Yeah been gone for a while, but this story will get finished. Trying to blend the two arcs was a brain teaser, but yeah just been busy with life. Anyway, I hope to maybe update the profile and terms. If we're lucky, another chapter comes out tomorrow.

Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x Rarity x Twilight x Fluttershy x Applejack x Pinkie Pie x Rainbow Dash x Ditzy x Lunax ?x ?

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Inner thoughts, Text read, Italics used to represent characters speaking in different languages.

Demonic rage, Demonic characters, Kurama Speak

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Story Start

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Everything was in full swing as far as preparations were concerned. Any day now the delegates would start arriving. Accommodations for the athletes and visitors were almost finished. The bearers were around town making sure everything continued to run smoothly.

The princess of Love had called for a short get together as a thank you for everyone's hard work.

They were all sitting together in the drawing room of the royal couple's private chambers. Cadence, The bearers, and the kids were seated on cushions around a tea table, with a full high tea set out for Twilight and Cadence. The only ones missing were Spike who was being mobbed by his public and Shining Armor who was making sure the former was mobbed by the more amorous members of the public.

Cadance watched as everyone began to enjoy their tea. Rainbow and Scootaloo were rather lax if the sound of poorly veiled slurps were any indication while others like Nyx took careful sips following by dabbing her mouth after each consumption. "I take it Nyx has you to thank for her impeccable manners?"

Rarity took the comment in stride, "Well I would not say I did anything special. Knowledge of high tea and social etiquette are my favorite hobbies, so it only made sense to teach it to my honorary niece. Especially in regards to whatever Rainbow, Applejack, and Pinkie might teach her to counterbalance it."

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes, "Give me some credit Rarity. The old me, maybe, but right now I'm pretty sure unless you count aerial stunts as," she gave a pause and did a high pitch snooty delivery, "dreadfully and utterly uncouth," the cultured mare shot her a dirty look, "...then you won't have much to worry about." She waved off dismissively.

"Steps for an interesting upbringing I see," Cadance noted as she continued to muse to herself at the mare's peaceful setting was soon erupted when a pair of guards burst through the doors.

"Your Highness, the Crystal Empire, is under attack by Changelings!"

The Elements emerged from the rooftops and used their newfound vantage point to observe the chaos. They had split off from Cadance who went with a unit of guards to check on the Crystal Heart while Scootalo and Nyx were flown somewhere safe by Spike.

"There's no time to waste! We find Queen Metamorpha we increase our chances of minimizing civilian casualties!"

"Then let me save you the trouble!" The proclamation was followed by a blast forcing the bearers to scatter. Gliding down from above was the Changeling Queen and down from the alcoves was the escaped Condemned members that had been empowered by Discord all those years ago. "My my, it appears a few of your unit is missing! Will just have to make due with what's in front of us!"

Twilight didn't even waste time speaking and fired a blast to which Morpha twisted out of the side to dodge. "Handle her friends! Sparkle is mine!" She ordered.

"Whooo round 4!" Trickly cried out as he leaped at Pinkie with his wrist-mounted device. Firing a small pellet landed near the pink mare ignited and blasted her off the roof.

"Pinkie!" The others cried as they were cut off by their opponents.

"Impede my way Vanity, and you will not like what happens!" Rarity warned as she readied her ax!"

"Why, how unladylike! I'm going to enjoy punishing YOU! A CUT FOR EVERY MISERABLE DAY I WAS LOCKED UP!" She shrieked as she charges at Rarity.

Meanwhile Rainbow flew away to put herself distance from Rockhead."Great I get AJ's leftover! Not what I would call a rematch of the ages!"

Pinkie managed to flip and right herself back up, landing on the streets below. In an instant, she lashed out and with two solid strikes floored the Changelings that rushed her. The sound of battle and chitters filled the air as crystal guards were fighting off the horde of Changelings.

If she was going to make a difference, she needed to take out Tricky. The crazed trickster landed on the ground and aimed his weapon at her. "Oh, how I knew our reunion was going to be explosive! Eeeh! EXPLOSIVE! Get it!" He cackled at her.

A severe expression formed over Pinkie's face. "I don't have time for your games. Surrender! Because if you keep this up you will be hurt!"

"Well, that's not funny! You need to lighten up." He fired again only for Pinkie Pie to dip below and charged forward.

'What...fast!' He thought as he jumped away dodging an uppercut from the mare. "Gotten faster I see, but that's..." He was interrupted when she quickly spun and landed her foot into his gut cutting him off falling backward with a tumble he rolled a few times before he took out his knife.

He wildly swings without any consideration of any form of strategy.

His fighting style was pure chaos.

