Note: If you're wondering why nothing is progressing in one match while another is taking place, it's because when I go to each scene, I'm essentially turning time back in the story to show what was happening during the previously mentioned scene. No one's asked about that yet, but I'm getting this out there for anyone confused by this.

Blitzle and Aegislash were ready as Blaziken took a deep breath, asking, "Are you sure you want to face these two?" Gardevoir nodding and replying, "I trained long and hard for a moment like this. I'm not letting this chance go," Gallade groaning while thinking, 'I should be fighting by her side instead of Blaziken. I'm her brother, for God's sake!'

Aegislash simply folded her arms, saying, "You know, you two can start whenever you are ready," Blitzle smirking and adding, "It matters not, though. We will still be victorious in this duel between teams," his confidence having received a boost after getting two easy victories in a row.

Blaziken shrugged and said, "Well, since you asked so nicely-" only for Gardevoir to grab her shoulder, whispering, "Wait, we need to think about this. These two are really strong."

"Yeah, that's why we gotta overpower them," the chicken remarked as the girl shook her head and said, "No, we need to come up with a way to catch them off-guard," Aegislash folding her arms and sighing, "My patience is waring thin."

Blaziken gritted her teeth, grunting, "Mine too," Gardevoir sighing, "We can't barrel in there without thinking. Remember what your rashness did during your match with Onix," the chicken wincing and groaning, "Okay, you've made your point. What did you have in mind?"

"Now, I've noticed Aegislash seems to be the more physically strong while Blitzle is faster," Gardevoir whispered, "Therefor it would make sense for me to go after Blitzle while you go after Aegislash," Blaziken grinning and replying, "I was thinking that anyway," the girl smiling bright as the two bumped their fists together.

"Are you done talking?" Aegislash asked, rolling her eye as Blitzle grinned, stating, "It matters not what you come up with! We will dominate you in the end and reign supreme!" the sword staring at him and asking, "When did you become so full of yourself?"

Instead of answering the first question, Blaziken figured she would let her actions speak for her as she sprinted toward Aegislash, sending a roundhouse toward her face. However, the sword was ready as she held her shield in front of said spot, blocking the incoming kick. Blaziken ignored this and sent another kick toward her side, her eyes widening when she suddenly realized she would only end up cutting herself if she went through with this.

Aegislash saw a perfect opportunity as she said, "I'll admit, your strategy was sound, but the fact that you didn't factor in such an obvious flaw is laughable," the sword them grabbing onto the chicken's ankle and hurling her face-first into the bars.

Gardevoir, however, seemed to be doing a slightly better job as she rushed at Blitzle, the zebra sending his hoof toward her. The girl easily dodged gracefully to the right before sending the back of her hand hard into the side of his face, his eyes widening as he backed up, rubbing his cheek.

However, it was at this very moment that the girl noticed Blaziken already covered in burn marks from the electricity. Her eyes widening as Blitzle noticed this, sighing and thinking, 'Forgive me for this disgraceful display, family,' the zebra sending hard punch into the girl's gut.

With that, he proceeded to grab hold of her shoulder, leaning backward while lifting her up and sending her flying into the cage as well. The girl squeaked in agony as Gallade spat, "SIS!" now wishing he could take her place.

Psyla, of course, was not having it much better as that punch Tyranitar had dealt really hurt. Terror was running through her veins now as she needed a way to harm him. All the while, the dinosaur simply stood there and smirked, waving his hand menacingly toward himself.

The wolf took a deep breath when suddenly, an idea came to her, her eyes widening as she resisted the urge to start swishing her tail. After all, if she showed too much positivity, the dinosaur might catch onto her strategy. As such, she rushed toward him once more with her palm at the ready.

But just before she could land her attack, the dinosaur puffed up his chest as he said, "You must be really desperate to try that again," only for the wolf to have a different plan as she noticed he had used the muscles in his arms to increase his chest strength. As such, she separated her palms and went straight for his shoulders.

