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Astral: things might seem a bit slow at first but they are intended to be that way, so stay tuned the real action will start in due time
Oracle:Oh and about a things Sora Yoru is an OC he has nothing to do with Naruto Shippuden's Sora who is non-canon
Astral:Indeed our canon is the manga so movies and fillers are not accepted and their exclusive characters does not exist Toneri included.
Chapter 1:
a new friend and a new problem
Naruto was sound asleep in his bed when he was suddenly woken up by voice "Naruto wake up, you are going to be late for the academy" Naruto opened his eyes to see Sombra next to his bed "Huh...Sombra? Is that you?" he asked
Sombra nodded "Yes it is, I found a way to materialize outside of your mind...tough only you can see me and I can't go too far from you so it is not really that helpful" he replied with a heavy sigh.
"Well at least I know you are not just a dream" Naruto replied with his usual goofy smile that seemed to be really contagious, since Sombra could not help but smile too.
"If you say so, but remember that no one beside you can see me" Sombra answered with a slight smile.
Naruto nodded "Yeah, but that would not change anything, they already see me as a freak anyway...so I doubt they will mind me speaking to my imaginary friend" he said with a heavy sigh.
Sombra flinched, the way the kid was treated was really awful. And there was little he could do beside watching out for troubles and be supportive, though he would have to admit he did not knew much about helping peoples who felt that way. Being an ex-tyrant social interaction and "friendship" weren't exactly his best subjects.
"hehehe looks like the kid is not that far from giving in to his own darkness, as opposed to what he might try to show" a dark voice whispered in a corner of Sombra's mind.
Sombra frowned and then forced a smile "Well at least I'm here...and who knows, maybe there will be other kids like you that you have yet to notice" he said trying to cheer the blond up.
Naruto smiled weakly "Yeah may be your right...no you gotta be right! After all not everyone is alike but we are not all completely different!" he said his smile becoming brighter and as goofy as usual.
Sombra kept smiling and relxed a bit while casting a glance at his shadow. Said shadow seemed to move out of it's own accord and seemed to express anger in the way it constantly changed shape "I won't let you win twice, not this time you won't win" Sombra thought glaring at his shadow.
Naruto and Sombra avoided talking aloud on the way to the Academy, instead They used a telepathic link which allowed Naruto to not attract unwanted attention. As they walked to the Academy Sombra noticed villagers glaring at Naruto as usual, they were mostly the parents of the other students. They pointed their fingers at Naruto while whispering something to their kids, most likely telling them to stay away from the Kyuubi's container. Sombra used an illusion spell as discreet as possible to avoid Naruto seeing or hearing what they did and said, which was easy since the blond was focused on their conversation.
When they arrived at the Academy Sombra was shocked as he looked at the girls that bickered about the place next to a certain Sasuke Uchiha. He could not quiet grasp why they would fight to sit next to someone who would just ignore them. It was obvious the boy saw them as an annoyance but it was none of his concern so he did not bother with it much. What bothered him though was something else entirely.
"SHUT UP NARUTO!YOU IDIOT!" Sombra turned around to see Naruto get punched in the face by Sakura, again. From what he learned in Naruto's memories the blond fell in love the pink haired banshee who happened to be a brainless fangirl. He sighed heavily,he would have to talk Naruto out of this stupid one sided romance that would end up hurting him more than anything.
Iruka entered the classroom "Please everyone sit down..." he said but no one seemed to have heard him "SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN BRATS!" the chunin went to sit in the last row, alone.
Once everyone sat down in their place, Iruka let out a sigh of relief "Good morning everyone. Today we are welcoming new students that were transferred from the civilian school" he said, the whole room began to broke in a loud fit of chatters, Iruka glared at them and they stopped before he had to shout at them yet again which Sombra was thankful for.
He looked at the door "Sora, Irihi, come in please" Iruka said with a soft smile as a boy and a girl went in the classroom.
The girl had long blond hair with some red streaks and moderate cyan eyes. she wore a purple shirt along with an orange skirt. she also wore black boots with purple flame designs on them and a black leather jacket. She looked rather confident and smirked at everyone, she seemed to be sizing up the other students and judging them.
The boy on other hand was an inch smaller than the girl, he had purple eyes and short sky blue hairs. he wore a dark blue shirt along with a white scarf and black jeans. he had black ninja sandals. Unlike his female counterpart he looked nervous and did not dare to look at the class.
Iruka put a hand on the boy's shoulder for comfort "Go ahead and present yourselves" he said with a smile
The girl stepped forward still smirking confidently "My name is Irihi Kirameku, you will soon learn to know me as the best without contest possible" she said smugly.
"Talk about arrogance...such shame though, she is pretty" Naruto muttered under his breath making Sombra sigh "Indeed quiet arrogant...but there's something off with her...it almost feel like she has...equestrian magic" the dark unicorn replied.
Naruto stared at him "Equestrian magic? Are you saying she is from your world?" he asked.
Sombra nodded "She is, or she at least has something that come from Equestria I can guarantee that" he said.
