*Bows to the sound of a gong* Greetings young ones. I am Beninja and the time has come for the battle to the death! I have heard from my personal friends and your many… many… reviews… … *Cricket chirps* um… that Sly will win while some say that Rikimaru will reign victorious. Now let's see who was right! But first I would suggest going back and read the analysis for Sly and Rikimaru again to refresh your memory and for updates I made in the Rikimaru one! Enjoy!

*SLAM*

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

Boomstick: It's time for a DEATH BATTLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE!

*SLAM*

The beautiful Japanese background has cherry trees with its leaves gently floating through the breeze. There was a pagoda in the backdrop, a starry night sky, and everything was peaceful. Well… almost. Inside the pagoda there was a ruckus heard inside. "THIEF! GIVE THAT BACK!" A girl shouted as a black shadow jumped through the paper-like windows and began running across the top of the pagoda.

"Ayame. What's happened?" said a deep and serious voice.

"What happened was some raccoon man came in and stole my kimono dress! I tried to stop him but he was too fast! I swear Rikimaru if I get my hands on him I am going to kill him!" She screamed as she went to grab her sword.

But before she could Rikimaru grabbed her wrist. "No. I will deal with this."

"Okay just be careful. I wouldn't underestimate his skill." Ayame warned.

"Please I've killed armies by myself and a physical embodiment of the devil. How bad could he be?" Rikimaru asked. With that he left and gathered supplies before he began tracking down the thief.

Meanwhile at our cherry blossoms Sly was admiring the dress. "Wow authentic silk and such a beautiful orange flower pattern on a yellow backdrop. This dress will do perfect for Carmelita." Sly said to himself before his ear twitched at the sound of a branch snapping lightly.

He quickly spun around and swung his cane as Rikimaru jumped down at Sly with Izayoi, connecting with the cane and jumping back after a quick stand still.

"That dress does not belong to you. Return it now and leave this place immediately." Rikimaru threatened.

"Actually you're right it isn't mine. It now belongs to Carmelita Fox once I give it to her." Sly said jokingly.

"This is your last chance. Drop the dress and walk away or face my wrath." Rikimaru warned before he pointed Izayoi toward him.

"Sure I'll drop the dress." Sly said as he threw it up on a branch and spun his cane around his palm before crouching. "That way I can show you the skill of the greatest Master Thief ever." Sly said with a smirk.

"Then prepare your gravestone now." Rikimaru growled.

FIGHT

Rikimaru lunged at Sly and vertically sliced at him. But Sly countered it as he jumped back. Rikimaru began slicing in every direction jumping at Sly as Sly nimbly stepped back avoiding every attack. When Rikimaru went for Sly's head, Sly ducked down and swiped his cane under Rikimaru's feet. Rikimaru was knocked down and when he looked up Sly was in the air above him and suddenly dove down spinning with his cane in front. Rikimaru rolled away just in time before Sly's Air Knockout Dive connected to the ground.

Rikimaru rolled up to his feet and grabbed his super shrunken. He threw three of them at Sly. Sly jumped over one, sidestepped the other, and went matrix on the last one as he bent backwards to dodge it. Sly flung himself up went it passed only to see Rikimaru charge at Sly and tackle him back. Sly landed but Rikimaru began assaulting Sly with Izayoi. Sly was pushed back with every attack and soon a roundhouse kick sent Sly flying into a tree. Sly seems a bit dazed but when Rikimaru was seen running to stab Sly the raccoon quickly reacted and grabbed a rage bomb before throwing it into Rikimaru's face.

Blinded by the sudden burst of green and purple gases, Rikimaru shielded his eyes and rubbed them. His vision blurred and he saw the tree but the blue stain that would be Sly wasn't there. Then from behind he heard Sly. "You know if you really wanted to get this close to me you should probably ask me on a date first." Sly said mockingly. Rikimaru growled and swung behind him still blinded and missed only not to see Sly. He looked around as his sight slowly came back. He then saw Sly running at him and swung his cane at Rikimaru. The blow connected to his head before Rikimaru could react, sending him twirling in the air before landing. "You really should start trying to fight instead of dancing with me." Sly mocked again.

"Well you should be the one to pay attention." Rikimaru said.

Sly looked at him confused before he looked down and sitting between his feet was a grenade.

