While Machoke's back was being bent by Medicham, the others were still having it rough. Hitmonlee had Blaziken trapped in his figure-four headlock while Gardevoir was now trying to avoid being hit by Hitmontop and desperately looking for an opening to exploit. But of course, the one having the worst luck was Gallade as he was on his back, Hitmonchan sitting on him and raising her fist.

However, she was not setting up for another normal punch as this time, she focused hard as blue wind covered her boxing glove, the girl shouting, "ICE PUNCH!" about to strike when the boy uttered, "Wow, you're incredible."

Hitmonchan stopped her attack, her eyes wide open as Gallade continued, "I mean it. You have to be the greatest fighter I've ever faced," the girl blushing with a big smile on her face as she asked, "You really think so?" the cold wind leaving her glove as he added, "Yeah, in fact, forget the whole deal thing you were talking about."

Gardevoir and Blaziken actually heard him this time, Hitmonlee and Hitmontop as well as they all directed their attention away from their fights toward this. Of course, they were wondering what deal he was talking about since none of them had heard that conversation.

"What do you mean?" Hitmonchan asked as Gallade replie, "I mean I'm in love with you," the boy gazing into her eyes as Hitmonlee and Gardevoir both freaked out, their eyes wide with shock. However, both Hitmontop and Blaziken could tell he was planning something but said nothing, Hitmontop wanting this to be a good lesson for her sister.

Hitmonchan clearly did not pick up on this as she got back to her feet, holding her hand out toward Gallade as he took hold of it. All the boxer could think about now was skipping through a field of flowers with Gallade, though because the deal involved him becoming evil, he was also using his blade arms to mow down rabbits and birds.

Gardevoir let down tears, sniffing, "Tell me this isn't true! Why is my brother joining the dark side!?" Hitmonlee barking, "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, HITMONCHAN, THERE ARE BETTER MEN OUT THERE!" Tyrogue and Dodrio simply letting down big sweat drops while letting out simultaneous sighs.

However, once Gallade's hand made contact with Hitmonchan's glove, the boy smirked and quickly got up, getting behind the boxer while still holding her hand, now trapping it behind her back as she winced in pain. The boy then proceeded to lift her up, holding out his knee and slamming the spot between her legs into it for an atomic drop.

The girl groaned and rubbed her rear end, asking, "What was that for, honey?" Gardevoir and Hitmonlee staring silently as Gallade sighed, "Look, Hitmonchan, I'm not gonna lie. You're hot, very hot, but someone who serves evil can never be beautiful," the boy taking a deep breath and adding, "Even if I were to lose and uphold my end of the bargain, I can never truly love you. I'm saving my heart for someone on the side of good."

Hitmonchan's eyes widened, her jaw dropped as she felt her heart snap in two, Gardevoir taking a deep breath and saying, "Oh, okay, he was just tricking her," Hitmontop blinking and asking, "You seriously didn't catch onto that?"

Hitmonlee simply folded his arms and nodded, saying, "Hopefully she's learned a valuable lesson after this," Blaziken now standing upright with Hitmonlee's legs still on her head as she held onto them, the chicken saying, "I hope you've learned a lesson too. Never drop your guard during a fight!" the chicken leaning backward and slamming his back hard into the concrete.

Gardevoir and Hitmontop also remembered their fight as Hitmontop started spinning at Gardevoir again, the girl now back on the defensive. However, Hitmonchan simply bit her lip as she was now torn up between what side to fight for. On one hand, Gallade's commitment to his sister and all things good were such attractive qualities and Hitmonchan was not lying when she said she felt true love after witnessing such things earlier. But on the other hand, she felt that her decision to turn evil was the right one.

With that in mind, she took a deep breath and stated, "I guess some sacrifices have to be made if one is to succeed," before focusing hard on her boxing glove and applying enough energy to make it and her fist twice the size of her head, sending it toward Gallade and shouting, "MACH PUNCH!"

