Chapter 6- Pinkie's Party
Me: It's time for Pinkie's party! Yay for fun parties and stuff like that. I don't own the rights to Naruto Shippuden or My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
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Itachi and I arrived at the base of the hill and looked at each other.
"Are you ready to see what Rarity's capable of?" I asked him. He nodded and we walked up the steep incline. When we could see the house, we were taken with awe. The house was like a perfect representation of the Akatsuki- the walls and roof were painted black and red. Red clouds decorated the walls. Torches were placed on the porch leading to the doorway. Windows were placed in the once empty holes. A giant spiral was painted on the house, leading to one central Sharingan.
"How was she able to do this? She's never even seen our Sharingan." I said.
"Actually, she did catch a glimpse of it when I used my Sharingan on you earlier." Itachi replied. I shrugged; it was as good an explanation as any.
Rarity and the others stepped out onto the porch with beaming faces.
"Do you like it?" Rarity asked.
"No." I replied. Her eyes widened in shock. The others gasped.
"I love it." I said. I couldn't help but laugh at their shocked expressions. When I looked at them again, I saw Rarity with tears welling up in her eyes.
"I'm sorry Rarity; I didn't mean to make you cry. I really do love it, though." I said quickly. She sniffled and managed to smile, wiping her eyes with her hooves.
"Thank you; I put a lot of effort into it."
"I can tell." Itachi said.
"Well if you love the outside, you'll just die when you see the inside." She said with her confidence restored.
"Well what are we waiting for?" I asked. She chuckled and walked inside, motioning for us to follow.
We followed the ponies inside and were once again astonished at Rarity's skill. A black carpet with a red cloud covered most of the floor; while the part that wasn't covered was a nice oak wood color, blending wonderfully with the rug. Red drapes hung around the windows, and the walls were painted a brilliant blue.
"This is the living room. If you'll follow me, I'll show you to the kitchen, then we'll head upstairs." Rarity said.
We followed her into the kitchen. Marble counters were placed along the walls with cabinets hanging a few feet above them. A window looked out over the other side of the hill, facing to the east. A single table large enough to fit four people sat along one wall, with four chairs surrounding it. The floor was made of quartz.
"Where did you get the materials to make all of this?" I asked.
"One of my talents is finding these materials. The real difficulty lies in arrange everything so that it is absolutely perfect." She replied.
"Ah," I said.
We followed Rarity to the stairs that led to the second floor, which were painted black. When we reached the top of the stairs, we were met with a large hallway. The hallway led past two rooms directly across from each other, then continued and broke off in two opposite directions when it reached the last wall. We walked towards the room on the left of the hallway.
"Itachi dear, this is your room." Rarity said. Itachi opened the door and we stepped inside.
A black rug with a red outline lay on the floor in front of his bed. Mahogany dressers were placed along the walls, picture frames standing atop their gleaming surfaces. Itachi walked further into the room, glancing at the picture frames. When he did so, his eyes widened with shock and he turned to Rarity.
"How… did you get these?" He asked her pointing at them.
"I got those picture frames from Princess Celestia. They are enchanted to show images known by the person they belong to. Are they not what you wanted?" Rarity replied. He turned back to the picture frames, walking up to one and picking it up. I put my hand on Rarity's shoulder.
"We should leave him be for a while." I said. She looked at me. "
Did I do something wrong?" She asked. "
His younger brother, Sasuke, was killed a few months before we came here. He's just a little sentimental, that's all. He should be fine in a few hours." I replied.
"How awful! I'm terribly sorry Itachi, I had no idea." Itachi said nothing but continued to stare at the picture.
"Come on, there's nothing we can do right now." I said. Rarity still looked worried, but I flashed her a warm smile and she seemed a little more relaxed.
We walked out of the room and over to the other side of the hallway.
"This is your room, Tid." I turned the knob and opened the door.
It looked almost exactly like Itachi's room, except reversed. A red rug with a black outline lay on the floor in front of my bed, which was queen sized. Dressers lined the walls with pictures on them, as they had done in Itachi's room.
"What do you think? I hope it lives up to your expectations." She said.
"Oh you have exceeded my expectations, Rarity. I had no idea how amazing your designing skills were until today. Thank you so much for doing this." I replied. She blushed.
"You're very welcome. Now, if you'll come with me, I'll show you the rest of your home." She said.
