Chapter 22- A New View on Life

Me: Alright, Queen Chrysalis is defeated and now the night continues.

Itachi: So I'm guessing we have to escape now?

Me: Precisely. I don't own the rights to Naruto Shippuden or My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

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I deactivated my Mangekyou Sharingan. I put my hands together and withdrew the chains from the room. I turned around and looked at the four ponies that were there. They each shook their heads and the green disappeared from their eyes. "Huh? What's going on?" Pinkie Pie asked. "You were brainwashed by the queen of the Changelings." I said. I released the chains and they rubbed their bodies. I turned to Itachi. "Alright, let's go find-" I started, but at that moment there was a loud high-pitched sound that almost made our ears bleed. A few seconds later the ceiling started to collapse. "We need to get out of here!" I said. Itachi nodded. He grabbed hold of me, and I wrapped the others in my chains and we teleported to the surface, just outside of the castle. When we teleported I saw an entire crowd of ponies in front of us. "Seems like Robert managed to save them." Itachi said. I nodded. At that moment Rarity came up and hugged me. "Whoa, what's going on?" I asked. "I saw the whole thing! You were amazing!" She said. "Wait, you saw me fight the queen?" I asked. She nodded. Just then I heard Vinyl shout: "I need some help here!" I looked at her and saw her desperately trying to heal Robert. I started to walk over there, but my vision started to turn blurry. "What's going on?" I asked. "Don't tell me, you're already going blind." Itachi said. I covered my eyes. "No, this can't be happening!" I said. I sank to my knees and swore under my breath. "We need to get him home, now." Itachi said. I didn't see what happened next but I felt the familiar feel of carpet under my hands. "This can't be happening, not now!" I said. "Itachi, is there any way to stop the blindness?" Rainbow Dash asked. I heard a loud noise and then Princess Celestia's voice. "What's happening to him?" She asked. "He's going blind. His Mangekyou Sharingan is about to expire." Itachi said. I heard gasps. "Is there any way to stop it?" Celestia asked. "Yes, there is one way. However, that method is impossible, as Tid's brother isn't here." He said. I opened my eyes. I could faintly see the outline of the carpet. "I guess this is inevitable." I said in despair. "No, there has to be another way, there just has to be!" Rarity said. I felt a hoof placed on my shoulder, then a warm liquid dripping down my cheek. I looked up and saw a blurred Rarity with her eyes closed. "Rarity, don't cry. There's no way to stop it, but I don't want the last thing I see to be you crying." I said. She stopped crying immediately. "Sorry." She said. I smiled. I hugged her and she hugged me back. "I'll go see if there's another way to stop blindness." Princess Celestia said. There was a bright flash of light and she was gone. I let go of Rarity. "I'm glad you all accepted me so much. Now you'll have to accept a blind Tid." I said. I closed my eyes and heard sniffling. They got around me in a circle and started crying. I opened my eyes and saw the last of my vision leave me. The world was dark. I sat there on my knees, listening to the others sob. "It's finally done." I said quietly.

The others placed their hooves on me. At that moment something strange happened. I felt extreme pain coming from my eyes. I covered them in a futile effort to stop the pain. I screamed in pain. "What's happening to him?" Fluttershy asked. "I don't know." Twilight said. The pain continued to intensify before suddenly stopping. I opened my eyes and saw the carpet below me. Wait, I saw the carpet below me. I looked at the others. They gasped. "I can see." I said. Itachi rushed forward. "How?" He asked. I shrugged. He looked at my eyes. "Incredible." He said. "What? What is it?" I asked. Twilight showed me a mirror. I saw my eyes: they were red, the same color as the Mangekyou Sharingan, but they were different. There was a ripple pattern coming from the center of my eye, my Mangekyou Sharingan design was in the center. "Whoa. Itachi do you know what this means?" I asked. He nodded. "Your Mangekyou Sharingan appears to have evolved into something even greater than the Rinnegan." He said. I looked back at the mirror. "I know, I'll call it: The Mangekyou Rinnegan." I said smiling.

I stood up and received hugs from everyone. "Now that I can see again, I think I should rest. I'm exhausted." I said. "Okay, we'll let you rest. Come on girls, let's go." Twilight said. They nodded and left Itachi and I standing there. "So, now that you've awakened the Mangekyou Rinnegan, what do you plan to do?" He asked. I looked at him. "You'll see. It's gonna be great." I said with a grin. He smiled. "I can tell." He said. We walked upstairs and went to sleep. In the morning I got dressed and went to the forest to do my ritual. A few hours later, I walked to Twilight's house. "Oh, hello Tid. How are you?" She asked. "I'm fine. Thank you. Listen, I need to talk to you about something." I said. "Alright. Come on in." She said. I followed her inside and sat down at the table. "Twilight, I feel the final battle between Discord and I is drawing closer. I want to make absolutely sure that I can defeat him, and I can't afford to have any distractions during the fight, so I'm going to have to ask you to keep everyone away from us while we are fighting." I said. She thought about it. "Are you sure you don't need us to help you?" She asked. "I'm absolutely certain. I don't want to put your lives in danger." I said. "Hmm, alright, if that's how you feel, I'll keep everyone away from the battle." She said. I nodded. "Thank you." I said. I reached into my robe and pulled out a small book. "Here, this is a book explaining everything about my techniques." I said. She took it. "Thank you. I will be sure to read this later." She said. I nodded. I stood up. "If you'll excuse me, I'll be taking my leave." I said. She nodded and I left.

