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.

34. Dante vs Bayonetta (Updated)

Shocked I didn't mention this last chapter, but thanks to Akakiru and satoshy12 for the whole 'Son of Goku and Son of Vegeta' thing last chapter. Maybe that's a common fan joke, but I had never heard of it. So, thanks!

Also, despite what this chapter may lead you to believe I know VERY little about both franchises. Sorry if I get some details wrong, sorry.

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October 19, 2021 Update: Yes, I have heard of the passing of Chris Ayres, perhaps best known as the present English voice actor for Frieza.

Not gonna lie. This one hurt.

A great man, a greater villain. Gone far too soon.

May he Rest In Peace.

I'll have a proper tribute later down the line, but I wanted to make it known that I have heard the news. And damn does it hurt.

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Well, things were interesting enough as they were, but the Entity's revelation was probably one of the most shocking things they had heard in a long time. Well, okay. That may be a bit of an overstatement, as they had also recently learned there was an Evil Goku who killed everyone, they were characters in a comic, and so on. But, you get the point.

"YOU DATED HER?!"

"You. YOU. YOU DATED. HER?!"

"Actually, I dated both of 'em." Skorch shrugged.

"WHAT!?" Was collectively screamed.

"YOU DID WHAT?!"

"Hang on- you're-?!"

"What was sex with the tall one like?!"

"ROSHI!"

"WHAT!? Look at her! I gotta know!" Roshi said defensively, feeling his nose bleed slightly. "Just look at the size'a those-"

"Not now, Roshi!"

"Yes, now Roshi!" Roshi countered.

"Look, Dante… Dante wasn't really 'a thing'. He had something I needed, and I needed to get it from him."

"Ya mean pleasure?"

"ROSHI!"

"…no." Skorch muttered. "Look, that's not important. We kinda went on a date or two, but in the end, we agreed we weren't meant for one another, and went our separate ways as friends. There was nothing romantic between us! As for Bayonetta… that one's a bit more awkward. We actually did date for about eight months at one point… we, uh… that one ended a bit more awkwardly…"

"How?"

"Look, what happened between us isn't important, okay?!"

"Yes! It absolutely is!"

"HOW!?"

"Because you're always going on about how you've met so many warriors across the worlds you've been too, but you barely talk about them!"

"I'm not talking about Cutiefly- SHI-!"

"You had a nickname for her?!" Beerus laughed.

"IT WAS A ONE-TIME THING!" Skorch yelled, sounding almost desperate to hide something.

"Oh, my Kai… you still love her, don't you?!" Bulma asked, holding back laughter.

"Ask another question and I'll tell everyone how old you really are." Skorch threatened. His threat (thankfully) worked, and Bulma just glared hatred back at Skorch. Regardless, in an attempt to calm them down, someone hit 'play' and started the episode.

(*Cues: Invader – Jim Johnson*)

"Y'know, for some action heroes, it's not enough to just save the world like an absolute legend…" Wiz began.

"They've gotta look fantastic while doing it!" Boomstick finished.

"Like the two combatants we've got today! Dante, the Devil Hunter!" Wiz introduced the first fighter, a shirtless man in a red overcoat with white hair and a massive sword.

"And Bayonetta, the monster-slaying Umbra Witch!" Boomstick declared as Bayonetta was shown in an outfit that just made Bulma rather… not jealous, but annoyed. Considering the fact that she looked to be the same age and her, yet was able to pull something like the ultra-revealing black leather clothing off. On the other hand, Chi-Chi wasn't sure what to make of it, and Roshi's mind was going at a million miles an hour. "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!"

Dante

(*Cues: Devils Never Cry - Devil May Cry 3*)

"Take a walk down the subtly named Slum Avenue and you'll find all sorts of hangouts for the scum of the underworld. The Bullseye Bar, a random strip club-" Wiz began.

"They have good nachos."

"No more talking unless we ask you something." Vegeta ordered, not wanting Skorch to discuss his… 'personal' life in front of his son. Or at all, really.

"-and even a run-down service shop called; 'Devil May Cry.'" Wiz concluded as the store from the preview was shown once again.

"But the services they're selling aren't like washing your car or fixin' your plumbing. Oh no! Long as you got the cash, this shop specializes in delivering demonic beatdowns, and killin' eldritch evils. But… Who's crazy enough to try and make a living this way you ask? His name, is Dante."

(*Cues: Lock & Load - Devil May Cry*)

"From the very beginning, Dante's life was always unusual. Born from the unholy union of a human mother and demon father-" Wiz began as a younger Dante was shown.

"Hang on, so that works? A demon and a human can just… boom, and then have a kid?" Krillin asked.

"Supposedly so." Whis shrugged.

"-Dante and his twin brother Vergil had their first supernatural encounter at the young age of eight."

"Their Dad is dead, isn't he?" Gohan asked, having a feeling he knew where and how this was going to go, as it seemed to be the case for every backstory. "Killed by demons?"

BACKGROUND

- Half-Demon, Full Awesome ("That remains to be seen." Beerus remarked, annoyed by the clear arrogance and pride Dante was entering with.)

- Mercenary, Private Investigator, Demon Slayer and Vigilante

- Son of Sparda, The Legendary Dark Knight ("Oh…" Whis blinked.)

- Perpetually Drowning in Debt (Chi-Chi and Krillin knew what that feeling was like.)

- Lover of Red Trench Coats (Vegeta looked it over, but the colour seemed wrong for him. The coat itself, while seeming interesting would probably also get in the way of his mobility, so he decided to leave this to the other warriors.)

- May Seem Cool and Collected, But Really, REALLY Needs a Hug

- Favourite Dessert: Strawberry Sundae (Beerus begrudgingly nodded in agreement.)

"Whis?"

"Hm?"

"When they said he was 'The Son of Sparda', you reacted to that." Beerus remarked, narrowing his eyes slightly. "Do you know something about this?"

"Well, no." Whis admitted. "The name is… familiar, perhaps I've heard it once, long ago concerning some urban legend. Or, perhaps it was a mortal on another planet who ended up with the same name."

"Whis, did you know about the other worlds beyond the Twelve Universes? Like, D-Zero and all that?" Bulma asked, and Whis shrugged once more.

"Perhaps, perhaps not." He admitted, his vague answers a little annoying to some present. The truth is, there are some stories us Angels had heard long, long ago. And a few stories which we cannot speak of, to mortals or even Destroyer Gods for reasons which I cannot go into just now. Perhaps these stories have more merit to them than simple fiction, especially if D-Zero has such a wide array of knowledge on all of them…"

"…sorry, I didn't really follow that. What did you say?" Goku blinked.

"He's saying that some of the warriors we've seen in these battles might be old stories the Angels heard long ago." Piccolo reiterated the point. "They could simply be stories, but perhaps they're real…"

"Well, Spawn was real." Goku reasoned. "He showed up, and he was a comic, right?"

"Yes, but also no." Whis added. "Dante, the Son of Sparda is the first that even seems vaguely familiar. The only other warrior was the one known as 'Spawn'. He simply reminded me of another power spirit I had heard rumors of, but I could not tell you its name or even if it is real."

"But you're saying there are warriors you can't even tell us about?! That's no fair!" Goku protested, annoyed.

"Goku, if we are not allowed to speak of them, it means Lord Zenö doesn't wish to deal with them. And if you even think I would consider going against Lord Zenö's wishes-"

"No! No! No! I-I-I-I-I didn't mean anything by it!" Goku quickly said, still wondering what kinda threat could be that powerful.

"I will say this. In all my years, the Oni-King has never showed fear, save for a single… monster." Whis shuddered at the thought of said wretch. "I have never met it, and its true name is unpronounceable, but they were supposedly so vicious and brutal, that even the Oni-King couldn't figure out what to do with them."

The shock that jolted through everyone who heard that was genuine. What kind of…Loathsome, oppressive, barbaric, obscene creature could be THAT twisted?! While the Z-Fighters wanted to know, it was clear this was NOT something Whis was going to talk about. Furthermore, trying to make him talk also seemed like a bad idea.

Bulma looked to the skeleton entity, but didn't say anything. She had a feeling some questions would be answered in the episode.

"Yeah, see, his demon dad was a badass who singlehandedly conquered the underworld and imprisoned its demon emperor, Mundus." Boomstick explained as Mundus was shown.

He was a towering, horrifying visage, with a trio of blood-red eyes, and a body shrouded in shadows… but he was also shown left in chains, imprisoned in darkness, screaming for respite. Screaming for vengeance, screaming for blood.

"But after Dad died, shockingly not directly be demon hands." Boomstick continued. "Mundus' minions felt brave enough to take some revenge… by slaughtering his family, leaving Dante an orphan. Bummer. Hate it when that happens…"

"Well, that wasn't exactly what I thought was gonna happen." Roshi admitted awkwardly. "Still sucks though, revenge is a fool's goal."

"Pretty sure a lot more people would be alive if they learned that." Gohan nodded in agreement.

"With his mother gone and his brother assumed dead, - that's a long, confusing story, don't ask. We'll talk about it some other day – Dante was left with only one option: Become the ultimate demon hunter, and perpetuate the cycle of vengeance."

"This party's getting crazy! Let's rock!" Dante declared, before he struggled to turn on his boombox, until he gave up and karate chopped it. The music started playing, and he proceeded to kill several demons… while shirtless.

"So, who was his brother?" Goten asked.

"Vergil was… a whole can of worms, I don't have time to get into." Skorch admitted, holding up a can and opening it, taking out and eating some sour gummy worms as he did so, before offering the can to Goten.

(*Cues: Devils Never Cry - Devil May Cry 3 again*)

"Despite the dangerous nature of his occupation, Dante always maintains a carefree, downright reckless spirit when dispatching devils of the underworld." Wiz remarked.

"It's part of his charm. Hell, when you've got abilities like Dante's, why not be a little cocky?" Boomstick asked, his question greatly irritating a number of those watching.

"BOY." Master Roshi inhaled sharply. "I DO NOT have the time, or will to explain all the issues with that kind of mindset!"

