Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon. Otherwise, we would still have the PSS. The cover image for this work was done by dubiousmushroom.

"Speech"

'Thought'

Ten Carat Hill, that was such an odd name for a place in the Alola region. Mostly because carats were a unit of measurement for rare minerals like diamonds.

Lots of rock type pokemon inhabited the area, including Carbink. That was a possible reason as to why the area received the name carat. But the reason for ten was still a mystery.

Most certainly not one that Sun wouldn't be solving today. He jumped backwards in his usual attire with his partner Pokémon by his side.

Both he and his Pokémon had long since been stuck in a battle against a very black and sharp Pokémon, Necrozma. This strange opponent didn't appear like it came from this world at all, giving the impression that it was an Ultra Beast.

"Manny, use flame charge!"

The Incineroar ignited himself and charged towards Necrozma. In response, the black Pokemon nonchalantly floated above the ground and out of the way. Manny skidded across the ground as his attack ended.

A click of his tongue was a clear sign that Sun was annoyed by this opponent's tenacity; it had already taken out his Wishiwashi, Vikavolt, and Mimikyu.

'And he doesn't even care...I think,' Thought the boy. Truthfully, he couldn't tell if the pokemon was capable expressing emotion or not. The colored triangles that would have been its face didn't show any emotion.

The flashing of random colors across the sleek surface did display signs of consciousness, and so did the slow tilt to face downward.

"What the-"

Before Sun could begin to comprehend what was occurring, his opponent absorbed the light around it. The sky around it started to darken into black.

Surprise decorated the young boy's face, he had an idea of what exactly this meant.

"Manny! Use Darkest Lariat!" Yelled the trainer.

His pokemon was caught off guard at first by this quick command, but he understood his trainer's loss of composure. This oncoming attack would be incredible in its capacity for power.

Manny knelt down to the ground before jumping up and spinning, his body was surrounded by dark energy as he ascended.

Necrozma fired its attack, Prismatic Laser, a shower of beams rained down upon the Incineroar. Sun clenched his teeth knowing that another one of his Pokemon could be taken out.

'Sorry, Manny.'

But that didn't happen. Instead of laying waste to Manny, the attack simply phased through him. Everyone was shocked by this unexpected reaction.

However, such a surprising event was also one that was also a ripe opportunity.

Manny slammed into Necrozma with two lariats and knocked the Legendary Pokémon down to the ground, kicking up dust as it landed.

"Way to go!" Sun jumped and high fived his partner. It was a mutually shared feeling of success.

The moment was short lived, however, because the Prism Pokemon arose from the ground; its sleek exterior remained shiny with little dust. The triangles on its face flickered like a computer processing information.

'Ok, so his attack must be a psychic type because it didn't harm Manny,' thought Sun, 'but he was barely hurt by Darkest Lariat...is he a dark type?'

Only the pokemon's black color supported this idea. Sun's Mimikyu attacked with Play Rough but didn't manage to damage it that much. These facts were more confusing than helpful.

"Ok, so you're either a dark type or a psychic type. But you've got an ability that softens the blows for you, right?" Inquired the Alolan Champion.

Silently staring in what appeared to be agitation was confirmation enough.

"Whatever, this battle won't last much longer," proclaimed the trainer. He turned to his partner who felt just as eager to finish the fight.

"Alright, Z-Power!"

Saku got into his stance for the Z-move and raised his arms up high. Manny jumped over in front of him and absorbed the immense power. With a roar, he summoned a wrestling ring that surrounded Necrozma.

A smirk on the Incineroar's face was shared by his trainer. The dark-fire type rushed forward and jumped with a dark flare as his trainer raised his pointed fingers up.

"Malicious Moonsault!"

Vicariously cheering synced with the explosion of power between Manny and Necrozma. Joy and satisfaction spread across Sun's face. But his moment was fleeting as the dust and smoke cleared.

There Manny was, suspended by the Prism Pokémon's black edged hand. Although it looked like it had taken more damage, it wasn't nearly as much as the boy had predicted.

"But how? That was a Z-Move," questioned Sun.

Necrozma probably saw it fit to answer by tossing the Incineroar to the ground. Then it turned its whole body towards a giant rock.

Psychic energy flowed into the rock and broke it into fragments that transformed into gems. The Legendary Pokémon turned its attention to the starter Pokémon, who was only just getting back up.

"No." Sun understood that the attack was Power Gem and would seriously hurt his friend.

Any normal trainer would instantly dodge out of the way for fear of being hit by that attack, but Sun was being recklessness.

He jumped towards Manny and tried to help his Pokémon up. This action was very surprising to the fire-dark type.

"My recklessness got us into this, sorry buddy," apologized the trainer. "But I promise that I won't let you get hurt like this."