However, Tyranitar quickly returned the muscle mass to his arms to cushion the incoming blow, Psyla's eyes going wide as he latching his arms onto her wrists, the wolf howling in pain. Tyranitar all the while kept his smirk on his face as he stated, "Like I told you, I may not be the brightest bulb out there, but I can read my opponents pretty quickly. I knew you'd catch onto the biggest weakness of my muscle transfer technique, and it took about as long as it normally would."

With that, the dinosaur proceeded to lean backward, lifting the wolf up and slamming her back hard into the ground. With that, the dinosaur laughed wickedly and said, "Again, you've actually managed to provide a descent challenge for me, but it's not enough," before leaning down and pointing his claws at her neck.

But just as it looked like he was about to kill her, a voice entered the area, shouting, "NOT SO FAST, VILLAIN!" the dinosaur turning and noticing Beedrill standing right there with a serious look in his eyes.

"Beedrill?" Tyranitar asked, "And here I thought I had something to worry about," the wasp remarking, "Come on, not even you can be dumb enough not to know why I'm here!"

"Yeah, I know why you're here," the dinosaur stated, "I'm just not the least bit scared of you is all," the wasp's eyes widening as Tyranitar let out a sigh, shrugged his shoulders and added, "I can't say I'm surprised to see you become a lapdog for the government. Honestly, you were always kind of a weakling."

Beedrill's eye twitched as he retorted, "What!?" Tyranitar saying, "We've all heard of your humiliating loss to Machoke. Wasn't he the first hero you ever fought?"

Beedrill scowled and retorted, "So what!? Every villain who's face him has lost to him!" Tyranitar replying, "True, but they lost to him when he actually knew what he was doing. You on the other hand faced him before he had combat experience. There's no reason you should have lost."

Beedrill held up his needles and spat, "SAY THAT TO MY FACE!" only for Psyla to once again recover, breathing heavily and saying, "Look, Mister Chairman, sir, I've got this," Tyranitar slapping his forehead and grumbling, "Note to self. Don't let the next idiot who comes along distract you."

"Are you sure?" Beedrill asked, "You look really beat up," Psyla shaking her head and remarking, "It's much more important you go in there and help out the others right now. I don't know what's going on in there, but there has to be a reason these people are trying to stop us from getting in."

"There is," Beedrill replied, "My father told me this is the world Giratina was born in. Since it's open, I'm guessing he was one of the villains who entered right?"

Tyranitar's eyes and mouth were wide open as the reporter said, "And you've just heard it yourself, folks! Legendary demon Giratina has been revived and is currently taking residence in this world, which is apparently his home! One can only wonder what he is up to in there!"

"In that case, you should definitely hurry," Psyla said as Beedrill took a deep breath, saying, "Of course," flying through the portal as Tyranitar groaned, "Fine! Anyone who wants to enter, be my guest! You're still no match for my buds!"

The dinosaur then turned to Psyla, the wolf panicking and backing up as he smirked, saying, "You know, you're a persistent one. Most opponents would have fallen long before now. You really should just accept the help you're being offered, not that it'll be good enough."

Psyla then looked down at her paws and remembered something that had happened during Machoke's match with Lucario. Machoke had unleashed an amazing defensive manoeuvre called the Mach Cover. It seemed unstoppable until Lucario pierced his flesh with his spikes, rendering it useless.

And the truth was that Psyla had a way of getting around the dinosaur's defence. So why was she not using it? The reason caused horrible memories to flood her mind.

There was a time when the wolf would rely on a set of retractable claws. She came up with quite a few moves involving them and they were her ultimate weapons as she would strike down even the mightiest of foes with them.

However, things took a turn for worse when the twenty-first Hero Olympics came along and the elimination tournaments had started up. The wolf had been pitted up against a boy wearing a round white shirt with pink ball-like attachments on it named Mr. Mime.

This was the first time Psyla had ever fought a fellow hero. Since she was not used to this, she simply treated the boy like any villain she had faced and attacked mercilessly. This was before she could control the family power and as such, she did need to take quite a beating from the mime before it activated.

When it did, she used her claws to shatter an invisible wall that he had formed countless times throughout the match. After that, she spun like a wheel toward him, shouting, "BLADE STEAMROLLER!" striking him hard across the chest.

