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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The following day after his amazing night with Rarity and Applejack Naruto found himself back in Canterlot to check up to see if any leads on the Nightmare Children were found.

Four ponies were gathered in a large office. The room was filled with a book case containing literature and minimal accessories and furniture, only what was necessary. The only personal effects that stood out were the numerous picture frames that adorned the desk.

"Shock, Bright, Nightwing you three will make up the members of the squad I will be taking to track and capture the target. He is the dangerous terrorist by the name of Perfect Storm. My intel from Princess Luna promptly places him here." He said pointing to a small city a hundred miles south west of their location near the Badlands.

"We leave tomorrow. Make sure you are ready." Naruto smiled in satisfaction as she dismissed them. "You are dismissed." He said as the three ponies left his office.

"Oh so cool. We're going to be hunting down high level scum." Bright Star said with an arm pump of victory.

"Bright Star's childish enthusiasm aside I do admit this is a rather high profile mission. The kind that makes or break careers." Nightwing kept an outwardly composed demeanor despite being nervous on the inside.

"This is the kind of mission that gives you experience and sets you on the fast track to rising through the ranks not to mention we'll be getting a dangerous criminal off the streets. We will need to be prepared; this is not a mission we can afford to make a mistake on." Thunder cautioned them.

"Bah we'll be fine. The captain chose us for a reason, right Nightie?" Bright said as she threw her arm around the stallion.

"I told you not to call me that." He remarked as he peeled her arm from his midsection. "And try to be a little bit more serious about this. This is…" He began lecturing her before she cut him off.

"…not a game. I know Nightie! Not an idiot. Lighten up some." The mare said in a huff. "Whatever, going to pack." She said as she skipped on ahead.

This was going to be a long mission.

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Bright Star, Nightwing, and Thunder Shock were at the train station. They were waiting for Naruto to arrive.

"Didn't keep you all waiting too long did I?" Naruto asked as his soldiers stood to attention and saluted him. "At ease."

After that was all said and done, the group was now on the train to their way to the destination.

"Captain Naruto are there more details you could feel us on? The only thing we know is from the profile, but its not enough to tell us what we should be looking out for." Thundershock knew this mission had to be important. All of the captain's missions usually involved highly dangerous artifacts or criminals.

"I like to know too, what exactly are we doing?" Bright Star added.

"Right." Naruto nodded. "The true of the matter is for the last few weeks Princess Luna has been weeding through our forces for traitors. For the longest time the Nightmare Children seemed capable of outmaneuvering capture despite our best efforts and that is when we discovered spies in our midst. Some knowingly and others with spells on them. The reason we haven't sort them out as doing a background check on everypony in a position of power is both a timely and costly effort. Not to mention the different methods used to prevent us from linking a pattern. As of now we are currently dealing with brain washed spies who had items enchanted and placed in their home. Upon contact the knowledge of any meetings and members of the children is erased from their mind while keeping in contact the valuable secrets of our nation. Now just who would you target for knowledge on our weaknesses."

"High ranking officials like a General." Nightwing Noted.

"So far the highest ranked officer was that of a general, a willing member, but only time will tell who else. I do believe they didn't expect us to catch on so soon and have been trying to organize their efforts. What we're doing is tracking down one of their sects, a group by the name of Death Wave."

"Well they sound like a lovely bunch." Thunder sarcastically noted.

"From what our intel says they are planning an assassination. Somehow they managed to link up with the criminal known as Perfect Storm. He lives for chaos so that leaves us to believe whoever they are after is a high profile target they wish to remove to better their cause. Luckily enough one of my clones has been tracking a few low ranking members of their sect.

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Taking a seat at the pub the clone waited to order when an obnoxious voice called, "C'mon, Where's my booze?!"

"Hey, calm down." Another responded.

"How am I supposed to calm down?!" the first voice snapped.

