● In the TARDIS
With the 10th Doctor

Donna stared at the babies, as they cuddled each other in their crib. Her face just outside of it as she bent over to look at them. Danny was pressed to her side, staring at them. The Doctor was standing a bit aways from them as he cleaned up the nursery.

"They're... human?" Danny blinked.

The babies had been flying around, breathing fire at each other and somehow not burning anything in the room. Then they just kinda laid down. Their extra appendages bending back into them. Their eyes shrunk in size and their teeth flattened. Even their hair turned from needle like spikes to regular human hair... well kinda regular. It was still different colors then human shades.

The Doctor smiled, "No need to insult them."

Donna rolled her eyes, "You know what he means. Limbs don't just... crawl back inside of you."

"Saiyans have an ability to do minor shapeshifting in order to increase their physical power." The Doctor explained in a way no one understood, "However they cannot maintain that indefinitely, not without training. It puts a lot of strain on the body and causes quite a large amount of soreness afterwards. Their current transformation just increases their power by a factor of 5. But they can't hold it for very long. The only reason they were able to hold it for so long is because of their sheer Chakra reserves."

"Well they are resting who should look into going out into adventures of our own." The Doctor smiled... and quickly left the room before Donna could say anything.

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"Adventures!" Donna gaped, finding the Doctor in the control room. She made sure to tell Danny to watch the babies as the grownups talked. "How can you THINK of going on adventures when we have an army of children to look after?"

"You heard Danny." The Doctor ran around the console flipping switches. "If he doesn't act on his ghostly obsession it will have horrible side effects. His obsession has already started to twist due to trauma."

"What does that even mean 'Twist'," Donna groaned.

The Doctor paused as he tried to explain, "An Obsession for a ghost isn't like an obsession for the living. It is a biological drive, like an instinct. For Danny's particular breed of ghost it is the source of their powers and a reflection of their soul. Danny's instincts are starting to change due to gaining a drastically different perspective of life. That could very well be a good thing if molded correctly but if not..." the Doctor trailed off, but seeing Donna wasn't making the connection he laid it out. "He could go from Superhero to Super Villain."

Donna gaped. "You telling that sweet little boy could just poof to 'evil' because of what, biology? Ghosts don't have biology!"

"Well he's not really a ghost, more of a phantom really. See, there is a pocket dimension made up of high levels of ectoplasm. Sometimes leftover psychic energy, AKA ghosts, get trapped in there. The psychic residue gets infused by the Ectoplasm and strengthened until it gains a physical body and a true conciousness.

"Danny is more a hybrid of a phantom then a wayward spirit. Ectoplasm was bounded to his body when he died and trapped his consciousness inside his corpse. Then the Ectoplasm healed his injuries, just enough to get his body working, and well. Pop, half dead boy with superpowers. However because the Ectoplasm is what's keeping him alive he is still dependent on it, which means he can be twisted by it. It's harder because he has his human biology to repress his emotions but it is still possible. We just need to let him act out his compulsions and guide them so he won't mutate into the most terrifying monster in the universe. You follow?"

"Not a word." Donna shook her head.

The Doctor groaned, "We need to help him stay a superhero or he will lose himself to his grief and his obsession will turn him into a super villain as a defense mechanism." The Doctor paused to let that sink in... then started rambling again. "It won't be his choice, he literally won't be able to help himself, he will twist from a sad hyperactive nerd into the most terrifying demon that has ever set foot in this galaxy. His power will only grow as he gets older and if we don't help him now he will grow up to be a monster. A monster with my blood!"

Donna stared at him. "You've already seen it, haven't you?"

"Not directly, but there are a lot more unpleasant possible futures involving that boy then not... Don't worry, it wouldn't be the first time I raised a sociopath into a product member of society. You should have seen what Trunks and I did with Frieza. That boy was a right sadist but we taught him to be a good person and he grewup to be one of the greatest champions of his galaxy. Even married another champion named Goku. Had a Son that grew up to be a hero of entire dimensions... one of my proudest moments, setting that demon child on a different path. Ooooooooooh the Time Agents were right pissed at me." The Doctor chuckled.

