This was truly a dark day for the world. Despite their best efforts, the heroes of Tokyo had actually failed to defeat someone. Worst of all, Aipom had been kidnapped yet again only this time, it did not look like Machoke would be able to save her.

However, not all hope was lost as Tyrogue was currently riding on his kiwi friend, Dodrio, as they were sprinting toward the opposite direction that the train was headed. Dodrio was shockingly fast, actually having travelled a really long distance in less than an hour. They were currently closing in on Aomori and showed no signs of stopping.

Tyrogue took a deep breath and said, "Apparently, they passed by Tokyo quite some time ago. How long do you think it'll take us to run into them?" Dodrio's right head replying, "It should only take a little over an hour I think," the middle head remarking, "Are you underestimating our speed? We can get there faster than that!" the left head sighing, "Brother, you're getting ahead of yourself," the middle head retorting, "Oy! I heard that!"

"Actually, I am hoping you three can go faster," Tyrogue replied, "I need to talk to my siblings about this. This makes no sense."

"Hey, not every family member's on the same page," the right head replied, "After all, Lucario was originally a bad guy, remember?" Tyrogue remarking, "You don't understand, Dodrio. We may not have taken classes together, but I know for a fact that my older siblings would never dream of going down this route."

He started telling the kiwi of a time when Tyrogue was four. His siblings always looked out for him and loved him like older siblings should have. They had conflicts and arguments every now and then, but those were always resolved quickly. One could say their family was more manageable than most families of six.

One day, just before Tyrogue's birthday, Hitmontop, still the most reasonable of the siblings even back then at the age of five, called her brothers and sister together for a meeting. Whenever she called a meeting, it was always for something important, such as making their parents nice birthday cards or other such things, but this time the subject was what Tyrogue considered the most important of all.

"As you know, our mommy and daddy used to be big heroes," Hitmontop stated, "I think we should be like them and help people," Hitmonlee nodding and replying, "Yeah, heroes get to do all sorts of cool stuff like saving damsels in distress," everyone looking at him as he asked, "What is a damsel in distress anyway?"

Hitmonchan simply smiled and said, "Well, I like helping people, so that sounds like fun," Tyrogue's eyes sparkling as he nodded and replied, "Yeah, we'll be important just like Mommy and Daddy and the world will love us."

Hitmontop nodded and replied, "It's settled, then! When we grow up, we will be heroes!" the kids bumping their fists together with big smiles on their faces.

This probably would not have meant quite as much to Tyrogue if not for the fact that they kept that vow for years to come. Every so often, they would repeat this vow to each-other, even taking steps to becoming heroes.

Hitmonlee, for instance, often protected first graders from bullies at the age of eight, some of these bullies being in grade six no less. Hitmonchan signed up to be a crossing guard at the age of nine. But the most hard-working of them all was Hitmontop who not only helped out students in any way she could but, at the young age of seven, volunteered to help out at old folks homes.

Tyrogue always felt so inspired that he would do a variety of helpful activities as well, mostly trying to follow in his brother's footsteps. All-in-all, the Hitmon family seemed like perfect aspiring heroes, always putting others ahead of themselves and even training hard. And they would always repeat the same vow that they would all one day follow in the footsteps of their parents.

"Oh my god, that is so sweet," the right head sniffed, tears in her eyes as the left head smiled, saying, "Sounds like you guys were just the most wonderful children, aye?" the middle head adding, "Your brother's cool."

"That's why I can't wrap my head around this," Tyrogue replied, "Why after sticking to such a vow for so many years would they turn evil? And to think Hitmontop is working with them! She was always the voice of reason! This pisses me off so much!"

"Well," the left head enquired, "were they acting weird before you started your training on Hero Planet?" Tyrogue shaking his head and replying, "No. In fact, they were jealous that I was the only one in my family going. They wished they could have been accepted for the first semester too."

"It sounds to me like something's up," the middle head stated, "People that good don't turn rogue overnight if you know what I mean," Tyrogue nodding and replying, "That's why I need to see them as soon as possible. I need to get to the bottom of this."

During this time, Machoke and the others had finally recovered as Machoke said, "Hey, the pain's gone," Blaziken nodding and replying, "Yeah, it's almost like we didn't just get beaten," Gallade sighing, "But it doesn't change the fact that we did," Gardevoir letting down tears and sniffing, feeling so helpless right now.

Machoke panicked and protested, "Don't cry, Gardevoir! We can still do this, right, Aipom?" the boy looking around and noticing Aipom was not there, a look of sheer terror in his eyes as he spat, "OH, SHIT, THEY TOOK AIPOM!"

