While Vaporeon and Scorbunny had won their match and advanced to the finals, there was just one problem. Scorbunny passed out shortly after the match ended. And it was not long until she was rushed to a nearby infirmary so the medical staff could find out if she needed to go to the hospital or not. Of course, her friends joined them to make sure she was alright. Luckily, they could afford to do this since the next match was an hour away, so they had no risk of missing any of the action.

After a little time, one of the medics said, "Well, it's nothing too serious. It seems that electric shock dealt more damage to her than we first thought and she had a delayed reaction to it. She'll likely wake up in a few hours, but just to be on the safe side, we're going to have to relocate her to the hospital."

"Okay," Vaporeon replied with a light smile before she kissed Scorbunny's forehead and whispered, "Get well soon, okay?"

After the female rabbit was taken out of the area on a stretcher, Blaziken sighed, "At least it's nothing too serious. Still, I hope she wakes up soon. It's painful having so many of our friends in the hospital."

Machoke nodded before Gardevoir tapped him on the shoulder and said, "Hey, darling, maybe we should prepare for our match. We only have a little less than an hour," the reptilian nodding and replying, "Right," before smiling and giving a light wave to the others.

After the couple exited the infirmary, Zeraora bit his lower lip and rested a hand on Vaporeon's shoulder as he sighed, "I'm so sorry you have to deal with this," Vaporeon nodding and replying, "I'm not too worried. Scorbunny's tough. She'll be up and at it in no time."

"Damn straight," Blaziken replied with a grin, "That bunny's one of the toughest heroes I've ever met. Really makes me wonder why I never heard of her before this tournament," Raboot nodding and saying, "Seriously, you'd think heroes this amazing would have tons of news coverage."

"Speaking of stuff we didn't know about before," Leafeon enquired, "Why did she call you darling during your match?" Vaporeon chuckling nervously and replying, "Oh, yeah, we became a thing yesterday. I can only imagine how the others will react to that."

Jolteon bit her lower lip only for Leafeon look at her and shake her head. She then turned to Vaporeon and said, "Well, we're happy for you," Zeraora uttering, "Wow, maybe someday, I'll find my special someone, too."

Suddenly, the blue fox's stomach growled before she chuckled, "Guess we should probably have lunch before we cheer for Machoke and Gardevoir. It's a shame not everyone could join us," the group exiting the area and heading to the cafeteria.

While they headed off, Vaporeon thought, 'I'm not gonna let this get to me. If anything, Scorbunny would want for me to focus on this next match and see how it goes. It's like she said. There is a chance that Machoke and Gardevoir could lose, and if they do, I need to watch closely for any tactics that could work against Dialga and Palkia.'

All the while, the dragons were both hard at work while Dialga said, "Alright, this is the match where we'll pull out all the stops. Even if Vaporeon sees all of our skills in action, she sure as Hell won't be ready for any of them."

"Exactly," Palkia replied with a smile, "I've been thinking a lot about this, actually. Why don't we just reveal that we're villains after we win this match? Let's face it, with the world champions defeated, no sane hero would even think to oppose us."

"Indeed, but I feel like in order to truly instill fear upon the world, we'll have to make it into the number one spot," the blue dragon explained, "You know, my initial goal was to wipe out all of the heroes of this time line, but I've been thinking about how great it would be if we had all the world's heroes at our beck and call instead."

"But what if they think about rebelling against us?" Palkia enquired, Dialga nodding and replying, "I have to say, I'm impressed you thought of that. Indeed, the possibility has certainly crossed my mind. But with how much power we have, it won't matter. Let them rebel against us. They'll grovel at our knees soon enough. And if their children think of training in secret, we'll make sure it doesn't happen."

The purple dragon rose her finger only to blink and say, "Wow, you really thought of everything. You're amazing," before Dialga nodded and used his claws to chop off the top of a sandbag.

After an hour passed, the bleachers were once again filled, save for one seat that should have been occupied by Scorbunny. Vaporeon looked at it and bit her lower lip before she shook her head and thought, 'Nope, not going back on my thoughts.'

