Disclaimer: I do not own the Pokemon franchise or the creatures associated with it. It's also worth note that this is a sequel to a two fics I wrote with the same opening title. Now, unlike The Ultimate World Team Tournament story, this one can be understood if you didn't read the first one, but if you're curious, I recommend checking it out anyway. Some Pokemon will have their designs altered for story-related purposes as well. (Like any Pokemon that walks on more than four legs is going to use those extra legs as arms. Also, most flying types will be given arms) Also, much like before, this is heavily inspired by Kinnikuman, or as it's known in North America, Ultimate Muscle.

It had been many years since evil had been defeated. Many remembered that day when the world champion, Machoke and his wife, Gardevoir defeated the mighty genie, Hoopa and saved the world. But the peace was simply not meant to last.

Just as it seemed like the citizens of Earth were safe, new villains had risen up and once again, the heroes of old no longer had the youth needed to face them. As such, the torch was to be passed down to a new generation, a generation that would be trained in a school located on Hero Planet.

The one running the operation was a wasp known as Beedrill. Unlike his father, a caterpillar named Weedle, he had decided to allow potential heroes a choice on whether or not to join Hero School as opposed to forcing them to join just because of how desperate situations were.

He had also decided it would make more sense to train students longer, giving them half a year to prepare for the challenges on Earth as opposed to a month. While it was true that heroes could develop skills and build up strength faster than humans, Beedrill thought it unfair to send teens to fight evil on Earth with only a month of experience. And to make sure every area would be well protected within that time frame, he had decided to give as many students as possible the option to join as opposed to mere thirty to fifty.

Six months had passed and Earth could not wait any longer for protection. As such, all of the students were ready for the final exam that would decide whether or not they were ready to protect Earth.

Multiple fighting rings had been set up for the students. Each one was to fight a hero of the previous generation and whoever won his or her match would be deemed worthy of fighting on Earth.

And one of the first to go up was was a blue lizard-like girl named Machop. She had a slender build and three ridges atop her head. She also had a pair of bright red eyes and was the first member of her family to have a tail.

Currently, she was in the midst of a fight with a barnacle with a skinny orange torso, a brown hand for a head and rocks covering his upper and lower body named Barbaracle. He currently stood on the tips of his toes and headed toward the girl with his arms folded, shouting, "STONE EDGE!"

Seeing this coming, Machop smirked and thought, 'I'm not letting this hit me like Daddy did,' before holding out her arms and allowing the top stone to run into her hands.

The other heroes stared in amazement as an orange chicken with no arms smirked and exclaimed, "YEAH! THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE!"

This chicken was Machop's childhood friend, Torchic. Along with her orange feathers was a yellow crest atop her head and bushy yellow feathers covering her shoulders.

Next to her, cheering Machop on was one the girl had made friends with in her second month of Hero School. He was a rather bulky centipede with a magenta head and thorax. His shoulders had black ring-like markings on them and an upside-down Y marking was on his neck. He had two stubby legs, six short arms and a green striped abdomen. With two tails, this was Venipede.

Barbaracle's rocks scraped up against Machop's hands for a few seconds, a bit of blood squirting out. But after a while, the spinning stopped as the barnacle breathed heavily, the girl smirking. She had him right where she wanted him as she forced him to turn his back to her and took hold of his arms, leaping high above the mat.

Many stared in anticipation, a blue dog named Lucario thinking, 'Is she going to use it?' and it seemed his suspicions may have been correct as Machop used her ankles to lock Barbaracle's legs in place, spinning around and forming a small twister while flipping herself one-hundred-and-eighty degrees.

The area erupted into heavy cheers as Machop got closer to the mat, shouting, "MUSCLE TORNADO!" pulling just hard enough to bend Barbaracle's back. Thus he found himself unable to open his hand to save himself as his skull hit the mat hard, his eyes wide open.

After a few seconds, Machop released her hold on him and propelled herself into the air. She then performed a vertical flip and landed on her feet as Barbaracle collapsed, shooting him a peace sign with a big grin on her face.

