Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x ?

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Story Start

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The Bugaboo is a different species similar to a type of hobgoblin comparable to the bogeyman, and other creatures from the forest plains, all which of recent cultures have been used to frighten disobedient foals since their recent disappearance. In the older times, all descriptions of Bugaboo are comparable are likened to Urisade species. Sightings of Bubaboos are rare due to their nocturnal and reclusive nature.

Common characteristics of Bugaboos include large bodies with long gangly limbs, short snouts, and hairy bodies. They are also known to be omnivorous in diet aided by an excellent sense of smell, and despite their heavy build and awkward gait, they can run quickly and are adept climbers and swimmers.

Despite their impressive physical abilities Bugaboo aren't known for their intelligence and often more instinctual in nature.

"Sounds like the kind of creatures we would have fought back home."

"I know what you mean. At the rate these creatures keep popping up I'm going to need more help. Which you'll be happy to hear that I've almost completed that Jutsu. You'll be among us living, breathing pony folks in no time."

"Good. I grow tired of being stuck again. Losing my freedom once more has shown me the value in enjoying every moment I have within my own physical body."

Naruto read over the information he was given and sighed. That still didn't give him clue on who the mysterious master was, but he was able to conclude that the other creature had to have been Vatrik. He was brought out of his thoughts as a stack of books landed on the table.

"Urisades Species, Creatures of the Forest, Walkers of the world…I brought every book I could find." Twilight stated as she noticed the intense look in Naruto's eyes.

"Thanks Twilight." he said as he mulled over what he learned.

"A bit for your thoughts?" she offered as she pulled up a chair and took a seat. It took a considerable amount of will power for her not to break out in a blush as she remembered the conversation she had with the girls the other day. She hoped Cadance would send a return message soon.

"I'm trying to figure out my next move. Do my soldiers and I go and hunt down this creature or do we wait for it to come to town."

"Well you can always use your clones to cover what you don't do." She tried to stifle a yawn but failed miserably.

"Were you up all night reading again?" he asked while taking note of her yawn.

"Not all night..." Twilight tried to argue until she saw the disbelieving look on his face. "I really don't have time to sleep. I open in a few minutes..." she began only to cut herself off with another yawn.

"You need sleep Twilight. I can cover for you." he suggested.

"You'd do that? Well, I appreciate you offering but Spike can handle things here if I need to get some rest." She yawned and Naruto could see just how much effort she was putting in keeping her eyes open.

"Anytime someone is about to fall asleep before its even sunrise is a good indicator they need sleep. Though, all things considered this place has a nice view." Naruto remarked as he glanced out one of the windows.

"Oh," she said as she followed the stallion's gaze towards the sky. "Hey, I know. You can get a really great view upstairs on my little observatory. Well, it's not really an observatory, I mean, it's really not what you think of when you hear the word observatory, but I like to…" she trailed off her nervous rambling as she noticed him staring at her.

"I'll agree to this if you agree to get some sleep afterwards ok?"

She nodded happily as she led Naruto upstairs. As he trailed behind her he couldn't help but glance around the library. As expected of Twilight the place was spotless. Nothing but the pile of books she brought him was on the table.

On the other side of the door was a small platform with a railing lining its edge. A rather large telescope was attached to a part of the railing, pointing towards the sky. The deck proved a bit on the small side, though there was plenty of room for the two of them.

Naruto approached the edge of the deck, his chest leaning gently against the railing. Below him was the all-encompassing sight of Ponyville that only a view from above could ever present. The sun began to rise as the buildings in the background covered slants of it magnificence. Its soft orange glow slowly began to brighten as yellow warmth pierced through the towns eerie shadows.

"Beautiful," he whispered beneath his breath. Not too long after he was greeted by the soft sound of snoring. Twilight had fallen asleep against one of the rails. A smile formed on Naruto's face as he shook his head. Lifting Twilight up he tossed her onto his back and trailed to her room. He entered her room, pulling back the covers and tucking her in. "Pleasant dreams Twilight." Naruto softly said as he closed the door behind him and went downstairs to open up.

Later that evening Naruto walked into one of the local stores in search of a map. He walked in and greeted the store owner, an earth pony stallion with chestnut colored fur and a rose red mane. He was an older stallion by the looks of him. Dress in a washed out shirt and overall.

"What can I do for ya?"

"I need any maps of the surrounding area, especially those around the Everfree Forest. The more recent the map is the better."

"The whole town is cheering you on Naruto. I hope ya put down that creature hunting down those poor fillies. I have a filly around the age of those missing ones and my heart goes out to those young ones parents."

"If everything goes according to plan then all manner of creatures will be dealt with." Naruto promised. The shop owner soon returned with the requested maps. "How much will it cost?" Naruto asked as he brought out a bag from his satchel.

"Fifteen bits. I'm afraid the maps aren't too recent seeing as only the bravest or foolish dare go near the Everfree and not many of them tend to have a lick of book sense."