And it was something Pinkie had already faced. Letting him get close enough she ready her fist and slammed it into her wrist causing him to howl in pain and for his knife to shoot up. She then followed up by burying her knee into his stomach causing him to stumble back and began spewing out blood.

Tricky dropped to a knee and put a hand on his stomach. "W-What…no…no damn it. T-This isn't how it was supposed to go. How, how are you doing this? How did you get this strong?"

"Because, while you stayed the same I've been living my life. I have been growing stronger day by day while you stewed in revenge. It doesn't have to be this way Tricky! You can stop! You can change! Midnight and Comet. Don't you want that?" Tears began to seep from her eyes. It tore at her very nature to cause harm to someone else without even considering offering a chance of redemption. "You don't have to be a monster! Just let us help you!"

"I don't need help! I don't need anyone! I can win this game all of my own! Friends just get in the way and hog all the glory! They try to tell you how to play with your toys. Well, I'll play with my toys however way I want!" He aimed his device but before he could fire Pinkie had him grasped by the face and smashed his head into the ground knocking him out.

She would have to drop him off by the guards and then quickly find the others.

Rockhead who picked up a carriage and was currently hurtling it at the speedster.

"A big bastard like you might as well count as two ponies. I'd call it a fair fight but let's be real; I'm more than enough to take you down." Rainbow Dash added as she brought out her scimitars.

The large stallion proved that the time locked away did not rob him of his agility as the leap closed much of the distance between them.

Only a split moment passed before he flicked out a straight to which Rainbow dodged and using both scimitars she slashed at his midsection dragging the blades across leaving two shallow cuts.

Rockhead let out a roar and swatting at Rainbow, his hand grazing her nose as she flew backward to put distance between them. Once more he dodged as another arrow soars past where he was standing.

"That's it, just keep following!" She said as the behemoth began leaping from building to building, burying his hands and feet into the walls to raise himself as he continued to give chase.

Realizing she was going to have to bait the big bastard Rainbow descended towards the ground where he gave chase. As he drew dangerously close, she leaped over his strike and jammed one of her Scimitars as hard she could into his knee joint and let loose all the electrical power she had stored up using her magic. As soon as the current finished Rockhead collapsed to the ground.

"Do something more than run!" Vanity was already on the end of her ropes. Why was she having this much trouble? Neither of them was in their armors so they should have been roughly the same level yet the bearer of Generosity wasn't breaking a sweat. "Was it Prism berries? Or some form of magic? How have you managed to improve so much?"

"You insult me by insisting I would need such things! Until you give up your obsessive ways and open your eyes to what it means to truly love one beyond yourself you will be stuck the way you are now."

Vanity retorted by firing off several magical bolts to which Rarity responded by channeling her magic into her rapier and swatting them away. A smirk formed on her face as she cast a spell near her feet and boosted herself forward mere inches from Rarity.

At this close of a distance, this particular sword's cutting power was weakened and along with low maneuverability mean she was passed its terminal point.

Before the first syllable of the taunt left her lips a shriek of pain erupted from Vanity's lips as pain soared through her body. Looking down she soon took notice of a dagger had buried itself in her rib cage. Looking up she was blinded by spellfire that rendered her unconscious.

Rarity resheated her blade. Not the most ladylike of wins, but now was not the time to be worrying about decorum.

Honestly, it was something they should have expected. As soon as the trio exited outside of the temple a large unit of Caribou was waiting for them. Among the sea of armored prisoners was a bull with antlers shaped like a dancing cobra. His sickly yellow eyes filled with malice as he raised a gloved as he fired a wave of energy that the trio just managed to dodge.

'They have mages? Since when?' Apparently what they knew about the enemy was a bit outdated. That was when Naruto felt a strange sense of darkness coming from then.

"Naruto! I feel another presence influencing them! It's feeding them energy which is amplifying their traits!" Gyuken warned him as the coat of the predators began to darken. Just what the hell was going on?

"Release the war beasts!" Following the cry was the sounds of chains being released, just moments later, large and vicious looking quadruped creatures made their way from where the Caribou held them back. The horned beasts with two large jutting horns earning them the name dual horns made their charge with growling, snarling and spitting.

"Charge!" the commander ordered making all caribou shout and run towards their enemy.

Crouching and slamming his hands against the ground Naruto began changing the surface area beneath the charging soldiers and their war beasts. The adhesive, chakra-infused mud ensnared the bodies of the soldiers causing them to slowly be dragged under.

Those who broke avoided the deadly trap continued their charge. The front line charger soon found his face meeting ground with a sickening crunch. Applejack had launched herself forward and went the heel of her boot caved his skull. Two more of the Caribou soldiers charged her from both sides, their weapons raised and ready to strike her down.

