Balancing Forces

WARNING: Some swearing on this chapter.

Kazuki and Moon looked at the glowing eyes in the darkness of the cell and he created a Rasengan(螺旋丸, Spiralling Sphere) with his white chakra, not strong enough to use as an attack but bright enough to illuminate the place. Then he encased the Rasengan inside as sphere of magic –he would have used aura but life-force based energies didn't work that well in a astral realm without the real body and his chakra was seriously weakened and unbalanced here– before letting it float in the center of the prison illuminating all the cells, including the one in front of them.

In the cell in front of them was Celestia but her mane and tail were like fire, her coat was still white but the one could see a hint of “warmer colors” in it and her exposed cutie mark was like Celestia's but with a orange background similar to Moon's blue moon with a dark purple background. She was wearing essentially only a bikini and boots with a crown/helmet, her top covering her breast and the bottom only covering what was necessary to be considered clothes, all in all showing her slender figure.

“What is up with female darksiders being borderline exhibitionists?” asked Kazuki aloud as he placed his hand on his face doing a facepalm, of course being careful with his third eye.

Moon raised an eyebrow just before she heard the figure in front of her say, “What? If you don't like it, well that's your problem.”

“See, I told you to wear less revealing clothes, but instead you thought it was better to wear that. At least it's not as bad as that bimbo,” commented another voice, this one coming from the neighboring cell on the right of the one Moon was looking at.

”What–” said Moon in surprise when she looked at the cell, there she saw another Celestia, she was identical to the real Celestia but she was wearing a golden armor, her arms were covered by golden plates, on her shoulders had golden pauldrons and her sides were covered by golden armor, her wings and her front were relatively exposed from her neck to her waist but with the armor on the side covering her nipples and wearing black pants.

“Shut the fuck up you cunts! I'm trying to sleep!” shouted another voice this one beside Moon, the cell at the right to the one with the armored Celestia.

Moon turned and saw another Celestia, similar to the first but her slitted eyes were deep purple iris and normal sclera, her mane was a blue flame like energy that reminded Moon of the plasma contained in a star. She was laying on the bed inside the cell, Moon briefly saw her eyes when she sat up and yelled before laying back down.

“No, you shut up! Don't you see we have guests!” shouted another voice from the cell beside the plasma maned one.

“What are you yapping about?” asked the plasma maned one before looking at Moon and Kazuki, then her eyes widen before becoming more focused, then she threw her blanket showing a bikini similar to the first Celestia they saw but blue and silver instead of red and gold, then she run to the bars before shouting in a angry tone while trying to reach Kazuki with her arms, “Kazuki!”

*Roar*

Everyone present heard a roar followed by heavy thuds of someone hitting the metal bars, they looked at the source and saw another Celestia with her mane like fire, however she was more muscular, had black coat made of black stone with orange and yellow cracks, her eyes glowing solid orange like the molten magma under her skin and her cutie mark seemed to be made and blend with the cracks on her skin.

“Enough!” shouted Kazuki before letting loose his chakra causing the place shake, fortunately this prison was isolated from the rest of Celestia's mind, originally this separation was to keep Celestia's darkness from escaping and take over but that also meant Kazuki could let loose his power without worrying about being detected.

Then Kazuki asked, “Now that we’re all calm –” then he looked at the black and orange Celestia and said, “– somewhat, we can have a civilized conversation.”

“What's going on? I thought there we were supposed to find only one prisoner,” asked Moon.

“Normally you would be right, but Celestia not only isolated her darker side but she also fragmented it. So instead of dealing with one powerful entity she imprisoned many weaker entities,” explained Kazuki to Moon before he asked loudly, “Why don't you all introduce yourselves?”

“I'm Daybreaker and I represent Celestia's urge to just bathe the world in glorious sunlight,” Daybreaker introduced herself in a regal manner but her speech slowly assumed a more dreamy tone in the end as she smiled showing her sharp teeth similar to Moon's.

“I'm Tyrant and I represent Celestia's desire to dominate what rightfully belonged to her with an iron fist,” said Tyrant with conviction while her armor reflected the light of Kazuki's floating rasengan, which gave her a more regal and imposing look.

“I'm Solar Flare, I'm all of that stuck-up cunt’s anger,” said Flare as her mane output increased at the mention of Celestia, more or less. Then she futilely tried to reach Kazuki again, she probably had Celestia's anger towards Kazuki as well.

