“So are we ready for the next episode?” Twilight asked everyone in the room.

The assorted ponies and dragon nodded as Rainbow flew into the air in an excited fashion. “Hell yeah, I'm ready for this awesomeness-induced episode,” Rainbow said, psyching herself up with her hooves crossed over her chest.

“And how do you know it's gonna be awesome, Dash?” Applejack asked, her eyebrow raised.

“Heeellllooo? Do you know who you're talking to?” Rainbow asked, floating in front of her friends.

“I know. I know. You're Rainbow Dash right,” Pinkie said excitedly, bouncing on the couch.

“That’s right. I'm the most awesome mare alive and i know when something is awesome,” Rainbow said proudly.

“How?” Starlight asked, sighing slightly.

“The trailer showed swords, muscles and epic music. They wouldn’t make this a lame episode if they had that,” Rainbow said, as if explaining what two plus two equals.

“Well we’re not gonna find out from the braggot,” Blueblood said, grinning as everyone else laughed.

“Hey, watch it Princey.” Rainbow said mildly offended.

“So let’s start this episode and see if it’s true or not,” Blueblood said, not bothering to look at the blue pegasus.

Twilight took that as her que to push the play button and start the episode.

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Interlude
(*Cues: Invader - Jim Johnston*)

Wiz: No anime tough guy trope is complete unless he has outrageous spiky hair, a sword that's clearly compensating for something...

“Oh my,” muttered a blushing Fluttershy while Rainbow snickered.

Boomstick: And belts. Lots and lots of belts.

“Oh gag me,” muttered Rarity, not liking that kind of fashion design.

“I agree, honestly how long would it take to put on that many belts anyway?” Celestia nodded. “And what's the point of wearing extra belts? They go around the waist, nowhere else!”

“Rule of cool my dear Aunt, rule of cool.” BlueBlood stated as if it were a solid fact.

“This guy gets it!” Rainbow nodded.

Wiz: Ragna, the Bloodedge.

Boomstick: And Sol Badguy, the Flame of Corruption. 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.

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Ragna
(*Cues: BlazBlue Calamity Trigger - Imperial Code*)

Wiz: Nearly a century ago, humanity was hunted to near-extinction by the fearsome Black Beast.

The group shuddered at the portrait that was shown on screen depicting of a multi headed beast terrorizing people who were fleeing a burning city.

“This show is entertaining but it constantly shows us monsters that could bring the end to our world,” said Celestia as she tried to calm down her nerves.

Wiz: Fortunately, six brave heroes slayed the monster and saved mankind. The remains of humanity was reorganized under an oppressive government until one man decided to rise up. Ragna the Bloodedge.

“Hmmmm six heroes saving the world from great danger… where have i heard that one before?” asked BlueBlood with a knowing smirks while getting some laughs from his aunt’s and even a few cheers from Starlight Spike who was jumping up and down for a the group of SIX young mares who saved the world from great threats.

“Awwww shucks it was no big deal,” laughed Applejack, cheeks red from all of the attention she and the rest of her friends were getting.

“B-but you're welcome though,” whispered Fluttershy as she hid behind her mane.

(*Cues: BlazBlue Calamity Trigger - Rebellion*)

Boomstick: Baggy pants, giant sword, brooding personality. Ragna has tragic back-story written all over him.

“What anime character doesn't?” Starlight asked.

“Either that or angsty teenager. Sort of like Luna when she went through puberty.” said a smirking Celestia.

“Yea- HEY! We did not act like that!” yelled Luna once she caught what her sister said.

“I remember a certain pony who would lock herself in her room and recite angsty poetry while dressed in dark robes and wearing too much make up.

“That was Nightmare Moon corruption!” yelled Luna in a desperate tone.

Celestia gave her younger sister a flat look and a raised brow. “Oh really? One Hundred and Thirty years before that even happened? Thirty before you even ascended?”

“Well... Just shut up…” muttered Luna lamely as her cheeks were burning redder than an apple from Sweet Apple acres.

“Soooo... how was the poetry?” Twilight couldn’t help but ask.

Celestia just gave her former student a shrug. “Bad. I believe one of her better works was something along the line of "Ooooh this pale orb in our sky hear mine words of gloom! Why hast mine mother denied me mine dessert for dirtying mine room!", I used her collection of poems as a torture method during the Griffin war. I believe they called the collection the 'Mental Plucking by Nightmare Moon', I never bothered correcting them.”

Luna buries her head in her hooves and groans while the rest of the audience just, stares at her and Celestia.

Wiz: I'd actually go with gruesome. As a young child, he and his siblings were confined in an experimental facility as lab rats.

“.... oh god,” muttered Fluttershy.

Boomstick: Bummer. What were they trying to do?

Wiz: No one knows. The important thing here is they were rescued by a talking cat named Jubei, who also happened to be the most feared warrior on the planet. However, things took a darker turn when Ragna's sister Saya grew very sick.

Boomstick: With what?

