Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x ?

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Story Start

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"Ladies, I thank you all for coming here for this meeting." Rarity greeted Applejack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie on arrival as the three mares each took seats at the l table Rarity was sitting at. "I believe you know why you are here?" She asked as Pinkie Pie merely grinned.

"Nope." She responded with her usual infectious grin.

"Come now Rarity ah ain't here ta play no guessin' games. Jus' tell us why y'all called us down here."

"No need to be rude about it," The seamstress responded with a light affronted sniff as she lightly chastised the farmer. The waitress came up and delivered four glasses of water. After taking a brief moment to order their lunches the discussion continued. "Now as I was saying, the reason why I invited the four of you here is to get an understanding of how the herding situation is going to go. I assume nopony here has any objections?"

"Nope," Pinkie Pie was only too happy to be in a herd with her friends. The only thing that would make it better would be if Twilight and Rainbow were in on it.

"I have no particular objections." Fluttershy softly added.

"Ah dun have any problem wit it, but what's that got ta do fer calling us all here?"

Taking a reserved sip of her drink Rarity then continued her reason for calling the meeting. "To discuss ranking of course, in other words to clarify which mare will be the Alpha. I do believe nopony will have any objections to me taking the status as Alpha?"

"Now jus' hold on one apple pickin' minute. You? As Alpha?" Applejack incredulously asked as Rarity sent the farmer a steaming glare.

"And pray tell what it was wrong with me being the alpha mare of this herd?" The heat in her voice could be felt along with the indignation that she was feeling.

"Now y'all don't take offense to this, but ya ain't exactly what ah would have in mind for yer traditional alpha mare." Applejack further clarified what she meant from her earlier statement. "Alpha mare has to be able to keep others in line and be the voice of the herd. After all the alpha has to be the strongest mare, which makes them capable of taking care of the land and family. "

Rarity dipped her head in a coy matter. "Yes, that would be the case, if we were only focusing on Earth Pony culture dear or have you forgotten the other tribes have their own rules in such a system?" The look on Applejack's face indicated that she indeed did not consider that. "An alpha can be strong, but what good is physical strength when it comes to soothing our stallion's mental woes? Who else can build back up a broken or defeated stallion or encourage him and help him reach his potential but his mare?"

Seeing an argument between the two was on the verge of happening Pinkie Pie threw in her two bits. "Well shouldn't we go with who Narry already chose? Even if he didn't know it?" Rarity and Applejack's staring broke off as their focus landed on Laughter.

"Chose? Who'd he choose?"

"Well, he chose Rarity a while ago." She replied and then a grin formed on her face. "Took them a while to realize it though." She teased as Rarity reached up and cupped her right cheek with her hand, the color of the fur on her cheeks heating up in embarrassment.

"Please Pinkie Pie; do not remind me of that embarrassing blunder."

"Sorry," the grin didn't leave her face though. "All I'm saying is whenever he needed advice on mares or romance he always came to Rarity first. He trusted her knowledge and opinions."

"Well, I suppose that's one way to look at it." Rarity replied with a pleased smile.

Suddenly a crowd of ponies in town began traveling down the road; the excited, hustle and bustle drawing their attention. "What da ya suppose that's about?" Applejack wondered.

"Oh! what if it's a fair? Or the circus has come to town? Or even better a circus fair!? Come on everypony!" Motioning her arm forward Pinkie Pie was off skipping away.

"Pinkie Pie!"

"Pinkie Wait!"

Both the seamstress and farmer let out a sigh as their calls fell on deaf ears. "W-Well, it wouldn't hurt to check it out." Fluttershy suggested. After paying for their meals the mares decided to go in the direction of their friend to see what was causing all the commotion. For a mare-centric town like Ponyville it was easy to see what had all the young mares and fillies in a frenzy.

A group of over a dozen stallion newcomers had arrived into town. It was a Bachelor band. Young males who had reached of age and traveled along the land looking to settle down, find a herd, or even work would commonly form a platonic stallion herd known as a bachelor band. Bachelor bands were not only for safety, but also convenient and helpful when it came to dealing with matters of money.

Considering this bachelor band wasn't carrying supplies they were most likely looking for unattached mares. There was even a possibility that the lead stallion would seek to take over a herd through combat with the herd's stallion.

