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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Another evening passed as Ponyville's most famous couple were making their way back to town via flight. Dressed in a charcoal gray stripe fine suit was Naruto. His hair had been washed, naturally dried, and combed into its usual tufts.

Rarity was wearing her usual blue eye shadow while lining her eyes in a darker blue, her mane partially hiding the left side of her face. She had on a black satin dress with silver highlights swirling towards the rear.

Her jewelry consisted of Alexandrite earrings and a lavish necklace around her neck consisting of an emerald, ruby, and sapphire as the ornaments.

They were going for a nice brisk flight back to Ponyville. Regaining access to the dust element proved rather useful, but mostly because of the fun factor. The joy radiating from Rarity was also an added bonus, but that was probably mainly the drink.

It was at this moment Naruto wondered if there were laws against drunken flying? Probably. Yeah he should make sure to discuss with Rarity about this being their little secret, but he was nowhere near as drunk as his fiancé who for the fifth time had lost track of the tangent she was on.

A drunk Rarity was rare, but fun whenever it happened. She was far freer to express what came to her mind and she was so light hearted about it that it was hard to find it anything but delightful.

"Oh I just love flying! I wish I had been born a pegasus," she grumbled, though the awe never left her eyes.

"But if you weren't a unicorn, you probably wouldn't have become a dressmaker and we wouldn't have become as close as we are now." He pointed at.

Rarity's gasp was so over the top one would have thought she learned a horrible secret. "You're right," she said, "Oh beloved that would have been…the WORST POSSIBLE THING!" She made grabbing motions and had the most adorable confused expression on her face. "Where's my couch?"

"Were in the air Rare." He answered as her expression gave off the fact she had completely forgotten they were flying.

"Well with you beloved, who needs wings?" She said when she pressed herself into him. "You just have to take me flying more often."

"We'll see." He said as they came to a slow descent into town.

Rarity's loud exclamations of them going flying and questioning random passerby's had earned them strange looks or laughter at Naruto's plight. Nevertheless the smile never left the blond's face.

Nonetheless he made his way into the boutique and laid Rarity on the bed. "I don't want tonight to be over." Rarity let out a whine before letting out her best pout.

Naruto clutched his chest. Those eyes. Those lips. That pout was an absolutely devastating attack. "Come on Rare, you know we have to get up early tomorrow to continue planning our wedding."

"This is the part where you tuck me in Na-ru-to." She let the syllables rolled off his tongue as she gave him bedroom eyes.

"Good lord Mare, the spirit is willing, but the flesh can only take so much." He joked only to be grabbed and dragged onto the bed with a passionate kiss.

"That was a question." She lowly replied as Naruto could feel Rarity's magic undo his pants as she climbed on top of him. Their mouths met as they proceeded to enjoy the rest of their night.

Naruto softly stroked the forehead of his mare. Her mane was a wild mess and her fur frazzled as a result of last night activities.

She sighed contentedly as Naruto continued gently massaging her scalp. "I have a clone in the kitchen making eggs and hash browns.

"Thank you, Naruto," she said quietly, "I really should have been more careful about how much I drank."

Naruto just laughed. "No kidding. You out right attacked me. So amorous. I thought you were going to ride me raw."

Rarity merely blushed in response to his joke.
As I recall I received no complaints last night." she huffed, pouting lightly. She then took notice of herself in her mirror. "Oh look at me. I am an absolute mess."

While she certainly wasn't her usual, magnificently groomed and proper self, she looked like an exotically wild treat.

Naruto spun her around gently and placed a kiss on the ridge of her nose. "My Rare, she can even take the hung over look and make it look sexy." He laid another kiss on her neck abating any worry she had of her morning appearance. His hand began to slid up her thigh when Naruto jerked back.

"Beloved?"

"My clone just dispelled. Sweetie Belle is here." He said as the two made a mad dash to get dressed. The two of them went down and greeted Sweetie Belle.

"Hey Rarity! Hey Naruto!" Her greeting was less than enthusiastic which worried them. Sitting down for breakfast the two of them took notice that the filly was distracted. She didn't eat much and her attention kept going back to the ruby that Spike gave her.

The couple shared a look and communicated their concern with their expressions alone. Rarity turned back to Sweetie Belle who was picking at her eggs with her fork and spoke. "Sweetie…are you alright?"

"I'm fine."

Rarity fought back the urge to correct Sweetie Belle. While she couldn't very well control the way her friends spoke, she always made sure to correct Sweetie's matter of speech so when she spoke equestrian it was proper, but right now was not the time for it.

