While Drizzile had pulled off many impressive moves, it seemed as if his match with Melmetal was as good as over. With the cyborg in the form of a sphere with long protrusions sticking out of him, it seemed as if there was no way to bring harm to him. And to make matters worse, it seemed the method Scorbunny used to counter this move had failed. What could Drizzile possibly do?

Vaporeon stared at this in horror and cried, "Come on! How can he possibly beat him now!?" Brian rubbing his temple and groaning, "I can't think of anything."

"I hate to say it, but Melmetal has a point," Wendy uttered, "If he had used this from the start, Drizzile wouldn't have stood a chance. If anything, Rillaboom and Scorbunny were probably the best opponents for him."

When Scorbunny and Rillaboom saw how much their friend was struggling, they gritted their teeth. They could not just sit around and watch this happen. As such, each one tried to get up from her bed.

Scorbunny cried out in pain and lay back down, groaning, "I still can't move! But I need to be there!"

Rillaboom, on the other hand, actually managed to stand. Her legs wobbled a little bit, but they were still strong enough to support her. As such, she breathed heavily while a light smile formed on her face, a nurse entering and gasping, "Rillaboom, you shouldn't be up right now! You still need rest!"

"Can it!" Rillaboom retorted with a stern look on her face, "I'm standing, aren't I?" the woman shaking her head and protesting, "You're barely standing right now! Seriously, if you move too quickly, you'll just make things worse!"

The gorilla took a deep breath and hobbled over to the nurse. She then looked her deep in the eyes and grunted, "Very well! Take me to Commonwealth Stadium right now!" the woman staring blankly while she added, "My friend needs me!"

She then pointed at the screen with tears in her eyes, sniffing, "This is the biggest match of his life! If I'm not there to support him, he'll most likely suffer far worse than I did!"

Deep down, the nurse felt like this was a bad idea. After all, this was for a tournament match, not a fight between good and evil. And yet deep down, she felt moved by Rillaboom's passion. As such, she bit her lower lip and said, "Hold on. Stay right there."

She then exited the room and brought in a wheelchair, saying, "At the very least, let me take you there in this. I'll have someone drive you there via ambulance."

Rillaboom's eyes sparkled while a big smile formed on her face. Thus she rested a hand on the nurse's shoulder and said, "Thank you," before enquiring, "By the way, if Scorbunny's awake, could you bring her along too?"

Drizzile continued to evade Melmetal before noticing one thing. Even when the cyborg hid his head, there were still two parts of him he could not cover up, his shoulders. With that in mind, the chameleon took a deep breath and thought, 'It's a long shot, but I think I can take advantage of this. And I think I know just how to do it.'

With that in mind, he formed water around his hands and morphed it into his katana before Bailey spat, "DRIZZILE, ARE YOU INSANE!? THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK!" the others about to express agreement until Allie gasped, "Wait, I get it. How did I not realize it sooner?"

Wendy nodded and grunted, "He's figured out that move's weakness. He might still be able to win this after all."

Melmetal, however, simply laughed, "Go ahead! Stab me, see where that gets you!" Drizzile waiting for him to close in before leaping high into the air. He then spread his arms out sideways before swinging them inward and shouting, "AQUATIC ASSASSINATION!"

The entire area went silent when his blades struck Melmetal's shoulders. Not only were they not absorbed, but they even managed to cut open the material. And to top it off, a mixture of oil and blood started to leak out while even Shaymin and Tori were at a loss for words.

Melmetal's eye widened as he let out a loud cry of pain. He slowly reverted back to his normal size and shape while Morgrem grinned and exclaimed, "He did it! He actually did it!" grabbing Rolycoly's shoulders and shaking him back and forth.

Drizzile did not yet remove his blades, though. He had a golden opportunity, and he fully intended to use it. Thus he leaned backward and lifted Melmetal up over his head, shouting, "AQUATIC KATANA SUPLEX!" ramming his skull hard into the canvas while the entire stadium erupted with cheers.

Drizzile took a deep breath, removed his blades and smiled while he explained, "I figured as much. While that liquid metal of yours may be able to absorb sharp objects, there are still parts of you that are completely solid. It only stands to reason I'd be able to use blades on those. I have to admit, I didn't think my katana would be strong enough to actually cut your shoulders open like that, but I guess they're not as strong as they look."

"Oh man, that was beautiful!" Incineroar exclaimed, Wurmple nodding and replying, "Yes, absolutely brilliant. I can't believe I didn't think of that."

