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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There fists met and the result was that of a shockwave shaking the area. Naruto was the first to move, leaping back and slamming his heel into the ground summoning slabs of earth. He quickly proceeded to cut them into disks and hurled them at Storm who leaped and twisted over and began attacking the blond with a series of spin kicks.

"Come now, don't disappoint me. At this level you won't live to see what I will reshape the world into." Perfect Storm taunted only to receive a punch to his ribs. He was shot back slightly, but showed no visible forms of pain.

Naruto grimaced. It was like he was punching steel. He created a dozen kagebunshin and gave them the order to charge. For now he would keep creating clones and attacked from different angles. Absorb their knowledge and break down how his fighting style worked.

With ease it seemed like Perfect Storm could thank his hits and destroy his clones with solid blows. He was almost sure of it that this pony could not be a mortal pony. He hadn't noticed it at first, but something about his scent was wrong. It was off. There were too many spells. It was a canopy of catastrophe.

The original Naruto stood in the back and watched as his clones were destroyed. There was no discipline or style to his attacks. Just raw overwhelming and unnatural strength. Because Storm was not a fighter, he was a thinker. A madpony who saw little value in life. Who came from a shitty background.

A pony turned orphan when his parents were killed by what was essentially a sect of an organized crime group. He had read, reread, and memorized storm's file after their bout. Storm had been born a Pegasus, but an incident saw to it that his wings were torn out, most likely the same group responsible for his family's death.

He was…he was a colt that wanted revenge for his family and failed. This had led to revelations once he checked over those who were involved in the trial. The judge and prosecutor. Along with that same organized crime family. All to have been revealed to be connected to a conspiracy that was only loosely connected to the Nightmare Children as one of their members was using the crime family's connection to escort and store goods.

The trial had been fixed and Perfect was sent to a prison. One of the worst. A privately owned one for decades before it was seized by the nation when the owner was caught selling their unicorn inmates to slave and horn traders and covering up their disappearances by having his guards instigate riots in where prisoners were framed for murder and summarily executed.

Those who had managed to survive where moved elsewhere to which accurate files were placed on them as well as having their memories searched through by scanners. The list of his beatings and rapes connected to the stallion was mind boggling.

At first Naruto thought he had read it wrong. In these kind of files at this point one would detail the events that happened to the prisoner, but no, this was a stallion who had clearly lost his mind. He was a victim the first few years sure, but then the information read showed he had cowed and forced into commission sexually and violently nearly every prisoner or guard that so much as came even near him to the point he was permanently locked away in solitary confinement.

Just about most ponies would have written him off as insane, but that would be that many misunderstood what the definition of insanity or other mental issues were.

Sociopath.

Psychopathy.

So any disorders misunderstood quite often. There was hardly any one label one could attribute to the stallion, but one thing was for sure. It was far too late to save him. Ending his life was the only choice now.

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Meanwhile Twilight and Midnight were zipping all over the battle field making the use out of their ability to teleport. With a wave of her hand Midnight used mini magical razors to cut the grass before using her telekinesis to take a hold of them.

Twilight's eyes widened in alarm at just how easily she used precision magic and telekinesis. Glowing with energy the miniature leaves were flung towards Twilight who erected a barrier just in time to block them. The explosion sent her flying back, but she used telekinesis to catch herself and land right side up.

Twilight fired a bolt of magic to which Midnight countered by erecting a barrier that not only block the shot but fired it back at Twilight with double the speed. The mare quickly teleported as a crater the size of a large cart exploded into existence where she once was.

Midnight dropped an orb of magic into the ground which began to shift to her command. Using dirt and solid rock into sand to which she began firing at Twilight.

'She can do matter manipulation so casually?' Twilight thought in utter shock. Even with her power it took time and concentration for her to do that and it didn't come out as seamless as Midnight's manipulation just now.

Twilight's horn glowed as she focus and fired a beam at the whipping sand shifting it into water. Big mistake as Midnight's magic traveled along the water falling to the ground, turning into ice to which Twilight narrowly shielded herself against it, but a smirk on Midnight's face revealed that she was hoping for Twilight to do this. As it impacted the ice was converted into oil before a single spark from the caster set the oil a flame and blasted through Twilight's shield.