Wiz: Sickness? No one knows. Ragna took Saya under his wing, but their younger brother Jin was irritated that Ragna was not spending more time with him. Being a reasonable guy, he decided the only solution was to murder his brother.

“WHAT. THE. FUCK!?” shouted the group at the asinine idea that Jin came up with.

Boomstick: Oh yeah! That makes a ton of sense! I'm lonely. I'll kill one of the people I care about. Great plan. So then a maniacal hipster villain named Yuki Terumi showed up out of nowhere, helped Jin impale Ragna through the chest, and then cut off his arm for good measure.

“What kind of foul cretin could just impale his own kin like that! Aunt Luna at least had the excuse of being possessed!” raged Blue Blood.

“Who knows?” said Luna with a shrug.

“Well I am sure that even if things went bad for them in the beginning, they made up and got better!” Said Twilight in a hopeful tone.

And right on cue the magic box gave off a soft glow before a slip of paper flew out and made it’s way to hover in front of Twilight for her to read.

NOPE. Was written on the small pieces of paper before it spontaneously combusted, leaving nothing but ash.

“Oh... I think I need a drink right now.” muttered a depressed Twilight. She was then surprised when Blue Blood held up a silver flask with a rose design engraved on it.

“Here, my personal stash of Minotaur Whiskey for aunt induced migraines.” said Blue Blood with a soft chuckle as his old playmate gave him a thankful smile before taking the offered drink and taking a few sips.

“HEY!” yelled the two sisters in irritation.

Wiz: Why? How? No one knows. Have you familiarized yourself with that phrase yet? Good, cuz it's not stopping anytime soon.

“Oh JOY…” Spike groaned as he noticed Twilight’s eye start to twitch right before she took a huge swig the flask.

Background
6'0.8"/185 cm
172 lbs/78 kg
Blood type: B
Alias: the Grim Reaper
Frequent dine-and-dasher
Bounty: 90,000,000,000 (Everyone was shocked by the large bounty)
His foul mouth gives him the Angry Video Game Nerd a run for his money
Has a crippling fear of ghosts (Most of the group were giggling at this)

(*Cues: BlazBlue Calamity Trigger - Queen of Roses*)

Boomstick: Moving on for sanity's sake,(Twilight: thank you!) Ragna would've been done for until an omniscient time-traveling pig-tailed vampire descended from the heavens, snapped her fingers, magicked him a new arm, and left. No, no. Don't think. Just accept.

“This is getting bizarre even for me….” Pinkie said.

“Does…. Does not compute,” muttered out Twilight as she was trying yet again to understand another worlds laws and how things are done.... Right before saying fuck it and taking another swig of BlueBlood’s flask.

‘Well she’s broken….” said Spike with a sigh.

“I hope she doesn't take after you when it comes to drinking sister,” Luna deadpanned. Giving her blushing sister a flat stare.

“I’m not that bad,” whined Celestia with a pouted.

“ you drink poko when you're frustrated! I don’t want to hear it from you!” lectured Luna as her sister just kept pouting.

“And i thought Luna was the younger sibling,” whispered Applejack jokingly to the rest of the group. Getting a few laughs.

Wiz: Surprisingly still conscious and apparently an expert of things that never happened before, Ragna instantly recognized his new appendage as a Azure Grimoire, a piece of the Black Beast which Ragna can use to manipulate Seithr. Seithr is a radioactive energy left behind by the Black Beast all over the world.

“So wait they're using something that came from the monster that nearly killed everypony?” asked Applejack with a raised brow.

“That doesn't seem smart,” stated Rarity.

Boomstick: Like magic.

Wiz: Well no. Magic is totally different.

“Then what is it Wiz?” asked an annoyed Rainbow.

Boomstick: But it lets him do magic-type stuff...

Wiz: Yes...

“My head hurts…” whined Fluttershy.

(*Cues: Black And White - BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma*)

Boomstick: Ooo... kay!

“I'm confused, if it's not magic then what is it?” Starlight asked in confusion.

“Might want to just let it go unless you want to end up like Twilight over there,” Said Luna as she pointed at a twitching mess that was once Twilight Sparkle.

“Good point…” said Starlight with a sweat drop running down her head.

Boomstick: Well after missing out on the maiming and resurrection of Ragna, Jubei the cat ninja returned and decided to teach him the ways of combat.

“Well that’s nice… but where was he?” asked Celestia.

Wiz: Where the hell was he before? No one knows.

“...... that’s not a good answer,” said Celestia in a deadly tone, eyes narrowed and some ponies swore they saw her mane start to spark a little.

Boomstick: Probably destroying someone's furniture or pissing in their shoes.

“Most likely,” Agreed Rarity. Raising a cat taught you one thing… cats can be real assholes.

Wiz: Through his training, Ragna's control over Seithr became practically unmatched. He can form various parts of the Black Beast in combat, transform his own arm into razor-sharp claws, or drain the soul of his foe through his strikes.

“Shouldn’t him using the Black Beast powers be raising some red flags that something might be wrong?” asked BlueBlood.

“Maybe that's just how his new arm works,” shrugged Spike deciding to give up on understanding this crazy world.