The people all cheered as Lucario looked at a stop watch, thinking, 'Wow, she beat him in three minutes and twenty seconds. That's a new record. If only Machoke could have seen that,' Machop bowing to all the other heroes.

Barbaracle slowly rose to his feet, rubbing his skull as he uttered, "Damn, that smarts. And I thought your father was awesome," Machop nodding and replying, "Yeah, he was, but watch out, cause I'm ever better than Daddy ever was!"

Torchic placed two toes in her mouth and whistled in admiration, exclaiming, "Damn straight!" Venipede sighing, "She's so cool. It must be nice having the genetics of the world champ."

And sure enough, Machop's friends went up shortly after for their final exam. Torchic went up against a purple cobra named Arbok while Venipede's opponent was a red martial artist named Throh.

Since Torchic was the first in her family to have no arms, she ended up having to use her legs for her fight. Luckily, she seemed to fare well as after a few minutes, she managed to catch Arbok in a figure-four headlock, pinning him to the mat and holding tight. And after roughly a minute, Arbok patted his hand against the mat and grunted, "Uncle."

Venipede seemed to struggle a tad more as Throh had managed to take hold of his top left arm, swinging him into the turnbuckle. But just as the red fighter advanced toward him for more, the centipede narrowed his eyelids and thought, 'Thanks for the help.'

With that, he moved toward the rope and pushed back on it while rolling up into a ball. Throh blinked and stopped his attack, knowing what was coming next as he held his arms out. And sure enough, after a few seconds, Venipede launched himself off of the ropes while spinning at an incredible speed, shouting, "CENTIPEDE STEAMROLLER!"

With that, he rammed hard into Throh's face as the red fighter coughed up blood. He had actually planned on taking advantage of this and grabbing Venipede, but thanks to the force of the centipede's attack, he was unable to pull this off as he fell hard on his back, Venipede retracting from his ball-like state and blinking while uttering, "Did I just do that?"

'Not quite as impressive as when Scolipede used it back in the day, but still effective,' Lucario thought as many other students cheered, Machop shouting, "YEAH, YOU RULE, VENIPEDE!"

With that, the centipede suddenly remembered his opponent and reached his arm out toward him, Throh taking it with a grin and bowing his head. His grin widened as he said, "You are definitely worthy of this victory," a light smile implied with Venipede's eyes.

With that, the centipede exited the ring as Torchic held up a talon and said, "You did a mighty fine job back there," Venipede nodding and replying, "Yeah, I did, didn't I?" before pounding his middle left arm against the talon.

"Why didn't you tell me you were such a badass?" Machop jokingly asked with a smirk while resting an arm on Venipede's shoulder, both laughing.

Many other students went up and while some failed to defeat their opponents thus resulting in them having to stay another month, the vast majority won their matches. And soon enough, there was only one match to go, which so far had been the longest one.

The student partaking in this match was one even the staff barely knew a thing about. She appeared to be a silver praying mantis only her arms and legs were not as thin as one would expect and her hands were more like those of a human. She also had big red gem-like eyes and was known as Mantima.

Her opponent was a white kitsune named Ninetales and despite her age, she had dominated this new student throughout most of the fight. Currently, she had the mantis trapped in her tails as she spun her around, saying, "It's been interesting, but it would seem you are not yet ready to fight on Earth."

"No!" Mantima growled as she tried to fight the tails. But unfortunately, the kitsune seemed too strong as she exclaimed, "KITSUNE BOWGUN!" sending her flying toward the turnbuckle.

However, Mantima's eyes widened as she thought, 'That's it! I know how to counter this!' and just as she was about to hit the turnbuckle, she threw out her arms and took hold of the top of it.

With that, she used her hands to propel herself upward, performing a handstand while the others cheered and applauded her, the mantis thinking, 'Don't worry, Moms. I promised I would win this for you and I'm gonna do just that.'

