In the depths of Tartarus, Discord was seen clapping his hands, amazed by fights in the two different worlds he had seen.
"My what an entertaining set of fights we just witnessed," Discord turned to his fellow audience members. "Any comments? I just know you must all be brimming with excitement."
"Excitement!?" Shocker asked in disbelief. "Those guys are monsters! They tore right through Spider-Man and that Ryu guy!"
"Even Twilight Sparkle struggled a bit, that is worrying," Chrysalis commented.
"To think it took Thor to stop the one who came here to Equestria," Mysterio said. "The other, even after that boy with the sword performed that marvelous attack, he was still able to stand."
"That's what makes them so entertaining, their raw power is truly something to be mesmerized by," Discord said.
"I'll say, too bad it's over, it was really getting good," Sonata said.
"But what was the point to all this?" Adagio asked.
"To build doubt," Discord said. "Think about it, if Spider-Man knows that there's someone out there like Goku who's that strong, it might start to worry him. I mean yeah Goku wasn't such a bad guy, but what if he was? Now he knows there's a world of powerful warriors, some good, and some evil."
"So what, this was to keep him on edge?" Adagio asked.
"In a way, I mean taking a loss could make a person doubt themselves, plus isn't it satisfying to see Spider-Man take a beating?" Discord asked.
"Can't argue that," Shocker said. "Honestly, scary as that Saiyan guy was, I was rooting for him to win."
"If only that were me who was demolishing Spider-Man," Goblin said.
"In due time Norman," Discord said. "The pieces are coming together, bit by bit our time will be at hand."
"We just need to keep building a bit more then," Chrysalis theorized. "But for how much longer?"
"Just a little bit, see the best way to beat your enemies is not just from the outside, but from within," Discord said. "Peter has powerful allies, so even with our current numbers it won't be enough to win."
"Didn't you get Loki on our side?" Mysterio asked. "He should shift the odds pretty well."
"Loki is currently attending business of his own," Discord said. "I'm not sure how long it would take, but according to him, he might have a big opportunity that if all goes well, he might not be around as much. Plus Loki won't be enough anyway."
"That's a bummer, so how do we bring them down from within?" Shocker asked.
"That might happen on it's own, though I'll be sure to give it a little push, that and a little help within Ponyville itself," Discord said.
"What, do you have a spy or something?" Shocker asked.
"Ask Tirek, he might give you an interesting answer," Discord said. "I will continue to build our ranks, as it stands I am still trying to convince Wesker and his friends to join our cause. Of course he's very difficult to talk to."
"Hey let me try, I can be persuasive," Adagio said.
"If by that you mean you'll hypnotize him then forget it, that won't work on him or his friends," Discord said. "Well maybe Tron Bonne but without Wesker or Vergil, that plan will fail."
"So any other ideas?" Shocker asked.
"Well, since Square wants to involve itself, then I shall make full use of that as well, I have some ideas in mind. Plus, I may not be done with Dragon World." Discord showed off another image on the screen, that of the Kaioshin Realm of Universe 10, along with a being with white hair serving tea.
"Uh, who is he?" Adagio asked.
"That is Zamasu, Supreme Kai Apprentice of Universe 10, despite his Heavenly appearance, he has a bit of darkness in his heart, one I fully intend to exploit," Discord said. "Might make for an interesting ally."
"What makes you so sure he'll join us?" Adagio asked.
"Eh, not sure, call it a hunch," Discord said.
"That isn't reassuring," Shocker said.
"Just roll with it," Discord said. "Anyway I should be off, I have to get Goku and Vegeta back home, and plant the seeds for my next plan, ciao."
Discord snapped away, leaving the other villains curious and confused, something Shocker spoke up about, "Anyone having doubts?"
"We'll be fine," Tirek insisted. "Discord isn't planning alone, I am giving my own inputs. Let's just put a little more trust into his ideas, I promise to make sure they'll turn out grand."
"I sure as hell hope so," Shocker said. "Now, about this 'spy' that Discord mentioned."
Back in Canterlot, Goku was sitting in the Throne Room of the castle, alongside Thor, Logan, Peter, Twilight, Stark, Steve and Luna, with a recovering Johnny and Rainbow Dash by their side.
Celestia sat on her throne, looking down at Goku, still trying to figure the Saiyan warrior out. Even if the fighting was done, she did not trust him all that much.
"So Goku, are you satisfied with your fights for today?" Cap asked.
"You bet, I had so much fun fighting!" Goku said. "I'm amazed at how strong you all are, especially my last three fights."
"You are a gifted warrior, you put up a fight against both Spider-Man and Princess Twilight, and still had the energy to go against me," Thor said. "Truthfully I would have rather fought you while you were fresh rather than coming off two fights, that would be a true test of might."
"Maybe I can come back one day, especially seeing how strong you are, especially with that hammer of yours," Goku said.
"My legendary Mjölnir, a gift from the gods," Thor said, wielding his hammer. "Only the truly worthy can possess it."
"Truly worthy huh? Wonder how that's decided?" Goku tapped his chin. "Think I'd be able to hold it?"
"Would you like to try? Thor asked, holing out his hammer.
"I'd rather he didn't!" Celestia said. "I don't want him to risk any more damage."
"Huh? I'm not gonna use it to hit someone if that's what you're worried about," Goku said. "I wouldn't even know how, the only weapon I can use effectively is my power pole, I haven't trained with any other type very much."
"What's a Power Pole?" Peter asked
"Oh it's a staff I got from my grandpa," Goku explained. "Back when he was teaching me martial arts, he taught me how to fight with a magic staff that would grow or shrink whenever I commanded it to."
"So magic truly exists in your world then," Luna said.