Boomstick: But if he needs more power, more defense, and more... soul-sucking, he can crank these up to 11 with his Blood Kain form.

“That's a pretty sweet sounding super mode.” said Rainbow with a nod of respect.

Azure Grimoire
Gives Ragna virtually unmatched control over seithr
Absorbs the soul of its target (Everyone had chills at this)
Augmented by the Idea Engine
Acquired from the dying ^-No.11
Adds the ability to create a force shield
Can activate Blood Kain without losing life force
Turned Ragna's right eye red when bonded with him
Doubles Ragna's attack power

Wiz: Upon completing his training, Jubei bestowed upon him a red cloak and a deadly blade called Blood-Scythe.

“But it’s a sword… not a scythe,” said Starlight with a raised brow.

Boomstick: This baby can extend for stabbing strikes and like the Azure Grimoire, slowly drains the souls of its victims upon contact. And before you point out that it's clearly a sword and not a scythe, it can do this.

Ragna use his Astral Heat on Arakune, which causes Blood-Scythe to transform into a Scythe.

“THAT IS SO. COOL!!!” Rainbow and Spike cheered.

Move Set
Hell's Fang
Dashes in with a seithr-enhanced punch
Inferno Divider
A rising leap slash using his sword
Gauntlet Hades
Downward strike powered by seithr
Dead Spike
Summons the jaws of the Black Beast
Blood Kain
Boosts speed, power and soul-draining ability

(*Cues: Nemesis Horizon - BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma*)

Boomstick: Ragna's angsty rage took him on a world tour of single-handed government smashing, earning him the nickname the Grim Reaper.

“Sooooo cool!” gushed Rainbow Dash.

“Indeed it reminds me of our old names during the griffon war, right Red Sun?” asked Luna with a smirk getting one from her sister.

“Indeed, Crescent Blade.” Celestia said with a chuckle.

“Now that's cool!” Said Spike Be Rainbow Dash with stars in their eye’s.

Wiz: And racking up an unprecedented bounty of 90 billion... whatever their currency is. No one knows. And despite being the largest bounty of all time, he still freely walks the world on foot and in public with no attempt to disguise himself whatsoever.

“I highly doubt that most ponies would try to confront someone with that kind of bounty” stated BlueBlood getting a few nods from everyone else.

Boomstick: Probably because nobody wants to piss him off. We're talkin' about a guy who treats getting knocked through solid concrete as an inconvenience, has survived multiple impalings through the chest, took out hundreds of armed officers without breaking a sweat, and obliterated an entire street with a single one-hand sword strike.

“Hot damn! Thats some power right there!” said Applejack with a wide eyed look.

Wiz: Ragna is referred to as some as the most powerful man in the world, but he's also known as a risk-taker with a short temper.

Everyone gave the resident speedster in the room a look. “What?” asked Rainbow Dash, feeling a little self conscious from the stares she was getting.

Boomstick: And despite being trained by the most dangerous kitty cat in the world, Ragna's obviously nowhere near Jubei's level of skill, who terrifies even the deadliest villains of the series.

“But he’s so cute~!” gushed Fluttershy after getting a good look at Jubei.

Feats
Accelerated healing ability
Extremely high pain tolerance
Taken many impale wounds through vital organs
Sacrificed his left arm showing zero pain
Punched a crater into a wall with his non-Azure Grimoire hand
Defeated the giant anti-Black Beast bio-weapon, Take-Mikazuchi
Can defeat Murakumo Units without using his Azure Grimoire

Wiz: But after all's said and done, Jubei left Ragna with a dire warning: never think of the Azure Grimoire as your own.

Boomstick: Which is kind of bullshit. I mean it's attached to him, so I'm pretty sure he's got dibs.

“I don’t think it works like that,” muttered Starlight with a flat look.

Wiz: Well he does, but if he loses control over it, it can transform him into the Black Beast itself.

“Ha! See i told ya using that power was bad,” yelled Applejack in triumph.

Wiz: In fact, Ragna was the original Black Beast, sent back in time after falling into a magic cauldron. The two were somehow separated and did battle in the past. These events would repeat themselves in a 100 year time loop until this chick saved Ragna from falling into that cauldron, stopping the Black Beast from appearing in the past in the first place.

“......what?” asked a confused Pinkie Pie.

Boomstick: But if the Black Beast never went back in time, then it never would've created Seithr, and everything in BlazBlue shouldn't exist as we know it. So how...

Wiz: No one knows.

“Now my head is starting to hurt and I was part of several time shenanigans!” said Starlight while nursing a growing headache.

Boomstick: You wanna just make this guy fight someone now?

“Yes please!” yelled everyone in a desperate tone.

Ragna: I'm the main character, and yet again, I get left in the dark! It's really starting to piss me off!

“Please tell me that the next character isn't as confusing as this one!” Twilight groaned.

“Hope not, my booz supply would be able to handle it,” muttered BlueBlood.

