Jade

**Jade** (Japanese: **ジェード** *Jiedo*) is a Pokémon Trainer hailed from Pewter City in the Kanto region.

## **New Era**

### **Indigo Challenge**

Jade first appears whilst she was fishing at Route 1, in which her lure starts to react. Jade quickly grabs her rod to reel in what she thinks will be a big one, but instead yanks out Dwayne and Ralts. She is disappointed, but then notices Ralts and angrily tells Dwayne that he should never let his Pokémon get into such a bad condition. Dwayne says that he was trying to prevent Ralts from getting swarmed by a pack of Spearow, but Jade rebuffs his comments, calling him an awful Trainer for allowing Ralts to get in danger. Jade's comments anger Ralts, who quickly uses Growl on her to force her to shut up.

Jade notes that Ralts was fiercely protective of him, and Dwayne says that they've been together since he was young. However, their conversation gets interrupted when they notice the pack of Spearow angrily flying towards them. Dwayne panics, but Jade says that he was being pathetic by panicking and brings out her Kangaskhan. Jade smugly tells Dwayne to watch closely as the Spearow swoop in towards Kangaskhan. Jade commands Kangaskhan to use Rock Slide, and many of the Spearow are struck by the rocks, while some others manage to evade. The few that dodged continue to speed towards Kangaskhan, who quickly uses Endure to allow her to withstand the barrage of attacks. Then, Kangaskhan uses Focus Energy, which increases the critical damage of her attacks, before following up with Power-Up Punch, which successfully knocks the remaining Spearow.

Jade then says that they were safe now, and Dwayne thanks her, but Jade simply says that it was easy. However, they all failed to notice one remaining Spearow hiding in the trees next to them, who quickly charges towards Dwayne with a Peck attack. However, Ralts instinctively learns Confusion, which she uses on Jade's bicycle, and throws it towards the Spearow, causing it to flee after recovering from the attack. However, Jade's bike becomes completely dent to the point of being unusable, which infuriates her. Dwayne apologizes, but Jade refuses to accept his apology, angrily stating that her bicycle was a limited-edition version that she won in a contest.

Dwayne becomes taken aback, knowing that limited-edition bicycles were extremely expensive, and states that he didn't have enough money to pay her back. Jade then states that she would find a way to make him pay her back. Dwayne then states that he was heading towards Viridian City and they could work something out and asks for her name. Jade then introduces herself and says there was nothing for them to work out besides Dwayne paying for her bicycle. Ralts then grows tired of Jade's tirade and uses Teleport to teleport herself and Dwayne away, which leaves Jade both flabbergasted and irate. She quickly grabs her dented bike and curses out Dwayne, before sprinting towards Viridian City, vowing to find him again and giving him a piece of her mind.

When she arrives in Viridian City, she finds Dwayne at the Pokémon Center, and angrily marches up towards him and demands him to pay her back for her bicycle, but Dwayne again states that he didn't have enough money to pay her back, and mentions his sick Ralts, and Jade then drops the subject and instead asks about Ralts's status, and Dwayne says that she was rather weak but overall okay. Jade says that she was glad to hear it, but quickly returns to demanding him to pay her back, and Dwayne finally snaps, telling her that it was an accident that her bicycle was destroyed, and states that Ralts decided to protect himself and Jade from the Spearow by using her bicycle as a weapon, and Jade should be thanking Ralts instead of being angry at him, and Jade finally backs down, and says that while she was still angry, she recognizes that Dwayne shouldn't be the one to blame, as Ralts was the one who decided to use her bicycle as a weapon, and admits that Ralts did save them from the Spearow.

Just then, Nurse Joy returns with Ralts, who's fully recovered, and Dwayne hugs Ralts, stating that he was glad to see she had recovered. Jade then thanks Ralts for helping them earlier. Outside the Pokémon Center, Jade asks Dwayne how did the Spearow began attacking them, and Dwayne explains that he just set off on his journey, and battled the Spearow whilst trying to catch it, and it called its friends for help during the battle. Jade asks Dwayne if he would start challenging the Gym Leaders around Kanto, which Dwayne confirms, and Jade smiles, and states if that was the case, it meant they were rivals, and much to Dwayne's surprise, Jade reveals that she, too, was challenging Gyms to eventually qualify for the Pokémon League, and says she already obtained the Boulder Badge from Pewter City.

Upon hearing this, Dwayne smiles, saying that he was glad to have found competition so early in his journey, and warns Jade that he would catch up to her soon enough. Jade says that she was looking foward to meeting him at the Pokémon League, and urges him to qualify, because she wanted the pleasure of eliminating him from the competition herself as "payment" for her bicycle, and Dwayne says that wouldn't happen as he would emerge victorious. Both Trainers stare at each other with determination in their eyes, before Jade directs Dwayne towards Viridian Forest, the shortest path towards Pewter City. Dwayne thanks her, and says that they would meet each other again eventually.

After Dwayne's defeat at the hands of Brock at the Pewter Gym, Jade meets up with him, and says that she watched his battle and said that his battling skills needed work and offers him some assistance. Dwayne agrees, and over some tea at the Pokémon Center, they discuss what happened in the Gym. Jade notices that Dwayne is obviously upset over his loss, so she encourages him and says she'd help him become stronger. At the battlefield in the back of the Pokémon Center, Jade assists Dwayne in training his Pokémon, with Ralts, Pidgeot, and Butterfree engaging in spar battles against Jade's Kangaskhan, and after a few hours, Jade deems Dwayne's Pokémon stronger and urges him to re-challenge Brock. The next day, Jade spectates Dwayne's rematch against Brock, and cheers him on, and was glad to see Dwayne defeat Brock and earn his first Badge. Outside the Gym, as Brock was praising Dwayne for his victory, Jade then walks up, and begins saying that Dwayne should also be thanking her for helping him, and Dwayne indeed thanks her for her help, and Jade puffs her chest, saying that she deserved all the credit, to which both Dwayne and Brock laugh, amused by Jade's antics, although Brock notes that Jade's antics are playful banter rather than arrogance and believes that Dwayne and Jade are quite good friends.

At the Pokémon Center, Dwayne heals up Pidgeotto and Ralts, thanking them for their efforts. Jade then questions Dwayne on his next Gym of choice, and Dwayne says he would challenge the Cerulean Gym next, wanting to meet Misty, having not seen her in a while. Jade asks him how did he know Misty personally, and Dwayne says that Misty and his parents have been friends for a very long time. This prompts Jade to ask about his parents, and Dwayne reveals that his parents are Edge and Roberta. This makes Jade gasp in surprise, and she excitedly grabs Dwayne's arms, and begins frantically shaking them, asking him if he was seriously Edge's child, to which Dwayne, rather taken aback, confirms. Jade excitedly states that she was a massive of fan of his father's, and solely decided to become a Pokémon Trainer because of him, wanting to become a legendary Trainer like him one day. Dwayne thanks her for complimenting his father, and Jade says that she would definitely defeat him at the Pokémon League, stating that defeating "the son of her personal hero" would surely mark her first steps towards greatness. Dwayne states that her goal was unachievable as he would defeat her. Jade smiles and says they would find out at the Pokémon League, and excitedly says that she would make sure to meet him again eventually and bids him goodbye as Dwayne leaves for his next Gym battle.

Sometime later, Jade and Dwayne meet up at Porta Vista, where she was enjoying a small break from her travels. Dwayne notices her swimsuit and keeps ogling her, although trying to hide it. Jade asks what was wrong, and Dwayne lies and says that he was surprised to see her there. She then invites him to visit a nearby city, Hutber Port, a tourist town, and Dwayne accepts. After arriving in Hutber Port, Dwayne and Jade an injured Squirtle in the water. The Squirtle seems to be communicating a warning, but neither Dwayne nor Jade doesn't understand it. Suddenly, there is an explosion and a boat is destroyed. Jade immediately sends her Slowbro to rescue the sailors that have been flung into the ocean. Dwayne grabs a nearby boat and heads out to assist in the rescue effort. The sailors are paralyzed and mumble about what caused their ship to explode.

Later, Dwayne and Jade meet Nastina, who explains her plans of building an exclusive hotel on the ocean (literally, perched on a coral reef) for wealthy tourists. However, her building plans are upsetting the local Tentacool and Tentacruel, who've been attacking her construction site. She wants the Pokémon exterminated and offers a million bucks as a reward, but Dwayne and Jade angrily reject Nastina's offer, explaining that they would never exterminate any Pokémon. Afterwards, the duo make their way to Squirtle, now healed by a Super Potion, who is enjoying a swim in a small pool. Dwayne finally understands Squirtle's warning: Squirtle warned them of the Tentacool and Tentacruel. Nastina then makes a public announcement offering the prize money to anyone who exterminates the Tentacool and Tentacruel. Dwayne and Jade are nearly run over by the town's citizens, rushing to the beach to carry out Nastina's orders, and Nastina makes her way over to her loyal followers in a tank.

At the coastline, a large gang of Tentacool and Tentacruel are blocking the oceanview. Suddenly, a giant Tentacruel appears from behind them, who's clearly the leader of the gang, and the Water-type Pokémon promptly begin a citywide rampage. Tentacool overwhelm the land, while the giant Tentacruel causes a tidal wave that floods Porta Vista. Watching from afar, Dwayne wonders how could a Tentacruel be as tall as a building, and Jade theorises that the toxic waste around the island caused the Tentacruel to mutate and reach his current size. Dwayne tries to stop the Tentacruel with Kirlia, but the Emotion Pokémon is captured by the large Tentacruel, who uses its tentacles to tap into Kirlia's Psychic powers to communicate with the townspeople via telepathy. It explains that it is destroying the city in much the same way Nastina has been destroying its home, the coral reef. Squirtle pleads with the Tentacruel to stop, but is swatted away by its tentacle, though Pidgeotto manages to catch the small Pokémon and bring it back to Dwayne. Then, Dwayne and Jade send out their Pokémon to stop the Tentacruel, managing to return some of the Tentacool back to the ocean.

The Tentacruel doesn't understand why the Pokémon would fight on the side of the humans, but then Dwayne stops it in its tracks. He climbs to the roof of a building and pleads with it to stop its rampage. He tells the Tentacruel that the humans now understand that what they were doing was wrong, and promises that the hotel won't be built on the coral reef. Tentacruel replies that if their homes are attacked again they will not stop the destruction, then tosses Kiria towards Dwayne, who catches her. Tentacruel then slowly returns to the ocean, followed by the Tentacool. Nastina attempts once again to destroy the Tentacruel with a rocket launcher, but has her face frozen by Squirtle's Ice Beam before being whacked into the air by the Tentacruel's tentacle. The giant Tentacruel calmly slips into the blue sea, and Dwayne promises that the townspeople will not forget.

As Dwayne and Jade board a boat to the mainland, Squirtle suddenly jumps into the boat, and after Jade wonders why it was there, Squirtle knocks one of Dwayne's Poké Balls off of his belt, and Dwayne realizes that Squirtle wants to join him, which Squirtle confirms with a nod, before tapping into the Poké Ball's mechanism, and allowing himself to be captured. Jade says that Dwayne's capture was the most "odd" capture she'd ever seen, and Dwayne sarcastically says that it was because Pokémon willingly chose to follow him because he was such a good Trainer, and Jade simply grunts in return. After arriving at the mainland, Dwayne and Jade bid farewell to each other before going their separate ways.

