Hello, again.
Okay, this will be a bit over the place, but the BIG part is at the end. Also, Karin's outfit (which wasn't mentioned last time as she wasn't quite so prevalent as in this one) is, alongside the distinct details, basically Sakura's Shippuden shorts/skirt combo combined with Karin's Shippuden top.
Perspective: n/a
Don't own MLP or Naruto, by the way.
Breaking...Limits?
XXPreviously, on 'Maelstrom Elements'XX
Sun watched as Sasuke and Samui fought, ready for action. He subtly noticed when Dash blurred onto the Kage Box. Almost time.
It was during one clash of blades when feathers started falling.
Show time. Both boys thought as they leapt into action, Dash speeding to right beside the Hokage just as a purple flame box formed around them.
The boy had to sweatdrop when he noticed a detail, which got the old man's attention. "Dash?"
"They do realize that we could easily escape this by breaking the floor, right?" Dash asked loud enough for the nearby 'corners' to hear, making the two shinobi in said corners blink in realization, "Apparently not."
The 'Kazekage' chuckled. "Like you will be able to do anything about it, br-!"
He was cut off by a blast of wind from Dash's tonfa, which revealed the man to be Orochimaru.
"I'm a lot faster than you know, chubba-bubba." Dash said, sparks dancing over his form.
The Hokage, however, had a different idea. "Use that speed to gather your brothers here instead. Orochimaru is still beyond you."
Dash looked put-out, but obeyed, spinning fast enough to drill through the roof.
For once, Orochimaru put aside his more darker tendencies for genuine curiosity. "That wasn't chakra-based, was it? That was all natural speed?"
"Dash has always been fast." Hiruzen replied, quickly summoning a monkey that transformed into a staff.
"Interesting, but first," Orochimaru summonsed as well, only...it wasn't an animal.
It was two coffins.
Hiruzen's eyes widened considerably as the lids fell, revealing the contents of each. "I was a fool for ever trusting you, Orochimaru."
"'Too little, too late' on that account, sensei." Orochimaru returned as the two in the coffins walked out into the open, "But I thought you'd like the idea of Naruto reuniting with his parents."
"Naruto?" the woman of the pair asked, looking between the two living men, "Old Man, did something happen?"
When he didn't respond, the man with her narrowed his eyes. "Something did, Kushina. And I don't think it was what either of us wanted."
Orochimaru attempted to use the distraction to 'attach' kunai to the back of each of the pair's necks, only for another hole to burst open between them. The culprit: a giant hand made out of chakra.
"That's like my Chains, Minato!" Kushina exclaimed when she saw it after moving away.
She was confused, however, when she noticed it having some trouble getting a proper grip on the roof, partly on account of pieces breaking in its grip. And both she and Minato had to laugh when it grabbed Orochimaru, only to slam him into the roof after a moment of stillness.
As though it had to register the fact it had hold of Orochimaru.
When it finally got what it wanted, it pulled Dash, Sun, Shy, Rare, Jack, and Pinkie into view, Pinkie holding a bag.
"You wanted...us..." Sun asked, only to noticed Kushina and Minato, "...oh boy."
"The Yondaime and his wife, who are Naruto's parents." Pinkie said, completely serious as he both said that and kicked Orochimaru into unconsciousness, despite not being close to the man.
The ones holding the 'prison' blinked, and chose not to try anything. None of them...wanted the pink-themed boy to 'target' them.
Sun glanced at Pinkie before pinching the bridge of his nose. "We can worry about this later. We still got an invasion to deal with."
"We'll need these then." Pinkie pulled the crystalline 'produce' from his bag and handed them to his brothers, taking the blue one for himself, "Let's eat."
"Eat?" Rare asked, only for Sun to manage to swallow his purple one whole without a problem.
As the rest followed suit, they had no idea just what awaited.
Nightmare looked on at the matches with intrigue, interested by the displays of skill and power in a world of warriors.
Luna, on the other hand, noticed a few other details. Particularly, Pinkie seemingly sympathetic eyes towards her and the the coloring of the six 'fruit.' Could the tree be what I believe it to be? Why are those six connected?...How is Nightmare Moon going to react?