An unusually pained expression came from the wrestler, he didn't want to see his friend in pain either. They both shared a look of determination as they faced back towards Necrozma; the black Pokémon launched its attack as a response.

Sun prepared himself, his determination to protect his close friends was unwavering.

'And all of this just because I-'

His thoughts were immediately interrupted by a stream of fire that enveloped the Power Gem attack.

Surprised, both trainer and Pokémon saw the arrival of two newcomers. Anabel rushed onto the scene alongside a quadrupedal fire Pokémon.

"Miss Anabel, what are you doing here?" Asked Sun.

"I was curious about what Looker said, and it looks like he wasn't far off," said Anabel, noting how Necrozma bore a resemblance to an Ultra Beast.

Speaking of whom, the black Legendary Pokémon appeared both intrigued and frustrated (as much as it could without physical expression). The colors and shapes on its supposed face started to blink rapidly again.

Sun caught sight of this action and wondered if this meant that Necrozma was trying to factor the situation.

"Seriously, is he like a computer or something?"

His muttered words failed to go unnoticed by Anabel. She would have responded with more question if not for the light being drained away.

"What is that?"

"I think its his signature move. It's like a meteor shower when it hits," explained the black-haired boy.

Although it was the second time Sun had seen Prismatic Laser being charged, this was the first time he saw exactly how it was working.

Necrozma's giant head really was like a giant prism (go figure), the light was being absorbed into the back of it and Sun already knew that the attack would be fired out of the front.

However, knowing how this was happening wasn't nearly enough. The attack wouldn't hurt Manny, but the boy was aware that Anabel and her Pokémon were the real target.

"Entei, use fire blast." Anabel didn't want to back down from this.

The Legendary Pokémon of fire reared up its fearsome gaze and blasted out fire that formed the kanji symbol for big. In response, Necrozma fired its own attack. Anabel expected that her Pokémon's attack wouldn't completely stop the beams, she wanted to test the waters first.

However, she didn't expect that the psychic attack would completely pass through the fire.

"Look out!"

Sun leapt forward and grabbed Anabel before the attack could hit her. They both crashed as the ground near them was darted by lasers. Entei was merely a paper lion against a storm.

Needless to say, Anabel was shocked by the gap in power; her Entei was at full health, but it was already completely defeated by only one attack.

"Don't worry, we got this," proclaimed Sun as he reached for a nest ball. "Come on out, Nebby!"

From the small pokeball emerged the Legendary Pokémon of the Moone, Lunala. Its wings were spread out wide as it soared above Necrozma. Sun remained calm and ready as his partner flew into the sky.

Nebby's appearance alone changed the entire atmosphere, Necrozma's powerful appearance was now matched by this majestic Pokémon.

"Go even higher!" Commanded Sun, which his partner quickly followed.

"What are you doing?" Asked Anabel.

"I've got a plan; Nebby and I have a great bond," explained the boy.

It was then that Nebby blocked out the sun above the scene. Without any command, it positioned itself in a circle. The third eye appeared on its forehead and the sun's light vanished.

Beams of light danced around Nebby's body before conjuring towards its head.

"Moongeist Beam!"

The beam fired down upon Necrozma, enveloping the black Pokémon entirely. Movement was absent from it as the beam inflicted massive damage.

Now the damage was much more potent to the Prism Pokémon, Nebby's attack ceasing made that easier to see. Agitation was also something that could be seen in that Pokémon's movements.

Quickly, and with no warning, Necrozma flew up towards Nebby; its arms splayed out to crush the Lunaala with Wring Out.

But its attack completely phased through the ghost-psychic type. There was no time to collect its thoughts before the psychic type felt something tap its back.

"Gotcha!" Yelled Saku as the Legendary Pokémon was sucked into the beast ball.

The pokeball fell to the ground and shook three times before a click resounded. Sun ran over and picked up the device with a smile spread across his face as sunlight returned to the scene.

"That was amazing," complimented Anabel, "how did you do that?"

"I saw that attack before. That guy absorbs light from around him before firing it out his face, like a prism."

"And your Pokémon's attack must have drained away any light that it could have used," speculated Anabel. A nod from Sun confirmed this.

Lunala was told in legend that it could absorb the brightest of day to make night fall, and now it was less of a legend. Anabel was left amazed by how quickly Sun made that strategy.

'To use Lunala's move, typing, and ability all at once...no wonder he is the champion.'

However, the boy himself couldn't care. He had only set out the capture this Pokémon for the same reason as the Ultra Beasts.

"Let's heal our Pokémon," proposed the boy. Anabel nodded in agreement with that idea.

