I do not own Naruto and if I did Itachi, and Mikoto wouldn't have died
"Naruto" -normal speech
'Stupid idiots' - normal thoughts
"Oi gaki listen to me" -Powerful/Dark being speech
'stupid ningen'-Powerful/Dark being Thoughts
*thunder* -action
Kage bunshin no jutsu -Techniques
"Yo baka" Beings translation/speech
-Oh this is good- Digital speech
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A/N: Note This. Is. Fiction. Here I can decide how each character acts or behaves.
Hey, for those who have been reading my work for a while now, Thank you. For those who are new, this is a first for me. This is the largest chapter I have written and I am personally proud of it. I am open to constructive criticism on this story. Thank you and enjoy the story.
Helped by: The god of creation and destruction.
*Story start*
" 'Just summon a toad.' He said 'It'll be easy he said.' 'You'll have this down by the end the day, so keep it up while I do 'Research' ' I don't even know whats so great of some toads that's its so important that I summon them? I mean what's so great of toads?" a string of frustrated mutterings echoed from the empty hot spring. Located in the centre of the steaming pool was a spiky-haired blond teen sitting in a meditative position in a pair of black shorts, a metal headband on blue fabric, his weapon pouch and a blue coloured aura with a tint of violet and scarlet closest to himself. For the past few hours he had been trying to summon a toad larger than a tadpole with little success. With every attempt, the violet aura around grew and the blue shrank.
Currently the blue colour was completely replaced with an equal part of violet and scarlet coloured energy as a result of his hours of trying. With his most recent attempt proving completely unsuccessful, he decided to go for broke and focus all of his and someone else's chakra into one final attempt.
"I (Boar) Inu (Dog) Tori (Bird) Saru (Monkey) Hitsuji (Ram) SUMMONING JUTSU!" With a cry he forced all of his chakra into the final summoning attempt for the day. In an another world the technique would've worked and he would have been greeted by a sake drinking toad. Unfortunately he used the sign Tora (Tiger) instead of Hitsuji. Normally this would have caused the jutsu to fail and he would be out of safely viable chakra to use for a while. But with the Gogyō Fūin tampering with his chakra and the forcing of all available chakra forcing its way through the seal caused an extreme imbalance.
Trans-dimensional relocation of living objects + Powerful Demonic Energy and the chakra of an Uzumaki + a forcefully opened inhibitor powered by the God of Death + Exhausted Naruto Uzumaki = trouble.
Unlike a Toad appearing in a puff of smoke, Naruto felt a strong pull on himself and a cloud of smoke enveloping him. When the cloud dispersed, the only signs that the Uzumaki had been there was a pile of his clothes along the edge of the pool and a ripple of water on the hot springs surface.
For the blond, he opened his eyes to see a kaleidoscopic array of flashing lights from all ends of the spectrum, he saw himself from a tertiary perspective. Soon he felt a prickling flowing through every hair on his body, followed by an invisible force pulling him in every direction. Forcing him to stretch far beyond all human limits then compress to near atomic levels before he was returned to roughly his original size. He could feel his entire skeletal structure changing and rearranging. His spine shrinking, with his maxilla and mandible extending outwards. From his forehead extended a softly blunted bone with a spiral pattern extending the length of the protrusion originating just above his headband.
His shoulders forced his arms to adjust to a default position 90° off of their usual position along with his hips and his legs aligning them on an invisible plane. His elbows had a strong pressure on them before they inverted to match his knees. From each limbs sprouted a keratin material from their ends which fused together and formed a crescent-like shape followed by a long section of connected vertebrae and tissue originating from his coccyx. Next arose numerous orange hairs covering every available area of his changed physique stretching from his snout to his black tail tip. On the nape of his neck, his blond hair extended down from his scalp and formed a mane of blond hair behind him. Marking his face were the three pairs of identical whisker marks along with the Hakke no Fūin Shikki(Eight Trigram seal) on both sides of his hair covered posterior with the weapon pouch attached to his right back leg.
Feeling the physical strain on himself ended, he decided to rest. Just for a minute. His eyes just felt so ... heavy for some reason.
"Hey! Who the hay are you? Do any of you girls know who this is?" a sharp feminine pierced his slumber as the weary blond attempted to rise to his feet. Key word being attempted as his centre of mass rested in a different spot due to the altitude and lateral difference caused him to stumble forward and catch himself.
"W-wha's goin ahn?" Naruto tried to ask, but his words came out in a slurred manner.
"What's going on is we were about to follow Twilight to the library and find out who Nightmare Moon is." the same voice asked as he craned his head up to see a cyan coloured horse with rainbow coloured hair flapping her wings several metres above the ground. Below was an orange coloured mare with blonde hair and tail tied into a ponytail bound by a red ribbon and covered by a stetson hidden behind her was a cream white pony with curling purple hair with a horn protruding from the left side and a spiraling purple tail. In front of the group and separating hims from the herd was a light purple horse with a blunt horn sticking out of her dark purple and pink streaked hair and matching tail. On her back was a small sleeping... purple dragon?
Now visible from behind the orange mare was a bright yellow mare with pink hair covering the right side of her face and a general shy feeling coming from her. Opposite to her was a pink pony with puffy pink mane and tail while projecting a feeling happiness and friendliness. Each one seemed to be staring at him with the yellow furred one subtly looking at him from behind the orange mare.
"W-whose *cough* who's Nightmare Moon and why are you all horses?" the less spiky blond asked with more clarity as he was more alert with the pastel coloured horses in front and above him.
"First of all you're ah horse too ya know? And second we prefer ponies. We are the Ponies of Ponyville. Now you're gonna answer our question. How'd ya happen to fall from tha sky when Nightmare Moon just happened to make her escape?" the stetson hat wearing pony asked as she stared straight at the mysterious blond.