When the six boys ate the 'fruit,' she could do nothing but wonder just what was in store...and why they ate the things anyways.
XXTeam KumoXX
Karui grunted as she struck down another Sound nin. "Seriously, just how many of these guys are there?!"
"Considering just how many possible missing-nin and bandits are out there, only Orochimaru would truly know." Samui replied, taking care of another, "The fact of the matter, though, is that many a person won't find working with Sound a cool idea once this gets out. You recall just why the Uzumaki brothers are in the Bingo Book despite not being major threats, and only one of them a ninja."
Karui had to shudder at an implication that went through her head from that. "He has no idea just how stupid he really is."
"Agreed." Omoi said as he shot a blast of lightning, taking out a few, "Although, I do wonder what exactly happened for the light show."
"What light-?!" Karui asked, only to have to brace at the sudden gust of wind, "The heck?! That wasn't a jutsu!"
"It was quite some power." B rapped, "And here comes your flower."
Karui blinked in confusion, only to jump back in surprise when a figure ran through at blinding speeds, the speed alone sending ninja and objects flying while jutsu were swept into non-existence. And she wasn't the only one who did.
Anything said was drown by the combined sound of lightning and wind, even the screams of the enemies, that continuously filled the area for what seemed like forever.
But rather it lasted until an Earth Wall that had been set up to protect a Sound-nin group was shattered, which revealed the one responsible having kicked it into dust that had to stop because he was holding his head.
Karui couldn't help staring at the rainbow-colored hair, dark blue qipao top with a golden lightning bolt covering the front, night blue form-fitting pants depicting swirling winds, golden winged boots (of all things), and white blue armor designed as thunderclouds strapped by black crisscrossing straps onto his legs and arms, with gauze wrapped around his hands, forearms, and eyes (though it didn't stop the blue energy trailing from that area), while a small, concentrated storm swirled around and from him.
At least until he started screaming, with a trail of energy flowing up from his body, which shook her enough for her to take a few steps back as the storm built up some. "What's happening to him?!"
"How should any of us know?!" Samui responded, perplexed by what's happening.
Just then, a giant snake of all things sped past.
"Was that...?!" Omoi started, though it was somewhat rhetorical as it was kind of obvious.
"NARUTO! HE'S GETTING AWAY!"
They all winced at Sakura's intense bellow, getting Karui to wonder out loud "Naruto?"
"ATTACK!"
That got Dash to stop screaming, just before he practically flew into the air after the energy.
Samui took one look at what was now happening, then turned to Karui. "Remind me again, why you have trouble thinking being with him is a cool idea?"
For once, Karui didn't have a comeback...though that might have had something to do with her not really hearing Samui.
XXKarinXX
As Karin jumped towards where she sensed Gaara was struggling, a small part of her mind returned to when she had gotten her own wardrobe updated.
Black knee-length shorts with a silver apron skirt on top that had pockets embroidered in gold that Sun's seals kept from causing problems, black plated geta with the toes covered, a sapphire blue shirt under a more stormy blue long-sleeved coat with a crescent moon embroidered in white on the back.
Simple, but Karin wasn't too concerned about extravagance (though a good part was because her childhood was 'below average'). Thankfully, Rare was okay with it.
Though she was left somewhat confused about the crescent moon, though.
"It's on account of your sensory ability, as the moon is the more common body connected to sensing powers." Pinkie voice got her to glance to the side, only to have to stop for a few moments and stare.
Pinkie was dressed in boots, cargo pants, a skin-tight long-sleeved shirt, gloves, two bandoliers crossing over his chest, and a domino mask that surrounded his pure pink eyes that had energy coming from the outer edges.
But what made Karin have to rub her eyes was the fact it was all one big mish-mash of flowing colors!
"It's on account of me being the Element of Laughter amongst me and my brothers, being the one most likely to break a tense air with my mere presence." Pinkie told her, then placed a hand on her shoulder, "But I must ask that you leave Gaara alone."
"What?! But-" She had to focus on bracing herself when a sudden burst of intense wind and pink dust of all things came into existence, diverting her attention.
"Let's just say that Shukaku's...not going to be bothering him for a while." Pinkie's smirk made Karin blush, "Now, in the next few seconds, I'll be helping the others end this for good, but it will knock me out for a time. As such..."