Twilight hissed in pain and fell back as there were burns on the side of her face and arm. The smoke from the burn was turned into purple smoke to which Twilight teleported to avoid.

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Meanwhile in the air Hot Streak was contending with the twosome of Rainbow and Spitfire. A tackle from Rainbow sent her flying forward before she was knocked downwards by a strike from Spitfire. Flapping her wings at top speed she just managed to stall her free fall descent towards the ground.

"Hah! Face it you psycho you can't beat us two on one!" Rainbow boasted as Hot Streak floated back.

"Don't get cocky! Keep your focus at all times!" Spitfire ordered.

"R-Right!" Rainbow exclaimed.

Spitfire narrowed her gaze at this mare. Why did this mare look so much like her and mom? It didn't make sense.

"You…damn you…always the gifted one. The smart one. Think you're better. I'll show you. I'll show you that I am the better one. It should have been me. It Should have been me!" She roared as under the shirt she was glowing a gem glowed before she was basked in a blinding magical aura. It soon faded as Hot Streak was basked in the Blackwing Armor.

"So it was you…" Rainbow snarled.

"The criminal from the museum." Spitfire uttered in restrained anger. She had heard about this attack and the weird armors, but hearing about it was a whole other matter than seeing it up close.

"Spitfire…" she growled, a mare possessed. "…die!"

The transformation had drawn attention, most notably an angry Nightmare leader. "Curse that hot-headed, stupid mare. This is not part of the plan." The one attack with the armor was an isolated event, to inspire fear and test their limits. Vanity had already damaged the plan with her unexpected detour and now this. Hot Streak's petty problems would no doubt result in Celestia deciding the elements would need to keep their elements on them, which could ruin everything.

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Midnight narrowly avoided a magical bolt and fired a blast at Twilight. Midnight froze in shock and surprise as her blast split the mare in two. The blast did not have that much power in it. All too late she realized she was trick when the Twilight in front of her turned into water.

1.4 Seconds. That amount of time was the difference which made the difference between injury and loss. That amount of time she erected a barrier to lessen the effectiveness of Twilight Sparkle's blast by 38%. Preventing injury to her sternum beyond that of a cracked shoulder.

"So Sparkle, it appears Celestia has thought you spells not seen by the eyes of other ponies." There were no spells for unicorns that allowed molecular copies, especially those of the elements. Copying the body and giving them sentience, a magical signature, and behavior was too complicated. Creating a clone was a far easier process than trying to create a copy out of magic.

"Let's just say I picked up a thing or two from my coltfriends." Twilight said with a grin.

"As he always said…"

"….clones are…"

"… very versatile…"

"…and quite handy…" she was joined by four more Twilight Sparkles.

Midnight was floored by this. "So the Sun Tyrant's pupil has some tricks after all." She mocked only to involuntary stepped back as they had disappeared in a blink. 'How did she…' Teleportation wasn't supposed to be that fast. A fist drove itself in her face sending her flying back. Someone as elitist as Midnight saw fighting using anything, but magic for a unicorn as barbaric. So it made since she never saw this coming. Three blasts of magic sent her flying in sky as silent screams escape her lips.

Twilight Sparkle the original was above her horn charged. She blasted Midnight back down towards the other at speeds that evaporated the clouds of the fallen mare.

Midnight had just barely cushioned her fall, remaining conscious enough to shield herself as the impact caused a crater.

Twilight teleported down below and softly landed. "Never…badmouth Princess Celestia." Twilight's stony gaze was broken as the wind in the area began to pick up. She turned back to the tornado and realize that somehow it was still going, but not only that it was slowly growing bigger. She turned back to demand what did the mare do only to get blasted for her troubles. Her clones caught her before she could hit the ground.

"You little tart." Midnight hissed angrily. It hurt to move, a rib or two might have been busted. "Say goodbye to your town and all its inhabitants!" Midnight roared as she disappeared in a teleport and made way for the tornado.

Naruto was beginning to wonder something. He brought his hand together and focused. In an instant he was in sage mode. He opened his eyes as Storm was in front of him.

"You make this too easy Uzu…"

Swat.