We checked on Itachi, but decided to leave him to himself for a while. Rarity showed me to the rest of the house. The bathroom was mostly wooden, a mahogany shower, a wooden floor of the same material, and porcelain sink and cabinets. She then showed me to the extra rooms, which served as guest rooms or storage space, should we ever need it. After that the others went downstairs and I checked on Itachi one last time.
"The others and I are going downstairs, if you want to join us." I said peeking my head into his room.
"Alright, I'll be down in a minute." He replied. I nodded and closed the door behind me, joining the others in the living room.
When I joined them they were all standing (or in Rainbow Dash's case, flying) around, admiring Rarity's handiwork.
"So, what do we do now?" Rainbow Dash asked when she noticed me enter the room.
"Oh, I know!" Pinkie Pie said bouncing up and down. We all looked at her.
"We could throw a welcome to Ponyville party!" She said excitedly.
"Uh, Pinkie Pie, I understand your enthusiasm, but ain't it gettin' a little late for a party?" Applejack asked looking outside.
"Don't be a silly billy!" Pinkie Pie said. She pulled out a small box wrapped like a present and pulled the ribbon with her teeth, the box then exploding and decorating the house instantly with streamers and confetti. The explosion of the box caused several of us to jump back in surprise, including myself.
"How the hell did you manage to pack all of this into one tiny box?" I asked bewildered.
"It wasn't that hard, actually." Pinkie Pie replied, not really answering the question. I shrugged.
"I suppose we could have the party." I said.
"Yay!" Pinkie Pie shouted happily. She ran over to the door and opened it, a crowd of ponies standing on the other side.
"What the-?" I asked in shock.
"Pinkie Pie, don't tell me you were planning this party?" Twilight asked, just as shocked.
"Yup! It would've been really disappointing if we couldn't celebrate Tid and Itachi's new house!" The others looked around at each other and shrugged as if to say, "That's Pinkie".
The party went on for hours, everyone mingling and having an overall good time. The music that played was actually different than the music I'd expect from these kind and gentle ponies. They surprised me by instead playing heavy metal songs that many of the male ponies attending couldn't help but head bang to. I was telling a light-gray stallion with a black mane a story about how I managed to single-handedly avert an entire civil war in the Hidden Grass Village and he burst out laughing at a pun I made. While he was laughing I glanced around the room and noticed Applejack was gone.
"Would you excuse me?" I asked the stallion.
"Sure thing, man." He said with a smile on his face. He immediately turned around and walked over to a group of stallions whom I assumed to be his friends and began telling them the story I had told him.
I scanned the room for Itachi and found him talking to Twilight on the other side of the room. I pushed and squeezed my way through the ponies and eventually made my way to them.
"Hey guys, have you seen Applejack?" I asked.
"Applejack?" Twilight asked. The two looked around and when they looked back at me they shook their heads.
"Did she say she was leaving?" Twilight asked me.
"I was going to ask you the same thing." I replied. Itachi and Twilight looked at each other.
"Don't worry, I'll go find her." I said turning to leave. Itachi placed his hand on my shoulder.
"Tid, be careful." He said.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." I said. With that I pushed my way through the ponies again and left the house on my search for Applejack.
I walked outside and onto the porch and stopped as I stood in the cold night air and scanned the area for any sign of Applejack. I activated my Sharingan and repeated my scan, but I couldn't see her Chakra anywhere.
"She must be somewhere I can't see her." I said. I jumped off of the porch and leapt through the trees in an effort to find her.
"I'll start with Sweet Apple Acres. Maybe she just went home." I said to myself.
As I arrived at the path that led to Sweet Apple Acres I could see the barn in the distance. Applejack, as far as I knew, wasn't there. I'll get a closer look. I thought. I walked at a quickened pace up to the gate and leapt over it, searching around the barn for any sign of Applejack. As I walked I noticed the ground was soft enough to leave impressions in even with a light step. If she's here, she definitely would've left footprints. I thought. Correction, hoofprints. I thought a few seconds later. I then began to search the ground around the entrance to the barn but there were no tracks other than my own. Where else to look? I thought. I thought about it for a while and decided I would just look around the places I knew (sort of) first; and if she wasn't anywhere near there, go get Itachi to help.
I jumped and landed on a tree branch in their orchard, listening to the crunch of the branch underneath my foot as I hesitated. I could've sworn I had heard something, a couple of voices. I glanced over my shoulder and saw three ponies in brown shirts and black berets gathered in front of the barn. I slowly turned around and attempted to get closer to hear what they were saying. I managed to get to a tree that was only about ten or twenty feet away from them.
