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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With a rapid teleport she threw the first punch before Saisei could react. The solid blow caused the amalgam of technology of flesh to skid back. The empty space began to shape and meld into the familiar images that echoed from Twilight Sparkle's memories.

A meadow was what now constituted of their battleground as they battled. Twilight's hands lit a blaze with he aura as she began launching every furious strike she could at Saisei.

"You can't keep this up forever Twilight," Saisei taunted , as another punch flew over her head. "I have far more experience then you. I am a far better fighter. You'll make a mistake and once you do it'll be over."

Twilight didn't respond verbally, but instead took advantage of the opening he'd left due to his taunt. She aimed a bolt that blasted into his knee, causing him to miss his strikes by mere inches. In that same amount of time she maneuvered below and slammed her palm into his ribs casting a spell.

He let out a furious hiss as he lashed out with his tail which Twilight avoided by teleporting away at the last second.

Glancing down at the damage from her attack he tried to will the substance that made his shell to regenerate but it refused to. He could feel the very faint impulses of her magical energy coursing through his shell. 'So the seal was for more then just stopping him from fully siphoning the energy of the Elements?'

He wouldn't let that stop him. Charging forward he body flickered before Twilight could cast her next spell. Snatching her up by the throat be prepared to ram his claws into her when he felt a surge of pain emanating from his head.

The memory of when he first met Twilight coursed through his mind. His body tensed and his face sharpened as he experienced agony. Escaping his grasp with a teleport Twilight cast another blast to which she narrowly avoided, but cut a portion of his shell from his cheek.

Twilight's knowledge and transfiguration as expected was proving troublesome. Bit by bit she was using her alchemic knowledge to change the composition of his armor to break down his defenses.

Though it would take more then brute force. Concentrating on his well of eternal energy he began firing waves of crescent energy to which Twilight shielded herself against while casting another spell.

From his left arm seals sprouted and swirling red bolts interrupted before impaling his arm. Despite the little energy beams ensnaring his arm Saisei was not going to give up so easily. Taking to the sky he began sending waves of crescent slices composed of air slashes at her.

Twilight quickly cast an advance barrier spell by the name of Reflect. Shielding not only herself from harm but sending the attack right back at Saisei who curled up his tail and raised it in front of him like a shield to minimize damage.

Saisei outline flickered again, and several duplicates sprang out from where he stood, spreading out to encircle Twilight. Each of them used a different form of attacking with half the duplicates attacking long range while the others using melee attacks.

Going on guard Twilight tanked the melee hits with a jolt and grunt before triggering the reflect spell which hit the nearby copies with powerful magical energy before sending them flying away and dispelling while also shielding her from the long range attack.

"You insult me with this level of power Twilight Sparkle. Surely you can't expect to win at this rate." He began creating more copies by the dozen which soon surrounded the mare.

Despite being surrounded and taunted Twilight's determined expression did not fade. "You know, I discovered...something a fair bit interesting. As the element of Magic I can adapt and learn just about any magic. And since you managed to come to this realm, I made sure to make a few stops of my own before I came to this point in time!" With that her eyes began to glow.

'Haste!'

A golden clock formed above her for a brief few seconds as she was illuminated by a faint golden light. With that she moved at a much faster rate.

As he attempted to land a hit she cast another spell on him. This time a gray light washed over Saisei and he found himself slowing down immensely.

'THUNDAJA!' The next thing Saisei knew the sky above was suddenly swarmed with dark clouds. A series of thunderbolts rained down upon him striking him causing severe burns as well as electrifying his body.

Teleporting to the side of him Twilight cried out another spell. "FIRAJA!" A massive torrent of flames erupted from her shell and began crashing against the shell. The attack detonated and pieces of the shell exploded off exposing his body.

'Protect!" She cast the spell on herself and dodge out of the way of Saisei whose shell was slowly crumbling. It was time to break through every one of the alternates.

The shell of Saisei continued to crumble exposing most of his body.

With that Twilight summoned her staff and uttered a spell that caused her great hesitation. "I...Imperius!" She cast at him with the full weight of her power and superseded her will with her own. "Its time you give up! Stop this right at once!" She commanded.

What happened next sent her into complete shock as the metallic being crumpled into ash. The next thing she knew she was mentally attack and the connection interrupted.

