Spike was about to push the play button when a doorbell rang. Confused, Spike asked, “Um… What was that?”

“That was a doorbell but why did we hear that? We don’t have a doorbell,” Twilight said, trying to understand what was going on. The net moment she looked at Pinkie and said, “You installed a doorbell, didn’t you?”

“Yup,” Pinkie said cheerfully.

Twilight was just about to ask when she did it but kept her mouth shut. It was better to not to ask since Pinkie was involved. Instead Twilight said, “Who could be at the door?”

Walk over to the front door, Twilight opened it to see someone she wasn’t even expecting. Standing in front of the door and wearing golden armor was the blue dragon princess Ember. “Princess Ember? What’re you doing here?” Twilight asked, shocked by her sudden appearance.

“Hello Twilight Sparkle. I came by to pay Spike a visit,” Ember said while smiling. “May I come in?”

“Of course. I’m sure Spike’ll be happy to see you,” Twilight said, allowing the dragon princess to enter. They walked back into the viewing room as Twilight said, “Spike, you have a visitor.”

“Who could be here for me?” Spike asked, turning towards the door as his eyes went wide. “Princess Ember!!” Spike said, jumping off the couch and running towards his dragon friend.

“Hello Spike, it’s good to see you,” Ember said, giving the smaller dragon a hug. “How’ve you been since the Gauntlet?”

“I’ve been good. Just been helping Twilight and watching this new show we got,” Spike said, drawing Ember’s attention.

“A show? What’s that?” Ember asked, curious about this thing that Spike likes.

“Oh it’s a cool show where they talk about two characters and have them fight to the death,” Spike said, peaking Ember’s interest.

“That sounds interesting, could I watch one with you?” Ember asked, letting go of the smaller dragon.

“Can she Twilight?” Spike asked his sister/mother/friend hopefully.

Twilight looked at her friends, who all had smiles on their faces, and said, “As Pinkie would say, the more the merrier.”

“You got that right,” the party pony said, jumping on the couch.

The princesses and dragon walked to the couch and took a seat as Spike pressed play on the remote.

Interlude
(*Cues: Invader - Jim Johnston*)

Wiz: Ninjutsu. Originally created by farmers to kill their oppressive samurai lords, the ninja has become one of the deadliest killers in history.

Boomstick: Like Ryu Hayabusa, the ultimate Dragon Ninja.

“A Dragon Ninja?!” Spike exclaimed with stars in his eyes while Ember smirked, pride evident in her eyes.

Wiz: And Strider Hiryu, the high-tech mercenary.

“A mercenary? This should be interesting,” Applejack said, scratching her chin.

Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick...

Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills, to find out who would win a death battle.

Ryu Hayabusa
(*Cues: Ninja Gaiden (NES) - Main Theme (Orchestral)*)

Wiz: His name literally meaning Dragon Falcon-

“Now that's a badass name!” Rainbow Dash smiled.

“Totally!” Spike agreed, giving her a fist/hoof-bump while Ember nodded.

Background
Height: 179 cm / 5'10"
Weight: 78 kg / 172 Lbs
Age: 25
AKA Dragon Ninja & Master Ninja
Occupation: Antique stop owner
Animal Spirit: Peregrine Falcon
Hobbies: Mountain climbing, fishing, eating sushi, kicking ass.

Wiz: Ryu Hayabusa was born in the Dragon-lineage legacy, and trained in the ways of the ninja from the moment he could crawl.

Boomstick: How are you supposed to keep a baby in their crib when they can freakin' back-flip out of it?

“You think that’s hard? Try keeping a baby unicorn and pegasus from flying all over the house.” Pinkie shuddered, remembering the first time she babysat the Cake twins.

“(giggle) well Ryu sure fits the dragon part of his name when it comes to being a little trouble maker,” laughed Ember as it's a well known fact that young hatchlings make it their mission in life to stress out their parents by constantly trying to crawl or even fly out of the nest to explore the new world they are born in.

Wiz: A prodigy in the art of combat, Ryu far exceeded his clan's expectations. When he turned 18, he donned the traditional blue garb,

(*Cues: The Night of Lukifell - Ninja Gaiden*)

Wiz: then single-handedly defeated both the criminal cult of Nostradamus and the army of Emperor Garuda.