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Sol Badguy
(*Cues: Guilty Gear XX - Existence*)

Wiz: Way back in the year 2010, the discovery of magic forever changed the course of human history. Traditional technology was eliminated for newer and environmentally friendly methods, and after improving the planet, a certain world superpower sought to improve mankind itself.

“Hey Twi didn’t you say that Sunset was planning on doing something similar?” asked Rainbow Dash getting a nod from her purple friend.

“Yes, Sunset has been planning on not only introducing magic to the human world but she has also been working on some plans to integrate it into everyday life to help everyone,” explained the Princess of friendship.

This impressed the rest of the group, especially Celestia who felt a huge swell of pride building in her chest.

Boomstick: Oh hey, another super soldier project. Lemme guess, they injected this guy with some serum and it didn't really work out the way they wanted, but now he's a badass.

Wiz: Replace serum with magic and... close enough. This man would emerge as the feared bounty hunter, Sol Badguy.

Boomstick: So he's clearly the bad guy...

Wiz: Actually he's the main hero of the story.

“Wait, what?” Twilight said, confused beyond belief.

“You wouldn’t think that given his name,” Blueblood said. “Seriously, who names their kid that?”

Boomstick: Well then why would they...

Background
6'0"/184 cm
163 lbs/74 kg
Real Name: Frederick
Alias: Haitoku no Honoo [Flame of Corruption] (Rainbow thought that was an awesome title)
Favourite band: Queen
Ironically Guilty Gear's protagonist, despite the name
Has a degree in particle physics (Twilight was intrigued by this)

(*Cues: Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus - Launch Out*)

Wiz: Before Sol's transformation, he was known as Frederick, a scientist tasked with leading the super soldier project alongside with his love interest, Aria, but when he intended to or not, Frederick would become the prototype of this new super race, the Gears.

Boomstick: But is he... guilty?

Wiz: Oh hell yeah. He was responsible for Aria's death... and then her next death when she was resurrected into this thing.

“Guess they can turn people into robots,” Starlight said, half impressed yet half disturbed.

“Kinda like Dr. Eggman…” Rainbow mused, not liking where this was going.

Boomstick: Oh. Wasn't expecting her to look like that, but not as much as I wasn't expecting the BLUE ROBO PENIS! Who even does that?!

Spike and BlueBlood looked ready to puke.

“That’s just bucked up,” said a green face Celestia.

Wiz: She was likely created as a "FU” to poor Sol by That Man.

Boomstick: Which man?

(*Cues: Guilty Gear 2: Overture - The Man*)

Wiz: That Man.

Boomstick: I only see Sol Badguy-

“Boomstick is right, i only see Sol,” said Rainbow Dash while she scratched her head.

Wiz: No, no it's That Man.

“Oh i see who he's talking about!” said Twilight as she spotted the robed man who must be That Man.

“Who is it sugarcube?” asked Applejack but before Twilight could answer her friend she was interrupted by Boomstick.

Boomstick: It's just me and you here, Wiz.

“Ya egghead i don’t see anypony!” yelled an annoyed Rainbow Dash.

Wiz/Twilight: Listen. The villain is That Man.

Boomstick/Rainbow Dash: Sol Badguy's the hero and the villain?

"what a twist!" gasped out Pinkie Pie.

Wiz: No, no, he's another character- just pretend Sol Badguy's not there.

“What he said Rainbow Dash,” sighed a frustrated Twilight, who was half tempted to grab Blue Bloods flask.

Boomstick/Pinky and Dash: YOU MEAN HE'S INVISIBLE?!

“I didn’t know Sol would have such a sneaky power!” Gasped out Rainbow Dash much to Twilight's growing rage.

BlueBlood and Spike began to sweat.

“Oh dear…” Rarity mumbled while Fluttershy hid behind the Princesses.

Wiz: When this person was born into the world, his parents looked at this child and decided they would name him "That Man".

“Do you finally get it?” groaned out Twilight.

Boomstick: Who were they looking at Wiz?!

“Ya!” Agreed Rainbow and Pinkie, while the rest of the group notice Twilight's eyes were going bloodshot and twitching wildly.

Wiz/Twilight: HIS NAME IS T-H-A-T SPACE, M-A-N!

Boomstick: WELL F-U-C-K SPACE Y-O-U! I'M OUT!

“Man Twi, for an Egghead you're being kinda dumb,” muttered Rainbow Dash.

“Yeah silly-filly! Stop being silly” Pinkie called out, which was the final straw as the rest of the group saw Twilight main burst into flame.

“RWARRRR!” Twilight let out a Bloodthirsty roar as she tackled the two much to everyone's shock.

“Somepony grab her!” yelled Rarity as the group tried to save Rainbow and Pinkie from an enraged Twilight.

The screen pauses and goes gray as Boomstick slams the door off-screen.

It took a few moments but they were able to pry Twilight away from the two ponies, Rainbow was now sporting a black eye and Pinkie's mane and tail had been burned, the two were now sitting far away from the lavender Unicorn.

(*Cues: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Windmill Hut*)

[Some time later...]

