Spell of the Maelstorm

by QuiltBreaker110

Tired and exhausted after the war Naruto, with the help of an old man and his mirror, travel to the world of canterlot for some much needed rest. I'm sure konoha won't mind if he's gone for a while? right? Note: this is a Harem Fic, so if you don't like, don't read.

1. Chapter 1

A new and updated revision of the story Magic and Chakra in canterlot. And to those who don't like it, let me say one thing: Get the hell out! It's so simple. All flames will be used to make my smores.

I don't own any of these franchises you should know that by now!

A startling realization that happens when you finally admit that things could not be changed no matter how desperately you wanted them too. No matter how much you gave up, no matter how much blood you spilled in the process, and no matter how much you put on the line for someone, or for everyone, when you choose to believe that you would be accepted by them.

It took an entire lifetime for Naruto Uzumaki to finally learn that lesson, regardless of the accomplishments the past few years have done for him. A dim lighting through an apartment window shows a destroyed room with everything material and man-made, destroyed in a fit of rage and this is because of the aforementioned realization. You see, winning the war only gave Naruto one of three things that truly mattered to him while the other two would be so close but so far away from him.

The first thing the war gave him was his new power so while that would have hardly mattered to him, he was very thankful said power helped him in defeating the possessed Madara Uchiha who was under the control of Kaguya Otsutsuki and sealing her along with zetsu inside the new moon with the help of his former teammate, whom to this day, just saying his name leaves an extremely bad taste in his mouth.

Looking at the blood on his right hand, caused from crushing a glass cup in anger, Naruto passes it through his face, not really caring about his appearance for the moment since his mind is struggling to find a reason on why his teammate, was chosen for the position he strived after for the last eight years. Which brings us to the second thing the war gave him but wanted to have nothing to do with it. The second was the hokage's hat crowned on top of his traitorous friend.

Several months after the war ended and when the nations were stable and peace was finally returning to the elemental nations, or some sense of it at least, the village council decided that it was time for a new person to take the seat of hokage.

There were many people who were considered for the position but some of them decided to remain where they were as a few didn't have the capabilities to lead, while the remaining candidates who chose to go after it were being screened for anything that could affect them or the village should they lead.

After a few days of screening through potential candidates the council only had two people left in the running: Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki. Now I don't need to tell you the obvious of who picks who but let's look at it from the daimyo's point of view first ok?

Months Prior to the Hokage Inauguration (Daimyo Estate)

"These are the only two candidates left in the running is that right?" the fire daimyo asks looking over the information of the two individuals before him.

"Yes your excellency, Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki. both leaf ninja of Konoha." Says one of his representatives.

"What would you say is their standing amongst the ninja and civilian populations?" asks the daimyo as part of being considered elected for the position, was how well the people supported you, it was more or less a popularity contest.

"To be honest with you, sir. The sides are flipped between the two." Hasn't it always been since they were kids? Come on.

"Please explain." says the daimyo leaning back on his chair.

"The civilians fully support the uchiha clan survivor while the ninjas are resentful towards him for the actions he caused several years back, but there are a few who aid his side. The uzumaki has the full support of the ninjas however some are questionable at best while the civilians more of less hold resentment towards him and only some, fully support him." Explains the man before him as the information was common knowledge amongst the villagers but since the fire daimyo hardly ever had time for these concerns, he needed the full details to go on before he could make a decision.

"I see. I have heard many things about these two during the chunnin exam tournament finals and the things I've heard about both these boys are, as you said, indeed flipped." Hearing and seeing were two completely different things. Hearing how sasuke was the only survivor in his brother's massacre, and naruto being an outcast for something out of his control since the day he was born was leaning in more towards the blonde's favor of becoming the next fire shadow.

"We need to schedule a meeting with the village council in order to fully know which of these two would be the best choice as the next hokage for the leaf village. But in all honesty, my mind is made up." Says the daimyo with a solid look in his eyes.

"When will that be possible sir?"

"Sometime tomorrow. Prepare my escort team to head for konoha immediately." With that his representative went to put together the escort team that consisted of at least six people who, while not as experienced as the twelve guardians, still have skill and strength to back up and he was sure they would protect him just as well.

The next morning

Back home Naruto was sorting through his thoughts on what's been going on in the village ever since tsunade of the sannin announced her retirement saying she was quote, "getting way too old for this shit", thus the village had the whole process of choosing who would be the new hokage.

Twirling one of his throwing knives in his hand Naruto continues carving a small wooden animal that looked like a buffalo. This is one hobby he picked up sometime before when he was pretty much bored one day.

Flashback (Afternoon, eight years ago)

He was walking around the village when he saw the little animal figures. Curious he went inside and saw a man no older than thirty carving said figures. The man who he later learned was Mikio Daichi, a wood carver who owned a small decorative shop saw young Naruto enter. Wondering why a ninja entered his shop mikio asked what he wanted and young naruto answered that he liked the wooden figures. Wondering why a ninja so young would want something like this mikio humored him, saying if he did like them, why not take one and give him a completely honest opinion about the work mikio does on them.

Taken back by the sudden question naruto tries his best to say something that wouldn't upset the man in front of him. Taking a good look at him naruto sees he's mostly thin but has some form of muscle definition, must be from working out. Black hair and hazelnut colored eyes with a short beard wearing a light coffee colored shirt with a green apron in front, gray shorts, and gray sandals.

After some minutes of whacking his brain mikio takes the wooden animal away and asks the young ninja why he really entered into his shop. Waiting for an answer naruto tells him that he was bored and had nothing better to do when everyone he knew was either out of the village, doing something else, or just couldn't and didn't want to be bothered.

"If you want something to do then why don't you learn how to carve animal figures. it would certainly help pass the time." Says mikio as he had things to do then to just stop and give a kid some of his time.

"Why would I want to carve an animal out of wood? It doesn't look like fun." Says naruto looking at the many figures as just cutting and sculpting away trying to make something would take for hours and he wasn't too keen on sitting still for so long.

"I didn't expect you to like it kid, wood carving is only a hobby of mine. But it's a hobby that took me a long time to perfect. when I carve an animal I like it helps me focus on only that and whatever else I'm thinking just goes away." He says as there wasn't a time of day that he couldn't be found sculpting away at an animal that caught his eye.

"Yeah but it still doesn't look like fun." Says naruto in a deadpan voice still trying to wrap the thought of making something from wood.

"I think you'll change your mind once you see this." Leading naruto the back room mikio turns on the light and behold, an entire room filled with wooden animals of various kinds! Even some that didn't exist.

"What do you think now?" says mikio taking pride in his work

"Well I do admit this is pretty cool! But I still don't think I'll like wood carving."

"You don't know until you try and besides your all talk if you can't back it up. So why don't you go and find someone else to annoy? I have other things to do and I'm not going to waste any more time entertaining someone who can't even pick up a knife without bleeding." Says mikio turning away from naruto to get some of his work placed in crates for those he made a sale on.

"Now wait a damn minute?! Who says I can't make something better than all this crap?!" shouts Naruto at being easily jabbed.

"Me dumbass! I'm a professional at this, and you, you're just a puny amateur."

"Listen here you wood splitting stabber I bet I can make something even better than any of these termite infested sculptures you have that are so "proudly" displaying themselves! And I can do it in a week!" declares Naruto as there was nothing he could do better than anyone else.

"A bet?! Ok, it's a deal! One week, you make something grand and I will split the profits of whatever it is I sell, with you. If you win. But if you lose, you have to help me in the shop for a whole month!" those were the terms that lay down the bet and knowing our favorite blonde he couldn't just back down, so with a goal in sight naruto shakes hands! It was official.

"Deal!" And so began a long and bloody race to make something grand!

A heart filled laugh escapes Naruto remembering that week and let me tell you, it was really a long and painful week. Poor boy couldn't even make anything close without cutting himself too deep or the wood too deep that led to every figure being damaged unintentionally. Carving to the sides of the figure naruto then remembers how he supposedly came to the shop at the end of the week with something he thought was really good, but when mikio examined it he had this to say.

"It's crap!" tossing it over his shoulder into the trash bin behind him naruto just stares at mikio. How could he just throw his work away like it was nothing? He didn't even take the time to fully look at it. Grabbing his shirt naruto shouted.

"Hey what the fuck?! Do you know how much time I spent making that thing?! Did you not see the blood stains that went into that figure?!" cries out naruto but mikio looks the other way not really interested in hearing his complaining.

"Kid while I admit that you did put a lot of effort into making what you showed me and yes, I did see the blood stains, can't figure out if you're clumsy or something. But did you ever think about what it was that you wanted to make?" says mikio

"Sort of... I wanted to make a fox!" answers naruto

"Did you ever at least get a good look at the fox to know how it would look like on wood?! Because to me your work felt like it was poorly motivated and that you just cut around the edges after finishing up some of the places." Says mikio as naruto stayed silent.

It wasn't entirely true when he said that it was poorly motivated, naruto always accepted a challenge and never on anyone's terms did he quit! But this one challenge proved to be a bit too much since as briefly mentioned naruto was never really a person to learn what patience really was.

"I made my point. So now that you know what you did you have to honor the bet, so make some room on your busy schedule young ninja as you're going to be here for the next month. And no weaseling your way out of this or else I will make sure that you and your hokage have a nice little talk on what the word honor means." With that mikio heads back to work but not before handing naruto a dark green apron and telling him he starts tomorrow around 12 in the afternoon. Beaten and knowing when to draw the line naruto heads out trying to put down the hard labor that is coming his way.

