Chapter 31-The Final Battle
Me: The final battle is going to begin!
Tid: This is going to be epic.
Me: You're not supposed to know that! Anyway, who wants to handle the disclaimer?
Itachi: I will. Tid doesn't own the rights to Naruto Shippuden or My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
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Fluttershy summoned us into the giant arena where Discord was waiting. We appeared in seven puffs of smoke in the air, and landed in a 'V' formation that was pointing away from Discord. "Oh, isn't that cute, you've all got matching outfits." Discord said. I closed my eyes. "Actually, we are..." I said pausing for dramatic effect. I opened my eyes, revealing the Mangekyou Rinnegan. "The Six Paths of Equestria. We will defeat you, Discord." I said. "I'd like to see you try." He said. I ignited my hands and charged at him. He dodged my attacks with ease. "I told you you can't hit me!" He said. "That's what you think!" I said. Suddenly Rainbow Dash came up from behind and tried to punch him in the back. He dodged it and Rainbow Dash punched me instead. Discord laughed. "Still believe you can defeat me?" He asked. I stood up and helped Rainbow Dash up. I activated my Mangekyou Rinnegan. I launched myself at Discord and hit him in the face with my flames. He was sent flying back. "I'll admit, you have some power. However, that won't be enough to defeat me!" He said. I opened the First of the Eight Gates. "If my power isn't enough, then I'll have to increase it!" I said. I opened three more Gates. "Die!" I said. I sprinted toward Discord and tried to strike him down, but he dodged it. I released some of my chains. "Guys, help me out here." I said. They nodded and came to my side. "Rarity, I need your powers to increase my speed. Are you ready?" I asked. She nodded. I ignited my hands and started sprinting. Rarity used the Almighty Push on me and sent me flying even faster at Discord. I was moving so fast he didn't have time to react and I punched him in the face. I then sprinted toward where he was going to land and kicked him higher into the air. I wrapped him in my chains, set them ablaze and started spinning rapidly. "Frontal Lotus!" I shouted. I pile-drived him into the ground, forming a massive crater. I stood up and looked at him. He teleported away and looked at me. "It seems you never cease to amaze me. Even though I have both yours and Robert's powers, you were still able to hit me. Truly, you are amazing." He said. "What?!" I said. He laughed. "You didn't know? I was using those clones of you two to gather your power!" He said. I grinned. "That was before my training, as well as the forming of the Six Paths of Equestria.." I said. We still had the advantage. I ignited my entire body. I then did hand signs. "Fire Style: Flaming Vortex!" I said. I put my hands in front of me and a giant spiraling vortex of fire flew at Discord. He seemed to be hit by it, but he teleported away. He then launched a counter-attack. He held up his hands and a giant fireball formed between his hands. I grinned. He launched the fireball, but not at me. He launched it instead at Applejack. She put up a barrier and absorbed the attack. "Sorry, but it'll take more than that to harm me." She said. He then snapped and opened up a fissure where she was standing. Rainbow Dash flew and saved Applejack, safely returning her to the ground. Discord the started to spin very rapidly and launch beams of lightning at me. They seemed to veer off in random directions before starting to curve inward and converge on a single point, surrounding me from all sides. They hit me and exploded, sending up a cloud of smoke. I stood there panting. I held my shoulder, which was bleeding. My flame guard disappeared, having been the only thing that saved my life. I launched myself at Discord once more, and we got into hand-to-hand combat. He blocked every one of my attacks and was able to counter-attack with amazing speed. He punched me in the face and I was sent flying back into the ground.
I struggled to my feet. "Come on girls, we need to help Tid!" Twilight said. They quickly formed a circle around me. They closed their eyes. Suddenly six circles appeared on the floor under each of them, and a seventh circle where I was standing. There was a bright flash of light and I could see energy flowing from each of them straight into my body. I then felt a sudden change. There was a sensation on my forehead and back, one that was painful, yet oddly relaxing at the same time. An aura started to surround my body, one that was a golden white. Suddenly the light stopped and I returned to the ground, having risen off of it. My aura still flowed around me. I looked at my hands, and remarkably all signs of wounds were gone. My shoulder was also healed. "What happened?" I asked. "We have given you our powers, not the ones that you gave us however." Twilight said. I felt something coming from my back. I looked over my shoulder and saw wings. I also felt something protruding from my head. I looked up and saw it was a horn. I looked at my arm and formed something out of crystals (one of Rarity's powers I guess). It was a blade that was attached to my arm, with a blunt end and a sharp pointed end facing the way my arm was. I grinned. "Perfect." I launched myself at Discord once more attempting to hit him with the blades.