Boomstick: So... I looked at the internet and discovered that his actual name is That Man. I apologize for earlier. Let's move on.

“Oh, I see… our bad,” muttered Rainbow Dash now getting why her purple friend lost her cool.

(*Cues: Guilty Gear - Death and Republic*)

Wiz: Sol had to maintain a human appearance to disguise his true Gear form. So he developed a special limiter headpiece to keep his own power at bay.

“Maybe we should have one of those made. Just incase,” Rarity said, glancing at Twilight.

Boomstick: If that thing comes off, say goodbye to whoever recently pissed him off.

Everyone in the group gave Twilight another look.

“.... what?” asked Twilight with a flat look.

“You know damn well what!” Rainbow snapped, gesturing to her black eye.

Twilight blushed, “Ehehehe… sorry…”

Wiz: As a Gear, Sol's aging was slowed to a near halt, allowing him more than enough time to develop his own fighting style.

Boomstick: Well whatever fighting style lets you punch fire, that's the one I wanna learn. Sol's volcanic viper punches are flame-enhanced strikes while his riot stamp flies in with a fearsome kick. And because this is anime, Sol can trigger his second form: the Dragon Install.

“Those are some devastating moves,” Luna said, liking the riot stomp

“Indeed they are,” Celestia said, taking note on a few of them.

Spike perked up at hearing Dragon Install and paid close attention to the next part.

Wiz: The Dragon Install allows Sol to safely tap into a fraction of his full Gear power, boosting his strength, speed, and healing ability. The drawback: he can only sustain this power for so long and afterward, he's left vulnerable.

“Sigh… another high risk power up?” asked Starlight.

“Hey go big or go home,” shrugged Rainbow Dash.

Move Set
Gun Flame
Shoots fire projectiles from the ground
Commonly mistaken for "girlfriend" when called out
Bandit Revolver
A forward-moving spinning attack
Riot Stamp
Springs off the wall and flies in foot-first
Volcanic Viper
Leaps upward, slashing with his sword
Dragon Install
Temporary enhances speed and power

Boomstick: As Sol wandered the Earth, That Man began a plan for world domination using an army of Gears. In response, Sol put together a Gear-obliterating superweapon called OutRage.

Wiz: Which looks like the world's most complicated can opener... or next-gen Bop-It.

“That was a confusing game, wasn’t it, Twilight?” Spike said, looking at the lavender princess.

“It wasn’t that bad,” Twilight said, shrugging her shoulders. “Though I shudder if that’s what it’ll look like,” she said, taking a good look at the weapon.

“Looks a bit confusing to be a weapon,” Starlight, Rarity, Luna and Blueblood said at the same time. They couldn’t wrap their heads around it and they wondered how it could work.

Boomstick: Turns out it was so powerful nobody could wield it... not even Sol. So he had to split it apart into eight pieces just to make it useable. Naturally, he took the best piece for himself: the flame-enhanced Fireseal. I wanna fire seal, that'd be fuckin' sweet. Try and eat me now, orca whale. Fire seal!

That earned a few giggles while Fluttershy whimpered at the image of a seal burning. She thought the animal was too cute and wanted to see one some day.

(*Cues: Guilty Gear 2: Overture - The Re-Coming*)

Wiz: Using Fireseal to its full potential, Sol defeated That Man's forces twice over.

Boomstick: And then he decided to upgrade the shit out of it with the Junkyard Dog Mark 3 casing.

Wiz: But this is hardly the full extent of Sol's power. He once survived the Backyard, an alternate dimension which would annihilate the soul of a normal man. And by removing his headband, he can access his full unrestrained potential.

The group, even the princesses, shuttered as they saw Sol’s fangs.

Boomstick: Like when he shot a laser out of his sword to incinerate an inhuman Gear the size of Mount Everest!

Everyone’s eyes went wide when they heard that as Rainbow said, “He shot a laser out his sword?!!!”

“And destroyed a gear of that size?!!!” Rarity yelled as Twilight started to feel light headed and Fluttershy held up Doomguy plushie as a shield.

Wiz: And once, he went back in time and witnessed his past self get murdered, which should've erased him from the present ala Marty McFly, but he didn't like that idea very much, so he just... didn't.

“...What?” most of the group asked

“Trying to question the rules of time travel is pointless at this point…” Starlight sighed. Getting a nod from Twilight.

Feats
Completely incinerated a huge Gear with a fraction of his power (That scared the Princesses)
Survived witnessing his past self die
Actual reason given: because he's Sol Badguy (Rainbow liked this)
Outran a missile and hung onto it with just his fist
Endured the soul-destroying atmosphere of The Backyard
Once stabbed through the shoulder, then used that same arm to swing his sword seconds later

Boomstick: After BlazBlue, nothing is too bizarre for me anymore.

“Wish we could say the same,” Applejack said, looking at her barely awake friend. Twilight seemed to be just a hair trigger away from passing out.

Wiz: Sol is powerful, but fears his full potential. He's also pretty lazy. His favorite strategy is always whatever's the least strenuous. This lack of extra effort can sometimes leave him underestimating his opponent.

