Hello, again.

Last time, they had a party, Fluttershy sang a bit, and Teams were formed. And as for anyone who actually gave thought to why I kept canon Team 7 together (albeit with Sun in place of Naruto), it's because they would be ultimately the 'broken' team. Naruto was raped, Sakura and Sasuke were betrayed by family members, and Kakashi couldn't save his team. One of the usual methods of healing that sort of thing is having the one in question near others with similar problems.

As for the other teams:

Team 8 – unless it's a 'search and destroy,' then tracker teams usually need to leave the target alive. Not to mention they would need speed and subtlety, keeping their presence down to a minimum.

Team 10 – minimum effort, maximum effect. Basically, they are to make the capture look easier than it actually is.

Perspective: Fluttershy/Sunset/Rare (later on); Pinkie/Dash

Don't own MLP or Naruto, by the way.

Lesson Number One

Hiruzen sighed as he looked at the Daimyo's wife being glared at and lectured harshly by Fluttershy, who was holding the woman's pet cat protectively. "Remind me again, how did this happen?"

Sun, who was in the room alongside his team, explained. "Well, it goes like this..."

XXFlashbackXX

"This cat is really getting on my last nerve!" Sun cried out as he and his teammates chased down the seemingly bane of Konoha's shinobi forces, Tora the cat.

It was already two hours since they started, and the boy was getting pretty frustrated, showing through in the form of his chakra starting to seep out like when he had gotten angry at Iruka and Dash and Lee when they had messed with his morning cup of cider.

Sakura and Sasuke, knowing about Sunset's little chakra quirk, were hoping to find a way to get the cat out of their before the boy went off.

However, Sakura did take note of where they were running, and had an inkling as to what was eventually happening if this continued. I'm not real sure which one is scarier. Sun when he's like this, or Shy around animals and children?

She was soon to find out as the cat went straight over to where Fluttershy was. Coming up to the boy's leg, it got Shy's attention quickly enough.

"Hello there, little one." said Shy, picking the cat up as Team 7 arrived.

"Shy." Sun called, getting his attention. "You mind? We kind of need to return Tora to the Daimyo's wife."

"Wait, this is Tora?" asked Shy, taking a good look at the cat in his arms. "The one shinobi are so afraid of this kitty?"

"And the pet of the Daimyo's wife. The one I'm pretty sure we had told you about." said Sun.

That got Shy to stop and narrow his eyes. "It's about time I was able to talk to that woman about animal care. I'm carrying Tora."

XXPresentXX

"...and that's pretty much it until we came here," finished Sun. "with Shy now protecting Tora from Her Excellency."

"-I clear?" Shy finally finished.

The lady nodded meekly, thoroughly cowed despite being able to legally have him killed for this. Shy's angry stare isn't something you can just face and not get cowed.

Shy stared a little more before nodding. He walked forward and held out Tora. "Then show me."

She hesitated a bit before gingerly taking Tora, and started acting like Shy told her to. Unlike before, Tora kept calm in her arms, getting a round of silent breathes from relief. They might not have to deal with Tora again.

Yet another point goes to the Uzumaki brothers, as people were starting to call them once they had the full story. That's at least how they were affectionately labeled in the Bingo Book, with a status of 'Something's seriously wrong with you if you attack them.' And any sort of bounty was just really if one had managed to get their respective village on the list of friends/allies/clients for the brothers.

The only ones so far that didn't really agree was a small village called Oto and the village of Ame, but they were rather secretive places these days, so that was the best they could get through Jiraiya at the moment.

They just had yet to tell the brothers themselves, though.

Back with Fluttershy, he nodded at the lady's actions, before reaglizing just who he was talking to. Sun recognized the signs and quickly walked over to calm him down before he had a panic attack. "Shy, breathe! Breathe!"

While he did get his brother to keep from panicking, it didn't stop the animal lover from seemingly collapsing in on himself in fear, eliciting a sigh from Sun. he turned to his teammates and said, "I'll meet you guys later. I'll have to focus on Shy for the moment, I'm afraid."

Sakura nodded, understanding her boyfriend's concern. "I'll be sure to stop by and keep you informed of anything else we did today."

"Thanks." Sun said, giving the pinkette a kiss as he led Shy out.

On the way back to their home, the two brothers came across Rare, who was surprisingly on his way home for the day as well.

"They actually let you off early today, Rare?" asked Sun, catching the boy's attention.

"Why, ye-what happened?" asked Rare upon seeing Shy's current state.

