Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x ?

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Story Start

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In the midst of the Golden Oaks Library Twilight and Cheerilee were having a discussion. Apparently the school was putting on a talent show and she wanted to hang up a poster in the library advertising.

As the show was being discussed the sound of havoc followed drawing their attention. When they entered the next room there was utter mayhem.

"I had nothing to do with this," he said straight away. Twilight soon saw what Spike was talking about.

"What is going on here?"

She looked over the scene, feeling quite scandalized to see so many books in such disarray in a large pile in the center of the room. Sweetie Belle, Dinky, Scootaloo and Applebloom were at the center of the chaos, scanning through any book, parchment or scroll they could find.

"Well, we sure ain't gettin' our cutie marks as librarians," remarked Applebloom.

"I should think not," Spike said sternly, earning a frown from Twilight. "What?"

"And I have the perfect place to start." Cheerilee rolled out the colorful poster on the floor for them to see.

"'Showcase your talents...

'...for all to see...'

'Perform in the Ponyville school talent show,"' they each read in turn.

"There'll be all sorts of awards. Best dramatic performance, best comedy act, best magic act... Surely you can find your talent," their teacher said encouragingly.

"This would be the perfect place ta discover our talents," exclaimed Applebloom. "Jugglin'!"

"Acting!" procclaimed Scootaloo.

"Magic tricks!" piped up Sweetie Belle.

"Square dancin'!"

"Tightrope walking!" Dinky added with a happy hop.

"Tiger taming!"

"My little ponies! You're missing the point." Twilight cut off, refraining from laughing at their extreme suggestions.

"Sure! We can do that," Scootaloo agreed.

"Yeah! Sure we can," echoed Sweetie Belle.

"Well," Applebloom said, "whatever we do…"

"… we'll do it as..." Dinky added.

"...The Cutie Mark Crusaders!" Together, they raised their hands to the sky.

Scootaloo lead the way, as they ran off to begin making plans for their performance.

"Well, someponies seems rather enthusiastic," Naruto remarked as he entered the library. "Hey Cheer. I finished with those flyers you gave me."

"Thank you Naruto. I will be back at the school helping to get everything ready. I'll be seeing you at the performance."

"Of course." He took notice of the mess. "Spike the crusaders might need some help staying out of trouble for whatever their planning. Maybe you should help them out."

Spike looked to Twilight for permission. "It's fine, go and have fun." She told him before wondering just what Naruto was up to.

"What? They have a penchant for going a little overboard In their attempts. They won't accept much help for us, but I'm hoping they'll listen to someone closer to their age."

"And this mess?" She asked as Thirty Narutos popped into existence. "Remind me again why you still haven't thought me that?"

"One, because I haven't given you a seal so you can't use chakra yet. Two, you'd probably end up putting yourself in a coma from trying to read too many books. Three because I could not think of any other reason and I wanted a point three." Naruto finished with a very satisfied look. Twilight shook her head. "Want to get a little training in while we have the time?"

Well, she supposed it wouldn't hurt.

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Training hurt. It hurt so much. When Naruto had told them all that time ago that he had to put a little force behind his attacks or else the training would give them minimal gains the mares reluctantly accepted it.

It was also why they went far away from town for sparring. Any passerby who happened upon it could easily mistake him as him beating his marefriends or him being abused in return.

There were those who were quick to jump to conclusions so Naruto carried her back to the library.

"I'll tell you what, since you did such a great job for this training session I'll give you a massage." Naruto offered the soar and tired mare.

Her face perks back up. "Okay, a massage sounds nice," she chirps. "I guess you can start with my shoulders and go from there." Twilight notes.

Twilight led Naruto to her room. After taking time to remove her top and skirt she laid stomach down on her bed, resting her head on her pillow. She couldn't help how her whole body flushed. During the date he had shared with her, AJ, and Rainbow the only place they could agree to for the date was the beach as Swimming was a physical activity that Twilight enjoyed and could take to her leisure.

It had been a good deal of anxiety for her, comparing her bodies to her friends as she was neither a toned athlete like Rainbow, but a mixture of curves and sculpted muscle like Applejack, but Naruto paid her attention all the same and assured her he found her beautiful.

It took her building up a bit of courage in order to get this far and she couldn't chicken out now.

He carefully moved her mane off her shoulders

Placing his hands along her slender shoulders, he could feel the softness of her fur as he grazed it with his fingers. He couldn't help but wonder if she was taking bathing tips from Rarity?

