The Z Fighters React To Death Battle! (Take 2)

by SkorchNTorch

(Adopted from JLyman) After a mysterious being gives a series of videos to Bulma, the Z Fighters were left with the option to watch every, single one. What did they do? You guessed it! Join the Z Fighters, and maybe a few others, as they watch one of the greatest web series of all time! Rated M for... you already know.

5. Vegeta Vs Shadow (Updated and Non-Canon)

(AUTHOR'S NOTE: Please disregard this chapter. It combined three chapters into one, and really… doesn't need to be here. Vegeta vs Shadow Remastered is the 'Canon' Chapter, this one is here to explain lore stuff. I'm sorry, I couldn't figure out what to do with them.)

The entity gave a girlish scream of terror and launched himself upwards as Vegeta fired another Gatling blast at him out of anger. The Ki attack blew a hole in the floor, but completely missed Skorch who was now floating in the air, seeming rather shook by the sudden attack.

"What the hell dude?!" Skorch shouted, shocked at the sudden attack.

"Vegeta! Calm down!" Goku exclaimed, being the only one who was currently able to speak, as the others were left in a state of shock or confusion. Vegeta responded by firing several Ki blasts at Skorch, while he simply backhanded one of them, but the second one hit him right in the face…

…and split his head in two.

Skorch fell to the ground, landing on his knees with a THUD! Everyone now turned horrified to Vegeta who seemed to be realizing that he had most likely just killed an innocent bystander.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Gohan shouted, finding his voice, and he was beyond angry with the Prince of all Sayians. "What reason could you have for killing him?!"

"I… I…" Vegeta now felt his words leave, rendering him unable to say a word as everything seemed to come to a screeching halt around him.

"Why isn't he bleeding?" Goku suddenly asked, confused.

"What?"

"You split his head in two. Shouldn't there be blood?"

Now a few were brave enough to look at the newcomers split head, only to see that there was no blood coming out from the wound. In fact, there didn't seem to be a skull, or anything for that matter on the inside but what seemed like fire.

"But- how… I…" Bulma stammered, this beyond her understanding or comprehension.

"Ow." Was suddenly heard as Skorch's arms moved up and pushed his head back together, the two sides re-connecting as if nothing had happened. "I'm gonna have a splitting headache later…" He added with a weak chuckle before standing up. "Let's try that again. Hi, I'm-"

"How are you alive?!" Vegeta demanded, cutting Skorch off.

"Oh, well, if you'll let me talk…" Skorch began, giving a slight wave and accidentally creating some flames which seemed to dance around his hand. A few of the fighters saw this and felt unnerved, Beerus, Vegeta and Piccolo all making it clear if Skorch tried anything, it wouldn't end well.

"Try that, I dare you." Skorch's eye sockets narrowed. "By the time I'm done here, this room'll be painted with blood and body parts."

Now with a renewed sense of anger, Vegeta yelled and shot forward, grabbing Skorch and throwing him into a wall. The entity's sockets went as big as dinner plates as he realized what he had said by accident.

"I WAS JOKING!" Skorch yelled as he flew down the hallbefore smashing into a solid steel wall.

"OW! MY KEYS!"

Before anyone could say a word, Skorch reappeared in the room behind Vegeta, kicking him in the back of the leg.

"Asshole!" He spat. "Okay, we got off on the wrong note-"

Skorch yelled and ducked as Beerus suddenly attacked, powering himself with his Godly abilities. Skorch ducked and weaved around them, finally managing to yell:

"Piss off Garfield!"

Swinging his arms up, a swarm of hands shot from the ground, grabbing at Beerus and dragging him to the ground. While Beerus could easily escape their grasp, there were always more, making it hard for him to escape and move away from them. Finally, Skorch turned around, seeing Mr. Satan ready to fight and simply roared, his skull lighting up and fire emanating all around him. Hercule took one look at him, and then took a few steps back, shaking his head.

"Nope." Was all he said.

"Goku! Can you get your friends to calm down!? I'm not here to hurt anyone!" Skorch pleaded, looking over to Goku who seemed confused on what he should do. Groaning annoyed, he turned around and looked at the shocked Videl and Gohan.

"Hi, I'm Skorch." He introduced himself. "This might seem weird, but I know who y-ARGGH!"

Skorch was now grabbed in a tag team by Beerus and Vegeta, the formed grabbing Skorch and then throwing him at the other, who kicked him right in the chest, sending him back towards the former, who sent him into the ceiling. The duo charged a Ki blast each and fired it, blowing a hole in the Capsule Corp. roof, and sending Skorch back to the ground.

"Well played." Beerus admitted, looking over to Vegeta.

Skorch picked himself up and then created two axes out of pure fire. He spun them around before tossing one in the air and catching it.

"Everyone just chill the hell out!" He yelled, his anger rising. "Look, I don't want to hurt ANYONE. But if you all keep attacking-"

"YOU'RE threatening US!?" Vegeta roared. "You spy on us for who knows how long, consistently stalk us and then have the audacity to play the victim here?!"

"Well, when you put it that way, I do kinda seem like the bad guy. But I'm not." Skorch conceded.

"Guys, just let him talk!" Goku insisted. "He isn't a threat."

"He looks like a demon from hell!" Mr. Satan countered.

"Your name is Satan!" Skorch retorted. "You shouldn't be-"

"You know my name?" The wrestler cut him off.

"Yes. I know your name. I know most of the stuff you've done in your past, and I know a decent chunk of your future." Skorch sighed. "And that goes for all of you." He paused for a moment, then added: "Crap. Shouldn't've said that…"

Now fearing the worst, Vegeta grabbed Skorch once again, who in turn, grabbed Vegeta's arm and seemed to focus, the prince yelled as Skorch's hand seemed to get blazingly hot suddenly and dropped him. Skorch now found himself having to avoid attacks from Gohan, Piccolo, Beerus, Tien, and Vegeta. Despite his abilities and all, he wasn't much of a fighter, at least, not in this sense. He was able to block a decent chunk of the attacks, but a few of them did still hit. He felt his core rising, he understood why they were angry and scared, but still. He was at his limit.

"ENOUGH!" Skorch shouted with genuine anger in his voice. His dreads seemed to light up to a bright white, fire spewing from his nostrils. A surge of energy seemed to blast out in a wave before him, and Vegeta, Piccolo, Hercule, Tien and Gohan found themselves frozen. They could move their eyes, but their bodies were numbed, there was an odd feeling as if they were weightless but a heavy weight was placed on their shoulders. The others found that there was some sort of force field surrounding them, leaving them unaffected by this newcomer's powers. "And people ask why I don't try and talk with people more often!"

"We're about to die, aren't we?" Goten asked.

"Probably." Trunks shrugged.

"Who are you?" Bulma finally asked, not seeming too freaked out by this newcomer, or that fact that he was literally on fire. Skorch looked over to her with a raised brow.

"I'll tell you." He remarked. "If these guys will let me talk."He growled looking back to the frozen fighters.

"It's okay guys." Goku spoke up. "He's friendly."

"You sure about that?" Roshi spoke up.

"I think so…"

"Seriously! I heard you were a jackass, but this is freaking ridiculous!" Skorch stated, looking at the frozen Vegeta. "How the hell anyone's able to put up with your crap is beyond even me!"

"Yeah, he's cool." Roshi admitted.

"Are you going to hurt them?" Videl finally managed to speak up.

"No." Skorch shook his head. "Unless they give me a reason to, I don't wanna fight."

Skorch seemed to take a few deep breaths then glare at the fighters before he closed his fist, dropping them all to the floor. He cracked his neck as they got up and grabbed a soda. Biting the bottle cap off, and spitting it out across the room.

"My name's Skorch." Skorch introduced himself, seeming far calmer. "Sorry about the paint joke, not sure why I thought that was a good ice breaker… Then again, I'm not the most social guy alive."

"You weren't joking." Krillin remarked, slightly frightened as he looked from Skorch to Goku. "This is the guy you met?"

"Yeah, this is Skorch." Goku nodded. "What are you doing here?"

"I've been here for a while actually." Skorch remarked. "I've been around, you just didn't see me."

"Where have you been?" Bulma asked skeptically.

"Mostly on the roof." Skorch shrugged. "I've also used your broom closet as a gateway to my place, so… thanks for that."

"I'm sorry, what?" Bulma asked, not believing what she had heard.

"Yeah, I've been living in your broom closet for a while now." Skorch remarked. "There's a hidden door that leads to my room, I'm surprised you guys haven't heard me playing pinball back there."

"You have a pinball table back there?" Trunks asked, surprised.

"Yeah, as well as an Air Hockey table, a hot tub and a slushy machine." Skorch nodded.

"I don't believe you." Bulma scoffed. "I've seen some ridiculous things, but the prospect of you living here for however long it's been and us not seeing or hearing you-"

Skorch then vaporized, as if he had instantly teleported away. Leaving Bulma speechless.

"I'm still here Mrs. Briefs." His voice came from where he had been standing.

"How do you know my name?" she asked the next question that was on the long, long list running through her mind.

"Well, it's kinda my job…" Skorch admitted, re-appearing. "I know who all of you are. You're Krillin, Videl, Chi-Chi, Trunks, Goten, Gohan, Roshi, Android 18, Marion, Piccolo Jr. technically speaking…" He listed off everyone's name as he pointed to each one of them. "Beerus, the God of Destruction, and Vegeta, the Prince of assholes." He looked back and saw the others he had missed. "As well as Tien, Majin Buu, or just 'Buu' and whatever the hell your name was."

"It's Yamcha!" Yamcha snapped, slightly offended.

"Yeah, whatever." Skorch said with a dismissive wave.

"Okay, so maybe you happen to know our names, but what makes you think you know anything about any of us?" Vegeta asked, still on edge despite having returned to normal. The question was a very valid one, and Skorch turned to face him.

"Pink was a good colour on you." Skorch remarked with a smug tone. Surprising Vegeta. "But yellow pants? Ehh… they clash too much."

"HOW DO YOU KNOW OF THAT!?"Vegeta shouted, getting right in Skorch's face, not thinking about the flame entity's powers or the fact that he is made of fire.

"Same way I know you and the others were waiting for Goku to return, only for Friza and his dad to show up, and your son to appear form the future obliterate their asses. Followed by a warning about androids, one of whom Krillin then married."

Now, anger was replaced with shock as Vegeta took a few steps back. They hadn't spoken of that event in ages… how could this 'Skorch' know about that? Was he using telepathy? No. He would've sensed it…

"That not enough?" Skorch asked. He turned to Bulma and flatly said: "You had a crush on Goku for a time, then sorta… fell out of it…" He coughed the last part under his breath to try and hide something. Bulma paled but didn't say anything, Goku looked over to her, surprised.

"How do you know all of this?" Piccolo asked sternly.

"Like I said, it's sort of my job to know these things." Skorch replied. "I've only been here a few months, but that's more time than I needed to learn all this.

"So that thing we saw a few months ago… was you?" Goten asked, genuinely surprised at Skorch's appearance.

"Probably." The entity nodded.

"I don't believe him." Tien spoke up. "He seems like some sort of hallucination."

"Well, I did hook my bong up to the air conditioning system just for kicks." Skorch said sarcastically.

"What do you know about me?" Goten asked, Skorch turning to look at him. The entity went silent for a few moments, the simply said.

"Fur Affinity."

Goten's eyes widened and he looked like he had seen a ghost as realization seemed to settle in as to what Skorch was referring to. Everyone else was confused, or didn't want to think about it.

"Don't worry, it's not permanent. Everyone figures it out in their own way. You'll be fine." He added before looking around. "Anyone else want their secrets spilled?"

"Try me." Piccolo stated, his face not showing much. Skorch turned and seemed… saddened. His sockets seemed to move in a way that implied a sense of pain, two small orange lights appearing in the centre of them.

"You live in fear." He stated. "Most days you're fine. What he did isn't what you have to do. But there are some days, days when the memories seem real, or at least. More aggressive."

While most of the fighters didn't understand what Skorch was talking about. Piccolo did, he seemed shocked, going rock still and a chill going down his spine.

"You don't want to be like him, but there's always something nagging in the back of your mind. That little seed of doubt that you'll truly be free. Three-hundred-and-sixty-four-days-twenty-three-hours-fifty-nine-minutes-and-fifty-nine-seconds a year, you don't notice it. But there are some days which are easier than others."

The room feel eerily silent. Realization etched on some of the fighters' faces. Piccolo seemed to be a mixture of shock, fear, and angry. Finally, he walked over to face Skorch at eye level, being slightly taller than him.

"If you are what you say you are, can you show me?" He simply asked. He didn't know how this being knew what he did, nut he was starting to wonder if there was more going on than he realized.

"No." Skorch replied. "I can't show you what you're asking for physically, but I'll let you see it up here." He finished pointing to his head.

"If you're from another dimension, that type of telepathy won't work." Piccolo stated.

"Well, one of the benefits of the job is that when I come to a new realm, I sort of become part of that world." Skorch remarked. "Look, I can make it happen if you want to see. But I'd only recommend you, Gohan, Tien or maybe Beerus do this if they want to. Maybe Bulma as well."

"Why us?" Bulma asked, watching what was happening now with interest, her curiosity getting the better of her.

"Simple. The link requires a strong mental connection." Skorch answered. "The more mental strength you have, the longer the link can last and the easier it is to make. It's not a matter of mathematical intelligence or what not, but also mental fortitude. On top of that, the link is a two-way street. You might see into what I've seen, but I'll see into your mind as well… and I think a few of you don't trust me enough yet to do that."

"Haven't you already?" Piccolo asked.

"Sort of, but also no." Skorch replied awkwardly. "Long story short, I know about the major events and some personal secrets, but I don't know your day-to-day life, and there are several memories that I can't see. It's probably more on my end than yours."

Piccolo thought it over before turning to the others.

"If he tries anything, grab him and fly him out of here, then blast him back to wherever he came from. Even if I'm still attached."

"You sure about this?" Tien asked.

"Yes." The Namekian nodded, taking off his turban-hat and letting the Entity put his hand on his forehead, before putting his on Skorch's bony forehead. The two grunted slightly, then their eyes flashed white and they froze in place. There was a tense silence for about seven minutes, then the two gasped and back away from one another, shaking their heads as they came back to reality.

"You alright Piccolo?" Gohan asked.

"Yeah, I'm good." He nodded.

"What did you see?" Bulma immediately asked.

"He isn't lying about what he's been saying." Piccolo stated, seeming to still find it hard to believe, but believing it none the less.

"Now do you all believe me?" Skorch asked.

"No." Bulma responded. Making Skorch groan. "I want to see it before I believe anything."

"Can't. Not for a while at least." Skorch stated matter-of-factly. "I might be an entity, but that takes a lot for me to do. In about twenty minutes or so, sure. But not right now."

"What exactly happened back when you first met this… thing?" Roshi asked Goku before stuttering. "Er… no offense."

"None taken."

"Look, when we met back when we did, we ate some s'mores, talked about fighting styles, and he called himself… a watch." Goku said.