The practice while uncommon wasn't unheard of nowadays especially by nobles or purebloods looking to increase their wealth or station. Since it was normally agreed upon by the two parties the practice itself wasn't outright made illegal, however it was looked upon unfavorably due to the argument that in a lot of those cases the mares or beta stallion were essentially forced into a rape arrangement.

As these stallions made their way into town the last of the group finally appeared and it was compromised of a dozen or so mares.

"Only the best of them, you know the drill," the one in front called out. He was a rather tall stallion, about six-foot two with chestnut colored fur and with a shaggy looking arctic blue mane and tail. He was built like a hoof ball player wearing a plain black muscle shirt, old faded jeans, and boats. Around his neck he wore several gold chains.

With a response of "Right Bone," the stallions began spreading out, going among the groups of confused towns ponies as conversations were broken up.

The stallion now identified as 'Bone' began looking around until he settled his eye on somepony. "Well, what do we have here?"

Bone trotted over to his targeted mare and stopped in front of Fluttershy. "Why hello there beautiful. Where have you been all my life?"

"W-Well the first part of my life was spent in Cloudsdale and the rest was in Ponyville." She answered before turning to Pinkie Pie with an unsure look. "D-Did I do it right?" she asked as Pinkie Pie burst out into laughter.

"Narry's been a bad influence on you I see. That was doing O-K, though in your case…" She trailed off as a heated blush painted Fluttershy's face.

"Pinkie," she whined in response as she covered her chest.

"Hey babe, trying to pick you up here," Bone said, trying to gain back Fluttershy's attention.

"Oh," she responded. "T-Thank you for the compliment, b-but I'm not interested." she stammered out the rejection.

Bone ignored that response and spoke to Fluttershy again, "Playing hard to get I see. I heard Ponyville has a low stallion ratio, so don't worry, I have plenty of room for you."

Some of the ponies picked up the double meaning behind his intent and the real reason he was hitting on Fluttershy as their expressions morphed into ones of anger and disgust.

"M-Mister B-Bone while I'm sure you're a nice pony…"

His smirk grew as he continued to disregard her objections, "Dinner. You and me. How about it babe? I'll show you a real good time."

"Um… no thank you. I…I already have somepony who I view as my special somepony. Thank you anyways," she said, trying to let him down gently.

"Well I don't see him anywhere in sight. He must not feel the same."

Realizing that this stallion had no intent of backing down Rarity stepped in. "Why hello there? Bone was it?" With that the mare bat her eyelashes and began to use her charm in an attempt to control the situation. "I'm sure a fine stallion such as yourself can find other interested mares in town. There are plenty of mares looking to find somepony and as my dear friend here said was true. She and I are waiting for "our" stallion to come back in town so as you can see she's not available." Stroking his ego a bit was a classic tactic to wrap a stallion around one's finger, not to mention a dash of casual referencing another stallion was a valid tactic in making a stallion think twice of approaching a mare. One stallion losing to another not only hurt his pride, but depending on the circumstances only served to hurt the stallion's standing, especially if the loser was the aggressor.

"Well aren't you a curvy thing? Bet you're a real hellcat in bed." He replied with a saucy grin.

Rarity let out a disgusted cry and stepped back. She was offended by not only his words but repulsed by how vulgar he was about his intentions.

"I'll get to you in time, soon as I'm finished with your friend." He said, turning his attention back to Fluttershy.

"Real fine job, Alpha Mare." Applejack despairingly remarked to Rarity. "Let me show ya how it's done." She replied with a tip of her hat. "Hey you, now Fluttershy here already went and told ya she ain't interested. Ya hard of hearing or somethin'?" She said, cutting in between the two of them.

"What's your problem? Wait your turn, more than enough of this to go around," he said, patting his broad chest as Applejack's face scrunched up into one of disbelief.

"Ya somethin' else if ya think ah'd be interestin' in somepony like you. Nothin' but a showoff, a little colt trottin' around actin' a bit too big for his britches." Bone's face grew red from fury at having being dressed down by the farmer. "C'mon Shy," Applejack motioned for her friend to come on as she turned her back on the stallion. Which is why she was caught completely off her guard at what happened next?