Boomstick: But the second he starts trying, few can stand in his way.

“HELL YEAH,” Rainbow cheered, watching the awesome ending of Sol’s analysis.

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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!!!!!!!!

Before the battle could start, Twilight paused the episode to let everyone discuss on the ones they’ll root for. Ragna was a powerful fighter in his own right and had interesting attacks, but he was a risk taker and a bit hot headed. Sol, on the other hand, knew how to use his powers and was more experienced, but had a lazy attitude.

“I feel that I’m gonna have to go with Sol on this,” Celestia said

“Oh?” Luna asked, interested in her sister’s reasoning.

“I feel that he’s better suited to win since he had time to hone his skills,” Celestia said simply.

“I would have thought it was his laziness that won you over,” Luna said, grinning as Celestia glared at her. In the end Celestia and Rainbow Dash voted for Sol as Luna and Blueblood voted for Ragna. The rest of the mane 6 and Starlight didn’t vote as they just wanted to watch the fight.

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Death Battle
(Note, Sol speaks in Japanese, so all his dialogue will be in parenthesis.)

The fight takes place in BlazBlue's Kagutsuchi at nighttime during a rainstorm. In a large garden, Sol is looking over at a wanted poster for Ragna. Ragna walks right past Sol, who then runs past him and stops him in his tracks.

Sol: (You're an eyesore!)

Ragna: Who are you? Out of my way, or you're dead.

Sol: (Tsk. Gun Flame!)

“Did they seriously start a fight over something so trivial?” Rarity asked.

“Are you really surprised with this show?” Applejack asked, eyebrow raised.

“Fair point,” Rarity said,

Sol releases Gun Flame at Ragna, which Ragna steps back and avoids.

Ragna: You gotta be kidding me. Let's get this over with!

(*Cues: Blood Pain II - BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma*)

Sol: (I'll burn you to a crisp.)

“Ya! No more talking! Just fight!” cheered Rainbow Dash.

FIGHT!

Sol charges at Ragna, whom is about to slam Blood-Scythe down, and stops it with Fireseal. The two knock each other back and Sol tries using Gun Flame again. Ragna avoids this and lunges at Sol, whom jumps back before slamming Fireseal. The two clash weapons once again, then swing their swords at each other. As Ragna goes for a strike, Sol jumps upward and kicks Ragna, who goes flying toward a wall. Ragna bounces upward to attack, but Sol kicks him multiple times before sending him slamming to the ground.

“Ultra combo!” yelled pinkie Pie.

Ragna lands on his knees and breathes heavily before preparing the Azure Grimoire.

Ragna: Bitch! Restriction Number 6...

Before Ragna can finish, he is kicked by Sol, knocking him back.

“That was a bit rude,” Fluttershy said, hugging Doomguy plushie.

“It’s a fight Fluttershy.” said Applejack.

Ragna: You're gonna pay!

Ragna punches the ground, then raises Azure Grimoire. Suddenly, Sol is trapped by Dead Spike.

Ragna: Restriction 666 released, Dimensional Interruption Imaginary Number Formed! BlazBlue, activate!

“Golly, that’s a jump in animation quality,” Pinkie said, holding her hooves to her mouth.

Ragna charges at Sol for a punch. The Dead Spike holding Sol disappears, but before he can react, Ragna punches him, sending him flying into the next area, where he bounces off a wall. Before he can hit the ground, Ragna uses the Azure Grimoire to stab him, then proceeds to unleash a combo with Blood-Scythe.

Ragna: It's my turn now!

The combo concludes with Sol hitting the ground. Ragna picks him up, but the grapple is reversed and Sol throws Ragna into the wall.

“It’s always getting thrown against a wall with him” said Rarity as she took notice of Ragna’s happed of slamming into the wall in this fight.

Ragna: Idea Engine, linked! This'll sting!

Suddenly, the Azure Grimoire glows with a white light and Sol is suddenly knocked right into the wall. He then falls down with his next comment muffled by the ground.

“Okay. There’s too much stuff goin on,” Applejack said, trying to keep track of the fight and the combos they were doing.

“It’s a fighting game. You get use to it,” Spike said, eating a ruby.

(*Cues: Ride The Fire - Guilty Gear Xrd*)

Sol gets up and unleashes Dragon Install to tap into his power, to which Ragna retaliates with Blood Kain.

Ragna: Blood Kain!

“Now things are getting really “heated” up and they’re about to get “bloodied” up,” Luna said, thinking it was a good pun. Unfortunately the assorted ponies and dragon groaned as if it physically hurt them.

“Please don’t be like Boomstick or Sunset,” Celestia said, groaning while shaking her head.

“Sunset made puns?” Spike and Twilight said outloud.

“When she was younger. It was one of the reasons why we never got along,” Celestia said, thinking about all the wasted bonding moments.