However, Gallade simply held up his arms and blocked the incoming punch with his blades, the boy spreading out his legs and doing his best to hold his ground much like he had done against Scyther. The truth was that due to the power of this attack, he was taking in quite a bit of pain to his arms while holding back the glove. However, he knew that he would have to ignore this if he was to succeed, Hitmonchan's eyes going wide as he threw his arms out, sending her arm toward her as the back of the fist flew hard into her face.

This gave Gallade just the opportunity he needed as he crossed his arms, rushing toward the boxer and shouting, "PSYCHO CUT!" sending an X-shaped slash into her chest and cutting it open, Hitmonchan's eyes going wide, her mouth hanging open as she fell on her back, the girl laying there, barely breathing now.

'I did it,' Gallade thought while Blaziken now had Hitmonlee in an arm lock, the green boy taking a deep breath and smiling, thinking, 'I finally got my first victory on Earth.'

During this time, Machoke was trying to find a way out of Medicham's technique as she laughed, saying, "Struggle all you like, boy. It's not going to help," the girl then shifting her weight, causing her and Machoke to roll like a wheel before Medicham slammed the boy's face into the floor.

Medicham continued to hold the boy as Aipom struggled to free herself from her bindings. She wished she could at least remove the tape from her mouth so she could help. Things had been looking well at first, but now she was not so sure Machoke would win this.

However, Machoke's eyes widened after a while as he thought, 'Wait, I can get out of this,' before twisting his wrists and ankles a bit, propping his wrists out at the very least. Medicham's eyes went wide as he allowed himself to fall with his elbow pointed downward, ramming them into her shoulders as she winced in pain and released her hold on his ankles.

The boy would not let such an advantage go as he rolled the girl onto her belly and wrapped his arms around her neck. He also used his right ankle to lift up her leg, applying pressure to that while bending it. Medicham's eyes were wide as she tried desperately to find a way out of this.

Machoke breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I must admit, that actually scared me. I'd forgotten how to get out of something like that for a while," Medicham growling and trying desperately to get out of the hold. She tried shifting her weight but that did not seem to work.

However, she then realized something she could do to get out of this as she spread her arms sideways, pointing her fingers down and placing them against the floor. Machoke and Aipom's eyes widened at the sight of this as the woman shouted, "ACUPRESSURE!" using the finger punch to push herself up so all but those parts were touching the mat.

With that, she lowered her one free leg and used it to propel herself back upward, applying just enough force to get Machoke off of her as both were back on their feet. Medicham growled as she was no longer going to give Machoke a chance like that, the woman sending her finger into his neck and shouting, "ACUPRESSURE CHOKESLAM!" lifting up Machoke with her finger before slamming him hard against the mat with it still in his neck.

Machoke's eyes were wide open as he lay there in pain. Sure, a chokeslam was not quite enough to keep him down, but add the pressure being applied to his neck and it caused much more damage. Aipom was now terrified as it looked like Machoke would get up any time soon.

During this time, Gallade walked over to Tyrogue and Dodrio, taking a seat with a deep breath as Tyrogue gave him thumbs up, saying, "Good job," Dodrio's middle head adding, "Well, I can't say I approve of such a tactic, but yeah, good job, mate."

"I wasn't completely lying, though," Gallade replied with a grin, "If your sister decides to become good again, I wouldn't mind going out with her," Tyrogue blinking as he added, "That is if it's okay with you."

Tyrogue shrugged and replied, "You are probably the best guy she's fallen for, but don't get your hopes up."

Of course, right now Gardevoir was going to need his support as Hitmontop was back to kicking her, Gallade shouting, "GARDEVOIR, YOU CAN DO THIS!" the girl's eyes widening as she turned toward her brother, the boy adding, "That's right, sis! I won! I finally won a match here on Earth!" her eyes going wider as he added, "If I can beat someone like Hitmonchan, you can win this easily! Find a way!" Gardevoir nodding with a big smile on her face, now ignoring the pain dealt by Hitmontop's kicks and grabbing hold of her ankles.

