Sorry for the long wait. I had to update another story of mine, Noah's Ark. It doesn't get nearly as many reviews, but I still like it and figured I should get it going again. Anyway, this chapter is almost entirely about Arceus, Giratina, Renay and Alpha. I hope you all like it and again, please forgive me for the wait!

"Okay," Giratina said as he walked over to the table where the others were sitting and took a seat. "Arcy, you wanted the mandarin orange salad and the lemonade. Renay, you wanted the large fry, apple pie and Sprite. Alpha wanted the sundae, small fry and strawberry shake. And I wanted the vanilla ice cream cone, medium fry, apple pie and Root Beer," he added as he passed out the food.

"Thank you," the group said before they began eating.

Arceus looked up and noticed Giratina scooping the ice cream with a fry before eating it. Then he'd get a new fry and do it again. "Why do you eat your ice cream like that?" she couldn't help asking.

Giratina grinned. He swallowed and said "Cause it tastes really good. A blend of two completely different things sometimes results in something that's better than the separate things you had before."

Renay rolled her eyes. 'Leave it to Dad to come up with a metaphor that can apply to both the ice cream and french fries combo and how he sees himself and Arceus. I wonder how long he's been waiting for a chance to use it...'

Giratina grabbed a new fry and scooped some ice cream onto it. Then he smiled and held it out to Arceus. "Here, try it for yourself."

"Um, no thank you," she replied. Combining two foods with a high salt content didn't seem like a very good idea.

Giratina smile got bigger. "Oh, come on! Please? You never know what you like until you try it!"

Arceus sighed and grabbed the fry. She put it in her mouth and chewed. 'Hmmm. It actually tastes pretty good! The hotness and saltiness of the fry is a perfect compliment to the coldness and sweetness of the ice cream,' she thought with a smile as she savored the flavor.

Giratina beamed. He'd made her smile and that made him the happiest pokemon on the planet. "See? I told you you'd love it!" he said cheerfully as he went back to eating.

Arceus smiled at him. "Yeah, I guess you were right," she said as she went back to eating as well.

When they were done eating, they left the mall. They walked around for a bit and did some sight-seeing. Giratina reached into his bag containing the things he'd bought at the mall and pulled out a disposable camera. He took some pictures as they walked around.

A while later, they were passing an appliance store with TVs in the window. Giratina stopped to look at the one playing the news while Renay stared at the one playing High School Musical. He grinned.

"Hey guys, there's a riot going on downtown and I think we should go!" he informed them with a grin and a sparkle of excitement in his eyes.

"Sounds like fun," Renay replied, never taking her eyes off of the TV. Alpha nodded his head vigorously in agreement.

Arceus, however, didn't seem to thing the same. "Are you insane? Why on Earth would you want to go to a riot?! Isn't that when humans throw things and complain about other things?"

Giratina nodded. "Yeah! You see, if you grab the things that the humans throw or damage, it isn't stealing. And you can to to a place called a pawn shop and exchange those things for money. And if that place won't take it, you can scrap at a junkyard. It's a good way to make money and Renay could use it!"

Arceus groaned. She still didn't like the idea, but she had a feeling that she had to go anyway. 'Besides,' she thought. 'He's been right about things so far, so maybe he's right about this. I might as well give it a shot.' She told him that she'd go, causing him to grin.

"Goody! Now let's go!" he cried happily as he grabbed Arceus' hand and dragged Renay away from the TV. "To the riot!" he cried dramatically as he pulled the girls after him with Alpha following close behind.

They found the riot easily enough. They just followed the sounds of yelling and crashing and once they were close enough they could see the fires.

Just then, Giratina reached into his pocket and pulled out a tiny ball. He tapped it and it expanded to the size of a pokeball, but it wasn't the same. It was baby blue on top, purple on bottom and the button was emerald green.

"What is that?" Arceus asked as she ducked to avoid being hit by a flying, flaming phone book.

"An item ball. I found it in the woods. It can hold many items of different sizes and it releases the item you are thinking of," he said as he hit the button and the ball absorbed the bag from the mall. "I figured it would be useful," he said with a grin as a steering wheel flew by, just missing his head.

The next hor of so was spent dodging random flying objects in some kind of strange, deranged dance. Giratina had given Renay his second item ball so that she could try to catch treasures of her own. He only had two, so he protected Arceus and Alpha from large objects by absorbing the stuff into the ball.

It was strange, but Arceus found herself feeling something that was rare for her. With all the fire and action and yelling, she was actually having FUN! Maybe it was the mix of adrenaline and endorphins from the constant movement, but she was enjoying it. She couldn't help laughing when Giratina slipped on a squashed, charred banana and landed on his rear end.

Giratina could hardly believe his ears. She was laughing and he was responsible! The joy that pulsed through his body with the angelic sound of her happiness and amusement completely made up for the small, throbbing pain in his butt and he couldn't help laughing along.