"Yeah, tons of it, like my flying Nimbus Cloud, I think that counts as magic since it's a magic cloud you can ride on," Goku said. "Really came in handy when I was a kid before I knew how to fly."
"So you flew around on a cloud?" Peter asked. "That's pretty neat, at least you don't have to be a Pegasus to ride a cloud."
"Not just anyone can ride it though, you have to be pure of heart," Goku said. "But I think a few of you here could ride it."
"...Which few?" Stark suspiciously asked.
"Let's move on," Twilight suggested, hoping to avoid a petty squabble. "I'm pretty fascinated with the magic in his world. Like what else do you have?"
"Well there's Master Roshi's Bansho Fan, one wave of it can create a gust of wind, three creates rain," Goku explained.
"Weather controlling magic, seems like a powerful tool," Thor said. "And it belongs to this Master Roshi?"
""Yeah, he's my other teacher," Goku said. "I had a lot of mentors but Roshi actually knew my grandpa so I felt a bit closer to him, he's kind of like a grandpa himself. He even let me stay in his house for a while along with my best friend Krillin, though at the time we were more rivals than friends."
"So you grew to respect each other over them then," Logan said. "Two guys under the same master, growing and fighting together, makes sense."
"Yeah, training with Master Roshi was fun, a bit weird though," Goku said. "One of the first things he had us do was deliver milk to everyone on the island we were staying at, we had to do it every day."
"Deliver milk?" Luna asked. "Every day? That was training?"
"He had us do a lot of chores, said it actually helped with our reflexes," Goku explained.
"He ain't wrong, lots of martial art instructors do something like that," Logan agreed. "Plus it gets you into a routine."
"Well it worked at least, Master Roshi really helped me become much stronger as a kid," Goku said. "In fact he's the one who showed me that Kamehameha move that I used. It was his technique."
"How old were you when you trained?" Logan asked.
"Uh..." Goku was about to count with his fingers but remembered he didn't have any. He took a few seconds to remember before revealing. "Twelve...I think so."
"That's quite a young age," Twilight pointed out. "You must have been a progidy."
"It's common to train young regardless Twilight, plus I wouldn't be surprised if he trained even younger than that," Logan asked. "Ryu once told he that he's been training since he was a child, even I had to get stronger at a young age."
"It's always best to start young, my grandpa trained me since I was able to walk," Goku said. "He was a really great guy, bit strange but it's what made him so likable."
"You and your grandfather must have been pretty close," Twilight said.
"Yeah, he was my only family, but he died when I was still pretty young, for a while I lived on my own until I met my friend Bulma," Goku said.
"Sorry to hear about your grandpa," Twilight said.
"Didn't you have parents though?" Luna asked.
"I did...I think. I never met them, they probably died when my home planet got destroyed," Goku said.
"Right, you mentioned you were a Saiyan from a place called Planet Vegeta," Peter said. "Wait, how did your planet get destroyed?"
"An evil guy named Frieza," Goku said. "According to Vegeta, he ruled over the Saiyans, made them into his personal army to conquer other planets. But he started to fear us because we were getting stronger with each battle. Since he was afraid they would turn against him, he destroyed the planet to prevent that from happening. I only survived because I was sent to conquer Earth as a baby, Vegeta told me he was off planet on a mission with my brother and basically ignored the call to go back."
"You were sent to Earth as a baby to conquer it?" Peter asked. "Like, where's the logic in that?"
"I don't know really. My brother told me that since I was born with a weak power that I would be sent to a planet with weaker lifeforms to conquer," Goku said. "Of course I bumped my head sometime after landing and completely forgot my mission."
"That's...very convenient," Cap said, somewhat concerned. "Still, I'm very sorry to hear about your home planet, that Frieza guy must have been one terrible person."
"Yeah he wasn't very nice, but he was strong, made for a good fight," Goku said. "I mean it was a bit hard to enjoy since he was hurting a lot of people, really made me angry, but I enjoyed pushing my limits."
"So you got to fight him?" Peter asked.
"Yeah, I fought him out in space on a planet called Namek," Goku said. "It was there I first learned the Super Saiyan transformation. Happened right after the bastard killed my friend Krillin."
"Your friend was killed!?" Twilight asked. "The one who trained with you?"
Goku nodded in confirmation, "Frieza took sick pleasure in doing so, I've honestly never felt so angry in my life. For the first time, I genuinely wanted to hurt someone, I wanted to make Frieza suffer, the same way he made other people suffer. I'm not a superhero type guy, but if there's one thing I can't stand is someone who hurts others for fun. I made Frieza regret it before leaving him for dead on Planet Namek."
"You didn't finish him off?" Luna asked.
"No, I'm not like him, I wouldn't take a life if I could help it. Doesn't matter, he came back but he was dealt with by Vegeta's son," Goku said. "Still, that fight really changed me, I'll never forget the rage."
"Well at least you were able to avenge your friend, he would have been proud to know you fought for him," Twilight said.
"He's happy, he told me himself," Goku said.
"Uh, how?" Cap asked. "Wait, can you communicate with the deceased?"
"No, we wished him back to life," Goku said.
"Wait, how?" Twilight asked, everyone else looking quite puzzled and confused.
"There's one other magical artifact I need to tell you about, the Dragon Balls," Goku said. "Seven mystical orbs that when brought together, can grant any wish you desire."
"Any wish?" Cap asked. "No limitations?"
"Well, there are a few," Goku said. "Back when I first collected them, you can only have one wish, and it can't be anything beyond the Dragon's Power. You also can't make the same wish twice, meaning if you were wished back to life once, he won't revive you again. He also can't destroy anything stronger than him. You also couldn't bring back someone who's been dead over a year."
"So your friend Krillin could come back once? And he's been alright since then?" Cap asked.