End of the flashback (Back to the present day)

Snipping off the last edges of both the buffalo's horns naruto inspects his work closely, remembering all that mikio taught him when they were not busy selling or decorating for holiday events.

"Looks like I've gotten better at making these things. I bet now I'm just as good as mikio is when he makes them." Says naruto dusting off pieces of wood from his legs. Looking over the field he was in from the top of the tree he took chilled at, naruto jumps down and decides to head into the village to see if there were any new updates on the hokage race.

"I hope I get picked for the position, I worked my ass off these eight years and no way in hell are they picking someone else! Sure some of the ninja's I've worked alongside with are good, but not as good as me! No way in hell!" shouts naruto running full speed to the hokage administration building. The decision has been made, but not in the way it was meant to be.

Council Chambers (3:00 P.M.)

A meeting of importance was underway as the fire daimyo alongside his escort protection team was discussing the final two candidates: Naruto and Sasuke. Throughout the whole time the daimyo had to take solace in the fact that every single person in the entire room made their facts and points of view quick, detailed, and easy going. Everything came to a draw between these two ninja and what everyone thought were the qualities that showcased their posture and power to lead. If one side had reason to nominate Sasuke it was because of the reason that the sharingan had to continue its lineage for the next generations, and how the power it has kept for decades continued to influence people alike. Or how it was needed for its legacy, for its respect, or for its remarkable powers.

The uzumaki on the other hand, was quite a more interesting story to hear. Faced with high odds and high chances for failure the young boy did not have the will to stay down. This determination and self-empowerment is what gave the young jinchurikii the drive to overcome what many could not do, or even see as becoming possible to do! And more than once did that statement become a reality. If it wasn't learning the most difficult of jutsu in under the most unbelievable of time periods, or defeating those who were so far out of your own limitations, even persuading those who were so lost in their own ideals that have been walked into with death, blood, and murder, or their own cowardice, to see that there was something to find reason to believe again, and even defying all odds at the impossible, enough said.

Now, as it was mentioned the choice is pretty much obvious but there is always something that changes the arrow of choice.

"I believe I have made my decision on who will be the sixth fire shadow. Anyone who believes that my choice is foolish, speak up now!" announces the daimyo to everyone in the room. Most stood by their decision to vote for naruto as the sixth hokage, and the other side at most, voted for sasuke.

"Pardon my lord but I have to be in a disagreement with your personal choice." Says a man seating on the right section of the room just behind the first row.

"What is your name, fellow ninja?"

"My name is Tomoya Henderson my lord."

"Alright tomoya- san, explain why do you think naruto is no suited for the position?" asks the daimyo, curious about what this man's opinion could say about his candidate choice.

"It's a matter of the obvious. Some of us simply believe that young naruto is still not ready to carry such a huge responsibility. He is still a child at best and like all children, should best stay away from these kinds of things that could best be performed by someone with more maturity." The civilian man said so while it was true to some extent, his real reason is the fact that naruto shouldn't become hokage for the simple reason that he cannot learn when it's time to drop the antics and learn to become an adult! He may have become strong physically and emotionally, but his mentality still reflects him as the annoying-ass slacker/prankster he was when he was in the academy.

"I have to agree with him your lordship. I respect young naruto's skills and bravery but he's not what we could call, a symbol of leadership. I think it would be in our best interests for him to stay where he's at until we all deem him more adept to carry out on his own, in the future."

"That is not enough reason for me to change my decision. Maturity has nothing to do with this, and most of the previous hokages also didn't quite have an appeal of maturity, look at Minato Namikaze. He was a big goofball and a bit of a dumbass at times, sorry." He says hearing some people chuckle at his statement.

"But even then he proved to be a good leader and lead this village into a time of peace and security during his reign. He always looked out for everyone, and he even made the ultimate sacrifice of stopping the nine tails attack on this village. With his last wish being that the child be seen as a hero, but we all know how "well" that worked out didn't we?!" says the daimyo in a very sour tone. Most people just looked the other way, others stayed quiet because they were still hung up on that one memory.

"My decision still stands. Naruto uzumaki is the one I choose as the next hokage, he has proven himself on all levels and I know that he will lead this place into another era of peace and security, just like minato and all the others have done before him. So if anyone has contradicting feelings about this, let them be heard now or stay silent until the next shadow is brought by the fire…" and not a moment sooner his question was answered by an array of windmill shurikens coming straight at him.

It was only by instinct that one of his escorts managed to push him out of the way while the others deflected the oncoming weapons. Getting off from the floor he dusts himself, and looks around trying to find out where that attack had come from.

"What is the meaning of this?!" yells the daimyo looking around the room with his team surrounding him on all sides, weapons drawn for any threat.

"You know exactly what it is! You, choosing the demon over the uchiha, this village's pride and glory for something that should have been disposed of when we had the chance, but can't now because he's too powerful! You know why I hate your choice, daimyo!" looking into the crowd the daimyo sees that the one who threw the array of windmill blades was a man well into his late 40s, light brown hair and dark brown eyes, wearing the standard shinobi garment with only a pendant of a hung down crystal around his neck along with a second necklace that had a small locket.

"Who are you?! And why were you so quick to attack me knowing the consequences would be… severe?!"

"My name is Walker nakehido and I don't give a fucking rotting withering piece of tree shit what you think! I have put up with too much and gave too much to let that outcast and sorry excuse of a ninja become this village's leader! What's to stop him in the coming years from destroying everything around him?! No good can come from this!" says the ninja glaring heatedly at the fire daimyo, the past still embedded deep within his heart. Losing a brother and wife to the fox's attack made him resentful towards naruto from childhood to adulthood. And the worst part is what he said, that he can't claim vengeance because the kid now has full control of the nine tails power on so many levels.

"Your stepping out of line soldier! My choice is mine and mine alone! Your opinion on how you feel is not needed here and if you think that the young man who has done so much will be denied what he has chased after for so long, then you really don't know what it means to be a real ninja if what you see continues to blind you." Says the daimyo, treading caution among the room.

"So you really will choose that dirty fox as the leader of this village?!" says another ninja from the left side of the room.

Again, taking a good look it was another man but he into his late 30s with snow colored hair that had a bit of a darker outline with bright green eyes and also wearing the standard shinobi uniform, only of a different color, with fingerless gloves.

"Didn't I just say that already?! Yes! And that's final."

"Don't be so sure it is!" next thing everyone knew four ninja's descended down stabbing the ends of their weapons into either the legs or shoulders of the daimyo's protectors, then sheathing them out and stabbed them each, only to have their jabs blocked by the other's weapons.

"Get the daimyo to safety at once! These bastards will die here today for what they attempted!" pushing the weapons aside a fight ensues with the four men team against the four ninja while the rest of the escort team leads the daimyo to safety.

Pause flashback for now. Story continues

Eyes glued to the ceiling naruto wearily stands up and heads to the bathroom to clean up seeing as there was an apartment that also needed cleaning. Finished tending to himself Naruto decides he'll deal with the cleaning later and just picks up what could be dangerous off the floor to throw away, wouldn't want to deal with anything blood soaked.

Outside the village we find many people exiting out of their homes as the rain has now cleared up after a long while, with the clouds parting ways to show the bright night sky with the moon and stars. Taking advantage of the weather most of everyone heads out to enjoy a cool evening even if there was an air of water still around.

"So how is our new hokage doing these days?"

"Really great! He actually knows how to lead in place of tsunade!"

"It's also great that it was the last uchiha who was voted to lead the village!"

Among the crowds was one particular person who taking an interest in some of the small talk of the villagers.

"I know that sasuke will make a great leader!"

"I'm just glad it wasn't that fox brat. He almost came close to becoming hokage and I don't have to tell you how that could have been."

"Yeah I'm with you there, that demon was enough of an asshole as it was. It's too bad we can't put him in his place anymore. You all heard the stories."

"Don't say it! I still hate it that he's stronger than he was when he was a stupid child!"

"If anything I'm sure that our hokage can deal with him since he saw everything the fox brat did in the war. An ace up our sleeve!"

Said person who was listening to this was all the more intrigued but couldn't help but want to send all these people to the nearest lake and drown them in the most painful way possible.

"I just hope your right with what you said. Especially with the way he can now turn into a giant golden fox."

"Yeah and going after him that shit is not worth it."

"Oh what are you so scared off?! The stupid brat knows he can't change inside the village so he's pretty much powerless."

"Sometimes I wish he would have just died in the war- " and that was all the man said as the person we were talking about earlier shut him up by crushing his windpipe to an extent that rendered him nearly dead. The other three startled tried running away only to feel the same thing done to them that was done to their friend and in just a few minutes, part of the road was littered with unconscious people on the verge of death.

"What is the world coming to these days when you blame the one who saved everyone including you all, responsible for what someone else did." Sighing the stranger takes the men to an alleyway close by, let the passing ninja deal with them.

Walking out of the alley and onto the street the wind blows pushing the clouds out of the way for the light of the moon to shine down on the stranger, revealing his full look.

An old man around his 50s but appeared to be in his 40s since his face disagreed. Combed white hair in a high class wearing a buttoned up white collar sweater shirt with a black jacket on top. With black dress pants with a silver belt buckle and black dress shoes. He also had on two gray and white wristbands on his left wrist.

"There is a beautiful moon out tonight." Looking up to the moon the old man jumps up to the roof of the closest building trying to locate the boy these people were talking about and with good reason: the boy he is trying to find may just be the help that another needs to get what has been taken from her. Let's shift toward the world of equestria shall we.

