After Throh and Sawk had failed the previous night, they had at least done the right thing and let Hero Planet's government know what was happening. Normally, a villain running loose would not be something the government would get involved with as their kids were clearly more fit to fight these battles, but to have Giratina's mask stolen was a whole other issue, but why? What could one possibly do with an old mask? It was not as if anyone who wore it got super powers or anything like that.

Even so, this was certainly urgent enough for Weedle to wake everyone working in the school up early for a meeting. While everyone was filled in on the mask being stolen, no one could imagine how this was possible.

"Apparently, a group of criminals broke into the Osaka museum and stole the mask," Weedle stated as Riolu rose his hand, asking, "Where did you just say they got it from?" the caterpillar replying, "The Osaka Museum. Sorry, did I say that too quietly?"

"Well, no," Infernape replied, "We just wanted to make sure we heard that correctly. Why would it have been in an Earth museum?" Weedle blinking and looking around, noticing more looks of confusion and asking, "Wait, are you telling me nobody here knew the mask of Giratina of all demons was in the Osaka Museum?"

Everyone shrugged as the pangolin, Sandshrew rose his hand and asked, "But why would it be in a museum?" Weedle replying, "Geez, I thought everyone had heard this story. Look, when Giratina was destroyed, the government took the mask and decided to preserve it in memory of the demon's defeat at the hands of Arceus. So they had it displayed in a museum, and Osaka just happened to want it the most."

"So let me get this straight," a scorpion named Drapion said, "Instead of locking it away on Hero Planet or, say, trying to destroy the mask, they put it up for display in a building lots of people go to," Weedle nodding before sighing, "Now that you mention it, that sounds unbelievably stupid."

"Yeah, no kidding," a panda named Pangoro said while folding her arms, "I'm just amazed no one stole it beforehand," Greninja nodding and replying, "Indeed, that is a very sound point."

Everyone in the area now talked amongst themselves about this as Weedle sighed, "Well, I'm just hoping Tokyo's heroes can stop this. For the time being, though, I want a paper sent all around the world to let people know of this threat. If these criminals can find something to do with that mask, we'll need the citizens to be ready."

A magnetic cyborg named Magnezone and a vulture named Mandibuzz both gave Weedle an army salute before taking off to take care of their business. However, Riolu did not feel completely comfortable with this as he asked, "Are you sure we shouldn't go and help them?"

Weedle let out a sigh and replied, "You know we have to make sure the new generation is ready," the dog taking a deep breath and replying, "I hope you really know what you're doing, sir," before getting up and taking his leave.

After he did so, the caterpillar sighed once more and grumbled, "Me too, Riolu, me too," before pulling out a phone book and thinking, 'What would you do in this situation, Ambipom? I could use your advice right now.'

Once the sun started to rise, the train was getting close to Tokyo, a little less than an hour away in fact. They of course had no intention of stopping here, though where they were headed was anyone's guess.

Luckily, this was around the time Aipom had received the phone message regarding this, her eyes going wide as she quickly woke up Machoke and called up Gardevoir, Gallade and Blaziken. Thankfully, the message did include what time the train was likely to arrive at, so Aipom knew just when to get there.

And with that, they had gotten Keiko to come around and pick them up, Aipom rushing into the car while Machoke was trying to get his clothes on fast enough to keep up. It was not long until they were off, Aipom sighing, "I hope the others can catch up with us," Machoke laughing nervously and replying, "You know, they don't have cars either."

Luckily, all three were generally faster than Machoke, so it was easier for them to just run to the station. Granted, they were no match for a car but they did have distance on their side as their homes were a lot closer. And as luck would have it, they all managed to make it just five minutes before the hour was up.

All four heroes were breathing heavily as Blaziken turned to Machoke, asking, "Why are you exhausted? You got a ride," Machoke remarking, "I was restless the whole trip!" Gallade saying, "Honestly, I can't blame him."

With that, the four stood there as Aipom said, "Alright, the train should be coming by any time now. You guys ready?" Machoke nodding and saying, "Yeah, when it comes by, we all jump," Blaziken asking, "You sure you can handle that?" Gardevoir trembling and whimpering, "I'm not so sure I can."

"It's okay," Machoke replied with a warm smile, placing an arm on the girl's shoulder and adding, "We've dealt with far worse here on Earth, and your movements are among the most graceful I've seen. I know you can handle it."

The girl smiled lightly and blushed before nodding her head, saying, "Right, thank you, Machoke," Aipom tapping them each on the shoulder and saying, "Focus. For all we know, it might come early."

As soon as she said that, Gallade's eyes widened as he asked, "What if it already came early?" all going silent as the group gulped, really hoping Gallade's assumption was wrong. That was certainly a possibility. After all, they had cut it really close with their arrival time.