Hitmontop's eyes widened as the girl squeaked, "My power has now become a permanent part of me. There is no excuse for me to be beaten so easily, not anymore!" the girl then hurling her opponent into the air, leaping up after her.

Once she was close enough, she latched into the sides of Hitmontop's head and flipped her upside-down, tilting her head forward a bit so her spike would not be facing the concrete. With that, Gardevoir descended toward the ground with her lower body up just slightly above her head as she squealed, "METEOR BOMB!" slamming Hitmontop's head hard into the concrete, the villain coughing up blood before passing out, Tyrogue cheering for Gardevoir and whistling at her.

Gallade gave him an awkward look as he sighed, "It wasn't that kind of whistle," the green boy nodding and replying, "Just making sure," before exclaiming, "YOU ROCK, SIS!" Gardevoir smiling bright but feeling too weak to fight any longer.

But it hardly seemed to matter as Blaziken was now on Hitmonlee's back. She sent various punches to the back of his head as he tried desperately to block them with his hands, as well as he could seeing as his eyes were facing the ground.

However, after a few more hits, Hitmonlee started thinking of a strategy, something he did not always do. Suddenly, a plan of action came to him as he lifted up his legs, bending them back and sending them at Blaziken's back. One ended up hitting her back but the other ended up missing, thus the chicken ignored the pain to her back and wrapped her arm around his ankle.

Hitmonlee's eyes widened with shock as Blaziken smirked, saying, "Nice try, but you'd be better off giving up!" the boy growling before remarking, "NO!"

And just like before with the Boston Crab, Hitmonlee ended up throwing his leg back hard enough to send Blaziken flying off of him. However, the chicken was ready this time for when he leapt at her with the intent of wrapping his ankles around her neck, she simply held her arms up against each side as his ankles ended up hitting them instead.

Hitmonlee's eyes widened as Blaziken grabbed hold of both ankles, slamming the boy hard against the mat before propelling herself above him. With that, flames surrounded her feet as she spat, "BLAZE KICK!" sending both hard into Hitmonlee's back, finally knocking him out and breathing a sigh of relief.

Her friends applauded her as Dodrio's right head said, "Wow, you guys are awesome," Blaziken sighing, "I just hope Machoke's having it as good as we are. After all, his fight is the most important one."

Machoke continued to lie on the floor, his body completely still as Medicham took a deep breath, saying, "I'll admit, Machoke, you did put up a good fight. You do seem to at least have some intelligence in you, but that semblance of strategy was not enough to save you."

However, when Medicham proceeded to walk toward the door leading outside, her eyes widened when she felt something grab her ankle. Aipom's hope returned as Machoke smirked, uttering, "I told you, you're not strong enough to knock me out for good," the woman gritting her teeth and snapping, "SHUT UP AND STAY DOWN!" raising her other foot and ramming it hard into the boy's skull.

However, Machoke simply ignored this and grabbed her other ankle before pulling on both of them, causing Medicham to fall on her face. Afterwards, the boy proceeded to lift her up, leaning backwards and slamming her back hard against the floor.

However, Medicham was not going to let this stop her as she ignored the pain to her back, springing back upright while Machoke still held her ankles and sent her palms hard into his cheeks. The boy simply ignored the pain this dealt and leaned his head forward, sending it back and striking Medicham in the gut.

After that, the woman released her hold on him and leapt back, taking a deep breath with a look of irritation on her face. She knew Machoke was supposed to be a threat, but she could not believe how persistent he was.

But there was no way she was going to stop now, her teeth gritted as she sprinted toward the boy. Her patience had been shattered now as she was not even going to attempt the defensive strategy. She just wanted to make sure Machoke would not get up again.

As such, she sent a hard palm punch toward him only for the boy to block it with his arm, the woman grabbing his wrist. After that, she used said wrist like a pole and swung herself behind Machoke's back, pulling the arm while wrapping her legs around his waist, bending Machoke's back as he cried out in pain.

