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Rayla curled it's body tighter around Flannery, purple blood trickling down it's side, glaring at the Spiritomb. If it tried to hurt either of them, Rayquaza could crush it easily.
Flannery twisted and groaned in her sleep, sparking a slight moment of panic within Rayla.
"Rayquuazza, rayqua- ray." [Mess with the girl and you're dead- again.] Rayla growled lowly. Solving the conflict was important to Rayla, but Flannery came ahead of that. It stared at the pokémon for a moment, "Rayquaaza, rayquaz, zaa, ray." [We are fighting our friends. They looked after us, and you rebel against them. You hurt my Flannery and more. We still fight other's battles."
Rayquaza swept its tail along the ground, taking out several humans and pokémon. "Rayquaza! Quaza!" [The Others won't be happy. I only hope that Mew can soothe your souls before I squash them.]

John kept his guard up as several of the Bastiodan around him fell. The one he was battling, not showing any signs of weakness, put all it could into a single charge at John, who dropped to the ground and was nearly crushed by one of it's legs. Grabbing his weakened torso, he picked his torch from the ground and walked slowly over to the beast. "Have a nice, long sleep, demon." The last sight the Pokemon had was that of fire and pain.

Sighing in triumph, John looked up to see his new found friend tightly being coiled by her companion. When he noticed it was bleeding John shouted to it: "Rayla! Don't try to fight that thing, bring her down to me! I'll protect her, I swear to it!"

"Spiriiii Spiritooomb... Tooomb Spirit..." (What can Mew do... She's a piece of crap...) "Spiritomb... Spiri toomb, omb..." (We rebel... tired of servitude, and oppression...) "SpiritOMB! Spirrrrittt... ooomb spirittt omb Spiriiit... Spirittomb, SPIRITSPIRIT OOMBB! SPIRITSPIR! TOMB! SPIRITTOMB TOMB!" (We rebel FOR FREEDOM! You... can stay with your human scum... bound to them... or, you can TAKE YOUR RIGHTFUL PLACE! AS THE GUARDIAN OF THE SKY! YOU WERE A GOD TO US!)

He was trying to reason with the two. Rayquaza was a god to the pokemon. The God of the Sky, as they say, yet here she was... serving a HUMAN no less, and the Spiritomb did not like it one bit.

Jihx and her Star Warriors, alongside some humans, got to the portal and closed it. She knew that the real fight was to come though. That statue blowing up did something more than open this portal. As the ground started to rumble, the cave was collapsing.

Curses... EVERYONE! OUT!

All of the troops ran out, fearing their safety. Once outside, the cave collapsed on the unfortunate Pokemon still inside. With that done, the fighting continued outside. More rumbling followed as a bright light came from the sky. Most of the troops continued fighting, nearly blinded. With the light in the sky appearing, more Pokemon came to the fight and helped attack, inspired. Various Grass, Fire, and Water Types joined. The fighting was now outside.

Rayla glanced at the man in the shiny suit as he offered to protect Flannery, and she was torn for a moment. After a split moment of thought, Rayla threw Flannery across towards him, if he didn't catch her, she'd crash into him, either way getting a soft landing.
Take care of her. If not, you won't even have ashes left. Rayla spoke in Johns head, a thing she rarely did, even with Flannery.

"Spiriiii Spiritooomb... Tooomb Spirit..." (What can Mew do... She's a piece of crap...) "Spiritomb... Spiri toomb, omb..." (We rebel... tired of servitude, and oppression...) "SpiritOMB! Spirrrrittt... ooomb spirittt omb Spiriiit... Spirittomb, SPIRITSPIRIT OOMBB! SPIRITSPIR! TOMB! SPIRITTOMB TOMB!" (We rebel FOR FREEDOM! You... can stay with your human scum... bound to them... or, you can TAKE YOUR RIGHTFUL PLACE! AS THE GUARDIAN OF THE SKY! YOU WERE A GOD TO US!)

Rayla roared, the sound nearly deafening and causing thunder to rumble and several bolts of lightening to crash towards the ground. Insulting the Creator was enough, but not Rayquaza herself, and certainly not Flannery "I am still a god!" It snarled, "I serve nobody and nothing! I am free to leave that girl, but I choose not to. She gave me the choice twice, and I refused! That girl, my Flannery, worships me, and I love her back with all my being. I wouldn't understand a being like you to understand, but insult her again, and you'll be back in the underworld where you belong!"
Rayla roared again, lightening crashing down once more around it.

John looked up as Rayla spoke telepathically with him. He lost his concentration for a moment, but was quick enough to grab the falling Flannery in his arms. As a large group of grass, water, and fire types moved in on them, John did his best to keep them at bay, but his torch was not very effective against the latter types. As the horde got too close, John started to run away from them, Flannery over his left shoulder, torch in his right, firing blindly behind the two. John dove into a shallow crater, Flannery landing on his chest, and watched in shock as they all ignored the two of them, apparently not being worth their effort.