However, what happened next would scar her for life, her eyes going wide when she noticed just how much damage she had dealt. Not only had she formed a big gash on his chest, not only was blood flying out, but she could actually see one of his organs emerge.

Luckily, it did go back in when he fell on his back and since heroes could sustain worse damage than humans could, he was still alive. However, Psyla was absolutely devastated that she had done so much damage to a hero and as such, she dropped out of the elimination tournament thus costing her a spot in the Olympics. And as a means of redeeming herself, she swore never to use her claws for battle again, even if she was going up against a villain. She never wanted to bring anyone that close to death ever again.

As if that was not bad enough, Blaziken and Gardevoir were both feeling weak as Gardevoir whimpered, "They're so dangerous," Blaziken nodding and replying, "Whatever. We're used to dealing with freaks like this."

But just as the two were about to continue, a familiar British voice entered the area saying, "I figured you guys would already be here," Gardevoir, Blaziken and Gallade all staring when they saw Lucario standing there. Though they were absolutely horrified when they saw Talonflame next to him.

"WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING HERE!?" Blaziken snapped, pointing at the falcon as Aegislash folded her arms, saying, "That's a very good question," before glaring at Lucario and adding, "You have some nerve showing your face around here, traitor!"

"I'm sorry, do I know you?" Lucario asked as Blitzle gasped, "HE DOES NOT REMEMBER US!" Aegislash sighing, "Well, it is not as if we ever actually spoke to him, but even without that in mind, everyone knows about you and how you just suddenly decided to turn good."

"For your information, I became neutral," Lucario remarked, "but honestly, I don't mind being the good guy. At least now I have real friends," Gallade blinking and saying, "That's wonderful and all, but seriously, what the hell is Talonflame doing with you?"

Talonflame rolled his eyes and remarked, "Look, I can't blame you for being intimidated right now, but mark my words when I say I'm also on the side of good now," the others staring suspiciously until Lucario sighed, "He's telling the truth."

Gardevoir smiled lightly and nodded, saying, "I could see it in his eyes. He's not lying," Gallade shrugging and replying, "Well, that confirms it."

"It matters not," Aegislash said, shaking her head, "This area is surrounded by electricity that cannot be passed through, so you cannot fight in the place of these two," Blitzle gulping nervously, feeling beyond relieved to hear these words as he knew how strong Lucario and Talonflame were.

Talonflame simply folded his arms and asked tauntingly, "What's wrong? Chicken?" Lucario all the while gritting his teeth until Gardevoir gulped, saying, "It's fine, guys," Blaziken nodding and adding, "Look, I get the feeling we won't have much time to end this whole thing, so you guys should go on ahead as long as you're not bound by this cage.

Aegislash's eye widened as she turned to Blitzle and asked, "Can you form another cage around them?" the zebra shaking his head and replying, "I can only form one cage at a time. If I do that, this cage will disappear."

Aegislash simply let out a sigh and remarked, "It's worth it," the zebra nodding before focusing hard.

This caused the cage to sink into the ground as the electricity travelled under Talonflame and Lucario, rising up and forming a cage around them as Talonflame blinked, uttering, "Are you shitting me?"

Gardevoir's eyes widened as Gallade spat, "Oh, come on, that's low!" Lucario and Talonflame both folding their arms as they naturally felt upset about being forced onto the sidelines.

However, Blaziken knew this would make things easier for them as she said, "Well, at least we're not trapped in the cage anymore," the chicken turning to Gallade and saying, "You go on ahead and see what you can do. We'll keep these two busy."

Blitzle gasped and spat, "Oh no you don't, ruffian!" only for Gardevoir to leap at Blitzle, kicking him in the back of the head and distracting him long enough for Gallade to take his leave, Aegislash folding her arms and allowing this.

Gardevoir quickly returned to Blaziken's side as Blitzle turned to Aegislash, asking, "Why didn't you try to stop him!?" Aegislash sighing, "Look, the only reason I kept them busy was because I knew three would be a lot more annoying than one of them. At least with that one boy by himself, he won't be too much of a threat."

"You shouldn't underestimate Gallade," Blaziken said with a smirk, "He might prove more trouble to your plans than you first thought," Talonflame cutting in and asking, "Are we talking about the same guy who barely put up a fight against Scyther?"