She reacted too late to the cries of her friend. All she knew was the sensation of pain as she went hurling the ground, skidding a mere two inches, her body and clothing scraped up badly from hitting the road.

"You beast!"

"You cretin how dare you!"

"What kind of stallion are you!" Several angry members of Ponyville started mouthing off only for the Unicorn of the Stallion herd to let loose a few spells either cutting or flinging back some of the town's members.

The shriek alerted the town's guard, but because of Ponyville's small numbers they only had a few police ponies plus Sheriff Shield.

"Take'em down." Bone ordered as the stallions in question took something out of their pockets and dropped it into their mouths. Chewing on whatever substance they had the group promptly charged the police ponies.

The other bearers rushed over to the downed Applejack. "Oh my Celestia she's bleeding." Rarity cried out as panicked filled her face. "Somepony help us." She said as she caught sight of Bone grabbing a hold of Fluttershy's wrist.

"Please stop," Fluttershy tried to get out of the hold he had her in but it only tightened causing her to yelp out in pain. "I don't want to have anything to do with you." Tears threatened to fall from her eyes. "Let me go, you're hurting me."

"Trust me babe, you come with me I'll have you feeling real good in no time."

Rarity found herself horrified at what he was just suggesting. "How can the rest of you just stand there!? Say something! Do something! Stop him!" Rarity shouted at the group of mares that had come along with Bone and his group.

"Cute, trying to appeal to us sweetheart? The more Bone adds to our little group the better." The Russet colored Pegasus from the herd said as she turned her attention from crowd control to the bearers.

Several of Bone's thugs were tossed aside by Sheriff Shield after being overwhelmed by the officer's training. With his baton in hand he made his way towards Bone. "Alright colt you and your friends want to cause trouble you got trouble." The Sheriff hollered, but before he could get to Bone another one of the Bachelor herd got in his way. This one was a Unicorn with amber mane and tail along with a lemon colored coat.

"Can't let you do that Sheriff!" the Unicorn remarked as he cast a spell from his arm, hitting the baton. Sheriff shield let out a cry and tossed away the transfigured tool as it formed into a poisonous snake.

One of the mares, one with a peach colored coat that came with the outsiders couldn't take it anymore. "Chestnut, come on, please just stop. If you keep this up you're going to draw attention to us by the guard."

"Oh please, the legion is too busy running around trying to handle those Nightmare freaks and the guard's numbers are too low to care about a little back water town like this and if you know what's good for you Cream Cheese you'll..."

Bone found himself knocked flat on his back when a solid hit connected with his head, forcing him to let go of Fluttershy.

The mare stumbled a bit, but was able to keep her balance. For a moment she was stunned only for her friend to descend in front of her. "Rainbow!"

"You okay Shy?" She asked, not taking her eyes off the outsider.

"Y-Yeah." She answered with a sniffle.

"Good, go with the others, I got this." She said as Fluttershy joined the others.

Mayor Mare and Twilight had joined Rarity of the others. "Thank goodness we made it in time. I've sent for help in the neighboring town."

"Applejack is bleeding badly. We need to get her to the hospital." Rarity stated as Twilight placed her hands on the mare.

"I can get here there, but my teleportation is only strong enough to transport two of us." Twilight admitted as the mares share a glance.

"No ah…ah can…" Applejack speech began to slur.

"Go, take Applejack and get her medical attention. If she falls asleep her life will be put in danger." The mayor urged Twilight who complied and with a flash teleported her and Applejack out of there.

Rarity and Pinkie Pie were going to help Rainbow only to be blocked off by the legion mares. "And where do you think you're going?" The same pegasus mare from before taunted.

Bone recovered and he began glaring at the mare that attacked him. "You're going to regret that. Get her!" He ordered some of his thugs to attack the mare.

A smirk formed on Rainbow's face as some of the thugs rushed towards her. They were simple brawlers with little to no formal training, throwing easily telegraphed punches. Leaning back she easily dodged their punches and launched double strikes into their guts causing them to double over. She then quickly slammed her elbows into the back of their necks. "I'm giving you one chance. Leave our town or you're going to regret ever coming here."

"Oh please, a skinny little quim muncher like you thinks she can hurt me?" He taunted her. "Let me show you why I go by the name Bone Breaker." He said, putting his fist up in a boxing position.

