While Machoke made his way up a much longer flight of stairs than the ones before, Aipom was currently dodging Rotom's new energy saws. The mower smirked and said, "Machoke was able to get around this form easily, but I doubt you'll be able to do the same."

Aipom continued to leap away each time the buzz saws came for her, thinking, 'As long as I pay attention, I can keep this up,' only for Rotom's right rake to swipe outward and pin her to the floor. This alone caused her quite a bit of pain, but she knew the incoming buzz saws would be far worse.

As such, the monkey grunted, "Hopefully, this tactic will work for this situation as well!" thus she performed an escape tactic that Machoke himself had used to get out of a hold she trapped him in once during training. She spun her body around, resulting in a few cuts forming on her body but ultimately allowing her to free herself from under the rake.

"WHAT!?" Rotom spat while his saw lodged itself into the floor. Aipom righted herself up and grinned with pride, squeaking, "I can't believe I pulled that off, and only with a few scratches!" before flipping vertically toward the mower and shouting, "TAIL HAMMER!"

Rotom groaned in pain when Aipom balled her tail hand into a fist and rammed it into his face. However, he refused to let this get him down and morphed into a washing machine. This form had two massive clothes pins and a huge crab claw, Aipom now scared as she remembered how powerful this form had been before.

As such, she tried her best to avoid getting caught only for Rotom to grab her by the tail and open up his lid, stuffing her into it and starting up the wash cycle. The monkey held her breath and braced herself when she started to spin, her body hitting the sides and taking in damage. But when Rotom opened up his lid to send her flying, she used her tail hand to cling to the rim around it and swung herself upward, planting her feet hard into his face.

Rotom fumed and released steam before he took on the form of a fan, only he was larger than he originally was when he fought Machoke. However, Aipom felt more than prepared, thus when Rotom unleashed a powerful wind currently, the monkey simply allowed her to get swept up in it. As she predicted, a twister formed around her and launched her into the air, but unlike when Machoke was caught in this, she managed to maintain balance. So when Rotom flew up to her level to grab her, she simply spun herself around and rammed her fist into him, causing him to spin in midair.

"STOP DOING THAT!" he spat before taking on the form of an oven with giant red oven mitts and a matching spatula. He proceeded to smack a spellbound Aipom with the spatula and grabbed her so he could stuff her into his body.

However, Aipom refused to allow him to cook her. As such, she once again spun like Machoke to free herself. She then flipped away from Rotom and landed perfectly against the floor while his back hit the surface hard.

"Alright, you're clearly a lot better than I thought you'd be," Rotom growled while he rose back up, "But I still have one last form, and I made sure this would be far more useful than it was last time," taking on the form of a fridge with purple arms shaped like ice picks.

Aipom frowned and watched as he opened up his doors, revealing a large number of icicles all along the walls and roof. He then smirked and said, "And unlike before, these ones regenerate instantly," using the ice picks to cut them off and send them toward Aipom like spiky baseballs.

"FREEZER BURN BLIZZARD!" he exclaimed as Aipom gasped and took in thirteen of them to her front side. A chill went down her spine while blood dripped from the wounds.

'He wasn't kidding,' she thought, 'When he fought Machoke, this was his least useful form. Now it's become his most deadly, but I can still work around this. I won't let all that training I did go to waste.'

Thus when more icicles flew toward her, she leapt into the air and positioned her tail hand against the floor. She lowered and coiled it like a spring and squeaked, "MONKEY POGO STICK!" launching herself just high enough to evade every single icicle.

"WHAT!?" Rotom spat, his eyes wide with terror while Aipom spun vertically toward him with her tail balled up into a fist. Before the fridge could even respond, the monkey rammed her fist into his skull and spat, "TAIL HAMMER!"

Sparks flew from the fridge while he morphed back into a lightning rod and collapsed hard against the floor. When he closed his eyes, it was clear he had been defeated, thus Aipom breathed a sigh of relief and slumped down. She then looked up at the ceiling with a big smile and thought, 'I wish the others could have seen that.'

Unfortunately, it seemed as if after a very good start, things had taken a dark turn for Lucario. Onix was currently rolling around the ring while leaning forward and clutching onto the tip of his tail, forming a wheel shape. Lucario tried to examine his movements while he shouted, "ROCKIN ROLLER!" ramming himself hard into the dog and sending him careening into the stone ropes.

This only caused him more pain as he coughed up blood, the snake rolling back toward him and shouting, "NOT SO TOUGH NOW, ARE YOU!?"

However, Lucario saw something he could do, thus he leapt to the side just in time for Onix to crack open the ropes behind him. He continued to roll out of the ring and straight into the wall, thus he was now wide open for Lucario to leap toward him with an aura surrounding both of his paws.