Shortly thereafter, Jade joins the "Fossil Rush" at Grampa Canyon, where she meets up with Dwayne again, who also decides to join in. When Dwayne accidentally cracks the surface while digging and creates a hole towards an underground cave, he falls in and gets trapped underground when the falling rubble block the passageway. Seeing this, Jade desperately begins digging to free him, albeit to no success. Just when she starts making progress, an Aerodactyl flies out of the hole in the ground, bumping onto Jade its way out, and perches on a cliff with Dwayne still in hand. Dwayne manages to grab a random Poké Ball of his and throws it, which summons Pidgeotto, which Dwayne realizes wouldn't help much, since Aerodactyl was part Rock-type. Seeing his Trainer held hostage, Pidgetto gets ready to fight, but the Aerodactyl just taunts him. Fueled with anger, Pidgeotto evolves into Pidgeot, giving him a better fighting chance. Pidgeot then takes flight and chases after Aerodactyl, who still has Dwayne in his claws. Pidgeot continues attacking, but Aerodactly dodges all of his attacks, until Pidgeot showcases having learned Aerial Ace, scoring a direct hit, although Aerodactly barely suffers any damage.

Dwayne decides to help, and struggles for a bit, before grabbing Clefairy Poké Ball and summoning her. Jade sees this and realizes Dwayne's plan, and tells Clefairy to use Sing to make Aerodactyl fall asleep. Clefairy agrees and quite happily sings, sending everyone in the canyon to sleep. Aerodactyl, now asleep, falls into the rubble, dropping Dwayne before plummeting. Luckily, Pidgeot manages to stay awake by shaking his head violently and proceeds to catch the sleeping Dwayne before he hits the ground. However, he also falls asleep after landing. After awakening, Officer Jenny announces that the whole incident was a dream caused by Clefairy's song, although Dwayne knows it wasn't, and realizes that Jenny was merely doing damage control. In addition, Jenny announces that paleontological work will no longer be permitted, as any further digging may lead to more cave-ins and the eventual collapse of the entire canyon. After this, Jade and Dwayne part ways again.

She later travels to Cinnabar Island and meets up with Dwayne at the cruise ship, and explains that the Cinnabar Gym had been deactivated, although it proved to be false, as Dwayne soon managed to find Blaine and defeat him for the Volcano Badge, something that Jade also managed to do afterwards.

After qualifying for the Indigo Plateau Conference, Jade meets up with Dwayne again at the Indigo Plateau, happy to see that he had also qualified in time, and both Trainers vowed to give each other a good battle during the tournament. Unfortunately, however, Jade was defeated by Natalya during her fourth preliminary round match-up, eliminating her from the tournament before she and Dwayne had the chance to battle. Regardless, Jade decided to stay in order to cheer Dwayne on during the rest of his performance.

Shortly before Dwayne's match against Lagi at the tournament, Jade overheard a supposed phone call that Lagi made towards Dwayne. Later that day, when Dwayne hadn't shown up for his match against Lagi, Jade confronted him over the phone call, and when Lagi denies it, Jade realizes that something happened to him, but was glad to see Dwayne arriving in time, although she was saddened to see Dwayne's loss against Lagi, as Dwayne's Pokémon were already exhausted from fending off Adrian and Adriana.

After the match, Dwayne is still upset that he lost his last match and is curled up in bed, which concerns his friends and family. Jade comments that he should be happy that he made it as far as he did and enters the bedroom to try to cheer him up. She offers to get him something to eat and then suggests he take a walk, but he refuses. The pair begins to argue about how good a Trainer Dwayne really is, and Edge eventually agrees with Jade, saying that a good Trainer would never feel disappointed in losing, but using their loss to motivate them to become better instead of only sulking around. Dwayne apologizes to Jade for lashing out, but Jade assures him that she wasn't angry, and understands his feelings on the matter, but Dwayne admits that he felt his loss wasn't fair because his Pokémon were exhausted before the battle, and Edge admits that while Dwayne was correct that the circumstances weren't fair, he adds that the world wasn't a fair place, and simply urges him to train for the next competition.

Following the end of the Indigo Plateau Conference, Jade was invited by Edge to participate in a party held at Pallet Town to celebrate Dwayne's position in the tournament, which she accepts. Following Professor Oak's request for Dwayne to travel to the Orange Archipelago to collect the GS Ball from Professor Ivy, Jade decides to join him, having gained an interest in this mysterious Poké Ball. That night, Dwayne sleeps on his bed while Jade sleeps on the couch inside his room, and they discuss their next adventure at the archipelago, and Dwayne admits having never heard about it before, and Jade shares this sentiment, and wonders if there are rare Pokémon living there, and Dwayne grows excited at this prospect. The next morning, Dwayne and Jade prepare to head off, and Roberta packs them a box of lunch for them to eat, and teases them by saying they were giving her a "preview" of their future honeymoon, leading to Dwayne and Jade adamantly tell her to keep quiet, all the while blushing heavily. They quickly sprint off, having had enough of Roberta's teasing, and Roberta simply chuckles at them, mumbling that they were a cute couple.

### **Orange Archipelago**

Arriving in Valencia Island, Jade and Dwayne get to an outlook and realize that they cannot find Professor Ivy's lab. Finding a Pokémon Center, they go inside and find Nurse Joy, and she gives them the directions to Ivy's lab. They get to the lab and go inside, where they are met by three girls who lead the duo down to the beach. There, a Gyarados comes out of the sea as a woman pets it, shocking everyone with her skill. Gyarados takes her to the shore as one of the girls tosses her a lab coat. She introduces herself as Professor Ivy.

Back at the lab, Ivy shows them the gold Poké Ball. She reveals the inscribed letters on the top of the ball, giving it the name the GS Ball. One of the assistants demonstrates how the ball could not be transported. Ivy also points out how multiple attempts to open it have all failed. Ivy hands the Ball over to Dwayne to deliver to Professor Oak. Ivy then leads Dwayne and Jade through the outdoor environment, which serves as an extension of her lab. Jade smells the flowers, but is startled after a Vileplume steps out of the bushes. Dwayne checks his Pokédex after noticing the Vileplume has differently colored petals. The assistants rush out a crate of Pokémon food as other Pokémon come out, all possessing an unusual orange coloring. Ivy explains that she has bred and raised all of Valencia Island's Pokémon, and they form an invaluable part of her research into the effect of the tropical climate's effects on Pokémon.

The next day, Dwayne and Jade prepare to leave, and embark on a blimp at the island's airport, ready to return to Kanto. During the trip, however, a strong thunderstorm ensues, and a lightning bolt strikes the blimp, causing it to crash at a nearby island. Dwayne, Jade, and the other passangers are all unharmed, but Dwayne fears they've crashed at a deserted island in the middle of the ocean, but his fears are immediately eliminated when an announcement over a speaker confirms that they are on Tangelo Island.

Jade then joined Dwayne in traveling atop of his Lapras across the different islands when Dwayne decided to challenge the Orange League, often giving him advice and coaching whenever possible and necessary. Later, Jade and Dwayne arrive on Murcott Island. The duo walks along, and Jade's Pokémon eventually spot a badly injured Scyther, nearly passed out from exhaustion. Dwayne checks his Pokédex to find more information about Scyther, as Jade steps forward to treat it. Scyther wakes up as Jade tries to use a Potion, subsequently jumping back and assuming a battle position. However, it is too weak to fight, barely able to even stand. Dwayne throws a Poké Ball in an attempt to catch it, but Scyther swats it away, falling to its knees before struggling back up. Dwayne attempts to send out a Pokémon, but Jade stops him, saying that Scyther was already hurt enough, and decides to incapacitate it without hurting it. Jade then brings out her Venonat, and she orders a Sleep Powder attack, which puts Scyther to sleep despite its attempt to escape. Jade tosses a Poké Ball, easily catching the injured Scyther.

At the Pokémon Center, Nurse Joy and Chansey work on Scyther. Dwayne and Jade watch through the window as Scyther glares at Jade, furious at being caught. Chansey brings Scyther out of the room and takes it to recovery. Joy concludes that it lost its swarm leadership position from battling another Scyther challenger. The loss forced it to leave the swarm and live in exile unless it wins another leadership match. Dwayne calls Professor Oak, who points out that Scyther's self-esteem is probably low due to losing its leadership and then being caught by Jade. Oak suggests that Jade improve Scyther's mood and get it back in shape. Jade tries to help Scyther recover, but it is resistant. Dwayne remembers Scyther's love of battling and advises Jade to help Scyther prepare for a rematch.

Just then, Scyther hears the cries of its swarm, and flies out of the Center, but it then crashes back to the earth, still weak. Jade tries to stop Scyther, but it resists and flies away again, with Jade and Dwayne closely behind. Jade's Scyther finds the swarm and finds them surrounded by a pack of Beedrill. Jade's Scyther attacks the Beedrill with Cut. The Beedrill all attack in unison with Poison Jab, but Scyther manages to dodge, before using Air Slash, managing to knock out one of the Beedrill. The rest of the pack grows irate and attack together with Aerial Ace, a move that cannot be dodged, but Scyther manages to counter-attack with X-Scissor, blocking one of the Aerial Ace's, but gets swarmed by the rest. Scyther struggles to get back up, and Dwayne and Jade attempts to help, but Scyther roars at them, and Jade realizes that Scyther wants to regain its pride by battling alone.

Jade and Dwayne allow Scyther to deal with the Beedrill alone, and Scyther uses Focus Energy to increase the critical hit of its attacks, before attacking the Beedrill with a barrage of Air Slashes, which knocks out most of them, and this also causes the remaining Beedrill to fly away in fear, saving Scyther's swarm. The Scyther swarm washes off the glue as the new leader and Jade's Scyther give their respect to each other. The swarm departs as Scyther regains its confidence, joining Jade. As she officially announces her catch, Dwayne mumbles as Jade stole his capture, but her glare causes him to backtrack his words.

Later, Dwayne and Jade arrive on Mandarin Island, where they enjoy lunch at a seaside restaurant. Dwayne and Jade discuss the beautiful city, when Jade sees a poster and notices a red-haired woman on it, and nearly chokes on her food once realizing who the poster was about. Before Dwayne could ask why Jade was nearly choked, he hears a voice behind him and turns to see the woman in the poster herself: Lorelei of the Elite Four.

Jade nearly chokes again until Lorelei hands her a glass of water, and Dwayne freezes, intimidated by Lorelei's mere appearance, and Lorelei chuckles, amused by the young Trainers's reactions. Dwayne attempts to apologize, but Lorelei cuts him off, saying there was nothing to apologize for, and says that it was a normal reaction for young Trainers who meet those they hear only stories about. After looking at Dwayne for a few seconds, Lorelei says he looks very much like his father. Dwayne asks Lorelei if she knows his father well, and Lorelei vaguely says that they've crossed paths before, in ways that Dwayne couldn't imagine. While Dwayne doesn't understand what she meant, Jade blushes heavily, wrongly assuming that they had sexual relations, but Lorelei notices Jade's reaction and says that it wasn't what she meant, and upon seeing Jade's reaction, Dwayne also assumes the same as Jade, but Lorelei corrects them, saying that they once crossed paths as enemies, much to Dwayne's confusion, and he tries to ask for an explanation, but Lorelei says that his father should be the one to inform him about their history, before wishing them well on their journeys, and Dwayne becomes even more puzzled, while Jade notes that Lorelei seemed rather kind, but mysterious.