"Wow, your muscles are tense. How do you walk around like this?"

"Mmm," Twilight moans faintly, feeling the knots in her muscles start to ease. "That feels really nice," she mutters. "Does Rarity have you do this a lot?"

"Practically every other day at one point. Aloe and Lotus are excellent teachers."

"Oh, that feels so good," she replies as she let out a blissful sigh.

He proceeded to add more pressure to her shoulders, trying to loosen those deep knots from her muscles. Another soothing moan suggests you're still on target. "I think we're getting there. Just how long has it been since your last massage?"

"I…I am not sure to be honest. Just been so busy."

"Saving Equestria. Dealing with our crazy fans. Being wooed by a remarkably handsome stallion. Yes quite busy indeed."

Twilight giggles again, and adds, "I see someone is being modest."

"Hey, now if I was lying that would be another matter."

"Mmm, you can move to my back, if you want," Twilight speaks softly.

The tension there is almost as bad as her shoulders so Naruto went to work.

Twilight turns her head on her pillow and sighs. "Do you mind going a little lower? I'm feeling some pain further down."

"No problem." He replied as his hands stopped just above her rear end.

As he began to massage her lower back more pleased sighs escaped Twilight's lips. She was on the verge of whimpering.

"I…I think you should go a little lower." She called back to him.

Naruto raised an eyebrow questioningly. "Any lower and I'll be massaging your flanks."

"I…I wouldn't mind that." She replied, making her voice as appealing as possible. She was hope she was doing this right.

Naruto was surprised at this. Out of his herd Twilight was one of the more reserved ones when it came to sexual matters, but then again she was a mare and she had desires. Was this boldness because she was going into heat?

"I…I'm not in a frenzy heat!" She suddenly blurted out. It was Spring, and from the end of March to the middle of May was a period known as mating season where Mares were essentially worked into a mating frenzy.

What separated it from a regular heat was that it last the entire time of that particular mare's cycle which would be anywhere from a week to two weeks instead of a few days every six to seven weeks where for a few days they could get impregnated.

A frenzy heat literally drove mares to mare and if a stallion caught whiff of their scent it would drive them to arousal willingly or not. There were of course tools and means to lessen the distress and pain a mare would go through during cycles, but they only partially effective during frenzy heats. The only surefire way to lessen such a heat was to mate, which while a mare was sufficient a stallion was usually better.

Twilight pauses for a moment, before giving him a very sincere look. "I want you," she answers, a strong yearning in her voice. "I-Isn't this spontaneous. Don't you want me?" Hurt began to creep into her voice.

He had a good idea what Twilight was doing now. She was trying to be more spontaneous. To go with the flow and allow things to happen naturally.

"Twi, of course I do. Just show me, just show me you're okay with this and we'll do whatever you want."

Inching her way over to him, she places her hands on his shoulders. Without a word, she comes face to face with him. Her warm breath slowly spreads across his mouth as well as her scent hit his nose.

Twilight leans in and kisses him tenderly. Naruto places his arms around her and returns the gesture to which Twilight happily accepted.

A few moments pass and the kiss ends. Twilight gazes at you half-lidded, "This is…this is what I want." She was tired of hearing about the act. Dreaming about it. Desiring it. She wanted to experience it for herself now. "M-Make love to me." She whispered as Naruto gently caressed her cheek. She could hear every thump of her heart as he gently laid her down. She closed her eyes as she felt the motions and the sound of discarded clothing dropping on the floor. She let out a shiver as the last of garments was removed and that's when she felt it, the tender sensation of his lips against hers.

Her stallion. She was with her stallion.

The sound of footsteps downstairs alarmed them as they quickly began to get dressed. They had just finished getting dress when Spike walked in. "I just remembered I didn't make dinner are you going to be alright?"

"Actually we're going to go out for dinner so you don't have to worry about her." He said as Twilight rapidly nodded. She was wearing the worst possible poker face.

For a moment Spike had paused as slow confirmation donned on him as he picked up a scent. Because a dragon's sense of smell was rather strong Spike had to be educated early on when he proved inquisitive about the funny smells the mares were exhuming every few weeks, especially the spring time.

"Pretend this didn't happen?" Naruto prompted.

"Pretend this didn't happen." He nodded as he closed the door.

"Well that killed the mood." Naruto remarked with a shake of his head.

Twilight was currently burying her face in pillow to hide her shame and embarrassment.

