Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x ?

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Story Start

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Naruto arrived just in time to see the herd minus Twilight and Luna had gathered for their get together in the park. They were in the midst of setting up the baskets on the blankets that were spread out.

"Yo bro!" Rainbow Dash called out to him.

"Yo Dash. Girls." He said as he took a seat down next to Rarity who was putting on sunscreen while Fluttershy was feeding the squirrels. "I take it Twilight is late?"

"Yeah, but she should be here any minute though." Rainbow Dash noted.

Rarity was in the process of rummaging in the basket, the clinking of cutlery reached Naruto's ears. "Please tell me I did not forget the plates." She gasped and pulled her head out. "I did. I totally forgot them! Of all the worst things that could happen, this is THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!" A luxurious couch, controlled by her magic, slid next to her as she fell on it, sobbing and despairing… until she realized everypony was staring at her oddly. "What? You didn't expect me to lay on the grass, did you?"

Naruto smiled at the typical sight that was his fiance's crazy antics. Suddenly the sound of a box being dumped on the ground drew his attention when he saw Twilight.

Now Naruto found that Twilight was always pretty cute, but the state she was in was eye raising.

Her mane and tail were both unkempt and wild, frayed and sticking out in places, like she'd just run straight through a bush while having it styled by a blind barber.

Her whole body was tensed up like a frightened rabbit, unable to relax. Her Shirt and pants were a wrinkled mess with a button or two incorrectly button in the wrong hole not to mention she was wearing her shoes on the opposite feet. Her pupils had shrunk down to the size of peas, her eyes wild and desperate and the smile she had on her face wasn't comforting and kind, but more… demented and disturbed.

Something was wrong and he wasn't the only one to notice.

"You alright, hun?" Applejack asked as a concerned expression formed on her face.

"No!" she cried. "I am not alright." All of them reacted with sounds of concern and worry for her. "It's just terrible."

"Yes?" they all asked in unison

"Simply awful."

"Yes?"

"It's the most horrific trouble I've ever been in and I really, really, really need your help!"

"YES?"

"My letter to Princess Celestia is almost overdue, and I haven't learned anything about friendship!" She sounded as if she was on the verge of tears.

Naruto was torn between shaking his head at her silliness and wanting to hug her. Being adorkable and adorable was too much of a heart melting combination.

The others otherwise had all breathed sighs of relief at the news, visibly relaxing,.

"Oh thank goodness," Fluttershy replied with a relaxed sigh. "I thought something really awful had happened."

Twilight made a strange strangling sound in her throat before teleporting behind Rainbow. "Something awful has happened!" She reappeared next to Rarity making her spit out her tea. "If I don't turn in the letter on time, I'll be late! I've never been LATE!" This last part she screamed in front of Applejack.

Again, rather than being concerned for how worried she obviously was, the girls all started giggling at the fuss that she was making, but Naruto was anything but amused. In fact, he was now extremely worried for her.

His new found power with empathy allowed him to better read the feeling of those around him. It was faint, but the more he exercised it the better he would be with them. In fact maybe it would be better if the seven of them started training and mastering their elements.

"No offense, sugarcube," Applejack said, pushing her away, "but it looks like somepony's gettin' themselves all worked up over nothin'."

Applejack's comment brought him back on track. Right now they needed to focus on helping Twilight.

"This is not nothing!" she screamed back. "This is everything! I need you guys to help me find somepony with a problem I can fix before sundown! My whole life depends on it!"

Pinkie was now rolling on the floor and laughing hysterically."Oh Twilight, you're such a crack-up!"

"Come on now. Have a seat and stop sweatin' the small stuff," Applejack prompted.

The wrong thing to said as Twilight left in in a dismayed scream and teleport. If he was going to help her he was going to need to know exactly how this all began so he teleported away as well leaving behind five confused mares.

Ditzy arrived just in time to see Naruto teleport away and let out a groan. "What did I end up missing now?" She always seemed to just miss the good stuff.

Arriving at Golden Oaks library Naruto immediately began questioning Spike who began telling him the events of earlier this afternoon.

"We haven't sent a letter to Princess Celestia this week?!" That was how it all started. All from Spike casually admitting he was glad they didn't need to send in a letter to Celestia that week as reorganizing the library had left him exhausted.

