I know I said the next update would have been Umbra Familiar, but I had this chapter almost finished so I thought to first complete this before focusing on that one. I am sorry.

Contrary to some readers begging me, the clone stays.

Why? I had the idea, I LOVE the idea, so the idea is valid and stays.

Nothing else matters, if I lose readers because of that...I will live with the regret for the rest of my pathetic life, but I will muscle forward all the same through the path I choose!

I am really sorry, but this is my final thought on the matter, so consider the matter closed.

By the way:

MY VERSION OF MAELSTROM IS A CLONE MADE REAL! HE IS REAL! HE NO LONGER IS PART OF NARUTO, THE MOMENT ANARCHY MADE HIM REAL NARUTO FELT THE LINK BETWEEN HIM AND MAELSTROM BREAK AS IT NORMALLY DOES WHEN A CLONE DISPELS, AS HE HIMSELF STATED, WITH THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT MAELSTROM STILL EXIST AFTER THE LINK'S BREAKING.

Maelstrom is by all/any (or whatever the right English term is) means a REAL ALICORN JUST LIKE CELESTIA AND LUNA, HE JUST POSSES THE EXTRA POWER OF CHAKRA AND THE EXACT COPY OF NARUTO'S KNOWLEDGE UP TO THE MOMENT OF HIS CREATION, MEMORIES INCLUDED BUT WITHOUT A BIJU INSIDE!

Thank you for your attention, I just wanted to make this clear, sorry for the Caps-lock, but SOME of you do not read AN and then lament lack of explaining/do not understand what I explain in the story.

Maelstrom: Male Alicorn. Same 'Body Sizes' of Celestia, Wild short 'spiky' blond mane, rust-red (Kurama's colour) fur colour, Cutie Mark of Nine Fox Tails forming a Uzushioagakure spiral with white center.

I don't know a thing about MLP, so I am basing the characters' reactions on what I saw while reading Sweetmiss' story.

"This is demon talking / jutsu"

"This is normal dialogue in the original story"

""This is flashback/ Thoughts in the original story""

#########000000########## - This marks the start and finish of the commentary of the characters actually stopping the reading for an instant.

("This is for short comments mid-lines that ideally do not interrupt the Flow of the reading.")

I Hope it is somehow clear, it's the first time I do this...

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or My Little Pony and I don't make a profit out of my or Other Author's stories. This is merely a Birthday present to a dear friend.

Reading "The Prince of Storms" Chapter 4: Oh boy! Romance! IT'S TOO EMBARRASSING!

White endless non-space – wherever it is that the group of readers is sitting -

"This place sure is confusing, I need to keep looking at you guys to even understand if I am right or upside-down..." Kiba said groaning.

"Does it even matter?" Discord asked bored.

"Yeeeesss?" the Inuzuka Heir drawled-out unsure.

"Tch!"

"...I am bored." Anarchy said whining.

"We all are." the draconequus' cousin replied annoyed.

"Are they done yet?" Shikamaru asked waking up in that precise moment from his small nap.

"Gwah?!" Chouji (he too jumping awake near him) tried asking.

"No, they are still arguing." Sasuke answered yawning while waking-up Sakura that had been using his lap as a pillow to sleep.

"Muunyah?" she asked with a cute sleepy pout.

"No, still arguing." the Uchiha answered somehow understanding her question.

"Oh."

Pony side -

"NO! NO! NO!" Pinkie said in childish stubbornness.

"HE IS A ALICORN! LOGIC DICTATES HE IS DESTINED TO LIVE WITH US IN CANTERLOT!" Luna answered using her booming 'Royal Canterlot loud voice' at full power.

"AND THE STORY SAYS I AM HIS PAIRING! SO I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO HAVE HIM STAY WITH ME!" Dash countered equally loudly.

"Dash, you shouldn't scream at the Princess." Fluttershy tried saying.

"YOU SAY THIS JUST BECAUSE YOU KEEP INSINUATING HE SHOULD LIVE WITH YOU!"

"Eeep!"

"WE CANNOT DECIDE FOR HIM!" Celestia yelled as she tried to force her way into the screaming contest.

"PRINCESS CELESTIA IS RIGHT! He will need to integrate with Equestria first!" Twilight added.

"NOO! NO! NO! NO! NO! HE IS NOT LIVING WITH YOU! I FORBID IT!" Shining Armour bellowed in answer.

"She is no longer a filly! Let her take her decisions!" Cadence interceded making her husband once-again turn his screams into a high-pitched shriek.

"DO NOT INTERFERE, WOMAN! I AM ACTING IN LIEU OF MY BEING HER BIG BROTHER!"

"DON'T YOU DARE YELL AT ME! I WAS HER FOAL-SITTER AND I KNOW SHE WON'T DO ANYTHING BAD! YOU ARE JUST BEING ANNOYINGLY-OVERPROTECTIVE!" the mare answered furious.

"I AM NOT OVER-PROTECTIVE!" he replied.

Human side -

"You are loving all this discord, don't you?" Tsunade asked grumbling.

"Honestly? Yes, yes I do. It is actually what is helping me fight the boredom of this interruption." Discord answered with a shrug.

"I like it too! It has a nice after-taste of anarchy!" Anarchy answered with a wide smile.

"Kakashi?" Tsunade tried asking for help by looking at her side…

And finding the man not there.

"Where is...he?" she said looking around until she saw him, Naruto and Hinata sitting around the 'NO LONGER A CLONE'...Clone of the blond shinobi as he tried to do something with his horn.

"Chakra still there?" she heard Kakashi ask.

"Uh-hu!" Maelstrom answered still with his eyes tightly close.

"You still remember the basics?" Naruto asked.

"...Yep, Boss!" the new Alicorn answered after a short pause.

"Then try, I know you can do it!" Hinata prompted gently.

"Uuuuuhn!" the stallion answered as sweat already started forming on his forehead.

Tzzt!

Tzzzzzzt!

F-F-FRIIIIIIIII!

After few long minutes of deep concentration and several rapidly-dying sparks a small, cherry-sized Rasengan finally appeared for an instant on the tip of his horn before quietly going Puff! As his surprise broke his concentration mid-formation.

"YOU DID IT!" Naruto said happily as he hugged his 'Kinda-quasi-pretty much-more or less' Alicorn brother tightly.

"You did it, Mael-kun! I am so proud of you!" Hinata added with a gentle smile.

"Yup! it's a good start, it means it can be done. You only need to work on stability and sizes now!" Kakashi said patting the stallion's back.

"Better than nothing, thank you for the help!" Maelstrom answered smirking.

"Think nothing of it...Are they still arguing?" Kakashi answered before noticing how Dash and AJ now were almost reaching the point of physically beating each other to smithereens.

Sigh! "Honestly...This is madness. Luna-san is the one that 'technically' knows me best since she red a manga detailing fairly well our life, but from what I remember of the show I personally would prefer Ponyville to Canterlot..." Maelstrom said sighing, unaware that the fight had stopped abruptly with every mare (and a still pissed Shining) discreetly leaning towards them to better listen. Even Celestia that was doing a good job at appearing as if not-eavesdropping, with only her blush betraying her lie.

Naruto Himself DID notice though, and he felt the urge to predate on that.

"We share the same tastes, right?" he asked with a test-book innocent tone only the Konoha faction understood was his mischievous side acting-up.

"Pretty much? I guess..." Maelstrom replied unsure.

"Soo...Knowing myself AND translating it to pony tastes..." he drawled-on secretly smirking at how the ponies, Draconequus cousins and one griffon, had their ears seemingly grow slightly larger to better listen.

"Let's see...You may find more attractive Shy-chan's shyness, because it's cute to see girls like her (and Hinata) blush once said the right thing." he said leaning towards his girl making her face burn red.

"Naruto-kun! You teaser!" she giggled covering her face.

"Myuuuuu!" Shy too covered her face with her wings in embarrassment from what he said.

"Or even prefer Dash-chan's spunky personality, sexy on its own right." he added making the cyan Pegasus blow a raspberry to Luna.

"Tch! This means nothing!" the Moon Alicorn answered.

"...Naah! Who am I kidding, it will all be a matter of who of them has the best bottom, the perfect ass so to speak." Naruto then said out of the blue making Kakashi and Maelstrom fall forward in a face-fault.

"AH-HA! I KNEW YOU WERE LISTENING, YOU PEEPING-TOMS-Eh?!" the blond then said triumphant as he spun around to point at the offended mares and-

"Ours is clearly the best one! Only Celestia herself has a better derriere than us!" Luna said huffing.

"LUNA!" Celestia replied scandalized.

"You mean that you do not feel pride in the results of your work-out?"

"...No, to be honest I do am proud of it." Celestia admitted sighing.

"So yes, we are sisters and we have the best bottoms, personality AND background, of course He would fall head-over-hills for us!" Luna said haughtily.

"Yours may be plump! But I work-out a lot, so mine is firmer!" Dash answered huffing unimpressed.

"Uuuhm...R-R-Rarity?" Fluttershy tried asking.

Sigh! "Yes, Fluttershy, your flank is very nice, I am sure he would like it." the Fashionista answered rolling her eyes.

"Thank you."

"I-I-I do not work-out! I-I spend much of my time sitting studying!" Twilight said in horror.

"Have no fear, Twi. You have a very nice back-side, right Spike?" Cadence said with a reassuring tone.

"Yes..." the small dragon answered looking a little disturbed about being asked opinions about his 'Quasi-mother' and her ass.

"You have the absolute best one." Shining said proudly.

"Oh, Shining! I-"

"That is why he WON'T come any close to it for as long as I draw breath!" he finished saying snarling.

"SHINING!"

"..." Pinkie looked straight in AJ's eyes without saying a word.

"..." the Farm-mare simply did the same as both looked at each-other with analytical eyes.

"...I help you win him over and you help ME win him over, then we will study a time-schedule to share and do not step on each-other hooves." Pinkie offered with narrowed eyes.

"...Eeyup, you got a deal. But no under-hoof tactics or the thing is over." AJ answered.

"Same here." the pink mare answered as both 'shook hooves' at that.

"HEY! Alliances are against the rules!" Dash said furious.

With Naruto and the shinobi group -

"I think I made it worse somehow." Naruto admitted surprised as he and the others rejoined the human group.

"I am honestly surprised myself, it was either them stopping in shame or them attacking you to cover the shame...Arguing over who has the bestass...Even I didn't see that coming." Sasuke commented in awe.

"They do think in a different way." Shino offered as an explanation.

"Yeah...let's go with that..." Maelstrom said as he walked to sit in the pony group.

"Can we please go on? We will never finish reading this otherwise!" Discord begged making the arguing stop abruptly.

"Y-Y-Yes. We better stop." Celestia offered with a weak smile.

"I will read this one...Since I am a Pony..." Maelstrom said sounding a little uncertain.

"Go on!" Naruto answered with an encouraging thumbs-up.

"Okay." the other replied taking-in a huge breath.

"Chapter 4: See the Rainbow, Love the Rainbow." As soon as he red that aloud Luna (up until that moment sitting next to him) yelped as Dash grabbed her tail to drag her a little away and sit next to him herself along covering his back with one of her cyan wings.

"Tch!" the Moon Alicorn huffed with crossed hooves.

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Canterlot – Castle – Dining Room -

Celestia sighed once again as she brought the mug of her morning tea up to take a sip, looking at the empty spot in front of her in sadness while eating alone as Luna was already in her bed to rest from her Night Job as Moon Princess and Guardian of Dreams and Maelstrom Knight probably was already in Ponyville to help the Element Bearers as he had promised them as this time he had even skipped breakfast altogether.

("What did I tell you about skipping breakfast, brat?" "I am sure I did have breakfast in Ponyville, I must have just avoided doing it with Celestia-san." "...You still angry at me?" "Me personally? No! The me in the story?...Maybe..." "Boss is right, it does sound like that.")

"Auntie?" a far-away echo of past memories rang in the back of her head as the spectral image of a young colt momentarily appeared sitting in front of her.

"Yes, Meally?" the Sun Alicorn heard herself answer.

"Don't call me like that! It's embarrassing!" the very young Maelstrom answered pouting making Past-Celestia laugh a little.

("Aaaaw!" "You must make a very cute colt, I guess!" "BAA-CHAN?!")

"What did you want to ask?" she remembered herself say with a gentle smile.

"When I'll get older...will you teach me how to rise the sun like you do?" Celestia 'saw' the young pony ask shyly.