"He realized that he was getting upset at the Daimyo's wife for her conduct with Tora." explained Sun, getting Rare to gasp.

"Oh, you poor thing." said Rare, taking hold of Shy from Sun. "I'll take care of him. You get back to your team."

"You sure?" asked Sun.

"I may have my moments, brother." said Rarity. "But I'm not about to get upset for not caring he was being an animal lover. That's different than if he was scolding her looks or fashion."

"Thanks, brother." said Sun before remembering the shelter. "DASH!"

Said boy blurred forward in response to the call. "Yeah, Sun?"

"Let Hana know that Shy's going to be a bit indisposed for the time being, so she's going to have to keep an eye on the shelter in the meantime." Sun told him, getting acknowledgment from Dash before running off to deliver the message. Afterwards, seeing as the original plan was changed, the predominantly red-head went back to the Hokage's Office to find where his team went off to.

XXXXX

Rare wasn't the only one let off early that day, as Dash was as well and was spending the time with the Ichiraku family and Pinkie at the stand. While on occasion he would do something such as help deliver orders, it was mainly to just pass the time for them.

However, that was quickly changed when Iruka actually showed up with a class that had Hanabi and Konohamaru in it.

"Ah, Iruka." Teuchi Ichiraku, the owner of the stand, said upon noticing them. "What brings you and your students here? Paying for their meals or something?"

Iruka chuckled good-naturedly. "No, Teuchi. I'm actually here for a little assistance from Dash and Pinkie for a lesson."

"Oh, what for?" asked Pinkie, curious.

"Somehow, the kids had gotten into a bit of an argument about which is better: long range/nin/genjutsu, or close range/tai/kenjutsu." explained Iruka, confused as to how they got into it in the first place.

Dash dropped his head on the counter while Pinkie giggled.

"Yeah, I know." Iruka said, shrugging. "But do you expect from kids?"

"Hey!" they cried out in annoyance, especially Hanabi and Konohamaru. To them it was a pretty big concern. Which one was better, physical or mental?

Pinkie was the first to address them. "The answer is easy, actually. While you should focus on what your suited for, neither is better."

"That's pretty well Lesson Number One, kids." said Dash, earning childish indignation at their answer. He saw Pinkie already on the way out, so he led the kids outside to begin explaining in detail what they meant. "Each and everything has a natural opposite to it, though some are harder to figure out. For example," he pointed down then up, "earth, sky, day, night," he lightly poked Hanabi in the nose, getting a giggle, "sound and silence, dark and light."

[Mulan – Lesson number one]

He then started singing, catching the attention of the bystanders. "One alone is not enough. You need both together. Winter,summer, moon and sun." He caught a pair of tonfa that Pinkie tossed him and posed. "Lesson number one."

At least, if anything, he had certainly gotten the students full attention and a good bit of awe.

Dash then started doing a few katas while walking and continuing the song "Like a rock, huh-huh, you must be hard, huh-huh. Like an oak, mmm-uh, you must stand firm, huh-huh." He quickly spun around hard enough to launch a small wave of wind over the students heads. "Cut quick like my blade. Think fast, huh-huh," he went to a more casual position while facing them, "unafraid."

Well into the song now, the kids made a formation, Hanabi and Konohamaru out in front, and started mimicking Dash. "Like a rock, huh-huh, I must be hard, huh-huh. Like an oak, mmm-uh, I must stand firm, huh-huh. Cut quick like my blade. Think fast, huh-huh, unafraid."

Hanabi then spoke up in triumph. "Told ya mine's better!"

Pinkie deflated her pretty quickly. "Just one problem, silly: your only halfway there." He then took over the song as he balanced on a post.

"Like a cloud, you are soft." He reappeared coming out from a nearby flag. "Like a flag, you flow with the wind." A few students jumped when they found him crawling between them. "Creeping slow, you're at peace because you know." He then stopped and stared pointedly at the front two kids. "It's okay to be afraid."

Now it was the students turn, only they couldn't quite mimic Pinkie's movements to the fullest. Didn't mean that the onlookers didn't like the scene before them. "Like a cloud, I am soft. Like bamboo, I bend in the wind. Creeping slow, I'm at peace because I know. It's okay to be afraid."

Dash took over from here, somewhat unintentionally leading the class back to the academy. However, unlike before, how they sang was a bit different as they moved, with the students singing right after his lines. "One alone is not enough/One alone is not enough. You need both together/You need both together. Winter, summer, moon and sun/Winter, summer, moon and sun. Lesson Number One."

