After the girls had collected their desired snacks and were able to convince Pinkie Pie that she didn’t need to grab every sweet that was in the kitchen and just grab a few of her favorite treats so the could make their way back to the ballroom.

“So, what do you y’all think will happen in the next episode?” Applejack questioned, as they made their way down the hall.

“I don’t really know for sure, but I bet it will have a bad guy in it!” Rainbow Dash claimed, puffing her chest out in pride.

“Uh-huh...” muttered the farmer, as she gave her rainbow friend a flat look.

“If I could be so bold to ask, but what gives you that idea?” questioned Rarity, with a raised brow.

“Was it because of the preview?” Fluttershy asked, meekly.

“Yup! Only a bad guy would say, you’re soul is mine!” explained the rainbow speedster, doing a poor imitation of the voice she made.

The others nodded, finding her logic sounded. As they continued their way to the ballroom door, but stop when they heard not only Twilight and Spike's voice, but two others as well.

Curious, they quickly opened the door and were surprised to see the two rulers of Equestria, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, sitting with Twilight, and seem to be having a good chat if the small amount of laughter where anything to go by.

“Oh! You guys finally made back.” smiled Twilight, as she waved her friends over.

“Uh… yeah, we had to keep Pinkie Pie from taking every sweet from the kitchen and all that.” Applejack explained, with a sheepish look, ”Though if we knew the Princesses were coming over, we would’ve hurried up.” she clarified, as she and the rest of the group each picked a seat and sat down.

“*chuckle* Do not fret, Applejack, we don’t mind waiting for our friend's.” chuckled Celestia. Celestia was also an Alicorn who has a white coat with a very slight pink tinge, purple eyes, and a flowing violet, azure, green and cyan translucent mane and tail. Her cutie mark was of the sun.

“Our sister speak the truth, young Applejack! We shall always wait for our dearest friends as they take their time getting snacks!” proclaimed Princess Luna, proudly. Like her sister and Twilight, she is also an alicorn with a dark blue coat, teal eyes, and like her sister also had a translucent blue mane with a translucent blue border. Her cutie mark was of a crescent moon placed over a black background.

“While that’s wonderful to hear Princess, but umm... if it’s ok to ask. Why are you here?” Fluttershy asked nervously, but a warm smile from Celestia help calm her nerves greatly.

“It’s no problem, my little pony, and to answer your question, Luna and I wanted to see this show from another world.” the Sun Princess explained, causing most of the group to nod in agreement with her reasoning, but Rainbow Dash raised her hoof, “Yes, Rainbow Dash?” she asked.

“Well, it’s cool and all that you two want to watch with us, but don’t you have like, day court and stuff?” questioned the blue mare, causing her friends to agree with that as well.

“Don’t worry about that, I have my nephew, Blueblood looking after things for me,” Celestia said.

“Now, let us desis with the chatter and watch a battle between two great warriors!” cheered Luna soon followed by everyone else. This was enough prompting for Twilight to start the next episode.

PLAY.

Interlude
(*Cues: Invader - Jim Johnston*)

Wiz: Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat. Kings of the fighting genre. And every good fighter needs awesome villains.

Boomstick: Like Akuma, the ultimate badass of martial arts.

Wiz: And Shang Tsung, the sorcerous vanguard of doom.

“Seems you were right on this one, Dash.” Applejack slightly praised.

“Heh, told you so.” bragged Rainbow, which earned her a few eye rolls from her friend’s.

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

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

Akuma
(*Cues: Street Fighter IV - Old Temple*)

Wiz: Akuma, master of The Fist. Known as Gouki in Japan, he is a living weapon, ten times stronger than nearly every other Street Fighter.

Boomstick: Plus, he looks friggin' awesome, I totally want me some red, glowing eyes.

When an image of Akuma showed up, everypony had to do everything in their power to to not run and hide from the walking demon in human skin. The only ones not cowering where Celestia and Luna, both giving the walking killing machine either a stone cold look from Celestia and a worried and… nostalgic look from Luna?

Wiz: Akuma has dozens of powerful special attacks including the Gou Hadoken. a powerful blast with precision control. He can even use the almighty Shinku-Hadoken, which is, basically, a giant fireball of death.

Boomstick: Man, if I ever fire a Hadoken in real life, I'mma die happy.

“That's quite impressive, even some of the top unicorns in canterlot have a hard time using elemental magic.” Twilight praised as she was awed by the fact that their are some creatures that have mastered elemental attacks that easily.

