Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x Rarity x Twilight x Fluttershy x Applejack x Pinkie Pie x Rainbow Dash x Ditzy x Luna x ? x ?

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For Normal Speech

Inner thoughts, Text read, Italics used to represent characters speaking in different language.

Demonic rage, Demonic characters, Kurama Speak

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Story Start

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After dealing with the matter of their hangups the topic of discussion would soon drift into another topic. One they had been putting off for a while and only now began planning for.

The nuptials of Naruto and Rarity. It was time to start their obligatory plan the wedding phase of being engaged.

Since there was no rush that gave them time to plan things out. Like for instance, the personal assistants of that day. Rarity had chosen Fluttershy as not only one of her oldest friends, but somepony she knew she could count on and knew her well enough to help accordingly.

Naruto's choice had been rather surprising. He had chosen Spike and simply reasoned that he could speak with the Elders to come to an arrangement that would allow Spike time to attend their wedding.

The matter of catering was a bit more complicated. While both Pinkie Pie and Applejack were connected to good through their occupations neither one covered the wide variety of food categories one would find at a wedding so they would have to come back to that matter another day.

Rainbow Dash of course would see to it that the day they wet it would be both clear and warm. Ponyville was where they met. It was their home and where their love for each other blossomed. It only felt right to have the wedding there.

Ditzy would see to it that all the invitations would be promptly delivered and use her connections to keep an eye on any incoming packages they would send for.

And of course when it came to the matter of planning the wedding who else would they turn to but Twilight Sparkle? If there was anypony they could count on to keep track of things and keep it orderly its Twilight.

And there was no greater surprise than all three of the princesses agreeing to officiate at the wedding. Without a doubt when the day came it was going to be a wedding to remember.

"Beloved what is wrong?" Rarity asked as she noticed he had hardly touched his food. Normally Naruto would enjoy his meal with gutso, but he seemed rather distracted.

"Sorry Rare," He replied as he turned back to his slice of pie. "I keep thinking back to what Princess Luna wanted me to find. The only clue I got was that something had happened. Something that gathered a lot of participants. There were dozens of fresh hoof traps, but nothing else. Nothing that indicated where or how magic was used. I hate to report her to with nothing found."

"I am sure you will eventually find something to report back to Princess Luna. In the mean time we should be focusing on what we can do right now."

"You're right."

He trailed off as he realized what was actually on display. A wedding cake was hidden behind a large mixer, but the rest of the room, occupants included, was fully visible. The room was lined with countertops and every single one of them was covered in something wedding-related. Recipe books opened to pictures of cakes, pastry bags filled with frosting, and trays of cupcakes and hors d'oeuvres were all there. The real sight to see was the bakers themselves.

Mr. and Mrs. Cake were working side by side on the unseen wedding cake. Between the background noise of customers in the dining area and array of wedding preparations in this back room, it couldn't have been clearer that they were busy ponies. Despite all of that, every few minutes they'd look up from whatever they were working on just to smile at each other.

Rarity made a blissful hum. "Its something to look forward to in a few years. Just look at them, they couldn't possibly be more in love."

"Be more in love with you then I am now?" He asked a smile graced his face. "Now there's a challenge if I ever heard one."

She looked back at him and smiled. "Always the flatter beloved." She said as her tail brushed against his. The two tails linked together. "There is still the matter of where we will be living."

"I know," He said as he took another bite of his blueberry pie. "I can't decide what to do with the damn place. Should I keep it? Should I sell it? One moment ponies are living there and the next they're not. I really need to figure out what to do with it since if I'm not over at the boutique I'm over at the library. Its just…there now."

"Well for the time being there's nothing to fret about." Suddenly the crystal in Naruto's pocket lit up.

"Sorry Rare, looks like its Luna calling me now." He said as he took out the crystal and the image of Luna appeared from it. "Captain Naruto reporting in."

"Captain, how goes the investigation?"

"Not good, there is not a trace of anything of what occur just that someone did some landscaping for some kind of ritual and that there was quite a number of attendees."

"Until we get something concrete to go on we should just establish patrols around the perimeter. "

"Was that all Princess?" he asked her.

"Neigh, the White Tails wood sect has of yet reported back in to Canterlot. It has been two weeks since their last report. As the nearest ranking officer I was hoping you could check on the situation and report back to me."

"No problem Princess. I'll have you a report by the night."

A smile graced her features. "As always you prove dependable. I shall look forward to your contact." And with that the connection was cut.

"Looks like I'm off again." He said as he leaned over and shared a quick kiss with Rarity.

"Stay safe beloved." She told him.

"Always do." He said before getting up and leaving for the White Tails Wood chapter of the Nightmare Children pursuer division.

When Naruto arrived at the White Tails Wood outpost, the place was in complete disarray. Guards could be seen going back and forth doing their work in a disorganized fashion. They seemed to be stressed and exhausted as they ran back and forth from doing whatever they were doing. Some guards could be seen doing absolutely nothing at all; they just watched as their more productive and stressed allies worked wildly. Some of the tents appeared to be lopsided; they were either poorly constructed or lacked the responsible caretaker to fix it.

Naruto glanced around until he noticed a bulletin board with various papers posted on it. A grimace formed on Naruto's face as his face slowly grew hot. He was filled with anger at the sloppiness being displayed before him. The lack of pride and care.