Corviknight, all the while, folded his arms and thought, 'Excellent work, Drizzile. It would seem Runerigus was right about you. You really did have the most potential out of Edmonton's heroes.'

Melmetal breathed heavily, a look of pure anger in his eye while he glared at Drizzile. He no longer saw any need to keep up his good sport act. All that mattered to him was that he get the upper hand back and keep it.

With that in mind, he sent both of his fists toward the chameleon only for him to cross his blades and block the incoming strikes. The nuts on Melmetal's hands started to spin while he spat, "HARD BUZZ SAW!" the Russian crowd concerned when this did not help him in the slightest. Just like when Drizzile struck his shoulders, blood spewed out of him.

"If he doesn't stop his assault, he might just pass out," Wendy uttered, "I knew Drizzile was tough, but not this tough."

Allie nodded and replied, "Yeah, he's amazing. He's found a way around Melmetal's best tactics. There's no way he'll lose."

Melmetal's eye shook back and forth when he heard this, thus he could not help but think, 'What am I doing? Why am I still holding back!? This is the final match! Once it's over, I'll have no reason to hide anything from the world! I may as well use the one skill no one has seen yet!'

With that in mind, he took a deep breath and formed his fingers before he wrapped them around the blades. But this was only phase one of his strategy. Once again, every member of the audience, including the Russians, were shocked when spikes suddenly formed around the nuts on his hands, Melmetal exclaiming, "LIQUID METAL PUNCTURE!"

Drizzile's eyes widened when the spikes spun around and slashed open his blades. This caused the water to fall against the mat before Melmetal stretched his arms forward once more and cut open the sides of the chameleon's head. As such, he backed up and breathed heavily, shocked to see the spikes still there.

"Surprised?" Melmetal enquired with an implied smirk, "This is a tactic I've been saving for an opponent like you. As you've seen, I can reshape my liquid metal into spikes. However, reshaping my solid metal is a whole other thing. It requires assistance from my liquid metal. Basically, I pounded the liquid under my knuckles into them to form spikes. It does deal slight pain, hence why I don't use this ability often, but as you've seen, it makes my knuckles much more deadly."

The crowd stared in shock, Caterpie bolting upright in his seat and barking, "Hey, I don't think I need to remind you that killing your opponent is against the rules!" the cyborg sighing, "Relax, I know that. It's why I aimed away from any vital spots."

Drizzile narrowed his eyelids and grunted, "Alright, I'm sure I can work around this," forming his daggers and dashing to the right. He then leapt toward Melmetal's shoulder with his arms raised only for the cyborg to shout, "LIQUID METAL PUNCTURE!" and form spikes around the massive nut on his shoulder.

Of course, he did this just in time to strike Drizzile in the chin, causing blood to fly out of it while the chameleon flew backwards. And just for good measure, he did the exact same thing for the golden nut around his neck, Allie uttering, "Oh my god. He just turned his weakness into his ultimate weapon."

Morgrem laughed nervously and uttered, "Drizzile can still work around this. After all, it's not like Melmetal's torso is always protected."

But of course, there was no way the cyborg would not do his best to prevent Drizzile from fighting back now. As such, he once again inflated his body and formed his protrusions, quipping, "You see this, Drizzile!? You can't hurt me anymore! No matter what, none of your moves will work on me!"

Most of the crowd watched in horror when he exclaimed, "JACK MARBLE!" rolling toward the chameleon who once again formed his katanas. But sure enough, when he leapt up and aimed them toward Melmetal's shoulders, the new spikes sliced them open and allowed the cyborg to ram into him.

Light bruises formed on Drizzile while he coughed up blood and flew backward, Melmetal returning to his normal state and saying, "I could easily finish you off with this move, but this isn't what I intend to win the match with. Oh no, an opponent as amazing and persistent with you deserves only the best finisher I have!"

"Is it just me, or is he acting worse than Unown right now?" Bailey uttered, the others turning toward her before Geneva replied, "Now that you mention it, yeah, he's much more malicious. I know he said he wouldn't kill Drizzile, but it almost sounds like he plans to."

Drizzile could sense it too, but after that last hit, he felt far too weak to do anything about it. As such, Melmetal sent both hands forward and formed his fingers. He then clutched onto the right side of Drizzile's head with one, planting the spikes on his knuckles into his cheek. The other hand he used to latch onto the chameleon's left side, those spikes lodged into that exact spot.