“Awww yeah! Now that's a cool move!” cheered Rainbow Dash, along with Pinkie and Spike agreeing with her.

Gou Hadoken
Total Control
Can Fire Multiple at Once (That impressed quite a few in the crowd.)
Shinku-Hadoken
Can be Charged
Usable in Midair (Zanku Hadoken)

Wiz: Akuma also uses the Shoryuken uppercut, a teleport ability, a swift multi-striking hurricane kick, and the Hyakkishu, A.K.A the Demon Flip.

Special Moves And Attacks
Gou Shoryuken "Dragonfist" (Spiked like that one.)
"Air Slashing" Hurricane Kick (Rainbow Dash instantly fell in love with that move.)
Teleport (That gained a few wide eye’s.)
Hyakki Shuu "Demon Flip"

(*Cues: Hideyuki Fukasawa - Volcanic Rim Orchestral*)

Boomstick: Also, Akuma's got tons of different Super Arts, but two really stand out. First there's the "Kongo...Kokuretsu Za... how do you say that?

Wiz: No idea.

“Huh? I thought Wizzy would know that word?” questioned and confused Pinkie Pie, getting a few nods in agreement as everyone, even the Princesses looked over towards Twilight, who in return gave them a flat stare.

“... What? Just because we're smart, doesn't mean we know every little thing.” snarked the Princess of friendship.

Boomstick: Well, I'm pretty sure that's Japanese for ‘Fuck You Up!’ 'Cause basically, Akuma punches the ground and things explode.

Announcer: K.O.

Boomstick: He shattered a whole friggin' island just by punching it. Holy shit!

“WHAT THE BUCK!” cursed Applejack, as the others gasp at the insane feat of strength, “Not even the strongest earth ponies could do that!”

Wiz: But that's not the deadliest move up his nonexistent sleeve. (Akuma uses his deadly move against Dan Hibiki and his health depleted afterwards) The Shun Goku Satsu, also known as the Raging Demon, literally means "Instant Hell Murder."

The ponies and one dragon could only stare in awe as they saw Akuma’s most powerful move and could only hope they are never on the receiving end of something like it.

Boomstick: Man, I'm going to totally name my first kid that. The Raging Demon at full power is fatal, this guy's a freakin' onslaught of pain!

Wiz: That's right, Boomstick. Akuma lives for one thing, and one thing only: fighting. He travels the world day and night searching for worthy opponents. He's an unstoppable human Holocaust, losing only once to his brother Gouken, but after a brutal rematch…

They could only gasp in horror as they saw the aftermath of the two brothers battle. But Luna was the worst off as her vision started to get blurry as the image changing only so slightly. The only differences were that instead of Gouken laying in a bloody heap, it was instead her own sister Celestia, and the mark on the was was replaced by a blood red crescent moon.

“It’s just like one of the plans I made when I was still Nightmare Moon.” panicked the Lunar Princess, as she was finding more and more in common with the walking apocalypse. She was also started to violently shake and break into a cold sweat as she imagined this happening if she was never stopped back then when she was, Nightmare moon.

But, she soon felt the warm embrace of her sister’s wing wrap around her and when she looked up she saw her sister’s warm smile beam down at her. Feeling her with warmth and helped wash the dark memories away.

Boomstick: Oh hey, look! He can fingerpaint!

“Not funny!” growled out Rainbow Dash, while the others in the group settled with just glaring at the T.V.

Wiz: It was rumored that Akuma sacrificed his soul to a demon in exchange for the strength to defeat Gouken, but this has been declared non-canon.

“Um... that’s good I guess?” guessed Fluttershy, really not seeing it make much of a differences with how Akuma acts anyway.

Luna just sighed in relief in the fact that it was at least one less thing they had in common.

Boomstick: Akuma's got one major problem, though. His stamina is absolutely pathetic. He can dish out the pain, but he sure can't take it.

“Figures. A ruffian can’t handle the same pain that he causes others with.” snarked Rarity, showing her displeasure with Akuma.

Wiz: It's crucial for Akuma to have total control over the fight. He takes an extremely offensive approach. Always moving, always attacking.

Boomstick: Yeah, screw defense! Give me more ways to hurt people!

“Now that doesn't seem real smart if you ask me.” remarked Applejack, gaining a few nods in agreement.

Akuma: I am Akuma, and I will teach you the meaning of pain!

When the analyzing was over Twilight quickly pushed pause so everyone could discuss.