Zeraora smiled and said, "Hey, it probably seems a tad insensitive to say this, but if Scorbunny doesn't get any better in time for-" only for the blue fox to chuckle, "Look, you've been my teammate since this tournament started. You really think one match is gonna change that?"

The cat's eyes sparkled while she added, "I only really agreed to change teammates because I felt like I had to. Now that I know you're still with me, I'm more than happy to take you back."

Jolteon beamed bright and squealed, "Wow, that is so sweet! Don't you love friendship!? I love friendship! Friendship is wonder-" only for Leafeon to press her finger up against the yellow fox's lips and sigh, "You're being kind of obnoxious right now."

Beedrill took a seat behind the desk once more and stated, "Well, folks, that was quite the first match, but this one promises to be much better! In the red corner, we have the new advisers of Hero Planet! Both have pulled off a number of impressive feats so far and are sure to amaze us even more today! Give it up for the Time Space Squad!"

The crowd cheered when Palkia flew into the area with Dialga's shoulders in her arms once again. However, this time she took things a step further and flew high up until both were in front of the sun. She tossed the blue dragon up onto her back and performed a variety of flips before she dove toward the mat, planting her hands against the surface. Dialga ended the routine when he flipped off of her back and landed perfectly on his feet.

Raboot blinked and uttered, "I swear, they just keep doing the same thing every time while trying to make it look different," Vaporeon grumbling, "I can think of far worse things to get after them for."

Once the crowd calmed down, Butterfree exclaimed, "And in the blue corner is Tokyo's most popular tag team! Having won the last Ultimate World Team Tournament, they've done a great job defending their title so far! With strength, skill and beauty, they are the Glamourous Fighting Machines!"

The crowd stared when Machoke and Gardevoir both entered the area with serious looks in their eyes. Just like Vaporeon and Scorbunny, they went with a more simple entrance as she walked toward the ring. But while the Steaming Boilers taking this approach was a little surprising, this left the audience stunned. Sure, Machoke was not exactly a stranger to serious entrances, but he normally saved them for the finals of every tournament he partook in, never the semis.

Either way, he and Gardevoir still added a little spice to the entrance. Machoke, for instance, wore a leather jacket with spikes on the shoulders and shades over his eyes. Gardevoir, along with her usual jersey and collar, also had her hair spiked up, just like the first time she ever fought on Earth.

When the couple entered the ring, they both held their hands downward while aiming their pointing fingers and pinkies toward the mat's surface and grunted, "Yer roadkill, suckas!"

Palkia and Dialga stared silently at this. Both had looked so dignified until that exact moment. But while the citizens of Tokyo saw this as embarrassing and only applauded Gardevoir out of pity back in the day, now they saw it as an homage to her and Machoke's debut matches. Therefor, they all clapped and cheered wildly while the reptilian man and the white woman looked at each other with big open-mouth smiles.

"Wow, to think something that stupid could become so poetic," Blaziken chuckled, "Still, I have to admit, it's actually kinda cute when they do it together."

"Wait, they've done this before?" Vaporeon uttered before Zeraora stared at her with shock. He could not believe there was something he knew about a hero that she did not.

Nori, all the while, beamed bright and bit her lower lip. She knew she had to be neutral, but this was the first proper entrance she had ever seen from one of Tokyo's heroes now reenacted. And when Beedrill saw this, he let out a sigh and nodded his head to her, saying, "Just this once, okay?"

"Thank you, sir," Nori replied before she squealed, "WHOO! THAT WAS AWESOME!" clapping her hands over her head while Butterfree uttered, "Wait, I don't get it. What's the big deal?"

After a few more seconds, Gardevoir's hair returned to normal as she squealed, "Hey, that took longer than usual!" Palkia's eyes sparkling while she uttered, "Oh my god, how did you do that? It's exactly like it was before, no split ends or anything."