Right now, they could not just assume something like that had happened and try to pursue the train. With less than four minutes left before its scheduled arrival, all they could do was wait and see if it would show.

Thankfully, the train had not yet arrived as the four fighters awoke from a good night's sleep, Hitmonchan asking, "Are we there yet?" Hitmonlee rolling his eyes and remarking, "You know it's gonna be a while," Medicham nodding and saying, "That's right. We need to be patient."

"Besides, who's gonna stop us?" Hitmontop added with a grin, "Those guys from yesterday were a joke!" Hitmonchan letting out a sigh and resting her chin against her palm, a dream-like smile on her face.

"Oh my god, are you STILL thinking about him?" Hitmonlee asked as Hitmonchan glared at him, remarking, "So what if I am!? What's wrong with being in love!"

Her brother fumed and retorted, "First of all, that's not love! It's infatuation! Secondly, he's the enemy!" Hitmonchan snapping, "You wouldn't understand love if it bit you in the face because all you ever care about is bashing people's heads in!"

Just as the two were about to battle it out, Hitmontop leapt between them and held out her feet, shouting, "No, you are not going to start another fight!" Medicham trying her best to remain calm. Now she was really starting to wonder if allying herself with these three was worth it.

At this moment, the train was finally approaching the station as Aipom pointed her tail finger at it stating, "Guys, it's here," Blaziken squinting her eyes at it and saying, "Well, it's not transporting cargo, so it might be the right train."

Either way, the five had no time to contemplate whether or not this was the train the criminals were riding as they leapt toward it once it was close enough. It was frightening jumping at a speeding train, but they managed to pull it off all the same as they managed to grab hold of a ladder, climbing onto the roof.

"Well, that wasn't too bad," Blaziken said, turning to the others before her eyes widened, Gardevoir blinking and squeaking, "What's wrong!?" Gallade looking around and asking, "Um, where's Machoke?"

"What do you mean?" Aipom asked before noticing he was gone, everyone gasping as Machoke had missed the ladder and ended up being hit by the boxcar behind it. Luckily, he had not been sent flying off of it as he barely managed to grab onto the side, now holding on for dear life, a few signs scraping up against his back as he winced in pain.

Soon enough, the boy was on the roof with his friends as Aipom bonked him over the head, saying, "Don't scare us like that," Machoke rubbing his head and grumbling curses under his breath. At the very least, phase one was complete.

Of course, just like when Throh and Sawk had arrived, Medicham almost instantly detected it as Hitmonchan asked, "Oh my god, did someone actually find us?" Medicham replying, "Five this time. We might all need to get involved," Hitmonlee sighing, "It just couldn't be easy for us, could it?"

With that, all four exited their boxcar so they could get onto the roof, and just like Throh and Sawk, the heroes were currently on one of the boxcars that did not have walls or a roof. Though unlike the two fighters, they were not hiding in wait.

"Well, at least they're not going for the element of surprise," Hitmonchan whispered to the others, Hitmontop replying, "and only four of them look like actual fighters," Medicham sighing, "We should just hurry up and strike while they're unaware of our presence."

However, before they could try the element of surprise themselves, Blaziken spotted them and pointed, shouting, "THERE THEY ARE!" the others turning as the four villains simply leapt onto the current boxcar, Medicham saying, "You did a good job spotting us."

Machoke simply blinked and said, "Hey, they're mostly girls," Gallade asking, "Is there a problem with that?" the boy shaking his head and replying, "No. It's just that every villain we've faced up to this point has been a guy. I was just surprised."

Hitmonchan's eyes then widened when she gazed upon Gallade. Suddenly, all feelings she had for Sawk were gone as now she was imagining running through a field of flowers with Gallade. A big heavenly smile and blush marks formed on her face as Hitmonlee face-palmed.

During this time, Weedle had just finished a call with Ambipom as the monkey said, "Just have faith in them. I'm sure everything will turn out okay. After all, my daughter is training one of them," Weedle sighing, "Yes, I know," both saying their goodbyes before hanging up.

The caterpillar let out a sigh and thought, 'Please don't let me down, guys,' when suddenly, his phone started ringing. The bug blinked and picked it up, saying, "Hello, Weedle's office."

"I want you to tell me something," came a familiar voice as Weedle asked, "Is that you, Tyrogue? Wow, someone else actually kept my phone number on them."

Tyrogue, who was currently stationed in Sapporo, took a deep breath and asked, "I have to know if this news article I just read is true," Weedle asking, "You mean the one about the mask?" the fighter replying, "Yeah, that one. It says two of the culprits have been identified at Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee, right?"

"Oh yeah," Weedle replied, "I've been so stressed by the news I haven't had time to check. Should I know who they are?"

Tyrogue let out a sigh and remarked, "No, never mind, it's none of your concern. I just wanted to be certain of this," the caterpillar blinking before replying, "Okay," Tyrogue hanging up.

