Showdown! Harmonious Victory

Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x ?

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"I hope you'll be ready to fight when the time comes." Twilight found herself jarred out of her thoughts. The group was drawing closer to the castle with each step. "There's no telling what waits for us at the end of this journey."

Twilight couldn't help but notice how virtually fearless the orange pony was. She couldn't help but wonder if he was just naturally that brave or was just plain reckless. "Once we get the elements everything will work out."

"And if we're beaten to them?" Naruto countered her statement.

"We have to get the elements at all costs. We cannot afford to fail."

Naruto couldn't help but smile, this unicorn seemed to be mighty stubborn. "Just remember that no matter what happens we got you're back. Just have fate in us. As long as we're able to still fight we won't lose."

As quick as that memory came another one soon replaced it and it was that of Twilight with Celestia in a secret training room.

"Princess, I don't understand." Twilight remarked as they stood in the center of the vast hall. For a room so large it was devoid of anything. No armor, no weapons mounted on the walls or even any scriptures.

"There will be a time Twilight where you might find yourself on your own and be forced to defend yourself. As such I will be teaching you how to use your magic in the form of both an offensive attack and defensive spell. They will work quite well with the teleportation spell you seemed quite fun of using to sneak into the library when you were younger."

Speechless, Twilight cheeks could only burn red at this little tidbit. She didn't understand why the princess thought she would need to learn such spells, but she would not let her down.

"Now perish, with all those that stand against me."

'Mom, Dad, Brother, Princess…everyone if I don't do something I'm going to lose them all.' Twilight thought as a new found power surged through her. In a flash of pale orchid aura she teleported away from the blast. The force of Nightmare Moon's blast shattered the ground where Twilight once was.

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"What!?" Nightmare Moon roared only for Twilight to appear back in place.

The Unicorn's horn glowed and she let out a blast of power that would have knocked the Alicorn off her feet if the dark creature hadn't raised her shield in time.

"Fool? You dare challenge me?" Nightmare Moon roared as she fired a blast of her own only for Twilight to quickly throw up a barrier of her own. It held long enough for the Unicorn to dodge and to fire another blast that the Alicorn narrowly dodged. She quickly recovered and dashed towards the unicorn attempted to stomp her only for her opponent to teleport again.

Twilight landed on the other side of the roof and let out a huff. She needed to find a way to temporarily stun Nightmare Moon long enough to ignite that spark to get the elements to work.

Nightmare Moon charged at Twilight, her horn glowing with her next spell. Twilight avoided just in time as the spot she was on left black scorching marks. "Teleportation again? You can't outrun me forever Foal." Extending her shadow the tendrils began shooting towards wherever their master commanded.

Twilight found herself narrowly avoiding each close shave. Every time it seemed that one of the dark alicorn attack's was about to close in on her she managed to stay one step ahead. Every so often Twilight would shoot a beam of magic that Nightmare Moon would defend against and those brief seconds was all Twilight needed to avoid the attacks.

With every usage Twilight assessed every attack that was sent her way. She would analyze the method of attack, speed, and the angles that Nightmare Moon was sending at her.

Maneuvering in between the malevolent appendages she charged at the Alicorn. Nightmare Moon lowered her arm ready to impale her only for Twilight to concentrate her magic in a quick and concentrated burst concussive burst sending her up and above the Alicorn.

She quickly charged up her power again and fired a direct shot upon the Alicorn. Twilight landed far away from the Dark Alicorn panting heavily. Despite her magical prowess she was not one built for physical endurance of stamina.

The heavy magical blast created a crater that seemed to continue far down into the lower layers of the castle. Twilight turned her attention back to the five elements. Using her magic she levitated the five elements in the air.

Honesty.

Generosity.

Loyalty.

Laughter.

Kindness.

'Come on…come on' she silently pleaded as she waited for that spark. Once the spark would occur then Nightmare Moon would be defeated once and for all.

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Meanwhile Princess Luna and Naruto continued to battle against Nightmare Moon on the inside. The two of them galloped across the widespread battleground as the beast fired multiple streams of magical blast.

Luna retaliated by shooting a dozen magical shots into Nightmare Moon's eyes, Narutoo took this to fly up and slam into him, but when his body made contact it was like slamming into a brick wall.

