Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x Harem

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Story Start

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Deep within the forest a filly was skittering by quickly. Fear filled the moderate purple eyes of the little filly. The little pony whimpered in fear as the foliage in the background rustled with noise. Cuts covered the pale, light grayish olive coat and white shirt of the filly. Patches of dirt caked her brilliant gamboge mane.

"Noi you have to be brave. Everyone else has done it." The filly murmured bitterly as she rubbed at the stinging welts that adorned her face. The filly twisted about as her eyes sought out any sign of familiar territory. What she would give to be a Pegasus right not to simply fly out of this nimarish place.

"Anypony! Somepony? Help!" if she was remembering right, one of the ponies famous for helping bring back one of the princesses lived near her. She let out a startled yelp as something skittered in the foreground.

In her fear the filly fled deeper into the forest, adrenaline pumping through her tiny body. Her frightened mind played up the creatures of the forest. Tripping over an uproot branch the pony was sent flying and crashed into the moss covered body of another tree. Pitiful sobs escaped her lips.

"Anypony out there? Please, I need help!" Despite Noi's please the lack of any familiar voice did not bring her comfort. She was not only tired, but also cold. It was a chilly night, with the moon in its near complete form out. The crackling of dead grass sent cheers down her spine.

Noi picked up her pace again, nearly stumbling as her hooves trashed about over tromped through the muddy pits. The clouds continued to drift through the sky the guide that the faint light of the moon began to fade.

The sound of an indiscernible snarl reignited the little filly's determination. Noi broke out into a gallop between her and the beast.

Time had passed as the little filly never slowed down, only to look back once. The creature was without a doubt hairy and hunched over, moving with deceptive speed. Whatever its limbs were, the creature lacked hooves. The sound, which was a mixture of laughing and slithering, escaped its lips.

It was no doubt what this creature was. It was the same creatures that she was told about during bed time. The same creature which was said to gobble up misbehaving little colts and fillies that didn't listen to their parents. The Bugaboo.

As if claws reached out from beneath the ground and snagged her back legs. Noi let out a ragged cry of sorrow and horror as the creature drew closer. "Mama, Dad, somepony help." The little filly begged for her life. "Somepony help!" the little filly sobbed uncontrollably.

The little filly closed her eyes prayed it would be over soon as the smell of its horrible breath and sensation of pain was the last thing the little filly knew.

Three days had past and there was currently a case of missing foals rising as of late. The only pattern that has been established is that the foals have been disappearing at night around the hours of ten and dawn. There had also been sightings of a strange hairy creature and smells of coal and graveyard soil.

As such Naruto was making preparations to hunt this creature down. Winter had finally come to Ponyville, the land being coated with snow and the weather being carefully monitored by the weather team.

Currently he had switched with one of his clones that he had created. With the spread of the seals he was able to have at least dozen clones spread across the nation at all times in important locations. Assisting

Troops in hot spots or for the most part seeing to it that the night Guard was trained. It was only for important missions, meetings, or moments with the Princesses would the real Naruto substitute himself.

He arrived to the barracks where his soldiers were.

"Soldiers of the Lunar Guard, to attention!" Naruto remarked as the members of the guard lined up. "There has been a rash of disappearances in Ponyville. Reporting of a strange creature has been cited in the disappearance of the foals involved." A murmur began to occur among the guard ponies. "For the time being I and a few other members of this guard will be relocated for the time being. " Naruto then began explaining into more detail about what was going on and with that he chosen two particular ponies for the job.

One was Bright Star, a mare with midnight blue coat, bright lavender hair and mane and Amethyst colored eyes. Without a doubt Bright Star was one of the most enthusiastic ponies he knew. She was a Unicorn who specialized in magic that was looked down upon by many of her peers. Because Bright Star's talents were towards spells often regarded as dark magic there was a stigma of sorts labeled on the surprisingly chipper Unicorn. Despite her radiant demeanor Bright Star fell in with the rest of the ponies who also had stigmata's associated with them.

The other pony Naruto chosen was a licorice coat pony with steel blue mane. He was a rather shy and often withdrawn pony; while nowhere near as timid as Fluttershy the pony didn't associate with most ponies outside a small sphere. He was a strong flier whose wings were more like ravens then the typical pegasus's which many of his peers were all too quick to point out. His name…Nightwing.

Seeing as he needed to prepared for his new assignment Naruto dismissed the squad early. With that Naruto created a few kagebunshin to prepare his packing while he gathered his thoughts. Naruto strolled around the castle until he caught sight of Princess Luna who was finishing her usual rearrangement. She was in the form he was used to seeing the most.

Not too long ago he was surprised when he saw Luna was in an older version of the first form he first met her when she had explained that she took different forms in regards to the phases of the moon. It also allowed her to conserve energy as bits of magic from Alicorns were bleeding out at nearly all times which contributed to the presence most felt from them.

"Your highness." He greeted her with a smile.

"Captain Naruto." She mirrored the gesture. "Is there something I can help you with?"

"Nothing in particular Princess Luna. I suppose I'm a bit anxious about this assignment and I can't sleep. If it doesn't disturb you, would you care to travel and talk a bit?"

"An interesting offer captain." After a short journey the two of them settled on the edge of a cliff. The view was breathtaking. For miles the lush hills and forest of the area can be seen.

"The sensation of the air feels refreshing."

