Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x ?

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Story Start

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The date with Princess Luna was one of the best nights Naruto had in recent memory. In fact he had spent the following day going about his business while humming a happy hymn. A perfect night following by a perfect day which led into a perfect good night’s sleep.

He was even having a fantastic dream. He turned over and in his dream induced haze began subconscious generating memories of the past. “…nata. What took you so long.” He said as he leaned over and kiss her…bump? What the hell. Since when did Hinata’s head felt so rough and what were those grooves?

A faint giggle then reached his ears. “Stop that Spike you silly dragon my horn isn’t a bottle.” The voice slurred as it nestled into him.

Naruto’s eyes popped open as he found himself cuddling with Twilight Sparkle. He was in his house in Ponyville. “Oh shit…Oh shit…Oh shit… Oh shit…Oh shit…Oh shit…” He internally panicked as he was trying to piece together what was happening. Why the hell was Twilight in his bed? He was sure he went to bed alone.

Did he?

Did they?

He shifted the cover slightly, causing her to stir and began mumbling something. “The virial theorem provides a general equation that relates the average over time of the total kinetic energy of a stable system consisting of N particles, bound by potential forces, with that of the total potential energy, where angle brackets represent the average over time of the enclosed quantity.”

What the hell did that even mean? Naruto began gathering his thoughts, realizing he had other more pressing matters to attend to. If Twilight was merely to the side of him he could easily untangle himself, but she was resting on top of him so that meant some clever maneuvering.

As Naruto glanced down at the mare, pondering his escape he couldn’t help but study the gentle features of her face and her groomed fur. While not as shiny as most Twilight at least properly took care and bathe herself. She was dressed in a silken rose night gown that looked more like something Rarity would wear than the sort of frumpy night gown that Twilight had worn during that storm where the four ponies were trapped in the library.

Naruto in his curiosity couldn’t help but run his finger along the material. Definitely a Rarity created product.

“Your time with the mare has shown. You’re more concerned about fashion then getting yourself out of the situation.”

Kurama’s voice had reminded Naruto that he was trying to get out and avoid Twilight’s wrath. He was sure that waking up in a semi-daze state in a bed with someone you didn’t go to bed with, your first instinct would be freak out with attacking be the immediate back-up response. Naruto began to inch away when Twilight threw her arms up and hooked around his neck.

He could feel her hot breath at the bottom of his neck as she continued murmuring theories he had no hope of ever understanding. “Hmm…bed lumpy.” She murmured as she began shuffling around.

Oh no. Not this time. “Twilight…Twilight.” He called out to her as he began gently jostling her awake. He paused, making sure to angle his face and neck out of range of her very dangerous and pointy looking horn before continuing. “Twilight wake up.” He called to her, raising his voice and hoping to avoid making this situation any awkward than it needed to be.

Then, slowly she opened her eyes and the two of them locked gazes. It was so silent that Naruto swore he could hear the sound of his heartbeat. No words were spoken. Just eerie silence.

Twilight’s eyes shrank to the size of pinpricks and her face became flush with embarrassment. Naruto dodged out of the way as a bolt of magic puncture a hole in his roof.

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM?! “ Twilight screamed as she covered herself with the comforter. The fearful reaction she wore caused a subtle yet pained reaction from Naruto. He had an idea on what it may have looked like he was trying to do or what he was going to do, but it hurt to think that Twilight thought he would try that.

“This isn’t your room Twilight,” He calmly explained as he slowly stood up, careful not to make any sudden moves to set off the flustered Unicorn. “You’re in my house. Take a moment, take a deep breath, and look around.” He added as he watched the Unicorn take a moment to calm her hurried and panicked breaths to do just that.

Looking around she realized that she was not within her room in the Golden Oaks Library, but in a bedroom she didn’t recognize. She was in Naruto’s bedroom. She was in his bed. In her nightgown. She felt like she was going to pass out from embarrassment.

“Twilight you have to calm down.” He carefully and cautiously made his way over to her. “Focus on my voice. It’s okay. You’re safe, no reason to panic. Have I ever given you any reason not to trust me?” The low gentle neigh of her whinny indicated he was getting through to her.

