Sickeningly Sweet

By: AtomicKokoro

Storyline

When things go wrong with a magic remote, Mikado and Masaomi are stuck with whole new bodies in the Children's show My Little Pony.

Before You Read

In a previous review I got, I was asked a question: "What's the point of the story?"

Well, the point of the story is, well, nothing. It's the only inspiration I've had in a long time, so I'm just writing it cause I wanna. Eventually, the entire point of the story becomes clear if you've watched all of Durarara!.

It's gonna focus on Mikado and Masaomi's friendship a little bit, and the Ponies are going to help them heal the bad patches between them that haven't been solved yet in the series. I think that's the idea I'm going for, but I'm also trying to write a fanfiction that's faithful to both series as much as possible. The "having to learn friendship" for My Little Pony and the "lies, faithlessness, and secrets" of Durarara!. Really, this is tough work I'm doing.

Gimme a break!

On with the story!

Chapter 8

Boyfriend For A Day

She was going so fast, she was a blue blur – no, a rainbow blur! – and Masaomi couldn't even keep track of her movements anymore. Beside him, Mikado, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Twilight was also awed by the speed and color. "Man, to think I'll be as fast as her one day..."

"I think you're fast enough already," Mikado muttered. "You're faster than me."

Masaomi shrugged. "Good enough, I guess."

At that moment, Rarity and Fluttershy arrived on the scene. Twilight noticed them first. "Hey, guys. What's up?"

The Ponies turned their attention away from Rainbow Dash for the moment to greet the newly arriving Rarity and Fluttershy. "Well," Rarity began. "Fluttershy and I have two tickets to one of the most important fashion shows in Canterlot. Unfortunately, we will be need male escorts if we want to enter."

Mikado blinked. "Male escorts?"

Masaomi chuckled. "You mean boyfriends?" he corrected.

Rarity stumbled for some words, trying to correct him back, but she was left with nothing. "Well, uh, sort of," she said eventually.

"It was my idea," Fluttershy whispered (or was she speaking normally?). "I promised I would go with her, but when the flier said that we needed 'male escorts' if we wanted to get into the fashion show, I thought maybe you would like to come, too."

Mikado blushed. "Well, it's very nice of you to ask us, but-"

"We would love to," Masaomi smiled, kissing Rarity's hoof as though it were a human hand and smiling charmingly. "I've been on many sophisticated dates, so you have no need to worry."

Rarity forced a smile and glanced away. "It's not your manners I'm afraid of," she muttered to herself.

"Hey, hold on!" The rainbow crash landed into the ground gracelessly, front hooves under her body and chin on the ground. "You are going to take Kida away from his flying lessons just so you can see some fashion show?"

"Hold it there, cowgirl," Applejack said, helping Rainbow Dash to her feet. "It's just for a day, that's all. Besides, it'll be a nice break for Ryū and Kida. If they'll be staying here a while, they might as well get to know Equestria."

Twilight stepped forward, smiling. "And I'll send a letter to Princess Celestia and maybe Ryū and Kida can properly introduce themselves to her."

"This is grand! I even have the perfect outfits!" Rarity chuckled. Then, she leaned into Rainbow Dash. "And, don't worry. I'll continue to turn him down for you."

Rainbow Dash blinked, confused for a moment. Before she could process what Rarity said, the Unicorn and the other three Ponies were already on their way to the train station. "We'll see you guys later!" Masaomi yelled over his shoulder.

Mikado glanced back, ears back, then he sighed. "I can't believe I'm doing this," he muttered.

Masaomi thought the train ride was cool. It seemed to go on forever but it had only been an hour or so they had been on the tracks. Mikado was slowly getting motion sickness and was glad when the ride stopped.

The four Ponies got off the train and looked around. Masaomi and Mikado were awed, and excited to be in Canterlot despite being dressed like two little gentlecolts in black-and-white tuxedos that Rarity fashioned herself (Fluttershy and Rarity were dressed in the same outfits as they wore to something called the Grand Galloping Gala). It seemed so sophisticated and fancy. They were expecting it to be a lot more like Ikebukuro, but it appeared less lively and more safe.