"Actually, it's 'Watcher' to be exact." Skorch corrected Goku.

"I've never seen you before… Are you one of the other world's Gods?" Beerus mused, eyeing Skorch and attempting to place the newcomer.

"No." Skorch shook his head. "I'm what you'd call a Realm Vagabond. Officially, I'm known as 'The Watcher', but I think that name is stupid. And is taken by Marvel. On top of that, I exist outside of your cosmology. Think of it like the being above Gods. Sort of."

"The hell's a Watcher?" Vegeta growled, clearly annoyed and still very distrusting of Skorch. Beerus himself seemed to narrow his eyes dangerously at Skorch's 'Being above Gods' comment.

"Someone who watches stuff." Skorch replied, clearly irritating Vegeta. "Look, I'm essentially an entity. I don't know if I'm a God or what, but I travel to different worlds and watch stuff happen. It's essentially like channel surfing for all eternity. Sometimes I just… move on to a new dimension. Then I'm there until I move onto the next one, and sometimes I can go to dimensions I've already been to on command."

"Is there a dimension for your kind?" Chi-Chi asked, now slightly intrigued, but still nervous. But also wondering how he hadn't burned any of the carpet or his clothes yet…

"No." Skorch shook his head. "As far as I know… I'm the only one left. The others… I don't know where they went. I also exist outside of all of time and space itself, and even outside of the afterlife and the very fabric of reality. Sure, I've got acquaintances and stuff, but I'm the only watcher I've met so far."

"So, how are you here if you exist outside of reality?"

"I can come to any world I want to, or at least, I used to be able to." Skorch continued with his explanation. "But when I do, I have to take a form. This is how I look normally." Suddenly, Skorch turned into a tanned, somewhat well-built but also somewhat lanky man with dark red dreadlocks and a mustache and goatee, wearing a trench coat. "This is what I look like when I want to blend in."

"Do you know who the old man was who brought us the dvd's?" 18 suddenly asked, remembering that there was supposedly an old man who brought them the Death Battle discs to begin with.

"No." Skorch shook his head. "I sensed a presence briefly after I got here, but it's long gone."

"Do you know what happened to Jared?" Goku suddenly asked, remembering their adventures and meeting Jared. Skorch, one again, seemed downcast at the question.

"I did what I could to help him…" He replied. "He was a good kid, brave soul, he tired so damn hard to save everyone… In the end… I don't know what happened. He… disappeared, and I couldn't find him. I spent what could've been days or maybe years depending on the world I was in searching for him. But I couldn't find him. I just hope for the best for him."

"So, do I." Goku and a few others nodded.

"So, this 'Watcher' job, what exactly does it entail?" Bulma continued with her questions, seeming to be taking notes now.

"Watcher's travel from world to world, we just… Watch." Skorch shrugged. "I've been writing down some of the things I've seen across different worlds so that hopefully someday others can read the stories of what I've seen. Stories of heroes fighting evil and just bizarre encounters."

"What powers do you have?" Bulma continued.

"If you can think of it, I've probably got it. Teleportation, elemental manipulation, mind erasing, hypersonic speed, extreme strength, energy based attacks much like Ki, transformation, borderline immortality…" Skorch listed off some of his abilities, making everyone listen in amazement. Whether or not Skorch was 100% legit still remained to be seen, but any counter arguments they had were quickly falling away. "Only downside is, I can't fight to save my life. On top of that, I'm not supposed to get involved."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Here, read this." Skorch said, suddenly handing Bulma a burnt piece of parchment. "Should answer a few more questions you have."

The Watchers Code

Watchers cannot alter the timeline through direct actions.

Watchers however, may provide information to individuals which could alter the timeline after being bested in a challenge.

Watchers can accept challenges of strength, intelligence, or skill, but cannot issue challenges themselves.

If challenged to a physical fight, a Watcher may kill said challenger and will not face punishment for said action. They were challenged, they took the risk.

A Watcher may take direct action against a pre-determined force if a child is threatened by said force. But are not required to.

Watchers may provide assistance in a fight or with some sort of problem if given tribute. (See below)

Watchers can choose to reveal themselves or remain hidden.

If a Watcher finds themselves in a relationship with a member of the realm they reside in, they may disregard the first rule if they deem it necessary. This is not limited to marriages, Bromances and friendships also apply.

Watchers may possess knowledge of the past but do not know what the future holds and vice versa.

Tribute Rules: Each Watcher values something different, offering a Watcher 'tribute' is comparable to buying services from a worker. Watchers are bound to fulfil the request, so long as it dosen't break any of the rules mentioned above or dosen't cause the Watcher too much trouble.

Notice: Just because a Watcher takes the tribute, dosen't mean they will uphold their end of the bargain. It's your risk pal.

"These are… oddly specific rules." Bulma remarked.

"Hey, I didn't make em' I just work by em'." Skorch replied.

"So, if I beat you in a challenge of mind, like say… Chess, you'd have to divulge information that could alter the future?" Bulma asked.

"Depends." Skorch said, now seeming as if he was talking to a friend.

"Part of it has to do with the challenge itself, the level of challenge to both you and I. The higher the challenge, the bigger the reward. On top of that, there are some things I can't talk about. Both due to the rules, yes. I know it isn't stated in there explicitly, but trust me, it's in there. And on if I actually know it or not."

"So why are you here now?" Beerus finally spoke up once again.

"Because you guys are fun to be around." Skorch honestly replied. "Your always blowing shit up, beating the crap out of aliens and turning into superheroes. It's cool to watch, certainly more interesting then where Deadman's stuck… How he puts up with a world of magical ponies is beyond me…"

"Magical ponies?" Videl asked, surprised and not sure she heard what she thought she had.

"Yeah, magical talking horses… It's weird."

"If you're part of some sort of magical librarian team, then can you tell us why Vegeta's going to be on Death Battle?" Gohan asked. Skorch's eye seemed to twitch, as if the answer scared him or something.

"Um…" He began.

"You can tell us, or I'll beat it out of you." Vegeta stated flatly. Skorch looked around then looked at the reader (a wall to the others) and pointed to them and jerked his head, asking a silent question. He sighed and turned back. "You know how I said I've been to different dimensions, right?"

"So, you claim." The Prince retorted.

"To some world, what is reality to them is fiction to another." Skorch stated. "And there's one world I've come and gone form, I call it 'Dimension Zero' where people see millions of other dimensions as entertainment in different forms, unaware that it's not just fiction.

Bulma's eyes sot open comically wide in realization as she began to pick up on what Skorch was implying.

"A..are you saying what I think your saying?!" She finally stammered out.

"In D-Zero, where Death Battle is made, you guys are characters in a Japanese Comic book." Skorch stated.

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Skorch stood there, silent, believing he may have just killed everyone. The eyes and jaws of everyone present were comically large and on the floor (not really, but whatever). There wasn't any sound coming from them, and Skorch felt kind of awkward.

"Huh." He muttered. "That could've gone better…"

Surprisingly, Goten seemed to snap out of his shocked daze and now seemed to be in a state of disbelief.

"Look. I don't know who you are, or what you really are, but that can't be right! We're people! Not comic characters!" He stated.

"Yeah…" Skorch rolled his eyes. "About that… Technically it's Ma-"

Before Skorch could continue talking, he was cut off by Goku suddenly stepping right in front of his face, and he didn't seem like his usual happy-go-luck-self. His eyes were narrowed dangerously, making Skorch feel slightly freaked out.

"Listen Skorch." Goku said his tone low and slightly aggravated. "I like you, you seem nice. But the only thing that matters to me right now is protecting my family, and if you keep lying to us, this isn't going to end well for you."

"I'm not." Skorch replied. His sockets going wide once again. There was one thing he (and any Dragon Ball fan) knew. If Goku got serious or mad, it wasn't going to end well for whoever he was mad at.

"He's not lying about the other dimension comment. But I don't know about the other one…" Piccolo finally spoke up. Having seen that first-hand, but was still shook up about the remark that they were just comic characters. If that was true… how much did they know?! What did they know? About him… about his father… More importantly, if this was true, then they needed to make sure that those books would never fall into the wrong hands.

Mr. Satan was speechless upon hearing the fact that he was supposedly a character in a manga. That meant someone was using his image and wasn't paying him for it! His lawyers were going to bury whoever thought they could profit off of him without paying!

Bulma's mind was running through every possible explanation to this. Setting aside the fact that not only did this 'Skorch' come from another dimension (something which she didn't actually doubt too much) the fact that in one dimension reality is perceived as fiction. Did that mean the shows they watched here were real in another dimension? In top of that, how long had this supposed comic been running?! Did that also mean that everything that had happened, Goku's death, the destruction of Planet Namek, even her relationship with Vegeta wasn't real? It was just some predetermined destination of which she had no ability to control? Or was it the opposite? Where somehow everything they had gone through was real, but somehow someone came up with a story which by some unbelievable stroke of luck was the exact same as what they had gone through?

Buu… honestly had no idea what was going on. He was slightly frightened by a being made of pure fire who was shouting at Mr. Satan, but he didn't understand what everyone was so freaked out about. In fact, he noticed that the fire-man seemed scared himself, recoiling like a frightened animal.

"If what you're saying is true, how long has this been going on?" Vegeta finally asked.

"519 chapters for the first run." Skorch answered, the number being far higher than anyone had predicted. "Before you ask, me giving you numbers wouldn't make sense due to the dimensional differences of the realms."

Some of the fighters seemed to think that over, understanding to an extent where he was coming from. That certainly didn't change the shock of what they had been told however. Trunks still seemed to be in a BSOD, staring off at… something, but not making a sound. It was weird enough than older version of him came back in time to save the world, but now not only was he essentially a time-traveling cop, but also a fictional character?

Gohan had seemed to take the news the best, he simply hadn't reacted in the slightest. Staring at Skorch with a blank expression. Only now, he began chuckling, a sense of shock overtaking his body as the chuckles turned to laughs, and eventually he fell to the ground in uncontrollable laughter. This actually took everyone away from the flaming being to watch as Gohan was lying on the ground laughing with insanity in his eyes. Eventually, Skorch made a small flame with his finger and poked Gohan in the side. The sudden heat of the fire jolted the sayian upright, and out of his laughing fit.

"Yow!" He shouted in pain. "What was that for!?"

Skorch didn't reply, or maybe he did. It was hard to hear over the flood of voices that now took over the entire room, as everyone seemed to be talking to themselves, each other, and Skorch, all at the same time.

"Listen." Skorch spoke up, getting their attention. "I'll make you a deal. We watch the next episode of Death Battle, then I'll answer the questions you have to the best of my ability within the limits of the code. If you still don't believe me about what I've told you after that, I'll leave and never return. Hell, you and Vegeta can drop-kick me off the planet if you want." He finished pointing to Goku and Vegeta. The two looked at one another, silently contemplating the deal. "But if you do believe me…" He trailed off, thinking it over. "Honestly, I don't care. Just stop freaking attacking me."

"Why don't we just ask the questions now?" Videl asked what seemed to be an obvious question.

"Because most of your questions will probably be answered in the Death Battle." Skorch stated. "Also, I need a drink."

"It dosen't seem like a bad deal…" Roshi mused. "Besides, the guy dosen't seem like he's here to hurt us…"

"Thank you Roshi san!" Skorch exclaimed, exasperated and thankful that finally someone wasn't assuming he was going to kill everyone.

"And all of us against him? Hell, Goku, Vegeta and Beerus could probably take him down." Tien mused.

"Oh, c'mon!"

"Before we agree, I think we need to make sure it's okay with him." Chi-Chi spoke up, looking over to Vegeta.

"What are you talking about?" He asked, slightly confused.

"We all know you pretty well." Chi-Chi began. "But these Death Battles are pretty in-depth to each fighter's history. We don't know what they are and aren't going to talk about, and if there's something that's happened or you've done you'd rather not mention that might appear in the battle, then it's only fair that we respect that wish."

Everyone quieted down, thinking about what had been said. Now that they thought about it… How would any of the fighters react to seeing their entire history displayed for anyone to watch? Their strengths, flaws, everything. Just… there. Vegeta didn't seem to say anything for a few moments, then finally answered.

"Just know… the things I did back then, and the things I do now. They are not the same." He stated, oddly calm. "It should be obvious, but I'm not the same sayian you all meet all those years ago. A good deal of things I did was because I was forced to, and some because I felt like it was okay to do after years of hell… If you can remember that, then I'm fine with it."

"The man who is the same all throughout his life has failed to live, the man who has made many mistakes, but tries to be good is more alive than anyone else." Skorch piped up, the fire on his head briefly turning a light blue. Vegeta was taken aback, Skorch's statement held no hidden insults, no other motives, just… understanding.

Everyone agreed to watch the next Death Battle, except the seating arrangement was slightly different. Goku, Vegeta, Beerus and Bulma were sitting on the couch, namely so that the three could keep an eye on Skorch, who was sitting in front of the couch, his fire had died down so it didn't get in the way. While the entity was powerful, he knew that the three sitting behind him weren't to be taken lightly. Chi-Chi sat next to Gohan and Videl, and everyone else remained the same. Finally, after a few awkward moments and nods, Bulma pressed play. But before the episode began, a message popped up:

This Death Battle originally aired in 2011. Since then, there have been multiple additions to both Vegeta's powers and Shadow the Hedgehog's. Because of this, this episode is somewhat outdated, and both characters will return in later episodes with different opponents and the full extent of their powers. If you feel the need to complain due to specific events or powers not being mentioned, please contact us at 1-800-eatadick

Wiz and Boomstick

"Huh…" Videl muttered aloud.

"Oh, right. This mainly means that later abilities such as your Super Saiyan 3 won't be used this time around. In Dimension Zero, this episode was released was just after what's known to them as 'The Cell Saga'."

As the Death Battle theme played, Skorch seemed to be nodding along to it absentmindedly.

"Antiheroes. They walk the mysterious grey line between good and evil in almost everything they do." Wiz began, dramatic as ever, as several images flashed by. One of a man with a trench coat and a skull painted on his shirt, one of a man with a strange red mask, what looked to be a leather jacket and two pistols, and one of Spawn from the previous episode.

"They do what they want, however they want, when they want. Usually that includes not giving a crap who gets caught in the crossfire, just so long as the ends justify the means." Boomstick added.

"It can be hard knowing where that line is." Gohan nodded. "When you have to deal with powerful sociopaths, how do you stop them without becoming like them?"

"I've found it's usually better to cut off the finger to save the hand. Lest the infection spread through the while body." Skorch commented.

"I thought you said you didn't get involved." Bulma remarked.

"I don't." Skorch shook his dreaded head. "But I've seen a lot of 'heroes' who are too scared or too self-righteous to do what it takes to truly save everyone."

"In your opinion…" Bulma muttered, rolling her eyes. Skorch remained quiet.

"Like Vegeta, Prince of the Saiyans, Defender of Earth and rival to Goku." Wiz introduced Vegeta, leaving everyone still in disbelief that Vegeta was going to be in this episode of Death Battle.

