Balancing Forces
15. Downtime and sparring match.
Previous ChapterNext Chapter“So, why do you think he called us here?” asked Nameless as she came out from the Portal/Gate.
“I don't know but I trust Kazuki, if he called us then he has a good reason,” commented Moon as she followed her sister.
Both alicorns were quite surprised when they saw an army of strange individuals walk through the portal, however, their alarm subsided when they notice that they were accompanied by Kazuki's troops. Song came soon after and an informed the two sisters that Kazuki wanted to see them, then she just went to her room to take a nap.
Currently, that was where the two sisters found themselves, navigating through the hallways of Kazuki's old base after asking for directions from the ponies that worked here. As they walked they couldn't help but noticed that most inhabitants of this place felt strange in a way that they couldn't describe, something about the magic and life force felt off.
Anyway, the two alicorns stopped before a door, then they glanced at each other briefly and nodded before Nameless knocked on the door.
“Kaz, we are here,” said Nameless as she knocked.
Soon the door opened and Kazuki stood before the two, then he motioned for them to enter before saying, “No shoes.”
Both alicorns nodded before taking off their shoes and they were about to ask what was going on when something caught their attention, whatever it was it stood out against the wood of the floor and walls. However, their eyes widen and their hearts seemed to stop when they realized who they were looking at, an alicorn with deep red mane and tail with blue eyes as well as a marble colored coat wearing an earth brown and green kimono, it was Faust.
“Mother…” started Nameless only to trail off as she was unable to find the right words.
Faust just smiled warmly like in some many distant memories of the stunned pair as she extended her arms and said to the younger alicorns, “It has been a long time my little sun and moon.”
“Mother!” shouted the pair as they almost tackled their mother, luckily, Faust used her magic to slow them down. The pair just cried as they felt the arms of their mother embrace them for the first time in thousands of years.
“Is that really you, mother?” Moon managed to ask as her tear-filled eyes gazed into Faust optics, under normal circumstances she might have questioned who would dare use the likeness of her mother but even if her mother's body felt different and somewhat unnatural her magic, her soul still felt the same and to Moon there was no doubt that this being was her mother in some way.
“Yes, my little moon, it is I,” said Faust as she leaned down and kissed Moon near the base of her horn.
Kazuki just smiled at the heartfelt reunion between mother and daughters before putting on his geta and leave the room, better give them some privacy. His time would be better used to familiarize himself if the new layout of Tenteienkyū because he was going to revisit his other hideouts as well as start Moon and Nameless’ training, from there it was just a matter of time to reveal himself to the world. As he entered his lab and approached his workbench he noticed many blueprints and other schematics, the ones that Faust based her own body as well as their “children’s”, he remembered something he had yet to do.
After opening one of the drawers and taking out blank scroll Kazuki summoned a sumi(墨, Inkstick), a suzuri(硯, Inkstone) and a small case. He opened the small case to show a collection of different types of fude(筆, painting/writing brush), then he tapped the suzuri with his right hand and filled the small well with water by using a simple conjuration spell, then while picking a medium length medium sized soft brush, ideal for both calligraphy and Fūinjutsu, with his left hand he picked the sumi made with a special ink for Fūinjutsu. Once the preparations were done he started to grind the sumi on the suzuri, it was a somewhat slow but relaxing process as the water slowly became darker and thicker, it could be considered a form of meditation. With the ink done, Kazuki picked the brush with his left hand and after dipping it in the ink he started to draw/write the seals on the blank scroll.
Next morning
Kazuki finished the last line before sending his chakra into the ink, the result, the seals started to move through the surface of the paper until they became so small that it looked like curved lines that made a fractal. He rolled up the scroll before drawing his Mon on the sides and on the front before holding it between his hands and pour all of his energies into the item.
“To the one that is hearing my voice, I am Ōtsutsuki Kazuki and if you are in need of my services sign this contract and summon me. We can negotiate the conditions of our contract after my summoning, I don’t care about morals and so long our contract is upheld you have my loyalty. Call out my full name in order to summon me,” said Kazuki and soon after the scroll finished absorbing his Void Energy, the spellwork and seals would make sure that the token would be essentially indestructible but only a Displaced would be able to hear his message and read the message written on the paper.