The two charge at each other and strike, with both hitting the other's sword. Sol is on the offensive and overpowers Ragna, then knocks him into the air. During his assault, Ragna reverses it and slams Sol back to the ground. He flies downward and swings Blood-Scythe as Sol jumps out of the way, then the two trade swings and punches. Then Ragna grabs ahold of Sol by his head and tosses him into the air before punching him and striking him with Blood-Scythe multiple times.

Ragna: Inferno Divider!

“What a “bloody” combo,” Blueblood said, grinning at Celestia’s discomfort.

“Please stop with the puns,” Celestia begged, thinking of how her daughter would react to this.

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We find Sunset at her apartment sleeping in her bed until she suddenly woke up and look up at her ceiling with narrowed eyes.

“My pun senses are tingling,” Sunset said out of the blue.

“Thats nice babe now please come back to bed,” muttered Adagio while her sisters tried pulling Sunset back to bed with them.

“Sigh… might as well, i got a date with Twilight in the morning anyway.” muttered Sunset as she hopped back into bed.

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Ragna lands and exits Blood Kain while Sol falls to the ground. Sol lies down and is about to get up, but then he exits Dragon Install and is momentarily stunned. Ragna uses this to his advantage and grabs him.

Ragna: Tappin' out?

“More like knocked out,” muttered BlueBlood.

Ragna places Blood-Scythe in front of him, then extends it, penetrating through Sol, who screams out in pain. Ragna then tears it out of Sol, whom falls to the ground.

Ragna: I'm not gonna waste anymore time on you, asshole!

Suddenly, Ragna is stabbed.

Ragna: Shit!

Sol had stabbed Ragna above the groin with Fireseal. Ragna steps back and begins to bleed from his wound. This pushes Ragna too far and after dark clouds of smoke cover him.

“That doesn’t look good,” Twilight said, feeling a bit uneasy at the ominus scene.

(*Cues: Howling Moon II - BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma*)

Ragna transforms into the multi-headed Black Beast.

“Damn he's big!” yelled Applejack.

“I don’t think I would try and fight that,” Rainbow said, taking Doomguy plushie from Fluttershy. The shy mare was hiding behind her rainbow maned friend as the plushie’s eyes glowed crimson.

“As my beloved would say: fought bigger.” Celestia smirked.

Sol looks over at the eight-headed beast and as smoke covers him, he takes off his headband and transforms into his true Gear form. As the heads of the Black Beast charge towards Sol, Sol swings Fireseal, firing a powerful blast. The Black Beast's heads are overwhelmed and the blast continues to fire upward into the sky.

After a bright flash of light, Sol is seen standing on a small piece of land after the attack in his regular form, with Ragna nowhere to be seen. Sol then cracks his neck and chuckles.

“.... Well that was anticlimactic,” Pinkie muttered, thinking that the fight ended a bit too fast.

K.O.!

Sol jumps down into the rubble, comes across a book titled "BlazBlue Story Script", knocks it upward, punches it away with a fiery strike, and then walks off.

“NOOOOO!!! SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS!!!,” Twilight screamed, rocking back and forth on the couch.

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Results
(*Cues: Guilty Gear Xrd Sign - Give Me a Break*)

Boomstick: Bullseye!

Wiz: Ragna put up a tough fight, but Sol had him outclassed.

Boomstick: Likely due to the fact that while Ragna had on four belts, Sol had 18.

“Makes sense to me,” Blueblood said, grinning as he knew what would happen next.

“NO IT DOESN’T!! DON’T EVEN SAY THAT!!” Twilight yelled, her eye twitching slightly.

Wiz: Sol's centuries worth of fighting experience trumped Ragna's training and he has consistently shaken off wounds more easily.

Boomstick: Even Sol's... soul is tough enough to withstand Ragna's Azure Grimoire, just like when it survived the Backyard.

“So Sol has a strong “soul”,” Luna said, trying to get a laugh. Celestia just sighed and at that point, she took Blueblood’s fask and took a swig from it.

Wiz: The Black Beast was impressive, but Sol's Gear form is leagues above. Recall when Sol turned that Gear the size of Mount Everest into dust. By comparing the size of the Gear to the clouds, we can determine its volume to be around 140 billion cubic meters. Destroying something this size would require more than 85 gigatons of TNT. That's nearly 200 times more powerful than the 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan in 2011.

Boomstick: More than enough to take Ragna down... and that was only a fraction of Sol's real power. Ragna just burned out in the end.

“Sol too OP. Nerf now,” Pinkie said, holding up a sign that said “Nerf this”.

Wiz: The winner is Sol Badguy.

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Boomstick: Next time on Death Battle.

The group sees a red-haired boy with a gourd controlling sand sand as a weapon then it cuts to a blind girl who can control earth.

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“That was pretty interesting, Twilight. This makes me wish i came by sooner if this is what you were doing,” Blueblood said, getting off the couch and to his hooves.

“I would have invited you, but i wasn't sure if you would like this,” Twilight said, walking towards the glowing box.

“Well at least you know to invite me another time then,” Blueblood said jokingly, lightly pushing Twilight’s shoulder.

“And we'd love to have you watch another episode in the future,” Rarity said, walking beside the two.

