A/N: You know what... I've got something to tell all of you, dear readers... As I probably mentioned some time ago, this story will consist of three arcs. The first one, "The Mission", has been completed. Now the second one, "The Humans", is ending in this chapter. Please enjoy the last chapter of this arc.


The feelings of Arceus

"That was one explosion." Whitetail got to her feet dizzily, gazing around the room, which had been totally wrecked by all the cage pieces that had been flung across the room. "Hey! Is everyone all right?"

"Mighty? You okay?" Feather started pecking at the mightyena who lay before his feet, who quickly opened his eyes and got to his feet.

"Definitely. I told you I would be." He glared at Feather. "Lord Giratina! Are you all right?" He dashed through the broken remains of the cage, over to Giratina, who lay motionless on the ground.

"Is everyone here?" Shadow gazed around, seeing all his teammates in various actions; Aura was dragging Nyara to her feet, Feather and Whitetail were helping Missile and Mermaid to get one of the cage pieces off Rusty, who had gotten stuck under it, and Blacktail was sniffing at Draconis, who lay limply on the ground.

"The human's not dead. He must've been knocked out by one of the iron bars." the blacktailed eevee stated.

"Mighty, how is my father doing?" Whitetail asked. Mighty raised his head and turned to watch Whitetail, fear starting to grow in his usually calm face.

"He's weak. Very weak." he stated. "I don't think he will pull through... He needs to be healed. Now."

"But no one here knows any healing moves!" Aura yelled, as she saw how Whitetail's expression turned shocked.

"Then, you have a problem." Blacktail stated, looking totally unaffected by Mighty's and Aura's words.

"Oh no. Father!" Whitetail ran over to Giratina, tears starting to pour down her cheeks. "Don't die! Please!" Everyone else gathered around Giratina too, except for Blacktail, who withdrew into a corner, watching the events from the side.

"We need to do something." Shadow whispered. "Someone... Someone, do something!" From the corner of his eye, he saw Draconis getting to his feet, staring at Giratina and all the pokémon gathered around him. When Whitetail noticed this, she turned around, growled at him, before dashing off towards him.

"You murderer!" she howled. "I'll make you pay!" Draconis dragged out his sword and pointed it at Whitetail.

"How dare you?" he whispered, meeting Whitetail's gaze. "I avenged my ancestor. It was for family."

"And you just caused the death of my father!" Whitetail countered. "What's an ancestor compared to this? You'll never know your ancestor personally! But I... I knew father..." She lowered her ears, as Mighty ran up to her, gently placing a paw on her shoulder.

"That pokémon... is your father?" Draconis looked totally shocked.

"Yes." Mighty replied for her, giving him a death glare. Suddenly, a light appeared in the air above them. When the light disappeared, Arceus was standing in the air, gazing down at them all.

"Whitetail! How dare you run off on your..." She flew down and landed beside her daughter, but then she noticed Whitetail's tears, and stopped scolding her. "What is it, dear? Are you all right?" Then she saw Giratina lying on the ground.

"Arceus..." Shadow began, realizing that Arceus' reaction to this wouldn't be pleasant. He was right about that. Arceus' usually kind eyes now seemed to have a sign of madness in them. She turned to face Draconis.

"Do you understand what you have done?" she growled, staring at him furiously. Draconis stepped back. "You have managed to make the Creator hate you, human. For that, you shall be cursed for all eternity! Now..." She started charging up a Judgement attack, but a weak voice interrupted her.

"Arceus..." She stopped in her tracks, turning towards the speaker. Giratina had opened his eyes, and watched her with a soft expression.

"Giratina! You are alive!" Arceus now totally ignored Draconis and ran over to Giratina instead.

"Not for much longer, I think..." Giratina replied weakly. "Please, Arceus. Show mercy. I know that this sounds stupid, but... don't punish him for my deeds... If I hadn't killed his ancestor..."

"His ancestor is not even dead!" Arceus hissed, still beyond furious. Draconis' eyes widened at this statement. "Yes! He was revived, and is standing right beside you in the shape of a pikachu!"