I sat on a bench overlooking the river. Yesterday, there was definitely something different about Rarity. I thought. I sat there thinking when Rainbow Dash walked up to me. "Hey Tid." She said. "Hey." I said. "What's up? Something on your mind?" She asked. "Yeah, but I don't think you'd be interested to know." I said. "Oh yeah? Try me." She said. I hesitated. "Yesterday, when I was about to go blind, did something seem different about Rarity?" I asked. "Rarity? Hmm, I don't think anything was different. She did seem more upset than the rest of us though." She said. "Exactly. Why do you think that is?" I asked her. She shrugged. "I have no idea. But if you want to find out, why don't you just talk to her about it?" She asked. I thought about it. "Okay, you're right. I will go talk to her. Thanks Rainbow Dash." I said. "No problem." She said and flew away. I stood up. "I'll go talk to her right now." I said to myself.

I walked to Rarity's house and knocked on the door. "Oh hello Tid. What brings you here?" She asked. "I need to talk to you about something, if that's alright." I said. "Why of course. Come in." She said. I walked inside and we sat down in her workspace. "So, what did you need to talk to me about?" She asked. "It's about yesterday." I said. "Yesterday? What about it?" She asked. My heart started to pound nervously. "Yesterday, I noticed you seemed more upset than the other ponies about me going blind. Why is that?" I asked her. She stayed silent. She stood up and walked to the window. She sighed. "I guess there's no more hiding it." She said. "Hiding what?" I asked. She turned around. "You see, when you showed up at my door all those days ago, I felt something I had never felt before." She said. "Meaning?" I asked. "You complimented my work, hardly knowing my name. You were sincere and genuine in your love for my dresses. From that moment, I knew the answer to a question I had long since gave up answering." She said. I remained silent. She looked at me. "Tid, let me ask you something." She said. "Alright." I said. "What are your feelings toward me?" She asked. "My feelings?" I asked. She nodded. I thought I knew where this conversation was going. "I think of you as someone whom I care about very deeply. I would devastated to lose you." I said. She remained silent. "Tid, I need to tell you something." She said. "Alright, go ahead." I said. She walked up to me. "I love you, Tid." She said.

"You, love me?" I asked her, making sure I had heard her correctly. She nodded. "I...I don't know what to say." I said. "You, you don't?" She asked me. "No." I replied. She closed her eyes. "I knew it, you don't feel the same way." She said. She began to cry. I got up and ran over to her. "Please don't cry!" I said. I hugged her. "I didn't mean it like that!" I said. She continued to cry. "Please stop crying! I'm sorry! I was just taken by surprise is all." She looked at me, tears still flowing down her cheeks. "Then, how do you feel?" She asked. I hesitated. "I was afraid to tell you before. I was afraid you'd reject me, like everyone else." I said. "Tell me what?" She asked. "I love you too, Rarity." I said. She smiled. She hugged me and started crying again. "You have no idea how happy you've made me!" She said.

We sat there in each others embrace for what felt like only a few seconds, but was actually hours. Eventually we let go of each other. "I'm glad you feel the same way." She said. "You have no idea how happy I am that you actually love me." I said. "Come on, we need to get some fresh air." She said. We walked outside and walked through the park, sitting down at a table. "It's so nice that we can finally have a relationship." She said. I nodded. We sat there, just looking at the sky for a while. It was already night and the moon was out. It seemed to shine brighter tonight than any other night. We looked into each others eyes. We leaned in for a kiss, but as our lips were about to touch when I had a horrible flash back that made me back away. "What's wrong?" She asked. "I'm sorry, it's just, I don't want it to happen again." I said. "Don't want what to happen again?" She asked. "I already told you that when I transformed all those years ago, I was about to kiss the one that I was closest to." I said. "Oh, that's right. That would be unfortunate. You did your ritual this morning though, didn't you?" She asked. I nodded. "Then there's nothing to worry about." She said. We leaned in to kiss again, and the same thing happened. "I'm sorry, I just can't." I said. She smiled at me. "It's alright. It can wait." She said. "Thank you for understanding." I said. "Come on, I'll walk you home." She said. "I'm supposed to say that to you." I said. "Well, you are free to if you want to." She said. I held out my hand and she took it. We walked back to her house in silence.

I dropped her off at her house then began to walk home. "Man, what a day." I said to myself. Just then I saw smoke come together in front of me, revealing Discord. "Well, well, well. If it isn't Mr. Romeo." He said. "What do you want?" I asked him bitterly. "Oh not much, just wanted to warn you." He said. "Warn me?" I asked. He nodded. "That's right. If you continue to have a relationship with her, you're going to regret it." He said. "No, I won't." I said. I tried to walk past him, but he reappeared right in front of me again. "I'm warning you. She's nothing but a no-good liar. She doesn't love you, she just loves your power." He said. "Shut up! You know nothing about her! She truly does love me, and I love her too! And I swear on my life, if you say anything bad about her again, I will kill you." I said igniting my body. "Now now, no need to get all hot-headed." He said. "Damn you." I said. "Alright, I warned you, but if you don't want to listen to me, that's fine. It'll just come back to bite you in the long-run." He said. With that he disappeared. "I hate that Discord bastard." I said.

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Me: Well, that was something.

Tid: …

Rarity: …

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