A Heros's Sacrifice for the Elements

by ME ME BIG BOY

Chapter 2

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1000 years prior to present time

In his mindscape, the nine bijuu had gathered around their friend and guardian, knowing full well when he awakes, the information that everything that he has ever known is gone will overwhelm him..

The world had changed in such radical ways that the bijuu were still trying to comprehend how it all happened.

That’s a story for another time however as Naruto began to stir for the first time since his imprisonment.

Opening his eyes and blinking a few times to shake off the sleep, he awoke on a field of orange grass. Sitting upright and becoming more aware, he found out he wasn't on a field of orange grass, but on the back of his friend Kurama.

“It’s been awhile kit.” Kurama’s voice, once filled with so much hate, now sounded sympathetic.

“We thought you would never wake up Naruto-kun,” Matatabi, polite as ever, said to her friend. The other bijuus shared similar sympathies.

Living in Naruto's mindscape for such a long time made them absorb his chakra, eventually withering down a lot of the hatred and resentment towards him, replacing it with empathy and understanding.

“You guys are making it sound like it’s the end of the world or something… Oh god please don’t say I missed the apocalypse! I really wanted to kick some minions of hell asses. I mean I did it once, I can do it again, right? By the way, how is the army holding up?” Naruto asked while getting off his friend and standing on the floor of his mindscape.

They all looked hesitant to answer his question, but none the less the fox spoke.

Explaining and showing via the link they shared to him that it had been over a hundred million years since that fateful day. Telling him how humanity rose and fell as well telling as him that humanity as a whole was now extinct. In their stead, they were replaced with talking horses that controlled the weather, the sun and the moon, and everything in between.

Naruto couldn't believe this. Everything that he had worked so hard for. Fighting tooth and nail for all that he had, had been for nothing in the end. Finally breaking, hot tears of anger and frustration streamed down his face upon learning that he would never get to see Hinata again. Or walking down the aisle with Himawari giving his beautiful daughter away. See Boruto become a great ninja. Never getting to see or hold his grandkids and spoil them rotten. All of this had been anticipated by the nine as they tried to comfort him.

In time, slowly but surely, he learned to deal with the grief. After all, one thousand years is a long time.

0o0

Present time mindscape

“Man they really are bringing in the big guns huh? Look how they’re walling up,” Naruto commented on the sheer amount of guards now bulwarking around the two big horses with shields, spears, horns glowing and wings flared in defensive formations pointed at him.

“It’s not like you haven't tanked your way through something like this before,” Isobu said in a dull voice.

“Yeah I know, but this time there's a bunch of pastel colored horses,” Naruto dumbly noted.

“Kit are you implying that you’re afraid of pastel color horses? Please say yes. I need a good laugh at your expense.

“A: Your a dick.”

“And B: No I was just noticing how they’re protecting the two tall horses with crowns leading me to believe that they are the rulers of what ever nation this is now.”

“Anything else you want to point out? Maybe oh, I don’t know, like how the grass is green or the sky is blue or how about how water is really, really wet!?”

“FUCK YOU YOU OVERGROWN SHAG RUG WITH YOUR HUGE FUCKING BUNNY EARS!”

“OI FUCK YOU MEATBAG! YOU SAID THAT YOU'D NEVER MENTION THAT AGAIN!” Kurama screeched, now livid, and ready to throw down.

“BOYS CALM DOWN. DON'T MAKE ME HAVE TO BACK HAND YOU!”

“Okay mooooom!” Naruto drew out the mom part as he knew she hated anything that suggested that she was old. She had insisted that he call her Matatabi-nee-chan. After all, she wasn't old. She’s simply ‘a refined lady.’ Matatabi’s left eye twitched and promptly lit Naruto on fire.

“OW OW OW! Fuck! Can’t you - OW - take a joke! Like, goddamn!”

“Say you're sorry and maybe i will relent!”

“NO! OW, FUCK THAT”S HOT!!!!”

“SAY IT!” she screamed.

“FIIIIINE! I”M SORRY THAT YOUR OLD MOOOM!” Matatabi roared at the insult. She was going to kill him if she had anything to say about it.

“As entertaining as this is, the time has come. The seal has weakened to the point where your physical body can break out. ” Gyuki the ox stated. That had stopped the bickering instantly.

“We will talk about that apology later,” the flaming cat ground out between gritted teeth.