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'So this is the Crusader's clubhouse?' It didn't take Spike long to catch up with the Crusaders seeing as Rarity and Scootalo had to stop by their homes before heading to Sweet Apple Acres. 'Wasn't it supposed to be a tree house?'

But no their club house was on the ground as if someone completely removed any and all traces of the treehouse including cut down the tree that housed it.

The clubhouse nonetheless was colorful and built from the ground up. There was even furniture on the inside with a bathroom and a storeroom. "Wow so who made this?"

"Applebloom!" the other three Crusaders answered.

"Wow Applebloom this is amazing." Spike said as a faint blush appeared on her cheeks.

"Twas nothin'." The earth pony filly puffed out her chest with pride. "Eyup. It weren't easy, but ah got it all fixed. The girls brought the materials and well, we had help with the plumbing of course, but ah've been working on everything else. Could have sworn mah sis and mac talked about a club house out here."

"Did you ask her about it?" Dinky asked as Applebloom grimaced.

"She went on about how Timberwolves destroyed it and stuff." She answered with a shrug. "But who cares we got our own clubhouse."

"You know...you could have asked me to help, if you wanted."

Sweetie stood beside him, placing a hand upon his shoulder and giving a reassuring smile.

"We know, and thanks for the offer, but you're always so busy helping Twilight. Besides if we were going to show it off to anypony we wanted you to be the first one to see it."

Apple Bloom took her place behind the podium while Scootaloo, Dinky, and Sweetie stood before it. Spike walked over, standing in-between the Bloom and Dinky, before Apple Bloom addressed them.

"So, as this is the first official meetin of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, anythin we need to discuss?"

Scootaloo stepped forward, smiling widely.

"You bet! There's that talent show Miss Cheerilee and Twilight told us about!"

The other fillies all smiled at that, but Spike was thinking the matter over. Cheerilee had come in earlier mentioning about it. Not to mention there was word about town. Usually something like this would have been held closer to the summer, but what better way to help get their minds off the events that happened then the innocence and joy of colts and fillies. Seeing their children or siblings show off their special talent and having fun would be a helping dose of what the town needed.

"Ooh! This'll be a great chance for us to earn our cutie marks!"

Apple Bloom nodded.

"Ah'll say. But...what should we do?"

The five of them fell silent with that question, thinking things over until, finally, Scootaloo spoke up.

"I've got it! How about a concert?"

Spike turned to her with a raised eyebrow, but was stopped from speaking when Apple Bloom spoke first.

"That's a great idea! We can put together a concert with singin an dancin, an everypony would see us!"

We'd be sure to get our cutie marks then!" Sweetie Added.

The four fillies started bouncing around at that moment, all squealing with joy over their new idea. Spike, by contrast, just stood there, rather bemused by the whole thing. The only other time he would see anypony this kind of energy was Pinkie Pie. That is before he started hanging out with the crusaders. He had to admit it was nice being able to relax and not worrying about having to come off as mature as possible so those he were hanging with would dismiss his blunders as being a kid.

As much as Twilight and the other bearers assured him otherwise most of them were either double or closer to double his age. They were young adults with full fledge careers as well as heroes. He always felt so odd being around them, like the tagalong.

Among the crusaders though he felt welcomed. It felt more equal. Especially since his opinions were added to the conversation and the topics they brought up weren't ones he was hopelessly clueless for.

The clearing of Spike's throat put a simmer on their enthusiasm. "Not to be a buzz kill, but do you girls know how to put on a concert?"

"Well...I know we've got to do a whole bunch of singing and stuff," Scootaloo noted.

"An dancin," Apple Bloom added.

"Not to mention Costumes!" Dinky also added.

"And props!"" Sweetie concluded.

Spike nodded to all of that.

"Okay then, but the talent show is only in a few days. We'll need to get to work if you're going to be able to pull this off."

The four fillies looked to each other briefly before turning back to him, each bearing looks of determination.

"Then let's get started!" Scootaloo called out.

The four huddled together and started talking, with their barely-contained excitement just brimming under the surface.

"I'll do the costumes!" Sweetie stated.

"I'll do the singing!" Scootaloo continued.

"I'll work on the props!" Dinky added.

"And ah'll get ta work on the dancin moves!" Apple Bloom finished.

Spike raised an eyebrow after hearing that, only to be taken aback as all four of them began to charge past him and towards the door.