"I'm no horse! My names Naruto Uzumaki and I'm a human from Konohagakure No Sato. One of the best ninja's you're ever meet!" he boasted as he tried to reach up and adjust his headband keeping his bangs in place, only to see the hoof he was sure he was just dreaming about.
"Yeah ~ right. Human's really seem to look exactly like Unicorns. But that's just crazy." the rainbow coloured mare mocked as she rolled her eyes at him.
"Hey! I may not be in my peak condition but I'm not above socking a mouthy horse in her snout." Naruto promised as he shook his fi-hoof at her angrily.
"OH yeah? bring it you-" "Cool it Rainbow Dash. This guy's just trying ta make ya mad. Listen her bucko, we don't have time for ya shenanigans so you can either come with us or we'll make ya." the orange pony explained as she stomped her hooves while Rainbow Dash cracked her neck, trying to intimidate him.
Unlike earlier, the new guy seemed to mull over the answers instead of acting rashly like he did earlier, and ended up nodding.
"Fine, I'll come. But Pinkie over there has to follow me at the rear of the group." Naruto proposed as he pointed towards the puffy pink pony.
"Do ya mind Pinkie? This seems like tha only we can move this along." The orange pony asked the pink pony who nodded.
"Okie Dokie Loki! Lets go then."
"So her name is Pinkie? I was kinda just saying that because she is pink." Naruto questioned them as Pinkie followed from behind the herd and him in front of her.
"Yep, my names Pinkamena Diane Pie but my friends call me Pinkie Pie." the cotton candy maned pony explained as the group approached the library in question.
"So what should I call you then? I just realized that I haven't introduced myself, so you can call me Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki." he told her, aware of the others listening in on his answer.
"Pfft Naruto? What kind of name is that?" Rainbow Dash asked as she flew over his head.
"Oh yeah and 'Rainbow Dash' is totally a real name." Before she could retaliate, Twilight opened the door and ushered all of them into the library.
"You two can squabble over names after we stop the world from ending! Now everyone spread out and look for anything with 'The Elements of Harmony' on it. My research said that the Elements have the power to deal with Nightmare Moon and might be our only way on defeating her." the purple equine ordered as her horn began glowing purple and several books levitated from their spots to her to view.
"You can call me Pinkie Naruto, everypony in Ponyville is my friend. So where's Konoha? I've never heard of anypony from there?" Pinkie questioned him. She was not the only person interested in his answer as everyone present, sans the sleeping dragon who has been set down in a bed, seemed to be listening to him.
"It must be pretty far from here 'cause I've never heard of Ponyville or seen any ponies like you girls." the blond explained as he stared down at his hooves.
"It must really far because I've never heard of the Konoha dialect. But lets focus on finding the Elements first!" Twilight asked and received her answer from Pinkie Pie giving her a book titled 'The Elements of Harmony: A reference Guide'.
"Where'd you find this Pinkie? I've been looking everywhere for this?" the purple pony asked as she opened the book with her magic and started looking for anything useful in it.
"I found it under 'E' Twilight!" Pinkie's answer seemed to deflate her momentarily before she refocused on the book.
"Alright. It says here that there are Six Elements, with Kindness, Laughter, Honestly, Loyalty, and Generosity being the only known ones. The elements were last known to reside in the Two Princesses Castle in what's currently the Everfree Forest." Twilight finished as they all gasped.
"I take it the Everfree forest is dangerous or something?" the whiskered pony questioned the herd, receiving a collective nod. This time, the yellow pony stood in the open while somewhat hiding behind her mane.
"T-the Everfree Forest is f-ull with many creatures from Timberwolves to Ursa's. None would take to kindly to anyponies entering their homes." the yellow pony quietly explained in a way that gave Naruto a sense of familiarity with a blue haired Hyuga.
"Thank you all for your help girls, but if you excuse me I have to go and grab the Elements. I tried to stop this from happening and now I have to save the princess before this while I still can." Twilight explained as she threw on her saddlebag and loaded the book into the left side.
"Now hold on Sugarcube, there's no way were gonna let our friend go off to tha Forest alone. So everypony saddle up, we're going to tha Everfree Forest to save princess Celestia!" the orange mare declared while Twilight opened the door with her magic and the herd followed her with the aforementioned orange mare pushing the struggling stallion out the doorway.
"Why do I have to go? I have no clue what's going on! I have no clue on what is half of your names are or why you have those marks on your... butts? Rumps? Thigh? Never mind that, but how did 'Twilight' open that door? What do the 'Elements' do? Who's Nightmare Moon and who is Celestia? I've just shown up far away from my home with less than 24 hours until I'm suppose to fight and I don't have a clue on where I am." Naruto ranted before he collapsed on the ground in frustration.
"Alright Naruto? If what you said is true than probably the only one who can help you is Princess Celestia. But the only way you'll be able to meet her is if you help us find The Elements of Harmony and save princess Celestia from Nightmare Moon's grasp. So you'll just have to follow us and find the Elements." Twilight explained to him while Pinkie helped him to his feet and they followed the group towards the ominous forest.
"Pinkie, can you explain a couple things to me?" the whisker marked teen asked the cotton candy themed girl as the herd exited the city and crossed into the forest.
"Sure! What'cha wanna know? I'm no smarty-pants like Twilight but I've got some brains inside my noodle!" Pinkie agreed as she tapped the side of her head.
"Alright so What's the orange one, yellow one, and the cream coloured ponies names? What's with the marks on your rears? What's the importance of Princess Celestia? Who's Nightmare Moon and how did Twilight open the door?" the blond listed off to while the five in front of them started discussing the Everfree forest which they had entered.