With his token done Kazuki opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka directly to The Void just beside him before throwing the sealed scroll, he saw as it divided countless times as it headed to the many worlds/universes where the Displaced resided. Just before he closed the portal the “original” flew back to his hand, then he clapped his hands and summon the storage scroll with the tokens from other Displaced before storing his summoning contract there.
“What was that?” asked Nameless as she approached Kazuki from behind.
“A contract,” answered Kazuki simply and by the silence that followed Nameless was expecting some kind of elaboration to his answer.
Nameless just shrugged at his response and to be frank she didn’t care that much, so she just stood behind Kazuki and leaned forward before hugging him and say, “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome, but I would have searched, either way, she is a dear friend, after all,” said Kazuki as he placed one hand over the arm that was around his neck and leaned back letting his head rest on the soft orbs that were Nameless’ breasts. After a while in this comfortable silence, he said, “I hope we can start your training soon enough.”
“Of course, besides I can’t wait to teach my ‘original’ a lesson for what she did,” said Nameless as a very lewd and bloodthirsty grin stretched her face, then she just placed her head beside Kazuki’s and practically purred as she licked his ear before saying in a sultry and inviting tone, “Master~.”
“It seems your personality needs some time to stabilize completely,” said Kazuki and this caused Nameless to pout.
“That’s so boring, a little instability is good to shake things up,” whined Nameless before just smiling and nuzzle Kazuki, who just sighed before smiling and pat Nameless on the head with his free hand. The moment was interrupted a clicking sound and when they looked they saw Faust and Moon standing not too far from them, the latter was holding a small camera while the former just smiled warmly at the scene before her.
Kazuki got up after Nameless let go of him, he too smiled since it had been a long time since he had moments like those, especially with Faust who was one of his oldest friends here with him again.
“I take it you already had your little family reunion?” asked Kazuki as approached the two alicorns while Nameless followed him.
“Yeah, and I must say that finding out about two daughters that I didn’t know I had was a new experience,” said Faust as she smiled, her motherly aura only made such a simple smile even more beautiful. Then she asked aloud, “I wonder if that’s what a stallion feels when that happened?”
“I hope you don’t expect such an experience to be repeated, especially after the bombshell you dropped,” said Kazuki as he and the trio walked toward the portal.
“Aww, but liked your reaction, plus if the information I gathered over the years are any indication you had some children, so being either a father or mother is nothing new to you,” said Faust and that little tidbit of information surprised the sisters greatly.
“You had children?” asked both Nameless and Moon as Kazuki activated the Gate.
“There is only so much one can do over the millennia, besides heat season can be quite overwhelming for some species,” said Kazuki with a matter of fact tone.
“So, what happened to your children?” asked Moon after they arrived at the underground base in Equestria.
“Um, they lived, loved, had their own family and died, I do keep track of their descendants but with few exceptions, they all lived and died like any other being,” said Kazuki with a touch of nostalgia in his voice.
“Well, it is to be expected, you had many reincarnations over the years, after all,” said Faust as the group headed to the underground village, all the ponies that saw them bowed when they saw the four of them before returning to whatever they were doing.
“Speaking of children, what you two think about your new ‘siblings’?” asked Kazuki as he looked at Moon and Nameless.
“Well, we’re kinda still on the fence about that,” said Moon with a shrug.
“But so far, we see them like ponies in general when mother ruled, they are kinda like younger siblings or children to us even without being directly related,” continued Nameless.
“Well, you are not wrong since most of them were made in the factories and assembly lines of Tenteienkyū but I did give birth to some of them directly, after all, this body has a fabricator unit capable of constructing a smaller unit, both of synthetic and organic nature,” said Faust as she placed her hand on her lower belly, more specifically where her artificial womb was located.
“Really?” asked Nameless and Faust nodded.
“Is there any difference between those you...um, gave birth and the ones made in an assembly line?” asked Moon out of curiosity.
“No, not really, unless I used a more specialized ‘blueprint’ than the standard ones. In this case my body is like any fabricator unit in Tenteienkyū, but I did write all the lines of code from the templates used in every A.I. before they were uploaded on the synthetic bodies, I even transferred some organic minds to synthetic bodies I created myself,” explained Faust and that caused Kazuki to raise an eyebrow.
