Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x Harem

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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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At Sweet Apple Acres inside the barn, Naruto, Applejack, Big Mac, and Granny Smith were scrounging around. "Ah can't believe the reunion has come around again so soon."

Applejack found the box they'd been looking for which contained all of the Apple family's prized heirlooms. "Ha! Found 'em!" she declared to Granny Smith, as she tossed the box onto the ground.

Some of the dust found its way into Granny Smith's nose, causing her to let out a rather audible "Aaa-choooo!"

"Gesundheit," Applejack said with a slight chuckle, then her voice changed tone to one of concern "You've been sneezin' an awful lot lately, Granny. Maybe ya oughta rest for a while, and leave everythin' to me."

"Ah, ah'm fine, Applejack," Granny Smith replied "It's just all these old dusty objects, it's enough to make anypony sneeze. I'll be fine by the time of the reunion. Still can't believe it's been almost two years since our last family reunion. Aw, I remember it like it was yesterday."

"Well, ya have been talkin' about it pretty much every day since then," Applejack commented "And goodness knows how much you enjoy these reunions."

"Yeah, it seems like every reunion a fond new memory joins the collection," Granny Smith replied, then she turned to Apple Bloom and Babs asked, "How them RSVPs comin' along young'uns? Ah wanna know just who's gonna be showin' their muzzle at this reunion, so I can start plannin'."

"Just about everypony!" Apple Bloom exclaimed eagerly "We've been gettin' letters from all over Equestria, I'm surprised the mail box can handle them all!"

"Everypony?" Granny Smith asked nervously, and whispered to Applejack "Feathers on a goat. We're gonna need a bigger cider trough."

"You sure about that?" Applejack asked "It's possible y'all could've mistaken some of the other mail for RSVPs, I know I have."

Babs shook her head, "We double checked cousin. From Yonder Hill, to Fillydelphia and from Galloping Gorge to Applelosa. We got RVSPs from the entire family."

"Sounds to me like we've really got our hands full," Applejack said to Granny Smith.

"The others and I from the herd will be more than happy to help of course." Naruto added.

"In fact Granny why don't you let me take over puttin' the reunion together this time 'round? Then all you need to worry about is enjoyin' yourself." Applejack suggested.

Her eldest granddaughter was coming into that point in her life in which she would be starting her own family soon and being part of such a large herd would soon be dealing with her own just as large gatherings. "Hmmm. Alright, young'un, you got yourself a deal. You are in charge."

"Ah won't let you down, Granny. Ya just tell me what the reunion needs, and I'll take care of the rest."

"Oh, Ah'll do more than tell ya. Ah'll show ya!" Granny Smith said taking the book and beckoning them into the house. Taking a seat in her favorite chair the elder Apple grabbed a photo album and sat on the couch, Applejack and Naruto sitting beside her while the others took seat on the opposite side.

"We've been hostin' these things at Sweet Apple Acres every hundred moons since we first planted roots here in Ponyville." Granny opened the photo album, showing several old pictures taken many decades ago.

"Who's that?"

"That's the youngins' Great-Great-Auntie Applesauce," Granny said as giving them a better view of a young mare stirring a cauldron of apple jam with a wooden spoon, though it was hard to tell what her coat and mane were by the old-fashioned pictures taken in monochrome. The next pages had the same mare, but as old as Granny Smith, the one after showing her losing her teeth in a cauldron of bubbling jam. "She used to go by another name, but we all called her Applesauce after losin' her teeth while makin' apple jam. Didn't find them things in a single one of those jars."

"Yeesh!" Naruto lowly commented as Granny

flipped over to the next page, a young Granny Smith sitting around a quilt with some of her relatives. From the look of the picture, it looked like the same quilt that was in that box, but it looked a lot longer than the one in the picture. "What's going on in this one?"

"When the first reunion started, we began workin' on that quilt for a long while. We probably won't even finish the darn thing." The next picture showed a frustrated young Granny Smith failing to sew a patch in the quilt properly. "Little did my mah tell me Ah had to knot the end of the thread the first time Ah tried it."

Babs and Apple Bloom snickered at Granny's young enthusiasm in the past, though Applejack seemed to focused on taking mental notes for what they need for the reunion. The next few pictures were of some other Apple relatives making apple fritters, one of those pictures had caught Naruto's eye and filled him with chuckling glee. Sitting adorably underneath a picnic table with fritter crumbs on her face and a little pudge was Applejack as a baby.

"No way, is that who I think it is?" Naruto asked failing to keep the smile off his face.

"Shoot me now!" Applejack groaned as she covered her face with her hat.

"And on that day we discovered an indisputable fact. That lil' ol Applejack had the appetite of a full grown stallion bein' only a year old. Right, hon?"