A few minutes passed as the trainers restored the health of their Pokémon. Nebby showed its childish side when it bobbed up and down at Manny's restoration; the Incineroar returned the favor by trying to act cool as they normally do.

While this interaction was nice for their trainer, he saw something else interesting. A small pink book was in the area that he and Anabel had landed at.

Curious, Sun walked over to pick it up. "Is this yours, Miss Anabel?"

When the purple-haired woman looked over, her face flared brighter than Entei's Fire Blast. She bolted over and took the bag away from Sun.

"D-did you see what was inside?!"

"No, not really," answered the boy with some surprise. This burst of emotion was quite unusual for her. "Is that something really important to you?"

The red on Anabel's face remained as she placed the book in her back pocket. "You don't need to know."

Such a comment succeeded in annoying Sun, he didn't like it when people made note of his age. Despite his accomplishments of derailing the plans of a cruel mother and becoming Alola's first champion, people were always quick to judge him by his age.

He relented on this because he had bigger things to tend to. But first he would have to give Anabel time to analyze Necrozma.

"Alright. Here you go." He pulled out the beast ball and offered it to Anabel.

Question took over and removed the frantic expression that the agent previously had. This succeeded in placing suspicion on Sun's face as well.

"Are you not satisfied with this Pokémon?" Asked Anabel.

"No. I thought that you needed to analyze all the Ultra Beasts," explained the boy.

"Sun, this isn't an Ultra Beast."

That statement hit him like a stampede of Mudsdale. All that work and effort to find this Pokémon didn't aide at all in his goal. For a few minutes, he thought that he had found what he was looking for.

"N...nani?"

"This Pokémon is much more like Lunala. It obviously comes from another world, but it doesn't bear the aura that other Ultra Beasts have."

Sun was left in a state of purely ironic pain. He was quick and smart enough to create a strategy to incapacitate this Pokémon, but not smart enough to notice its lack of a red aura.

Rage and sorrow were rising up inside of the young champion. However, he needed to do something first to make up. He released Necrozma from the pokeball.

"Sorry about that. I thought that you were something else," apologized Sun. "But you are free to go where you want."

Administering a full restore was effective in showing his genuine apology. Necrozma didn't really respond with any traces of hostility. It returned a silent stare before flying away, perhaps a sign of acceptance.

This must have been the most surprising action that Anabel had seen from Sun all day. It was him who went after all of the Ultra Beasts without any hesitation and accepted all of them as Pokémon that would stay with him.

Now he had quickly given up a much more powerful Pokémon as if it was a piece of candy.

"You just thought it was another Ultra Beast?"

"Yeah," answered Sun under his breath.

Anabel could easily read in between the lines. The champion had something else in mind when he was trying to capture this Pokémon.

"Tell me, why did you go after the Ultra Beasts?"

A sigh escaped the boy before he began to explain. "There is a girl who is related to the Aether Foundation. Her name is Lillie. She is my friend, but she has gone to Kanto because of the Ultra Beasts," started the boy.

"You see, her mom, Lusamine, merged with a Nihilego and has neurotoxins in her body-"

"So you were trying to help out your friend by catching more Ultra Beasts?"

Sun's kindness towards others was something that Anabel was already aware of; it was one of the reasons that she and Looker qualified him for the job.

However, this level of devotion wasn't something that she expected.

"I wanted to find a cure for her mother so that she could come back." Sun turned to Anabel and she saw the pitiful look in his eyes. "I guess I wasn't thinking right."

'I see...he had a crush on her,' thought the agent. Comforting her ally was the appropriate action, but this kind of situation was difficult to deal with.

"I'm sorry that you had to go through that." Anabel reached over and hugged him, the only way that she could think of to comfort him.

Few actions were appropriate for this kind of interaction, and Sun could've taken any of them; he just didn't know what to do but stand there and accept it. Anabel broke the hug and looked in in the eyes.

"However, I'm sure that you two will meet again. I just know it."

That promise did succeed in at least putting a smile on the boys face, even if it was a little pitiful.

"Thanks, Miss Anabel."

Their interaction ended with the former Salon Maiden extending her offering to meet at the Battle Tree. Sun accepted the offer, but he insisted that it be done at a later date.

With only Nebby and Mannyy there to see him, the boy kicked the ground in frustration. His anger wasn't directed towards any one person but himself for his rash actions. Looking up to the daylight sky, he realized just how different this was from that day when Lillie left.

"What do I do now?"

Thanks for reading this chapter, I hope you liked it. If there is anything you want to say, leave a guest review.

Yes, this fanfiction will be different from my other works. I just don't want to rewrite the entire Sun and Moon story because it is so long and feels to cinematic for writing. However, I do have plans for this one.