"Weird...and what about her name...Irihi, it mean Sunset..." Naruto whispered, then suddenly Irihi was staring at him and he gulped at the look he got from her.
"What's happening?Why is she looking at me?" Naruto asked through the telepathic link as he saw that Sombra had disappeared
"We got ourselves a big problem! she sensed my magic!She is obviously a unicorn in human disguise!" Sombra replied.
Iruka chuckled nervously as some of the girl in the class already tried to glare holes through Irihi's head, some thought she was a rival that was trying to steal Sasuke from them and other just could not bear her arrogance.
"Well Sora, why don't you present yourself?" Iruka said with a smile.
The boy nodded "M-my name is Sora Yo-Yoru" he said timidly.
"Okay there are places next to Naruto on the last row" Iruka told them. They both went to sit next to Naruto.
"Hello Sora,Hi Irihi" Naruto said with a bright smile.
Sora nodded slightly acknowledging the salutation "H-hello Naruto-san" he replied politely
Irihi merely rolled her eyes "Yeah hello" she said before paying attention to the class and ignoring Naruto and Sora, tough she spared a few glance at Naruto, all full of curiosity and somewhat mistrust.
The things went smoothly except when out of nowhere a farting noise came from Iruka's sit. Irihi glared at Naruto having noticed his hand sign and mischievous snicker. "NARUTOOOOOO!" Iruka shouted knowing exactly who it was since these kind of things where always the blond knuckle-head's doing. The angry teacher sent Naruto in the corridor to be brought back in in a half-hour.
"pff damn dead last always trying to attract attention" Kiba muttered.
"Yeah right, he is so stupid he get punished everyday and yet he persevere" Sakura added nodding in agreement.
Irihi sighed and shook her head "How can one be so stupid...or is he?" she thought starting to get suspicious remembering the magic that she detected earlier.
During the kunai and shuriken training as well as Taijutsu training Irihi showed skills that were far superior to the other girls and even most boys. her spar with Sasuke ended with a tie. But she did not fool Sombra, she won her spars using mostly cunning and skill but against Sasuke she used magic to be faster and somewhat stronger as well as tripping her opponent a few times with said magic modifying the floor beneath her opponent's feet. Even her perfect scores at Shuriken and Kunai were a product of her magic, yes she cheated by enchanting her weapons . When Sombra talked about it with Naruto the boy was upset but said nothing, it was not fair but no one would believe him. After all magic was only old fairy tail.
But the thing was that whether the test was written or practical Irihi showed incredible skills. Even ninjutsu seemed easy when you looked at her as she produced a clone with relative ease, and it wasn't even a spell she passed as a jutsu, her chakra control was perfect.
One thing that angered Naruto was when she rubbed her success in the face of the other girls, she basically boasted about her superiority in front of everyone all day.
Finally the classes ended with Iruka telling everyone to start preparing for the survival test the day after tomorrow.
After classes Naruto was about to go and talk to Sora who had been pretty silent the whole time, but he was stopped by Irihi who stood in his way "Huh hey Irihi, anything you want to ask me?" Naruto asked kind of nervous.
"Cut the act, I know you are not as stupid as you may pretend...beside you got magic, don't you?" Irihi said accusingly "don't deny it, I sensed it and you have sensed it too. The other detection spell in the room and the other spells I sensed that suddenly disappeared as soon as I detected them where yours,right?"
Naruto scratched the back of his neck not knowing to say, he obviously could not tell her about Sombra, she would panic or attack him. "You can hardly lie to her on the fact there's magic coming from you...say everything I tell you" Sombra told him through telepathy making sure that Irihi would not manage to detect his magic.
"Well my magic is the result of...an accident, I found some sort of amulet and there was some sort of weird spark and then..." Naruto was cut by Irihi "I understand, your magic is just a freak accident with an amulet, these kind of things already happened in Equestria before" she said with a sigh, tough she looked like it she find Naruto's story hard to believe. She would have to wait for a chance to expose him.
"So you really are a...pony?" Naruto asked looking really confused.
Irihi nodded "Yes, my true name is Sunset Shimmer I created that alias to fit in, and don't ask how I ended here I don't want to talk about it. Let's just say that I left because they would not acknowledge me for who I was" Sunset explained.
Naruto frowned "Well if you were already as arrogant and aggressive as you are right now there's no wondering why they did not want to congratulate you on your oh so great abilities!Oh and nice display of magic during your TAIJUTSU spars" he said
Sunset rolled her eyes "I got vantages, I used them. There's nothing else to say. Beside the Hyuuga girl used her chakra so I don't see what's wrong with magic infused hits" she replied.
Naruto glared at her even harder "Oh really? and what about trying to trip Sasuke during your spar? That does not count as fair! that's cheating! just like when you enchanted your kunais and shurikens!" he ranted.
Sunset scoffed looking obviously annoyed by the boy "Oh come on, there's no such thing as cheating among shinobis. There's only those who are ready to use every asset they got to get the victory. That's all that matter, winner or loser. If you don't understand that you are as dumb as the others say you are! With that mentality no wondering why you are the dead last!Really you fail even the easiest jutsus in the book like the basic bunshin no jutsu" she snapped she turned around and walked away.