"That's easy. She's Applejack. The fancy one is Rarity, and the shy one is Fluttershy. She's easy to remember her name 'cause she's shy. The marks are called Cutiemarks! They represent when a pony discovers something important about their future or themselves. Mine's Balloons because I love partying, like when I meet a new friend. Applejack got hers because her family grows apples and Twilight got hers from stargazing or something!"
"It's magic Pinkie."
"Right! Now we need Princess Celestia to come back because she makes the Sun and Moon rise. Right now that meanie Nightmare Moon decided to be a grumpy bum and went 'This night will last forever'. We were suppose to watch the Princess raise the Sun with her magic, which is different from what Twilight used to open the door like all unicorns. While Pegasi fly and earth ponies work the land." Pinkie finished explaining and allowed him to mull over the information.
"So your government is run by a monarchy with the powers to control the sky, all ponies receive a mark that denotes their future and ponies have the powers to manipulate the world through Magic huh. I'd say that's crazy, but right now I'm a pony traveling though a forest trying to rescue a literal god from another god who each has the power to move the heavens with a pretty pink pony who's hair resembles cotton candy way to much for my own liking. So I guess anythings really possible right now." Naruto somewhat lamented before the turf beneath the group felt the need to cave under its weight, causing all non-pegasi to to follow the grounds path towards the cliff's edge. Except one blond stallion who had ethereal purple clouds grab his rear legs and began pull him into the air.
"Crap crap crap crap! What the hell's going on~!" Naruto's last word was dragged out as he was enveloped by the ethereal mist and vanished before their eyes. For him, the dark mist blocking his vision while he was suspended in the air one second, then it opened up to show him kneeling on the ground in dilapidated castle throne. In front of him sat an obsidian throne in the centre of the royal seating area with a golden version seemingly thrown against a wall.
"My, my, my. Not even a day into my new reign and I already have someone kneeling before me. And of all people, to kneel before me it is the stallion from a land beyond Equestria. How... fortunate for both of us." the jet black mare laughed as he noticed that unlike the other ponies he had seen, she had the look of a warrior. Someone who had fought for their life and knew that any advantage could help. On her head rested a metal helm with a hole showing her pointed horn and a breast plate baring the crescent moon like the one on her flank. Her voice commanded a feeling of power one would expect from a princess. He tried to rise to a stand, but felt himself unable to do anything other than kneel.
"I take it you are Nightmare Moon? A mare with the power to control the æther and the heavenly bodies that fills the cosmos?" Naruto questioned her as he continued to struggle and attempt to rise.
"Yes that is the name my sister lovingly gave me before I was banished to that frozen abyss within the heart of the moon and I do have the power to move the moon and stars. Now You will answer my questions or I will get the answers myself. Now how did a stallion such as yourself come into possession of that malevolent power or how did you come to this world... Naruto Uzumaki?" the armoured mare asked as she descended from her throne and tilted his head to stare directly into his eyes with her vertically slit eyes.
"I remember trying to summon a toad by forcing all my chakra into one last attempt. I guess I messed it up and ended up here, but at least I didn't condemn the people I plan to rule to an assured famine by the lack of sunlight," the teen pointed out as he glared at the towering female, who simply began laughing at his statement and will her dark mist to cover his body along with the right half of his face.
"Oh please. My plan isn't as short sighted as they have made it out to be. If they need more light for their crops then I can bring some stars closer to provide more light. If they grow cold then the same applies. For a millennia I have thought of every possible problem and a way to solve them. My sister has basked for far to long in the limelight, so I'll ask you this only once. I've seen through your eyes the live you've lived. The loneliness you've experienced, and I can relate. It has been a millennia since I saw my sister and longer than that since I last saw my parents. So here are your three choices." the winged Unicorn stated as Naruto felt sudden mobility in his body as the mist withdrew and he shot to a stand, "Rule with me and become the King of Equestria. Rule under me as my son and me as your mother. Later becoming the king when I deem you ready, or you could reject my offer. I already know what is likely your answer but consider. A chance for a family, love, an escape from their looks."
Gazing at the 'terrible' mare, the blond felt himself at a loss for words. If he agreed, he would be siding with the 'villain' to the people. But in doing so, he would receive love that would be either matrimonial or maternal. Freedom from the hatred with often came close to consuming him. His other choice would put him and odds with the Deity of the Night, but could allow him to possibly meet Celestia and possibly return home. Home...
"Nightmare Moon, going against every fibre in my body and every emotion I so want, I have to... reject your humble opportunity. You've seen my life and you know I made a promise. By the blood in which flows through my veins, I must return to my home by tomorrow. I swore to her that I would avenge her honour that day and I'm a man of my word." the blond rejected her in a visibly sad tone.
"Unfortunate, but expected." The mare declared in a tone which also portrayed her sadness on his choice. From the back of her throne erupted five black chains and bound each limb with the last wrapping its way around his muzzle. The chains began to withdraw into the chair and forced him to sit upon the black throne.
"Hopefully you will reconsider my offer tomorrow. Now sit there while I take care of your dreadful herd of mares. Don't worry I won't hurt them, to much." with that, the mare vanished into a stream of ethereal vapour. Leaving him bound to the chair and think over his life up to this point.
Painting the Hokage monument. Storing itching powder in the ANBU's uniforms. Plastic wrapping all of the schools toilets. Was their attention really worth it in the end? Spending his days trying to study, only to be ignored by the teachers because of the Kyubi. What did he do to deserve the isolation and agony of his youth? He tried. Every attempt to make friend ended poorly, with the exception of the time he helped Hinata in his youth or when Yota brought him to play with the clan heirs and heiresses. It almost seemed poetic. He was born alone and was going to spend his life that way. If he couldn't keep his simple promise to Hinata to fight Neji then where was the integrity in his word.