"You see this!?" the woman barked with a smirk, "This is another one of my submission holds, and this is one I don't think many people use!" Aipom whimpering as Machoke could not think of a good way out of this.

Medicham laughed and exclaimed, "Finally! It seems I've found a move that you can't get out of!" Machoke all the while thinking of what Aipom would suggest in a situation like this.

He could fall backwards and slam Medicham's back into the floor, but that would have likely caused him much more pain and might even snap his backbone. He could try using his other arms in an attempt to get her off, but that would have had a similar effect.

But then he felt something odd, and it was not long before he realized what that something was. Medicham's grip on his arm was starting to weaken and even her legs felt like they were starting to give out. It seemed after all her efforts, Medicham had started to run out of energy.

This must have been why she always aimed for the pressure points, because she had neither the strength nor the energy to last more than a certain amount of time fighting someone. No wonder she had lost patience despite the fact that she no longer had a reason to rush.

With that, Machoke pretended the hold did not hurt anymore, the boy gulping and asking, "Is this really the best you can do!?" Medicham's eyes widening as she spat, "You're bluffing!" the boy remarking, "No, I'm not! Seriously, I was simply shocked to fall into such a move before, but yeah, the more I think about it, the more I realize it's not that powerful of a hold!"

Medicham fumed and spat, "ALRIGHT, FINE, I'LL PULL EVEN HARDER!" the woman doing just that as Machoke's back was being bent a bit more, Aipom's eyes widening. She could tell the boy had been bluffing when he said that, that he had tried to get the woman to use more force, but why?

The answer became clear as this one big effort had Medicham trying her best not to breathe heavily as sweat poured down her entire body now. Machoke smirked as he finally pulled out of the hold, throwing his other arm back and ramming his elbow hard into her face. Medicham could not believe this as she backed up, unable to avoid breathing heavily.

"I see it now," Machoke said, "You dish out a lot of fancy attacks and aim for weak spots because you yourself are not as strong as you let on. You try to end fights as quickly as possible because you can't handle more than a certain amount of time, can you?"

Medicham gritted her teeth before sighing, "You're right," Aipom and Machoke both shocked to hear her flat-out admit it as she spat, "THERE, IS SAID IT! YOU'RE RIGHT!"

Medicham then looked down and sighed, "The truth is, my family has never been accustomed to fighting. We spend our days learning how to relax and empty our minds of the world's problems. But I simply could not do that. I thought the ways of my family were stupid. I mean, how can you just kick back and act like the world doesn't have problems, especially when these problems are everywhere? You can't do that, that's how!"

'Geez, I didn't think this would end up being family-related,' Machoke thought as Medicham added, "When I was growing up, my father constantly tried to teach me to be relaxed in even the worst of situations, but I thought that was the dumbest thing I had ever heard. As such, I became a villain and taught myself to fight just so I could teach my family a lesson, show them that the only way to become successful in this world is with brute force."

Machoke and Aipom looked at each-other as if they were listening to the ramblings of a madman while Medicham continued, "But as you've deducted, my body was never meant to be all that strong. As such, I formed a new method of fighting, using my father's teachings and combining them with Kung Fu. It was then I learned how to pinpoint a person's pressure points and take full advantage of those. Even the lightest of strikes to such a spot could render a person useless, even if it was only for a few seconds."

The woman then smirked and added, "That is how I developed what I like to call The Acupressure Technique. Normal acupressure is used for relaxing other people's muscles by massaging the body, but I found a way to make it deadly by using just my fingers as opposed to the whole hand."

All went silent as Machoke uttered, "So you thought turning a massage technique into a weapon would make you deadly in combat," Medicham fuming as she leapt at Machoke, shouting, "WELL, I AT LEAST KNOW A TECHNIQUE THAT CAN DEFEAT YOU!" her foot pointed toward his gut.