Mikado hardly noticed the white Pegasus-Unicorn as he trotted past her to get a better look at the city. "Amazing!"

Masaomi, however, couldn't miss her. She was gorgeous. Her multicolored hair flowed like light and her eyes were captivating. He did the only thing he could think of when he saw such a beautiful lady like her; he hit on her. "Hey, there, beautiful," he charmed smoothly. "A pretty mare like you should be running around without a handsome stallion at her side. I would be more than happy to fill that position for you." The mare lifted an eyebrow.

There was a shriek and Masaomi was dragged away by the tail, accidentally stumbling and falling on his stomach. Masaomi glanced back at Rarity, who's eyes were open wide. "Don't worry," he said. "I'll still take you to the fashion show. Or are you jealous?"

"Kida!" Rarity whispered loudly, as though to scold him quietly. "That's Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria by day!"

Masaomi's eyes widened significantly and he jumped to his feet. "P-Princess?" he stammered. There was a shocked silence, then he smiled sheepishly. "Uh, hi." Princess Celestia smiled a bit and chuckled.

"Ryū!" Fluttershy called, trying to get him over to see the Princess, but he didn't hear her. "Ryū... Ryū...!"

"Ryū!" Rarity snapped and Mikado was over at them in an instant.

"Yeah?"

"Meet Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria by day..."

There was another long, shocked silence, before Mikado whispered, "Wow."

"That's what I thought," Masaomi muttered, then he turned to Mikado and lower to a whisper. "Oh, crap! How do we address royalty?"

Rarity rolled her eyes then bowed, trying to set the good example. Masaomi and Mikado saw and followed suit. Fluttershy had been doing so for the past five minutes. Princess Celestia smiled. "It's alright," she said. "You can stand now."

The four Ponies stood. Rarity stepped forward. "Well, Princess, it is certainly so nice to see you again. How have you been?"

"Fine," she replied. "I see you are doing well yourself." Rarity and Fluttershy nodded and the Princess turned to the two colts before her. "I take it this is Ryū and Kida, the two colts I've heard so much about from Twilight."

"Good day, ma'am," Masaomi greeting with a less suggestive smile.

Mikado lowered his head a bit. "It's nice to meet you."

Celestia leaned down to his level and smiled. "Don't be afraid, Ryū. I'm not as scary as Twilight might say I am." Mikado smiled and loosened up. The Princess turned to Rarity again. "I hear you are here to see the Fashion Show of Canterlot."

Rarity nodded. "Oh, yes," she said. "Fluttershy and I won two tickets to see it in a draw, but since we needed male escorts, I asked these two gentlemen to bring us." She leaned forward and lowered her voice to a whisper. "Except for the part where they aren't so gentlemen-ly. One of them has been with Applejack for the last few days. I don't want to know what he's picked up from her."

Celestia lifted an eyebrow and Rarity smiled sheepishly. Then, the Princess smiled. "Well, now, I hope you don't mind," she said. "after the fashion show, I would like to speak with Ryū and Kida about their current situation. But, until then, you four have fun. I'll be in the castle if you need me." With that, she took into the air and flew off towards the castle.

"Wow," Masaomi whispered. "She is beautiful."

Rarity lifted an eyebrow and growled, "Don't get ahead of yourself, young colt. She, like me, is way out of your league."

Masaomi scoffed and looked away. "One day, you are going to regret those words."

"Um, where's Ryū?" the shy Pony whispered, looking around.

Masaomi sighed. "He's gone."

Rarity frowned. "Here we go..."

Mikado trotted around, awed by everything he saw. Even if it was a small town city unlike Ikebukuro, it was still busy and big and seemed exciting enough for him. He made a three-sixty. The excitement would come soon! He looked around some more. It would come. There was a pause. The pepper sat where he was and sighed.

These Ponies were nothing but a bunch of stuck-up fashionistas who didn't understand the meaning of fun. This was not as exciting as he was hoping. Even Ponyville was more fun than this. "I need something to do," he muttered. "and fast."

