A whole week had passed since the semi-finals ended. And while Machoke, Gardevoir and Aipom were still unconscious, everyone else was able to attend the match and cheer for Vaporeon and Zeraora. The duo had spent the whole time preparing themselves for this and they knew they were ready.

Dialga and Palkia were currently getting ready in the back room with various staff members from Hero Planet helping them. While Beedrill may have found their methods questionable, he certainly liked the idea of two of his own employees becoming the champions. As such, he figured he may as well give them all the help they needed.

Neither of them felt like they needed any combat assistance, but they did have a big entrance planned. After all, this would be their final tournament match, thus they really wanted to let the citizens of Earth know how much respect to give them.

Of course, Vaporeon's friends all stayed with her and Zeraora in the back to help them prepare as well. Much like the dragons, they, too, wished to make a bold statement. Of course, Scorbunny was given the simplest of tasks since she still could not move her legs, but she was just happy to be of help.

Zeraora took many deep breaths before Vaporeon rested a hand on his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, we can do this. I know we can," the cat uttering, "Yeah, I know. It's just, wow, this is my first time fighting the forces of evil. This was already nerve-racking before, but now the fate of the world's at stake. I can't afford to lose."

"Yeah, I get what you mean," the fox sighed, "It's like I said before. Going into this tournament, I wanted so badly to be the one to beat these two, but after seeing them fight Shaymin and Melmetal, I hoped someone else would beat them for us. But now that we've made it this far, I can't turn back."

Drizzile smiled and rested a hand on her shoulder before he said, "And we'll be with you every step of the way," Rillaboom adding, "Hell yeah. After all of that training, those two won't stand a chance."

Scorbunny nodded and gave Vaporeon and Zeraora thumbs up with a big smile. Morgrem and Rolycoly, who were at work on a large banner, gave them reassuring smiles of their own. The fox could not help but let down a light tear as she wondered what she did to deserve such terrific friends.

Blaziken, Gallade and Hitmonchan sat among the crowd while the green man groaned, "I wanna be by Gardevoir's side right now. I feel like she needs me there to keep her company."

"Look, Gardevoir's independent now," Blaziken replied as she patted him on the shoulder, "Besides, we all need to be here to support our friends. If they lose this match, there's a chance the world will go to Hell."

"Wait, what!?" Gallade and Hitmonchan retorted, the chicken blinking as she suddenly remembered that she had not told them what she and the others had suspected. As such, she took a deep breath and said, "Try not to make a scene, but, well, there's a very, very high probability that Dialga and Palkia might be evil."

Gallade and Hitmonchan stared at her for a few seconds with their eyes wide and their jaws dropped. The green man then slapped his hands over his eyes and groaned, "Dammit! Is it too much to ask that we go one tournament without having to deal with a villain or two sneaking their way into it!? Why can these never just be sporting events!? Isn't the pressure of becoming champion bad enough!?"

Hitmonchan pouted and hugged him reassuringly before cooing, "There, there, everything will be okay. It always is," Gallade whimpering, "Yeah, you're right. Vaporeon and Zeraora will win for sure, even though Machoke and Gardevoir lost."

At that moment, Leafeon and Jolteon made their way into the bleachers and sat next to Blaziken. The tan fox stared at Gallade and uttered, "What's eating him?" Blaziken chuckling, "He's just worried Vaporeon and Zeraora will lose. I'm sure they'll be fine."

"Damn right they'll be," Jolteon remarked with her arms folded, "After all we did to prepare them for this, they'd better not lose! If they lose, I'll be really upset and then I'll cry and cry and cry and use up all my tissues!"

Leafeon stared at her and shook her head before she sighed, "Mommy's right. There's no way in Hell those two will lose. Dialga and Palkia have done really well so far, but they'll meet their match today."

Raboot took a seat as well and said, "I still think Vaporeon would have stood more of a chance with Scorbunny by her side, but I'm rooting for her all the way. After all, there's no way my cousin's girlfriend is going down!" Gallade, Hitmonchan and Blaziken staring at him with their eyes wide open.