Finally Twilight seemed to relax.

“Twilight, I have a question. Why are you in my room? From what I know of you I highly doubt you’re the kind of pony to drink and I know I went to bed last night…alone.” There was a hint of loneliness as he finished his sentence with that final word.

“I-I’m so sorry. It was an accident.” She stammered as her face heated up in embarrassment. “Its…its a Unicorn thing, you know. Unicorns, especially fillies or colts have a tendency to set off a spell in their sleep when they’re experiencing strong emotions like elation or fear. It's sort of like when animals try to run in their sleep. It's a defense mechanism. It’s rare among mares or stallions to react in such a matter because of our greater grasp over magic, but a vivid enough nightmare could trigger it.”

“So you were having a Nightmare?” He asked as Twilight began to hug herself and hid her face from him. “You don’t want to talk about it do you?” He asked as Twilight shook her head. “It’s alright Twilight, I’m here if you need a friend to turn to, ok?”

“Ok.” The way she softly replied was way too cute.

Naruto had a pretty good idea on what could have invoked that kind of response. It wouldn’t be all that out there to believe there may have been at least one kidnapping attempt on Twilight when she was younger. Considering all the daimyos’ and princesses he was assigned to protect during his career he learned to recognize the systems.

“Come on,” He called out to her as he extended out a hand. He watched as Twilight looked up at him confused, the subtle narrow of her brow just spoke inquisitor. “You want to go home don’t you?” He asked as he had considered playfully asked her unless he wants to join her back in his bed, but decided against it. There was a good chance Twilight would take the statement literally and if not he rather have things be awkward.

“O-Oh right, of course,” she said as she took his hand as he helped her off the bed. “Thank you.” When she touched the icy cold floor she let out a slight cry. “Is your floor always this cold?” she asked as the blond shrugged.

“I hardly notice it,” he answered as he glanced down at her lack of foot wear. When it came to foot wear Earth Ponies could take it or leave it, but most usually walked bear footed. Pegasi usually flew everywhere or lived in cloud cities. Unicorns were the only ones of the three tribes that usually wore some kind of footwear as their hoofs weren’t as tough as earth ponies. “Climb on.” He gestured as he turned around.

“W-What?” Twilight squeaked , “…you want me to ride you Piggy-back style? Why?” Her confused reaction and hushed whisper at the end of the statement caused Naruto to chuckle.

“If you want to walk along that bumpy road be my guest. I just thought you would appreciate it considering you have no foot wear?” He pointed out as Twilight’s eyes trailed back to her feet.

The lack of footwear was going to be a pain unless she took Naruto up on the offer. “Alright.” It wasn’t as if the situation could get any more embarrassing. The trip to the library didn’t take long, but it was indeed windy to which Twilight clutched against Naruto for warmth. Eventually they came across the library.

The sound of rumbling caught their attention as grey clouds began to fill the sky. “That’s right, regular showers overnight have been scheduled in preparation for harvesting season. Great.” He grumbled as Twilight used her magic to unlock the door. The two of them went into the library to which Twilight slid off Naruto’s back.

“You don’t have to go out into the rain. You can always sleep in the guest room.” She began suggesting, as she felt guilty. If she hadn’t teleported into his room he wouldn’t even be here.

“Thanks, I really appreciate it Twilight. I guess its just a matter of figuring out what to do in the meantime seeing as I’m rather wide awake.”

Twilight nodded as she understood what he meant. After the little freakout earlier she was far too excited to fall asleep any time soon. “Well, we can always look at the stars?” She suggested.

“Isn’t it about to rain?” He wondered if maybe Twilight had a spell in mind.

“Well one of my favorite hobbies is Astronomy so I know a feel spells that make it possible to get a view of them as long as the weather isn’t too stormy. I have an observatory upstairs that will allow us to see. Well I guess to be honest it’s not really an observatory in a way one would think…” She began trailing off in a nervous ramble before Naruto called out to her.

“Yes?” she answered her smile forced.

“I’d like to see it.” He replied as Twilight happily nodded and began leading him up the stairs. After trailing up the stairs they entered a room. Going through a pair of windowed doors they came onto a platform with a railing lining its edge and a rather large telescope was attached to a part of the railing. He peered to the side seeing small bookshelves on both sides stocked with books. The two of them walked onto the center platform where the sky was being illuminated by the grey clouds.

