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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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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"I long for this. Hunger for this chaos. Hunger for this destruction. Time to see whose philosophy this world will embrace." Perfect threw off the cape he was wearing to show a tattooed and mangled arm. A faint energy began glowing from it.

'He's managed to tap into that power. I need to end this quickly.'

Going into sage mode Naruto charged taking into the air and bringing his fist down to which Perfect dodged.

"You'll have to do better than that. I am much stronger now…" Shooting his arm forward like a piston a shockwave of magic erupted to which It began tearing up the pavement and side walk.

Naruto dodged out of the way nearly impaled by several charging changelings to which he quickly disabled with rapid strikes to the chest of two and catching one by the neck and snapping it.

"He's drawing power from the seed. With his thirst for destruction he'll keep drawing and drawing on it with little consideration for enemy and ally alike around him. When you see an opportunity end it."

Simultaneously, Naruto and Perfect charged towards each other in such great force, that when the punches they threw connected, the initial impact echoed across a few blocks of the city. Pulling their limbs back they once again launched more and more strikes at each other; the problem with this was that each blow was matched for power and speed with every attack being deflected.

Every palm thrust, kick, and punch could not land meaning it was time to change the pace of the battle.

Leaping up to one of the buildings Naruto kicked off the Changelings who had taken control of the roof and prepared to launch some long range jutsu.

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Pinkie looked on in horror, trying to process what she had just witnessed.

No provocation. No words.

Just death. A few of the guards who managed to hold their line came to support and they were just cut down. Before she realized what happened that…monster had hurled knives embedding them into the throat and eyes of the guards.

"How could you! HOW COULD YOU!" Tears stained her eyes as the pink pony roared. She had never seen anypony die in front of her before. She had seen corpses going under Naruto's combat conditioning, but it was not the same as seeing somepony die and not being able to help them.

"Come now? What's funnier then terror? The anguish. The expression of horror? The heart wrenching pop of one's last moments. Surely no living being is truly themselves before…they…die!" Tricky let out an sigh of bemused gratification before a fist found itself embedded in his face sending him skidding a few feet across the ground. "Now that wasn't nice. Why won't you laugh? I thought you like jokes!" The Psychotic pony asked. To many the pony would have been seen as insane, but the cold heart truth was that Tricky was an utter sociopath with a degree of mental psychosis.

Pinkie drew her arm back as she readied herself with determination. Pinkie did not like fighting, but she would fight to protect others. She never had a reason to want to her somepony…until now.

She had to stop him before he could hurt anyone else. Leaping a couple of feet into the air she unleashed a series of kicks only for Tricky to dodge and twist his away around each move making whooping sounds and squeals like a child.

As she landed, Tricky swung his left foot around in an attempt to hit her but pinkie caught his leg and catapult over it while attempting to swing him off his prone foot and send him flying, but the effort did not work as Tricky fingers briefly glided across the ground slowing him enough to where he landed on all fours and quickly came to a stop.

Shooting himself forward Tricky shoulder tackle Pinkie who stumbled back with a yelp of pain, but held her ground.

She followed with a kick that landed on the side of his face causing him to stumble back and land flat on his ass. Shooting off with a burst she took to the air and attempted to land a kick only for Tricky to roll out of the way.

Out of the trench coat he was wearing he drew out some knives as a cackle of mad glee escaped his lips and he charged forward with reckless abandon. Pinkie was quick to retreat and put some distance between them until she could find an opening to counter.

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Applejack's powerful legs shattered the pieces of concrete that were being hurled at her by the massive Rockhead. Seeing him heft up such large and thick segments with ease cautioned her from being too reckless against such a strong foe.

When Rockhead changed tactics and charged her Applejack used quick footwork to twist her way around his lunge, catching his arm and used his own momentum to send him hurtling into a building. The sound of chittering reached her ears as she dodged out of a dive bomb attempt from a changeling. Before it could recover Applejack hit it with a punch that sent its head reeling back with a crack. Several more changelings attempted to sink their fangs into when she jumped back and kicked a front of a wheel barrow sending several watermelons hurtling at the creatures and impacting their heads or torso. The ones that were merely stunned she quickly took them down before turning to the ones who were blinded by seeds and melon juice.