"Naruto? Why the hay are you here?" Twilight's question shook him from his thought and saw her surrounded my five bowling ball sized rock spheres bearing various gem shapes.
"Twiright? Run! She's here!" his warning was slightly distorted, but she realized his warning as the mare manifested in front of him and Twilight. she turned towards him with an unhappy, but not angry look.
"Oh that's no fun. Why did you tell her? Your friends are trying to get rid of me." using Nightmare Moon's diverted attention, Twilight attempted to use her horn to make the 'spark' needed for the Elements. Her attempt proved futile as the five stone spheres were brought to Nightmare Moons hooves by her magic.
"Tsk,tsk, tsk. How rude. Now Twilight, I am a merciful mare so I am giving you an ultimatum. Since your Elements are no more," Nightmare Moon declared as she crushed the gray stones beneath her armoured hooves, "I will overlook your previous transgressions if you become my student. In my ... absence I was able to see a variety of magic."
"I could never betray Celestia, and I would never betray her for you. You're the one who abandoned your sister and cast the world into eternal night." the unicorn stated her answer, which seemed to smother any mercy in the taller mare.
I... betrayed...HER? Celestia betrayed Luna by treating her concern with disregard. She abandoned us when she imprisoned us in the moon and continued on like that for ten centuries. One-thousand winters. Twelve-thousand months. Fifty-two thousand one hundred forty-two point nine weeks. Three-hundred sixty-five thousand days. Which ever you choose, I was imprisoned in the heart of MY MOON! Your loyalty is wasted on my sister." the nocturnal Monarch coldly declared as she kicked a section of the former elements towards Twilight.
"Loyalty?" the unicorn muttered as she looked at the stairwell to see a herd of advancing shadows, "You're wrong about the Elements Nightmare Moon. The Elements are more than those stones. They're right here in this room."
"Please stop your fruitless griping. Even with your friends here you six are no match for me. The only ones who could help you are imprisoned or gone. Surrender and I'll spare you from what's to come." the mare announced as she focused on the new arrivals.
"That's where you're wrong Nightmare Moon. The Elements may lay broken on the ground, but the properties they embody life on. Each one of my friends represent an Element!" Celestia's faithful student exclaimed, getting the mare in the moon's full attention. Using the opportunity, Naruto used his tail to grab a kunai from his weapon pouch and pry the chains from his right arm. With Twilight listing how her friends embodied the Elements and the shards of the former surrounding them in an array of light, Naruto managed to free himself from the chains and rested the weapon in his mouth.
"You see, Nightmare Moon, when those Elements are ignited by the... the spark, that resides in the heart of us all..." Twilight began as a corresponding light engulfed each mare and focus their light towards her, " It creates the sixth Element: The Element of MAGIC!"
In front of the mare were six ponies who had done something only her sister managed to do. Twilight Sparkle had managed to find the spark, but she refused to be sealed away once more. She had tried to be gone with the pesky mare but the stallion proved to be a nuisance by leaping on her back to grab her wings with his tail binding her hind legs to prevent her from running.
"Twilight, quick! I can't hold her forever!" Naruto ordered as he moved so his legs held her waist and his arms held onto her neck.
"No, there's no way I could use it with yo-" "TWILIGHT! Maybe this will be strong enough to open up a portal back to my home! So hurry while you still have the chance." the blond cut her off with his likely last words. Steeling herself, Twilight aimed her horn at him and with the glow of her eyes and fired the double helix of rainbows straight at them. For Nightmare Moon, time seemed to come to a crawl. The same applied to the new equine, who simply held a sad smile.
"Why would you lie so towards a complete stranger? You are sacrificing your future and your promise to Hinata to aid six ponies who will likely forget you. Is this truly worth it?" the mare asked as she felt his grip on her loosen, but she didn't try to flee. It was simply to late at this point.
"I've been trained to be a hero and a soldier. A hero is suppose to sacrifice himself for the sake of others while a soldier is to die for the cause. Unluckily for you I am both. I've got several promises and unfinished business back at home. I forgot to tell ... I forgot to water my plants. I'm probably going to be a bit late to avenge Hinata's honour. I missed my last birthday and promised Neko I'd celebrate it with her. Probably need a raincheck, but would you like to come with me as my plus one?" Naruto asked her while the light from the rainbow washed out his orange fur but highlighted his azure blue eyes.
"I believe we will be late to it. Last time this detour lasted one-thousand years."
"I bet. At least you'll have company this time."
"Yes, yes it is. Hopefully you can get home in time Naruto." with that said, the duo was consumed by the blast of rainbow light, followed by evrtything in the room being thrown aside by a wave of blinding light.
As the light faded away, the mane six were revealed to be lain out on the ground with each one wearing a new piece of jewelry. Each had a necklace with a gemstone with the cut and colour to match their cutiemarks with the exception of Twilight having a tiara with her purple six pointed star cutiemark. Each of them began to rise to their hooves , soon they noticed a lack of one mare and one stallion.
"Twilight? Are they..." Pinkies question hung in the air while they looked towards the unicorn for her answer. Before she could answer, the shifting pile of rubble drew their attention.
"Ugh, I've had the most freaky dream about ponies and rainbows. I'm pretty sure there was a dragon too." Naruto muttered as he climbed out of the hole in the wall. He looked different than before with the right side of his hair being midnight black and his hair stretched down to cover his eyes and part of his muzzle, while his coat appeared like it had been growing for several years without being cut. Before any one could question the change to his appearance, a flash of light drew their focus to the white themed monarch which had caused the six mares to bow to her.