"At least they got your good side." Skorch remarked. Vegeta didn't know how to react to that comment.

"And Shadow the Hedgehog, the Ultimate Life Form and rival to Sonic." Boomstick added as the black-and-red hedgehog was shown once again, holding a green gem.

"Who exactly is Sonic?" Goten asked, looking back to Skorch, whose sockets seemed to widen in excitement.

"He's the main character in a video game franchise in one of the worlds I've been too. While admittedly a lot of his games are terrible… when they're good, they're REALLY good! Heck, even the bad ones are kinda enjoyable for how terrible they are."

"They can't be that bad." Goten shrugged. Skorch just grinned in a way that would make the Grinch jealous.

"After this fight, I've got such sights to show you…" He said, his voice a bit deeper before he coughed. "Aw geez… I can never do a good Doug Bradley…"

"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick!"

"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find out who would win… A Death Battle."

"Is it their actual jobs?" Bulma asked, having heard their intro a few times now but only really thinking it through now. Skorch nodded.

"Yup."

"So, would they count as Watchers?"

"No." Skorch shook his head. "Like I said, in what I call 'Dimension Zero' most other worlds and warriors exist as one form or another of fiction. So, while Sonic might be a video game character who has also had comics, a few tv shows and two really crappy films, I'm pretty sure sooner or later I might end up crossing paths with him in real life."

Bulma frowned, still uncertain she believed that she and the others were fictional characters. That was something that you'd expect your cocaine-fuelled friend to text you at two in the morning while he's wearing nothing but tinfoil.

Vegeta

(*Cues: Vegeta's Theme - Dragon Ball Z*)

The doors closed and reopened as a dramatic and rather epic guitar song was played, showing the familiar white-and-blue sayian armour as the Prince of all Saiyans floated down, looking smug as ever.

"Prince and warrior by blood, Vegeta was born into the royal family on the planet… uh. Vegeta." Wiz began, seeming to fumble slightly at the end. "As a natural born leader, it didn't take long for Vegeta to begin honing his skills to become a deadly warrior."

The fighters saw a young Vegeta, tail and all, training rigorously despite seemingly only being six-years-old.

"You were training at that young?" Bulma asked, surprised.

"It was the Saiyan way." Vegeta shrugged. "That and I didn't have much choice…"

"Right…" The scientist muttered awkwardly.

"Sadly, despite clearly being destined for the throne, Vegeta's life was an absolute hell. All because of this dildo-looking bastard. Freezer!"

There were a few laughs at Boomstick's description of Frieza, but there was also a lot of anger, seeing the tyrant who had caused them all so much pain.

"It's Frieza." Wiz corrected him.

"How about we call him what he is? A giant living piece of shit!" Boomstick spat angrily.

"Agreed." Vegeta scowled, a few others nodding in agreement.

"Dildo?" Buu asked confused, making Hercule and a few others sweat-drop.

"So, when this vibrator-looking asshole showed up, things were actually okay for a little bit. The Saiyans enjoyed fighting and worked within the 'Frieza Force' as Frieza's soldiers, but eventually it got BAD…"

The fighters watched as Frieza seemed to be fighting an older Vegeta with a mustache and beard. Vegeta's eyes widened as he recognized his father. He knew Friza had killed him, but he never saw how. He simply dodged in and out of every one of the king's attacks. He suddenly swept him leg, causing the king to stumble slightly. Frieza dashed forward and him hard in the gut, making King Vegeta spit blood. Frieza seemed to calmly be attacking him with a lethal force but seemed as calm as a windless lake. It was clear to everyone that Frieza was clearly enjoying this. After a few more failed attacks, Frieza grabbed King Vegeta's arm and hit it hard, clearly breaking it, making some of the viewers wince, before finally punching him directly in the chin, sending him flying, and a sickening 'SNAP' to resonate throughout the room. The king landed on the ground and didn't move, blood pooling in his mouth.

"Hm. Disappointing." Was all Frieza said, looking at the dead king.

"Holy crap…" Bulma breathed.

Frieza looked up at the King's men, and in one quick attack, turned them all to ashes, leaving black marks on the floors and walls.

"I was expecting more…"

Everyone slowly turned to Vegeta, who (quite understandably) was seething at this point. This was something that wouldn't just heal with time, this was a wound he would carry forever, and now he finally saw how it happened…

"Vegeta… I…" Goku began.

"Don't." He growled. "Let's just move on."

"…and then he destroyed their entire home planet…" Boomstick added, as the planet Vegeta was shown being obliterated and the Saiyans massacred.

No one knew how to react, and honestly, no one felt like they could. The only good feeling was that Frieza was dead.

"The maniacal psychopath would mould the young Prince into a deadly, ruthless killer. Under his orders, Vegeta would destroy entire planets and enslave whole races single-handedly, making him one of the most powerful beings in the universe." Wiz continued, as footage of Vegeta's past was shown, depicting him training, leading an army, and flying above enslaved races, watching them march towards their endless work. "While this twisted the young prince into becoming cruel and violent, it also began one of Frieza's biggest mistakes, creating one of his two own worst enemies."

"Who's the other one?" Goku asked. Skorch's skull turned ninety degrees so he was looking behind him. His sockets seemingly flat.

"You." He simply said.

"Oh."

"Thankfully, Vegeta was off planet when it was destroyed, and continued his training with Nappa and Raditz, and while the three were forced to do Frieza's dirty work, they still remained loyal to the old ways." Boomstick continued.

BACKGROUND

Height: 5'3" ("Technically 1'4" of that is his hair." Skorch remarked, making Vegeta kick him in the ribs)

Weight: 123 lbs

Saiyan Prince, And Technically King

Elite Warrior Class

Trained In A Multitude of Martial Arts

Married To Bulma Briefs

Current Leader Of The Z-Fighters

"Wait. Current leader of the Z-Fighters? What's that all about?" Yamcha asked confused.

"At this point in the story D-Zero had, Goku died killing Cell and hadn't come back yet." Skorch explained. "Also, 'Z-Fighter' is a reference to the shows name 'Dragon Ball Z', and before you ask, the 'Z' stands for 'Zenkai'."

"Japanese for 'Last Time'." Gohan spoke up.

"Yup." Skorch nodded. "The whole thing was supposed to end with Frieza's death on Namek, but the show was so damn popular they kept going for another seven years."

"Really?!" Was collectively exclaimed in shock.

"Yeah, and then I think it kept going because well… we're here today and all. But I haven't been back to D-Zero in a bit, so I don't know what's happening currently."

"In fact, it's believed part of why Vegeta dosen't refer to himself as the 'King' of Saiyans despite technically being the current ruler, is out of respect for his father. And as time went on, Vegeta began to fight back against him."

"Eventually he wound up on earth and met Goku, who was one of the last Saiyans alive, their introduction… could've gone better."

Several clips went by in quick succession, showing Vegeta and Goku beating the high holy hell out of each other, Vegeta and Goku flew through a series of rock formations, punching and kicking at one another. It was odd for them to see, they seemed so… sloppy, in a sense. Goku froze mid-air and looked around, not seeing Vegeta anywhere.

"SAY GOODBYE!" Vegeta shouted, suddenly appearing behind Goku and slamming him into the ground. Needless to say, the Saiyans were a bit shocked to be watching their first fight from so long ago. Goku landed and tried to get into a fighting stance, only for Vegeta to fly down and throw him into a wall.

"I don't think he was joking…" Vegeta finally mumbled, taken aback at a cartoon existing of them fighting.

"Kaioken ATTACK!" Goku shouted, suddenly flying forward and slugging Vegeta in slow-motion, the impact being clear, Goku then began wailing away on Vegeta as they flew through the air.

"How long ago was this?" Trunks finally asked, looking back to the others.

"Nearly twenty years ago." Krillin remarked, as if he was realizing how much time had passed. "Wow. That's… that's longer than I thought."

"So, our fights, our struggles, even our deaths have been turned into a cartoon?!" Piccolo finally asked, looking over to Skorch. Yes, he had claimed that had happened, but now seeing it was something different altogether.

"An anime, but in D-Zero at least, yes." Skorch nodded. "Don't bother asking if you have free will or if everything's pre-determined, I don't know, but from what I've seen, nothing is 'set in stone' so to say."

"We need to talk about this later." The Namekian stated.

"Sure thing." Skorch nodded.

"He even became a giant monkey!" Boomstick added.

Most present felt their jaws hit the ground as Vegeta transformed into a giant ape, his eyes turned red and he roared like a ferocious beast. He grabbed Goku and seemed to be crushing his bones.

"Wait! We can do that?!" Trunks exclaimed, shocked.

"Not anymore." Vegeta shook his head. "Pure-Blood Saiyans had the ability to transform into what we called the 'Great Ape' form under a full moon. However, due to both Kakarot and I, and even the boy losing our tails, it isn't possible anymore."

"Why wasn't I born with a tail?" Trunks asked confused.

"I'm not sure…" Vegeta mused.

"It's believed that when a Saiyan and a non-Saiyan have a child, it's a 50-50 chance they'll be born with a tail." Skorch spoke up.

"Aww…"

"Regardless, Vegeta's initial defeat sparked his hatred for Goku, which for a time couldn't be surpassed by anything, aside from his hatred of Frieza." Wiz stated. "…and everyone who works for him."

"Not that anyone could blame you for that." Gohan added.

"So, eventually. Vegeta decided he was sick of him and with the help of fellow Saiyan Goku, Frieza, and most of his men, was killed."

Everyone watched in satisfaction as Frieza was destroyed in a massive explosion, disintegrating his body. They knew the scars may never fully heal, but watching him die helped somewhat. Vegeta gave a quick, somewhat cruel grin watching Frieza die.

"Now free from that asshole's control, Vegeta found himself traveling to earth… Not entirely sure what to do next."

"While he did struggle to life on earth, he eventually continued his rigorous training and eventually became one of the planets strongest defenders against those that wanted to conquer it."

"Kinda ironic considering the fact that he tried to destroy it, but hey. We're not here to judge." Boomstick added, agitating Vegeta slightly. "He even got hitched to Bulma Briefs…"

Bulma smiled over to Vegeta, who gave a slight smirk in response.

"…breaking poor Master Roshi's heart."

Multiple heads turned to Roshi, whose eyes (even behind sunglasses) seemed to be incredibly small in shock. Sweat was running down his head as he tried to think of a response.

"Uh… I… Uh…" He stammered.

"Hey, you still have Launch." Skorch remarked.

"Yeah." Roshi nodded, before seeming to realize what he had just said. "Wait- what?!"

Skorch laughed a deep laugh at the old man's panicked reaction, and it did get a few laughs from the others.

"I'm going to crack that skull like an egg when this is over son." Roshi said, leaning forward dangerously.

"I doubt it's be a fair fight." Skorch retorted. "All I'd have to do is kick your cane away and you ain't going anywhere!"

Goku punched Skorch in the back of the head, accidentally using more force than he intended, and the skull popped off the spinal cord and bounced a few times before coming to a stop near 18 and Marion. Both of whom seemed somewhat confused and freaked out by the flaming skull.

"I deserved that." The disembodied head stated, seeming to hop on its own accord to turn to face the screen.

"Partially due to his Saiyan heritage, Vegeta can move and fly at hypersonic speeds, survive underwater and in the cold depths of space for extended periods of time, and can even endure a freaking nuclear blast to the face and walk it off like it was nothing! Now that's impressive!" Boomstick declared as scenes were shown of Vegeta doing all the aforementioned things, and kicking Recoome's ass, before flying in front of the alien and proceeding to punch him into a cliff.

"You're NOTHING compared to me!" Vegeta shouted as he fired a blast at the clifside.

"It amazes me how much you guys can get put through and still come out fine." Mr. Satan remarked, shaking his head. "I still find it hard to believe you can fly, let alone survive in space!"

"Well, it's all true." Vegeta smirked. "Being a Saiyan tends to give you an advantage in some areas, such as pure, unadulterated badass."

"He's trained at four hundred times earth's gravity. Which for the record, it's believed that humans can survive at maximum a gravitational force of ten G's." Wiz continued with Vegeta's rundown. "This means Vegeta was training at 40 times earth's gravity."

Everyone watched, impressed as Vegeta was doing one-handed push-ups… On his one hand. It was clear it was a strenuous task for even him, but he refused to give up, he kept pushing on.

"Alright, credit where credit is due. That is impressive." Mr. Satan conceded. "I don't know how you do all the Ki stuff, but training at that level of intensity is commendable."

"I still can't believe you did that…" Bulma muttered. "Saiyan or not, you were not in good shape when we found you."

"Pain is just weakness leaving the body." Vegeta shrugged.

"And yeah, it caught up with him." Boomstick flatly added.

Vegeta was on his hands and knees, struggling to pull himself up. Finally, after a few deep breaths, he collapsed.

"Still, it gave him the chance to grow closer to his future wife, so… Yay, I guess." Boomstick added. "Isn't there something about energy guns in here?"

(*Cues: Vegeta Powers Up - Dragon Ball Z*)

"Vegeta can also tap into a natural inner energy known as Ki." Wiz stated. "By using this energy, he is able to create a whole slew of powerful attacks with them."

KI ATTACKS

Galick Gun

Bang Beam ("That's what she said!" Skorch shouted upon seeing the name.)

Big Bang Attack

Final Shine

Energy Bullet Volley (A.K.A. Lucora Gun) ("That just sounds cooler." Trunks commented.)

Final Flash

"His trademark attack is a purple laser called the Galick gun." Boomstick stated as Vegeta was shown firing a blast off.

"His Big Bang attack unleashes a devastating shockwave of energy decimating anything that happens to be caught in its vast radius. On top of that, it can be concentrated into a beam to focus on a specific target."

"He's also got attacks such as the Energy Bullet Volley, which is exactly what you think it is, and is also the Final Shine, similar to the Bang Beam, just a lot more powerful. But perhaps his most powerful attack is the Final Flash. A giant golden beam that can destroy entire planets. Holy shit, that is powerful."

Everyone watched Vegeta seemed to be charging the Final Flash to its maximum power and fired it off directly at Cell. The Android seemed to be standing there smugly, thinking the attack wouldn't hurt him. Suddenly, he seemed to realize what was coming.

"What's this?" He asked shocked, before the beam hit him, supposedly disintegrating him.

"Good attempt, but it didn't kill him." Tien remarked.

"I kinda believed nothing could kill that thing." Goku muttered, before looking over to Skorch's head. "He's really gone, right?"

Skorch's decapitated body shrugged, and Goku frowned.

"Amazingly, Vegeta is able to pull all of these attacks off in his basic form." Wiz continued. "Vegeta's Ki is quite versatile, and he is in no way limited to these attacks. In fact, Vegeta can create entirely new ones if he trains hard enough, so he is never without a weapon."

"As you should be." Vegeta remarked.

"BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!" Boomstick suddenly shouted.

"That's right Boomstick, thanks to the trials and tribulations and hardships he's endured, Vegeta is able to reach the legendary form of a Super Saiyan." Wiz stated as Vegeta was shown powering up to his golden-hair power form. "In this nigh-indestructible form, Vegeta gets a power increases of 500%."