As she finished dealing with the interlopers she found herself dodging a massive plank of wood that nearly stabbed into her back only to miss and impale a changeling through the mouth.

Applejack for a brief second watched the ooze seeped out of the back of the head of the killed changeling before turning back to her opponent.

Once more her opponent charged her as Applejack readied herself with her trusty lasso. Making a loop she shot forward and sent the end flying. Roping it around the neck Applejack was quick to slide her hand up a distance of the rope before leaping and landing on the massive stallion's back who let out a growl and tried to reach back, but his musculature proved to massive to effectively reach.

"Yee-hah!" Applejack whooped as she used the rope to steer the flailing stallion before he simply jumped back causing Applejack to abandon the mount. Landing on the ground she hopped back as the huffing stallion ripped the rope off him with a snap.

The battle was far from over.

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"Stand still you simpering brat."

Fluttershy dodged each and every attack Adrenaline hurled at her. The cruel stallion continued to throw insult after insult at her to which Fluttershy took in stride.

Someony so cruel…somepony so heartless would never be able to say words that would hurt her or shake her confidence. Her friends needed her to be strong. Her friends needed her to fight. As the one pony who probably hated violence more than Pinkie, Fluttershy may not have been comfortable inflicting pain, but she was able to deal with allowing somepony so mean inflict pain upon themselves.

Maneuvering around gardening tools Fluttershy turned her head back as Adrenaline caused a shovel of all things to shoot up upon standing on the end and smack him in the face making him left out a howl of pain.

"You little wretch! You earned yourself a spot as my next experiment."

Fluttershy winched. What was with everypony and wanting to do weird things to her? Was it her hair color? Or soft spoken voice? Scooping up a shield from an unconscious guard Fluttershy readied herself.

She couldn't focus on anything else but this fight. Her gentle disposition made her a risk in huge battle scenarios until she had gotten used to them. While she may have field medic training she wasn't up to par where she would be able to tune out the shock of seeing ponies in front of her dead or dying.

With shield in hand Fluttershy proceeded to tank each and every attack thrown at her in hopes of forcing her opponent to tire out. Thankfully this one didn't seem as adept at fighting as the others.

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"Shame I have to put an end to ya kid. You would have made a fun rival." Hot Streak taunted as she proceeded to try to choke the life out of Rainbow only for the Pegasus to smirk and headbutt Hot streak causing her to hiss and fly back as Rainbow floated back, coughing and massaging her neck.

Hot Streak let out a snarl and rubbed her head. The lack of clouds in the sky meant nothing but pure physical combat.

She charged at Rainbow who leaned to her left, putting up a defense and waiting until Hot Streak drew close before simply dropping down.

"Get back here!"

Baiting the Pegasus she delivered a telegraph punched to which her opponent as expected reached out to catch it and she launched an attack with her knee to Hot Streak's rib cage only to be countered by her opponent doing the same thing.

The two of them pushed back, Hot Streak being the quicker of the two to attack and drag her nail along Rainbow's cheek. The Element of Loyalty let out a grunt of pain and spun, hardening her wing cutting the bridge of Hot Streak's nose causing her to hiss as droplets of crimson blood dripped down the mare's muzzle.

Picking up speed the two continued to fight along the skies as every launched attack was met with a stalemate. Every blow was parried or blocked as the two of them shot their way past aerial squadrons of changelings and pegasi alike. As their battle waged on fighters from both sides were hit by either deadly wing strikes, weapons, or deadly curses from down below. Some of them clipping wings and sending soldiers to their death and other cases ripping or impacting flesh that was exposed from worn down armor or carapace.

For now the deciding factor of who would take control of this fight was a matter of durability.

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"REagggh!"

"RRughh!"

Scooping up a shield of a fallen guard member Rarity blocked the sword strike of her opponent.

