Things were going to get really bad very soon as the cloaked figures were just moments away from awakening Giratina, one of the most powerful villains who ever lived. One could only imagine how bad things would get with him back in the land of the living.

The leader placed the golden half-rings and the mask on top of each-other on the pedestal as the artifacts started to light up. The figures all watched in total aw as the light started to get brighter before turning to a cloud of darkness, the cloud spreading and covering the area. After a few seconds, a pair of glowing red eyes formed in the cloud as it soon cleared up.

The cloaked figures just stood there, their eyes widening as standing before them was a tall grey dragon with a neck the length of his torso, the three half-rings latched to the back of it. Red and black stripes ran along the front of his body while big bat-like wings came from his back. He had a long tail, two bulky arms and four legs. This was the demon himself, Giratina.

All went silent as the dragon looked upon the group, asking in a booming voice, "CAN EITHER OF YOU TELL ME WHY I AM HERE!?" one figure gulping and uttering, "You go ahead, leader," the boy nodding and removing his cloak to reveal a rather odd figure.

He was not like the other villains as he seemed to be a human with pale skin and dark purple hair. And he was not simply human-like such as Hitmonchan or Machoke but rather he had a completely human look. The only thing that differentiated him from that species was that various parts of his body seemed to be trying to get away from him, forming small purple clouds that looked more like bits of data.

"You appear human but I can tell you're not," Giratina stated before asking, "What is your name, young one?" the boy grinning and replying, "You may call me Missingno."

While he looked fully confident standing before Giratina right now, his allies looked rather frightened. With the dragon being so powerful, they were expecting him to turn on them and likely try to rule without help. However, he ended up surprising the group as he bowed his head, saying, "Thank you for returning me to the land of the living. Whatever it is you wish of me, I will grant it."

The others stared as Missingno smiled, saying, "Glad to see we can count on you," the boy turning to the others and adding, "It's okay, you guys can introduce yourselves now," the others nodding and removing their cloaks.

One of them was a purple butterfly with blue feet, stubby hands and a small muzzle of the same colour with two fangs coming from the bottom. With a pair of red eyes, she introduced herself as Butterfree.

The one who had killed Charizard was a big dinosaur with a green hide covering his body. Spikes went down from the back of his head to just below the shoulders and he had a blue belly that could be seen thanks to a big diamond-shaped hole in his hide. The chest and knee areas also had triangular holes in them. He quickly introduced himself as Tyranitar.

The third ally was a wolf covered in snow-white fur. The only part not covered was his face, which was black. He had a tail shaped like a bat wing and a big horn that resembled a sickle coming from the side of his head and his name was Absol.

The next was a pale yellow girl with skin that resembled a dress. Her arms, feet and hair were black while she had a big alligator-like mouth that resembled a ponytail. Her name was Mawile.

Next up was a green chameleon with a long curled up tail. Going around his midsection was a red zigzag stripe. With yellow markings on his face, his name was Kecleon.

There was also a black zebra on Missingno's team with white stripes on various parts of his body. He had a darker snout and a white mane shaped like a lightning bolt. His name was Blitzle.

Finally, the last member of the team was a golden sword with a white rim around the blade. She was pointed upside-down with a purple eye where the blade met the hilt. She had thin black arms attached to paper-like hands with purple fingers and held a shield in one hand. Her name was Aegislash.

"Now that introductions are out of the way," Missingno said, "it's time to get down to business. See, my plan is to rid the world of its mightiest heroes so that evil can finally rule," Giratina grinning wickedly and replying, "I like the way you think. That is something I will gladly assist in."

However, at that moment, everyone gasped when Giratina started breathing rather heavily, Missingno asking, "Are you okay?" the dragon cursing, "Dammit. It seems all those years stuck in the land of the dead have weakened me," the others staring wide-eyed, their jaws dropped.

"You've gotta be kidding!" Blitzle spat, the zebra placing a hoof against his forehead and sighing, "Alas, it simply wasn't meant to be! World conquest, it was in our grasp, but it has escaped from us!" Aegislash rolling her eye and remarking, "I say, stop being such a drama queen, my good sir. Surely there is a solution to our problem."

Giratina took another deep breath and replied, "Actually, there might be something you can do. Even back in the day, I was always at my most powerful in the Reverse World," the others staring as Butterfree asked, "Reverse World?"

"Yes, that is the realm you were born in, correct?" Missingno asked as Tyranitar asked, "What?" Mawile's eyes sparkling as she squealed, "That sounds so cool! Let's go there right now!"

