MERRY CHRISTMAS YALL'! AND MAY SANTA BLESS YOU WITH GIFTS!


Ed: Inside our bodies, lies a power that's made out from our very own souls, some called it Ki, while others called it Aura.

Demo: Ki, Aura, who cares what's it call?! If I can shoot blue flaming projectiles from my hand, I want to! Like Ryu, Street Fighters' Wandering Warrior!

Ruby: And Lucario, the Steel/Fighting Aura Pokemon! I'm Ruby Rose, and those are Ed and Demo!

Ed: And is our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out, who would win a Death Battle.


Ryu

Ed: Walking around the world, improving his martial arts, and probably searching for his origins, is the life of the wandering fighter name Ryu.

Demo: White rob, no shoes, a red sash in the head and epic eyebrows…. Are we sure he's not a Hobo?


-Background

-Name: Ryu

-Height: 5'9"

-Weight: 150 lbs

-Blood Type: O

-Street Fighter's poster boy

-Can Sleep Anywhere

-Eyebrows so epic, headbangs cannot contain them.


Ruby: Been orphan from the beginning, young Ryu was adopted by the Gouken, who train him and his best friend, Ken Masters, into the fighting machine with all know and respect.

Ed: After training enough, he commenced his own journey to improve his martial skills even more. And then, he entered the World's Warrior's Tournament, where he made it to the final's and face the champion, Sagat.

Demo: The two fought each other to the very end, but it looked like the Emperor of Muay Thai would take the victory, until he decided to help Ryu, who in a fit of understandable rage, give him the most vicious uppercut, carving a massive gash in Sagat's chest, almost killing him.

Ruby: Fear of this mysterious dark and destructive power, Ryu went running back to his master for answers, but when he got there…

Demo: Good Ol' Gouken, he died as he lived, fighting his brother to death.

Ed: With a new goal now, Ryu search for Akuma, Gouken's brother and murderer, after a long walk, literally, he found him on an island. They fought for so long, but Akuma was simply testing him, saying that he hasn't awoken the evil within yet, unlike him.

Demo: And then, he One-Punch the island into pieces! Badass!

Ruby: And then, he got captured by Shadaloo's Boss, . He brainwashed Ryu to use him on his world domination, but this allowed the warrior to finally learn his evil strength, in which he destroys Bison with it later on. But I guess we said enough of his story, so let's move to his fighting style!


-Ansatsuken

-Translation: Assassin's Fist

-Hadouken

-Shoryuken

-Tatsumaki Senpukyaku

-Joudan Sokutogeri


-Super Arts

-Metsu-Hadouken

-Shinku-Hadoken

-Shinku-Tatsumaki Senpukyaku

-Metsu/Shin-Shoryuken


Ed: Been his former student, Gouken taught young Ryu the Ansatsuken, or Assassin's Fist fighting style, this style is supposed to be used for killing, but Gouken doesn't use it like that, rather is based around Karate, Kenpo, Judo, and not killing people.

Demo: But the real beauty on this is his moves, the Shoryuken, the legendary uppercut that can send enemies into the sky, the flying leg-copper that defies gravity, Tatsumaki Senpukyaku, the high-level blade kick from brown town, Joudan Sokutogeri, and the famous move of them all, the HADOUKEN! The willpower to fire a blast of energy and destroy evil things!

Ruby: Awesome~! But you what's even more awesome?! His Super Arts! The Metsu-Hadoken is your typical big giant fireball of death that is at least as tall as Ryu's own height! The Shinku-Hadoken might start off as only a slightly more powerful version of a normal Hadoken, but give it enough charge and this bad boy can transform into a giant laser beam of death that can wipe out everything in front of it! The Shinku-Tatsumaki Senpukyaku is also a more overpowered version of Ryu's normal helicopter kick, in which he remains spinning in the air in a single spot so fast that nearby opponents become dragged towards him by the strong winds before they are torn apart by the high-velocity kicks! And finally, his Metsu-Shoryuken, also known as Shin-Shoryuken, the three-hit attack in which Ryu punches his opponents in the stomach so hard as to double them over, followed up by an uppercut right in the chin that would rattle anybody's teeth before using the gathered strength and momentum to deliver a second powerful punch with that same fist and send the opponent sky-high!