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"BLASPHEMY!" Luna bellowed scandalized.

"What is wrong with him wishing to rise the sun? It's a respectable duty!" Celestia asked offended.

"The SON of us, PRINCESS LUNA AND GUARDIAN OF THE NIGHT...Is asking you to be the next one to raise the SUN?! What have you done to our baby?!" the Alicorn asked growling.

"...The Sun is bigger than the Moon." Celestia answered with narrowed eyes.

"Oh! Oh! Oh! Now you are putting it on a matter of sizes, eh?!"

"I am not, I am just pointing-out that MAYBE he understood it takes more effort to do what I do...It was probably just juvenile awe."

"How dare you-"

"While you were away I took care of Moon and Sun, the night shift was 'Easier'."

"It's strange to see them argue like that..." Twilight said in surprise.

"It's an argument that is going on and on ever since they were fillies, it's one of those pet-peeves that make both act like brats instead of Ancient Alicorns." Discord answered bored.

"ARE YOU CALLING US 'OLD'?!" Both Alicorns growled furious while glaring at the Draconequus.

"READ! READ!" he answered with a long shriek while shaking Maelstrom.

"I am reading! I am reading! But it's your fault, NEVER insinuate a woman is old! They do not take kindly to that." the Male Alicorn answered grumbling.

"Then why you do that to me all the time?" Tsunade asked growling.

"Because you are cute when angry, Baachan." Naruto answered unfazed.

"B-B-B-BAKA!" the woman replied with a fiery-red face.

"Exactly."

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"Only if you are a good colt..." the echo of the Princess' past answered.

As the memories faded away the Alicorn found herself alone again in the empty room filled only by the dull noise of a near clock.

"What happened? What drove us apart? He just eats in silence and then leaves to either train with the guards or study and spend time with Luna...can't he spend some time with me like he used to? He is ignoring my existence altogether." she asked to the empty seat sighing, she hoped that once back the blond stallion would have returned to be part of her life, instead he still treated her coldly, detached; showing his old 'Warmth' only to Luna and his friends...even the guards were treated in a more friendly way than Celestia, and that was tearing her apart inside.

("Ugh! Naruto's 'Silent Treatment'...It feels extra-wrong when HE does that..." "You asked for it when you refused to admit you liked my last prank, Kakashi-sensei. I saw you laugh, dammit!" "And you refused to speak to me for a week..." "I take my pranks very seriously, thank you.")

"He won't be able to hold a grudge forever, he will forgive me sooner or later. I just have to be patient," she muttered before hurrying to finish her breakfast so to start her duties as Princess.

"You know he will understand eventually, give him time. We are talking a lot and he has told me of his life as a human and his dreams and hopes, he will warm-up to you as well." Luna answered as she walked into the room.

"Why are you awake? You should rest," Celestia said.

"Nature was calling, Celly. Princess or not, I too need relief from time to time," the other answered smirking.

("Eeew! I didn't need to know you needed the bathroom!" "KIBA!" "Nuuuuh!" "I am sorry, Luna-san! Kiba is an idiot!" "SAKURA!?" "You are, Mutt. Now shut-up!")

"Then I won't keep you," the Sun Alicorn answered smiling.

"I am trying to talk him into forgiving you, but is not easy. Try to talk to him again yourself, he is not one to actually hold a grudge that long, I can assure you." the Moon Princess answered before returning to her room.

Meanwhile – Konoha – Uchiha Compound -

Ignoring whatever issue the Sun Alicorn was having in that moment, Sasuke was having other problems, because he just knew things were about to go so south to go full-circle the moment a winged horse with a spiky blond mane crashed through his door with a terrorized expression.

"Why are you here? And why without an Henge? You know people may panic at seeing a flying horse going around, it was a miracle people didn't notice Luna-san and Celestia-san last time they came here to take you..." Sasuke had said annoyed before freezing at seeing the horrified light in Naruto's eyes.

"I need help! I need help! I don't know what to do!" the distressed Alicorn kept saying while walking in circles, his horn flaring without apparent control making the whole room shock.

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"Oh, God...Panicking Naruto is bad news." Kakashi said grimacing.

"I am not that bad!" the blond replied offended.

"You are not NOW...But I still remember when you were just a kid, I don't know if it was Kurama's influence being too much for you to handle at the time or other factors, but you were a walking bomb until you got old enough to enter the Academy." the masked man answered shivering.

"...I may have been culprit of it in a small part..." Kurama admitted poking fingers.

"Eh?" the others asked.

"Naruto's childhood was not perfect, but only ONCE he was physically attacked...The poor bastard had lost his wife during Kurama's attack and tried to enact revenge on him..."

"WHO!?" Tsunade roared in blind fury, surprisingly Hinata was right behind her in reaction (along the whole human group and even more surprising, the pony one).

"We never knew." Kakashi answered wincing at both memories and glares of the assembled readers.

"How?" Celestia asked confused.

"We had no way to tell who that smear on the wall used to be, we know it was a matter of revenge for his wife because that was what he was heard screaming when he attacked."

"Eeeh?!"

"Weeeell...As I said Naruto was young, around five to be precise, and because the other orphans at the orphanage played a prank on him he had started thinking there was a monster in his closet...One night the attacker decided to wait for him to go to bed to ambush him, so he jumped out of that same closet screaming like a madman. We later guessed that the stress of a full week without a blink of sleep and Kurama's influence caused Naruto to...Snap...and go three-tails on that bastard; the very small Bijudama the attacker was blown-up with pulverized his body, part of the orphanage, cut in half the houses behind the orphanage and drilled a nice elephant-sized hole half-way through the walls around Konoha."

"..." a very astounded silence welcomed those words.

"I am very sorry for how I acted back there." Kurama answered looking down.

"But hey! After that he stopped worrying about monsters in the closet!...Sure it took the whole ANBU department, the Third Hokage in person and a six-hour-long battle to stop him from further atomizing the man's miserable rests and burn Konoha down, and he also got ostracized by the whole Village immediately after, but on the plus side there were not other attacks on his person!" Kakashi tried saying with a thumbs-up.

"And what about Danzo? I guess that was when he started having plans for me." Naruto asked sounding very disturbed.

"Nope! That was the moment he STOPPED having plans for you, and only after few rounds of counseling helped him recover from the trauma of taking part to that fight; where do you think he got the wounds that he then used as an excuse to implant those stolen Sharingans? He said it was during the last Shinobi War just to not admit a five year old almost killed him." Kakashi answered.

"..."

"Hey! Nopony here thinks you are a monster!" Dash said.

"Neither do we," Chouji said patting the back of the distraught blond.

"You were an overly-stressed, tired and scared out of his mind kid with a monster sealed inside; for that fur-ball it was the best time to take-over." Discord added unimpressed.

"...Thank you..." he muttered with a low voice.

"I'll keep reading, Boss. You just relax and enjoy it." Maelstrom said with a reassuring tone.

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Curiously, while the Elemental Nations may have 'jumped over' some inventions technologically speaking during its populace's evolution, the Uchiha heir was still having the same feeling a "normal" human would have at knowing that at few feet in front of him there was a Nuclear Bomb ready to go BOOM! At the slightest provocation.

("Aaah! I remember those..." "What are those, Baa-chan?" "Bombs able to destroy a whole Village, when I was just a kid few Civilians around the Elemental Countries decided they were tired of us Shinobi going to war and tried to erase a couple of Ninja Village with those." "And?" "We stopped them of course! By now the mineral they used to build them is strictly monitored and the plans to build them went all destroyed. Nowadays very few even remember what a 'Nuke' even was.")

"The Dobe used to be a powerhouse when in a Human body...now he is a magical horse that can do Magic with his horn, that means adding even MORE power to what he already had...and he is now panicking enough to lose control...in the middle of Konoha. This is not good." the young man thought in dismay.

("...What? Of course even I would panic in that situation! If he blew-up while inside my home you all would have thought I tried destroying Konoha again!" "...In hindsight, yes, yes the survivors would have thought it was your fault if two thirds of Konoha evaporated." "HEY!" "I don't mean to imply you would just lose control like that, Naruto." "You just did, Kakashi-sensei!")

"What kind of problem?" he asked trying to sound calm and not panicking himself.

"A big one! An HUGE FUCKING PROBLEM I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO RESOLVE!" Naruto, or Maelstrom or whatever Sasuke thought, answered shrieking.

"C-can I ask to the others to join us?" Sasuke asked back.

"Why?"

"I don't want to die alone if you blow-up...I think more heads will find a solution more easily," the Uchiha said with his most convincing tone while not voicing his concerns about a solitary demise should the other completely lose control.

("Hey! don't drag us down with you!" "Argh!" "Don't listen to Kiba, Naruto-kun! I believe in you!" "...Thank you, Hina-chan...")

"Oh! Okay...try to see if the girls too can join, a female point of view would be good...very good...absolutely good." the stallion answered as the floor gave-in under his body out of sheer magical pressure forming a crater.

"Do not demolish my house, I'll be back soon." Sasuke answered; as soon as he had calmly closed the door behind himself he sprinted forward, running faster than he ever had in his whole life, even faster than when he had fought Kaguya and Naruto himself.

("Nervous, aren't we?" "In that situation, it is clear time is of essence, hence he hurried-up." "He was just pissing himself, Shining-san." "KIBA!" "Sorry, Sakura! Sorry! EEEEEP!")

His old Teammate was a step-close at vaporizing the Village because unable to think straight, so he felt justified to simply grab his 'Targets' without stopping his run or explain; making Sakura, Ino, Tenten, Chouji, Shikamaru, Kiba and Akamaru, Shino and even Rock Lee disappear in what seemed, from an outsider's point of view, a barely-seen blur before returning home with a long chain of human rag-dolls flaying behind him.

"You. me. Dobe. Help. Now!" Sasuke said launching those people inside the room before slamming closed the door and sealing it into full-privacy mode.

"Why the room is spinning?" Kiba asked with spinning eyes from his face-down position on the floor.

"Hiraishin?" an equally confused Sakura asked dumbfounded.

"No, fear that the idiot will blow-up my house no jutsu. Now stop asking and start helping!" Sasuke answered.

("Pretty accurate name, Teme." "Thank you, Dobe...I guess...")

"Let's calm down. What's happening, Naruto?" Shikamaru asked with a groan.

"I...didn't expect all of you to be here, even just Sakura and Ino would have been enough." the stallion answered.

"I was in a hurry and forgot to ask what the problem was so I took everything I could put my hands on to cover every possible angle," Sasuke answered huffing.

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"What about Sai then?" Kiba asked curious.

"Sai has problems with relating with people by himself, adding HIS deficiencies to the situation would have been a sure-fire way to end in a disaster." Sasuke answered.

"Deficiencies or not, as you called them, it was still rude to ignore him." Shino commented.

"You should be grateful I even included you, Aburame are not exactly famous for being masters of emotions."

"Ngh." the bug user groaned looking down.

"HEY! That's my Teammate you are talking about!" Kiba growled angrily.

"Kiba..."

"ONLY I can joke about his being emotionally bland!"

"...Nevermind." Shino muttered looking depressed.

"Can we please go on?" Celestia begged sighing.

"We better." Tsunade answered glaring the human side into silence as Maelstrom started reading once again.

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"Spit it out, why are you here?" Ino asked frowning.

"I...I need help in a matter of, well, Heart." Maelstrom whispered while looking down.

"Heart? You are in love with someone?" Sakura asked as she and Ino eagerly sat at both sides of the Alicorn with an interested expression on their faces.

("Cough cough! Gossip mongers! Cough cough!" "HEY!" "Cough Cough! They are right, Sakura. Just admit it! Cough Cough!" "You too, Tsunade-shisho!?")

"Still talking about Hinata?" Chouji asked confused.

"..." the muttered answer was too low even for Kiba to hear.

"Can you speak louder? I think Akamaru too failed at hearing you," Kiba said annoyed.

"Rainbow Dash..." Maelstrom replied.

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"YES! To your face! IT IS ME THE WINNER!" Dash said smugly.

"I remember you that while first, WE OTHERS too will join, later." Twilight answered looking at the primary feathers of her wings with a nonchalant expression.

"What are you saying?" the Cyan Pegasus hissed with narrowed eyes.

"Nothin', Sugar. We aren't implyin' a thing, it was just-a talk between friends." AJ answered taking away some imaginary dirt from her stetson.