Twilight’s horn lit ablaze with her magical hue as she began casting a spell. Soon the grey clouds seem to disappear with the exception of a faint outline as the bright twinkle of the stars became visible. “Whoa, this is pretty amazing.” He whispered in awe.

“It absolutely is. Whenever I have trouble sleeping at night I like to observe the stars and count all the constellations I can find in the night sky.” She said as she walked up next to him.

“I wish I could say I know that much about the stars, but I’m more of a gardener.” He answered honestly when a thought came to mind. “You know Twilight, Luna herself was the one who arranged many of the modern day constellations that you enjoy. I could always ask her questions for you.”

Twilight let out an audible gasp. “You’re on casual speaking terms with Princess Luna? How did this happen? How is she? Is she adjusting well to Canterlot? Oh no she must think I have a lack of respect for her royal station. Oh no what if Princess Celestia has taken notice of this and…” Once more Twilight had begun going into one of her tangents.

“Princess Luna is fine, they both are and they both know you have your own life to live. Geeze Twilight, do you always go off like this over every little thing?” He asked as the Unicorn mare merely pouted in response to the blond’s teasing.

“No…”

Something told him not to believe that statement.

“Look, why don’t you show me some of the constellations and tell me what you know about them.” Something was telling Naruto in the back of his head that might not be a good idea, but when Twilight’s eyes lit up, he dismissed the thought.

After what seemed like hours the two of them finally went back inside as the air outside began to grow chillier. The two of them were still wide awake. “I have to agree that was pretty nice. We have to do that again in the future.”

“I have to admit, it was nice having somepony else to appreciate the stars with me.” The more Twilight spent developing these bonds the more she grew to enjoy them. While she enjoyed her hobbies sharing them with somepony else who would appreciate them was so much better. “Well since the two of us are awake and without any distractions, do you think you can finally tell me more about chakra?” Ever since the scroll incident Twilight had been curious to learn more about the information in Naruto’s scroll and so far she had been generously patient with the stallion. Having to restrain herself from learning something was after all torturous to a pony like Twilight. It was like telling Rainbow Dash not to fly or Pinkie Pie not to smile. It seemed like a simple request, something easily doable, but it went against their very nature and character. Those traits made them who they were and played a part of what defined them. You couldn’t simply tell someone to lock away an aspect of themselves and be okay with it.

Suddenly Naruto had paused as the joyful chuckle morphed into a serious and passive face. Twilight was both concerned and confused and wondering if maybe she had pushed too soon. “Twilight Sparkle.” Twilight’s eyes widened, the use of her full legal name could only mean the following statement would be without a doubt serious. “What you learn today must not be shared with anypony or anyone else. Only her majesty Princess Celestia knows what I’m about to tell you. The truth about who I really am. If you spill the information I am about to share without permission consider our friendship permanently broken. The nature of chakra ties into my true identity. Are you sure you’re ready to know?”

Silence lingered in the air for several minutes as Twilight had to not only comprehend Naruto’s statement, but to also find her voice and consider the seriousness of his words. “Yes.”

“As you know, my name is Naruto Uzumaki, a name that is different from a traditional or even none traditional pony name.” Every time he introduced his name he got some sort of response. Confusion or ponies noting his name was exotic or unusual while some were just deciding to be polite and not point out that fact. “I was not born a pony. I was born a species called a human.” He saw Twilight was about to ask him what a human was before he cut her off. “Let me finish Twilight and I promise I’ll answer any questions.” He said before he began continuing his story.

With that the tale of his life was explained as he went over his history. It felt enlightening able to discuss his past with another pony as it would make things easier. The tale of his history would last throughout most of the night as the raising of the Sun would soon be occurring. Finally he was ready to receive any questions Twilight had.

“Why keep it a secret?”