"Sort of, actually he already got wished back once prior to Frieza, I honestly though that I would never see him again, which made me even angrier at Frieza. Luckily we had the Dragon Balls on Namek to revive him," Goku said.
"There's another set?" Stark asked.
"Yeah, the ones on Namek are a bit different, they could grant three wishes and they could revive someone who's been revived before, but for a while they could only bring back one person at a time," Goku said. "Thankfully they got an upgrade so they can bring back multiple people. Even my planet got an upgrade, so Shenron, that's the Dragon's name by the way, could grant multiple wishes too, and he no longer had the one year of death limitation."
"Hm, those Dragon Balls do sound very powerful," Cap said. "But, they also sound dangerous in the wrong hands."
"Yeah, that kind of worries me that things like that exist," Peter said. "Also when you make the wishes, how specific do you have to be?"
"Just tell him what you want and he'll give it to you," Goku said. "He might ask for some clarity but he always delivers, same with the other Dragon Porunga."
"So they won't try to screw you over or anything?" Peter asked.
"No, they're really honest, if there's something they can't do, they'll let you know," Goku explained.
"Well that's reassuring," Cap said. "Still, wishing someone back to life, that seems...well, that's a true miracle."
"Worked for me, I've been brought back a couple of times myself," Goku admitted. "Granted once was through a different circumstance but it's all the same."
"You've been brought back?" Peter asked. "Wow, that's something we have in common actually."
"You got revived as well?" Goku asked.
"Bit the dust during a big fight on Earth," Peter then gestured to the night Princess. "Luna here brought me back. Took most of her lifeforce."
"Wow, you're pretty lucky then moody pony," Goku said, earning an annoyed twitch from Luna. "When a Kai returned me to life, he died from it. But thankfully the Dragon Balls were able to bring him back."
"Please refram from calling me 'Moody Pony'," Luna requested, politely as she could. "I am Princess Luna."
"I don't know, Moody Pony seems accurate," Peter joked.
"Peter!" Luna scolded.
"Come on now, let's be professional here," Cap said. "Well Goku, seems like your world is a pretty interesting place, full of incredible wonders."
"You should come by someday, maybe we can fight again soon, this time in human form," Goku said.
"If you want to fight someone, you're better off going against a Capcom Warrior," Peter explained. "We heroes aren't that eager to do battle."
"Speak for yourself Peter, I am not turning away from potential payback," Stark said. "Next time we meet Goku, you won't be as lucky as you were against me earlier."
"Hey if you can back that up then I look forward to a rematch," Goku said. "Speaking of Capcom, I wonder how Vegeta's doing over there? Maybe he found someone strong too."
In the Capcom world, Chun-Li had finished explaining everything to Amaterasu and Issun regarding Vegeta's arrival.
"So in the end, Vegeta only came to satisfy his desire to fight against a strong opponent," Chun-Li explained. "It was only out of sport that he came to this world."
"Seems a bit weird, what do you think Ammy?" Issun asked. The wolf's only reply was a nod of her head. "Well she seems to be fine, so your violent new friend is forgiven."
"Thank you for your kind understanding," Chun-Li said, bowing to Amaterasu. She turned her attention to Vegeta. "Alright, you're in the clear!"
Vegeta scoffed a bit, "To think the deity of this world is a mere dog."
"Hey, ease up pal, she's still a Goddess," Ken warned. "She's very powerful too."
Amaterasu made her way toward Vegeta, glaring up at the Prince of Saiyans. Vegeta had no reaction, though he could sense this creature was indeed very powerful. He figured it would be best to watch his step for the moment.
"I apologize if I have caused you any disruption," Vegeta said.
"It's all good, gotta say, you're not as beefy as I thought you'd be, bit on the small side too," Issun commented.
Vegeta didn't take too kindly to this comment, but he made nothing of it. "The warriors of this world have heart and power."
"Yeah they are pretty tough, they give Ammy a good fight from time to time," Issun said. "Of course she'd rather fight by their side, count yourself lucky she didn't get here sooner, she might have messed you up."
"I would have liked to see her try," Vegeta said. "Well then, I should probably go find Kakarot, he's in this Equestria world."
"Ammy's been there, nice place, bit surprising to see another Sun Goddess," Issun said. "Hey red stripes, you're from Equestria right!?"
"That creature means me right?" Sunset asked.
"Yes, mind Issun, he can be a bit...arrogant," Ryu warned.
"That sounds like an understatement, that creature's got more of a mouth than Cait Sith," Cloud commented.
"Well yes, I am from Equestria," Sunset confirmed.
"Great, think you can help our guest here find his friend?" Issun requested.
"Not my friend, just putting that out there," Vegeta said. "To my wife he's a friend, to me he's more of an obstacle."
"Some type of rival?" Issun asked.
"Yes, he is," Vegeta confirmed. "My ultimate goal is to surpass him and remind him why I am the Prince of Saiyans."
"Alright then, take him to his rival!" Issun requested.
"I'll take him to the portal," Sunset said. "Would anyone like to come?"
"I'll go, just to see this Kakarot fellow he mentioned," Ryu said.
"Forewarning, while his name is indeed Kakarot, he also goes by the name 'Goku', if you want to know why, you're better off asking him yourself, he'll explain it better than I could," Vegeta said.
"Alright, let's go see Goku," Ryu said.
"Sweet, so who else is joining?" Ken asked.
"Count me in, if Goku is as strong as Vegeta, then he's got my interest," Dante said.
"I'd like to see him for myself," Chris said.
"Same here," Chun-Li confirmed. "Anyone else?"
"You four can go, the rest of us should stay here and clean this mess up," Strider said, taking in the sight of the damage and injuries. "Plus it looks like many of our friends have been injured."
"I'm gonna need to go see Doctor Light," Mega Man confirmed, checking over his damage.