"Eh… That's debatable." Skorch's skull spoke up, getting everyone's attention. "So, due to this being an older episode, there was a mathematical mistake concerning the power increase. I'm not sure if it was 500% increase or 5000% increase. It dosen't change the battle or anything, but I wanted to point that out."

"How can you tell how much power someone gets from going from normal to super anyway?" Chi-Chi asked.

Skorch's headless body once again shrugged in response.

SUPER SAIYAN

Can Reach Level One and Two ("What?!" Vegeta exclaimed, angered.)

500% Increase Per Form ("Again, not sure about that.")

Can Be Activated Any Time

Sustained Through Energy

All Attacks Gain MASSIVE Upgrades Damage-Wise

Nearly Indestructible, But Still Can Be Hurt

Level Two Drains More Energy Than Level One

"He can push himself further and reach Super Saiyan level two, which gives him another 500% increase. That's a lot of power… and math." Boomstick stated. "Like… how much power is that? Over 9000?"

"No, not yet at least." Wiz answered. "These forms are sustained through Vegeta's remaining energy, and can last a good long while. Also, despite being able to reach Super Sayian Level Four, he was only able to succeed in that with the assistance of Bulma's Blutz Wave machine, and cannot naturally reach this level."

Everyone saw Vegeta now powered up to Level four, wearing a red vest and his hair much longer than it normally was.

"But in Death Battle, we don't allow outside help." Boomstick added. "So, it dosen't seem like we'll be seeing this form today folks…"

"I've gone FAR beyond level two! I've become more powerful than Kakarot! What is this mockery!?" Vegeta shouted, now in full rage form, making a few of them flinch or move away, fearing for their unbroken bones. Beerus just raised a brow at the outburst.

"Wasn't there a message saying this was an older episode and some things might be slightly outdated?" Trunks asked, looking over his shoulder and back at his dad.

"Yes." Beerus and Skorch said in unison. Skorch's skull was suddenly grabbed by the Prince, who was ignoring the fire, and held right up to his face.

"So, they knowingly omitted information and powers I had that could cost me the battle? Is that what you're admitting to?!" He demanded.

"Well… yes and no." Skorch answered, before he could get another word out, Vegeta yelled in anger and threw the skull at a wall, startling everyone. It hit the wall hard and bounced off, flipping through the air and landing on Chi-Chi's lap.

"Uh, hey?" Skorch said awkwardly.

Chi-Chi screamed in terror and accidentally threw the skull in a random direction. It smacked into the TV, and then bounced off, landing on Roshi's cane and seeming to get stuck. Roshi and Skorch seemed to look one another in… well, the eye (or socket.)

"My staff." Skorch suddenly said defensively, before looking back to Vegeta. "Also, go f**k yourself." He growled. "I was trying to say what I said earlier. When this was made in D-Zero, you literally didn't have those abilities yet, you absolute asshole."

Vegeta seemed to calm down, realizing Skorch's reasoning, and also realizing Skorch had no control in what the Death Battles were.

"Sorry." He finally said. "I just…"

"Eh, shit happens." Skorch said dismissively, ignoring the looks he was getting form the parents. "At least I was finally able to get some wood!"

Roshi and Krillin couldn't help but laugh at the pun while Videl seemed to have a flat look at the talking skull. Beerus sighed at the pun, but chuckled slightly.

"While your Super Saiyan forms are impressive to some, you still are far from the power of a God." Beerus remarked, a self-indulgent tone clear in his voice. Goku and Vegeta had to (begrudgingly) admit that Beerus was right in this regard.

"Hey Skorch, is Beerus in any of these?" Goten asked.

The headless body once again shrugged.

"It's be awesome if he was though…" The head mused.

"Above all, Vegeta is cocky, arrogant, and proud." Wiz stated.

"Ture." Was collectively said from pretty much everyone present. Vegeta looked around and hunched forward slightly, feeling like he was being attacked.

"He is pretty much solely driven by a want to be the best and will go to any lengths to prove that he is, even if that means challenging opponents far stronger than him, or allowing them to reach a power level far beyond his ability to reasonably fight them."

A scene was shown of Vegeta fighting Android 18 of all people, the two seemed to be going blow-for-blow.

"Oh yeah… that happened…" 18 muttered, a little bit awkwardly.

18 was then shown flying in at extreme speeds and kicking Vegeta in the arm. Nothing seemed to happen for a few moments, but then his arm twisted and there was a sickening Snap! The look on Vegeta's face said it all. Super Saiyan or not, he was in agony.

"Ouch…" Buu muttered.

Vegeta then screamed in agony, falling to his knees.

"That sure looked painful." Skorch remarked, a bit more chipper than he intended.

"Hey, you don't wanna mess with her." Krillin shrugged.

"Totally."

"Not to mention in his angered state, he has been known to make several mistakes, such as trying to take on the power-draining Cell, despite the fact that there was no possible way he could defeat him. Even as a Super Saiyan, Cell was just more powerful."

Vegeta frowned, not liking being reminded of that incident… It had cost him his pride, nearly cost him earth, for a short time had cost him his son…

"But did this stop him?" Boomstick asked aloud. "Fuck no! Vegeta's not the kinda guy to ever take 'No' for an answer! Aside from occasionally his wife. But despite what we've said, don't think he's all ego, despite yes, being mostly ego, Vegeta usually has the strength to match his claims. And if he dosen't currently, you can bet your ass he's training to exceed those words! He won't give up until he surpasses his limits or dies. Only to eventually come back to life and keep going!"

It was weird for Vegeta to hear praise from Boomstick of all people, due not only to him -possibly- being an 'Anime' character, but also due to Boomstick's… well, almost everything. But while the co-host had clearly shown his vulgar and crude side more than a few times now, Vegeta could hear an odd sense of respect in the man's voice.

"Because of this, Vegeta is currently on his third life." Boomstick continued, as Vegeta was shown having a hole blasted in his chest by Frieza. "Regardless, he also went through what we're gonna call 'The Kratos Effect' and despite still being an asshole, he's an asshole for the right reasons. He's still alive to this day, kicking ass and being a dick."

"I AM A SUPER SAIYAN!" Vegeta roared as he charged a large energy attack. "AND YOU CAN BURN IN HELL!" He then unleashed the attack, and it seemed to consume the entire screen in white.

The doors then closed and Bulma paused the video.

"Well. You're screwed." Gohan stated aloud.

"What? Why?!" Vegeta demanded.

"Relax! I was joking!" Gohan laughed. Vegeta grumbled something but didn't say it out loud.

"So, there was an entire planet of Saiyans at one point?" Hercule asked.

"Yes. The story behind the Saiyans and the other race is a long and somewhat confusing one. My father told me when I was younger, but… it's not that important."

"I remember your father." Beerus remarked. "He was a better leader than many of the so-called 'Kings' I have met in my time."

Vegeta felt a mixture of sourness and pride upon the God's remark. He wasn't the biggest fan of Beerus, but also hearing from a non-Saiyan that his father was a wise ruler made him feel… good.

"Is that why you don't call yourself the King of Saiyans? Because of your father?" Bulma finally asked.

"Have you never asked this?" Vegeta asked, surprised.

"I don't think so…"

"Well, that was one of the reasons. Vegeta admitted. "Another reason being I was serving under Frieza, so the sense of 'ruling' didn't mean too much. Add to that the fact that the planet was gone, and I just never saw much reason to call myself king."

"You also wanted to earn it, didn't you?" Skorch's voice suddenly appeared in Vegeta's head.

"How the hell are you in here?"

"I have my ways. I ain't here to make fun of you, I'm just curious. Did you not take the mantle due to a sense of unfulfilment? Like you either weren't ready or hadn't earned it yet?"

"…tell anyone about this and I will grind your skull into dust. But yes." Vegeta finally mentally sighed. "After winding up here, meeting Kakarot, I think it really hit me on Namek, just… the monster I had become. My father would be ashamed of me, taking the title of king would be a mockery to him and everything he stood for."

"I doubt this means shit to you coming from me, but I think your father would be proud of the warrior you've become." Skorch finally said after a few moments of silence.

"Thank you. I mean that." Vegeta finally replied.

The doors re-opened, showing the black-and-red hedgehog holding an assault rifle walking away form an explosion.

"Before you ask, D-Zero went through this weird phase where everyone making stories thought 'Edgy' immediately meant it would be the best thing in the world." Skorch stated.

"Created by Dr. Gerald Robotnik and the leader of the Black Hand, a race of deadly aliens, Shadow the Hedgehog was designed with alien DNA to be the ultimate life form." Wiz began as Shadow was shown standing on the edge of a broken road, before jumping off and attacking a bizarre looking black-and-red creature, knocking it away from a solider.

"So, how badly did this end?" Boomstick asked rhetorically. "Whenever someone creates an 'Ultimate-Living-Something-Or-Other' it never ends well. Mutants, androids, this shit never ends well."

Android 18 seemed to frown slightly. Sure, she didn't want to be a psychopathic killing machine, but she didn't exactly have too much choice in the matter. Krillin seemed to pick up on this as well.

"Not always." Krillin said, giving a slight smile over to 18, who returned it.

"What about her brother?" Skorch piped up, making Krillin frown and look over to the skull.

"Do you have to ruin everything?" He asked, annoyed.

"No." Skorch answered. "I just choose to."

"Why?" Krillin asked exasperated. "Why do you do this?"

"Because I'm an asshole."

"Surprisingly, things went pretty well." Wiz replied, throwing the viewers for a bit of a loop. "Shadow came out exactly as they planned. And despite being a living weapon capable of unbelievable feats, he was actually created so his genes could be used to create a powerful antidote that was believed to cure a deathly illness."

"Wow." Goten said aloud. "Didn't see that coming."

"But why would they need to make a hedgehog to make an antidote?" Roshi asked, not seeing how a hedgehog was a pharmaceutical invention. "Do like, his quills have properties like a senzu bean?"

"Dunno, and I'm gonna go use the can." Skorch answered as his body got up and walked off, his head bouncing out the door after it, still on Roshi's staff. The fighters watched in odd amusement at the scene that just happened.

"So, are we all agreeing that that was the weirdest thing we've ever seen? Or is there something weirder?" Piccolo asked.

"It certainly is one of the odder things I've seen…" Beerus muttered.

"Top five for me." Yamcha remarked.

"Definitely up there…" Videl nodded.

"More specifically, Gerald's granddaughter Maria."

There were some smiles at the sight of a small, blonde girl standing next to Shadow in what appeared to be a space station, looking down on earth.

"Isn't it beautiful Shadow?" Maria asked in a kind tone. "What do you think it's like on earth?"

"She's never been to earth?" Hercule asked quizzically.

"Well, if she is sick, probably Gerald was trying to keep her from infecting others." Bulma reasoned. "Still, it's sad nonetheless."

"The professor said his life's work was dedicated to all of those who lived down there. He once told me that his reason for his existence was making people happy through the power of science…"

"I think you two would get along." Chi-Chi said, looking over to Bulma.

"Probably." She nodded. "I'm interested as to what he found out about the cure Shadow was supposed to be…"

"But before Shadow could be shared with the world, tragedy struck." Wiz stated, getting oddly serious.

"The girl died of her illness, didn't she?" Beerus frowned.

The scene then cut to Shadow and Maria running form several armed men down a hallway. The solider could be heard shouting, ordering the others not to let them escape. One of the men aimed his rifle and fired, shocking everyone watching (except Beerus, well. Admittedly, he was shocked, but was trying not to show it.) However, a metal door seemed to close before the bullets hit wither of them.

"Oh, thank God!" Chi-Chi exclaimed, not wanting to watch a child die.

Shadow stood, breathing heavily, without warning, a glass tube came down around him. He turned around shocked, and saw it. Maria was standing near a console, blood on her hand, a bullet wound noticeable on her chest. In fact, the wound seemed to be registering on her face as she looked over to Shadow. The gasps were undeniable form most of the women (and the kids) present.

"Maria!" Shadow yelled, banging on the glass.

"HOW COULD THEY!?" Videl erupted, beyond furious. "SHE WAS JUST A CHILD!"

"I could almost understand the child death in Kratos' story… but in this? This seems like a cartoon for kids!" Tien added, genuinely taken aback by the scene they were watching.

Vegeta and Goku just felt pissed. Sure, they fought (and had died) all sorts of monsters and aliens who wanted to destroy the world or enslave humanity. But there was something about this that just hurt.

Goten and Trunks sat silent in front of the TV not sure how to react, but feeling like they had just been smashed in the guy with a sledgehammer. They had known this girl all of fifteen seconds, but it didn't make it any easier.

Marion just buried her face into her mother's chest and 18 was trying to console her. She wasn't crying, but it was clear she was scared.

"I beg you… Shadow." Maria managed to get out. "Please, do it for me. For all of the people… living on that planet…"

The next few words no one could make out, even Shadow didn't seem able to understand what she was saying.

"Goodbye… Shadow the Hedgehog." She finished, pulling a lever and dropping to the floor, succumbing to her wounds. The floor opened and the capsule dropped.

"MARIA!" Shadow shouted as he disappeared.

Everyone just looked from one to another, the same thought on everyone's mind.

"That's better…" Skorch sighed, his body walking in and sitting down while his head (still on Roshi's staff) bounced over to the side of the couch.

"Hey… Skorch?" 18 began, her anger rising. "Maybe warn us the next time a child is going to be brutally gunned down!"

"What?" Skorch asked confused, looking to the tv. "Oh. Shit. They brought that up so early? I could've sworn it was later… Oh geez… I'm sorry, I… I was going to mention it…"

"Why?" Videl cut him off, tears in her eyes. "Why'd they have to kill her?"

"Well, two reasons." Skorch began. "One, the illness she was sick with had no cure, so if it got out on earth, they'd be screwed. Second, the Black Hand was planning to kill everyone on earth and take over, using Shadow as their main weapon, so when the government found out, they were given a kill order for everyone on the Space Colony ARK." He paused for a moment then added: "It gets sadder when you realize they weren't trying to shoot her. The guy who did was aiming at the ceiling as a warning shot, but one of his teammates grabbed his gun, thinking he was aiming for them and accidentally pulled it down when he pulled the trigger."

"That dosen't make it better…" Trunks remarked.

"Yeah? Grass grows, birds fly, sooner or later you're all gonna die." Skorch retorted. "Like it or not, death is a thing that happens. You all should know this better than anyone!"

"Okay, you need to lighten the hell up, and we need to move on." Bulma suddenly said matter-of-factly.

Everyone turned back to the TV, an awkward tension in the air.

"Yo, Turtle man. You got an grass?" Skorch whispered.

"Nah, sorry." Roshi replied quietly.

"It's cool, I got some back in my room, but… I don't think I should leave just now…"

"For some reason Shadow lost some of his memories and was also kind of pissed off." Boomstick continued. "After being frozen… or something… for fifty years, he attempted to destroy the planet as per what he believed Maria's last words meant."

"That's a bit extreme." Gohan said, raising a brow.

