This is a collaboration with three-colour-rainbow123

This first chapter is actually a prologue.

This will take place after the theoretical end of the Alvarez War. Zeref will be defeated and his curse removed rendering him mortal. Mavis is also mortal now. Also, for those who have not yet been declared couples by Mashima-sensei himself, we'll just hint at that stuff. Then again with that latest omake we might not have to. We are not going to say that Natsu and Lucy are going out yet. If while writing the fic it does become 100% cannon, then we will make appropriate changes but for now we are keeping the romantic tension between them. Also, while the members of the Fairy Tail Guild will definitely watch every episode, we will include other characters of the universe as much as possible when it works well with the chapter, like say the fighters are those that someone like Jellal or Cobra would be interested in. Finally, when a FT character finally shows up in the Death Battle line up (IT MUST HAPPEN!) we'll just play it off with the alternate universe thing, especially since the cast of FT are already familiar with the concept of other worlds thanks to the Edolas arc.

We do not own Fairy Tail or Death Battle or any other characters or media that appear during this fic.

Prologue: Fossils of Another World

Lucy knew from the moment she woke up that today was going to be a special day, and not necessarily in a good way. Everything had been perfect that morning from the way the sunlight filtered into her room to the morning bath. Which could only mean that something big would happen today. After having been a member of Fairy Tail for so long, she knew this to be a fact. So when a magic circle corresponding to the summoning of a Celestial Spirit, complete with sound effects, appeared in her room after she finished dressing, she was only half surprised. Though she was really confused when the spirit she was facing was one she had never seen before. He looked like a mailman expect his shoes had wings on them and his uniform looked like they were cut from the night sky. Plus, there was some, other worldly, feel about him that Lucy could not put her finger on.

"Special delivery for Lucy Heartfilia." He announced presenting the blonde with a clipboard. Hesitantly, Lucy took it in hand and examined the papers carefully. Her experience with her father's business and Celestial contracts made her extremely skilled in legal documents. Utilizing this expertise, she examined every detail of the document. Apparently, she was receiving a special gift from the Celestial Spirit King with a 100% guarantee that it would not launch her and her friends into another crazy adventure. If such a thing were to happen she would be completely in her right to return the gift with no trouble on her part.

Satisfied, she signed the paper using the magic pen provided by the Celestial Delivery Man. When she handed the clipboard back to him, she was surprised to see he had already placed many many large boxes on her floor, and each were definitely too big for the mail bag he was carrying.

"Thank you for your patronage." The spirit grinned taking the clipboard. "I hope you'll our services in the future and do not hesitate to make mail orders for special merchandise." With a grin he disappeared in a flash of light leaving behind stunned Lucy.

With a sigh she looked over the many packages. She opened a couple of them and saw what looked like Lacrima Video Discs (LVDs). After peaking into them she saw that all of them had LVDs, each one grouped based on title or even color. What stood out was an envelope labelled "Play First!" with a LVD that was extra sparkly. Knowing that it would have to be played using the special Lacrima at the guild hall, Lucy grabbed it as well as one of the lighter boxes and headed for the guild hall.

One trip later

Lucy arrived to find everything normal, i.e. lots of drinking and chatter. The sight of Natsu sitting next to Zeref and Mavis made her smile softly. It took her awhile to find Master Makarov. After asking for everyone's attention, rather forcibly, Lucy explained what had happened. Natsu initially freaked out at the news that some stranger was in her apartment, only to get slapped since he had no right to talk. Makarov and Zeref agreed that the package must be very important. According to the former Black Wizard, the standalone LVD had traces of the Celestial Spirit King's power meaning he had created it and written it himself. With that said everyone got comfortable as Mirajane placed the Lacrima where everyone could see before inserting the disk.

The screen came alive showing the Celestial Sprit King in crystal clear HD quality.

"Old friend, I trust you are in good health when you view this with your guild." The ruler of the stars began. "What I have given you are the remains of the culture of a now dead world."

This revelation shocked everyone. An entire world dead, and the remains of their culture now lay in Lucy's apartment.