"… Oh shi…" Before Sly could finish his first swear the grenade detonated and sent the raccoon flying into a tree. The raccoon bounced down off the branches and landed on the ground. Sly slowly stood up. "I need to be careful. This guy is fast." Sly said as he pulled out his Mega Jump Pack and soon skyrocketed into the air. He then pulled out his paraglider and began drifting down slowly. Rikimaru noticed the large cliff nearby and saw Sly slowly drifting towards it and began scaling the cliffside with quick ninja jumps. But as he was climbing Sly had pulled out his binocucom and began looking at Rikimaru and took some quick photos as Rikimaru was jumping quite fast. "Okay that's a lot of weapons. I better start using mine too." Sly said as he looked through the other photos. He stopped at one in particular. "Hello what is this?" Sly asked himself but before he could figure it out Sly felt himself drop. He looked up to see his paraglider was torn. As he fell to the cliff he saw Rikimaru throwing super shrunken at him. Two more tore through and Sly soon fell to the earth. He rolled as he made contact and released the paraglider form himself.

"Stop wasting my time and let's finish this." Rikimaru growled in annoyance.

"Hmm… Okay but I have to say you look dashing with that mask on. Do you wear that so you can hide those giant, pulsating lips of yours?" Sly asked smirking.

Rikimaru growled and drank a healing potion which restored his health and then placed Izayoi away and brought out his sword, Fugaku. The ninja charged at Sly but was much slower than before but still fast enough to catch Sly off guard. Rikimaru began to attack Sly but Sly quickly countered as he was slower and Sly swung his cane up to throw Rikimaru in the air and then he smack him down into the ground. Rikimaru stood but was knocked back when Sly tackled forward spinning his cane in front of him like a propeller. Sly then stood on one foot and held his cane up like a bat as the cane began glowing. Rikimaru quickly stood up and saw Sly charging up the attack. Just as Sly released his Spinning Strike, Rikimaru threw his caltrops down in front of him. Sly was spinning at the ninja leader but ended up going into the small spikes, jumping up in pain as they got stuck in his foot. Sly jumped back and shook them off.

Rikimaru took the advantage and pulled out… rice. Sly saw this. "Oh we are going on a date. Well I don't swing that way but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt." Sly said the sarcasm being very noticeable in his voice.

"Well then enjoy because this will be the last thing you eat." Rikimaru said before he grabbed his Tetsubishi and shot it out. It grabbed Sly and yanked him toward him. When he reached Rikimaru shoved the rice in his face with Sly swallowing in from the inertia from the sudden jolt of stopping to swallow air. Sly coughed and felt his stomach tremble.

"What did you do to me?" Sly groaned as he collapsed to his knees gripping his sides.

"That rice had the best special ingredient inside… poison. But don't worry I'll finish you before the poison does." Rikimaru said as he charged forward with the blowing kill. But Sly grabbed a flash bomb and threw it at the ground. Rikimaru jolted back as he was blinded by the sudden light. He shouted and rubbed at his eyes. But unbeknownst to him a cane appeared behind him and snatched up something from his pocket. Rikimaru was slowly getting his vision back but Sly was able to grab a bottle with a purple substance inside. Sly didn't bother drinking it as he knew what it was. Once he drank it down the poison in him instantly was cured. Sly wiped his mouth with an 'Ah'. By this time Rikimaru could see and he saw Sly throw the empty bottle of poison antidote at him breaking on his head.

"That recipe was… how do I put this? Oh yes it was to die for." Sly mocked as he jumped back into the bushes. Rikimaru growled and decided to deceive the vermin. He pulled out his chameleon spell and used it. Soon Rikimaru looked like a friend of Sly's. He was a giant purple hippo. "Odd. Whatever." Rikimaru said sounding like Murray. He then ran into the bushes. "Hey buddy, where are you?" He called out. Soon some clanking was heard and he turned to see a small man in samurai armor approaching. "Oh greetings." Murray said with a bow.

The small samurai looked up. "I am looking for a raccoon named Sly Cooper. Have you seen the thief?" The samurai asked.

"No I was just looking for him myself."

"Really. I would assume so since you are one of his accomplices!" The samurai shouted accusingly.

"What? No I am not!" He shouted.

"Really? Then why are you a giant hippo man who works with the thief?"

"Oh it's just a chameleon spell! I used it to try to fool the thief! I swear on my honor as a ninja!" Rikimaru shouted as the spell wore off.

"Good." The samurai said but his voice sounded different but very familiar. "Because I would simply hate myself if I were deceived." As this was said the helmet was removed to reveal Sly was the small samurai.