Rainbow Dash had to suppress the urge to swear. 'Of course the leader knows how to fight.' She sarcastically thought as he readied herself to fight.

After having spent some time strolling around the area of the town Naruto decided to grab a drink and entered the local bar, taking a seat and waiting patiently to order. The journey to and from the capital always left him a bit parched. He was pleasantly surprised to have found the town of Saddleville during his trek back. Apparently it was a new town that had just finished construction a few months ago so it wasn't on any map in Ponyville.

As he pondered on how he was going to tell everypony the good news a couple of police ponies burst into the bar. The sudden entrance drew Naruto's attention as they rushed over to Saddleville's sheriff.

"We got a message from the mayor of Ponyville requesting aid sheriff. Some stallion herd moseyed on in and is causing trouble in Ponyville. There's already been ponies injured and the situations getting out of hand."

That was all Naruto needed to hear as he bolted from his seat and out the door.

Rainbow found herself struggling to stay up. Two solid strikes had sent her reeling back. "What's wrong? That all you got?" Bone taunted.

Rainbow gritted her teeth as she suppressed the pain. Unfortunately she wasn't built to handle earth pony athletes. She never focused on or built up the strength to tank hits as unnecessary bulk would make precision flying on the level of Wonderbolts all but impossible without years of training dedicated to maintaining both the speed and keeping her body weight at the perfect level.

"Come on; hit me with more of those love taps." He proceeded to smugly taunt her.

It also didn't seem like dodging him all day was going to work either. On some common thug or stallion sure, but the type of endurance that athletes would gain from training in their craft made such a tactic foolish in terms of a serious street brawl.

"If you're not going to come to me then I'll head to you!" Once more Rainbow Dash was on the defensive. Before she had a chance to react something shot past her. "Wha…"

Bone found himself on the receiving end of a double blow to the midsection doubling him over and forcing him to step back. He wasn't the only one as the rest of the outsider ponies who were fighting off the Sheriff and town members suddenly collapsed into pained crumpled heaps. The members of Ponyville were shocked, most of them were rooted on the spot.

The stunned expression on Rainbow's face morphed into a mixture of a smirk and look of relief. "What took you so long?"

"Stopped to get a drink," Naruto answered her cheekily before turning his attention back to bone. "He the leader?" He asked as Rainbow Dash nodded.

"You little shit. You're going to regret it." Bone said between his gritted teeth.

"I doubt it, so tell me, what made you think you could just stroll on into Ponyville and do whatever you want?" Before he knocked this stallion's head off he needed to see if he was anyway associated with the Nightmare followers or even the bandits. An unconscious criminal couldn't give information, at least not until the interrogation.

"Don't matter who I'm with. As long as I stick to back water towns like this not a pony is going to hear a word about it." He boasted.

"Bone!" The cream coated mare shouted at him with burning anger in her eyes. "You fool, keep your mouth shut. You were warned about dropping hints." She said as she tried to sit up from her place on the ground, but the solid blow to her liver made that impossible.

"Don't get your panties in a twist Cream Cheese. Just need to do a little cleaning up, besides I'll just knock him out like I did to that hillbilly!" He taunted as he got back into stance.

Naruto turned to Rainbow for confirmation.

"Applejack." She answered as Rainbow was unable to veil her anger at the memory of seeing her fellow bearer on the ground like that. "He attacked her when she turned her back to him. Twilight took her to the hospital. She could… she could barely stay awake."

Naruto went rigid as fury filled his eyes. "What else did he do?" He asked, the tone of his voice low and detached

"W-What?" Rainbow Dash was stunned, what the hell was going on with Naruto's voice. "N-Nar?"

"What else did he do?" he asked her again, in the same detached voice as the undertone of anger could be heard.

That look… those eyes… Rarity recognized it.

Pinkie Pie recognized it as well.

There was no stopping what was going to happen next.

"He propositioned me." Rarity spoke up. "He made it clear his intent on adding me to his herd whether I was spoken for or not." She then looked over to Fluttershy who was with the flower trio. When the fighting had begun the Pegasus took refuge with them. "And he made it clear he was going to rape Fluttershy."

