Lunar Ascension

Charting Through It

Everyone sat down at a table in the center of Ralph's house and he began explaining the plan. "The plan is fairly straightforward. We're going to ambush Necrozma and lead it to the Prism. Then, battle it until Lunala can land a clear shot with its Z-Move which should knock it out."

Elio sat forward. "Just one problem with that. What are we going to do about the portals Necrozma opens whenever it's losing?"

"I've got that covered," Ralph said. "Cosmo and I can close them up but it means we won't be much help in the actual battle."

"Speaking of portals," Phyco started. "We don't know where Necrozma is since it has been universe hoping while we've been here."

"No worries!" Rotom Dex shouted. "I've got the data from the lab and your information so I should be able to find and track down the portals. We'll just have to start from where we last saw it!"

Selene turned to Ralph. "So what's the plan after we beat Necrozma? Won't it just attack us again?"

Ralph shook his head. "Necrozma's instinctual need to replenish the Prism should overwhelm any remaining rage it feels. Plus, we're going to give it light energy to calm its mind with the help of the Z-Crystals."

Elio tilted his head. "Wait, how does that help?"

Ralph gestured at the Z-Ring on his wrist. "They're each part of Necrozma's body and contain some of the light it used to generate. By blasting it with Z-Energy it can reach its original form temporarily and that's when it'll replenish the crystal. Then we just have to deal with what happens after." Ralph glared at Phyco.

Phyco glared back. "I'm not sure what you're insinuating. We aren't interested in containing it, we only want to prevent it from wreaking havoc on innocent realms and hurting itself. It was with a trainer before this whole mess began. If you would like to try and get Necrozma to join you, that is fine with us!"

Ralph seemed taken aback by the response. "Fine then. And I'll do a better job helping it than you ever could!" Ralph shot to his feet and stormed out of the home.

Phyco sighed. "I don't understand what his continued issue is with us. We only want to help Necrozma now."

Elio looked off to the side. "Selene, maybe you could try talking to him? You were pretty upset at first too."

Zossie lit up. "Yeah! Miss Selene will make him stop being a meanie head! She's the nicest!"

Selene felt her face get hot. "Aw! Thanks so much, Zossie! I'll give it a try." She agreed. Selene got up and walked out of the home to find Ralph leaning against a wall.

Selene wasn't sure how she'd approach the boy. His antagonistic behavior had irritated her at that point but Selene knew yelling at him wouldn't do any good.

Selene took a deep breath and went in. "Ralph, I just want to talk to you." She started. Ralph stared at her but said nothing else. "Why are you so mad at them? You've seen how sorry they are for their mistakes!"

Ralph sighed. "It doesn't matter how sorry they are. My world has been living in the consequences of their mistake for years and so have tons of other universes. I've been exploring and charting these realms for years and I've seen the damage this sort of thing has done."

Selene let herself get frustrated. "But they didn't know! They want to fix things now that they're aware!"

"You don't get it!" Ralph shouted. "Just because they felt sorry a few weeks ago after learning how wrong they were and how much they ruined everything doesn't make it ok and especially doesn't mean I won't despise them!"