The chicken scowled at him and growled, "HEY, ARE YOU REALLY ON OUR SIDE OR NOT!?" the falcon shrugging and remarking, "Hey, I'm just telling it like it is."

Whatever the case, Gardevoir tapped Blaziken on the shoulder and uttered, "I don't normally lose patience, but we're wasting time," the chicken turning to her as she whimpered, "I hate to admit it, but I do worry about my brother. It used to be him protecting me all the time, but ever since I beat Scrafty, it's been the opposite. He might be able to beat one of them, but I don't even think you could handle more than one let alone him."

Blaziken took a deep breath and said, "You're right. Not only do we need to help him out if he gets in a serious bind but we also need to save the strongest fighters here."

Talonflame's eyes widened as the chicken groaned, "Yes, I admit it! You're better than me!" the falcon grinning smugly as Lucario shot him a glare.

Seeing this, Talonflame let out a sigh and said, "Even if that is true, I'm still counting on you, Blaziken. I didn't mean all those terrible things I said about you during our match. I know I said things to make you feel weak, but I was only doing that to drop your guard. The truth is, I think you do have what it takes to carry on your family legacy and maybe even outdo your mom, but seeing you covered in burn marks right now is not helping things."

Blaziken smirked and gave the falcon thumbs up, saying, "Don't you worry about a thing. I'm just getting warmed up."

"Okay, are you done?" Aegislash asked, "I say, it feels like we've spent most of our time standing around talking and not much time at all fighting," Blitzle staring at what appeared to be nothing with a nervous look in his eyes.

With that in mind, Blaziken and Gardevoir nodded at one-another and rushed toward their opponents again. This time Blaziken would not make the stupid mistake of trying to attack the side of Aegislash's blade as she propelled herself up into the air and flipped her body around with her foot on fire.

Aegislash held up her shield, once again blocking Blaziken's foot. However, when her kick collided, the chicken used her foot to stand on top of the shield before kneeling down too quickly for the sword to react. Blaziken then proceeded to lean forward far enough to grab hold of Aegislash's handle thus knocking her on her back.

Talonflame smirked and said, "I never would have come up with that, I have to admit," Aegislash frowning as Blaziken proceeded to unleash another burning axe kick, this time sending it into flat side the sword's blade.

All the while, Blitzle had attempted to strike Gardevoir with his hooves again only this time, she was more alert and not letting anything distract her. And after dodging a few hits, she proceeded to send a hard palm punch into his cheek before laying on a few more slaps, sending a palm uppercut into his chin and getting him to back up a bit.

It did not end there, though, as Blaziken was on her back, wrapping her legs around Aegislash's guard and holding tight with a figure-four leg lock, a smirk on her face as Talonflame nodded, saying, "That's the Blaziken I know," Blitzle seeing this and trembling with fear.

Unfortunately, Psyla still needed a way to start harming Tyranitar again. At the rate she was going, the odds of victory were low and thanks to her vow, she could not bring herself to use her claws.

However, at that very moment, a certain someone had shown up in the area along with two others. Though it was not Machoke, Octillery and Gothitelle but rather Reika, Cici and Tsuya, both having witnessed some of the match on TV.

Tyranitar briefly turned his gaze over but refused to turn away from Psyla and give her another chance to fight back before shrugging and saying, "At least it's not another hero," the wolf staring and saying, "You're Gardevoir's friends."

"Yeah," Reika replied, "We feel we have to support the others as best as we can," Psyla remarking, "No! Even without going in myself, I can guarantee it'll be too dangerous!"

"Even so, we can't just sit around and do nothing all the time," Tsuya remarked as Tyranitar smirked, saying, "I wouldn't go in there if I were you. She's right, humans like you will likely die in there even if my buddies don't catch you."

"In that case, we'll stay here and give our support," Reika stated as she and the others decided to sit on the sidelines, Tyranitar saying, "Good, you can see her lose up-close."

It was around this time that Machoke was starting to get close. But even with the speed of the submarine, it was still likely to take him somewhere between thirty minutes and one hour to get to the Tokyo Dome. Hopefully that would be fast enough for him to be of help.