Ed: Easy there Ruby, while these moves are super powerful, they can make Ryu desire victory and pain, releasing the evil within him, the Satsui no Hado.


-Satsui no Hado

-Translation: Surge Of Murderous Intent

-Ki Based on Man's Evil Nature

-Increases The Speed, Power, and Ferocity of the User

-Grants Access to the Fatal Ansatsuken Technique, the Shun Goku Satsu, in translation; the Raging Demon

-Has an Addictive Quality, Making it Hard to Turn Away From it

-Causes Hair to turn Red, Eyes Glow Red and Teeth to Sharpen, making him into Evil Ryu.


Demo: Fuck yeah! While using this move cost the humanity of the user, it grant's super strength, speed, and ferocity, a tap from it, makes the power to safely enhance his attacks, however, should his desire to win become so great, he would even commit murder! Especially when he becomes the badass, red-color demon, Evil Ryu!

Ruby: Evil Ryu?! AAAAAAAH! His power is beyond to the point of being almost unstoppable! As well teleporting short distance and passing through attacks!

Demo: Not just that, his aura's so strong he can even walk through bullets! Fucking bullets! Hey officer, if the first three bullets didn't do shit; stop wasting ammunition!

Ed: And to finish up, he is able to use the forbidden the move that destroys the very soul of a human being with their own sins, the Shun Goku Satsu, more commonly known as the Raging Demon.

Demo: Awwwww yeah~ Now that's power…

Ed: But even so, Ryu has a strong belief in Gouken's teaching, in which, if he can control and surpassed his darkness, Ryu can achieve an even powerful than the Shun Goku Satsu itself….and is called, the Power of Nothingness.

Ruby:...So is a power that those….nothing?

Demo: Lame-o name! Let us explain!


-Power of Nothingness

-Foil to the Raging Demon

-Resembles States of Being in Buddhism

-Brings a Hyper-Awareness of the Universe to the User

-Boosts One's Strength and Speed Without Losing Clarity of Thought

-Causes Eyes to Glow Bluish-White

-Can be Used to Withstand Even the Dreaded Raging Demon


Ed: This power represents the focus of one true mind, with this, Ryu's body is cover in a blue light and his eyes turn white completely and his strength goes beyond limitations, his Hadoken becomes a blast that bounces, and the TS throws tornados while spinning in the air. This mode is far stronger than the Satsui no Hado, even strong to tank the Raging Demon itself.

Demo: Hell! This is what Gouken did, he used the entire thing to separate his soul from his body to dodge the Murder attack! Meaning that Ryu is badass, especially when he those things like…


-Feats

-Blew a Skyscraper apart

-Skilled enough to take on several thugs alone

-Destroy

-Survived been impaled through the chest

-Dodge point-blank gunfire

-Beat Akuma almost to death

-Destroy a WMD with one uppercut


Demo: Destroying a skyscraper with a Hadoken, beating the shit out of several thugs alone, dodge gunfire at point blank and even survived been impaled in the chest by a hand!

Ed: He destroyed , the leader of Shadaloo, beat Akuma with every inch of his life and even destroy a WMD with on Shoryuken.

Ruby:...A Weapon of Mass Destruction?

Ed: Yes.

Ruby: The one that's a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans or cause great damage to human-made structures, natural structures, or the biosphere?

Demo: Yep.

Ruby: ….. Awesome…

Ed: However, despite being the poster boy of Street Fighter, Ryu is not exactly….the best of the best.


-Weakness

-Lost numeral matches fair and square

-Fighting his inner demons

-Never won a Tournament


Demo: Yeah, this walking warrior has been defeated in more ways than one, to the likes of M. Bison, Oro, Akuma, and even his best friend Ken, to top it all, he hasn't won a single tournament.

Ed: Only because he struggles to contain the power of the Dark Satsui no Hado, which is obviously quite difficult to do in the middle of a battle.