Dwayne and Jade step into the beach, and they see a Trainer asking anyone for a battle challenge, and Jade decides to accept it. Lorelei watches from afar as Jade offers to let the boy set up the rules and they agree on two Pokémon each. Jade sends out her Slowbro, and the boy releases a Persian. Slowbro uses Water Pulse, but Persian dodges it. It uses Thunderbolt, but Slowbro pushes through the attack with Hyper Beam before making a direct contact, knocking it out.

The boy then sends out a Tauros, while Jade recalls Slowbro. After some quick thought, Jade decides to choose her newly-caught Scyther. Jade asks Scyther to trust her and follow her commands, but Scyther scoffs spits at the floor, clearly not impressed with his new Trainer. Lorelei continues to watch as Tauros uses Take Down. Scyther then uses Cut, knocking out Tauros in one hit. He then storms into the city and attempts to pick fights with any and all Pokémon he comes across. Jade tries to call him back, but the recall beam from the Poké Ball misses. When Jade gets hurt by Scyther's Air Slash, Lorelei intervenes, sending out her Slowbro, who uses Disable, immobilizing Scyther. It then brings it down to the ground with Psychic, and Jade succeeds in calling Scyther back. Lorelei asks if Jade had any idea what she was doing, and Jade says that she was trying to bond with Scyther, but the Mantis Pokémon clearly had zero respect for her, and Dwayne explains that Jade only recently caught Scyther, and also explains the circumstances behind the capture. Unimpressed, Lorelei asks the duo to come to her demonstration later, and they enthusiastically accept.

Later, Dwayne and Jade watch Lorelei battle from the stands of Mandarin Island Stadium. The demonstration goes on for a while and Lorelei defeats every Pokémon she goes up against. Dwayne watches intently, determined to try and pick up some tips. After the demonstration, Lorelei invites Dwayne and Jade to her cottage for some tea. There, Dwayne announces his suspicions that Lorelei is trying to teach them reverse psychology. Lorelei tells them that every person has a particular way of acting in and out of battle. She then explains that she is like the water, usually going with the flow, but when she is in battle, she becomes as cold as ice. She walks outside and tells Jade that the most important thing is knowing where her strength lies. She then insists that Jade may be strong in some ways, but she needs to develop what comes from the inside.

Jade then challenges Lorelei to a battle, which she accepts. They agree on one Pokémon each, and send out their Pokémon. Jade uses Kangaskhan, and Lorelei chooses Cloyster. Kangaskhan uses Rock Slide, but Cloyster Withdraws into its shell. Kangaskhan then uses Mega Punch, but is knocked back by Cloyster's Aurora Beam. Kangaskhan then goes for a super-effective Power-Up Punch, but Cloyster shakes it off. Lorelei commands Cloyster to use Shell Smash, and Jade realizes that she was in trouble, and commands a Thunderbolt, but Cloyster quickly follows up with Ice Beam, which pushes through the Thunderbolt and hits Kangaskhan, knocking her out of battle.

Lorelei calls back Cloyster and looks at Kangaskhan to see if she is okay. She tells Jade that she has the skills she needs to be a Pokémon Champion, but adds that she needs to remember that her Pokémon are the ones who win the Badges. Jade says that she never considered any of her achievements as only her own, and always credits her Pokémon for her victories, something that Lorelei smiles at. She says that she couldn't bare to watch Jade become like her old self, and feared that she was growing too arrogant with her skills, but was pleased to have been proven wrong. Jade asks what she means, and Lorelei says that it wasn't up to her, but both Jade and Dwayne insist, saying that they didn't care what happened in the past, and only what happens in the present is what matters. Hearing this, Lorelei agrees and says that she once tried to kill Edge, something that both Dwayne and Jade gasp at.

Lorelei goes on to explain that she and the entire Kanto Elite Four once tried to take over the world, and eliminate all humans who they believed mistreated Pokémon. She then says that Edge and his friends attempted to stop them, and Lorelei nearly managed to eliminate him, and while not doing so, she caused both him and Saffron City's Gym Leader Sabrina injuries that lasted for years by freezing their wrists with ice, which had forced Edge, and Sabrina, to explore the dangerous Mt. Silver in order to use the hot springs to heal themselves.

Lorelei continues her story by saying that they soon targeted Dwayne's godmother Bayley based on her special powers, and how they feared that she would've become a threat to her plans. Lorelei then says that ultimately, she and the Elite Four were defeated, and realized that despite the world still being terrifying and having people with pure evil in their hearts, there were also those who defended the innocent and Pokémon alike, such as Edge and his friends. She concludes her story by saying that after her defeat, she was filled with regret, and despite being forgiven by those she targeted, Lorelei never truly forgave herself, and therefore, she goes to great lengths to assist young Trainers to become better human beings in order to avoid more warped and bitter Trainers such as herself, which was why she approached Dwayne and Jade in the first place.

Dwayne and Jade become momentarily speechless, but after regaining their composure, Dwayne thanks Lorelei for trusting them with the truth, and says that despite them never meeting each other until now, he was proud to see that Lorelei had changed her ways, and thanks her for seeing the good that his father, himself, and their friends could do, and says that the current Lorelei was the kind of Trainer that he was aspiring to be, something that Jade also agrees with. Upon hearing this, Lorelei holds back some tears, and hugs both Trainers, thanking them for their words of kindness, and says that she had great comfort to know that Trainers such as Dwayne and Jade were born into the world, and promises to always be available should they ever need help.

Jade then says that she was afraid about Scyther's disobedience and unfriendly nature, and despite wanting to earn his trust, she nonetheless sometimes wonders if she should release him back into the wild, but Lorelei says that while it was understandable for her to have such thoughts, she shouldn't give up on a Pokémon, especially her own, and offers to help train Scyther to respect her, and Jade thanks her again, but Lorelei says that it would be an honor to help her instead.

Heading towards a deserted area of the island, Jade and Lorelei prepare to battle in order to test Scyther's power and obedience, and Lorelei sends out her Cloyster while Jade chooses Scyther. At Lorelei's request, Cloyster launches an Aurora Beam at Scyther, which instantly causes the Mantis Pokémon to become angered. As Jade urges her Pokémon to work with her, Scyther knocks her to the ground and attempts to hit her with his claws. Scyther continues to ignore Jade, charging wildly towards his opponent, and attempts to hit Cloyster with X-Scissor. Cloyster uses Withdraw, and despite the numerous X-Scissors to its shell, Cloyster remains largely undamaged, with Scyther growing tired after each attack. The match comes to an abrupt end when Cloyster unleashes a powerful Ice Beam from a point-blank distance, which freezes Scyther. Scyther plummets to the sand, and Jade desperately tries to free her Pokémon from the ice with a rock. Lorelei recalls Cloyster and apologizes for causing this much pain, but Jade assures her that it wasn't her fault as she continues to try and free Scyther.

Later that night, Dwayne and Jade set up a burning fire to assist Scyther's recovery and then rub his abdomen to keep him warm. Scyther eventually wakes up and begins to thrash around in panic just as Lorelei returns with some firewood. Scyther tries to launch an attack at Jade, but faints once again. Dwayne puts a blanket over Scyther's body as he and Jade continue to rub Scyther's back. Lorelei checks his temperature and notes Scyther is still cold, so she decides to fetch more wood for the fire. Jade's efforts seem to be paying off, as Scyther wakes up again and seems healthier. As Jade continues to massage Scyther, she admits that she is not the best Trainer. She then asserts that she is always trying to get better and hopes that one day the two will battle side by side. Scyther secretly listens to Jade's words and begins to become lost in thought.

In the morning, Dwayne and Jade wake up, and notices that Scyther wasn't there. They look over to the sea, and see Scyther staring at the sunrise, and Scyther looks back at them, and gives Jade a nod. Jade asks Scyther if his nod was what she thinks it is, and Scyther simply smirks. With the Mantis Pokémon now under control, Lorelei challenges Jade to a rematch, which she accepts. Lorelei sends out Cloyster and makes the first move, Aurora Beam. Jade orders Scyther to dodge, and the Pokémon complies to evade the attack. Scyther's Air Slash attack is reduced to an ice ball by Cloyster's Ice Beam attack. Jade then orders Scyther to use X-Scissor. Cloyster goes in for an Aurora Beam, but Scyther dodges at the last second and strikes Cloyster with X-Scissor.

Jade then says that Scyther's power was skyrocketing, and Scyther responds by letting out a roar, and Scyther charges towards Cloyster with immense power and intensity, with Dwayne recognizing the attack as Double-Edge, and scores a direct hit upon Cloyster. Despite surviving the hit, Cloyster was severely damaged, and Jade takes this opportunity to command a Cut, which connects, and the move proves enough to knock out Cloyster, giving Jade and Scyther the victory. In celebration, Scyther lets out a mighty roar and Jade hugs her Pokémon, who returns the gesture, and both Trainer and Pokémon raise their fists in victory. Lorelei recalls Cloyster and walks over to them, congratulating them on finally having bonded, and says that both Jade and Dwayne would become amazing Champions in the future. Returning to the city, Dwayne and Jade sail atop of Lapras's back, as they wave Lorelei goodbye, once again thanking her for her help with Scyther, and Lorelei says that she was honored to have helped them and thank them for not judging her on her past mistakes, as Dwayne and Jade head off towards the ocean.

The next day, while still sailing on Lapras, Dwayne and Jade find that Trovita Island is surrounded by whirlpools and huge spiked rocks. Dwayne spots a little girl and a Seel caught in the strong current, crying for help. Dwayne sends out Watortle to help, before Jade swims down to rescue the girl. As the group works together to bring the girl over to the island, a young man observes and is impressed by Jade's actions. While riding Lapras the rest of the way to Trovita Island, Dwayne and Jade ask the girl what she was doing out on the current. The girl, who introduces herself as Mahri, says that she and her Seel were playing when the current sucked them in. As Lapras and a ship both arrive, the young man, who later introduces himself as Rudy, arrives to embrace Mahri, who is revealed to be his sister, and thank Jade for rescuing her by offering flowers, completely ignoring Dwayne. He compliments her and asks if she would go out on a date with him, leaving Dwayne awestruck. When Dwayne interrupts Rudy, the latter reveals his status as the Trovita Island Gym Leader, prompting Dwayne to challenge, but Rudy tells him that he needs to pass a small attack test first.

That night, Jade joins Rudy and Mahri for an exquisite dinner. They then head down to the Gym to see Rudy's Pokémon working out by dancing to music as a way of improving their skills. Rudy and Jade get out on the dance floor, shortly followed by Mahri. Jade seems to be enjoying herself, and Rudy asks Jade if she would stay with him and Mahri in the island. She stops dancing to think about it, while Rudy tells her to make her decision after the match tomorrow. The next day, Jade spectates the battle between Dwayne and Rudy, still torn on her upcoming decision. Mid-way through the battle, however, Jade finally makes her decision when she yells out for Dwayne to win since he can release his Wartortle's hidden power. This distracted Rudy, which allowed Dwayne to ultimately defeat him. As the sun sets, Dwayne receives his Spike Shell Badge from Rudy, who also offers Jade more flowers. However, Jade politely declines, saying that she wanted to continue to travel with Dwayne, and wishes Rudy luck on his love life. Despite being slightly disappointed, Rudy accepts Jade's decision and whispers to Dwayne that he was a lucky guy, and yet again, Dwayne becomes irritated with someone's words about his and Jade's friendship, confused on what they meant.