All the while, a middle-aged woman with long blonde hair and a blue business suit entered the crowd and made her way to the back row. This was Zeraora's mother, Megumi. She took a seat, breathed a sigh of relief and thought, 'Made it just in time.' She then pulled out her phone before her mind added, 'Once the fight is over, I'll let him know I came. I bet he'll be so happy.'

Everyone settled down when Beedrill, Butterfree and Nori took a seat, the wasp stating, "Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's been a great tournament so far. We've seen a plethora of heart-pounding matches, but this is the big one, the one that will end it all!"

"Both teams have really amazed us," Butterfree added, "All four of these fighters were unknown up until now. Hell, three of them are new to the world of heroism, and while one apparently has experience, none of it has ever been recorded for whatever reason. But her performance does speak louder than any footage ever could, so I guess there's no real reason to doubt her."

Nori nodded and stated, "I have to admit, though, I am genuinely surprised by all of this. I mean, who ever would have guessed Machoke of all fighters would not make it to the finals? It makes me wonder if these other two can put up nearly as good of a fight."

"Well, if they made it this far, it's certainly possible," Beedrill replied only for Butterfree to wonder if anyone could honestly say that. After all, Vaporeon did have a different ally for her forth match. But even so, it was the butterfly's job to be neutral, thus she said nothing.

Meanwhile, Vaporeon's friends heard the announcement from a speaker placed inside the training room. As such, Drizzile blinked and said, "Guess we'd better head to the bleachers."

Rillaboom nodded and added, "Yeah. We'll be ready to cheer like never before," Scorbunny nodding and giving Vaporeon a big smile.

Morgrem patted her on the shoulder and said, "We're rooting for you all the way," Rolycoly adding, "I wish we could have done a little bit more, but I'm just glad we got to contribute at all."

Vaporeon let down a light tear before she gave each of her friends a big hug one-by-one. She then kissed Scorbunny on the cheek and said, "Seriously, thank you all so much. I really couldn't have asked for better friends."

Zeraora bowed his head to them and added, "And, well, if I hadn't met all of you, I don't think I ever could have been truly happy. So thank you all so much for being my friends."

All six of the others gave him warm smiles before they came in and gave him a big group hug. The cat's eyes were wide with shock, but that soon turned to a big smile of his own. Even though he would have to say goodbye to them forever once this match ended, he would always remember this moment.

With all said and done, all but Vaporeon and Zeraora left the room to head to the bleachers. The teammates turned to one-another and pounded their fists together, a grin on Zeraora's face while he said, "Let's go save the world," Vaporeon nodding with a serious look in her eyes.

Once the other heroes of Edmonton took their seats, Beedrill exclaimed, "And now, without further ado, it's time to announce the teams for this match! In the blue corner, one is a feisty fox with incredible power and skill! Another is a ferocious feline who I'm sure will continue to shock and amaze us all! Give it up for the Atlantic Catfish!"

The crowd watched in awe when the cat and fox marched toward the area with serious looks in their eyes. Above their head was a banner that said 'Team Spirit' in fancy writing with a very colourful background, each hero holding up the pole closest to them. Rolycoly bit his lower lip and squealed, "Wow, everyone gets to see my handiwork again!" Gallade uttering, "Wow, you made that banner?"

Once they were close enough to the ring, they planted the banner into the ground. Vaporeon then curled her tail like a spring as Zeraora crouched down, both leaping high into the air and landing perfectly against the canvas. The cheers were even louder while they rose their arms in the air, big smiles on their faces.

"Yeah, looking good, guys!" Leafeon squealed before Jolteon shouted, "That was such a cool entrance and really fitting for a final match! Oh man, I'm so excited, I could... I could..." Her eyelids then started to sag, so she pulled out a cup of coffee and gulped it down before exclaiming, "I could just run into that ring right now!"

Leafeon let out a sigh and groaned, "Please don't," the others equally supportive of Vaporeon and Zeraora's entrance.

All the while, Megumi smiled and thought, 'Wow, he looks so professional. I'm so glad I could be here to see this.'

"And in the red corner-" Butterfree stated, "are the first representatives of Hero Planet to ever partake in a tournament! Both have proven themselves a major force to be reckoned with! As mentioned earlier, they took down our former champions, the Glamourous Fighting Machines! And now they come to us most likely to dazzle us even more! Give a round of applause for the Time Space Squad!"

