(Everfree Forest)
(The Next Morning)

Kotetsu was the first to wake up and he decided to walk around the forest in solitude, rather than having his cousin who can be silent or Nouka who he saw as a lovable bumbling idiot. “This place is pretty dark. It’d be scary if I didn’t have a Sharingan and good night vision.” Kotetsu had seen how the forest canopy doesn’t allow light to pierce it but it wasn’t a deterrent to his activity as much as it was an annoyance to deal with the occasional creature bothering him. So far he’d burned a Timberwolf and just scared off a Manticore

“That wasn’t Zeko, but they smelled similar so maybe a friend?” Lachlan suspected Kotetsu of knowing Zeko or having met him, he noticed the similarities between the two and figured they knew each other

“So there’s Lion bat scorpions in this world... wonder what they’d taste like. This forest is pretty damn weird though, no wonder Zeko likes it so mu-“ Kotetsu bumped into a statue and nearly knocked it over but it stopped its tilting. “The hell was that? Wait isn’t this that librarian girl?” Kotetsu investigates and saw that the statue was in fact Twilight Sparkle. He tapped on the stone and used his Sharingan to see her life network. “This is her, and this isn’t a genjutsu either... something tough did this.” A noise came from a bush revealing a rooster. Kotetsu threw a kunai where it was, forcing it to move and reveal that it had a wyverian body with green scales.

The creature hissed at Kotetsu and flew to him attempting to land a bite but Kotetsu’s visual prowess predicted the attack and let him dodge. “Ok small but fierce. You remind me of a certain red haired person.” He went for his sword but realized he didn’t have it. “Shit I’m not in my real clothes. I left em at Zeko’s!” He kicked the creature when it tried to strike him with its tail but it wasn’t fazed by the hit and nearly landed the hit but Kotetsu replaced himself with a log and appeared a distance away. Before either could make a move the reptilian bird looked Kotetsu in the eyes

“That’s a weird... what in the?” Kotetsu looked and saw that his legs were slowly turning to stone. “SHIT!” The creature came over and saw that Kotetsu was fully encased in the stone and pushed the statue over making it shatter. But there was no flesh like it expected, instead spiders came from the husk confusing the creature

“Ok chicken-lizard, playtime’s done.” Kotetsu made the animal turn and face him. “Try and turn me to stone again, you’re gonna fail and I’ll have breakfast.” The animal hissed and stared at Kotetsu but he didn’t change which confused the creature until it looked and saw that the sky was dark with a red moon and the ground was coated in purple. It tried to move but couldn’t budge and then it saw a pack of Timberwolves approach and close in, mouths open and snarling they got closer and pounced...

Of course this was all an illusion brought by the opponent with stronger eyes but an animal had no way of telling the difference.

“You saved me? How and what happened?” Twilight asked while holding her head

“That thing turned you to stone so I had to reverse the effect by tricking it into looking at you again.” Kotetsu explained and made Twilight’s eyes grow larger

“You stared down a Cockatrice and won?! How strong are your eyes? I don’t even think Fluttershy’s stare could beat a Cockatrice!” Kotetsu was snickering at the name of the monster he faced against but Twilight was only confused at his laughing

“What’s so funny about handling a Cockatrice? They’re pretty hard to manage.” More snickering until Twilight our two and two together and covered her mouth and blushed

“I just can’t believe... the name... ok, it tried to turn me into stone but my spiders are pretty helpful and then I just locked it in genjutsu.”

“Zeko told me about that, It traps your mind doesn’t it?”

“He’s stupid.” Twilight raised a brow and blinked in surprise. “Genjutsu is way more complicated than just trapping the mind, you can alter what someone perceives as reality and make them experience something that isn’t happening. Zeko’s Rinnegan gives him a good resistance so only the strongest stuff works on him so he thinks it’s just trapping the mind.”

“He seemed so confident when he told me that, so he doesn’t know as much as he let’s on does he?”

