This is Ryu Kotei saying that this is the first chapter of the NarutoXMLP crossover, Po-nin (I know the title isn't much; it was all I could think of).

I do not own Naruto or My Little Pony.

"Howdy" normal speech

"Ramen" thought

Chapter 1

Applejack found herself in a sewer in front of a cage that had a slip of paper on the doors. She got to her feet and saw the ripples on the water as she stood. She looked inside the cage and saw a menacing red eye with that death glare. She soon spoke and told this creature about some sort of rent.

This dream again…

Why do I have them?

What does all this mean?

Her questions were never answered as she soon found herself on the top of a giant toad in one heck of a rodeo. Her body struggled as this creature did everything to throw her off. She wouldn't give up that easily.

Her vision soon changed to her fighting some demonic looking thing, the irony is that thing was the one person she somehow felt really close. She hated this part as it made her feel…afraid…not because of the pain in her chest as this thing had killed her, not because of the sudden overwhelming power…but from losing someone close. She remembered the hurt as her dream ended.

Applejack woke up as the few golden rays of Celestia's sun made it over the horizon. Rolling out of bed, Applejack stretched her body, popping some knots out of her body, and went to the kitchen. Pouring herself a cup of coffee, the farm mare couldn't help but have the cravings for ramen…and lots of it. "Again with these darn cravings," said Applejack as she stamped her hoof waking a nearby Granny Smith, "Oh, sorry 'bout wak'n ya, Granny." As Applejack left, Granny Smith couldn't help but smile a bit and said, "So you're start'n to show yerself…Gaki."

Applejack made it to the picnic area that she was to meet the others at and saw the others there. "Sorry A'm late," said Applejack as she licked her lips, "Had to settle a craving for ramen." Applejack looked at her friends, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Twilight Sparkle as she joined them on the blanket and grabbing a daisy sandwich. A'h don't know why, Applejack thought to herself, but I always feel so comfy with ma'h friends.

The fun was soon interrupted when a grey Pegasus with a spikey black mane appeared and said, "You girls don't know where I can find a fox now…do ya?" There was something off about him as he had a wicked grin and his forelegs were really fidgety. "What do you want with a fox?" asked Rainbow Dash before a blast of air launched her from her spot. The grey Pegasus had a hoof up to reveal a small hole on the bottom and said, "My boss just want to skin the fox for the power it has." The Pegasus then saw Fluttershy and his smile widened as he said, "I guess I'll finally get revenge on someone from my past life."

"DYNAMIC ENTRY!" shouted a voice as a large red stallion with an orange mane suddenly appeared and kicked the Pegasus away. "Big Mac'!" said Applejack as she recognized her older brother, "What're you doin' here?" Before Big Mac' could answer, he jumped into the air to avoid another blast from the Pegasus. "Now you're going to get it," said the Pegasus before another pony arrived. She was an Earth pony with a dark green coat and a blond mane. She also had that cocky look on her face.

"I think it's time we end this," said the mare as she lifted up her front left hoof, "One hoof is all I need." Angered, the Pegasus rushed towards the green mare only to stop when the mare slammed her hoof to the ground. The ground broke from underneath, causing the Pegasus to trip into the same hoof that launched him into the air. "I'm gettin' rusty," said the mare as she punched the air with her hoof, "been mak'n too many of those apple fritters."

Is that… thought Applejack as she asked, "Granny Smith?" The dark green mare faced Applejack and smile as her body then became the lime green earth pony elder. "The one and only," said Granny Smith as she saw her granddaughter and her friends stare at her, "It's mighty rude to stare." Snapping out of her stupor Applejack asked, "Just what in the hay is goin' on?"

"I can answer that," said Twilight as she walked towards Big Mac and Granny Smith, "the three of us are special ponies call Po-nin; ponies that had a past life as a shinobi, warriors of the shadows." Granny Smith closed her eyes as she became her young self before the eyes of the other mares and said, "Yes, the three of us, as well as others, are reincarnations of ninja. I myself was once Tsunade Senju, one of the three legendary Sanin and expert at medical jutsus. I'm still pretty strong, although I'm thinking that I need to get back to my routine." Big Mac hung his head in dread and said, "A'h was a complete weirdo in my past life: I was Maito Gai, a taijutsu specialist that always spoke about the Flames of Youth!"

"What about you Twilight?" asked Rainbow Dash, "I bet you were someone lame." Twilight closed her eye and let out a sigh. "I was a prodigy," said Twilight in a proud tune, "I was no one special." Granny looked at Twilight as she caught the real message and thought, When are you going to be healed of your pain. Big Mac saw the look on Granny's and then at Twilight, knowing what was going on; Twilight was still in pain from her past.