"I mean, he's faster than the mortal eye can see, strong enough to grapple with the underworld's toughest demons, and straight-up man enough to shake off being stabbed through the chest like every damn day!" Boomstick continued before ending with a rather vicious montage of Dante being run through over, and over, and over.

"Huh, I guess you weren't the only one pegging him down with a big rod."

"PICCOLO!" Bulma screamed in disgust.

"HA! NICE!" Skorch laughed, before high-fiving the Namekian. "But also, screw you, we didn't do that!"

"Really?"

"ENOUGH!" Chi-Chi shouted. "I will NOT have you discussing this in front of my son!" Skorch waved dismissively, and returned to his silence.

POWERS AND ABILITIES

- Superhuman/Demonic Strength, Speed, and Durability

- Healing Factor

- Teleportation

- Expert Marksman

- Proficiency With Any Weapon

- Demonic Powers, Drawn From His Devil Side

DEVIL TRIGGER

- Transformations Which Increases All Of His Attributes

"The more I see it, the more I kinda wish I had one of those healing factors." Goku remarked. "Sure, the Senzu Beans and tanks are great and all, but to be able to heal naturally? Without even focusing your Ki on it? That'd be great!"

"Deadpool had one, and he couldn't die!" Goten exclaimed, remembering one of the weirder battles they had seen.

"Who?" Future Trunks asked, feeling like he had missed something important.

"Trust me, you don't wanna know." Krillin dead-panned.

"Doesn't your friend have one of those? That lanky kid who's crashed through here before?" Beerus asked, and The Entity nodded.

"Oh, right. That reminds me. He used that device you left him, back when you were in the Library." Bulma remembered something from about a week ago. She swore she heard Skorch mutter: 'Th'ididot wasn't supposed t'do that!' …or something, but decided not to press it.

"That's thanks to his regenerative ability. In fact, all of that is made possible due to his demonic heritage, and made even more deadly by his plethora of weapons, his favourites being his dual demon-killing pistols, and enormous magically-infused sword."

"Hey, was that the only enormous weapon he carried on him?" Roshi called. Laughing as the women glared hatred at him for his remark. Skorch just glared ay him without eyers.

"I don't get it." Goten blinked, confused why Roshi and a few others were laughing, but everyone else seemed angry.

"Like any proud weapon owner, he gives his tools of destruction pet names. His guns, Ebony and Ivory, specialize in long-range shots and rapid-fire barrages respectively. As well as looking stylish and badass! These hand cannons are so powerful they can each obliterate demons in a single shot."

(*Cues: Taste the Blood - Devil May Cry 3*)

Dante shoots off Echidna's head without looking.

"I think that look suits you better." Dante remarked dismissively, as the body fell to the ground, blood pouring out everywhere.

"Okay, so what? He can kill a demon-" Vegeta began.

"For context, demons can be notoriously hard to kill." Boomstick continued. "Some demons can die like a mortal, but typically you'd need a demonic weapon, or even better, an angelic one, to permanently put the soul out if its misery. Or, you'd need Death's scythe, or to destroy their earthly remains. Dante, however, just puts a bullet in-between their eyes and boom, no more demon."

"What would happen to a demon's soul if you killed it?" Goku asked, looking to Whis.

"The same thing that happened to Zamasu when he through he could attack Lord Beerus. They cease to exist on every plane of reality." Whis answered casually. Sensing the fear arising in the room, he added: "However, any 'demon' which exists as a monster from your Earth's hell would most likely fall under the 'mortal' rule, and would be far easier to dispose of than the ones Dante seems to face."

"I think Janemba would be an acceptation to that." Vegeta muttered.

"Now, the big Berserk-lookin' blade on his back is Rebellion. A large, magical sword given to him by his pops, which is probably the coolest Christmas gift ever when you think about it… which can cut any demon down to size in the blink of an eye. He's also got his brother's sword, Yamato, which can cut through dimensions!"

Boomstick's statement followed by Dante using it to slash the air, and run through a portal to somewhere else was more than enough to snap Beerus to attention. That kind of raw power, to manipulate and distort reality?! All that, from a SWORD?!

"Huh, now that I think about it, we never got that answer from Jaco…" Bulma muttered, and when a few looked to her, she added: "Well, messing with time is a bad idea, but we didn't find out what'd happen if you messed with space and reality."

"Often they were tied together, so the same rules still apply." Beerus answered. "Still, if my memory serves, there was a separate organization designed to deal with potential reality warps which posed threats. Regardless of the truth of that memory, don't do it."

"Throughout his adventures, Dante also collected a wide assortment of additional weaponry called Devil Arms, physical manifestations of powerful demons he has defeated, and then viciously murdered. In a sense, it's kinda like Shang Tsung's soul-stealing ability." Wiz explained as Dante drove his sword through a demon, blew their head open (in a shot that made more than a few grimace) then seemed to absorb something from them.

"Remember Mega Man? It's that, but on steroids." Boomstick remarked as a small blue robot was shown.

"We don't know who that is." Goten said aloud, a bit confused by the comment.

"He kinda looks like main guy from Mighty Number 9." Lil' Trunks commented. "Man, that game sucked…"

WEAPONS

REBELLION

- Magical Claymore-Style Sword (That got Future Trunks' attention.)

- Created Alongside Yamoto And Devil Arm By Sparda Splitting His Power

- Can Unite A Person's Mortal And Demonic Sides (Those watching were curious what that meant, and they thought back to some of the other 'demon' fights they had seen)

EBONY AND IVORY

- Dual M1911-Style Handguns Chambered For A .45 ACP Round (No-one really knew – or cared – about that level of detail on guns, aside from maybe Krillin, but they certainly looked cool.)

- Fires Demonic-Power-Infused Bullets

- Ebony (Left Hand) Has Been Modified For Long-Distance Firing

- Ivory (Right Hand) Has Been Modified For Rapid fire And Fast Draw Times

- Modelled After Luce & Ombra, Dante's Fathers' Weapons

- Creates Bullets Via Magic

YAMATO

- Vergil's Sword

- Katana Capable Of Slashing Through Time Itself

- Can Separate A Person's Mortal And Demonic Sides

NEVAN

- Demonic Guitar With Electric Powers

- Yes, That Is As Awesome As It Sounds (Many of the fighters, especially the younger ones, agreed.)

PANDORA

- Briefcase Which Becomes 666 Different Weapons ("…oh, I get it." Future Trunks remarked, putting the reference together.)

lUCIFER

- Backpack Containing Unlimited Spike Projectiles

"But Dante doesn't need his weapons to be deadly, as his armored Gilgamesh gauntlets increase his striking power. In turn, letting him shatter huge monoliths with a lethal one-inch punch."

"Same size as his-?" Roshi began.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?"

"Heh. Y'see the other fighter? I'm just gettin' STARTED!" Roshi laughed. Chi-Chi wanted to punch the perverted old man, but didn't want to set a bad example for her sons. But, she also had a feeling she was going to punch him.

"With lucifer- the backpack, not the devil- Dante basically throws infinite lightsabers at anyone or anything. Don't lie, you want this backpack!" Boomstick continued. He's also got an electric guitar, which is literally electric, ice powered nunchucks, grenade launchers, shotguns, and, I kid you not, a briefcase that can transform into 666 different weapons, ranging from a giant Beyblade to a flying turret gun. Where does he possibly keep all this stuff?!"

"More importantly, WHERE DO THEY GET THIS STUFF!?"

"I know! That kind of transportation technology is years beyond the Capsule Corp. Capsules we make!" Bulma exclaimed. "To be able to carry so many items on you, and then to just… pull them outta nowhere- that- we could make so much money off of that!"

"Actually, more importantly, where can I get one?!" Boomstick exclaimed. "I could carry SO much beer with me!"

"Yeah… it seems amazing, except for the 'demonic' part of all that." Wiz coughed. "Again, this stuff is tied into his demonic bloodline. Despite what it seems like, it's not technology, it's technically magic."

"Fine! It can't be that hard to-" Bulma began, refusing to accept 'magic' as the answer to this problem.

"It is that hard." Skorch cut in.

"Still, he must have really, REALLY deep pockets." Wiz remarked. "Or perhaps it's one of his Styles, abilities he's also acquired from defeating demon bosses. With Doppelganger Style, he can duplicate himself, with Trickster Style, he can teleport instantly, with Royalguard Style, he becomes a nigh-impervious dreadnaught, and he can even slow down time with the Quicksilver Style."

(*Cues: Blackened Angel (Battle) - Devil May Cry 4*)

"Man, so he got all this power just from being a half-demon?" Krillin asked. The Entity nodded. "Does that have any sort of effect on him? Does tapping into those powers draw him closer to completely losing control of his own mind?"

"Krillin. I don't know every single trauma-filled-memory of his. Don't ask me stuff like that."

"Okay, then what do they mean about the whole 'uniting demonic and human sides' thing?" Future Trunks asked. Skorch looked to him, then shrugged, seemingly able to answer this.

"Long story short, if a person gets possessed by a demon, 'uniting' them can give full control to one side, or separating them can make two people instead of one."Beerus answered, his explanation being very confusing, but F. Trunks was able to understand it.

"So, if I was to get Rebellion and had stabbed Black with it, I could've separated him from Goku?" He asked.

"No."Beerus shook his head dismissively, having a feeling he knew where this was going. "Body swapping and body possession are two very different things. What Zamasu had done could only be reversed via the Super Dragon Balls if both bodies were alive. Not that it matters anymore, as he's dead, for good."

"On the rare occasion Dante feels he needs to get serious, he enters the Devil Trigger, a transformation which taps into his demonic heritage to unleash his true devil form." Boomstick explained.

"I'LL KILL YOU ALL!" Dante Roared as some sort of sick, twisted energy coated his body and exploded outwards. Then, it consumed his body as he changed. His head was changed and almost encased in a weird mask. But then they realized that was his face. Horns grew from his head (predictably), but weren't nearly as big as those expected. In fact, while his whole body did change, it didn't look as 'demonic' as they expected. Still, his arms, hands and chest seemed to have disturbing veins on them, as if lava itself was flowing through them.