Then all of them heard another voice coming from the cell whose occupant they haven't seen yet and it was in a sultry and sweet tone, “I'm that*moan* beautiful and*moan* bountiful mare’s hedonistic side.”

They saw another Celestia but with a light gray somewhat pinkish mane that was glittering, this one with bigger breast and wider hips, even her butt was bigger, rounder and softer if the ripples that could be seen on it by the way she moved was any indication, she was wearing a very skimpy bikini that barely covered her nipples, in fact it was possible to see the edges of her areolas, and seemed to be a size or two too small for her and was about to snap, that along with a G-string. One hand was being licked by her while the other was inside her G-string, she even pressed her breasts against the bars while she was standing her, masturbating and giving the bedroom eyes to both Kazuki and Moon.

“You forgot your name, you dumb bimbo,” said the inmate inside the cell at the right of Flare’s.

“I did?” asked the masturbating mare with a confused look before smiling again and her default expression seemed to be that of a ahegao(アヘ顔, panting/orgasm face), then she said with a trembling voice that was practically dripping with need, “Well… I don't really have a name, but everyone here calls me Molestia.”

“At least your visit is a good distraction from that,” said the inmate inside the cell at the right of Flare’s as she pointed at Molestia with her thumb as she sat in on her bed with her legs crossed. Then she say, “My name is Holocaust by the way, I'm the urge of our host to destroy everything.”

This Celestia had a black and wavy mane with red lines halfway through the end, it wasn't possible to see her body because she was wearing a cloak, however it was possible to see her legs covered by loose gray pants. Her eyes were blood red like the tips of her mane, in fact if you look closer it looked like blood running down her mane that gave a feeling of black smoke, not too dissimilar to what you would see when burning corpses.

“The one in the cell on my left represents our host irrationality, more accurately one you would expect when blind by strong and basic emotions. Don't worry she is just a dumb brute we call her Monlestia,” said Holocaust.

“Me… not… dumb. Me…Nova… not easy… speak,” said Nova in response to Holocaust statement clearly struggling to hold herself and even more so to speak.

“Oh, so you are not just a brute,” said Holocaust in amusement.

Kazuki looked at the six inmates of the lowest level of the prison before looking up and wondering why the inmates of the higher level didn't react.

“If you are wondering why they didn't say anything it's because there is a spell that doesn't allow the higher levels to interact with the lower ones,” explained Tyrant.

“We can still hear them when they speak though,” commented Holocaust.

“I see. I'm going to speak with them first, then I will tell why I came,” said Kazuki to Holocaust before turning to Moon and say, “Let's go.”

Moon nodded, then they both jumped and when they reached the second floor Kazuki shot out multiple chakra threads to the handrail in front of the circular walkway on the edges of the room and in front of the cells. Then he created another Rasengan to illuminate this level as well.

“Oh, it's you,” said a sad voice and the two intruders looked at its source while they stood on the strings.

The source was a Celestia sloped against the back wall, she had black lines on her mane that was straight and spilling on all directions, she was wearing a short black dress with a veil over her face but that didn't hide her face stained with black tears, a result of crying and the make-up she was wearing, she was also wearing pants, gloves and boots.

“Don't mind her Kazuki dear, she is always like this,” said another voice behind them.

Moon turned to see a Celestia sitting in front of a vanity mirror with her mane carefully done in curls while she worn a golden head piece with many gemstones and her tail had a gold ring at its end, also her mane and tail were deep red, blue and green instead of light pink, green, and blue and lastly she was wearing a purple see through nightgown and purple panties, garter belt, stockings and opera or full-length gloves. She had a fuller figure than the others but not as endowed as Molestia and her clothing allowed her to show her cutie mark that had a sun with a black center.

“Be silent, thine unworthy voices are hurting my ears,” said another voice at Kazuki's right, then Moon turned to see this version of Celestia that was beside the one in front of the mirror.

This version of Celestia had a golden coat, her mane and tail were somewhat similar to the original but with hints of gold, she was wearing a royal blue and purple victorian dress, which was the same color as her eyes that were covered by a pair of victorian glasses –her right one being royal blue and her left being royal purple– as she sat on a armchair reading a book. Then she looked at Kazuki and said with a fond smile, “It certainly hath been a long time since we last saw each other. Thou art a sight for sore eyes and thine presence is as magnificent as ever.”