Crystal Empire (Cadence's Castle)

We find the mane 6 getting ready to turn in for the evening as their visit to the crystal empire was an exhausting one with twilight sparkle becoming the new princess of magic/ friendship. Sitting on the bed twilight, along with her trusty assistant spike the dragon both get comfortable for the day ahead.

"Man twilight I'm beat! And we're not even done learning about what it is that a princess does, well you're not at least." says spike as just being her assistant in the golden oaks library wasn't this demanding. He can only imagine what it would be like to truly be the assistant of a princess.

"Well spike this is a new responsibility for me and even though I have a lot more to learn about being a princess, I can say without a doubt that this is going to be a new start not only for me, but for you and everyone else. We were all so used to just being seen as ordinary folk with special qualities but here we are; Elements of harmony, princess of magic, and dragon helper." Says twilight snuggling further into the covers.

"Yeah well don't wake me up tomorrow or else." Turning over on his little bed spike mumbles something before going to sleep. Twilight turns off the light rolling her eyes and saying something about lazy dragons.

As the night draws into its first hour we find the castle halls completely quiet devoid of sound except for one pony hidden in a black cloak. Making her way to twilight's room she carefully opens the door looking inside to see if what she has come for would be here. And like the carelessness of many, the crown is next to her bedside on the nightstand. Sneaking over to the side of the bed she makes it over to twilight, carefully putting the crown into a bag and heads out of the room. Too bad she never took notice of spike's small bed to which she tripped over causing twilight and spike to wake up so suddenly when the assailant slammed into some of the furniture.

"Who are you? Room service?" spike asks groggily as the hooded assailant escapes out the room.

"Stop thief!" shouts twilight as her shouting wakes up everyone to see her chasing after someone.

"Twilight what in the hay is going on here?" asks applejack as she and the others were abruptly awoken from twilight's shouting.

"My crown, she's stolen my crown! We have to stop her!" the chase led to a storage closet down the hall. Entering the mane 6 see the hooded figure try to find an escape to which twilight and the others tackle her to try to get her crown back, but ended up flying in several directions across the room before finally going through… a mirror?

"My crown! What did you do?!"

"There was never really any choice was there, princess. If you value your life: don't follow!" says the mare who's only physical trait was her golden skin tone and red and golden hair color. Ignoring her warning twilight rushed towards her grabbing her arm trying to hold her but got burned in doing so. Pulling her hand back she sees the mare disappear into the mirror without a trace.

"Twilight are you alright?" asks applejack

"Got burned but nothing too serious." Looking down at her hand she only sees the skin irritated by the fire that nothing but some cool water and burn cream couldn't fix up.

"Who was that mare? And why did she seem so interested in your crown?" wonders rarity

"I don't know but we can find out in the morning. Let's all just go back to sleep." Nodding they all head back into their rooms putting what happened tonight in the back of their minds. They can find out about that mare in the morning like twilight said.

Next Morning

Twilight and the others already awake head back to the storage room along with celestia, luna, and cadence after informing them of the events prior to last night when breakfast was finished. Along the way twilight and the rest of mane 6 learn that the mare they saw last night was another pupil of celestia who studied under her before twilight became her second student.

Her name was sunset shimmer and she, like twilight, was also very gifted in the magical arts showing promise at becoming one of the best unicorns with magical powers. But somewhere down the road sunset shimmer began to change. celestia didn't know why her first student changed the way she did, becoming violent and lashing out at others for reasons she thought were idiotic. Then she threw everything celestia had taught her out the window and now she was nothing more than a girl who was just cold and shrewd to anyone.

"I often wonder if I did something wrong when taking her under my wing, I just can't imagine that sunset would become someone so distant from everyone else." says celestia looking down in shame at having another mistake in her life go without punishment.

"Sister worry about the past later right now we have a bigger issue to address." Says luna

"Princess celestia, where did sunset shimmer take my crown exactly?" asks twilight hoping her precious element wasn't lost.

"If I know my first student it would be most likely that she took it back with her to her own world." Says celestia looking directly at the mirror.

"But why would she just take it? What could she possibly want with my element?" so many questions were floating around the room.

"Sunset was always easily fascinated by powerful artifacts and would always spend more than her fair share of time learning about them. My guess is she plans to use the crown for something, if only I knew what it was." Looking at the fake crown that spike had in his hands celestia was, at the most, thankful that sunset had been careless in not noticing spike last night, otherwise twilight wouldn't have noticed that her crown was fake and by the time she and everyone else had realized it, it would already be too late.

"Excuse me princess but is there something we can do to help twilight?" says the sweet gentle voice of fluttershy

"There is only one thing that can be done: twilight, you must travel to the world beyond the mirror in order for you to take back your crown." Says celestia looking at her sister luna to explain what the world that twilight was going to be traveling too was like.

"The world beyond this mirror only opens once every thirty moons." Explains luna with pinkie pie commenting on how shiny the mirror looked. Rolling her eyes at the pink mare's randomness luna tells of how the mirror took residence in the diamond castle some time ago, before it was moved to the storage room, and when cadence took over the task of watching over it.

"I didn't really know much about the mirror since I was put in charge of keeping an eye on it. Heck, I'm just learning that it leads to another world, talk about looking in even deeper." Comments cadence as she didn't really think nothing of it and thought it was a regular everyday mirror. Never would she have imagined that it was a portal to another world.

"I would always hope that sunset would use the mirror to return to her home world and then return back to mine in order to seek my guidance like she always had when she was feeling troubled. But now I see that was never her intention." Tells celestia of the past times she shared with her first student and how every time she needed advice, celestia was there to share her wisdom. But then it all just, stopped.

"Twilight you must travel to this world and get your crown back, your element of harmony is crucial to our world's balance and without you or it, the citizens of equestria will no doubt become defenseless when danger looms as the elements cannot function if one isn't with the others." Says luna with twilight understanding the seriousness of the situation.

"Hold on a sec if twilight's going then all of us will too!" says dash but was stopped when luna further explained that her idea, although supportive, would not be a good one. Having more than one element out of their home world would only leave them further exposed to danger and losing anymore of the main defense line will put everyone in jeopardy. Twilight had to go about this alone.

"I know you all want to come and help me but you have to believe in me, I can do this." Getting everything she needs twilight comes back a few minutes later with a backpack slung over her shoulder with nothing but a few basic essentials.

"Alright everyone, wish me luck I'll be back before you know it!"

"Twilight wait! A word of warning: you must get the crown back within three days or else you will be trapped in that world for another thirty moons so keep an eye on your time there." Warns luna as everyone did not want to have their new princess become stranded in an alternate world for a long time and one that was just beginning to learn how to rule.

"I will." Says twilight as she runs into the mirror with spike chasing after her on impulse. Everyone watching can only pray that she has a safe journey as both princess and dragon fly into a new world that will change everything they know about friendship.

Konoha. Evening feed. (9:16) Steak and grill bar

Ignoring the constant jabbering and cheers of the clients inside the bar naruto looks toward the TV paying attention to a small game that was going on. Apparently baseball or as they called it yakyu was becoming a popular sport in the ninja lands as everyone was supporting their favorite team. sure there were others types of sports but none more liked than yakyu.

"how did someone come up with that sport anyway? Scores 3-3, but I guess this beats listening to these guys." Looking at the bar most of everyone is glued to the TV, talking to each other, or just flirting in hopes of getting lucky.

A few of the patrons were staring at our blonde hero in curiosity while very few were trying to avert their gazes, no need to tell you how things would go down if anyone dared to start anything. The unlucky SOB was gonna find himself under the floorboards the next morning if they did try anything. Taking a sip of vodka to feel delight Naruto stares out into the night sky wondering how things could have been, if he had gone through with landing the killing blow that would have ended up killing sasuke and end up bringing the uchiha clan to extinction.

"That's a dark thought." Mumbles naruto as we now head back into the flashback at how naruto heard the news about what happened to the fire daimyo and how his teammate was now the hokage.

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Just outside of the hokage administration building we find our blonde ninja eagerly waiting to head inside to see if he was chosen to work in the career he wanted most, a close second to being a ninja.

"Man I can't wait any longer! I have to know if I made the cut, this is only extremely slightly better than a 4 course dinner!" naruto says excitedly as he heads inside, but finds that security has blocked anyone from entering. Wondering what's going on naruto asks the nearest person.

"Hey what's going on here?" asks naruto as one of the jounin explain that just earlier the fire daimyo was in the process of declaring his decision on who would be the next hokage, but fell under attack by a few ninja and now their investigating on who did it and why.

"Damn that's fucked up! What is wrong with people these days?! And do they even have any idea, if they even care, of how much this is gonna affect the village?" says naruto with the jounin shrugging as he really didn't have an answer for that question. So while naruto looks on into the crowd let's see how the leaf lord is hanging on.

"Damn these people! I thought by now they would have already seen past everything but I guess I was wrong, very wrong." States the lord as there was never a dull moment when someone tried to kill you just for stating a fact, or for your status, that was more or less on a regular basis.

"My lord you should already know this by now but, when it comes to these things only a handful of people, will really learn to move on." Says one of his escorts as this was not something all that uncommon. People are just naturally like this, not any different but one in the same.

"It doesn't matter, to them my word is final and they have to respect my decision! Let them remember that it is me who is helping to finance their village with the economic reports at the end of every year. And that I can easily cut their R&R at a moment's notice!" says the daimyo as he leans against the side of a tree in one of the small outskirts of the village. Looking at the three people who helped him out of harm's way he can only wonder if the fourth person from his escort team is alright.