"Huh. That's… kinda cool." Krillin blinked. "Can't imagine what it does to his mind, though."

"The Devil Trigger dramatically increases his strength, speed, and healing power, and he can fly!" Boomstick continued. "Oh, and that's not all! In his more recent escapades, Dante absorbed both the broken hilt of Rebellion, along with the Sparda – don't question it, you had to be there – and discovered another level to his power! The Sin Devil Trigger!"

"Power… GIVE ME MORE POWER!" The devil-formed Dante cried out in anger, before his body pulsated, and seemed to change again.

NOW Dante looked much, MUCH more like a demon. The horns being much more notable, spokes covering his entire body, encasing him in what looked like a hell-forged version of the Berserker Armor. Except now, the glowing veins were everywhere, and the horns seemed to be glowing ads well. Not to mention the demonic wings he sprouted from his back, which also had the veins on them, as well as several sharp talon-like hooks on the top.

DEVIL TRIGGER/SIN DEVIL TRIGGER

- Massive Power Increase

- Flight

- Demon Powers

- Pyrokinesis

- Has A Set Time Limit, But Is Longer Than You'd Expect ("That's what she said!" Future Trunks called. "TRUNKS!" "Ha! Nice one, kid!")

- Sometimes Refferred To As 'Perfect Devil Trigger' (Skorch looked to the reader and held up a sign with 'Insert Demon/Legendary-Super-Sayian Joke/Comparison And/or Perfect Cell Joke Here' written on it.)

"Fascinating." Whis mused. "For a mortal to be able to tap into the inherent power of demonic entities is one thing, but to be able to control it with such skill and almost indifference is… shocking, to say the least. Regardless of his bloodline, there's something truly unique about Dante."

"I mean, he's half-demon, what makes this so unique?" Goten asked, confused.

"Well, think of his Devil Trigger form as the inverted Super Sayian God." Whis explained. "From the looks of things, Dante is tapping into a power similar to the God Ki that Super Sayian Blue and Red use, except rather than Holy energy, he's deriving it from the depths of their worlds' hell. Not only is that extremely dangerous to even consider attempting, due to the fact that it could open a portal to hell and destroy everything, but because of what it would do to his human body…"

"But he's half demon, shouldn't he be able to handle that?"

"Well, I would guess so." Whis shrugged. "I don't have a lot of expertise in this area. Half-demons, and demons in general don't interact with Angels or Celestials. But, from the looks of things, Dante not only is able to summon this form whenever he wants, meaning he's mastered control of this demonic power, but he also seems to retain full control of his mind and actions. Albeit somewhat more vicious than normal. That kind of twisted power isn't something to take lightly, and mastering it is something not many in this world could realistically accomplish."

"So, have you ever seen anything like this?" Goku asked.

"Hm… the closest thing I could think of as a half-human, half-demon being would be…" Whis began to think, but trailed off, groaning in annoyance. "Of course, NOW I can't remember the name! Anung Un…" He thought about it, then sighed. "For the life of me, I can't recall. But again, it was merely a story I heard long, long ago. Before I became the assistant to Lord Beerus."

"How long ago was that?" Bulma asked.

"I thought you of all mortals would know better than to ask about someone's age." Beerus retorted and Bulma looked like she had been slapped. She had to fight back the anger to slap the God of Destruction, and seemed to be winning the fight…

"Hey, it's probably the early stages of dementia kickin' in. She's pushing sevent-" Skorch began, only to then discover what being having one's head flung into space at Mach Five was like. Everyone else, wisely, remained quiet.

"Being so well-armed, Dante is more than capable of handling entire courts of demons on his own, although this doesn't stop some of his allies from joining in from time to time. This team includes his aforementioned and not dead brother, Vergil, as well as Trish, a demon lady who occasionally fights alongside him, and happens to resemble his deceased mother... talk about giving somebody an Oedipus complex..."

"Hey, if I may quote an old family saying, 'If she's not directly related, she's safe to be dated'." Boomstick remarked.

"…what?" Roshi asked, seeing all eyes were on him. "Hey, if she's not related, I think that's cool, but that's a bit… weird, y'know?" The perverse old man rubbed the back of his head awkwardly. He regretted sitting in a beanbag chair relatively close to the large couch where most of the strongest people were, as he had a feeling Bayonetta was going to get him hit. A LOT. But still, he had to comment the truth on this matter. Namely, he didn't know how to feel.

"I don't know how I feel about that, and that concerns me." Vegeta admitted after a few moments of silence. He wasn't one to judge someone based on relationships (and side from his and Bulma's, he really couldn't care less about any relationship) but this just felt… weird. And it was that uncomfortable weirdness that you didn't know how to explain or deal with, so all you could do was sort of try and understand it by thinking about it. But that just made it worse.

"That explains a lot. Luckily, and quite surprisingly, that avenue was never explored in-game, thank the Lord…" Wiz muttered, and there were a few sighs of relief.

"But the Internet? They can give you 34 good reasons that-"

"Stick! Not now!" Wiz shouted, sounding almost panicked. "Do you have ANY IDEA what the internet will do to things it likes!? It's not normal, man! It's not normal!"

"…wow… I have never heard Wiz so frightened."

"I'd prefer not to know what Boomstick was talking about there." Krillin muttered.

(*Cues: Shall Never Surrender - Devil May Cry 4*)

"Dante is a walking, talking, demon-slaying, wise-cracking, pizza-eating, feat achieving machine." Boomstick declared, and the fighters were interested in seeing what Dante could really do. "One time, after getting impaled by four demons at once, he pushed one so hard, it exploded and dropped a ceiling fan on the other three, all while he was eating a slice of pizza."

"Oh. GREAT." Dante sarcastically sighed overdramatically, seeing the clutch of demons now standing in how shop. "Hey, burnface! We're closed!"

Needless to say, the demons didn't care. They shrieked and rushed Dante, who was more focused on his pizza than anything, and didn't notice that he had been impaled. Four times.

"Oh." He blinked, realizing what had happened. "Ow."

"There's being reckless, and then there's being oblivious." Vegeta remarked, still having a hard time deciding whether or not he liked Dante or not. He certainly had skills, but overall seemed insufferable in ways that would keep him from wanting to vote for him to win.

"Oh, and when their friends showed up, he challenged them to a game of billiards."

Dante fired a bullet from his gun, which struck the cue ball, which sent it flying into the other balls. In turn, the balls were sent flying, and began to knock the balls into the demons, knocking them out cold in one fluid shot.

"He won."

"I don't think you use guns to play pool, right?" Lil' Trunks asked.

"No, you don't." Future Trunks shook his head, remembering the few times he had played.

"We should try that at some point." Goku remarked. "Kinda looks fun."

"I don't think you'd like it, Goku." Piccolo remarked. "It's a calm game that takes a lot of patience and small movements. Your strength would probably tear up the bedding on the tables." After a few moments, he noticed a few were looking to him. "What? We have one up on the Lookout."

"Actually, that may not be a bad training exercise." Whis remarked thinking it over. "It could be effective to teach them to control their Ki into smaller, more focused movements."

"Eh, you'd have to talk to Mr. Popo about that, it's his." The Namekian shrugged.

"Dante has run down the side of a building so fast he caught fire, similar to a spacecraft reentering the atmosphere at approximately 17,000 miles per hour. Only to then smash into the ground… and be totally fine."

FEATS

- Runs Fast Enough To Catch Fire Due To Air Friction

- Stopped A Punch From The Saviour With His Bare Hands

- Can Be Stabbed Through The Heart or Shot In The Head And Brush It Off (That was… both impressive, and concerning to those watching.)

- Defeated Vergil, His Virtual Equal

- Barely Fazed when Hit By Meteors ("Okay, now he's just showing off." Bulma muttered.)

- Has Defeated The Underworld's Most Fearsome Demons ("That's oddly seeming common in these Death Battles." Vegeta muttered.)

"And he's even capable of taking out others just as overpowered as himself. like his brother Vergil, who was not dead, but evil." Boomstick added. "He's also taken on hordes of hell's worst, killed all sorts of demons without his weapons, and like we said, survives impalement every single day."

"Dante stopped a colossal punch from this titanic monster without breaking a sweat." Wiz began as a large, horned beast brought its fist down at Dante… only to have it stopped with little to no effort by the demonic demon-slayer. "He's shrugged off bombardment by meteors, and eventually avenged his Mother by defeating the demon lord Mundus. In space. Because that's just how this universe works, folks."

There was silence now, as no one really knew how to react to what was being shown. On the one hand, some of the Z-Warriors did this stuff, but on the other hand, Dante seemed so flagrant and extreme, it almost seemed like how Mr. Satan presented himself, but wasn't full of crap.

"After hearing all this, – and believe us, there's WAY more! – you may be asking yourself, 'Can anything stop this guy?'." Boomstick said aloud.

"I'd assume so, I doubt they'd have to combatants who were so overwhelmingly powerful that their battle couldn't be decided, and they kept fighting even after the episode ended."

"Sega satan shiro!" Someone, somewhere, in another plane of reality, shouted defiantly.

"The answer… is yes. Dante does have a limit to how much punishment he can take, and when you peel away the layers of leather, angst, and devil-may-care-attitude, you'll find a deeply broken person, trying desperately to keep those they love safe."

"I could believe that." Chi-Chi frowned. "He really seems to be trying to act like he's some all-powerful warrior, but he's barely hanging on from the looks of it."

"Nah, I wouldn't say he's that messed up." Future Trunks shook his head, having been considering this for some time. "He's got a lot on his back, and his past probably haunts him more than he'll admit, but he does seem to have control of it, at least somewhat."

"And dealing with the fact that no matter what they do, they can never truly consider them 'safe' due to the demonic heritage they carry. On top of that, if there's anything that could take him down, it's his own cocky attitude."

"Like I've been sayin' for years! Just because you can throw the strongest punch, doesn't mean y'should let yer guard down!" Roshi remarked, then added: "Goku."

"Aw, c'mon Master Roshi! I'm not that bad at that!"

"Yes, you are." Was collectively replied. Even Skorch's headless body gave a thumbs-up in agreement.