Many members of the crowd were beyond ecstatic when Dialga and Palkia rode toward the ring on the back of a large float. Long flamethrowers released streams of fire into the air while a dramatic musical score played in the background. Both dragons leapt high into the air and landed firmly against the mat before they held their arms up and shouted, "HELLO, TOKYO!"

Scorbunny stared at this and uttered, "Wow, they actually put effort into this one," Rillaboom frowning and grunting, "It's because they think they've already won. Just wait'll they see how prepared Vaporeon and Zeraora are."

Dialga smirked at Vaporeon and said, "Congrats on making it this far. We've been looking forward to this match," the fox and cat glaring at him before he sighed, "Come now. Don't treat us like enemies. Treat us more like friendly rivals."

"Right, and I'm just supposed to ignore what you did to my friends," Vaporeon retorted, Palkia shrugging and replying, "She's got a point," only for Dialga to scowl at her. Thus she grinned nervously and held her hands behind her back.

The blue dragon then sighed, "Well, I guess your reaction is understandable. All things considered, I'm amazed that three of the fighters we defeated are here to watch our match," Shaymin growling, "Oh, that arrogant little shit stain! Let me at him! I'll kick his ass this time!"

Melmetal rested a hand on her shoulder and sighed, "Easy does it, Shaymin. It's up to those two now," the hedgehog folding her arms and pouting.

Zeraora took a deep breath, placed his fist against his palm and bowed his head to the dragons before he said, "You have no idea how much you'll regret coming to this time period," Dialga's eyes wide with shock before Vaporeon stared briefly at him. Luckily, the cat had said this quietly enough for no one in the bleachers to hear, but it was still a big risk.

With all said and done, the Atlantic Catfish moved to their side of the ring, Zeraora glaring at the dragons while Vaporeon was about to scold him for saying that. However, when she saw the fear in Dialga's eyes, her confidence grew. Just the fact that it was possible to intimidate someone that powerful was more than enough for her, and so she decided to let this slide.

Palkia bit her lower lip and whimpered, "You heard what he said, right? What if everyone else knows?" Dialga remarking, "No. They can't prove we're from the future without messing up the time line, so there's nothing to worry about. He's probably the only one they've told, and he seems to be trying to keep it hidden. We're still safe."

But as the dragons walked to their own side of the ring, the blue dragon grunted, "Still, once this match is over, it won't matter. We'll reveal our secret to the world and make him our first real victim. After all, if we don't kill someone, people might not take us seriously as a threat."

Once both teams were ready, Beedrill looked back and forth between them. He then nodded and stated, "Well, folks, the combatants are set! Without any further ado, let's begin!"

After Nori rang the bell, Dialga and Palkia immediately raced toward their opponents with their arms raised. Vaporeon smirked and thought, 'Really? What a basic approach to start with. This'll be even easier than I-'

Her train of thought was cut off when Dialga suddenly swerved to the right and sent a roundhouse into her side. She gasped in pain as she could tell from this one hit that these dragons really were as strong as they first seemed. And it only got worse when the blue dragon lifted the blue fox up by her tail and started to swing her around.

When Zeraora saw this, he readied a counter of his own only for Palkia to fly into the air and swing her tail into his face. She then latched her legs to his neck, leaned forward and grabbed his ankles. She jabbed her claws into those very spots and flipped one hundred and eighty degrees, planting the back of his head into the canvas while Megumi resisted the urge to gasp.

When Dialga noticed this, he smirked and hurled Vaporeon into the ropes. Then after she bounced off, he held out his arm and allowed her neck to run right into it before she fell on her back. The crowd along with Vaporeon's friends all watched this in stunned silence. While the dragons had taken such an approach to combat before, they had never done so this early in the match.

"You must think you're really smart, don't you?" Dialga scoffed before he flipped Vaporeon onto her belly, mounted himself onto her back and wrapped his arms around her neck, "You were thinking of countering my first move and throwing me into Palkia, weren't you? Considering you two have no other ways to really hurt us, it was the most obvious strategy you could have thought up, so Palkia and I planned for it in advance."