"What?" Everyone stared at Shadow.

"And despites, Giratina wasn't the one to kill... well... me in the first place!" Shadow continued Arceus' rant, but he looked Draconis in the eye while speaking. "It was another pokémon called Darkrai! If you want to go after someone, go after Darkrai!"

"That's true..." Giratina said with a small smile. "If you manage to face Darkrai again, greet him from me... that he's the thing I hate more than anything..."

"Giratina! I will not let you die!" Arceus whispered. "You are, after all, my one and only love... And as I have powers enough to share..." She lowered her head and touched his forehead. A light embraced them both, and lift them into the air. From Arceus' body, the sixteen Life Plates appeared, and started circling around her and Giratina.

"What's she doing?" Draconis asked in awe.

"She's using the Life Plates for something." Whitetail stated. "But what?" Eight of the sixteen plates disappeared back into Arceus' body, but the other eight didn't. Instead, they vanished into Giratina's body.

"She's sharing her powers with Giratina to revive him!" Aura then yelled, as she came to the realization. Giratina opened his eyes, now filled with power again.

"Thanks, Arceus." he said with a smile. Arceus nodded, looking just as happy, but then she turned her head to Draconis, and lost that joy.

"Fortis can't expect to be allowed to stay here now..." Whitetail stated. During this, no one saw Blacktail sneak out with a smirk on his face.


"He did what?" Fortis stared at Draconis and Arceus in shock. "Draconis!" he yelled and slammed his foot against the beach. "What did you do?"

"He attempted to kill my mate, and almost succeeded." Arceus glared at the two humans before her. "I hope you understand this, Fortis. I refuse to have any further affairs with any humans after this."

"But..." Fortis stared at Arceus. Then he gave Draconis an angry glare. "...Well, I guess I understand. I wouldn't be happy either, if someone did that to me. Maybe in a few years, we can come back and try to make a new deal?"

"Well..." Arceus narrowed her eyes. "Maybe in a couple of thousand years." When Fortis looked horrified, she added: "All right. Maybe a bit earlier."

"We'll have to see. I might send a messenger in some years." Fortis tried to drag Draconis into the lifeboat, but the younger man shook Fortis' hand off and ran over to Shadow.

"May I ask something?" he asked.

"Sure." Shadow replied.

"Are you really my ancestor?"

"Yes." Shadow nodded and grabbed the Griseous Orb, transforming into a human. "I can't remember anything from that life, though."

"Oh." Draconis didn't seem to find any words. "But... aren't you coming back with us? You're a human too."

"I belong here." Shadow stated, as Aura, Whitetail, Mighty and Feather ran over to him. He transformed back to a pikachu. "I have friends here. I'm more pokémon than human."

"Fine." Draconis paced back to Fortis, and got into the boat with him.

"Nyara, are you coming?" Fortis yelled out to his pet pokémon. Nyara hesitantly stepped forward, until she stood right in front of Fortis' boat.

"Believe me, Master Fortis, I want to come, but..." She looked back at Team Saviours. "I would rather spend time with those of my kind. The talking pokémon." Fortis looked surprised, but he nodded.

"If that's your choice." he said and patted Nyara's head. "Take care, my friend. Draconis, row us back to the ship! We're leaving!" Draconis took the oars and started rowing towards the ship.

"You want to stay? Why? I thought you hated to be here." Mighty muttered.

"Well, I figured I need to get tougher, and is there a better way to do it than spending time in this godforsaken place?" Nyara said.

"Godforsaken? Well, not really!" Whitetail chuckled and pointed at Arceus, who stood beside Giratina, watching the humans' ships sail away in the sunset. They all started laughing, and for a moment, the world seemed to be perfect.


"Lord Darkrai?" Blacktail dashed into the cave. "I've got interesting news! About Arceus..."


A/N: And so, the last arc is beginning... I won't reveal anything yet, my only hint to you is what it's called: The Powers. Also, check out the poll on my profile if you haven't already. And most importantly, review!