"In the words of the ancient Chinese philosopher Laozi, 'There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.' Dante has essentially turned this into a double edged-sword, as foes often underestimate him based on how he looks and acts, but he just as often underestimates his enemies."

"I'm gonna have to disagree with old Laozi here. I'm pretty sure there's no greater danger than telling a woman those pants do, in fact, make her ass look fat."

"You bastard!" A demonic wretch screeched, running towards Dante. In turn, Dante looked behind him and grinned, aiming his gun.

"And… jackpot." Dante remarked before pulling the trigger and blowing the creature's head open as the doors closed. Again, some of the parents didn't like their kids seeing the gore and violence, but also knew that their husbands would be fine with it, so really, complaining about it would be a bit of an issue.

"Man, Dante is really cool! Why didn't Skorch mention him before?!" Goten asked.

"Eh, if they were together, it's probably hard talking about an Ex." Roshi remarked, seeming oddly calm and mature about the whole thing. Even if he was totally going to ask Skorch about his Ex.

"Still, if Dante's got all this power, I'm surprised he spends so much time in such a run-down place." Bulma commented. "It feels like he should be able to have more than that."

"Well, Goku has such power, and yet…" Chi-Chi muttered, keeping her tone low as to avoid an awkward conversation.

"I have to agree with Master Roshi, though." Krillin spoke up. "Dante may have skills, but the guy seems way, way too cocky. That'll just put him in danger in the fight. Even outside of the battle, he's got all this power, but he doesn't seem to know what to always do with it."

"I wouldn't go that far, kid." Roshi shook his head. "But you're on the right path."

Overall, Dante was not was the fighters were expecting. He clearly possessed power beyond what they believed possible (or safe, if they were honest) but also seemed like he'd be an interesting warrior to get to know. Future Trunks was interested in Yamato, while Goku wanted to learn more about the 'Devil Trigger' power… even if he had a feeling he would never be allowed to use it.

"I'll give him credit, if what Whis said is true, then there's certainly more to him than a flagrant disregard for his own safety." Vegeta conceded, thinking things over. "The Devil Triggers seems like what Akuma and Ryu wanted to achieve with the Raging Demon, but lost that battle for control, whereas Dante can use that with no real detriment."

"You have a point to this?"

"If Frieza came back from hell, we don't know who, or what elsemay follow. From the sounds of it, Frieza's hell was the best-case scenario for us, as it was hell to him, and that also kept him away from any chance at making a deal or gaining some sort of power like this."

"So, you're saying an old enemy of yours may make a deal with a demon and seek revenge?" Bulma asked, and Vegeta shrugged, frowning as he thought back to what happened with Babidi…

"If you're asking me to instruct you in how to combat such a foe, I'm not sure I can." Whis added, surprising those in the room. "Demonic entities are often summoned by a person, and by the rules we're governed by, if they're called upon, we can't interfere."

"That seems… awfully convenient…" Someone muttered.

"I know, right?" Beerus muttered.

THOOM!

Without warning, a small meteor came crashing back down into the living room. However, no one really jumped at the incoming flaming ball, as they all knew who/what it was.

"Moori says hello." Skorch's head remarked, looking over to Piccolo.

"Geez, Bulma's strong when she's pissed…" Krillin muttered, picking up Skorch's skull and setting it on a coffee table, next to his slushy.

Bayonetta

(*Cues: Advent of the Angels I - Bayonetta*)

"From the angels of Paradiso to the demons of Inferno, there is a name feared by both the light and the dark, and her name... is Bayonetta." Wiz began as monsters on both sides were shown. The word 'Angel' got Whis' attention, and he was more than surprised when he saw what they really looked like.

(*Cues: Tokyo Game Show - Bayonetta*)

Now, Bayonetta was shown. A woman pushing 7 feet tall, dressed in all black with long black hair. She moved with an air of commanding presence, and more than a few snapped to attention.

"By Shenron's Balls…" Roshi whispered, eyes widening at the sight of Bayonetta.

"Hey. Keep your perverse comments to a minimum, old man. Especially in front of the kids." Vegeta ordered.

"You ask a tiger to change its stripes, boy." Roshi retorted.

"No, he didn't. He's just asking you not to act like you normally do around naked women." Goku blinked, not getting Roshi's comment.

"To any normal guy walking down the street, she may look like your average seven-foot-tall gargantuan amazon woman with good fashion sense, but Bayonetta is actually one of the last Umbra Witches, a clan of mystics allied with demon-kind."

"Well… that… wasn't… what I was expecting…"

"Named Cereza upon birth, she spent her early life growing up in outcast due to her parents being from rival clans, her father, a Lumen Sage, and her mother, an Umbra Witch." Wiz explained as a stained-glass painting was shown, depicting who the fighters assumed to be Cereza's parents.

BACKGROUND

- Real Name: Cereza

- Height: 7'7" / 232 cm (Roshi's jaw hit the ground)

- Age: Over 500, Looks 20 ("Rrrrgghh…")

- Weight: Approx. 200+ lbs. / 90+ kg

- Her Standard Clothes Are Her Hair ("WHAT?!" Was collectively shouted.)

- One of Two Surviving Umbra Witches

- The "Left Eye Of The World"

- Once Babysat Her Childhood Self (To those watching, that was almost weirder than the 'clothes are hair' thing)

"I'm going to come out and say it, I have no idea where this is going." Piccolo conceded with a shrug.

"See, the Sages and Witches had one rule to follow: Don't make babies with the opposite clan, because according to prophecy, it would bring on the destruction of the universe."

"So, even when everything everywhere is at risk, people still can't follow that one rule?" Vegeta asked flatly, already knowing the answer.

"Hey, the power of an attractive woman is stronger than many realize."Roshi admitted, disgusting a few present.

"So naturally, it was only a matter of time before somebody couldn't keep it in their pants. Well… y'know what they say. Pulling out works every time, but the last time." Boomstick remarked with a shrug.

Without warning, an old film reel began to play, the video stuttering and jumping as if an old projector was struggling to keep the reels going. Before any questions could be asked, a voice spoke up.

"In your wickedness, you have broken the ancient commandments!" A woman's voice spoke as a pair of figures stood in what looked like the centre of a cathedral. "And crafted a bond with one of the light."

"Are those her parents?" Goku asked.

"I'd guess so." Krillin nodded in agreement.

"Our laws are clear. They demand you be eternally imprisoned."

"That seems kinda harsh." Goten frowned.

"Well, yeah. But the entire universe could be destroyed, so…"

"As for the impure child, she must be kept from the path of the dark arts forever." The woman's voice concluded as the footage seemed to jump about, flashes of occult symbols shot by, followed by a woman in red driving a blade into a woman's chest, as well as the doors being torn down and a swarm of people invading for some reason.

(*Cues: Friendship - Bayonetta *)

"You would know." Wiz muttered. "With the pact now broken, war ensued between the two factions, as one would expect. When the war was over, only two witches survived; Cereza, and her rival/future friend Jeanne. Realizing it was on her to prevent the apocalypse, Jeanne used a special dagger to seal away Cereza's memories and put her into a five hundred year-long coma. Why she wouldn't just kill her and call it a day is beyond our knowledge, but it could stand to reasons she didn't want to murder a child."

"I'd hope so." Chi-Chi frowned, not liking the implications of murdering a child who honestly hadn't done anything wrong. Heck, she probably didn't even know what was happening or what was wrong.

"When Cereza woke up from her epic power nap, she took on her new name, Bayonetta, and set out to find her lost memories."

"Rise my child! Rise to realize your true potential!" A man's voice spoke as a sleeping Bayonetta was shown, almost totally naked, aside from her hair covering certain parts of her body. Bulma, Chi-Chi and surprisingly Vegeta weren't sure they wanted their kids watching this, while Roshi's jaw hit the ground in shock, his eyes feeling like they were going to punch out of his skull.

"Great." Krillin mentally muttered. "This is gonna be a rough one…"

Skorch's headless body reached out and grabbed Roshi's shoulder as a warning. It did little to dissuade him.

"Luckily for her, she had just the right weapon for the job: her hair!" Boomstick added.

(*Cues: Love is Blue Equipped - Bayonetta 2*)

"As an Umbra Witch, not only does her hair serve as her clothing—"

"Which I'm having a really hard time deciding whether or not that's hot, or just disgusting."

"Hot. Definitely hot." Roshi commented.

"How is that even possible!?"

"She can also use it to summon the demon Madama Butterfly-"

"She can summon a demon, from her hair?!" Future Trunks asked, finding this a tad ridiculous. Skorch just nodded as Bayonetta was shown from the backside, practically naked, as a portal opened and a massive dragon-dinosaur-demon-thing appeared, roaring animalisticly. It then followed this up by chomping down on a massive creature, and slamming it into a wall several times before swallowing it whole. "Oh. Okay then."

"I can't tell if that's terrifying, or awesome."

"Yeah, I mounted that thing and rode it all the way down one time. That was awesome!" Skorch laughed, then realized something. "That was a lot more sexual than I intended… I meant I rode that thing like an animal- er, I-I-I mean-"

"You're not helping your case." Krillin remarked.

"-to aid her in battle. This technique; the Wicked Weaves, creates portals for the giant demon to deliver devastating punches and kicks from, and can usually destroy anything in its path." Wiz finished as a trio of 'Angels' were shown… and then a giant fist came down from a portal and crushed them into a disgusting red paste.

"Bayonetta can also manipulate gravity – or something, and walk on walls and ceilings with Witch Walk as if it was the normal ground when the moon is out. On top of that, she can fulfil every Furry's dream and even transform into animals to fly, run superfast, and dodge attacks. Oh, and she has butterfly wings. For… reasons."

"But her most useful technique is Witch Time. By slowing down time itself, Bayonetta can dodge practically anything while unleashing a barrage of attacks." Wiz added as Bayonetta flipped backwards away from an oncoming attack, and time itself seemed to slow to a crawl, letting her move about freely while everyone else remained frozen.