Onix refused to allow this, thus he leapt toward the dog, raised his tail and rammed it right into his chest. But while this did cause Lucario to cough up more blood, he ignored the pain and wrapped his arms and legs around Onix. To make things even better, he also managed to apply enough force to swing the snake downward so his skull was facing the floor, a dark aura surrounding the dog.

"HOW THE HELL DID YOU PULL THAT OFF!?" Onix spat, Lucario remarking, "I don't know. I'm still not completely sure what this power is or where it came from, but I've had it since the Hero Olympics."

He then rammed Onix's skull into the surface and shouted, "CANINE HUG SLAM!" small portions of his horn falling off while he closed his eyes. The dog then released his hold and leapt away while Onix's entire body fell backward and put a large dent in the wall.

"That guy was all talk," Lucario sighed, folding his arms, "A waste of time if you ask me."

He then sat down on the side of the ring where the ropes had been broken and thought, 'I just know Machoke is probably fighting Deoxys right now. I just hope he really does have what it takes to win.'

All the while, things seemed to look promising for Scyther when she held Medicham's back against her shoulder and leapt into the air. She then leaned backward and aimed her skull toward the floor, shouting, "FLYING HAMMER!"

Hitmonchan watched in awe and thought, 'Medicham didn't stand a chance,' only for the grey woman to lower her hands and point her fingers toward the surface. And seconds before they hit, she exclaimed, "ACUPRESSURE!" releasing extreme energy from her fingers that cushioned the blow significantly.

Scyther gasped before Medicham wrapped her legs around her and flipped herself one hundred and eighty degrees, ramming the insect's back into the floor. She then distanced herself slightly from Scyther as Hitmonchan gasped, "When could you pull off a move like that?"

"As I said, I've been improving my technique," Medicham explained while Scyther rose to her feet, "I'm no longer like I was before. I can actually knock out my opponents now."

"Good moves or not, you're still no match for me," Scyther retorted before blades jutted out of her arms, reaching all the way from her wrists to her armpits. She then raced toward the grey woman and shouted, "ARM SCHWERT!" only for Medicham to leap back and somersault away from her just in time to avoid the incoming strike.

Scyther stared wide-eyed while Medicham pushed herself off the ground and planted her foot hard into her chest. She kept her foot right there, the insect's eyes and mouth wide with shock when she leaned forward and took hold of her hands, forcing her arms up while she forced the insect's back to bend.

Hitmonchan stared in horror while Scyther could not believe how difficult this was to escape from. And it only got worse when Medicham shouted, "TURNOVER SLAM!" applying enough pressure to force Scyther to fall backward, her skull hitting the floor hard.

Scyther coughed up blood as Medicham released her hold on her, allowing her to collapse. There was no doubt about it. The insect had been defeated, and surprisingly easily at that.

"As I said, I'm no longer the weakling I was before," Medicham grunted, "I was told as a child that my family was never meant to fight, but I've finally proven my father wrong. And you're next, traitor!" pointing angrily at Hitmonchan.

The boxer gritted her teeth and growled, "Bring it, bitch!" racing toward her and sending a barrage of rapid punches toward her.

Medicham simply used her fingers to block the incoming blows, a light smile on her face as she said, "Look at this. Now my Acupressure is so strong that I can match blows with your boxing gloves."

Hitmonchan had to admit that this was alarming, but after the grey woman had used her for her own evil purposes back in the day, there was no way she would let up. As far as she saw it, Medicham made a mistake when she accepted Deoxys' offer and left her cell.

After a while, though, Medicham saw an opening and rammed a finger into the boxer's midsection. This caused Hitmonchan to cough up blood and fall to her knees, the woman smirking and saying, "I see you took in extreme pain there once. That spot is weaker than every other part of your body," sending more finger punches into her.

While Hitmonchan continued to take in pain with a look of both anger and helplessness in her eyes, Medicham sighed, "I don't see why you're so mad at me. You and your siblings chose to join me of your own accord. You developed a grudge against the world for an incredibly shallow reason."

Hitmonchan gasped before taking another finger punch to her gut, the grey woman adding, "Seriously, breaking your vow to serve the side of good all because you were forced to wait a month before entering Hero School? You have no right to call me a bitch! At least I've had my priorities straight from the get-go!"

But just as she was ready to finish off Hitmonchan for good, the boxer gritted her teeth and finally managed to ignore the pain coursing through her. She then lifted up her right hand, used her glove to block the incoming finger and grunted, "You're absolutely right. Our reason for joining the dark side and turning against our little brother was stupid. There is absolutely nothing I can say that can possibly justify our actions."

She then rose to her feet and held her left arm back, expanding the size of her fist so it was twice the size of her head while barking, "But even so, we learned our lesson in the end and now we fight to protect the world from people like you!"