"A battle of beauty, skills, and wits. Could you not think of anything else more divine? My equal yet opposite!" Vanity exclaimed with over the top bluster as she trained her eyes on the unicorn. "What do you hope to prove Generosity? I've already beaten you once dear. If you flee I'll keep it between us. Just send me in the direction of that butter colored cutie."

Rarity wrinkled her nose in disgust. "To think I lost to the likes of you feels me with shame and I assure you we are not equals!" Rarity's horn began to glow as an object appeared in her hand. It was a rapier.

"Oh, you wish to match blades with me? Are you sure that's wise?" Vanity mocked her with persed lips as her expression became bemused.

"When I was just a filly my aunt thought me the art of the blade. As I grew older I set the blade down to focus on more lady like pursuits. As useful as my ribbons are they are tools of defense and deflection, not built for offense. So I will show you what happens when I, Rarity, go on a rampage."

"Bring…" Cling. Vanity slammed into a stall, the breath knocked out of her. Mere instinct was the only reason why her body reacted as it did as the tip of the rapier was stabbed into the cool metal of her blade and not her throat. "The lady can be vicious I see. Very well then." Vanity cackled as she jumped to the side and readied her blade.

The sound of clangs could faintly be heard over the chittering and shouts. Several Changelings were about to dive bomb Rarity only to be blasted out of the sky.

"Lady Rarity we have your back!" a voice shouted as Vanity snarled.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw behind her was Bright Star one of the night guard members and if she remembered right Amber Wands.

Up in the sky were Night Wing and another mare by the name of Gleaming Shield if she was remembering carefully.

Familiar faces were filling the area.

Amber Wands, a mare that attended the Gala and there were others as well.

A member of the Solar Guard by the name of Burning.

With General Esteem was a stallion by the name of Quick Fist a legendary boxer mowing down legions of Changelings.

There was Umbra the Griffin and the thestral relative of Ditzy's Query.

Thunder Quill and Graysmith were backing up the infantry.

Iron Hoof and Candy Catch'em were helping establishing anti air cover fire for the troops as well.

There were even ponies she recognized from Ponyville who came to the wedding like Lyra forming barriers to reduce the number of kamikaze dive bombs with Octavia and Vinyl using hand to hand combat to take on the enemy.

The Changelings may have had a surprise attack and superior numbers, but the Equestrians had the superior forces and variety. Not to mention their technology as canons were being set up as the fighters covered the guards.

The fire of cannonballs into the masses of swarming changeling were leading into breaks in the sea of changelings.

The battlefield was really heating up.

All the while the two mares continued to clash blades. A light sheen of sweating glazing Rarity's brow as Vanity was noticeably panting. The difference between the two of them was clear. While Vanity had been physically conditioning herself when she was young the last few years of imprisonment and lazing about were not fully undone even with the year of freedom considering she only did slightly above the minimum to get back in shape while Rarity had been training herself rather hard the past year.

And when one trained with Naruto that sometimes meant getting one's hands dirty. Once their blades met again Rarity made her move to twist around and backhand Vanity catching her off guard.

Using her magic she quickly launched several rocks and other objects strewn about from the battle. Vanity used her own magic to hurl objects back at the debris as Rarity charged forward and pierced the unicorn's shoulder with a forward jab.

Vanity stumbled back and Rarity went in for another strike only for Vanity to block with her blade and fired segments of road at Rarity to which she dodged and summoned pieces of broken carts to slow them down so she could maneuver around and get into prime attacking position. The two unicorns, horns blazing, charged each other once more.

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Naruto stepped back and readied himself; so did Perfect. Both lunged at each other with their fists; both impacting against each other. Following that, we both used the same leg to kick at each other, but with each attempt were blocked by the mimicking limb.

'That annoying energy is blocking him from the effects of my Senjutsu. Kurama its time we take this up a notch.'

Naruto was then covered in an explosion of golden chakra. With a roar Perfect charged forward and landed a solid blow to Naruto's skull causing him to slide back a bit. "Is that it?" Naruto asked as he sent Perfect flying several yards, bouncing along the pavement as it viciously scraped along his back until he finally came to a stop in the park area.