Perfect Storm went flying to the side like a fly as he crashed into some of the Nightmare followers. The Nightmare followers had come expecting an easy challenge. A town to cower to their rule, what they had not expected were to find that many of its inhabitants were trained to defend themselves. Those who could not fight were covered by those who could as they retreated back to down to get help.

Five foolish Nightmare followers charged at Naruto with their spheres. All of them griffins. They were a few feet away when they were blasted out of the sky by a ball of confetti.

"The cavalry is here! Charge!" Pinkie Pie ordered, wearing a frying pan as a helmet and pointing out a ladle as she her cannon was being pulled by two ponies. Guards and civilians alike were joining the fray.

Naruto raised his arms running one along his arm before summoning Critias.

"85%"

Naruto found himself blocking with Critias and pushed back by the force of his attacker's punch.

Perfect Storm was back and annoyingly enough unharmed.

Wait a minute.

Was that?

"Naruto. Do you sense it?" Kurama asked as Naruto mentally nodded.

Perfect Storm's signature was not that of a pony. It was deep down inside, but he could feel it. It was like the Juubi. But no, it wasn't. While this power reminded him of chakra it was distinctly magic in nature. The signature of one of blessed power who had either eaten or bonded with the mystical cursed fruit, if the form of the thing had even been a fruit.

What led to the creation of the Juubi was Kaguya consuming the fruit from the Shinju tree. But what about the seed? Surely the seed that made the tree had to have come from somewhere. As there was only a single tree to have borne the fruit one could only wonder if it was a natural occurrence to that world, but Naruto had his answer. No. No it was not.

The seed was from elsewhere. And then a sense of dread and terror filled both Naruto and Kyuubi. The seed had soaked in much blood during the eras before chakra and gave birth to a god creating tree. If Naruto's power had grown that great from his fruit, what monstrous power could be hidden within whatever thing now hid inside Storm where its inhabitants not only had magic, but gods roam this world was terrifying prospect.

This pony had to die and now.

The air itself seemed to bend whenever the madmare made a swipe with her blades. That armor of hers gave her a level of protection against wing blade strikes or physical attacks.

That put them at a distinct disadvantage as far as fighting went. Her lack of technical flight skill was what allowed them to stay one step ahead of her.

"If I distract her, think you can nail her?" Spitfire asked, rubbing the blood from her mouth with the back of her hand.

"Yeah about the whole distraction thing. I don't think she's going to give us that option." Rainbow remarked as several Pegasi joined Hot Streak in the air.

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The course of the battles took a shift when the contained disaster went from stationary to taking course through the town.

"Naruto The tornado! Its heading towards Ponyville! If we don't stop it it'll destroy it!" Twilight's scream echoed across the battle ground.

A grin formed on Perfect Storm's face as he rushed towards the disaster. He was enveloped into a bubble and brought into it.

"The hell it will!" Naruto uttered as he dashed towards it. He picked up speed as the terrain around him began to shift and changed. He leaped over it as he found himself dodging oil and explosions of fire. He shushined avoiding pits of acid that was once water.

He cut his way into the tornado and charged at the Midnight only to be cut off by Perfect.

"The doctor would eat his coat if he knew I had to use 100% of this body."

Doctor? This body?

The pressure of the blow sent both him flying down, but Naruto used his own power over wind to stop his descent. The fierce howls deafen his ability to hear and the fierce wings make it difficult to see.

Perfect charged him again and he was about to strike when Critias was blasted out of his hand courtesy of Midnight. Naruto was forced to use his arm to block as the bone experienced a fracture.

The sight of Critias dropping from the tornado caught Fluttershy's attention. Throughout the battle she had been dealing with grunts, feeling she would be useless to do anything else. Finishing off the last of her batch she had come to a stop on a hill.

But the sight of Critias sparked something within her. Naruto could be in trouble. Ponyville was definitely in trouble. Everypony. Everypony was in danger and she was feeling sorry for herself. She closed her eyes and trembled as she could feel her heart open up and memories come to her.

'My word Darling did you fall out of a tree or something what happened to you? Oh excuse me for my rudeness my name is Rarity.'