“No he does, he just has a different experience so it’s not wrong but it’s not right. He wasn’t allowed to get to a higher point in the academy so he taught himself.”

“That’s still impressive if he knows what he’s talking about and figured things out on his own. I’d personally prefer a teacher so I could have the best guidance possible.”

“Dumbass never liked being taught, I’m not much different though.”

“I’ve been meaning to ask... you two are family and friends but you’re so mean to one another, why is that? Friends can’t act this way, I mean I’ve studied friendship for this long and it goes against everything I’ve learned as a student of Princess Celestia.”

“Well did Celestia ever tell you that different kinds of friendship exist?” Zeko’s voice was heard from the canopy making Kotetsu and Twilight look upwards but were nothing short of surprised when Zeko sprang from the ground level trees and slammed his arm into Kotetsu, sending him reeling across the ground “You’re up early, let me guess... you went on a hunt and encountered something freaky so...” Zeko stopped once he saw the smile Kotetsu had right as he walked over to him. “What uh-What are you up to-AH!” Kotetsu wrapped his arms around his cousins neck and held him

“Apologize now!”

“You know I’d die before I did that.” Kotetsu tightened the grip

“Just apologize and I’ll let you go.”

“You wouldn’t kill me like this and you know it.” The grip tightened more

“Wouldn’t I? I don’t see why not?”

“It’s not the fight that would change the face of the world, that’s what we both want.” Zeko pointed out which made Kotetsu think

“I guess that’s right. Fine but you do something like that again and I’ll kick you in the shin.” Kotetsu released Zeko who flopped to the ground, concerning Twilight but her brain nearly shut down when he jumped back up as if nothing happened, the only sign he’d been in a headlock was him rubbing the side of his neck

“Not a bad headlock but you were way too far to the right, I’m not gonna suffocate with something like that.”

“...Shut up.” Kotetsu said before turning and heading back to the sand dwelling leaving Zeko and Twilight, the latter being incredibly confused by the previous events

“So Twilight is there a reason you’re out here or did that thing just turn you to stone and bring you to the forest?” Zeko looked and saw Twilight’s face was blank, even after waving a hand in front of her she didn’t move. “Oh boy...”

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(Golden Blade Base)
(2 hours later)

“So a bunch of mercenaries that handle jobs? That’s why you got kidnapped by a bunch of lady ponies?” Kotetsu questioned while smiling at Zeko who was slowly turning red

“I... let them... take me to their village. It was the only way I could figure out where the stallions went, I figured since they lived in the forest they knew!”

“Sure you did...” Kotetsu said right before Zeko was grabbed and ended up between the noticeable bust of a mare wearing a black shirt and plated leggings

“Zeko! You’re back, you took way more time than I thought you would!” The mare said as she shook the shinobi with happiness, Zeko however didn’t appreciate her actions and decided to leave a water clone in his place and reappear next to Kotetsu

“Hello Diamond-chan.” Zeko was unenthused at the actions of his female guild mate

“Did-Did you just call her chan? You’ve never added that to anyone’s name... is she your girlfriend? I’m not judging, she is kind offfff...” Kotetsu trailed off once he noticed that Zeko’s water clone left Diamond drenched and her shirt was clinging to her chest leaving very little to Kotetsu’s imagination

“Aw, Zeko you’ve gone and made me wet... I hope you don’t mind drying me off.” Diamond said suggestively with half lidded eyes, meanwhile Kotetsu had been making a noise like a broken motor

“Urgg. Damn it why did I have to be with Shiro? Then again she never said anything about it having to be a human girl to count as cheating...”

“You go ahead and find out, I’ll be sure to tell her about it.” Zeko smirked

“On second thought I’ll just close my eyes and sit down... maybe turn around too.” Kotetsu did as he said but that didn’t stop Diamond and her taunting

“Oh! Are you Zeko’s brother?” She walked closer and leaned down to Kotetsu. “I’ve always wanted to try it with two boys at the same time...” This earned another strange groan from Kotetsu but Diamond was shocked when he started to vanish into his eye right before her. “Where’d he go?”