"Everything alright my lord?" asks a feminine voice, one of the few women among his protection team.

"I'm concerned about all this. The people have to know that naruto uzumaki will be instated as the sixth hokage of konohagakure. And my reason for doing so is for what that young man has done for the village these past six years. We have to get this point across!" he states as the others nod at his words. Urging them that they have to return to the village they tread carefully on their way back.

A few minutes later

Having calmed down from the attempted killing earlier the daimyo and his team were only about a short distance away from the village.

"My lord can you be certain that there won't be another attempt by these ingrates to stop you from confirming your decision?" says the guard on his left.

"I hope to god there won't be. This has to be done and I'll be damned if anyone else threatens to take me down because of what I believe is the right decision to make that others are still too blindly hating for what is already an old memory." Seeing the gates ahead the group moves forward but no more than 3 feet ahead all but two manage to avoid being dragged 6 feet under.

"Earth style: head hunter jutsu!" shouts all the hidden ninja who then drag the two oblivious escorts under. Taking their positions on both sides of the daimyo both prepare for the worst as their attackers burst from the ground with malicious intent to stop them.

"What is wrong with you people?! Why the hell should you care who I choose to be picked as hokage?! Everyone who's worn the hat has served the village with dedication! And do you know why?! Because they actually give a shit about the village, unlike you. Now can you stop with all this pointless violence and actually think about what you're doing?!" shouts the daimyo with as much persuasion as possible. He didn't need to go home dead or missing a piece of himself.

"We know exactly what we're doing. Stopping you from making a costly mistake of picking that fox demon as the leader of our village! You don't know what will happen if he's hokage, the uchiha is the one who is better suited for the position! Not someone who will send us all into hell and enslave us now that it's power has returned!" states the jounin gripping his fists. It was bad enough for some in the ninja population that still hated naruto found out he was picked as one of the candidates, but it was even worse when they heard he now had full control over the fox's great power. And those that have seen the blonde over the years knew full well that now, you had a better chance of him tolerating your badmouthing, than crashing fists together.

"He has done nothing but make the leaf village a better place! Bringing those who wouldn't return for petty reasons, stopping some of the nation's worst criminals, ending the fourth great war and returning peace to our land! That is more than enough reason for him to be hokage!" proclaims the daimyo as he couldn't fathom how the village would still see the boy as the fox. Were they really that blind in their hatred?

"You've been polluted by all that he's done, for that… you die today! Along with them!" charging full speed both guards intercept the jounin's attack.

"We need to alternate and free the others! You go back them up and I'll keep the damiyo safe! Hurry!" says the guard pushing off the jounin, returning to the daimyo's side.

"My lord, stay by my side, and only run if you have the chance."

"There won't be none." Says the voice of the jounin as the guard did a horizontal slash but cut up only a log.

'substitution!' thought the guard looking around for the jounin

"Look out!" thanks to the daimyo the guard managed to repel an incoming hail of kunai. falling back the guard knew he had to keep an eye on the daimyo, and so far he didn't know how his partner was fairing.

'I just hope she managed to free the others.' His thoughts were interrupted by a scream as the guard looks back to see the daimyo pinned down by one of the jounin. Before he could do anything another blocks his way.

"Sorry man but you're going to be busy dealing with me." Says the jounin readying his weapons.

'Not good… but we have to protect our daimyo no matter what! And I'll be damned if something happens to him without it happening to me before him! I guess this is where my practice comes in… multitasking don't fail me now!' bringing down a slash at the jounin, then using a right grip spin attack to get some distance between them, the guard speeds forward. The jounin, not surprised by this counters using an earth jutsu.

"Earth style: impact wave!" sending down a wave or earth made from the chakra coating his fist the guard kept running forward.

'wait for it' and at the peak of reaching him, he thrust his sword downward to use it as a pole vault to launch himself over the jounin while timing the moment to take the sword with him. Once over him he rolls forward, running to aid the daimyo.

"If only you could have seen things our way daimyo, maybe then you wouldn't be seeing the end with still a few years of your like left." Said the jounin readying a fireball jutsu. Feeling the heat the daimyo tries to escape but because of the old age and the fact this was a ninja he was facing, was powerless to do anything. Ashamed of this happening the fire daimyo was really going to live up to his title.

'So this is how it ends? Burned to a crisp?!' but it wasn't his time yet as the guard stabbed his sword straight through the jounin's neck. Eyes widening and thankful he pushes the already dying ninja off him as his guard pulls out the sword forcefully.

"You're not dying on our watch!" he says as he moves the daimyo to safety. Lucky for him the others have been freed thanks to her, and were taking care of the other jounin.

"Let's get him out of here before any more of them show up…" and that was all he said before five fire darts stabbed right through him lining out a cross pattern, spreading fire through his person via the cross. And in a few moments, was being burned from the inside out until he was nothing but ash.

"What the fuck?! Where the hell did that come from?!" her question was answered as two hands made from rock rose from the ground and clapped, trapping her where she stands. The other two guards were holding down as best they could, but judging from the bruises they were sporting, it was only prolonging.

"That is what a supporter of the demon gets!" snarls the jounin as in his opinion, someone who would bring a capable fight but swore loyalty to someone who supported someone who wasn't human, was a real waste.

"Leave the daimyo alone! If you come any closer by the name that I serve and protect, I will kill you!" she says struggling to break free.

"Do you really think you can do that when you can't free yourself?" asks the jounin and she responds by struggling even harder, finding a way to break free.

"Just sit and watch as I end this." Says the jounin treading closer to the daimyo, the sweet feeling of knowing he was able to put a stop to this hasty decision that could affect everyone in the village. Bringing down his windmill shuriken the daimyo sighed, really knowing this was the end. But the moment he opened his eyes he was shocked to see the shuriken stopped merely an inch from his neck. And it was the same jounin who stopped it.

"No, this is way too easy." Pulling the weapon back the jounin looks down at the daimyo with a new purpose in mind.

"Why kill you when I can manipulate your decision even better?"

"What makes you think I can change my decision?! Just because you say you can?!"

"No, because I know I can. And it's very easy to do so. My dear daimyo I know that you are an integral part of the nation and a very important figure, so I will offer you a choice. All you have to do is say you support the uchiha in terms of becoming hokage, and the reason: a rich history deserves a rich environment."

"And obviously if I were to refuse?!"

"Then I can easily make it that you always have a reason to fear ninja. And I can make that happen anyway I want. So you have a choice: drop down your foolish decision for a bright one, or sleep in peace… the only other way everyone knows. And I'm sure the others would not want to find you buried." It would seem that hatred really did run deep in those who could not move on. His guards were either dead or heavily incapacitated.

"My lord please don't! if you choose the uchiha the whole leaf village will fall into a downpour of senseless ignorance. It's happened before, and now that we finally have a chance for peace you're going to listen to-" She says but was silenced when the rock hands squeezed her tighter causing her to scream from the pain. The daimyo knew he was sending the leaf village into another road of oblivion… possibly? But he can't have his people dying for him. He may be a snob when it comes to the riches, but he does have a heart! With no options in sight he agrees to change the vote to have sasuke uchiha be crowned rokudaime hokage. But he needed to work on a back-up plan quickly. He wasn't going to let this go down without a fight!

Leaf village central plaza

Sometime after the little incident at the building and the crowd has gone away we find the rookie 12 and naruto sitting nearby waiting for the daimyo to show, to announce who will be the sixth hokage, and no one is brimming with more anticipation that our blonde ninja!

"Take it easy naruto, we all know that you've been chasing after this goal for a while now. wait to see who the daimyo chooses." Says shikamaru looking back up to watch the clouds go by. If naruto could be any more anxious, then he'd be worried for his own lack of enthusiasm.

"I can't wait anymore for this shika! I've been on edge for this even since the announcement of him coming at the start of this month! I know I'll get picked to be hokage! I've done so much for this place like no one else had!" says an enthusiastic naruto

"Hey, we all did something not just you dude! Look I'm all for seeing who's getting picked but you gotta remember, we all did our part." Says kiba pointing out the extremely obvious statement.

"Hey I know you all did something and like I said before, without you guys we wouldn't be here on this good looking day." States naruto. all of the combined efforts from the shinobi alliance and from his friends helped save the land from the impending doom. Honestly, naruto admits that he probably wouldn't have gotten so strong without them.

"Well try to remember that when you get all Mr. electoral on us. I'm gonna miss having you around buddy!" says chouji as the big guy and naruto go way back, to around the time when they had their first eating contest.

"You just need someone who has a deeper stomach than me don't you?" asks naruto with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, pretty much. So, have you thought about what your gonna do when you become hokage?" wonders chouji which got everyone else curious.

"Only a few things have crossed my mind on what I would do, I haven't really thought about it that much."

"Well you best find some reasons naruto. remember that once you become hokage, your taking on a new lifestyle." Says shino in his usual monotone voice. And that seemed to take naruto into a bit of a thinking mode.

"Don't strain your brain to much dobe, it's not like you can even think of anything important to do. And that's if, you become hokage." Says sasuke

"Believe me ya bastard, I will become hokage! Everyone here knows it, and be glad that you're even allowed to roam free with only a bracelet seal on both your wrists." Points out naruto as ever since sasuke was released, he only needed heavy supervision. And those seals would signal off if he ever got any bright ideas.

"Like I said, that's IF you do become jokage."