Before Luna could react, strands of Nightmare's hair solidified and attack the dark alicorn sending her flying back. Nightmare Moon soared high into the sky as it readied to fire a beam of energy from its mouth. Luna knew if she was to survive this attack she'd have to shoot back the attack at point blank range, just as Nightmare unleashed her attack Luna fired a charged ball of energy into Nightmare's mouth! The backlash still sent Luna into the ground hard but Nightmare Moon still didn't have a scratch on her!

Naruto flash stepped between them, and slammed his hooves into the ground causing several earth dragons to erupt from the ground and attacked the Nightmare creation. Despite the force of the attack the Nightmare once more recovered.

"Fools! Your senseless struggle only delays the inevitable!" the shadow creature remarked sending a massive shockwave causing Naruto and Luna to be sent hurtling back. The two of them quickly recovered.

Luna was the first to charge Nightmare Moon. They're beams clashed with even more force than before! Again and again, powerful beams radiated from both dark alicorns. The force of their last blasts caused an aftershock throughout the entire plain.

"How can you even hope to beat me? I am power incarnate. I am pure darkness."

Just as Nightmare moon was about to attack Luna Naruto soared past with blinding speed and jabbed the horn shaped aura into the left eye of the creature. It left out an otherworldly wail as the blonde was dislodged and sent flying when the creature snapped its head back in response.

Like before the injury was healed, but this time it wasn't a matter of seconds before the wound was healed. "Princess our opponent's power to recover has weakened. We need to hit her hard enough so we can dead lock her into using all her power to heal."

"Then allow me." Luna said as cracks began to form under Nightmare Moon. A violet and black orb appeared between the ground and the creature. It then dispersed into electrical like pulses and the creature was soon crushed into the ground by a powerful force. Sure enough the princess had called upon the power of gravity itself to keep the beast at bay.

Naruto took the opportunity to begin calling upon as much power as he could. Since the creature was no longer able to feed on Luna's emotions than it lost its means to remain an invincible mental plague.

Once more instinct took over and Naruto fired the attack out of his makeshift horn. The attacked impacted and it exploded into a destructive cyclone that rendered much of the ground below a crater.

Back in the waking world Twilight tried with all of her might to get the Elements to work. Nightmare Moon recovered from the pit to see the five Elements glowing and encircling Twlight. "No!" she shrieked as the Elements began to power up only for the glow to fade and the five elements to lifelessly drop to the ground and shatter.

Twilight Sparkle gasped as she was overcome with confusion. She looked down at the remains of the elements closest to her. "But…where's the sixth Element?" she didn't understand. What happened?

Nightmare Moon laughed malignantly as she felt her victory was now secured. "You little foal! Thinking you could defeat me? Now you will never see your princess, or your sun! The night will last forever!"

'I…I failed.' Twilight thought. Suddenly she heard the voices of her friends.

"Don't worry Twilight, we're here."

"Don't worry, we'll be there."

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At that moment Twilight had an epiphany. The answer had been staring her in the face the whole time and she hadn't seen it until now. She…she would not give up. "It's not over. You think you can destroy The Elements of Harmony just like that? Well, you're wrong, because the spirits of The Elements of Harmony are right here." Twilight challenged as the others arrived. "Because the Elements of Harmony symbolize their wielders." The shards of the five elements began to glow with new life and surround the five ponies.

The five looked at the phenomenon in Awe.

"Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of... honesty!" The element reconstituted. The element of Honesty now resided on the farm ponies neck in the shape of a gold necklace with an orange and green apple-shaped gem.

"Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of... kindness!" once more the Element manifested into a gold necklace but with a pink butterfly-shaped gem, shaped similarly to her cutie mark which suited the animal talker.

This time it was now the Pony of Laughter. "Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of... laughter!" her shape was that of a blue balloon-shaped gem that looks similar to her cutie mark.

"Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift represents the spirit of... generosity!" the proper pony's gold necklace contained a purple diamond-shaped gem, similar to her cutie mark.

"And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own heart's desire represents the spirit of... loyalty!" And who could forget the boisterous flier whose element manifested as a gold necklace with a red thunderbolt-shaped gem, similar to her cutie mark.

"The spirits of these five ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us. Thanks to them and another friend of mine I finally realized the truth behind the elements."