The clone turned her gaze to a couple of ponies sitting together at a table. One wore a white jacket and his mane in a knot. Another wore a black and yellow hood and a black and yellow jacket, white undershirt, and green pants. The next was a little heavier than the first two wearing a red jacket and green pants. The last one also had his hair in a knot and wore a light red coat. Respectively the first two had black colored fur with the other two having grey fur, but all of them had their manes and tails colored black. From the looks of it a dye job.

"We managed to find where the flute is located," one of the four exclaimed.

"Not so loud." One of the others sitting at the table hushed them.

"Don't sweat it." The one with the knot style assure them. "I will pick the flute up with Cold Heart and get into position. You guys head back into position."

"You think you can handle this Shadow Heart?"

"Will you be okay by yourself?" The other asked him.

"Tell Lady Midnight that I will be back within three days with the Flute of Souls." Shadow informed them with a smile on his face.

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"Flute of Souls. Sounds like a real spooky item." Bright Star said with a shiver.

"It was one of the untested dark items looted from the Canterlot vaults during the Discord incident. Rumors has it that the flute has a death dealing curse, but nopony knows for sure. Its presence, its very magic is evil. Whatever this Death Wave has planned we need to stop them. That's why I asked for your help."

The train proceeded to stop and after a short while later started up again. Naruto then began going over strategies and possible scenarios with them.

Meanwhile at that time several witnesses watched in horror as a conductor was killed right in front of them. The killer was a bleached white pony lacking Pegasus wings or a horn. One would have thought he was an earth pony, but he looked to wispy to be one or in the case he was one he was just plain sickly.

Cries and pleas for mercy were ignored. Stepping over the dead bod of the conductor he took out a match. Leaving the train he lit the match and flung it into the train and watched as it proceeded to set on fire. He stood there and watched ass the train car lit ablaze. Bodies of desperate escapees falling out of the cars or struggling in vain to break the windows. Those who managed to exit the car fled or tried desperately to put themselves out.

The world would soon know his suffering. The storm was just on the horizon.

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At Moon Valley Station, ponies were panicking and scared out of their minds at the sudden explosion. "Ladies and Gentlestallions, please calm down! Please stay back! It is too dangerous to enter the station at this time!" A train employee spoke into the blow horn. "The train has been derailed due to an accident, so please be patient and I apologize for the inconvenience."

"Derailment?"

"Are they serious?"

"I heard it was a group of thugs."

"Excuse me, captain of the Lunar Guard, Captain Naruto Uzumaki. By order of the princesses I am authorized to exert my command over an incident in regards to my mission."

"C-Captain Uzumaki sir." The employee stammered out. "There was an unfortunate accident. An explosion occurred and we have our best on the way out there to discover what happened."

'An explosion? It could be a coincidence, but still.' He thought. "My team and I need unrestricted access to this town. We have reasons to believe members of a terrorist group have taken refuge in this town and need to do a search."

"O-Okay sir. Will you be meeting up with the other platoon?" he asked as Naruto raised an eyebrow in interest.

"Other platoon?"

"Yes sir, a military platoon went in a while ago, but have yet to return. They were heading for the station."

Well it was obvious where their next location was going to be. After finishing his talk with the employee the group made their way to the station.

"They were all defeated!" Bright Star exclaimed in shock at the bodies that littered the floor.

"Ordinary soldiers can't hope to stand up against those who are anything but ordinary."

They stopped when they arrived at the platform and before them stood a collection of individuals to whom they believed was Death Wave."

"Is this it? Only four? The princesses must not have learned from my bomb. Oh well I'll just make a bigger one next time."

"There won't be a next time.' He promised as his squad shifted into fighting position.

"I believe the odds in my favor are ten to one." He said in regards to the superior numbers they had. "My friends do me a favor, eliminate these pitiful distractions'."

The group all yelled out their battle cries and ran towards the Team.

"Handle the stragglers Storm is mine." Naruto ordered as he went after Storm. Naruto's first strike missed by a large margin as Perfect dodged it.