He then leapt as high into the air as he could and leaned sideways, starting up his nuts again and exclaiming, "HARD BUZZ SAW SLAM!" slashing Drizzile's cheek and side with his spikes and planting his shoulder hard into the canvas.

The crowd stared in horror when Drizzile coughed up one last bit of blood, Melmetal releasing his hold and allowing him to pass out. Shaymin stared at this and said, "It would seem Melmetal's new technique has truly turned the tides. I doubt Drizzile will get up from that," Tori starting the ten count while Allie stared with her eyes and mouth wide open, screaming, "NO, DRIZZILE!"

As Drizzile lay there, everyone shouted words of encouragement, Incineroar barking, "Hey, come on, man! Get up!" Ben and Rapidight shouting, "You're so close!"

Corviknight frowned and grunted, "Rise, sir Drizzile, and claim the championship that you so rightfully deserve!" Eevee and her friends also cheering for him seeing as he was Vaporeon's friend.

Geneva and Rolycoly chanted Drizzile's name while holding up their supportive sign and Bailey soon joined in shortly after. Vaporeon bit her lower lip and squeaked, "Drizzile, it's not over yet! You can still move, right!?"

However, it seemed as if this was truly over when Tori reached nine seconds. But just as she was about to count to ten, she stopped when she heard a deep feminine voice shout, "DON'T WORRY, DRIZZILE, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU!"

Everyone turned toward the entrance to the area in stunned silence, Melmetal breathing heavily while he uttered, "No," shaking his head, "There is no way in Hell you guys are here right now!"

Sure enough, the nurse had arrived just in time with Rillaboom and Scorbunny there. Since both had wanted to be there as fast as possible, they had requested that they only use one wheelchair and have Scorbunny seated on Rillaboom's lap. After all, she was short and light enough for that to work.

Vaporeon stared at them while her jaw dropped and twitched. But shortly after, a light smile formed as she let down tears and sniffed, "You guys are okay," Allie nodding and squealing, "They came at just the right time, too!"

At that moment, Drizzile's arm started to twitch while Scorbunny stated, "Come on, Drizzile! I know you can still win this! I don't know what kind of move you just took in! It looks brutal, but you can handle it, right!?"

Rillaboom nodded and added, "Don't you even think about giving up! You've made it this far! Now rise and fight to the bitter end! I know you still have plenty of strength left in you! If you were really finished, we'd give you props for doing your best, but I can tell you're not!"

Melmetal narrowed his eye before turning toward Tori and barking, "Hey, what the fuck are you doing, lady!? Finish the ten count!" Tori gasping, "Oh, uh, right!" many members of the crowd, including the Russians, staring awkwardly at Melmetal. Did he really just say what they thought he did?

But just as Tori was ready to count to ten, Drizzile bolted upright and panted heavily with his eyes and mouth wide open. Melmetal twitched all over while Shaymin stated, "And with a good pep talk from his BFFs, Drizzile is back up and raring to go!"

The crowd cheered while Rillaboom and Scorbunny breathed a sigh of relief. The nurse smiled wide and let down the light tear, sniffing, "Wow, that was so sweet," Vaporeon and Allie equally relieved.

Morgrem grinned and squealed, "Wow! What incredible timing!" Rolycoly sighing, "I'll say. I know it wasn't life or death, but I still just about had a heart attack there."

Inteleon breathed a sigh of relief and thought, 'What amazing friends. Reminds me of the good old days,' looking at a photo of her standing with two other heroes along with her husband, though they were not yet married at the time it was taken.

"NO!" Melmetal cried while his eye turned beet red and released steam, "I cannot accept this! He was down for more than ten seconds! That means he lost, plain and simple!"

Everyone stared silently at the cyborg while Tori sighed, "I hate to say it, but while there is logic to your words, I delayed the ten count. Unless I count to ten, it doesn't count as a loss," Drizzile breathing a sigh of relief only for Melmetal to retort, "So what!? You think you're gonna win now just because you got lucky!?"

"Hey, calm down!" one member of the Russian crowd cried out, "I'm a little annoyed too, but even if you lose, you're still a winner to us!"

At that moment, Melmetal's eye became a darker shade of red before he slowly turned toward his own fanbase and retorted, "Shut up!" the Russians gasping, "I have had to keep up this nice act for so long, but in reality, I don't give a shit about any of you!"