As Iruka was surprised when they arrived back at the Academy, the students formed two groups that sang the different verses that came up before. "Like a cloud, I am soft./Like a rock, huh-huh, I must be hard, huh-huh. Like a flag, I flow with the wind/Like an oak, mmm-uh, I must stand firm, huh-huh."

Around then, Dash and Pinkie added in, "You can fly!"

"Creeping slow, I'm at peace because I know/Cut quick like my blade. Think fast, huh-huh,/It's okay to be afraid/ Unafraid." By then, the kids had started circling around the two brothers, just as they raised their hands up and called out "You have begun!"

"Lesson Number One, Lesson Number One, Lesson Number One, Lesson Number One, Lesson Number One, Lesson Number One !"

[Song End]

"So," Dash started after it was done, "you kids understand now?"

"Yeah." Hanabi and Konohamaru spoke for the class. "Find a balance, both in and out."

Dash nodded. "Correct. Now, it doesn't mean that it'll be easy or anything, but I'm sure you all can make it work."

"Have fun figuring it out." said Pinkie before the two left Iruka to bringing his class back to order. He turned to Dash to say, "I'll see you back home, okay."

"Okay." said Dash before splitting off, leaving Pinkie to get back to the stand for the rest of his shift.

Though the pink-haired-and-skinned boy idly wondered if cats liked ice cream cake alongside tuna salad.

Okay, another chapter done, but I do have a few questions for you guys before next time. Who should be with Dash, Pinkie, and Sasuke? I'm currently thinking someone from Kumo for Dash, like Yugito, but I would like your opinion on that. Biggest thing is just really try and get Dash and Pinkie with people from outside Konoha if you can. Hinata, Sakura, Ino, and Hana are locked, but others are available, and I could really use some input on that.

Now, I have a little something extra that anyone can continue on. The idea is a series of one-shots around this question: what if the Humane 7/Mane 6 (or whatever group your working with) ended up meeting their fanfiction counterparts? Nothing like actual alternate timelines, but like if Sunset Sparkle and his brothers ended up showing up in Canterlot High and came across the Humane 7. Now, some might not work so well with this idea (like Halo), but others might. Just be sure that, if you continue on this idea, that you identify which fanfic you're connecting to to be sure people would know. Otherwise, just have fun with it.

Final note – it doesn't necessarily mean the perspective has to be the canon group.

Here's an example of what I'm remotely talking about:

"Guys. I don't think we're in Konoha anymore."

Sun groaned as he woke up and ambled towards the kitchen, wanting his cup of Zap Cider. However, he was quickly stopped when he attempted to move through the open door, only to walk straight into the wall, knocking him for a bit of a loop and miraculously waking him up.

"Ow! Who clo..." said Sun, only to notice the wall in front of him wasn't a part of his room. Looking around, he found himself in a hospital room that didn't look like a normal hospital room to him. Thankfully, for him, his brothers were there and coming to as well.

"Ugh," started Jack. "Anyone manage ter catch that bull after it trounced meh?"

"We've got bigger problems, Jack." Sun said, catching their attention. "I don't think we're in Konoha anymore."

They looked around themselves, and understood Sun's words. There was enough to know that they were not in Konoha Hospital, so where were they?

Just then, the actual door opened, directing the six to it to see a woman with skin and hair that reminded them of a paler Fluttershy in a sense.

"Oh, your awake." she said, noting them looking at her. "Didn't quite expect it so soon."

Thankfully, they spoke the same language, so Sun replied, "We tend to get reactions like that."

"At any rate, since your up," she said to them. "you mind explaining what happened to you, as well as your names. I'm Nurse Redheart, by the way."

"We're not sure ourselves, actually." said Sun. "We just really went to bed and eventually found ourselves here. As for names, we-"

"Now hold on!" Dash interrupted. "Why are you so trusting and relaxed about all of this?"

Sun raised an eyebrow at him. "You mean besides the fact that A) we're not tied down, and B) she introduced herself first, showing she doesn't mean anything wrong?"

"What about the confusion written in her eyes?" asked Pinkie.

Sun pinched the bridge of his nose. "Look, let's just introduce ourselves and settle anything wrong without trouble. We have no idea what happened, nor where we are, so can't take chances with staying with just us. Got it?"

After they nodded, he turned back to Redheart. "Sorry about that."

"It's okay." Redheart waved it off, reminded of another group of young ones that were similar to them in a manner.