Following Dwayne's victory at the Orange League and subsequent return to Pallet Town, Jade decides to abruptly challenge him to a battle, stating that after watching his battle against Drake, she wanted to battle him to test her own skills. Jade suggests that they have a one-on-one battle to the finish, and Dwayne agrees, deciding to use Kirlia. Jade then decides to choose her Scyther. Dwayne commands Kirlia to use Dazzling Gleam, and Jade tells Scyther to use Light Screen. A barrier forms around Scyther, and Kirlia's attack rams into it, dissipating it and sending Scyther into the air. Scyther lands without any discernible damage done.

Dwayne commands Kirlia to use Shadow Ball, but Jade tells Scyther to use Cut. Scyther performs the move, and slices the Shadow Ball in half, causing it to miss. Jade then commands Scyther to use Double-Edge, while Dwayne commands Kirlia to use Psybeam; Kirlia's attack stops Scyther in his tracks. As Kirlia attempts to use Shadow Ball again, Jade commands Scyther to use Air Slash. Wind blades are thrown towards Kirlia, who is unable to evade in time and gets barraged by the wind blades. Kirlia attempts to get up, but is unsuccessful and knocked out. Oak declares that the match is over, and Scyther is the winner. After both Trainers congratulate their Pokémon, Professor Oak commends Jade on her training, after which Jade tells Dwayne he battled great.

Shortly thereafter, Jade decides to travel to the Johto region, wanting to participate in the Johto League, and leaves without any warning. While talking to Professor Oak, Dwayne shares his disappointment that Jade didn't even said goodbye, and wonders whether they were even friends, and Edge assures him that Jade did consider him a friend, and reveals that Jade asked him to inform Dwayne that she would grow stronger to be able to battle Dwayne to the fullest.

### **Johto Journey**

Whilst at a Pokémon Center nearby Ecruteak City, Jade was engaged in a one-sided conversation with Dwight, whom was repeatedly trying to woo her, much to her chagrin. As Jade looks around to distract herself, she instantly lights up when she sees Dwayne sitting in the corner, and walks away from the boy, who seems annoyed, and Dwayne gets approached by Jade, who greets him rather enthusiastically, which leaves Dwayne confused since Jade was never this happy to see him.

Just then, Dwight interjects himself into the conversation by putting his arm around Jade and smugly asks who Dwayne was. Jade coldly slaps his arm away and puts her arm around Dwayne and introduces him as her boyfriend, which angers Dwight, and leaves Dwayne utterly shocked, and even more confused than before. Dwight then arrogantly walks up to Dwayne, clearly trying to intimidate him, and introduces himself, and claims that Jade was his girl, but Jade angrily rebuffs him, and explains that they were both competing in the Johto League, and Dwight became attracted to her, despite Jade's continuous rejections, but Dwight never stopped trying to seduce her. Dwight continues to try and intimidate Dwayne, who finally catches on that Jade was merely using him to have Dwight leave her alone, and when Dwayne looks over to Jade, her facial expression is clearly asking him for help. Dwight tries to create conflict by asking if Dwayne and Jade were together, why was Dwayne traveling aline, and asks him if he was having an affair with other women without Jade knowing, but Dwayne sarcastically replies that Dwight was rather pathetic for trying to seduce someone who was already in a relationship. A fuming Dwight vows to make Dwayne pay and challenges him to a three-on-three battle, which Dwayne gladly accepts.

Outside in the battlefield, Dwight smugly claims he would obliterate Dwayne and make Jade realize he was nothing but a loser, but Jade exclaims that Dwayne was a far more talented Trainer than him, and Dwight says that she was wrong and sends out his Haxorus, whom Dwight exclaims was his strongest Pokémon. Dwayne then sends out Scizor. Dwight starts the battle by ordering Dragon Pulse while Scizor counters with Hyper Beam, and both attacks cancel each other out. Haxorus then follows up with Dual Chop, and although Scizor was unable to move due to Hyper Beam's after-effects, Scizor easily withstands the attacks. Dwayne then commands Scizor to use Double Hit, but Haxorus counters with Strength. Haxorus then follows up with Dragon Rage, and Scizor gets sent crashing onto the floor, but quickly gets back up with little to no damage.

Dwight then orders Haxorus to use Dragon Pulse again, but Scizor flies up to dodge the attacks and follows up with X-Scissor, which Haxorus takes head-on, and suffers great damage. However, Haxorus then uses Strength, and the attack causes great damage onto Scizor, and Dwayne seems confused about the sudden boost of power, and Dwight smugly explains that Haxorus's Ability was Rivalry, which meant that since both Haxorus and Scizor were of the same gender, Haxorus's attack power was increased by 25%. Scizor struggles to get back up, and Dwight mocks Scizor by calling her a weakling, and this triggers Scizor's rage, and Jade curses Dwight for his insults, and calls him a pathetic excuse for a Trainer, and Jade urges Scizor to keep battling.

Dwayne then thanks Scizor for continue to battle, and tells her to use X-Scissor, but Dwight quickly orders Haxorus to use Dual Chop, and despite her best efforts, Scizor is unable to dodge and gets hit with the attack, and gets sent crashing back onto the floor. Dwight and Haxorus laugh at their dominance, and Haxorus goes for the finishing blow with Strength, and Dwayne simply forfeits the round, and Haxorus stops dead on her tracks, and Dwayne rushes over to Scizor and asks if she was okay, and Scizor seems rather upset about Dwayne calling off the match, but Dwayne tells Scizor that he cared about her well-being, and they would have other battles, and promises to let Scizor have a full-on battle next time, but begs her to let him take care of her health. Scizor blushes but accepts, and touches her head against Dwayne's as he recalls Scizor back to her Poké Ball.

Dwight simply scoffs at this, saying that Dwayne was a sorry excuse of a Trainer, by coddling his Pokémon and treating them like babies, and is surprised that Scizor still trusted him, and laughs as he proclaims that he was sorry for his parents for having such a weak-willed child. Suddenly, Dwayne's Gardevoir pops out of her Poké Ball, and she expresses her rage towards Dwight. Jade smiles upon seeing Gardevoir, happy that she had evolved, and mumbles that Dwight was done for since Gardevoir cared deeply about Dwayne, and wouldn't allow anyone to badmouth him. The second round starts as Dwight commands Haxorus to use Strength, but Gardevoir retaliates with a point-blank Moonblast, which knocks Haxorus out of battle. Dwight stares shocked at the result, and Gardevoir simply gestures for him to send his next Pokémon. Dwight grits his teeth and recalls Haxorus before sending out his Gengar.

Gengar starts off by using Night Shade, but Gardevoir dodges and uses Shadow Ball, which connects, causing severe damage. Dwight then orders Gengar to use Shadow Punch, and Gardevoir gets hit by the attack, but she quickly recovers and uses Psychic, although Gengar counters with Sludge Bomb and both attacks collide, creating an explosion. As the smoke clears, Gengar is nowhere to be seen, and Dwight then orders Gengar to use Giga Drain, and Gengar emerges from under Gardevoir's feet as a shadow and begins draining her energy, but Gardevoir escapes by using Teleport. As Gardevoir pants in exhaustion, Dwight orders Gengar to end the battle with Shadow Punch, and Dwayne tells Gardevoir to use Psychic. Gardevoir struggles to charge the attack because of her exhaustion as Gengar closes in on her, but when she finally does so, Gengar is inches away from her, and Gardevoir blocks herself with the charging Psychic, which connects with Gengar's Shadow Punch, creating a point-blank explosion that knocks both Pokémon out, leaving both Trainers with only one Pokémon remaining.

Dwayne and Dwight call out Roselia and Quagsire, respectively. The battle starts with Quagsire using Water Gun, but Roselia dodges the attack, and retaliates with Petal Blizzard, but Quagsire defends itself by using Stockpike, increasing his defenses in the process. Dwight then orders Quagsire to use Amnesia to further increase his defenses before ordering a Mud Shot, but Roselia dodges, and follows up with Power Whip, and Quagsire uses Stockpile again to defend itself. Quagsire then grabs ahold of Roselia and hits her with a point-blank Water Gun and Mud Shot combo, causing considerable damage. Dwight orders another Water Gun, but Roselia dodges and strikes Quagsire afterwards with Bullet Seed. As Roselia starts to pant from exhaustion, Quagsire simply remains still, without any visible exhaustion, and Dwayne orders Gabite to use Solar Beam. Dwight frantically orders Quagsire to use Amnesia and Stockpile to increase his Defenses, and it does so just as Draco Meteor connects. As the smoke clears, Quagsire remains standing still, and Dwight assumes that Quagsire withstood the attacks, but as Dwight commands another Water Gun, Quagsire doesn't respond and subsequently falls down, knocked out, and Dwayne wins the battle.

Dwight recalls Quagsire and says that the victory was a fluke, but Jade simply tells Dwight to take the loss with dignity and congratulates Dwayne on his victory. As Dwayne and Jade keep chatting, a thunderbolt strikes the ground nearby. With the bad weather, Dwayne orders everyone to go back to the Pokémon Center. However, Roselia starts running towards the opposite direction, and Dwayne and Jade begin chasing after it as Dwight doesn't remains still and unaware of his surroundings due to the shock of his loss still affecting him. As Dwayne and Jade chase after Roselia, the source of the thunderstorm is revealed to be the Miracle Crystal. Under the control of Fabius, Harlynn, and a mecha, it is now attracting Pokémon from all over the area. There is no sign of Raikou yet, but Fabius assumes that making trouble with the Pokémon will make it more likely for Raikou to turn up. A Raichu tries to stop them, but an electric blast from the crystal quickly defeats it and the other Pokémon.

Harlynn continues to grab the attracted Pokémon with the mecha's robotic claws. Roselia, Dwayne, and Jade come upon the scene as a different, yellow-colored thundercloud appears in the distance. The legendary Raikou appears from the yellow thundercloud in a burst of lightning, and its arrival is welcomed by Fabius and Harlynn. Dwayne checks his Pokédex for details, and he is surprised to see a living legend. Raikou leaps down from a mountain summit and rescues the Pokémon with grace. Harlynn tries to grab Raikou, but it leaps into the air. Raikou retaliates with a Thunderbolt that is sucked into the crystal. Though it keeps attacking, the powerful Electric attacks are just sent right back at Raikou. As Fabius points out, the more Raikou fights, the stronger the crystal will get. Raikou collapses, but before Harlynn can capture it, Dwayne runs forward, telling them to stop. Roselia jumps in front of him, ready to battle, while Harlynn sends out Magnezone and Fabius sends out his Shiny Onix. Fabius warns Dwayne to leave or be destroyed. Jade calls out to Dwayne, but Dwayne ignores it. Dwayne sternly warns them to let Raikou go or they’ll have to deal with him.

The tense exchange of words between Fabius and Harlynn against Dwayne erupts into a battle. Magnezone begins with a Flash Cannon while Roselia responds with Solar Beam. Onix counters with Dragon Breath, stopping the Flash Cannon as well as inflicting damage on Roselia. After Dwayne gives some words of encouragement, Roselia endures the Dragon Breath and starts making her way over to Onix, but is hit by Magnezone's Gyro Ball. With Roselia struggling to get back up, Fabius uses the crystal to further weaken Raikou. After seeing Raikou in even more excruciating pain, Jade enters the battle with her Kangaskhan. Onix goes to use Slam, but Kangaskhan dodges and retaliates with Water Pulse, and follows up by using Return on Magnezone. While Magnezone and Onix are incapacitated by Kangaskhan, Fabius returns his attention to Raikou. Roselia then recovers and destroys the mecha's claws with Petal Blizzard. With no means to capture Raikou, Fabius orders a retreat. Harlynn creates a smokescreen, and they successfully manage to escape. Raikou turns to leave, but Dwayne calls after it and offers help. Raikou hits Dwayne with an electric bolt, throwing him back. Dwayne gets back up again, narrowly missing another attack. The two stare each other down, until Dwayne makes a step forward. Raikou goes to shock him again, but is countered by a blast from Roselia. Dwayne assures Raikou that they want to help it, promising that it can trust him. Raikou then collapses.