On the outside the present Twilight moved her future counterpart's body away upon the future incarnation shooting back from the mental backlash and collapsing.

A bright flash of blinding chakra erupted from the Saisei. As it began to die down his shell casing collapsed revealing what looked like Naruto in his human form facing away from them. "Finally. I was sick and tired of being locked away by a mortal consciousness. Thoughts. Feelings. Emotions. Memories. I do not enjoy these...I must erase all attachments." He turned around and faced the bearers who got into fighting stances and readied for him to attack.

His eyes honed in on Naruto.

A memory.

The Fourth Shinobi War. It could feel it.

Chakra.

"Hag..or..omo?" The human Naruto slowly spoke. "No...the other one who sealed me."

Naruto's eyes widened at the words of the human version of him spoke. "No...it can't be." He whispered.

"Naruto...Naruto what's wrong?" Twilight asked him.

"That's the...Ame no Hitotsu no Kami." He said as the others eyes widened in shock. It was only recently that Naruto started talking more about elements of his past, but to think a manifestation of one of his most dangerous enemies would appear here?

The backlash of the Juubi's chakra sent the group flying as it began to manifest into a golden version of its true self. Fluttershy formed a barrier around them and they all recovered as the the creature raised its tail and mouth forming a Bijuudama. It started off the size of a house. Then the size of a castle. And kept growing.

Panic spread across Naruto's face as he picked up on the creature's thoughts. "Shit! That much chakra! Its more then enough to blow up Canterlot over ten times! That's not for us! The damn monster is trying to wipe out this entire continent!" He could sense the creature's disgust and malice.

"Naruto...this is bad..." Kurama's voice finally returned. "Ame no Hitotsu no Kami is no longer guided by Kaguya's desires. Your memories along with the imprint of every wielder of those items the other you gathered has given the beast its own sense of consciousness through the emotions and memories it absorbed. It now has knowledge of combat plus the power it has now, we won't be able to kill that thing if we don't take it out now."

"This is it girls! All or nothing!" He said as he placed his hand over his Element and began getting ready to use its power.

"No...that won't be enough." Future Twilight began to come too. With that she called upon her magic and cast a wide range time stop spell. Using so much power began to wear on her.

"Future Twilight, you alright Sugarcube?" Applejack asked as the future one nearly stumbled, but was caught by the apple farmer.

"What did you mean by it will not be enough? The elements have never failed us before." Rarity could not help but wonder what they were supposed to do if the elements weren't enough?

"Before the Juubi booted me I read the mind of the Saisei. Using the elements alone won't be enough. As long as there is an Uzumaki Naruto its consciousness will just be reborn through chakra."

"Well? What in Tartarus are we supposed to do? That damn monster is going to wipe out our nation at any second and you're telling us there's nothing we can do!?" Rainbow's agitation was becoming rather clear.

"No, just that...as they are now simply killing or cleansing it won't work." She turned to Naruto. "Once we launch our attacks you need to use the Creation of All Things and seal its essence inside of me."

"Do you realize what you're asking me?" The future Twilight couldn't be serious.

"I know what I'm asking. I'm...I'm already dying so there's no danger of the Juubi coming back if it leaves with me."

"What!? What do you mean! How could you be dying?"

"Future Twilight. What aren't you telling us!?" Pinkie asked her.

"I-If there's anything we can do to save you, please let us help." Fluttershy begged her.

"The spell you used." The present Twilight guessed. "Its why you didn't want to talk about it. To come back here, you needed to pay a high enough price, didn't you?" She questioned her future self.

Nodding future Twilight explained, "I don't have much time left. Even before coming back I realized what I had to do. I did not want to burden another reality with the mistakes of our doomed world. Once this is over my existence will fade. I knew my fate the moment I cast the spell. So, please, do not despair over me. This will be the first step to a better future."

"Yer asking us to kill you."

"Darling, this is...I do not know if I can go through with it."

"You're asking me to abandon you. I can't believe you think I'd do that."

It was obvious that even for a situation as big as this it was difficult for them to agree to something like this.

"Please, I lost all of you once before. Let me go with the knowledge that in the end I was able to save everypony that I loved." She pleaded. She let out a soft gasp when a hand placed itself on her shoulder.

It was her past self.

"You...you miss them don't you? You want to be with everypony again?" She softly asked.