“Fine, I will think of an appropriate apology when I have cooled my head.” Naruto meant that in both senses. It was literally on fire.

Patting his head and putting out the fire, he looked up at his fox friend who was trying and failing to hold his lighter in. The cat just gave the fox the stink eye and stomped off in a huff.

“Yeeeeah we got about, oh lets see, a minute or so left, so, I’ve gotta get this question out of my system… what about ramen?” Asked Naruto.

“What about ramen?” Kurama asked back.

“I mean… ist it still around?”

There was silence followed by a long pause.

“No..”

The reaction was instant as Naruto fell to the ground and started crying.

“Ramen-chan! I will avenge you!” he screamed out in anguish.

The nine bijuu sweat dropped at the tantrum.

Suddenly there was a flash of light and Naruto was gone.

“Dear Fate, Karma and Murphy... if you are listening, if you're up there, I just want you to know… I hate you all,” Kurama lamented. The rest of the bijuu just hung their heads in embarrassment and shame.

0o0

Inside the cavern present time

The princesses, guards, and Elements of Harmony had gotten into position. The power coming off in waves started to drown them with overwhelming force.

“Battle mages get ready! Spearponys and Swordponys do not falter! Shield bearers guard their majesties with your lives. Form defensive lines,” The commander of the guard started barking orders.

“YES SIR!” They yelled in affirmation, getting ready restain the creature or die in the process.

Luna and Celestia got into a defensive position in front of the girls.

“Here we go girls. Form up,” Twilight said in anticipation. The look on her friend faces were the same as hers; trying to be brave but ultimately scared. Except pinkie pie who wore a face splitting smile and was vibrating in what had to be Pinkie Pie’s ‘ultimate doozy pinkie sense.’

But something happened. Everything went still. The power was not radiating and the cavern was not shaking. Everything was quiet, too quiet. Then it happened

The green rocklike crystal cracked.

Everypony's eyes were now on the the green rock and dark figure within.

Their resolve did not waver, as several cracks started forming on the rock.

A chunk of rock fell, echoing as it hit the floor of the cavern.

A pair of eyes that were a golden orange that looked like a cross between a frog with slits down the middle opened suddenly.

The rock and crystal exploded outward with such force that it knocked everypony back in random directions. As they got back up, there it was.

The creature stood tall, and only on two legs. It was taller than even celestia by a half a head.

It’s skin was pale, it had a short blonde mane with whiskers on its face.

It was also wearing a short sleeve white cloak with red flames at the bottom and a high collar and a green vest with numerous pockets and a neck guard. It wore a black headband with a symbol on strip of metal that not even the princesses recognized. It also had on its lower waist a huge white scroll supported with a large red and white rope wrapped around said scroll and looked to be braided. It had black pants with wrappings around its lower back legs. It had black boot like sandals on it’s hooves as well. It even had foreleg bracers of some kind that stopped at its claw like appendages, the right of which looked hurt for it was wrapped in white bandages.

Both princesses could not help but feel intimidated this creature. This… thing was giving off such an oppressive aura of death, terror, rage, and darkness.

The creature suddenly grinned stupidly, chuckled, and cocked his head to the side, his aura instantly vanishing and replaced it with the aura of some kind of… powerless, harmless creature. It gave off an aura of love and kindness that rivaled the element of kindness herself.

Slowly the princesses walked toward him very cautiously, the guards parting so they could move through but still keeping an sharp eye and weapons trained on the creature.

Naruto looked at them with an interested look in his eyes as they approached.

Luna looked up at him. He was tall, very tall and very powerful if earlier was any indication, but the one question on everypony's mind she had to ask.

“Ancient one, what are you?” she asked with a slight bow of her head. This creature was powerful and, more than likely, extremely dangerous. Why not try to gain its favor by extending an olive branch first so it would not harm her and her sisters subjects?

They all looked at the omnipotent creature. It stood still, forelegs crossed, and it’s tongue stuck in concentration with his eyes closed.

Naruto had not understood what she said, and then decided to nip this problem in the bud before it spiraled out of control. Opening his eyes, revealing purple ringed ones that were like ripples on the water, he looked at them with curious eyes.

“Īdesu ka (May I)?”

Reaching out to touch both the royal sisters, they all tensed up, ready to attack. The sisters horns flared as they begun to charge a powerful restraining spell.