Back at the Pokémon Center, Professor Elm calls them via a videophone and tells Dwayne and Jade that there is a danger that Raikou will become withdrawn, depressed and not heal properly because it is in captivity. Dwayne decides that singing it a song may help, and while Professor Elm admits that that isn't a bad idea, he tells them that the important thing is to set it free as soon as it is healed. News of Raikou spreads, but Chansey guards the door to the operation ward so that only Dwayne is allowed to watch Nurse Joy treat the Legendary Pokémon. Meanwhile, Fabius and Harlynn work on repairing their machine.

That evening, as Raikou sleeps, Jade tries to cheer Dwayne up. She hands Dwayne a drink while he continues to watch Raikou’s progress. Suddenly, a man barges in and demands to see Raikou. Jade becomes angered with him and asks his name, but then Officer Jenny leads another man to them. The first man is Eusine and the second is Kudo, and they appear to know each other. Eusine explains that since Raikou can control thunderstorms and lightning, men have always hunted it to capture it and harness its power; because of this, Raikou does not trust humans. Kudo says that Raikou thinks that all humans are the same, but Dwayne believes that it can sense who its friends and enemies are. Officer Jenny reveals that the notorious Chaotic Couple are behind the latest attack on Raikou, and Eusine personally assigns himself the role of protecting it. The following morning, Raikou wakes up and is strong enough to break the glass in the Pokémon Center with electricity. Dwayne introduces himself, but Raikou just sends more electricity his way. As the others appear, Raikou blows a hole in the wall and runs off. The clouds that the crystal created have returned, and Raikou runs right back into the couple's trap. Eusine tells Dwayne and Jade to get into his car so that they can follow it.

Raikou soon appears in front of Fabius and Harlynn, who introduce themselves as its new masters. Raikou replies with another lightning bolt to the crystal, which just powers it up even more. Fabius sends out Onix to agitate Raikou into inadvertently giving more electricity to the crystal, which then sends out electricity everywhere. Next, Onix uses Dig and causes serious damage to Raikou. Suddenly, Eusine's car appears and Dwayne gets out. After Dwayne demands that they stop attacking Raikou, Fabius explains to him that they aren't doing anything that he didn't do with his Roselia. Dwayne disagrees, telling them to fight Raikou fairly. Fabius tells Dwayne that one doesn't profit by fighting fairly. Dwayne tells them that what they're doing is wrong, but they respond that they're simply acting like all Pokémon Trainers. Dwayne tells them that they don't understand Pokémon Trainers at all. He declares that battling is about self-improvement and the love of the contest, and not to steal the powers of a legendary creature for criminal motives, and tells the duo that he'll either save Raikou from them, or die trying, and Fabius says that it'll most likely be the latter.

As the Raikou jumps into battle, it is hit by the crystal's electricity. But before anyone can release a Pokémon, Onix uses Rock Throw on Dwayne and Jade. One large rock is heading straight for them, yet before they are hit, a beam from somewhere destroys it. Looking to where the beam came from, they see Dwight and his Haxorus, who says that he was there to save them, and mostly protect Jade. Dwight orders Haxorus to use Dragon Pulse, but it barely leaves a mark on Onix. Fabius orders Onix to retaliate with Slam, which Haxorus and Dwight narrowly avoid. Onix lashes at the trio with another Slam and follows up with a Rock Throw. Eusine goes to save them, but the falling Rock Throw prevents him from doing so.

Meanwhile, Raikou has collapsed from Miracle Crystal’s rebounded electric attacks. Harlynn then activates the capture bubble. The wall of purple energy slowly swells and causes extreme pain to Raikou as soon as it is trapped inside. Roselia blasts the bubble with a Power Whip, which concerns Fabius, who explains that the system is only designed to absorb electricity—it doesn't know how to handle any other form of energy. As Roselia begins to push the bubble back, Jade's Kangaskhan and Dwight's Haxorus join in with Power-Up Punch and Strength, respectively. Onix tries to use Dragon Breath to knock everyone out of the way, but the capture bubble explodes. Harlynn quickly grabs Raikou with her mecha’s claws and puts it into the cargo hold. The duo quickly fly off, but with Jade and Kangaskhan trapped inside with Raikou.

Raikou tries to blow its way out, but the walls are non-conductive. It then tries tackling the walls, but they are too strong for that to work either. Jade tries to calm Raikou down and promises to find a way out. During its rampage, Raikou scrapes away a piece of the floor. Jade sees some wires and yanks them apart, which makes the door open. They are too high up for Jade to be able to safely escape, but since Raikou can make the jump, she encourages it to free itself. Fabius activates the emergency override, but Raikou escapes before the door closes. The engines of the aircraft begin to fail as well, causing it to lose altitude. As the couple prepare to get Raikou back, it watches as they move away with Jade still trapped. Dwight panics while Dwayne tries to think of a new plan. Eusine tells him that the first rule of any rescue operation is to remain calm and urges him to remain calm like Dwayne. Dwayne decides to try contacting Jade using his Pokégear. They call her and have a brief but frantic exchange of words before Harlynn crushes Jade's Pokégear in her hand. Eusine suggests that they use the call log data to locate Jade.

Fabius and Harlynn land their aircraft once again and reactivate the Miracle Crystal in a bid to lure Raikou. Having seen the dark clouds reappear, Eusine, Dwayne, and Dwight drive cross-country towards the crystal. When they arrive, Dwight demands to see Jade, who is tied up but otherwise okay. Dwayne tells them to let Jade and Raikou go, but Eusine realizes that since Fabius and Harlynn has activated the crystal, they must not have Raikou. Suddenly, a huge bolt of lightning hits the crystal, and it seems that Raikou is planning to attack from outside of the crystal's range. Raikou is stronger than ever, but the group is right in the line of fire.

As electricity reflects off of the crystal and fires everywhere, Jade falls from the cliff she was on, but is rescued by Roselia. Harlynn releases Magnezone to attack Roselia with Tri Attack, which causes it to drop Jade. Both Dwayne and Dwight run to catch her, but Dwight trips and lands on his face, with Jade landing on top of him. Dwayne ensures that Jade is okay, but Dwight interrupts their private moment to remind them that he is the one that Jade fell on. Fabius then cuts in by ordering Onix to use Slam. Just as Eusine is about to send in his own Pokemon to save them, Raikou leaps in and attacks Onix head-on. Raikou then attacks Harlynn's mecha, tearing the control panel apart. Harlynn jumps out of the way and she has Magnezone swoop down with an Electro Ball. Raikou chews through a final wire before running away as the control panel explodes, blasting Magnezone back. The purple glow around the Miracle Crystal disappears.

The group wonders why Raikou risked battling face-to-face when it had initially been attacking from above. Dwayne realizes that Raikou does not just protect Electric-type Pokémon; it protects its friends, and considers the group to be so. Although they cannot control the crystal anymore, Fabius and Harlynn are still around. The reason for this appears when Raikou attacks them—the electricity is still drawn to the crystal, which sends a powerful blast back. Fabius explains that if the control panel is destroyed, the crystal will run on "auto-destruct," which means that its power is now twice as focused. The crystal hones in on Raikou, and then turns black. Its electric hooks sink into Raikou and pull it inwards. Fabius explains that it is impossible for Raikou to escape now. Fabius taunts that their legend will last forever as they have brains and science on their side, but Dwayne, Dwight, and Felicia will not let that happen. They send out Roselia, Kangaskhan, and Haxorus. Roselia uses Solar Beam, but the field now surrounding Raikou stops it. Dwayne suggests using combined forces again. Eusine interjects and he warns that if the field explodes with Raikou trapped inside, then the blast would be so powerful that it would destroy even Raikou.

With Raikou drained of its electricity, Eusine says that their only hope is the "all or nothing" plan. They would have to break the field open, grab Raikou, and then get out before the explosion, but whoever goes in might never come out. After a moment of deep consideration, Roselia volunteers herself. As Roselia runs forward, so do Kangaskhan and Haxorus. Magnezone and Onix attack, but Eusine sends out Alakazam to provide enough of a distraction to let the other Pokémon pass through. Roselia uses Power Whip on the field, while Haxorus uses Dual Chop. Fabius then sends his Muk into the battle to use Sludge Bomb. Kangaskhan counters with Rock Slide, but is hit by Magnezone's Gyro Ball. Magnezone then flies up to avoid Alakazam's Psybeam. While this is going on, Haxorus and Roselia begin to drain energy from the crystal's force field. Raikou wakes up, allowing it to flee on its own if they are successful, giving the other Pokémon enough time to get away.

Fabius orders Onix to use Dragon Breath on the Trainers, but Dwayne tells the Pokémon to concentrate on saving Raikou. As Muk bombards Kangaskhan with Sludge Bomb and Magnezone jabs Roselia with Gyro Ball, Onix goes after Dwayne, who has run to the edge of a cliff. Dwayne provokes Onix by saying that it couldn't crack a potato chip and is rescued from the attack by Alakazam, leaving Onix to fall into the river below. With Kangaskhan and Alakazam now keeping Magnezone and Muk in check with their attacks, Roselia and Haxorus have nearly broken the field, but they still don't have enough power. Suddenly, Roselia has an idea and yells out while looking at Dwayne, who questions what Roselia wanted. Roselia looks at his bag, Dwayne immediately realizes her intentions. He retrieves the Shiny Stone from his bag and throws it to Roselia, who upon contact with it, evolves into Roserade, allowing her to gain a power boost against the field. Onix suddenly bursts from the ground and prepares to attack Roserade and Haxorus, but Dwayne, Jade, and Dwight stand to defend their Pokémon. Eusine tells them to get out of the way, but Raikou breaks the field with a powerful electric attack that knocks Onix back. As the crystal cracks, Fabius and Harlynn realize that the ultimate system has met the ultimate Pokémon. They then run away, leaving becoming legends for another day.

While the Trainers celebrate, Raikou breaks the crystal once and for all. Sunlight begins to filter through the dark clouds. Eusine, Dwayne, Jade, and Dwight all thank Raikou for saving them before it runs off, safe again at last. As they see Raikou take off, Roserade loses balance due to exhaustion and begins to fall, but Dwayne catches her, and after expressing that he was proud of her, asks if she was okay, and Roserade responds with a hug.

Back at the Pokémon Center, Dwayne heals his Pokémon and asks Jade about her journey, and Jade says she already won four Badges, and shows off her Hive Badge, Glacier Badge, Rising Badge, and Plain Badge. Dwayne then challenges Jade to a battle, and she accepts, wanting to see Dwayne's progress, and Dwight decides to watch the battle.

At the battlefield, Jade sends out her Scyther while Ryder chooses Roserade. Jade starts off by ordering a Slash, but Roserade dodges by jumping, and follows up with a Bullet Seed, but Scyther swiftly dodges the attack. Dwayne then orders Roserade to use Poison Sting, and Scyther gets hit, but quickly recovers and uses Air Slash, and Roserade gets hit. Jade tells Scyther to use Psycho Cut, but Roserade counters with Petal Blizzard, and Roserade strikes directly against Scyther, who gets knocked out as a result. Jade recalls Scyther and praises Roserade's power and says that she had truly become an incredible source of power, and Roserade smiles at her compliment.

