Narrator's POV
"So, who do you think will win?" Tsunade asked Celestia.
"Twilight, Shadow, and Mint." Celestia replied without a doubt.
"What makes you so sure?" Kakashi asked.
"Twilight and Shadow are two of the most brilliant minds in Equestria. Twilight's is knowledgeable in all things magic while Shadow knows how humans think. Then, Twilight and Mint have impressive magical reserves and know spells that take full advantage of that fact. Finally, Twilight and Shadow share a mental connection that allows them to communicate telepathically with each other." Celestia explained.
"That's an interesting ability." Neji said.
"I personally believe that team seven is going to win." Tsunade replied.
"Team seven?" Luna asked.
"Yes, it is the name of team that those three were assigned while Kakashi taught them." Tsunade answered.
"As you asked me, what makes you so sure?" Celestia asked.
"First there is Sakura's intelligence, medical abilities, and shear strength. Then you have Sasuke's knowledge of jutsu and sharingan. Finally, there is Naruto's unpredictability and his ability to make the impossible possible. That is all before we consider Naruto's tenant and the possibility of it lending him its power." Tsunade answered.
"It doesn't matter who wins this fight, but it is sure to be entertaining." Luna said.
"Yes it will be." Kakashi agreed.
Training Field
"Why do you all have tattoos on your rears?" Sakura asked.
"Tattoos?" Twilight asked.
"She means our cutie marks." Shadow explained.
"Oh, our cutie marks signify what our talents are. They appear when we learn what our talent is." Twilight explained as if reciting it from a book.
"So they're just a symbol that magically appears?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, that is correct." Twilight confirmed.
"What does yours mean?" Sakura asked.
"Mine shows that I am able to use and master any and all types of magic." Twilight said.
"Mine shows my affinity for light and dark magic. Mint's shows that she is gifted in ice and calming spells." Shadow continued.
"Are you two done talking yet?" Sasuke asked impatiently.
"You're an impatient one, aren't you?" Shadow asked.
"We're here to fight, not talk." Sasuke replied.
"Yes, but right now we are talking while Twilight finishes her spell." Shadow said.
"What?!" Naruto exclaimed.
Before anymore could be said, the three unicorns were engulfed by light. As the light died down, the only change to take place was that Mint had three red, overlapping circles around her horn much like what Twilight have on their cutie marks.
"What did you just do?" Sasuke asked.
"That's for us to know and you to deal with." Shadow said before all three vanished.
Stands
"What was that?" Neji asked.
"Based on the mark that appeared on Mint, it is most likely a temporary mind connecting spell." Luna replied.
"So now all three can talk telepathically?" Tsunade asked.
"Yes." Celestia confirmed. "But it will only last for two hours and only if they stay within a hundred yards of each other."
"Interesting." Kakashi said.
Field
Team Seven had jumped away from the unicorns after Shadow had said that. They were currently standing in defensive stances while waiting for the spell to reveal what it did.
"I'm waiting." Shadow called out to them.
"You're just trying to lead us into a trap." Naruto yelled back.
"What trap?" Twilight asked.
"The one the spell made." Sasuke replied.
"That spell didn't make a trap. In fact, it won't do anything to you at all." Twilight said reasurringly.
"Like we're supposed to believe that." Sakura retorted.
"Twilight starts to yell something back, only for Shadow to interrupt her, "I swear on my honor as Princess Luna's student that that spell won't do anything to you."
"I believe him." Naruto said.
"Of course you would, idiot." Sasuke shot back.
"Jerk." Naruto retorted.
"Both of you shut up." Sakura yelled. "We have a spar to win and we can't do it if you two keep arguing."
"Right, let's go." Naruto said before dashing forward and making a hand sign. "Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu."
Hundreds of Narutos appeared throughout the field and charged at the unicorns.
"Twilight, why don't you take on Sasuke while I deal with Naruto. Mint, you can have Sakura." Shadow said mentally before disappearing.
"Ok." They both agreed before disappearing as well. Sasuke and Sakura split apart to take on their own opponents.
Shadow reappeared in the middle of the group of Narutos with both katanas out and spinning around him. They easily dispatched the closest clones while the rest jumped back and pulled out kunias. Shadow then started lashing out with on katana while the other stayed next to him to guard against other attacks.
With Twilight
"Your good." Sasuke said as Twilight blocked yet another slash from his sword.
"Thanks." Twilight replied, "You're not so bad yourself, but you're not good enough."