Ruby: Still, even with the odds against him, Ryu will be ready to release his full potential!

Ryu: "You must overcome my Shoryuken if you want to defeat me."


Lucario

Ed: Pokemon's, mysterious creature with amazing powers that live in the world, each Pokemon comes in many sizes and types.

Demo: Fire, Water, Ice, Plant, Poison, Dragon, Fairy and even Fighting-types, each one with their own unique style, one of the few respect Pokemon is the Fighting/Steel blue canine; the Lucario.


-Background

-Name: Lucario

-Height: 3'11"

-Weight: 119 lbs

-Type: Steel/Fighting

-The Aura Pokemon

-Evolves from Riolu

-Habitat: Mountains


Ruby: This blue-haired walking dog can be found training in the mountains, honing their fighting skills regularly. Unlike some of them, a Lucario is a very well rounded offensive fighter.

Ed: Some of them may look and act that they want to stay away from people, but in reality, they are extremely loyal to friends and families. So much, that they can talk telepathy through minds. Now, this may make you think he's a psychic type, but-

Demo: Look, he just got his own movie for that, but can you blame him? Who the hell wouldn't want to have one of these guys around him? Especially when they have some badass moves!


-Movesets & Skills

-Close-range: Power-up Punch, Circle Throw Close Combat, Counter

-Mid-range: Force Palm, Bone Rush, Metal Claw

-Long Range: Aura Sphere, Dragon Pulse

-Special: Metal Sound, Swords Dance, Extreme Speed

-Aura Manipulation and Kung-Fu Figthing-style


Ruby: Lucario have many attacks, each one of his own variety, at close range he can use the Power-Up Punch, and uppercut attack that raises his attack's power everytime he used it, Close Combat, a all-out martial art attack which causes his defense to drop, Circle Throw, which lets him toss his attackers into the air with ease, and Counter which….counters an attack.

Ed: For mid-range, he has Force Palm, an energy pulse that attacks from the palm, Metal Claw, were three claws come out from the back of its hand, and Bone Rush, where he summons a light-blue bone and used it as a bo staff, think it as a combination of Donatello's bo and Luke's lightsabers.

Demo: And for long-range, he has Aura Sphere, a giant blue ball of the death that is powerful the bigger it gets, and Dragon Pulse, a blast of purple flame strong enough to take down heavy hitters. And of course, he has Aura, a special ability to sense the life-force in all living things. He can use it to improve his attacks, even more, he can even sense others aura, even while being blindfolded and can almost predict enemy's attacks, and of course, he causes to tank the damaged and used to back at his enemies.

Ruby: The harder they hit him, the stronger he hits back? That sounds like Yang! But she doesn't have special attacks like Metal Sound, a sound wave that drops the enemy's special defense, Extreme Speed, granting Lucario speed enough to disappear in seconds, and Swords Dance, where four swords appeared and drastically raises one's strength by 4x.

Ed: But that's not all, Lucario is one of the few Pokemons that can access Mega Evolution without a trainer, becoming Mega Lucario.


-Mega Lucario

-Requires the Lucarionite

-Increased Aura to its Maximum Potential

-Stats are boosted without Aura

-Adaptability ability


Ed: With this form, Lucario aura-sensing appendages grow longer, and two of them are tipped in crimson. Its shoulders also possess a spike each. Its aura heightens throughout its body, which formed black markings on its blue fur. His STATS are boosted to the limit with the Aura and it also gains the Adaptability ability, which boosts its STAB increases from 1.5x to 2.0x.

Demo: Heck yeah! This bad jackal is not one to be taken lightly!


-Feats

-Mangled a steel claw

-Riolu can lift a 573 lb Gigalith

-Dodged multiple logs while blinded

-Survived Registeel's stranglehold

-Caused explosion which destroyed a roof

-Overpowered Regirock's Hyper Beam

-Moved faster than eyesight

-Tanks heavy attacks and still fights back


Demo: With a Bone Rush, Lucario can destroy several steel claws in one hit, dodge multiple incoming logs while blindfolded, and can even move faster than the eye can see! That's like…. Over 9,000 faster than a human eye!