That was an easy one. “It took me a few months in order to finally regain using the ability to channel chakra properly. Bringing up the fact beforehand would see me thrown into an insane asylum and if I were to use my powers after the fact I would be seen as a dangerous criminal seeing as Princess Celesta was the ruler of the country who had a duty to her citizens revealing this knowledge was necessary as a gesture of good will. I have heard rumors about her abilities and without no way to confirm how omniscient she was, I didn’t want to make myself an enemy to her. It worked out in my favor of course. “

“This Shadowfright , do you think he’s still out there? That he’s a threat to Equestria?”

“To be honest I don’t know. I brought my concerns to Celestia, but without more information there is nothing we can do. Besides that incident where Rainbow Dash found me, there have been no sightings of Shadowfright. The closest is the sensation I got from Nightmare Moon and all that confirms is that the same force that influenced Luna is connected to Shadowfright. Equestria’s stability and its citizen’s safety right now are top priority and running around without any information would be a waste of resources.”

“How come you never told the others?”

“I had grown so used to being normal, to settling into this identity that I didn’t find it necessary to bring up my past. Besides my place of origin I had been honest about every other fact of my life when I could. I do plan on telling them, but right now I’m sorting through other issues.”

“That is…that is a lot to take in.” Her eyes focused on the cup of coffee sat right in front of her. During the course of the discussion the two had moved to the kitchen, enjoying cups of coffee as Naruto talked about his past. “…but when you think about it I can see it now. I can see why Princess Celestia trusts you now. You know what its like to be a leader and to act with your subjects’ best interests in heart. It also explains why you’re so wise. Living as long as you have it only makes sense that you would gain years of experience.”

Naruto’s eyebrow quirked up in amusement at her statement. “Hey, you make me sound old. “

Twilight’s face morphed into one of horror. “I-I’m sorry it was not my intention to suggest…” She began stammering and hastily apologizing only for Naruto burst out laughing.

“Kidding…kidding.” He replied with a grin as Twilight’s flustered face morphed into one of an annoyed mare. Her brunched up nose and narrowed eyes gave her an angry cute expression.

“Jerk…” she playfully uttered as a smile threatened to tag at her lips.

“At least you didn’t ask how old I was.” He furthered teased before changing the topic of discussion. “Now, you said you wanted to know about chakra right?”

Twilight’s eyes lit up. “Wait right there.” Moments later Twilight returned with a notepad as thick as a dictionary with a set of writing quills and a jar of ink about the size of his head. “Okay I’m ready.”

Naruto shook his head. “Okay,” he paused, wondering how he should go about it. “Alright, first of all, chakra to humans is what magic is to ponies. Its essentially the force of life that flows through our body. Instead of using it as a means to achieve our most basic life functions chakra in its base form essentially works as stamina for those who decide not to exercise its use. For those of us that use chakra for more than the energy generated in our body its comprised of two things. The physical energy that is present in every cell of the body and the spiritual energy gained from the mind once molded it can be channeled throughout our system, the chakra pathway system. From what I understand the chakra pathway system which is essentially the circulatory system for other species or realm. Except we have something known as tenketsu in 361 points within our body that correspond with the circulatory system. Chakra is most commonly channeled through hand seals. “

Twilight practically ate up every word, asking the definition of one word or another every two sentences or asking for more clarification on the nature of chakra. Everything had been broken down. Nature and Shape transformation. The elements. Kekki Genkai. Chakra’s origins. The Sage of Six Paths.

Naruto was beginning to wonder if this is what the teachers at the academy felt like when they had a good student eager to learn the knowledge they had to share. They would soon set into a cycle.

He would tell Twilight a bit of information, she would write it down, and then she would question him to which he went off into another lecture about something from his home world. In no time ti seem like Twilight had written up several small books with all sorts of notes and theories she had quickly whipped up on the side.

“Ugh,” Twilight grumbled as she began rubbing her cramp neck. The prone position she had took up throughout the night did her no favors.

“Kinks in the neck area huh?” He asked Twilight nodded. “I can massage them out for you if you want?” Twilight looked up at him, unsure on how to reply. “It’s alright, I used to massage Rarity all the time.” Upon realizing how that sounded he immediately back pedaled. “I mean she would have me massage her feet or shoulders after a rather tiring day. She’s a huge fan of the spa, goes on weekly trips with Fluttershy and seeing as I was her assistant for a while she insisted that on treating me to it once or twice. I found myself learning from the owners, twins named Aloe and Lotus the art of massage since I figured that would be a pretty skill good to have. I mean who wouldn’t appreciate having a significant other who knew this art?”