Twilight then teleported behind him and tried to knock him out with a blow to the neck. Sasuke bent forward and let her hoof fly past before he spun and slashed at her again. She blocked and teleported a little bit away. Sasuke charged forward and stabbed at her, only for it to pass through her.
"An illusion?" Sasuke said before activating his sharingan. "What? I can't see through it."
With that, Sasuke spun around to look for her, but all he could see was her illusion. The illusion walked towards him, but he ignored it.
'Wait, why wouldn't she dispel the illusion, unless…' Sasuke thought before he ducked under another shot to his neck.
"Illusions?" Sasuke asked.
"What illusions?" Twilight asked with a knowing smile.
With Mint
Sakura found herself at a major disadvantage. Nothing Sakura could do was able to touch Mint. Anytime she would get close enough to attack, Mint would teleport away. If she threw kunai or shuriken, they would stop in mid-air and launch back at her. Finally, if she retreated to try to think of a plan, Mint would launch ice needles at her.
'Time to put the Tsunade's training to the test.' Sakura thought to herself before raising her fist and smashing it into the ground.
The force from her punch shattered the ground and knocked everyone and pony of balance. Using this moment of distraction, Sakura shot forward to attack Mint. Mint, seeing Sakura running at her, knew she couldn't get away in time, so she the next best thing. Sakura leap up and raised her leg above her head. She then brought her foot down with all her strength, only to meet a wall of ice which barely cracked under the pressure. Sakura leapt away from the attack, only to land on the ice that now coated the ground. Sakura barely kept her balance. Mint let the barrier melt around her while she regained her balance.
With Shadow
Shadow was doing very well against the clones. Like Mint, he would redirect anything that was thrown at him. In fact, it was because of such an attack that the clones' numbers had dropped down to around twenty. At that point, Naruto started to use an attack that looked like a tornado that was contained within a palm sized sphere. He called the attack, 'Rasengan'. The first time Naruto had used it, Shadow let it hit one of his barriers, and was surprised when it was shattered by the attack. Now, he dodged whenever that attack came at him.
Shadow now stood against the last two clones and the real Naruto, who was current standing back with his eyes closed. Shadow decided to take a chance as he shot both katanas at the clones while he ran towards the real Naruto. Shadow heard two satisfying 'poofs' that signified the end to the clones. He brought his katanas back to him, while he drew closer to Naruto. Suddenly, orange marks appeared around Narutos eyes. They opened to reveal that his eyes had turned from his normal brilliant blue to a golden yellow with rectangles for his pupils. Naruto created a single clone and they began to form the rasengan. Seeing this, Shadow teleported away to watch warily at a safe distance. Naruto rushed forward at a much greater speed than before while the rasengan in his hand continued to grow in size until it dwarfed Naruto in size.
Naruto jumped into the air and prepared to bring the ball of destruction down upon Shadow. Just as he reached the full height of his jump, the rasengan exploded and sent Naruto crashing into the ground with enough force to create a crater.
With Twilight (One Minute Earlier)
Twilight dodged yet another barrage of miniature fireballs that Sasuke had launched from his mouth.
'That attack is really annoying.' Twilight thought to herself.
She watched as Sasuke started another series of handsigns.
'I don't think so.' Twilight thought before teleporting behind Sasuke.
Sasuke spun around and lashed out with his sword, only this time it was covered in lightning. His sword met Twilight's and was stooped instantly.
'What?!' Sasuke thought to himself. 'My sword should have cut through her's, or at least shocked her.'
Twilight smiled around the sword in her mouth before her horn flickered with magic. Sasuke saw this, but before he could react, he was blown back by a pulse of magic.
With Sakura (One Minute Earlier)
Both Mint and Sakura stopped their battle to watch Naruto jump into the air with the massive rasengan.
"What's that idiot thinking?" Sakura asked. "He shouldn't be using such destructive moves in a sparring match."
Mint watched on in amazement of the sheer power the boy had. Suddenly, the ball exploded and sent Naruto into the ground.
"Naruto!" Sakura yelled before running to the crater.
Sakura jumped down into the crater and grabbed Naruto. She the leapt out of the crater and brought him over to where Sasuke had just been blown back. She laid him down and quickly checked him over, but was shocked to find that he only had a few cuts that were quickly healing over.
"Sakura, I'm fine." Naruto complained as he stood up.
"Good." Sakura said in relief before yelling, "What's big idea with using that attack?"