'Hi I'm Applejack. Want to try one of my family's apples?'

'Hi there Miss Fluttershy I'm Ditzy Do the new mailmare.'

'Hello I'm Pinkie Pie! Do you like parties! Sill questions who doesn't like parties! What's your favorite cookie? Favorite color? Oh do you want a party? Let me throw you a party! Welcome to Ponyville!"

'Don't you worry about those jerks kay? Always trying to push everypony around. By the way names Rainbow Dash and I'm gonna be the greatest flyer in the world."

"Hello, I hope we aren't interrupting you. I was sent from Canterlot to see how everything is going and the music sounds wonderful. I'm Twilight Sparkle. What's your name?"

"Oh hello, you helped me right? Hello? My name is Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki, what's yours?"

She couldn't…she couldn't let this happen. Fluttershy extended her wings and made a mad dash down the area. She scooped up Critias and made her way near the tornado.

She began flapping her wings and suppressing all surges of fear. Failure. Failure was giving up and she couldn't let everypony down.

The memories of her tormentors and childhood insecurities melted away as they were replaced by her friends. Cheering her on. Protecting her. Loving her. This time she was going to give it her all to protect them.

She could turn the tide of this battle.

The tears that once fell from her eyes were now drying up as she continued flapping her wings.

Using her pain she turned it into strength.

She took flight as she charged towards the tornado.

"You're mine!" Perfect Storm shouted only for something to cut through the tornado. "What!"

Naruto snatched Critias out of the air and took aim. He was grabbed and charged forward as he lit up with Kurama's chakra, channeling through Critias and pierced through Perfect Storm's body. Naruto drew the blade back as a silver fluid spurting out of the body of the now falling terrorist.

"Shy! Bring me closer!" He said as Midnight took aim and was about to fire when her blast was thrown off center as the tornado was being halted.

"What nonsense is…" She looked outside and saw what was happening. Ponyville Pegasi were using their magic to try and wrestle back control of the storm. When she attempted to charge forward she was met with a barrier. A snarl escaped her lips. "Sparkle."

Naruto and Fluttershy shot up and she dodged out of the way of the blast. Midnight turned the full force of the tornado at them, but to her shock it did nothing. They charged forward.

'She's…she's ignoring the air currents. That's not possible.'

Fluttershy could feel something in the wind. She let it drew her in. With a mighty shouted Naruto charged the blade forward. "TWILIGHT!" He shouted as his blade shattered the barrier.

Twilight's barrier dropped and in an instant she teleported. Naruto wrapped his arm around her as the mare fired. Both parties were blasted out from the force of the blast.

The trio went tumbling for a few seconds before Fluttershy gained her bearings and was able to fly them down towards the ground.

Hot Streak's simple mindedness made it where she was focused on her target and nothing else, so when a wide beam of magic shot forward, cutting her off from her quarry and blinding her she had nothing in mind on how to defend herself. When it fizzled out she had lost sight of her quarry. "Find them! Don't let them get away!" She ordered.

"Freeze! In name of her majesties you are under arrest!" A flying patrol unit of Pegasi guards were flying at her.

"I will not be deni…" Twin impacts hit the back of her neck in the collarbone area. A fist of fire and a foot of lightning sending her crashing into the ground.

"You can use fire? How?" Rainbow Dash looked at her idol in awe. The only time she saw a pegasi create fire was striking something flammable with lightning, not channel fire itself.

"Story for another time Rainbow." She said as they turned their attention down to their opponent. "What the buck!?" She exclaimed as a portal of darkness opened under the mare that was making futile exclamations and desires to fight. She saw two more in the distance snatching up ponies.

'Nightmare!'

"What was that?" She asked, turning to Rainbow Dash.

"Later! Right now we have a town to save!" She said as she shot to the out of control Tornado.

The trio safely landed on the ground as they saw more and more Pegasi go to stop the out of control Tornado. Even Rainbow and Spitfire joined, but it was enough. Midnight's magic had done something to it.

"Fluttershy. They need you." Twilight urged her.

"You can do this." Naruto told her.