"Come now Sweetie something is obviously bothering you. I assure you that whatever the problem is we are all ears."

"You know you can talk to us about anything lil' bell."

The gentle ushering and warm looks sent in the filly's direction encouraged her to speak up. "Its silly, but I can't stop thinking about Spike you know. At first I thought I would be okay, but its not the same without him. I really miss him."

"Its okay to have those feelings Sweetie. Being away from someone you care about can be a rather tough experience, especially when you are still so young and the relationship is new. You want to be around the other all the time when you start out and they make up a big part of your world. As more time passes the easier it gets dealing with the separation." Rarity explained all while pulling her sister into a comforting hug.

Naruto then began building upon what Rarity left off. "The business of romance is rather tricky. Right now you're still young so these high and lows are unexplored territory for you, but you don't have to deal with it alone Sweetie. Your parents, Rarity, me, anytime you need somepony to talk to we're here for you."

"Okay…" They could tell that Sweetie Belle still had her mind elsewhere. They still didn't solve the actual problem Sweetie was dealing with.

"I will tell you what Sweetie how about we do something interesting and keep your mind occupied?" He suggested as the filly looked up at him with interest.

"Like what?" she asked, her curiosity rising as she pushed away the plate of food.

"Like helping us plan our wedding of course. " He said as Sweetie's eyes lit up.

"Really?" Ever since she learned that Naruto would be marrying her sister she had been ecstatic. She wasn't the only one as soon as the topic came up Rarity excused herself and made a lady like jog to retrieve her wedding planning book.

Once the dishes were cleared of the food, washed, and put away they took a seat on the couch with the book

In the front was a blank calendar they could fill once a date was picked. , Then their were sections for each item they needed to think about. The outfits, bridesmaid and groomsmen outfits, the guest list, food, flowers, possible locations and everything else that was needed.

"Ok, first we'll pick the date."

"Does the date really matter?" Sweetie Belle asked as Rarity recoiled as if she just heard a shocking confession.

"Sweetie a wedding is no small matter. It is one of the ultimate expressions of love and companionship between two individuals. Not giving it your when planning this momentous occasion is practically criminal." Naruto couldn't help but chuckle as Rarity's beliefs were shining through with that statement.

"If you start off the rest of your life with only partial effort than you're almost guaranteeing this is a relationship you don't see lasting or fighting for little bell. For instance I think we should plan it sometime during the summer. Nice warm and clear weather, but also because of the importance of the season. Your sister, I, and the bearers became a teach during that season. If anything setting it in the latter weeks of July could represent a special meaning which makes us tying the knot on that day have more special meaning."

"Or we could choose sometime in the fall," Rarity added as she gently stroked his arm and sent the blond a loving gaze. "The season where we went from that boundary from friends to lov-marefriend and coltfriend." The mare quickly corrected herself. As far as she was concerned her sister was too young to know about such matters. "That could also hold significant meaning for us."

"Wow I did not know it mattered that much." The filly made her observation out loud.

"Why of course dear. If everything is successful than a mare only gets married once. The mare, almost assuredly the Alpha is announcing to the world that the union between her and the stallion and that one is joining the family of the other. Prior to the new laws that came out a few centuries ago a stallion would have to be married to a mare to have any legal right to request the children he fathered to carry his clan name. Usually such matters were left up to the mare. It is a matter of some traditions being kept even if the main reasons behind them have either been changed or removed with time." She placed her hand over Naruto's as their firmly laced fingers. "For when other ponies ask it lets them know the significance of our marriage. It is not an arranged marriage or of convenience. It is a show of love, that we cherished moments in our relationship enough to pick a date that symbolizes it."

"Well then so that means choosing a date important to the both of you? Like…like…like when you first kissed?" Sweetie Belle suggested after spending a few seconds pondering.

"Why that is a wonderful idea." Rarity approved of Sweetie Belle's suggestion. Setting the date on one of the milestones of their relationship was a great suggestion.

Rarity made a mental note of all the important dates of their relationship before writing them down.

"So the location?" Naruto asked as he saw Rarity write down dates and briefly reflected on the events of two of them before recognizing those dates were important events in their relationships.

"Actually Fluttershy is making an appointment for us at the Sandy Waves Beach Club. You and I will be meeting with an event coordinator to choose what location will be suitable for our wedding. While I know you feel Ponyville is an acceptable place, I am not sure it is the most stable location for such an important event." The expressions on Rarity's face as she made the statements with carefully chosen words at the end showed she also believed what was slowly becoming part of the town lore.