"Nothing else I used could hit him, so I used Sage mode. That explosion knocked me out of it though." Naruto answered seriously.
"Why did it explode?" Sakura asked.
"I don't know." Naruto replied.
"It probably had something to do with the black thing I saw pierce it." Sasuke said as he continued to watch the unicorns.
"How are your battles going?" Naruto asked.
"Badly. Mint has me at a major disadvantage with her range." Sakura answered.
"I couldn't even touch Shadow." Naruto said. "He teleports around too much."
"Same with Twilight." Sasuke said.
"Sasuke, I have an idea." Naruto said.
Sasuke and Sakura looked at him like he was crazy.
"Give me a fireball. A big one." Naruto said as he took up a position next to Sasuke.
Sakura moved back behind the two to provide support. Both Sasuke and Naruto started making hand signs. Sasuke finished his first and launched out a slow fireball that was twice as big as he was. Naruto finished his right after and called out, "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough." Naruto thrusts his hands forwards and a massive amount of wind hit the fireball turning it into a giant wave of fire.
"Any ideas?" Shadow mentally asked.
"Ice wall?" Mint asked.
"Ice wall." Twilight confirmed before they both began to concentrate.
A second later, they both released a massive pulse of magic and a giant ice wall appeared before them. Shadow then created a barrier behind it just in case. The wave a fire hit the ice wall and they canceled each other out. The steam cleared to reveal the three unicorns completely unharmed, tired, but unharmed.
"What does it take to bring these three down?" Naruto asked aloud.
"How are you two on chakra?" Sakura asked.
"I got a quarter left." Naruto answered.
"Half." Sasuke said.
"Ok, let's show these three what students of the sannin can do." Sakura said as she bit her thumb.
Sasuke and Naruto caught on and bit their thumbs as well. They then spread out and started to perform the exact same set of hand seals before slamming their hands into the ground with a cry of, "Summoning Jutsu!"
Three massive explosions of smoke engulfed where the three ninjas were standing. When the smoke cleared, it revealed the three ninjas now standing on top of three giant animals. Sakura was on top of a giant white and blue slug, Sasuke was standing on top of a giant green snake, and Naruto was standing on top of giant pipe-smoking toad.
"Hey brat. Why did ya suumon me?" The toad asked.
"Sorry Gamabunta, but I needed your help in beating those three." Naruto said while pointing at the three unicorns.
Gamabunta looked down and his face contorted in barely contained laughter, "Really?"
"This is no laughing matter. The black one managed to knock me out of sage mode." Naruto replied.
As soon as he said that, Gamabunta got serious.
"I see." Gamabunta said before looking around. "Katsuyu? Dokubutsu? You're here too?"
"Dokubutsu?" Naruto asked.
The snake nodded and said, "Yes, Manda was removed as the snake-boss summon and I was his replacement."
"Oh, ok." Naruto said cheerily. "Are you three going to give up?"
"Nope." Mint yelled back.
"Can they get hurt?" Shadow asked.
"Yes, but if they take too much damage, the return to their realm." Sakura replied.
"Shall we." Twilight asked.
"Yes, we shall." Shadow answered.
The three unicorns then turned to each other and touched their horns together.
"Are they trying to come up with a plan?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke was about to insult him, but stopped when the unicorns became engulfed in an aura of magic. Then, the aura suddenly compressed to their horns before it was released. A multi-colored spear appeared above each of the summons before shooting down and skewering them. A second later, the summons disappeared in explosions of smoke. The three ninjas landed on the ground and looked at each other in shock. They then looked back to the unicorns to see that Shadow was now laying on the ground and was barely conscious. Twilight and Mint didn't look much better.
"Draw?" Naruto asked hesitantly.
"Yes." Twilight answered.
After she said that, all the combatants followed Shadow's example and crashed on the ground.
"Can you teach me how to do that?" Sasuke asked from his position.
"No." Twilight answered. "You would have to be a unicorn to do that."
"Oh." Sasuke said downcast.
Naruto stood up and asked, "Who's up for round two?"
They all looked at him like he was crazy.
"Just kidding." Naruto said before trying to take a step forward, only to pass out mid step.
Naruto started to fall over, but caught himself.
"You ok?" Sakura asked with concern in her voice.
"I'm more than ok." Naruto said in a dark voice before looking up to reveal red slitted eyes. "I'm in control."
Sakura paled and muttered a single word in horror, "Kyuubi."
Author's Notes
Well, I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Christmas and I wish you all a happy New Year.
Until next time.