"Twilight, my faithful student. I knew you were able to do it." the monarch of Equestria praised her pupil while she nuzzled her head.
"But how? You told me that it was an old mare's tale?" while Twilight asked the goddess of the sun, Pinkie approached Naruto and lifted the dark coloured hair from his face. The movement revealed that around his right eye was a patch of dark coloured hair and skin, with his right eye being a dark blue with his pupil had changed to be vertically split like a predator's.
"Are you ok Naruto? We still need to have your welcoming party after all." Pinkie asked him as adjusted his hair so it would only cover the right half of his face for now.
"I'm fine I'd be more concerned with her." the blond declared as he moved towards the hole he crawled out of earlier and held out his right hoof. Slowly, a light blue hoof took his outstretched limb and crawled her way from the hole.
"I present to you... Princess Luna. The goddess of the Moon and the other monarch of Equestria." the shaggy blond finished as bowed towards the smaller monarch. Unlike Celestia's crown which was an ornate gold, Luna's crown was smaller and consisted of a solid black shade.
"Sister, it has been far to long, but I have to inquire how someone so young and someone who I have never heard anything about come to know such knowledge." the mare questioned the stranger who seemed to be leaking magic.
"I do not know ma'am. I just seem to know thing's I did not know before, like a library was crammed into my head." His question didn't seem to satisfy Celestia, but her sister hugging her and crying into her chest seemed to take her focus.
"S-sister, We have m-missed thou greatly." with her younger sister crying into her chest, Celestia consoled her but the cough of the stallion drew her focus.
"Um, princess Celestia? You likely don't know, but I am not from here. I am from a land which I can tell is not from here. Equestria, Ponyville, or the Everfree Forest have never been heard about from where I lived. I fear that I belong from a land being literal worlds away. If you don't have a territory called the Elemental Nations at any point in your history than it is true. Your student told me that you may be able to assist me in my problem. I can tell that my 'cutiemark' may be key to it. Magic may have a key to the solution, but unlike your people I use a foreign energy called chakra. I have a time limit of less than one day. I do not wish to be an annoyance to you, but I am desperate. In my home town, I am expected to compete against the prodigy for the honour of his cousin he had insulted. I have been under-trained and under prepared for the tournament, but I am bound by my word to fulfill my declaration. So I plead for assistance in finding a way to go home." Naruto finished as he fell to his knee's in front of the two goddesses.
"I... wow. Princess Celestia, are there any spells or magic that could help him?" Twilight asked her teacher in a shocked tone. The stallion which had spoke towards anyone, except for Pinkie, in an unpleasant tone had asked the monarchs of Equestria for assistance in a respectful manner.
"I believe my sister and I can find a solution to his problem back in Canterlot. Come Twilight, there is much that needs to be looked into while we continue your magical studies." the taller of the two monarchs asked her pupil while she extended out her right wing and beckoned her student towards her.
"Um, Princess Celestia, I was kind of hoping I could stay in Ponyville for a bit. Not that I don't want to help you but there's still much I need to learn about friendship. During my stay in Ponyville, I learned much about what it means to be friends but there's still much I don't know." Twilight explained in a somewhat hesitant tone towards her teacher.
"Are you sure about this Twilight? Canterlot would be a lot less interesting without you or Spike there." the white furred monarch questioned her while her sister relinquished her hold on her sisters chest and stood beside the unkempt stallion, who seemed to find the ground very intresting.
"I am sure Princess. You sent me to Ponyville with the intention of me learning about Friendship, and while I have learned much, there's still much that I don't know about. So if you will allow me then I will want to stay in Ponyville." the gifted Unicorn kindly asked her teacher as the five mentioned mares stood behind her.
"Well then I accept your request. From here on, I decree that Twilight will remain in Ponyville to learn more about friendship and report it back to me. I hope to read about your findings soon but my sister and Naruto must be off. There are matters which require my immediate." Celestia announced as the trio were surrounded by an alabaster white energy, in which glowed brightly as they teleported away.
"Sister, is this our new castle?" Luna asked as she looked out at the vast collection of bookshelves covering the floor with a massive hourglass of sand in the centre of the room.
"Correct. Now I would ask you to accompany me to the throne room, but I need to deal with the citizens of Canterlot. As soon as I can, I will be back here to assist you. The upper level is reserved for more advanced magic, so I'd advise looking up there. Take care sister, I will also have to contact some workers to adjust a room for your stay." Celestia add as she exited the Library and left the duo alone.
"So Princess Luna, it is nice to finally meet you in person or pony. Your ponies grammatical system is dtill confusing to me." Naruto told the mare with a slight blush. Slowly, the two trotted towards the shelves and the more magically inclined pony used her horn to bring several books to eye level.
"Thee are not incorrect on thee's declaration. We are slightly behind on the times in our communicative expressions as well. But we have to inquire on ye earlier declaration on usage of 'cha-kara' in conjunction with magic. pray tell what can thou do?" the millennia imprisoned mare inquired as she she set aside a book with the title of 'Magic of Equestria: List and location'
"Well I am able to make copies of myself, but I haven't tried to use my chakra as I am. Last time I used my chakra, I had exhausted my reserves." Naruto explained to the magic wielding mare. During his explanation, he tried and failed to open the book much to the amusement of the princess.
"We insist that thee attempt to. Perhaps your issue is disharmony between the dual energies. If we had a catalyst then thou would have further ease in trying to combine them." the princess of the night asked the blond, who nodded in response. He clapped his hooves together and focused his available power into one single technique.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu(Shadow Clone Technique)." as per his technique, a cloud of smoke filled the small pathway and cleared to reveal a second Naruto standing beside him,
"Hey boss, you have a piece of Nightmare Moon's armour stuck in your mane." the second blond stated as he grabbed the shard with his mouth and handed it it the princess.