"I sincerely doubt she asked him to kill everyone…" Videl muttered.

"Well, it turned out quite unsurprisingly that she didn't ask Shadow to kill everyone, but to give them a chance to be happy." Wiz added. "So, in the end, Shadow ended up saving the world."

"Well that's good." Goku said.

"But people are still getting sick on earth so I guess he forgot about that whole 'living cure thing'… Still, not destroying the earth is a good first step." Boomstick remarked.

"The cure is probably a lost cause now." Bulma frowned. "Without Gerald's notes, there's probably no way to make the cure, unless he's still alive." She finished looking over to Skorch, whose body was pouring a soda down the hole where his head would normally be attached.

"They executed him… I think." Skorch answered. "Plus, he was pushing 150, so he didn't have much time left anyways."

"Regardless, Shadow is able to move at hypersonic speeds, even being able to keep up with Sonic the Hedgehog, whose top speeds have been clocked at beyond Mach 5 and even surpassing the speed of light."

"I'm sorry, WHAT?!" Bulma exclaimed, shocked. "There's NO way a hedgehog can move that fast!"

"Look, I don't want to have to cut to me every other sentence, so I'll put it this way, the fastest Sonic has been clocked at for actual speed was 3840 MPH, but he's also been able to break the sound barrier and yes, he can move faster than light on occasions. But that's a debate for another day." Skorch cut in.

"He's a hedgehog! Alien DNA or not, there's no scientific way he could physically move that fast without his entire body being liquefied as he ran! Not to mention that the atmosphere around him wouldn't be able to stop and start that fast and he could destroy entire cities with a shockwave if he wasn't careful!"

"Should we try and stop her or…" Beerus asked, unsure of what to do.

"No, this happens sometimes." Vegeta replied with a shrug. "Give her a minute and she'll calm down."

It was about seven minutes when Bulma finally seemed to stop trying to analyze the scientific side of a cartoon hedgehog, and everyone continued watching.

BACKGROUND

Height: 3'3" ("Wow. He's shorter than Chiaotzu and Oolong!"Goten remarked, surprised. "And Vegeta!" Skorch added, Vegeta just kicked the headless body to the ground and proceeded to use it as a footrest.)

Weight: 77 lbs

Bio-Engineered Ultimate Lifeform ("What exactly does that mean?" Goku asked.)

Nearly Indestructible, Extreme Durability

Hypersonic Speed, Can Match and Surpass Sonic's Top Speed

Created with Alien DNA ("Sure." Bulma decided to just roll with it at this point.)

Gray Morality, Leaning More Towards Heroic In Later Events ("He was only evil in his first appearance, due to a lack of memories." Skorch stated.)

"He also is able to survive in outer space and even breathe underwater." Wiz added, as Shadow was seen swimming at an extremely fast pace, seeming just fine without oxygen.

"Hell, he's somehow managed to survive a fall from the moon back to earth! That is a really long-ass fall!" Boomstick added as everyone watch surprised to see Shadow now golden furred with red stripes falling from space towards the earth.

"Why's he look like a Super Saiyan?" Goku asked confused, upon hearing that, Skorch's skull began desperately trying to hold a laugh in.

"Well, it wasn't exactly the moon, but regardless, by the time Shadow would've made impact, he would've been falling at a rate of roughly six hundred thousand feet per second." Wiz explained as a chart appeared, showing a diagram of the moon, and a red arrow going from something marked 'ARK' to the earth. "This isn't including the fact that he survived not only re-entry, but the all but inevitable likelihood of him simply combusting as he fell."

"Wow, Shadow must have a crazy amount of endurance…" Videl remarked, surprised at Shadow's survival.

"I feel sorry for whatever was around when he landed." Boomstick muttered. "Just some random guy just walking along and ... OH MY GOD!"

This got a few laughs from some of the viewers, as some of the Z-fighters knew that sometimes debris or stray attacks tended to freak people out when a rock or energy blast appeared out from nowhere and destroyed a car or a chunk of road. Apparently, businesses were now selling 'Alien Insurance' for when things like that happened.

"Right…" Wiz replied before the scene cut to show seven coloured emeralds. "Despite his undeniable speed and physical strength, Shadow's main powers from form his natural connection to the Chaos Emeralds which grant him access to the Chaos Force."

CHAOS EMERALDS

Seven In Total

One Giant One Known As The 'Master Emerald'

One Alone Grants The User Unlimited Power (More than a few eye's widened at that claim)

Can Warp Reality (This shocked everyone)

A Single Emerald Can Warp and Entire City

Can Open Portals To Other Dimensions (Now most were very interested in them)

"These Chaos Emeralds seem a lot like Dragon Balls…" Piccolo remarked.

"Yeah, they have magical properties, can teleport things, give whoever has them a power boost…" Gohan nodded in agreement.

"Different realms have different… Well, I call them 'Artifacts', objects with mystical powers that can help or hinder a world, in Sonic's Dimension, it just so happened that there were seven Emeralds, akin to the seven balls." Skorch explained.

Piccolo gave the skull a somewhat distrusting look, he was clearly hiding something… but the Namekian couldn't piece together what it was.

"They're beautiful!" Chi-Chi remarked, looking at the emeralds.

CHAOS FORCE

Can Freeze Time With Chaos Control (This intrigued a few of the fighters)

Can Make Weapons With Chaos Spear (Vegeta seemed interested in that ability)

Chaos Blast Makes Explosions

Other-Energy Based Attacks

Can Be Used to Defend, Heal, Fly, and Warp

"So, his Chaos force is akin to Ki-Force, isn't it?" Tien asked.

"Seems like it." Roshi nodded. "But rather than it being an inner energy, it's an energy he taps into from some other force."

"Not exactly…" Skorch mused.

"Still, learning how to make Ki-Spears could be useful." Vegeta admitted. "It seems like it would be the same as a Galick blast, but focused into a specific shape."

"Have you ever tried that dad?" Trunks asked.

"No, I'm honestly a bit surprised that I haven't though…" The Prince thought it over.

"And this stuff is pretty effective." Boomstick declared. "Shit, he can freeze time with Chaos Control, warp with Chaos Warp, make spears with Chaos Spear, but his most powerful attack is Chaos Blast. A big ass shockwave that obliterates everything. And I do mean everything. Like, holy shit. That's a lotta damage. However, Chaos Control takes time to completely freeze time, and isn't too helpful in battle. But he can slow time with it, I guess it depends on what he wants to do in the moment."

"On top of that, Shadow also wears to inhibitor rings which restrict his access to the Chaos Force. This is mainly due to the unpredictability of the nature of Chaos and to make sure Shadow is always in control." Wiz continued with the run-down, as Shadow was seen taking two rings off.

"Why would he restrict his access to his main energy source?" Yamcha asked.

"Well, if we were to compare it to Ki, I think the answer is pretty simple." Bulma reasoned. "Ki is a natural life energy, something the bodies of those who use it are used to, with training and time, Goku and the others have gotten control over the energy and its tendencies. Now comparing that to something called 'Chaos Force' it probably stands to reason it's harder to control, and where Ki flows naturally through someone's body, Chaos might damage it if they use it too much."

"I don't know about the 'damage' part, but your dead right." Skorch said from the other side of the room.

INHIBITOR RINGS

Restrict Chaos Power

Maintains Precision Control ("Called it!" Bulma exclaimed.)

When Removed, His Powers Increase Exponentially, But His Stamina Drops Quickly

"Should he remove them, he receives a massive power boost, but this also tends to tire him out quite quickly and drain him of his powers." Wiz finished.

"His power also tends to increase depending on the number of Chaos Emeralds he has at a time." Boomstick continued.

"And if he has all seven he can become a Super Hedgehog?" Tien snarked. This time, Skorch's withheld laughter was audible throughout the entire room. "What is it now?"

"Ju…just watch!" Skorch finally managed to say.

"And when he gets even of them…" Boomstick trailed off.

Everyone watched confused as Sonic and Shadow stood in the middle of a room, the seven emeralds surrounding them. They began spinning around the duo, getting so fast it was impossible to see. Suddenly, the two launched into the air, and in a flash of white light, they transformed. Now Shadow had a whitish-golden colour to his fur, while Sonic had just a regular golden colouring to his fur. Everyone watching shot forward, jaws to the floor. These two hedgehogs… had literally gone Super Saiyan. There was complete silence as everyone just looked at the two. Thankfully, when the remote fell out of Bulma's hand, it hit 'Pause'. After a few more moments of desperately trying to restrain himself, Skorch burst out into gales of uncontrollable laughter. His head hit the ground and popped off the staff, now rolling left and right across the middle of the floor. Tears were turning to smoke as Skorch lost all control and laughed for a good solid two minutes.

"OH, MY EMBERS!" He finally managed to wheeze out. "The… the look… on you… on your faces! The looks on your faces was PRICELESS!"

Thankfully, his body managed to snap a picture on his phone as Skorch continued rolling around in hysterics. The entity hadn't laughed this long in ages and damn did it feel good.

Finally, people seemed to be coming out of the shock they found themselves in and now turned their attention to the laughing skull. Goku used his Telekinesis to lift the skull up so everyone could see him.

"What is this?!" The Saiyan demanded. "Are they just us but animals?!"

"No..o…o…" Skorch wheezed again, still laughing uncontrollably. "Oh geez… holy crap… holy crap… Oh, I haven't laughed like that in AGES!"

It took Skorch a few minutes, but eventually he calmed himself and stopped laughing, explaining to the Z-Fighters that not only had Sonic the Hedgehog taken inspiration from DB for the 'Super Transformation' but also that Vegeta was believed to be a major inspiration for Shadow. The amount of mixed feelings would've been impossible to count, so everyone decided to keep watching the episode, but now Skorch was on the back of the couch, between Vegeta and Goku.

SUPER FORM

Receives a 1000% Power Increase ("That's a generous estimate." Skorch cut in. "They took that off of the comics, and they're sort of their own continuity… But that's a good guess.")

Automatic Flight

Unlimited Endurance

Invincible (This was what most of the fighters took note of.)

Duration Based On A Time Limit/Number Of Rings He Has On Him

"So, he gets all of that… Just from seven stones?" Gohan asked, amazed at how similar yet different the Dragon Balls and Chaos Emeralds seemed to be.

"Yup." Skorch nodded. "Hell, if Goku of Geets ever got them, and hit their maximum power level, they'd probably be able to wipe the floor with both Whis and Beerus… But uh… don't try that. Ever."

"Don't ever call me that again." Vegeta scowled, not looking back to the skull behind him. Beerus also shot him a look that said Watch your words, Skorch wined in response, and his body gave a thumbs-up.

"Super Shadow is the be-all, end all of his powers. Not only does he receive a one thousand percent power increase, but he also gains flight, complete and total invincibility and unlimited endurance." Wiz explained the benefits of Shadow's Super Form.

"But like most awesome abilities, there's a catch." Boomstick picked up from where Wiz ended. "Not only can Shadow only stay in this form for a few minutes, but it also leaves him extremely drained. However, he can prolong this form by collecting rings, and let's be real here. What's a few minutes to him is hell to whoever he's fighting."

"What does he mean by ring?" Chi-Chi asked.

"There's these big gold rings in their world. Roughly big enough to fit around my skull. Not only are they a sort of power source, but they prolong one's super form… for some reason." Skorch answered, bouncing slightly to look at Chi-Chi.

"To this day, Shadow remains one of Sonic's toughest rivals. He's survived cataclysmic attacks, been sent through time, fallen form the moon to earth like we mentioned, and even survived wave after wave of robotic duplicates of himself." Wiz said as shots were shown of everything he mentioned, even an army of Robotic Shadows fighting him and Sonic. "He might tend to be a bit more aggressive than the rest of Sonic's friends, and prefer to work alone, often isolating himself from others. But in the end, Shadow the Hedgehog remains a force you don't want to mess with."

"That's not all, I'm full of surprises." Shadow smirked before jumping off of a lamp post in front of Sonic. The doors closing once again.

"Alright, the combatants are set. It's time to end this debate once and for all." Wiz stated matter-of-factly.

"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!" Boomstick declared.

The doors closed and Bulma paused the video.

"Well… this is interesting." Piccolo finally spoke up.

"If Vegeta inspired Shadow so much, then Vegeta probably will win." Gohan reasoned. "Shadow seems to have his own set of powers similar to Ki attacks, and his super form may be effective, but I don't believe he'll be able to keep it up as long as Vegeta can stay in his Super form."

"That does make sense, aside from the fact that Shadow is invincible in his super form." Yamcha countered. "I don't think even a final flash attack could kill him in that state."

"Once again, it seems to come down to endurance." Beerus remarked. "If both of you have a similar super form, then one of you simply needs to outlast the other long enough to secure the winning blow."

"The thing that bothers me is I don't know who to be pissed at if I lose." Vegeta commented. "Myself, or the creators of the show."

"Or Skorch." Roshi added. "Pretty sure you could throw his skull against the wall of a bit."

"I can make him watch anyone he cares for melt alive."

"Never mind!"

"So how exactly does this end?" Goku asked, looking down at the skull.

"What? You want me to tell you?" Skorch asked bewildered. "Where's the fun in that? Don't you wanna see you either Vegeta kick ass or get his ass kicked?"

"He has a point." Tien nodded. "Simply telling us what happens would negate the need to watch these at all."

"Well, if I had to guess, Vegeta could overpower Shadow in physical strength, but Shadow's chaos powers might give him an edge." Hercule spoke up. "He can freeze time with those rocks, I doubt even you guys have something to counter act that."

"No. We don't." Vegeta frowned, thinking it over. "Let's just see how this goes."

In the end, Bulma, Trunks, Goku, Gohan, Buu, Roshi, Vegeta (duh), and Piccolo all voted for Vegeta to win, with Chi-Chi, Goten, Videl, Yamcha, Beerus and Hercule voting for Shadow to win. Skorch didn't vote.

The doors re-opened with Shadow skating across the ground, looking at a device. He was using a radar to look for something as he entered a familiar valley.

"Any luck Shadow?" A female voice asked over a communication device.

"None yet." The hedgehog replied. "This seems like an odd place for a Chaos Emerald to be…"

"Well, that's the thing, after the Doctor's last attack, they got scattered." The female voice replied.

"Hm." Was all Shadow said.

As the radar got louder, he came to a stop near a small creator, sliding down the hill, he seemed confused as he was looking at a Dragon Ball.

"What?" He muttered, confused.

"Shadow, hurry up and find the emerald, we're picking up some sort of anomaly in your vicinity, it's something we've never sensed before!"

Shadow looked at the Dragon Ball, then saw a new figure seeming to be coming down towards the ground. Shadow's radar went berserk, so he picked up the Dragon Ball and walked over towards the newcomer.

"So." He said, approaching Vegeta who had his back turned. "You're the extraordinary source of power I sensed."

"Well that certainly sounds like me…" Vegeta began, but turned around and saw Shadow.

"He dosen't sound too far off…" Vegeta admitted.

"That's not even the guy they hired to play you in the show." Skorch remarked. "But I'll explain that later."