Donna sighed, not understanding what any of that had to do with Danny. She focused her energy elsewhere. "Doctor what about the babies? You can't actually think we can bring babies on adventures."

"Of course not." The Doctor smiled as he grabbed the leaver. "That's why we need to get a baby sitter. Or rather, a 'foal' sitter," he said as he pulled the lever.

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● Equestria

Twilight Sparkle was, formally, excited about being accepted into Celestia's school for gifted Unicorns. The purple filly was barely 11 years old and had just started her magical education. She had even become the apprentice of Princess Celestia herself. She was the apprentice to the sun god!

All that was great, until she opened the door to her private room. She just finished her morning classes and needed to switch out her books before heading down to lunch with Celestia.

"What!?" The purple unicorn gaped as a furless monkey, in a nice full body suit, put a bunch of babies in a play pen.

She looked walked the room and was shocked to find it didn't look anything like it did a few hours ago. It looked like a bucking nursery! She still had her bed and her bookshelves but there was baby stuff everywhere!

"Thanks for watching the kids for us." The monkey flashed her a grin.

"But-but-" The little unicorn couldn't process what was going on.

"Here's a book on their Biology and care. Keep it safe and don't let anyone, outside the Princess, see it." The monkey handed her and she was almost distracted by the notion of a book... if it wasn't clearly a book on child rearing!

"I have class!" Was all Twilight could think to scream.

"Good, listening to those boring lectures are sure to put them to sleep." The monkey missed the obvious. "If we don't pick them up by 8, it likely means we're dead."

"DEAD!?"

"In which case you should ask Celestia to help you raise them."

"RAISE THEM!?" Twilight's voice squeaked.

"Thanks for doing this." The monkey smiled and jumped back into a blue box at the back of the room. It promptly began fading in and out of existence until it completely disappeared.

The little foal looked down at the babies cooing in their sleep. A green haired monkey yawned and opened it's eyes at Twilight. Reaching out and grabbing a fist full of her hair.

The Filly could think of one thing to say: "Whaaaaaaaaaa-"

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● Planet Shan Shen,
With the 10th Doctor.

The Doctor smiled as he and Donna walked at either side of Danny. The Doctor had a flash of walking down the streets of Gallifrey with the Master and their son... and for some strange reason that memory didn't hurt as much as it used to.

"Planet Shan Shen," the Doctor declared as he gestured towards the Asian style market distract, "the center of trade in the star system of New China. Settled by Chinese colonists in the 36th century, after they spent a few hundred years on a generational ship made up of their entire country. The other countries of Earth went in opposite directions and settled other planets. Many even developing terraforming along the way and used that to make all planets of their new system habitable. Very interesting, that."

Danny just gaped looking around. There were humans everywhere yet the world seem so... alien... IT WAS AMAZING!!! Everything seemed so retro but the devices were far more advanced.

Danny gulped as he picked up an odd looking ipod off one of the stands and read over the box. It had over 500 Yattabytes of memory! Danny didn't even know how much that was! It could even make video calls and surf the intergalactic web!!!

The Doctor smiled at Danny. "Suppose a teenage boy does need a phone."

"THIS IS A PHONE!?!" Danny gaped.

"Modeled after Android smart phones from the early 2000s. Very retro in this day and age as everyone is using Omnitools at this point, holographic computers, but that might be a bit too confusing for you. I can make a few alterations to this model so you can use it in the TARDIS." He took out his metal wand and buzzed the cash register.

The woman behind the stand smiled. "If you would like some accessories, the stand just up the alley, has a few cases for all the more popular anime."

"Weeeeeeell, maybe a case." The Doctor smiled and directed Danny away.

Danny blinked as they walked down the alley. "Why did she call it 'Anime'? I thought those were Japanese cartoons?"

