokédex suggests that Ash and the others should try and break their own move limit themselves, and thus they begin training too.

* Iris asks him about [[ToBeAMaster his dream of becoming a Pokémon Master,]] and [[AndThenWhat what he plans to do when he finally achieves it]]. Ash replies that he'll find out when he gets there.

* As it turns out, Paul is training his newest Pokémon to put them up to par with the rest. He mocks Gary's Arcanine, calling it a "waste of a stone". Gary reveals that Arcanine helped him win a Rainbow Badge, mildly surprising Paul.

* The voice belongs to Kalos Elite Four Siebold, who seems to recognize Red. Red in turn doesn't know who he is, but he does notice he has similar eyes to the Sensational Sisters.

* After arriving, Red and Yellow begin discussing as to how they can find Naty's place. A girl overhears their talk and does some seemingly mocking comments. Red ignores her and is about to take his leave, [[WhamLineuntil she mentions Naty's name]].

She removes one of the rings in her staff and gives it to Red, explaining that it's the means to channel the power of the Blast Burn.

!!!The Wild Boy From Sinnoh - Chapter One
* A Team Galactic force, led by Charon, are at Lake Verity.
* Charon is researching the lakes and orders the grunts to gather the nearby Pokemon.
* When a grunt complains that the nearby Pokemon are largely the low value Starly and Bidoof, Charon says it doesn't matter.
* Mitsumi, now an assistant to Professor Rowan, is delivering a package to Twinleaf Town while also researching Lake Verity.
* She accidentally angers an Onix, and is forced to rely on her Starly after leaving Infernape at Professor Rowan's.
* A boy named Hareta comes in and calms Onix, his friend, down. Mitsumi notices he wore nothing but tattered shorts, has spiky hair and red eyes, and has z-shaped birthmarks on his cheeks.
* Hareta shows her the way to Lake Verity.
* After being prompted, Mitsumi explains she and Rowan are researching the three major lakes of Sinnoh.
* Hareta is confused, believing there to be four. That's what his dad told him.
* Upon both their stomachs rumbling, Hareta asks his Pokemon friends to find lunch. They do so. They then notice Onix hasn't come back yet and look for him.
* They find him, and Onix attacks them in a berserked rage. Hareta and the others are shocked. Mitsumi tries to use one of the starters she was delivering, but Onix's attack separates her from the package.
* Mitsumi tells Hareta to get to the package and use one of the starters. Hareta brings out Piplup.
* After some initial problems, Hareta manages to get Piplup to obey him and they defeat Onix after Piplup notices and breaks an odd device on Onix.
* Mitsumi notices the Galactic logo on the device.
* They arrive at Lake Verity.
* Mitsumi contacts Professor Rowan. Hareta greets Rowan, and it turns out Rowan knows Hareta and his father, Kaisei.
* [[OlderThanTheyLook Since Hareta is fifteen, to Mitsumi's surprise,]] Rowan lets him keep the Piplup, knowing the trainers in Twinleaf wanted a Chimchar and Turtwig.
* Rowan then asks her to accompany Hareta as they explore the lakes since Kaisei is an unrivalled expert on Legendary Pokemon.
* Mitsumi decides that after delivering the starters, they shall go to Jubilife City for information.
* A Galactic Grunt witnesses the above, hidden from view. He reports back to his superiors on what he saw.

!!!The Wild Boy From Sinnoh - Chapter Two
* Hareta and Mitsumi arrive in Jubilife City.
* Hareta quickly becomes lost in the crowd and is separated from Mitsumi, and begins looking for clues about his father on his own, causing some disorder and property damage along the way.
* From a rooftop, Hareta spots a Pokémon battle underway in the Joy Plaza, surrounded by a large crowd.
* As it turns out, a trainer named Park is the current undefeated champion of the plaza and taking challenges from anybody. Hareta steps up to challenge him.
* When he throws Piplup's Poké Ball, [[GroinAttack he accidentally hits Park between the legs.]] Piplup comes out and that leads to an awkward situation.
* Park brings out a Gible, and the battle begins.
* Piplup refuses to listen to Hareta, causing them trouble when Park's Gible begins using Draco Meteor.
* Hareta calls for a Bubblebeam to try and stop the Draco Meteor, covering the field in smoke from the explosions.
* Hareta orders a Peck attack. Piplup misses Gible in the middle of the smoke, but instead hits Park and begins pecking him mercilessly.
* [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Park gets fed up and decides to call it quits]], giving Hareta some money so he just leaves him alone.
* Hareta uses the money to buy himself and his Pokémon some food. Piplup is still angry at him, and refuses to eat. Hareta insists that no matter what, he's still his friend.
* Two Galactic grunts approach Hareta, telling him they're hosting a tournament and they want him to take part. Hareta agrees and follows them.
* Mitsumi continues to look for Hareta, following the trail of property damage he left on his wake. She finds him, [[OhCrap but she spots the Galactic grunts taking him away and realizes they've got trouble]].
* The grunts take Hareta to an abandoned warehouse, where they reveal their intentions, as well as many captured Pokémon they have. Hareta and his Pokémon begin to fight them.
* The grunts call their friends to overwhelm Hareta and his Pokémon, using Mean Look to hold them in place and prevent them from escaping.
* Piplup, seeing Hareta fights to protect him despite the odds, decides to join the fight as well.
* Hareta and Piplup manage to turn the tables around, and some of the grunts decide to make a run for it. However, the entrance is blocked by a fire. The responsible is Mitsumi, and the grunts recognize her.
* Mitsumi's Infernape uses Flare Blitz to finish off the remaining Pokémon. Some of the grunts try to escape using an Abra to teleport away, but then Oreburgh Gym Leader Roark and several Officer Jennies show up to aprehend them.
* Thanking Mitsumi and Hareta for their help, Roark explains that there have been many incidents with people dressed in Team Galactic's uniforms, and they've been investigating them.
* Roark sees something familiar in Hareta, who reminds him of his old colleague Kaisei. Hareta and Mitsumi explain they're looking for him and ask Roark if he knows something about him. Roark says that he does, but he has some pressing matters to attend in Oreburgh, so he invites them to accompany him there.
* Meanwhile, the Galactic grunt known as B-2, who was the only one to escape arrest, reports to Charon about what happened. Charon orders him to keep an eye on them for the time being.

* Ash is confused about this, and the brothers explain that they want Mikey to succeed as a trainer, but don't want him to emulate Ash in trying to fight and win using unevolved Pokémon and fail.

* Psyduck comes out and explains that Pyro is a Pokémon Coordinator, giving him a lecture about Pokémon Coordination he saw on a TV documental.

* While they prepare for the battle, Anabel mentally relays to Ash the situation: the older brothers are in a bad mood because their mother recently died and one of them will have to leave his career as a trainer and take over the family business, [[PromotionToParent not to mention having to raise their younger brother in the last stretch before he becomes a trainer.]]

* Ash adds that he understands that they want to help Mikey, but they have to let him make his choices, and trying to force him as they do will only make more harm than good.

* Arriving at the party, Ash spots some familiar faces of people he met in the previous timeline. The group also notices a mysterious woman with long silver blue har, who after noticing Ash, for some reason smiles at him and gives him a thumbs up.