"I'll go with you Sunset," Cloud said. "Tifa, Barrett, you two coming as well?"
"Uh, thinking I should stay here for a moment," Barrett said. "Maybe I can help these guys out. You got he Restore Materia?"
"No, Tifa does though," Cloud said and turned to his friend. "Mind giving it to Barrett?"
"Sure thing," Tifa said, bringing out the magical item. "Here you go."
Vegeta took note of the orb, feeling quite curious by it, "That's suppose to heal?"
"Yeah, it's called a Materia, our world has a lot of it," Cloud explained. "Some can be used for battle, some for healing, some even help capture wild beasts."
"Quite fascinating," Vegeta said. "Alright, let's hurry if we're gonna go see Kakarot."
Sunset led Vegeta and the various other volunteers to the Portal Room where they would be transported to Equestria and reunite Vegeta with his rival. Unbeknownst to them, a warrior was observing from a distance. A demonic like being that was wearing the same type of gi that Ryu and Ken were.
"Looks like I'm late to the battle...next time perhaps."
In the realm of Equestria, Johnny and Rainbow Dash had both fully recovered from their attack, but were both in a pretty lousy move.
"I'm never living that loss down," Johnny said. "Barely lasted a minute against him."
"That guy isn't human," Rainbow Dash said.
"Of course not, he's a Saiyan," Peter explained. "He packs a lot of power."
"No kidding, how did he find out about this place though?" Johnny asked.
"Something about Discord, not sure why he sent them here, unless it's to mess with us," Peter said.
The portal to Equestria had opened, stepping through were Sunset Shimmer, Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Chris, Dante, Cloud, Tifa and Vegeta. The Prince however found himself transforming into a Unicorn after a few seconds in.
"What in the world!?" Vegeta looked to his hoof. "Did my form change!? Hey girl what did you-" Vegeta saw that the others had changed as well. "I want answers!"
"Right, should have warned you that if you come into Equestria, you turn into a pony," Sunset said. "Well usually, sometimes it's another type of creature but more often than not, it's a pony."
"This is ridiculous, if I had known I wouldn't have come here," Vegeta said, looking over his hooves.
"It's not that bad, you get used to it," Dante insisted. "Believe it or not, you get a bit of a power boost here, if you can figure out your form."
"Power boost?" Vegeta asked.
"There are three types of ponies," Chris began. "Unicorns, which you, Chun-Li, Ken, Sunset Shimmer and Cloud turned into, Earth Ponies, which Dante, Ryu and myself turned into, and Pegasus, which Tifa turned into. Earth Ponies have natural strength, so being an Earth Pony makes me and the other guys stronger. Pegasus Ponies can fly and had innate speed, which will let Tifa move faster. Unicorns like you have magic, if you can make that work then you'll make youself much stronger."
"Interesting," Vegeta said. "I guess there is a bright side."
"Ahem," came a voice. The group turned to see Princess Celestia. "I had a feeling you would all be coming."
"Princess Celestia," Sunset bowed, as did the others, even Vegeta after a few moments.
"The one with the long, spikey hair, is this Vegeta?" Celestia asked.
"I take it Kak-er, Goku has told you about me?" Vegeta asked.
"Yes, he is currently waiting in the throne room," Celestia said, gesturing to the others. "This way."
As Celestia began walking, Sunset took this moment to inform Vegeta of something, "That's Princess Celestia, she runs this world."
"Like that mutt back in the Capcom world?" Vegeta asked.
"Please don't call her a 'mutt'," Chun-Li requested. "Her name is Amaterasu, and yes Princess Celestia watches over this world like Amaterasu does for ours."
"Mind your manners and you'll be fine, she's very benevolent, but also quite protective of her subjects," Sunset said.
"As a Prince, I understand how Royalty works, so you won't have to worry too much about me," Vegeta said as the group made their way to the throne room.
Once there, Goku immediately turned his attention to his comrade, "Yo Vegeta!"
Vegeta took one look at Goku, his rival having turned into an Earth Pony with fur matching his gi. "Kakarot, did you get your fight?"
"Sure did, I had a blast," Goku said, making his way over and noticing his company. "Who are they?"
"I met them in the Capcom world," Vegeta said, then noticed Peter, Twilight and the others in the throne room. "So there are more of you."
"Is this your friend Goku?" Cap asked.
"Not his friend!" Vegeta said.
"Oh come on buddy, don't be like that, we're like the best of buddies," Goku said.
"Don't make me gag," Vegeta said. "You're my rival, nothing more."
"Goku wasn't kidding when he was telling me about this guy," Peter commented.
"Seems like it, that other guy looks a bit more intimidating though, from the way Ryu and the others look, they may have had a rough time," Twilight said, taking note of some of their battle damage.
"Well, better go introduce ourselves," Peter said, making his way over with Twilight by his side. "Hey there, name's Peter, and this is my wife."
"Princess Twilight Sparkle," the mare introduced. "It's tice to meet you, I take it you're Goku's rival, Vegeta."
"That I am, I am Vegeta, Prince of the Saiyans," Vegeta introduce, then focused on the male of the two. "You introduced yourself as Peter, I believe that's the name of the warrior Kakarot went to fight."
"Kakarot? Wait is that his real name?" Peter asked.
"Yes, has he told you about being a Saiyan?" Vegeta asked.
"Oh yeah, he told me he came to Earth as a baby," Peter said. "And that his grandfather found him."
"That's how I got the name Goku," the cheerful Saiyan explained. "The only ones who call me Kakarot are other Saiyans."
"Superman's an alien too right?" Sunset asked. "Does that mean he has an alien name and an Earth name too?"
"He would, yes," Cap confirmed. "You'd need to ask him yourself, if he's willing to disclose that information with you."
"Who's Superman?" Goku asked. "Is he strong?"