"You still don't have the sixth Element! The spark didn't work!" Nightmare Moon challenged.

Confident Twilight Sparkle continued. "But it did! A different kind of spark. I felt it the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear and see them. The moment I realized I cared about my friends. The spark ignited inside me when I realized that the ponies I met and that traveled with me here this night are my friends. You see, Nightmare Moon, when those Elements are ignited by the... the spark, that resides in the heart of us all, it creates the sixth element: the element of... magic!" At long last the lost sixth element manifested itself as a gold tiara with a set of oval-shaped sapphires and a magenta star-shaped gem, similar to Twilight's cutie mark. It rested upon her head and with that the Elements activated.

The power of the six combined into a rainbow of sorts. The power coursed through the air and began making its way towards the Alicorn.

"I WON'T BE DEFEATED BY THE LIKES OF YOU!" Nightmare Moon lost all semblance of control and fired all the power she could muster at the beam. The two forces dead locked for a moment before the Alicorn's beam was slowly being driven back.

Back within the recesses of Luna's mind Nightmare Moon emerged from the crater sporting wounds for the first time since the battle begun. Before he could continue the attack Nightmare Moon materialized large spheres of water before her. They soon materialized into spheres of ice shaped into javelins and were hurled at the blond.

Naruto flew back, maneuvering out of the way out of the javelins that soon exploded into splinters. Before he could react he found himself shielded by a barrier. While simultaneously shielding Naruto the Alicorn rammed into Nightmare Moon.

Before the creature could attack Naruto dropped down, slamming into its head with his hooves shattering the helmet. He jumped back as the Princess fired another beam of magic sending the evil Alicorn crashing back. Nightmare Moon soon exploded with power.

"I will not be defeated by the likes of you wretches!" The power the Alicorn was summoning began to expand, growing and growing until it began to dwarf even its master in size. An attack of that size would wipe all of them out.

"Luna-san. You have to finish her now!" Naruto shouted as he flashed over to her side. "The only way to win a battle of the mind is for that person to overcome their demons once and for all."

"Warrior I don't know if I have the power." Nightmare Moon was as every bit as powerful as she was if not more.

"Then I'll help you." Like that day during the war Naruto transferred some of his chakra to Princess Luna. The Princess found herself enveloped by a warm yet powerful golden glow.

Teeming with power the Princess called upon deepest recess of her magic. And in one single blast the power fired at the tainted Alicorn quickly overwhelmed the creature.

"I will…never…fade…"

And with that the creature then faded out of existence. Back on the outside the Elements won the beam struggle. The massive double rainbow swirled around Nightmare Moon like a tornado, before engulfing the entire room in a bright light.

When the light faded, the six Element ponies were sprawled out upon the floor. As they began conversing with one another, Naruto materialized out of a faint white light. "Uugh, felt like I tanked a world Rasengan to the face." He groaned.

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"Naruto."

"Are you alright?"

"What happened?"

"I'm fine…" he quickly assured them. His attention turned where Nightmare Moon once was. The smoke cleared only to reveal the form of Crystal Luna and a crystal. The crystal soon shattered and faded away, the wind carrying the powder to parts unknown.

Suddenly the brightness of the Sun's glow drew his attention. He looked on in surprise at the newest arrival. A tall and slender white winged-Unicorn that, with a brightly multicolored mane and a sun Cutie Mark, appeared with the rising sun. He watched as the other six ponies bowed in reverence of the new arrival, while Twilight ran up to her and nuzzled her happily as the taller mare gave some sort of hug with her neck. "Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student. I knew you could do it. "

Twilight seemed stunned at this revelation. "But... you told me it was all an old pony tale."

"I told you that you needed to make some friends, nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon's return and I knew it was you who had the magic inside to defeat her, but you could not unleash it until you let true friendship into your heart. Now if only another will as well." Celestia turned her attention to Luna. "Princess Luna!"

The other Alicorn seemed startled now under the gaze of the elder Alicorn. "It has been a thousand years sister. I've waited so long to say this. I'm sorry." Luna seemed stunned silence. Despite remembering the memory she just saw it was a different matter for it to have it happen in person. "I failed to be there for you and because of my mistakes you had to suffer for a thousand years. No matter our differences we are family and we should never let anything tear us apart. Time to put our differences behind us. We were meant to rule together, little sister. Will you accept my friendship?"

