After a very long time, Morgrem and Rolycoly had a chance to finally win a team match. They had always had terrible results with these in the past, but the golem was certain that would not happen this time.

Ursaring cracked his knuckles and said, "It's been a while since I saw some action. Kind of a shame our opponents don't seem like much of a challenge."

"Whatever," Houndoom remarked with a smirk, "There's only one contestant in this tournament I wanna fight above all others, and that's Golduck," the bear uttering, "Is she actually participating?"

"Yeah," the rottweiler replied, "I saw her before this began. And I'll never forget the way she humiliated me in the Hero Olympics. I had everything going in my favour and yet she continuously knocked me around like a rag doll while I was only able to land three hits on her! Well, once we blast our way through these two, I'm certain we'll get to face her in the real tournament!"

Rolycoly frowned and whispered, "They seem really sure of themselves, but we'll prove that we're better than we look, right?" Morgrem nodding and forcing a grin, thinking, 'That's right, I need to be confident. If Rolycoly can keep his cool during this, so can I.'

With all said and done, the golem immediately sped toward Ursaring, the bear shocked when he took a fierce headbutt to his gut. He then flew into the turnbuckle while those watching the match were shocked. Even those who had been watching other rings turned to face this one as they could not believe this small stranger had pulled off such a feat against someone so tall and powerful.

Houndoom growled and lunged at Rolycoly only for the golem to propel himself into the air and ram his arm into the rottweiler's neck. He then landed right on top of Houndoom's gut and started to scrape his wheel against him, shouting, "MEDIEVAL SHARPENER!"

The rottweiler cried out in agonizing pain while Morgrem watched this and thought, 'He's doing an incredible job, and all on his own no less,' before she noticed Ursaring recover from the hit he had taken in.

When the bear raced toward Rolycoly with his elbow out, Morgrem leapt toward him and spat, "GRIZZLY BLADE!" spinning like a twister before she suddenly remembered she no longer had her hair blade.

As such, she took the elbow to her side and flew into the ropes. Rolycoly noticed this and gasped, "MORGREM!" only for Ursaring to lift him up off of Houndoom right after the goblin bounced toward both fighters. Then when she was close enough, the bear proceeded to shove Rolycoly forward and cause his forehead to collide with her gut.

Both winced in pain while the goblin held onto the spot that had just been hit. Rolycoly gasped and whimpered, "I'm so sorry!" only for Morgrem to chuckle, "That wasn't your fault."

However, neither opponent would wait until they were no longer distracted. As such, Houndoom pushed himself toward Rolycoly and planted the claws on his feet into his side. He then leaned backward, placed his hands firmly against the canvas and growled, "Alright, it's payback time!"

He lifted Rolycoly high into the air and slammed his back hard into the canvas. Before Morgrem could retaliate, Ursaring sped behind her and wrapped his arms around her. He then held her as tight as he could while digging his claws into her flesh, shouting, "ULTIMATE BEAR HUG!"

Morgrem cried out in agony while blood dripped from her belly. She tried her hardest to free herself but to no avail. And once Ursaring decided he had held her long enough, he lifted her up and leaned backward before he planted her skull into the canvas.

Rolycoly pushed himself upright and growled, "As if I'd let you get away with that!" racing toward Ursaring and ramming his own elbow into the bear's gut. Once again, this was enough to get him to back up while he clutched the spot that was hit and grunted, "That little one is surprisingly tough, but the tall one, she doesn't even seem like she belongs in this tournament."

Rolycoly frowned and looked at Morgrem with concern. He had a feeling she would be able to get up from that but was shocked when she did not even move. Thus he blinked and uttered, "Morgrem?"

After a few seconds, she pushed herself up and panted before he said, "Hey, hop onto my back. We can hit them with one of our awesome team moves," the goblin nodding.

While she had dealt with far worse when she fought Scorbunny and Grimmsnarl in the past, she had pretty much lost her spirit after making such a boneheaded mistake during an important match. To top it all off, Rolycoly had pretty much done everything up to this point. As such, she felt it best to just let him take the lead and not question anything.