"Oh, my hair's always been like that," the white woman giggled before Machoke rested a hand on her shoulder, lowered his shades and whispered, "You remember these two might be evil, right?" Gardevoir nodding with her arms folded while she grunted in a forced deep voice, "Your praise means nothing, asshole!" spitting a small drop of saliva over the side of the ring.

Leafeon stared at this and uttered, "Wow, those two are perfect for each other," Gardevoir and Machoke removing their street clothes and tossing them out of the ring. Dialga simply folded his arms and chuckled, "I heard you were a funny man, Machoke, and now I believe it. I just hope you still take us seriously as opponents."

"Oh, don't worry about that," Machoke retorted, "After what you did to Aipom, Diancie and Hawlucha, how could I not?"

"Good," Dialga replied before extending his hand. And as much as Machoke did not want to shake it, he also did not want to seem like a poor sport. Thus he took hold of the hand and shook it only to tighten his grip and whisper, "By the way, I know your secret. This is as far as you get."

Dialga's eyes widened when Machoke let go and nodded at Gardevoir. The couple headed to their own side of the ring before Palkia blinked and asked, "Hey, Dialga, is something wrong?"

The blue dragon shook his head and replied, "No, I'm fine. It's nothing to be truly concerned about," but while he and his partner moved to their own side, he thought, 'He can't possibly mean what I think he does! There's no way he could know that! But it doesn't matter! If he does know that, he still can't win! Rillaboom and Aipom were the only ones with a strategy that could really work against us and they're both in the hospital.'

When Machoke and Gardevoir saw Dialga's face, they tried their hardest not to look shocked. This one reaction proved that Shaymin was right about them. After all, if Dialga and Palkia had nothing to hide, Machoke's words would have garnered confusion as opposed to shock. Now there was no way they would hold back against these two.

"Before I forget, there's still the gimmick for this match as well," Beedrill stated, "For this one, we actually decided to keep the iron turnbuckles as they add a little something do this."

He then directed everyone's attention up as the crowd looked in that very direction. Sure enough, a chopper flew overhead with a massive cage attached to a hook under it. The pilot slowly lowered it until it covered the entire ring, Machoke and Gardevoir narrowing their eyelids.

But while this was surprising enough to the audience, they were even more shocked when a staff member plugged in a chord that was attached to it. Volts of electricity circled the entire structure as everyone stared with wonder.

"That's right, folks!" Butterfree explained, "This is an electric cage match! Whoever hits this cage will not only experience harsh pain but also a pretty big shock to say the least! This was a special request from Palkia herself, so we can thank her for this one!"

While the crowd cheered for her, Blaziken gritted her teeth and growled, "I'm not entirely sure how this benefits them, but I bet it will somehow! I get the feeling Machoke was right about this! Those two will need to be careful!"

"I'm sure they can handle it," Zeraora replied, "Those two can handle anything, right?" the chicken nodding and sighing, "Yeah, you're probably right," though the others were not so sure about that. Even so, they fully intended to be as supportive as possible, so they would not let this get to them.

Nori looked back and forth between the teams and exclaimed, "Well, folks, this is it, the match that will decide our finalists! And so, without further ado, let us begin!" before she rang the bell.

Machoke and Gardevoir immediately raced toward Dialga and Palkia while the reptilian nodded at his wife. She quickly returned the gesture when the dragons readied themselves to counter. However, they figured a counterattack would be unnecessary when Machoke lifted Gardevoir up and hurled her toward them with her arms spread out.

"Do they seriously think this will hurt us?" Dialga chuckled, "Were they even paying attention to our second match? Everyone should know we can handle-"

However, his and Palkia's eyes went wide when a violet aura suddenly surrounded Gardevoir's hands and her arms struck their necks, the white woman squealing, "DOUBLE MOON HOOK!"

The Time Space Squad were genuinely shocked as they cried out in pain and flew backward into the ropes. Then when they bounced off, Gardevoir smirked and took hold of each one's arm, swinging them around and hurling them into the cage wall, each one sent into a different side.

