Holy crap, how long ago did I update this story?

A month. One whole freaking month… let's just get going so we don't have to wait anymore.

Chapter 1: Getting things started


It was a breezy, sunny day in Konoha. Perfect weather for a stroll, a picnic, or even just a relaxing nap. It seemed it would be just another ordinary day.

But of course, a certain Draconequus would make sure it wouldn't be. A portal opened up a short distance away from the village, with said spirit's cloven hoof popping out. The hoof promptly fell to the ground by itself, with no spirit of chaos attached to it. Soon, the rest of Discord's appendages began falling out onto the ground until lastly, the spirit's head popped out. His body parts quickly reassembled, and a Hawaiian shirt materialized onto him, along with three cameras on his neck.

"Ugh, what a trip. So much for express, that dimension jump felt as long as a month!" He rubbed his stomach. "Worse yet, I think I have vertigo. Everything looks like it's spinning… oh wait! That's because it is!"

True enough, Discord had used his magic to uproot the trees and caused them to start spinning around, along with anything else that was in the area. Happy as he was to release his mischief though, he quickly remembered that no one was around to witness it.

"Oh, silly me. What fun is it to cause chaos if I don't have an audience? Time to fix that." He flashed away, appearing above the village of Konohagakure. "Time to fix quite a few things, in fact.

The unsuspecting citizens of Konoha had no idea what was coming.


What started out as nice day slowly but surely became utter insanity. Discord's repairs came one by one, with the villagers none the wiser.

Firstly, he made the ninja headbands grow spider legs so they could walk around, carrying any unfortunate shinobi who still had the headbands on. Creating webs out of cloth, they snatched the hats off of anyone who walked by.

But that was only the start. At around noon, everyone found themselves unable to walk… due to the ground suddenly turning into a bouncy-like surface. No one could get anywhere without bouncing in the wrong direction. Even the shinobi had to use their chakra to keep themselves on the ground. And it just kept on coming.

Dogs seemed to gain the ability to fly at one o'clock. They began soaring around in V formation above the village. Two o'clock was met with geysers of guacamole. And 3 saw the change in color of the entire landscape, with assorted checkered patterns appearing on the ground, and the walls of buildings gaining different colored stripes.

Discord, in the meanwhile, was in a fit of uncontrollable laughter. Still above the village, he had conjured a bowl of chips and cup of tea, watching his masterpiece unfold. He stopped laughin and took a sip of his tea. "It feels good to get this out of my system. And the vacation has only started!" He held a chip away from his body; a guac geyser graced half of it, giving it a zesty flavor. "That means that the fun has only just begun." He threw the chip over his shoulder, and snapped his fingers; the instantly grew in size and began flying like a plane.

Before Discord could snap his fingers again, however, something caught his attention. His ear perked up and cartoonishly grew; it seemed to be coming from the Hokage's office. "Well, it looks like the locals are finally taking 'drastic' measures." Chuckling, he snaked his way over to the building.

Discord's eyes popped up on a wall in the building, spying on his otherworldly victims. Inside the office, the Konoha 11 had gathered, along with Sai. Kakashi, Yamato and Gai had also been called. They were all there, save for one blonde haired ninja with an orange jumpsuit. The others didn't seem to take notice, as they were busy trying to figure out the situation.


"Lady Tsunade, what in the world is going on out there?!" Sakura asked her mentor. "The whole world is going through some kind of crazy apocalypse!"

"Not the whole world, I'm afraid to say. That's why I've called you all here today." She stood up and walked over to the window. "Besides the obvious, of course."

"We took a bit of reconnaissance, and noticed the effects didn't even spread an inch beyond the village. Just stops right at the wall. That means that whoever is doing this has targeted us specifically." Kakashi added.

"Well, obviously." Shikamaru replied. "So what are we dealing with? Some sort of powerful genjutsu?"

Yamato was the one to answer. "If it is, we haven't broken it yet. We even have our best genjutsu users on the case, even Inoichi, and they still haven't figured it out."

Ino gasped. "Yikes. I can't believe it's even stumping my dad."

"Then we're dealing with a pretty crafty foe here." Kiba noted.

At this point, everyone had noticed Kiba's pal was missing. Chouji was the one to speak up. "Uhhh, Kiba?"

"Where do you think he is?" He said, pointing out the window.

Indeed, Akamaru was out flying with the other dogs. He howled as he swooped down and grabbed a piece of meat from a butcher, causing the owner to curse at the hovering pooch.

Tsunade gawked at the spectacle. "We'll… have to deal with that later. Right now, let's focus on our adversary."

Neji spoke. "I'm not sure if there's much we can do about the genjutsu, Lady Tsunade. If Inoichi cannot break it, it is less likely that we can."

"It's not genjutsu." Hinata spoke up, drawing everyone's focus to the timid Hyuga. Unprepared for the attention, she quickly shriveled. "T-T-The Byakugan can see through genjutsu. I'm… guessing that Neji didn't use his when this started, but I-I-I…" (Note: It really can. I'm not making that up.)

Everyone was shocked. "So everything that is happening is real?" Lee asked. Hinata nodded.

"Well, this just makes everything so much better." Tsunade mumbled.

"If I may add…" Sai started, and everyone turned their attention to him. "These… strange occurences don't seem to be harming anyone. Although it doesn't seem like a big observation, it makes sense if our enemy wishes to keep us on a wild goose chase while he works in the shadows, searching for whatever 'treasures' he can get his hands on. Since he isn't killing anyone, we can also rule out him being after a certain someone…"

Gai agreed with an uproar. "Of course! While we're focusing on the pointless jokes and pranks, our nimble and dirty thief is keeping to the shadows and stealing from right under our noses! It's the perfect plan!"

Shino gave his input. "Then we need to be searching for a pickpocket; someone who is probably wading through these occurrences as if they aren't even happening."

"Tch. So we have to search for a reality manipulating thief who's sticking to the places in the dark. Troublesome…" Shikamaru groaned, but began to chuckle. "But if anyone can catch someone like that, it's me."

"Alright then, everyone. You know what you're searching for now, so-" The hokage was interrupted by a bellowing laughter. "Or maybe he'll just decide to show his face…"

Discord had indeed begun laughing, unable to contain it any longer. "HAhahoahohahahahahaha…not even close!"

"So, you dastardly sneak. Decided to taunt us, eh? Come out and reveal yourself!" Gai shouted.

Lee joined in. "Indeed! Let us fight you face to face!"

"As much as I'd just LOVE to do that, it's not really my style. Besides, I'm too busy laughing at your naivete."

"Naivete?! What the heck is that supposed to mean?!" Kiba growled in anger.

"What on earth would I need your boring old things for? Magic powers are the only thing I ever need. You silly humans and your material posessions."

"Magic powers? You mean chakra?" Sakura asked.

"This guys a bit on the nutty side." Chouji commented.

"That blue misty stuff that comes out of your pores? Heavens no! Terrible for complexion. At least that's what Rarity always says about things like that. The voice rambled incoherently for a little bit before getting back on subject. But I suppose you wouldn't know what I'm talking about since I haven't told you a thing about me. Allow me to introduce myself."

A scroll from one of the shelves flew out and burst open, an image of a dragon drawn on it. But with a flash, the dragon was replaced by a strange creature, inked in the style of the scroll's art. The group was startled as the image began to talk.

"I'm the spirit of chaos… but you may call me Discord."


The next chapter should be out way sooner than this one took, so please don't worry. Nothing really more to say here.