Dwight then says that Dwayne was truly very talented, and apologizes for his earlier comments, but continues to say that he wouldn't give up on trying to win over Jade, and Jade tells him that he'll have to wait an entire lifetime, but nonetheless, thanked him for helping not only save Raikou, but herself, too. Dwight blushes and says that he was only trying to act cool, but Dwayne remarks that Dwight was genuinely a good person, but Dwight tells him to keep quiet and walks off, and Jade does admit that despite Dwight being quite annoying and arrogant, he's a truly kind person at heart. Jade then asks where would Dwayne head next, and Dwayne says he was going to Olivine City. Jade wishes him luck, and says that she knows Dwayne would win his next Badge. Dwayne thanks her and departs as Jade waves him goodbye.

Later, Jade meets Dwayne while she was training for the upcoming Extreme Pokémon Race with her Tauros, and after explaining the concept to him, Dwayne also decides to enter the race. On the day of the Eggseter Extreme Pokémon Race, the announcer explains that the competitors will make their way through the winding Eggseter Valley however they like, where the Shellby Ranch marks the first stop. Participants must then pick up a dummy Egg and race back to the starting line, concluding the event. The race begins at a rapid pace. Soon, a Trainer's Scyther soars into the air, knocking several contestants off their boards. Several competitors including Jade and Dwayne emerge from the subsequent dust cloud and continue racing ahead. Jade and Tauros take the lead during the mountainous section, and soon Dwayne catches up.

Dwayne and Jade are still in the lead, but the rest of the competitors are catching up. They are given their dummy Eggs by Mr. Shellby and continue the race. Jade is slightly ahead of Dwayne on the return. Dwayne then spots an overhanging cliff, and he uses it as a ramp to catch up to Jade. With the finish line in sight, Jade has Tauros speed up. Dwayne orders his Houndoom to do the same, and once they cross the finish line, Houndoom's head is narrowly ahead, making for a photo finish victory for Dwayne. Jade is at first annoyed but takes it in good faith. Dwayne stands proudly on the winner's podium with the Golden Poké Ball trophy in hand, and Houndoom next to him with his own medal. Jade later congratulates Dwayne on the victory before waving goodbye.

During the Silver Conference, Jade helped prevent both Dwayne and Sydney from being disqualified after their Pokémon engaged in a brawl, and covered for them, along with Raven, by lying to Officer Jenny, saying they were only practising. Later, during the quarter-finals, Jade and Dwayne finally have their long-awaited Full Battle against each other. Jade leads off with Nidoqueen, while Dwayne calls on his Noctowl. Nidoqueen charges forward with a super-effective Rock Tomb that sends rocks flying into the air, causing Noctowl severe damage damage. However, Noctowl manages to push through the oncoming rocks and rushes towards Nidoqueen with a Sky Attack. However, Jade orders Nidoqueen to grab Noctowl by the head, which Nidoqueen successfully does so. She then launches a point-blank Hyper Beam, easily knocking Noctowl out of the match. Dwayne sends out Machamp as his second Pokémon, so Jade swaps Nidoqueen out for a Flareon. Jade begins with a Flamethrower, but Machamp evades the attack and throws its opponent into the air with a Dual Chop. Flareon uses the increased altitude to its advantage, landing into its own Fire Blast before ramming straight into Machamp. The flames engulf Machamp, causing it massive damage. Adding insult to injury, Flareon also adds a point-blank Flamethrower to the mix to cripple Machamp, which leaves him burned. Suddenly, Machamp manages to blow the fire away with his sheer strength, and Jade wonders where Machamp gained such power, and Dwayne says that Machamp's Ability was Guts. Machamp charges towards Flareon with a Cross Chop, which overpowers Flareon's Flamethrower defense, knocking it out.

Unfazed, Jade sends out Kangaskhan – the most powerful Pokémon on her team – and Machamp starts with a Dynamic Punch, but Kangaskhan responds with Hyper Beam, and the two attacks prepare to collide. However, despite a last-minute evasion tactic behind a rock, Hyper Beam manages to blast through the boulder and knocks Machamp out, forcing Dwayne to send out Misdreavus. Kangaskhan uses Power-Up Punch, but Misdreavus swiftly dodges the attack. Misdreavus uses Shock Wave, but Kangaskhan uses Rock Slide to block the attack and tries to hit Misdreavus, but Misdreavus easily dodges, although Dwayne realizes that their power gap was too great, and Dwayne recalls Misdreavus in favor of Chikorita, hoping that her small size and speed might come in handy. Chikorita evades the first Power-Up Punch with a Vine Whip-powered jump, but her airborne Razor Leaf is easily deflected. Then, Chikorita tries to use Leaf Storm, but Kangaskhan easily leaps towards her, and dodges the attack with ease, before using Iron Tail and slams Chikorita into the battlefield, knocking her out.

Since Dwayne has lost three Pokémon, the referee calls for a five-minute intermission. When the break ends, Dwayne sends out Muk, while Jade sends out Venomoth. Venomoth uses Tackle to charge straight at Muk, who easily absorbs the attack. Dwayne then orders Muk to use Body Slam. Muk leaps foward and squishes Venomoth underneath his body, and when Muk gets off, Venomoth is knocked out, and Jade sends Nidoqueen back out. Jumping towards the air, a tactic copied from Chikorita, Nidoqueen manages to land on Muk and strike it with Mega Punch. Nidoqueen then fires off a Fire Blast, but Muk dodges and retaliates with Mud Bomb, knocking out Nidoqueen and tying the score.

Jade sends Scyther out next, and after a series of Quick Attacks, Scyther defeats Muk with Razor Wind. Sending Misdreavus back out, Misdreavus easily dodges Scyther's Air Slash, allowing her to attack with Power Gem, which Scyther evades. Scyther uses Air Slash again, and while Misdreavus dodges the attack, it allows Scyther to swoop in and knock her out with Air Slash.

Now down to one Pokémon against Jade's three, Dwayne sends out Gardevoir, and urges Gardevoir to perform at her best. Scyther lunges towards Gardevoir with Slash, but Gardevoir dodges and attacks with Moonblast. Scyther flies up to avoid the attack, but Gardevoir teleports herself next to Scyther in the sky and knocks him out by a point-blank Shadow Ball to the face. Jade, undaunted, sends out Tauros next. Tauros first uses Earthquake, which momentarily stuns Gardevoir. Gardevoir attempts to use Psychic, but as Gardevoir lifts Tauros, Tauros blasts Gardevoir back with Zen Headbutt. Tauros lands back on its feet and uses Horn Attack. However, Dwayne orders Gardevoir to use Moonblast, which hits Tauros, knocking it out.

With both Dwayne and Jade down to one Pokémon, Jade sends out Kangaskhan. Gardevoir uses Moonblast, but it is deflected by Kangaskhan's Rock Slide. Kangaskhan uses Hyper Beam next and hits Gardevoir's face. Gardevoir soon recovers, and unleashes Psychic, and Kangaskhan takes the attack due to Hyper Beam's after-effects, but manages to withstand it. As Gardevoir continues dodging Kangaskhan's Rock Slides, Dwayne desperately looks for some way to take advantage, and he suddenly notices the rocks caused by the destruction of their battle, and orders Gardevoir to use Psychic on the rocks, and Gardevoir lifts several large rocks with Psychic, and flings them all towards Kangaskhan, who gets overwhelmed by them. As Kangaskhan begins to suffer from the damage, Gardevoir closes in and they lock hands. As both Pokémon engage in a staredown, Dwayne orders Gardevoir to use Teleport, and Gardevoir teleports herself and Kangaskhan several feet in the year, before Gardevoir lets go of Kangaskhan and teleports herself back to the field. Everyone watches as Kangaskhan falls helplessly several feet in the year and crashing directly onto the battlefield, which knocks her out, giving Dwayne the victory.

Later that night, Dwayne meets Jade privately by the lake. Jade isn't ashamed that she had lost the battle. She exclaims that she felt incredibly satisfied from the battle despite her loss, and feels that she learned how to become a better Trainer and says that she would cheer for Dwayne during his next matches, and urges him to win the tournament.

Following Dwayne's elimination in the finals, Jade tells Dwayne that while he didn't win the tournament, he became the runner-up and congratulates him on getting this far. Dwayne thanks her and asks what was her next step, and Jade says she would return to Pewter City for the time being, wanting to rest before thinking about her next journey. Dwayne extends his hand for a handshake, but Jade instead hugs him, saying that she was glad to have met him, and overcoming his initial surprise, Dwayne returns the sentiment, and both Trainers head their separate ways.

### **Frontier Challenge**

Jade was training with Edge at the Viridian Gym, pitting her Scyther against Edge's Venusaur in a one-on-one battle. Venusaur attacks with Sludge Bomb, but Scyther dodges and lands a direct hit with Night Slash. However, Venusaur grabs ahold of Scyther with Vine Whip and begins squeezing him, but Scyther breaks free by charging up an Air Slash, before speeding foward with Quick Attack. Jade then calls for Scyther to use Slash, but Venusaur defends himself with a rapid-fire Razor Leaf, which staggers Scyther, although the latter quickly recovers and knocks out Venusaur with a subsequent Air Slash after evading a Sludge Bomb.

After Edge recalls Venusaur, Dwayne makes his presence known, and both Edge and Jade greet him. Dwayne asks what was Jade doing at the Viridian Gym, and Jade explains that she was training under Edge, wanting to possibly succeed him as the Gym Leader, something that Edge confirms. When Edge queries Dwayne about his arrival, Dwayne explains that he was taking on the Battle Frontier challenge, and Edge expresses his surprise, but nonetheless congratulates his son. Jade, unaware of the concept, asks Dwayne about the Battle Frontier, and Dwayne explains the concept behind the facility.

Interested, Jade asks if she could accompany to the Battle Factory, and Dwayne accepts, and admits that he missed having her around, causing Jade to blush, and Edge jokes that they looked "cute together", causing both Dwayne and Jade to lash out in denial, much to Edge's amusement. Dwayne and Jade soon leave the Viridian Gym to head to the Battle Factory. They eventually start setting up camp for the night. Then, while they take a few minutes to admire the moon, a bit of snow blows by, and they see something fly overhead. After a few brief glimpses, they identify it as an Articuno. The Legendary Pokémon is soon joined in flight by a small malfunctioning biplane, but both seemingly crash.

Dwayne and Jade have been walking around trying to find Articuno again. They don't find it, but they do locate a Pokémon Center. They spend the night there, and the local Nurse Joy promises to give them directions to the Battle Factory in the morning. The next day, Joy is about to give them the directions, but Scott interrupts, who offers to take them to the Battle Factory himself. Jade also introduces herself to Scott, who returns the act and says that any friend of Dwayne's was his friend as well.

Upon arrival, they are about to enter the Battle Factory when they hear the noise of an engine. A large vehicle smashes through the doors of the Factory and nearly runs the trio down. When a voice from inside the vehicle makes it clear that the thing is out of control, Dwayne and Jade use their Pokémon to stop it. A hatch opens on top of the vehicle, and Noland emerges. Noland goes on to introduce the vehicle as the Noland J-9, his latest and greatest super-machine. He is interrupted by his assistant Sergio, who runs out and, rather exasperated, asks Noland if he's been playing around with that thing again. Noland replies that he isn't playing, it's his hobby. Noland introduces himself as the Factory Head, and Scott explains to Dwayne that that means he's the Frontier Brain of the Battle Factory. Dwayne introduces himself and says he's arrived to challenge the Battle Frontier.