The Doctor smiled. "That's the TARDIS's Telepathic Translation Matrix. She knew you wouldn't understand the dialogue of future China so she supplied a word she figured would give you the jest of what the person meant. Truthfully the TARDIS is making a rather rude comment about your own cultural ignorance since you wouldn't understand what a Donghua is, and cartoon doesn't do it justice. Anime doesn't really cover it either but at your age anime is more appropriate for American teenagers so the TARDIS let you hear 'Anime' to tell you the cartoons are for an older audience..."

"Oh... can I watch them on here?" Danny held up the box.

"Of course. They should be in a convenient app." The Doctor smiled. "We should also look into getting you a Galactic class Television so you can watch them on a bigger screen. We already have one in the family room but a teenage boy would probably like one in his own room."

"Thanks, grampa." Danny looked down at the ipod, errrr Android, and opened up the box.

"May I see it?" The Doctor asked and Danny handed it over with a shrug.

The Doctor used the same metal wand he used to pay with and buzzed the thin ipod thing as they walked down the alley. The screen was about the size of the man's hand with only a couple buttons on the sides.

The Doctor continued to buzz for several moments, a concentrated look on his face well Danny watched with interesting. Neither noticed Donna wander off.

The buzzing stopped and the Doctor grinned in victory. "There, set it to be more friendly for a Time Traveler and installed a few apps I think you will like. Also increased it's density a few thousand times. Good luck breaking that screen. Even took the liberty to set everything up for you. Just one last thing." He took out the battery and stuffed it into his coat pocket before pulling out a hour glass shaped one. He snapped it in place and closed the back. "There, now it is powered by the energy of the universe and generates it's own pirate signal to connect to the internet. No bills need apply."

Danny smiled. "Neat," He declared as the Doctor handed it back. "Thanks." finding the 'on' button and pushing the apps on the screen to check them out.

"Now where's Donna gone off?" The Doctor looked around.

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● Equestria

Twilight didn't know what to do. So she did the only thing she could do. She brought the babies to Celestia. The filly held them carefully with her magic, as they floated around her, grabbing at her while cooing and laughing at the sensation of floating. They orbited around her as if she was Equus and they were the living planets.

Celestia looked at the cluster of babies. She actually recognized one of them. Not the boy's appearance but rather his soul. Celestia stopped herself from saying what first came to mind, as she pieced together what happened to the child and possibly the otherd. A medical student really shouldn't do anything without supervision. Celestia knew why they were here with little explanation. The medical Student must be going adventuring. At least he was acting responsibly and got a trustworth foalsitter.

"A furless monkey broke into my room, FOAL PROOFED IT, then thanked me for babysitting!!!" Twilight exclaimed.

Celestia looked down at the babes, and smiled. She said, "I'm glad to hear you started up your own babysitting service," knowing full well that wasn't what happened, but assuming if the medical student trusted her apprentice to look after the children it must be for an important reason.

"What!? No- that's not-"

"I'm so proud of you, Twilight." Celestia decided to manipulate the foal, just a tiny bit. "I'm so glad you took it on yourself to repay the kindness Cadence showed to you."

Twilight was gaping, her mouth moving up and down but no sound coming out.

"Did you put an ad in the archaeologist lobby I have here in the castle?" Celestia played dumb, "That was so good of you. I know many of the older children like to help out the families of the other adventurers when their parents go on a mission for me. I wasn't expecting you to carry on the tradition so soon! Many of these children need some stability and reassurance when their parents leave on an expedition. Only colts and fillies like you really understand what they are going through after all.

"Oh THIS is making me feel so nostalgic! Your own parents have been working for me for decades before even your big brother was born. Running around in ancient ruins, uncovering lost tomes and forgotten magical artifacts from before I took physical form.

"What your parents do is so important for all of Equestria but it meant they could be gone for weeks at a time and they couldn't very well get a normal foal sitter for so long. So the older children of other explorers stepped up. Then, when Cadence came to live with me, she volunteered to help with the younger ones of the explores' children. She always did have such a compassionate heart. She is what gave me hope that the new generation of Alicorns wouldn't be like the Dynasty from before my rule. They would be more then unicorns with wings. They would truly be as enlightened as my ponies believe them to be."