"Why? Is that bad?" .

"Bad? BAD? Of course it's bad! I'm supposed to send Princess Celestia a letter every week, telling her about a lesson I've learned about friendship! Not every other week, not every 10 days, every single week! Ohh... Where's my calendar, where's my calendar?!" she repeatedly her voice and expression both becoming frantic.

"Where it.. always is?" No sooner had Spike taken it out of the drawer, she pulled it over with him still holding onto it.

"When did we send the last one?" she asked, flicking through the pages with lightning speed.

"Last... Tuesday?"

"And today is..."

"Tuesday?"

"Nononononononono!" She pushed past him and hurried upstairs, staring out of the window at the sun, which was moving steadily across the sky. "If I don't send her a letter by sundown, I'll be... late!" she shrieked. "Oh, how could I let this happen? I'm usually so organized. I've never been late with an assignment."

"Oh, please! You're the most studious student ever! I'm sure the princess will forgive you if you miss one little deadline." Spike dismissed .

"I'm afraid to take that chance, Spike. This is one half of the rulers of all of Equestria we're talking about. The pony who holds my fate in her hands!"

"Yeah... I don't think she—"

She cut off Spike by teleporting in front of him. "What if instead she starts thinking I'm becoming arrogant or self entitled because of the Discord incident and that I believe it is no longer necessary for me to take my studies seriously?"

"Why would she-?"

"What if she makes me come back to Canterlot and puts me back in the academy and makes me prove I've been taking them seriously by giving me a test?! What if I don't pass? She's my teacher!" she yelled back at him. "Do you know what teachers do to students who don't pass?"

"They… put it on their permanent record?"

"Worse! They send them back a grade! But she won't just send me back a grade. She'll send me back to... magic kindergarten."

She shut her eyes, grimaced and shivered with fear, possibly envisioning herself in that exact situation.

"Okay now you're just being ridiculousness. There is no way you'd be able to fit in the desks."

"Was not the best time for you to be cracking jokes." Naruto deadpanned, temporarily interrupting Spike recalling the events of that morning.

"You're not going to be sent back to magic kindergarten."

"You're right. I have no reason to worry." Spike felt himself relax at these words. "Because I'm going to solve a friend's problem and get that letter to Princess Celestia before sundown!" Then he tensed right back again. "So... got any problems, troubles, conundrums, or any other sort of issues, major or minor, that I as a good friend can help you solve?" she asked Spike.

Spike thought for a few seconds, then, "I got nothin'."

"Oh." She pulled away and sighed in disappointment. "Then it looks like I'm going to have to find somepony who does." With that confident tone returning to her voice, she set off downstairs on her task.

"Ugh, this can't end well," Spike sighed, moving to clear up the books she had scattered.

"And that's what happened." Spike finished explaining.

Twilight had always been a bit immersed in her self, but this was borderline neurotic. The twilight he knew while having almost OCD level of tendencies for management was not neurotic or had a full blown condition. "This isn't just her being kooky Spike. Something is seriously wrong."

"I think I know what to do. You go and find Twilight and I'll handle the rest."

He had to admit he was curious what Spike plan was, but making sure Twilight was safe came first. As Naruto began tracking her down he began thinking about everything he had knew about Twilight and her tendencies. While there was basis for her to overreact, that one incident with Celestia's pet and her belief of Celestia's reaction of taking her pet entailed nothing suggested she would lose her mind and act completely…

"…act completely Chaotic." The words slipped from his mouth with an undertone of horror. Discord. Discord had corrupted the Elements and then the wave had washed over all of Equestria. The entire world.

Almost the entire world.

The beam of Harmony itself never washed through them. They and the Elements were the origin of it. They were essentially Harmony at that point. If the memories of what Discord did still remained then who's to say whatever damage he might have dumb to the other's mind wasn't still lingering in some way?

He had never considered that fact because he himself was never broken in the way the others was. 'Damn him. Even after we defeated him he is still making our lives miserable.'

That was then he caught sight of something. The last thing he remembered was a mass wave of magic the same as Twilight's aura fast approaching him.

Another magic a warmer one with a far more commanding presence washed over him. He looked around and saw that once more Ponyville had been destroyed.

Okay only partially destroyed as there was a missing house that looked like it had been pulled across the land by something or somepony rather strong and property damage but still; it was starting to get a bit ridiculous.