All went silent while he continued, "My goal in this whole tournament was to become champion so the world would fear and respect my family! My father, Meltan, was picked on and abused all his life! And when he tried to stand up for himself, he was thrown in jail! Sure, he was released, but only because the government didn't consider him a legitimate threat! And even then, they put a tracking collar on him so he couldn't even attempt to exact his revenge!"

Everyone stared before Drizzile uttered, "Does that mean you're actually a villain?" the cyborg retorting, "WHAT DO YOU THINK!?" all going silent as he gasped and covered the lower portion of his face.

Rillaboom stared in stunned silence and uttered, "Oh my god, I completely forgot, before I passed out, I heard him talking about some kind of plan that required us losing to him. That must be what he was talking about," Scorbunny staring at her and uttering, "I would have been nice to know sooner."

Shaymin, meanwhile, frowned and grunted, "You know, Melmetal, you may not have killed Drizzile with any of those abilities, but being a villain in a tournament for heroes is the biggest rule violation of all! If you don't leave that ring right now, you will be arrested!"

"Wait, shouldn't you just arrest him, anyway?" Scorbunny uttered, many others agreeing as Shaymin sighed, "I know, but it's one of those rare rules we can't rewrite. It's mainly to avoid any unnecessary casualties."

Melmetal shook and chuckled wickedly. He then broke out into hysterics and shouted, "Fine, I'll leave! Whatever! This is just a dumb competition anyway! One day, I'll return and beat all six of you at the same time! Then I'll take down every other hero in this retched world!"

"Hold it!" Drizzile snapped, everyone turning to face him while he breathed heavily. Scorbunny blinked and uttered, "Drizzile, what are you doing? You just won," Rillaboom sighing, "Can you really call that a win, though?"

The chameleon nodded and sighed, "Exactly. The old me would have gladly accepted a free victory. Anything to get out of all this pain and torment would have sounded like the best thing in the world. But not anymore. Evil or not, I came to win and earn the championship belt. As long as we can both still fight, this isn't over."

The crowd stared while Vaporeon released tears, Eevee squealing, "Wow! This is just like when Scorchicken fought Bewear in the semi-finals!" Popplio nodding and adding, "Oui, and Machop dealt with something similar when she fought Slurpuff in the finals during her time."

Melmetal chuckled, "Yes, I've heard about those instances, how both heroes foolishly chose to keep fighting because the rules allow a fighter to get away with any violation as long as the opponent is okay with it. Still, whereas those two came out on top, I can guarantee you won't. After all, I now have a way to overcome all your best tactics. You really should have just taken the victory when you had the chance."

"Yeah right!" Rillaboom retorted, "There's no way Drizzile will lose!" Scorbunny barking, "Exactly! Come on, Drizzile, prove him wrong!" the chameleon taking a deep breath and thinking, 'Well, he's not wrong. It's gonna be hard to bring harm to him with those spikes. But even so, there is one move I haven't tried. Perhaps this can work. I just have to make sure it's enough to knock him out for good.'

With that, Melmetal inflated his body once more and formed his protrusions. He then rolled toward Drizzile and shouted, "JACK MARBLE!" everyone cheering for Drizzile to come out on top, including the Russians.

As such, the chameleon took a deep breath and leapt backward. He then placed his feet firmly against the rope and covered his hands in water, Inteleon gasping, "Is he about to try what I think he is!?" grabbing onto the sides of the TV and barking, "No, son, you're not ready to use that yet!" once again forgetting that he could not hear her.

However, it seemed as if Drizzile had a solution to this problem when he lathered his entire body in water. He then morphed it into a bullet and launched himself forward with his skull pointed outward, shouting, "SNIPE SHOT!"

Everyone stared in shock when he flew straight into the incoming metal ball. And while the protrusions dealt some damage to him at first, he was somehow able to force the ones that struck him inward before he rammed his skull right into Melmetal. As such, the cyborg's eye went wide with shock as he thought, 'How is this so strong?' his body sinking inward.

It then slowly deflated back to its original size while he and Drizzile flew toward the ropes, Melmetal pressed right up against them. The material stretched back while blood escaped from the cyborg's head. And all the while, the announcers and crowd watched in anticipation.

After a few more seconds, the ropes split open, thus Drizzile and Melmetal flew out of the ring until the cyborg's back hit the wall beneath the bleachers hard. A big crack formed in that exact spot while the people seated there looked down in stunned silence.