Their little giggle fest was cut short by the sound of sirens. Both of the now human adult legends' heads snapped around to see the sight of red and blue lights flashing in the distance.

"Oh, shit! It's the police!" one of the humans in the crowd yelled. Soon after, a small stampede began as the humans scrambled to get away.

Giratina crammed the ball back into his pocket and yelled "Let's get out of her!" with a laugh as he grabbed Renay's hand and began running away.

Arceus followed his lead and grabbed Alpha. She couldn't help laughing again at the sheer insanity of it all as they raced through the streets, weaving through the crowds and alleys as they tried to allude the cops.

Her laughter seemed to be contagious. Soon, all four legends were laughing.

A while later, the four legendaries collapsed in a pile of giggles at the Hall of Origin.

Giratina sat up and gazed lovingly at Arceus as she sat up and tried to stop giggling. He grinned. "Looks like my wish came true."

Arceus managed to stifle her giggles and gave him and inquiring look. "What do you mean?"

Giratina smiled. "My wish was for you to be happy and have a good time. Judging by that beautiful smile of yours, I think it came true."

Arceus couldn't help gaping at him a little as he stood up and held out a hand to help her up. 'His wish was that simple? My happiness?' she thought as she took his hand and pulled herself to her feet. She barely registered Renay and Alpha giggling and chatting about how much fun they had as she stared at the still human legendary of death.

He smiled at her before turning to look out the entrance of the Hall. The sky was painted orange, purple and pink as the Sun became only half visible behind the horizon. "Damn, it's getting late. We better be headin' home soon."

Arceus didn't really understand why, but she suddenly found herself regretting the fact that he had to leave. She sighed. "Yes, I guess so. I had a wonderful time today. Maybe we could even do it again sometime."

Giratina beamed. "Really?!"

She smiled and nodded.

"Awesome!" he cried, pumping a fist in the air. He suddenly stopped and grinned. "Oh yeah! I almost forgot!" he said as he retrieved the item ball from his pocket and pressed the button. The mall bag appeared in a flash of green light and he picked it up. "I got this for you. I saw ya checkin' it out at Borders and decided to get it," he said as he pulled out a book and handed it to Arceus.

She took it and looked at its cover. Yes, it was the book that she had taken an interest in earlier, The Giver. She smiled and looked up at him. "Thank you, Giratina."

He smiled back as he returned the bag to the ball and placed it into his pocket before taking on his pokemon form. "You're welcome, Arceus," he said as he spread his wings wide and let Renay climb onto his back before taking flight.

Arceus watched him leave. Once he was gone from sight, she looked down at the book that was still clutched in her hands. She walked over to her bookshelf and placed it on the top shelf, where she kept her favorite books. She returned to her original form and smiled at the book. Just then, a yawn from Alpha made her realize how tired she was as well. She gave the book one last smile before heading to bed, letting the events of the day play in her head until they became dreams.

-ooo-

"Hey, Lugia! What brings you here?" Kyogre asked as Lugia approached.

He smiled. "Articuno and I are going on a double date with Moltres and Ho-oh. I wanted to know if you'd watch Silver since she and Tsunami play so well together."

Kyogre smirked. "So you finally confessed huh? IT'S ABOUT TIME! I thought you idiots would torture yourselves forever!"

Lugia rolled his eyes before smirking right back. "You're not exactly one to talk, you know."

Kyogre's eyes widened. "What do you mean?!" she asked defensively.

"Oh, I think you know EXACTLY what I mean," Lugia laughed. "So, will you watch Silver or no?"

"Sure," Kyogre mumbled, trying to hide the blush on her cheeks. The chilly ocean water was making the warmness of her face all the more noticeable.

Lugia said good-by to Silver before departing. She swam over to Tsunami and slapped her wing against his fin. "Hiya, Nami! I gots a question for ya; what's with your mom?" she said, nodding her head toward Kyogre, who was deep and thought and almost appeared to be sulking.

Tsunami grinned. "Oh, she's jut kind of freaked out that your dad knows about her being in love with Groudon."

Silver's eyes widened and her jaw dropped. "SHE IS?!" she asked in astonishment.

Tsunami groaned and slapped a fin to his face. "Duh! It's so obvious! She flirts with him all the time, but he's too dense to realize it. And she won't just confess cause she's worried about scarin' him off." he paused before adding "Please don't tell Mom. She doesn't know that I know."

Silver was still kind of shocked, but she nodded and smiled. "Of course, Nami! you can count on me!" she said, doing a flip before swimming a circle around him with a grin on her face.

"Tail promise?" Tsunami said, holding out one of his tail ribbons.

"Tail promise!" Silver replied with a smile, wrapping her tail around his in a gesture of promise.

I hope ya liked it! Now, please review. (My author notes are boring TT.TT)