"Incredible and fascinating. A duplication ability and thee were able to preserve a segment of armour comprised of magic. This is theoretically the key thou needs. Put on the item and try focusing chakra and magic into it before repeating that ability. This is a unique opportunity to discover how the two energies react." with that said, Luna used her magic to take the armour segment and focus her power into it. The piece soon changed to an upside down black metal crescent with a matching black chain connected to the middle. When she released her magic from it, the item fell on to Naruto's neck.
"Let's try. Nothing ventured, nothing gained." Naruto muttered as his horn began glowing orange and feeding into the now orange left side of the necklace. Opposite of that, his cutiemark radiated a purple glow which flowed into the right side of the crescent. With the energies visibly present in the item, Naruto held his hooves in the same position and focused on funneling his power through the item.
"KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" the room was again filled with smoke, except this time the cloud as a dark purple. The previous clone had dispersed in the summoning of another who's silhouette was visible inside the cloud. Unlike the previous copy, this one neared Celestia in height and could be seen with burnt orange hair.
"Well this is quite an unexpected turn of events. Wouldn't you say?" the figure asked in a feminine tone that the Uzumaki had been recently acquainted with and one Luna was intently familiar with. With the cloud clearing away, the figure could be seen wearing a bronze coloured helm which sat around a spiraled horn and breastplate with a crescent moon in the middle. As well of as a set of bronze hoof guards. Behind them was a tail resembling a starry night with the addition a comets flying through it. Their flank had an upside down crescent moon around a red spiral and nine stars while she kept the same dark coloured hair.
"Nightmare Moon? How? Thou was one with our self for a millennia. How did thee come into being whist the Elements seeking to do away with thee?" Luna demanded from her former half, who simply tilted up the mares chin with a smirk.
"Oh Lulu, I'm more than yours or Naruto's other parts. I'm impartial to Nyx but that is beside the point right now. We must get our dear friend back home, don't we... sister?" Nyx asked Luna, never losing her almost taunting smile.
"We are not sisters. Thy actions were responsible for our imprisonment for one-thousand winters. We.. we would have learned to accept it." the mare weakly declared, earning a snort of derision.
"Please, we know that there's no way you would've simply accepted it. I gave you the power, the opportunity, the chance to get what you were due. If we didn't do anything then those foolish ponies would take advantage of you. You were and still are a monarch. Heed my words as well Naruto, if you give them one step back, then the whole endeavour will be lost. You allow the abuse to happen once, then you will never be free from them. If Luna and myself did not try to bring about a change, we would spend that millennia feeling insecure about us." Nyx explained with a stomp to emphasize to point.
"Nyx, you said that you're more than hers and my part. What did you mean by that?" Naruto interrupted the two mares statement in a confused tone.
"When the Elements collided with us, 'Nightmare Moon' was ejected from little Lulu and fortunately collided with those dark feelings you try so hard to repress. When the Element's tried to rid of Nightmare Moon, it instead transferred her into you. I now embody a millennium of emotions from Luna and the parts of yourself you do not wish to acknowledge. Your hatred towards the civilians and your teammate, the desire you feel for Hinata, and the pain felt since you remember. While I feel the fear Luna has of her sister rejecting her. The sister who happened to have 'important work do due' on the same day that her baby sister was returned to her. The anger she feels for the millennium of imprisonment, the fact that her sister remained so blind to her pleas and allowed for Nightmare Moon to happen. The regret of her actions and what nearly happened because of them. But don't worry Luna, he also saw your entire life story so you have nothing to be embarrassed about. Though there might be several moments that might be, what was your record again? Twelve minutes? Or was it Fifteen." Nyx 'innocently' asked her, which caused the princess to breakout in a full blush.
"C-cease such vulgar statements. What prevents thyself from having my sibling be away with thou with the Elements once more?" Luna questioned the mare while forcing her blush down as much as she could.
"Nothing, but answer this. What will happen if I disappear? Celestia will always if I linger on you. She would hold a distrust towards you, but what if you told her I resided in Naruto? I doubt she would allow him return to his home, because why wouldn't she? A stallion he helped six strangers for no reason and ended up having someone who came into possession of the mare who she loathes. So you both are stuck with me. But don't worry Luna, I'll be with Naruto in his home." the dark orange mare explained as she leaned on the stallions head.
"Unfortunately I don't know how to return home. We were trying to before you appeared. But if you have a clue then be my guest." Naruto offered the taller mare.
"Simply put, you need to mess up your summoning technique. From what I saw, you messed up on the last seal. You signed tora instead of hitsuji, so try doing the sequence of signs again. Half magic and half chakra to compensate for the lack of dexterity. Now hurry, it's been a thousand years and I have already grown tired of being in the same building as Celestia." Nyx ordered the teenage equine. Focusing his magic and chakra to manifest hands. Running through the same combination of signs, Naruto readied himself.
"I Inu Tori Saru Tora. I hope I'll see you again, Summoning JUTSU!" Focusing his energy though his constructed hands, Naruto and Nyx were covered by the cloud with chakra. The cloud quickly collapsed in on itself with a small portal in the centre, before the portal collapsed in on itself to leave the mare alone.
"Alright sister, I should be free for now. Now- oh? I take it you two managed to solve his problem?" Celestia asked as she saw her sister alone in the library setting several books on the shelves.