"Aah, the curse…" He responded acknowledging that ever since the Summer Sun Celebration the quiet town had become a magnet for disaster. "Very well."

"What curse?" Sweetie Belle piped up.

"Tell you what, why don't we all go out and enjoy the nice day and I can tell you all about it." He suggested as an eager grin formed on Sweetie Belle's face.

"In that case I shall go get prepared for our outing." Rarity announce as she got up and left for her room.

"Well, looks like we're stuck waiting for the next three hours, two and a half if we're lucky." He added as Sweetie Belle let loose a giggle. Neither was a stranger to how long it took Rarity to get ready for the day.

So with that the two ponies decided to spend the day with Sweetie Belle. It consisted of going through most of the places of Ponyville, mostly doing some window shopping. They arrived at a furniture for their latest stop and the filly had set her eyes on a rather deep shade of purple couch to which Rarity was vehemently against.

"But Raaaaaaarity you said you wanted a new couch!" Sweetie Belle insisted.

"I-"

"You said yours was soooooo last season." Sweetie Belle added, cutting of the mare. Naruto all the while was hiding his snickering behind his hand.

"Sweetie!" She exclaimed.

Then to top it all off Sweetie finished the last part as dramatically as possible. "You said it was the worst possible thing!"

Naruto's silent laughter was accompanied by him shaking.

"Sweetie Belle! I do not sound like that! Hmph," Rarity replied with an indignant sniff.

"Yes you do." Naruto said in between his laughter only to be swatted by Rarity's tail for his trouble.

"We are leaving." The miffed mare said as she strove out of the store.

"Did I go too far?" Sweetie asked him with a concerned expression on her face. She was double adorable whenever she was innocently questioning something.

"Nope." Naruto said with a grin. "Let's go, if we keep her waiting she'll definitely let us have it." He said as they followed after her.

"Hi Sweetie Belle, Nar, an' Rarity. Y'all come to enjoy the park too?"

It had been a rather surprising occurrence to run into Applejack and Applebloom in the park. The farmer sisters were playing a game of catch to which Naruto and Sweetie joined them. As a bit of time passed even Rarity joined in after some pleading from Sweetie Belle.

After a good half our Naruto extracted himself from the situation as the four simply had a moment of sisterly bonding. This continued on for some time before Rarity noted she had something she wanted to talk with Applejack about and asked if Naruto could look after the fillies which he was happy to do so.

"Alright Rarity so what is it? Whatcha need?"

"It is not a simple matter of what I need, but what I expect to be done." The mare answered as they continued their trek down one of the artificially made pathways of the park. "I wish to renew our ideas for group dates and I expect you to fully participate. In fact you and I will be going on the first one." Rarity had rehearsed what she was going to say at least fifty times and it had paid off.

"Oh? And what makes you think ah'll go along with this?" Applejack had noticed that Rarity said this with confidence. In the past Rarity had always 'suggested' but the way she said this it came out more like an 'order' and that was not something she'll take lying down.

"Because you made a promise dear Applejack to try. All of us are trying. If we cannot respect and treat each other as true friends, if we are callous and careless to each other than who are we to have the right to call ourselves the Bearers of the traits of Harmony?" She countered.

"An' sure enough ah'm willin' to try Rarity, but ah'm not going to go with somethin' that clearly failed." She just could not find it in her to accept Rarity fully as the alpha. How can she accept the mare as the alpha when it was clear that she lacked the ability to assert herself as Alpha.

"Applejack this is not for negotiation." She said sternly, raising her voice. Damn that mare's stubbornness.

"And who is going to make me? You?" Applejack challenged as she got into Rarity's face, looking down at her.

For a moment Rarity hesitated. Truth be told Applejack was always intimidating. While she had no issues verbally arguing with the farm mare there was precedent in herd for matters to involve physical disputes and she had back down once when she thought they were going to come to blows.

If Applejack thought her a coward she would never respect her. She would never fully support her. She would never listen to her.

It was time to fully step up. She locked eyes with Applejack her gaze determined and her horn glowing. "I am your Alpha Applejack Apple of the Apple Clan. I will not tolerate your behavior any longer. If you do not want to be a member of this herd any longer that can be arranged, but if you do I expect you to listen and respect what I say. As long as my decisions brings no intentional harm to this herd I expect your support and cooperation. Is…that…CLEAR!?"

The moment Applejack made a step back she knew she had lost. She had been surprised when Rarity had challenged her with conviction. That she stood up to her. She had put the good of the herd before her own well-being and comfortability. Like a good Alpha. Like an Apple. "Ya, I hear ya loud and clear Alpha." Applejack acknowledged.