Fluttershy dropped down behind AJ grabbing the two-handed battle-ax of the caribou that charged from the right and used his momentum to hurl him over her shoulder and launched into a crowd of charging ones.

Jumping back, Naruto joined them as the three of them were back to back and were quickly surrounded. With that, the caribou charged them as they began swinging their weapons wildly. Breaking apart the trio started to promptly pick them apart. For instance, they paid little attention to keeping their ankles guarded so well placed strikes was enough to break their stances and send them tumbling. More often or not that made them slim pickings for shield fodder as their fellow soldiers attacked with little disregard.

Then suddenly like wind-up toys who charged came to an end they came to a stop, and all began to collapse.

"What...what happened?" Fluttershy uttered was her face and tone expressed confusion.

"I... I don't know, but we need to keep on our guard." Naruo remarked as he began to check the lifeless bodies.

"There, up in the sky!" Applejack uttered as a distortion began to occur not too far above them. The weird miasma of energy began to seep out of their bodies. In the air, a part of the sky began to distort and shimmer before revealing an anthro lion with a staff. "Useless simpletons, I suppose I have to do this myself." The arrival uttered in a deep baritone. He then blinked out of existence appearing between Naruto and the girls.

"AJ! Fluttershy!" He yelled as the arrival did a backhanded wave with his staff and cast a spell with topaz energy. The two shrieked and were hurled back as they were encapsulated in a large bubble like shimmering dome trapping them both inside. Naruto buried the surge of anger and focused on keeping a cool demeanor. "I don't know who the hell you are, but if you think I'll let you hurt them..." the rest of the threat was verbalized in the form of a threatening snarl.

"Them? You should be worried about yourself anomaly. You pollute the destiny of this world. Have caused so much to go off track. Erasing you will be the first step to making things right."

Anomaly? What the hell did that, wait a minute. There was no mistaking it, he knew about Naruto's transmigrant status.

"If you know what I am then why are you attacking me. I mean no harm..." He was interrupted as the lionman charged. The aura of the chakra shroud flickered to life as Naruto narrowly avoided decapitation as a wave of energy erupted from the staff.

"No more time for words. You will cease to be soon."

"Naruto, its kill or be killed. There is no reasoning with that one."

There was no fault in Kurama's words. For whatever reason, the lion wanted him dead, and if he could not be reasoned with, then Naruto was going to do what he always did.

Fight.

Fully transforming Naruto hurled construct hands at the lionman who rapidly teleported to engage them.

Naruto dodged one of the Lion man's surges of power by jumping to the side. The energy bolt passed the surprised stallion inch away from his head, then hit a boulder far behind him. The Lionman gave a small chuckle. "I'll fix it. I'll restore it the way it should be."

Creating dozen of copies, they charged the Lionman with numbers. Surrounding him from every angle, the copies began firing the fire flower jutsu to which the lionman had to seemed to absorb into his staff. The shinobi charged up in a split second and charged towards his opponent with high speed. In a surge of light, he appeared above his foe.

Due to his extreme swiftness, Naruto was able to quickly form a Rasengan and slammed it into the Lionman's chest. The blond's verbal exclamation caught in his throat at the fact his signature technique didn't do much as budge him.

Instead, the beast let loose a torrent of energy that blasted out in the form of shockwave pushing Naruto back.

"Impossible! Not even a scratch! Not even so much as a single blip of energy coursed by his body. Is his body naturally resistant?" Isobu wondered.

"If brute force or burning him won't work you may have to get past his defenses with a decisive strike!" Matabi suggested.

Wanting to get this interloper out of his way as soon as possible, Naruto jumped into action again. His right hand covered in lightning covered in lightning Naruto drove it forward only for the beastman to bring forward his staff blocking the attack and causing it to fizzle out.

His opponent was no selling everything. It was now time he put an end to this by flickering into the life the Truth-Seeking Orbs levitated behind him. With a mere thought, the deadly projectiles shot forward only to harmlessly phase through the beast man.

And with that, the beast man aimed his staff at Naruto. It began to glow a misty silver-blue.

"Cease to be!"

"XERZICHS!" A voice he didn't recognize screamed before everything faded into nothingness for Naruto.

Twilight and Morpha's beam struggled ended in a draw as neither magic user could draw the advantage over the other. "It's over Morpha! There's little you can hope to accomplish with your forces being pushed back!" Twilight remarked as she could see the remnants of the Changelings being pushed back as they were slowly being pushed back by the crystal guard.

"You are a fool dear Sparkle! Did you think that I would be foolish to attack with just my horde and some stragglers?"