Rikimaru growled and screamed as he ran to Sly, his rage erupting. Sly then jumped up from the armor as Rikimaru struck the armor with Fugaku, smashing it into pieces. Sly noticed a barrel by a small hut and quickly jumped inside. Rikimaru didn't see this but ran in that general direction. "Coward! COME OUT AND FIGHT!" He shouted. But then he heard an alarm. He looked to the sound and looked to the barrel. He smirked and ran over and peered inside only to find the barrel filled to the brim with explosives and an alarm clock sitting in the middle. Rikimaru began to run but the alarm stopped and the barrel exploded just knocking Rikimaru forward and sliding across the ground. He then jumped up and drew Izayoi. Sly was standing a few yards away yawning, mocking the ninja once again. Rikimaru then pulled out his strength potion and drank it. Rikimaru smirked as the Stone of Power began glowing further increasing his strength. Sly seemed worried at this but kept his cool as his cane's end was now covered in electricity. They charged at each other and stuck the weapons. Electricity began running down the blade and Sly smirked only to see Rikimaru wasn't begin hurt. Rikimaru shoved the raccoon back and kicked Sly. Sly was sent flying through the air until his cane hooked onto a branch and he swung himself around before he threw himself forward to swing his cane at Rikimaru but he dodged and placed a sticky bomb on Sly as he flew overhead. Sly landed and skidded across the dirt and then saw the bomb. He did everything he could to get it off but it wouldn't budge as it exploded. The master thief slid across the ground nearly falling off the edge of the cliff.

Sly was slowly getting up when Rikimaru charged, leaped into the air and tried to lunge his sword at him. Sly quickly jumped forward into his Rail Slide Plus technique to dodge the attack. Rikimaru saw the raccoon hovering above the ground as the raccoon tried to make an escape. Rikimaru grinned and he chased down Sly. Sly saw the ninja approaching fast so Sly quickly spun around and rolled into a ball and became encased in electricity as he rolled towards Rikimaru. Rikimaru stopped and decided while he was rolled up he'd place a little trap for him. Sly soon made contact with him but with the lightning having no effect on Rikimaru, Sly jumped up and landed. But he landed on top of Rikimaru's tiger trap as its jaw like hinges closed on his foot. Sly screamed in pain as the ninja used this chance to use his mind control technique and suddenly he had full control of Sly. Rikimaru made Sly just stand there in the trap as he prepared to finish this with his deadliest attack.

He began casting the Kuji-Kiri but as he began casting it he dropped his control over Sly. Sly saw what Rikimaru was doing and stuck his cane in the trap to try and pry it open. Rikimaru had finished casting it and prepared himself as he lined up his attack. Sly was slowly opening the trap suddenly Rikimaru shot forward through the air screaming as he did so. Sly then snapped the trap open but by that time it was too late. The Wrath of Heaven attack connected as Rikimaru stabbed Sly through the chest. The thief screamed in agony as he then stood there then slowly slid off the blade collapsed on the ground in a bloody puddle. "Enjoy your time in Hell with the dead ruler of your new realm, Lord Mei-oh." Rikimaru taunted as he closed his eyes and sheathed his sword.

*SLAM*

KOoooooo…. Wait open the doors back up.

*SLAM REVERSED*

Rikimaru stood there and opened his eyes to see the body of Sly Cooper… WAS GONE! In his place was a LOG?! "WHAT?! MY NINJA REBIRTH! BUT HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?" Rikimaru shouted. He then jerked around and looked behind him to see Sly standing there, smirking.

"Did you miss me? Actually don't answer that." Sly said seriously as he glared.

Rikimaru growled and screamed. He then activated his invisibility spell. "Oh looks like we're playing the 'Where am I' game. Alright I'll play along." Sly said smirking.

Rikimaru then charged at him but Sly then suddenly disappeared and when Rikimaru swung, the only thing he hit was air. "What?" Rikimaru growled enraged.

"I told you I'd play your game now didn't I?" Sly said.

Rikimaru began swinging like crazy around until his spell wore off.

"Hey bozo! I'm up here!" Sly called out as he revealed himself on the roof of the small hut.