That bit on info gained both some stunned looks from the group and even some looks of respect from a few members of the group like Rainbow Dash and Ember.

Boomstick: And that was before his father gave him the Dragon Sword: a single-edged katana carved from the fang of a dragon which, when combined with the mystical eye of the dragon, becomes a divine blade of ultimate power.

“Wait, he uses the body parts of a Dragon as weapons?” Spike asked, unnerved by the sudden revelation.

“...that's kinda gruesome.” Fluttershy stated in a equally repulsed tone.

“*Pfft!* don’t be such sissies.” scoffed Ember as she rolled her eye’s at the two’s reaction.

“But Ember! They use dragon body parts!” yelled Spike, witch got a scoff from his fellow dragon.

“Let fill you in on something Spike,” said the young dragon lord. “It’s dragon custom to make weapons and armor out of our fallen brothers and sisters, heck it’s a sign of honor to see another race use dragon made weapons because it shows even other races know of our strength.” stated Ember to a wide-eyed Spike and a giddy Twilight as she wrote everything down on a notepad.

“So fascinating!” cheered The the Princess of Friendship as she wrote down every last detail from embers little lecture. While Rainbow Dash started wondering if she could get her hooves on some dragon armor.

Wiz: It also has one serious security system. If someone other than a strong-willed Hayabusa attempts to wield it, the true Dragon Sword will feed on and eventually devour their soul.

That got everyone even Ember to wince at such a deadly security system, not even the elements of harmony or even the dragon scepter had that kind of defence against thieves.

True Dragon Sword
Hayabusa clan heirloom
Carved from a dragon fang
Eye of the Dragon unleashes sword's full power
Divine blade
Practically indestructible
Weak-willed cannot wield it
True power is said to upset the balance of a peaceful world.

Boomstick: I need that kind of tech for my car! Teach those damn caddy-smashing raptors a lesson.

That got some laughs from the main group while Ember was wondering what the heck was a caddy.

(*Cues: Ninja Gaiden - Main Theme*)

Wiz: In addition Ryu has an enormous arsenal of various weaponry, including the Lunar Staff, Falcon's Talons, a Kusari-gana, basically a chain sickle, numerous types of, shurikens, bombs, bows, etc., etc. and the Eclipse Scythe: a weapon forged by werewolves and quenched in the blood of living human beings. Because some people just have to do things the hard way.

Arsenal
Lunar Staff
Falcon's Talons
Kusari-gama
Shurikens
Regular, explosive, & windmill
Fiend's Bane Bow
Smoke Bomb
Vigoorian Flail
Eclipse Scythe
Tonfas
War Hammer
Howling Cannon
Dragon's Claw & Tiger's Fang
Spear Gun
Nunchaku
Bare fists

While most of the group marveled at the vast array of weapons, the rest of the group grimaced at the gruesome backstory of the eclipse scythe.

Boomstick: (cough) The badass way Wiz.

“Damn straight!” Rainbow Dash smirked.

Boomstick: And if that wasn't enough, he´s also a magician! But instead of pulling rabbits out of a hat, it´s a fire dragon!

“Awesome!” cheered Dash Pinkie Pie, Spike, and even Ember at the sight of the fire dragon.

Wiz: Uh, no, though that would make one impressive party trick.

Pinkie immediately pulled out a notebook and started writing the idea down, much to Applejack’s horror. “Wiz, you’ve gone and doomed us all.” She whispered.

(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)

Wiz: Ryu channels the energies of his unusually strong spirit for mystical techniques called Ninpo.

This got the Twilight and Starlight invested at the prospect of even more forms of different magic.

Boomstick: Well this ninpogician can summon fireballs, create a fighting shadow of himself, blow shit up with his own version of the Torn Sky Blast, and even seems to be able to teleport short distances-what the fuck, did he just turn into a bird?!

“Yay!” cheered Fluttershy as she sees Ryu turn into a majestic bird.

“How!?” Asked Ember, Applejack, and Spike, both gawking at the transformation.