"Um… Who and what are you?" Vegeta asked, now seeming very confused. "And where did you find that?" He asked, pointing to the Dragon Ball.

"I am Shadow the Hedgehog, The Ultimate Lifeform!" Shadow declared, taking a fighting stance. Vegeta, quite expectedly, began laughing.

"Really?" He finally snarked. "A weird looking rat, is an Ultimate Life form? HAHAHAHA! Oh, that's good… Word of advice, freak; your about three feet too short to be considered and actual threat."

"Funny, I was about to say the same thing." Shadow retorted, and Vegeta stopped laughing immediately.

"Beat me to it." Gohan smirked.

"…you just signed your fate, fool." Vegeta growled.

FIGHT

(*Cues: Hyperbolic Time Chamber - Dragon Ball Z*)

Shadow runs forward and jumps, flipping and trying to bring his foot down at Vegeta. The Saiyan dashed back and spun, trying to kick Shadow in the head. The hedgehog blocked the kick with his hand and punched Vegeta in the chest, pushing him back somewhat. Vegeta began charging a purple Ki attack in his hands.

"GALICK GUN, FIRE!" He shouted, firing a blast off at Shadow. The Ki exploded, but when the smoke cleared, Shadow wasn't there. "What?"

Shadow suddenly re-appeared behind Vegeta and performed a double-fisted-downward-slam into Vegeta, knocking him down.

"Oh, c'mon!" Vegeta groaned, not impressed with how he was doing.

Vegeta (in the fight) growled and grabbed Shadow, punching him several times in the face before flying through a stone pillar, smashing Shadow into it, making it crack heavily.

"Chaos Spear!" Shadow yelled, stabbing Vegeta with a spear and making him let go of Shadow. It didn't seem to hurt Vegeta too much, but it did surprise him. Shadow seemed to be matching Vegeta's flight with his hover shoes.

"Okay, those shoes are awesome." Videl admitted.

"Hm. Not bad." Vegeta said, looking a bit surprised at Shadow flying. "But not good enough!"

Suddenly firing another Galick blast, it caught Shadow off-guard and he was hit dead on by the blast. It seemed to hurt him, but he wasn't down for the count, not by a long shot. He was breathing a bit heavily, surprised at how much the blast hurt.

"Pathetic. Before you die, allow me to show you a TRUE ULTIMITE LIFE FORM!" Vegeta exclaimed.

(*Cues: Super Saiyan Vegeta - Dragon Ball Z*)

Yelling as he summoned his inner strength, Vegeta was surrounded by a yellow energy as his hair turned to a bright blonde, and Ki energy seemed to be crackling around his body.

"I think this fight may be shorter than the others." Trunks remarked.

"Well yeah, but Shadow also has his super form." Goten countered.

"Fair point."

Shadow's eyes widened, not in fear, but more in surprise. In fact, Shadow smirked a little.

"Hahahahaha! Tell me hedgehog, does a lab rat like you experience fear?" Vegeta laughed, cockily.

(*Cues Live And Learn – Sonic Adventure 2 – Instrumental*)

"You have… no idea… WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH!" Shadow shouted, as the seven Chaos Emeralds

"Wait, wait, wait!" Bulma exclaimed pausing the video. "How come Shadow has the Chaos Emeralds?! Wouldn't that count as outside help?"

"Yeah… she's right!" Roshi agreed, looking over to the skull. "Technically Shadow can only achieve his super form through the seven chaos emeralds and can't do so naturally."

"Well, technically Shadow has the green Chaos Emerald ninety-nine percent of the time." Skorch answered. "Also, Shadow uses the Chaos Emeralds, not say, Sonic uses them to give Shadow his super form like how Bulma had to use her Blutz Wave machine in order to help Vegeta back in the day. Also, the Chaos Emeralds technically count as equipment or weapons."

Bulma frowned at that, but understood (sort of) Skorch's logic to it.

Shadow yelled as the Emeralds spun around him, and in a white flash, Shadow had become Super Shadow. He took a fighting stance and addressed Vegeta.

"This, is my true power!" Shadow declared. Vegeta seemed taken aback before looking at the viewers.

"Wow… what a rip-off." He said in a flat tone. Everyone watching got a good laugh out of that.

"Hey, he said it, not me." Vegeta smirked.

"Sad thing is, that probably is what you'd say if you ever saw someone like Shadow do this in real life." Gohan laughed.

"It is, in all honesty…" Beerus nodded.

Vegeta was then tackled by Shadow. "GAH!"

"Cheap shot!" Trunks exclaimed.

As the two-kept flying, Shadow and Vegeta were furiously unleashing a flurry of punches on one another as they flew through the clifside and came out the other side.

"INSULENT!" Vegeta shouted, punching Shadow a good distance in front of him. "PATHETIC!" He shot forward and hit Shadow again. "WORTHLESS PIECE OF SH-"

"CHAOS CONTROL!" Shadow suddenly shouted, there was an odd green flash and the screen's colours went negative for a few moments, then Vegeta found himself moving much slower than normal. Shadow breathed heavily, using the emerald to give himself a quick recharge, he then created several purple spheres around the frozen Vegeta, before creating dozens of Chaos Spears. Snapping his fingers, time returned to normal and the balls exploded, bouncing Vegeta about before one blasted him to the ground, then the barrage of spears came at him, creating a sizeable explosion.

"That's gotta hurt…" Tien said aloud.

Vegeta shot out of the explosion and kicked Shadow in the gut, then flew behind him and kicked him again, before unleashing a barrage of Ki blasts at the flying hedgehog. When the blasts stopped, Shadow was nowhere to be seen.

"Again?!" Vegeta exclaimed annoyed.

"Again!?" The Vegeta in the battle exclaimed, annoyed. "Where'd he go this time?!"

"Right behind you." Shadow remarked, appearing behind Vegeta and snapping his fingers. In a white flash, Vegeta looked around, confused.

"What the hell?" He asked. "Where am I?"

Looking around, Vegeta realized he was now in the artic, as a few penguins slid by him, not paying the glowing Saiyan any mind.

"Hm. That was easier than I thought." Shadow mused with a smirk. "Well, I-"

In a sudden flash, Vegeta re-appeared.

"Cheap trick asshole." He scowled, winding up a punch, Shadow simply snapped his fingers again.

"Really!?" Was collectively exclaimed by a few of the viewers.

"Is that all he can do!?" Bulma asked, a bit annoyed at Shadow's cheap tactics.

"I thought he was the supposed 'Ultimate Lifeform' and he can't even keep his own against a Saiyan." Beerus grumbled, clearly not impressed.

"Just wait…" Was all Skorch said.

Vegeta's punch shattered a rock formation and he looked around, confused. He now realized he was on the moon.

"Oh, GOD FUCKING DAMN IT!" He shouted so loud Shadow could hear it back on earth.

"They got your personality right." Piccolo dryly quipped.

"THAT'S IT!" Vegeta continued to shout. "PLAY TIME'S OVER, RAT!"

Flying up and then slamming into the moon, Shadow's eyes widened as he realized what Vegeta was doing. The moon began moving towards earth, clearly picking up speed and igniting the air around it (or however that works, you know what I mean).

"NO!" Shadow shouted. "IS HE INSANE?!"

"Yes." Was said aloud.

"What do you all have against me?!" Vegeta asked defensively.

"I have a two-hundred-and-sixty-nine-page book of all the reasons people hate you."

Vegeta pushed the skull off of the back of the couch, and Skorch's dreads came alive, when he hit the ground, two of them acting like legs as he walked around the couch to sit down.

"I…just…ugh. Whatever…" 18 muttered, deciding not to question what she was seeing.

"I'M A SUPER SAIYAN BITCH!" Vegeta shouted over the sound of the moon hurdling towards earth.

"I wouldn't say something like that!" Vegeta argued.

"The dude playing you turned it into a joke. I'll explain later…"

As the moon got closer to earth, it was trapped by the gravitational pull and began gaining speed. Shadow took a deep breath and took off his inhibitor rings. He was suddenly surrounded by fire as he began charging his Chaos Energy.

"CHAOS… CONTROL!" He shouted, and the moon suddenly disappeared, re-appearing in its proper location, leaving most of the viewers in a state of shock.

"…wow." Vegeta eventually muttered. "Didn't expect that…"

"Yes!" Shadow exclaimed. "I did it!"

"Congrats fur ball." A voice said as Vegeta suddenly cold-clocked Shadow in the back of the head. The duo returning to their fist fight. Shadow grabbed Vegeta's fist and hit him under his elbow, twisting the Prince's arm and throwing him into the ground.

"Chaos Spear!" Shadow shouted as he fired another volley of spears at Vegeta, who returned fire with a series of Galick blasts. However, neither fighter waited to see what would happen, as they flew at one another, through their own attacks which were exploding around them as they collided, now locked in a stand-off.

"Just give up already!" Vegeta demanded. "You're nothing compared to me!"

"I'm the Ultimate Lifeform, you're some hairy midget with a temper shorter than your stature!" Shadow retorted. Vegeta yelled in anger and the two kicked off one another.

"FINAL FLASH!" Vegeta roared, beginning to charge up his attack.

"CHAOS BLAST!" Shadow countered, beginning to charge a red blast.

"Oh, this should be interesting." Roshi said. "What happens if their attack hit?"

"The world is probably screwed." Gohan answered.

After a few moments, Shadow suddenly unleashed his blast, catching Vegeta off guard, who fired his semi-charged final flash, the beam hitting the shockwave, and a white light with red energy crackling throughout it enveloped the screen, the two fighters yelling in pain. As the screen came back into vision, the valley the two had been fighting in was decimated. The green grasslands were now a scorched earth, the rock formations were twisted and reduced to rubble. From the smoke, Vegeta and Shadow dragged themselves to their feet, the former seeming to be on his last legs.

"Time… to end this!" Shadow huffed, and began charging another attack. "Chaos…"

"I swear, if I lose this…" Vegeta grumbled watching his animated counterpart do nothing.

Shockingly, Shadow suddenly reverted to his black-and-red form, and looked down, shocked.

"Oh, crap…" He muttered.

"Sayonara." Was all Vegeta said, before unleashing the remains of his Final Flash attack, disintegrating Shadow into dust.

K.O.!

"Yes!" Vegeta cheered. "Victory!"

There were some cheers and applause for Vegeta's victory over Shadow, and a few were disappointed that Shadow lost. But they all quieted down to listen to the results.

(*Cues: Heroic Trunks - Dragon Ball Z*)

"Someone call PETA! We're down a hedgehog!" Boomstick laughed.

"Despite Shadow being physically weaker to the Saiyan, Shadow had to rely on other tactics to deal damage and weaken Vegeta." Wiz began with his explanation. "There was no way Shadow could survive Vegeta's Super From, but ironically, it wasn't guaranteed Vegeta could survive Shadow's Super Form."

"I don't think it makes much difference now." Goku remarked.

"That's not what they mean Goku." Piccolo said.

"Sure, Vegeta's Super Saiyan is powerful enough to trade blows with Cell and the Androids… but those battle didn't end with him winning. Shadow on the other hand, was able to take on a giant mutant-lizard thing IN SPACE and defeat it… Sort of."

"However, what gave Vegeta the advantage was the fact that his Super Saiyan Form didn't have a time limit on it. Yes, it does drain him of his energy, and towards the end it seemed to be catching up a little, but without a constant supply of rings, Shadow had to finish Vegeta off quickly in order to survive this fight."

"So why weren't there rings nearby? Wouldn't that technically count as something Shadow has?" Yamcha asked, a little annoyed at the outcome.

"Technically the rings would be like Bulma's Blutz Wave machine." Skorch reasoned. "The Chaos Emeralds were allowed due to the fact that he usually has them on him, rings on the other hand would technically be outside help."

"Shadow may be tough, strong enough to survive a fall form the moon to earth, but Vegeta has proved time and time again that he can take one hell of a beating from all sorts of opponents, from the Ginyu force, to Frieza, to Goku to even the aforementioned Cell. While he's gotten his ass kicked before, Vegeta always gets back up and keep fighting. If shadow spent more time attacking Vegeta rather than simply warping him around, he might have won, but Vegeta was able to last long enough for Shadow to revert to normal."

"Due to Super Shadow's godly power and invulnerability, the question wasn't if Vegeta could kill Shadow, it was if he could survive Super Shadow." Wiz added. "But due to his training, experience, and his big mouth-"

"HEY!" Vegeta shouted, annoyed.

"-we found the answer."

"Looks like Shadow's time was up." Boomstick joked, making a few of the viewers groan.

"The winner is Vegeta." Wiz concluded.

The doors closed and Bulma paused the video.

"So, if I was able to defeat him at level two, what would've happened if they used what they know about us now?" Vegeta asked, looking over to Skorch.

"I dunno man." The skull replied. "But apparently, they're working on an updated battle with you, so I guess it's a wait and see."

"How many battles are there with us in them?" Gohan asked, and the skull hopped to turn around.

"You wanna know that, you gotta challenge me."

Gohan frowned at that, but made a mental not to ask his dad to challenge Skorch. The skull turned around and hopped to the centre of the room, everyone now looking at him.

"Now do you believe me?" He asked, sounding almost exasperated.

The Z-Fighters looked to one another, deep in thought. A few of them (Beerus, Vegeta, Piccolo, and Tien) seemed like they were between belief and anger for some reason. Others (Videl, Goten, Goku, Buu, Hercule) seemed more intrigued mixed with amazed more than anything, and the others were all over the place. Bulma was deep in thought, Roshi was seemingly optimistically intrigued, Trunks seemed like he had a thousand questions, and Chi-Chi seemed to be at a loss for words.

"I believe him." Bulma finally sighed. "I don't want to, but seeing this, an animated version of our encounters… I think the flaming skull is telling the truth."

"I gotta agree with ya Bulma." Roshi nodded. "Think about it this way. Say he was lying, why would he have stuck around all this time? Why wouldn't he, I dunno, have erased our memories, took the dvd's and bailed by now?"

"You can erase memories?" Goku asked, bewildered.

"No." Skorch replied. "I refused to learn that, it's not my call to decided what people can and can't know. Taking their ability to think from them isn't right, I shouldn't be allowed to make that call."

"But why bother coming here at all?" Chi-Chi asked bluntly. "If you're some sort of inter-dimensional being, why spend so much time here?"

"Because I'm bored." Skorch honestly replied. "Also, because I'm the only one who can answer the questions you guys are going to have if you keep watching these Death Battles."

"So how far ahead into the future does this Dimension X know?" Goten asked, looking back at Skorch.

"I dunno kid." Skorch replied with a slight sigh. "I ain't been back there in a while, and my knowledge goes a little bit into the future, but not that far."

"How far?"

"You gotta challenge me."

There was silence for a few moments, as everyone tried to think of questions that wouldn't require them to fight a being made of pure flame.

"Okay." Goten shrugged. "Let's flip your skull. Chin down you win, scalp down I win."

"Goten!" Chi-Chi exclaimed, shocked at her son's suggestion.