Palkia was currently standing on Zeraora's hands while she continued to hold onto his ankles and pulled back. This caused him to arch backward as he cried out in pain. But as bad as this was, right now, he was even more upset that the dragons had figured out his and Vaporeon's strategy so easily.

"Oh, come on!" Rillaboom groaned as she clutched onto the sides of her head, "You've gotta be kidding! We spent so long preparing them for this!"

Shaymin nodded and whined, "I know they're tough, but they're not this smart!" Melmetal equally disappointed. However, after having seen them enough times in combat, the others were not so sure if they could back up the hedgehog's words.

But despite this, Zeraora refused to let himself and Vaporeon lose so easily. Thus he narrowed his eyelids and turned his head around to make sure Dialga was close enough. When he was certain of it, he pulled his arms forward as hard as he could. After a few seconds he managed to slide them out from under Palkia's feet and planted them against the canvas.

Before the purple dragon could react, he lifted her up off the mat with his legs before he threw them backward. This was just enough for her claws to fly out of his ankles before she flew straight into Dialga's face. The crowd cheered wildly when the blue dragon grunted in pain and released his old on Vaporeon, falling on his back along with his partner.

Vaporeon took many deep breaths as Megumi smiled wide, happy to have recorded that amazing counter. She then texted the recording to the cat's father and thought, 'Just as I promised, I filmed our son's first impressive move. He's gonna be so proud.'

Zeraora approached Vaporeon and said, "They may have seen our plan coming, but that doesn't mean we can't still pull it off," the blue fox nodding with a light smile and replying, "Yeah. Thanks for the save, partner," both pounding their fists together.

Dialga rose to his feet and grunted, "Don't act so confident. I promise, you won't pull that off again," Palkia nodding before she and the blue dragon dashed away from each other. After that, they pressed up against the ropes and bounced off, Vaporeon and Zeraora unprepared. As such, the blue fox took a hard kick to her cheek courtesy of Dialga while Zeraora succumbed to a headbutt from Palkia.

To make matters worse, the blue dragon's body was covered in a matching aura while the purple dragon's body was a darker shade and her forehead glowed pink as she shouted, "SPACIAL HEADBUTT!"

Despite the fact that Zeraora had only taken in a few hit, this one move was enough to draw blood from his mouth as his mother covered hers with her hands. The others also watched with concern while Scorbunny growled, "They really thought this through! Come on, guys, deal another counter!"

It seemed less and less likely that Zeraora and Vaporeon would be able to send either dragon into the other again when both moved in various directions. Each time they did, one would leap forward and strike one hero. Vaporeon took in ten strikes while Zeraora succumbed to thirteen, both of them already looking incredibly weak.

"This is way more one-sided than expected!" Beedrill exclaimed, "The Atlantic Catfish have only dealt one hit while the Time Space Squad continue to dominate! Can these two newcomers possibly get the upper hand or will this be the second-shortest match in team tournament history!?"

"Wait, second?" Drizzle uttered before Shaymin explained, "Yeah, it was way back in the day. Graveler and Scizor went up against Bastiodon and Rampardos and lost in less than thirty seconds."

Megumi bit her lower lip and thought, 'Come on, son. You can do better than this,' while Vaporeon panted heavily and grunted, "Shaymin was right. I want to at least counter them, but they hit way too hard. I can't find the strength to hit them back."

Zeraora felt the same. As much as he wanted to be a little optimistic, it really seemed as if Machoke and Gardevoir were the only ones who really had a chance of beating the dragons. But when he closed his eyes, he remembered this was not just another match, thus he waited for Dialga to leap toward him and covered his tail in electricity.

"LIGHTNING SLASH!" he exclaimed before he swiped it upward into Dialga's outstretched leg. But while this put a light cut in the blue dragon, it did not cause him to bleed, so he easily ignored it and planted his foot into the cat's face while Vaporeon succumbed to a strike from Palkia.

"Well, that was at least a valiant attempt, but as you've seen from our match with Shaymin and Melmetal, we can handle that sort of thing," Dialga quipped. He then wrapped his arms around Zeraora and planted his claws into his back, adding, "It's a real shame to end this so quickly, but we really want to win."