Rikimaru growled as he quickly pulled out his grappling hook and shot it at the hut. Once it grabbed on he was pulled to the roof. Rikimaru knew he couldn't mess up. Not after performing the Wrath of Heaven attack that now left him on the verge of death. He quickly threw down a smoke bomb but Sly seemed to have the same idea as he threw down his own as well. Inside the smoke the blows could be heard as the cane and Izayoi clashed together multiple times in the smoke. Rikimaru jumped back and used his ninja vision to see through the smoke. He saw Sly looking away from him and decided to finish this off with a surprise attack. He charged forward and sliced at Sly, cutting his head off. But the head didn't thump down, it floated down like paper. He soon saw that it was a fake and the hat was in between his feet. His eyes widened as the smoke cleared up and he saw Sly flying in the air on a jetpack, wearing his cap. He looked back down to see a faint red light flashing underneath the hat. "Au revoir." Was Sly's comment before he fired the cannons at the mine cap, detonating it, and blew up Rikimaru and the roof of the hut in a huge eruption with a scream that echoed throughout the night sky. Sly landed on the ground, twirled his cane around, and planted it in the ground to lean on it. "And that's why Sly Cooper is the greatest Master Thief of all time."

*SLAM*

KO… again…

B: WHAT THE FUCK?! HOW IN GOD'S NAME DID HE PULL THAT OFF?!

W: Well it was obvious Rikimaru was physically stronger than Sly, had more killing options than Sly, and could easily counter any attack that was electric based since he was able to take a lightning strike without a problem, but Sly had more ways to apply stealth and sneak away. Sly also thinks of ways to trick or fool the enemy into his cunning traps while Rikimaru doesn't strategize much.

B: BUT HOW DID HE GET REVIVED?! I THOUGHT RIKIMARU HAD THAT ITEM!

W: Remember when Sly was taking reconnaissance photos with his binocucom? Well Sly noticed the item but even though he didn't know what it was he figured it must be of important value for Rikimaru since thieves can see the value of items. So when he was poisoned and blinded Rikimaru, he was able to pickpocket not only the poison antidote but the ninja rebirth item as well. And with Rikimaru killing Sly with the Wrath of Heaven attack and having already used his healing potion, it only took one good hit from Sly to finish him off. Also it's good to point out that Rikimaru's ninja vision allows him to see farther and not clearer, which was how Rikimaru couldn't tell that the decoy Sly put up was a fake.

B: But still… Sly is a raccoon. Rikimaru is a ninja clan leader. How did Sly know what to do?

W: Sly is more stealthy and cunning but Rikimaru is both faster and stronger. Really what helped decide the winner was experience.

B: Huh? Wait the raccoon who started stealing cookies at the age of eight has more experience than the ninja who trained under a master for eighteen years?

W: Yes but Sly doesn't have just his experience to go off from. He has his entire family's experiences. Remember Sly has possession of the Thievius Raccoonus, which contains not only techniques like the invisibility technique Sly used but the experiences of every Cooper ancestor in history. Ancestors like… Rioichi Cooper, who in his time was a ninja just like Rikimaru. Even though Sly couldn't perfectly know what Rikimaru would do he had a good idea what he would be facing with the knowledge he got from Rioichi's section in the book.

B: Well I will give props to Sly for all those taunts and insults. Those were pretty damn funny.

W: Actually Sly did that more than just to taunt him. Being the serious ninja he was Rikimaru couldn't handle the quirky insults and once Sly noticed this he used his big mouth to frustrate the ninja into being careless and attack in an uncontrollable, blind rage.

B: But because of this flaw, Rikimaru blew his top. Hehe. Or he blew the roof off this place… you know because the roof blew up on the hut…

W: Ugh… The winner is Sly Cooper.

*SLAM*

B: NEXT TIME ON DEATH BATTLE!

A blue jackal figure is seen. "WATCH THE POWER OF AURA!"

A small black fox is pointing to a screen. "MEMA! THAT'S MY MEMA!" The 'Mema' the small fox describes is seen as a tall, black fox with a long, red mane pulled back into a ponytail. "RHAA!"

LUCARIO VS ZOROARK

Well I can only imagine the hate reviews I'll get for using a revival item. Hey I haven't seen any rules on Death Battle that restricts them okay so I figured it would be alright. But if you are still upset by this then just imagine the ninja rebirth item was never there and Rikimaru was crowned the winner. There, now hopefully the flamers will leave me alone. Anyways I worked really hard on this and I can't wait to work on the next Death Battle! But it's obvious that I won't be posting it on this anymore but I will post the link in the next chapter that will take you to the next Death Battle once I get it up. That's what will happen whenever I do finish a Death Battle. So were you right or wrong in your guess on who would win? What are your thoughts on the Pokémon Death Battle between Lucario vs Zoroark? Is it a good pairing? Bad? Let me know but until I get the next battle started, Arigato. *Bows and disappears in a cloud of smoke*