At the gates we see the daimyo approach with only two members of his escort team. Putting up an act they enter back into the village with tsunade and a handful of ninja by her side. Seeing the daimyo in this state and his guard tsunade orders a few of the medical ninja to aid the wounded guards. She also said she would have no problem in looking over the daimyo for any signs of injuries, but he said that he had no time and can deal with them later. Right now he had to address the importance of the next hokage.

"Hey look the daimyo's back! Is he ok?" asks ino

"I'm sure the old guy's fine, come on let's go! I don't wanna miss who he's gonna pick!" running ahead of the others as the follow at a steady pace.

Reaching the central point of the village all of the rookie 12 minus those who were lost in the war, but were to this day remembered for their sacrafices, all stood alongside everyone else for the big moment.

"People of konoha, I have served valiantly for the village hidden in the leaves these past five years. I have seen a lot, gained so much, but lost a great deal to this world's conflicts. And now it is time that another takes my place! One who will protect and command the strength of the leaf village like I and the others before me have done." Announces tsunade as the crowd roars with applause and cheer, knowing that her five years as serving as hokage have done wonders for the village. Being one of the best medics around she was able to run analysis and provide medicine of the highest caliber to ninjas around the village in need and during mission recovery. And now as its said, it was time for her replacement to lead the village. She was lucky that the one person who was in the crowd couldn't see the sad look in her eyes, knowing who was really going to be the new fire shadow.

"And now without further interruption, the fire daimyo." Said tsunade presenting him as she makes her way down the platform to allow him to rise.

"Thank you tsunade. In light of recent events I have previously made a decision regarding who will be the next hokage!" he says with naruto grinning in excitement.

"I had one person to vote for in mind, but due to some changing circumstances… the sixth hokage of konoha shall be…" he pauses with naruto grinning even further in excitement. And just as he is about to make his way over to the daimyo to gloat in the victory, the next few sentences stop him dead in his tracks.

"The one who will be crowned the sixth fire shadow of konoha shall be… Sasuke Uchiha! To ensure that a rich legacy, thrives in a rich environment." No sooner were those words said that everything went out of whack. The crowd cheered loudly, many were relieved, and some did not like the result of the choice. Hearing the news of how sasuke had just now, been chosen to become hokage left everyone shocked beyond belief. A traitor, granted one who helped in the war, become the village leader?! Something was wrong here. Hearing this was a painful blow to naruto, standing their frozen while the daimyo called out to the one person who he could at least, show some restraint in working alongside him, take the dream he's had straight out of his hands.

"Naruto, are you alright?" asks a concerned hinata. With no words to share naruto turns around and walks off to his apartment, head down low and trying his best to mask the pain of reality once more. No one could guess how much naruto was hurting on the inside, and the fact that it was starting to rain, so suddenly out of nowhere, did not help the situation any better. With nothing else to see, everyone heads inside to their homes or the nearest building, with only the thought of how naruto was going to be dealing with this very big problem.

Flashback Completed (End)

"Hey naruto I didn't pick you as the one to drink alone." Looking to the side Naruto spots one of the bar's workers: Adrian Mendez, a pretty decent fellow of normal height with brown hair and dark brown eyes with a tanned complexion. Only around a few years older than naruto but still the same height wearing a red shirt with black jeans and dark styled shinobi sandals with a feather necklace around his neck Adrian sits across from naruto.

"So what's got you looking so down? Still wrecking over the fact that the emo of the uchiha's took over?" asks Adrian pushing aside the holder to serve himself a drink.

"You just have to go there don't you Adrian?! It's almost the exact same thing with everybody I talk too." Naruto exhales at the subject that is the center of any starting conversation or somewhere in the middle of the conversation.

"Bro you really need to get over it and now. I know it was your dream to be hokage and what's happened, happened. I don't really know what the hell is wrong with these people if there too stupid to see they made a huge ass mistake picking a traitor but, you gotta get a grip and move on with your life." Says Adrian for when he heard the news about sasuke becoming hokage he went ballistic shouting obscene and harsh remarks that made people wonder where he learned the few new type of words and what they really meant.

"You think that's it?! Man I could give half this village's crack piped ass about who's in charge but that's not what's eating me!" downing three shots naruto feels the burn at the back of his throat.

"It's what I believed that I did that would have made a difference in my life!"

"What do you mean?" asks Adrian curious

"Since I became a ninja I always believed that whatever difference I could bring to any place outside the village would make people start seeing me as naruto and not the fox! And at first it worked and I was finally beginning to feel accepted through what I did for the right reasons. But now that the war has ended it feels like everything I put up just comes breaking down when everyone just hears how I got the power to help end it all, it's back to the fear. The only difference is that everyone be it ninja or villager won't be stupid enough to mess with me." Talk about some emotion there. but it is the truth about how naruto feels and even now it's like the days of his childhood just rewind back to when he was still in the academy.

"You're really losing your shit you know that right? So what if things are back to being the same way they were, you always told me even when you were still an annoying ass kid that you never gave up because that was your ninja way. And you know what I'm seeing now? The same kid feeling sorry for himself because of false hope." Shaking his head naruto just ignores him in favor of eating some grilled steak brought to him minutes earlier.

"You're still the same naruto you were and you're still the same naruto you are now! I think that what you need more than anything is time away from here." Says Adrian as he hears the other worker calling out for him.

"Well my tiny bit of freedom is up so back to work for me. If I were you I'd go somewhere where It would really help take your mind of things. I'll be seeing you." Heading back to attend to the rest of the people coming in naruto taps his fork on the plate thinking of what Adrian said. He never really needed a vacation since it wasn't necessary from where he stood, but the way his friend said it, it really did feel like he could use one and badly. Leaving some steak behind naruto leaves the money for the bill and heads out into the night.

"Some walking might do me good." He says taking in the cool air. Just a few blocks away the old man from earlier looks over the village taking in the peace and quietness the night has to offer.

"Luna, even now you shower me with the beauty of your night sky." Says the Old man looking at the stars. Looking around for any further leads on the boy he stumbles a bit when he sees the boy he was looking for under his eyes walking by without a care in the world. Keeping a low profile he decides to follow naruto to wherever it is he's going.

Naruto's apartment (Roof)

Opening up the window naruto exits out of the room to lay on the roof of his place to mellow out for a bit. Stretching out a bit he sees a shooting star pass by so what could our blonde ninja wish for?

"I wish I could leave the village for a while with the freedom I want and need. That is all I want to ask for now." And how he needed it indeed.

"I believe I can help in that request." An unknown voice sounded off causing naruto to roll onto his stomach to look up at an old man who was staring down at him. Leaping back up naruto assumes a defensive stance since who knows what this guy could do.

"Somehow I think I took too many shots tonight so ignoring the little answer for my request, who the hell are you and how did you get onto my house?" says naruto looking over the man and while he did dress up good, an enemy was still an enemy.

"To answer the second question I just followed you here as best I could and for the first one young ninja, I am no enemy. I'm merely an advisor to the events happening around life and to those that happen among the worlds." Explains the old man aware that Naruto created a wind clone that was hiding behind the edges of the building by holding on to the bars that held the railing.

"Do you honestly expect me to believe all that?! How can I be sure you're not an enemy who wants me dead or is after the bounty on my head?!" taking out a knife naruto summons out two more wind clones arming them with knives as they charge ahead to take the old man down.

The first clone attempts to take a slice to the left but is stopped when he's disarmed by pushing away the clone's hand, yanking his arm towards him, and twisting his arm to the back. Seeing this the hidden naruto clone throws two knives at the old man but he brings the clone around him to use as a shield, stopping the two knives as the clone dispels.

"I would rather not waste my energy on a futile battle young ninja so please stop this nonsense and listen to what I have to say in regards to your troubles." He says as he didn't come here to pick a fight.

"Sorry but I'm not one to listen on world views." Nodding to the two clones naruto brings them back to his side so a combination attack could be performed. Looking on in interest the old man wonders what naruto was planning to do. Using the clone on the left side to help him into the air naruto fires down one ball of wind energy down at the old man who evades it quite easily. The process is repeated with the other two as two more balls of wind energy are aimed down at him.

"Is there something to all this?"

"Oh there is: Air Style: Wind whirpool!" A few hands sign and the five balls connect to each other, trapping the air within its vicinity making it whirl around and a small funnel shaped whirpool made of wind had the old man trapped inside.

"That should keep you put." Says naruto still on guard.

"Boy you really don't know the full extent of what I can do can you? Allow me to show you why your defensive attack is easily breakable." Says the old man.

While the wind funnel was impressive the boy was still too young to face him in an actual fight so by gathering the water that was left over from the rain he quickly placed in within the moving winds. Flowing its movements Naruto noticed that the wind funnel was beginning to turn very cold.

"Dammit I forgot! It rained today and with all the water around here mixed with my wind attacks it makes…"

"Ice!" once the small wind funnel was fully solidified in ice the old man broke through it and used some of the wrecked ice as daggers to disperse the two remaining clones, leaving naruto alone to face him.

"If your done trying to waste anymore of our energy then may I suggest we talk like proper gentlemen about what is causing you grief." Says the old man to which naruto puts away his knife and sits down on a dry spot of the roof. Might as well listen to what he has to say.

"Fine." Says naruto not liking how things turned, but was willing to stand down, for now.

"To answer your first question my name is kaarle and like I said I am an advisor to the events happening in life." Says kaarle telling him of some of the worlds he visited and the events he had kept on record. During the conversation naruto couldn't help but be amazed at the tale kaarle was telling him.