"You are familiar with the existence of parallel worlds such as Edolas which you once visited. There are many other worlds, some as similar to yours and other as different as night and day. Among those are worlds where there is no magic, only science and technology, though not to the level of other worlds. One of those worlds has perished. Do not fret my old friends. There was nothing you could have ever done." The members of Fairy Tail were surprised that the King anticipated their thoughts. "They did not perish from some outside force, but from their own actions. They pillaged their earth of its resources, and wars were fought for those resources. Eventually, the wrong individuals came to power and nations began destroying each other, turning their planet into an uninhabitable wasteland."

There was a moment of silence both for the guild members and the Celestial Spirit King, to respect a world now dead, even if it had been brought about by its own inhabitants.

"However," the royal mustached man continued. "There were those who anticipated the end of the world. As such they decided to make sure others would know of the good of their world, of the diverse cultures they had, of the innovations they made, of their history, of what brought smiles to everyone. They compiled everything they wanted to share with others and before the world ended, sent it all to the stars." This amazed the FT members and made them realize just how important this was.

"My acquiring their packages was by mere chance. However, I did not believe I could fully appreciate their efforts and their lives as I am not human. That was when I thought of you old friends." The wise king smiled his wide toothy smile. "I knew you would honor and appreciate their love and hopes of the other world. So I used my powers to put them into a form which you would enjoy. There is much you could learn, what you do will be up to you entirely. I know you will take this seriously. With that, enjoy."

The video ended and everyone remained silent. The one to finally break it was Lucy.

"Let's watch it." Her voice was full of determination. "I'm sure they put their all into making sure someone would remember them, even if they were complete strangers." She clenched her fist. "We'll watch all of it, so that they live on in our memories and hearts."

"Of course we will!" Natsu cried out with a fist pump as the rest of the guild followed suit. Once the cheers died down everyone got back in their seats, this time with snacks and drinks. Freed and Levy prepared some notebooks, prepared for new knowledge.

"Well then, let's start with the box you brought over today." Mira said as she had been designated manager of the Viewing Lacrima. The box said "Screwattack" with some sort of logo so everyone assumed it was a company. Opening the box, all the discs were labelled "Deathbattle" and lined up in order of episode number. Though upon closer inspection there were two peculiarities. First, there was a missing episode. Second, there was an extra disc that read "Intro and Rules" which she popped in first. It was not long before the screen came to life with words for all to read. Luckily they all understood it, even Natsu.

"The following is a web series, created by the dedicated team that have taken the name Screwattack. I greatly enjoyed the work they did and the research and effort put into it, and want them to be remembered even after the world ends." This was clearly a message from the one who compiled these discs. "On their behalf I shall explain the idea and rules behind this series."

Rules:

Combatants possess no non-cannon knowledge of each other.

To ensure a fair fight, character personality that restraints from killing are ignored.

All other character traits & tactics are ignored and largely to be represented faithfully.

Research source prerequisites are generally determined equally unless specified.

No outside help.

"Wait so what are they saying?" Natsu asked confused.

"Two characters from fiction will fight to the death based on actual information and research and not just 'I want this person to win' logic." Zeref calmly explained to his brother.

"Yeah, like if they do research on you and Gray, they can determine which one would actually win." Cana chuckled over her mug of beer.

"Well I'd obviously win cause I'm better than him!" the pinkette explained.

"That's exactly what they are not doing idiot." Gray sighed. "They use actual information and evidence, not stupid stubbornness like you."

"You're so wise Gray-sama!" Juvia exclaimed.

"What was that Ice-bucket?!"

"You heard me burn breath!"

"That's enough you two!" Erza chopped them on the head. "You might actually learn something from this!"

With that the Fairy Tail guild finally started watching Deathbattle!

Okay.

We set up the prologue specifically so that we can do multiple spinoffs where FT watches stuff other than Deathbattle. In fact, we are already considering doing FT watches Harry Potter series later on.

Also, knowledge seeking characters like Freed, Levi, Lucy, Zeref, and Mavis will be watching History Channel on the side. That way when some jokes or certain references are made, they will get it while having to explain to the rest. This allows for actual learning of "real world". Plus, what if Hitler gets mentioned? It would be a crime for them to not know how evil he was.

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