Ruby: With one Aura Sphere, he stops the Hyper Beam of Regirock and survived Registeel's stranglehold; the guardians of rock and steel, and two of the most powerful/legendary Pokemon in the world!

Ed: A Riolu can lift a Gigalith, which can weight up to 573 pounds, so just imagine how much a Lucario can lift. Not only that, but even in a match, he destroyed completely a rooftop, and has survived dangerous hits, like a Flamethrower attacks, or receiving multiple fast hits. Which brings us to his weaknesses.


-Weakness

-Weak against Fighting-types and Fire types

-Weak Defense

-Techniques are aggressive


Ruby: Like any other Pokemon, Lucario has its own weakness to specific types, he's are Fire and Fighting types.

Ed: And while Lucario is an excellent combatant, his defense is very weak, as he relies on attacking head first and hard.

Demo: Still, Lucario is one bad jackal, he might not be a dog, but he is man's true best friend!

Lucario: "Watch the Power of the Aura."


Ed: Alright, the combatants are set, let's end this debate one's and for all.

Demo: Will Ryu 'Hadouken' the blue jackal to defeat?

Ruby: Or will Lucario prove his aura is better than the warrior? Let's find out, on this Death Battle!


A man with black-haired, a headband on his forehead, and dress in a white outfit was walking inside some ruins on a cave, why was he here? He has heard about a creature able to fight like a martial artist, and he has this powerful aura around him that makes him dangerous. And been Ryu, the world traveling warrior, he was curious about this.

Ryu (thinking): "...I can sense it….It's very close."

He thought as he readies his guard up for anything that might head his way, and in suddenly, he felt it, the hostile presence of another on the ruins.

?: "...You shouldn't be here….Leave this place…"

A ruff voice spoke up, making Ryu look around.

Ryu: "...I heard you are the best martial artist around here….Fight me!"

?: "...So you refused to leave and challenge me?"

Ryu rolled out of the way when a blue blur tried to attack him with speed, the place where he once was now a blue jackal standing in two feets with finger-like digits on its forepaws, while its chest and the exterior of its wrists each feature a single, white spike. It also has a large snout and ears, red irises with vertical slit pupils, thighs shaped like baggy shorts, and four small appendages on the back of its head. The wild Lucario appears for battle.

Lucario: "Then, you have sealed your fate, human."

Both fighter's stood in their fighting stands.


May the Aura be with you!

FIGHT!


Lucario charge first, hitting Ryu in the face with its fist before giving him a kick to the side, he then moves to the back and gave him a combo of hits before finishing with his Force Palm. The warrior was sent tumbling down on the ground, but jump back to his feet, cracking his neck. The jackal charge again with his fist, only that this time, Ryu dodge it, and hit Lucario with a fist to the jaw, followed by a knee to the gut, an upward kick that came up and down hard. He then grabs Lucario's arm and judo throw him away. Lucario maneuver in the air and place its hands together, charging a blue sphere on its palm before sending it fast at Ryu, who charge his Ki and throw his hands forward.

Ryu: "Hadouken!"

The blue blast charge at the sphere, both hitting on contact and exploding sparks and smokes. And from it, out came Lucario, using its speed as he bounces around Ryu, taking off the warrior as he tried to pinpoint the Pokemon, his job got harder as the jackal commenced to punch him around. Deconcentrating the gi fighter, but after some hits, he predicts it's attacked threw it's Joudan Sokutogeri blade kick, just as Lucario was coming in, hitting its stomach. Using the momentum, Ryu threw his own punches, before jumping in the air and connecting his fist on the jaw of the Aura Pokemon, he then hit him with a-

Ryu: "Tatsumaki Senpukyaku!"

A foot to the face and several more as Ryu spiraled around him, the last kick sent Lucario backward, hitting a pillar and destroying it. As the blue Kung-Fu Pokemon tries to stand up, the warrior began to shoot several ki balls forward. Forcing Lucario to summon his Bone Rush, in which he commenced to destroy them one by one. Seeing that they didn't work, Ruy concentrate more his Ki as Lucario took the time to use Sword Dance, which increases his power. When they finish, they both charge forward, but being the quickest of them both, Lucario hit Ryu hard, punching and kicking him before using his Force Palm again, staggering the warrior, he was about to punch him, but Ryu caught its fist.