'What?' he thought wondering if he made a misjudgment.

"You'll have to do better than that if you wish to fight me." He taunted.

Naruto let out a hump, stopping on one leg and using the momentum to quickly spin and launch himself at the pony once more for another attack. Only instead of being dodged his punch was caught shocking him a great deal. 'How?' Storm was a pegasus pony. He didn't have the strength necessary to stop one of his punches, not only as a result of being locked up in solitary confinement for so long, but the fact that punch would have at least sent even earth ponies reeling back.

He soon found himself flying back from a punch landed on his midsection.

While this was going on Naruto's guard was handling the rest of sect.

Bright Star yelled her battle cry as she swung a sword held in her magic using it to take out several of the guild members in just a couple of swings. She jumped in the air and struck more enemies. While in the air, she spun around and attacked more enemies while doing so.

"Take this!" An enemy nightmare child shouted. "A long range attack!" He was then blasted by a spell sending him crashing into his wall.

"I love it when they announce their attacks." Thunder Shock noted as he went back to defeating his own enemies.

Then, the floor shook as Naruto crashed onto the floor, causing Thundershock to look in his direction with widened eyes.

'No way...is the captain losing?" Thundershock thought in worry.

"Why I would love to keep you guys entertained I have many plans." Perfect Storm took the opportunity to dash towards the exit.

"The hell you will." Thunder shock charged only to be quickly out maneuver and kicked into Nightwing who had begun also give chase.

Naruto recovered and gave chase after him. Naruto proceeded to blast the Pegasus off his feet with an air jutsu.

Perfect Storm turned his attention back to the captain.

"Determined to die huh?" Storm taunted as he decided to go on the offensive this time. His punch was blocked by Naruto's arms to which the blond countered with a knee strike.

"I won't let you do as you please."

Blow by blow attacks were matched with equal intensity.

'I don't know if this stallion is stubborn or simply too dumb to give up?' " It seems I somewhat underestimated your strength. Time for me to put an end to this." He said as he pulled out the flute of lost souls.

"No you don't!" Naruto shushin and rammed a Rasengan into the item with the force of the attack blasting the stallion to crash into one the city's buildings. Luckily the town citizens were evacuated from this part of the town.

A minute later Perfect Storm emerged from the building without narry a scratch. "Oh wow, you're a strong one." Perfect Storm commented.

Naruto narrowed his eyes in suspicion. What on earth was this stallion? That punch should have left his body broken. The stallion before him was not normal.

Perfect Storm shot forward and continued his attack. He unleashed a series of fast thrust attacks, but despite his persistence it didn't slash the blond.

The two of them jumped apart. "You know," He pulled out the cracked flute. "…I had plans for this, but you ruined that. I think I'll just kill you now. Slowly."

Naruto hopped on one foot. Then the other. Then back to his left. Then right. Then left and then right picking up speed. He began shuffling in place.

One way or another the fight between the two of them was going to end right here and now. Naruto shot forward with amazing speed the punch sent Perfect Storm flying back.

He recovered only to take another blow to the chest sending him crashing through a shop. Perfect Storm began strolling out.

Naruto was now fully sure that the stallion's durability was not natural. That last hit was a killing blow and he shrugged it off. That meant he could stop holding back a little.

Just as he was about to attack he picked up the sound of something. He quickly dodged out of the way as an entire city block began to fall apart to pieces as the force of the attack caused them to shoot backwards from the force.

By the time the smoke cleared Perfect Storm was gone. He couldn't help but wonder what the hell that was? This whole little incident did not exactly match Storm's usual M.O.

To which Naruto began to wonder. These last few skirmishes. Were they a test? Were they testing their fighters against their biggest threats? With that Naruto began to form an idea. A way to possibly trick one of these Condemned out of hiding to capture them and if it worked they would finally get a big break in learning about the nature of their actives.

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