Drizzile finally leapt away from Melmetal and allowed him to collapse while he breathed heavily, a big grin on Allie's face as she squealed, "OH MY GOD, HE DID IT!" the area erupting with cheers and applause for the chameleon.

Inteleon stared at the screen, still up close and clinging to the sides of the TV. She breathed heavily with her eyes and mouth wide open and uttered, "He actually used it and it worked."

A light tear fell from her eye while a light smile formed. She could not have been more proud of her son right now. But even so, it was still too early to celebrate. Since both fighters were out of the ring, Tori started up a twenty count while Shaymin exclaimed, "Just as all seemed lost, Drizzile has managed to surprise us all with his mother's strongest move! But even if Melmetal is unconscious, the lizard will have to return to the ring, otherwise this will count as a draw!"

Drizzile blinked and gasped, "Right!" turning around only to feel something grab his tail. Everyone stared in stunned silence while Melmetal panted heavily, his eye half closed and his fingers having formed. He even sharpened them in order to pierce the chameleon's skin and grunted, "You're not going anywhere. I'm winning this match, and when I do, this whole world will soon belong to me."

"Come on, Drizzile, strike him now!" Scorbunny snapped, Morgrem adding, "Don't let him get away!"

However, Drizzile had a feeling he would not need to do that, thus he simply glared at the cyborg who uttered, "No, I can't," removing his grip and sighing, "I'm far too weak right now."

With that in mind, the chameleon breathed a sigh of relief and walked toward the ring while Tori counted to twelve, Melmetal uttering, "Wait, I need to know one thing. How can you and your friends possibly fight for these humans? I know for a fact that you were all once in the same boat as me and my family. Surely you must still have some resentment towards mankind."

Drizzile took a deep breath, stopped briefly and replied, "All of those hardships were partly our fault. On top of that, most of the humans we've met are nowhere near as bad as the ones who motivated us to turn to the dark side. And you should know this. After all, your fans were really nice to you before they found out you were evil."

All the while, Allie noticed Tori count to eighteen as she tensed up, but just as she was about to tell Drizzile to hurry up, he immediately leapt into the ring just in time for Tori to reach twenty seconds. Thus she rang the bell and exclaimed, "And after a very long and brutal match, Drizzile is our new world champion!"

The crowd broke out into heavy cheers and applause, Morgrem and Rolycoly embracing one-another and releasing tears with big grins on their faces. Incineroar and his friends laughed triumphantly while Sandaconda and Corviknight nodded their heads in approval. Even Eevee and her friends were beyond ecstatic, the brown fox reminded even more of all the times she had pulled off miracles like this.

With that, Allie rose up from her seat and ran through the bleachers. She then sprinted down the stairs all the way to the ring and climbed into it. Sure enough, once she was close enough, she held Drizzile in a tight embrace, both of them twirling while sharing a kiss.

The audience beamed bright while a tear fell from Shaymin's eye. Tori stared at her while she sniffed, "Wow, what a perfect way to end this tournament," the woman chuckling, "Yeah, it really is."

Brian and Wendy both cheered and whistled at the two while Rillaboom and Scorbunny both stared at this, wondering when Drizzile and Allie became official. And finally, Melmetal fell unconscious before Hero Planet security raced into the area and handcuffed him. Luckily, though, Drizzile's words ultimately stuck with him. Perhaps the chameleon was right.

At that moment, Drizzile winced and uttered, "This is nice and all, Allie, but can you please let go? My wounds are starting to open up," thus she gasped, "Oh, right!" releasing him and chuckling nervously.

The nurse then wheeled Rillaboom and Scorbunny closer to the ring so the others could approach them more easily. While both would have to return to the hospital soon, they were glad to have been of help. After all, if they had not arrived when they did, Drizzile would have lost for sure.

But just as they were ready to leave, Shaymin squeaked, "Hold on!" Drizzile turning to face her before she ran over to him and breathed heavily, saying, "You still have to claim the grand prize."

The chameleon's eyes and mouth widened with shock when she pulled out a golden belt, handing it over to him. Drizzile was just barely able to hold it, thus Brian took it from him and said, "We'll hold onto that until we get you to your place."

Drizzile smiled and nodded his head, replying, "Thank you all so much. I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for all of you."

And with that, everything had truly turned out for the best. One could only imagine what the future had in store, but now was certainly a time to celebrate.