Naruto bid the shop keep farewell as he made a stop on his next destination.

Naruto started to familiarize himself with the maps.

The environment around the Everfree would be important to know.

He continued studding the geography when he suddenly ran into somepony.

"Narry!" He was embraced by the enthusiastic mare.

. "Are you having a great morning? I'm having a great morning!" she trailed off as Naruto did his best to follow what the ball of energy was relaying to him. "And…that's why you don't eat pies at 3 AM in the morning? Ooh is that a treasure map? Are you hunting for treasure? Can I come? Can I?" Pinkie had switched from practically mounting him to excitedly bouncing around him.

"Sorry Pinks still on official business. My team and I are going to hunt down those creatures that's been kidnapping the unicorn kids."

Almost immediately Pinkie began to deflate. She didn't lose her characteristic fluffs, but she had stopped bouncing around like she was previously.

"Naruto…" Pinkie Pie began in a subdued tone, lacking the luster of her usual energetic bluster. "When you go out there don't take any unnecessary risks ok?"

"Of course." He softly answered. "I'll be ok Pinkie." He said as Pinkie shied away.

"Becareful when you go after those awful meanies okay. You've been getting yourself hurt way too much lately and I don't want to lose you." Naruto found himself pulled down for a Pinkie Pie style kiss. Basically a regular kiss, but sweeter and often followed by a different flavor. Today was Lemon. The other day it was blueberry. Only Pinkie Pie could have different flavor kisses.

"Come on I'll be fine. I'll be back before you know it." He assured her, gently caressing her cheek.

"I'll be by my room later when you get the chance." With that Pinkie finally began channeling her usual energy. Well with the maps in hand it was time for find Nightwing and Bright Star and continued with their mission.

"It's been a while since I've been in these depths." Naruto announced as he, Nightwing, and Bright Star began adventuring into the forbidden forest.

"So this is the Everfree Forest, huh… I can't believe anything would want to live in such a creepy place." Bright Star said as she glanced around.

"Bright Star keep focus." Nightwing hissed at her as he used his wing to keep her from stepping on a venomous snake. "Use your head more." Of all the times for Bright Star to be so careless he didn't expect he would have to chide her when they were on such an important mission from the princesses.

"Hey chill it Nightwing. I don't need you to lecture me." The Unicorn huffed. She wished he stopped treating her like she was an idiot.

"Maybe if you took things more seriously I wouldn't have two."

"Cut it out you two!" Naruto snapped at them. The two recoiled at the sharp tone of Naruto's voice. The fact that they were snapping at each other was a good indicator of how nervous they were. After all, no amount of training could ever replace actual battlefield experience. "You two have to focus. Now is not the time for childish bickering. You are members of the Night Guard so act like it!" Harsh sure, but it needed to be said. Those under his command were not going to be weak or foolish. If he could help it then none of them would die except by natural causes.

"Forgive us captain/I'm sorry captain." They apologized.

"Its fine, just keep your emotions under control." He cautioned them as they continued pushing deeper into the forest. Sounds from creatures of the night to moving shrubbery assailed their ears, not giving them a chance to relax.

"Nightwing I need you to take to the air. I need to know if you can see this formation on the map anywhere nearby." Naruto went through his bag and pulled out a map.

Taking the map Nightwing took to the skies. "This place gives me the creeps…" Bright Star remarked in an obvious manner. "What if there's more than one Bugaboo? And how are we supposed to capture it? We didn't bring any supplies to capture it."

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it." Naruto lied. Whether or not, they would end up getting information from the creature, Naruto fully intent on killing this creature.

The trio continued their search as the sun began to go down. Bright Star's horn being the only thing to illuminate their darkening path. "This is new territory for me." Naruto did his best to only go a reasonable length into the forest to avoid getting lost. So far no sighting of the Bugaboo and unfortunately Noi had been too emotionally distraught from her situation to give any directions to where she was taken by the creature.

"You hear that?" Nightwing asked as they came to a stop. The sound of dead leaves crunching under their hoof steps came to a stop. A cool breeze coursed through the forest as the foliage took to the air. Low growls resonated around them.

"Hhm…I guess we're having yet another bout. I've been wondering where you've been hiding after all this time….Timberwolves." Naruto said as several bodies leaped from the darkness. The Lunar Guard reacted accordingly. Naruto dashed past the side of one wolf and brought his hand forward splitting the creature's skull in two.

Bringing out his concealed knife Nightwing floated up out of the reach of the snarling creatures, doing a spin and diving down towards the creatures. The knife was shoved deep into the back of the creature's neck while Bright Star used her magic to blast them into little wooden bits.

A few wolves regenerated and began their second attack.

With a spin kick Naruto launched two Timberwolves into the nearby lake. The remaining Timberwolves regrouped as they readied for a second attack.

