If it was a battle Arceus wanted, it was a battle he would give. The fate of all creation was at stake. If he failed, it would damn all things to endless strife, to a chaotic, uncontrolled undoing. He had to control it! Failure was simply not an option.

"Foolish being...you have brought this on yourself," he told it as he reached for Crobat's pokéball. He didn't have to win the pokémon battle, but he had to prolong it long enough to begin the Red Chain procedure over.

Hopefully Confusion would distract Arceus long enough for him to grab the artifact again.