Author's Notes:

I wish I did this faster so you all weren’t in anticipation, but here’s the second one and I’ll see you next week.

Side note: Yes these three have done this dance before, they’re a dysfunctional team

(Kamui realm)
(Time is immeasurable)

“Almighty Push!” Intense winds pushed in the direction of Zeko’s outstretched hand, but again he failed in creating a fissure in the air of Kotetsu’s realm. “Why isn’t it working?!” Zeko was frustrated by his attempts to rupture the dimension as he’d done in the past and the disapproval in Kotetsu’s eyes didn’t help him deal with his slowly rising anger. “Don’t say anything! That’s the third one and I don’t want to hear your voice right now!” Kotetsu visibly winced at his cousin’s words and started thinking to himself.

“Well at the very least being in pony world for so long hasn’t made him soft, he’s still the same person. Good to know we’ll be back to normal when he’s done with this.” Kotetsu twirled a kunai while he thought about his cousin’s tantrum over his failure.

“Damn it!” Zeko resorted to punching the ground below him in a fit of anger, induced by his inability to do something he’d done fairly easily in the past. “This doesn’t make sense I should’ve gotten stronger so how-“ He battered the ground and managed to move some of the purple earth beneath him.

“If you’d calm down for a second.” Zeko’s head snapped to look at Kotetsu. “We both have two eyes now right? Maybe when I got that copy’s it strengthened my kamui, to the point where you might never be able to break it again.” Kotetsu put a hand on Zeko’s shoulder to help calm him but Zeko continued to bash the ground. “I think I know how to cheer you up, we need to interrogate that missing-nin and I’ve got the perfect way how.” Kotetsu warped away while Zeko picked himself up and left through the same rift he came in through, leaving Zeko alone to think about what was happening.

“There’s gotta be a way to do this... I’m just not thinking hard enough!” The crimson haired teen thought as he walked out of the castle and saw Nouka speaking to guards and the members of the mane six. He walked over towards them and started to hear Nouka explaining something to them.

“They run off and try to start a cause away from the village bet we say ‘nope’ and stop them, ayeeh!” The few ponies around him winced at the sound but once Zeko came over they looked his way. “Zeko! Kotetsu said we have to figure out how he got here and what he knows.” Nouka moves over to hi five his friend but missed when Zeko passed him and approached the bound ninja, stooping down to his level Zeko took the headband off of the stone nin.

“Give that ba-Grf!” Zeko’s heel was in the bound human’s mouth. Zeko held the item and looked at the shinobi with disdain.

“Kotetsu really hates cowards but Zeko can’t stand traitors, especially to their own village.” Nouka explained while Zeko continued to grind his heel into the traitorous ninja’s mouth.

“So if I’m right you’re gonna be having a terrible time when Kotetsu comes back so just cough up how and why you got here and you won’t be hurt.” He removed his shoe and was spat at by the rogue.

“Like hell I would! You’d just figure out a way to claim all of this for your own villages and-“ He was cut off by Kotetsu placing a boom box mere feet away.

“Disc’s in there, did he spill yet or what?” He questioned with his Sharingan still active as Zeko produced a wire from his red sleeve. “So I’m guessing he didn’t?” With a flourish of the hands, flinging of rope and the creation of a two sand poles with a connective middle portion... The rogue ninja was hanging by his hands with wire and had sand encasing his feet.

“I don’t know where I got a magnifying glass from but it works for this pretty well huh?” He used some spare wire to hold the magnifying glass directly under the sun and focus the light into the eye of the rogue shinobi, namely his pupil.

“Hey! I don’t think there’s a need for that.” Zeko turned and saw a familiar face. “It’s me Fortified Wall, been a while hasn’t it? Why are you doing that to him? This isn’t how an interrogation should work.”

Wall got no response as Zeko walked over to the bound ninja. “Last chance to tell us what happened to you and how you got here.” An angered mutter and attempted kick to the face was given by the rogue but then the effects of the light in his eye started to kick in and he stopped fighting in place of thrashing angrily.

“What can’t handle a little light there pal? That’s a shame since he gave you a chance to avoid this.” Zeko was silent as he walked to the boom box while Kotetsu snickered at the bound ninja and the ponies watched on in shock.

At this point Zeko pressed a button on the music player and started a song.

(Choreography in order: Zeko, Kotetsu, Nouka)

https://youtu.be/AQx_KMoCgJU

Vocal percussion on a whole 'nother level coming from my mind.

Zeko started walking in place before moving to more intricate moves

Vocal percussion on a whole 'nother level coming from my mind

Snapping his fingers in rhythm

Aaah, We're Golden Wind
Kono me amareri maroreri merare maro

Shifting to the right he moved towards Kotetsu who joined in and performed the finishing cross while Nouka looked at them.

Aaah, We're Golden Wind
Kono me amareri maroreri merare maro

Kotetsu looked the rogue in the eyes and started his interrogation, pulling him into a purple world. Nouka joined the dance

It's like a burning sunrise Ahi makareru makare punpun kete

Explosions racked the rogue’s body, causing great pain.