As the alicorn trio chatted Kazuki thought about all the bases he had to reconnect using the Gate, there were four bases aside from this one in Equestria and the Tenteienkyū, which included the Meidoseikon somewhere beneath the Badlands, and he planned to reconnect with them as well as train Nameless and Moon to an acceptable level —by his standards— before they reveal themselves to the world. The quartet arrived at small coffee shop in the underground village, the same one that the alicorn sisters and the dragon sisters visited before Kazuki’s arrive from the Fallout-like Earth. Faust sat in front of Kazuki while the sisters sat in front of each other, Moon was at Kazuki's right and Nameless was at his left. They just ordered some snacks for breakfast, another interesting fact that they discovered, Faust and the other synthetics were able to eat normal food as well as taste it and they could get roughly the same benefits as any pony, the perks of being a highly advanced synthezoids/synthoids. From there they had a relatively peaceful breakfast and the three alicorns and the alien just chatted amicably.
“So, what was like, having a child I mean?” Nameless asked shyly, which caused Kazuki to raise an eyebrow at the sudden question, and Moon also looked at her curiously.
“It wonderful, for me at least, the feeling of a foal growing inside my belly, the weight resting on my hips, the feeling of every little movement as the foal kicks and shifts,” said Faust with a dreamy expression and that made both sisters blush as they imagined what was like to be pregnant, then their mother continued, “My only complains are the morning sickness, which contrary to popular belief can happen at any time of the day, the mood swings, your fathers would also complain about them half of the time while the other half they were busy 'distracting’ my incredible horny self, the cravings, which only added to the mood swings, the feeling of being bloated and the increased sensitivity, which were not half bad especially when I had my breasts milked, plus it made things interesting in the bedroom.”
As Faust offhandedly listed her complains, the sisters proceed to blush at the images they conjured in their minds.
“What about labor?” wondered Moon aloud and by the way, her eyes widened she didn't mean to ask that question aloud.
“Oh, it can be painful but it's worth it in the end, although, I heard that it can be pleasurable to the point of orgasm in some cases,” said Faust and while she said the second part more to herself she didn't mind in saying it to her daughters.
"Careful, people might think you have a fetish for pregnancy," said Kazuki before taking a sip of his tea.
"Oh, I assure you, Kaz, I have no shame in admitting that I have, as they say, 'a healthy appreciation' for being pregnant," said Faust with a smile as she placed her arms on the table, which caused the sisters to choke. Faust was unphased by her daughters' reaction and simply added "innocently", "If you are so curious I'm sure Kaz can help you with that."
Nameless and Moon looked an each other nervously and somewhat embarrassed, it wasn't the subject itself but the fact they were talking about it with their mother about, after all, some things never change. Meanwhile, Faust herself just her usual motherly smile while watching her daughters squirm for a bit and probably thinking she was about to gush like one of those mothers that wanted for her children to give her some grandkids already, which she did but she was immortal and had all the time in the world, she could wait.
"He has many ways to simulate a convincing pregnancy, he created a few of those over the years as a disguise, after all, a young soon-to-be-mother was almost always overlooked when it came to assassins and spies. That and children were a remarkable way to avoid unwanted suitors, it was quite fun to watch the drama unfold through the spy cameras before TV was a thing, along with soap opera," explained Faust as she looked at Kazuki, who was not even bothered by cyber alicorn's admission, and just gave her usual warm smile before adding, "Plus I have some methods on my own. Wanna try?"
Moon and Nameless were too curiosity to outwardly refuse but were to embarrassed to accept, mostly because it was their mother teasing them, and Moon was having a bit of a flashback to not long after she gained her new body. She might have experienced some of these methods first-hand during her unexpected heat but every time she tried to recall if she did she also recalled the lengthy "marathon" she had with Kazuki, which made her squirm on her chair. Despite her somewhat hazy memories she could tell that she liked the feeling, plus she also knew the feeling from visiting expecting mothers in their dreams.
“Why the sudden question?” asked Kazuki to Nameless and completely ignoring Faust's question.