"And to complete the Doma-Vibe she's got going, she's got these things we called 'Torture Attacks' which are exactly what they sound like." Boomstick said as Bayonetta summoned a massive spiked wheel, slammed it onto a hideous monster, and kicked it with such force it tore it to shreds in mere seconds. "They're essentially you being blended into a liquefied mass, and there ain't anything you can do to stop it. They're like Fatalities from Mortal Kombat. But, they take a LOT of her magic reserves, so they're mostly for finishing off an enemy, or dealing massive damage quickly."

POWERS AND ABILITIES

- Superhuman Strength, Speed, Agility, and Durability

WITCH TIME

- Dramatically Slows The Flow of Time

WITCH WALK

- Walks On Walls & Ceilings In The Light Of A Full Moon ("Only under a full moon?" Goten asked, confused. "Why is that?")

BEAST WITHIN

- Animal Transformation, Granting Speed, Flight, And Damage Negation

- Blazingly Fast Reflexes

- Proficiency With Any Weapon

TORTURE ATTACKS

- Insanely Damaging Attacks

- Can Kill Most Enemies In A Single Shot

- Require A Lot Of Magic

"Does freezing time count as time manipulation under the Galactic Law?" Goku asked. He didn't know (or really care, if he was honest) all that much about the 'Galactic Law' that Jaco was in charge of upholding, but the one thing he knew was that time travel was apparently a pretty big issue among this Patrol.

"It didn't stop Hit during the tournament." Piccolo remarked.

"No, Jaco didn't stop Hit during the tournament because the Galactic Coward feared for his own life rather than what could've been at stake by remaining silent." Vegeta scowled, still bitter over how certain parts of that had ended.

"I don't know, and I don't much care." Beerus answered, seeming bored. "Time Manipulation of any kind is something you mortals should never attempt. What Hit did was jumping about a second into the future, so there isn't much that can be done about that, as he isn't upending timelines or any of that nonsense."

"Regardless, this would be rather problematic, but if I were to wager a guess, there isn't much that the Galactic Patrol could do about this particular pair of fighters…" Whis added. "But if I had to guess, yes. Our rules against time travel would apply to an extent against things such as this. The issue being, how could we prove she was doing it?"

(*Cues: One of A Kind - Bayonetta*)

"Bayonetta is basically a tall, sexy armoury." Boomstick said.

"True."

"I mean, he's not wrong."

"Eh, she's okay."

Vegeta and Goku said nothing. The former didn't care much about Bayonetta's look, and Goku didn't much care. This wasn't just because their wives were there, either.

"She wields gauntlets called Durga which attack with fire and electricity, a huge scythe that rots the souls of its victims, and a freaking lightsaber called Pillow Talk-"

"Oh, that's not fair. They KNEW what they were doing with those names!" Roshi grumbled.

"She has a bow that fires poison arrows, a chainsaw made of dragon scales-"

"Okay, that thing was awesome." Lil' Trunks laughed, staring in amazement at the literal dragon chainsaw.

"Hm. They're not really that effective as far as weapons go." Piccolo commented, sensing what they were thinking. "They're heavy and clunky, and if you mishandle them, you'll lose a limb."

"Speaking from experience?" Krillin asked.

"I choose not to answer that question." Piccolo said, looking forward.

"-a massive hammer that can cause earthquakes with every strike, and even ice skates which attack with ice. Obviously." Boomstick concluded, while everyone looked on in either amazement or confusion at how… versatile her weaponry was.

"But her most beloved weapons are her four-pistol set called Love Is Blue, given to her by her… 'friend', we'll call him, the legendary demon-smith, Rodin. These four are actually replacements to the four pistols she used to use, called Scarborough Fair. But she lost them due to… reasons we don't want to spoil. Rather than swap between them like a normal person, she somehow manages to wield all of them at once by using not only her hands, but also her feet." Wiz explained as the four pistols were shown, and Bayonetta seemed to be moving with the grace of a ballerina… while firing four guns off simultaneously.

"How does that work? Does she have like, some kinda weird thumbs on her ankles or something? That would kinda detract from the hotness factor just a bit-WAIT. She's covered in hair, and she uses her feet like hands... she's a monkey! MONKEY WITCH!" Boomstick shouted in a panic.

"Doesn't change a thing for me!" Roshi laughed. More than a few glaring at him in annoyance. It was clear he wasn't going to stop, so the best they could do was hope for nothing too explicit…

WEAPONS

LOVE IS BLUE

- Replacements For Scarborough Fair

- Four Supernaturally Powerful Handguns

- Never Needs To Reload, Supposedly

- Crafted By Rodin ("*CoughasshatCough*!" Skorch coughed.)

SHURABA

- Katana Which Sucks Out The Souls Of Its Victims

- Can Also Destroy Souls ("So many weapons and fighters seem to be going after souls…" Vegeta muttered, understanding why, and somewhat wondering if there was a way they could learn something like that.)

DURGA

- Gauntlets Which Strike With Fire Or Electricity

ODETTE

- Ice Skates Which Can Freeze Lava (Everyone blinked at that.)

ALRUNA

- Whip Imbued With Poison (Roshi cackled at the thought)

TAKEMIKAZUCHI

- Massive Hammer Which Causes Earthquakes On Impact ("Nice…")

"These are… ridiculous." Bulma blinked, not even beginning to know where to begin with the questions. Heck, even Whis was looking at the screen with a 'I-have-no-idea-how-to-process-this' look on his usually calm and collected face.

"How does she carry all these on her?!" Krillin asked, not wanting to make the 'her-body-seems-way-too-thin-to-carry-them-comment'. While he'd admit, she was pretty, she was no 18.

"Who's Rodin?" Lil' Trunks asked.

"Demon blacksmith." Skorch replied, somehow drinking the slushy next to him, despite being a decapitated skull. "Runs a bar, makes guns and weapons, that kinda thing."

"You sound like you have a history with him."

"Rodin HATES me." Skorch admitted, awkwardly. "I drank at his bar all the time, forgot to pay my tab. Also, I out-drank him, which was a real matter of pride to him."

"Huh. I guess my assumptions were correct." Beerus remarked, taking another bite of the pizza they had ordered. "You would run from a challenge, rather than face it."

"Hey, if that demonic bar custodian wants to go another round, he has my number." Skorch laughed, deciding to leave out he had blocked Rodin's number out of sheer pettiness. As well as getting tired for the hundreds of 'WTF R U, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU' texts he got.

"This is awkward..." Bayonetta muttered.

"I highly doubt that. She probably just uses some sort of magic. Speaking of magic, when Bayonetta wants to unleash her full potential, she triggers her 'Umbran Climax.'"

"OH, C'MON!" Was shouted by a few, while Roshi laughed. They were trying not to encourage the perverted old turtle hermit, or make their kids ask questions they didn't want to answer. But this wasn't helping things.

To make matters worse, Bayonetta turned her back to the camera… and her clothes disappeared as a massive attack was thrown against a towering foe. Jaws dropped as everyone looked at her, but none were more dropped than Roshi's.

Boomstick was laughing at the name.

"I don't get it." Goten blinked. "What's so wrong about 'Climax'?"

"Er…uh…"

"Goten, honey, I'll tell you when you're older." Chi-Chi said, struggling to keep her emotions in line.

"I'm always too young…" Goten muttered, deciding to go with plan b. "Hey, Skorch? What's up with Cli-"

"Answer that and go back into space." Chi-Chi warned, and there was (thankfully) no answer given.

"...Which increases her strength and lets her summon Madama Butterfly's full unrestrained power. When fully unleashed, Madama Butterfly can shatter huge meteors by headbutting them, devour Titans in a single bite, and essentially level a city in minutes as if she was Godzilla." Wiz attempted to push onward, ignoring Boomstick's remarks.

"Ah, climax…" Boomstick chuckled.

"I'd love to make her cli-" Roshi began, and more than a few were going to yell at him, but someone beat them (literally) to it.

BONK!

Roshi hit the floor when he was bashed over the head by a large stick. Skorch's headless body prepared to hit him again, and again, and again if need be.

"Go to horny jail." Skorch ordered.

"That's my whole LIFE!"

"Then perish."

Thankfully, (or unthankfully, depending on how you wanted to look at this), Skorch's hit seemed to have knocked a good amount of the wind out of Roshi, and he was now face-down on the floor, trying to regain his strength.

"Sit… on… my… face…" Roshi mumbled, still face-down on the floor. "You… and Alcina Dimi…"

"What is he talking about, and do we want to know?" Future Trunks asked, then corrected himself. "Never mind, I don't care, and I don't want to know."

(*Cues: Fly Me To The Moon (Climax) - Bayonetta*)

"By herself, Bayonetta has pulled off some impressive feats. She's strong enough to kick military jets into the air, head-butt skyscrapers across the city, and even throw satellites with her legs in outer space. Oh, by the way, she can survive outer space."

FEATS

- Defeated Jubileus, The Creator (She Killed God, Essentially) (Everyone stared blankly at that.)

- Head-Butted A Skyscraper Across A City

- Threw A Colossal Satellite With Her Legs

- Dodged Bullets When They Were Instantly Repositioned Behind Her Back

- Fought Her Way Through Inferno And Back ("That's hell." Skorch remarked.)

- Tanked A Super-Powered Bullet To The Face And Was Merely Staggered

- Routinely Fights And Kills Angels And Demons, Daily.

"I dare say, she's achieving feats akin to a Destroyer God…" Whis said with a mirthful smirk.

"That's not all she can destroy…"

BONK!

"If your insinuating something Whis, at least have the courage to say it." Beerus challenged.

"Well, if you must know, all I'm suggesting is that if she was part of Universe Seven, Bayonetta could very easily be considered a contender for a Destroyer God, as could Dante, Kratos, Spawn, and a number of those we've seen in these battles, even Gojira."

Beerus' ears flattened back as his jaw hung low for a moment, before he shook his head and scowled at his advisor. He did NOT like where this was going…

"Using Witch Time, she was able to defeat this thing in only a matter of real-time seconds. Even without Witch Time, her reaction speed is astronomical! For example, when a Lumen Sage stopped time to position newly fired bullets about three feet behind her, she managed to not only turn and identify the incoming threat, but also dodge all 16 of them. Considering regular bullets travel around 2,500 feet per second, she must have pulled all that off in less than 1,000th of a second!"