She then rammed her fist into a spellbound Medicham's face, barking, "MACH PUNCH!" the grey woman's face caving in before she soared backward into the wall. A crack formed behind her while she slid down, her head hanging to the side and her tongue sticking out.

Hitmonchan breathed heavily and closed her eyes, fell to her knees once more and thought, 'I did it, and I just know Gallade's already beaten his opponent.'

Unfortunately, this was not the case. While the others had struggled quite a bit, so far, Gallade had it the absolute worst. Genesect was by far the toughest opponent he had ever face, and he was already covered in bruises when he took in the same beam that knocked out Butterfree.

While the man lay against the wall, looking limp and lifeless, Genesect sighed, "You know, I don't know what I was expecting. Somehow I thought you'd make for a more interesting opponent, like all those losses over the past were intentional so you could one day surprise the world with an amazing comeback. I guess that is too unrealistic, isn't it?"

Gallade lay against the wall and thought, 'No,' before twitching all over and pushing himself away from the wall. Genesect stared in stunned silence before smirking and saying, "Guess I can still have a little fun after all."

The bug raced around the area only for Gallade to leap at her from the side and send a roundhouse into her waist. However, Genesect ignored the pain and retaliated with a rolling sobat, sending the green man careening into the same wall he had hit earlier.

She then started to charge up her cannon again while she sighed, "It's a shame to end this, but you're starting to really bore me right now."

Gallade tried his hardest to keep his eyes open and thought, 'I can't believe this! When I got my first victory on Earth, it was the greatest feeling ever.'

He remembered back when Hitmonchan used to serve the side of evil. She and Gallade fought each other in Sapporo, and while it was tough, in the end, the man had come out on top.

'That day, I truly felt like I could protect Tokyo with my friends, that I was finally a worthy addition to the team,' his mind added, 'But even after all of my progress, I'm still nothing more than a joke. Hell, I was the only one of Tokyo's heroes to lose to my opponent in the Reverse World. What good am I?'

But just as Genesect was ready to fire her beam a second time, Gallade's eyes widened as he remembered all the people who supported and believed in him. While they had teased him in the past, he knew his friends still had faith in him. His parents always gave him words of encouragement whenever he had a chance to talk to them and, most of all, both Hitmonchan and Gardevoir would be truly devastated if he died today.

With that in mind, he frowned while Genesect exclaimed, "BUG BLASTER!" unleashing her beam toward Gallade, a huge explosion forming while a crater was left in the wall.

"He was even more pathetic than that butterfly," Genesect sighed only for the smoke to clear and reveal that Gallade was no longer there. The bug's eyes widened with terror when she felt a pair of arms latch onto her shoulders from behind.

"But how!?" Genesect cried, Gallade grinning and retorting, "I'm not a loser, and I'm gonna prove it!"

He then lifted up the bug and leaned backward, planting the back of her head into the floor. He then released his hold and leapt into the air, planting his feet into Genesect's gut, causing her to cough up green blood.

The bug immediately rolled backward and positioned herself upright. She breathed heavily and wiped the blood off of her mouth, staring at it with a horrified expression on her face. Sure, she had wanted a challenge, but she did not expect Gallade of all heroes to be able to pull this off with only a few hits.

"I am sick and tired of being Tokyo's punching bag!" he grunted before racing toward Genesect with his arms spread out, "Today, I finally prove my worth!"

Genesect gritted her teeth and sent another beam toward Gallade only for him to jump over it. He then descended toward the bug and crossed his arms, shouting, "PSYCHO CUT!" And when he was close enough, he spread his arms out in an X formation and put a big gash on Genesect's chest.

The bug closed her eyes and fell hard on her back while Gallade breathed heavily. He stared silently at his handiwork before slowly inching his foot toward the bug, lightly tapping her with the tip. And when Genesect did not even budge, he knew he had won, thus he smiled lightly and allowed himself to fall backwards with his arms spread out, laughing triumphantly.

All the while, Blaziken currently had it rough as she took in a hard punch to the face from Stakataka. However, she managed to ignore the pain and took hold of his fist. She then propelled herself off of the floor and wrapped her legs around his arm, twisting it while the tower tried his hardest not to show how much this hurt.

"You didn't think I'd be easy pickings, did you?" she asked with a smirk, "I already fought a villain made entirely out of rocks once, and he was much worse than you."

However, Stakataka ignored all of this and lifted up his free arm. He then swung it toward Blaziken like a whip and smacked her hard in the face, drawing blood from her beak and causing her to release her hold. He then rose his foot and sent it hard into her gut, leaping into the air and tucking his arms and legs in. Blaziken attempted to crawl away only for her lower body to take in the blow.