Wiz: Ryu's spirit is so unnaturally strong he can manipulate that spiritual energy to perform supernatural feats: like the bird thing, and surviving fatal wounds, though this pseudo-healing factor requires a lot of time, rest, and meditation to pull off.

“I guess this ninpo has it’s limits,” commented Applejack.

Ninpo
Art of the Inferno
Art of the Fire Wheels
Doppelgänger
Blink (Teleport)
Art of Divine Life
Art of Substitution
Art of the Piercing Void
Hayabusa Torn Sky Blast

(Hayabusa falls from the sky, grabs onto an armed goon, then lands while stabbing him. Ryu then removes his sword from the goon's body, splattering it.)

“Sweet,” Ember said with a whistle.

“Swift yet deadly, I like this guy!” Chuckled Rainbow Dash.

“Careful, you’ll make a certain blue boy jealous!” Pinkie giggled, prompting the rainbow-maned pegasus to pull out her notebook. “I mean, how’s Soarin gonna compete with a ninja?” Pinkie continued, causing her to slowly put the book away.

“You get a pass...” She mumbled.

(*Cues: Dead or Alive 2 - The Shooted*)

Boomstick: Ryu is fast enough to deflect automatic fire, tough enough to land a 300-meter drop, and has developed a ninja sense, which anticipates danger. Like when a chick asks if she looks fat in a new outfit.

“Of course YOU would need something like that Boomstick,” muttered Rarity with an eye roll.

Wiz: And despite mastering the ninja art of stealth, he tends to just rush in, swords swinging. Every. Single. Time.

“Pfft! Who needs stealth anyway?” asked Rainbow Dash, getting a few blank stares from her friends.

“Ninjas.” stated Fluttershy with a dry tone.

Boomstick: Hey, whatever works. He´s destroyed entire armies of fiends and demons, killed the Dark Dragon, twice somehow, won the second Dead Or Alive tournament, avenged his father's death and finally annihilated the Devil himself, all just to get himself laid.

Feats
Won the 2nd DOA tournament
Survived the Grip of Murder
Lands 300 meter drops regularly
Has slain demons & dragons
Defeated Dark Dragon, Doku, Tengu, Jaquio & the Goddess
Single-handedly battles demons, monsters, robots, & armies for a living

“I highly doubt that's the reason,” deadpanned Twilight.

Ryu: Such selfish arrogance... I cannot allow this!

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The group had to admit that Ryu was a cool and honorable warrior and a few like Rarity had taken a liking to him.

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Strider Hiryu
(*Cues: Strider - Stage 1 Theme then cues【Nam Kap】 Defense Sphere (1Stage Demo) ~ Step into (1Stage BGM1) 【BGM】*)

Wiz: His name literally meaning Flying Dragon-

“Another insanely awesome name!” Spike rejoiced, excited and proud that both combatant’s names emphasized the awesomeness of Dragons.

“Of course!” Ember proudly proclaimed. “Anything that has “Dragon” in it’s name is amazing by default. Dragon Blade, Dragon Fist, Dragon Dance...”

Pinkie giggled perversely. “Oh! How about Dragon di-”

“Finish that sentence and I’ll incinerate you!” Ember growled.

“-ctionary…?” Pinkie finished with a nervous tone.

Wiz: Hiryu was orphaned at a very young age. He was put through the intense Strider program, a training school for high-tech ninja mercenaries.

Background
Height: 179 cm / 5'10"
Weight: 85 kg / 187 Ibs
Age: 2,021 years
Rank: Special-A Class Strider
Occupation: Retired
Superhuman senses
Hobbies: Peace, seclusion, boring stuff

Boomstick: It's so hard to find a good cyber-ninja school these days.

“I wish we had a cyber ninja school,” pouted Rainbow Dash.

“Ah doubt we’d have the tech or the budget for somthin’ like that...” Applejack said, sounding slightly disappointed herself.

Wiz: Seems whoever put him there made the right choice.

(*Cues: Strider Hiryu Theme - Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3*)

Wiz: Hiryu far exceeded his teachers´ expectations, and soon became the youngest student in the organization's history to reach the highest rank of Special A-Class Strider.