As energy started flowing up and away from him, Pinkie kissed Karin full on the lips before jumping away.
Karin was still distracted by the kiss on her way back, even after Temari and Kankuro got her attention on their own way to get Gaara to the hospital for proper rest. At the very least, as a result, she needed a shower from the times she accidentally stumbled into branches, dirt, and bushes along the way.
She wasn't always up in the trees.
XXIno and HinataXX
Ino just had to stop and giggle when she heard Hinata grumble "Why did Orochimaru have to attack? Jack was gonna take me on a picnic near my favorite pond and waterfall after the Exams were over."
"You just want to do your little dance number that you tend to do while Water Walking in a swimsuit for his personal viewing pleasure." Ino teased as she whip-lashed a Sound nin away, "But I understand. I've been wanting to model for Rare again for a while."
Hinata casually backhanded a would-be threat into unconsciousness as she replied with "A 'private' showcase this time, or are you gonna wait until you're married for that?"
"Well, there are swimsuits."
"Seriously?!" a Sound nin barked in disbelief, "We're fighting, and you're more concerned about clothing?! What kind of-"
"BUZZ OFF!"
For the record, he had just gotten twin punches to the face for his interruption.
The whole scene actually managed to get a number of the other invaders to sweat-drop from it all, which proved quite costly for them as wooden and crystalline hands suddenly burst out of the ground at their feet.
The hands were revealed to be actually humanoid constructs of each material, which proceeded to attack as two boys landed in the area, who the girls recognized as Jack and Rare.
Jack, with his eyes currently pure orange with orange energy trails coming from the far points, had on forest green farmer gloves, brown boots, apple green jacket over a light green shirt, forest green cargo pants, a brown fedora, and bark-like armor plating covering the gloves, boots, the shirt, the jacket shoulders, and his nose and mouth.
Rare, at the same time with pure purple eyes with purple energy trails coming from the far point, was dressed in a white long-sleeved qipao top with a matching trail down to his thighs, purple hakama pants tucked neatly into black boots, and crystalline armor covering his boots, his hands and forearms, his chest and shoulders, and his face like a mask. His hair was done in a low ponytail with a crystalline tie.
Both girls whistled, though Ino was the one who said something about it "I've heard about 'knights in shining armor,' but this is much better."
Hinata, however, noticed something just before the two boys started acting and screaming in pain as energy flew upwards to above the crystalline tree's location. "Oh boy!"
"What's wrong with them, Hinata?!"
"Whatever made them like this, the chakra is WAY too much! It'll tear them apart if they don't power down and l-"
"NARUTO! HE'S GETTING AWAY!"
They both winced at Sakura's intense bellow, getting Ino to wonder out loud "Just what was that about?"
"ATTACK!"
When the pair found what remained of the invasion promptly running for it, they...just stuck to watching the gigantic rainbow spectacle that formed from the collected energy and the six brothers.
"Hinata?"
"Yes, Ino?"
"Isn't that...?"
"I do believe it is."
"...why do I suddenly have the feeling I wouldn't have minded too much if we and the others were sharing Naruto instead of each simply getting a separate piece in the form of Rare, Jack, and the others?"
"...I think we'd be better off just letting that line of thought rest before it starts."
"Good idea."
Yeah...the two girls could use a break from pretty much everything.
XXHanaXX
Hana hadn't been expecting much from the impending 'invasion,' if she were to be honest.
Konoha gets attacked. They drive the invaders off. End of story (even if it was Orochimaru and the Ichibi of all beings).
She didn't exactly expect a veritable explosion of color and wind coming from something other than the attack, let alone a roar powerful enough to send her current opponent flying clean through a stone wall!
It didn't help her when she saw just who was responsible.
It was Fluttershy, but at the same time, it wasn't.
His hair had taken a more wild style, while he sported fangs, claws, and Inuzuka-like markings on his cheeks. His eyes were pure golden-yellow with energy trails coming out from the outside points, and his expression was snarling rage.
His stance was hunched over, but more like he was tensing up to pounce instead of exhausted, while his kimono had a tattered trim with fur sleeves and pants, while his feet were bare.
Overall: Since when did Shy become an Alpha?!