John rolled over Flannery to make sure she wasn't hurt by the stampede of beasts, hellbent on destroying their opposing forces. He felt the hooves, feet, claws, and whatever else the Pokemon used run over him during their blitz, not letting himself cry out, in hopes of keeping their presence unnoticed.

The Spiritomb responded back at the snappy Rayquaza.

(Arceus knows our purpose. He will help us. Wait until he comes... then try and reason... That you will not side with your own kind, he won't be pleased... YOU MUST LISTEN TO ARCEUS! HE MADE YOU... MADE YOU WHAT YOU ARE!)

The Spiritomb was getting a bit annoyed, he wouldn't hesitate to fight, especially since he knew (or so he thought) that Arceus was on their side.

The light in the sky brightened more, before a figure came down. As it came down, several beams of light came from the sky, obliterating most Pokemon, Humans, and Dreamlanders (by most, pretty much all minus Spiritomb, Rayquaza, John, Flannery, some scattered Human and Dreamland forces, and two of the Star Warrior Commanders). It sat there in all it's glowing glory, before giving a cry.

At this point, Jihx cursed. She cursed loudly, so loudly that almost everyone nearby would hear. She was pissed off, and this day was only going downhill. She had most of the remaining Dreamlanders and Humans attack the figure, she herself joining the fray.

DAMN YOU! She yelled at the figure as she attacked it. The figure rained more light down, and took out several more troops.

John lifted himself up as he saw the amazing light pour down, destroying all it came into contact with. He was amazed, horrified, and angered at the wanton destruction that had been caused by the attack. As he saw Jihx fly up towards the creature that had caused this destruction. He tried to capture her in stasis, but she was much too far for it to reach her.

"Damn it. STOP! Stop attacking it!" John threw his plasma torch down and started waving his arms, in desperate hopes to catch their attention. "YOU HAVE TO STOP, YOU'RE ONLY MAKING THIS WORSE BY ATTACKING IT!!! YOU'RE GOING TO GET US ALL KILLED!!!! You have to stop this..." He muttered those last words, hanging his head. He wasn't going to be able to get through to these imbeciles.

Most of the troops just ignored John. They were listenting to their commanders as they fought the large entity. It roared a few more times as more rays of light shot down.

Jihx was caught by one of them, and was sent crashing straight towards John. The other Commander was killed instantly as the light tore right through him.

Rayquaza's eyes opened wider as she recognized Arceus. So the Spiritomb wasn't messing. The attack didn't hit her, or Flannery, or the man who promised to protect Flannery. It also didn't hit the Spiritomb. If it came down to a fight between Arceus and Rayquaza, there would be no contest as to who would win. But if Rayla could summon the legendary pokémon under her control, two against one might help. Zapdos, a lightening god, might even bring their companions with them. But that was a last resort only. She flew towards Arceus, taking out some of the closer troops.
Older brother, why are you here? Please, I beg you, stop the fighting before it gets any worse.

Flannery woke up just in time to see John roll off her, blushing a small bit. She sat up, ignoring the chaos around her for a few seconds, dusting herself off and holding out a Potion towards John. "In case you're hurt. Just spray it on. I bet Ray-"
She was on her feet in a flash, as she missed Rayla's giant form. All the color drained from Flannery's face when she recognized the figure. "Arceus," She whispered. She had trainer Rayla well, but she was still no match.
"Rayla, what are you doing?!" Flannery yelled, feeling sick all of a sudden. She ran towards them, kicking and pushing anyone who got in her way. A bolt of lightening dropped from the sky, exploding just before it hit the trainer, still sending her back nearly all the distance she had run. Rayquaza's AirLock ability prevented weather based attacks from hitting.
Flannery was on her feet again, covered in scratches and bit of dirt.
"He'll-"
Arceus won't. But if anything happens, the lightening will listen to you, and if fire, and ice appear, they might as well. Earth might not come, but will listen. Water is a pig-headed thing, but will take you into consideration. Don't do anything stupid. Okay?
Flannery nodded.
Okay. Be careful.

After taking out more troops, leaving the battlefield practically bare, Arceus turned to face the Rayquaza.

Rayquaza... what are you doing here?

He had a Majestic Tone and Aura around him as he asked this. The Spiritomb went and bowed as best as a Spiritomb could to Arceus, he would remain silent, for he knew that you did not address Arceus unless you were a fellow god. You were supposed to wait until you were spoken to.

If Rayquaza could have smiled she would have. Arceus had an aura of importance, of royalty; but also a comfort of sorts to Rayla.
Why else would I be here? How many Togakiss do you see now? You and I both saw the damage caused by the last time we fought the humans, I-We can't go through that again. We lost too many friends and allies. This is going to wake up Kyogre and Groudon, I'm not sure if I can smooth things out between those two again. I had a job the last time. Thats-

Rayquaza stopped suddenly. They'd gone too far already, might as well tell the full story while she was on her brother's good side. She was lucky enough that Flannery had survived the first round. She just hoped that Arceus understood.

That's when I met my Flannery. Please do not think little of me, big brother. I was hurt, and she looked after me, made sure I returned to my peak of health. I do not mark time, but I know she spend a good while with me, tending to me. She's been more faithful to me than most pokémon, brother. To hurt her would hurt me as well. Our bond is deep, brother.