The group was yet again impressed with how the two fighters were both young prodigies who surpassed all expectations and became the legends they are now today.

Boomstick: What does that mean? Well, even a C-Class Strider has the strength and skill of a whole team of special forces, so just imagine what a Special A-Class Strider can do. Oh wait, you don't have to ‘cause we're here to tell you about it!

“Oh well! I wasn’t planning to use my brain today anyway,” joked Pinkie Pie getting a few laughs from her friends.

Wiz: After reaching this remarkable rank, Hiryu was sent on a mission to kill a rogue Strider, who just so happened to be his own sister.

“WHAT!?” screamed the group while the more sensitive of the group were about to cry from the memory of the teenage mutant ninja turtles episode.

Boomstick: Naturally, pissed off at the Striders manipulating him and his sister, he immediately retired... after killing her, of course.

“B-but why!?” Yelled a confused Applejack.

“She was more likely still a threat to the world and he had no choice,” answered Ember with a pitying look for the cyber ninja.

(*Cues: Destroy the Terrorists in the Occupied City - Strider 2*)

Wiz: Hiryu wields a deadly lightsword Cypher named Falchion. It generates a blade of high voltage plasma energy which can slice through almost anything. Today, plasma cutters can reach temperatures over 2 million degrees Celsius, cutting through steel and other metals with ease.

“Only my father has been known to breath fire that hot,” statet Ember. Impressed that Hiryu had a weapon that could match her father's legendary fire breath.

“And Celestia is one of the two fire users that can create magic fire that hot,” committed Twilight.

“Who’s the second?” asked Starlight.

“Sunset,” answered Twilight thinking about her friend from another world.

Boomstick: It's basically a super-long extending lightsaber.

Wiz: Well, kind of, it´s a sword with a plasma aura that leaves a trail of death. It can also fire plasma arrows and counter projectiles.

“Hot dang! Those things are versatile!” said an impressed Applejack.

Boomstick: All with an incredibly satisfying shing sound.

(*Strider swings Cypher*)

Boomstick: That's the one.

“Oooh~ such a good sound!” moaned Pinkie Pie.

“I’d like that sound to off when I use my claws!” Spike smirked.

Falchion Light Sword Cypher
Extendable through plasma charging
Boost [Plasma wave projectiles]
Plasma arrows
Deflects projectiles
Shape-shifting properties
Can destroy projectiles
Incinerates opponents

(*Cues: Burning Force - Namco X Capcom*)

Wiz: Apart from the Cypher, Hiryu wields a large arsenal of sci-fi gear and weaponry, including the Varga: a teleporting device. He uses his medical tech to heal wounds, the climb sickles to, well, climb, the jump trick to... jump higher.

“The naming is… simplistic,” said Rarity, trying to be nice.

Boomstick: I guess they don't have a thesaurus at the ninja school.

“BLASPHEMY!!” Twilight screamed in anger as she went into her Rainbow Form, startling the rest of the group. “ALL SCHOOLS SHOULD HAVE A THESAURUS!!” When she noticed everyone staring at her she immediately calmed down and turned back to normal. “Ehehe… sorry...”

“...she’s scary when she’s mad.” Ember whispered to Spike, feeling a bit more respect for the Princess of Friendship.

“You should’ve seen her when Tirek blew up her library.” Spike shuddered.

Boomstick: He also has a device that can cause earthquakes, shoot fire and launch big balls of electricity.

“He’s a walking weapons arsenal!” Gawked Rainbow Dash.

Weaponry
Kunai
Fire Trick
Launches a fireball
Ground Trick
Creates a small quake
Spark Trick
Launches a ball of electric energy
Spark Ball: Sends it along the ground

Wiz: And last, but not least, he has three types of cybernetic drones at his back and call. Option A are twin satellite bots which shield Hiryu and shoot wave after wave of deadly laser discs.

“Those sound neat,” commented Twilight liking option A a lot. “Maybe I could build one...”

Boomstick: Option B is a Robo-Panther. It´s like a giant death-cat that doesn't need a litter box or scratch the shit out of your furniture.

Applejack giggled at this. “Hey Rarity, Ah think we found Opal’s replacement!”