"Very, he might give you a better fight than I did," Peter admitted.
"Sweet, maybe I can go to his world next," Goku said.
"Superman doesn't fight for the sake of fighting though," Cap said. "If you had a hard time getting Peter to fight you, getting Superman to fight you would be a fair bit harder."
"I didn't have a hard time getting a fight," Vegeta said.
"Ryu likes fighting more than I do," Peter said. "I only fought Goku because he was causing some trouble."
"And I fought him because he hurt Peter," Twilight said.
"You had more than one fight Kakarot?" Vegeta asked.
Goku nodded in confirmation, "Yeah, first I fought that guy with the shield, then the guy with the robot suit, and that moody Princess Pony."
"I despise that creature," Luna commented.
"After that, Spider-Man came in and we fought for a bit, pushed me to Super Saiyan God," Goku said. "Especially with that fancy armor suit of his."
"Peter you used your armor?" Chun-Li asked. "The one you fought Wesker with?"
"Yeah, then Goku wrecked it," Peter said. "Sorry to say, but Goku beat me fair and square."
"Wait you lost!?" Ryu asked. "I mean, I lost too so I won't judge, but still, hearing you lose sounds unsettling."
"Im a bit surprised myself, I was under the impression that Spider-Man was invincible," Cloud said.
"I'm not invincible, who gave you that idea?" Peter asked.
"I mean you did put up a good fight, so there's that," Goku reassured. "Right after that I fought Twilight, and boy was she tough, she has a lot of powerful magic, even as Super Saiyan Blue she gave me a run for my zeni."
"This purple pony?" Vegeta asked, gesturing to Twilight.
"Yeah, but I stopped fighting her once I noticed she was pregnant," Goku said.
"Oh yeah, Twilight, you're fighting even though you're pregnant?" Dante asked. "That's kind of risky."
"My suit protects me, like it did on Earth when I was pregnant with Mayday," Twilight said. "I'm barely over a couple months in so I'm good."
"Just like a Saiyan woman, even they barely let pregnancy stop them," Vegeta said. "Of course, they usually place their young in an incubator some time after the child is conceived."
"Wow really?" Peter asked. "That'll shorten the pregnancy time."
"Seems like a waste though, part of the fun of being pregnant is feeling that bond with your child," Twilight said. "I take great pride in knowing I have a little pony growing in me."
"That's so sweet," Chun-LI said. "Nothing like the bond between parent and child, makes me remember my father."
"And my mother," Dante added.
"I miss my parents too," Chris said. "But we're going off topic, continue Goku."
"Well after fighting Twilight, I fought that Thor guy," Goku said, gesturing to the God. "He may have wiped the floor with me."
"You lost to him?" Vegeta asked, looking over to Thor. He could sense some God Ki, and it was a lot. That would explain how Goku lost. "Are you a God!?"
"Yes, I am," Thor confirmed. "I am Thor, The God of Thunder and Son of Odin."
"You should see his hammer, really strong," Goku said. "Anyway what about you? Seems like you fought that Ryu guy, but wait which one is he?"
"That one," Vegeta said, gesturing to the martial artist. "He's got incredible skill, but he lacks the power we have. However with more training he could be unstoppable."
"Hey maybe he can learn to use God Energy just like us," Goku said.
"Is that possible?" Ryu asked.
"Sure is, even a mortal can become as strong as a God," Goku said. "If you trained with God Energy, I guarantee you'd be very satisfied."
"Hm...God energy huh?" Ryu checked his hoof as he clenched it into a pony fist. "A new goal then."
"Maybe Amaterasu can give you some pointers," Dante suggested. "If she's willing."
"I'll make it work," Ryu said.
"He wasn't the only one I fought, I fought everyone else here, the only ones who really gave me any decent fight were the boy in the red jacket and the other boy in black," Vegeta said.
"Name's Dante," the warrior greeted.
Goku didn't seem to trusting of Dante, especially not after checking his ki, "Something about your energy feels a bit ominous."
"Probably because I'm half demon," Dante confirmed. "Don't worry, I'm not one of the bad ones, at least I try to be. I follow the example my human mother taught me."
"Well, as long as you're not hurting anyone, at least people who can't fight back," Goku said, then turned to Cloud. "Hm...I'm not feeling a lot from you, unless you also use magic."
"I do," Cloud confirmed, bringing a materia out. "This helps, but don't let that fool you, I can crank up my natural abilities when I need to."
"Sounds neat, I'd like to test your power myself someday," Goku said. "Maybe next time I can go to the Capcom world."
"I'm actually not from Capcom, I was brought there by Sunset Shimmer," Cloud explained. "I'm from Square."
"Another world?" Goku asked.
"That reminds me," Cap said. "We actually believed Goku came from Square. Cloud, can you confirm that they're not?"
"I've never seen them, or heard of them," Cloud said. "I would have known about them if they were from my world."
"Meaning they're from another world entirely," Tifa said.
"One even we've never been to," Ryu added. "I've never heard of Saiyans."
"So that rules out any place you've been to," Peter said. "Though we could try asking, I mean you have access to these worlds Ryu, maybe you can get in contact with them. Or Chun-Li since that's more her specialty."
"I seem to remember one girl from Namco named Rita Mordio saying her world of Terca Lumireis didn't actually exist in the main realm of her world, but rather it felt like a realm all to her own," Twilight said.
"Mind repeating that in a way we can all understand?" Johnny suggested.
"Think of it like Asgard, its part of Marvel Earth but not a direct part of it," Twilight said. "It's a realm within your realm, Rita told me that's how her world was, a realm within her realm. For all we know, Goku and Vegeta could come from a world like that, a realm within another realm."
"Uh, right..." Johnny said, scratching his head. "This multiverse stuff is way too complicated."