Naruto flinched at what she said "As I already said if you act like that don't be surprised if you end up alone and without friends " he replied before walking away too.
Sunset Shimmer stopped walking as Naruto's words reached her ears "Friends...pff the same stupid advice I got from Celestia" she muttered under her breath as she went on her way back home all alone.
On the way back home Naruto met Sora "Hey there Sora! how are you?"
Sora nearly jumped out of his skin "Oh...hello Naruto-san. I-I'm okay I guess" he said shyly.
"Heh no need to be so overly polite, you can call me Naruto I won't take offence" Naruto joked as they arrived to the apartment complex where he lived "You live here to?" he asked
Sora nodded "Yes the Sandaime gave me an apartment there because I don't have anyone to take me in" he explained with a bit of sadness.
Naruto's eyes widened "Really? so we are the same in a way?! Come with me, let's have ramen together!" he said dragging Sora along.
"R-ramen? what is ramen?" he asked.
"What?! you don't know! Oh that's an emergency man! If you haven't tasted ramens yet you have not lived yet!" The hyperactive blond shouted as he dragged the blue haired boy all the way to the ramen stand. Sombra smiled seeing how happy Naruto was tough he wondered if the the knucklehead was not hurting his new friend seeing the way he pulled Sora's arm.
When the two arrived at Ichiraku ramen they were greeted by Ayame, the chief's daughter. "Hello Naruto, who's your friend?" she asked.
Naruto nodded "That's Sora, he is a new student and has never ate ramen" he said.
Ayame chuckled "Well then let's change that, any particular kind you are interested in?" she asked Sora.
Who nodded shyly "Y-yes...I-I'd like beef please" he said sounding almost shameful in the way he said it.
"Okay, but...is something wrong? you sound hesitant" Ayame said with a chuckle.
Sora scratched the back of his neck "We-well let's just sa-say that where I come from pon-...peoples tend to frown upon the consumption of meat" he said. Sombra stared at Sora as a few things he said made him curious but did not really paid it much mind thinking they were coincidences.
Ayame smiled "Don't worry, here no one will judge you for something that silly here" she said as Her father already began to prepare the orders.
Sora smiled slightly and shyly but it was sincere, when the orders arrived Sora was shocked by the amount of ramen that Naruto could eat. After seeing the blond starting to inhale the noodles at a heart sickening pace, Sora began to dig in and let out a delighted groaned as he took his first mouthful of noodle and meat.
After talking a bit about the Academy and finishing their ramens Naruto and Sora said goodbye to Ayame and walked toward the apartment complex.
"Well that was great, thank you Naruto" Sora said with a smile holding out his hand.
"We can do it again later if you want " Naruto replied as he shook Sora's hand with his usual goofy smile.
Sora noticed that Naruto had bandages around his fore arm. "What's this?" he asked
Naruto chuckled "I did something stupid with a kunai" he answered.
Sora took the bandage off to see the cut was not fully healed and brought a palm that glowed with chakra to his wrist "There this should be better" he said as after a few second the cut was sealed.
"Wow you know medical jutsu?! Awesome!" Naruto shouted.
Sora chuckled "A bit, I got a good amount of control over my chakra and my instructor accepted to show me how to do this since I was interested. after all we had done all that was needed for me to catch up with the academy standard and we still had a few month of training left so she taught me a few other things" he explained
"Ah I see...well see you tomorrow!" Naruto said with a smile.
The two boys went to their respective apartment for the night, they needed rest for what was to come. After all the day after tomorrow there would be a survival test, and the team for the test would be announced tomorrow.
The next morning at the Academy Sora sat between Naruto and Sunset, he could feel the tension between the two and did not want them to be at each other's throat. He wondered why they were like that but did not mind much.
Iruka annonced the team for the survival test and finally he called Naruto's name which made him turn his head "Group 6 will be Naruto Uzumaki, Sora Yoru-" Iruka was cut by Naruto's loud cheer which got an amused chuckle out of Sora and a roll of Sunset's eyes "Naruto please calm down...and finally the third member of the group 6 is..." Iruka looked at his list since Naruto's loud cheer got his eyes off the paper and made him lost the group "...Irihi Kirameku" Sora facepalmed.
Sunset's and Naruto's reactions were more...vocal "WHAT?!" they both shouted
"Iruka-sensei! this can't be right! you can't put me with this idiot!" Sunset added pointing her finger at Naruto.
Iruka shook his head "You won't always chose the ninjas you will work with Irihi, same goes for you Naruto" he said.
Both stared at each other for a few minutes before saying "I hate you"
Sora facepalmed again "Well looks like I am the unluckiest guy around" he muttered not liking the idea to be stuck with both Naruto and Sunset since they would keep bickering during the whole test.
Sombra looked at the scene with an amused smirk "well things will get interesting it seems" he said with a chuckle, not that Naruto heard him as he argued with Sunset till Iruka told them shut up.
End of the Prologue
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