Next to the boy was a kiwi bird with three heads and two long green feathers atop each one that resembled leaves. The bird looked at Tyrogue while the right head asked in a female voice, "So, is it them?" Tyrogue nodding and sighing, "I still can't believe my own siblings would be responsible for this. I just hope Hitmontop hasn't turned to the dark side too."

The left head replied in a slightly deeper feminine voice, "Do you think we should go after them?" the middle head replying in a male voice, "I'm up to the challenge," Tyrogue taking a deep breath and asking, "How fast can you three run again?"

Back on the train, Aipom frowned at the villains before her and spat, "What do you plan on doing with Giratina's mask!? Explain yourselves!" Medicham taking a deep breath and replying, "We do not have to answer to you."

"I guess it doesn't really matter cause we're gonna take it back!" Blaziken exclaimed, racing forward only for Hitmonlee to leap at her, sending his leg forward for a roundhouse. The chicken immediately sent her own foot forward to block the incoming hit, her eyes widening when she actually felt a light pain from it, almost like his leg was actually made of solid bones.

Gardevoir bit her lip, hoping for the best only for Hitmonlee to take full advantage of Blaziken's pain. He lowered the leg he had used for his attack and lifted up the other one, sending it into the side of the chicken's head.

Blaziken grunted, rubbing her cheek and growling, "Alright, you asked for it, buddy!" sending a series of punches toward Hitmonlee as the fighter stood on his hands while blocking the incoming fists with his feet.

While this went on, Gallade rushed toward the others, exclaiming, "I don't care if you're girls or not! I'm not going easy on you!" Hitmonchan wincing, too afraid to attack the boy as Hitmontop got in the way, now balancing on her head spike and spinning herself around, shouting, "TRIPLE KICK!" sending an onslaught of kicks into his midsection and sending him flying backwards, the boy groaning as he skidded across the surface.

Gardevoir gasped and squeaked, "I won't let you get away with that!" the girl rushing toward Hitmontop as she started spinning again. Gardevoir attempted to dodge but ended up taking a hard kick to her side, backing up and holding the spot when Hitmonchan sent a hard punch into her face while she was distracted.

Machoke growled and spat, "HEY, DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME!" Medicham racing toward him and saying, "I haven't," Aipom shouting, "MACHOKE, LOOK OUT!" the boy holding up a defensive stance only to receive a hard karate chop to his side.

His eyes widened as Medicham got behind him, sending a hard palm punch into his back. Machoke could not believe how much these two hits hurt. He had dealt with far worse and yet Medicham was already making him feel weak, and it did not stop there as the woman proceeded to hit him more in various different parts, this time using her finger like a fist.

And to make matters worse, the others were not fairing any better. Blaziken's punches eventually stopped when Hitmonlee wrapped his arms around her wrists, lifting her high into the air before repositioning his legs so they were wrapped around her waist. After that, he flipped her upside-down and slammed her head into the canvas. The chicken could not believe that she was losing so easily to a guy who only used his feet for combat.

Gardevoir was now fighting Hitmonchan and not fairing particularly well. Every time she blocked one of the girl's punches, she would receive a hook punch to her cheek. She could not believe this. Up until now, her training had made her better in combat and yet she was performing horribly right now.

Hitmontop was back to fighting Gallade as she spun toward him, Gallade sighing, "Alright, time to use a move I picked up from watching Bisharp. I don't know if it's as good, but I know I can pull it off," the boy standing on one tip-toe and spinning around with his arms folded, shouting, "SWORDS DANCE!"

With that, he actually managed to counter Hitmontop's attack as the might of his blades was enough to send her flying. However, she quickly stopped herself from taking in pain by once again using her tail as a stool, the girl spinning once again only now she was right-side-up.

Unfortunately, Gallade did not seem ready to use this new technique of his as he became dizzy after a few more seconds, leaving him wide open for another onslaught of kicks. Needless to say, this did not look good.

Aipom stared at this in horror as Machoke fumed, grunting, "Don't you worry, Aipom! I'm gonna make sure these convicts don't win!" only to receive another hit from Medicham's finger as he coughed up blood, falling to his knees as she sighed, "I'm hitting all of your pressure points. It is going to be hard to ignore that."

However, Machoke gritted his teeth and as she sent another finger punch forward, this time grabbing her wrist as she gasped in shock, the boy shouting, "I SAID I'M GONNA MAKE SURE YOU CONVICTS DON'T WIN!" the boy flinging her toward Hitmonchan, the girl too busy punching Gardevoir to notice this as her eyes widened, Medicham hitting the back of her head.

Hitmonlee noticed this and spat, "HITMONCHAN!" only for Blaziken to take full advantage of this, the chicken grabbing hold of his ankle and pulling on it. This caused him to fall on his face as she wrapped her arms and legs around his leg, twisting it as he cried out in pain.