"Fifth: Gate of Closing, open!" I said. I weaved hand signs. I was about to perform a jutsu when a sudden blast of blue energy burst through the wall. The blast hit Discord and sent him into the wall, collapsing a section of it on him. The dome went back into the ground after the beam disappeared. "That was a close one." I said. I looked back at Discord. "Itachi, I need your help." I said. He nodded. Itachi ran forward, his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan activated. He activated the Amaterasu, the black flames bursting into existence in front of Discord. He snapped his fingers and a wall appeared between him and the black flames. I sprinted so fast it appeared I had teleported. In a fraction of a second I was behind Discord, and I grabbed him. "Do it now Itachi!" I said. He jumped over the wall and activated Amaterasu again. I let go of Discord at the last second and got away. Discord was caught in the flames, screaming in pain.
The others and I watched as the black flames went to work on Discord. Our victory was short-lived, however. Discord stopped screaming and started laughing instead. "Did you really think an attack like this would kill me?" He asked. The black flames started to go inside of his body. He inhaled and blew the black flames at us. "Applejack!" I said. "Right!" She said. She jumped in front of us and put up a barrier, absorbing the Amaterasu. "Our tricks don't seem to be affecting him." Twilight said. "I know, this is bad." I said. I opened the Sixth Gate. "I will not bow!" I said. I jumped and launched myself at him. He dodged the attack and I ended up punching the ground, forming a crater. I spun around quickly and sent my chains flying at him. I made it appear as if multiple chains were flying at him, when in reality it was only one. The chain wrapped around his body and I stopped spinning. "It's over now!" I said. I lit my hands and jumped into the air, bringing him with me. "Fire Style: Flaming Comet!" I said launching myself at him. His eyes widened as I approached. I punched him in the face and sent him crashing into the ground.
He stood up as I landed. "You're skills have improved, but I'm afraid it still won't be enough to beat me." He said. "We'll just see about that. Seventh: Gate of Shock, open!" I said. "Seems you are finally starting to get serious, so I might as well get serious too." He said. He snapped his hand and a giant pillar of rock fell from the roof. I looked up and punched it, shattering it to pieces. "That's your idea of getting serious?" I asked. He smiled. "Not quite." He said. I sprinted at him and he did the same. We both punched, our fists colliding. I was amazed he could match my power, even in the Seventh Gate. "Shocked? Don't be, I already told you that I had absorbed your power." He said. "I didn't realize you absorbed my power in the Seventh Gate." I said. He laughed. "What did you think I meant?" I scowled. We jumped away from each other. I weaved hand signs. "Fire Style: Flaming Spear!" I said. I held out my hand a spear of fire formed in my hand. I gripped it and threw it at Discord. He blocked it but what he didn't know was that I had followed the spear. I punched him in the chest and sent him flying. I sprinted toward him and placed my hand on his chest. "It's time I use that again." I said. His eyes widened. Suddenly something incredibly hard hit me the the stomach. I was sent flying backward and landed in a wall. I held out my arm in front of me, the palm facing Discord. I sent my chains through the ground and held the others in place. Energy started charging in front of my hand and black balls of energy flew at Discord. They impacted the wall and formed the black hole. "It's over." I said grinning.
"Or is it?" I heard him say. Suddenly something grabbed me from behind. I looked at what was grabbing me and saw that it was Discord. I closed the black hole and struggled to break free of his grasp. He laughed. "It's no use, you can't break free!" He said. I looked at Rainbow Dash for assistance. She nodded and flew at Discord full-force. It was either break the hold or accept a punch from Rainbow Dash. Discord did the former and Rainbow Dash stopped just before she crashed into the wall. I jumped away from the wall and looked around for Discord. He reappeared in the air at the other side of the room. I formed a spike from crystals in front of me and launched it at him. "Die!" I said. The spike phased through his body. "Damn it!" I said.