“Why do you have to act like this? I’m just used to ignoring it but really why all the flirtatiousness?” Zeko asked, sincerely wanting an answer from the mare who embarrassed him for a week straight when he initially joined

“I don’t just do it to anypony, I only do it to stallions I think are cute... and younger since you’re so easy to tease. But I’m still wet so are you gonna dry me out?” She asked again to Zeko’s confusion

“Don’t you mean off?” She shook her head to his question but before he could ask further Kotetsu came back and Hunter showed up

“Zeko, Fortis wants to speak to you and I guess your cousin.” Zeko and Kotetsu sighed in relief while Diamond huffed. The duo walked to Fortis’ room in the guild and knocked on the door which opened revealing the leader of the guild

“Zeko, I’ve got a mission for you.” Zeko raised an eyebrow

“I’m guessing you don’t get missions from this guy that often?” Kotetsu questioned

“No, I never have. I got told a mission from him was always something important.” Zeko informed to Fortis’ surprise but he smiled and decided to elaborate

“Yes it’s true you wouldn’t normally get a mission from me, but this one seemed best for you Zeko. We’ve been getting reports of strange events happening in different parts of Equestria; objects disappearing, gardens growing things that don’t grow from the ground, houses vanishing only to appear where they weren’t before and sometimes just floating in the air.” Fortis explained to the duo who’s eyes widened throughout the explanation

“If this stuff is happening all over how am I supposed to find out how if there’s no source?”

“That’s the thing, the disturbances are happening the most in the area surrounding Canterlot, the source must be in that area, and I’m sure the Princesses can help you find it.”

“Well let’s go find this thing and stop it.” Kotetsu said which made Zeko and Fortis notice that his hair was wet, when he noticed the looks he was getting he decided to let them know why. “I had to cool off from that Diamond girl.”

“Yes she is rather suggestive, but she means well most of the time and I feel she has a liking towards Zeko.” Fortis added

“Not mutual, let’s go Kotetsu.” Zeko grabbed his cousin and walked away passing Diamond in the process who made a joke about it being cold and showing off her... assets to accentuate her point, which earned nosebleeds from Kotetsu and Zeko.

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(Canterlot Outskirts)
(15 minutes later)

“You think Shiro would be okay with Diamond, y’know if she were to ask to join in on-“

“Let me stop you right there and say that I don’t want to hear it.” Zeko interrupted his older cousin in his hypothetical debauchery as the two ran at speeds that would challenge Rainbow Dash at her finest. “Anyway we’re here so look around for any weird display of magic.” The pair slowed down and activated their Dōjutsu and searched for strange energy signals. “This is gonna take a while since it’s a large area to cover but we just have to be consistent with our-“

“FOUND IT!” Zeko’s ears were ringing at Kotetsu’s scream but he recovered quickly once he saw the swirling ripple in the air. “Some kinda weird energy is leaking from this, it reminds me of the ripples that I jumped through to find you but your chakra isn’t there.” Kotetsu explained what he saw while Zeko was nothing short of speechless for what he was experiencing, to say he wanted to stare at the amalgam of mixed energy for days on end was not enough of a description but he was cut off once a voice spoke to the duo

“Oh are you boys enjoying my little tear?” The shinobi were on guard once they heard the voice which must have noticed their feelings. “Calm down you two, I just want to talk... this time. You’ve been up to a bunch of chaotic things Zeko. I’m impressed with what you two can do together.”

“How the hell do you know us? Have you been watching him since he got here?” Kotetsu questioned, locking in on the ripple which started to turn dark purple

“That thing’s changing... it’s not as beautiful.” Zeko mourned, making Kotetsu roll his eyes. “Back to business, who the hell are you?”

“I go by a few names but you can call me your helper, I’m somewhat responsible for you making it to this world. That portal Twilight opened wasn’t enough to take you here so I helped...” Zeko and Kotetsu slowly lowered their weapons and listened. “And I have a gift for you, it’ll help connect you to the alternate realms.” Two coins emerged from the fissure, which Zeko caught and examined

“Alternate realms? What would they have to do with anything? And what are these for?