Fluttershy knew what she needed to do. She took flight. The fierce storm began to lessen as the onlookers held their breath. It seemed like the tornado would be hitting the tree line, but finally they took control. Using their magic they began to channel the tornado back into its original designation, drawing in clouds to draw in a new source of moisture. Clouds could be replaced, but this water delivery was far too valuable to simply just let not happen.

"Way to go Fluttershy!" Naruto cheered her. The pegasi dropped to the ground, exhausted. The water had finally been lifted towards Cloudsdale.

"Now that's what I'm talking about. Most awesome Pegasus in town." Rainbow Dash hugged Fluttershy. "Well next to me of course." She added, lifting her wing and slapped it with Fluttershy's causing them to grunt and giggle afterwards.

"Great job, Fluttershy, that was awesome!" One of the pegasus ponies praised.

"Yeah, we couldn't have done it without you." Her friend joined as Fluttershy rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.

"And I thought being the captain of the bolts was hard. Don't tell me this kind of stuff is what you and your friends deal with all the time Rainbow Dash?"

"Something of that level no. But something or somepony showing up to destroy the town? Once a week, maybe two tops."

"Either way you've all shown some real guts. Especially your friend there."

"Thanks, but if you wanna talk guts, then you've gotta give it to my number one flyer, Fluttershy!" She pointed towards her, who waved her hand shyly and held it near her face bashfully. Some things never changed. No matter how much courage she discovered being gentle would always be a part of her. "Let's hear it for Fluttershy!"

The crowd grabbed her and began throwing her up in the air, catching her in victory. "Fluttershy! Fluttershy! Fluttershy can really fly!" They chanted and cheered. They began carrying her towards the town.

For once the town hadn't been destroyed. It looked like things were looking up. When they arrived the blond was shocked to see Scootaloo and Applejack waiting for them at one of the town's entrances.

"Where's Rarity, AJ?" He couldn't keep the dread out of his voice. Rarity was looking after Scootaloo for him today in his hopes the two of them would bond a little. So where was she?"

"There was an attack Nar. She's in the hospital." That was all he needed to hear before he took off with lightning speed.

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Midnight landed on the floor from having been struck. "Never question my methods again. You could have ruined everything." Shadowfright had not been pleased with Midnight going off the rails.

"Lord Shadowfright I would not have killed any of the bearers as per your instruction. What did I do wrong?"

"Mortals your scope to see is so limited. Do you know why I suggest not to eliminate any of the bearers?"

"Because it would force the princesses into action?" It was hard to make out an expression on the manifestation of Nightmares.

"Wrong. We must eliminate them all at once or none of them. Harmony's power would simply seek out a new worthy one of its virtue. That loses us the advantage of knowing the strengths and weaknesses of our enemies. You also would have damaged the careful work of weakening the resolve of the Nightmare's new vessel."

'New vessel? What was he going on about?' she wondered. "My Lord I do not understand. Surely you wish to resurrect her majesty Nightmare Moon?"

" A foolish endeavor. She would merely be purified again. We must first sever the bond of the elements and then remove them as a threat without losing our advantage."

"Lord Shadow Fright," Midnight found some courage as she could not believe what she was hearing. "I am a loyal child of the Nightmare. I have served her majesty Nightmare Moon and you loyally. Nightmare Moon saved me. I devoted my life to her. Surely by your will we can bring her back?"

"Why I shall miss her power this new vessel will be a satisfactory replacement. And Midnight, Nightmare Moon only came to be because we the Nightmare Forces saw to it. Pledging yourself to her is pledging yourself to the Nightmare. You do not attend to betray us do you?"

"Of course not my lord.' She bowed her head submissively.

"You will be wise to remember that. For now I shall rest." With that he began to seep down into a smoky substance before returning to the Alicorn Amulet to recharge his power.

Midnight trembled with anger. A burning hatred ignited against her. 'How dare…how dare that thing turn its back on its Queen.' Without Nightmare Moon their forces would have never grown in power. Nightmare Moon's infamy throughout the years, invoking fear was what empowered the Nightmares after the Wendigos had been banished. 'My Queen I'll bring them back and we'll make them pay. The Elements. The Princesses. Shadowfright. All of them will pay.' It was time to go take a journey up north and pay a visit to an old friend.

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