"I'm so sorry!" She ran to nuzzle Celestia, more happy tears running down her face, "I missed you so much, big sister!"

Celestia teared up as well, "I've missed you, too."

Everything had settled in Ponyville had settled once Celestia made her arrival and assured the residents that Nightmare Moon was now gone. The Sun Festival itself was put on hold in order to celebrate the return of the lost princess. Not to mention Twilight herself was now going to be resident of Ponyville.

The last thing Naruto expected was for the Ruler of Equestria herself to send Naruto an invitation and carriage to bring him to Canterlot personally. Naruto looked along the palace in awe. It could easily contain the Hokage Monument in it. The colors of gold, purple, and white field his vision as the Cliffside domain gave off an air of richness.

He was led by several guards on a silent walk down a long corridor. Two large double doors opened and he hesitantly walked in. He had long since grown from his brash nature and wanted to avoid making a bad first impression.

"Princess Celestia and Princess Luna." He greeted them. The regal princesses sat on their thrones reflecting their very nature. Naruto was sure her subjects were probably confused for many years why there were two thrones.

"Naruto Uzumaki I have heard a great deal of you from both my sister Twilight and my sister Luna. While I can't ignore that taken on an entity like Nightmare Moon was highly dangerous and foolhardy, it was your courage and selfless that saved not only my sister, but helped protect Equestria. It has been many years since I've seen such heroism and I can't thank you enough for the part you played in bringing Luna back to me."

"I've only done what I would have done for anypony in trouble."

"I see," she remarked. "Though that begs the question of who are you really." Her statement caught Naruto to go rigid, a fact not missed by either Princess. "I have seen faces come and go for over a thousand years and I have to say no stallion or colt has ever shared your features. Especially those facial marks and tail of yours." She could see that the pony was having an inner-struggle of sorts. "Though you have proven in your actions you seem to bring no ill-will to Equestria and its pony. Please bear in mind I keep a focus on unusual events or ponies in order to ensure the safety of my ponies."

"I assure you Princess, I know what you mean."

Celestia shook her head in amusement and turned to Luna, who stared at the rust-orange pony thoughtfully. "My sister Luna here wishes to make you an offer if you do not mind sparing us a few more minutes of your time."

"What need have you of me, my Princess?"

Luna seemed hesitant at first, but a nudge from Celestia spurred her to continue, with a little advice.

"Remember to use your 'inside voice'."

Luna nodded and took a deep breath, before speaking in a soft tone.

"Warr- Sir Naruto," she corrected herself. "Before we make my offer we have to explain something. There are different set of military systems. There is our general police system and there is our swat system for dangerous local criminals. Then there is our elite Court Guards, with two of our sects deployed during the day and night respectively. During this one's banishment the Night Guard fell under the direction of my sister. Now with my return we will be taken control of my guard. During the years of peace I'm afraid our soldiers have become lax in comparison to their ancestors and your strength of will, power, and integrity ensures me that you will be the perfect pony to become the captain of my guard. Would thou honor me by accepting this request?"

Naruto found himself stunned by this request. A captain? Of a Court Guard. He felt a sense of Nostalgia, but was he ready? But could he accept the offer? He did have a life and home in Ponyville and friends. Then again maybe he could simply use a kagebunshin to instruct and train the guard and if his presence was really need it then his clones could always reverse summon him.

"Princess Luna I would be honor to accept your request. Though I wish to know if allowing my doppelganger ability being used to instruct the soldiers unless my physical presence for battle is required would be allowed."

"As long as thou's impressive doppelganger ability can perform the job we have no problem." With that Luna left her thrown. "We have another gift for you. Allow this one to bestow upon you the blessing of my entity.

She stepped directly in front of him and bade him bring his head to her level. When he had done so, she placed her forehead against his, careful not to poke him with her horn, closed her eyes, and spoke in the Royal voice.

"Light and presence of the eternal lunar guardian bless this warrior through the night. May your light guide him through his journeys and may his dreams be filled with peace and may your hooves lead you to your heart's true desire."

She smiled and backed away from him with a small curtsey. Without a doubt things were going to be getting more interesting.

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Chapter End

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