After a quick discussion, the group agreed that while Akuma’s past was a dark one that each member had different reason to dislike, no one could deny his strength and skill.

Seeing as the group was done talking, Twilight quickly hit play.

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Shang Tsung
(*Cues: The Temple (Classic) - Mortal Kombat Trilogy*)

Wiz: Shang Tsung is the cunning sorcerer from Outworld, and scheming pawn of Shao Kahn. He's extremely adept in magic and a well-rounded fighter.

“While we can respect a warrior who tries to be well balanced, it’s the whole scheming part that has us worried.” stated Luna, feeling like she was not going to object.

Boomstick: This guy can shoot flaming skulls, which is totally awesome, but, where the heck does he keep them? I mean seriously, how many skulls can a person carry around with them?

“Ugh! I rather not think about that.” gagged Spike. Already not liking this guy.

Flaming Skulls
Can attack in Rounds of One, Two, or Three
Fire Damage
Swift & Deadly
Unlimited Supply of Human Skulls (That got a few faces in the group to go green.)

Wiz: Tsung can teleport around the battlefield with the special move called, "Hot Escape".

Boomstick: Wah! Sucker punch, bitch!

Hot Escape
Teleport Ability
Extremely Fast
Wide Range
Burns victims when Appearing Close Enough
Sucker Punch

This earned a few snickers from Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, Spike, and even from Luna herself found Boomsticks little comment funny.

Wiz: He can morph into whomever he wants, giving him tons of different skill sets, it's like fighting a hundred different foes combined into one.

Morphing
Can change into Anyone He Knows
Copies Abilities and Stats of Subject
Enables Hundreds of New Strategies

“It’s like fighting a souped up changeling!” pointed out Pinkie Pie, which caused everyone to shudder at the thought of someone like Chrysalis, having an even stronger shapeshifting power.

Boomstick: Man, I wish I could morph into anybody I wanted. I can have some fun with that! He also has a razor sharp Straight Sword, though he usually keeps it hidden for a surprise attack.

Straight Sword
About Three Feet Long
Secretly Hidden
Of Unknown Make
Prefers Fists & Magic Over Swordplay

Rarity shuddered as she had a feeling on what Boomstick meant by “fun”.

Wiz: Shang Tsung possesses one other strange, but useful ability. Long ago, when he was caught cheating in the Mortal Kombat tournament, he was cursed, by the elder gods, to rapidly age until an untimely death. The only way to prevent this fate is to absorb the souls of his victims.

“He does what?!” everyone screamed, stunned at the horrifying new knowledge on their second fighter. This knowledge even caused Rarity to almost faint and to cause the sisters of the sun and moon to bristle in anger.

“ONLY THE MOST FOUL OF CREATURES WOULD DEVOUR THE SOULS OF ANY OTHER LIVING BEING!!” screamed the Night Princess, in her full canterlot voice. Forget about any hesitation before, Akuma was now the warrior she would be rooting for.

Soul Steal
Sustains Youth
Restores Energy & Health
Gains Opponent's Memories & Skills
Uses Skills for Morph

Boomstick: He can literally eat your soul. Your soul! Not only can this heal him, but he gets the memories of the souls he devoured.

“He’s no better than a parasite living on borrowed time by leaching it from others.” commented the Sun Princess coldly, as everyone else would either nod in agreement or continued glaring at the screen.

(*Cues: The Soul Chamber (Classic) - Mortal Kombat Trilogy*)

Wiz: This helps him copy the move sets of other fighters when he morphs.

“Man! And we compared him to the changlings, now I feel bad for comparing them to this creep.” ranted Rainbow Dash.

Boomstick: So really, his curse became his deadliest weapon. Good punishment there, gods.

“Let’s decide to never make that somepony’s punishment ever.”muttered Twilight with her fellow rulers nodding in agreement.

Wiz: Shang Tsung has lived and fought for over a thousand years. His sorcery, powers, and brutal Fatalities are rivaled by few, and he's claimed the title of Grand Champion of Mortal Kombat several times, Almost bringing about the winning streak necessary to allow Shao Kahn to invade, Earthrealm, key word being "almost".

“Oh? This should be good.” grinned Rainbow Dash.

Boomstick: Yeah, unfortunately for Shang Tsung, he pretty much sucks at actually accomplishing his goals. He's super powerful, but like most villains, he can never get around some goody-two-shoes standing in the way of global take-over.