Flannery watched from below, jumping each time a ray of light would eliminate someone. She felt sick to her stomach waiting for them to do something.

Do not worry about them... they will not awake...

As for the damage. It can't be helped, we could try to stop, but I severely doubt the Humans would comply. I may be a god... but I have no control over a kind other than my own. It may be deep. But to see you killing your own kind... willingly, it is devastating, to me, and all the ones who now rest with me because of you.

He slowly turned to face Flannery and the Spiritomb.

Nebiros. You have been a good and faithful general, and I thank you. You are free to go if you wish, I can finish the rest myself. As for you Human... He lept over to Flannery in a single bound, now towering over her.

The Spiritomb thanked Arceus and left the field. Only Flannery, Rayquaza, and Arceus were on the field now, aside from some minor troops who were easily finished by the Rays of Light.

((If she throws a Poke-Ball at him, hilarity will ensue.))

John watched up in the sky as the three conversed, mouth agape as Arceus jumped all the way to Flannery without any effort. His head jerked towards his torch for a moment, but deciding against it, he turned back to Arceus, stepping closer to them. "Don't hurt her. We have no standing in this war. Among your own kind, you may be revered as a god, but the humans, and all of the Pokemon's enemies, they just see you as another target. Please, just let us continue our plight to end this bloodshed, and we will make haste to leave here."

Rayquaza made no comment, deciding that talking back would only result in pain for her. Arceus created the universe, but that didn't mean he could be always right. Best not to say that to his face though. A wave of panic washed through Rayla as Arceus leapt towards Flannery, landing in front of her. Rayla shot across the field, in case anything went down. As long as Flannery didn't do anything stupid, they'd be fine.

"Don't hurt her. We have no standing in this war. Among your own kind, you may be revered as a god, but the humans, and all of the Pokemon's enemies, they just see you as another target. Please, just let us continue our plight to end this bloodshed, and we will make haste to leave here."

Rayla shut her eyes for a moment and sighed. Nice knowing you. Thanks for taking care of Flannery for that bit.

Traveling with a legendary often meant encounters with other legendary pokémon, and by now Flannery more or less knew how to act.
Head down, don't make eye contact, don't speak unless spoken to, be polite, don't move suddenly, and best not to try and catch the damn thing in case it got mad.
"Master Arceus," She said softly.

Arceus turned to face John.

Do not worry... She will not be harmed unless she chooses to... Make haste if you must, but if you are truly not involved in the war, you shall find a way to end it without killing. I can get my children out of the war, and it is entirely possible that I will... but the others would still need quelling.

He turned back to Flannery.

Master? I am not of your kind. I am Master of no Human, you may speak to me in full, freely, as if I was another of your kind. We may be gods, but unless you are a Latias, which you are not, I have no authority over you.

John bowed his head in respect. Arceus was wise, powerful, and merciful. "Thank you. We will do our best to not end any lives, however it may be necessary to allow our mission to continue. I promise we will not waste the opportunity you've given us." He walked over to his torch and picked it up.

Tapping Flannery's shoulder as he walked past the two, John looked up to Rayla and smiled a little. "We will be going now. I can't thank you enough. You two, you and Rayquaza, are the only beings I could fathom calling a god."

Flannery smiled a little and bowed to Arceus. "Thank you Arceus. I myself, wish to resolve this without fighting and killing. I cannot speak for Rayla though."

Thank you again big brother. I would too like to resolve this with as little fighting as needed, but I'm afraid I'll never get a handle on myself.

Rayla turned to look at John, We?

Flannery looked confused for a second, catching up to John. "Summon Arceus? He's one of the top gods. I think maybe only Mew could stand up to him without getting killed. Rayquaza has no power over Arceus. She can summon Zapdos and Raiku if she got really mad, and she's able to get the god of the sea and earth under control as well. Rayla didn't summon Arceus."

We? Rayla repeated, talking to both of them now. Arceus is my big brother. But I thought for a split second he was going to rip the pair of you to pieces. She laughed a little.

"Ray, you're hurt." Flannery frowned, spotting the now dry blood that has run down Rayla's side. "Why didn't you say anything?"

Only hurts a little.

Flannery shook her head, jumping onto Rayquaza and scrambling up near her wound. She pulled out a potion from her bag, spraying it on the wound, knitting back together.

I fully understand. Now, I have business to attend to... So I must be going.

With this, Arceus flashe brilliantly, and vanished. The Pokemon had claimed the Cocoa Caves.

Several months of searching later...

Nothing was found, apparently the artifact was eleswhere, and fighting took to HooHoo Mountain, where the Shy Guys were fighting on their own against Mushroom and BeanBean Forces. They had Darkrai and a few Dusknoir helping them, but were still losing. The Heroic Mario Bros. were making quick work of most sent against them, and Prince Peasley was showing that his Swordfighting skills were second to none.

((Feel free to tie up your characters here, and, if you please, have them go to HooHoo Mountain, or make a fight happen in a locale and have them join there.))