The others were in total panic as well. Worst of all, they were not even sure how they could catch up now. There was no form of travel they could rely on for fast transportation and they had no clue where the quartet was headed. What could they possibly do?

"Well, maybe someone else can stop them," Blaziken replied as Machoke groaned, "I wanna be the one to save Aipom, though," tears in his eyes as Gardevoir whimpered, "I didn't even get to use my power. They actually took me out before it activated."

Gallade patted his sister on the shoulder before noticing just how torn up Machoke was. It was truly astounding. He was initially so scared of running into danger and yet now he wanted to be the one challenging the villains to a fight. He really had developed into a true hero.

With that in mind, the boy blinked and said, "Wait, I may not have any ideas, but I think I know who might," whipping out his cellphone and picking someone from his contacts list as he held the phone up to the side of his head.

All the while, Reika was in class when she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. Her eyes widened as she quickly got up and exclaimed, "I really need to go to the bathroom! It's an emergency!" the teacher blinking and replying, "If it's that bad, you'd better hurry," Reika nodding and taking her leave before whipping out her phone and answering it.

"Hello," Reika said as Machoke took a deep breath, saying, "Thank god. It's so good hearing your voice right now," the girl groaning, "Machoke, seriously? I'm in the middle of class. What if someone walks by and sees me talking on my cellphone right now?"

"I'm sorry, but this is really bad," Machoke replied before explaining the whole situation, Reika's eyes wide with shock as she asked, "Wait, back up, did you say you of all people lost?" Machoke letting out a sigh and replying, "Yes."

"Wow, this is serious," Reika replied as Machoke said, "Yeah, but now we know how they fight. We figure we could probably take them if we fought them again but, well, they took off on a train. I have no idea how we could possibly catch up with them."

The girl thought about this and replied, "Unfortunately, I'm not sure either," the others groaning as the girl fidgeted and uttered, "Don't think that means it's hopeless or anything. Don't want you guys losing faith," laughing nervously.

Blaziken thought about a method and noticed they had been knocked off while passing by a farm, her eyes going wide as she tapped Machoke on the shoulder, saying, "I just found us a solution to our problem."

Soon enough, all four were riding on the backs of horses with Machoke's deliberately running too fast for him as he struggled to stay on, shouting, "ARE YOU SURE THIS IS THE BEST METHOD!?" Gardevoir squealing, "I KEEP FORGETTING YOU USED TO BE A FARM GIRL!" Blaziken laughing, "I know! Isn't this great!?"

All the while, the train had gotten rather far as Hitmonlee took a deep breath, sighing, "As fun as it is busting heads in and all that, I'm really hoping no one else tries to stop us. I was kinda hoping for a safer trip, you know?" Medicham replying, "Well, let's hope no one else knows about us and our plan."

All the while, Hitmonchan was looking out the window and sighing as Hitmonlee groaned, "Oh god, here she goes again," the boxer saying in a dream-like tone, "Oh, Gallade, someday we'll meet again and run away into the sunset."

Hitmontop rolled her eyes and said, "Still, that was kind of disappointing. I thought for sure Machoke and his allies would put up a better fight. I mean, I heard Machoke defeated Talonflame," Medicham nodding and sighing, "Honestly, I'm not too surprised. Talonflame may be strong, but he's also hardheaded. It was only a matter of time until someone defeated him. This just further proves that brute strength has nothing on actual strategy."

"Yeah, we're smart and know how to use our strength, right?" Hitmonlee replied with a thumb up as Hitmontop replied, "You said it, bro," the two giving each-other a high five.

However, Medicham noticed yet another presence nearby, only this one was not on the train. But who could it be? They were not set to come to another station for another three hours, so no one could have jumped on, right?

Well, as it just so happened, Dodrio had managed to exceed their limit as they had covered more ground than initially predicted and yet somehow had barely broken a sweat from all the running. This was made possible by the fact that Tyrogue had bought them a soda pop cap and put water bottles in the pouches, giving the birds easy access to a big water supply for the trip. It seemed that was more than enough to keep them from running out of energy.

"You think that's the train?" Tyrogue asked as the middle head smirked, saying, "Only one way to find out," the kiwi leaping high into the air before landing on top of the front car, the conductor panicking as he accidentally slammed on the break, the train screeching to a halt.

Medicham glared at the man as he laughed nervously, saying, "Sorry, my bad," Hitmonchan groaning, "Dammit. Guess we may as well see who it is."

The conductor took a deep breath and asked, "Should I start up the train again?" Hitmontop replying, "It's okay. You just had a big scare. You take it easy for a few minutes," the man's eyes sparkling as he replied, "You're an angel."