"Back on track, I'm Sparkle Sunset, but just call me Sun. And these, despite the looks, are my brothers, Dash, Pie Pinkie, Apple Jack, Rarity (prefers Rare, though), and Fluttershy (who we also call Shy)." However, once he was finished, he noticed that Redheart had gotten somewhat paler and shocked. "Uh, ma'am? You okay?"

"Is it just me, or you guys starting to feeling like we might need to get out of here?" said Dash, feeling uneasy with how she was looking at them.

Redheart quickly shook her head to clear it, trying to reassure them that everything was okay. "O-oh, no. Everything's fine. Everything's okay. It's just that-"

However, this time she was cut off as the door opened again, drawing attention to the newcomers. Only this time, the boys were struck with shock.

Pretty much female versions of themselves were standing in the doorway, plus one, looking back at them in surprise. It only got worse when Sun subtly checked for genjutsu and found none. But before he could start panicking from that fact, both versions of Pinkie decided on taking matters in their own hands. They sped towards each other and starting acting as though absolutely nothing was wrong, even though there clearly was.

Sun sighed. "Let me guess. Her name is Pinkie as well?" At a nod, he continued. "Figures that they were the ones who started the tension breaking."

"It's like having a given name of Pinkie and a family name of Pie automatically means you hate tension or something." said Dash, getting a giggle from the two Pinkies who heard him. In the meantime, the female versions of them were shocked even further upon hearing that their was a male Pinkie, which quickly switched to at least some fear upon realizing that their was now two Pinkies. One was crazy enough already for them.

"May I ask who you ladies are?" asked Sun, wanting to be sure about their names before anything else.

"I can tell you, if you want." offered Redheart. Sun let her do so to speed things along. "The main ones to know really are the rainbow-haired girl is Rainbow Dash, while the predominantly redhead is Sunset Shimmer. The other girl with them is Twilight Sparkle. The rest are pretty well the same names as you all."

That got their attention, each pair focusing on the other that was similar to them. In Sun's case, though, he's currently facing Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle, wondering just how it worked that he had a connection to two of them. However, he did make sure to warn Dash to keep things relatively calm.

He wasn't about to try his luck with leaving two copies of Dash alone without any sort of warning.

"So, would you mind talking a bit about yourselves?" started Sun after a few moments. "I just have no idea why I'm Spa-sorry, Sunset Sparkle instead of Sunset Shimmer or Twilight Sparkle."

While he was going on a straight up hunch with how their names went, but he was pretty sure that there was definitely a few things that they needed to be open-mined about, including name styles.

That, and language apparently didn't connect to written word, like the ones on the book that Twilight was holding. No idea why.

Twilight was the one to offer an answer. "...maybe it has something to do with more than our names and appearances. What is your opinion with books?"

"Well, you can usually find me with my face stuck in a book whenever I'm alone." Sun noted.

"So basically, you a more outgoing version of Twilight here." said Sunset, confirming what her friend and her lookalike were saying.

"Probably." said Sun, not having an immediate better option to go with.

Just then, they heard a throat being cleared, which turned out to be Nurse Redheart urging the big group out of the room.

They all sheepishly chuckled in unison before moving out, revealing that they were in a school of sorts, intriguing Sun.

"What type of academy is this?" he asked, curious about the place. It was definitely more than Konoha Academy, that was for sure. But how so?

"How about we talk to Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna?" asked Sunset. "Thankfully, it's a Saturday, so we pretty well got the full day."

"Are you sure about leaving the Pinkies alone?" asked Sun, noticing said pair was now gone.

"Not really." Sunset answered, understanding his concern for the most part. "But can't really do much about it."

Sun conceded her point, but still made his full concern known. "Good point, but does yours have powers that defy natural laws from both of our towns?"

The remaining six girls of the group stopped in their tracks from that. Turning as one, they faced him with blank stares as they asked, "What?"

Dash sighed as he realized what their reaction was about. "I'm on it."

He sped off, trailing rainbow colors and dropping jaws behind him.

"This is certainly going to be a problem, brothers." said Rare. "If they are shocked like this from those two, then we might be the only chakra-users around."

"Yeh said it, partner." said Jack.

Just then, Shy gasped in slight fear. "That means no Zap Cider."

Sun stared for a few moments before that statement registered in his mind, reminding him that he had yet to get a cup this morning.

"NNNNOOOO!"

Now, granted, this isn't necessarily how other people would see the encounter, but that's the beauty of one-shots/fanfics. You can make it however you want.

Until next time. Please let me know what you think.