Things were not looking good. I had used up all of my tricks but nothing was working. "What do I do now?" I asked. "Tid, there is a way to defeat Discord!" Twilight said. "How?" I asked. "You need to synchronize with someone. Only then will you have the power to defeat Discord!" She said. I thought about it. Come to think of it, I did remember one technique that involved such a synchronize. I walked over to Rarity. "Are you ready?" I asked her. "I thought you'd never ask." She said. My aura started to shine brighter and brighter. I floated a few inches from the ground. My hair started to levitate as well. I opened my eyes and looked at Rarity. I smiled and reached out my hand. She smiled and took my hand. She started to glow as well. We both rose into the air, spinning around each other. We stopped when we were even higher into the air than Discord. I took her hooves in my hands and we looked into each others face. We smiled and hugged each other. The aura around us began to shine even brighter as we did this. We stopped hugging and held one arm into the air, the other still holding onto the others arm. Energy started flowing above us and formed into two balls of energy. We kept gathering energy, the balls growing even larger. I looked at Rarity. "Are you ready?" I asked. She nodded. At the same time, we lowered our arms and pointed the balls at Discord. Simultaneously the fired, becoming beams of energy that twisted around each other. Discord's eyes widened and the beams impacted him. There was no way he could've avoided it. The battle was won.
Rarity and I floated back down the ground, our aura fading away. "It's finally done." I said. The others rejoiced. All of a sudden there was a scream of rage. "No! I refuse to be defeated this easily!" Discord said. We all turned toward him. I could tell he was about to die, he couldn't even stand. "I'm amazed that you're still alive, but you won't be for long." I said. "I won't die, not without taking one of you with me!" He said. He snapped his fingers and a spire of rock impaled Rarity. My eyes widened in shock. Discord started laughing, then died. The spire of rock went back into the ground upon his passing. I sank to my knees. I edged closer to her dead body, tears forming in my eyes. "No...This can't happen! No!" I shouted. I started to sob. "Why!" I said. I looked at Rarity's face and put my hands on her. I stroked her cheeks, tears falling onto her skin. I closed my eyes, and started to cry even harder. This couldn't be happening! It wasn't fair! I was crying so hard I didn't realize hours had passed. "Listen, Tid, we know you miss Rarity, we all do, but there's nothing we can do for her now." Twilight said. She placed her hoof on my shoulder. I gradually stopped crying. I sat there for a few minutes, completely silent. Then, I started to chuckle. I could feel my sanity slipping from me. I then started to laugh maniacally. "Is he alright?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Tid has seen his share of tragedy in his life. He may not show it, but he's been holding everything inside for years now. He may be strong, but even Tid has his limits." Itachi said. I stood up and Twilight backed away from me. I turned to the others, a wicked grin on my face. "You're right, Twilight, I shouldn't cry over her death. After all, crying won't solve anything!" I said. I formed another crystal blade and charged at Twilight. She dodged the attack. I kept swinging and she kept dodging. "Someone go get Princess Celestia!" She said. Rainbow Dash volunteered and sped off in the direction of the castle. Itachi came up from behind and put me in a Full Nelson. I laughed hysterically. "Almighty Push!" I said. Itachi was sent flying away from me. I continued to laugh. "You can't stop me!" I said. Just then Princess Celestia, as well as her sister Princess Luna appeared. I looked at them. I formed two blades that came from my shoulder blades and sprinted toward Princess Celestia. She blocked my attack with a magical barrier she erected in front of herself. I could feel tears still flowing down my face. She saw this and smiled. I frowned. "Why are you smiling?!" I asked as I formed another blade, about to strike her barrier. Just before I did she sent me flying backward with a blast of magic. I crashed into the opposite wall. She walked toward me. "Tid, I know you loved Rarity." She said. "Oh yeah? And who told you that? Rarity? Twilight?" I asked. She shook her head. "Actually, I didn't know until just a few seconds ago." She said. My eyes widened. "I saw tears flowing down your face. I know that you must've loved her very much, Tid. I understand what it is like to lose someone like that." She said. "How? How do you know what that feels like? How can you possibly understand my pain?" I asked. She closed her eyes. "Because I was, at one point, in love." She said. The others gasped. "He was the most magnificent colt I had ever seen. I had fallen for him when he reported to me after a routine assignment. He spoke to me with the utmost respect, and he also treated me like a lady. However, he was killed in a war that was waged a long time ago. My grief when I had heard this was the same as yours, Tid." She said. I lay my head down on the ground. "I'm sorry." I said. She looked at me and smiled. "Come on, let's return you to Ponyville." She said. The others helped me stand and we teleported to Ponyville.
"What do we do now?" Pinkie Pie asked. "We should get Tid to the hospital." Twilight said. "No, I'll be fine. All I want is to be left alone." I said. I walked away from the others without another word.
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Me: Many feels associated with this chapter.
Tid:...
Me: I know, you're depressed. I'm sorry. Anyway, follow, favorite, and leave a review. I'll see you guys next time.