It took Naruto mere seconds to catch up. He waited at the edge of the lake in which Perfect had landed in and looked for any sign of the pony. Finally his opponent jumped out, dripping wet, landing on a park bench that had managed to escape the destruction until the pony landed on it, causing the wood to splinter from the force.

"This is it my worthy rival. This is where we bring this battle of ours to an end. My power versus yours." A malignant grin formed on his. "Element versus Element."

Naruto raised an eyebrow. What the hell was he going on about.

With that Perfect held up the crystalized form that the armors of Discord had been turned into from their powerf up. "Behold…I am the Element of…Apathy!" The dark energy had a luminous like quality to it as Naruto shielded his eyes.

And now opposite of him stood the armored Perfect whose motif was the same as Naruto, a knife. All black with the exception with luminous like white claws for hands and a white jagged spikes from the elbows, knees, and top of his skull.

'Shit!' Naruto thought as he began forming Rasengans in his hand. This battle just got a whole lot tougher.

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Pinkie Pie had put distance between herself and Tricky. She was lightly winded as she ducked behind a stall with a picnic blanket covering a pile of junk. 'Come on work…please work.' She thought to herself as the mad pony spotted her and began to charge.

Something tugged at her magic. A spark.

That was it.

Pinkie ripped off the blanket revealing her trusty weapon. "Party…Cannon!" Using a spark of magic Pinkie lit the item to which it fired a compact ball of solid confetti impacting Tricky's chest, cracking his sternum and sending him to the other side of the street.

Tricky let out a series of choked laughters, paying little mind to his injury. "The party's not over yet…time for the Element of Despair to come out and play." With that he summoned his armor.

"You know, knives are my second favorite thing to use when playing." The armor he wore was predominantly dark red in color, but also has orange and black parts, with the orange parts being shaped like flames and the other parts being reminiscent of Dragon's limbs. It covered his entire body with sharp pauldrons shaped in the form of mangle skulls .The breastplate was also shaped into the form of a skull with a nightmarish grin with sharp teeth. The gauntlets sported black prominent decorations with the tip of the fingers covered by black coal like substance.

The greaves were also shaped like skulls with orange-colored knee. Even the helmet was that of a mangled skull in the shape of an anguished face of sorrow.

"A bad…element?" Pinkie immediately realized she was in trouble.

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Another clash between Rainbow and Hot Streak ended with neither getting ground. "Playtime is over kid. Let me show you my power. The power of the Element of Treachery." The familiar form of the black wing armor flickered to life as Hot Streak poised her sword.

"L-Like I'm scared of some cheap knock off!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, trying to push down the feeling of dread she was feeling.

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"This boorish battle has persisted long enough."

Applejack eye's widened in surprise. Wasn't he supposed to be mute?

"My power…my thirst for all. The Element of Selfishness shall give me all I desire." The armor that formed around Rockhead was reminiscent to Applejack, befitting of a giant.

The Titan Armor stood tall and fierce over the mare with a sheen of silver and pickaxe like blades extending from its head and arms. Unlike her cross this armor sported the emblem of an axe on its chest and looked thick and imposing like an armored fortress.

"An evil element. That's not possible." Applejack exclaimed.

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"I grow tired of your running filly."
Adrenaline bust out his armor. An armor consisted of light purplish and silver with a breastplate covered in violet plates. The thick pauldrons of the armor covered his shoulders and went up to his lower neck. In his hand appeared a long staff with three crystals, a yellow and green one on the bottom of the segment with a blue one on top. From the waist and below lacking a waistguard his bottom was covered by thick white cloth like pants with the only pieces of armor below being his leg guards.

"Behold, the Storm God armor of the Element of Cruelty."

Fluttershy let out a gasp.

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Realizing she was slowly losing Vanity hurled her sword at Rarity who blocked it and brought out her armor. "I'll finish you like last time. With my Goddess of Blades armor." She called out her renamed armor as she took on the familiar and somewhat revealing armor that controlled many blades. "The Element of Avarice shall triumph over Generosity."