The chicken cried out in agonizing pain, gritting her teeth angrily and trying to pry herself out from under Stakataka. While she had enough energy to at least try to lift the tower off of her, there was just one problem. Her family was naturally unable to pull off advanced slam techniques without wasting a lot of energy, hence why they preferred to stick to more simple means.

However, after a few seconds, the chicken took a deep breath and thought, 'Alright, I know I'm taking a huge risk here, but right now, it's either this or accept defeat, and lord knows I can't afford to do the latter."

With that in mind, Blaziken tilted her upper body upward. Sure, it caused her quite a bit of strain, but she managed to ignore this and wrapped her arms around Stakataka's waist. The tower's eye widened with terror when he felt this, and it only got worse for him when the chicken manage to just barely lift him up, rising to her feet and panting heavily.

"This ain't a signature move or anything, but it should be enough to defeat you," the chicken grunted before leaning backward and slamming Stakataka back into the floor, causing the entire area to vibrate.

But while Blaziken breathed heavily while looking down at her opponent, panic filled her veins when Stakataka regained consciousness and pushed himself back up. However, there was no way the chicken would allow her efforts to be wasted, thus she used her last ounce of strength to leap up over him and mount herself onto his back.

Stakataka was truly terrified now when Blaziken lit her feet on fire and shouted, "BLAZE KICK!" ramming them both into his back and causing him to fall forward, his face crashing down on the floor.

Blaziken wiped sweat off of her forehead and sat down on the floor. She then rested her hands against the surface and sighed, "Whew, that was close. For a second there, I actually thought I'd lost this one."

She then smiled and felt confident the others were performing just as well, and so far, on the sixth floor, Gardevoir seemed to be on par with Blacephalon. She and the colourful man both attempted to slap one-another only for their arms to collide.

When Blacephalon sent a palm punch toward Gardevoir, she gracefully dodged to the side and attempted to kick him only for him to do the same. He then struck a pose and exclaimed, "My, my, aren't you an incredible opponent!? I didn't think anyone was as graceful in battle as I!"

"Um, thank you," Gardevoir replied with a light blush only for Blacephalon to sigh, "Still, your skills are far too basic," popping his head off of his frills, "I have something that will truly blow your mind, both figuratively and perhaps literally."

Gardevoir stared in confusion when he hurled the sphere toward her, shouting, "MIND BLOWN!" as it struck her hard in the face, the dots flying out to form a fireworks effect.

This caused the woman to cough up blood and fall on her back while Blacephalon's head returned to its rightful place. He then took a bow and said, "Thank you for being such an amazing partner. It's a shame there's no audience, though."

"Yes, it is," Gardevoir uttered while slowly pushing herself back to her feet, the colourful man gasping at the sight of this, "Because if there were people here, they could watch me beat you."

Blacephalon's shock soon became intrigue, thus he nodded and said, "Well, then, I guess I have no choice but to pull out all the stops," before lifting up his right leg and twirling toward Gardevoir like a ballerina.

However, the woman was ready this time, thus she leapt toward him with her arm out and shouted, "MOON HOOK!" aiming for the area just below his head.

However, Blacephalon saw this coming and lifted up his head, tossing it into the air just in time for Gardevoir to miss. A look of shock took over while he wrapped his arms around her and leapt sideways, planting her skull into the floor.

To make matters worse, when Blacephalon's head descended, it struck Gardevoir hard in the gut before she could even attempt to rise to her feet, the dots forming the same firework explosion. Thus the woman coughed up more blood, panting while Blacephalon picked up his head and put it back on.

"It's such a pity to end this match so soon," he cooed, "I was having so much fun, but alas, all good things must come to an end."

With that, he leapt into the air and aimed his foot toward Gardevoir's chest, spinning while shouting, "BALLET STOMP!"

However, Gardevoir remembered what was at stake and focused hard. And sure enough, just when Blacephalon closed in on her, she threw her arms upward and took hold of his ankle. The colourful man looked down in shock when he noticed the woman had just barely managed to stop his descent.

It was then he noticed a violet aura around her hands as she rose to her feet and grunted, "Guess no one told you about the Beaulieu family power! Granted, I can only use it for three minutes, but that's more than enough time!" before swinging the man around and hurling him high into the air.

She then leapt toward him and lifted her arms up, cupping her hands and feet together and bending her back to form a half-moon shape. She then spun like a disk and rammed herself hard Blacephalon's gut, squeaking, "MOONLIGHT BLADE!"

With that, Blacephalon felt too weak to continue, thus he fell hard on his back and lay there unconscious while Gardevoir landed gracefully against the floor. She then took many deep breaths and turned toward the staircase with a smile. She just knew Deoxys would soon meet the same fate.