"The story though is one thing, reality and real life another...Just saying that a pairing THERE means nothing HERE." Luna, her mane somehow gaining a fraction of extra light making it look particularly enchanting, added casually.

"Right, sister?" she then asked purposely bumping flanks with Celestia strong enough to have the two buttcheeks slap loudly together making the Alicorn stallion gulp a tiny bit louder than normal.

"L-L-Luna..." the Sun princess answered with a red face, but never actually contradicting her.

"I-I-I think I will keep reading, Boss." Maelstrom tried saying making Naruto face-palm and grumble annoyed.

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"Rainbow Dash..." Maelstrom replied.

"Isn't she that girl you said help managing the weather in the small town where she lives?" Ino asked in surprise.

"Yes." he answered nodding.

"You are in love with a horse?!" Kiba yelled in shock.

("He IS a horse in the story, Kiba." "I know that, Shino. Tch!")

"Kiba, he IS a horse himself." Shino answered calmly.

("The author knows you well!" "Oh, do shut-up, you mismatched lizard!" "DISSY! THEY ARE INSULTING MEEEE!" "Then stop annoying them, Anarchy.")

"Oh! Yeah, I keep forgetting that the Henge is the human body and the horse is the real one, it's kind of hard to get used to it." the Inuzuka boy said nodding.

"How did that happen?" Tenten asked curious.

"I am taking flying lessons from her, since it's kind of different using wings than just flying with chakra...Luna-kaasan is fine and all and I just LOVE to spend time with her when she teaches me or when she tells me stories of my past or about hers and my father's time together, but she tends to be overly-cautious when we go through flying exercises so it's kind of boring." Naruto answered.

"And knowing you if it isn't at least a tiny bit dangerous you get bored easily," Sasuke said sighing.

("Yep! Danger makes training more fun!" "Dobe, you are supposed to deny that..." "I can't deny the truth." "I love you..." "Control yourself, Dash, please." "We are not boring." "Nopony said you are, Luna. Have no fear.")

"It's just because even in a different body his spirit is that of pure Youth!" Lee said smirking.

"In a sense, but with Dash it was better. She is funny, cool and pretty much an adrenaline-junkie! She doesn't beat around the bush when dealing with someone or something and always push herself to the limit to get better, and those eyes and her wings and...and her fur that is the colour of the sky and.." the stallion answered.

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"You had me at 'Cool', hot stuff. There is no need to butter me up more, I am not going anywhere." Dash said nuzzling Maelstrom neck while covering it in small bites.

"H-Help?" the Alicorn stallion, looking kind of disturbed by the bites and hug she was giving him, asked faintly.

"Dash, let him go." Twilight said slowly.

"...Umpf! Not even the freedom of joking a little, you others are a stick in the mud." the cyan Pegasus huffed annoyed as she immediately dropped the act to sit with her front hooves crossed and a frown on her face.

"And what if my Clone snapped and pounced on you?" Naruto asked with a straight face.

"EEEEP!"

"That was low and evil, Naruto...Good job!" Kakashi answered sternly to then drop the facade and grin at Dash newly-developed blush.

"It's a gift." the blond man answered smugly.

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"Okay, you got it bad! But what is the problem?" Sakura asked smirking.

"I don't know what to do! I happened to blurt-out a compliment or two and she seemed to like them, apparently for the others she is a pony-version of a tom-boy, but then...then...What if she doesn't like me enough to be my girlfriend? or if she says yes, then how should I act? I never was in a relationship! Will I fuck-up everything? I bet I will...take me out of a fighting situation and I am hopeless." he answered with a depressed tone of voice.

("That is not true." "Thank you, Hina-chan." "Please control yourself, I don't want diabetes." "You are just jealous, Kakashi-sensei.")

"Calm down, the most important thing here is being rational...and please Ino, stop petting him!" Shikamaru said before glaring at the blond Yamanaka girl.

"Uh? AH! Sorry! But he is just so fluffy and adorable!" she answered in embarrassment.

"He kind of is, I heard that Kurenai-san actually squealed when she saw his Pegasus form for the first time," Sakura added.

"It's Alicorn," Naruto said.

"Isn't that the same thing? You are a winged horse,"

"Apparently not, there is a difference."

("Of course there is! For example-" "Twi-chan, please." "Okay, Naruto.")

"Can we return to the matter at hand, please?" Sasuke asked just as the door was kicked down by a furious Tsunade.

"You have five seconds to tell me why you kidnapped those shinobi before I...Naruto?" Tsunade roared as she and Kakashi barged inside but stopping once they saw the stallion in the middle of the room.

"He was asking us for help since he has fell in love with one of his friends, Shishou." Sakura answered.

"Fell in love? Okay I'll handle this." the Sannin woman said while Kakashi simply gestured to someone outside to leave, probably ANBU that had followed them.

Said that the masked Hokage leaned on the door while the woman moved to sit on the floor near Maelstrom before grabbing him and setting him on her lap, daring with a glare any of the present to comment her petting and hugging him.

"Baa-chan! The fuck are you doing?!" Maelstrom said.

"Silence! It will calm the two of us. Now...who is this bitch that seduced you exactly?" Tsunade asked.

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"I have never!/Such language!" the two Alicorn sisters gasped scandalized.

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!?" Dash roared furious.

"Apparently I called you Bitch. Why? Is there a problem?" Tsunade asked cracking her knuckles.

"BAA-CHAN!" Naruto yelled moving in front of her.

"DASH!" Maelstrom copied him doing the same with Dash.

"...Sorry, Dash-san." Tsunade said bitterly.

"Apology accepted, it is only a story after all." the Pegasus answered just as stiffly.

"Okay, he does have very piercing eyes, that much I will admit." Rarity said surprised as the two versions of Naruto managed to defuse the situation.

"..." Spike looked very worried at hearing that as he eyed the two versions of the blond move back to their places.

"Uzumaki's genes, damn good at stares and talking everypony into doing what they want..." Luna answered purring and biting her lips.

"Please Harmony give me strength." Celestia muttered massaging her temples.

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"Dash is not a bitch! For God's sake, Baa-chan! I didn't tell Luna-kaasan for this reason alone! She too would have blown a gasket about it, what's wrong with me liking someone?" Naruto said in dismay.

"She is just worried to see a hussy corrupt you, just like me! Now start from the beginning and tell me how this happened and what had you go in full panic." the Sannin asked.

("True." "LUNA! What are you saying!?")

Sigh! "Okay, it all happened during our last flying session this morning; we usually go through some warming fly at dawn before moving towards more complex exercises later, the problem is what happened after that..."

Ponyville – skies – not so long ago -

Two streams of light could be seen soar above Ponyville at ludicrous speed with the golden-yellow one closely following the rainbow-coloured one with barely a split second difference, copying each maneuver the rainbow went through no matter if simple as a loop-de-loop or more complicated like a corkscrew spiral upward or downward.

Both streams then separated and started flying side-by-side spinning and turning before falling all the way to street level dodging every pony they came across an instant before impact and startling the poor 'victims' of their daring flight.

The mad race came to a stop when a rather huge cloud appeared in front of them, making the two lights rapidly spin around it until it took a shape more similar to that of a pillow where a blond Alicorn and a rainbow-haired Pegasus then collapsed onto on their backs, laughing while just happy to stay there to rest.

"Oh Boy! That was fast! And funny too!" Maelstrom said between fits of laughter.

"Hahahaha! Yeah, gotta say that it's rare for me to find another flying enthusiast, I mean many would see me as a blindly boasting foal or..." Dash answered with a small smile.

"Or an ass that just can't help but boast loudly as she talks about her dream? I know the feeling, I used to yell to the world how I would have become Hokage and protect everyone, but let's say that my Academic results at the time were not encouraging...but I never quit nor admitted defeat, and I don't think you should either." Maelstrom answered encouragingly.

("And that brought some damn good results, Naruto. You and Minato-sensei were very similar in that." "I can confirm that, your father would be proud seeing how strong you got, yes." "I...I don't...Thank you, Kakashi-sensei! Tsunade-baachan!")

"And then tell me, Mister Prince...why don't you find me a pain to talk to like many others usually do? Even Rarity and Twilight sometimes admit to find my talking about the Wonderbolts annoying," she asked back while inching a little closer to him.

"As I said, I was (and pretty much I still am) just as loud and boasting as you are now, so I actually admire how hard you work to get always better. Sure you still have that slightly inflated ego problem, but who am I to judge?" the stallion answered smirking.

"Ego Problem? Oh, do shut-up mister 'Super Ninja'! You are the very last one that should talk about ego!" Dash said giving him a playful bump on the shoulder with her hoof.

"Hoy! You can get away with that at least contrary to us others! you have good looks on your side too, so their arguments would be invalid in front of pure Awesomeness!" Maelstrom answered.

"Come on...enough compliments. It's not like I am all girly-girly like Rarity or a shy-cutie like Fluttershy..." she muttered with a humorless voice as she looked away.

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"You have other strong points, Dash-chan. You are cute on your own way!" Naruto said smirking.

"True, Boss is right." Maelstrom confirmed wholeheartedly.

"Gee, stop with the mushy stuff. I don't need that," Dash answered lamely with her wings fluttering open and closed without control.

"Naruto, No! Behave!" Tsunade said alarmed by his (and Maelstrom's) growing grins as both moved at each side of Dash to give a kiss each to both her cheeks at the same time.

"Meeeeeew!...AAAAAAARGH!" mewing cutely at the surprise the Pegasus turned beet red before exploding in violence, trying to kick away the two, only for both males to dodge her flailing to return to sit at their own position.

"Tsundereeeeee!" both chorused with a sing-song voice.

"I AM NOT!"

"You are, just quit it." Shikamaru answered yawning.

"A pretty bad case too." Chouji confirmed nodding.

"Twilight! Girls! Help me..." Dash tried saying before noticing how stiffly they were sitting and how their smile didn't look completely sincere.

"It's okay, Dashie." Pinkie said simply with her mane looking a bit too smooth.

"Just drop the issue, it's okay." even Fluttershy's voice seemed a bit cold.

"Girls?" the Pegasus asked aloud at the strange coldness she could feel rolling of the others.

"Competition?" Shino asked.

"So it seems." Kiba answered unsure.

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"I really think that you are a pretty girl, the ones treating you like a 'feminine' stallion are just plain idiots." He answered seriously.

"Pfeh!..." Dash huffed in disinterest.

"...People didn't use to treat me like a person back in Konoha, you know? It was always like they expected me to sprout fangs and attack them, this in the worst case; otherwise they just liked to think that failure was the only outcome of everything I wanted to do. Even when I became a Genin, the lowest-level of Ninja barely out of our Academy, in their eyes I could always see a total lack of trust or acknowledgment...you are a wonderful Pegasus that flies like no other, an incredible friend and a mare that everyone with even just a spark of common-sense would kill to talk to, let alone date..." he said as this time he was the one to move closer to her.

("...Sorry about that." "Yeah, sorry." "No need to apology, guys! I am over it.")

"...Really?" Dash muttered while turning to once again look at him.

"Really." he answered.

"And what about you? You really find me that cute?" she asked.

The following silence lasted only the smallest of instants, and yet it it seemed to prolong to years as she looked in his cerulean eyes and he back at her, unblinking as both committed to memory every detail of the other's face before he lunged forward covering her lips with his.

Warm, smooth flesh covered her mouth for a second before those foreign lips got pulled away, eyes once again open and looking at each other.

"Wha-wha..." a very embarrassed Dash spluttered as Maelstrom slowly moved closer for another kiss.

("EEEEW! MUSHY!" "Kiba!" "..." "You okay, Naruto? Hinata?" "...Oh, God! It's a transcription of our first kiss!" "Naruto-kuuun…" "WHAT?!")

"Please?" he whispered almost too low to be heard.

She didn't know why she caved-in, but she moved forward herself in a new kiss, when she felt his mouth open though she grew slightly surprise until something else, his tongue (!) as a small part of her brain not focused on kissing said, tentatively and tenderly caressed her own lips; and so, curious about what he wanted to do, she slowly left the admittedly tasty intruder slowly part her lips and meet her own tongue...

Heat, heat exploded in her mind blowing away every thought as the stallion she was kissing moved through a shy exploring of her mouth, and she did the same, tasting every inch of him as his hooves circled her neck in a fierce hug deepening the experience.

The same heat then moved to spread all over her body as instinct took over making her more daring, more hungry as she forcefully pushed back his tongue to gain even more from the kiss, and as soon as he responded with his own force she found herself drowning, forgetting everything and everyone, and he doing the same, until only them existed at all; ignoring even the need to breath just to not interrupt the moment of bliss.