Celestia smiled looking down at the foal, who now looked very considerate.

"So the monkey was one of your archaeologist?... like Mom and Dad..." The foal looked at the babies and pulled a book out of the built in pocket in her flank, "He gave me this."

Celestia tried not to gape. That was a book on Time Lord Biology and child rearing!!! She understood Twilight was important, but to trust such a young filly so much? Just what was she to the Doctor? What a minute.

Celestia floated the book over to and flipped through the pages at an alarming speed. She quickly memorized every page as they flashed by once per microsecond. .. These creatures weren't quite Time Lords, more like a mix of about half a dozen species. They were some kind of artificially created hybrid race. More like a subspecies of Time Lord, like the Time Ponies.

"I suggest you read it back to back," Celestia insisted. Floating it back, "But don't let anypony else. That ape was no ordinary monkey. He was a Time Lord, a very rare species. They are much like the Phoenix. These children are a subspecies of that, more limited in some ways but more advanced in others. Time Ponies evolved from Time Lords union with ponies."

Twilight's eyes widened. "R-really? Time Ponies like Starswirl!!!"

"Very much so." Celestia smiled, wondering if she should tell the filly The 'monkey' was Starswirl... in a way. She decided against it. Celestia was all for teasing but Twilight wouldn't resist in revealing of universe shattering paradoxes if she was confronted with her idol.

"Would you like me to watch them well you are in class?" Celestia smiled.

"Thanks for the offer Princess but you are so busy with your Princess-ly-ness I don't want to disturb you. I can handle it!"

"Very well. It's your free period right? Let me teach you some techniques to speed read well retaining more information. There is a trick to it as you must focus your magic inwards," Celestia began her lesson, using the child rearing book as the prop. So that the foal could gain a useful skill will learning everything she needed to care for the babies.

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● Shan Shen

Donna looked around the shops, before the Doctor found her without incident.

They continued to wander the shops for a few hours before going back to the TARDIS.

The Doctor didn't know why but this incredibly ordinary day felt... wrong... not just unnatural but sincerely wrong. As if something that should have happened didn't. He couldn't place it, just a feeling that something was off... not just with the day but something was off about all of time itself. It was as if the very universe was... different... he needed to look into that... but not now.

The Doctor smiled at the boy, unable to get rid of that grin even with the possibility of doom he was feeling. "Before we call it a day, and pick up your new baby brothers, how would you like to learn how to fly the TARDIS?"

The boy's eyes bugged out of his head.

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● Equestria

"THAT'S SO NOT FAIR," The Doctor whined, as he stepped out of his TARDIS.

Danny gave a bashful grin. "She must like me." He shrugged.

"I have been flying around the universe for 900 years and the TARDIS never bothered to give ME a psychic download of her operating systems!"

Donna rolled her eyes as she followed them. "Don't get jealous. She probably just enjoys seeing you plop down at the wrong place all the time."

"Doctor?" Danny blinked as he looked around the filly's room. It looked like a tornado had hit.

Books were thrown around the place and torn up, some even burned. Toys were scattered everywhere. Baby food was on the walls and Twilight... oh Twilight... she was a complete disheveled mess herself.

"Everything Alright?" The Doctor asked.

"EVERYTHING IS FINE!!!!" Twilight shrieked. "PERFECTLY FINE! WHY DO YOU ASK!?"

The Doctor gently pointed, "Your mane is on fire."

Twilight quickly brushed her hoof over her mane to put it out. "IT'S FINE! SPIKE JUST HAD A CASE OF THE HICCUPS!!! NOTHING I CAN'T HANDLE!"

"Great I'll bring them back first thing in the morning," The Doctor cheerfully declared.

"TOMORROW!?!" Twilight squeaked.

"Is that a problem?" The Doctor eyed.

"OF COURSE NOT!" she squeaked again. "TOMORROW!!! PERFECT, I'LL BE READY!!!"