Rarity rolled her eyes at her southern friend. “Oh haha.”

Wiz: Finally, Option C is a robotic hawk with bladed wings and over sized grenades.

Boomstick: Argh, I hate birds! Now they have grenades.

“What’s wrong with birds? Birds are nice.” Fluttershy said.

“Ah’d rather not have to deal with any grenade-tossing birds.” Applejack stated. “It’s bad enough they hover over our picnics all the time...”

Options
Option A
Satellite drone "Bot"
Laser guns
Can power machinery
Option B
Robotic panther
Fiercely loyal
Option C
Robotic hawk
Bladed wings
Can drop grenades

Wiz: Hiryu´s speed and agility are off the charts. Fortunate, since he also doesn't seems to ever use his ninja stealth skills. He´s even fast enough to dodge shadow tag bullets: highly advanced ammunition designed to track supersonic targets, like Striders. Basically, anti-aircraft rounds for people.

“And he’s able to dodge weapons made for the sole purpose of killing him!?” yelled an amazed Starlight.

Boomstick: He´s also strong enough to slice clean through the human body... with a karate chop!!!

“WOAH!” Rainbow, Ember, and Spike exclaimed, impressed by the sheer power and speed this man possessed.

Wiz: Hiryu has somehow been in retirement for over 2,000 years; likely because of the advanced medicine of the future. Yet despite distancing himself from the Strider program,

(*Cues: Strider Hiryu Theme - Marvel vs Capcom*)

Wiz: he has been pulled out of retirement more times than John McClane.

“Can’t they just leave him in peace?” asked Fluttershy feeling bad for the cyber ninja.

Boomstick: He's fought dinosaurs and giant robots, destroyed a moon-sized space station, and is so badass he considers huge flying warships mere toys. He even slew the magical creator of the world... twice. Apparently God is no match for this future ninja.

Feats
Avoided shadow tag bullets
Has slain armies & dinosaurs
Is over 2,000 years old
Destroyed a moon-sized space station
Slices people with bare hands
Defeated Matic, Faceas Clay, Striders & Grandmaster Meio

Strider Hiryu: No place for amateurs.

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Wiz: Alright. The combatants are set. Let's end this debate once and for all.

Boomstick: It's time for a Death Battle!

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The teams so far are.

Ryu Hayabusa: Spike, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy.

Strider Hiryu: Twilight, Starlight, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash.

Ember liked them both.

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Death Battle
(*Cues: Ninja Gaiden - Alma Saves Rachel*)

An armed soldier stands in a building under construction as both Hayabusa and Hiryu appear and kill him with a slash from their swords.

“That's one way to start a fight i guess,” commented Twilight with a flat look. Already getting desensitized by all the death she’s seen throughout the show.

Soldier: (Wilhelm scream)

“Poor Wilhelm,” sighed out Pinkie Pie. feeling bad for the voice that will always be known for death.

Hayabusa and Strider then jump backwards into a fighting pose.

FIGHT!

(*Cues: Ninja Gaiden - Alma Awakened*)

Ryu jumps backwards and throws three shurikens at Hiryu but misses as he slides under them and ambushes Ryu, slashing him towards a wall. Hayabusa bounces off the wall and hits Hiryu with his True Dragon Sword and causes him to fall down. Ryu bears down on Hiryu with his sword several times, and then Hiryu cartwheels over Hayabusa. Hiryu slashes at Ryu, but he blocks it and throws a Boomerang Shuriken at Hiryu, who cartwheels over him again. Hiryu dodges the Shuriken flying past him and jumps over, starts slashing at Ryu multiple times, and after cartwheeling over him again, slices the flying Shuriken in half. Hayabusa slashes at Hiryu multiple times with the Dragon Sword and successfully kicks him into the wall. Hiryu bounces off the wall, but Ryu catches him in midair and pile drives Hiryu into the ground. Ryu pulls out his Eclipse Scythe. He attempts to kill Hiryu with it but Hiryu teleports out of the way, and cleanly removes the scythe's blade with his Cypher.

“Not the awesome Scythe!” cried Rainbow Dash.