"Oh I see, you're the stallion to this little herd huh? I'll take real good care of them. They'll be screaming out the name Bone Breaker before this day is…" Bone's head whipped back, both his lips busted open from the sudden blow, but he didn't go down. "Phucker." He shouted through his busted lips. He reached into his pocket and drew out shining crystal berries and shoved them down his mouth.

"Prism Berries." Naruto softly identified. They were an illegal steroid which tended to boost a pony's natural abilities and greatly numbed their ability to feel pain. Unlike most boosters, Prism Berries effects took effect almost immediately after being taken. The downsides of continued usage included addiction along with other side effects such as headaches, behavioral moods, and various other physical and mental afflictions.

What made this troubling was the fact that not only was this guy an athlete, but also the fact that Naruto didn't pull those last two blows. Considering that he made that last strike in anger it should have been more than enough to crack the stallions skull.

"I guess this means you just get to beat on him a little longer." Kurama stated, although Kurama would never admit it, through Naruto's interactions with the mares he had developed a fondness for Fluttershy due to the fact that she had a kindness and tolerance towards all manners of creatures that he never observed from the humans in the Shinobi Nations. Well, at least not since Himawari.

"Yes, it does." Naruto affirmed.

Both combatants rushed at each other. Bone unleashed a powerful punch which Naruto was able to deflect with one of his own. They quickly backed off from each other and the orange stallion couldn't help but notice a tingling in his hoof which showed that his opponent possessed some strength.

"Let's see you block this!" Bone said as he delivered another devastating punch which Naruto blocked, the strike causing him to slide back a few feet from the force of the attack.

Naruto immediately countered and went on the attack consisting of multiple punches, jabs, and kicks all which Bone Crusher was able to deflect and counter until his left cheek was hit by a swift punch that slipped through his defense; the impact sent him spinning back for a couple of feet. He touched his face then his smirk returned.

"You'll have to do a lot better than that." Bone lunged forward.

The orange stallion readied a counter strike and once his opponent was within reach, he unleashed a powerful roundhouse kick which Bone ducked underneath and delivered a strong uppercut to Naruto sending him flying back a few feet.

"Narry!" Pinkie Pie cried out in a gasp only for a hand to be placed on her shoulder.

"He won't lose." Rarity spoke with utter conviction.

"Lose? Hah! Bro is going to make that bucker regret ever coming into town." Rainbow Dashed stated as she cheered Naruto on.

Naruto leaped back to his feet and used the back of his hand to wipe the blood from his mouth.

"You must be a glutton for pain. You ain't taking another punch." Bone went on the attack most of the hits were deflected but some strikes managed to hit the orange stallion in multiple spots on his upper body. Naruto retaliated and both stallions began exchanging blows.

This exchange went on for a few more minutes. Meanwhile on the sidelines spectators were amazed at the sight before them. Naruto's friends still couldn't help but worry about him as the fight continued and they would softly gasp every time he took a hit.

As the fight continued, Bone's anger and frustration rose. His opponent should have gone down a long time ago, yet he had barely slowed. Those punches would have put down just about any other pony in the ring. Finally deciding it was time to finish this, he grabbed the bag of Prism berries and emptied the contents in his mouth. He quickly chewed the berries as he braced for whatever Naruto was going to throw at him.

Naruto immediately went on the attack but his opponent deflected it and gave him an opening. "I'm going to end this! You're mine!" Bone shouted as he punched with everything he had. The blow connecting to Naruto's side with enough force to crack his ribcage. Everypony watching let out a loud gasp; the pony who threw the punch was in shock. His opponent was still standing.

"Was that your best hit?" Naruto opened his eyes, revealing crimson slits. "Let me show you mine."

Naruto's attack struck like a thunderbolt, Bone Breaker was launched back several feet before hitting the ground in a heap.

Naruto took a moment to compose himself before walking over to the downed stallion. "You and your friends made a mistake coming to Ponyville, but your biggest mistake was laying a finger on my mares. Nopony hurts the ones I consider precious. I'd break you more, but I don't want to rob my town the satisfaction of seeing you and your buddies placed behind bars then put trough a trial for your actions today." Rubbing in his face that he had revealed that somepony was covering up their activities and now it was going to be looked into.

