Short, but very important.

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But to be serious, Arceus was implying that because Phione is related to Manaphy, who aided in Victini's escape which is illegal, Phione should die because his mother is technically a criminal.

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Victini landed smack dab in the middle of the bad side of the Distortion Realm. Ever played the Smash Bros stage? Yeah, it looks exactly like that. Broken shards of land floated about in every direction. Victini looked and saw the Devil himself, Giratina. Enjoying a cup of tea.

"Victini?" Giratina questioned. Victini felt a shiver up his spine. His voice was as cold as a Frosslass in January.

"Uh, yes that's m-me." Victini stuttered. "Y-You s-see, I k-kinda need y-your..."

"Oh do stop stuttering," said Giratina. "I'm not going to do anything. You're already dead."

"Oh yeah." Victini breathed a sigh of relief, "Hey, where's that other guy who's usually with you?"

"Who?"

"The former leader of Team Galactic?"

"Huh?"

"The guy you turned into a Ninetails?"

"I think Arceus turned a bunch of people into Ninetails'"

Victini facepalmed.

"Oh right, wrong story,"

"Exactly what are you going on about?"

"Nothing,"

Giratina gave Victini an odd look before shrugging.

"Why are you here? Not many people come knocking on the Devil's doorstep. Well, technically I don't have a doorstep, but..."

"It's Manaphy and Phione."

"What about them?"

Victini was about to say something when he heard Celebi teleporting in right behind him.

"Victini! What is it with you and running off without explanation!"

"Sorry about that," Victini admitted. "Anyway, I figured something out."

"Why don't we all sit down for this?" said Giratina, "It's been a while since I've had any company,"

Victini and Celebi both obliged and sat down at Giratina's small table. Despite the lack of sun, Giratina had added a small parasol. Victini then started sharing his theory.

"Okay, so Arceus supposedly killed me, Phione, and Manaphy,"

"But, you're the only one here," said Giratina, "Those other two are still alive,"

"Exactly, that means that he didn't actually kill them. He just wanted to make it look like they were dead,"

"But why would he do that?" asked Celebi.

"Probably not. But more importantly, the knife had blood on it,"

"So?"

"Manaphy and Phione don't have blood! They're mostly water and tissues,"

"So the knife was covered in your blood instead," said Giratina.

"Not quite. If Arceus intended to drain my life force, then he wouldn't have cut me at all, as that would diminish my power. And he likely wouldn't cut me, knowing the full extent of what my blood tends to do..."

"Huh?"

"My blood is kind of like liquid plot-armor. If Arceus did cut me, then he would be unable to ever be defeated at anything,"

"Anything?"

"At the expense of story quality, I can grant people unlimited power. And my blood is essentially infused with that ability,"

"So if Arceus did cut you, then certain events would work coincidentally in her favor?"

"Exactly! So then that means that Arceus couldn't have killed Manphy and Phione," Victini proudly finished.

"Did you say "her"?" said Celebi. Giratina chuckled.

"I know Arceus chose male, but she was female for most of our childhood. That's just how I remember her,"

Victini blinked.

"Okay... So, Arceus didn't kill Manaphy and Phione. But why?"

"Maybe he wanted to frame you?" suggested Celebi.

Victini stroked his chin.

"But why..."

"Um, guys?" said Giratina, "Maybe we should focus more on clearing Victini's name?"

"Of course," said Celebi, "I think we should start by figuring out who killed me,"

"Well, it's obviously someone who looks a lot like me..."

"Perhaps a shape-shifter?" said Giratina,

"No, if it were a Ditto or a Zorua, then they would take the form of a much stronger Legendary. Unless they had a grudge against me..."

"I can't think of a reason that anyone would hate you,"

"Maybe it's also Arceus?" said Celebi, "And he originally planned to take your energy in the first place!"

Victini sighed.

"It could be, could be not. We have barely any evidence go off of, and I'm now a fugitive. And I thought the only thing harder than giving up Torkel Bell was breaking up with female Mew a couple centuries ago" Victini said that last part quickly.

"EXCUSE ME?!" said Celebi.

"I mean... what?"

Hall of Origins.

Arceus whistled as he drew on his chalkboard.

"Hm, I wonder what happened when I turned humanity into Pokemon," he said to himself.

He walked across the golden floor to his shiny-blue telescope.

"I'm so glad we renovated the Hall of Origins. The ruins may have looked nice, but the air conditioning was a disaster," He thought back to fond memories, "I did make a pretty hot girl though..."

He peered through the lens that allowed him to see through the entirety of the Pokemon world.

Arceus willed the lens to allow him to see Ash Ketchum, hoping that he wouldn't have to sit through yet another round of the Team Rocket motto.

If you would like to know what happened to Ash, please go to my Rejects story, under the chapter "Honeymoon Afterglow," There you will find out what Arceus is seeing.

Arceus blinked for a minute, trying to get that image out of his eyes.

"A Pikachu? I'll admit, that does make a lot of sense. It's a good thing I got rid of the silly Breeding Groups, otherwise, that could make things pretty complicated for couples,"

Then, Arceus looked for Team Rocket. Surprisingly, the organization was alive and well. But instead of trying to steal Pokemon, they were doing actual crimes. Arceus didn't find that very bad.

As expected, the Pokemon Centers remained more-or-less the same. And the Pokemon League was still going strong, despite it becoming more of a team sport than a pet battling competition. Speaking of which, Pokemon Showcases and Contests were even more popular.

Many Pokemon were watching Mew's reality island show. Arceus had seen many episodes himself and enjoyed it very much. Mostly the parts where Gardevoir was on screen.

Arceus sighed to himself. This is perfect. A land of peace and happiness. Just perfect...

Perfect?