It was Fluttershy who found him (after all, as they were riding the train, she practically forced Mikado to be her boy- ...male escort for the day; he was a lot less to handle than Masaomi) at a table under an umbrella. Several Ponies who passed whispered about his outfit while Fluttershy was wondering why Mikado was looking so depressed.

His chin was on the table, his ears back. He looked disappointed and let down. Perhaps Canterlot wasn't what he was expecting. She walked up to the table and sat across from him, mirroring his position. There was a long silence and Mikado didn't seem to notice her. "Are you okay?" she asked after a few moments.

Mikado looked up and seemed surprised to see Fluttershy across the table. He lifted his head and his ears. "Yeah," he said. "It's just that Canterlot wasn't what I thought it would be."

Fluttershy flapped her wings a bit and nodded. "I figured," she whispered. Then, she got an idea. "Why don't I show you around Canterlot? There has got to be a lot of things we can do here."

The pepper colt considered turning down the idea, but since he was her male escort and they invited him, he decided to go along with it. "Alright." Fluttershy smiled.

Masaomi was more gentlemen-ly than Rarity expected. With what little money he managed to gather (from Gosh knows where), he paid for drinks and a snack at one of the fancier places Rarity wanted to check out. "I would love to look at the boutique next door," she suggested as they were eating. "I heard their dresses are fabulous."

The blond faked a smile. This was going to be a long day.

The amusement park was rather large for such a calm-seeming city. Hardly any Pony were on the rides. Mikado pointed at a cool-looking roller coaster, but Fluttershy backed up, shaking her head, and pointed at a nearby Ferris Wheel.

They got on and the ride jolted (as a Ferris Wheel always does) and Fluttershy clung to Mikado's arm. Mikado chuckled and Fluttershy blushed. "On second thought," she whispered. "can we get off? This goes awfully high..."

"No higher than you can fly," Mikado replied. "Don't worry. You'll be perfectly fine. Don't focus on the height. Look! The city is beautiful."

Fluttershy tore her eyes from the ground for a moment to look up and she appeared appalled. "I don't think I've seen the city like this before," she said, more to herself than Mikado. The ride started going down and all they could see were the carts in front of them.

"Where I'm from," Mikado began. "we have Ferris Wheels like this all the time, but the city is far bigger and busier, so, when you go at night, it's like watching a light show among the Ponies."

Fluttershy glanced at Mikado then looked forward as they went back up again. "This is so much fun," she said. "Is the city where you are from – ...Ike...bukuro... – like Canterlot?"

Mikado shook his head. "No, Ikebukuro is...crazier," he said. "A lot more Ponies. And I mean a lot. But they aren't like any of the Ponies here. These Ponies are just living as best as they can."

"Well," the pink-haired Pony chuckled. "I'd like to visit Ikebukuro sometime, then."

"No!" Mikado said all to quickly, startling Fluttershy. Mikado hesitated for a moment and rubbed the back of his neck. "What I mean...is that Ikebukuro has no animals, and you can hardly see the sky. You wouldn't like it there, Fluttershy. It's too noisy."

Fluttershy stared at Mikado for a moment, then smiled. "You're right. I probably wouldn't." Then, she turned back to the city and watched as they went around one more time.

Mikado wasn't focusing on the city. He was thinking of Ikebukuro. It's such a big gap between Ikebukuro and Ponyville, he thought. I don't know how much longer I can stand being here...

The night finally came and the two dates finally met up at the building where the Fashion Show was being held. Masaomi was looking exhausted and Mikado appeared troubled, but both fillies looked happy. "I can't wait," Fluttershy said, stamping her hooves in excitement. "Some of these dresses are so pretty."

Rarity nodded. "I hope I can get some inspiration from this. I could really use the ideas."

Masaomi and Mikado exchanged glances then walked in after the ladies.

The seats they got were in the front row, half-way down the run way. Great seats. Fluttershy and Rarity sat between the two boys (Fluttershy beside Mikado and Rarity with Masaomi) and the show began just as they sat down.

The colts were bored out of their minds, caring less of what was on the run way (the Ponies weren't the human girls Masaomi was used to and whatever they wore was very covering, so Masaomi didn't see any interest in it).