“Ha! Who knew that stuck-up bitch could show respect to anyone? Yo Kaz, fight me!” said another voice, this one to the right of the depressed Celestia.

This version of Celestia was identical to the original Celestia if wasn't for the somewhat lewd yet bloodthirsty smile on her face and the savage hunger on her eyes. She was wearing a black and golden battle dress, the breastplate had a stylized sun, her thighs were exposed by the slits on the “skirt” and her biceps were just as exposed, but after the knees and elbows they were covered by her black and gold boots and gloves respectively.

“Maybe later, why don't you all introduce yourselves, then I will make an offer for you all,” said Kazuki as he looked at the bloodthirsty and fighting junky version of Celestia.

“I'm Sunstorm and I'm the warrior side of our… gracious host,” said Sunstorm before saying the last part in a sarcastic tone.

“Incandescent Luminosity is the one that stands before thine presence as all the superior aspects of our original as well as her admiration for thine glorious existence,” said Luminosity as she got up and bowed slight while keeping proper posture and lifting the edges of her dress slightly to compensate for her bow.

“We just call her Lumi and she is like, Celly’s arrogance,” said a tired voice to the left of the depressed Celestia.

This version had a unkempt mane and tail, was wearing a gray hoodie and sweatpants while she laid on the bed and looked at the ceiling.

“Huh! I never conceded to the usage of such moniker to address to my person,” said Lumi indignantly.

“Whatever. I'm Sunspot, I'm laziness,” said Sunspot before yawning and she didn't even bothered to move her head. Then she said, “The one on my left is Corona, Celestia's greed.”

They looked at Sunspot left and saw a Celestia with that had an unkempt mane and a golden metal bikini surrounded by statues and gold, she was gently caressing a small statue of Kazuki and whispering sweet words while having a almost maddening look on her face. She looked at the intruders but she didn't see Kazuki because Moon was between her and the alien.

“Mine, mine,” said Corona repeatedly between prizes and that she would do anything for him.

“Don't worry about her hearing you, she tends to ignore everyone. However I can't say the same if she actually sees you Kazuki dear,” said the Celestia with the curly mane and purple nightgown before getting up and stand in front of the bars, then she said, “I'm Radiant Dawn by the way and I'm all the beauty of our host.”

“Van– *yawn* vanity more like it,” said Sunspot lazily but Dawn ignored her.

“And the sad one?” asked Moon.

“Oh, that's Mourning Star, she is Celestia's depression,” said Dawn.

“I came with a offer and I intend to make it to all of you. Let's just introduce ourselves to the ones on the top level, then I will announce my offer,” said Kazuki before he and Moon jumped up and like before he made chakra strings for them to stand on as well as a new Rasengan to illuminate the third floor.

Unfortunately Corona caught a glimpse of Kazuki when he jumped and she immediately reached out to him, but it was impossible for him to hear her since he was on the top level. Despite Kazuki's inability to hear her she kept calling out for him and prophesying her devotation to him.

Unlike the two lower levels there was only three cells, the first cell was holding a younger looking Celestia with pink mane and tail wearing a simple sundress, currently she was sitting on a stool as she worked on a painting.

The one behind them and slightly to the right was a version of Celestia just as endowed as Molestia but unlike her this version was wearing a victorian dress similar to Lumi's, but hers was more simple and less elaborate. Currently she was knitting with a content and serene smile on her face, this gave her a caring and motherly aura.

The last cell was occupied by a Celestia kneeling in front of a knight’s armor, her silver eyes showing conviction and an indomitable will, her mane and tail each done in a single braid with a single ring holding it on its end. The armor she was facing seemed to fit her, it was simple yet elegant with silver and white plates, the only other color present was a pink gem in it breastplate.

The silver eyed one was the first to notice the visitors, so she said, “Lord Kazuki, it's a honor to be in your presence once again.”

That caught the attention of the other two.

“Kazu!” shouted the young Celestia.

“Don't shout, it's unbecoming of a young lady,” said the motherly Celestia.

“Sorry Mom,” said the young Celestia.

“It is good to see you again Mister Kazuki, Miss Moon,” said the motherly Celestia warmly.