Later, Sergio calls for the Factory's Pokémon to eat their Pokéblocks, and about a dozen powerful-looking Pokémon come running. Dwayne is surprised by the large variety of Pokémon, to which Noland explains that more Pokémon give more possibilities for battles. He asks Dwayne which one he wants to battle against, but Dwayne has trouble deciding. Dwayne then notices something else: the airplane they saw the previous night. And then, a cold breeze starts blowing, and Dwayne looks in awe as Articuno arises from behind the plane, then soars out of the building. With Articuno now out in the open, Noland provides some explanation to Dwayne, admitting that it is fact still a wild Pokémon. One night, while he was test-flying his plane, he was quite startled to find Articuno flying alongside him. Then Articuno started having trouble flying. Noland quickly realized that it injured its wing during one of its flights from mountaintop to mountaintop. He got it to land on top of his plane, brought it down, and helped it heal. Since then, it frequently comes to visit him.

That night, Noland asks Dwayne if he's decided which Pokémon he wants to battle, and Dwayne confirms. As Dwayne grins, Jade lets out a surprise gasp, asking him if he was going to challenge who she was thinking about, and Dwayne says that she was absolutely correct as Dwayne announces his desire to challenge Articuno, which surprises Noland and Articuno. After exchanging a brief look, Noland and Articuno accept his challenge, but warn him that it would be an extremely tough battle, with Dwayne saying he wouldn't have it any other way.

Jade and Scott then spectate the battle between Articuno and Dwayne's Sceptile, with Dwayne's decision that leaves Jade and Noland confused, and Jade loudly asks if Dwayne was out of his mond, as Sceptile had double the disadvantage as Articuno was both an Ice and Flying-type, but Dwayne tells Jade to just trust him, although Jade is still worried, but she quickly realizes why Dwayne chose Sceptile as the Grass-type Pokémon begins leaping from wall to wall to catch up with Articuno's flight, using his speed and agility to make up for his lack of wings. Ultimately, Sceptile manages to defeat Articuno to earn Dwayne his first Frontier Symbol, the Knowledge Symbol.

Outside the Battle Factory, Dwayne and Noland shake hands, with Noland expressing his enjoyment of their battle, saying that he never expected Articuno to lose to a Pokémon who was at a disadvantage, but Dwayne says he enjoyed overcoming barries, and Noland laughs, saying that Dwayne's words were the mark of a true Champion in the making. Jade also congratulates Dwayne on his victory, and says she was glad to have accompanied him to the Battle Factory. When Dwayne asks if she wanted to accompany him through the rest of them, Jade declines, saying that she wanted to train and catch up to him, and if she did accompany him, she would merely watch as Dwayne grew stronger, and Dwayne laughs, but agrees with her sentiment. Scott then informs Dwayne that his next destination was the Battle Arena in the outskirts of Saffron City. Dwayne thanks Scott for the information before waving him, Noland, and Jade goodbye as he continues on his Frontier challenge.

Sometime later, Jade continues training under Edge, and when Dwayne paid them a visit later on, the three catch up over a cup of coffee. Their conversation gets interrupted when one of Edge's referees runs into the room and tells him to go to the Gym right away and inform him of a challenger's strange request. Edge, Jade, and Dwayne head to the Gym, where Edge sees the challenger, who introduces herself as Romina, a top-level agent of the Pokémon Inspection Agency. Edge explains to a confused Dwayne that Gym Inspectors test Gym Leaders to ensure they will present a decent challenge to Trainers, and have the power the revoke the right to give out Badges or even shut down the Gym completely.

Romina demands to see Robyn Oak, whom she refers as the Gym Leader, but Edge explains that Robyn retired and gave the Gym Leader position over to him, but Romina informs him that neither she nor the agency received any notification of the Gym Leader change, meaning that in her eyes, Robyn is still the official Viridian Gym Leader, much to Edge's shock, who quickly mentions that Robyn had given up the mantle for about a year now, and questions how the agency never bothered to learn about it until now, and Romina explains that the Gym Leader is supposed to contact the agency to inform of the Gym Leader change, instead of the other way around, and Edge curses Robyn under his breath for forgetting to officialize the change, and Romina explains that since Robyn had been away for a year, it technically counts as him abandoning the Gym, therefore giving her enough proof to shut it down, but Edge pleads with her to merely officialize him as the Gym Leader, and challenges her to a battle to prove his skills, and Romina agrees to his challenge.

Romina brings out her Zangoose and Edge brings out Azumarill. Edge tells Azumarill to use Ice Beam, but Zangoose uses Double Team to avoid it. Zangoose then uses Thunder Wave to paralyze Azumarill. With Azumarill unable to move, Zangoose takes the opportunity to use Belly Drum, draining half of its health in exchange for maximum attack power. Seeing that Azumarill was finally able to move again, Edge issues a Hydro Pump attack, but Zangoose counters with Rock Climb, and the difference in power being the deciding factor, Zangoose defeats Azumarill. Romina informs Edge that she will not be giving a good review based on the battle and that he should expect bad news. She informs him she will be remaining in the Pokémon Center until the next day and to come see her if they have any questions or comments.

As Edge, Dwayne, and Jade start to become very worried that the Gym may be closed down, Robyn suddenly gives him a phone call, but before Robyn could speak a word, Edge blasts him over the phone, angrily demanding him to answer why he never bothered to inform the PIA about the change of Gym Leaders. Robyn gasps as the realization that he never informed the PIA kicks in, and he apologizes, but Edge says that it was too late, as one of the inspectors had arrived at the Gym and declared that it would be shut down, and Edge also tells him about the battle. Robyn again apologizes, and says that he couldn't make it as he was in the Galar region doing some research work, but Edge tells him to remain calm as he would try and change Romina's mind, and subsequently hangs up.

Edge heads to the Pokémon Center to speak to Romina in her office. Edge asks her to give the Gym another chance and to test him as a Gym Leader for the inspection again. Romina says that she has to think it over. Just then, Nurse Joy comes into the office and says she has a problem and Edge helps her exactly with her issues. Seeing this, Romina decides that she will give Edge another chance, solely based on his care for Pokémon, and reminds him to truly think about the purpose of a Gym Leader. The next day, Romina and Edge prepare to battle. Edge brings out Eevee, while Romina brings out the Gratitude Pokémon Shaymin, shocking Edge, Dwayne, and Jade. Dwayne sees Romina's ownership of a Mythical Pokémon as a true sign of her being a top-level agent. Knowing that Shaymin is a Grass-type, Edge orders Eevee to transform into Flareon. Romina becomes utterly shocked at seeing Eevee change into Flareon, especially without the use of a Fire Stone. Edge then commands Eevee to use Fire Blast, but Shaymin dodges the attack, but a second Fire Blast hits its mark. Flareon then uses Heat Wave, which Shaymin counters with Dazzling Gleam before using Synthesis to heal itself.

Edge swears to protect the Viridian Gym and orders Flareon to use Overheat. Shaymin dodges behind some rocks before using Seed Flare, scoring a direct hit on Flareon. As Flareon struggles to get back to his feet, Romina tosses Shaymin a Gracidea flower, allowing it to change into its Sky Forme, and subsequently orders Shaymin to use Air Slash. Seeing this, Edge tells Flareon to switch into Jolteon, further shocking Romina, and orders him to use Dig, hiding underground and avoiding the attack. While Shaymin tries to locate it, Jolteon resurfaces and uses Thunder, scoring a direct hit. Romina tells Shaymin to use Synthesis again while Jolteon once again hides underground. Shaymin is unable to locate Jolteon, until he resurfaces again and strikes Shaymin with yet another Thunder. Edge prepares to finish the battle with another Thunder, but Shaymin uses Dazling Gleam to stop it. While Jolteon is able to deflect the attack, the resulting shockwave knocks some debris into the air and distracts him, allowing Romina to command a Hyper Beam, and Jolteon gets blasted onto the wall, which knocks him out.

Edge goes to attend to Jolteon, who has reverted back into Eevee, and Edge asks Jade to get some Sitrus Berries so that they can heal him. Romina informs Edge that she was impressed with the battle and that she will give a much better review than before, so they can expect the Gym to keep running, with Edge as the official Gym Leader. Romina also questions Eevee's ability to switch into any of his evolutions at will, and Edge tells Romina the story behind Eevee's past as an experiment of Team Rocket's. Romina says that she was glad that Eevee found him as a Trainer, and tells Edge that she was glad to have met him and nominate him as the Gym Leader. Romina then takes her leave, as Edge thanks her for the compliments. Two days later, Edge receives his official review from Romina and the PIA, as well as the official confirmation and paperwork that nominates him as the official Viridian City Gym Leader.

When Dwayne was ready to challenge the Battle Pyramid for a third time, Jade, Roberta, Edge and Bayley all arrive at the site. When they arrive, Edge explains that they heard from Professor Oak about his many attempts to challenge Brandon, and wanted to be there personally to give him moral support. Dwayne thanks them all, and says that he was feeling good about his upcoming rematch. Following Dwayne's victory over Brandon, and subsequent return to Pallet Town, Jade asks what was his next step, Dwayne admits wanting to take a small break from traveling, satisfied with his current position. Jade agrees and says that she would also take a break, and everyone settles down for a well-earned rest.

### **Intermission**

Approximately two months after Dwayne's victory at the Battle Pyramid, Jade decides to pay a visit to Professor Oak's Laboratory and knocks at the door. She is answered by Dwayne, who harshly screams for whorever it was to get lost, as moments before her arrival, a Magikarp salesman attempted to scam with a Magikarp that supposedly laid golden eggs, although Dwayne knew it was a lie, and Jade responds by punching him at the top of his head, although she quickly and sheepishly says that she was proud that Dwayne had grown a backbone.

Later, whilst in the middle of a conversation, Dwayne's Roserade gets their attention by tapping on the window. Oak tells Roserade that they are busy and couldn't talk at the moment. Roserade then rushes over to Dwayne, and forcefully drags him with her Power Whip. Roserade's decision was correct, as Fabius and Harlynn have now reached the lab, though not before being noticed by Dwayne's Butterfree. As Fabius cuts a hole in the window, he comments that Dwayne would soon become a bad memory. Harlynn reaches through the hole to unlatch the window, and they enter the lab. Fabius and Harlynn soon sneak into the Poké Ball room, which has no security alarms surprisingly. Meanwhile, Butterfree guides Dwayne and the others over to the damaged window. He immediately rushes over to Professor Oak to tell him that someone has broken in. They search the lab until they reach the Poké Ball room, where they are shocked to see that all the Poké Balls are gone. Dwayne says that whoever did this must be professionals.

The Pokémon begin to spread the word. As all the Pokémon search, Fabius and Harlynn attempt to gain some distance with their costumes, mumbling that they'll wait for Dwayne to get to them instead of the other way around, with the Poké Balls inside a container covered by a a Muk cloak. However, a Nidoking spots them and tries to hug Harlynn. When they manage to lose that, Dwayne's Muk turns up and smothers the Poké Balls. Meanwhile, Butterfree locates the helicopter just as Muk has now covered both Harlynn and Fabius, who can't get up.