"Yes...from the knowledge we possess, Naruto has been returned to his home." the light blue mare stated as she continued to store the books
"Would Naruto Uzumaki and Neji Hyuga please come down to the arena." a man in a bandanna announced while twirling a throwing needle in his mouth. Down one set of stairs, a brunet with pale white eyes and a cream white jacket approached him. The teen looked either uninterested or uncaring towards his future competitor.
"Call it proctor. Fate has decided to name me the victor of thi-" Neji was cut off by an explosion of smoke towards the right of the proctor. As it cleared, a blond was visible. Nearly as tall the proctor, the blond was mostly covered by waist-length hair with an azure and dark blue light radiated from his covered face.
"Am I late proctor? I have been been sidetracked with other matters." the blond questioned the referee as he rotated his shoulders. That action revealed his densely muscled arms that resembled spraining strings of steel beneath the flesh. With his legs and lower body having a matching appearance, his body seemed to balance power with speed and dexterity.
"Naruto Uzumaki? I see the month of training has shown results. Well get ready, you are free to fight now!" the green vested ninja declared as he leapt back to leave the duo to square off.
"So you allowed your hair to grow and you exercised. Fate has still determined you lose to me." the brunet announced as the veins around his eyes grew pronounced before he charged at the shaggy blond, index finger poised to strike his unprotected body. He never made contact with the blond because a metal knife had rose to parry the attack with the broadside of the weapon.
"I had assumed I would've been given a chance to adjust but it seems not. Ready yourself for this will be swift." Naruto growled out as he flicked the Hyuga away while pocketing his weapon.
"Big words will not save you from the hand fate has-" before Neji could continue his monologue, a fist was driven into his cheek and sent flying.
"Stop talking. If this was a real fight then you would've had a knife sticking out of your face. I do not care what monologue you have planned but focus on the match. I'm no therapist but I'm willing to take a crack at you. This is Id and this is Super-Ego, so buckle up 'cause we're going to chat." Naruto promised the brunet with an assured grin. Retaliating, Neji fired out of the wall and attempted a barrage of palm strikes on him. Attempted being the key because Naruto blocked or parried every attempt, and to make it worse he began talking.
"Now do you think your obsession with fate and predetermination is you trying to come to terms with certain actions are beyond your ability to control? Or is it because you have been raised to believe that you have no choice in some matters so you use fate as a defense mechanism to the issue instead of trying to deal with it?" Naruto asked him all the while preventing or deflecting any attacks originating from the 'prodigy'.
"Be quite. You speak of matters you know nothing about. My fate was decided with the birth of my father. With him being born after my uncle, I was branded with a slave mark to keep my side of the family in line. Hinata and her sister had the privilege of being born into the main family, while I was born into servitude." Neji finished his declaration by removing his headband and exposing a green Hindu swastika with hooked ends.
"So you justify your harsh treatment of your cousin through the usage of fate. Fate is not as concrete as you believe it to be. Say I was destined to be a baker, but I went into masonry. Fate changed. You say fate has decided that you were to be a servant to the main family, but what if you just ran away? No servitude. Now that I've said what I have, I'll accept payment for the help while you go and deal with your family issues. 'Cause if you don't go to the hospital ans apologize to Hinata, then I'll have to make you." Naruto promised him while a dark purple cloud flowing from his back and forming into a menacing cape behind him.
"Foolish dribble from a failure. Your words are as useful as a bucket with holes in its base. Now prepare yourself for you are within my field of Divination NI(Two) YON(Four) HACHI(Eight) JUROKU(Sixteen) SANJUNI(Thirty-two) Hakke Sanjūni Shō(Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two palm)." With the final call, Neji struck the blond back with a blue glowing palm, sending him skidding back a couple of centimetres. "Now surrender. Your chakra has been sealed off and won't open in an hour or unless I let it."
"I don't need chakra for this. Proctor, call a medic for him. This fight is over." Naruto announced as his eyes flashed dark blue, and he vanished from sight. Nearly immediately after he disappeared, Neji was thrown into the wall unconscious. Multiple fist marks littered his body and face, with the majority around his sternum.
"Neji Hyuga is unable to continue, thus making Naruto Uzumaki the winner." When the announcement finished echoing throughout the arena, the outcries began. Everything from drug usage, to body doubles were spewed from their mouths while the teen sauntered to the seating area with his 'cape dispersing and medics prying the Hyuga from the wall.
"Naruto, what the hell happened to you?" Was the first question the blond heard as he sat down. The closest one to him was his purple loving fellow blonde, Ino. She was the most vocal with the ever mysterious Shino behind her, and the lazy Nara Shikamaru laying on the bench beside him.
"Training." was his short answer. He parted the front portion of his hair to stare at the Yamanaka seated beside him.
"I doubt that even a month of training could make you look so... feral. I mean you're taller and you also look not half bad. So what's your secret?" the platinum blond prodded him with an unyielding expression.
"I just spent the time training, nothing more." he insisted. Internally, he was wondering about the change as well.
'That would be me. Can't have you all weak now can we? But focus on the blonde. She's going to say something.' Nyx echoed within his head. Her statement drew his focus from what she was saying and the blonde mentioned.
"Yeah right. fess up Naruto. How'd you do it? There's no way you could change that much. so tell me or I'll keep asking." Ino warned him.
"Fine! I was transported to of world of magic pastel coloured ponies and helped overthrow the usurping political figure. Now focus on the match, your precious Sasuke is about to be competing." Naruto told her in hopes to shift her focus.
"Alright, but we're not done. I expect an actual answer from you." With Ino placated, Naruto wanted to try and communicate with his new passenger. Without a second word, Naruto felt a pull on his mind and he closed his eyes.