"WHO IS IN CHARGE HERE!?" His firm voice practically roared.

Guards stopped what they were doing to take notice. Most of them looked on with expressions of surprise or dismay. Others looked they would be quick to dismiss him.

"I recommend someone be quick to answer." He stressed the importance of his words.

"And who are you to come into my camp and start barkin' orders boy?"

Naruto turned to see a tall and grizzled unicorn stallion. His coat was the color of sedimentary and his mane and tail was of the traditional military cut style and jet black in color. A quick glance at his military jacket revealed his rank of colonel.

"Captain Naruto Uzumaki of the Lunar Guard." He identified himself with both strength and pride in his voice.

"So the Moon's colttoy came to visit!?" He placed a cigar in his mouth and lit it up.

"Excuse me colonel. I believe I misheard you." Naruto replied, giving the stallion an out before he got himself in a situation he would regret. He had heard about Colonel Heavy Back in the passing as one of the Cos that would be in the general area near his town and looks like he was matching the rumors quite well.

"You heard me colt. If ya knew anything about serving like a real stallion ya would have risen up the ranks through hard work and dedication and not throwing your cock at the new princess."

"Colonel…take it back." Naruto warned with a dangerous edge to his voice.

"Why should I colt? I fought and bled for my country." He said indicating the scar above his amethyst colored eyes. "Been fighting the good fight for years and only just now got back to the nation only to find we're having trouble with a bunch of little brats playing pretend? If you asked me little miss Nightmare should have gotten the same treatment like any other traitor."

Naruto bit his tongue and held back his anger. He wouldn't be baited. Not from somepony like this.

"You're pathetic Heavy Back. I will make a report of everything I saw here today. Whatever Celestia and Luna decide to do with you, just know you brought it upon yourself. And if you had bothered to get to know Luna instead of buying into the nonsense that a lot of ignorant fools are than you would realize the wonderful pony she is and that she is working tirelessly to help her sister make our nation better for ungrateful shits such as yourself. "

He let out a low growl and lit up his horn while focusing on Naruto. The unicorn let out a growl of anger and got into what appeared to be a charging stance.

Like a jousting knight, he lowered his horn down at him like a lance and sprinted toward him at full speed. Naruto stepped to the side, balled up his fist and threw a punch that connected to his jaw.

The guard let out a cry of pain as small bits and pieces of teeth flew out of his mouth with drops of glittering blood in the air along with it.

Gasps could be heard as he slammed in to the dirt. Blood pooling around his mouth. There were various expressions that could be seen, most were either fear or anger.

They surrounded him and stopped when they were a few feet around him. Before anything could be done a voice boomed out.

"Guards, stand down!"

To Naruto's surprise it was Shine Spark. In all honesty the mare had completely slipped his mind.

"This camp is a disgrace. I expected more of you Heavy Back. For a stallion who boasted about being unshakeable by anything your weakness shines through clearly."

She said while standing over the downed unicorn's side. She then pointed to some guards. "Take him to the medical tent, now." They did as told by the mare.

She then directed to the small amount of guards that were with them. "May we please have some privacy?"

The others dispersed, leaving the mare and Naruto alone.

She finally turned back to him. "Captain of the Lunar Guard is quite a jump from when I last saw you. Then again a change in the head of guards is so rare this might add some excitement to some of our meetings. Naruto correct?"

"Indeed Captain Spark. It has been a while."

"Work keeps one busy. I heard from my brother that you are courting my niece for your herd. I trust you are taking care of her." There was no missing the undercurrent of a threat in her line of questioning.

"Of course I am. Twilight is loved and cherished. The only thing we've done against her comfort zone is to steer her away from being overly reliant on books. As they say the winners are the ones who right the history. No one says those winners have to be truthful."

"That is indeed true." The mare was so serious that it was kind of hard to get a read on her. "So why are you here? I doubt it was a social call."

"No, the Princesses hadn't received any updates of the situation from this outpost. Its easy to see why now. I don't believe a pony of that rank would have achieved it if his operations always performed at this level."

"Truth is Heavy Back was always a curmudgeon bastard. Believed that those with the most power had the right to rule. Hardly cared about anypony, but at least he respected the government and those in charge, but then his parents ended up being among the unfortunate casualties during the Summer Sun Celebration incident."

That explains his animosity towards Luna. "What about you Captain?"

"I sent a small squad from my unit to scout out a problem area near Los Pegasus and they've yet to report back. So I am going to investigate it personally. I don't believe in the whole we have reserves mentality."

"Need some help?" Naruto volunteered. He could just leave a clone behind and it could finish the investigation and send the report in. He really wished he had gotten the most out of his technique his first life. It made life so much easier.

"Need it, no." She curtly replied before adding."…but come along if you wish. Gives me time to see if you're worthy of my niece or not."

Naruto fought back the amused snort. Well this was going to be a fun trip he thought sarcastically before Shine Spark led the way.

Had hit a sort of writer's block when trying to write this chapter. Not as smooth as chapters in the past. Don't want to say I'm burnt out, but you know, might be going on a hiatus soon. Not definite but a possibility.

Though I'm curious what would you guys rather read coming up? More bonding with the herd? By that I mean following up that meeting where they got everything out in the air to lead to more positive bonding and possible deepening the intimacy

or

would you rather I show more of the condemned and other villainous forces? Both are going to happen either way, just a decision of which should be done first.