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"Word for word...The exact scene written down." Naruto, covering his face in his hands, groaned in disbelief.

"Nyuuuh." Hinata in the meantime was occupied by burying her face in Naruto's chest to hide her blushing.

"That must count for a breach of your privacy." Kakashi said curious.

"Then dear Jiraiya would have been arrested YEARS AGO since he never worried about spying on bathhouses." Tsunade answered unsure.

"Damn good first kiss, Naruto-kun!" Sakura joked smirking and making the two teens blush harder.

"Didn't know you had it in you, Dobe." Sasuke added simply.

"STOOOOOOP!" Naruto begged whining.

Bump! Bump! Bump!

Using ALL the willpower he possessed, Maelstrom valiantly tried to ignore Pinkie as she kept bumping into him as she kept scooting closer to him while showing a knowing smile.

"Need some practice? Pony lips are different after all!" she said cheerful.

"Pinkie!" Fluttershy said shocked.

"Wanna join?"

"MYUUUUUH!" the shy Pegasus mewled hiding behind her wings and sounding just like Hinata.

"Jealous?" Anarchy asked smirking.

"Do please shut up, Anarchy." Discord growled in answer.

"We have a thousand years experience! (the other thousand we were...Indisposed), so we CLEARLY kiss better than you." Luna added huffing.

"I have two thousands years experience in that, Luna, but I don't go around boasting about it like that." Celestia answered sighing.

"You really had to rub our face in it, don't you?"

"Technically, as Princess of Love, I do know WAY MORE than you in that, even if I am not interested. Right, Honey?" Cadence jumped in.

"Oh, yeah!" Shining confirmed with a dumb smile at the memories.

"We won't survive this reading..." Shino muttered sighing.

"No, we won't." Rarity answered deflating a little.

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When they eventually managed to stop both Alicorn and Pegasus stood lying down hugging each-other with her forehead pressed on his while both panted from the lack of oxygen.

"I...I know it's-pant-late to ask...b-but would you be...my marefriend?" Maelstrom muttered.

"I-I think that I can do that...b-but what was that?" A flustered Dash answered meekly.

"Well, i-it started like a normal kiss...then it went down into a bit of French Kissing...t-t-then I don't know, I kind of went into auto-pilot at a certain point...you didn't like that?" he asked back.

In answer the rainbow-maned Pegasus just pounced on him to repeat the kiss until once again the need to breath pretended attention.

"I don't know what this French-whatever is...but Celestia if you know how to kiss..." Dash said while giving little kisses to the stallion.

("He does." "Thank you, Hina-chan." "Sasuke-kun is no slouch either." "Please do not give them details, Sakura.")

"It was my first time actually," he admitted blushing.

"Lucky me then, I got a coltfriend that is a natural in this sort of things!" she answered smirking, making the other laugh happily and hug her tightly.

Their cuddling though went interrupted by a new voice calling for Dash to show-up.

"DASH! There is a certain Gilda looking for you! Do something before one of the guys punch that griffin into next week! She managed to anger even Placid Cloud!" the male Pegasus yelled with an annoyed voice.

("...I remember that moment..." "You know I forgave you ages ago, right, Gil?" "I know, Dash. But it doesn't make relive it any more pleasant..." "I can jump that part if you want, Gilda-san." "It's okay, pretty wings, I am a tough girl.")

Sigh! "Gotta go, meet you at Sugarcube Corner?" Dash said sighing.

"I'll be there, Dashy-chan!" Maelstrom answered smirking.

"Got to remember that the '-chan' suffix you use is a sort of compliment..." the mare muttered before joining her friend to talk with this Gilda.

As soon as the girl disappeared from view though the placid smile Maelstrom was sporting dropped to leave room to the horrified expression that the stallion was barely holding back to not scare Dash.

"I have a girlfriend...FUUUUUCK!" he said before disappearing in a burst of speed that blew away half the clouds covering Ponyville, he needed help in understanding what to do and he planned to reach Konoha and ask someone; too bad his panic-induced hysteria had him crash in Sasuke's place instead of Tsunade's.

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"Yep! That was my reaction as well," Naruto admitted sheepish.

"You were that nervous?" Hinata asked curious.

"Hey! It was a totally uncharted territory for me that one!" he said smirking.

"Me too." she answered cuddling closer to him.

"Aaaaw!" Cadence gushed happily while looking at the shinobi's pony version expectantly.

"What?" Maelstrom asked confused.

"I can expect very great (Romantic) things from you, so you better not disappoint me." the Princess of Love explained with a wink.

"Eeeeeh..." he exhaled unsure while looking at Luna's predatory smirk and the expectant smile on Dash and AJ's faces.

"I kind of feel trapped." the male Alicorn admitted.

"Sucks to be you." Chouji summarized shrugging.

"Sorry, not an expert in Pony Romance." Tsunade said sighing.

"I already have one Naruto to keep track of, I can't help you too." Kakashi added as soon as the stallion looked at him.

"One Dobe is enough, you are on your own." Sasuke said shaking his head.

"Boss?" Maelstrom's plea fell on deaf ears as the original blond kept muttering something into Hinata's ear making her giggle.

When the other members of the Shinobi group pointedly refused to meet his eyes (Even Shino pretended to be asleep like Shikamaru) the stallion deflated in defeat.

"Traitorous bastards...All of you..." Maelstrom muttered crying as he restarted reading.

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Present time – Uchiha Clan Compound – Konoha -

"You French-kissed a horse..." Kiba muttered.

("With my super tongue skills? She surely loved it!" "Super tongue...Please stop shoveling bullshit, it is no longer funny now that you are no longer a kid." "Shika, I once saw Naruto do forty push-ups with his tongue for a bet, he HAS a super tongue." "Yep! Sweetest Ramen that was, thank you for paying for it, Chouji!" "Oh my..." "Is that a 'Wing Boner', Celly?" "S-S-S-SHUT UP, DISCORD!")

"Hoy! Once I wrapped my head around this horse thing, I started noticing the differences between the mares there, and is not bestiality since I am 'by default' a horse myself," Naruto answered.

"The fact that she doesn't know what that kiss was it's surprising," Tsunade said.

"Their world is...well, Equestria is pretty much "Kid-friendly" if I have to say, they don't curse, like to sing and such; even when they fight the worst they do to each other is knocking-down or transform the other into something harmless, the worst kind of wounds are black eyes, bruises and the like with rarely some broken bones...they risk more during incidents than in proper fights. They are 'Pure' in a sense," Naruto answered.

"Makes me wonder what would happen should you eat her out," Kiba muttered.

"Shino?" Kakashi asked.

"OUCH!" the Inuzuka boy yelped as Shino slapped the back of his neck.

"Thank you, Shino." Kakashi said smiling.

"No problems, Hokage-sama."

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"OUCH! HEY! WHY YOU DID IT TO ME TOO, SHINO!? WHAT THE FUCK!" Kiba yelped when the bug user slapped the back of his neck like he did in the story.

"I know you were thinking the exact same thing, Kiba." Shino answered nonplussed.

"Well...Yeah...But it was in the privacy of my head! You can't punish me just for thinking stuff!" the Inuzuka heir answered whining.

"I am giving him permission if you think perverted stuff." Sakura said huffing.

"And who are you to do that?!"

"A girl that can punch a fucking mountain and turn it to pebbles." she answered.

"...Point taken."

"So I am already Hokage in this story..." Kakashi said thoughtful.

"You will officially take office next month, Kakashi. Is not that far away." Tsunade confirmed.

"Yep!"

"You okay?" Sasuke asked looking at the red faced mares on the other side of the group and at the growling Shining.

"Y-Yes, thank you." Rarity confirmed unsure.

Sigh! "It is just that it's extremely rare to find a stallion open to lick a mare...There. VERY RARE." Discord explained rolling his eyes.

"Oh! For us it's pretty common foreplay, instead." Kiba answered shrugging.

"Can we please switch Kiba for Ino? Please, she would make way less damages." Shikamaru asked with a groan as the blushing/growling grew more intense making Maelstrom eye the group of ponies next to him in clear apprehension.

"Just keep reading, Maelstrom." Tsunade said face-palming and shaking her head.

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"Listen, the thing is easy, BE YOURSELF. She accepted your proposal because it was something not planned, you were acting like yourself just like you were doing before that happened; it means that she likes YOU, just the way you are, it's a good start," Ino said with a little smile.

"Luckily Hinata is not here...she would go ballistic over this," Sasuke said sighing.

("It's just a story, I am not mad anymore." "Well said, Hinata!" "...Especially since now there is a Pony version of him so they won't touch my own Naruto-kun..." "And there you lost my appreciation!")

"Okay, okay! Just for this time we are going to give you a little advice on heart matters, see to remember everything but also know that we are giving you just simple suggestions, as Ino said she likes you, meaning the person or pony you usually are." Sakura said reassuringly.

"Okay, I think I can do this," the stallion said nodding.

("And we can confirm there is actually a lot to like." "Thank you, Luna-san." "We would appreciate more should you use the '-chan' suffix if you don't mind." "Luna..." "You are saying are name more and more, Princess." "I know, Twilight, just like my migraines are becoming more acute the longer we read." "...We feel unappreciated.")

An hour later – Ponyville -

Maelstrom was once again back in Equestria with a more calm attitude towards the whole girlfriend business when a strange sense of uneasiness took him over as soon as he stepped inside Ponyville territory, hurrying into a small trot he started looking for Dash as for some reason he had the impression that something had happened.

When he reached Twilight's place he could hear a muffled-out sobbing coming from inside, thing that had him pretty much open the door with enough force to almost tear it off of its hinges.

"What's happening? DASH!" he yelled before running at the crying mare's side in an instant.

"Ma-Maelstrom? I-I-I...Waaaaah!" Dash said before erupting in a new fit of desperate wailing as she threw her arms around his neck.

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"I am sorry, Dash...I didn't know you..." Gilda said looking shocked.

"That I was feeling bad? Yeah, it sucked to hear you say those things." the cyan mare answered looking straight ahead.

"I was feeling bad too...Still friends?" the griff asked offering a closed claw.

"Of course we are, dumb feather, now and forever." Dash answered bumping that claw with her hoof.

"Booyah!" both cheered at the same time.

"Goood! Now kiss!"

"PINKIE!" Rarity said scandalized as the two friends jumped away so to not sit too close to each other.

"I was just trying to remove competition..." the Party Maniac answered pouting.

"By turning one into a Lesbian?" Kiba asked curious.

"Is not like he could not still join the threesome." Kakashi added nonplussed.

"EEEP!"

"KAKASHI!"

"Just keep reading." Kurama asked sighing while the Jounin went assaulted by Tsunade and Sakura for saying that.

"Yeah, yeah. I am reading, I am reading."

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"What happened?" he asked again while hugging her back.

"An old friend of her, Gilda. The two had a discussion and pretty much had their friendship...Sigh! Crumble to dust," Twilight answered with a sad tone.

"And where is this mare?" Maelstrom asked.

"A griffin, she is a griffin and probably already returning home." Dash muttered between hiccups.

"She had not been exactly nice with us, and Dash defended us instead of siding with her." Rarity said.

"So she acted like a bit..." the stallion tried saying.

"Yes, but please contain yourself. This is no time to lose control, we need to console her." Twilight answered.

"Console her, yes..." Maelstrom muttered mechanically while nodding.

("Uh-ho..." "What?")

"Kit, I know you...and I am of the same advice, there is an ass that needs a good kicking, she needs that Gilda if she is this devastated at losing her, and I can feel your anger at seeing her cry, so I'll make you an offer I haven't done you ever since you were a Gennin..." Kurama said with narrowed eyes and a growling voice.

"...I don't like to see her crying, to see her suffer...I am listening," Maelstrom answered after a short pause.

("Remember that time that guy tried kidnapping Hinata?" "You mean that Missing-nin of Kumo, Sasuke?" "Grrrrrr!" "Yeah, exactly the same situation." "Oh...")

"Don't...don't tell them we are together...I'll explain later," Dash muttered in his ear.

"Want me to talk with Gilda? I can help her see reason and see that you two can still be friends," the stallion offered.

"It's useless, she hates the fact that I have friends here and is too stubborn to listen to others," Dash answered.

"Don't you trust me?" Maelstrom asked with a hurt expression.

"You would really do that?" Pinkie asked.