"Listen, I don't need to tell you two that failure is not an option, right?" One of them said. He had a sort of beige skin color and a silver mane that framed his face almost like one of Orochimaru's subordinates (For clarification, this is referring to Kimimaro.).
The other two were two taller stallions that had caramel colored skin, so I assumed they were brothers. The one closest to me had a jet black mane that jetted out in spikes in front of him and the other had a similar mane only with three silver streaks running through it that came to a point at the back of his head.
"Of course you don't. The boss wouldn't be very pleased if we screwed this one up." Said the one with no streaks. His voice was one you'd expect of a burglar, higher than normal and usually associated with a weasel-faced goon.
"Yeah, don't worry, we've got this." Silver Streaks said. His voice was in the opposite range, lower and more masculine. I felt like I was watching a bad crime show. I sat down on the branch and let my feet dangle below me as I watched them. They didn't seem like a very capable bunch, but if it came to it, I could stop them.
"Good. So it's clear, we break in and steal the amulet and leave before anypony wakes up and notices it's gone." Said the one with pure silver hair. The other two nodded eagerly.
Then their leader glanced over and saw me sitting on the tree, watching them.
"Hey! What are you doing?" He asked furiously.
"You know, if you're planning to steal something, raising your voice might not be the best thing to do." I said. He flinched and scowled at me. I pushed myself off of the branch and landed on my feet, staring at them with my Sharingan.
"Hold it, just what the hay are you?" He asked.
"What, you weren't there when Princess Celestia made me an honorary citizen of Ponyville, or are just stupid?" I asked. Before he could reply I spoke again.
"Well, I do suppose even if you had been there she never said what exactly I was." I said putting my hand to my chin contemplatively.
"Grr, enough! Skid, Sen, get him!" He said. The two nodded and charged. As they attempted to attack me I dodged their attacks and jumped around them effortlessly.
"Skid, Sen? What kind of names are those?" I asked. They got angry at that and charged even more recklessly.
I grabbed Skid's hoof and then his head and drove him into the ground. I then turned and redirected Sen's punch into Skid's face. Then I tripped him so he fell onto Skid, effectively pinning him to the ground. I raised two fingers on my right hand and chains shot from the ground and pinned them to the ground even more. I then turned back to their leader.
"So, how did that work out for you?" I asked him. He took a few steps back.
"What the hay are you?" He asked in shock.
"I'm a shinobi." I said drawing a kunai.
"Please, don't kill me!" He said.
"Kill you? Why on earth would I do that? I'm a shinobi, not a monster." I said. I threw the kunai and it lodged itself in the wood next to his head. He gulped and began running away. I raised two fingers and chains surrounded his hind two legs and tripped him. He looked down and began panicking as the chains coiled around his body.
"Don't worry, those chains won't hurt you. I'm just using them to keep you stationary before the police arrive." I said.
"How did you do that?" He asked me in a shout.
"My clan was the police force for where I came from. I'm naturally battle-adept, as you must understand by now." I said turning and walking away casually.
"Wait! Don't leave me here!" He said.
"It's either stay here or die." I said pulling a kunai with an explosive tag attached from my cloak. He gulped.
"That's okay, here's fine." He said quickly. I chuckled.
"Good, I knew you'd see it my way. Well, I have to find my friend, so see ya!" I said putting the kunai away and raising my hand in a parting gesture before leaping away.
I was hopping along the tree line when I noticed just the pony I was looking for walking along a dirt path toward the hills. Her head was hung low and she appeared to have just been crying. I jumped and landed next to her, startling her incredibly.
"How's it going?" I asked. "For the love of Celestia, what was that for?" She asked.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." I said.
"What're ya doing out here, anyway?" She asked.
"I could ask you the same thing. The others were worried about you so I came to find you." I replied.
"Oh. Sorry, didn't mean to jus' wander off like that." She said.
"What were you doing, if you don't mind me asking?" I asked, my curiosity getting the better of me.
"I'd rather not say," She replied looking away.
"That's alright, I understand. We've all got secrets." I said. She looked at me.
"Tid, why did you come to find me?" She asked. I glanced over at her.
"Well to be honest, I was worried about you too. You are my friend after all, right?" I replied.
"Right." She said looking at the ground once more. I placed my hand on her shoulder.
"Come on, the others are waiting for us." I said.
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Me: Well I can't say this chapter is one of my finer works, but it'll do.
Tid: What do you mean? I've got a wicked house!
Me: Yeah, you do. Anyway, stay tuned for the rest of the series, it gets much more action packed, I can guarantee it! See ya!