With that, he decided to take a short nap when the group was just about to climb up onto the roof again. However, Tyrogue decided to spare them the trouble as he took advantage of the train having stopped, leaping off of the train and climbing into the car through the open window, Dodrio joining him.

The members of the Hitmon family were naturally shocked to see their little brother there. Seeing as they had no idea what area he had been assigned to protect, he was the last person they had expected to see. A part of them figured he would have been sent to a different country, especially what with Japan being the one he grew up in.

"You are a miracle worker," Tyrogue said with a grin, giving Dodrio thumbs up as the right head smiled sweetly, replying, "Oh, you're too kind."

Hitmonchan smiled and exclaimed, "Tyrogue! What are you doing here!?" Hitmontop smacking her on the back of the head and remarking, "Come on, it's obvious why he's here," Hitmonlee not wanting to believe it himself.

Tyrogue nodded and took a deep breath, saying, "Well, your assumption is correct as always, Hitmontop. I've come to stop you," the boy striking a fighter's pose as Medicham asked, "Wait, is he your brother?" the other three nodding as Hitmonlee asked, "How could you tell?" Hitmontop replying, "Honestly, it's not that hard. He does kind of resemble all of us."

Dodrio then turned to him as the left head said, "Ask them your question first," Tyrogue nodding and replying, "Right, I can't believe I almost forgot," the boy sighing, "I need to know something. Why did you join the forces of evil? We spent most of our lives swearing to become heroes, preparing ourselves for the day it would finally happen. What would possess you to toss that aside?"

Hitmonchan gulped and bit her lower lip, rubbing the back of her head and saying, "You know, guys, he has a point. I actually feel kind of bad now," Hitmontop remarking, "Don't let him get to you!"

Tyrogue growled and barked, "And you, Hitmontop! I'm ashamed of you! You were always the most logical thinker in the family! Why the hell would you choose to be evil!?"

Hitmonlee took a deep breath and replied, "You see, Tyrogue, after you were chosen to attend Hero School first while we were left to wait, we got to thinking," Hitmonchan nodding and adding, "Yeah, we grew up thinking heroes would have the right to do all the good things they wanted to, but to see them only select a few certain students for a semester while leaving others out seems kind of unfair."

Hitmontop nodded and stated, "We don't think it's right for them to just decide we can't be heroes without graduating first, and we wanted to fight alongside you!" Tyrogue's eyes widening as the girl added, "It's just, well, if this is considered justice, if this is considered good for mankind, well, I'm not sure if I want a part of that."

Medicham nodded and replied, "That's right. They saw the light and followed it," Tyrogue growling and retorting, "I BET YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS! I'VE NEVER MET YOU BEFORE! I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU WERE THE ONE RESPONSIBLE!" Dodrio's eyes widening as the female heads said, "Whoa, take it easy," the male head remarking, "No, you guys put a sock in it. He's right and you know it," the two sighing, "Yeah, we know."

"You're wrong, Tyrogue," Hitmonchan remarked, "Medicham here had nothing to do with our choice. She simply volunteered to help us as we all had a common goal," Hitmontop sighing, "I'm sorry, Tyrogue, but this is the path we've chosen and if you're going to stand in our way, we will not hesitate to stop you, even if you are our baby brother."

Tyrogue gritted his teeth, growling angrily when Dodrio's right head suddenly noticed a still unconscious Aipom tied up and tucked away in a corner, the kiwi whispering, "Is that who I think it is?" Tyrogue re-directing his attention to the monkey and asking, "What's Aipom doing here?"

"Is that her name?" Hitmonchan asked, Medicham replying, "She came here with Machoke. I could detect an intelligent mind from this one, so I took her with us."

"Wait, so Machoke was here?" Tyrogue asked, Hitmonlee nodding and replying, "Wasn't too much of a challenge, though. He had his allies with him too and we still beat them," Tyrogue's eyes going wide as he took deep breaths. He already knew there was no way for him to win a fight against all three of his siblings, but now it definitely seemed like a lost cause.

However, of all four fighters, Medicham was the one who stepped forward, saying, "You three have already proven your loyalty to me," the rest of the Hitmon family staring at her as she added, "I will face him one-on-one," all three siblings looking at one-another.

Hitmonchan let out a sigh and replied, "Honestly, I would feel a little bad beating on our baby brother," Hitmontop nodding and saying, "Yeah, he's always been so sweet. I felt a little guilty just telling him all that stuff," Hitmonlee saying nothing as Medicham took a deep breath and sported a fighter's stance, saying, "Alright, Tyrogue, show me what you can do."

The boy looked a little relieved now that he only had one opponent. Even if this woman had defeated Machoke, it certainly gave him more of a chance. And with that in mind, he wasted no time rushing toward her.