The sound of hoofsteps drew his attention, Naruto found himself being mobbed by the town.

"You did it!"

"Wow that was amazing!"

"You knocked him on his plot."

"Where'd you learn to fight like that?"

The crowd was soon parted as his close friends made their way through. He was nearly barreled over by Pinkie. "You did it Narry!" She said and was joined by another body.

"Absolutely wonderful darling you showed that brute what a real Alpha stallion is like." Rarity said as she kissed his cheek.

"So handsome and strong, I think I'm in love." The familiar cheeky voice said as he was hugged from behind.

"Rain," he replied with an annoyed but still somewhat amused tone as he turned his head.

Rainbow Dash chuckled, "Sorry, couldn't help myself. Also didn't want to be left out."

He turned his attention back in front of him where Fluttershy filled his view. "I…I'm sorry." She apologized much to his surprise.

"Sorry? For what?" he asked her.

"If I…if I didn't need to be saved again…" she said only to let out a surprised squeak when she was pulled forward.

"You can't handle everything on your own Shy and no one blames you. We're all friends here. Being strong is one thing, but there's no shame in asking for help and supporting each other." He assured her.

"Right," she nodded. "Thank you."

"Uncle Naruto! Uncle Naruto!" the excited squeal of Dinky stood out to him as she pushed her way past the adults.

Naruto crouched down and happily received the hug from the unicorn. "Why hey there little one. How're you doing?"

"Good, those meanies aren't going to cause trouble again are they?" she asked with her big bright hope-filled eyes.

"Nope, they're going to be on "time out" for a long time." He said just Ditzy managed reach them after pushing though the crowd of ponies.

"Muffin, what have I told you about running off." She lightly chastised her daughter. "Always stay with me at all times."

"Sorry Mommy." The filly returned to her mother.

Ditzy then turned her attention on to Naruto who couldn't tell if what kind of look Ditzy was giving him. "So? Mr. Hero is forming himself a herd?"

'Oh Shit!' he immediately thought. He knew he had forgotten something. "I promise we'll discuss it later," he assured her as he glanced around at the excited chatter going on. That was not something he wanted confirmed just yet.

"Now let's go check on our favorite apple farmer to make sure she hasn't driven the medical staff crazy." He suggested. As he and the bearers moved on the town members continued letting out cheers and praise.

Applejack was fine, her head was bandaged with doctor's orders to take some pain medication and take it easy for a little while. Apples were known for their thick skulls among things.

The following day an honor ceremony was held with Naruto as the guest of honor. Say what you will about Ponyville they were pretty good at quickly setting up ceremonies and festivals.

Now Naruto found himself standing in front of the podium. A speech, how nostalgic. "This is the part where I'm supposed to give this great speech and be modest and all, but I'm not." He said as some of the town members began to whisper among themselves, confused at where he was going with this. "What happened today shouldn't have happened. Ponyville was practically defenseless. It's strongest fighters were either out of town," Himself, Lyra, Twilight, and Rainbow with the latter two just getting back in town when things were kicking off "…or already injured," Bulk was still in physical therapy, almost ready to be cleared and Big Mac still had another two or three weeks before he would be declared fit. "Those who were capable had to contend with superior numbers," Rarity and Pinkie Pie could handle small numbers, but weren't trained to fight multiple combatants at once and Pinkie Pie had no formal training at all. "Our town's police force did the best they could, but that wasn't enough. Between the Everfree Forest and situation going on in our nation. Ponyville can no longer be the safe and lax town we once were. Which is why I'm proposing that those who want to learn the art of combat can come learn from me when I'm doing demonstrations. I'm sure you all also heard I was constructing a Dojo of sorts."

"What the hay! Sounds like you're trying to use fear to squeeze money of out of us!" One pony's jeered and several of them began murmuring, some unsure about the proposal.

"It was my intent at one time to make this dojo my business, but no, Ponyville is and has become my home. I won't charge anypony who wishes to learn how to defend themselves."

The bearers shared a concerned look at this announcement. Naruto soon finished his speech and was sent off with loud applauds. He briefly met with the bearers, passing word of the seven of them needing to meet at Golden Oaks to discuss something.

"Oh, Naruto, that was such a selfless thing to do, but what about you? How will you ever make any bits and support yourself?" Rarity saw the noble reasons behind Naruto decision, but when it came to a matter of being practical this was going to hurt him.