"Try traveling to these places," Chun-Li said. "It's not as connected as all of you might think, some warriors exist in different timelines in these realms, ours included."
"Rock's allies X and Zero technically come from a future timeline in our world," Chun-Li explained.
"There's been some stuff like that in our world too," Cloud explained.
"I've seen my share of time traveling, like that Spider-Man from the future," Peter said. "Speaking of future, even this world has the one with rebel leader Sweetie Belle."
"So you've all done time traveling?" Goku asked. "Wow, just like Trunks."
"Vegeta's son?" Chun-Li asked.
"That other son I mentioned before, he's Trunks from the future of our world, one where myself, Kakarot and all our other allies are dead," Vegeta said.
"He came back in time to warn us about the Androids that killed us all," Goku said.
"Cyborgs!" Peter corrected.
"Also what do you mean 'us'?" Vegeta said. "By the time they showed up, you were already dead due to some stupid virus."
"Oh yeah...that's a real lousy way to go," Goku said. "Really glad Trunks gave me that cure."
"Point is my son came back to help, granted his time traveling created something of a 'Butterfly Effect', so by changing the past he drastically altered the future, resulting in a much more dangerous monster to appear," Vegeta said.
"Yeah, Cell," Goku said. "Luckily my son Gohan was able to defeat him and save the world."
"Is your son as strong as you Goku?" Dante asked.
"He used to be stronger, but he stopped fighting to focus on being a Great Scholar," Goku said.
"Sounds respectable," Chun-Li said. "A good warrior isn't just about fighting."
"He barely fights anymore, too much coddling from his mother," Vegeta said. "Seems like a waste of talent."
"There's nothing wasteful about that!" Twilight insisted. "Just because he's strong doesn't mean he has to be a fighter! Peter's strong yet he wants to be a Chemist! Or a Physics Specialist!"
"I am really into that stuff, as a young boy, I learned that I could do as much for the world in a lab coat as I do in tights," Peter said.
"Wow, deep stuff," Ken said. "Never knew you wanted to be a scientist type guy."
"Well my Superhero life came along and things got put on hold," Peter said. "Not sure for how much longer."
"Just don't give up on that dream," Barret said.
"Someone with your smarts can make a huge difference," Ryu said. "Intelligence is a talent too, something Goku's son seems to be exploiting."
"Hey it's great that Gohan wants to be a Scholar, he's really happy about it and he enjoys what he does," Goku said. "I just wish he'd balance it out, I mean who wants to do the same thing all the time?"
"Like you and fighting?" Vegeta asked.
"Hey! You like fighting too Vegeta!" Goku pointed out. "Also I don't just fight, I am a farmer Vegeta, so I do stuff outside of fighting."
"Speaking of farming, we should check on Applejack soon, same with the others," Logan said. "During the fight there was rumblings going on in Ponyville, the ponies there must be pretty startled."
"Oh yeah, I also have to check on the students," Twilight said. "I hope they're not too scared."
"Jubilee and Nightcrawler should be watching over them," Rainbow Dash said. "They'll keep the kids calm."
"There was a bit of an Earth Quake in our world as well," Ryu said. "Hopefully no one there is too startled either."
"I gotta check in on Jill later, see if it impacted where she was," Chris said.
"Where is she?" Peter asked.
"She went to investigate a potential B.O.W. outbreak with Frank West," Chris explained. "Hopefully it's nothing but better safe than sorry."
"Maybe I should check up on Lady," Dante said. "She mentioned having to go somewhere urgent, didn't explain much though, but I hope she's safe as well."
"We should probably go check ASAP, question is how to get Goku and Vegeta home," Cap said.
"Oh I can handle that part," came Discord's voice. The spirit of chaos popped in, waving at everyone. "Hello."
"Discord!?" Twilight shouted in disbelief. "Where did you come from?"
"It all started with my mother..." Discord began.
"Not that part!" Twilight angrily said. "I mean how long have you been waiting to pop in?"
"Oh...a while," Discord said, keeping it vague. "I don't want to bore you with details, I'll just take my Saiyan friends and be leaving."
"Hey you're not leaving without some answers pal!" Stark said.
"Yeah, for starters, why did you send Goku and Vegeta to our worlds?" Twilight asked.
"Hm, I could tell you, but then you'd know why," Discord said.
"Then we'd know-" Twilight could barely comprehend that response. "Excuse me!?"
"What kind of bullshit answer is that!?" Stark asked.
"My, my, such language, and kids look up to you?" Discord said.
"He has a point," Cap said.
"Shut up Steve," Stark said, then focused back on Discord. "Look pal, I don't care if you're some freakish chaos demon or whatever." Stark readied his repulsor blast. "I want answers, and I'm going to get them!"
"Tony, let's not fight, I don't want to risk any more damage to my castle," Celestia said, then focused her attention on Discord. "But I too want some answers. For starters, did you have anything to do with the string of invasions we've endured over the past year?"
"I'd love to know if you were the one who sent Creed here," Logan said, readying his claws.
"And Mysterio," Peter said.
"What about Nemesis? Have you been to our world?" Chris asked.
"When did this turn into a Q&A? Next you'll be asking for my shoe size," Discord joked. "Everything I do has a point...or does it? I mean, I am an agent for chaos, for all you know I could just be doing this for fun, just for the laughs and merriment. Then again, maybe I do have an ulterior motive, one that involves a scheme so grand, it could affect the future of four worlds, or five, or six, it all depends," Discord sinisterly smirked. "Of course, only I know the answer to that, but fear not, I won't keep you out of the loop forever, think of it like a surprise party, if Pinkie Pie were in the room she'd understand."
"I swear this freaking guy reminds me of Jester," Dante said, grabbing his guns. "Anyone who talks as much as him deserves to die."
