After Luna had returned to reality, she explained what had transpired to everypony present in her chambers, and Celestia was more than a little bit upset to say the least.

This creature, this… Naruto had somehow invaded her sister’s mind, transported her to a “photo negative world” as Luna put it, and absorbed Great Mother knows how much of information before settling with learning Eqish.

She, her sister, and the Elements of Harmony were trotting a brisk pace to where this they had agreed to meet him.

“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?”

Celestia had a gut feeling that he couldn't be trusted, so she sent a group of guards to reinforce the area and report to her once they had confirmed that he was there but to not engage it and wait for her and Luna to arrive before they could proceed.

Luna had stated he did not want any violence,, he only wanted to be civil. She could respect that, and told her sister not to send any form of threat. Her sister had denied her once again and had gone ahead with this reinforcement plan.

Trotting at brisk pace through the corridors to the east wing to the castle gardens Luna tried to convince her elder sister why she thought this plan did not settle with her.

“Tia, I do not think you comprehend his abilities. He literally pulled me into a photo negative world , at least that's what I think he did. He did not outright say. I do not think he needed to…” she trailed off beginning to sweat.

“What was not outright said Lulu?” Celestia asked noticing her sister's distress.

“That he had absolute authority over that realm sister. He did not need to say it, but the feeling I got when I looked him in the eyes and felt his power…I felt like an ant afore a hoof sister, like he was the god of that realm.” She shuddered, remembering how small she felt compared to him.

They continued the back and forth conversation until they reached the gardens locating the gazebo easily enough. He was early, getting there before they did. That was unexpected. They also did not expect laughing and giggling coming from the gazebo as they got closer.
“You must be kidding me. You painted three entire city blocks orange just to goad your leader into making her relax and hang out with you? Hehe, she must have been so mad.” Giggled an unknown figure.

“My lady, I assure you I am not making things up. Also, she started it. I was a prankster from hell in my childhood after all and she was actually thankful, she had like a week's worth of papers stacked up and needed a break. By the way, would you like any more tea my lady?” he asked while chuckling, grinning as he remembered the the pranks he pulled as a genin. There were too many good memories. Making the old hag angry was one of his favorite pastimes.

“Hehe, it sounds like it, and no thank you, but I appreciate the offer. Also, I have told you three times now. None of this ‘my lady’ stuff. Call me Derpy, all of my friends do.” The now identified mare grinned back.

“Very well. I don’t know why you insist on me calling you such a degrading name, but if you absolutely insist I will, Derpy.

“I do,” she simply stated.

Hearing the sound of multiple pairs of hooves he cut the conversation short, sealing the tea set away using the seal that was on his right upper shoulder in the shape of the Uzumaki clan spiral. With a *poof* the set was gone.

“Well this has been quite an amusing chat, but I believe you have a missive to deliver if I am not mistaken. Ahh, here comes your query now,” Naruto said, noticing the regalia of the two princesses, and noting there were six others with them as well, walking at brisk pace up to him and his new friend.

The tall white one did not look happy. The shorter but still tall midnight blue one had put on a stern face but, he could see the facade she put up.

The pink normal horse with poofy pink mane smiled at him so hard, he thought that she might rip her face in two.

‘Oh boy ,the funny farm is missing one of their patients.’

The cyan blue pegasus with a rainbow mane was glaring at him with determination.

‘Oh lovely, a tom boy with a huge ego.’

The butter yellow pegasus with a long flowing pink mane looked at him with happy eyes and a shy smile.

‘Huh, she doesn't seem so bad.’

The white unicorn that had a stylized purple mane looked at him. More precisely at his clothing.

‘Graet, a dvea.’ He did not like when he had been forced to go clothes shopping with Ino and Sakura because they said and he quoted, “You have too much orange!”

‘How does one have too much of the color of Kamai- sama himself!?’ he screamed internally.

There was a orange regular pony with a blonde mane that had been tied in a low pony tail and a hat, looked at him with stern eyes.

‘A stenson? The hell is this backwards ass shit?’

If the vision that the nine showed him was anything to go by, a cowboy in the wild west wore them, not his horse.

Finally there was the purple unicorn with a pink streak that went through her mane. She looked curious, like a scientist ready to poke and prod him for answers.

‘I hate doctors and scientists that want to poke and prod me like i’m some sort of lab rat!’

Seeing them all approach, the grey pegasus bowed low in front of the two regal horses saying “princess” as she did so.

“Rise my little pony. It is late, you should be resting,” Celestia said.

Derpy got up, but before she left, she gave Naruto a piece of paper.