"Not to be rude but I find all this highly unlikely and I think you pretty much made the entire thing up." Says naruto hoping he didn't upset the old dude.

"Did I?" taking out a mirror from a pocket dimension he places it on the floor to show naruto that kaarle's words were nothing but the truth.

"This mirror is a gateway to another world known as canterlot which is similar to your ninja world, the only differences are with the technology and the social life. Take a look." Looking closer naruto sees an entire city that if he had to guess was twice as big as the leaf village was, with people walking around wearing different clothes, talking in a different language, and using strange devices not to mention that the buildings looked more futuristic and everything else was either refurbished or in the process of being developed. simply put: It was Amazing!

"So you weren't lying, this is really another world?" staring back at kaarle who nods at naruto's question.

"Yes, it is. Now I overheard you earlier about how you wanted some time away from the village because of your heavy stress. The solution to your problem is right here." Says kaarle gesturing to the canterlot world and all its greatness.

"It still looks too good to be true." Says naruto as he was still having a hard time debating whether all this was reality or illusion.

"Why don't you tell me what's going on with you and maybe I can convince you that this trip is what you really need." Both men look over the village as naruto begins to tell him about the war. How it happened, what he did, and how he helped saved the entire ninja world with the help of the powers that have been granted to him after going through hell and back from most of his life.

"And when I thought I could finally be accepted everyone just goes back to seeing me how I was the first time. And I think that now is when I finally learned that everyone in this village except for some will only see me as nothing but a monster." Exhaling a deep breath naruto looks over to kaarle to see what he thinks of his tale.

"It's understandable. Sometimes or often enough people choose to stay in the past because they themselves cannot move on or don't know how too. But one of the main reasons is that they don't want to let go because they feel like they would be throwing away a part of their life that they cannot feel complete without. It happens anywhere and through any life its nothing more than an anchor that constantly weights down on them, but in the end its their choice." Answers kaarle as more than once he has seen many individuals cling to the past that has always ended them in isolation and bitterness. If only those that he observed would have found reason that was good enough for them to move on and see that they were not the only ones in pain, but in the end it was their choice to be what they became, just as he said.

"I hear you kaarle but in all honesty I really do want to leave the village for a while. A few hours ago I was talking with an old friend who worked at a bar not far from here and he suggested that I take a vacation. I didn't really pay much attention to it because I didn't really think I needed it, but now that you've shown me this world called canterlot, I feel like I need this vacation even more." Says naruto feeling the need to be free grow even stronger now.

"Somehow I knew you'd say that. But are you sure everyone else will feel the same way? you all aren't exactly free spirited when you do something without letting the other know." Says kaarle as the last thing he needed was a chase segment and he gets enough of them already.

"Right now it doesn't matter they won't even care if I'm gone and besides there's also another reason I need to get away. The people around here as well as my teammates and sensei are becoming a major pain in the ass! The one who betrayed my team and left the village for the worst scum this land has ever seen has been crowned the village leader when in reality he should be dead and hung by his own neck! My second teammate who's nothing more than a screaming bullhorn is still an irritating fangirl that keeps trying to put me down despite the fact I helped save the world with her 'supposed' husband, and lastly my teacher is still the same hypocrite even after these last few years of seeing the truth but even then he feels that I'm still the same second rate ninja that needs help in controlling my power!" says naruto pausing for a moment to take in some air.

"As for everyone else they've only been adding to the stress and though I care about them as they care about me I just need some distance." Explains naruto to kaarle as he takes in every detail of his story. Nodding to himself he believes that naruto may be the one to help another who's in dire need.

"Well if you're sure about doing this then take this with you." Handing naruto one of the devices he saw the people in the canterlot world use. Wondering what it really was kaarle says it's a touch screen phone but kaarle will explain more about it later.

"I never did catch your name young ninja."

"Oh, its naruto. Naruto uzumaki, kaarle."

"Naruto there is something else you should know. Right now there are two young girls in the world of canterlot and both hold a crucial point in what will be happening to that world. Sunset shimmer and Twilight Sparkle, both of whom are Celestia's students are in the midst of a great conflict as sunset shimmer has stolen twilight's crown which contains her elemental power of magic. Should she be allowed to take control of it I fear that canterlot will face devastating consequences!" says kaarle pressing the issue of this problem.

"I knew it was too good to be true "a relaxing vacation." So you want me to help, is that what your trying to say?" says naruto as the hidden objective was out of the hidden bag.

"More or less though you aren't obligated to help her it would be most grateful if you could and while the dangers are high the rewards are great naruto." Weighing his options naruto chooses to take a mini- vacation. No doubt grandma tsunade and the pervert jiraiya would murder him for this, and sasuke would easily blame him on several accusations but honestly, who gives a shit! He just hoped they would understand. He wouldn't be gone for long you know.

"If I were you kit I would go with his offer cause you're not the only one getting tired of all this crap in the air." Speaks the mighty nine tailed fox kurama from deep within his host's mind.

"When did you become supportive of what I do Kurama?" says naruto as the fox didn't exactly came off as being the supportive type when it came to anything if it didn't aid his interests for himself or for both him and naruto.

"Since you became a down ridden sad induced buggar. Now hurry up and decide no doubt that the fight you put on earlier has attracted the attention of some of the ninja nearby."

"Well it might not be as relaxing as a cruise or top of the line getaway but it certainly beats staying here a minute longer. Kaarle, I'll help this girl get her crown back and while I'm there I might as well do some exploring too." Says naruto as he heads back inside to gather up some supplies for the trip. Good thing he bought that big backpack a while back so now it has a good use.

"Alright then naruto I don't know where it is you will land but be careful and try not to get into any trouble before I can contact you."

"It's not even a few minutes and you already suspect I'm going to be trouble." Kaarle chuckles and wishes the boy good luck but it looks like naruto really is going to need to say a few goodbyes as jiraiya and tsunade along with a few ANBU decide to drop in on the conversation.

"Do I even want to know what's going on here? But more importantly naruto, where are you going and who is this man?" asks tsunades as she was enjoying a calm evening sipping some brand new sake until she got word from jiraiya that there was a fight breaking out on top of naruto's apartment.

Now she could really care less at whoever was stupid enough to risk a fight with the blonde but when it involves collaboration jutsu and firing down homing beacons made out of wind onto an old man who easily broke out of a prison made from wind from those little balls using a water technique that turned said wind into ice, tsunade knew that someone out there in the world was getting a sick kick out of seeing her suffer. Looks like she won't get to enjoy retirement as long as life is making trouble for the blonde idiot she loves and at times, loathes.

"Grandma tsunade this really isn't a good time to be out here. Just go back home." Says naruto trying to convince her not to get involved in his personal matter.

"Brat I think I'm the only one who you should answer to right now or do you prefer your teammate? Choose one or the other." Says tsunade sternly as she knew well enough that when naruto and sasuke talk during briefing everyone can easily feel the bad blood between the two of them. No one really likes being in the same room as those two for too long.

"Why do you even want to know where it is that I'm going? You know perfectly well that I can take care of myself and I've been doing a good job at it for the last seventeen years!" ok this must be crazy talk coming from naruto because even though he's always been outspoken he's never been so direct to tsunade before.

"Because you're still a ninja under this village's jurisdiction. And you're our godchild no matter how old you are. But right now we're giving you an order as your superior officers. We want to know where it is you're heading, and who the hell the man next to you is!" says jiraiya keeping an eye on the strange old man next to naruto. Something about him didn't seem right to the sage I mean how could he have gotten inside the village walls without being sensed by anyone, let alone two of the sannin. It looks like those two eternal guards needed to be fired!

"Sorry granny and prevy-sage but right now the only thing I'm telling you both is that I need some time away from the village and everyone here. I don't know when I'll be back so don't bother writing, take care." But that statement fell on deaf ears as a long tongue whips out and ties naruto where he stands. Looking back, he sees the first toad he met the day he signed the summoning contract.

"So it's like that then huh pervy sage?" says naruto. All he wanted was to head to a new world and not be followed but alas, damage control was calling. But just as he was about to do something kaarle comes to his aid and in a swift move separates the tongue from the toad letting naruto go as the giant amphibian struggles to keep the blood from flowing all over the place.

"Young lad I'll hold them off you get to canterlot and help out Ms. Sparkle. GO!" nodding naruto jumps into the portal hoping kaarle wouldn't hurt them too badly. So now our heroes have now traveled to canterlot one to recover her missing crown and the other to help out in time of need. So let's see how this plays out.

Canterlot High School (Front yard)

A sunny afternoon for the students of canterlot high walking to their destinations and paying no mind to anything other than themselves, their phones, and friends. But if they were to have looked around they would have seen a girl waving around a flyer for an event of some kind.

"Everyone, if I can have your attention please. This is a very important announcement I want to talk about. Canterlot high is holding its seasonal defenders of wildlife campaign. Won't any of you help an animal that can't help itself?" says the soft voice of a girl who sinks into her own sadness because nobody caught on to her message.

With light yellow skin and light pink flowing hair with a butterfly hair clip on the right side of her hair. Wearing a white tanktop with a knee length dark yellow green skirt with three butterfly designs traveling up and the same colored boots with a white lining and pink socks with yellow pokadots on them. Still crying about her failure she feels a hit on the back of her head.

"Ow, what, in the world?" hearing a clang she looks to her left to see a crown on the ground.

