Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z, or Naruto. They are owned by Akira Toriyama and Masashi Kishimoto respectively. I do not claim to own anything in this story.
Two heroes - two analysts - two series - one television show. A grey warehouse with a brown roof, inside filled with camera equipment in a large room, with a smaller room connected to the leftwards wall. Towards the wall furthest away from the entrance, these two heroes and presenters were readying themselves for a new episode: Piccolo was meditating, focusing his spirit so that his mind was ready for analysis while Kakashi Hatake was busy reading a book, entitled 'How to Analyse'. Once a call for "ready" had been thrown out into the ears of the two, the episode began.
"Hello, viewers. I am Kakashi Hatake, from Konohagakure - or the Hidden Leaf Village - this Namekian here is called Piccolo, from...Namek originally, but now a resident of Earth with no specific home," Kakashi introduced, having only started the episode and already earned a sharp look of annoyance from his green-skinned partner. "Welcome to Episode 8, the third part to our Reviewer's Choice series where we take a look at your suggestions and answer them the best we possibly can."
Piccolo unfolded his arms, addressing the camera. "This episode's suggestion was brought in by The Megaevolved Pony, whom put forward the idea of Lugia, the Pokémon, being in either the Naruto or Dragon Ball series. Now, we had to do some research on this one, considering it's about something from another series though we have come to a concrete answer to said idea. Kakashi, would you like to go first and introduce Lugia to those that aren't familiar with Pokémon?"
"Gladly. We all should know what Pokémon are, but I'll talk about them in general in order to cover our bases. Pokémon are essentially creatures with fantastic powers, which humans have befriended and use in either battles or for general pet usage. Different Pokémon have different strengths and there are a rarer breed of Pokémon known as Legendary Pokémon, which hold impressive power. Lugia is one of these Legendary Pokémon. Pokémon also have their own types, which contribute to battle in a rock-paper-scissors kind of fashion. Attacking moves with certain types deal extra damage over those with another certain type; for example, fire deals extra damage against grass while grass is super effective against water and water is strong against fire. There are far more types than these three and so Lugia is both a psychic-type and a flying-type."
"Not only that, but Pokémon have many different attributes to them that help them to differenciate from one another. These include separate heights, access to another range of moves and even different stats that determine how strong, durable or fast they are. Being a Legendary Pokémon, Lugia's stats are greater than a usual Pokémon's, with its Special Defence stat being the highest and its Attack and Special Attack stats being the lowest. Its ability, Pressure, makes it so that an opposing Pokémon's moves use double the energy. Lugia is one strong creature. However, how would it stack up to characters from Naruto or Dragon Ball and what would its role be in those series? That is what we are answering today.
"First of all, in Naruto, we have plently of powerful ninja with varying techniques. We've got ninja that can paralyse the opponent, we've got ninja that can create clones of themselves, we've even got ninja that are fantastic in hand-to-hand combat. Lugia would pose quite a challenge towards even our higher ranked and stronger ninja. Why do I think this? Well, its Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Pokédex entries state that a simple flutter of its wings can destroy multiple houses and to extend that point, the Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, Black 2 and White 2 dex entries state that when flapping its wings, Lugia can cause a storm to occur for forty days straight."
"Impressive for such a pathetic creature." Piccolo didn't seem impressed with Lugia's capabilites, as he had every right to be.
"It will be difficult for our ninja to get close to Lugia if a fight were to break out. Taijutsu users such as Might Guy and Rock Lee will have an especially tough time, since they have no genjutsu or ninjutsu to carefully approach Lugia. Some basic ninjutsu users will also have difficultly, depending on if they have the correct jutsu to deal with Lugia's attacks. Its Aeroblast can blow back nearly all of our attacks, it has access to Recover which means he can heal a large amount of any damage dealt to him, Future Sight is unpredictable, Hydro Pump blows right through any fire-based jutsu, Calm Mind increases its defences - there are a lot of moves that can cause serious damage to even our strongest ninja. Even the five Kage may have difficulty, that's how strong Lugia is."
Piccolo cracked his knuckles. "Now to put that thing in the big leagues. While Lugia is indeed strong, we in Dragon Ball are far stronger, let alone Dragon Ball Z. Stronger Dragon Ball characters such as Master Roshi, Goku and even my predecessor can destroy the moon, which is something that very little Pokémon can manage. They can move at light speeds, so not even Lugia's attacks will be able to hit us. Our durability is also off the charts, we're able to take on attacks that would disintergrate any normal human. In Dragon Ball Z, we can even destroy planets and even tank planet-busting techniques. There are only a small handful of Pokémon that can challenge us: Lugia is not one of them."
"Darn, now I know how strong you guys really are," Kakashi commented, shocked. He turned back to the camera. "I suppose there's your answer, The Megaevolved Pony. Lugia can give Naruto characters a tough time and won't be a challenge for Dragon Ball characters. As for a potential story role, he would do the same thing as in the Pokémon anime and games, just be another creature. I hope all of you viewers have a great time and we'll be seeing you next time."
The episode ended, Piccolo leaving with a newfound interest filling his mind.