"Hello Naruto, how good of you to visit me. Your compatriot isn't one for communication." Nyx announced as Naruto appeared in the castle from earlier, except it had a greater shadow theme and it was more intact than the original.
"Nyx, can you tell me why I was a lot better at fighting than I was earlier?" The blond asked the mare before him. Her horn soon glowed and an obsidian throne appeared behind him to sit on, which he complied to.
"That would be because of me. When I joined your menagerie of beings inside you, I brought along my experiences as Luna and Nightmare Moon." Nyx explained as she created a small mirror showing a filly Luna, followed by an early mare Luna, then lastly showing Nightmare Moon.
"So I have her memories, isn't it intrusive for me to look into them?" Naruto asked her, who began laughing. Then she explained how Luna knew about it and has also received his memories and experiences, giving her insight into his world. Justifying the use by allowing him to better understand Equestria when he returned.
"Then Luna knows I know and is fine with it? It still seems wrong to look."
"Fine with it or not, you know it. Now if I'm done helping you then go downstairs and deal with your fox. They have been quite bothersome as of recently."
Deciding to listen, Naruto exited the throne room and descended down the flight of stairs. At the bottom was a long stone pathway with a metal gated cell at the end. Visible in the cell was a pair of red, vulpine eyes staring at the approaching teen. When he was close enough that the cell was the only thing visible, a deep voice spoke.
"So you are finished your talk with that entitled jar of glue and decided to grace me with your presence , is that it?"the voice asked as a deep red muzzle appeared with its teeth bared in a smile.
"look, I don't like you and you don't like me but I've come to chat with you. So make yourself smaller so we can chat!" the blond insisted while pointing at the hidden kitsune. They made a sound of displeasure before releasing a red light. The eyes soon began to grow smaller and stopped about Two metres above the ground. A porcelain kitsune emerged from the shadows, as well as a crimson kimono with a golden obi.
"Is this form more pleasing to you?" the near quarter metre taller redhead growled out in the same deep and booming voice at the blond.
"I guess. Now I've come here to talk to you about our arrangement." Naruto began before a scoff cut him off.
"Let me guess, you're here to demand chakra from me or try not to disturb you while you live your life?" the kitsune questioned the blond while they wrapped their clawed hands around the bars.
"No, I was going to ask you to help me if I need it. you're much older than myself and have more experience in some areas where I need. In return, I will allow you as much freedom as a can." the blond offered the kitsune before holding out his hand.
"Kid, you are asking me to help you? Aside from the vague promise of freedom, what will I receive? How about you release me and fuck off?" the nine tails countered by holding both middle fingers out.
"ALRIGHT! I'm trying to be polite! So if you could not be an absolute asshole when I'm trying to PEACEFULLY resolve this, that would be great." Naruto barked back with a ferocious smile plastered on his face.
"So this kit's got some balls on him hey. Fine, you got my attention. So tell me why I should help you. If you die, then I just wait until I'm back. I cannot die, unlike you. So tell me, why?"
"Unless you help me out, I will make sure that for the remainder of my life will be pure agony for you. So make your choice. Play nice and I will give you some freedom, or you can be an ass and I'll make your stay inside me terrible. So choose." Naruto 'asked' again with a look of barely contained anger.
"So that's how you're playing. Fine kit, I'll accept the deal so open these gates and let me through." the fox declared while shaking the blond's hand.
"I have no idea, I thought you would know." Naruto shrugged causing the fox to reel back and show visible anger.
"just... try imagining this place looking different. We're inside your head." the fox explained to him before disappearing into the back of the cell, which was followed by a series of thudding. On the other side of the bars, Naruto focused on transforming the cell into something else.
The cell soon shifted towards a simple bar less room with a tatami mat in the centre and the masked fox kneeling on it was their head smacking the table set beside the mat. On the middle of the mask was the kanij 封(Seal).
"Since you have lived up to your end, so will I. I have allowed you access to a ninth of my power to use, which will reset at the end of the day. Enjoy your... prize mortal." the fox declared dismissively while waving off the blond.
"Alright, I'll be off then. I should probably get back the arena. Well bye.. um Kyubi." the blond muttered as he vanished from the area.
"Its Kurama..."
"Well hello Kurama. I believe we must discuss our common compatriot's future..."
When Naruto opened his eyes, he saw a large amount of snow white feathers calmly descending from the sky. The arena was less calm with half of a formed sand tanuki dragging a teen with a duck's ass styled hair arena. While that happened, ninja's with hourglass, and eighth note marks on their headband began attacking residents of Konoha. Weighing his options, he chose to deal with the sand monster dragging his teammate around.
"Guess I'm following that sand creature. Because why would I want to spend some time relaxing? It's not like I just got back from an arduous journey and had to figure out a complex seal array what allows inter-dimensional and the complete restructure of my physical appearance and have my fucking species changed or get blasted by a FUCKING RAINBOW!" his last statement echoed through the village, confusing many.
"Naruto Uzumaki! What are you talking about?" Crap, Ino was following him.
"It's nothing Ino, just go and help someone else. I'm just a little crazy and I'm uh... talking to the voices in my head. Now I'm going to fight that giant sand tanuki. That sounded stupid I know it, but I'm doing it anyway." Naruto told the blonde following him as they chased down a half-boy half-sand monster.
"I'm more curious about that seal and the dimensional travel you were ranting about, and what about the rainbow you screamed about?" Now Naruto started panicking. Ino, the Gossip Queen of Konoha, had a lead on something. Once she focused on something, she was either forced to stop by officials or found her answer.
"I'll tell you after we deal with that. I'm not going to tell you while we're at basically war with two villages and being attacked by a sand monster," before he could finish several giant snakes appeared outside the walls and began attacking, "and several giants snakes."
*End*