Ryu: "My turn."

Ryu then punches Lucario hard, before began hitting him with a fist to the gut, shoulders, and sides, he finished by tripping him down and slammed his fist into the Pokemon's gut. Making it gasp for air, as Lucario use a tiny Aura Sphere to send Ryu back a bit. He stood back up, only to be received by a kick to the cheek. Ryu tried it again, but Lucario uses it's counter, summoning his Bone again and giving Ryu a series of bo combo. Until Ryu dodges one swing, allowing him to round kick Lucario into the air, where he leaps extended his feet forward on the Pokemon's face, sending him away.

Lucario hit hard on the ground but stand up and use his Extreme Speed to attack Ryu, seeing it coming, Ryu intercepts a palm attack with his blade kick and tried to downward punch him, but Lucario block it with its paw, they both began to throw each other's attack blocking them. That is until they pull each other fist back, Lucario's fist glows orange light, using his Power-Up Punch.

Ryu: "Shoryuken!"

They both uppercut their chins at the same time, their forces send them both into the air, away from each other, but Lucario recover in the air and launch a Dragon Pulse from its mouth, the attack sent Ryu rocketing against several pillars, which were now destroy and buried Ryu down.

Lucario landed safely on the ground and slowly made its way to the destroyed area.

Lucario: "You have fought well, human."

He turns around to leave, only to stop at the sound of settling rubbles. His eyes widened before looking at the rubbles.

?: "Neither of us have reached our full potential."

Suddenly, the area was destroyed by a powerful area, out came Ryu, but his Gi was now pure black, and both eyes and hair were red. Evil Ryu glares at the Pokemon.

Evil Ryu: "You're about to experience fear!"

Lucario quickly created an Aura Sphere and send it to him, only for the evil form to one-smash it into nothing.

Evil Ryu: Now is MY turn."

Evil Ryu began to throw his fiery ball at Lucario, who crossed his hands and received the hit, exploding and sending him rocketed back through the ruins, crashing onto the back of his head and skidding to a stop near the entrance, now just a run-down stone doorway. Evil Ryu approached him, as Lucario stood up and summon his bone again. He charges at Evil Ryu and tried to hit him on the head, only for the warrior to caught it with his palm and crush it into dust.

Evil Ryu: "There will be no mercy!"

Evil Ryu kicks the Aura Pokemon in the chin, making his head rock back before ax kicking him over the crown of the skull, doubling him over. Evil Ryu connects with a pair of hooks, which sandwiches Lucario's head in-between his fists, nearly crushing his skull.

Evil Ryu brought his fist back and smashing it into Lucario's stomach, making him folded over the warrior's arm, lying limp on his limb as Ryu's eyes glow even more.

Evil Ryu: "Sho!"

Evil Ryu flung hurled his other fist into the gut, now supporting him on this arm.

Evil Ryu: "Ryu!"

He then swings his free fist up into the jackal's chin, launching him into the air with a fiery blast along with the uppercut, ending the flurry with,

Evil Ryu: "Ken!"

Lucario's body hurled into the air, smashing into the ceiling of the cave, his body came back down unmoving, as he reached down, his eyes meet with Evil Ryu's red eyes and a smile on it. He raised its fist, which channels dark aura, and slams it on Lucario's cheek, sending the jackal directly into a pillar, hits back cracking the pillar hard. He drops down to a knee and coughed some blood out.

The fighter walks up to him and decided to finish this now.

Evil Ryu: "This is over."

Evil Ryu channels his dark energy and began to glide at Lucario, but when he reaches him, the Pokemon disappear from view, making Evil Ryu miss its attack. Lucario appeared on the top of a pillar.

Lucario: "Is time….to show you the power of the Aura!"