"I...we can't both be Twilight Sparkle. I've been around for so long. I've seen so much and now...I'm just so tired. It feels like all these years I've been trapped in a dream and I...I want this dream to end."

Twilight's feelings could be felt through the bond. She just wanted all this to end.

"We...we will wake you up from this nightmare." She promised as tears began to fall.

"T-Thank you." She said as she felt her magical enery began to dip. She was beginning to grow tired. "P-Please...there's not much time now!" She cried out urgently as time stop spell came to an end as the Juubi readied to fire.

The seven bearers began to illuminate with magical energy. It was time to put an end to this mechanical empire.

Slowly eyes opened as it gazed upon the figure leaning over it. "Twilight. Always the bane to Equestria's invaders. " The human Naruto chortle. "Laughter. That's the right thing in this situation right? I...its not like I can feel it. I cannot feel much of anything. I sacrificed it. I sacrificed my very humanity to come back. Tell me, what did you sacrifice?"

Future Twilight smiled sadly, "My life."

"I see. In the end thanks to my weakness I lose even you. You've all beaten back the Jubbi for the time being, but it'll come back. Without my humanity my will power is nonexistent. I cannot suppress it. It was only my iron strong desires acting in the place of instincts that allowed me to be the controlling instinct, but now, I no longer even have the conviction for that." He looked to see his past self, the True Naruto using the Six Paths form, preparing to use the Creation of All Things Jutsu. "Hhm, so this is it. It looks like I failed after all, but there may be hope for you." Raising his hand the last of the remaining four gems of power slowly pushed itself out of his flesh covered in his blood and flesh. Everypony else slightly flinched at this. Placing the gem against the ground he seemed to activate something causing the flying fortress to slowly descend. "Knowing Twilight, she has probably left behind hints to Cele for a better future."

Cele? That was not lost on Naruto, Rarity or Pinkie Pie.

"With this gem and the materials of this fortress can also serve as keys to Equestria's salvation. With the knowledge within the computer you can save those I made into indoctrinated servants and user in a new technology age for Equestria. Its all in your hands now, your future is the true one."

Naruto nodded, walking over and picking up the crystal. Suddenly a memory flashed through his mind and he was brought before a scene. It was some sort of weird crystal temple with solid material that looked like platinum making up the infrastructure.

"The me of this time who is watching this...and who is not alone. Forgive me. I am sorry. So sorry for the burden I am placing on you. For unforgivable sins I will most likely commit. I am a coward. My weakness is why I could not save them. And why I will cause them so much pain. I...I can't stand these feelings anymore. I'm no longer strong enough. I lose what it means to be me. So for the sake of the spell, I will be giving up something important. I will not be giving up the appearances shaped by our heritage. Not the history we grew up in. Not the power we earned or birth to us. But my emotions. My humanity. I will be losing my character in order to make this trip. A trip for a better future. Without my humanity I will be no better then our enemies who wished ruin upon the world. And because of my selfish desires I will end up unleashing this monster onto your world, but I have hopes, that with our will power still in tact that you...you and the others will overcome what I become. Through a complicated power binding process, I can only hope to limit my power only so much and with the tools I bring give Equestria the chance it should have had. So with this I will leave you with these parting words. Though only seven will bear there are other great powers. Chaos does not always equate to evil. A fallen king can begin again as a peasent. Sunsets are not always an end. A Betrayal to a Lord does not mean redemption is not on the table. Just because something is Dazzling does not mean its just for show. Always extend a hand to nature. Beware of the great equalizer. A Crisis between crossing realities can only be solved by bonds. " With that a series of images flashed through Naruto's mind so fast he was unable to comprehend them. Once they were done Naruto found himself unable to access them. "They'll come back to you in time. Goodbye...other me...no...goodbye. Uzumaki Naruto." With that the connection was broken.

Naruto fought hard, but he retained control of the jutsu. "Its time." He announced to the other Twilight who nodded.

Blue and red flames began to surrounded future Twilight and future Naruto. "Everypony. Thank you."

"Goodbye!"

"Rest in peace!"

"So long!"

"Thank you for what you did for us!"

"Will always remember you!"

"Thank you!"

"We will not forget what you done for us!"

The two of the future crossers began to glow. Future Naruto began to fade as he was sealed into Twilight. Seconds later future Twilight slowly began to fade. Her mission now complete future Twilight gave in to the effects of the spell. For the time being it was finally over. The latest threat to Equestria had been dealt with.