"I consider you all friends, and I hate to see my friends suffer like this," he answered.

"Thank you, it won't work...but I do appreciate the gesture." Dash said grateful.

"There is no problem," Maelstrom answered with a kind smile before going out of the library.

As soon as he was outside the smile dropped and a snarl took its place, scaring the ones passing by as the stallion's muscles seemed to harden and grow in size while a strange bubbling aura of energy covered his body, making the whiskers-like markings on his face get thicker, his eyes turn red with slit pupils and his mouth gain enough fangs to shame a pack of timberwolves.

"Gilda...I swear that I will either talk you into seeing reason or eat you for dinner..." Maelstrom growled before opening his wings wide, those too now somehow even bigger than before.

"Uh-ho...I think I overdid..." Kurama thought in alarm as the Alicorn took-off with enough speed to 'leave behind' even his own sonic boom.

The Biju just hoped that by the time they found that griffin he would manage to 're-absorb' some of the malicious intent Maelstrom was now oozing-out in waves.

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"Yes, just like that time." Tsunade said sighing as she saw Naruto's hug around Hinata turn tighter and more possessive.

"Sssh! It's okay, I am here. I am not going anywhere." the girl replied smiling as she snuggled closer to him to calm him down.

"What happened?" Celestia asked.

"A Missing-nin of Kumo, a shinobi that betrayed his Village to live as a criminal, tried kidnapping Hinata as a way to show how strong he was." Kakashi explained.

"Hinata managed to fend him off and hurt him VERY badly, but he ran away." Sakura added.

"Grrrrr!"

"Naruto though was not satisfied by the thing, so he tracked the guy down and...Well...I saw stuff getting out less damaged after a dive in a blender." Tsunade finished saying making the pony group wince.

"The Raikage kept apologizing over and over saying it was not Kumo's fault and that they had nothing to do with that...Naruto still spent three days camping outside their gates just waiting for one of them to come out to 'Talk', they were in full lock-down and I had to coax him back, it was not nice." Sasuke added shivering at the memories.

"We made love that very same night, isn't it?" Hinata whispered giggling.

"Yeah, everybody knew that. You were not being subtle about it and didn't let us others sleep a minute the whole night." Kiba confirmed making the faces of the human side turn red.

"...Never heard such raunchy things come out from an Hyuuga's mouth." Shino muttered shocked.

"...And now I feel like a piece of meat." Melstrom muttered as he felt the stare of the whole pony side landing on him from all sides.

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With Gilda – not too far away -

"Stupid Dash, stupid Unicorns and stupid Earth Ponies...wasting her time with those losers...Sniff! W-What was wrong in being just the two of us, I wonder? We were the coolest ones...the others were just a hindrance!" the female Griffin muttered while oscillating between anger and sadness.

"Whatever! I don't need her...I don't need ANYBODY! I am better alone than surrounded by losers!" she then said while biting down a new 'uncool' sob.

("Gilda..." "I was coping with the pain, okay?!" "Then why you said those things?" "Because My stupid pride forced me too..." "I know the feeling." "Thank you, Dash.")

It was in that moment that pure RAGE surged from behind her as a bullet of reddish-gold energy flew pass her before taking the shape of an Alicorn that then moved to stand on a cloud to glare at her with blood-coloured eyes.

"Gilda?" he asked sneering.

"And you are?" she asked back while sub-consciously preparing her talons for battle.

"Dash' coltfriend, the one that hates with a passion to see her suffer and cry," Maelstrom answered growling.

"Eh! You seem different from those weaklings Dash had the stupid idea to be friends with, it means that she is still redeemable," Gilda said smirking.

("Don't taunt Death, girl, me and the Dobe do not joke when we get like that." "Death even?" "Gilda-san?" "Yeah, Blondie?" "...ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!" "BAW-KWACK!" "Naruto..." "So?" "...Okay maybe I was trying to bite more than what I can chew...")

"Calm down, that girl wouldn't want to see you like this, nor for her best friend to become your dinner," Kurama said from the Seal.

Taking-in a huge breath the stallion slowly calmed himself down until the bubbling aura disappeared inside his body to look at the griffin with once-again blue eyes.

"Does that mean you calmed down?" Gilda asked.

"Yes, I was about to tear off your wings, I should be careful when using the Biju Cloak, it tends to make instincts go high-wire," he answered.

"Your tone. You are not joking about hurting me...you are a warrior, but not a 'normal one', you are different from those guards I saw, why?" Gilda asked as she too relaxed a little, still showing her willingness to fight though.

"Got a trying up-bring. Why have you argued with Dash? Just because she made new friends?" Maelstrom asked.

"She made UNCOOL friends, pathetic ones...like that spineless Fluttershy or the Bookworm...I can't believe that of all the ponies that she could chose to befriend those ones had to take her away," she answered bitterly.

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"...What?" Gilda asked worried by the unanimous glare she was getting.

"Von Hoofer in her career as a developer of spells described over three hundred different battle spells to turn the target inside-out, and I came up with other fifty..." Twilight answered with a gentle smile.

"Ah..."

"Ah can still lasso a ragin' bear like a salami to buckle it into next week, ya know?" AJ added chuckling.

"Party cannons can shoot a looooot of different things! Even griffins! Even through concrete walls!" Pinkie said excited.

"Ehhmmm. I think I got the message." Gilda squeaked sweating profusely.

"Good!"

"Really, girls. Sometimes you worry me." Dash muttered sighing.

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To her surprise the last anger she could see in his eyes just evaporated as he sat on that cloud to look at her in sadness.

"I can see it now, you are lonely, do you? How many friends do you have other than Dash, exactly?"

"Lonely? Don't make me laugh! I am swarmed by people wishing to have a little of my attention!" Gilda answered as she too joined him on the same cloud with a theatrical flare of her wings.

"Hey, there is no need to lie..." he answered with a kind smile.

"I am not telling lies!" she answered indignant.

"You are, you are doing the same thing I used to do back there in Konoha, boasting and loudly proclaiming my awesomeness, filling my mouth with empty words and smiles to hide the pain...you are feeling alone, just like I used to." the stallion continued

("Hey, Dobe?" "Uh-hu?" "...You know you are no longer alone...Right?" "Of course I know, you silly bastard! Drop that mopey expression! Cheer up!" "Good.")

"Don't talk as if you know me!" Gilda hissed with narrowed eyes.

"No I don't know you, but I know you care about Dash enough to be happy for her finding new friends, I bet you were secretly elated to see that she had found someone else other than you...and for some reason you are afraid that she may leave you behind because of that as well." Maelstrom answered, still with a sad smile on his face; once understood what her problem was he simply could no longer be angry at her.

"She will waste her time with those ponies! They are not good enough for her! Not as good as I have always been!" Gilda yelled back.

"You don't believe in that yourself, you are just scared to be left alone, and guess what, Dash still wants you in her life! She still wants her dear friend Gilda to talk to, to have the griffin girl she had knew since forever to be her friend just like with Twilight and the others," he said, unrelenting as he walked closer to her.

("That I do!" "Come on, Dash! Enough mushy stuff!" "Gilda-san, you can lie all you want, but if your wings keep flapping like that, we know you are lying." "Darn it!")

"You...You...it doesn't matter...I have already made my choice, whatever friendship I had with Dash is over and that's final." the griffin said shaking her head.

"Then you are a liar! And you know that you are telling lies because Dash' happiness will ALWAYS matter to you! And deep inside you know this is true." Maelstrom said.

"Stop..." she muttered with cracking voice.

"You still care about her. About your friendship, don't you? You will never stop worrying about her well-being nor stop treasuring any memory you two share no matter what happens."

"I said stop!"

"That is why you acted like that, am I right? You may be happy for her, but deep inside you were also jealous because you feared that she would no longer have enough time to spend with you, you were convinced that Dash had somehow forgot completely about you...and so you lashed-out, insulting every one of her friends in the hope she would choose you over them in order to save your friendship. so to still be important to her!"

"Please! Just stop talking! I beg you..."

"But Dash didn't bulge, so failed that strategy, since loving Dash was now making you suffer...you preferred arguing with her. You thought that if there wasn't any friendship between you two then the Pain would just fade away, that's what you were hoping for, right? Cutting-off that bridge in the hopes to no longer suffer like that is not working!"

"I SAID SHUT UP!" Gilda screamed in anger as her claw moved on its own piercing the stallion's side, making her scream in horror.

"Noo! I am sorry! I...I..." the griffin said with wide eyes at watching the red stream flowing down the deep wound.

"You know that it won't work, right? You can't just throw away a life-worth of friendship just like that, you griffin may be prideful creatures, valuing strength above everything else, but you too recognize the value of what you and Dash used and STILL share." Maelstrom said as the bubbling aura briefly returned to cover his wound and closing it in a subtle sizzling until nothing remained, not even the faintest of scars.

"S-stop..." she said taking few steps back "I-If you don't I'll attack again!"

"I don't think so, because you know that I am right. Let's go back, if you want you can stay friends with Dash, she still wants you, she needs you just as much as you need her, her friends too are ready to offer their friendship. Do you understand? they don't want to take your place, but to have you join the group." Maelstrom answered smiling.

"And what about you?" Gilda asked while relaxing even more.

"We can be friends too if you want, I don't want Dash to think she has to choose between me, you and the others; I just want her to be happy." he answered nodding.

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Sigh! "How can you do that, it still escapes me..." Tsunade said sighing in defeat.

"What?" Naruto asked as he moved to sit in front of Gilda.

"Talk people into being your friend, it is not normal, even Shonen heroes don't have your track record!" the busty woman answered in disbelief.

"What do you want?" Gilda asked suspicious.

"Come here, you grumpy feather-duster." the blond answered hugging her.

"Baw-kwack!"

"There, there! We are all friends here." he said rubbing the fringe behind her head.

"C-Come on! Get off me!" Gilda said pitifully as she lightly pawed his chest to push him away with zero conviction.

"Scratchy scratchy scratchy!" Naruto said smirking as he rubbed under her beck and on the top half of her neck.

"Uuuuuuhm!"

"...So?" Naruto asked stopping the scratches to hold his hand up in front of himself.

"W-What?" Gilda asked while looking still dazed.

"Come on..."

"No!"

"Come on! You know you want to!"

"Nnngh!"

"Accept it, you want to have lots of friends,"

"Nu-uh!" the griffin girl answered looking away in childish stubbornness.

"Friends always give each other good scratchies." the blond said smirking.

"Nnngh..." with her body trembling heavily and her face burning deep-red, Gilda's resolve finally crumbled and she shook his hand with a miserable expression plastered to her face.

"Boom, another one fell for his spell." Kiba said shaking his head in sadness.

"That must be a Bloodline." Shino wondered.

"If it is, it's a damn dangerous one." Sasuke conceded.

"...He makes friends faster than us..." Celestia whispered in shock.

"Impossible..." Luna echoed.

"I think he is better at this even than you, Pinkie." Dash whispered making her pink friend gasp in horror.

"IMPOSSIBLE! I AM FRIENDS WITH EVERYPON-"

"Scratchy scratchy scratchy!"

"Purrrr! Purrrrr! Purrrr!" Pinkie's tirade died as soon as the blond started scratching under her chin as well making her purr shamelessly.

"While the Boss is having fun, I will continue if you don't mind."

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"And what about you?" Gilda asked while relaxing even more.

"We can be friends too if you want, I don't want Dash to think she has to choose between me, you and the others; I just want her to be happy." he answered nodding.

"...Fight me..." the griffin muttered.

"What?"

"Fight with me, if you win...I-I'll give a try to this, but if I win you will let me go and never bother me again," Gilda said.

"You need to play the bad-ass woman until the end? So be it...just don't expect me to play nice just because you are Dash' friend."

"I won't play nice either! You want to impress me enough to have me listen to what you say? Then show me how good you are in actions too other than words!"

("BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" "S-S-Sasuke-kun!" "...What? She believes to be able to go all-out against him and live? After even I Failed to defeat him? Come on, it's hysterical!" "..." "..." "...Screw you, guys, I found it funny.")

"Ooh! You can bet I will do my best, Ready?" Maelstrom asked smirking.

"Bring it on! I'll show ya-WHAM!" Gilda had barely the time to say that, because as soon the fight started the right hoof of the stallion impacted with her face in a very human-style punch.

("Told you!" "...Is Gilda still alive?" "Yes, Dash-chan, she is. Me and the Boss can control ourselves...Most of the times.")