Before Medicham could even respond, Tyrogue sent a hard punch into her midsection. Sure, it was not quite on the level of one of Hitmonchan's punches, but it still hurt pretty badly as Medicham was distracted.

Tyrogue took full advantage of this by sending a fierce roundhouse kick into her side, thinking, 'While my siblings rely on one fighting style each, I have learned all three from them,' the boy even managing to use Hitmontop's style of fighting by balancing on one foot to spin like a top while delivering multiple kicks with his other foot.

The last kick he dealt sent Medicham back a bit as she barely managed to maintain her balance. Clearly Tyrogue was a lot stronger than she believed. He was not quite as physically strong as his siblings, but he was still tough and knew all of their fighting styles. This certainly made him dangerous.

Dodrio cheered with all three heads, the male shouting, "You rock, Tyrogue!" the boy maintaining his serious look and not letting his current advantage get to his head. Even his siblings had to admit that they were impressed. This was actually the first time they had seen him in a real fight and they had not seen him use all three of their techniques before, not even during sparring matches. Back home, he would normally train by himself so he could focus more.

However, Medicham was not going to let this get her down as she took a deep breath, saying, "I'm impressed, boy, but that's not good enough!" sprinting toward him at a very fast speed. Tyrogue tried to retaliate but did not have enough time as she sent a fierce knee kick into his gut.

The woman did not give him any time to respond to this as she sent an onslaught of finger punches into his chest, his eyes going wide, the boy unable to respond as she shouted, "ACUPRESSURE!" sending one extra powerful finger punch into his gut, causing the boy to cough up blood.

Tyrogue could not believe this. After only a couple of attacks, he was already down on his knees. But there was no way he would let himself be beaten so easily. With that in mind, the boy growled when Medicham grabbed him by the neck, holding him up and glaring into his eyes.

"Medicham," Hitmonchan said with a look of concern, "whatever you do, don't kill him, okay?" the woman taking a deep breath and replying, "I had no intention of doing so," Tyrogue taking full advantage of this distraction as he held up his arms shouting, "FAKE OUT!" clapping his hands in front of her face.

This sent a shock wave powerful enough to cause her ears to ring briefly, the woman letting him go as he proceeded to shout, "TRIPLE FIGHTING STYLE BARRAGE!"

Before she could retaliate, Tyrogue proceeded to leap into the air, spinning vertically before sending a hard kick to Medicham's head followed by a roundhouse with his other foot and a hard punch to her skull. Unfortunately, despite all of this, Medicham ignored the pain and grabbed hold of his neck once more.

With that, the woman lifted him up and shouted, "ACUPRESSURE CHOKESLAM!" shifting her hand quickly enough so only her finger was pressed up against his neck, slamming him hard into the floor, the conductor springing awake and shouting, "Okay, I'm up!"

Dodrio stared in absolute horror as Tyrogue lay there, unconscious. His siblings did feel a little bad seeing him lying there unconscious, but they knew this was beneficial to their plan. After all, he was their enemy now, so this only felt right.

However, Dodrio was not going to stand around and let this fly as they sprinted toward Medicham, sending a series of rapid pecks toward the woman while shouting, "FURY ATTACK!"

Medicham looked perfectly calm as she nodded to the Hitmon siblings, all three dashing in front of the kiwi as Hitmonlee sent a high kick into the middle one's chin. Hitmonchan delivered an uppercut to the right head while Hitmontop used a fierce roundhouse on the left one's cheek.

With all three heads in terrible pain, the siblings nodded at one-another and spat in unison, "TRIPLE FIGHTING STYLE BARRAGE MACH TWO!" Hitmonlee sending his Mega Kick into the bird's midsection, Hitmonchan using her Mach Punch on the same spot while Hitmontop used Triple kick to end the attack, sending the kiwi flying out the window.

And when Dodrio landed outside, there was no doubt they were out cold. Medicham figured it would be hard for the siblings to do the same to Tyrogue, so they decided to toss him out for them, telling the conductor to start up the train. The man took a deep breath and said, "At least I got a break," starting up the train again as it took off.

However, it seemed it had remained still just long enough for Machoke and the others to finally catch up to it, Blaziken exclaiming, "LOOK, GUYS, THE TRAIN!" all four feeling excited before noticing Tyrogue and Dodrio lying unconscious, screeching to a halt as Machoke flew off of his horse head-first into a tree.

Sure, they knew they had just wasted a perfectly good chance there, but right now two of their fellow heroes were lying injured in the middle of nowhere. They could not just ignore this? But could they possibly catch up to the train again now that they wasted their best chance? Clearly they were going to spend quite a bit of time making sure Tyrogue and Dodrio were okay.