"I can always find someone else if you can't handle it." The Doctor smiled. "I'm sure Celestia would understand."

"NO!" Twilight screamed. "I GOT THIS!!! I CAN HANDLE IT!!!

"Excellent," The Doctor gathered his nearest child, "Come one Harry. Donna, get Naruto. Danny, think you can handle a fire breathing dragon?" As the little green haired child back into his winged transformation.

The teenager smiled and picked Spike up as Donna got Naruto.

"One last thing." The Doctor put his finger tips to Twily's temple and closed his eyes. The filly's eyes fully dilated then shrank back to normal a moment later. The Doctor took his hand away and grabbed Harry's arm, waving it gently. "Say bye bye, Twily. Bye bye." All three babies cooed at her as if saying bye. The filly's eyes widened comically as the Doctor just smiled at her.

The Doctor immediately lead his group back into the TARDIS and the doors closed on their own.

"Doctor," Donna growled out in a whisper, so Danny couldn't hear them as the boy flew around in the air with the baby. Getting the green haired child to laugh and shriek in delight. "You aren't leaving these little nightmares with that tiny girl again."

"She'll have a much easier time tomorrow," The Doctor assured. "I left her a little gift."

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Twilight ran into Celestia's throne and and screamed, as the Princess looked over her daily reports. "THE MONKEY MADE THE BABIES TALK!!!"

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The Doctor smiled. "They will understand when she tells them 'no' now and she will understand when they want something."

"You honestly expect me to believe babies have their own language?" Donna rolled her eyes.

"Weeeeeeeeell." The Doctor tried to explain, "It's not really a language. More like mental impressions of emotions, objects, and actions. Like any animal. As we get older and we start recognizing more complex vocal patterns as words and combine that with facial ticks and body language to communicate. The language of animals and babies is more basic and instinctual where sentient liveforms are trying to get across more complex thoughts. That is why there are so many different languages even within the same species but a dog can understand dogs from anywhere else. Intelligence is actually a drawback in situations like language. We complicate things by over thinking them."

"I... actually understood that... God, I'm spending too much time with you."

The Doctor smiled. "Any decently powerful psychic can understand all primitive dialects. It's actually easier to understand the language of animals and babies for psychics well near impossible to interpret for most beings. Not even the TARDIS can translate it... yet such things come easy to Time Lords."

"Look what we got you."

The Doctor looked over to the side to see Danny sitting the baby in the high chair and strapping him in before putting the table down. The chair had been fused at a molecular level so they wouldn't get knocked about. The chair was set to the side of the console, with 3 others.

Spike seemed to enjoy his new chair as he bounced against the restraints and beat the table.

The Doctor and Donna got the other two babies in their chairs, who didn't seem to enjoy them as much, before throwing themselves into the Time Vortex. There was a good bit of rocking until Danny pushed a few more buttons. The TARDIS immediately stabilized.

The Doctor shook his head. "So not fair." the boy's proud smile faltered so the Doctor quickly corrected himself, "I'll have to have you pilot more often." The smile was immediately back. "I was going to find us a safe place in space to park but since we aren't bouncing around any more the Time Vortex is as safe as it gets. Who wants to watch a film in the family room before bed."

"Sounds good to me!" Danny floated over to the babies and strapped them in.

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● Konoha, Planet Elemental Prime

Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't slept all night. He had his Shinobi searching endlessly for Minato's child. The man's plan must have worked, as the Kyubi was gone, but where was the new host? It seemed more and more likely someone had taken the child from the battlefield... and whoever had stolen Sarutobi's honorary grandson would suffer more then anyone could begin to comprehend. For their sake the child better still be alive.

Sarutobi suddenly rose to his feet as a gust of wind swirled in his office, yet the windows were closed. A mechanical wheezing groan echoed about as a light began to flash. Beneath the light materialized a blue box... and Sarutobi immediately began fearing for his life. He heard Kushina speak of this box. It was legendary lost technology from her clan. There was only one person alive who had such a thing... and he was supposed to be myth.