Half an hour later – Ponyville -

"You sure you will be okay, Dash?" Twilight asked.

"Sniff! I'll be, Maelstrom must have failed talking to her...I am not surprised, she had always had a head as hard as stones," the Pegasus answered sadly.

"...Yeah, but the guy here hits hard enough to crack rocks." Gilda muttered as both she and the Stallion landed near the group, she had various bruises and a swelling eye while he was sporting a huge smile and several clawing marks on his side.

"She insisted to have us resolve it 'in the griffin way' namely fighting until the other drops down and admit defeat." Maelstrom said grinning.

"It doesn't work like that, I think?" Twilight said uncertain.

"She said it did instead..." the stallion said shrugging.

("It does, you purple bookworm, it does work like that." "Did I ever tell you about how I blasted Tirek into a mountain?" "MOVING ON!")

"Dash...I...look I am not good at this sort of things...let's say that I am not happy about how I acted before, okay!?" Gilda said in forced annoyance.

"It means that she is sorry!" Pinkie Pie said smiling.

"We know that, Pinkie." Rarity answered sighing.

Sigh! "...okay, I am sorry...I just couldn't accept that you could leave me behind, how are we supposed to keep in touch now?" the griffin said sighing.

"Stay here in Ponyville," Maelstrom offered.

"WHAT!?" the other mares plus griffin yelled.

"Celestia always wonders how to show that between ponies and griffins there can be peace, having one openly joining Ponyville and even help with the weather would show that the two races can co-exist pacifically...granted that the griffin guest will stop being an ass." the stallion said.

"Okay, I think I can accept talking with some ponies...I'll need to lower my standards, but I'll survive." Gilda said, yelping when Maelstrom stomped on her claw with a scowl.

"What did I say about that?" he asked.

"To keep the boasting to a minimum, but give me some time though, I am trying!" Gilda answered.

"Where should she live then?" Applejack asked.

"Considering that anypony else other than Dash would just go mad at her attitude until it gets fixed, I say that both should share an apartment...or better, the one I bought here when I decided that I needed a place to crash-in when coming here, as long as they leave me sleep on the couch I am fine." Maelstrom answered.

"I can't accept that offer," Gilda answered barely moving fast enough to grab a key the Alicorn threw her.

"There! Two bedrooms, a bathroom, big living room, a nice balcony to use to watch the clouds and a spacious kitchen, just pay attention to the parquet." the stallion answered smirking.

"T-thanks..." Dash said hugging him.

"No problem, now you and Gilda have a chance to be friends once again and help that stubborn parrot to be a more likable girl." he said winking.

("Good luck with that!" "HEY!" "What? You want a fight with me, Discord the Lord of Chaos?" "...Maybe I should count to ten before giving my opinion on something, eh?" "Yes, little mass of feathers, maybe you should." "Discord..." "Yes, Fluttershy?" Tired sigh: "...Nevermind.")

"Sorry if I want to keep our relationship secret, but for now I don't want to get too much attention on us," Dash said whispering.

"It's because I am a Prince? I don't care about that!" he whispered back.

"It's not that, just have patience for now; part of the reason is that I just don't want people giving you troubles because you have a 'non-noble' marefriend." she asked.

"Okay. I'll keep my mouth shut, but only because you asked. Because know that I don't like this." the stallion answered.

"Can you show us where is the place? We have...lots to talk about." Dash asked.

"Follow the clone, he will take you there," Maelstrom answered as a shadow clone signalled them to follow.

Once far away the stallion turned towards the Mane Six and sighed.

"Can I ask you to give her a chance?"

"We already decided to, dear. Don't worry." Rarity said smiling.

"Thank you."

"Okey-dokey, we resolved this finally! I'll need to prepare a cake for Gilda's welcome party then!" Pinkie said happily.

"Eh! Cake sounds good, do you mind if I help?" Maelstrom answered smirking.

"You know how to cook? Cool!" the pink pony said with a wide smile.

"Used to live by myself before coming here, I am no Chef, but I don't lack imagination!" he said.

"We will leave you two chefs alone then, I still got a boutique to take care of." Rarity said laughing as she left for her shop.

"I...Uhm! I need to go too, sorry, but I still need to check on my animals." Fluttershy muttered blushing before leaving.

"I'll go too, I still need to see where Spike has gone since somepony suggested him to have some fun without warning me," Twilight said while glaring at Maelstrom.

"Hoy! That guy needs to have fun too! He is not your slave!" he answered.

"I know...I am just worried about him," the Unicorn muttered as she walked away.

"Sorry," Maelstrom said.

"No, it's okay. Maybe I am making him over-work after all," she answered.

"COME ON! Our super pie won't prepare itself!" Pinkie said before dragging the stallion behind her by his tail.

"Okay, okay! I am coming!" he answered laughing.

Sometime later – Rock Farm -

Igneous Rock, Pinkie's father, knew something was bad when a stallion of every pony living in Ponyville came visiting their home.

He was not exactly and over-protective father by any means, mind you, but just like every other father he was still feeling kind of queasy at the idea of any male figure not family-tied spending too much time alone with his daughter.

("Oh! I know I will!" "Same here, Dobe! No man shall touch my probable-daughter's virtue until I draw breath." "Same here, my fellow men!" "I think it's the first time I saw you agree with them ever since we came here, Shiny." "It's the bound of fathers, Cadence! A solemn duty that transcends ideologies!" "Just shut-up, you three!" "Sorry, Hokage-sama/Baachan/Miss Tsunade!")

"My dear, he is just helping with a 'secret project' of Pinkie...I don't think there is anything to worry about, they are just friends, that's all." the stallion's wife said for what must have been the tenth time in the last thirty minutes.

"I am not exactly worried, mind you...I am just...keeping my ears open and my senses sharp as my rocks," Igneous answered even too much casually as he stalked closer to the kitchen door trying to appear as nonchalant as somepony just passing by.

"Look, I trust you AND I trust my daughter, and I will show you that there is nothing to be worried about, now listen." the mare said huffing as both moved closer to the door to eavesdrop.

"Wow...that's huge..." they heard Pinkie say in wonder making her father splutter.

("NARUTO!" "I DID NOTHING, I SWEAR!" "PINKIE!" "ME TOO, DASHIE! I DID NOTHING!")

"You think?" Maelstrom answered uncertain.

"Hu-uh! I had always seen way smaller ones...or at least I never saw something like this in person, only on pictures." she answered giggling.

"In pictures?! Where?!" Igneous mouthed with a horrified expression.

"Sssh!" Quartz hissed to silence him.

"Do you think it will fit inside?" Maelstrom asked, unknowingly making both parents go green in their face.

"Maybe cramming it in? You can try pushing hard until it enters all the way," Pinkie answered.

("Oh, sweet merciful God, DOBE!" "It is not what it looks like, I swear!" "You wouldn't need to cram it inside with us!" "CELESTIA!" "I-I-I mean...Uhmm...Ehh...LUNA! What are you making me say!")

"I am going to be sick," Igneous muttered between gagging sounds while his wife was too shocked to even breath.

"It would make a mess, Pinkie! Stuff would splatter everywhere and make things too sticky!" the stallion said in disgust from inside.

"That may be, but it still taste good!"

"About that, I just can't believe how much of that you can actually gobble down, doesn't all that stuff make you sick?" he asked.

"What can I say? I am a glutton!" she answered with a new giggle.

"Oh Celestia!" Quartz said while sitting on the floor in shock.

("Oh, Myself indeed!" "No shame! NO SHAME AT ALL! Stay away from my sister!")

"You know what? Whatever! Open wide so we can start and..." Maelstrom was about to say when Igneous broke down the door in his haste to enter.

"WHAT ARE YOUuuuu...Oh! You are making a pie...Hehehe! Just a pie..." the girl's father yelled before rapidly dropping everything once saw Maelstrom and Pinkie covered from head to tail in flour with various splotches of chocolate here and there and a huge pie near them.

"Uh-hu! I wanted to see if I could make the most biggest chocolate pie ever and Maelstrom helped me!" Pinkie answered with a wide smile.

"The problem is that we got so caught-up in preparing it that we never considered how to actually have it fit in the oven...at least in the meantime I got some clones to clean-up, like that you won't have a mess for a kitchen," the Prince answered nodding.

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"Thank God it was just an innuendo scene!" Tsunade gasped out while deflating in relief.

"Although..." Naruto said as he and Maelstrom moved to flank both Pinkie's sides.

"Would all that stuffing be a problem in reality?" the blond asked.

"Yeah, I mean, is your oven spacious enough for that?" the pony version added smirking.

"Myuuuuh!"

"What? Too much cream to handle?" the human version whispered in her ear making it flick back and forth under control.

"The glaceing can be done in layers! Covering the whole Pie over and over!" the pony version added doing the same.

"S-Stooooop!" Pinkie begged with a crimson face.

"Oh well, no cannoli for you!" Naruto said getting up to return to Hinata.

"It's a pity though, we know how to make Pies get all glossy and full." Maelstrom added returning to his position.

"W-W-Wait! You can't leave a mare hot and bothered!" Pinkie said shocked.

"Hot and bothered? We are talking about sweets, what were you thinking about?" Naruto asked confused.

"...About sweets."

"Oh! We can continue later if you want then."

"Okay."

"Pinkie, don't lie." Twilight said once stolen a look at the mare's quivering backside.

"Sssh!" the pink mare replied ashamed.

"Why you did that?" Sakura asked confused.

"I have red a couple pages forward, she deserves that." he answered smirking evilly.

"She deserves that?"

"You'll see."

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"Ah! Okay! I thought...it doesn't matter, but thank you for cleaning up everything, your Highness! There was no need..." Igneous said with a forced smile while trying to pretend he had never burst inside.

"Try cutting the thing in half and cook it like that, you can put it back together once done." Quartz added from outside with a relieved expression.

"OKAY, MUM!" Pinkie said smiling and waving at her parents as they left the room.

"Nice ponies," Maelstrom muttered, shivering when Pinkie licked his cheek.

"Uuhm! it needs more sugar...still good though." the pink pony said seriously.

"Please don't do that," the Stallion said blushing.

"Yes please, don't." Quartz muttered gagging while Igneous kept hammering his head on a big rock to erase the images he had conjured in his head by himself during his spying.

("Oooh! I see what you mean!" "Yep! Those whiskers are not there just for show, they are sensible.")

"Pinkie?" Maelstrom said.

"Yes?" she answered, surprised to watch him lick her cheek.

"Yep! You taste better than chocolate, I was right." the stallion said smirking before walking outside to use the garden hose to clean himself.

"Are you sure this won't back-fire?" Kurama asked.

"Like what? I was joking, she licked me and I licked her back." Maelstrom asked.

"Bah! Whatever...your left wing, you still have some orange crust on that." the Biju answered.

Behind them, unseen, Pinkie Pie had just momentarily turned into 'Tomato Pie' as her whole body had took a deep-red colour out of embarrassment, shaking her head strongly she joined the stallion for a throughout cleaning.

Done that the young stallion offered himself as helper in the shop the Element of Laughter worked in, as a way to spend some time while waiting for Dash to resolve her issues with Gilda.

"I was wondering..." he said during a moment of quiet after the last client left.

"Yes?" Pinkie asked back.

"Your mane...is it made of cotton candy? I swear it looks exactly like that!" Maelstrom asked while pointing at her mane and then at the small 'cloud' of pink sugar resting in a corner of the counter.

"No, Silly! Otherwise people would always try to eat it," she answered giggling.

("And is actually a pain to make it look like that." "But it's worth it, it's cute." "Thank you, Miss Sakura!")

"You sure?" he asked with narrowed eyes.

"Uh-hu! This is all natural mane, but I do love making look like cotton candy, it's all fluffy and sweet!"

"I don't believe you, come on! Let me taste it!" the stallion said smirking while trying to catch her.

"NEVER! My Cotton-I mean mane is mine alone!" Pinkie said dramatically.

"I knew it! It IS made of sugar! Come on, just a morsel!" he asked while still chasing the giggling mare.

"Nu-uuuh! It's all mine!" she answered smiling while dodging him.

Both kept chasing each other in the small shop until a very amused Miss Cake came out from the back.

("Aaaaw! You look so cute together!" "Cadence, please control yourself!" "I can't! This ship has already sailed!" "You and your shipping...You have a problem, Caddy!" "No, I have not! I can stop whenever I want!")