The Board of Wizdom

Speed of a bullet = 2,500 feet per second

Her bullets traveled about 3 feet

3 feet/2500 fps = .0012 seconds

"Man, that's almost instant transmission levels of speed!" Goku exclaimed, everyone surprised he seemed to understand what the numbers meant.

"And then there's that one time, when she killed God. You know, by scissoring her hair with Jeanne's and punching the creator's soul across the entire solar system into the sun!" Boomstick added as the sight was shown. Needless to say, it was… weird.

"Not to mention, Bayonetta has been in fights with a number of previous Death Battle contenders and champions! Such as Samus, Yoshi, Cloud, Link, Mario, Sonic, Ryu, Pikachu, Kirby and Snake." Wiz added as Bayonetta was shown fighting three of the aforementioned fighters, and the scene shifted s few times showing different fights. Oddly, she seemed a lot shorter, however. "Okay, obviously Bayonetta's feats and abilities are absolutely ridiculous, but she is sometimes rather inconsistent."

"Like power levels?" Piccolo asked, sarcastically.

"What? Power levels aren't inconsistent!" Goku protested. Everyone else just looked to him, but said nothing.

"Despite her reaction time, she's been caught off guard by enemies ranging from a half-god called Lobster or something like that, and even a plant monster that managed to grab her out of the air." Boomstick explained as Bayonetta was shown fighting… but getting hit as well. "Also, some enemies have been able to break through Witch Time, so that can be an issue."

"But regardless of whatever weaknesses she may have, Bayonetta's achieved more than anyone could possibly imagine, despite being 100% human." Wiz added, a fact which surprised those watching.

"Wait, she IS human?! Dibs!" Boomstick and Roshi exclaimed as one.

"All right, let's dance baby~." Bayonetta remarked with a wink before the doors closed and Gohan hit pause.

"Ignoring certain aspects of her, I genuinely think she'll win." Chi-Chi admitted with a shrug. "She can stop time, while Dante can only slow it."

"Yeah, but Dante's weapons seem to way outclass her's." Krillin shrugged.

"Not to mention, her strength seems far superior to Dante's." Vegeta conceded with a nod, that being the main thing he had taken away. Honestly, he found both fights a bit ridiculous, and not just because they seemed to have strength and powers he didn't, but because, well, look at them! One was an idiotic demon-killer who seemed to have powers that could rival the Kais, and the other was a woman who wore her hair as clothes and seemed to be enough to make Lord Beerus antsy.

"Entity." Beerus then spoke. "Between myself or these two, who would win?"

"…you, probably." Skorch answered, after thinking for a minute. "Physically speaking, both could probably keep up with you, and Bayonetta may be a bit stronger if I'm honest, but the second powers come into play, you outclass them like there's no tomorrow."

Beerus didn't like the stipulation of 'probably', but agreed with the remark nonetheless.

"Dante just seems cooler!" Goten exclaimed. "He's got so many weapons, there's no way he's gonna lose!"

"I mean, he technically does have an unlimited amount of weapons." Future Trunks nodded. "I swear, that would've been so much help against the Android, or Cell, or Goku Black…" He paused then shot a glance over to Krillin, and coughed awkwardly. Thankfully, the Z-Monk said nothing.

Truthfully, this was a weird fight, and everyone knew it was probably going to only get weirder when the actual fighting started. Both fighters seemed ot have obscene powers and arsenals, only complimented by their odd personalities, fighting styles and stories. But, none of the Z-Fighters felt like if they ran into them, their first thought would be 'we're screwed', and it felt good seeing fighters who may have been a bit 'excessive', but clearly fought for good reasons. Be they family, honor, or money. Okay, maybe that last one wasn't the best thing to fight for, but still.

Between the two, Dante definitely seemed like the better equipped to win, but Bayonetta seemed to be stronger, faster and had done more outlandish things. Not to mention, while Dante had a 'Demon Super Sayian' form, as Goten called it, he couldn't summon a giant dragon-demon-thing with his hair to smite his enemies. Something a few of the fighters still didn't know how to feel about.

The Votes…

Goku – Dante (He had to admit, Dante seemed like the kinda guy he'd wanna train with.)

Vegeta – Bayonetta (Her skills and strengths outclassed Dante.)

Piccolo – Bayonetta

Krillin – Dante

Gohan – Bayonetta

Chi-Chi – Bayonetta

Bulma – Bayonetta

Goten – Dante

Trunks – Dante

Roshi – Bayonetta (Duh)

Whis – Bayonetta

Beerus – Dante (Loathed as he was to admit to it, Dante's powers seemed stronger than Bayonetta's.)

After a few minutes to get more food and use the bathroom, everyone was back and ready for.. whatever came next.

"Alright the combatants are set, it's time to end this debate once and for all." Wiz stated.

"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLLLLLLEEEEEEE!" Boomstick shouted as the doors closed once again.

Death Battle

(*Cues: Out of Darkness (Prologue) - Devil May Cry 4*)

The doors opened on a somewhat dull-coloured city. It seemed almost outdated with its stone structures, but also had an undeniable beauty about it at the same time. What was most recognizable though, was the large clock tower attached to what looked like a church built on the edge of a cliff.

Grabbing onto a metal spire, Dante pulled himself onto the top of said very tall clock tower, taking a moment to look around at his surroundings.

"Huh, not exactly where I expected an all-powerful relic to be hidden, but then again, this is kinda the perfect place for it." He reasoned aloud, taking a bite form a candy bar before opening a window and slipping into the chapel itself.

Falling to the ground below, Dante looked at several stained-glass windows, one depicting scenes from Bayonetta's past, one of three women, Aeon, Venus and… he didn't catch the third one, and one of Shenron of all people (or dragons). At least, it certainly looked like him. He noticed a tall chair in the middle with a small Bayonetta doll on it, and picked it up to examine it. While looking at it, Cereza arrived in the cathedral (dressed in priestess attire) while holding a large book.

"Another wandering lost soul I see?" Her voice got Dante's attention, as he had assumed he was alone, and looked up, eyes widening in surprise at the tall figure walking towards him. With a smirk, tossed the doll back onto the chair before making his way towards her, trying to act casual despite having a giant sword on his back. "It isn't common for those seeing salvation to bring a weapon to a holy building."

"Heh, you ain't ever been to the place I've been then…" Dante muttered under his breath, before speaking aloud: "Lost? Nah. I'm looking for something called the Left Eye. Care to give me a hand? Could be fun."

Bayonetta didn't have the most 'appreciative' look in her eye when she looked up, seeming a mixture of bored and annoyed.

"Hmph, I see. But if you're looking for the Left Eye, that would either make you an angel..." She mused as she looked down at him.

(*Cues: Genocide - Devil May Cry *)

Bayonetta held out her book and Dante kept walking closer, both thinking that this could be a trap, or she might actually be helping him. Without warning, - and somewhat to Dante's disappointment - she started shooting at him. They both tried shooting at one another but both moved faster than bullets, leaving the other clearly surprised by this. Bayonetta shrugged, and then lept over Dante and takes off her priestess outfit revealing her true clothes.

"Take it off!"

"Roshi, I will ******' ******** you!" Skorch warned, his words censoring for everyone under the age of 18.

Eventually, both fighters found themselves in a gridlock after firing a few shots at one another, with the other always being able to answer anything thrown their way. Much to their annoyance. Dante smirked, knowingly, and she winks at her opponent, with the Left Eye flashing.

"...or a demon!" Bayonetta finished her previous thought.

"I've been called both, baby." Dante answered.

FIGHT!

Without another exchange, both exchanged blows of gun-fu. Their bullets either colliding with one another, shooting past Dante and Bayonetta, or ricocheting off of the walls, pews, floor, and blowing holes in the stained-glass art.

"Hm. Perhaps something more powerful, is required." Bayonetta mused, before part of her clothing disappeared. Summoning power through her hair (which even I have to admit is kind weird, but whatever) Bayonetta called upon Madama Butterfly's foot to deliver a powerful, potentially bone-shattering kick to Dante. The kick sent him careening to the ground, in a situation most of the Sayians knew all too well. It was both painful, and humiliating.

"Ow." Dante (and a few watching) winced as he slammed into the ornate marble floor. Still, as was expected, Dante quickly bounced back up, checking Ebony and Ivory for damage. Looking back up, he sighed, and then opened fire at Bayonetta once more, the duo exchanged a few more bursts, until one seemed to strike Dante right in the face, his head snapping to one side.

"I know he isn't dead, but could Dante die by a bullet?" Goten asked.

"Possibly." Future Trunks shrugged, having understood how these battles worked a bit better now. "Dante's half-human, so even if a demon couldn't die by bullet, it stands to reason that he could be pretty injured by one."

Dante slowly looked back up, revealing he had caught the bullet in his teeth.

"And now he's just showing off." Roshi remarked, annoyed. "If any of you tried that at such a close distance, save for Whis, Lord Beerus or Skele-bro, at best you'd lose a tooth, at worst, we'd need to call Shenron."

"...but you're saying there's a chance we could pull it off?"

"Goku, no!"

"Goku, yes!"

Bayonetta laughed as she spun backwards, gracefully moving with speed and agility that seemed impossible for someone so tall, but here she was. Proving them all around as she practically danced through Dante's bullets while firing her own back at him. Dante leapt high into the air to avoid the incoming bullets as Bayonetta followed him, then grabbing him in-between her legs and beginning to choke him. Holding him in a way that some people would probably kill to be in.

…case in point…

"Niiiiiiiceee…" Roshi muttered, while everyone seemed to have given up, knowing that they weren't gonna win in a fight against Roshi's… Roshi-ness.

(*Cues: Blackened Angel (Battle) - Devil May Cry 4*)

Dante lands as Bayonetta gets out Kafka and aims at him.

"Take this!" She shouted, during several arrows at the white-haired demon slayer. Dante avoids the arrows at first and then slashes them while firing more bullets. He charges at Bayonetta with Rebellion. She dodges it and uses Witch Time, which sends the entire world into a purple-tinted crawl. In fact, the fighters now noticed a clock appearing over Dante and Bayonetta as she activated the ability.