Roserade uses Power Whip to uncover the sheet covering the helicopter just as everyone hears a loud noise and see sonic waves being fired towards the sky, and Professor Oak says that it was Butterfree's Supersonic and assumes Butterfree found the thieves. As all the Pokémon rush over to the spot, Fabius and Harlynn attempt to hide. For a moment, they think they have made it, but then Roberta and Jade step forward, barring the way. Professor Oak and Dwayne come in behind them, and tell them that they are completely surrounded. Roberta tells them to give up now, or they would probably get hurt. Fabius and Harlynn then admit their plan failed and remove their costumes, and Dwayne recognizes the two, and proceeds to explain to the others about his previous encounters with the two. Professor Oak admonishes them for stealing the Pokémon, but Fabius exclaims their goal wasn't to steal the Pokémon, and they simply stumbled upon the Poké Ball room and simply took it as a bonus, and Roberta then asks what their real goal was.

Just as Fabius attempts to explain, Harlynn uncharacteristically snaps and says they were there to eliminate Dwayne as he'd interfered in their plans far too many times, and she begins to sadistically remark on all the way manners she was looking foward to torture him before finally putting him out of his misery, and her outburts even causes Fabius to become stunned. Roberta then shakes with anger, as she then says they signed their own death warrant for threatning to kill her beloved child, and notes that as his mother, merely hearing about her child's hypothetical murder at the hands of another caused her to feel pure rage, and vows to make them pay for coming after Dwayne, but nonetheless gives them one final chance to surrender. Fabius seems to consider, but Harlynn screeches that she wouldn't stop until Dwayne was dead and calls out her Chandelure and when she angrily demands Fabius to fight too, Fabius sends out his Slowking. Dwayne decides to battle, but Roberta and Jade tell him to let them battle instead. Harlynn lets out a maniacal laugh, and says she wouldn't play this time around, and Dwayne's Eevee steps forward to battle, and Jade recognizes that Eevee also wanted to battle to protect her Trainer, and Eevee nods in agreement. Roberta sends out her Nidoqueen while Jade battles with Eevee.

Chandelure starts off with Inferno, which Nidoqueen dodges. Slowking then uses Tackle, but Eevee uses Sand-Attack to blind Slowking, and Nidoqueen steps up to attack with Mega Punch, and Eevee uses Helping Hand to boost Nidoqueen's attack power, sending Slowking flying. Next, Nidoqueen attacks Chandelure with Surf, which engulfs both Chandelure and Slowking. While they are busy, Harlynn summons her Flaaffy to use Thunder Shock on Eevee, but Nidoqueen steps in front of the attack to take the blow due to her Ground-type immunity against Electric-type attacks. Fabius orders Slowking to use Power Gem on Nidoqueen, but Jade orders Eevee to use Copycat on Flaaffy to use a Thunder Shock of her own onto Slowking, causing super-effective damage. Harlynn then grows angrier and commands Chandelure to use Smog all over the area to suffocate them, and Fabius attempts to talk her out of it, as they could get affected, but Harlynn doesn't listen, and she says that they would all perish by her own hands. Chandelure does so, and everyone starts coughing, but Dwayne's Butterfree quickly uses Gust to blow the Smog away. As everyone still continues to cough as a result of Smog, Latias arrives and seeing the scene, quickly uses Safeguard around the area, and everyone heals from the coughing as a result.

Roberta then says that they would pay for doing this, and Harlynn simply laughs and orders Chandelure and Flaaffy to use Shadow Ball and Thunder, respectively. Roberta quickly tells Nidoqueen to use Surf, which engulfs both attacks, but they are colliding, and Jade has Eevee use Copycat to create a second Surf attack, which combines itself with Nidoqueen's Surf to expand the wave, and sends Chandelure and Flaaffy flying, who are knocked out. Harlynn then begins shaking in anger and she sends out her Lunatone and Solrock and tells them to use Explosion and Self-Destruct, respectively. Everyone except Harlynn panics, as they know the combined might of Explosion and Self-Destruct would possibly destroy a large part of the forest, and many Pokémon would get caught in the blast. Fabius then pleads for Harlynn to stop, but she doesn't respond as she's too focused on her enemies to notice her husband would also get caught in the explosion.

Roberta quickly comes up with a plan, and orders Nidoqueen to use Dig underneath Solrock and Lunatone and create deep crater, which she quickly does so. Roberta then tells Jade to help her put Lunatone and Solrock deep into the hole, and Jade tells Eevee to Baby-Doll Eyes, which weakens both Lunatone's and Solrock's attack power and leaves them flustered enough for Nidoqueen to knock them down the crater with Mega Punch. Then, Roberta sends out her Clefable and commands her to use Protect onto the hole, and Roberta asks for further assistance. Eevee then joins them and uses Copycat to mimic Protect, and even Fabius joins in with his Machop also using Protect, and all three Pokémon use Protect just as Solrock and Lunatone's attack are launched, and the explosion is barely contained.

As Harlynn curses her enemies for their intrusion yet again, Fabius steps in front of her, saying that she's gone too far, and she nearly got herself killed. Harlynn remains with a crazed look in her eyes, and says that she would put an end to all of her enemies, until Fabius also mentions that she nearly got him killed, and this was enough to snap Harlynn out of her crazed state, and once she regains her common sense, she faints onto Fabius's arms, and Fabius informs them that they surrender as he hugs his wife and apologizes to her for not keeping her in line. Dwayne then walks over to them and tells him that he wasn't sorry for them as they were out to kill him but also urges them to retire from crime, and Fabius takes a moment and agrees with Dwayne, and while not excusing their actions, Fabius explains that they only turned to crime because their lives weren't necessarily a happy one before they met each other, and Dwayne simply says that they already made plenty enough of money and should run off and live the rest of their lives in peace. Fabius is shocked and asks what Dwayne meant, and Dwayne simply stares down at him, and Fabius silently nods before picking up his wife and getting into their helicopter and flying away, but not before Fabius thanks Dwayne and promises that they would not only retire from crime, but also says that they would never meet each other again.

Roberta then protests to Dwayne about letting them go and questions his decision and asks if he felt bad for criminals who not only stole Pokémon, but also tried to kill him, while also pointing out that Dwayne might not have been the first time they decided to take someone out, but Dwayne says that judging from their files, Fabius and Harlynn never had a reason to eliminate someone since they never failed a mission before meeting him, and while he didn't necessarily felt bad for them, Dwayne did believe they could start over if they wanted to, and admits that if they refused to retire, he would've let them rot in prison. Despite Roberta still being uncertain of Dwayne's actions, she expresses her pride in her son, saying that he's become a very mature man since embarking on his journey.

## **Character**

Jade is a highly assertive, sarcastic, sassy, and rather smug individual, enjoying to tease others with playful banter, all the while boasting about her own skills as a Pokémon Trainer. Despite her seemingly arrogant attitude, Jade is quite humble, never outright mocking and belittling others whatsoever.

From the moment they met, Jade and Dwayne already made an impact on each other; Dwayne was impressed with Jade single-handedly defeating a large of pack of Spearow, while Jade's limited-edition bicycle was destroyed by Dwayne's Ralts, causing her to fiercely chase him all the way to Viridian City to have him pay her back, despite Dwayne's claims of having no money. Despite this, Jade admitted that Dwayne wasn't to blame as his Ralts decided to use her bicycle as a weapon to defeat one of the Spearow out of her own accord, and quickly dropped the subject once Ralts had recovered from her earlier sickened state.

Nevertheless, Jade seems to enjoy targeting Dwayne with displays of superiority and self-boasting, although Brock noted it was merely playful banter, and was capable of noticing that Jade and Dwayne were actually quite good friends. Noted by many, Jade and Dwayne seem to have quite a strong romantic tension between them, with Roberta particularly commenting on this whenever they are together, to which both Jade and Dwayne adamantly deny it. Regardless, Jade does seem to have developed some sense of feelings for Dwayne, seen as when she decided to stick around at the Pokémon League to cheer him on after her own elimination, and fiercely confronted Lagi over his supposed phone call to Dwayne, as Dwayne had disappeared and was late for his match. Furthermore, she put her own travels on hold to accompany Dwayne to the Orange Archipelago, and despite having developed a few crushes on Danny, and later, Rudy, Jade ultimately decided to continue traveling with Dwayne, despite being offered to stay with Rudy at his island, with Rudy himself noting that Jade indeed had some feelings towards Dwayne.

Jade is an extremely avid fan of Edge's, and upon discovering Dwayne's relation to him, she became instantly starstruck, and bombarded Dwayne with questions about him, and showered his father with praise. Upon meeting Edge personally at the Indigo League, Jade cheerfully introduced herself as his biggest fan, and listed all of Edge's accomplishments, some of which Edge himself had forgotten about. Quickly, Jade had grown comfortable around Dwayne's family, and was even invited to Pallet Town for a party to celebrate Dwayne's ranking in the tournament.

Jade is an incredibly skilled Pokémon Trainer, going as far as being able to defeat Lorelei of the Elite Four in a one-on-one battle, with her skills being noted as naturally talented, and Lorelei herself quoting that Jade had the great potential of being Champion in her future.

## **Pokémon**

### **On Hand**

Kangaskhan is Jade's first known Pokémon, as well as her main battling partner. Kangaskhan was first seen fending off an entire pack of Spearow that was chasing after Dwayne and Ralts, and was easily capable of knocking them out with relative ease.

During the Silver Conference, it was shown to have evolved into Venomoth, and battled against Dwayne's Muk, although it was swiftly defeated due to Muk's durable body.
Venomoth's known moves are Sleep Powder and Tackle.

Scyther used to be a leader of a swarm of Scyther's that lived on Murcott Island, until he was defeated and replaced as leader, tarnishing his pride and self-esteem. After being forcibly captured by Jade to have him treated, Scyther returned to his swarm, saving them from a gang of Beedrill, regaining his respect and giving himself enough motivation to stay with Jade.

Nidoqueen's known moves are Rock Tomb, Hyper Beam, Mega Punch, and Fire Blast.

Flareon's known moves are Flamethrower and Fire Blast.

Tauros's known moves are Earthquake, Zen Headbutt, and Horn Attack.

### **In Storage**

Slowbro's known moves are Water Pulse and Hyper Beam.

### **Temporary**

When Fabius and Harlynn invaded Professor Oak's Laboratory to eliminate Dwayne for interfering with their plans numerous times, Jade commanded his Eevee in battle after the Evolution Pokémon was willing to battle alongside Jade to protect her Trainer, and alongside Roberta's Nidoqueen, Jade and Eevee were able to defeat the criminal duo's Pokémon in battle.

## **Achievements**

### **Badges Obtained**

#### **Kanto Badges**

This listing is of the Badges Jade has obtained in the Kanto region:

* Boulder Badge
* Thunder Badge
* Cascade Badge
* Marsh Badge
* Rainbow Badge
* Soul Badge
* Earth Badge
* Volcano Badge

#### **Johto Badges**

This listing is of the Badges Jade has obtained in the Johto region:

* Hive Badge
* Glacier Badge
* Rising Badge
* Plain Badge
* Zephyr Badge
* Storm Badge
* Mineral Badge
* Fog Badge

## **Pokémon League**

Jade has competed in the following Pokémon League Conferences:

* Indigo Plateau Conference – Top 32
* Silver Conference – Top 16

## **Pokémon Competitions**

Jade has competed in the following Pokémon competitions:

* Extreme Pokémon Race – Runner-Up