"Big mistake!" Naruto remarked as he brought his right hoof down into the ground. Suddenly the Wolves found themselves sucked into the ground and buried six feet under by earth. "Let's continue." Naruto suggested as they continued their trek. Movement among the foliage caught the trio's attention.

"Bright Star." Naruto called as the unicorn nodded and fed magic into her tip lighting up their location. Emerging from behind the bushes was a massive ape like creature. The creature swiped its arms causing the trio to dodge. "Take it down!"

"Conjantus!" Bright Star shouted as a pulse of magic shot from her horn. The blast of magic slammed into a tree and caused it to explode into several chunks of wood. The creature let out a shirking howl and began scrambling through the forest.

"Don't lose sight of it." Naruto ordered.

"I'll go high!" Nightwing shouted and with a flap of his wings took to the air. Naruto and Bright Star began running after the creature. Leaping over a downed tree their hooves stamped against the ground as they chased after the surprisingly agile creature.

"Ignitus!" Bright Star shouted again only for the creature to suddenly turn to the right avoiding the spell. "Aah darnit!" the unicorn shouted.

Focusing all his chakra into his hooves Naruto shot forward and crashed into the Bugaboo. Right before Naruto could plummet over Nightwing shot down and grabbed his captain by the shoulders, slowing the descent as the Bugaboo went falling down to the ground before.

Raven began making her way down the cliff side using the crevices.

The Bugaboo seemed no worse for wear as it got on its feet and let out a feral growl. It began charging towards Naruto and Nightwing.

"Conjantus!" the unicorn's spell hit the Bugaboo's eyes causing it to howl in pain and flail around. Taking advantage of the distraction Naruto angled around the creature and shot forward landing a solid blow sending it flying across the area and into the very Cliffside they tumbled over.

"Unless you want to suffer more I suggest you stay down."

The Bugaboo didn't take kindly to his taunting and immediately charged him. The force of the creature's attempt to charge him resulted in the tree being uprooted. Naruto landed on all fours on the opposite side of the creature. "You're just a mindless brute aren't you? You hardly know better, unfortunately for you we have to eliminate you."

The Bugaboo charges towards them. Faster than the creature could react something surged right by it and the next thing the creature knew it felt pain. The wet sensation and coppery smell there was nothing the creature hadn't experienced before. The damage to its limb was definitely something unknown to the creature.

The Dark Pegasus slightly adjusted the now bloody blade in his hand.

"Petrifiyus!"

The creature landed on the ground, completely paralyzed by the spell. Naruto walked over to the paralyzed creature. "Three lives. The lives of three little fillies are on your hands Bugaboo. I assure you your master will be joining you in the afterlife shortly. Bright Star if you will." He said as Bright Star stepped forward.

The Unicorn nodded and began to silently chant. She pressed her horn into the creature's skull and her aura began to wash over the creature. Her will and consciousness began tearing at the mental barrier of the creature until nothing was left. With its mental shields gone nothing stopped Bright Star from having free roam inside its mind. A minute passed in silence as Nightwing put away his blade and Naruto collected his thoughts.

Meanwhile Bright Star was immobile as a solid statue. The only noise that could be heard was faint breathing and heartbeats as the Unicorn continued to use her magic to drain what knowledge the creature had. Finally the connection was broken and a sharp gasp escaped her lips. "Twilight Sparkle is in trouble! The creature's master plans on draining her of her magic."

Bright Star and Nightwing recoiled back at the sudden explosion of power that radiated from their captain. Like a rocket he shot off back towards Ponyville before it was too late.

Ever since she was a filly the stars had intrigued Twilight Sparkle. Though she could never pinpoint what part of the stars had actually peaked her interest. To the normal eye they were small twinkling dots, but in reality they were balls of gas that burned with so much energy that the light that radiated from them traveled across the whole galaxy.

One of the things Twilight enjoyed more than anything was spending her nights examining the stars and her favorite constellations. Tonight was no exception as she prepared for a night of star gazing. Prepped with bags she made her journey towards the hills. Setting up her telescope and blanket Twilight began gazing at the stars. Suddenly a cold chill passed through her, which was stranger considering she was wearing a rather heavy jacket, snow boots, and plenty of other winter clothing.

She had made sure to double and then triple check with the weather ponies beforehand the exact temperature for tonight so she would be appropriately dressed.

She went back to studying the stars only to notice a shadow began obscuring her light. She looked up from her telescope and began addressing what she thought was another pony. "Oh hello excuse me do you mind… " she trailed off as she came face to face with a mammalian creature of the Chiroptera persuasion. A terrified scream escaped Twilight's lips as the creature lunged at her.

Fun Triviva.

The Bugaboo used to be called Bugbear. (Prior to the existence of one this season.)

Bright Star used to be called Raven. (Prior to my discovery that there is a character called Raven and is Celestia's student.