Even Hitmontop was distracted long enough for Gallade to force her back with his blade arms, sending her spinning into the side of the car and causing her to stop as her eyes started to swirl. Things may have looked bad at first, but thanks to Machoke, things were finally starting to look up.

Even Gardevoir took full advantage of this chance, the girl sending a series of smacks to Hitmonchan as the girl backed up, rubbing her face and groaning, "Wow, who knew slaps could hurt so much?"

Medicham took a deep breath, glaring at Machoke and saying, "You are not the average hero. Not many can just recover from that many finger punches so easily. Who are you?"

The boy folded his arms and smirked before remarking, "Wow, you're the first non-human not to recognize me upon first glance," the three villains staring in shock, Hitmonlee too surprised by these words to care about the pain he was taking in now.

Aipom nodded and stated, "For your information, this boy you see before you is Machoke, son of Machamp!" all going silent as Medicham uttered, "I can't believe I didn't see it, the family resemblance," Hitmonchan adding, "That's right, the ridges on his head," Hitmonlee adding, "That build," Hitmontop saying, "All that's missing is the extra arms and the fish lips, but yes, I see it now."

However, while every other villain up to this point had actually wanted to fight Machoke, these four gave rather mixed reactions. Hitmonchan looked terrified to go up against him while Hitmontop was unsure of whether to consider this a great honour or a huge hindrance. Hitmonlee was still on the receiving end of Blaziken's attack, but even if he could fight back, he was unsure of what would happen.

However, the only one who did not seem frightened was Medicham, the woman taking a deep breath and saying, "I never dreamt I would face someone of your calibre. I will not hold back anymore," Machoke remarking, "YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE YOU WERE HOLDING BACK BEFORE!?"

Seeing Medicham feeling so confident gave Hitmonlee a burst of confidence as well as he rose his free leg, ignoring the extra pain this dealt as Blaziken's eyes widened. She was unable to respond as the boy sent his foot into her ribcage, the chicken crying out in pain and releasing her hold when Hitmonlee stood on his hands again, this time wrapping his legs around her neck and shouting, "HITMONCHAN, I'M GETTING READY FOR OUR ULTIMATE FINISHER!"

The boxer nodded and replied, "Of course!" Gardevoir frowning and squeaking, "NO!" dodging an incoming punch only to receive a hook to her side, Hitmonchan wrapping her arms around her and saying, "Now, I don't normally use moves like this, but I need to for this attack to work."

Before Gallade could rush in and help his sister, Hitmontop used her tail to propel herself over his head, latching her legs around his neck and planting her tail spike into his back, shouting, "SCORPION ROLLER!" spinning her body around thus doing the same to Gallade's, the girl slamming his face hard into the mat multiple times before he was out cold.

Gardevoir and Blaziken's eyes widened, but their shock did not last long. Hitmonlee lifted Blaziken up for a frankensteiner while Hitmonchan set up Gardevoir for a Suplex, the two siblings shouting, "JUDO BOXING!" slamming both their heads into one-another and dealing incredible pain as both coughed up blood.

Machoke wanted to rush in and help but Medicham was currently keeping him busy as she sent a palm punch into his face. However, the boy refused to let this get to him as he ignored the pain, grabbing her wrist and twisting it. Medicham winced in pain but did her best to ignore this, ramming her free palm into his chest and causing him to cough up a small amount of blood.

"I must admit, your endurance is admirable, but I still expected better from the son of the greatest fighter of his time," Medicham stated before leaping at him with her foot out, sending a hard kick into his gut. She kept her foot there and latched her other leg around his right arm before placing a firm grip with both hands on his left arm.

Machoke's eyes were wide open as the martial artist leaned backward, pulling on his arms and shouting, "TURNOVER SLAM!" placing her back against the floor while lifting Machoke over her head, twisting his arms before slamming his head hard into the surface.

Machoke's eyes were wide open as Aipom screeched, "YOU'VE DEALT WITH WORSE! GET UP, MACHOKE!"

However, none of the four heroes were able to get up. In a shocking turn of events, everyone, even Machoke had lost to these four strangers.

With that, Aipom bit her lower lip as Hitmonchan smiled, asking, "What should we do with the monkey?" the monkey getting on the defensive and forming a fist with her tail, Medicham taking a deep breath and running her finger into her back. This was more than enough for Aipom to cough up blood and fall hard on her face, now out cold.

With that, Machoke and the others were tossed off of the side of the train, all of them still too hurt to move. Unfortunately, Aipom had not joined them. She had been taken as a prisoner, Medicham saying, "Just think of how famous we'll be when everyone discovers the mighty Machoke lost to us," all four criminals laughing wickedly while the train was long gone now.