That caused quite a few to laugh at the thought of the mighty Shang Tsung, being no better than some of the villains that they've faced.

Wiz: His only notable victories have included treachery and deceit. But, keep in mind, Tsung's not fighting any ordinary meat-heads. He's fighting demons, sorcerers, and gods, and even in defeat, he somehow keeps coming back more lethal than ever.

They would give the man that, he was facing against some high odds and was still around causing trouble. Almost reminded the three alicorns of a certain centaur.

Shang Tsung: You... will... DIE!

Wiz: Alright the combatants are set, but before we end this debate, I need some cash to buy more rats for genetic testing.

Boomstick and ponies: What?

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While the trailer played out the group were quick to discuss about the fighters and who they would be rooting for.

For Team Akuma it was Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Spike, And even Luna.

For Team Shang Tsung… well no one wanted to root for him and the rest of the group settled with just enjoying the show.

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Death Battle
(*Cues: The Tower (Classic) - Mortal Kombat Trilogy*)

Akuma walks on the stage when Shang Tsung suddenly appears behind him from his Hot Escape technique. Akuma jumps away to the other side of the battlefield, and prepares to fight.

FIGHT!

(*Cues: TGS '08 PV BGM - Street Fighter IV*)

Tsung shoots a Flaming Skull, which Akuma dodges by jumping over. He shoots two Hadoukens in the air, and Tsung blocks them. Akuma attacks Tsung's feet, and knocks him even more off balance by hitting him with a hurricane kick. and knocks him in the air with a Shoryuken uppercut. While in the Air, Akuma hits him a few time and finishes the combo with a Shinku-Hadouken. Tsung lays on the ground and Akuma tries to finish him off, but Tsung transform into a fighter known as Scorpion.

(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)

Akuma stops and decides to see if this form is powerful enough to fight against, allowing him to get back up.

“What the buck are you doing Akuma!? Finnish him off!” screamed Rainbow Dash, along with the rest of team Akuma.

Scorpion: COME HERE!

“Ooooh! I hope we get to see this guy in the future episode!” chreered Pinkie Pie.

Shang Tsung throws the rope dart at Akuma and drags Akuma over towards him. He uppercuts Akuma, cueing the "Toasty Guy", Dan Forden, to appear in the right corner of the screen.

Dan Forden: TOASTY!

That caused quite a few members of the group even the two immortal Princesses off guard, they all soon laughed at the randomness of it.

Shang Tsung then keeps him in the air by hitting him with flaming skulls that burst out of the ground. Akuma falls behind him and throws him to right. He them teleports behinds him and kicks him, which Tsung blocks. He fires a Hadouken, but Tsung uses Hot Escape to get away, then reappears and slashes Akuma with his sword. He then grabs Akuma and tries to steal his soul, which heals some of his health and drains some of Akuma's. Akuma breaks out of it by hitting him with a Hurricane Kick. Tsung runs toward him, but Akuma catches him off guard using the Kongo Kokuretsu Zan, which knocks him in the air. He then teleports over, hits him a few times, and then throws him. Tsung then lands on his feet and transforms into Akuma.

“This is going to be so awesome!” muttered Spike, with stars in his eyes.

(*Cues: Hideyuki Fukasawa - Volcanic Rim Orchestral Again*)

The two prepare for battle.

Everyone was on the edge of their seats wondering who would win this battle. The real Akuma or the imitation.

(*Cues: Theme of Gouken vs Ryu - Street Fighter IV*)

The two Akuma's then jump in the air and they attack, blocking each other's moves. One of the Akuma knocks the other into the ground and then tries to finish him off using the Kongo Kokuretsu Zan. However, the other Akuma grabs him and finishes him off with a Shun Goku Satsu. As one of the Akuma's stands with his back to the screen with the iconic Heaven Kanji confirming the kill, it is then shown that the Akuma lying dead on the ground is Shang Tsung, who shortly turns back into his original form, releasing his souls.

Everypony cheered.

K.O.!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Results
(*Cues: Street Fighter IV - Volcanic Rim Opening Version*)

Boomstick: Oh man, that was way too close!

“I'll say!” Applejack agreed, while wiping a nervous sweat from her brow.

Wiz: No kidding, Boomstick! Akuma's raw power and speed pressed a distinct advantage early on. But, Tsung's own cleverness and wide array of skills quickly even the odds.

“It really pays off to make sure to have a few tricks up your sleeve.” added Twilight.