"Deal." Skorch replied, his hair colour turning a smoldering black colour. "If you win, I'll tell you how far into the future I can see, if I win, I get my body back."

Goten seemed a little awkward as he picked up Skorch's skull, it felt warm in an almost calming way, and he tossed it up, only seeing the fan after he let go.

"SHIT!" Skorch exclaimed as he hit the moving fan. "FUCK! OW!"

His head fell back down and bounced, coming to a stop on upside-down. Everyone now leaned forward a little bit as Skorch turned himself over and his sockets began to glow with green flames. After a few moments of silence, the green fire disappeared and he turned to face Videl.

"What are you doing next Thursday?" He asked.

"Uh, I don't have anything planned. Why?" She asked, a bit confused by the question.

"Keep it that way. You're going to the hospital." The skull replied. Videl seemed confused, then her eyes widened in realization and her face lit up.

"You mean…" She managed to sputter.

"Yup." The skull smiled.

Videl gave a girlish squeal of delight and hugged Gohan tightly, who seemed to realize what Skorch had said and hugged his wife back.

There were some cheers and congratulations as everyone (even Buu, somehow) seemed to realize what Skorch had revealed. After about ten minutes of pure joy, everyone seemed to calm down a little, and Vegeta looked back to Skorch.

"One last question." He said.

"Fire away."

"So, from what you've been saying, the show based on us is really popular in this… D-Zero?" Vegeta asked, still finding it hard to believe that there was a cartoon based on them.

"Wait, did I not tell you this?!" Skorch laughed, as if realizing he forgot to tell the punchline to a joke. "Dragon Ball is widely considered to be either the most popular, or one of the most popular anime franchises in all of D-Zero's history! Like, every 'Top Whatever Number' list you look at, it's usually in the top five."

Everyone went slack-jawed at that.

"Honestly, I can only think of one or two Animes that are more popular, and I'm not sure if you would even call them Anime's…"

"REALLY?!" Was collectively exclaimed.

"Yeah, gimmie my body back and I'll show you what I mean."

After Skorch re-attached his head; he, Bulma, Goku, Piccolo, Beerus and Vegeta began heading to where Skorch had supposedly been 'living'. As they entered the supply closet, the looked around confused at the small room.

"There's nothing here." Bulma remarked, flatly.

"Back here!" Skorch called.

The others walked towards the voice confused, and saw a door that definitely hadn't been there before. Going through it, they looked around in shock at the room there were now in. True to his claim, Skorch had a hot tub, a huge tv, a hammock, a slushy machine, a large computer set up, a bench with a bunch of scrap metal he was making art out of, and a pinball table.

"How long have you been here?!" Bulma demanded.

"A few months."

"How have we not noticed this!?"

"I dunno. Magic?" Skorch replied with a shrug. "Gimmie a sec, I need to do something."

Walking into his walk-in closet, Skorch looked for his phone and called someone. After a few moments, a portal opened and he looked in.

"Yo, Mad Dawg. You here, man?"

No response.

"I'm taking your manga, I'll be back in a bit!"

Grabbing a book, he went back through the portal and it closed behind him.

"Okay… review time!"

ramirogalletti - so out of curiosity, next part will explain the "gt /super" separation or not? i think it would be interesting to let them hear that, also keep the good work.

"GT and Super!" Skorch exclaimed, snapping his fingers. "THAT'S WHAT IT WAS! Don't worry, I'll explain everything in due time. Next one is from… THE EMPEROR, who writes"

Hay man please don't change the outcomes of the battles i hate it when people do that this is Z-Fighters react to DEATH BATTLE nothing else i don't care if you change the fight or add to the analysis just keep the outcome.

"Don't worry, I'm keeping 99.9999999999999 percent of them as they were. There's a few I'm doing my own research on due to… questionable statistics, but don't worry. I'll be fair. Up next is FederationThunderbolt who writes."

Oooohhh, man this was a cool Chapter... though unless your planning on making it end in the next chapter or wait for another Interlude... PLEASE CONTINUE THE SHOCK OF REALISING THEIR FICTION IN OUR DIMENSION!

"Yup… this should be fun to explain…" Skorch sighed. "Up next is Gamelover41592, hey again dude, who writes…"

Well that was a good cliff-hanger so why leave out the questions?

"Simple, this took a long time to write, so I figured let's get the bombshell outta the way and go from there. Uh, from Guest we have…"

And que the existential crisis…

"Yup." Skorch nodded. "Next, we have one from StrongGuy159, who writes…"

Cool chapter continue please.

"Well… okay. But only because you said the magic word!" Skorch laughed. "Okay, a few more… Here's one from Phenomenal Ultra Instinct…"

This is gonna get crazy.

"I know, right? I'm just glad Cell, Frieza and the other assholes are GONE… I think… Aye, still. I think it's gonna be the fun kind crazy!"

Chuckling to himself, Skorch continued scrolling.

"Oh, another from PUI, who wrote…"

Yoshi for the win, everyone. Go Green Dinosaur!

"Booyah!" Skorch fist-pumped. "Next is from akeiser45 who wrote…"

Oh boy... Skorch is gonna tell them everything... this will be interesting... So, glad to see this story adopted and continued. You did great jobs with the chapters so far! i can't wait to see what comes next! Keep up the great work dude!

"Hey thanks man! I'm happy to hear I'm doing a good job on this! Despite… a few mistakes. I put the wrong names for when Buu and Hercule were talking… my bad guys… Okay, that's all for now! I'll do more next time. Also, quick message, I've been watching Death Battle Debunked and doing my own research, there are a few battles I think Death Battle got wrong, this being one of them to be honest… I mean, Goku fights Superman and Vegeta fights Shadow? Maybe if it was Mephelis or Shinnok I'd be more on board with it, the main reason why I let it slide is that this was made in 2007. Please remember that. This episode was made twelve years ago. So because of that, I'll be making my own original Death Battle a ways down the line (as a sort of non-canon bonus episode) giving Vegeta the credit he deserves, which will take place in… 'Super' was it?"

(Real authors note, I've seen super, it's awesome, this is just character writing.)

"Anyhow, I want you all do me a massive solid, head over to my profile, and vote for the next battle! There's probably gonna be a quick intermission in-between this and the next battle, or maybe after the next one, I dunno. Where I can finally answer their questions. Don't worry folks, I ain't going anywhere anytime soon! Follow me on twitter NTorch for updates and random stuff I say. I didn't mean to nearly take a month to make this chapter, but juggling this, and all my other stories, my Watcher Duties, binging Netflix, and working on some secret projects, I'd say I did alright. Anyhow, keep your fires burning bright and I'll see you all next time! Later!"

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Walking back out, Skorch held up a book titled 'Dragon Ball Z Vol 1'.

"Check it." He said with a slight smirk.

As the small group walked back into the main room, Skorch sighed and cracked his neck again. He reached… somewhere and suddenly had a bottle of cinnamon whiskey, after a few glugs, he sat down on a chair and looked at the fighters. With a simple slap of his knees, he said:

"So, what do you wanna know?"

This time, rather than be attacked by several thousand questions at once, no one said anything. Mainly because everyone who was going to ask a question, stopped was looking at Bulma who seemed whiter than the worst winter's snow as she read through the book she was holding.

"How… but… we…" She stammered every now and then, only seeming to pale with each passing page. She had no explanation for what she was holding, looking at a comic depicting her and Goku when they were children. She only had one question, how was this a thing!?

"Well, let's start with that." Skorch spoke up once again, getting a few of the Z-Fighter's to look at him. "I wasn't lying when I said that in D-Zero, you were characters in a manga. It originally was published in Japan, but a few years down the line was brought over to other countries in D-Zero where it found immense commercial and critical success."

"Wow." Was all Goten said, seeming to be the only one fully focusing on Skorch. The others were either talking with one another, or looking at the manga that was being passed around.

"So, it began in this magazine called Shōnen Jump, which essentially is a magazine consisting of multiple different dimensions all being shown to readers as their own stories."

"So, it's like some sort of gateway to another dimension?"

"Well, yes. But actually no." Skorch answered. "Long story short, it would be like reading a comic book, you can't travel to their dimensions through it."

"So how long has this been going on?" Krillin asked, now turning his attention to the flaming entity sitting on a bean bag chair.

"Hell." Skorch muttered. "My math is crap. Uh, what's two-thousand-and-nineteen minus one-thousand-nine-hundred-and-eighty-four?"

"Thirty-five." Bulma immediately replied, seeming to slightly snap back to reality.

"As of right now, thirty-five years." Skorch shrugged. Suddenly, a rap song began to quietly play.

Drop dat ass down low, drop dat ass down low, drop dat ass down low, drop dat ass down low-

Everyone slowly turned to look at Skorch who seemed confused before he looked down and realized where it was coming from, he took a phone out from his over coat and swiped the screen, seeming to scan something and muttering to himself.

"Change that to thirty-five plus." The entity spoke up. "Apparently there's more coming… Again."

"So, how much do people know? How far do these books go?" Chi-Chi asked.

"Well, they go back before any of this started, but the first story began when Goku was a baby, they've also covered the Red Ribbon Army, Demon King Piccolo." Skorch began listing off arcs but noticed the angered look he got from Piccolo concerning the last one, and he coughed. "There's a bunch more, then it continued into Dragon Ball Z with Vegeta and Nappa showing up, Frieza happening, then… I dunno what happened after all that. I haven't kept up with them recently, I've been reading this series called Tokyo Ghoul, it's awesome and really weird at the same time."

"Define 'I dunno'." Vegeta ordered. "What do you last remember looking at?"

"Well, if it was the last thing I read, it was one of Roshi's mags, and if we're talking the manga, it would be what's nicknamed 'Battle of Gods'. Essentially what's happened the past few months."

"So, you know of the conflict between the Sayians and myself?" Beerus asked.

"Yes." Skorch nodded. "Look, these are pretty basic and dull questions, how about we mix things up? Try asking me stuff that isn't just a yes-or-no answer."

There was silence throughout the room as everyone seemed to be trying to think of a question until Trunks finally spoke up.

"How come we never knew about any of this? If we really are a comic and a cartoon to some people, then why can't we see them?"

"Good question." Skorch mused. "My guess would be it has more to do with the fact that since you exist in one world, you're not able to move beyond a temporal force field of sorts that keeps everyone in this realm."

"Can you prove that?" Bulma asked with great interest, the idea of some sort of dimensional gateway was something she had never considered the possibility of. But Skorch seemed to be shattering most conceptions she had concerning the limits of science… If only the entity was a scientist! The things they could do!

"No." Skorch shook his head. "It's just a theory."

"Alright, since no one has thought to ask this, what are your powers?" Beerus asked skeptically, and everyone realized they hadn't asked that.

"Well, I can mimic what I hear." Skorch replied in Beerus' voice, surprising the God. "I can create fires that can burn through anything, I have the ability to teleport, freeze time, astral time-travel, regenerate, create weapons out of magma and stone, warp reality, poses living organisms and create 'warp zones' across the dimensions. The issue is, ninety-nine percent of those abilities only work when I'm at maximum power, and re-gaining power takes a long time."

"So, you're not at your full power?" Goku asked, wanting to see (and potentially fight) Skorch at his full potential.

"No." Skorch shook his head. "Jumping into a dimension I haven't been to before takes a lot out of me. Add to that the fact that rather than taking a power nap I decided to check out the world, I'm at maybe thirteen percent power right now. So, my powers are limited to vocal, teleport and spark abilities. If I have to, I can make a weapon, but I don't want to."

"What do you mean by spark abilities?" Android 18 asked. Skorch looked over at her and Marion and gave a warm (puns, I got em) smile. Cupping his hands together, he blew into them and a wave of sparks seemed to spiral into the air. They seemed to be spinning like a small tornado until they seemed to be taking form, re-arranging themselves, a golden-red bird took shape and began to glide around the room. A small trail of sparks falling off of its tail, which harmlessly fizzled out in the air. It seemed to fly up to 18 and Marion before exploding quietly in to a dazzling stream of light.

"So, what exactly do you all think?" Piccolo mentally asked part of the group, watching Skorch. "I don't trust him, but I don't sense anything malicious either."

"He's either innocent, or a damn good actor." Vegeta remarked. "But I have to agree, while he seems powerful enough to kill us all at a moment's notice, he honestly dosen't seem to have the courage or drive to even if he wanted."

"Then maybe It's best we keep it that way." Roshi agreed.

"Hey, it's like I've been trying to tell you guys. Skorch is a nice guy." Goku added. "He told me that he has a bad habit of acting bolder than he should, because he has barely any friends, just some teenager in another dimension."

"Wait. When did he say that?" Piccolo asked, confused.

"When we first met."

"Oh."

"Honestly, I think we should try and trust him." Gohan reasoned. "He seems to have a vast knowledge about fighters from different dimensions and things we could learn as well. If we push him away, what happens if we actually need him down the line?"

"What exactly do you mean by that?" Vegeta asked skeptically. "I think I know what you're getting at, but I don't like it…"

"All I'm saying is what happens if something happens that we can't handle? What if even a Super Saiyan God isn't enough? Wouldn't it be easier to know we had a reality-bending God on our side?"

"Hey guys! What's going on?" Skorch's voice suddenly cut in. "Do we have a pool table or minesweeper in here?"

"How did you get in here?" Piccolo asked in his dry tone.

"The back door was unlocked."

"But… there's no backdoor to…" Goku began but trailed off, Skorch laughed and shook his head, glancing over to Mr. Satan, who was still reading the book.

"Weird, ain't it?" He asked.

"Did they at least get my good side?" The wrestler asked.

"Yeah, I'd say they did."

"So, if these books show our future, what can you tell us about that?" Gohan asked, looking over to the entity.

"Nothing." Skorch frowned, irritating a few of the fighters. "It's part of the Watcher's Code. I can tell you what you want to know about things that have already happened, but I can't alter the future unless it's deemed necessary."

"By who?" Vegeta asked skeptically.

"I…" Skorch was about to trail off but suddenly stopped, his sockets widening. "Huh. Y'know, I actually don't know…"

"How do you not know that?!" Vegeta yelled, annoyed.

"Because I've never had to alter the future." Skorch replied flatly. "Usually if something happens, it's supposed to happen."

"Even if it means thousands or millions dying and entire planets getting destroyed, you're not allowed to stop that?!" Vegeta's anger was rising at this point, but it was understandable. Here, sitting in front of him, was a being who could've saved Planet Vegeta, who potentially stopped Frieza years ago, who may have been able to change everything. But now he was claiming he wasn't supposed to do anything.

"Look, I know that sounds bad. But the truth is… It's not my call." Skorch shook his head. "Like it or not, shit happens. My job is to watch, not to write."

The air of interest seemed to turn to a sour feeling of melancholy. Skorch sighed, shaking his head, a few ashes floating off.

"You said people really liked our stories… what does that mean?" Gohan finally asked.