"Sorry if I interrupt your oh-so-important game, but I need a cool, strong stallion to take out of storage some sacks of sugar since my 'beloved' husband this time has managed to find a believable excuse to not do that himself and leave." the mare asked smirking.

"I am coming, Cake-san! Where should I put them? And how many?" Maelstrom asked.

"Two sacks would be wonderful if you don't mind, just take those out and put them on the table," she answered.

"I'll do that," he answered nodding before leaving the two alone.

"So?" Miss cake asked.

"So?" Pinkie replied.

"To when the wedding? I'll make you a nice price on the cake." the elder mare said smirking deviously.

"Eeep! Is not like that! We are just friends!" Pinkie answered immediately.

("Just friends, uh?" "Dashie, my counterpart in the story is just being shy! I know I want to try to see if me and Maelstrom could work together!" "And you want my cream stuffing." "Yes. I MEAN NO!" "Mael, please stop." "Sorry, Dash.")

"Me and my husband too have been 'just friends' years ago; you two look so cute together and seem to both enjoy playing and have fun...and he is also a Prince that for some reason Celestia only knows (no pun intended) is not a stuck-up foal, so why not?" Miss Cake asked.

"I don't need a coltfriend! We are just friend and I am happy like that!" Pinkie answered smiling.

"You sure?"

"Sure!"

"Really, really?" the mare pressed with a knowing smile.

"...Okay I like to play with him, so what?" Pinkie admitted.

"Only playing?"

"...Yes?"

"That's not very convincing, and you yourself know that," Miss Cake said laughing at the girl's flustered face.

"Hoy! Something wrong?" Maesltrom asked once rejoined the two on the front of the store.

"Just a little friendly teasing about Pinkie's love life, she fears that her Target won't take her seriously," Miss Cake answered.

"I never said that!" Pinkie replied shocked.

"But you were thinking it," the other said.

"That is not true!" Pinkie answered pouting.

"D'aaaaw! Don't listen to her, she is doing this on purpose just to get a reaction from you," Maelstrom said as he moved one of his wings to cover her in a friendly hug.

"People used to do the same to me and never listen to what I said...sure maybe my perennial smiling and pranking wasn't helping, but hey! At least I was trying making others happy. Just like you." he then said smiling.

"Me?"

"And who else? Never had so much fun at a party like when taking part to one of yours, you are simply amazing in bringing-out smiles. You are one of the kindest and most caring girls I have ever met...especially with cotton-candy mane sweetening the deal." the stallion answered.

"Again with the cotton-candy, enough with that, you meanie!" Pinkie answered with her biggest smile.

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"True that! You look like a lot of fun!" the pony version of the blond admitted laughing.

"Thank you," Pinkie muttered while drawing little circles on the floor with a hoof.

"They are cute together." Chouji muttered smiling.

"I am more for Dash." Naruto admitted.

"...Fluttershy, definitely Fluttershy." Tsunade admitted with narrowed eyes and thoughtful expression.

"Naaah! He should go for Luna-san, she would understand him better." Kakashi said.

"That's because she has read a manga…I say AJ would be a better choice." Sasuke countered.

"What?! Of course he should go with Celestia-san!" Sakura said scandalized.

"What are they arguing about?" Spike asked confused as the human side started arguing animatedly between themselves.

"I have no idea." Shining answered unsure.

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"Enough pleasantries, I need help putting the new orders in the oven, mind helping me, Pinkie? My husband should FINALLY be back any moment so we will be able to release our pour hostage." Miss Cake said, sounding strangely proud to Maelstrom's ears.

"I was happy to help you, Cake-san. Please ask me again if you ever need help." the stallion said with a little bow of his head.

"May as well, saying that a Prince baked our biscuits kind of help selling them, HAHAHAHA!" the mare said making the stallion chuckle in answer.

"If you say so. See you around, Pinkie?" he asked.

"Okay! Until next time!" the pink mare answered waving at his retreating form.

"See? He enjoys your parties and YOU specifically...you'll thank me the next time," Miss Cake said proudly once sure Maelstrom was not at hearing distance.

"I won't answer to that provocation..." Pinkie muttered while moving on the back of the shop, trying to suppress 'certain ideas' about turning one of her friends into something more.

"I have a strange feeling of dread...I just hope that it is not something I am the cause for, the brat can mess around all he wants, but I would prefer remain 'clean', thank you very much." Kurama thought while in the Seal before curling into a tighter ball to try to ignore the uneasiness tickling at the back of his head.

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"The chapter is over." Maelstrom said sighing as the book floated away to sit between the two groups.

"Nice chapter, a bit more on the 'Slice of Life' side of the spectrum for once."

"Sure it helps relaxing the reader before the next moment of action arrives, to break the tension." Kakashi commented.

"So we saw Dash and Maelstrom-kun start their pairing, and Pinkie-san too starting to develop feelings." Hinata said thoughtful.

"It's about her wanting to keep the relationship a secret, by not telling her friends, Maelstrom appears as somepony 'Free' so to court him." Celestia observed humming.

"So had my counterpart been honest...You other would have stayed the tartarus away?" Dash said in shock.

"DARN IT!"

"Language, honey! Control yourself." Rarity answered zipping her friend's mouth closed to stop further cursing.

"By the title of the following chapters, I guess we will also see the others taking a shine on our new friend." Luna commented perusing the book a little.

"Soo? Next reader?" Naruto asked.

"I will do it, if you others don't mind." Kakashi said making the book float towards him.

"No issues on our side." Celestia conceded.

"GOOOD!...Hey...I feel like have some snacks, somebody up for it?"

"Oh, yeah! Something sweet!" Chouji said immediately.

"I can take care of that! Be back soon!" Pinkie said immediately as she hurried to jump in the portal Anarchy opened for her.

"Wow! She must really like those sweets!" Kiba commented impressed.

"Yep! They are her pride and joy!" Twilight confirmed smiling.

Back in Ponyville – Broom closet of Sugar Cube Corner – five minutes later -

"YES! FILL ME! FILL ME WITH YOUR CREAM! FILL MEEEEEEEE!" the pink mare bellowed as she used two cannoli in a different way than expected until she was almost too spent to even walk.

"Aaahn! Aaaahn! Aaaahn! T-T-Those two will eat this couple...Hihihi! E-Extra filling! Just for my two blond friends..." Pinkie wheezed tiredly as she retrieved the two sweets from her...Oven.

Back in the non-place -

"I have a bad feeling." Naruto said unsure.

"Me too, Boss!" Maelstrom admitted looking around in apprehension.

- Reading The Omakes -

"Uuuh! There is an omake! Can I read this too?" Kakashi asked in wonder.

"If you want." Maelstrom answered shrugging.

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Omake – Love the Rainbow, TASTE the Rainbow -

("Oh, God!" "Here it comes! Bwahahahaha!" "KIBA!")

It was a new day in Ponyville, the sky was clear, birds were chirping happily and the warm rays of the sun seemed to do their worst to make the various ponies struggle with the idea of just lying down on the grass to do nothing.

"Mmmmmmh!" and it was also a new day of 'flying lessons' between Maelstrom Knight and Rainbow Dash.

"Mmmmmmh!" lesson that as usual finished with the two resting on a lonely cloud to catch their breath before moving to a more interesting, from their point of view, round of 'face-sucking', also known as kissing.

("You are shameless, Dash." "And you jealous, Rarity!" "I certainly am not!")

"Uuuuhm! I don't think I will ever stop enjoying this," Dash muttered as she snuggled closer to the stallion with a content smile.

"Me neither, but why keeping everything a secret?" he answered.

"I want to be selfish, and keep my colt-friend all to myself," she answered smirking.

"You are a bad girl, you know?" the stallion said chuckling.

"So what? I may be the Element of Loyalty, but this doesn't mean I have to always share the goods,"

"If you say so...hey...ehm...I was wondering..." Maelstrom said uncertain.

"Yes?"

"There is...something I wish to try...can we?"

"Try something? And what is it?" Dash asked.

"Apparently something cooler even than that kind of kissing...if I have to listen to the rumours." he said blushing.

"DO TELL!" she answered eagerly.

"You sure?"

"Do it! If it's another awesome thing like that then I am VERY willing to try!" Dash said with a furious nod.

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"PLEASE, Kakashi-sensei! Tell me it is not what I think it is!" Sakura begged on her knees.

"I am sorry, Sakura. It is." Kakashi answered looking particularly giddy.

"What?" Dash asked.

"Oh, nothing. Apparently Maelstrom is about to shove his tongue deep in your Vag-SPLUFHWBYIn!"

"Kiba, PLEASE control yourself, or I will use my bugs to seal your mouth shut." Shino said annoyed.

"Oh, Sweet Harmony!" Celestia said with wide eyes.

"Uhmmmm!" Luna instead purred and moved closer to the blond Alicorn.

"I-I-I need an adult?"

"We are an adult, young stud."

"H-H-HEEEELP!"

"You are on your own!" Kakashi replied uninterested as he started reading again.

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"Okay...brace yourself," Maelstrom said before flipping the girl on her back.

"What are you doing?" she asked confused.

"In my old world they would jokingly call this 'Tasting the Rainbow'...should make you feel good." the stallion answered while trailing small kisses down her neck, on her chest and stomach and then continuing always lower; making the Pegasus grow red-faced once understood where he was going.

("O-O-Oh dear!" "You never do THAT for me, Shiny…" "CADDY?! What in tarnation are you saying!?" "Ah'm feelin' slightly uncomfortable...Are you okay, Dash?" "...Meep!" "Ah take that as a no.")

"WAIT! Under there there is my...I don't under-" she said in alarm until he started, making her eyes go wider and wider until...until...UNTIL...

- Elemental Nations – Konoha - Hokage Tower -

It was a new day in Konoha, the sky was clear, birds were chirping happily and the warm rays of the sun seemed to do their worst to make the various shinobi struggle with the idea of just lying down on the grass to do nothing. Especially their dear Hokage Kakashi Hatake, naturally-born lazy-ass, until...

"OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!"

That quiet moment of Peace went drastically interrupted when a far-away sound shocked the whole Village breaking every form of glass present in there. Same thing also happening in every other Village of the Elemental Nations.

" What the fuck was that?!" Kakashi yelled with wide eyes while looking out the window in confusion.

- Back in Equestria -

Back in Ponyville Maelstrom was silently looking with horrified eyes the result of his work...while unconsciously still licking his lips.

"Oh, God!...I think I killed her..." he muttered with wide eyes.

("Of course you did, Naruto. She was unprepared and you a veteran, you should always start slow." "Easy for you to say, Shika! Hunger is Hunger." "True, I can't deny that, I know Temari would kill me if I don't give my best, so I understand where you come from." "Guys, I remember you that some of us are still without a girlfriend, do not rub salt on the wound." "Sorry, Chouji.")

"Ughblblblblb..." Dash moaned with vacant eyes while drooling, mumbling incoherently and trembling in micro shocks of pleasure.

Luckily the former shinobi still had Kurama in the Seal ready to disperse his wisdom coming from his being a Biju created by the Sage of the Six Paths himself Hagoromo.

"...Try poking her with a stick." the Biju said uncertain.

("Gee, Kurama! What a great show of Wisdom!" "S-S-S-SHUT UP, Naruto!")

One hour later – Sugarcube Corner – after a short visit to a doctor paid handsomely to keep everything secret-

"Hoy Dash! how went with your flying lessons?" Applejack asked curious at seeing the Pegasus stumble inside with a dumb smile literally frozen on her face.

"Good! it went good! a lot of nice things went very, very good!" Dash answered with a very excited tone.

"You okay? you sound...kind of like in overdrive." Twilight asked curious.

" Who? Me? I am fine...a bit overwhelmed...but I am fine! Just tried something new," she answered immediately.

"Cool-down, girl! You look like a filly in a sugar-rush!" Gilda said smirking.

"O-okay," Dash said taking a deep breath and literally deflating to take a seat.

"You are all wobbly now! Hihi! you look like jelly." Pinkie said giggling.

"Just a little weak on the legs," the rainbow-maned Pegasus said sighing longingly.

"Uhm! This is strange, did Maelstrom do something strange?" Twilight asked with narrowed eyes.

"Maelstrom?...MINE! I mean, no, we have just tried some new tricks...some new, awesome tricks...of the kind that blows the mind...and makes you wonder what heaven tastes like." Dash answered before walking away in a zombie-like fashion.