She was the guardian. The protector. That was her duty.

"I am glad we were able to come to an understanding. I promise you Applejack this will play out differently than it did last time."

"Well what do you have in mind?" She asked.

"I was thinking of a nice, lovely evening back at my boutique. Just the three of us considering you are our stallion's other lover." She noted with a triumph grin as Applejack's face paled.

"How'd you…"

"Darling please you were glowing so brightly I was surprised Rainbow Dash did not say something sooner or simply did not notice. " A faint blush appeared on the mare's cheeks. "I would be hard pressed to get out of bed some mornings if not for the healing spell Sweet Bliss taught me and the healing salves from Fluttershy."

A similar blush appeared on Applejack's face. "Ah thought ya proper ladies didn't talk about stuff like that."

"Cute," Rarity replied, "…but for my plan to work we need to properly coordinate and work together. We both know our stallion's sexual stamina is closer to human than an actual stallion's so why not do something we all enjoy? Besides I rather not hesitate and hold off on this sort of thing and be caught off guard if one of the other girls come to me for help not to mention it would help show off our newfound team work." Rarity listed off reasons as she worked on suppressing her own growing embarrassment. "I also believe that our stallion might have latent pent up sexual energy, but is not aware of it. It was one of the topics we discussed in the past …his…" she cleared her throat. "…his restrained sexual encounters."

"Ya mean when Rainbow and Pinkie used to tease the poor fellar?" You'd be hard press to find an adult pony in town that hadn't seen an encounter of the stallion and those two mares once or twice.

"Yes, have you not noticed that he always keeps himself busy with training, or working with Twilight when he is not with one of us? When was the last time he simply sat down and relaxes and when he does, have you not noticed out fidgety he can get?"

"What about our…encounters? Surely that would have gotten it out of his system." Applejack suggested.

"If he were a normal stallion, but that is not the case. Quite simply everything he has done or what he does has been for the sake of others? The poor dear never takes time to stop and properly take care of himself. In fact, what is his talent AJ?" She asked as Applejack paused to consider something.

"Aah never really questioned it beyond his one comment of bringing folks together. Sort of thought it was weird, but never knocked it ya know."

"So you see why I believe that might be his issue if not one of them? He never takes time to settle down. Look at it this way. Twilight and Rainbow Dash have both shown to still carry scars from their encounter with Discord. Pinkie also had her issue before the incident, but she has not exhibit any signs of her issue flaring up and for the rest of us if there were some sort of mark it has not arisen yet, but our dear stallion was raised in a society where wars broke out every few decades, he was torn from everything he knew, turned into a different species, and has had to adjust to a completely new society living in a body alien to his former one. I would say our best case scenario is the fact that he is simply just frustrated, but if not we at least have something to go on."

"Well he seems pretty good at pickin' up problems. Wouldn't he have recognized them?"

"That is a distinct possibility, but no one is perfect. No matter how good you are at something there is a possibility you could miss something. After our date with him I do wish to express my concerns that he also get mentally checked out and I will appreciate your support."

"Alright Rare, if you really think its necessary." Applejack was still a bit doubtful, then again the incidents with Twilight and Rainbow replayed in her mind and Rarity was right.

They had grown too comfortable to belief their stallion couldn't be wrong, but he was mortal just like the rest of them. He wasn't immune to lying to himself or missing something and that could be dangerous. Not taking care of himself physically and mentally could be just as dangerous as emotional issues, especially if they flared up in a time they would all need to be at their best.

By the time the two mares had returned the fillies were all tuckered out. Exchanging their goodbyes the group continued on as Naruto and Rarity continued the day by taking Sweetie Belle out for ice cream.

Evening soon rolled around as the three of them found themselves on the couch listening to the radio as Naruto began telling them stories about what he called year Zero or essentially his first year in Equestria. Though, the day couldn't last forever as the hours ticked by and evening fast approached so they brought Sweetie Belle home. "I had fun today. Thank you Rarity, Naruto, see you later." Sweetie Belle said, waving them off as she entered their parents' home.

Naruto and Rarity said their goodbyes and made their way back to the boutique. "Oh what's this?" Rarity spoke softly to herself in surprise when she noticed her flag was up signifying something was in her mailbox. She took it out and read the address. "Beloved its for you."

Naruto quirked an eye an interest before tearing it open and reading the confines. He couldn't believe what he was reading. He had not expected something like this would be happening and so suddenly as well.

There was only one solution to this. Tomorrow he would gather the girls and explain it to them then. It was the only way.

The only chance.

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