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Chapter 2

Twilight quickly wrestled spike to the ground covering his mouth with her hoof.

"sshh spike he'll hear you" twilight said.

Spike mumbled something behind the hoof

"what?" Twilight asked taking her hoof away from her assistant.

"he'll hear me from sugar cube corner? " he asked exasperated.

"well you never know maybe" twilight said embarrassed.

"So you like naruto, wow I didn't see that coming ".

Twilight gave spike a sudden narrow eyed stare not liking the way he said that.

"why not exactly".

"Oh no twilight I didn't mean it that way I just always thought you would go for the brainy type and Naruto is great and we're friends I just think everyone else not me of course but everyone else thought you would go for celestia's other student" spike stated flustered

"what are you talking about the only other student is Sunset...I... look Spike what happens in human world stays in human world," Twilight said while poking the little dragon in the chest.

"and while I admit naruto does seem a bit dense at times he has worldly knowledge, the guy has traveled everywhere it seems all to pursue lesser known magics even I haven't heard of" twilight defended.

" besides a long distance relationship would never work out and I'm pretty sure something is going on with Sunset and my human counterpart" Twilight finished as she finally got off of the little dragon.

"Yeah your right about that I remember when I first met Naruto. He had me use my fire to send different stuff to canterlot all day. He was so excited, he reminded me of you when you get a new spell" spike replied

"exactly he has a thirst for learning" the mare stated proudly.

" yeah well since when did you like him? You didn't seem interested in him like that before." Spike asked.

Twilight had a faint blush to her face as she spoke

"no I didn't it was a few weeks ago, he came to the library a lot to borrow my magic books and we started talking more then he learned I knew teleportation."

(Flashback tree house library a few weeks ago )

Twilight was having tea with a dark orange unicorn colt with a blonde and slightly unruly spiked mane and if he had been standing would be just a few inches shorter than big Mac. His most noticeable trait was his cutie mark, a darker blue spiral leading to what appeared to be a stylized leaf in the center and four small golden triangles pointing in the cardinal directions.

Naruto coming to visit was becoming a common occurrence as the two quickly became closer friends while discussing magic and hearing about each others adventures.

Twilight teleported to the top floor to grab a book she had left by her bed.

"twilight you can use teleportation!" The colt shouted excitedly

"uh? Oh yeah I guess I never mentioned that, it's not that amazing is it?"

"Twilight I've never seen anyone besides the princesses and discord use that spell so easily, you make it seem so casual, your amazing" Naruto said excitedly as he looked up at her, his blue eyes practically sparkling.

Twilight was quickly gaining an embarrassed blush.

She was definitely not an attention seeker but it was nice to hear such compliments from the handsome colt, especially because he knew enough about magic to truly mean what he said.

Suddenly there was a very loud pop beside her signaling that Naruto had also teleported up to her but he had ended up halfway across the room and somehow arrived upside down. He looked dizzy and his hair was a touch singed.

"I've been trying for months but this is the best I can do. Twilight can you help me?" Naruto asked her with a driven look in his eyes.

Twilight felt that faint blush beginning to grow. Naruto was often like Pinky at times, bouncing from subject to subject in their discussions but when he directed all his attention on her she felt the intensity in his blue eyes and just barely managed to reply

" sure I'd love to". Twilight said.

The next week flew by as the two ponies practiced every evening together and with twilight's help Naruto quickly became proficient in the spell.

It was in these days that twilight learned two very important facts about Naruto. The first was the answer she got when she asked why he had never had formal training in spells.

She asked why his parents never enrolled him into an academy with his talent and curiosity in magic. That the answer would be that he was an orphan was shocking to say the least.

The second was that Naruto was far from satisfied in merely being able to perform a spell. He wanted to know it's limits;how many ponies could he transport, how many nonliving things could he carry, was it the same way Discord traveled, was there no distance limit.

He asked many questions even twilight hadn't considered. thus they continued to spend time together researching.

It was little by little but Twilight started to notice more things about Naruto, his kindness and his humor. There was his long gazes into the forest almost as if he was trying to see something that wasn't there. She began to pay more attention to his smile than the research.

Twilight sparkle was falling in love without even realizing it.

The deciding moment came at the end of the second week of research when naruto started poking her in a bout of boredom. "Naruto stop"

"stop what"?

"Stop poking me obviously" she said holding back a laugh and trying to keep a straight face.

"why" he asked as grin starting to slide across his face

"your ticklish aren't you?" He started drawing closer.

"no" twilight said with a nervous laugh.

Naruto pounced and started a tickle fight that seemed to last forever as they chased each other with teleportation. Their laughter loud enough to echo through the tree.

When they finally lay exhausted together on the floor the clock began to strike the noon bell.

" oh darn sorry Twilight I gotta go Pinky is going to teach me how to make ramen muffins " Naruto said as he got up to leave.

"oh ok " she said feeling a bit down and another emotion she wasn't sure about.

" great see you tomorrow Twilight, I'm lucky to have a friend like you" he said leaving.

"yeah bye" she said watching him leave and feeling strangely disappointed about his farewell.

It was while watching him run into Pinky and seeing the cheerful baker grab him into a hug on the way to sugar cube corner that Twilight realized what she was feeling, jealousy.

Twilight was a smart pony and she knew why she was feeling this way, she had read enough of Rarities romance novels to realize why she would be jealous over a simple hug.

"But what if I want to be more than friends" she whispered.

(Flashback end)

"Wow twilight I noticed he was around a lot but I had no idea you had a crush on him" spike said.

He was clearly a bit shocked at the normally cool headed pony being so emotional.

"So I guess you haven't told him right? " he asked.

"not through lack of trying spike " Twilight said as she gained a frustrated look.

"What do you mean ". Spike asked.

Twilight sighed.

"well first I decided I'd get his attention with the right mood so the next time he came over I had candles out and music but.." twilight stopped and sighed again.

" what! What happened Twilight?" Spike asked in suspense.

" Oh spike, he.. he actually fell asleep " she said depressed.

"ouch" spike cringed

"then I tried to be more bold and moved closer to him while on the couch but he didn't even notice he just asked me my opinion on the Crystal empires magic heart" twilight said looking almost angry.

"Oh spike can you even imagine what it's like to crush on somepony who doesn't see you romantically at all, to have all your attempts at romance be treated like they didn't happen." Twilight said in despair.

Spike gave a Twilight a long stare and then looked over at the giant heart card.

"Oh right sorry spike I guess you do understand". Twilight said a bit embarrassed over her outburst.

" wait twilight maybe friendship is the answer " spike said

" what are you getting at here spike " twilight replied.

"Rarity, if anypony can help you it's her right" spike shouted with excitement.