Hana's knees weakened as Shy ROARED into the sky, her own body instantly fighting her tooth and nail to obey.
Her ninken, though, had no such qualms, and promptly leapt into action...alongside practically every single dang animal in Konoha and the Forest of Death!
Hana was able to regain control when Shy suddenly held his head and let loose a growling scream as golden-yellow energy flew up to above where the crystalline tree was, merging with five other sets of energy. "Shy!"
"NARUTO! HE'S GETTING AWAY!"
Hana winced at Sakura's intense bellow, wondering just what the girl was doing. Especially since Naruto is now Shy and his brothers. And who's getting away, again?
"ATTACK!"
She watched as Shy leapt up into the collected energy alongside his clear brothers, only to fall to her knees as the energy took human form that proceeded to launch a jutsu of incredible power if the mere sound was any indicator.
Though she promptly fainted when she saw the end result.
XXSakura/Blood BlossomXX
"I think it would be best to let me take command, at least for the moment. Flying's faster, and you're still clumsy in the air."
"Don't have to rub it in." Sakura grumbled as she let Blossom take control, knowing that Blossom was correct despite being officially a heck of a lot younger than her.
At least the wings were now separate from the arms, and word to the right people had gotten around about what came about from Turtle Island. Helped keep people from thinking that she was more with the attackers than the defenders.
On an extra note, the feathers did look a bit more on the side of red and pink rubies in color. Just a bit.
Back in the present, though, both of them were focused on heading over to the box made out of purple flames that the Hokage was in.
Blossom arrived just in time to see Sun's chakra hand manhandle Orochimaru, making her chuckle and Sakura full-blown laugh.
Not every day you see a high-level threat get tossed aside, simply by being not what the other person wanted to get.
"Too bad that didn't deal with him for good." Blossom remarked before noticing the coffins and Pinkie holding out a bag. "Hang on..."
"Blossom?"
"Pinkie, he..." Blossom's eyes widened, then she quickly propped herself behind a solidly built chimney, "He's about to change everything."
"What do you...oh."
They watched as six different colored glows consumed the brothers, getting everyone's attention as the combined lights shattered the flames and shot into the sky!
"Guess that has something to w-ITH...!" Sakura stopped when a sudden burst of wind erupted from the source of the light, forcing Blossom to brace herself, "JUST WHAT DID THEY DO?!"
Blossom remained silent as she waited for it to calm down, and once it did, she turned to look again, only to stare at what became of Sparkle Sunset in particular.
A sunset red happuri-style mask with face guards designed after pointed stars with a twilight purple tint that provided protection for his nose and mouth, red-orange pauldrons on his shoulders modeled after flames, chest armor seemingly glowing from the sun prominent in the center that was surrounded by stars, red-orange gauntlets modeled after fireballs with the trails going up his arms, rustic orange hakama pants with overlaid armor modeled after interwoven twilight purple stars, and brown boots.
Sakura was gaping and blushing at the sight, but Blossom noticed one other detail.
His eyes were pure purple, with more sunset orange energy trails coming out of the sides.
"Sunset..." Her voice brought Sakura's attention to his eyes, eliciting a gasp just as Sun jumped away, chakra billowing out of him as he landed in a crowd of Sound ninja, wiping all of them out in the form of chains, "Just what have you and your brothers become?"
"Sakura-..." Blossom turned to find Sasuke and Kin coming over, only to stop upon seeing her out, "Blossom."
"Sun and the others ate the crystalline fruit." She said as she idly launched a few feathers at a small group of would-be attackers, "And got a major upgrade."
"We saw." Kin said, nodding towards Sun's trail as roars, wind, and thunderous sounds started up in other places around the village, "They're tearing all of them apart, though I have no idea which one will help Gaara."
A sudden explosion of pink sand/dust, followed by a trio of figures flying through the air towards them and being caught by a blonde man and a red-haired woman, made all three deadpan. "Never mind."
The man was the first to notice them and speak up. "Sunset's teammates, correct? We'll be talking later, as the old monkey's summary about Naruto and those six boys was rather lacking."
Blossom winced, hard. "Yeah, you'll have an easier time with that one. I'm out."
