Aftermath

"Please, Lady Arceus..." Aura begged, still holding on to Arceus' leg.

"I don't have time for you now!" Arceus muttered. "Why can't you just go home?"

"You see, my friends are here, and..."

"WHAT? Are there more of you in here?" Arceus yelled. "How did you even get in?" Aura sighed. Now she was in real trouble...

"We've got to tidy here." Whitetail said and inspected Arceus' throne. "And wash this chair! How dirty it is!" Giratina sighed as he looked at the damage Darkrai and the commanders had caused to the room.

"I'm in so big trouble, you can't even imagine!" he said.

"Oh, come on, Lord Giratina!" Mighty said. "If we hurry up, we might be able to tidy everything before Arceus wakes up!"

"I don't think so..." Shadow said, right when the door was flung open, and in stepped a tired-looking Arceus, with Aura hanging on to her right back. Arceus' eyes flew wide open when she saw the mess in the room, and even wider when she saw Giratina.

"Arceus, I..." Giratina started, but Arceus interrupted him.

"Don't tell me you want my autograph too!" Shadow, Whitetail and Mighty stared at Arceus in confusion, then they spotted Aura.

"Hi, guys..." the riolu said with a rather ashamed look on her face and let go of Arceus' leg. "I really tried!"

"You asked her for an autograph?" Whitetail stared at Aura, then burst out laughing. "Oh, Aura, I LOVE your crazy ideas!" Arceus, ignoring Whitetail, glared at Giratina.

"What are you doing here?" she yelled. "If you came to fight me, I'm ready!" She started charging a Judgement-attack.

"No, Arceus!" Giratina yelled. "I'm not here to fight! I just wanted to tell you..." Arceus, who just was about to fire the attack, stopped.

"Tell me what?" she yelled furiously. "Tell me you're sorry? After doing all of that, killing our child, and... Now, now you're trying to tell me you're sorry?"

"Mum..." Whitetail said, however Arceus didn't notice. She approached Giratina with a furious stare on her face.

"Arceus... Calm down..." Giratina said, stepping backwards as Arceus came closer.

"Mum!" Whitetail said again, now with a bit higher voice. Arceus still didn't notice, she ignored everyone in the room except Giratina.

"You killed Aura, you killed Shadow..." she said. "...and you tried to kill me!"

"MUM!" Whitetail yelled, sounding slightly irritated. "Why is everybody ignoring me?" Arceus turned her head and stared at Whitetail. Giratina slowly came closer to Arceus and put his streamer on her back. Shadow noticed Arceus' entire body started shivering when Giratina did that.

"It's all right, Arceus..." Giratina said. Arceus bowed down to Whitetail.

"Are you alive?" she asked, sounding shocked and surprised. Whitetail smirked.

"Last time I checked, I was!" she said. "And Shadow and Aura too!" She turned her head and looked at Shadow, Aura and Mighty. Arceus stared at them.

"Oh, how could I possibly forget that you were alive, Shadow?" she sighed. "Sorry, I've been talking to you several times, and still I forgot about it! I'm starting to get old... And Aura!" Aura now looked a bit nervous, being afraid of what she thought Arceus would say.

"Y-yes?" she said nervously.

"You two make a good couple." Aura blushed, and Whitetail fell to the floor, laughing. Shadow blushed too, and looked at Aura, a bit confused.

"I knew it! I ALWAYS knew it! Shadow and Aura, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Arceus ended her daughter's laughter by stepping on her tail.

"Quit cheating!" she said. Whitetail got up and quit laughing. Giratina looked at Arceus.

"Arceus, Darkrai was controlling me all along!" he said. "Nothing I did was of free will!" Arceus turned around to watch him.

"Why would I believe you?" she hissed. Giratina lowered his head. That was when Shadow realized he had to do something. He took a few steps forward.

"Arceus, he tells the truth. I was there, I saw everything." he said. Arceus turned around and stared at Shadow.

"Not you too, Shadow!" she said. "You're going to betray me too!" Suddenly Giratina let out an angry growl.

"Arceus! Don't blame Shadow!" he hissed. "All he has done here today has been great! He even knocked Darkrai out with Volt Tackle!"

"Giratina... Leave!" Arceus yelled. "Get out of here! I never want to see you again!" Giratina lowered his head with a very sad expression on his face.

"Arceus..." He moved closer to Arceus and gave her a gentle kiss on her cheek. She blushed. "I'll never stop loving you, just that you know." Arceus sighed as Giratina turned away, about to leave.

"Hey, wait!" Whitetail yelled. "This can't end this way! After all me and my friends have been through... You can't just do like this! You both love each other! Don't end the story like this!" Arceus sighed and stepped over to Giratina, who gave her a sad gaze.

"Our daughter... I think she's right." Arceus whispered and leaned against Giratina. "I've been stupid. Can you forgive me?" Giratina smiled.

"Of course I can, my dear."

"Sweet! Now this is going my way!" Whitetail said, clearly satisfied. "Even so good, I'm starting to get jealous of Mum and Dad! I want a hug too!" With that, she hurled herself onto the person standing beside her... happening to be Mighty.

"Hey! Quit it!" he yelled and tried to knock the eevee who was hugging him off. Suddenly Aura looked shocked.

"Sorry to interrupt you guys..." she said. "...but I just remembered there's a war going on outside!"

A/N: One more chapter to go! Wow, I think I've never finished a chapter so fast...