However, Machoke was all too familiar with this technique as he simply grabbed her by the leg, saying, "I think this has gone on long enough," before hurling her high into the air, her head facing the floor as he leapt up to her level, wrapping his arms and legs around her. Medicham's eyes went wide as she was far too weak to get out of this hold, Machoke shouting, "ULTIMATE DRIVER!"

With that, the boy slammed her head hard into the floor as her eyes and mouth were both wide open. He then released his hold on her as her body collapsed, the woman down for the count as Machoke took a deep breath, saying, "Geez, that was really annoying."

Aipom bounced up and down while still tied up as Machoke nodded, running over and untying her, removing her tape as well. The monkey had a big smile on her face as she let down light tears, leaping onto Machoke's head and hugging him tightly, Machoke's eyes going wide as he once again had trouble breathing.

"Thank you so much!" the monkey screeched, "You saved me again!" Machoke rolling his eyes and deciding not to make a big deal out of this.

The others were still waiting outside when they noticed Machoke and Aipom exit, Aipom holding the mask as the Hitmon family had just regained enough consciousness to see this very sight. They could not exactly move the rest of their bodies as they were too badly injured, but their senses were still working.

"Guess we lost," Hitmonchan groaned as Hitmonlee sighed, "We really did choose the wrong path," Hitmontop letting down tears and sniffing, "I feel so ashamed!"

"MACHOKE, YOU DID IT!" Gardevoir squealed, running over to the boy and giving him a hug as Blaziken replied, "Was there ever any doubt?"

Machoke simply chuckled and said, "Honestly, Medicham was all talk," Tyrogue staring in confusion as he added, "She was actually a big weakling hiding behind fancy tricks. I don't know why your siblings chose to follow her."

"I can think of other reasons to question that," Tyrogue remarked before glaring at the three, adding, "Seriously, all of this just because you couldn't wait a little longer? Do you have any idea how immature that sounds?"

"Now I do," Hitmontop replied with a sigh, "and to be honest, I, no, we all should have known better. I bet Mom and Dad are so disappointed in us now," Hitmonchan replying, "No kidding. I don't even know if the world will forgive us for this."

"I'm sure they will," Machoke said with a warm smile as Aipom nodded and added, "And he's not just saying that. Remember Bisharp and Scrafty?"

Hitmonlee simply blinked and replied, "Oh yeah, what about them?" Gallade explaining, "It's quite amazing. After being released from prison, the two became heroes. It took a while, but the world has actually learned to trust them. After all, villains turning good happened quite a bit back in the day."

"So there's hope for us?" Hitmonchan asked as Gardevoir nodded, replying, "It's never too late to start over," Tyrogue folding his arms and saying, "Come on, I think it's time we all live the dream as opposed to just me," Dodrio's heads all nodding.

With that, Hitmonchan let down tears and sniffed, "I'm so sorry, Tyrogue! We were so selfish!" Hitmontop adding, "Can you ever forgive us!?" Tyrogue sighing, "Well, as long as you can admit it, how can I not forgive you?" all four family members happy as could be.

Medicham was of course taken into custody immediately and the mask was returned, though everyone was shocked when Aipom told them the altar in the shrine had no effect on it. Whatever the reason was, this was at least good news, so there was no need to question it further.

The Hitmon family turned themselves in shortly after making amends with their parents. Tyrogue volunteered to go with them to ease the pain. Weedle was going to sentence them to time in prison of which all three were prepared to accept, but Tyrogue pleaded they be given a second chance.

Weedle was hesitant to go along with this at first as he had already made enough mistakes as chairman over the past, but Tyrogue seemed really sure of himself. As such, the caterpillar immediately enrolled them in hero school, only as a form of punishment, he made sure all three were watched by security guards at all times, even during bedtime to make sure they did not have a 'sudden change of heart'.

All-in-all, things had turned out for the best. And to make matters even better, Giratina's mask had been sealed away in a vault on Hero Planet with a security system so tough, it would be near impossible to break into it. There was no way they would keep it on display to the public again, not after these events.