“Well, Celestia wondered many times what would be like to have a foal over the years,” said Nameless nervously and inwardly thanking Kazuki for his intervention.
“Luna also wondered the same thing before her banishment,” interjected Moon coming back from her little flashback and trying to resume the conversation.
“Yeah, that and the fact that you mentioned children just a while ago made me wonder again, and also remember some of the mixed but mostly positive responses that Celestia got when she asked some of her friends over the years, plus with mother back I was curious about her opinion,” said the still blushing Nameless, luckily, her fur hid her blush, unluckily, both Kazuki and Faust could see Infrared.
“Aww, there is no need to feel embarrassed about my little sun, it's perfectly natural for you to think about having a foal. The thought of having a foal safely curled in the confines of your womb can be a great source of comfort,” said Faust as she leaned closer to Nameless before hugging her daughter with her right arm and wing while placing her left hand over Nameless’ belly, Faust just giggled at her blushing daughter.
“It quite boring though,” said Kazuki as he was reading a book he summoned to read.
“How so? Mother makes it seem like the best thing in the world,” asked Moon while Faust let go of the blushing Nameless and both of them leaned closer to her his response.
“Not for the mother,” said Kazuki simply and it took a while for them to realize what he meant but before they could ask anything he just continue and ignored the coy smile of the cyber alicorn and the wide eyes of the sisters, “I mean, its dark and wet in there and all you can do is sit and enjoy the ride, and its even more boring when you have to wait inside of an egg.”
“You remember what it's like to be inside the womb,” said Moon in disbelief.
“I couldn't exactly leave my body as I waited for it to come out, doing so could damage the developing connection between body and soul,” said Kazuki with a deadpan expression. Then he added, “Worst case scenario could result in a stillborn.”
“Your childhoods must have been pretty awkward,” commented Faust trying to mention something embarrassing to get away from the dark mood that settled just now.
“Diapers are the worst,” commented Kazuki with a twitch on his right eyebrow, his speech just now reminding him how a certain siren talked. Kazuki's answer earned giggles from the three alicorns and since they saw many of his bodies they tried to imagine a baby version of them.
“Which one of these childhoods were the most awkward in your opinion?” asked Moon while Nameless and Faust were too distracted by the mental image of a grumpy baby Kazuki to ask anything. Seeing that he wouldn't be left alone anytime soon Kazuki reverse summoned the book he was reading back to its place in the library before adopting a thoughtful expression as he recalled his many lifetimes.
“I can remember two in particular where I had to reveal my existence on the last trimester before I was born. Afterward I proceeded to have telepathic conversations with my mothers until I relearn to speak, and no matter what anyone says I consider being able to keep a straight face while having a conversation as my diapers are being changed to be a feat worthy of praise,” said Kazuki and the mental image of grumpy baby Kazuki complaining while his diapers were being changed was too much for the sisters, so they just laughed while their mother giggled.
“By the gods, that's funny,” said Nameless as she slowly regained her composure.
“In one of those lifetimes I reincarnated my mother as my daughter, so the situation was reversed a few years later, you could say I got my revenge as petty as it may be,” added Kazuki.
“Oh, you can reincarnate others as well,” said Faust and Kazuki nodded.
“Hai, I can either create a new body using my powers and/or knowledge,” said Kazuki as he glanced at the sisters before adding, “Or I can just do it naturally by simply putting the soul in the right place and waiting for nature to take its course, however, both methods have their own weakness and limitations.”
“Out of curiosity, why did you reincarnated your mother? And what was her and your species?” asked Nameless.
“We made a promise and it took more than one life to accomplish. And we were reindeer,” answered Kazuki.
“I see,” said Moon and she had a pretty good idea of when that particular lifetime(s) happen considering a conversation she had with him previously. From there the conversation descended back into chatter between friends and at some point Hon was mentioned, so Kazuki summoned her to join the conversation and it was quite entertaining to watch the childish and sentient book shout “Fa-chan!” when she spotted Faust.
“There there Hon-chan,” said Faust as she hugged the sentient book her cover showing a crying childish mask.
“Fa-chan, Seri-chan and Ruru-chan were mean to me and Kazu,” said Hon as she buried her cover on Faust soft chest, just appreciating the presence of the dear friend she missed.