Granny flipped over to the next page, showing pictures of her and another apple relative in a three-legged race. "Well, this sure brings back some memories. Apple Rose, mah favorite cousin. We entered the three-legged race every reunion, but we never won a single one of them races. But, we had fun in the end. And, of course, we can't forget to take the big family photo! We always snapped a photo in front of the barn at the end of every reunion, let's us see how our family's grown!" The next few pictures in the album were all the group photos of the Apple family in front of the barn. "Everypony's gonna be comin' this year, which is a big deal. With the others busy with their lives, it's hard for all of them to take the time to come and visit and have a hootenanny of a time!"

"You sure have some great memories of these reunions, don'tcha?" Applebloom asked her.

"Indeedy, and I'm lookin' forward to makin' more at this one. Oh, I'm sure everypony is, and I do mean everypony! We got the whole family together this time 'round! Who knows if they'll all be able to make the next one?"

"That's true! Busy as everypony's lives are gettin' these days, chances are pretty slim we'll be this lucky next time 'round." Applejack paused, contemplating the gravity of this situation. Granny Smith. Granny Smith was getting up there in years and this might be one of the last reunions she had left. It was absolutely imperative that it was one she was going to remember. "Don't worry, Granny, I'm gonna make sure this is the most memorable reunion we've ever had! I'd better get started... I've got some plannin' to do!"

Applejack was as good as her word, the very next day she was up by the time the rooster had crowed. Then, after a quick breakfast, Naruto and the Apples set to work on preparing for the reunion. There was a lot of work to be done in a short amount of time.

The first thing that needed to be done, was to harvest all the apples from the tree so they would not have to worry about the risk of them being knocked lose from the tree.

With Naruto and Babs being more then sufficient to cover for Applejack the bearer of Honesty took advantage of the opportunity to head into town.

She stopped at Carousel Boutique to pick up sewing materials for the quilt, and some rolls of fabric to use for the banners. One of the few expanses Rarity had used for her wealth was buying fabrics and sewing supplies in bulk meaning she was more than happy to part with a few strands here and there.

The next destination was sugarcube corner. "Got your order already set Jackie!" Pinkie called out as Applejack entered sugarcube corner. On the counter was not only sacks of sugar and flour, but jars of honey and glitter as well.

"Thank ya kindly Pinkie." Applejack said with a tip of her hat. Now she had enough for fritters and what ever else they would be baking.

Stop after stop she crossed the things she needed off her list.

Rainbow Dash bringing clouds to provide much needed water. Check.

Borrowing supplies from Twilight for the three legged race. Check.

Convincing Spike to come over to make use of his dragon fire. Check.

Getting Fluttershy to convince the local critters to keep their distance for the day so the more hunting happy members of her family she don't trust to turn them into furs or head pieces above their mantle. Check.

Returning the others had finished collecting the firewood and water. With Spike's fire the water inside the cauldrons were set to a boil and with that everything was ready.

Applejack stayed up planning late into the night, she was determined to make this reunion memorable, especially since there was a chance it would be Granny Smith's last reunion.

"You still up?" The voice brought Applejack out of her thoughts as she turned to see Naruto began to stir.

"Ya, ah couldn't stop thinkin' of the reunion. Ah was thinking about how to make things a bit more excitin' ya know."

"Hhm, I don't know. Everypony really seemed to enjoy things at the last reunion. Though I'm curious about what you think would help it."

"Well ah was thinking about borrowing a few of Rarity's sewing machines so Granny and the others can finally finish that quilt of theirs."

"Hhm is that a good idea? I mean they've been at that quilt for how many decades? Pretty sure if they were trying to finish it they would have."

"Fine, if not that then sprucing up the three-legged race to be more excitin' can't heart. Ah mean making it longer and putting all sorts of obstacles will liven it up. Everypony gets a chance to win, or at least finish one part of the race."

"What kind of obstacles are we talking about?"

"Well along the way ah was thinking of having them have to bob for apples." Applejack contemplated other ideas as her legs hung lazily off her head. "Oh and hurdles. Jumping through hurdles and running around the tree..." Before she could continue Naruto interrupted her.

"What about the older members who aren't in so good physical shape? Besides wouldn't all the extra stuff tire them out?"

Applejack was beginning to feel annoyed at her ideas being shot down. "Okay then listen to this. Instead of the normal hayride I was thinking of having it extend into the west orchard. The west orchard is so beautiful, and it'll give everypony a chance to see actual live fruit bats."

"That could be a disaster." He pointed out as Applejack let out a sigh of exasperation. "I wasn't trying to knock your ideas AJ, I think its great you want to make this memorable I just don't want you to go overboard."

"Overboard?" she echoed, indignant as she glared down at the blond. "And when have ah gone overboard?"