Boomstick: It looked like Akuma had the whole thing wrapped up, but Tsung's morphing trick saved his ass.

Wiz: Akuma's pride for battle almost cost him his life, as he stopped to see if his new face was worth a challenge.

“That arrogance almost cost Akuma.” Rarity added in, while everyone gave a small glance towards their rainbow mane friend. Seeing her making a similar mistake if she was ever in a fight.

“What?” asked the blue mare, when she started to notice everypony staring at her.

Boomstick: After switching up strategies, Tsung managed to steal enough of Akuma's soul for some extra health and new abilities.

Wiz: But, it wasn't enough. In the end, Akuma's skills as a fighter proved unmatched.

Everyone had to agree with that, an imitation hardly ever beats the real thing.

Boomstick: I mean, Tsung loses to Liu Kang all the time, and compared to Akuma, Liu Kang's the nicest guy in the world. There was no way he could take Akuma's constant punishment.

The girls couldn't help but laugh at the smiley face that was placed over someone who they guess was Liu Kang’s face.

Wiz: As Tsung isn't used to winning anything on his own, he wasn't perfect on delivering the final blow, leaving him wide open for the experienced Akuma to unleash his greatest weapon.

Boomstick: The Raging Demon of Instant-Hell-Murder-Awesomeness!

“Yeah!” cheered a certain blue mare.

Wiz: And so Shang Tsung fell once again releasing his devoured souls, again.

Boomstick: Looks like Tsung's all souled out! Ha ha, get it, Wiz?

“*giggle* I get it Boomy!” giggled out Pinkie Pie, as the rest of the group could only facehoof at the lame pun.

Wiz: The winner is Akuma.

The members of team Akuma cheered none louder than the Princess of the Night herself.

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Boomstick: next time on death battle!

Everyone lean forward, exited on who the next set of fighters would be.

The music was composed of angelic choir along with brass instruments. The contestant was a female warrior wearing a skin tight outfit that's red and blue with stars on them as well wearing metal bracelets on her wrists and wearing a golden tiara on her head showing the signs of royalty which caught the attention of the three Princesses in the room.

She sports long black hair that flows past her shoulders. Her face is beautiful to the male and even to the female eye and she also had the most beautiful yet piercing blue eyes.

Than an unknown feminine voice made itself known shortly after.

Unknown: Goodnight Sugar.

Preview END.

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“Well guys, do you think we could squeeze one more episode for the Princesses before we call it a day?” ask the Princess of Friendship, gaining nods of agreement from her friend’s.

“While that's great to hear, but I think we all should take a small break before we start the next episode.” suggested the Sun Princess, as she got up to stretch her limbs.

Everyone agreed with the two sisters and started to make their way back to the kitchen to restock on snacks. Everyone, but, Luna who told everyone she needed to use the restroom for a sec and was given some directions to find it from Spike.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~( Bathroom no. 21.)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As Luna finished splashing some water on her face she grab a towel and dried herself and released a shaky sigh as she looked at the mirror in front of her.

And like all ways, she saw the image of Nightmare Moon in her reflection. Always there to mock her and remind her of her mistakes. But, the only difference was now Akuma stood next to her inner demon, arms folded and a dark glare was being sent in her direction.

But Luna did not falter and sent a glare right back at them causing the two phantom to give a look of surprise at the Princess of the Night.

“I know why you two are here.” stated the princess. “You're here to make me remember the monster I once was.” she continued as the two specters settled with giving her a calm look.

“Well, I say you're wasting your time!” she yelled at the two images. “I’m tired of being held down by this guilt!” the lunar princess ranted.

“I AM PRINCESS LUNA! RULER OF THE NIGHT AND GUARDIAN TO MY FRIENDS! I AM NO LONGER THE MONSTER NIGHTMARE MOON AND NEITHER WILL I BECOME A DEMON LIKE AKUMA!” declared Luna as she took a moment to catch her breath and then took a quick glance towards the mirror.

The two phantoms stood there for a few agonizing seconds that seem to go on forever. But to Luna’s surprise they gave her a smile and vanished from the mirror's surface now only showed Luna’s surprised face staring back at her.

She stood there for a few more seconds, before a smile made it’s way onto her face as she closed her eye’s and took a long relaxing breath.

“*sigh*… Finally, it’s over.” stated Luna, as she left the bathroom and started to make her way back to the ballroom and to reunite with the people she loved the most.

She never notices the soft white glow the coverd her for a split second.

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Chapter 3 END.

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