“So I have heard,” said Faust and she hugged Hon, then she added, “Don’t worry, it seems my daughters are in need of a lesson.”
“Oh, it seems things are going to get more erratic than anticipated,” thought Kazuki as he witnessed Hon and Faust reunion.
Next morning, one of Kazuki’s personal dimensions
Nameless looked around at the barren wasteland around her, the rocky desert reminding her of the Badlands, however, the physical reminder that she was not in the Badlands or even in Equus was in the sky, two suns.

It was so strange to see and feel two suns, how they revolve around each other in an endless waltz in the darkness of the cosmos, so different from the sun of Equus that was smaller and needed a “push” every twelve hours or so to rotate around the planet, here the suns felt older and more independent, they acknowledge Nameless' presence and power but paid no mind to it or the planets that circulate around the pair. It was so different yet familiar, so alien, to witness such an event that started so long ago and will go on for countless more years to come.
“Put things into perspective, doesn’t it?” asked Kazuki standing behind Nameless.
“Yeah,” said Nameless as she turned to face her teacher, then she asked, “Was this how you felt the first time you landed on another world?”
“It’s hard to tell, it was so long ago, but I like to think so,” said Kazuki with nostalgia in his voice.
“Is this why a thousand years of imprisonment doesn’t phase you?” asked Nameless and Kazuki sighed.
“You have to understand that my lifespan is measured in billions of years, a few millennia might as well be a blink of an eye,” said Kazuki as spread his leg and face one palm upward with his arm extended while the other was facing forward with his arm bent near his face. Then he asked, “Are you ready?”
“Why are we doing this, again?” asked Nameless as she spread her legs and bent her arms while making a fist with both hands.
“I want you to delve deep into your own being in order to find balance, only after that our lessons can begin,” said Kazuki before taking a deep breath.
“I see,” said Nameless.
Equus, Castle’s living room
“Mother, could you pass the popcorn?” asked Moon as she observed her sister and teacher.
“Here, dear,” said Faust passing a bucket of popcorn.
“Oh, I can’t wait to see Kaz fighting,” said Sonata as she ate her tacos.
“Yeah, finally we get to see what’s so special about that guy,” said Firefly as she sat cross-legged on the ground.
“Shush, it's about to start,” said Hild’s monotone voice while her sister was beside her just vibrating with excitement.
Currently the sirens, the alternative mane seven, the alternative CMC, Juniper, Mike, Hild, Alexis, Zecora, Song, Jewel, Moon and Faust were gathered in the living room to watch the sparring session between Nameless and Kazuki that was being projected on the wall by a clone of Kazuki, the projection coming out of his third eye. All in all, it was like a large family gathering to watch a movie.
“Has it started yet?” said Daisy as she entered the living room while holding her baby daughter.
“They are about to start,” said Sugar as Daisy sat beside Juniper.
“That guy still scares me,” commented Bee as she shivered at the memory of Kazuki’s anger.
"As it should, hatchling, to not fear his power is just foolishness," said Jewel as she recalled her own defeat.
"The wrath of a sage is a terrible thing, to reshape the world as easily as a pendulum swing," said Zecora as she observed with curiosity, she knew of the sage's power over nature and even shamans respect such power, however, the knowledge of how to reach that power was lost long ago and whoever managed to reach such a power was very secretive about it. The fact that Kazuki was a god only made this difference even more evident.
Back to Kazuki’s desert dimensions
Kazuki activated his Byakugan and activated a Rinnegan on his third eyes, then two slits made themselves known in the center of his palms and they opened revealing a Rinnegan on each palm.
Nameless cringed at the somewhat grotesque sight of eyes suddenly appearing in Kazuki’s palms but as she prepared for the battle she couldn’t help but show a bloodthirsty smile, the thought of trading blows with Kazuki sending shivers down her spine, it seemed that some of the darker aspects of her personality were showing.
The wind blew and at some invisible signal both of them disappeared, then their right legs met in the middle followed by a shockwave.
Author's Note
Just setting up thing for the future, plus the new thing I learned from the Boruto anime gave me some ideas. But I will be focusing on my other stories, for now, so an update might take a while.
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