“(scoff) How ironic that a weapon that took human sacrifices to be made was destroyed by a man made weapon,” scoffed Applejack finding it fitting that an evil weapon like that was finally destroyed.

Hayabusa jumps back and pulls out a Whip Chain. He swings it, and throws it at Hiryu with precision, but Hiryu decimates it into two dozen embers of metal with a combo of slashes.

“Hiryu is just cleaving through Ryu’s defences!” gasped out Starlight seeing weapons that would be considered masterpieces in combat and high grade magic being torn apart by Hiryu’s man made weapons.

Ryu charges his Ninpo and an ethereal shadow of himself appears. The two continuously attack Hiryu with their swords until Hiryu summons his satellite drones.

Strider Hiryu: Back off!

As the satellite bots fire their laser discs, Ryu jumps forward, dodging them, and destroys the drones with a well-aimed shuriken.

“But Ryu is still holding on and still going strong!” cheered Rarity.

(*Cues: Dead Or Alive 5: Last Round - Ryu's Determination*)

Ryu lands and fires a high-speed wave of arrows. Hiryu dodges the arrows. Ryu prepares to fire an arrow with a bomb attached to it, but Hiryu's plasma Cypher destroys Ryu´s bow. Hiryu charges at Ryu and slashes but misses as Ryu teleports. Ryu appears behind him and prepares his Torn Sky Blast. Hiryu is hit by the blast and is sent to another room. Hayabusa tries to stab Hiryu in the neck but he jumps over, and uses his sickles to climb the wall, dodging the first attack and slashing at the second. Both ninjas attack each other, doing fight combos as they fly up the building. Strider Hiryu is knocked upward, seemingly the last person hit.

“Man look at them go!” cheered Applejack getting more excited as the battle continued.

Ember agreed with the southern mare with a nod as she continued to watch the two warriors fight. “It’s like stories my father used to tell me about two dragons fighting for the title of dragon lord.”

(*Cues: Ninja Gaiden - Alma Awakened*)

Then Hiryu uses his medical tech to heal as Ryu Hayabusa heals with his ninpo. Then both prepare to fire their blasts and when they connect, it causes a small explosion, knocking both back. Hiryu is pushed back further and is about to summon his robotic animals.

"go animal friends," cheered Fluttershy.

Strider Hiryu: There's no escape! Legion!

As his robotic animals charge at Ryu, Hayabusa destroys them all with a single combo. He attacks but Hiryu jumps out of the way and fires his Cypher´s plasma arrows. Ryu flips past them and jumps on a crane. Hiryu flies up the same crane as Ryu throws several fireballs at him.

(*Cues: Ninja Gaiden - Chapter Clear*)

Hiryu disperses them by swinging his sword. Ryu jumps on top of the crane after him.

(*Cues: Ninja Gaiden - Orchestral Compilation*)

Both ninjas stand, staring at each other, then both run towards each other, jumping forward, and swinging their swords once.

The group leaned in to watch what was no doubt the deciding strike the would decide the fate of the two fighters.

They both land on the ground. There are a few seconds of silence until Hayabusa is wounded, bleeding.

Team Ryu winced as they saw the warrior of the Hayabusa clan stood there stunned from the deadly wound inflicted on him.

(*Cues: Beasts - Strider*)

Strider Hiryu: Time to end this! Ragnarok!

“What a cool name!” cheered Spike.

Strider blitz Ryu at every angle with the Varja, then pile drives Hayabusa straight through the roof and keeps going through all of its stories to the base of the skyscraper. The deed done, Strider Hiryu vanishes.

K.O.!

As one of Hiryu's hawks drops a grenade on Ryu, Strider Hiryu leaves the building using his glider.

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Results
(*Cues: Strider Hiryu's Theme - Marvel vs Capcom*)

Boomstick: Ragnar-owned!

Wiz: This fight was very close, and Ryu's ninpo was certainly a match for Hiryu's gadgets.

Boomstick: But Ryu's enormous arsenal was useless against the Cypher.

It was hard to fight that statement after the group clearly saw the Cypher cleave through Ryu’s weapons and magic.

Wiz: The only weapon that can stand up to the Cypher was his True Dragon Sword, but even then, while it can cut through people like butter, Hiryu does the same with his bare hands.