"Twilight Sparkle!"

The only other time in recent memory he had Celestia's voice so stern was when they fought Discord. Only this time it was more commanding than filled with distaste and hostility.

The way she hovered in the sky and the rays of the sun illuminating her figure it was hard not to lapse into an oh shit face.

He was able to putting the pieces together seeing piles of ponies that were either fighting or pawing at each other. Oh this was not going to go well at all.

That was then he caught sight of Twilight who head was held in shame as she trudge away from them.

Princess Celestia had gone but he could guess where she had gone. He could also tell that she was angry with her student and she knew it too.

He had to get there before it was too late.

The Princess was waiting for her. "You know why you are here, now if you would care to explain as to why."

So Twilight began telling her everything. How she had tried and failed to make sure that her report on friendship was on time, eventually having to resort to enchanting her doll so it would be irresistible and create a friendship problem for her to report.

Twilight bowed her head in shame. "You can punish me… however you see fit…"

Celestia regarded the mare with a firm gaze, before she lightened her expression and spoke in the gentler, kindly voice he knew her for.

"Twilight, while I am a little shocked about the measures you resorted to, I'm not going to punish you for missing your supposed deadline for your report," she told her gently.

This surprised Twilight. "But...but... I'm supposed to send you a letter about friendship every week. I missed the deadline. I'm a bad student!"

"You are a wonderful student, Twilight. I don't have to get a letter every week to know that," she replied sincerely.

"Really...?"

Before Celestia could respond to this, the door burst open and Rainbow Dash bolted inside, along with the rest of their friends.

"Wait!"

"You can't punish her!" Fluttershy begged.

"It wasn't her fault!" Applejack added.

"I'm listening," Celestia betoken in a tone full of authority.

So, the girls proceeded to explain how they too were responsible for what happened too, how they had seen how Twilight had reacted from her friendship report, but they'd dismissed it as not worth bothering with.

When they finished by begging the princess not punish her for their insensitivity, Celestia smiled brightly again. "Looks like you all learned a pretty valuable lesson today." The girls all affirmed this. "Very well. I'll forget Twilight's "punishment" on one condition."

They all cheered and whooped from this news. They quietened down so the Princess could deliver her condition for this great news.

"From this day forth, I would like you all to report to me your findings on the magic of friendship, when, and only when, you happen to discover them."

Naruto was glad to see that things worked out. Dropping down from the banister he began to speak. "This entire incident isn't just because Twilight simply overreacted. I am afraid in a way we failed to account for something Princess. She's and the other bearers aren't fully at fault for this."

While not surprised at his sudden appearance his words drew her curiosity. "Then what is the cause?"

The one word he spoke was enough to make his fellow elements wince. "Discord."

"Explain!" She all but commanded. Just the mention of his name was enough to put Celestia in a mood of sorts.

"The Elements. They, we cleansed everypony, the planet right? But it wasn't a perfect cleansing. Many seals were broken as a result of his magic."

Celestia nodded. She got many calls and messages from her fellow rulers across the planet. A summit in fact was being held soon and she and Luna were summoned to be held accountable for the events under their watch. Despite the fact Discord was not a native to their nation much of his time had been spent there. He was the unlawful ruler for quite some time using their nation as his capital as he gleeful played a game a war against the other nations in one of his many games to amuse himself.

"…much of the property damage not caused or influenced by the Chaos was left intact in their ruined states. The Harmony wave went and sought out every individual infected by his magic, but what about those who weren't targeted by the team? Those of us who were one with Harmony so its power wouldn't or should I say couldn't be used against us as we weren't corrupted?"

Celestia was beginning to see what Naruto was saying.

"And if one of us. One of us didn't have her dark seed removed from her and vanquish like the others." His eyes filled with heavy sadness.

The other Bearers also began to realize Naruto's train of thought.

"..and who wasn't inverted, but broken so thoroughly she was almost left an empty shell. Who had to be pieced back together. Because the Elements wouldn't change the fundamental nature of the soul they partner with or they were trying to save and with the removing of her seed being forced leaving a fracture that isn't so simple to fix."

"B—But…I.." Twilight couldn't stop herself from trembling. She felt like she couldn't stop the tears from flowing. Did that mean…she wasn't safe to be around anymore? That she had to be taken away from her friends? "I…I don't want to go. D-Don't take me away."