Twilight took the information at face value; she really didn’t have a choice as her knowledge on relationships only extended as far as what she witnessed from her parent’s marriage. “I guess it would be ok.” She answered as Naruto got up.

“Do you have a table we could use? This would work better with one.”

“There’s a flat surface table in the basement downstairs. “ She answered. A few minutes later the table was set up and Twilight was on it.

“Normally the pony in question would remove their clothes, but I’m just going to do it through your clothes in your neck and shoulder area. I’m not a licensed massage therapist so it won’t be as effective as a professional massage, but it should at least ease the tension and kinks in the area.”

And then the moment she had been waiting for finally happened. First she felt nothing; but the sensation of Naruto’s fingers. Then suddenly when he increased his pace Twilight was hit with a sensation. She started to feel a bit warm as an invigorating sensation coursed through her.

After a good deal of time Naruto began lifting and pulling the fleshy muscle away from her skeletal structure.

After a good deal of the deeper tissue work he couldn’t help but notice a particular adhesion. It was time for, what was it called? Cross-fiber friction? Either way he began to separate the tissues restoring circulation and making the muscle softer and more pliable using his thumb’s. He was careful not to put too much pressure to avoid causing her discomfort.

He was hoping his use of the techniques in the concentrated areas wouldn’t cause any sort of issue. He was going to have to consult the spa twins later either way he continued his work on Twilight’s back and neck .

“You ok, Twilight?” The only thing he got in response was an unintelligible murmur and pleased sigh.

“Everything alright in here?” Rainbow Dash shouted through the library as she made her way through one of the windows. “I was…whoa!” She exclaimed causing Naruto to jump back and Twilight to jolt up. “Way to go bro! Putting the moves on Twilight huh? I guess geeky girls are more your thing.”

Both ponies began blushing furiously at the insinuation as they began sputtering out denials.

“I was just helping her relax/He was just helping me relax.” Both trying to explain what Rainbow saw.

Naruto then realized. “Hey, what are you even doing Rainbow? You just broke into Twilight’s house by the way. What was so important you had to break up here so early in the morning?”

“Early in the morning?” She asked as she tried and failed to stifle a snort. “Its ten A.M. dude. I came over to ask Twilight if she seen you since you weren’t at home and not at Rarity’s or Shy’s since you and I have a bet to settle.”

Twilight’s eyes shrunk to pinpricks. “No no no no no. Ten? Late! I cannot believe we stayed up all night. ! I’m late in opening the Library!” Twilight bolted like an Olympic runner as she was in a rush to get herself dressed and open the library.

“Up all night up?” Rainbow Dash shot Naruto a lecherous grin.

“It wasn’t like that. She was showing me the stars and I was giving her a lesson!” He hastily explained as Rainbow Dash doubled over in laughter.

“Woo, I never heard it called that before! Sounds like you two were having a marathon!” Her laughter increased as she clutched her sides.

Naruto face palmed. That was without the doubt the most innuendo laden statement ever created. After finally chasing Rainbow off, promising her that they would hang out together another time Naruto stayed behind to help Twilight open up. Unfortunately, like the past few days, there was hardly any flow of traffic. Once it became apparent that Twilight would not be used as the middle pony or as an emissary to Celestia for common problems that could be solved in town, along with her strong enthusiasm and focus in scholarly pursuits most of the ponies of town’s interest in associating with the mare waned, so every now and then a pony showed up to check out a book, but that was it.

Twilight though, unlike Naruto, was dead tired. Despite her insistence of being fine she could hardly stay awake. Tried as she might Twilight had soon nodded off, lying her head on the desk, snoring after convincing herself she was only resting her eyes for a few minutes.

A smile formed on Naruto's face as he shook his head. Picking Twilight up, he carried her upstairs and placed her into her bed. He then tucked her into her bed. "Pleasant dreams Twilight." Naruto softly said as he closed the door behind him and went downstairs to continue looking after the library.

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