"Oh, look!" Fluttershy exclaimed (or, at least, it was louder than her normal voice but not even close to yelling), pointing at one of the dresses. "I wore that one before."

Mikado glanced at Fluttershy. "You were able to afford a dress that expensive?" he asked, sounding surprised.

"Oh, no," Fluttershy correct. "I was a model a little while ago. It's a long story, but I eventually came out of it because I didn't like the attention. Oh! That dress is really pretty."

She and Rarity returned to their talking and pointing and critiquing the outfits (Fluttershy seemed to know a lot about fashion, despite her lack of interesting in sowing and making dresses). The Show seemed to last all night.

Finally, the last model returned to the back and the Show was over. Mikado and Masaomi were more than happy to see it over and stood. "Well," Masaomi sighed, stretching. "To home!"

Mikado placed a hoof on Masaomi's shoulder and shook his head. "Not yet," he said. "We have to see the Princess first."

Masaomi groaned and began out of the building, mixed in with several other Ponies. Eventually, they regrouped and stood just to the side of the doorway. "I guess we better hurry before the Princess is mad we are late," Fluttershy suggested. "She said she would be in the Royal Castle, so I guess that's where we go."

The Ponies nodded and started up towards the Royal Castle. There was a bit of walking, but they finally made it to the top and walked inside. There, Princess Celestia was sitting on her throne, drinking some water beside a Pony of a darker color; dark purple with a navy blue, flowing hair like Celestia.

Masaomi opened his mouth for a pick-up line when Rarity covered his mouth. "No pick-up lines," she snapped. "She is Princess Luna, sister of Princess Celestia and ruler of Equestria during the night."

Masaomi groaned through Rarity's hoof and it was dropped back to the ground. "Kida. Ryū. Fluttershy. Rarity. Glad you could make it." Celestia stood up from her throne and walked over to them. "I was worried for a moment you wouldn't come."

"How could I leave a beautiful mare like you waiting?" Masaomi said smoothly. Mikado, Fluttershy, and Rarity glared at him, but he didn't stop. "And an equally beautiful sister, I see?"

Princess Luna's eyes went wide, appearing unsure of how to react. Celestia glanced back at her sister then back at Masaomi. "Alright," she continued hesitantly. "Well, shall we talk?"

Mikado nodded. "Of course. What is it you want to talk about?"

Celestia turned and walked to the window, to look over the night. "In Twilight Sparkle's letter," she began. "there was a strange story. She said that she doesn't know where you are from. And, from the sounds of it, neither do you."

There was an uncomfortable silence. "Ma'am," Mikado said. "we are from Ikebukuro."

Another pause chilled the room and Celestia turned around. "Did you say Ikebukuro? Or do you mean Ikebuckuro?"

"Of course there is a Pony-version of the name," Masaomi muttered to himself, his ears going back.

Mikado thought about it for a moment. "Perhaps," he said. "It might be close enough."

Luna jumped up from her chair. "You can't!" she gasped. "Ikebuckuro vanished two hundred years ago." The four young Ponies gasped in horror.

Masaomi and Mikado exchanged frightened glances then turned back. "You're kidding!" Masaomi gasped. "You have to be kidding! That's where we were before we ended up in Ponyville!"

Celestia walked over and examined them close. "How did you get to Ponyville, anyway?"

"We aren't sure," Mikado said all to quickly. "We were at home, and had just bought this new remote and the, the power button started glowing. Masaomi figured it was working so he clicked some random numbers and – Bam! – here we are!"

"Time travel?" Luna suggested, stepping down from their thrones. "That's the only logical explanation."

Mikado and Masaomi exchanged very regretful glances, as though they weren't into saying their next words, then they turned back. "What about...dimension travel?" Masaomi suggested.

"Dimension travel?" Celestia repeated, sounding baffled. "That is more unbelievable than Time Travel."

Masaomi chuckled nervously. "Well, can't eliminate all possibilities, right?"

Mikado stepped forward again. "The only problem is that we found two more Ponies that are from where we are from. They don't know how they got here, either."