"Applebucking season incident. Blue Ribbon incident." Naruto got swatted by Applejack's tail for his trouble.

"Uugh, ya had to bring them up." She grumbled as Naruto shifted in the bed wrapping his arms around her waist as his legs wrapped around hers.

Applejack let out a soft moan as his lips tickled the back of her neck. "That determination to fulfill what you set your mind to can be a bit troubling A.J. I just don't want you to do anything you might end up regretting, but do what you think is best."

Naruto's concerns had planted a seed of doubt in Applejack's mind. She spent much of the night pondering on it. A more stubborn Applejack would have shaken off the advice. One who had not have been shaped as she had from the experiences shared with her friends would have insisted on utter control and making the reunion as memorable as possible, but that was not the case here.

This was an Applejack willing to swallow her pride and ask for help. While the incident with the Flim-Flam brothers had thought her the importance that change was sometimes good, it also reinforced the notion of doing things the right and proper way.

That going with tradition may not always be fast and easy in gratification, but sometimes it could pay off in the long term.

As much as Applejack didn't want to put any worry or stress on Granny about the reunion she did not wanted to unintentionally cause more harm then good so she expressed what would have been her ideas for the reunion.

"Those activities of yours sound like all flare and no substance. The whole point of the reunion is for us Apples to get together and spend time with each other, it's not about the activities we do. Ah glad you came seeking my advice instead of charging in head first."

Applejack couldn't help but feel lousy at losing track what the most important part of the reunion was."Ah thought ah could handle granny, but ah would have ended up ruinin' everythin'. Maybe we might be better off if you let Mac be in charge."

"Nonsense child, we all make mistakes." Granny Smith said in a motherly tone of voice "Trust me when ah say my first reunion was no blue ribbon. Don't dwell on mistakes that didn't happen. Look toward the future and make the most of your time with your loved ones." When it came down to it everything was going to be just fine.

The rather extensive gathering of Appleclan Apples had managed to all arrive to the farm between the hours of wee morning into the afternoon. The large gathering was gathered outback as Applejack stood at the makeshift podium to announce the start of the union.

"Howdy, y'all, and welcome to the Apple family reunion!" The whole crowd cheered, excited to be here at the reunion with all of their relatives present for the yearly get together. "And today we got ourselves a big day planned! First, Ah want y'all to know that we have ourselves somepony who weren't born an Apple, but he's been with our family for the last few years and helpin' us with our crops and home. For those of you who hadn't got a chance to meet'em ah like to introduce y'all to Naruto Whirlpool."

Naruto who was used to crowds made his way to the stage with a wave as the apples began chattering amongst themselves. "Now ah'm sure y'all heard about the business that's been going on these past few years. Like mahself Naruto here bears an element and has stop the likes of Nightmare Moon, Discord, and many more no good varmints."Applejack reached out and grabbed his hand. "Not to mention one last thing. Ah've chosen to become his mate and join his herd! So ah hope y'all give 'em a warn welcome as someday soon he's going to be family."

The ponies cheered, welcoming the stallion into the family. "Oh and before ah forget, what we have planned: an obstacle course for the young'uns, and fritter makin' and quiltin' for the not-so-young'uns! There's plenty more fun comin' your way, so enjoy, y'all!"

The family cheered and began to start enjoying the reunion.

All and all everything went off without so much as a hitch. Like all good things the reunion would eventually come to an end and goodbyes had to be exchanged.

The most heartfelt was Babs departure as her parents had missed their daughter's presence and wanted to bring her back home. The two cousins promised to write each other every chance they got.

The family left as soon as the sun had set, heading back to their homes across Equestria. Though the rest of the Sweet Apple Acres family was asleep, Naruto was still awake, walking into the kitchen where Applejack was busy picking the best pictures for the album.

The memories that were made over the course of the day would not be forgotten though.

Photos of those precious memories were added to the scrap book.

There were pictures of Granny Smith, her cousins, and even a few other mares, including Applejack, sewing the quilt by hand while having a good time. Some had the foals laughing and having fun playing with each other, a few of them with Winoa around and licking some of them, including Apple Bloom and Babs Seed. One rather embarrassing photo was of Naruto and Applejack caught making out behind the barn.

Another more embarrassing one was with some of the elder mares going on about how the blond needed to be made a honest pony out of. Considering it was directed at Applejack about taking advantage of this 'handsome and helpful young colt' he was able to get some humor out of the situation.

"Pretty fun reunion, even if the events are unchanging the memories are always new and precious."

"To which ah will always cherish."

One thing was for certain. From that point on every memory with a loved one was going to be one they cherished.

Per usual wanted to show off that the character development and growth stuck by not keeping to the missteps of the episode. Nothing too exciting or unusual happening here, but just more slice of life based plots as we drew nearer to the major plots.