("Oh, my! Thank you! I take pride in my skills!" "Considering how you reduced her into THAT, I can't blame you." "CADENCE!?" "Just being objective, Shiny. You have a lot of way to go to do that! Try asking for suggestions!" "NEVER! My pride as a male won't accept such a blow!" "Worse for you, he gave pointers to Sasuke-kun, now he reached new levels." "Sakura!...Yes...Unfortunately once swallowed my Pride, I have to admit his suggestions do bring results." "...We'll talk later, Naruto." "Okay, Shika.")

"Wow, that was unexpected," Twilight said surprised.

"She probably just needs some rest, nothing to worry about." Rarity answered with a calm smile.

"I'll go ask instead, that sounded like something interesting!" Gilda said smirking before hurrying out.

"Tch! Griffins, never knowing when minding their own businesses." Rarity said sighing dramatically.

"Talks the biggest gossiper o' Ponyville..." Applejack muttered.

"What was that dear?"

"Nothing!"

It wouldn't be the last or only time Dash would appear in Ponyville with a similar expression, but even stranger would be see BOTH Maelstrom and Dash walk around the small town with a look of total bliss etched on the faces, when asked neither would give more details than an off-hoof comment about their new-found appreciation for numbers.

Especially the sixty-nine for some reason, all for other ponies confusion.

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"Huhuhu! 69!" Kakashi finished reading with a very childish giggle.

"C-Can we try it?"

"DASH!" the pony group said in shock.

"Can't blame her." Anarchy muttered.

"That's because you are still virgin, Anarchy." Discord answered smirking.

"That's because YOU stole my girlfriend!"

"Can't blame her for choosing the more Suave, Draconequus." the other replied smirking.

"Darn it!"

"Girls, girls please calm down. It was certainly a slip of the tongue of poor Dash, do not antagonize her." Celestia said gently so to defuse the air of violence hanging around the group.

"Yes, we don't believe you should fault her for falling victim of her own desires." Luna added while securing both Maelstrom and Naruto on her back after having tied both up in conjured ropes and gagged them.

"..."

"...What?" she asked looking innocent.

"Luna, put them down." the Sun Alicorn asked gently.

"We don't wanna!" the Moon Princess replied whining.

"Luna you can't ponynap whoever you please."

"But our itch has gone thousands of years without being scratched!" she replied with trembling lips.

"I know how you feel, but sequestering them is not the answer."

"...Even if I share them with you?"

"W-W-We are above such things, sister. Please put them down."

"Celly your wings are rigid as planks,"

"T-T-they certainly are not, Discord." Celestia answered while trying to manually bending down her wings.

"GRAB HER!" both Hinata and the Mane 6 yelled as one as they pounced on Luna to free the two prisoners.

"Aaaaugh!" Tsunade groaned tiredly as new Chaos unfolded between the two groups as she was the only one between humans and ponies to not join the chase for Luna to free both blonds.

"This reading is killing me." she muttered dejected.

- Several minutes later - once the chase finally came to an end -

"Oh! There is another one!" Kakashi said aloud.

"Another one?" Kiba asked while still undoing the knots on the ropes around Naruto.

"Here." Twilight offered cutting away the ropes with her magic.

"Thank you, Twi-chan!" Naruto said grateful.

"Think nothing of it." she answered smiling.

"Yep! And this is about you, Hinata!"

"ME!?" the Hyuuga heiress said in embarrasment.

"Hu-uh! Here it comes!"

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Omake 2 – Hinata VS The Marem (Mare-Harem) – Takes place after the Naru/Main 6 (Trixie in place of Rarity) pairing is confirmed -

"Oooh, God!" Hinata muttered ashamed.

"Be strong, Hina-chan! Maybe there is nothing to be worried about!"

"I hope so, Naruto-kun!"

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Elemental Countries - Konoha -

"Wait, let me see if I got this, you want to Challenge us." Twilight Sparkle said with narrowed eyes, nor she or the other Element Bearers hiding their being ponies just like Maelstrom.

"Yes," Hinata growled in answer.

"Why?" Applejack asked dumbfounded.

"He should have been mine! EVERYONE KNOWS HOW THE MANGA ENDS! Why you six had to change things!?" the Hyuuga woman said enraged.

"Not everyone was happy about it, so I guess at least those are okay about us staying with him," Dash answered with a smug grin while nuzzling the embarrassed stallion.

("Screw the NaruHina Haters, I fought for the rights to have the love of my Naruto-kun, and I deserve it!" "And you won, Hina-chan! You won it all." "Thank you! Hihihihi!")

"SCREW THE NARUHINA HATERS! I challenge you six! For the right to stay with him!" Hinata said crossing her arms.

"He is an Alicorn and you a human, I don't think it will work between you two." Rarity said with a raised eyebrow.

("It still can work, it would be a TINY BIT strange, but it could work." "Guh!" "You did that on purpose to bring back the whole 'Bestiality/furry' thing, don't you?" "Sorry Hokage-sama, it was just my mean side acting up." "I knew it.")

"You can't change me into a pony? You did it with him." the human woman asked bitterly.

"Princess Celestia could do that because he was a pony at the beginning, we just returned him to his true body; we can't do that with you, who do you think we are? A Conversion Bureau?" Twilight asked annoyed.

"I DON'T CARE! I still want to challenge you, even just to know who's best between us!" Hinata answered.

"Ya know what? The hay if I am going tha listen to another whining, ya have a challenge, girl!" Applejack said with narrowed eyes.

"Good! In what do you want us to face-off?" the Hyuuga woman asked.

"...Eating Contest, he likes that Ramen stuff? Then I bet I can eat more than ya, but Vegetarian if ya don't mind." the earth pony answered.

"Ah! I am the only one that can out-eat Naruto-kun, you have already lost!" Hinata said proudly.

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"That she does, that she does." Naruto admitted proudly while nuzzling deep in her neck.

"Naruto-kun nooo, Hihihi! The other are watching!" Hinata answered giggling without pushing him away.

"Yeah, please keep your pants on, thank you." Shining answered with a grimace.

"Okay." both lovebirds answered stopping.

"Aaaaaw!"

"Really, you others have no shame!" Rarity sighed in defeat.

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"We'll see, sugarcube...we'll see." AJ said smirking.

Two minutes later -

"Se-seventy-five..." Kakashi said in awe once the contest was over.

"Eeyup! That was darn good, now ah see why ya love this stuff! Taste awesome," Applejack said while daintily cleaning her mouth with a handkerchief before joining the cheering group of mares to kiss Maelstrom's cheek.

("Daaaaamn! That is a big number in two minutes!" "HEY!" "Shucks, thank you, sugar! Ah like tha please!" "I can beat that record, I just don't see the need to..." "I know, Hinata-chan, I know.")

"I-I-I...BUUURP! I am not defeated yet!" Hinata moaned from her place at the counter, her sixty bowls looking almost ashamed themselves at the defeat.

"Who's next?" Twilight asked.

"Fluttershy! I think she is one hundred times more cute than her when doing her shy thing," Dash said smirking.

"Umph! As if! People adores me when I poke my fingers and mutter 'Naruto-kun', I get an increase in popularity just from that in every episode!" Hinata said.

"Uuhm! Uuuuhm! P-please don't pull me into this...I-I don't like being in the centre of attention," Fluttershy muttered as she tried to hide her heavily blushing face behind her own mane.

The effect was instantaneous as even the most battle-hardened, sadistic mean bastard shinobi of Konoha squealed in answer at the IMPOSSIBLY CUTE image, fuck! even Sasuke had left out a stricken "D'aaaw! That's cute." after a mere three seconds of exposure.

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"I don't do that! I am a real man! I am not into cute stuff!" Sasuke said scandalized.

"I-I-I am sorry..." Fluttershy said looking very guilty about the whole thing, and doing it in the most adorable way possible.

"...Just keep reading." the last Uchiha growled with a red face while looking away.

"Ah-ha! The manly man fell for it!" Sakura said in triumph.

"S-S-SHUT UP!"

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"Nope! I guess this counts as a victory for the shy one, and us by reflex." Trixie said smirking while adding another point to the Pony Team counter.

"GUH!" Hinata groaned in disbelief as he fell on all four with an aura of despair around her.

"You can still do this, onee-sama." Hanabi said trying to cheer-up her big sister.

"I am next then if you don't mind!" Twilight said.

"I can do this...what's the challenge?" Hinata asked.

"A simple Quiz, beauty is not everything you know? being smart too can be sexy...and he likes when we play Teacher and Student, if you catch my drift." the Unicorn said smirking.

"You...you...so be it! Choose what we will have our Quiz about!" the Hyuuga woman said seething in anger.

"I'll help you, we'll answer questions about this World AND its Shinobi Villages," Twilight answered as Shikamaru Nara moved between them to act as referee.

Ten Minutes later -

"BUUUUUU-HUUUUUUU!" Hinata wailed while getting consoled by Ino and Sakura, the score board above them not helping in the woman's despair.

'Hinata: -120. Twilight Sparkle: 12527.'

("OW, COME ON! THAT IS UNFAIR AGAINST ME!" "It is a bit unfair admittedly, Miss Hinata." "Thank you, Twilight-san." "Although, you challenged Twilight, her destroying you was a given." "Dash!" "Aaaaargh!")

"I didn't know someone could go into negative numbers," Tsunade muttered.

"Me neither..." Kakashi answered.

"THAT'S IT! IF I CAN'T HAVE HIM, NO-ONE WILL! YANDERE ASSAULT NO JUTSU!" Hinata screamed in rage as she pulled the cord of a devilish chainsaw she took out of thin air.

"RUUUUUUN!" Maelstrom yelled as he and the others escaped the madly laughing Hyuuga while other shinobi tried to stop the snapped Clan Heiress.

"But I didn't get to compete!" Pinkie said with a whine.

"Just shut-up and run!" Dash yelled as they managed to enter the portal Celestia created for them just in time to escape.

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"This was the last one." Kakashi said turning the page to see the new chapter waiting for him to be red.

"You were sexy going all Yandere, you know?" Naruto admitted smirking.

"I don't think it was meant to be sexy." Kiba said shivering.

"He has the hots for Yuno Gasai, and Yanderes in general excite him, especially if they attack him. He likes the idea of defeating them and then have make-up sex with them to forgive them for trying to kill him." Sasuke explained.

"AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?!" Naruto shrieked with a red face.

"Not only you move around and SOMEHOW can summon a Rasengan in your sleep, you also talk A LOT! Me and Kakashi-sensei spent weeks unable to look at Tsunade in the eyes after you admitted Hinata wanted to know if you could talk her into joining you three for a threesome."

"NARUTO!" Tsunade bellowed blushing deep-red.

"What? I am a young man in the prime of his hormonal years! I can have dirty fantasies!" he replied offended.

"Yes but not about me, I could be your grandmother..." Tsunade replied looking almost shy.

"More like my mother, also a role-play I would not say NO to."

"B-B-Baka!" the woman screamed covering her face and looking away.

"Almost there, Naruto-kun! Keep pushing." Hinata whispered in need.

"Just a little longer, have faith in my Talk no Jutsu, Hina-chan, you'll have your dream threesome, I promise you." he answered in determination.

"Do it and I will cosplay as Yuno Gasai when we'll do it! I'll even attack you with a hatchet as foreplay!" she whispered back.

"Hmmmmmmm! Consider it done." the blond man promised shivering in delight.

Meanwhile - Pony side -

"SO! You have a mother fetish, don't you?" Luna said stalking closer to Maelstrom.

"We can be your mother! Sad of having your heartless father always away for business trips and so easy prey for your younger vigour to snatch us away and steal our hearts and body from him!" the Moon Alicorn offered making the blond pony gulp.

"I-I-I..."

"And We guess Celestia can be the Aunt discovering us and black-mailing both into joining the sinful, hot affair behind her own heartless husband..." she added making both him and Celestia's face turn red.

"L-L-Luna!"

"What?"

"...Please stop tempting me." she admitted with a low voice.

"Nopony will know."

"Nopony? Promise?"

"It's a promise."

"...Okay then..."

"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!" Maelstrom bellowed as he ran away.

"CATCH HIM!"

So! on the notes of Maelstrom unmanly scream of help, I will close this new chapter.

Sorry if I take long, but even if reading stories are easier to deal with, I want to focus on more personal project before focusing on this one, especially if I have to keep my own additions to a minimum to not make the whole thing unreadable.

I am glad to have so many of you appreciate my work, it makes life more bearable in its dullest moments.

Thank you for reading me, to the next update.

Tr230.