When she climbed onto his back, Ursaring blinked and said, "Wow, so he's like a little motorcycle," Houndoom biting his lower lip and wheezing, "I can't help it! That's actually kind of adorable!"

Even so, he quickly regained focus when he and Ursaring immediately saw a way to counter this. Rolycoly sped toward them and shouted, "ROCK RAGE!" only for Houndoom to slide toward the golem's wheel while Ursaring leapt up into the air with his arm out.

Morgrem gasped when she took the bear's arm to her neck and coughed up a bit of phloem. Rolycoly was equally shocked when the rottweiler's feet hit his wheel hard and caused him to flip vertically over his head. The golem's face landed flat against the canvas before Ursaring smirked and gave Houndoom a thumb up.

Houndoom nodded and lifted up Morgrem before lashing out his fangs. He then lit them on fire and barked, "FIRE FANG!" before he planted them into the goblin's shoulder. He then started to draw a bit of blood from her while saying through clenched teeth, "As you can see, I'm half-vampire! Now for a tactic I learned from Golduck!"

He then proceeded to lift Morgrem up while his fangs were still in her and leaned backward. But before the goblin could hit the canvas, Ursaring leapt backwards towards them, leaned his hands back and grabbed hold of her ankles. This allowed him to apply more force when her back hit the canvas, he and Houndoom shouting, "DOUBLE BRAINBUSTER!"

Morgrem cried out in pain when not only did she take in pain to her back but her head and neck as well. And when Houndoom removed his fangs from her, he licked up a bit of her blood and said, "Hey, thanks. That healed me right up."

As if the pain was not bad enough, Morgrem could not help but feel a great deal of shock and fear. She had not entirely understood what he said earlier since his voice was muffled, but now she knew exactly what he had told her. Even though he was clearly canine, it seemed as if he had vampire DNA. This meant that her blood had just done exactly what he said it did.

While the goblin lay there, Rolycoly pushed himself up and spotted her. He gritted his teeth and raced toward Ursaring and Houndoom after the bear walked next to his partner. The golem then held his fists forward and rammed them into their backs, and while both opponents cried out and shifted their midsections forward, they refused to lose the advantage that easily.

As such, they allowed themselves to fly away from Rolycoly briefly before grinning at one-another and spinning around, delivering two roundhouses to his face. This caused small cracks to form as he groaned and backed up.

As if a chip on the side of his head left from his fight with Zamazenta was not bad enough, he could not help but feel a great sense of dread. All of the confidence he had before, the very confidence he had tried to rub off on Morgrem had left him. These two were far worse than he had expected.

As such, he slowly backed away from them while Ursaring folded his arms and said, "You have put up an admirable effort. As such, I'm willing to give you a chance to leave without further injury. If you give up now, we won't hurt you anymore."

While Houndoom hated to win this way, he was okay with this arrangement. Thus he nodded with a grin while Morgrem slowly looked up with her eyes wide open. And when she saw just how scared Rolycoly was, she could feel him about to do exactly what they suggested.

'No,' the goblin thought while she panted heavily, 'We were going to finally win a team match together. And now Rolycoly's gonna throw it all away because of me.'

With that in mind, she gritted her teeth, clenched her fists and climbed back to her feet, her mind adding, 'No! I won't let that happen!'

Just as the golem was about to forfeit, his eyes widened when Morgrem leapt onto Houndoom's back from behind and wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his hips. She then grunted, "Let's see how you like it!" lashing out her own fangs and planting them into his shoulder.

Sure, she could not drink his blood as she had no vampire DNA, but this still dealt enough damage to draw a bit of the liquid from him. She then growled through clenched teeth, "FANG SUPLEX!" and propelled herself high into the air, leaning backward and planting the back of his neck into the canvas.

Ursaring turned and gasped, "HOUNDOOM!" only for Rolycoly to regain his confidence and propel himself into the ropes. He then bounced off and crossed his arms in front of his face while flames surrounded him. And when Ursaring took the arms to the back of his neck, Rolycoly shouted, "METEORITE CROSS CHOP!"