With that in mind, she leaned backward before launching herself toward Ninetales, the kitsune unable to respond as she took a two-legged kick to her forehead. And after landing in front of her, Mantima wrapped her arms around her and lifted her up, resting her up against her shoulder.

She then jumped just high enough to lean backward as she exclaimed, "FLYING HAMMER!" planting the back of the kitsune's head into the mat. Sure, she had not provided enough force to draw blood, but it seemed to have dealt enough damage as Ninetales closed her eyes, Mantima allowing her to collapse.

And after a few seconds, Lucario nodded and exclaimed, "Excellent work, Mantima! You are the last student to graduate from Hero Planet!" the mantis raising her arms in the air while the other students applauded her.

But while none of the students noticed it, all of the instructors were rather curious about the move Mantima had used to end the match. As it just so happened, this was a technique used by an older hero named Scyther, only her version involved her leaping high above the ring thus adding some additional force when the opponent hit the mat. How did Mantima know it?

Whatever the case, she was ecstatic as some of the other heroes gathered around her to congratulate her. Some even hoped they would be assigned to the same area as her while Lucario already had an idea of where to send her.

But before graduation could come around, Machop went to a bench where she had placed a handbag. This was originally Gardevoir's but she wanted her daughter to have it with her just in case.

With that, Machop pulled out a cellphone as Torchic walked over, asking, "Gonna call your family?" the girl nodding and replying, "Yeah. Lord knows how Mama's gonna act if I don't tell her how I did."

With that, she dialled a few numbers. And after a few seconds, she got a response as a male voice said, "Hey there, Machop. Hold on, I'll get your mother."

Machop let out a light sigh and rolled her eyes, though she was actually quite happy that he had taken that into consideration. And after a few seconds, the male said, "Hey, I'm gonna turn on facetime," Machop nodding and replying, "Right," before turning on that function herself.

And sure enough, a grey lizard-like man with a head similar to that of Machop appeared on her phone's screen. And joining him was a woman with a white head and short green hair. These two were Machop's parents, Machoke and Gardevoir.

Currently, Gardevoir had a big smile on her face as she squealed, "Hey there, Machop! How's it going!?" the girl grinning and replying, "It's going great. I just passed the final test, and according to Lucario, I broke the old record!"

Machoke's eyes widened as he uttered, "You mean you won your match more quickly than Scyther and her friends did?" Machop nodding as Gardevoir exclaimed, "Wow! I knew you'd be awesome, but not that awesome! We are so proud of you!"

Machoke nodded before sporting a more serious look and asking, "You know the odds of you being sent to protect Paris are very slim, yes?" Machop nodding and replying, "Don't worry, Daddy. I know I'm more than ready to live on my own. Hell, I'm so awesome, I don't even need a trainer."

Machoke gave his daughter an awkward look as Gardevoir giggled nervously and replied, "Honey, you know she didn't mean it like that," the man sighing, "Right," before grinning and adding, "Great job, Machop. Earth is in good hands with you on the job."

With that, all three gave their goodbyes before hanging up. Needless to say, Machop's excitement was rising by the second. She could not wait to put her skills to good use. Sure, defeating an old hero was one thing, but saving someone from a villain was a whole other thing entirely.

Soon enough, it was time for the students to assemble to a hall where they would be assigned to their respective areas. While Machop headed off with the other graduates, Lucario nodded and thought, 'I have to admit, she is a lot more dignified than Machoke was. I heard he wasn't that much different from his father, but she has more drive and commitment. She just might have what it takes to surpass him.'

Once the students arrived in the hall, Beedrill stood on a stage where maps of different countries were projected behind him. And once he had the students' full attention, he cleared his throat and said, "Congratulations, each and every one of you. Out of the one-hundred-and-seventy-six students who joined us, one-hundred-and-fifty-three of you have graduated. Needless to say, I feel that Earth will truly be in good hands with all of you at the ready."

Torchic grinned and thought, 'I'll make you proud, Mother,' while Venipede looked a tad nervous.