"Uh, exactly what it sounds like." Skorch shrugged. "People see you as heroes, you might be fictitious characters, but people think of you as true heroes. Heroes who fight for those who can't defend themselves, heroes who inspire a new generation to be the best they can, to rise above whatever issues they may face and ultimately overcome any issue. You're an inspiration to millions of people, hell, an entire sub-genre of Japanese Manga is widely considered 'Diet Dragon ball' because you were so successful, people want something like that. I know people who discovered a love of art after reading and trying to draw scenes from your lives. They didn't turn out well, but they kept trying, again and again, and now they've really made something special, I know people who began working out more and losing weight because they felt like, as they put it; 'training like a Sayian'. As cliché as this may sound, to some people, you're not just a show. You were an inspiration."

Eyes widened as they took that in, they looked to one another as a sense of accomplishment and pride seemed to take over. Goku felt weird, sure, he never cared too much about getting recognition for what he did, but this was something else. To know you were a hero to millions of people in another world, that you inspired them, it felt… Good.

"There's debates nonstop on who's stronger, in D-Zero you'll find people who say that Goku is the strongest, the Beerus is the toughest, and that Vegeta's the most badass out of everyone." Skorch continued.

Vegeta's ego was now kicked to over level nine-thousand, he knew he was one of the best, but to hear that millions of people potentially saw him for what he was, the strongest warrior, he felt a real sense of accomplishment. In his own way, that was.

The explanations continued for a good twenty minutes more, with Skorch doing his best to explain what people thought of the Z-Fighters in D-Zero, talking about a man named 'Sean Schemmel' who sounded uncandidly like Goku, due to him being his voice actor, and another man named 'Christopher Sabat' who was known as the current voice Vegeta in the animated adaptation of Dragon Ball. For the Z-Fighters, it was strange to hear about people paid to play you in a cartoon about you, but Skorch's claims about how famous their stories were made them feel like it wasn't a mockery of their lives, but a grand spectacle.

"So… If we're so popular… what does that translate to outside of the show?" Roshi finally asked, having been thinking about everything he was being told, especially the mention of fangirls…

"All kinds of stuff." Skorch shrugged. "Fan art, cosplayers bo-" He began but suddenly stopped when he remembered who was currently in the room. There was an audible sizzle and the fire atop his head seemed to begin to die out. "That ain't good." He remarked.

"What's happening to you?" Goku asked, concern in his voice.

"Due to the fight we had, I'm really low on energy right now." Skorch frowned. "I've been putting off sleep for a while due to… reasons. I hate to do this to you, but I need to go. If I run out of power, I get really, really cranky… and what is left of my energy tends to get hyperactive. Which usually ends in me losing control."

"Hang on." Vegeta, Gohan, Bulma, Piccolo and Yamcha all said at once, before looking to one another surprised, with Yamcha picking up after the silence. "You can warp reality, bend time, and have the powers of a GOD. But after fighting for a few minutes you're practically out of energy?"

"Yes." Skorch said before yawning. "Differ…different entities have different power capabilities… I know a guy who can fight like hell for days on end, can destroy whole universes with the snap of his fingers, but if he has to teleport, he's out for a good two days." He held his hand out flat and form the fire appeared a key that seemed to me made out of twisted metal bits that seemed to have been crudely sautered together. It smoked for a few moments as he dropped it and began walking away commenting: "Use that on any door and you'll end up at my place. I'll be out for a day or two, then I'll be back. See you then."

"Good night." Marion called in a friendly voice with a small wave.

"G'night kid." Skorch replied with a wave, before seemed to fall to pieces which all turned into ashes and disappeared. There was a silence in the room as some of the fighters looked to one another, and a few to the key before Videl finally picked it up.

"So, now what?" She finally asked.

"We need to keep an eye on him." Piccolo remarked. "I don't think he's going to hurt us, but I'm more afraid of what he'd do if he wanted to…"

"The Namekian has a point." Hercule nodded. "He seems friendly enough, but the last thing we need is a fire creature running rampant."

"From what I could sense, he wasn't as powerful as either Goku or Vegeta." Beerus spoke up nonchalantly. "I hardly see why you all seem to think he's such a force to be reckoned with."

"I think he's only that weak because he's at the bottom of his power level." Vegeta answered. "The fear has more to do with what he could do at full power."

Everyone thought over what Vegeta had said, all silently nodding, and thinking about the newcomer. Regardless of what they thought, one thing was for certain.

Reality warpers were in a sense, chaotic beings.

And Skorch was no different.

Everyone got up to stretch their arms and legs, agreeing to continue watching the Death Battle episodes, but Bulma had to go meet with her mother real quick to discuss the upcoming baby shower for Videl, the others talking to one another about the previous battles During this, Goten and Trunks had unpaused the video and had been watching the preview for the next Death Battle, and both seemed very intrigued by a man who wore all black and stood atop a large skyscraper, suddenly becoming visible thanks to a bolt of lightning. He was wearing a black superhero suit and had a long cape, with a cowl that had pointed ears on either side. On his chest was an unmistakable symbol of a bat, a title appeared below him:

The Dark Knight

"This is gonna be good." Goten smiled.

As previously said, reality warpers were in a sense, chaotic beings. Despite this, Pird was a terrified one. Yes, he was a reality warper, but he was going to one of the more dangerous universes, the Dragon World. Arguably, he was a lot stronger than his canon self, but this was a high-risk. The company that his girlfriend, Velvet Scarlatina, worked for had tasked him to deliver the package there. UzuCorp had gotten a big client who wanted to the package delivered there. Of course, he was rightfully terrified as he did not want to get blasted to pieces by the martial artists who were at worse, planet-busters. Of course, Velvet had given him some "encouragement." Now here he was, on his way to the universe in question with confidence in him.

"The sooner I deliver this, the sooner I get back to her." Pird repeated to himself as he piloted his space pod. "Now to land it carefully."

CRASH!

Pird had landed right in the middle of a police station in West City with the subtly of a freight train. The station had a hole and stunned cops were confused. One poor shmuck was nearly crushed by it and had his head whacked by the opening of the space pod. Out came Pird to the group of police. Pird appeared of average build, with lavender feathers and slightly lighter-colored hair, yellow hands, feet, and beak, which appears as a nose. He had not worn the delivery uniform in favor of a black and brown tracksuit with Saiyan armor plating. He had his messenger bag slung on his shoulder, his phone clipped to his side, and his green scouter online.

"Ok, according to this, I'm on the right track." Pird said clicking a button on the pod to return it to capsule form.

"Hey, you can't just… crash in here and expect to just walk out of here with answering questions." One cop said wiping out a pistol.

The old Pird would have feared that threat, but not anymore since training to the point where ordinary bullets with more of an annoyance. With the pod now a capsule, he whistled a tune as he walked out ignoring the bullets fired at him. Flying was something he always enjoyed, but he had a schedule to keep. He quickly found Capsule Corporation and found Bulma arriving back home with her mother. He merely flew down and landed between them.

"Afternoon." Pird said getting the two spooked by his sudden entrance. "Sorry for the intrusion, but you are Miss Bulma Briefs, right?"

"Uh…yes, who are you?" Bulma asked taking a step.

"Pird, but that's not important. I'm a deliveryman, and I have a package address to you and the Z Fighters from…Akira and Genevieve Blackthorn! By the warping wilds, I don't know what you've done to curry their favor, but please sign here. I need one of the high-ranking members' signature. You're their chief scientist, so you'll do." Pird said politely showing her the clipboard and giving her the pen.

"Oh…well ok then." Bulma said signing for the package.

Out of bag was a small box handed to her as Pird bide her farewell. Getting out a portal gun out of the same bag, he put his clipboard away. Aiming it a few steps away, he fired out a neon green portal.

"Are you one of Skorch's friends?" She couldn't help but ask. Upon hearing that name, Pird froze and looked up.

"Skorch?" Pird said surprised. "This is where he ended up? Huh…" The delivery man seemed like he was going to say something but shook his head. "Actually, forget it. You two have a wonderful morning, now if you need to excuse me, I need to bury my face in my bun's bun-buns." Pird said with a goofy grin as he dived through the portal.

Panchy was wondering what the hell was happened, but turned to Bulma and said, "I think the pot brownies I tried are kicking in."

"No, that was real." Bulma said going inside to her lab to be alone to open the package.

What she found was a letter addressed to the Z-Fighters.

To the Z-Fighters,

We have been observing your little romp watching Death Battle and we've decided to "stir the pot". As you realized, we're reality warpers. Akira and Genevieve Blackthorn, at your writing pleasure. Let's just say, we're well respected among the community and promptly feared for our power. However, we harbor no ill-will towards you, your family, or your friends. But that's not the point of this letter, we have sent you a capsule containing some equipment. One of which is a standard for all reality warpers, an Interdimensional Cable Box. Imagine, infinite channels of infinite scenarios. A show where Gohan fights crime with Videl, Erasa, and Sharpner as a costumed super team, one where Goten and Trunks have time traveling adventures, and one where Bulma is a drunken scientist going on adventures with her sidekick in Future Trunks. All viewable with this. I actually recommend the first one, really good show, it's called "Zeta Force". A fair warning that the box will show you all forms of realities, the good, the bad, and the perv-y. For the sake for your sanity, Akira had a safeguard set up (except on the one marked for Roshi, just give it to him and don't think on what he'll do with his.). I, on the other hand, preset a few channels with a few shows that may interest you and your teammates. The list is capsule with the boxes. My husband also put in DVDs containing One Minute Melee and DBX, two of Screw Attack's other shows. Either way, this letter has gone on long enough. As an act of kindness, I will impart two pieces of advice.

Bulma frowned when she saw the ink the letter had been written in seemed to have been smudged, making whatever 'advice' unreadable.

Good luck,

Genevieve and Akira Blackthorn

P.S. If he is in your realm. Be careful around the entity known Skorch. He can be… unpredictable. He most likely won't hurt anyone, unless you give him a reason to. But do know he has a reputation for being… chaotic.

Bulma was confused, stunned, and shocked but intrigued. She found the list and capsules containing the cable boxes and remotes for everyone in the group with the one marked for Roshi pink colored.

"So, these were the recommended shows… let's see here, Anime Confessions, Ryo vs the Xenoverse (don't watch it with the kids in the room), 2018's Warper News Network, and…TFS's Dragon Ball Z Abridged…." Bulma said looking over this note.

She did not know why but that last one spoke to her and she felt a draw to watch that. Out in the multiverse else, the Blackthorn pair shared a good laugh over this. They were hoping they'd "take the bait" and watch those shows. Paying for those boxes and for delivery would be costly experience, but the look on the Z-Fighters' faces would be priceless.

(A/N: Yes, it is I, Yoshi3000, spreading out to others. Basically, the third time, I've collab about a Death Battle fic. Basically, if you've read Within the Geist and A Drunken Knockout Marriage, then you'll catch the references.)

Meanwhile in his room, Skorch laid in his hammock and chuckled.

"Yeah, yeah. I know what you're thinking. Ol' Skorch sold out. Well, not really. This Yoshi3000 dude approached me and he's got some really good stuff. If you wanna read it, go to his account, but don't expect it in this fic for a while. On top of that, don't expect me to be back for a bit either. I need some rest. I'm sorry this took a bit longer than I anticipated to get out and it is a bit shorter than I hoped, but I'll explain some of the… other things that come with all fanbases to the Z-Fighters later. Regardless, let's read some reviews. First off, we have one form Derpherp7, who begins this with…"

This is probably wishful thinking on my part, but does that line about explaining Vegeta's voice speak to a future series of reactions to the abridged series? Also, while I do understand why you do it, I honestly kind of feel like it makes is less legitimate as a reaction to death battle. It just turns it into the characters watching your version of death battle. However, that doesn't change the fact that it is still very well written, and you should definitely keep writing.

"Well, first of all, thanks for the kind words! Secondly, no. I'm NOT doing a Z-Fighters react to DBZA story for a simple reason, and you kind touched on it in your review. I already have to re-write and add to the Death Battles to make them my own so I don't get into trouble with the site due to their copyrighted content. I may bring a scene here or there for fun, but I'm keeping this strictly to Death Battle and occasionally something from Yosh. I get you're reasoning for saying it's a less legitimate version of Death Battle, but it also kinda has to be this way so the story can even be a thing. Next we have one form a guest who wrote…"

Man, the Goku vs Superman is gonna be crazy along with 18 vs Captain Marvel. Also, how do you think they react to Doomsday and Thanos and Darkseid?

"Geez… I fear that Goku is gonna try and get me to bring those aforementioned three bad guys here so he can fight them… aye…" The entity sighed. "But still, I think Bulma's gonna be rather interested in the gauntlet, and I think everyone will be interested in the Infinity Stones. Up next is one from Silent Blue Rose who writes…"

Thank you for updating :D

"You're welcome! And a :D to you too! Okay, next is The PsychoPath96… should've been the other way around but whatever, who writes…"

Nice. Hey if you have them see DBZ products maybe have time see Goku and Vegeta fan art, Female characters body pillow and some video games.

"I wonder if Lil Soniq would have an issue with me using some of his chapters… Who am I kidding! I'm NOT going there! But yeah, once I get some energy back, I've got some things I need to get to show them… Up next is RHatch89 who wrote:"

Awesome update :)

"Thank you! I really appreciate hearing that! Once again, we have one from akeiser45, who writes…"

Thanks for responding to me review and adding it to the chapter! i was surprised that you did! Great chapter also, keep you the great work!

"I'll try, and glad you enjoyed my response! Next is one from uchiharen1p who wrote…"

You go into a more detail approach?! i like it! instant favorite!

"Sweet! Glad to see there's people who like this story… way, WAY more than I ever thought would. Next is from a Greer123, who commented…"

I loved the detail you wrote for this chapter of the Dragon Ball Z/Super characters to their fictional origins.

"Yeah, ScrewAttack didn't really explain too much for their earlier episodes. I understand why, but I felt the need to expand it a little bit. Also, I have been watching Death Battle Debunked. Next, we have a review from Gamelover41592, who dropped the line…

excellent work on this chapter and very well explained :)

"Alright, I'm happy I've been able to keep the balance between explanation and story solid. Finally, we have a review from Black Arachnid, who wrote…"

I thought they would be like "there's a super Saiyan 4?!" And Goku and Vegeta would ask scorch how to reach it.

"SHHH!" Skorch suddenly bolted upright and hissed. "Not so loud! Things are tricky enough with Beerus and the Super Sayian Gods! You want them to try and go FURHTER THAN THAT!?" Shaking his head, Skorch lay back down.

"Listen guys, thank you one and all for the favs, follows and reviews. This chapter took a bit because I lost drive for a few days, and didn't want to try and force out a half-assed chapter, because you all deserve nothing but the best. However, I didn't know how to get in touch with you all, so if you want, go follow me on twitter NTorch for updates and stuff. There won't be an update for a bit, as things are happening I need to deal with, but soon I'll be back full force at this story. Don't worry, I'm NOT going anywhere! I also need to check in on Dawg and Axle and see how they're doing. Regardless, if I'm doing something wrong, don't be afraid to let me know in a review. Until next time, keep your fires burning bright and I'll see you all next time!"