"That's harsh, don't know if I like you Capcom guys, at least our buddies at Marvel have something of a funny bone, aside from Iron Man," Discord said.
"Yeah just keep giving me reasons pal," Stark warned, still aiming his repulsor blast.
"Hey now, no fighting, Celestia's orders," Discord said. "After all Tony, you wouldn't want to upset a woman who's not only this world's ruler, but very closely associated with your team leader."
"Alright first off, I have no leader, Steve's more of a partner than a guy I take orders from," Stark said. "Second I'll do what I have to do to keep things in line."
"Don't let him get to you Iron Man," Chun-Li said, then focused back on Discord. "As for you, I have half a mind to take you down myself just for sending Vegeta to our world, if you were indeed responsible for everything else..."
"Oh my, I'm shaking in my boots!" Discord poofed a giant pair of boots for emphasis. "I wouldn't want to upset Chun-Li, the leader of Capcom."
"Leader?" Dante asked, then shook his head. "No, not gonna fall for that again."
"How strong willed you are," Discord said. He quickly turned his attention to the Avalanche Duo "Hm...thinking about it, kind of wish that Terra Branford girl was here instead of you and your other friends, her enemies are a bit more interesting."
"Hey how much of our world do you know about?" Tifa asked.
"Oh...a bit," Discord said, then snapped his fingers. "That'll leave a nice surprise."
"H-hey, what did you just do!?" Cap asked.
"You'll find out soon, ciao," with another snap, he vanished along with Goku and Vegeta.
"Did he just take the Saiyans?" Twilight asked. "Shoot, I was hoping to talk to them a bit more."
"That is one strange creature," Ryu said.
"What is he anyway?" Cloud asked.
"He's the spirit of chaos, not too different from Loki of Marvel," Twilight said. "Speaking of which, none of us have found Loki since his invasion of The Crystal Empire."
"I'm still looking around, I will have my brother back in captivity soon," Thor said
"Well, now that they're all gone, let's survey the damage," Stark said. "See what needs fixing."
"I'm on it," Cap said.
"We should head back to our world as well," Chun-Li said. "Cloud, Tifa, are you coming?"
"Sure, why not?" Cloud said. "Tifa, you both good with that?"
"Yeah, I'm good with that," Tifa said.
"Your help is appreciated," Ryu said, then focused back on Peter and Twilight. "If you two encounter Discord again, do not hesitate to let me know."
"We won't," Twilight said. "Let us know if he appears in your world."
"We should hurry and look around," Logan said. "Discord did something else before he left, lets make sure nothing is missing, or that we have an uninvited guest."
"I just hope whatever he did, it won't be too bad..." Sunset said, hoping that her feeling of dread was nothing to worry about.
Meanwhile Deadpool was in the middle of a meadow, the ninja highly confused as to how he got there, and the fact that he was human.
"Something weird's going on," Deadpool looked around. "Hello!? Pinkie Pie!? Anyone around!?" Deadpool started walking. "Uh, I don't suppose you're out there Cable! Is this a prank you're pulling!?" Deadpool crossed his arms in curiousity. "Let's see, first I was in Sugarcube Corner, then I ended up on the moon for some reason, now I'm on Earth, what could this mean?" The ninja shrugged it off, "Anyway whatever's happening, I think I'll be fine, I just gotta find a portal and..." An ominous feeling overtook Deadpool. “Why do I hear boss music?"
The skies began to darken as an ominous set of clouds blocked the sunlight, Deadpool frantically looking around in worry and fear of what's to happen next. He grabbed his katanas, ready to fight what came his way.
"Whatever it is, I gotta be ready to fight! Deadpool backs down from no man!" Deadpool said.
Then from the skies came a figure in black, upon closer inspection Deadpool could see long silver hair and a sword much longer than his own two. The feeling of a smaller sword made him feel slightly inadequet, especially compared to the man's good looks.
"Oh no, a tall, sexy man is coming from the sky! This should be any girl's dream but for me it's a nigthmare! This guy might steal my literal waifu! I have to get home and make sure Pinkie Pie never sees his sexiness! I won't let my marriage feel despair!" Deadpool began to run to find a portal, any portal he could find. "Gotta find a way home, gotta find...oh man! The music's getting louder!"
'Estuans interius, Ira vehementi! Estuans interius, Ira vehementi, Sephiroth!'
"Oh no! It has lyrics too!? In latin!?" Deadpool continued to run. "Make it stop!"
Deadpool kept running as the man in question descended down, having Deadpool locked on his sights. "Interesting..."
Deadpool kept running until he spotted a random portal with Pinkie Pie on the other side. "Hurry Wade!"
"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Deadpool said. "Heh, out of context that might sound sexy." Deadpool saw the oncoming man. "Oh no! The music's getting intense! Like if Planet Jupiter just got destroyed!"
"This way Wade! Hurry up and..." Pinkie noticed the man in question. "Oh who's that, he's kind of cute."
"Shield your eyes!" Deadpool shouted as he jumped through the portal with Pinkie Pie. He used his Katana to completely destroy it.
"How'd you do that with just your sword?" Pinkie asked.
"I have absolutely no idea!" Deadpool said. "But you're safe, that incredibly sexy man can't seduce you now."
"Who was that anyway?" Pinkie Pie asked.
'SEPHIROTH!'
"...That might have answered our question," Deadpool said, before collapsing in exhaustion. "I need a drink."
Outside where the portal was, Sephiroth was rubbing his chin in curiosity, "I sense a strange magic." Sensing something else, he turned his attention to the side. "What business do you have with me?"
Nearby was Discord, who after abruptly dropping off Goku and Vegeta, quickly came to Square. "Seems like that world peaked your interest, maybe we can help each other out."