At that moment part of the palace rooftop exploded as a dark mist began to exhume from it. The air slowly grew cold as the sky began to darken. "No...it can't be..." She uttered as she sensed Morpha's blast, erecting a barrier shielding herself from the attack before teleporting away. She arrived in the tower where the Crystal Heart was supposed to be kept. "No! The heart!" She exclaimed as she gazed around and noticed a collection of guards littered the floor. "SHINY!" She exclaimed as she went over to her fallen brother. "What happened? The heart!?" She winched back as a sickly magenta and black spark popped from her brother's horn.

Groaning and straining Shining Armor fought through the pain. "Twily...get everyone away...its...Sombra! He's back!"

Sombra!? She needed to find Spike and contact Celestia as soon as possible. Twilight swiftly created a copy that she ordered it to look after her brother and the guards and teleported out to the streets where she could sense the others gathering.

Fluttershy was the first to voice her concerns upon their reunion. "Twilight! What's going on!? It's growing so cold."

"It's Sombra! He's back, and he has the Crystal Heart!" Disbelief and fear spread on their faces. "We have to contact the princesses! Has anyone seen Cadance!?" Though the inquiry was cut short as Twilight had to erect a barrier blasting a bolt of magic by a persistent Morpha flanked by a contingent of Changelings. "I wouldn't worry Sparkle! She'll soon be joining you in the dungeons below!" The queen mocked her. Her horn lit ablaze with magic as she fired to which Twilight matched with her own beam. Locked in battle the others went to work defending Twilight as Morpha's changelings charged. "Your friends scattered and preoccupied! No family to back you up! What hope is there for you!?"

"Faith!" Twilight simply answered as she began to tap into the deep retches of her power. Before she could ignite the own spark of her full energy, she felt the very bond she felt comfort in snap in two. Her body froze, and her mind nearly snapped in two, and the tears fell from her eyes as she felt the flame that was Naruto's life force cease to be.

One by one each of the bearers felt it, and it was at that moment of hesitation they were attacked. Rising from the shadows, Sombra fired a rapid blast of dark energy bursts blasting them off their hooves and sending their injured forms to the ground.

"It took you long enough. And here I thought I was going to have to do everything." Morpha remarked in a huff.

"Hold thy tongue bug! If not for my magic cloaking you and your ilk you would not have even made it past the city limits. Do not forget who here is King." He dismissed the Changeling Queen who let out a contemptuous hiss.

"As if you would have made it either without my Hive being a distraction or Strife's sacrifice pawns keeping the other bearers busy. Do not forget the God's whose alliance you're part of." She then looked down at the bearers with a fanged smile. "And now to remove one of the most dangerous obstacles to our plan." Her hand began to glow with magic as she aimed right for Twilight's head. "Such a waste. You would have made for quite the useful broodmare. I suppose I'll have to make due with your friends." Before the blast could be fired a stream of electrical energy blasted the Changeling Queen away.

Sombra immediately went on his guard erected a barrier that shielded him from the blast "That signature I know all too well."

The dark clouds from above parted to reveal the form of Spike was looking quite furious.

"I won't let you lay a finger on my friends Sombra!"

"Dragon! You saved me the trouble of hunting you down!" His horn as well began to lit ablaze with magic. "I am going to enjoy this!"

Xerzichs grinned in triumph. At last! The interloper was now gone, and he was free to correct the issues with the timeline. "Viviana can't you..." He was cut off as a fist drove itself into his cheek causing his head to whip back and for him to stumble back a few feet.

He turned to his attacker and saw an entity he did not recognize. Tall and sturdy like an earth pony, but with pegasus wings. The mane and fur color of the Element of Kindness but the body structure of honesty. Furious tears were dripping from there eyes.

No words escaped her lips except a deep and mournful scream of rage as she attacked him.

Try as he might Spike couldn't get an advantage over the Changeling Queen and Sombra while also defending the others from the horde of Changelings. "You only delay the inevitable dragon! Why throw your life away!?"

"A heartless monster like you wouldn't know anything about that!" Spike retorted back. At this rate, they were all going to be captured, but it was far too dangerous even to consider turning his back on an enemy like Sombra. 'What do I do? What can I do?' His prayers seemed to be answered as a thrown blade caught Sombra's attention.

"Lord Spike! Grab the bearers and go while you can!"

That pegasus, if he remembered right, that was arctic. Several more night guard members were coming out of the woodwork.

"Blitz, Stone, and Crimson tackle the bug. Jayhawker and I will keep Sombra busy!"Arctic gave the command.