Lucario was suddenly covered in a bright light circle, after a few seconds, a different Lucario appeared, his fur at the back was longer and looked like a cape at the waist, his hands had the color red and had two spikes on each one, his feet were now red. Is time for Mega Lucario to take the stage!

Evil Ryu charges a Hadoken and threw it at the pillar, destroying it, but Mega Lucario had disappeared and reappeared behind the warrior, kicking him in the back of the head. Not letting it him to recover, the Aura Pokemon summon it's Metal Claws and began to slash combo Ryu, making him spill blood out, he then uses his Close Combat, the storm of punches hitting hard on the warrior's body before finishing with the Force Palm. Evil Ryu stumbles through the ground before landing back on his knees breathing heavily, he slowly reverts back to his normal clothes.

Ryu (thinking): "He's strong, no matter what I do, he returns back stronger than before…. My power is almost drained….I need to concentrate! I must not succumb to evil!"

Mega Lucario: "Will you yield? Or you which for more?"

Mega Lucario asked as he glares at the kneeling warrior when suddenly he felt a powerful aura rising, it covers the wandering warrior as he stood up and shot open his eyes, which were now imbued with a pure white light as his wounds began to closed over.

Ryu: "I have achieved true power. Feel the Power of Nothingness!"

Ryu brought his hands back behind him and began to channel his Ki on it.

Ryu: "Shinkuuuuu!"

Lucario uses Swords Dance again before he charges his Aura Sphere, but this one was now twice as big than the original and Lucario.

Ryu: "HADOUKEEEEEEN!"

Mega Lucario: "RRRRRAAAAAAAAAH!"

Ryu threw his hands forward, a large beam of energy firing from his palms and hurling forward, at the same time Lucario threw his giant blue orb. Both attacks collide with each other, commencing the battle of struggle. The air became tense as rocks and dust fly away, both attacks were pushed to their limits, but Ryu scream his power to the max, ultimately overwhelming the giant Aura Sphere, Lucario didn't have time to block as the sheer power engulfed him in the blast, even its silhouette vanished in the brightness. Soon, the stream ended, leaving absolutely nothing.

Ryu's shining eyes faded away, the fighter succumbing to his exhaustion and falling to his knees, gasping for air as he stares at where once was the jackal.

Ryu: "You...were worthy."

?: "So were you."

*Ghush*

Ryu's eyes widened as he suddenly felt his throat in pain, a blue like staff going right through his neck. His eyes went blank as blood blurt out once the stick was removed from it, the warrior fell down to the floor, unmoving. Behind him was Mega Lucario, reverting back to his original form. He vows to the fallen opponent before disappearing from sight, searching for a new place to meditate.

K.O!


Demo: And that was a permanent knockout!

Ed: Both fighters were equally matched, their fights and experience were even, with Ryu traveling the world and fighting the best of the best, often winning, and Lucario going head to head with Legendary Pokemon's. But anything Ryu could do, so could Lucario, however, Lucario was the faster of the two, able to dodge any dangerous move Ryu had, including the Raging Demon.

Demo: Yes, the Power of Nothingness and the Satsui No Hadou were incredibly powerful, even be able to defeat Lucario. But the former has a time limit and the latter's durability is weaker which made Lucario's attacks much more dangerous.

Ruby: Ryu's durability and strength surpass Lucario's, been able to survive a hand to the chest and able to destroy an entire building, but thanks to his Aura, Lucario can take hits strong enough to damage him even worst, and also, everytime he gets hit, he will hit back harder.

Ed: Not to mention that Lucario's strength rises up, thanks to Swords Dance and Power-Up Punch, while Ryu forces his power to rise, given to that he was in his Mega form, his strength, speed, and durability grew even more without Aura. And of course, Lucario could predict any attack Ryu could throw at him. In the end, Lucario was faster, stronger, durable, and had a better grasp of his Aura than Ryu's Ki, as he struggles to control his inner demons.

Demo: Well, Ryu fought hard, but in the end, he choked on the bone.

Ruby: The winner is Lucario.


Next time on Death Battle!

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VS.

A man with a helmet and a red uniform aims it's rocket launcher at the ground, sending him flying through the air.