"Don't worry Rare, I feel that money is going to be the last thing I have to worry about." He assured her. Everypony gathered around the table, pulling up chairs so they could discuss why Naruto wanted them all to meet.

"Well dun keep us in waitin'. Tell us why ya called us over here." Applejack couldn't help but wonder what the secrecy and frequent trips Naruto was going on was about.

A grin broke out on Naruto's face. "I was given an offer by the Princess's to take up the position of Captain of the Lunar Guard once it's formed and I've accepted."

Rarity let out a squeal. "Oh I'm so happy for you. A Captain. That is so prestigious." While Rarity was perfectly happy with Naruto before, the fact he had become a captain of the guard was absolutely thrilling.

"Kick flank bro!"

"Well ah'll be."

"T-That's wonderful."

"Congratulations!"

Naruto couldn't help but feel a bit a bashful at the praise.

"Wait a minute, wouldn't that mean you have to move?" Twilight stated causing the others to pause and contemplate what that meant.

"Nope, I have a little technique that'll let me go between Ponyville and Canterlot in an instant. I'll have to recreate it, but it shouldn't take long. The fact I was made a Provisional officer in the meantime means I can go on bounties and act as an agent of the crown to help keep the nation safe. The fact that some of these criminals have bounties on them is just icing on the cake."

"Technique?" Rainbow Dash asked upon realizing the others weren't reacting.

"We'll tell ya later." Applejack whispered to her.

Naruto turned to Fluttershy. "I may not be able to make commissions through the school, but I promise you to make sure you get your fair cut through the bounty money."

"I-It's okay, I'm in no hurry, I'm happy for you." Though the prospect of Naruto being out there hunting down dangerous criminals worried her.

"Wait, so why did you only want to tell just the six of us specifically?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Well, let's just say I may or may not be the only one who's going to be receiving the Provisional officer position." He replied with a grin.

"Wait…you're not saying?" Rainbow Dash trailed off as the Bearers shared a look.

"The Princesses didn't tell me outright, but they did imply some things. I assume the announcement is going to be made the conference this November. I'm sure its common knowledge to the other leaders that Princess Celestia and Luna once wielded the Elements of Harmony. I checked a bit more into Equestria's history after Princess Luna was restored. It appears that some time ago that the Princesses used the Elements against the Mad King, the previous ruler of Equestria by the name of Discord. Throughout the world he was unchallenged until the Princesses used the Elements to defeat him. It would be naive to think that through lines of succession that the other nations wouldn't tell their successors all relevant information about their enemies or allies.

The story of the Elements power is a worthy deterrent if anypony or anyone wanted to go to war and those leaders will question why Celestia didn't just use the Elements again. Lying about it without any solid backing would make her look either ineffectual or throw Princess Luna to the wolves? With the revelation of the "Bearers," six new warriors as one of Equestria's new super powers this can serve an even greater deterrent along with Luna. Celestia with the Elements alone made others weary, now with the idea of Celestia, Luna, and the Elements Bearers it'll make others think twice."

"So it's a matter of politics?" Twilight correctly guessed to which Rainbow Dash groaned and Applejack simply looked lost.

"What's the need with all this political talk? We can shoot awesome magic beams and have another Alicorn, why try and fancy it up with needless talk?"

It was Fluttershy who responded to Dash. "It's a matter of using information as a weapon so others won't be hurt Rainbow Dash. It's the idea of speak softly and carry a bigger stick. If we show a big enough stick than others won't try and attack us and nopony has to get hurt."

"Well of course you get it, you're family is all about the military and politics." The Rainbow mare grumbled.

"Anyway it's all a matter of speculation of what's going to happen."

"Either way, let us be glad that those ruffians were carted off and everything is once again peaceful in our little town." Rarity stated.

Everypony shared Rarity's sentiments. With Pinkie Pie suggesting they throw a "Congratulations on being made Captain." party for Naruto the rest of their evening schedules were set.

The Dojo sub plot and other sub plots are well under way. Come chapter 51 expect to see more of your submitted original characters to start showing up. Past few days have sucked because of baby sitting, but hoping to be able to start writing more soon.