“So awesome,” whispered Ember.

Boomstick: This guy can make a wicked sandwich. Also while Ryu can deflect automatic fire, Strider can dodge personalized anti-aircraft bullets.

“Again another guy i would like to have a fight with,” commented Rainbow Dash with a grin.

Wiz: If you consider the differences in speed, this means Hiryu is at least 43% faster. Ultimately, Hiryu surpasses Ryu in strength, speed, and weaponry.

“Things were just stacked against Ryu from the beginning,” concluded Starlight.

Boomstick: Looks like Strider just floored Hayabusa.

Wiz: The winner is Strider Hiryu.

“Man that was awesome!” cheered Ember.

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Boomstick: Next time on Death Battle.

?: I'll teach you to behave!

Announcer: *Singing* KIller! Killer! Boy, she's a killer!

“.... Why do I have the feeling i’m going to hate this episode?” muttered Rarity.

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“Quick, to the box,” Rainbow and Pinkie said at the same time, running towards the glowing box as the others calmly walked over. Ember followed the group unsure of why they needed to go to the box.

Seeing Ember’s confusion, Twilight said, “When we started watching the show, after each episode this box would give us a few things that related to the characters.”

“And what kinds of stuff do you get?” Ember asked, generally interested.

“We get comics, toys, some clothes and even…” Twilight said, naming a few things they got.

“Ninja clothes!!” Pinkie said, waving around a bunch of clothes in different colors. She handed a different color set to everyone as Spike jumped into the box.

“Aw yeah, my own ninja outfit. This is awesome,” Rainbow Dash said, trying on her blue outfit already.

“Might not be a ninja but this is some fancy looking clothes,” Applejack said looking at her own orange outfit. She’ll have to save this for when she needs to sneak someplace.

“The material used for this is top notch quality. It feels so light yet sturdy,” Rarity said, examining her own white ninja outfit. Fluttershy put her pink ninja outfit in her saddle bag with Doomguy Plushie.

Ember walked towards the box and popped it as Sike popped out at the same moment. Looking at the younger dragon, she saw that her was holding a wooden box in his claws and pushing it into her own claws.

“I found that with your name on it,” the baby dragon said cheerfully.

The dragon princess looked at the box to see that her ae was on the box. Setting it down on the ground, Ember opened the box and marveled at the contents inside. From what she could see, the box had a neatly folded black ninja outfit, a small number of shurikens, a ninjato and an old weathered book titled “The Art of Ninjutsu.”

“My word,” Ember said as she picked up the book and started to skim through it. She could see that the book had a wealth of knowledge as the pages showed different tactics and weapons that were used. Closing the book, she put it back into the box and closed it up.

“Got something good?” Twilight asked as Spike in a black ninja outfit climbed on her back.

“Indeed I did, but I must be going,” Ember said sadly, holding the box under her arm.

“You sure you can’t stay for more?” Spike asked.

Shaking her head, Ember said, “I’m sorry Spike, but I must head home.”

“... You will come back, right?” Spike asked, looking a bit down.

“Of course I’l come back. We’re friends and I would like to spend more time with you,” Ember said, walking towards Spike and giving him a quick hug. “Until next time, Spike,” she said while walking out the door.

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Later

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Ember was sitting down on the cave floor, studying the book on how to correctly use the ninjato. Setting the book down on the table, Ember grabbed the sword with both hands and held it in front of her. Taking a quick glance at the book, she started to correct her stance by moving her blade at waist level.

With another quick glance, Ember moved her feet to the right position as the book showed her. Taking a deep breathe, Ember slowly raised the sword above her head and brought it down the very next moment. She repeated this process a few times before she decided to try something out.

She returned the sword to her original position as she bent her legs slightly and jumped into the air. While Ember was airborne, she did a simple front flip and landed on one foot with the other raised and said, “Hiyah.”

Not that far from Ember was the previous dragon lord Torch, who was sleeping. Hearing the ruckus of his successor, he opened his eyes in time to see her land in a ridiculous pose. Rolling his eyes but smiling, the old dragon lord went back to sleep and dreamt of his daughter making him proud.

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