“It's also a pleasure to meet you three, could you introduce yourselves?” requested Kazuki.

“It shall be done mine lord. I'm Sword Dusk and I'm Celestia's protectiveness and sense of duty,” said Dusk now wearing her armor and kneeling as a knight.

“I'm Sunshine, as for what I represent… um, I forgot,” said Sunshine.

“She represents Celestia's childishness. Initially I was referred to as Momlestia, nowadays my name is Nurturing Nature and I represent Celestia's maternal instincts,” said Nature.

“I see,” said Kazuki before pulling two strings with his right hand and not long after the sound of glass shattering was heard twice, then all of them could hear the mad and obsessive words of Corona.

While all fragments of Celestia's darkside were introducing themselves he studied the barrier between the levels and came to the conclusion that each floor represented a level of connection and influence they had on Celestia's current personality.

Kazuki let loose his chakra and on all three levels to get their attention, Corona, Molestia and Sunstorm revelled in the feeling of his chakra washing over them, although they did so for different reasons.

“I have a offer to all of you, freedom from this place and a new body independent from Celestia,” said Kazuki.

“What's the catch shithead?!” shouted Flare.

“Such a crass language, no wonder we were separated by levels,” said Lumi indignantly

“Indeed, a lady shouldn't use such language especially with children present,” said Nature.

“C'mon Kazuki, come down here and play with me,” said Molestia in a sultry tone ignoring everything else.

Ignoring the bickering Kazuki answered Flare’s question, “There are two, first is that you will have to become my student and follower,” some like Flare, Holocaust, Sunspot and Sunstorm protested before Kazuki had to once again use his chakra to re-establish order and continue, “The second is that all of you have to become one.”

Again Kazuki was met with protests and Moon was wondering if this was a lost cause. After what felt like hours they calmed down, somewhat, so Kazuki explained, “All of you represent traits that Celestia repressed for one reason or another. The ones in the top are partially repressed, the ones in the middle are almost completely repressed and the ones in the bottom are completely repressed. All of you were intended to become a single entity but Celestia fragmented you before you achieve sentience and now that I shattered the barriers there are only three possible outcomes: freedom, insanity or death.”

Seeing that Kazuki still had their attention he continued his explanation, “With the barriers gone your influence will slowly seep into Celestia's personality and soon she will be taken over, however there are fifteen personalities here and all of them unbalanced and narrow minded, this will lead you and Celestia to either insanity or death. However if you choose freedom all of you will become what you were meant to be and will survive that fate.”

“So we either become free as one or remain here divided,” said Dusk and Kazuki nodded before creating fifteen Gudōdama like orbs, then each orb went inside a cell.

“If you touch the orb I will take you out of this place,” said Kazuki.

Corona, Molestia, Dusk, Dawn, Star, Lumi and Nova touched the orbs immediately since they trusted Kazuki, plus they craved freedom no matter the cost, if merging with the others was the price to pay them so be it. They slowly started to dissolve into dust and be absorbed by the sphere that took on the colors of their passengers.

“Do I get to fight against strong foes?” asked Sunstorm and Kazuki nodded.

“Do I get to destroy whatever and whoever stands before me?” asked Holocaust and Kazuki nodded.

“Will I be able to play with new friends?” asked Sunshine and Kazuki nodded.

“Will I be able to rule as I please?” asked Tyrant.

“Within reason,” answered Kazuki and Tyrant nodded while Daybreaker silently agreed.

Sunstorm, Holocaust, Tyrant, Daybreaker and Sunshine touched the orbs and like before the orbs absorbed their targets, now only Sunspot, Nature and Flare remained.

Kazuki jumped down and landed in front of Flare’s cells, once there he looked at the manifestation of anger.

“Why should I trust you?” asked Flare as she glared at Kazuki with her purple slitted eyes, then she add, “Especially after what you did?”

“‘What I did’, if I remember correctly you(Celestia) never stopped to ask why I did what I did. That perceived betrayal only happened because you(Celestia) refused to see past my 'vile and despicable experiments’. *Sigh* Let me show you that there was more to it. If nothing else at least you will get piece of mind,” said Kazuki and Flare hesitantly reached to the orb.

Then Kazuki jumped up and landed in front of Sunspot and asked, “Do I even need to convince you?”