For the first time in the match, Ursaring coughed up blood before he fell forward onto his chin. Rolycoly landed on his back and started to scrape his wheel against it, grabbing hold of the bear's chin and right leg and pulling up on them, barking, "MEDIEVAL TORTURE DEVICE!"

Of course Morgrem's contribution did not end there. She had just knocked Houndoom down and fully intended to take advantage of this. Thus she flipped him over onto his belly and climbed onto his back, wrapping her arms around his neck and squeezing her. She also latched onto his left leg with both of hers and pulled up on it. It was at that moment she came up with a new signature move.

"FANG SUBMISSION!" she barked before she lashed out her fangs and bit into Houndoom's skull. The rottweiler cried out in agonizing pain while he now heavily considered giving up.

Morgrem let down light tears and thought, 'That's it. I don't need my hair blade. I never needed it. I'm already awesome, even without it!'

Rolycoly smiled at his partner and breathed a sigh of relief only for Ursaring to growl and lift up his arm. While this caused his back more pain, it seemed to be worth it when he took hold of the hand pulling on his chin. He then used all his might to toss Rolycoly off of him, the golem's eyes wide with terror when he flew right into Morgrem, knocking her off of Houndoom's back.

The rottweiler breathed a sigh of relief and rose to his feet, panting, "Thanks, Ursaring. That was close."

With that in mind, he then leapt over to the bear and grunted, "Let's end this before they get another advantage!" Ursaring nodding and lifting the rottweiler up onto his back. Houndoom held on tight while the bear went down on all fours, the rottweiler's horns pointed forward.

The two then proceeded to race toward their opponents and shouted, "BATTERING RAM!" Morgrem smirking at Rolycoly and saying, "I got an idea."

She then took hold of his arms from behind, ducked down and pressed her feet up against his back. With that, Rolycoly rolled forward at a rapid speed as the two spat, "ROLLING BALL AND CHAIN!"

Ursaring's eyes widened as Rolycoly ducked down, tucking his wheel into his lower body. This lowered him just enough for him to slide under the rottweiler's horns and ram his skull into Ursaring's face, blood flying from his snout while he gritted his teeth with his eyes wide open.

With that, Morgrem flipped her lower body upward and latched her ankles to Houndoom's neck. She then leaned backward and rammed his face into the canvas, allowing Rolycoly to drag him along while he used his fists to ram Ursaring's chin into the surface and force him backward.

Due to the extreme pressure, both coughed up blood and passed out. And when Rolycoly and Morgrem saw this, they released their hold on them and took many deep breaths. Sure enough, both opponents were out for ten seconds, thus a bell in the area rang automatically to confirm their victory.

Morgrem and Rolycoly continued to pant a little longer while they stared at one-another. Big smiles formed on their faces before they held each other in a tight embrace, Morgrem squealing, "OH MY GOD, WE DID IT! WE WON A TEAM MATCH!" Rolycoly crying, "I KNOW! IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!"

The duo patted each other on the back before Morgrem fell to her knees and sighed, "Now I need a good, long rest. I just know the others are doing okay."

While that went on, Machoke and Gardevoir waited in their own ring to see who they would face. Soon enough, someone entered before a door sealed them inside. The white woman's eyes widened when she gazed upon just who her opponents were.

The heroes in question were Garchomp and Lairon. The blue dragon was the one who stood out the most to the couple. After all, she defeated Gardevoir in the second round of the twenty second Hero Olympics. If anything, this felt like the perfect opportunity for the white woman to see if she was truly ready to face her, especially since she had gotten significantly better since they last fought.

Machoke turned to his wife with concern only for her to smile and squeal, "Hi, Garchomp!" before the dragon stared at her in confusion. She had certainly not expected that response, especially since she had defeated Gardevoir fairly easily.

Either way, she grinned and said, "Hello to you, too," bowing her head before she rose up into the air and picked up Lairon by his shoulders. She then carried him with her before rising as high above the ring as she could. Needless to say, those among the crowd closest to this ring were truly amazed as even those watching other matches turned away to gaze upon the dragon and dinosaur who were now in full view.

Once high enough, Garchomp dropped Lairon who tucked himself into a ball and spun like a wheel before landing perfectly against the ring's surface. He held up his arms and exclaimed, "YEAH! IT'S NICE TO BE BACK HERE IN TOKYO!"