A week had passed since the attack of the Mechanical Empire. Those who were harmed or accosted during the incident were in the final stages of healing. And most of the damage was finally cleaned up and repairs were in their final stages.

No, the biggest news currently were the acquisition of the floating fortress of the former Naruto. Celestia was trying to wrap her head around everything she had learned from Twilight's letters. It appeared that Twilight had prepared something for both her and Luna separately and as Naruto would later comment on, his future self left him information as well before his descent into madness. Trying to decipher the information from the two was proving to be nearly a full time effort.

At the very least the technological advancements and materials left behind by the Overlord would not only put them beyond the Griffins, but would lead them to be on par with the Vultures themselves when it came to technology. Such a thing at their current rate would have taken a Millennia, but now it seemed like they would be matching the technological juggernauts in a few years in terms of the level of technology while it would take a few decades for their technology to become as widespread and integrated throughout their entire nation.

But yes, that was for a reason after all. The reason was for their nation's protection. And because the nature of their opponent, or one of their main ones Celestia could only think of one being who might be able to assist.

"Sister, I have arrived. What is it that you needed my presence for?" Luna asked as she entered the room.

"I'm very happy to see you this afternoon." She hugged and kissed Luna.

Luna liked the affection, but her alarm grew. Sure Celestia had been affectionate since her return, excesively so if compared to pre-banishment, but something about the way Celestia usually carried herself seemed off.

"Tia, what did you do?" Luna asked as Celestia did a mock pout in returns of the accusation.

"Lulu, what makes you think I did anything wrong? Is that anyway to treat your beloved big sister."

"Very well, let me correct myself. What do you plan on doing and how much am I going to hate it?"

"I thought you would be more open minded then that Lulu. Considering my share of successes."

Luna narrowed her gaze as she studied her sister's face. "Then why are you so expertly keeping your expression subdued? Even when doing your mask of impassiveness you make sure to give off fake visual cues convincing enough to fool expert readers and since you would have no reason to do so to your own sister that means you are trying to hide your actual visual cues seeing as I would recognize any new ones you learned in my absence as updated or new cues."

Celestia let out a sigh at that, "This is why we do not play poker anymore."

A smirk formed on Luna's face. "I cannot help but wonder the reactions of our subject if they ever learned their beloved sun goddess thought her impressionable young sister such techniques to help her cheat at games?"

"I deny your slanderous allegations." Celestia dramatically cried.

"Just like you'll deny that this whole conversation shift was just a tactic to divert my attention?

Celestia winced. "Well, it was worth a shot." She let out a faint sigh.

"I am surprised you did not gather an assortment of my favorites foods like last time."

"I wanted to try something a bit more subtler."

"Well," Luna began, "Normally I would show reservations at your grand master plans, but the troubling revelations of a week ago have been on my mind. I have already been down to Hollow Shades and spoke to the Theastral inhabitants. Have I not looked into it, I would not have discovered that there was a cult member trying to start a new chapter of the Nightmare children. We will have to start devoting more time into our nation's smaller settlements to see if we can stop issues like this before they grow out of control."

"Well, that ties into what I wish to talk about."

"So what are you looking into this time sister? Are questing for some long-lost artifact?"She didn't react to it. "Maybe casting a spell of some sorts?" She then went onto her next question. "Perhaps seeking an alliance of some sorts?"

Celestia slight slimmer would have imperceptible if she was with anyone else who did not recgonize what to look for, like Luna.

"An alliance? With who?" Luna already didn't like where this was going. Celestia was stalling. That meant whoever she was about to suggest that Luna would have reservations about it.

"How power would be useful Luna. Its necessary to stop this Strife." She insisted as Luna's pupils shrunk to pin pricks. There was only one enemy that could easily track a being of chaos so easily.

"Has Thou lost it!" The sheer shock of what was being suggested caused Luna to slip back into Old Equestrian. "Surely, thou canst be considering!"

"Trust me Luna I am no more happy with it then you are, but we need to prevent that bad future. So there is only one option. We have to release Discord!"

Well. This arc is finally finished. Thank God. Now time for regular updates. But we did get a lot from this arc. Set up for Equestria's technological advancements. The last piece to Discord unsealing. And hints of what's to come.