"I wonder if Hit sees that when he Time Skips." Goku wondered aloud.

"If time slows down, do you see things faster, or slower?" Krillin asked, now wondering what that would look like, or feel like on someone's brain.

"Yes." Beerus said.

"Too slow~" Bayonetta winked.

"She sounds like Sonic." Bulma remarked. "And that just feels weird."

Bayonetta used the slowed down time to briefly examine Dante, then wisely used it to land multiple hits on Dante with her hair before finishing the combo with a powerful and painful uppercut him. Continuing as if this was nothing but a daily routine (which to her, it kinda was) She uses a Madama Butterfly kick to slam Dante into an Iron Maiden which she had summoned from the ground.

"Where did THAT come from?!"

"She can just summon those? That's terrifying…"

"Yet would also be helpful, admittedly."

-which closes and traps him while impaling him in multiple places. Bayonetta blinked, then shrugged dismissively, seemingly assuming the fight was over.

"Mmm, what a disappointing finish..."

Bayonetta starts walking off, but the Maiden began shaking aggressively, before exploding to pieces as Dante casually stood up, brushing his shoulder.

"That all you got, sister?" Dante asked, clearly not impressed with her attacks thus far.

Bayonetta giggles as she takes out the Rakshasa. "Ah. Looks like you're more of a man than I thought!" Bayonetta commented, a bit surprised by how well Dante seemed to be holding up against her barrage of attacks and powers.

"Half-man, half-demon, total badass!" Dante smirked once more, clearly enjoying this fight, despite this being a fight to the death.

"Man, these two barely look like they've been scratched!" Gohan commented, looking at the state of the fighters. "What's it gonna take for either of them to do some real damage?!"

Dante fired off multiple energy waves out of his sword, which moved with alarming speed. Not only that, but they seemed to have some level of force, as they knocked over multiple chairs in the chapel, and sent some of them careening towards Bayonetta. Bayonetta dodges all of them and activates Witch Time for the last attack. She charges at Dante, but Dante activates Quicksilver allowing him to fight at her speed in time to counter her and send her back.

"What?!" Bayonetta was genuinely taken aback by Dante's ability to essentially counter Witch Walk, clearly this was something she hadn't considered to be even possible.

"Heh. Haven't used this in a while. Still got it!" Dante laughed.

They clash their swords multiple times before Dante sends her back and kicks a chair her way.

"In the money!"

Bayonetta slashes the multiple chairs her way but is caught off guard by a chair that hits her in the back of the head, as a result of Dante teleporting behind her. He followed this up by grabbing her leg and slamming her into the ground.

"Ha, ha, ha! Jackpot!" Dante laughed, aiming Ivory at Bayonetta.

"You're a naughty boy hitting a girl like that. You need to be taught a lesson!" Bayonetta remarked as she spun back to her feet, looking down at Dante. The demon hunter stumbled back after being kicked without warning. Something about the way she spoke made a few of the men watching sweat slightly.

"This is sounding and seeming a lot like foreplay, now." Piccolo muttered. "They really seem made for each other…"

"I know, right? If I can ever meet up with them again, I should really set them up…" Skorch added.

"You'd set your Ex's up with one another?!" Bulma asked, genuinely surprised.

"Hey, if they hit it off, good for them." Skorch's headless body shrugged. "Just because I dated em' both don't mean I own them, or something stupid like that! Let em' meet new people! Piccolo's right, they'd probably be a great match!"

Bayonetta then took out Arluna and clashed with Dante, all the while also attempting to strike him with the whip which seemed to be made of thorns. Dante, surprisingly, once again didn't seem phased in the slightest, quickly and agilely stepping in-and-out of the direction of the whip.

"Ho, ho, ho! Now this is what I'm talking about!" Dante laughed.

"He really doesn't take anything seriously, does he?" Beerus asked.

"Seems not, and if he doesn't he's gonna get himself punished, hard because of it." Master Roshi shook his head, then realized the double entendre and laughed.

"If you liked that, you're gonna love this. Avavago!" Bayonetta chanted as she summoned Gomorrah. Once again, the parents didn't like the sight of Bayonetta essentially naked in front of their kids (especially because some of them felt like she looked better than them) but regardless, the beast roars at the white-haired demon hunter.

"All right! Let's see Dante fight that thing!" Trunks (The not as important one) exclaimed, excitedly.

Dante salutes with a smug look as the large demon devours him.

"Oh."

Dante, however, forced the monster's jaws open, still not seemingly taking any of this seriously.

"Phew! Your breath stinks! How much garlic bread did you eat last night?!" He coughed.

"Whis, make a note to reminds us to get garlic bread before we leave."

"Yes, my lord."

Dante escapes from the demon's mouth and takes it down with a few slashes of Rebellion. Bayonetta takes out Takemikazuchi and tries slamming Dante, who blocks the incoming attacks with Gilgamesh. However, the impact still sent out a shockwave when is sent down through the floor. Bayonetta is unable to move in time as the floor gave out, and she fell down to the next floor… only to realize the Clock Tower had crumbled and was now falling over the cliffside it was built onto. Dante ran after her, Rebellion in hand, running so fast he caught on fire. Bayonetta landed and saw Dante coming, activating Witch Time to try and stop him.

"Can't Dante just-" Goku began.

However, Dante activated Quicksilver stance, and kept rocketing towards her, dashing past her and drawing blood as he slashed her side with his blade.

"Gah! Blast it!" Bayonetta growled, realizing she had fallen for an obvious ploy. Still, it was also clear she hadn't encountered anything like this before…

(*Cues: Max Anarchy OST- Find You*)

"This is almost too easy!" Dante laughed.

"This is where we part ways, love."

"After you."

"They sound like they're married." Future Trunks commented, smirking slightly.

Without warning, the sound of a motorcycle could be heard, and a bike jumped off of the cliff, a young woman flipping the bike backwards and landing with a heavy impact next to Dante.

"Dante!" She called.

Dante shoved Bayonetta back as Trish proceeded to yeet the cycle towards their opponent. Bayonetta stood there with a bemused look on her face, before a woman in red appeared from a black and purple portal, and proceeded to kick the bike back at Trish, who slashed it in half with Sparda, resulting in an explosion.

"Who-"

"Isn't that the girl they said looked like Dante's Mother?" Vegeta asked.

"And the other one… who's she?"

"She's the other remaining Witch, right?"

"How come no-one was hurt by that explosion?" Chi-Chi asked, raising a legitimate point. But considering everything else which had been happening thus far, it didn't seem like an important one.

"C'mon Trish, you missed!" Dante scoffed.

"Oh, don't be a baby. It's not my fault you can't handle a librarian!" Trish retorted, annoyed.

The Devil May Cry team gets ready to fight.

"Jeanne." Bayonetta nodded.

"Cereza. Having some boy troubles again?" Jeanne remarked with a mirthful smirk.

"Not to worry, I've got this one handled."

"Wait, we're getting paid for this one, right?" Trish asked, looking to Dante.

"We're getting paid?" Dante asked, sounding surprised. "C'mon!"

Trish tosses her scythe at Bayonetta, who hits it back with her hammer. Dante intercepted the scythe mid-return, using it in his clash with Jeanne. The second Umbra Witch's weapons were different, but also similar ot Bayonetta's. However, it was clear Dante had the strength advantage, as he was now wielding both Yamoto and Trish's scythe as if each were a mere extension of his own body. However, his confidence, or perhaps focus, kept him from seeing Jeanne summoning some sort of Umbran power, and two tendrils snapped up, grabbing Dante's wrists and forcing him to drop his weapons. Nevertheless. Trish can flying in from the side, summoning a charge of energy and electrocuted Jeanne, allowing Dante to get in several slashed with Rebellion, before Trish came flying in and kicked her in the jaw.

"This is gonna hurt!" Trish yelled.

"I thought the rules said they couldn't have any outside help." Gohan said, remembering back to the first episode.

"Originally this led to a spin-off show, I'll show you guys later." Skorch waved dismissively. "Just enjoy the fight and fanservice."

As Jeanne's knocked back, Bayonetta takes out Chernobog which clashes with Dante's gauntlets. Dante takes out Agni and Rudra to slash at her before calling his partner, clearly seeing an opening.

"Trish!"

"Bye-bye!"

Trish yells as she kicks Bayonetta with an electric kick and clashes with Jeanne again, this time wielding the Angel Slayer. Jeanne tries slashing Dante who manages to punch her with his gauntlets, clearly dealing some painful blows to the woman.

"What's wrong? Can't keep up?"

"I know the premise of the show is fighting to the death and all, but what reason to Trish and Jean, was it? Whatever the red one's name is, what reason do they have to fight?" Krillin asked.

"Why do you fight with Goku when you get outclassed?" Piccolo asked, bluntly. "It's what friends do." Krillin smirked slightly at those words, nodding in agreement.

Trish tries kicking Bayonetta, but Cereza turns into multiple bats and activates Witch Time to kick both Dante and Trish back to the center of the clock.

"So, she can slow time as much as she wants, whenever she wants? How can she lose with that ability?!" Goten asked.

"Actually, she can only use it defensively." Whis spoke up, having noticed something. "Bayonetta only uses Witch Time whenever she's about to be hit. From the looks of things, it can only be used as a mode of self-preservation, and can't be used whenever she feels like it."

"Jackpot!"

"So close." Bayonetta groaned in annoyance.

She nearly hits them with an uppercut from Madama Butterfly, but Dante pulls Trish away, even though it looks like he threw her to the ground, those watching understood what he was doing. The two Umbra Witches assume a stance as Dante takes out Pandora, which morphs into a missile chair-

"I want that backpack." Bulma said.

"Same." Piccolo nodded.

-and fires just as Trish unleashes her Maximum Voltage attack. Bayonetta and Jeanne turn into panthers to avoid all the attacks and jump into a window and began running through the inner mechanisms of the falling clock. Their opponents follow suit.