Vaporeon frowned and grunted, "No!" before wrapping her tail around Palkia's ankle. She then yanked hard enough to cause the purple dragon to fall backward, but this hardly made a difference when she placed her hands against the canvas and swung her feet upward into the blue fox's chin. Dialga leapt high into the air and leaned backward, shouting, "METAL DRAGON SUPLEX!"

Zeraora gritted his teeth and wrapped his legs around Dialga. He then jabbed the claws on his feet into the blue dragon's lower back and covered said feet in sparks, shouting, "PLASMA SHOES!"

But much like when the dragons hit the electric cage in their match with Machoke and Gardevoir, this dealt next to nothing. As such, Dialga took a deep breath and sighed, "Well, I'll give you this, you definitely have fighting spirit."

Just as the cat's skull was seconds away from the mat, though, Vaporeon ignored Palkia's kick. She then took hold of her ankles and growled, "We prepared extra hard for this and you are not going to ruin our strategy!"

Thus she leaned backward and hurled Palkia toward Dialga. The blue dragon's eyes widened when she flew right into his forehead, causing him to cry out in pain and release his hold on Zeraora. Since the cat had just enough time, he wrapped his arms around the blue dragon and planted the claws into his upper back.

The crowd watched in amazement when he took full advantage of Dialga's distraction and used all his might to flip him one hundred and eighty degrees. Luckily, he pulled this off just in time for the blue dragon's skull to hit the canvas hard, his eyes and mouth wide with shock.

While this did not hurt quite as much as it should have, it still dealt quite a bit of pain. After all, he had taken in two blows from Palkia, so it only made sense that he would feel a touch weak now.

"Way to go!" Rillaboom exclaimed, Drizzile wiping sweat off of his forehead and sighing, "Thank god. They do stand a chance."

Scorbunny nodded and replied, "Was there ever any doubt?" Morgrem and Rolycoly shaking their heads. And of course, Leafeon and Jolteon were both glad to see Vaporeon pull this off.

Melmetal, meanwhile, narrowed his eye and grunted, "You guys might be celebrating a little too early. It's good that they landed a couple of good hits. Clearly, they've left at least Dialga a little vulnerable. But that's only step one."

Blaziken bit the lower half of her beak and sighed, "I hate to say it, but he's right. Machoke and Gardevoir did way more than this without taking in nearly as much damage themselves. Vaporeon and Zeraora will need to do a lot more to make up for all the hits they took in earlier."

"Yeah, but they can do it," Drizzile replied with a grin, Gallade sighing, "I really hope so. I wanna share your confidence, but what I've seen from these two has me really nervous, especially now that I know that those two dragons are, well, you-know-what."

The chameleon and his friends all stared briefly at him before Jolteon asked, "Wait, they're what? What are they? Are they invincible? Because that would make this really, really, really difficult!" Raboot sighing, "Don't bother. I'm just as out of the loop as you are."

With Dialga and Palkia distracted, Vaporeon and Zeraora had to ignore all the pain they succumbed to earlier. They had a golden opportunity here and there was no way they would not take it. Thus each took hold of one of Dialga's ankles, lifted him up and rammed the back of his head into Palkia's face.

The purple dragon gasped when her forehead came open and a small bit of blood trickled down from it. And it did not end there when Vaporeon wrapped her arms around her, Zeraora doing the same to Dialga. Both then leaned backward and lifted their respective dragons up before they spat, "DOUBLE SUPLEX SKULL BASH!"

Just as the name implied, the Atlantic Catfish rammed the Time Space Squad's skulls into one-another, so the dragons coughed up blood before their opponents released their holds and allowed them to collapse. The cheers from the crowd grew louder while Megumi's eyes sparkled. She could not have been more proud of her son right now.

But of course, everyone knew this was far from over. It showed when Dialga and Palkia rose back to their feet and did their best to pretend that the blows to their skulls meant nothing. The blue dragon turned to face the heroes before him and growled, "Okay, clearly we underestimated you. We won't make that mistake again."