Twilight was shocked into silence as Celestia pulled her into a hug. How long had it been since something like this happen? She felt like a filly again.

"How could I…how could such an oversight happen? Forgive me Twilight. I promise you I will do everything in my power to prevent making such a mistake again. And as for taking you away from your friends I would never do that."

This only made the Unicorn cried harder for doubting Celestia. How many times was she going to make that mistake?

It took a great deal of time to calm Twilight down and once achieved she was placed to bed where she nodded off. That left the rest of them to discover what they had learned.

Spike, who had written to Celestia was watching over his sister, ready to alert them if anything were to occur.

"What do we…what do we do now?" Applejack asked, finally breaking the silence.

"Twilight is in a rather fragile state right now. The stress of today's events so soon after what happened to her simply overwhelmed her. What are your thoughts on the matter?" Celestia asked Naruto from the other end of the table who was contemplating what he had learned.

"I…I don't believe she has developed a mental illness or anything. From what you know of her and my observations the damage merely exaggerated her tendencies a bit and loosened her control. Support and time is what she needs; its what we all need." He looked to the others. "If there is anything any of you are holding back it's a good time to speak up about it now."

"Nightmares." Fluttershy finally spoke with a shaky whisper. "That night, when, we all…came to your room. I was having a nightmare about what happened."

The flicker in surprise indicated they knew what she was talking about. "It…it is embarrassing to admit, but I as well could not sleep." Rarity admitted.

"I….I kept reliving the moment where…where I thought we…" Pinkie Pie sadly trailed off.

"Ah know what you mean." Applejack added as they all turned to Rainbow.

"What?" She asked, it was obvious she was struggling to maintain her prideful image.

"Rain…for Twilight."

Rainbow's face scrunched up. Damnit. Even her pride came second to loyalty to her friends. "Y-Yeah. Me too." She admitted as if it physically hurt her to speak the words.

"Shit," Naruto softly swore surprising them. "And probably Twilight too, but knowing her she would have used logic to dismiss away her concerns. I'm sorry girls, its my fault why you're probably having those nightmares." He admitted to their confusion as they looked at him as if he grew two heads.

"Beloved, what are you talking about? How could you be in any way responsible for what he did?" Rarity's prompt was answered accordingly.

"Because I talked to Luna about using her magic to help those who really needed it. The Foals. The elderly. Those of us not strong enough to bear the mental stress of what happened over those of us who were tough enough. As your Stallion she might have interpreted I meant the herd as a group." They realized what he meant now. "I screwed up. I'm not even Empathy for a week and I'm already screwing up."

"Its not your fault." Fluttershy's warm gaze served to sooth him. "Y-You were only trying to do what was right. These things tend to happen."

"She is right beloved. Your intentions were noble. You were willing to deal with the nightmares of what happened so Princess Luna could focus on helping those who needed it more. That is by far the noblest gesture I have ever heard." Rarity assured him. Further assurances by the others help bolstered back the blond's confidence.

"I will leave Twilight to the care of you all. I know I can count on you to look after her." Replies of 'of course princess' filled the room. "I shall speak to Luna about dealing with the Nightmares that plague you." She hated to ask this of Luna as her sister was now swamped with healing minds all over not only their nation, but the world. There was no telling when Luna might have her schedule open up to continue adjusting to this world.

"Princess if its okay with ya ah…ah can bear it a bit longer." Applejack spoke up. "Aah…ah don't want to leave Twilight and Naruto as the only ones dealing with this. We're a team after all."

One by one the other Elements made similar offers. If one of them was going to go through this then they were all going to share the burden together.

I not only wanted to give a rational reason for Twilight's behavior I also wanted to explain some of her later Flanderization she was given in an attempt to make her more interesting as the writers seemed to believe.

We believe they did a tad bit too much. I am currently searching out for new artists and am hoping to find one who is skilled and quick soon. So you guys will be seeing multiple versions of Rarity in her armor most likely as that is the test they were given.

Until then enjoy this chapter as I am currently working on chapter 118. 117 will be posted a little later. I am holding it hostage for more reviews. XD. All jokes aside seriously people, review with Derpsalot level feedback because how else will I know what more of I should be putting in the story.