It's like a burning sunset
Ahi makareru makare punpun kete

Spiders bit into his body, sending searing pain through him

It's like a burning sunrise
Ahi makareru makare punpun kete

Sand encased the rogue and started to crush him slowly

It's like a burning sunset
Ahi makareru makare punpun kete

They ended the dance by crossing their arms once more

“So if you aren’t gonna tell us how you got here...” Kotetsu started

“We might have to get into the real torture.” Zeko finished with a smirk while in the real world they had only performed the dance peacefully as the rogue sat motionless, nearly going blind in one eye.

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(Hours later)

“I only wish to know what form of dragon you are, I have seen many in my life but none as unique as yourself.” Ano spoke to the sand bound Sahloknir but only made him growl in fury towards her. After knowing of him for a month now she tried her best to communicate but only got fragments of sentences or complete phrases in a separate language.

“Zu’u Sahloknir! I will not bow to a mere spriggan!” He nearly shouted despite the chakra rod through the roof of his mouth. This was quickly his anguish as he suffered a massive headache right as some bushes started to rustle, out of the flora came Zeko.

“I’m back again, and Sah... The rest, you might want to calm down. I can tell when you start getting too heated, that chakra rod is our communication system.”

Sahloknir sneered and looked back at his torn wing and tail, remembering how he’d lost it to a disabled foe in the first place. “The only one I would bow to is Alduin, mere mortal! Once I am free I will rend your very soul boy!” Another headache pained the dragon. “Fo-“ His mouth opened wide with ice crystals forming on his teeth.

“Uh oh.”

“Krah Diin!” A great blast of ice breath went straight for Zeko but his hand was outstretched and the attack was quickly absorbed, and Sahloknir was angered. “Are you a damned mage? You absorbed my thu’um with no strain, what power do you have that defies the dovah?”

Zeko was visibly confused but decided to clear himself of additional energy at that point. “Hm!” Using his lightning style armor to sift through his additional reserve. “Look I don’t know what you’re talking about but I know that I absorbed your chakra and here I am using it, and I want to know how you work since dragons in my world are mythical or at least we haven’t seen them. What is your sage mode like?” The immobile dragon sat there with an expression Zeko could only read as confused. “Your natural chakra? How did you manage to turn from snake to dragon, and what is your natural energy?”

“I don’t understand you mortal, my thu’um is mighty and you stole its magic... Hmm are you possibly...”

“If I may... Zeko I’ve been meaning to tell you that the very air in Equestria May be different than what you know. The world is tuned with nature and as such it contains a great deal of energy, I’ve noticed that you can take this directly.”

Zeko pondered her words as he stopped using his armor, and quickly put his arms behind his head. “Gathering natural chakra has been really easy here, it’d take me an hour to do it normally back in my world but here it’s just a few minutes... I should’ve noticed earlier but I’ve been preoccupied with my other things.”

Kotetsu warped from his dimension and appeared next to Zeko with a smirk. “Apparently there’s already a rift in my kamui and he used it to get here. Also he’s really sorry about being a bully when he was younger, so let’s find this rift.” He placed a hand on Zeko and sent the two into the realm once again. “It should be nearby so keep your eyes peeled for anything-“

“Almighty Push!” The cry made Kotetsu look over and see that not only had his cousin found the very rift in question but he’d already launched an attack to open it even wider. The tear started to violently expand before opening and forcing the two in. “My head... What happened?” Zeko got up and when he looked around he saw the outskirts of-

“The Hidden Stone, Zeko! That stupid plan actually worked.” Kotetsu sent the two back before they were spotted, in the kamui again Zeko was spinning in joy.

“Yes! I knew it’d work, just took some luck and effort. Kotetsu I can get home anytime now, and I can make the wedding! When is it anyway?”

Kotetsu looked up to signify thought and managed to recall his answer. “Exactly twenty two days from now.” Zeko went back through the rift to Canterlot And was met by the mane six and Nouka who had the rogue ninja on a spider.

“What’d I miss?” The crimson haired teen questioned

“Well I talked to Shining Armor and I guess I’m ok with his wedding, I just wish I could’ve known about it even sooner.” Nouka took the time to come up to Zeko who placed a hand on the missing ninja’s head. Once he removed it Nouka exited through the rift to meet his other friend.

“Better than not knowing until the last minute, when is the wedding anyway?” Zeko started for the door.

Rainbow Dash decided to answer the question. “It’s in twenty two days, weird huh?” Zeko froze in place when he heard the answer.

“Did you say twenty two days? As in three weeks and a day?” He turned his head to see them.

“Yes and it will be a fantastic gathering, I can’t believe that I get to make dresses for a princess and a captain!” Rarity was visibly exited and the remainder of the group started chatting about their places while Zeko stood right in front of the door.

He managed to whisper-scream his next words so he’d be unnoticed in the matter but his feelings weren’t negated. “I hate my life!”

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