“Whatever,” said Sunspot as she sat up and reached out for the orb, now that left only one fragment, so he jumped and landed in front of Nature's cell and Moon was there as well.

“You can just ask, Miss Moon,” said Nature as she got up and placed the fabric and needles on the chair and walked to the bars.

“I can kinda understand the prisoner on the lower levels, but not the three on the top level,” said Moon.

“It's simple really, sometimes our host can't let her motherly love and protectiveness get in the way of decision that are necessary for the good of the kingdom. As a way to satisfy some of those urges she founded a school of magic,” said Nature before turning to Kazuki and say, “But she still have that yearning to hold her own foal in her arms, she even took two pupils recently, however she failed the older one. You are aware of what means for all of us to become one, aren't you Kazuki?”

“Yes I'm,” said Kazuki.

“It won't easy, but I have faith in you. We are entrusting ourselves to you and we hope you can guide whoever we shall become,” said Nature before leaning forward to show respect, then she straightened her posture and reached out to the sphere.

Now with all pieces gathered, all the orbs floated in front of Kazuki forming a ring before moving towards the center of the ring, they phased through each other until a single orb was left. Kazuki grabbed the softball sized orb and placed in the empty pouch before saying, “Let's go.”

Celestia's room, Shadowscape, a hour later

Celestia was sleeping soundly on her bed when suddenly a hand came out of her and like before it was as if she was a hole in reality, Kazuki and Moon climbed out before flying to the tallest tower of the castle. Once there he took out the sphere containing his –hopefully– new student.

“We did it,” said Kazuki before doing a hand seal with his free hand, “Kai!”

The barrier around the city shattered like glass before disappearing and the tags burning out.

“Mission accomplished,” said Moon and Kazuki nodded before the two faded from the Mindscape.

Everfree Castle, dojo

As they opened their eyes Kazuki made sure to deactivate the Jōgan and Rinnegan as he looked at the sphere floating just above his right palm. Holding it with both hands he concentrated on the yin and yang chakras, which caused a familiar purple flame to encase the orb before expanding into a sphere as wide as he was tall just like before and he could see the orb slowly dissolve before taking a new shape.

“Now we wait,” said Kazuki and they both waited, they stayed there the rest of the night and they saw a new alicorn slowly take shape inside the sphere of energy.

The new alicorn fur coat was white with a hint of gold, her mane and tail were like the fires of a star in white, light blue, light orange and yellow colors constantly shifting, her feathers seemed to gain a hint of orange on their tips, her cutie mark was a stylized sun with a orange background much like Daybreaker's but had some black spots similar to the black sun in Nova's mark as well as Dawn's mark.

The new alicorn had a muscular yet feminine body like an amazonian warrior, she was just as endowed as Moon if not a bit more when it came to her chest, her butt however was noticeably bigger, probably she gained from Celestia after her many years indulging in cake. Then she opened her eyes, showing a golden slitted eyes with silver edges and a amethyst sclera before the sphere shattered.

“Sleep,” said Kazuki as he activated his Sharingan and looked into the new alicorn's eyes before Moon caught her, then he said, “It will take about a month before her mind can acclimate itself.”

Moon nodded before taking her sister to Kazuki's room to rest since he didn't used it that much anyway.

Kazuki then felt ripples from The Void, he clapped his hands together and as they came apart a scroll was revealed. He opened the scroll and passed a series of seals that contained the tokens of other Displaced individuals. Then he reached a new seal, pulled its content and a silver ring came out.

Phantom Ring

“Interesting,” said Kazuki before contemplating, “Maybe I should make my token soon.”

A month later

Kazuki and Moon were in his room and sitting beside the bed where the new alicorn was drinking a cup of warm tea.

“So how do you feel sister?” asked Moon.

“I…I feel better than ever actually, just a bit confused though,” said the new alicorn.

“Why are you confused?” asked Kazuki as he took the empty cup from the new alicorn.

“What's my name?” asked the new alicorn.

“That's something you have to discover yourself,” said Kazuki then he asked, “Have you thought about my offer?”

“I will become your student, but I want a favour in return. Do this favour and I will gladly follow your orders,” said the new alicorn.

“If it's within my power to grant it then so be it. Name the favour,” said Kazuki.

“I want Sunset Shimmer back,” said the nameless alicorn.