Pokémon: Pikachu Bonds

The girl Serena, who met Xiaozhi, saw the scene of Xiaozhi saving Garchomp on TV and recognized Xiaozhi as the person who rescued her when she was injured as a child, so she decided to rush to Miare City to meet Xiaozhi and travel together. Xiaozhi didn't remember Serena at first, but when he challenged the gym leader of the White Sandalwood Gym, Violet, Serena shouted to Xiaozhi that he encouraged Serena in his childhood, "Never give up", and Xiaozhi remembered that Serena was the girl he rescued when he was a child. Later, Xiaozhi and Serena learned that Citron was actually the gym leader of Miare City, but because the robot Citroit he developed malfunctioned, he and his sister were kicked out of their own gym. Xiaozhi and Serena helped Citron recapture the gym, and then Xiaozhi and Citron made an agreement to have a gym battle after obtaining enough badges. During the next journey, Xiaozhi met a young ninja named Sanpei. Sanpei's Frog defeated Xiaozhi's Frog, so Xiaozhi began to train his Frog with the help of Sanpei. Xiaozhi also challenged the Battle Fortress in the Kalos region and won the title of Baron. In addition, Xiaozhi also participated in Dr. Blatano's summer camp and met the rival trio of Tierno, Doroba and Shana. Shalina was inspired by Xiaozhi and Shana and set her dream to participate in the Triple Crown Satellite Tournament.

During the journey, Xiaozhi and his companions learned about Mega Evolution from Professor Blatano, Cocobul and Champion Kalune, and traveled for a while with Korne, a girl who had learned the Mega Ring. Xiaozhi witnessed the process of Korne and her Lucario forming a bond and successfully Mega Evolving. Before challenging the Bi-Wing Gym, Xiaozhi and his companions participated in the Bi-Wing Festival. With the help of Serena, he chose suitable gifts for his Pokémon, and Xiaozhi also gave Serena a bunch of blue ribbons as a thank you gift. After completing the challenge of the Bi-Wing Gym, Xiaozhi successfully collected four badges and fought a gym battle with Citron as agreed. In the gym battle, Citron conveyed his admiration for Xiaozhi through fighting with all his strength, and Xiaozhi also responded to Citron with his highest fighting level. In the end, Xiaozhi won and got the Voltage Badge of the Miare Gym. Later, Xiaozhi came to Aroma City and met Shota, a new trainer from Hoenn. Shota admired Xiaozhi's strength and used Xiaozhi as a model to train his own Bokegong. During the journey, Xiaozhi also supported Serena's dream of becoming the Queen of Kalos, and Serena developed a liking for Xiaozhi during the journey, and this feeling gradually deepened during the journey.

In Kalos Crisis! Battle at the Giant Sundial!!, Ash and his friends arrive in Hundred-Earth City and meet up with Professor Blatano. They learn of the prophecy of the gym leader and seer, Gageka, who foresees a crisis in Kalos in the future that will be closely related to Ash and his friends, and that he and his Greninja will reach the pinnacle and determine the future of the entire region. In Z-Blast Birth! Kalos Lurker!!, Ash and his friends encounter the mysterious green creature Squirrel and discover that Squirrel is being hunted by a mysterious evil organization. Afterwards, the group reunites with Sanpei and learns about the mysterious phenomenon between Ash and Greninja, where Ash's Greninja can temporarily transform into an appearance similar to Ash's and share his five senses, and Yurika names it Ash-Greninja. On the next journey, Xiaozhi met Alan, a powerful trainer who had learned super evolution. Alan defeated Xiaozhi in the battle and was very interested in the strange phenomenon between Xiaozhi and Greninja. Xiaozhi fought with Alan again after special training. This time he and Alan were evenly matched in the battle, but because of the shared five senses, Xiaozhi fainted at the end of the battle due to exhaustion. In his dream, Xiaozhi dreamed that Greninja left him.