"That's strange, why did a crown hit me? And where did it come from?" waving the crown around to let students pass by know if it belonged to them, most wonder why someone of her age was still playing with things like that or if it was something else, and since no one was really looking for it or answered her the pink haired girl decided to take the crown to the principal's office. If she had stayed a little longer she would have noticed a boy fly out of the statue as well.

With Twilight Sparkle

Walking into one of the hallway's twilight sparkle has not had it easy since she first arrived in this new world with spike. For one, she had no idea what it is she changed into even though the body she was in had the same characteristics as her anthropomorphic pony form, this new change felt off. Granted she could still walk like she normally would but it felt like her entire composition was rewritten and let's not forget that her trusty assistance has turned into a dog.

After getting all the panic attacks out of their systems twilight and spike headed into the school to try and find sunset shimmer or at the very least find out something about her. But because of the fact that this school, if she was right in her assumption that it was a school, was so big she didn't know where to start and getting bumped into repeatedly by many students wasn't helping either. Finding some room to move both of them try to make sense of the environment around them.

"Everything's so different here twilight, but some things are like what we have back home." Says spike looking at the clothes everyone was wearing

"It does spike, so I guess it shouldn't be that different here. We both know this is a school and that these are the students, but there are still a lot of new objects and contraptions that I've never seen before." Says twilight looking at the lockers as most students are placing their books or belonging inside and then locking them up using a locker combination lock, and some opening them up the same way. Or a teacher using an extension stylus to teach the class what was on the board. Now this didn't get twilight too interested, it was the machine in the middle of the room that had caught her interest. It was showing a slideshow of some kind of study about math. Looking on she noticed that everybody was either paying attention or dozing off.

"Guess this world's class attitude is really lacking." She thought aloud.

"Twilight come on, let's go." Says spike as twilight looks one last time before following spike and before she knew it she finds a restroom, perfect! Now she can look and see what she had become. that is until she hears a shout and sees a boy coming out of the stall. Realizing this is the boys bathroom twilight runs off embarrassed at the careless mistake.

"SORRY!" running out and finding the correct bathroom twilight looks at herself in the mirror.

"What am I?" she asks herself. Sighing she exits out and heads into the hallway, where our part with her continues. Wishing that something could point her in the right direction to where sunset would be she was about to ask someone when she hears a scuffle on the other side of the corridor.

"What in the world?" and what she sees was what would lead her and another to joining each other in this great adventure.

With Naruto Uzumaki

Coming to his senses naruto wakes up to see he's in a medical room of sorts. Blinking away the sensation of the strong lights he slowly gets up pushing the sheets aside.

"What did I hit? Ugh, man I haven't had a headache like this since I went out for vodka night with Adrian last month." Getting a feel of his surroundings naruto wonders how he got here. One moment he was exiting out of the portal the next moment he wakes up here.

"Oh your awake." Naruto looks to the side to see a nurse coming in with several vials of what could be assumed, could be antibiotics.

"You certainly gave me a surprise. Someone like you coming in from out of nowhere, and brought in here due to getting knocked out by one of the rails in front of the school. Luckily one of the students passing by saw you knocked out and brought you here." Says the nurse who was a woman in her early 20s with curly purple hair wearing a black shirt with a green outline underneath her white lab coat. Black jeans and stylish black heels she starts putting away each of the vials carefully.

"Umm, who are you if you mind me asking?" says naruto wanting to find out if this woman was the one who took care of him.

"My name is Claudia and I'm one the school's nurses, you're in my office at the moment."

"Where's my bag?" asks naruto as Claudia points down next to her. Relieved naruto rushes over to it checking to make sure everything was still there and luckily for him, everything was.

"You shouldn't be moving let alone running around, but how is it possible? That head injury should have taken at least a few days to heal. But looking at you now I don't see any sign of it." Says Claudia examining naruto's head with him trying not to get his face too close into her chest. Man does she pack some view or what?!

"Well I don't see any signs of bruising or swelling so I guess your free to go." She says going back to putting away the vials. Thanking her naruto heads out but not before she tells him to be more careful as she didn't want to go and perform immediate surgery if his head split open. Keeping that in mind naruto closes the door and walks into a separate hallway from where twilight was. Also trying to make sense of this world naruto looks all around the place and agrees that the school he's in, if he believes it's a school, is vastly different from the ninja academy back in the village.

"This place sure has a lot of things going for it, the academy didn't have nearly as much of anything as this place does." Thought naruto looking at a glass display that was filled with medals and trophies from what he could surmise were competitions and other events that were won. Pretty neat in his opinion. Stopping for a moment naruto wonders how he's going to find these girls.

"I wish I knew where to start." He says as he hears the doors around him open and a horde of student's begin to crowd around him trying to get to their classes. Trying to get out of the way he was really tempted to scale up the wall or at least jump out of the pool of students but he knew full well, the consequences of what could happen if anyone saw him do that. So dealing with all the pushing naruto manages to get out of there.

"Man is it gonna be like this all the time?" wonders the blonde ninja as he continues his walk while unknowingly attracting the attention of some of the student population who were wondering who the new guy was and what he was wearing.

"Hey look at the guy over there? Do you think he's a foreigner?"

"Look, he must be from eastern side of the world. Maybe japan or korea?"

"Is that what they wear where he's from? I thought japan or other countries wore what we wore. His clothes are completely different?"

"Why is he wearing a headband? Is he a cosplayer?"

"He might be if those whisker marks are painted on."

Ignoring the students as best he could naruto heads into the boy's room. He hasn't gotten this much attention since the angry mobs chased after him with the intent to kill him in his early years. the amount of blood and scars still persist to this day. But enough about that, for now naruto leans on the edges of the sink to process what he knows so far.

"Only thing I know is that I'm just going to be walking around in circles until I can find any one of those girls." Leaning his head back only hearing the noises coming from the lights.

"You only just got here kit maybe there farther down this school."

"Hey kurama good to know you're alright."

"thanks for the concern, not that I need it. What have you found out so far?"

"Well this place is completely different and its highly advanced in social and technological standards. But I have out anymore since this world is bigger than our own and it's only the school I'm starting off with."

"Well I'm going back to sleep so wake me up when you find something good."

Exiting out the restroom he goes back trying to find these girls, sunset shimmer and twilight sparkle. Any sign would help, and it is here that both twilight and naruto have their answers given as like she, naruto hears a scuffle on the other side of the corridor. What both see surprises them, and will infuriate them next.

"I-I- didn't know it was yours. I just assumed it was lo-lost and I gave it to her to keep safe. Honest!" says the pink haired girl from earlier today as naruto and twilight didn't know that the other was also watching what was happening.

"Then why didn't you go around and ask someone if it was there's instead of taking it to her! I was about to get it until you came along and ruined everything!" says a girl with fire red and gold hair in a wavy style wearing a purple shirt with a sun symbol in the middle underneath a black jacket. Wearing an orange skirt with a wave line of both light yellow and violet along the side with black boots that had a splash of violet.

"You shouldn't pick up things that don't belong to you!" is she serious? Did she just say that? who was she kidding?! 'don't pick up things that don't belong to you' twilight's crown wasn't hers to begin with! And why the hell was she picking on this girl when she did nothing?! Twilight was starting to get mad at this and she didn't know how much more she could stand to watch.

"It-it doesn't belong to you either." Spoke out the girl, trying to be brave only to get the front of her tanktop grabbed and slammed into the lockers behind her.

"Excuse me?!" says the golden fire girl harshly trying to see what the pink haired animal horder would do.

"It-it's nothing." Her bravery broken she is then pushed down onto the ground roughly as sunset picks her up by the scruff of her hair.

"That's what I thought! The crown's as good as mine and you know it. So how do I go about punishing you for this little insolence." She says as she pinned the girl onto the lockers.

"Pl-please stop! I'm sorry! Please- your hurting me!" at this point both twilight and naruto are pissed the fuck off. Both trying to keep their fluctuating powers from spiraling out of control and tearing the place apart as the hallway was starting to become destroyed from her magic and his chakra.

"You really are pathetic you know that? it's so sad to know the only friends you will ever have are these stray animals." Says the golden fire girl completely thrilled that the girl she had pressured has surrendered completely. She shouldn't have done that because next thing she knew she felt a sharp pain hit her on the side of her shoulder.

"Let her go!" her eyes widen. Turning around she sees a purple skin girl wearing a simple outfit that was a clear blue dress shirt and a purple skirt with a star symbol on the right side with four smaller stars on each of the four sides. With black dress shoes and knee high socks in the same color with a part of magenta on top and her long dark blue hair with two lines of purple and magenta, she could only wonder who this girl was.

"Do I need to repeat myself?! I said let her go!" twilight's hand glowing a faint purple preparing to strike again daring the bitch to try to hurt the girl she was holding. Glaring at twilight she turns back to the girl and shoves her aside. This isn't going to be pretty as the few students in the hallway tremble at what could happen.

"So we have a little warrior in the groups do we? Do you know what it is that I do to people who try to stand up when I tell them to stay down?" she says knowing that whatever the answer is twilight was not going to come out of this confrontation unscathed.

"Does it look like I care about your preaching? You had no right to speak to her that way!"

"I believe I didn't quite catch that. let me come a little closer." Both walk to the other as she and twilight head into direct contact just inches away from each other's faces.

"I said you have no right to speak to her that way!" barks out twilight with sunset nodding at her words.

"Fire of the sun flame in my hand send a wave of heat to my enemy through to the end!" twilight now felt the same burn she felt the night sunset shimmer got away and like before, she couldn't counter it as it was aimed to her stomach. She was lucky that part of her mana managed to absorb some of the damage but the burn singed through her shirt exposing a very irritating patch of skin. Fortunately, it was only a moderate first degree burn but nothing to serious. On instinct twilight jumped back as sunset sent another heat wave and while it didn't hit her everyone could feel the heat around the area.