On top of electricity coursing through the dragons, the impact proved very effective when both gritted their teeth with their eyes wide open. Dialga could not believe this. They should have been able to handle flying into metal, but thanks to Gardevoir's power up, the collission had dealt just as much to them as it would have dealt to anyone else without it.

Palkia, all the while, looked disappointed that her plan seemed to have failed only for the blue dragon to growl, "Come on, that was pure luck. We can still defeat them," the purple dragon taking a deep breath and nodding before she flew toward the white woman.

Dialga also pushed himself away from the cage and aimed a flying kick toward her only for Machoke to leap in and take hold of his ankle. He then swung the blue dragon around and sent him into the side of the cage that Palkia hit. More electricity coursed through him while the crowd went wild.

"And the Glamourous Fighting Machines are off to an amazing start!" Beedrill exclaimed, "Gardevoir has truly surprised us all by activating the Beaulieu family power immediately! Normally, she would hold off on that until a dire situation came up, but she's mixing things up!"

"It makes sense, though," Butterfree replied, "As we saw from the first two rounds, Dialga and Palkia are both incredibly tough, so much so that they can take in all sorts of damage without feeling pain. The only reason Rillaboom and Aipom did so well was because they had the two of them strike each other, and since they're less likely to fall for that, it only stands to reason that Gardevoir would want to soften them up now instead of doing so later."

Vaporeon and Zeraora grinned along with the others. They had a feeling the Glamourous Fighting Machines would do well, but not this well so early on. It was clear why they were the world champions.

"Dammit!" Dialga grunted before he once again leapt away from the cage wall, "I should have known they'd come up with something like that!" Palkia biting her lower lip as he thought, 'At least the electricity doesn't hurt us all that much, so that gimmick hasn't exactly turned against us yet. Even so, there's no going back. Just like Rillaboom and Aipom, Gardevoir has already made us vulnerable. But just like them, they'll still fall to us.'

With that in mind, he took a deep breath and said, "Palkia, it pains me to say this, but I think we're going to have to take the coward's way out of this situation, at least until that power wears off."

The purple dragon stared with confusion but soon nodded and flew over to the blue dragon before she took hold of his shoulders. He nodded before she threw him onto her back and soared toward Machoke and Gardevoir. When the reptilian saw this, he frowned and grunted, "Honey, be careful. I get the feeling now that they know what we're doing, they'll probably try to throw us off guard like they did to Aipom and Rillaboom."

The white woman nodded and examined them closely, and sure enough, it seemed as if the dragons would try that when Palkia flew into the air after she closed in on them. But while the two waited for them to attempt a sneak attack, everyone stared when, as per Dialga's instructions, the purple dragon remained in the air with her arms folded.

"Sorry to disappoint you, but we've realized that power of yours is a genuine threat to us, Gardevoir," Palkia stated with a smirk, "So we're just gonna remain up here until those three minutes wear off," Leafeon blinking and asking, "Did she seriously just reveal their plan?"

Dialga's eye twitched as he growled, "Why not just reveal our plan to the entire world!? Seriously, do you even know how to shut your trap!?" Machoke smirking and saying, "Well, honey, you heard her. Guess we'll have to go to them."

"Should we set up for-?" Gardevoir enquired only for Machoke to shake his head and reply, "They might be prepared for that. You leap up toward them and I'll wait down here just in case."

The white woman nodded and leapt backward onto the top rope. She then bounced up toward the dragons held her arms over her head and pressed her feet up against each other. She arched her body back to form a moon shape and started to spin toward them like a boomerang while she squealed, "MOONLIGHT BLADE!"

Dialga smirked and said, "Hook, line and sinker," before he leapt off Palkia's back and spun toward Gardevoir with his claws out, shouting, "METAL DRAGON DRILL!" a blue aura covering his body before he planted his claws into Gardevoir's gut.