"Indeed it does Luna. I hear our hookup has been the topic of discussion lately." He remarked in response to Luna's little stunt at the ceremony.

"Many of the upperclass are frothing at the mouth that I chose in their words a "Commoner" instead of something more befitting my station." She answered as Naruto chuckled.

"Yeah, a shame you didn't get a chance to turn down their prissy or arrogant sons." Very rarely had a son of these aristocrats made any impression or impressed the blond. Most of them could hardly dress themselves without servants. Those like Shining or Thundershock were only one in a hundred.

"Indeed. They are naïve if they think I would ever waste my time with spoiled brats who know nothing of the struggles of life." She finished as she turned her gaze to the sky with a troubled expression.

"What is on your mind Luna?" He asked as Luna paused glancing at the ground before turning to the blond. Who else but he besides her sister could she talk to about this?

"Nightmare Moon's presence stirred several creatures that night. We fear it may be my fault that the citizens of Ponyville are suffering."

"Luna you shouldn't dwell about the past and your mistakes. I have come to know you strong, intuitive, and fair pony. Nothing like Nightmare Moon."

"Thank you Naruto… That means a lot." She looked back at him and smiled. Like before the two ponies merely enjoyed the night and the spark between them.

"Thank for your cooperation mayor. Will make sure to put a stop of these disappearances and will report back if we get any leads." The following morning they took the first train to Ponyville. Naruto went to the mayor's office to discuss what was to be expected during the course of this investigation.

"Good luck Captain. Hopefully you and your soldiers will quickly find the devious fiend behind these disappearances." The mayor bid him farewell, feeling relieved he was on the case.

With that the three of them left the office. "So what are we doing first captain? Are we going on patrol? Will be questioning ponies? Are we going on a rip roaring assault in the forest?" Bright Star fired off question after question. She had often found it difficult to stay quiet and patiently wait. She was a mare of action and it showed by the fact she could barely stop herself from skipping.

"We're doing interviews." Naruto said as he placed a hoof on top of the bouncing Unicorn's head. "We're going to the police station and picking up the files on the missing fillies and colts. We're then going to review the families and then we'll check where they were last saw."

"Ok captain." By the drawl in her speech it was obvious that the Unicorn wasn't happy about that. Naruto couldn't help but smile, seeing a lot of himself in the mare. He chuckled remembering his more hyperactive days, but he had grown out of that. Sure he was still quick to action when people he cared about were in trouble, but it had been knocked into his head more than once to rely on others and to plan things out a bit more.

With the files in hand the three ponies split up. Naruto began making his way through the town. Coming across a flier for a unicorn and hearing grumblings about a Unicorn. Naruto glanced at the flier and merely dismissed it. Since the library was nearby he figured he could talk to Twilight about an idea he had for defensive seals.

Meanwhile within said library. "Spike get ready for the next spell." Twilight watched as the dragon prepared himself already decked out in a tuxedo and top hat, her horn glowing with a grayish orchid tint, as hair began to sprout on the scales of her assistant's upper lip taking the form of a mustache. "Spell 58 check. Now maybe one more before I go on to spell 59."

Suddenly a knock on the door drew her attention. Twilight went and opened the door. "Hello, afternoon Naruto. I was just practicing some spells."

"Hi Naruto." Spike greeted as Naruto began to wave and did a double take.

"Hi Spike…spell or puberty?" Not like he knew much about dragons so he couldn't say for certainly the growth spurt was do to spell.

"Spell." He answered.

"Anyway this isn't a house call, I'm on official business. "

"About the fillies and colts going missing right?" She asked with a concerned expression on her face.

Naruto nodded, "There has also been sightings of a strange creature. They think it might have been a creature from the Everfree Forest."

Twilight gasped and covered her mouth. She couldn't imagine how the parents felt.

"Either way I'm going to be questioning parents soon to get more information. I brought two members of my Guard with me; I'm hoping to introduce you to them later. We're stationed in town for the time being as we investigate what's going on. I'm probably going to visit Fluttershy as well later seeing as she lives near the forest." He was definitely going to make sure he had clones patrolling there at all times. "Anyway I was hoping you could do the penmanship of some seals I have in mind."

"What would the seals do?"

"Its part of a barrier system I'm trying to create. The theory is that the seals with alert me to presences approaching town to which I could then investigate. The seal markings require absolutely flawless penmanship."

"Wow, this barrier system kind of sounds like one of my brother's spells."

'Right. Shining and his damn barrier spells.' " "Anyway I'm sorry if this is sudden, but I should began my investigation with the first of the kids that went missing. We can talk more later about the seals."

"Okay, I look forward to it."

Nightfall soon came and the members of the Night Guard were keeping a tight knit patrol around the perimeter in town. Bright Star trudged back and forth the area she was guarding, bored as the night was long. That was when she herd the giggles of a filly.

Her attention turned to that of a small child like body hidden in a purple cloak with a black sash.

"Hey little one you shouldn't be out here? Where's your parents?" She asked as she began walking over to the filly only for her to take off in the direction of the forest with a giggle. "Hey! The forest is dangerous!" Bright Star shouted after her. The mare took off after the filly before she could get herself hurt or worse.

I wonder how many of you remember this from the original version of this fic? XD. Its place in the original timeline was during Boast Busters. Now its this far back. As you can see I adapted this for Naruto's Captain duty arc/missions/things. If everything goes according to plan Part 2 comes out tonight.