"You must be new here so let's get one thing clear." Walking towards her and flicking her chin with a finger she walks away in satisfaction.

"I can speak to anyone, anyway I want to." Not if our other hero had anything to say about it.

"Really? Care to try your luck with me then. Let's see if you can actually get me to grovel at your feet." Stepping out of the corridor naruto walks towards the group, not happy at how sunset treated the two girls behind her.

Einhander: Conflict

"I'll tell you something that I've told a lot of people every time they decided to hurt those who were weaker than them. I have no tolerance or time for people like you and if there's one thing I can't stand… it's bullies!" says naruto as sunset wondered what the heck was this all about. First the girl in purple comes to the stray girl's rescue, and now this guy in orange and black shows up too?! Is this little bitch really that important?

"And where is it that you do come from because you obviously have no idea of how things work around here! The first thing being that I don't care what anyone here says, or thinks. I run things here and you both are stepping into my territory. One of three ways to get on my bad side, so neither you or some egg headed little spaz can tell me to stop." Says sunset as she was completely surprised that not one but two people had the gall to stand up to her. No, to her the entire student body was and is to be whipped at her beck and call! And there is no way in hell she was gonna let some horribly fashioned blonde hard ass and a lame brain train of thought smart ass ruin her rule over everyone.

"See that's where your wrong." Blinking she suddenly steps back in surprise as naruto is now within reach and the next thing she knew, sunset was on the floor pinned down laying on her stomach.

"Like you said how you don't care about what anyone says I don't care about what it is that you said. Or even do. But if there's one thing I won't stand is someone threatening other people! And believe me you don't want to see me pissed!" says naruto continuing to hold down on sunset while emphasizing his words by the harsh glare he's giving her.

"He's right and I advise you to stop and get as far away from us as possible or you won't like what's going to happen." States twilight checking over the girl for any bruising she might have gotten but relieved that the only thing she had was some minor scratches and a bit shaken up. But in the midst of all this she wondered who the boy in front of her is?

"Moxie I like that, but you're forgetting one thing." Let it be known that naruto learned an important lesson that boots were a deadly weapon. Lifting her left leg and stretching it at a reflex angle as far she could she hit the back of his neck a few times, enough for him to loosen his grip just enough for her to use both her hands to grab the right side if his upper shoulder and arm, sending them both rolling forward with her about to stomp down on his face when twilight shoves her out of the way! Barely avoiding a nasty bruise. With a fierce stare the fire starter declares:

"You dare try to get brave with me and I'll make sure you and anyone else are destroyed! And trust me when I say I have more than fire to make my threats all the more dangerous." Walking off the only thing her ears pick up are naruto's words.

"It's not bravery if you have the strength to defend yourself on your own power." Says naruto as he and the girls behind him watch her take her leave

End Song.

Once the coast was clear twilight helps the girl up and naruto takes a few minutes to vent his frustrations away. Luckily the place wasn't too damaged.

"Are you two alright?" asks naruto looking over them both.

"We're fine don't worry I can get patched up easily. But what about you? Judging from the print of those boots I'd say she left a pretty big mark on the back of your neck." Says twilight going over to check naruto.

"How bad is it?" he wonders

"She left a bruise there but it should heal soon. Thanks for the help here."

"It's what I do best and besides I don't like seeing people treated like the way she was treated. That's why I have a harsh dislike for bullies." While the conversation was going on between them the pink haired animal lover voices her opinions on what happened.

"I can't believe the two of you just did that. I'm not sure whether to be cheerful about all this, or worried that you both made the toughest girl in school angrier." She says looking at them both

"Well I couldn't just stand there and not do anything." Answers twilight

"She's right you know. I couldn't stand to see you getting picked on like that, everyone needs a hand when dealing with people like her."

"Well it's just that nobody has ever had the courage to stand up to sunset shimmer."

"Sunset Shimmer?" wonders twilight if that girl was the same one princess celestia talked to her about.

"Is that her name?" asks naruto with her nodding and asking if either of them knew her.

"Sort of." Both answer at the same time with twilight giggling and naruto chuckling.

"As much as I would like to celebrate this occasion with you two, are you both new students by any chance? I've never seen you both before. Did you two just transfer to canterlot high from another school?" asks the sweetness of her voice.

"Eh yeah, from another, school. My name's twilight." She says making hand gestures

"And my name's naruto! I'm from out of town and I'm still trying to find my way around here since you can already imagine me, being new and all."

"So what's your name?" asks twilight

"I'm… fluttershy." The pink haired girl says in a very quiet voice that was hardly picked up by them.

"I'm sorry what was that?"

"Its fluttershy"

"It sounds like your saying fluttershy but…" at the corner of her eye she spots a little dog and with her caring nature taking over fluttershy almost knocking twilight over but thankfully, naruto was there to catch her saying thanks for the catch.

"Aw and who's this little guy? Come on little pup eat up." Pulling out a doggy treat spike goes over to inspect it and taking a small bite out of it, gobbles down the whole treat.

"Wouldn't you give anything to know what they're thinking." Says fluttershy knowing how magnificent it would be to understand and talk back to animals.

"He usually just tells me what's on his mind." Twilight says with fluttershy looking back at her odd and spike gesturing her to shut up and change the subject. So while the girls were having their own conversation naruto and kurama were having one of their own.

"I never noticed it before but I can't feel any chakra in this world. Can you kurama?" converses naruto with his tenant through mind linking.

"I can only sense a very small fraction of charka here kit and its mostly stored in the people around us. Its only used for staying alive, nothing more."

"So If I use any chakra would it take even longer for me to get it back?"

"I would advise you not to use any techniques or jutsu that demand a lot of chakra, you know the ones I'm talking about."

"Yeah I know. But what's your opinion on this world so far?"

"It's not even that great and the only thing I've seen through you is just the more advanced structures."

"Well we're only in this huge school so what do you expect." Points out naruto

"Whatever kit wake me up when something good comes our way." Says kurama going back to sleep.

"And that was how I got the crown in my possession but I still have no idea where it came from. So I gave to principal celestia for safe keeping" says fluttershy finishing her story of how she found the crown and what she did with it.

"Principal celestia? Is she the ruler here?" asks twilight

"You, could say that I suppose. I mean she and vice-principal luna do make the rules here." She says

"Sort like my village leader who I call the hokage." Says naruto putting in his voice with twilight and fluttershy wondering what a hokage was.

"Well can you tell me where celestia is?" asks twilight as she was eager to find out if this world's celestia was the same as hers.

"Well right now she's in her office." says fluttershy with twilight running off to find her then coming back in embarrassment wondering where her office was exactly.

"The third door on your left." Says fluttershy with twilight saying thanks but before she could leave fluttershy tells her some parting words.

"Wait! You're really not supposed to have pets on school grounds. Might want to tuck him into your backpack." She says as a few of her own pets exit out of her own bag, which were a bird, rabbit, and a hamster.

"I take them with me despite the fact that they could get taken away from me, they get so lonely when I'm at school all day."

"Yeah, thanks for the advice fluttershy." Says twilight as the bell rings signaling all students to head to class at once.

"Oh no! I'm late for class, thank you both so much for helping me!" scooping her pets up she runs to her class before her teacher notices.

"Well twilight I guess it's just us. What do you want to do?" asks naruto as he didn't have anything to go on at the moment.

"Well the first thing I should do is go see principal celestia about the crown, I have to know it's safe and then I can figure out what to do from there." Says twilight heading down to celestia's office with naruto following behind her.

"Not to be rude or anything but why are you following me?" asks twilight a bit curious about why this blonde guy was next to her.

"Well it's often better to have someone help you at this then go about it all alone. And I have to, I'm more than willing to help someone in need." Says naruto as twilight looked confused and intrigued by his proclamation.

"I'm thankful for your help but I don't think I'll really need it, I have my trusty assistant spike with me and he's all the help I need right now." Says twilight as she keeps walking down the hall looking for celestia's office.

"I know it's very weird having someone say they'll help you of the blue like this, but I want to help you twilight. you're not the only one who came here from another world." Hearing that little sentence stops twilight in her tracks. Somewhere in her mind she was startled at the fact that he knew she's from another world, but what made her even more on edge was how he said that she wasn't the only one who came here, from another world. Turning around she summons her magic to her right hand, aiming it at naruto who doesn't look the least but worried.

"Who are you?!" says twilight as the seriousness in her voice told him that he better know what to say because depending on the answer he might or might not end up with a serious hole somewhere on his person.

"I don't mean you any harm twilight all I want to do is help you get your crown back. If you really want to know who I am, can you please lower your weapon?" says naruto as twilight searches for signs of deceit but only finds the truth in his eyes. He really is there to help her, but, just in case.

"Alright, you can help me find the crown naruto. I apologize for my brief actions against you, I've dealt with a lot of people who didn't care about hurting me or my friends when it came to getting what they wanted." She says remembering those times with various enemies that turned her friends into a bargaining chip and other times when they were just inches from death.

"I can relate on some level. But right now we should go looking for celestia's office don't you think?" he mentions and she nods as both make their way down the hall to get back her crown.

But getting it back would only be half the job as there was something else the school has in store for our two heroes.

And that is done! Revised and cleaned up a bit. So let me know if you all have any ideas you want to fit in. Later!