“Seriously what's taking you guys?” Rainbow asked impatiently, hovering over the box.

“Rainbow, you shouldn't yell at the prince and the princesses,” Fluttershy said quietly, looking at Rainbow disapprovingly.

Rainbow was about to apologize when Celestia and Luna said, “It's fine.” BlueBlood didn't say anything rude but he did shrug since he was use to this.

They gathered around the box once more as the glow stopped. Twilight opened the box and peered inside, but pulled her head out as her horn began to glow. The next moment bunch of stuff. “Looks like we got some posters,” Twilight said, giving them to everyone.

“Gonna put this right next to my favorite picture,” Rainbow said, looking at the Sol Badguy poster she got.

“Would it be worth it to frame this or not,” Blueblood said quietly, rolling up the Ragna poster.

“I think Discord might like this,” Fluttershy said, putting the poster in her saddlebags.

“I’ll figure out what to do with this later. Is something wrong, Twi?” Applejack asked, seeing her lavender friend looking inside the box. She watched as Twilight pulled out a small yet wrapped package. “What’cha got, Twi? A package for ya?” Applejack asked curiously.

“Yeah. Wonder what it is,” Twilight said, ripping off the wrapping. It took her a few moments to open the package and pull out what was inside, holding it in her hooves. Twilight’s eye began twitching which worried her friends.

Starlight, being the closest, walked towards her mentor and asked, “Is everything ok, Twilight?” As she got closer, she saw the book’s title and said, “Complete Guide of Blazblue?”

“Yeah. Ha ha. I got the book. Ha ha,” Twilight said, laughing slightly while rocking back and forth. “It’s not like I couldn’t of used this earlier. Ha ha ha,” Twilight said, laughing a little more crazily.

Not wanting to deal with anymore insanity, Starlight grabbed Twilight’s shoulders and started to shake her. “Snap out of it, Twilight. We don’t need you going crazy,” Starlight said, between shakes. The others could only watch in either worry for her friends or amusement for the royals.

“Stop shaking me, Starlight,” Twilight said, her words sounding like a strange echo. Starlight stopped the shaking as Twilight fell to the floor and said, “Stop the room from spinning.”

“That’ll pass momentarily, Twilight. Now we must head back to Canterlot. Hopefully he didn’t cause any damage,” Celestia said, muttering the last part as she gathered hers, her sisters and Bluebloods stuff together.

“Did you say something?” Rarity asked, clearly hearing the princess’s mumbles.

“Oh just talking to myself. Now we must be leaving as it’s getting a bit late. Until next time my friends,” Celestia said, teleporting herself and her family back to Canterlot.

“Is it really that late?” Twilight asked, looking at a clock. True to her former mentor’s words, it was pretty late in the day. “Guess time really does fly, huh? We’ll watch the next episode another time, right?” Twilight asked, looking at her friends.

“Sure egghead, but there’s one thing we need to do before we leave,” Rainbow said, hovering in the air.

“What?” Twilight asked curiously.

“I think she means her black eye. If you don’t mind,” Fluttershy said as Doomguy plushie pointed his small BFG at the lavender princess.

“Yeah, you really did a number on her,” Spike said, munching on a gem.

“Oh, right,” Twilight said, casting a healing spell on Dash’s eye. In an instant, the black eye was healed as Rainbow said, “Thanks,” and flew home. The rest of her friends said their own goodbyes before leaving as Starlight, Spike and Twilight were the only ones left in the castle.

“That was fun,” Twilight said, breaking the silence.

“It was besides the part where you lost it,” Spike said sarcastically as Twilight blushed in embarrassment. “Something on your mind, Starlight?” Spike asked, looking at the pink unicorn.

“I’m just wondering why no one got something of Sol,” Starlight said, making the dragon and princess think.

“You’re right but there’s nothing we can do,” Twilight said, walking up the stairs to her room. The other two went to their own respective rooms for some sleep, unaware that someone did get a Sol Badguy item.

Meanwhile in an apartment in an alternate world

“Ok, just have to put this piece in here and I’ll be done,” Sunset Shimmer said, trying to reassemble her rifle. There was nothing for the girl, who was a pony, to do so she decided that it might have been the right time to do some maintenance on her gun. Just as she finished, Sunset heard a knocking on her front door as she got up and walked to the door.

“If you’re trying to sell me something then get …. lost,” Sunset said, opening the door to find no one there. Seeing that it wasn’t a salesman or the girl scouts, Sunset was about to walk back inside when she saw a box on her doorstep. Grabbing the box, she saw that it was addressed to her and took it inside before closing the door.

“Wonder what’s inside,” Sunset said, grabbing a knife and opening the package. With the tape cut, she moved the lids and opened the box to find some white and red clothes. “Strange, but I might as well see what I got,” she said, walking to her room to try on the clothes.

After a couple of minutes to change, Sunset stood in front of her mirror to look at her outfit. If anyone were to see her now, they would see her wearing an exact replica of Sol Badguy’s outfit.

“These clothes are kinda weird, but they feel so right,” Sunset said, striking a pose.

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