"Avarice? Element?" Rarity calmed herself. "Regardless of your power I cannot lose to you." They could not afford to fail, not when Everypony was counting on them.

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Celestia stood over the crouched form of Midnight. Both were breathing heavily from having to expand so much magic. Though both were far from spent. Celestia's horn glowed as she readied to cast a powerful spell that would seal Midnight's magic for the time being until it could be permanently sealed.

Midnight roared and let loose a powerful stream of magic to which Celestia used her own power to deflect the blast.

"Why? Why can't I defeat you?" This didn't make sense. How could Celestia be this powerful.

"I have been around for thousands of years. I have fought enemies you cannot even imagine. Did you really think I would lose so easily to a young upstart with a power boost? Being the goddess of the Sun and Skies is no mere title. It is a responsibility that I deal with every single day along with the lives of my subjects. The subjects your foolishness endangered and who will decide your faith."

"Your majesty thank goodness I made it."

Celestia turned to see a member of the guard. The familiar gold armor and white fur. "Aegis Shield I am alright. Please join the other guards the city is still in danger and they need our support."

Celestia was many things.

Powerful.

Wise.

Kind.

Loving.

She valued many things. And one of those things was having hope in her subjects. Faith in their abilities.

She trusted them.

And with the love and trust in her heart it sometimes led to her not perceiving the depths that some could fall.

Almost too late she didn't notice his movement or intent. She raised her shield as shock coursed through her.

She had not expected the weapon to make it through.

She had not expected the blade to pierce her body and drain her of so much of her power.

She dropped to the ground as her connection with the sun waned. Shock coursed through her as she looked up at the dagger.

The dagger that had been her Plan B all those years ago for fear that she would never find six bearers for the elements of harmony. A dagger she had spent eight hundred years crafting and fueling with her power for the very purpose of injuring an Alicorn and sealing her power.

An artifact whose knowledge she had only trusted knowledge to few ponies. Among them being the Captain of the Solar Guard. In this instance the former Captain before Shine Spark took up the mantle. "Aegis…why!?" she felt so hurt. So betrayed? Had she not always been there for him? Had she not always showed him kindness and reward him for a job well done? For what sin could she have committed to lead to this betrayal?

"My only wish, to serve a ruler who will not throw me away." He said as he turned and presented the dagger to Midnight.

"Well done…Aegis." Midnight said as she cupped the chin of the stallion and pressed her lips against his in a passionate kiss.

Realization and dread filled Celestia. There was suspicion that someone high up had to have been giving the Nightmare Children their secrets. Never did she once consider a pony who had faithfully served her for decades could have been a traitor.

"Morpha! Get up bug!" she hissed to the injured Changeling Queen. Reluctant and annoyed Midnight cast a healing spell on the Changeling Queen rejuvenating her. She turned back to Aegis who presented her with Prism barriers. Taking a hand full she tossed the rest to Morpha. "Now get to work draining the Princess and the Sun and get ready. The elements might be busy, but we still have the other princesses to worry about. The assassins I sent after Luna won't have last…"

Phasing into the throne room was an angry Luna radiating raw power enough to cause the ground under her to crumble.

"You worm! My sister! Our subjects! To what depraved ends will you go? How much more suffering will you spear head! I see that only putting you down like the rabid dog you act like will finally put an end to your blood lust!" Luna said as she flexed her wings and her horn glowed.

Morpha quickly downed the Prism barriers and let out a cry of shock when Midnight blasted her, only to realize she was brimming with power she didn't think was possible.

"Thank you can keep Luna entertained while I prep our special guest?" Midnight asked, only channeling enough of Celestia's power from the dagger that the Changeling could prove a worthy distraction until she could unleash their last weapon on the city, then she would come back and finish the princesses herself.

"I think I can do more than that." Morpha's mouth salivated as she began to float her aura rippling over her body.

Teleporting herself and Aegis away that left a weakened Celestia and Luna with a rejuvenated Changeling Queen.

Luna sent a concerned look to her sister. 'I will have to finish this battle quickly.' She thought as she charged at the Changeling Queen ready to put down the latest threat to their ponies.

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