“Hmm, well in a way you’re what I’d call a displaced. That means you were brought to this world by an outside source. Now usually you’d be brought here by my friend who goes by the name ‘The Merchant’ but he just takes people from their worlds and put them in realities revolving around this one, usually after he gives them some sort of overpowering strength just because they were willing to spend thousands of their hard earned money on props and-“

“Again What does that have to do with the coins? And the other realities? You’re just making more questions instead of answering them.” Kotetsu added to the question Zeko initially asked

“You two aren’t all that fun, you speak a message into one token and toss it into this tear, it’ll go to the other realms and if someone wants your help then they can ask. You might come across objects connected to others and can ask them for help, the one you keep let’s you know if a token is nearby and if someone wants you.” Zeko looked at the ringed coin and realized it greatly resembled his Rinnegan but decided that must’ve been to show his connection to it.

He held it on his palm and decided to speak a simple message. “The names Kusanabe Zeko, if you want a good fight, or need help then contact me. If you’re evil then you should just ignore this unless you wanna die painfully, better yet contact me so I can take care of a problem.” The coin began to glow a dim purple to which Zeko tossed it into the fissure where it was sucked inside. “So based on this interaction I can tell you’re why these disturbances have been happening, and I just need to know why and if you’ll stop?”

The fissure dimmed in intensity before returning to its previous resonance. “Well I did this for your attention since you’d been here so long and we hadn’t met, and as for why... it’s just chaotic. I mean taking people from worlds of violence, hate and war then putting them in a land where peace is prevalent, it’s just amazing to sit back and watch what happens. Now my friend might be disgruntled over me giving you a token since you didn’t go through the whole Comic-Con interaction with him but the chaos you’ve caused in almost two months has just been too good, so I think he’ll forgive me thanks to the opportunities. With that I must say goodbye but we’ll get to meet in person eventually and all I can say is that your worst enemy...” The fissure began to move erratically making Kotetsu and Zeko get into defensive positions until it changed, resembling a mirror with their Dōjutsu being in the opposing eye. “Is yourself. Hehe, haha... HAAHAAHA!” The voice cackled loudly and began to sound more and more distant until the rift closed and it stopped entirely, leaving two shinobi shocked from the experience.

“So you were taken here to be a part of some experiment just to make mayhem? I can buy that. I just don’t get how you getting help from others would matter.” Kotetsu broke the silence with his statement as the two turned and started running back to Ponyville to tell Nouka what had occurred.

“That reminded me of that crazy lady who captured us and put us in that maze, it was like a game to her and it’s a game to... whoever that just was...”

“So what? You can just come back to our dimension and act like this never happened.”

“You know I don’t work like that, if someone wants to mess with me that’s fine but when you make it seem like a joke then I gotta take part.” Zeko replied as the two picked up speed and began to leave a trail of dust

“So whats the plan from this point?” Kotetsu asked, already knowing the answer and smiling because of it

“Oh, we’re playing his game, I could tell you figured out he’s damn strong and you’re as excited as me. But we’re not just playing for fun...” They leapt over a gorge that was in their way and landed on the other side and looked back

“We’re playing to win...” They said simultaneously before starting to run again.

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Author's Notes:

Yes... yes... and yes... the effort that went into this was tremendous. Now to clear some things up:
1. No Zeko isn’t displaced but think about it; who would benefit from people used to violence being put into a peaceful world of ponies or pony people in this case? If your answer isn’t a being of chaos then I’m concerned about your mental condition
2. Realistically speaking the displaced would be in different realities since they all get sent to a version of the universe but can’t interact otherwise
3. Last but not least I made this move so I can have other crossovers which I won’t usually consider canon(like a DBZ movie, it’s amazing but didn’t happen in the timeline) but some will be involved

This was a long explanation but I hope you all enjoyed until next time since I can’t figure out a steady upload schedule.