The doors opened and a scrawny / tall man in an brown overcoat stepped out. The man appeared young... except for his eyes. They were older then even Sarutobi's eyes. They appeared out of place on such a youthful face.

"Lord Uzumaki, I presume," Sarutobi warily addressed the entity, just short of godhood.

"Please call me The Doctor," The man smiled, stepping out of his box and closing the door behind him. Sarutobi got just a glimpse inside, and saw what Kushina told him was true. There was a whole nother world in that small temple.

"I assume, you took Naruto." Sarutobi sighed, rubbing his temple.

"Well, it is my right as an older relative." The Doctor smiled. "Sorry to pop in so late but I wanted to talk to you well everyone was sleeping."

"It's the middle of the afternoon." Sarutobi forgot himself.

The young man's old eyes become puzzled. "Is it? I was aiming for last night... the battle was just last night right?"

Well... there settles that myth. The Uzumaki Clan was famous for their time manipulation Jutsus, and the Doctor was supposed to be their greatest in the art. Well an unreliable Jutsu it was said masters of it could move through time.

"It was," Sarutobi acknowledged.

"Well not that far off then." He grinned. "Alright, to business. It seems you lot cursed one of my heirs as a vessel for a horrific chakra construct."

Sarutobi paled.

"As a result, I can't imagine you will let me just walk away with him. So here is how we will settle this. I want citizenship in your village, for me and my family, a seat on your council, and land to build on. I want the nature of Naruto's seal taught in both Shinobi and civilian schools, and I want a good deal of propaganda released proclaiming Naruto the hero of the village as the Kyubi's prison. I will not budget in any of this. You either take my offer, without allowing the council to vote on it, or I step into this box and disappear with your honorary grandson, for you to never see him again. The only reason I am considering this offer at all is because I know you've loved my descendant since he was a single celled organism in his mother's belly... and because of that I can promise you my conditions are the only way to keep him safe in your village."

Sarutobi eyed him. "You have seen this?" knowing of the Uzumaki bloodline to see the future. The power had long since been bred out of them, only occasionally manifesting now, but supposedly this man was were it originated.

"If I had not interfered the council would have refused to let you take him in. He would have gone to an orphanage and been attacked by villagers daily with only the Kyubi's power keeping him alive, which would only enrage your citizens more. You give your council too much power. I realize it was to keep you in check but your good nature would have resulted in Naruto having a very hard life... and he would know only love for this village regardless. I couldn't sit back and let such a pure soul, with my blood, be literally beaten down by your council's fear driven rulings. If they want something to fear, I'll give them me. I can protect the boy without you looking like a Tyrant."

Sarutobi's fist tighten, "If you swear to me all this is to insure Naruto's safety I will grant it."

The Doctor smiled, "Clearly you are aware of me. Have I EVER gotten involved in the politics of this planet? Personally I would just like to take Naruto and leave but if I do... this entire village will burn. That boy is your only salvation from total destruction."

"How?" Sarutobi demanded but the Doctor just waged his finger.

"Spoilers." The Doctor grinned. "I tell you too much and you'll all die trying to prevent your horrible future. Or I let just enough bad things happen that can result in your ultimate salvation." He shrugged.

"Must be hard to be a god."

The Doctor's face twisted into pure rage and for a moment Sarutobi could feel his power. The raw killing intent that could shatter worlds and killed billions of trillions among the stars, if the stories were true... and in that instance Sarutobi believed every last one of them.

"I AM NOT A GOD!" The Doctor declared. "Gods are cruel uncaring things that sit in their higher planes passing judgment well throwing the occasional bribe at mortals to get them to keep sending their prayers!" The Doctor calmed a moment later. He spoke more quietly, his power pulled back. "I actually help."

"Understood." With this man's sheer power, he legitimately had no reason to make this deal. What could he possibly gain from it that wasn't solely for Naruto's benefit. "And I will let the council know I have accepted your bargain."