Giratina nodded and replied, "Yes, the sooner we get there, the better. I simply need to spend a total of eight hours there and all of my power will return. But there is one minor issue that needs to be addressed."

Absol shrugged and replied, "Whatever it is, I'm sure we can handle it," Missingno cutting in and saying, "Well, luckily for us, I already know where it is," Blitzle gasping, "Why, sir, you are just an encyclopedia of convenient information!" Butterfree asking, "Was that supposed to be a compliment or sarcasm? I seriously couldn't tell."

"I'll take it as a compliment," Missingno said with a shrug before adding, "The portal is located in Tokyo, correct?" Giratina nodding and replying, "Seems your partner there is not exaggerating. I'm actually impressed that you knew that," the dragon then taking a few deep breaths and adding, "Alright, you will keep me hidden until we get there. I do not wish for anyone else to see me this weak. And once we're in the Reverse World, I am counting on you all to keep watch in case someone else discovers the portal and tries to stop me from recuperating."

"You mean you can't just close it once we're in?" Butterfree asked as the dragon sighed, "If only it were that simple. Until my strength returns, the most I'll be able to do is open it," Missingno replying, "Do not worry, sir. To the best of our knowledge, there are only four heroes stationed in Tokyo and, as you can see, there's eight of us. It should be easy to at least keep them busy for eight hours if we don't end up killing them first."

"Excellent," Giratina replied with a smirk, "I admire your enthusiasm," the villains all putting their cloaks back on before putting together one for Giratina and covering him up as well. After all, it was as he said. Things could go wrong if people saw him in a weakened state.

However, just as they were about to leave, they found themselves stopped in their tracks as a turtle and a magnetic cyborg, namely Magnemite and Squirtle stood before them. The group stared silently as Squirtle narrowed her eyelids, asking, "What, pray tell, were you doing in there?"

"It's none of your business," Missingno replied while hidden by his cloak, "but if you must know, we were praying."

Magnemite folded his arms and remarked, "Somehow I find it really hard to believe that," Squirtle nodding and saying, "He detected something was wrong, and his intuition is almost perfect."

Giratina gritted his teeth but said nothing as Absol sighed, "Whatever. These two won't be much of a challenge for us."

Missingno nodded and replied, "You know what? You make a good point," Squirtle gulping and uttering, "Actually, that's true. There's eight of them," Magnemite replying, "Don't worry, with my brains and your strength, I might be able to come up with a way of taking them all out at once."

"That is a bold claim, I must say," Aegislash said as all but Giratina and Missingno removed their cloaks, all seven getting ready for battle as Missingno said, "You guys needn't waste your time battling at once," before pointing at Absol and Blitzle, saying, "You two can take care of them."

Blitzle's eyes sparkled as he exclaimed, "Oh, joy of joys, dream of dreams, he picked me!" Absol rolling his eyes and sighing, "Of all the allies," before shrugging and getting ready for battle, feeling glad to have been picked for this one. The others simply sat on the sidelines, putting their cloaks back on but readying themselves in case they would need to replace their allies.

"It's a shame," Magnemite said, "but hey, taking down two at a time will be fine," Squirtle gulping and uttering, "I really hope this plan of yours is as good as you say," the cyborg replying, "Do not worry, Squirtle, for this plan is one of sheer and utter brilliance, my best yet."

"Oh god, I don't know what's worse," Butterfree groaned, "his bragging or Blitzle's theatrics."

Missingno shook his head and sighed, "Honestly, I don't know either," Giratina really hoping he had made the right decision picking these eight as allies.

"Alright, let's start things off with tactic seven," Magnemite said as Squirtle sighed, "I don't care for that one, but if you're sure," the turtle tucking into her shell and spinning toward the two. The two followed her before she retracted from her shell, grabbing onto Absol's ankle.

"I can see why you don't like this tactic," Absol said before lifting his leg along with Squirtle up and leaping up before sending it forward, flinging the turtle toward Magnemite. The cyborg's eyes widened as the turtle flew hard into his face, knocking him on his back.

"What the hell was that!?" Tyranitar exclaimed, "And this guy's supposed to be a smarty-pants!?" Magnemite sighing, "I miscalculated. At the very least, that wolf is a lot tougher than he looks," Absol sighing, "Or maybe your turtle friend is weaker than you think."