(*Cues: Bayonetta 2 - Aesir*)

Jumping in and out of large gears, Jeanne and Trish land on a rotating flat gear clash sword to Trish's flying sword, the former human again.

"Where'd you get that outfit, a thrift store?"

"You're one to talk, that color looks terrible on you!"

"They're really doing this NOW?" Vegeta asked, feeling the flow of the battle die slightly.

"Hey, if that old outfit you wore was anything to go by, you could teach 'em both a thing or-" Krillin began.

"If you're referring to what I think you are, you best stop talking or die a third time." Vegeta warned, and Krillin just laughed. Vegeta sulked, and Bulma put a hand on his shoulder, trying not to laugh.

Trish levitates her sword to stab at Jeanne but misses.

"Ugh, bitch!"

Jeanne kicks Trish out of a window and out the clock and jumps after her. Dante sees his partner flying off.

"Trish, wait!" Dante called.

Bayonetta takes out Shuraba and takes advantage of the distraction. "Best pay attention, boy!" She ordered, getting a few good hits off on Dante.

The two demon hunters clash until Bayonetta teleports behind Dante. Dante teleports in response and activates his Devil Trigger mode. Bayonetta powers up and sends multiple Madama Butterfly punches at Dante, who blocks and dodges all the punches. Bayonetta then pulls her trump card by summoning the full Madama Butterfly, who charges up a powerful punch.

"Pretty or not... don't fuck with a witch!"Bayonetta shouted.

Dante blocks the punch and sends a clone after the demon to kick it back. He then takes out Yamato and fires off one shockwave, which slices off Madama Butterfly's leg and causing it to fall on the remaining knee. Dante yells in what could've been either anger or pain, as he summoned a surge of twisted energy into his body, activating his powers within his Devil Trigger form, only to go past it and go straight to Sin Devil Trigger. Ignoring Bayonetta, he ran towards Madama Butterfly and grabbed onto it/her lower jaw, before dropping to the ground like a rock, tearing the entire lower jaw out of its mouth. The demonic thing screeched in agony, only for Dante to rip the jaw into two long pieces, and then drove them through Madamas' eyes, before unleashing another blast of power, destroying the creature's head entirely in a brutal explosion of gore and viscera.

"No! That's not possible!" Bayonetta shouted, horrified by the defeat of Madama Butterfly.

"That was AWESOME!" Young Trunks exclaimed.

"I'm starting to think he's getting desensitized to violence because of these Death Battles." Bulma muttered.

"THEN DON'T FUCK WITH ME." Sin Devil Trigger Dante roared, every step he took causing the ground itself to burn with demonic energy.

The two clashed with each other, Bayonetta clearly losing the almost 'playful' edge she fought with, now motivated by a drive to kill Dante. She seemed to be summoning every bit of magic she had left in an attempt to take down Dante, but he seemed to be doing just fine. Suddenly, Dante is stabbed by Shuraba, taking him out of demon mode. While the fighters expected Bayonetta to be standing victorious, they noticed that one of Bayonetta's Love is Blue guns drops to the ground.

"Ho boy… that can't be good, for either of 'em."

(*Cues: Burial Knocked Down Exhaustless Lucifer - Devil May Cry 4*)

As it turns out, both were stabbed with their respective swords. They step back, but while Dante shows no pain, Bayonetta is mortally wounded and falters back.

"…Augh, not possible..." Bayonetta whispered seeing the wounds and blood all over her body.

"I think Dante's won this fight." Future Trunks nodded.

Dante activates Lucifer on his back. He throws the spike projectiles to the side and then upwards, all of which home in on Bayonetta and puncture her even more, leaving her screaming in severe pain. As she struggles to get up, Dante takes out a rose and gently tosses it at Yamato's handle.

"Yup, Dante won." Goku nodded.

"Bullseye." Dante smirked.

The moment the rose hits the sword handle, Bayonetta explodes into bloody chunks. The clock finishes falling down and Dante lands in the streets of Fortuna as he reclaims his swords and sheathes them.

"How come I never meet any nice girls?" Dante muttered.

"If you treat all women like that, I think I have a few reasons." Chi-Chi dryly remarked.

KO!

Dante walks off with Shuraba still placed in his chest while Bayonetta's soul is dragged into Inferno. The sight was… a bit unsettling.

"So, she got dragged to hell, essentially?" Roshi asked, then made a fist. "I'd save her. If it meant tappin' that, I'd fight all of Inferno m'self!"

Skorch high-fived the old man, neither one looked to the other.

"You're unbelievable." Bulma sighed.

Results

(*Cues: Forza del Destino - Devil May Cry 4*)

"Worst. Date. Ever!" Boomstick declared.

"Agreed." Future Trunks nodded.

"Yeah, they even lost their friends... I-I think? What happened to Trish and Jeanne? Are they still fighting?"

"Who knows." Boomstick shrugged.

(No, I'm not doing DBX. Don't ask.)

"Shouldn't they know?" Goku asked. "It is there show."

"Whatever. In what actually matters, it's true that Bayonetta's satellite throwing feat trumps any and all of Dante's physical displays of strength. However, Dante edges out in every other category." Wiz explained, and the Fighters had to disagree, Bayonetta could stop time, dodge bullets, fight angels and demons, and Dante could… do all that too, actually.

"His arsenal matched and exceeded Bayonetta's blow for blow. Hell, even a giant demon like Madama Butterfly is nothing new to this demon slayer for hire. But most of all, Bayonetta didn't have many ways to actually kill him. I mean, the dude shrugs off mortal wounds every day like they were bug bites! Both can take a bullet, but unlike Dante, when Bayonetta's stabbed, it hurts! A lot! That's why avoiding attacks was her specialty."

"Ah, so I was right." Whis remarked, pleased his assumption was correct.

"But she can only dodge for so long against somebody like Dante. Early in their careers, Dante and Vergil obliterated each and every raindrop in a twelve-foot radius, briefly creating a completely open space in a rainstorm. Up to 30 raindrops can occupy a cubic foot on average, meaning they destroyed 108,000 raindrops in less than a second. Without any extra abilities or styles. Even with Bayonetta's absurd reaction speed, Dante striking so much space in so little time far outclasses anything she's had to avoid."

"Well, when you put it like that. I guess." Piccolo conceded. "Add to that Dante seemed to have more weapons than she did, and much more powerful ones at that as well. Even with her experience, I guess Dante was more than she was used to."

"Even when she tried avoiding him with Witch Time, Dante's Quicksilver evened the playing field, basically making it useless."

"It was just a matter of time before Bayonetta suffered the fatal blow." Wiz reasoned.

"Well you know what they say, hair today, gone tomorrow." Boomstick quipped.

"The winner is Dante." Wiz concluded.

In the end, it was a pretty entertaining fight. Those who voted for Bayonetta were disappointed, but they say how she could conceivably win this fight. At the end of the day, Dante had just a few more tricks than her. Those who voted Dante had to admit, they were surprised he won, as they honestly thought his recklessness would be the death of him. But aside from a sword in his chest, he seemed to be doing just fine. Skorch agreed to answer some questions and do a few challenges, but they had to attend to something else, first. Walking into their room, the Entity picked up the tablet/scroll/whatever it was and looked at the reviews.

"First up, we've got one from a 'Guest', who asks a fair question. They wrote…

So, are you doing each death battle once a month or just whenever?

"It is my hope to get one out a month, possibly two, depending on how big the battle is/time restraints/story beats, but I promise nothing. I have no schedule, and despite people asking about me having a or something to support me and make writing go faster, I will NEVER ask for monetary compensation for my writing on this site. Especially from those who read my stuff. You wanna support me? Tell your friends about my stories, share em' around, follow me on Twitter, but don't give me money. It really is when it's done, it's done. Now, we have another 'Guest' review, who wrote…

Unfortunately, Blake actually does beat Mikasa. She's just way too fast. Also, they killed off Weiss so they're not afraid of killing RWBY characters.

"That was pedantic on my end. I watched that battle once and remember nothing from it. My point was I'm not a fan of RWBY Finally, we have one from 'Night furry 4543', who wrote…

When are we gonna get the big guns and are you gonna change the false one of thanos killed by Darkside

"Don't know, and no. Thanos can't beat Darkside. Sorry to be the bearer of bad beatdown news, but Thanos is only a threat in the Earth where he got the stones from, Darkside trounces him in every other category."

Tossing the scroll or tablet, or whatever it was away, Skorch cracked their neck before looking to the reader.

"Anyhow, that's all for now, like I've been sayin', if you've got questions for me, or anyone here, leave em' in a review. No clue what's coming next…"

About ten minutes later, Vegeta and Skorch returned, only for the whole building to shake, and Beerus narrowed his eyes angrily.

"Someone's messing with time again." He growled, annoyed. He looked to Bulma to accuse/correctly assume it was her, but then another impact shook the building, and a large crack in the roof appeared. "Wait. It can't be."

"You pathetic mortals… you truly think I would be so easily bested?" A voice laughed, and a chill like death shot through the room. A few took fighting stances while others tried to figure out where the voice was coming from.

The roof exploded, sending chinks of stone and wood flying everywhere, as a familiar-looking figure descended from the new hole in CC's roof.

"Hold on, is that-" Krillin began, but couldn't finish his question before the figure spoke again.

"Hey… didn't I kill you?!" Beerus yelled, annoyed.

"So, this is where you ran off to, Trunks." Goku Black smirked, raising a brow slightly at the sight before him. Future Trunks grabbed his sword, while the others got ready for a fight.

"How did he find you!?" Vegeta demanded.

"I don't know!" Future Trunks shot back. "This shouldn't be possible!"

"Impossible for a mortal, yet child's play to a God." Goku Black spoke, dismissively waving away their protests as he looked down upon his victims. He charged up a Kamehameha and fired it, carving a swath of fiery destruction through the CC lounge, destroying furniture, floors, and the tv the fighters had been watching the Death Battles on. It was clear a fight was imminent... and the Z-Fighters weren't sure how it was going to go...

(2022 Update: I'm cutting most of the Goku Black stuff down to off-screen stuff. I'll upload it elsewhere, but I'd rather focus on the Death Battles.)