Machoke gasped, "HONEY!" the white woman crying out in pain. Despite her power providing her with additional defence, Dialga was more than strong enough to bypass that and deal a good amount of damage regardless. But Machoke could not focus too much on this when Palkia descended toward him after she turned her body a darker shade of purple and covered her claws with pink energy.

"SPACIAL REND!" she exclaimed before she threw her claws downward only for the reptilian man to leap to the side. Unfortunately, it seemed as if she had hoped he would do that when she whipped out her tail and latched it onto his neck. She then flung him backward into the cage wall before he cried out in pain, electricity coursing through him.

Dialga flew forward until he rammed Gardevoir's back into the cage right next to Machoke. And sure enough, she had the exact same response while the others stared in horror. The dragons had already proven themselves insanely powerful up until now, but it seemed as if they were even worse now.

Even so, thanks to her power, Gardevoir was able to ignore the pain from the electricity to a certain degree. Thus she rose her hands and sent her heels downward into the back of Dialga's neck. He gritted his teeth but kept his claws in her gut while blood trickled down only for her to reel her arms back and send her hands forward into his face.

This got the blue dragon to finally release her before he flew backward and landed on his feet. At this moment, Machoke was finally able to pry himself away from the cage wall, but just from the one strike he took in, he already felt weak. As if Dialga was not strong enough, the electric cage made things even more difficult.

Even so, he could not give up yet, thus he asked, "How much longer do you have?" Gardevoir looking up at the sun and replying, "A little less than a minute," while Dialga and Palkia both prepared themselves for more.

"Hey, are you alright?" the purple dragon asked, "She hit you a couple more times," only for Dialga to reply, "Yeah, but those hits weren't as powerful as the ones before. I'm sure I'll be fine."

However, both dragons needed to brace themselves when Machoke lifted Gardevoir up and hurled her toward them. The white woman once again spread her arms out, only this time, the Time Space Squad were ready and leapt over her. Luckily, Machoke had expected this, thus he leapt backward onto the top rope and launched himself toward them before planting his own arms into their necks.

This distracted them just long enough for Gardevoir to lift up her arms and take hold of their ankles. She then swung them downward and planted their backs into the canvas right before her power left her. As such, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It seems like I've weakened them enough not to need the power anymore."

The crowd cheered as Zeraora said, "Man, they get out of tight spots even better than you and your friends do. If anyone can put these two in their place, it's them."

Vaporeon was a tad surprised to hear Zeraora talking like that. Sure, she expected him to be supportive, but his tone and the wording made it sound as if he somehow knew the dragons were on the side of evil. But how could he know that?

Whatever the case, now that Gardevoir's power was gone, Dialga no longer felt like he had a true reason to fear her. Thus he sighed, "Well, they made us vulnerable, but it doesn't matter. We can still beat them, right?" Palkia nodding before the dragons placed their hands against the canvas and propelled themselves toward their opponents with their feet out.

Machoke and Gardevoir both latched onto their ankles and leaned backward with every intent to slam them into the canvas. Unfortunately, Dialga and Palkia saw this coming, thus they leaned inward just in time to latch onto their opponent's legs. And with all their might, they managed to leap into the air and flip one hundred and eighty degrees, planting the back of Machoke and Gardevoir's heads into the canvas. The heroes' eyes widened as they coughed up blood for the first time in the match, unable to believe that this hurt as much as it did.

"Things were looking up for the Glamourous Fighting Machines, but it would seem the Time Space Squad has gotten the upper hand back with an impressive reversal," Nori stated, "As if that's not enough, they appear to have dealt far more damage than they should have with that."

Of course, things only got worse when the dragons released Machoke and Gardevoir and Palkia lifted Dialga into the air. Once they were high enough, she dropped him before he spread his legs out in a splits formation and planted them into the heroes' necks, causing them to cough up more blood.

"I'll admit, using that power of yours at the beginning of the match was smart," Dialga grunted with his arms folded, "But not even heroes as strong as you hold a candle to us. Just watch. We'll be the new world champions soon enough."