Squirtle gritted her teeth as the cyborg sighed, "Easy does it. He's just trying to get under your skin," the turtle taking a deep breath and replying, "Right. I'm assuming that was supposed to set them up, right?" Magnemite nodding and replying, "Yes, but it looks like we might need a new approach."

With that, the cyborg implied a grin and said, "Initiate tactics twenty-three and seventy at the same time, and then we'll end with tactic one-hundred," Squirtle's eyes sparkling as she grinned, squealing, "Let's do it!"

With that, the turtle and the cyborg both headed toward their opponents, Absol and Blitzle readying themselves only for Squirtle to tuck herself into her shell and spin toward Absol, the wolf sighing, "Seriously? Again?" only to be surprised when the turtle started spinning at an incredible speed around him, creating a dust devil as stones and gravel got in his eyes.

Magnemite all the while looked like he was going to punch Blitzle only to duck down and place a firm grip on his legs before shouting, "SPARK!" sending a course of electricity into him thus providing a good distraction.

With that, both heroes proceeded to wrap their arms around their respective targets and turned their backs to one-another, shouting, "TWO PRONGED SUPLEX!" but just as Absol and Blitzle's heads were about to collide, the two recovered from the inconveniences dealt earlier and threw their arms back, Absol's hands and Blitzle's hooves running into one-another thus stopping the attack.

After that, the two proceeded to latch their legs around each fighter, Blitzle's around Magnemite's waist and Absol's onto Squirtle's head since she was a lot shorter. Both were in too much panic right now to react as the villains applied enough force to shove their backs into one-another, both wincing in pain, Magnemite taking in the most pain as he had just been struck by Squirtle's shell.

With that, Absol lowered his head before swinging it across Squirtle's chest, shouting, "NIGHT SLASH!" thus putting a big gash on her shell as a cut formed on her skin, blood squirting out. This seemed more than enough as the turtle fell hard on her back, out cold from the move.

Blitzle had his own plans as well as his body was covered in electricity, the zebra getting down on all fours and charging toward Magnemite while shouting, "WILD CHARGE!" the tip of his mane becoming like a blade as he drove it straight into the cyborg's heart, sending electricity down his veins and knocking him out cold as well.

Both checked their opponents' heart beats and confirmed that they were no longer beating as Missingno smirked, saying, "Good job, though I'm disappointed it took so long," Absol sighing, "Honestly, I'm disappointed by how easy that was. One hit was all it took to kill them," Mawile laughing and exclaiming, "Guess today's heroes aren't as great as the world thinks they are!"

Giratina took a deep breath and said, "This is a great moment, but let us make haste. I would like to regain my power as soon as possible," the group nodding and carrying on.

After they had left the area for good, Magnemite coughed despite not having a mouth for anything to come out and took a deep breath, sighing, "Oh my god, I thought I was gonna die there!"

Squirtle slowly recovered and groaned, "But don't you think faking our deaths was a little dishonest?" Magnemite sighing, "Tactic Zero was our only option. After feeling that one move, I could tell there was no way we could have won."

"But it's not like you to just give up," Squirtle remarked as Magnemite sighed, "Yes, and it pains me that I had to resort to that, but there's a reason I decided to do so," the turtle asking, "What?" then noticing the cyborg pull out his cellphone and say, "Because with us still alive, we can inform others of their presence."

However, before making the call, he decided to have him and Squirtle follow in secret to see what the group was planning, soon noticing them heading toward the local subway station. Unlike Medicham and her group, they had not decided on taking a freight train, and it seemed logical. After all, the bullet train was significantly faster.

"Okay, so they're taking the bullet train," Squirtle whispered, "but where to? There are a lot of cities going that way," Magnemite nodding and listening in as Tyranitar asked, "So, just to be clear, we're going to Tokyo, right?" Giratina and Missingno nodding as Magnemite and Squirtle gave each-other thumbs up, quickly fleeing the area before they could be spotted.

And of course, during this time, Beedrill along with a number of other staff members had discovered all the dead bodies lying around the Tower of Justice, including the corpse of Charizard. His wife had been called up as she was naturally having a very hard time getting over this, and many others were having just as much trouble dealing with such an event.

And on that note, a meeting was held as panic was filling the area, Beedrill clearing his throat and stating, "As you all have seen, many of our security guards have been, well, killed. And to make matters even worse, one of our top fighters, Charizard, is among those victims."