"So," asked Fluttershy, "how can you…um, tell if somepony is a Po-nin?" Twilight's ears twitched and faced her friends and said, "Well that depends on who the shinobi was, but there are signs: One of them is experiencing unusual dreams that seem so real." A shiver ran down the purple mare's back before she continued, "Another sign is that the pony goes through what is known as the 'Rebirth Stage.' In other words, that pony will adopt certain habits of their past self." It was Big Mac's turn to shiver as he remembered his 'youthful' phase. "There is a constant when the reincarnations involves a unicorn," said Granny, "most of the time that unicorn's past life had a Kekkei Genkai, a special unique power that belongs to clans that possess that power."

"Then there's the jinchurikis," said Twilight as her tone became serious. "What pray tell is a…" asked Rarity as she tried to pronounce the word, "jinchuriki?" That was when Pinkie's tail twitched before Princess Celestia landed nearby and said, "A jinchuriki is a shinobi that possessed power beyond anypony's imagination and if properly trained, that pony could be on an equal playing field with myself AND Luna if we were able to use the Elements of Harmony." The Mane Six, minus Twilight, were shocked at this piece of information. "The only thing about the reincarnated jinchurikis is that there were only nine of them and their 'Rebirth' is really crazy," added Twilight, "We've only known about one and he is a professional trapper."

Applejack was thinking about the dreams she had, devouring five bowls of ramen and still keep herself from gaining weight. She then thought about the Pegasus that attacked her friends and how he threatened them. "That feller that Granny clobbered must'a been one of those Po-nin," said Applejack as a scowled formed on her face, "that teme." Celestia caught this and magically got some fresh hot ramen and waved it in front of the farm mare. The aroma entered Applejack's snout as she began to drool and asked, "Is that ramen A'h smell." Celestia set the bowl down as Applejack quickly slurped up the noodles and gulped the broth down. "How could you eat that awful stuff and not gain a single pound?" said Rarity before the farm mare gave her a nasty look.

"Don't you ever insult the one of the greatest foods in the world," said Applejack, "A've had dreams where the only thing Ah could eat was ramen as these strange creatures refused to give me anything else or even spoiled goods!" The most regal of ponies fell to the ground laughing at her discovery. "What's so funny?" asked Applejack, forgetting her anger towards Rarity. "We've found HIS reincarnation!" said Celestia as she picked herself up, "Applejack, you are the reincarnation of Naruto Uzumaki, the greatest hero in the world and jinchuriki of the Nine-Tailed Fox!"

"I…wha…" said a flabbergasted Applejack at the moment before she passed out. Twilight used her magic to place the unconscious mare on Big Mac's shoulders as Rainbow Dash arrived. "What I missed?" Rarity and Twilight filled in what Rainbow had missed and she didn't believe it at first, but said otherwise after Twilight breathed fire. "Wow…" said Rainbow as she stared at Twilight in awe, "that…was…WAY MORE THAT 20% COOLER!"

Rarity couldn't help but chuckle until she saw the nervous smile on Twilight's face. "Darling?" Rarity asked, "Is something the matter?" The lavender mare snapped out of her thoughts and said, "Yeah…I'm alright." Rarity watched Twilight quickly trot up to Princess Celestia and knew that some was bothering Twilight. I know it's not my place, Rarity thought as she followed the group to Sweet Apple Acres, but Twilight needs to know that she can talk to us whenever she needs it.

In a dark room, a wounded Pegasus walked in with a visible limp and broken jaw. "So," said a voice from the darkness, "did you find anything about his reincarnation, Sky Burst?" The now identified Sky Burst scowled and said, "I couldn't learn anything as some green earth mare kicked my flank when I wanted to get revenge for my past self when I saw a pink-haired mare." The sigh was heard from the darkness as another voice spoke up, "Even though Sky Burst was unable to find him, we have learned about the other reincarnations. We just have to be careful as one of them was a Sanin in her past life."

Sky Burst looked to see a grey unicorn stallion with matching colored mane wearing glasses walk in. "I-I-I-I'm sorry Doc Venom," said Sky Burst with fear evident in his voice. "There's no need to apologize," said the unicorn as he adjusted his glasses, "my agent had learned of the three reincarnations in Ponyville that are there. It was unfortunate that he had to leave as the Princess had arrived before he learned of any more information." Sky Burst was ticked off that there was someone else with him, he was a solo act!

"Very well," said the voice in the darkness, "I will send a couple of my agents to investigate. Celestia would never just waltz in like that." Sky Burst and Doc Venom bowed towards the voice and said, "Long live the New Revolution." The figure in the dark had an evil smile and said, "Long live the New Revolution."

Next Time on Po-nin:

"How the hay am I to learn what Naruto learned?"

"Who wants ice cream?"

"Wreck everything you see!"

"Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Well, now that Applejack has learned that she is the reincarnation of Naruto Uzumaki, jinchuriki of the Nine-Tailed Fox, what will happen to her now? What is Twilight Sparkle's secret? And what is this talk about a new revolution?