Those who could see the ring clapped and cheered wildly. Although Machoke could not help but feel a little confused. After all, not only had Garchomp defeated Lairon in the Hero Olympics, but she had also used her dorsal fin to slash a helmet he had made for himself in half. Even so, he had to admit, that was a great entrance, and Gardevoir seemed to agree when she applauded them with a big open-mouth smile on her face.

"Hey, thanks," Lairon said with a grin, "We figured we may as well go all-out just in case we lost," Garchomp adding, "Though don't feel too bad if we come out on top."

Gardevoir then remembered how all of her entrances in the past went, thus she cleared her throat, sported a serious look and retorted in a deeper voice, "Oh yeah!? Well, you're going down like a clown, Charlie Brown!"

Now the audience could not help but stare awkwardly while Machoke patted the white woman on the shoulder and said, "Nice one, honey. Though maybe you should have used a taunt you haven't used before."

Gardevoir clasped her hands over her mouth and squeaked, "Oh no, you're right! I was gonna say 'It's on like Donkey Kong!' Now it's too late!" Garchomp staring at this and thinking, 'How is someone so goddamn cute Tokyo's second-best hero?'

Lairon, all the while, folded his arms and said, "Honestly, I'm just glad I have a chance to face the tag team champions themselves! Even if we do end up losing, this is a big honour!"

With that in mind, all four fighters were more than ready. Thus Machoke raced toward Lairon while Gardevoir headed toward Garchomp. The dragon smirked and thought, 'I've heard about how much better you've gotten since we fought back in the day. Let's see if it's true.'

She waited for the white woman to get close before readying her arm only for Lairon to turn away from Machoke and state, "Use both your arm and tail," turning back toward the reptilian man just in time to sidestep an incoming karate chop.

Machoke blinked when Lairon took hold of his arm and fell backward, ramming the reptilian's chin into the canvas. He then sat on his back and pulled hard on his wrist while the crowd gasped. And while this happened, Garchomp swung both her right arm and tail toward Gardevoir only for the white woman to frown and flip backward into the air.

Her timing was just right as this allowed her to slip between both body parts, everyone truly amazed while even Garchomp's jaw was dropped. And sure enough, with her now distracted, Gardevoir took full advantage of this after making a full three hundred and sixty degree flip and sent both of her palms into the dragon's cheek.

Unlike years ago when she used this on her, this showed incredible results. Thus Garchomp skidded across the mat a little bit, allowing Gardevoir to leap toward Lairon and deliver a flying kick to his cheek. And with him now distracted, Machoke grinned, rose back to his feet and wrapped his arms around the dinosaur.

"You're just as good at strategizing as I remember!" he stated before lifting Lairon up and leaning backward, slamming the back of his head into the mat and adding, "But don't forget, I have the best teammate a guy could ever ask for!"

Garchomp rubbed her cheek as the reptilian released Lairon and allowed him to roll backward toward the dragon. The dinosaur took a deep breath and said, "Yep, they really are a formidable team. We'll have to kick things up a notch."

Garchomp nodded before she rose up into the air and picked him up with her feet again. She then flew backward into the ropes and launched herself forward. Before Machoke and Gardevoir could devise a counterattack, they were stunned when the dragon hurled Lairon forward only for him to soar over their heads. But just as it seemed like her aim had been really off, Lairon tucked himself into a ball and rolled into the ropes on the opposite side.

After he bounced off, Garchomp spread her arms out. The couple was prepared to duck until Lairon retracted from his ball-like state, held out his arms and rammed them into their backs. With that, he and Garchomp shouted, "DUAL DRAGON CLOTHESLINE!" the dragon's wrist fins striking Machoke and Gardevoir hard in their necks.

Both grunted in pain while their upper bodies arched forward until they lost their balance and fell on their backs. Lairon grinned, leapt into the air and tucked himself into a ball before Garchomp flew over him and grabbed him with her feet. She then lifted him high above the ring before she dropped him toward Machoke. Finally, she flipped herself over until her snout was pointed at Gardevoir and descended toward her.