Riolu nodded and replied, "Don't forget the mask of Giratina," Beedrill nodding as the others stared in confusion, the wasp adding, "Yes, the mask of Giratina has also been stolen, and it's obvious the assailants who took so many lives last night are the culprits."

"Oh, not again!" Jolteon exclaimed, "What are we gonna do!? Who knows what they can do with that in their possession!? We're all gonna die!" Riolu sighing, "Calm down, Jolteon!" the fox staring as he added, "Look, in case you've forgotten, the mask's power didn't work when Medicham used it. With that in mind, I highly doubt it truly has the power to bring Giratina back to life."

"In that case, we only have really threatening villains to deal with," Sandshrew stated as Riolu sighed, "Well, I'm just going with a hunch here. For all I know, they may have discovered a method that can work."

"So what are we gonna do?" a small bear named Teddiursa asked, everyone turning to face Beedrill as he nodded, saying, "Right. Well, we'll call up the heroes on Earth and tell them to be on the lookout for anyone suspicious."

"Of course," Bouffalant said with a shrug, "That should have been obvious," Riolu sighing, "Are you certain that will be enough, sir? This is the highest number of murders commited by villains in ages."

Beedrill frowned and retorted, "Hey, I'm the chairman and I say we leave it to the heroes stationed on Earth!" all going silent as the others nodded, saying nothing more than that.

After all, Beedrill was right. It was clear the heroes of old were no longer good enough to take on powerhouses like these.

However, Beedrill felt a bit of guilt saying something like this. He knew his father wanted him to think for himself now, but he had only suggested this because he knew the caterpillar would say the same thing. A part of him actually wanted to go to Earth right now and become part of the solution since he was still young.

But as chairman, he knew it was not his place to endanger himself even if it was for the right cause and after spending a good amount of time serving evil, he felt like he owed the law an apology and figured following it would suffice. Right now, he was really starting to wonder if he was making the right choice.

During this time, Magnemite, with the help of his computer-like brain, had managed to figure out Aipom's phone number without needing a phone book. As such, he dialled her up, knowing that if anyone could inform the others without him being charged for multiple long-distance calls, it was Machoke's trainer.

Aipom was currently washing dishes, figuring she may as well try not to spend her time worrying about Machoke. After all, it was like Blaziken had said, there was no way Machoke would be gone for too long. She was calm and was not going to think too much about recent events.

It was at this moment that she heard the phone ring, the monkey's eyes widening as she squealed, "OH MY GOD, IS IT MACHOKE!?" running over to the machine and picking it up, clearing her throat and saying, "Hello?"

Unfortunately, it was not Machoke on the other line nor was it good news. After listening to what was said, the monkey simply took a deep breath and replied, "Alright, I understand. I'll let the others know right away," before hanging up and sighing, "Great, nine of them. Now we really need his help."

Seeing as most of her other friends were too far away to make it in time even if they could catch a plane immediately, she decided to call up Throh and Sawk to come and help. After all, they were close by.

And soon enough, Blaziken, Gallade and Gardevoir had all met up at the train station as they knew this was where the cloaked figures would be coming from within the next few hours. Blaziken took a deep breath and said, "Alright, apparently, there's gonna be nine of them," Gallade gulping, "Yeah, I know," Gardevoir biting her lip and whimpering, "We might not be able to take them."

"I hate to say it, but even I can't stand up to nine villains at once," Blaziken replied with a smirk, "but that doesn't mean we can't try. We're heroes, so we'll do our best to make sure we win."

Unfortunately, it seemed their plan would not succeed as the villains had actually gotten off of the train after reaching Niigata and had switched to a bus. Sure, they stood out more, but they were okay with that, Butterfree groaning, "Why are we taking a bus now?"

"Yes, Absol, you seemed very sure of yourself that this was the best course of action," Missingno stated as the wolf replied, "I was hoping you would have sensed it too, but I had a feeling someone with, let's say, connections was watching and listening in on us before we boarded the train. Call it a hunch, but I feel this'll save us some trouble."

Giratina nodded and replied, "That's good thinking. Better safe than sorry," the others turning as he added, "Of course, if I was at full power, I'd have no problem with this," Missingno nodding and replying, "Of course."

He really hoped that Giratina was not bluffing. After all, it was said that only the amazingly powerful Arceus could defeat the dragon back in the day. There was no way those stories could possibly be lies.

Whatever the case, it seemed the heroes of Tokyo would be wasting quite a bit of time. Would they catch on quickly enough or would this new mode of transportation make entrance into the Reverse World inevitable?