Closing the distance with extreme caution, Naruto put his hands outward, showing them he had nothing in them.

A battle mage misfired, missing Naruto’s head by one inch, and blowing up a chunk the wall behind Naruto.

Then all hell broke lose. Every battle mage, soldier and even the elements, started to charge spells or charge with weapons, whichever they had, protecting their precious princesses who retreated behind the line in the process. As the they move in to apprehend the beast, with a golden flash, he vanished, nowhere to be seen. He was gone. Disappeared without a trace.

The princesess ordered a full lockdown of the castle and all guards to have a platoon guarding every entrance, exit, corridor, hallway, you name it, it was locked down.

After all the chaos and all guards were double timing all tasks, Celestia and Luna, along with the Elements of Harmony sat in Luna's chambers to protect them from whatever it was that was roaming the castle.

“He talked in an unknown tongue sister. What do you think he wanted, besides touching us?”

“He?” Twilight asked.

“Yes ‘he’. It had a deep voice like a stallion and it was tall with what looked like a very muscular physique not unlike a minotaur,” Celestia explained.

“Perhaps he is a precursor to their race? A missing link if you will?” Luna thought aloud.

“But what of the power? The eyes? Why did he want to touch you and everything inbetween?” Twilight started rattling of the questions everypony had on their mind.

That started a slew of questions that lasted quite awhile.

Unbeknownst to them in the shadows of an unseen corner on top of the the diarch of the moon's bedchambers ceiling, using the Tōton Jutsu (Transparency Jutsu), Naruto watched and listened to the unknown language and being unsuccessful at that. He looked to the midnight blue one with the moon on her ass. Blinking slowly, revealing Sasuke’s last gift to him, his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, he looked at her eyes he whispered, “Tsukuyomi (Moon Reader).”

0o0

It happened in an instant. One moment she had been in her chambers with her sister and the element bearers. Now she looked around and found that every color had been inverted. A strange negative world. Panicking as she heard a simple “hi,” she whipped around and saw the creature from the caves on a post crossing his back legs and resting his fore legs on his knees reading an orange book speaking in eqish.

“CREATURE WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? WHERE AM I? I DEMAND THAT YOU RELEASE ME IMMEDIATELY!”

“YOU DON'T HAVE TO SCREAM FOR FUCK’S SAKE”!

A look of realization came over her face but was replaced by fury.

“Before you ask why I can speak your language now as opposed to back in that cave, save your breath. It wouldn't make sense to you even if I explained from very the beginning, like, the whole story would take years at least. Rest assured you are not in any danger and I am not a threat to you subjects. I just don’t like big crowds pointing sharp and pointy looking spears at me,” he explained.

“You have been very helpful in my endeavor to learn your language, which by the way, is very odd sounding. ‘Lolololollalalala.’” He rolled his tongue around getting used to the felling of a new language.

“And how do I know you aren’t just lying to me? I do not even know your name and you would have me trust you?!” She demanded answers.

“Haaa tell you what, I have been asleep for avery long time. If there is a balcony or an open space, I will talk to you and the rest of your friends there. We can cven be civil about it ya know? No pitchforks, no torches, no rioting, no violence.”

Luna pondered his request for a moment before relenting. “We can go to the castle gardens located in the east wing. You can’t miss it, a whole bunch of statues and the like and a gazebo in the center. I will be on the bench in the gazebo. How about that?”

“Sounds good,” he replied.

“One more question for now; Why did you ask for an ‘open space’?”

“I just want to enjoy gazing at the stars again.”

“He likes our Night?” She was confused. Most ponies did not stargaze or appreciate her work as they were all sleeping or doing other things that she would not mention.

Everything started to change back to normal. On the wind, she heard him say it.

“By the way, the name’s Naruto, Princess.”

One thing was for sure this, Naruto sounded like he was going to be a chore.


Author's Note

here is chapter two i hope i have improved a little bit. If not tell me were screwed up and tell me if you enjoyed it or not

Naruto is op in this story and in case you haven't noticed. i have a editor

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He might be busy at times but i am thankfull for him taking the time out of his day. i hope we can continue to work well with one another.

the first chapter has been edited by this perfect man agian his name is

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give him all the love and suppot you can. With out him none of this would be remotely readable

love ya beautiful people.

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