While they fell, the dragon released shock waves from her mouth that stopped in front of her and surrounded her body after she passed through them. As such, her body was soon covered in a blue flame as she rammed her snout into Gardevoir's gut and exclaimed, "DRAGON RUSH!"

And when Lairon landed on Machoke, he barked, "IRON METEOR!" Machoke and Gardevoir both coughing up blood while the crowd cheered even louder. As much as they wanted to see the couple win, Lairon and Garchomp had truly impressed them so far.

Lairon and Garchomp flipped upright and grinned with pride before they gave each other a high five. But even so, they knew better than to assume their opponents had been defeated. As such, Lairon took hold of Machoke and flipped him onto his belly while Garchomp did he same with Gardevoir. Both then spread their bodies over them and wrapped their arms around their necks.

But just as it seemed like Machoke and Gardevoir might actually lose, both of them regained focus and grinned at one-another. The crowd's excitement grew when a violet glow formed around the white woman's hands. And things only got better when Machoke focused hard and expanded his muscles briefly. He knew he could not do this for long without putting a serious strain on himself, but this hardly mattered as it seemed like just enough to force Lairon off of him.

Garchomp's eyes and mouth were wide with terror when Gardevoir rose up to her feet and ignored the pain to her neck. As it so happened, the glow was a power that had been passed down through her family for generations, though only females could use it. It took a lot of hard work, but the white woman had learned how to control it, though she could only use it for three minutes. After that, she would have to wait a while to be able to use it again.

With that in mind, she took hold of Garchomp's claws and leaned forward, tossing the dragon forward and ramming the back of her head into the canvas. And with Lairon airborne, Machoke was ready as he leapt up to his level and flipped him upside down. The reptilian then rested his knees up against the sides of Lairon's head and planted his skull into the canvas with a tombstone piledriver.

The dragon and the dinosaur slowly rose to their feet while Machoke and Gardevoir raced toward the opposite ropes and jumped backward toward them. After stretching the material back, they launched themselves forward and held out their arms, shouting, "ECLIPSE HOOK!" ramming them into the sides of their opponents' necks.

Both opponents coughed up blood with their eyes and mouths wide open. They had heard of Gardevoir's family power, how it doubled her strength. But even with that in mind, they could not allow themselves to lose this easily. Both had witnessed her lose to two opponents after using the ability once before, so they knew this did not guarantee her the victory.

With that in mind, Garchomp did her best to ignore the pain to her neck and jabbed her right claw into Gardevoir's gut, shouting, "DRAGON CLAW!" said part glowing as it held the white woman in place.

Lairon also ignored the pain dealt to him and wrapped his arm around Machoke's side, ramming his head into the reptilian's face and shouting, "IRON HEAD!"

But while both strikes certainly dealt damage, the lovers managed to ignore it. Gardevoir smiled and said, "I can handle your moves now," before she grabbed hold of Garchomp's wrist and pried the claw out of it, adding, "Thanks for aiming away from the jersey, by the way."

"Well, I did tell you it suits you," Garchomp chuckled before she sighed, "We're screwed, aren't we?"

It seemed so when Machoke once again wrapped his arms around Lairon and leapt into the air. Gardevoir nodded and latched onto Garchomp before she did the same. Both flipped their opponents upside down before Gardevoir wrapped her legs around the dragon's neck and took hold of her wrists, forcing her arms out. Machoke, meanwhile, wrapped his legs around Lairon's neck and his arms around his legs.

The crowd was truly ecstatic as they knew exactly what was coming. Sure enough, Garchomp's skull hit the canvas hard before Lairon's head pressed up against her feet as if he had just taken in an extra hard kick to the skull. With that, Machoke and Gardevoir shouted, "MUSCLE COFFIN!" before their opponents coughed up more blood.

While it had been difficult, Machoke and Gardevoir both grinned at one-another after they released their opponents. Then after ten seconds, a bell rang and their victory was confirmed. Thus they rose their arms in the air while the part of the crowd that had seen their match cheered wildly.

So far, things were certainly looking good for the heroes. But just how would the others do?