Really? Did they really not notice? It was kind of obvious what they were good at. He had seen the sweater Dinky knitted for her mother.

He had heard Sweetie belle hummed a melodious tune.

It was impossible not to see Scootaloo pull off tricks on her scooter some time or another and Applebloom built this house.

A loud whistle stopped the girls as they turned back to him with looks of confusion. Spike promptly cleared his throat as he began to explain himself.

"Its good to see you're all enthusiastic about this, but did any of you realize you all picked the wrong jobs?"

The fillies seemed even more confused by that statement, prompting Spike to explain further, turning to Apple Bloom first.

"Apple Bloom, I know you want to try your hand at dancing but look around you. You are amazing at building things. Look at this clubhouse? No way most fillies your age would be able to do something like this. You'd be amazing at props." He said as they looked around.

"Well…ah could give it a shop." She had never considered it before. It just seemed natural to her to be able to fix things living on a farm. And her family would often come to her for help when they were fixing up something requiring the use of tools or painting.

"And Scootaloo do me a favor and try to come up with some lyrics ."

Scootaloo grimaced. "Hey, you're just springing me on this all of a sudden."

"Just do it," Spike asked her as the Pegasus let out a huff.

"Well…uum..we'll… We fight the fight, walk the walk. Talk the talk, eat the... uh... food like a celery stalk? Ugh! How am I supposed to come up with lyrics just like that?" She asked in a huff.

"Don't give up Scootaloo it can't be that bad." She encouraged her friend. "How about after "we fight the fight"...

There is nothing that we fear

We'll have to figure out what we'll do next

Till our cutie marks are here

"Wow! That's so awesome! Did you just come up with that now?" Scootalo responded as she looked at her friend in awe.

Under the gaze Sweetie blushed bashfully. "I…well yeah."

"And Sweetie Belle is great at singing and making up lyrics on the fly."

Sweetie Belle was surprised at this. Well her mom always said she had the voice of an angel, but wasn't that the kind of things all parents said about their kids?

"Ooh! Ooh what about me?" Dinky cried out with an excited hand of her waves. "Me next Spike."

"You should be doing the costume Dinkys. You are really good at them. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Rarity wouldn't take you on as an apprentice."

Dinky eyes lit up. "Really? You think so?"

"I know so." He told her before turning to the last of the fillies. "Scoots. You should do the choreography. Everypony in Ponyville knows how good you are with acrobatics. Those stunts you do on your scooter? Those are amazing! I mean you practically worship Rainbow so it would make sense that would be talented in the same sort of thing as your idol."

"Dude! That makes way too much sense not to mention that would be an awesome cutie mark! How could I have not thought about it before?"

"You see, all of you are amazing at your unique talents and there is no way you'll lose if go down that route."

The fillies all blushed slightly at the praise they were being given.

"I can build our sets and backgrounds." Applebloom noted.

"And I can handle our music and Dialogue." Sweetie Belle added.

"I'll handle our appearance." Next Dinky spoke and finally Scootalo finished.

"And I'll plan out our movements and stunts."

"It'll be the ultimate concert!" All four of theme cheered in tandem and glee.

Spike smiled to himself. It felt really good to have been able to help and advice somepony. 'Is this…is this how mom feels when she is overlooking everypony?' Spike began to think. Seeing the joy he was able to bring and the potential disaster he possibly prevented allowed him to understand Celestia's ways a bit better.

A look of pride crossed his face as he began to walk off, ready to join the fillies and help with their preparations. Who knows? Maybe they may even discover their true calling from this. A dry laugh escaped him as he thought about that.

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"Hey there girls how are you doing?" Naruto asked as the Crusaders were waiting for their cue to begin their performance. Not like they had much stiff competition. When the only memorable acts were Snips and Snails failure of a magic show and Diamond Tiara doing a fashion show which completely missed the point of what was supposed to be done the bar was pretty low.

"Nervous..." They all admitted

"Don't worry," Twilight encouraged them as she walked up. "You're gonna be amazing. Remember, just stick to what you know best."

"Yeah... you were right Miss Twilight thanks for the support." Sweetie Belle said sincerely.

"It's no trouble." She exchanged a smile with her friend. "I can't wait to hear you sing, Sweetie Belle."

"I…I just hope I don't freeze up." She replied.

"So what are the rest of you going to do?"

"I did the Choregraphy." Scootaloo beamed.

"I did our set and props." Applebloom happily added.

"And I did our costumes." Dinky finished.