She switched places with Sakura, which caught the woman's attention for multiple reasons. "You were effected by the Kyubi's power, weren't you."
It was a statement more than a question, but Sakura nodded. "I...wasn't exactly sane for a time."
The woman looked at her for a few moments, then said "I believe you, for now. But I will find out what happened to my sochi. In the meantime, we've got a few snakes to clobber."
"Like the human one that's getting away?" Kin asked, pointing to a giant snake that had a small group on it and was moving fast in the direction of Sweet Apple Acres.
"The Orchard!" Sasuke cried out, angry, "None of us have a clear shot without damaging it."
Sakura, however, noticed a sign in Pinkie's handwriting: Call Him out.
Him?
"...I think you know who exactly he might be talking about."
"...You don't mean..." She heard multiple voices suddenly cry out in pain as energy from six areas converged above the crystal tree location.
"What's happening?!" Kin shouted, clinging to Sasuke unconsciously.
"I d-"
"NARUTO! HE'S GETTING AWAY!"
They all winced at Sakura's intense bellow as she pointed towards the giant snake.
"ATTACK!"
That seemed to do the trick, as one by one, Sparkle Sunset, Dash, Pie Pinkie, Rarity, Apple Jack, and Fluttershy jumped, or rather flew up into the collected energy in the air.
The man turned to Sakura, only to turn back when he heard a somewhat familiar technique build-up. "How...?!"
It wasn't the only surprise, as the energy flowed in a giant human-like form that, when it turn its head just enough to reveal lines on its cheek, got Sakura to let loose a tear. "Naruto..."
The man was bit more focused on the spinning technique held over the figure. "A Rasen-?!"
He was cut off when a voice all-too-familiar to Sakura roared out as it launched the now rainbow-colored bladed sphere. "HARMONIOUS RASENSHURIKEN!"
The form flickered into non-existence as the sphere screamed through the air after the snake, getting the ones on top to look back with horror (though the lone female was smart enough to jump off in time).
It picked them up from the force, forcing the snake to disappear, as it went over the apple farm and...hit the edge in the air?
A faint cry of outrage made it back to the village. "UZU...MAKIIII...!"
XXNightmare and LunaXX
Luna laughed at Nightmare's expression, taking great pleasure at how her darker side was reacting to the scenes that had just played out before them. Granted, it was surprising, but the fact remained that it clearly shook Nightmare to her core.
Nightmare was certainly glad they weren't...hold on... "Just what are they doing?!"
Luna stopped laughing, curious, only to see the giant rainbow construct that summoned a giant spinning disc of energy while shouting in a different voice that was still similar to the brothers, "HARMONIOUS RASENSHURIKEN!"
Even Luna had to gape as the display of raw power was thrown after the fleeing snake-man, only to join Nightmare in shrieking when they saw it hit something invisible as it destroyed the criminal and grinded against 'it.'
'It,' or rather, the world at the far edges of Sweet Apple Acres...broke.
While this was different than originally thought out (in multiple ways), this is ultimately the end result. The lack of connection beyond Sakura and Pinkie was really to spread it out through the village and surrounding area. It wasn't like they would stay together when the entire place was under attack anyways.
As for the combo attack, Naruto takes the place of Kurama, with the transformed states taking the place of the Fox Cloak, and the jutsu combines the Rasenshuriken with these techniques:
1,000 Palms: From Jack, this adds the concussive force of 1,000 giant palm strikes from wooden hands.
Diamond Dust Tornado: From Rare, this gives additional shredding force from the swirling crystalline senbon-like constructs that make the tornado technique.
Hyper Chorus Roar: From Shy, this stacks upon Jack's from the sonic roars/screams of Shy and practically the entire animal kingdom.
Firecracker Cannon: From Pinkie, this adds explosive force from both the cannon and the firecracker-like explosives in the technique.
Sonic Storm: From Dash, this stacks on all of them, alongside wind, lightning, and water from each strike (for a picture, take a look at when Cinema Sonic repeatedly strikes Eggman's craft, then add wind and water to each strike [and I only just notice the connection between the character and the jutsu name]).
On the other finally, the ending line was pretty well spot on with what I thought of, as they would need something beyond what's left in their world going forward.
Until next time. Please let me know what you think.