During the following journey, Xiaozhi and his companions learned from Kalune that the organization that wanted to capture Xiaoruan, Team Flare, was conducting some secret experiments. This secret organization in red wanted to use the power of the legendary Pokémon Zygarde to carry out some kind of sabotage. When Kalune learned about the phenomenon between Xiaozhi and Greninja, she also asked to fight Xiaozhi to test Xiaozhi's strength. Although Xiaozhi's Greninja and Kalune's Gardevoir were evenly matched, Xiaozhi always fainted due to exhaustion after the bond phenomenon appeared. Xiaozhi continued to travel and met Shota again. Shota told Xiaozhi that he had improved compared to before, so he proposed a three-on-three battle with Xiaozhi, and Xiaozhi agreed. However, Xiaozhi was unexpectedly forced into a desperate situation by Shota during the battle, and Greninja's bond form could not be successfully activated, causing Xiaozhi to lose the battle in the end. After this battle, Xiaozhi began to doubt his ability. To make matters worse, his confidence was shattered again by the Yingxue City Gym Leader Defu soon after. Not only did Xiaozhi fail to get the badge, but Greninja was also beaten all over in the battle. Xiaozhi looked at Greninja who was healing sadly, and left the Pokémon Center alone and came to the jungle in the snowy night.

Worried about Xiaozhi, Serena went to the forest alone to find Xiaozhi, but Xiaozhi began to take his anger out on Serena, which made her very angry. Before leaving, Serena threw several snowballs at Xiaozhi's face and expressed her disappointment. She told Xiaozhi that his current self-destructive behavior was completely opposite to his brave childhood. After Serena left, Xiaozhi yelled at himself to wake himself up, and just as he was about to return to the Pokémon Center, a blizzard suddenly came. Xiaozhi and a group of wild Pokémon found an empty tree trunk to hide from the blizzard, which reminded him of his childhood experience of hugging Pokémon in the forest to avoid thunderstorms. When Xiaozhi saw a group of Pieris outside the cave that failed to get into the cave in time, he immediately set out to rescue them, but accidentally slid down the cliff with Pieris. At this time, Greninja arrived in time and saved Xiaozhi, but Pieris was still not rescued, and then immediately triggered the bond form with Xiaozhi and saved the falling Pieris. Afterwards, Ash and Greninja meet Serena and others who are looking for Ash. Ash apologizes to Serena and thanks her for waking him up. Then, Greninja throws its Poké Ball to Ash, just like it did when it met Ash. After experiencing a low point, the bond between Ash and Greninja begins to grow stronger. Afterwards, Ash goes to the Snow Gym for a second challenge and finally defeats the Super Blizzard King. After obtaining the eighth badge of the Kalos League, Ash thanks his fellow Pokémon and says that no matter what difficulties he encounters in the future, he and his companions will face them together.

After passing the big test, Hala wanted to give Xiaozhi Fighting Z, but Tapu Kokoko replaced Fighting Z with Electric Z, so Xiaozhi got Electric Z again. Xiaozhi came to Mamane's house for special training. After listening to Mamane's advice, the special training gave Tapu Kokoko, who was awarded the Z bracelet, appeared again. Xiaozhi fought Tapu Kokoko again, but there was no clear winner. Later, by chance, he and Pikachu met Tapu Kokoko, the guardian of Akala Island, on the uninhabited island Treasure Island. Xiaozhi also met Litten and the elderly Longhair on Melemele Island. Because Longhair's condition worsened, Xiaozhi sent it to the Pokémon Center, but when Xiaozhi returned to the Pokémon Center not long after, he found that Litten and Longhair had left. Xiaozhi came to Litten's usual residence, but Litten was alone there. Litten was depressed because of the departure of the long-haired dog and had been ignoring Xiaozhi. However, with Xiaozhi's efforts, Litten began to become cheerful and joined Xiaozhi's team.

Xiaozhi received a medal at the Kalos League awards ceremony and his fellow Pokémon in the Kalos region...