Celestia sighed and crossed her front legs. "Whatever it is, it's is bigger than we originally thought." She paused and sighed again. "Alright. You can go now. This will take some time to figure out."

The Ponies bowed then turned and left the room. As they left the castle and walked down to the station where the final train was preparing to leave, there was mostly silence as the colts hung their heads low and ears back. Fluttershy and Rarity were worried.

Finally, Mikado looked up. "Staying here will still be fun, though, right?" There was silence and he stared at the ground again.

"I want to go home," Masaomi whispered after a moment. "I want things to go back to normal."

"Why would we want things to go back to normal?" Mikado asked, sounding surprised. "This place is so much fun, and there are all sorts of adventures. Something new everyday!"

Masaomi opened his mouth, then sighed and lowered his head more. Then, he perked his ears and beamed a smile, dropping on arm around Mikado's shoulders. "You're right. We should seize this opportunity while we still have it!"

Fluttershy and Rarity smiled at each other, seeing as the mood picked up significantly. They walked into the train and it took off towards Ponyville.

The train wouldn't arrive until morning, and Masaomi wouldn't sleep. He wasn't sure Mikado was, either.

They explained everything to Twilight Sparkle and the others when they arrived the next morning. "Time Travel, dimension travel...This all seems...baffling."

"Well, whatever it is," Applejack sighed. "it appears to be linked to some sort of magic."

The rest of the Ponies nodded.

Rainbow Dash landed beside a down-looking Masaomi. "You okay?" she asked.

Masaomi lifted his head in an instant, looking around. "What? Oh, yeah, I'm fine," he said when he noticed her. Rainbow Dash frowned. Masaomi beamed. "I'm just tired. Long night."

Rainbow Dash chuckled. "I could imagine."

Rarity and Fluttershy trotted up to the colts before they could leave. "Thank you," Rarity said. "for taking us to the Fashion Show. It was a lot of fun. We should do this again." Rarity winked but Masaomi stiffened.

"Actually," Masaomi chuckled. "I, uh, I have somethings...I should probably do. Um, why don't you ask Spike next time? I'm sure he'd love to go! Um, speaking of things I should do," He backed up a step and walking into Rainbow Dash. Realization dawned on him and he beamed. "I have to do my flying lessons, catch up on them. Right, R.D?"

Rainbow Dash blinked a couple times then gasped. "Yes! Flying lessons! The sooner we get going, the better, right? Let's go!"

With that, the two Pegasi took into the sky and disappeared behind the clouds. Rarity huffed. "How wishy-washy," she sighed. "Well, if you need me, I'll be in my boutique."

This left Fluttershy, Applejack, Mikado, Twilight, and Pinkie Pie. "Thank you, Ryū," Fluttershy whispered. "It was really fun. The Ferris Wheel was great."

Applejack's ears twitched. "Say what?" she said. "You guys went on the Ferris Wheel together? I thought you went to see a Fashion Show!"

"It didn't start until after dark," Mikado replied.

"Oh," Applejack chuckled, stepping back. "Makes more sense now."

Fluttershy and Mikado glanced at each other, then they smiled. "Oh, um," Fluttershy whispered, leaning close. "If you don't want to go to the Fashion Show again, you don't have to. Thank you for taking me this time."

Then she turned and walked away with Pinkie Pie to go bake the cupcakes Fluttershy promised to help bake.

"I must say," Applejack said, stepping forward. "That was mighty nice of you to take those two out to the Fashion Show. I know Rarity can be a bit of a pain sometime and Fashion Shows boring, so that was a real gentlecoltly thing you did."

Mikado blushed. "Thank you, Applejack," he chuckled nervously.

"Now, how about enough of this fancy-shmancy stuff and head on back to the farm?"

Mikado smiled. "I'm with you, there," he said and raced with her back towards Sweet Apple Acres.

Twilight smiled, then turned and headed off to do her own thing.

After Notes

Am I doing good? Someone tell me! What do I need to improve? This is driving me crazy!

Oh, also, I'm hoping to introduce more characters next chapter.

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