"Cutie Mark Crusaders, you're on next," Cheerilee announced. "Break a leg."

"Knock 'em dead, girls," Naruto added.

"Wow, the theater sure has a lot-a violent ways-a sayin' 'good luck'," remarked Applebloom, as they scurried off.

"Break a le-" She stopped as she heard Applebloom trip. "Uh... good luck!" She turned to look at Naruto. "How do you think they'll do?"

"I'll have fate they'll win. Let's go and see if we can find a better spot to watch the performance."

With that the lights soon went off as music began to play.

They watched as the girls began to perform their routine. It didn't start off well, as Sweetie Bell's nervousness shined through as she sang a few notes off key not to mention Dinky wasn't the most agile filly on her feet. But as the performance went on they seem to find their groove.

Once their performance picked up nearly everypony was engaged. The close calls of what looked like they were going to crash into each other had everypony engaged as well as the props, backgrounds, and costumes earning a lot of praise from members of the audience.

Once it was over the audience practically exploded with cheers. Among them Applejack and Rarity were moved to tears, proud of how well their little sisters did.

Spike had been the first to rush to them and congratulate them. Once the votes were tallied Cheerilee had made her way on stage to announce the winners.

There was a silence over the crowd as Cheerilee began to address them.

"Well, that was quite a night. We've had many acts today, but of course, only one can win. And that act is..."

There was a deathly silence as the mare opened the envelope, pulling out the paper within and reading it, smiling as she did so.

"...the Cutie Mark Crusaders!"

Like before, the hall erupted into loud applause and cheers. Backstage, the four fillies looked to each other with utter disbelief, before breaking out into small smiles and rushing back out onto the stage.

"I take it you had a hand in this?"

Spike looked up to see it was Naruto who addressed him.

Spike nodded. "They did all the work. I just did a little helpful pointing in the right direction."

"You should be proud of yourself. You did a wonderful thing for them." He said as the Crusaders finally made their way backstage again. Reunited with their respective guardian they were heaped with praise.

"We couldn't have won without you Spike." Sweetie noted.

Spike chuckled. "I didn't do all that much Sweetie."

"Ya kiddin' me? We would have made a right fool of ourselves doing the wrong things if you hadn't up and pointd out what we were good at." Apple Bloom added.

"Yeah we would have been nervous and miserable the whole time." Dinky threw in as well.

"Oh just learn to accept a compliment will ya." Scootaloo told him, but despite her words a smile formed on her lips. "It was fun…really fun doing this. I really liked planning all this out. I want to do so much more of it."

"I know what you mean," Sweetie Belle replied with a nod. "I was really scared at first, but then it just felt right. Whenever I paint I just focus on my drawing, but when I was out there singing I felt so happy."

"It felt good seeing ponies appreciate what ah made. They don't come to the farm often so they wouldn't see it, but hearing how much they 'ppreciate mah craft has made me happy."

"Ah never made anything for anyone besides my mom and Ame before. It was just so much fun."

More than anything the Crusaders wished they had more chances to do what they did tonight again. Out of sheer love of enjoyment rather than earning their cutiemarks. Four bright magical glows began to erupt which drew everyone's attention in awe.

"That's…"

The crusaders were frozen in shock as the glow faded. It was then they checked where the glows were. Four cutie marks now adorned their flesh.

Apple Bloom's was a single red apple surrounded by nails on one side and a hammer on the other.

Sweetie Belle's was that of a Gem surrounded by a heart with musical lyrics around it.

Dinky was that of a pair of knitting needles, yarn, and a measuring tape.

And finally, for Scootaloo, there was bolts of lightning that were emerging from all things a scooter wheel.

There was silence all around, and as the four fillies turned to each other, they very quickly broke out into smiles so massive that they threatened to burst out of their faces.

"WE HAVE OUR CUTIE MARKS!" The fillies simply started bouncing up and down in excitement, everypony was with them, chattering excitedly. And it was at this point that Rarity and Applejack both hugged their sisters and Ditzy her daughter as they were overwhelmed with both excitement and pride.

Naruto stood to the side as he watched the scene further unfold. See the CMC sending Spike looks of admiration. Appreciation, and even a hint of affection led to a grin breaking out on his face.

One thing was for sure Spike was going to find things very interesting soon. If Spike had any lingering feelings for his fiancé they weren't sure to last for long if the looks the CMC were sending him were any indication.

For now it was there moment so he went to join them to bask in it.

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