"Based on your performances, each of you has been chosen for a specific area," Beedrill added, "Of course, with so many of you, plenty of locations will have more than one hero. After all, as great as you are, we can't just depend on one hero to protect an entire city, right?"

Many students nodded while some were unwilling to admit that the wasp had a point. But for the most part, many students were hoping to be paired up with their best friends, and they had heard that over the past, some decisions had been based off of how well certain heroes got along.

With that, Beedrill was ready to begin as he stated, "Venipede," the centipede trembling as his eyes widened, all the while thinking, 'Why am I first?'

Beedrill stated, "You surprised the staff a lot, and thus Lucario has deemed you worthy of protecting Tokyo, Japan," Venipede's eyes even wider as he uttered, "Really?" many congratulating him. After all, not just any hero could be assigned to Tokyo.

Beedrill then listed a few more students before coming to Torchic, saying, "Torchic, due to your incredible skills, you have been assigned to Tokyo, Japan," Venipede giving the chicken a big implied smile as she grinned and said, "Well, this should be fun, eh, partner?"

Machop smiled at the two before thinking, 'I wonder if I'll get to join them. I probably won't, but it would be so awesome.'

And shockingly, it seemed her wish had come true when Beedrill stated, "Machop, you have also been assigned to Tokyo," many clapping as she and her friends had the widest smiles, all three sharing a big group hug.

Beedrill gave an implied smile of his own as he thought, 'Wow, reminds me so much of Machoke and his friends. He'd have been so happy to see this,' before calling more names and locations.

Some students were just as lucky as Machop and her friends while others would be separated from the friends they had made at Hero School. But all-in-all, they took this very seriously and were just happy to be able to fight for the safety of Earth's citizens.

And once one-hundred-and-fifty-two had been called, it was finally time for the last graduate as Beedrill stated, "And Mantima, you have been assigned to Tokyo, Japan."

"Wait, what?" Mantima uttered, her eyes wide with shock. Sure, this was a big honour, but even so, she did not feel like she had earned that right.

Of all the graduates, she had struggled the most with her training and had taken the longest to defeat her opponent. She could not have been that good, could she?

Either way, she was more than happy to accept this as she bowed her head, Machop turning to her and whispering, "We should probably welcome her to the group," Torchic nodding in agreement. After all, Mantima was the only student in Hero School who had not made a friend during all six months.

But before they could do that, Beedrill stated, "Well, I just gotta say, you've all earned this. There are spaceships stationed outside to bring you to your respective locations. Best of luck to all of you."

With that, the wasp gave an army salute as the students all bowed their heads, walking toward the exit. All of them were excited to see their new homes, but most of all, the fact that they would soon follow in their parents' footsteps was certainly a big deal.

And soon enough, many students were flying toward Earth in space shuttles, Machop approaching Mantima and saying, "Hey there, Mantima. I just wanna say it's great to have you on our team," a big grin on her face as the mantis turned to face her, holding up her arms defensively.

However, once Machop's words sunk in, she lowered her arms and nodded, saying, "Yes. It'll be a pleasure working alongside you," before holding up her right hand.

Machop's grin widened as she placed both hands firmly against Mantima's, shaking it with excitement. However, before she could take it too far, Venipede walked over to her and patted her on the shoulder, saying, "I think that's good enough."

"Oh yeah, of course," Machop replied with a light chuckle as Mantima stared wide-eyed, thinking, 'She's a lot stronger than I imagined.'

Soon enough, Venipede and Torchic had shook her hand as well, only they were a lot more gentle. Either way, this certainly helped ease Mantima's conscience, though she really hoped she would be good enough to help out her team. After all, she still found it weird that she of all graduates had been assigned to such an important area.

And it would not be long until the heroes reached Earth, all of them wondering what their homes would be like. Each already had a house assigned to him or her paid in full by Hero Planet's government and to make things easier, they would also send the heroes a weekly allowance so they could pay for food among other things. One would even say this was more like their salary.

But most of all, Machop really hoped that she could live up to her family's name. Sure, she had done well against an old hero, but she knew the villains on Earth would be a lot tougher.