"Don't let the bearers escape!" Metamorpha ordered as her blast was blocked by a flame-haired pegasus with yellow maned streaks.

Even though this is the sort of incident, they trained for. Also if they were willing to throw their lives away that did not assuage the guilt Spike was feeling about leaving them behind. One by one he quickly scooped Twilight and the others before taking to the skies.

"The mere mortals are not worth our time." With a raw display of power, Sombra lashed out with shockwaves rending the Lunar Guardsmen to their knees. "I will not waste my time on enemies beneath me. We must find the princess who has usurped my throne and dispose of her." The posturing nothing more but to hide the fact he was starting to feel drained. Radiant had warned him not to over do it seeing as he was recently resurrected and it seemed like the drawback was finally taking its toll.

In the vast space of nothing, there was darkness. Then there was light.

Then born from nothingness was a sphere of energy which soon detonated.

Suddenly they came to be and spread out in their different directions. One with mighty wings and scales. A dragon?

Another a great flaming avian. One by one the entities drifted off as one was leg behind.

A quadruped equine with russet-colored hair and creamy fur. An equine with an impressive horn made out of the material of Alicorn and a proud and powerful body.

THESE WORLDS COME TO BE, the Creator said, words like granite imposing themselves on reality. NOW LET THERE BE THE ELEMENTS TO CRAFT AND SHAPE IT.

Light began to stream towards him from all directions – above, below, every compass point – and solidify into oblong disks which fairly oozed solidity.

The cosmos were soon born as the ever-expanding space was filled with planets and stars.

WOOD. METAL. NATURE. ELECTRICITY. FIRE. WATER.

As the speaker of creation continued her casting, something soon appeared to be without designation from herself or her brethren.

"What is this entity? The appearance is similar to the bipedal creations of thy pantheons counterpart." She who speaks allowed her horn to graze his forehead before peering into her mind and learning everything.

So much had been learned from this Naruto. His very life saved by an artifact she had yet to create even if he did not know it. She could suss out her very essence which was used to bring the human here saving him from none-existence.

So much was learned. So many possibilities. She had things set in stone, and now she realized just how dangerous situations would be if they went the current path. She could not allow the Tree of Harmony to be an entity born out of the nature of souls from the planet without an intervening influence. She had peered into the nearly infinite possibilities of this realm and noticed how the tree used its power to shape the future of the planet for the "greater good" more or less.

Not only that there was the matter of her...daughters. Even now if they were just a possibility from her standpoint, she loved them dearly and wanted them happy. While it was frowned upon Faust decided to be a bit more selfish than your standard creator. After all, if a collection of debachous entities like the Greek pantheon can do as they pleased then surely giving her world a little push would not hurt.

With that, her horn glowed and the quadruped transformed into a Bipedal. "Tisa weird feeling." Faust murmured to herself as she took a moment to adjust to the form. Initially, she wanted to create a world where fighting would be a last resort. Where the inhabitants would be built more for avoiding conflict then initiating it, but upon scanning the mind of this mortal, she now saw that sometimes it was necessary to fight.

"Now, return to the point of your end with new life." Using her power, she sent the blond back before using her newfound knowledge to gift the world with a different destiny.

Try as she might the fusion of Applejack and Fluttershy were quickly outmatched by Xerzichs. He was just too fast and sturdy.

Every strike was blocked.

Every counter was dodged.

Every movement read.

Despite all this, she was determined to pay this monster back for what he did to her lover. That was when she felt it.

A beam of light shot down drawing their attention. Out of it appeared none other than Naruto.

"HOW!? Just stay dead you accursed anomaly!" Xerizchs poised his staff, and in an instant, it was snapped in two. "N-No!" He nearly fell to one knee as he could feel his godlike power quickly draining. Without the staff of an overseer, he could no longer boost his power above mortals.

Naruto appeared in front of the fusion, cupping their cheeks and pressing his forehead against hers. "I'm so sorry I worried you." While feelings of fear and confusion among other emotions could be felt the strongest one among them was a relief.

"Idiot," the fusion sniffed, "We're so making you pay for this later," she promised.

Letting his hands dropped he turned to face the lion man. "Well Jashy, I say we take care of this bothersome foe."

"Lets." She agreed with a nod.

"Even without my staff, I am still..." He didn't even get to finish as the two equines disappeared before his eyes. Next thing he knew a fist was buried in his midsection and a knee was smashing his face in. He stumbled back as pain more considerable than he could remember in his long life coursed through him.

"A nobody who isn't a threat without borrowed power," Naruto remarked as he began channeling his chakra. Through the bond, he could feel the others were in danger. So finishing the enemy in front of them as quickly as possible was now their new prerogative.