In the Dragon World, Goku and Vegeta returned to Capsule Corp, the Prince feeling a bit irritated. "The nerve, plopping Kakarot and myself to the ground and barely sticking around for any questions, like he had somewhere to be."
"He did say it could work out for us, maybe he's looking for another strong opponent. I just hope we can go back to Equestria some day," Goku said. "Or any of the other worlds. I want to fight the guys you did, and you'll love fighting Peter, Twilight and Thor."
"I am rather curious about them, especially Thor," Vegeta said. "We should contact Whis, have him bring us over to Beerus's planet."
"Oh you're actually inviting me this time? That's nice," Goku said.
"Of course, I need a punching bag to test my power," Vegeta boasted.
Goku didn't take too kindly to that at first, but just smiled it off, "Well this 'punching bag' can fight back, hope you're ready for that."
"Of course," Vegeta said. "But before that, you know the rule for training with Whis."
"Oh right, we gotta offer him some food," Goku said. "Let's find something he hasn't eaten yet."
"Might be difficult," Vegeta said.
"Maybe we should have asked the Equestrians while we had the chance," Goku said.
"Kakarot, they're horses, they probably eat hay," Vegeta commented.
"...That's weird," Goku said, following after Vegeta.
Later came evening time in Equestria, no other damage was found aside from the damage to Celestia's castle, which was under repair, courtesy of Tony Stark. The business man was still working on his Accords, trying to see if there was any way he could work in some accounts regarding the other worlds.
"Tony?" Luna said, getting his attention.
"Hey Luna, I trust you're satisfied with the repairs to your castle?" Tony asked.
"Yes, quite," Luna said. "You seem rather busy."
"Yeah, I'm trying to finalize these accords, it's a bit more complicated than on Earth," Tony said. "My world has more heroes in it, New York alone has like a dozen vigilantes, give or take. And the guards in this world...they're not exactly up to the task. I mean no offense but, they're kind of useless."
"I can't argue that," Luna said.
"Right now the only ones who live full time in this world are Peter, Logan, Johnny Storm, Iceman, Gambit, Janet, Deadpool and Ant Man," Stark explained. "Granted Nightcrawler and Jubilee have actually started to stay here more due to their commitment to Twilight's school. While Cyclops and the other X-Men are committed as well, seems like Jubilee and Nightcrawler have actively taken more of a role recently."
"Yes, Twilight commented how both of them enjoy connecting with the students, Jubilee thanks to her playful nature and Nightcrawler due to his nurturing side," Luna said.
"I figured I could include them as well, since they'd want to keep Equestria safe as well," Stark said. "I still need to find more heroes."
"What about The Brotherhood?" Luna asked. "Will you seek them out?"
"I don't even know where they went," Stark said.
"I could track them, but in addition, we still have others, I mean to my knowledge, that cat burglar Felicia Hardy lives somewhere in Canterlot with that loud mouth Thunderlane, you could make use of them as well," Luna said.
"Forgot about those two, little surprised they didn't show up during Goku's arrival, probably didn't want to risk getting hurt or something," Stark said. "Not very reliable if you ask me."
"Not many could stand against Goku," Luna said.
"Well that'll change once I create my Saiyan Buster Armor," Stark said. "Still maybe I can put them on lookout, if they're up to it."
"I'll make sure of it," Luna said. "What of Twilight and her friends? Have anything for them?"
"That might be tough, I mean they're strong but they're basically just overpowered civilians, aside from Twilight and Rainbow Dash," Stark said. "Speaking of Rainbow Dash, I can definitely use The Wonderbolts, so that's a plus. In fact...maybe we can strike a deal with the other countries in this world. Get the Dragons, Griffons, Hippogriffs, Yaks and Changelings involved."
"You really believe they would help?" Luna asked.
"Of course, I mean this is their world too, and Twilight's school has one member of each tribe," Stark said. "Think about it, endless possibilities. I'll continue to strike deals on Earth, see if I can get Clint, Nat, Banner and even T'Challa to help more."
"T'Challa has his own country to worry about though," Luna said.
"He can lend a few warriors, we're pals after all, and he likes Equestria, he seems very fond of Twilight, he'll want to help," Stark insisted. "I just gotta convince him why my plan is a good one."
"Alright, one question though, what about Capcom and Square? How would they fit into this?" Luna asked.
"I'll talk to Chun-Li and Tifa about it, shouldn't be hard, I have quite a way with ladies after all," Stark boasted.
"Uh-huh..." Luna said, not caring much for Tony's playboy attitude. "Well then, I'll leave you to it, good luck Tony."
"Thanks Luna," Stark said, waving bye to the Princess as she flew off. Once along, he started thinking over everything he said. "Lot of this stuff is easier said than done, but I gotta make this work. For safety of all our worlds."
Later that night, Peter was in his basement lab, trying to go over a few plans. His suit was destroyed, but he could make something better, one better suited for any type of threat.
"Goku...you're one strong warrior, but thankfully a good guy," Peter said. "But it also sounds like you've had your share of enemies, some might be as tough as you, maybe tougher." He looked over all his materials, including the foriegn ones like the Materia Tifa gave him years ago, the Blastia he got from Rita Mordio and some of the Kryptonian Technology that Superman lent him. "I can't leave anything to chance, I gotta keep my world safe. I'll go through hell to make sure my world doesn't turn into the Dystopia that it could have been..." Peter then remembered the failed treaty. "Or could still be..."
Upstairs Twilight was seen waiting outside the lab. She wanted to go down and check on Peter, see if he wants to come to bed. Though given everything that happened today, between his fight with Goku and Discord's ominous warning, maybe it would be better to leave Peter be, give him a sense of security in his inventions.
She made her way to bed, hoping that whatever impending troubles came their way, that they could handle it together. As friends, as families, as heroes.