“If you're ever in Ponyville, look me up. It’s nice to have friends after all,” she said.

“Thank you Derpy. I think will take you up on that offer, but for now there are things that must be said. I believe that missive can wait for a few hours yes?” he said while putting the piece of paper away in his black pants. Taking the hint, she gave one more quick bow and flew off into the night. Where she was going, he didn’t know.

Taking out a brown pipe out one of his numerous jacket pockets, he put his finger over the bowl and with a simple Katon release lit it. Puffing slowly he sighed, enjoying the feeling inhaling and exhaling the toxic clouds of ash.

“Sorry if I’m early, but if there’s one thing I've learned quite painfully as the information had been beaten into my head about women is that it’s all about living like it’s thirty minutes early even if she is late by five or ten. ‘Never keep a lady waiting,’ Sakura-chan would say to me, before punching my face.”

“So, who wants to start?” he asked puffing again making him look like a dragon when he exhaled.

A long pause and silence followed.

The white princess was not happy.

“Where are my guards creature?” she demanded.

“Some over there, a lot over there, aaannd oh, two more right over there.”

Their whipped their heads around to see twenty guards on the ground asleep in various locations.

“Thought you said we would be civil, and not resort to violence, but there they are. Oh don’t worry, I only put them to sleep. They’ll wake up in two hours with no ill effects. By the way, my name's not ‘creature’, it’s Naruto,” he calmly explained

“You pull my sister into an unknown world, assault my guards, and then you expect me not to arrest you for your crimes?! You’re insane! You are a threat!” she yelled, barely containing her anger.

A loud exasperated sigh came from his mouth. Cleaning out the bowl of his pipe and putting it away into one of his vest pockets, he pulled out a orange book instead.

He was reading, he wasn't paying any attention to her. This was an insult! An outrage! Now beyond mad, she was grinding her teeth in her rage.

Closing the book and putting it away safely, he sighed again.

“You claim to be peaceful and kind, but when something happens that you can't control, you go all tyrant control freak on whatever it is that you can’t command. Seen it a dozen times before.” He sounded bored.

That did it. She snapped! *CLANG* A golden flaming halberd met a three pronged kunai in a clash that echoed for miles, knocking the Element bearers down and unconscious from the shock wave destroying the gazebo in the process.

“YOU WILL SURRENDER MONSTER!” she yelled in the royal canterlot voice. Struggling against his raw power. He was bored. With a burst of chakra he pushed her back twenty feet along with Luna who raised her wings in defence while raising multiple protective shields around the girls. He approached the sun diarch with slow, but deliberate steps. He started to rant.

“I just wanted to look at the stars. It has been so long. Why can I have a normal day, just once I’d like a normal day. I haven't had a normal day in sooo long!

“You know I don't ask for much. All I ask for is just one normal day in my life. No excitement, no killing, no getting my ass beat, no genocide, no regicide, no war, no invasions, no having to save the village because a city block is on fire because some moron thought it would be funny to stick a fork into an electrical outlet, no having to fight gods or goddesses, no getting stabbed!

“In addition to fighting a horse Princesses because she is mad at the fact that I won’t bent my knee, kneel and obey her every command like a dog!” She had began retort but was cut off by him again.

“I have more respect for that grey Pegasus from earlier. Derpy, she insisted I call her. She didn't treat me like a monster at all. In fact, she had been more interested in my story than she was with what I am.” His vice grew cold.” You want my respect princesses? Earn it, just like I had to when I crawled my way to the top, fighting tooth and nail for everything I ever owned.

“Respect is earned, not given princesses. Moreover if you demand I kneel for the simple fact that you’re royalty, I’d rather spit than give you that kind of satisfaction.” She looked at him with fury in her eyes, still pinned to the ground with an unseen force. He continued his rant.

“All I want is just to lay on the grass, listen to some sweet tunes and laze around for just one day.” He continued even further.

“Then I remind myself that’s never going to happen because who would the gods laugh at then? I’ll admit I’ve done horrible shit in the past, scary shit that will haunt me for eternity, but I was never the bad guy per se. It’s all about that morally grey area ya know.” His rant over, he began walking up to a struggling to get up Celestia.

“I don't want to hurt you, but so far you have done nothing but show me outright hostilities from the moment I awoke to right now,” he summed it all up.

The princesses went wide eyed at the fact. He wasn't trying to hurt anypony. He was merely defending himself in a world that was not his own anymore. They were totally in the wrong, they were hypocrites.

Celestia had been so used to controlling for more than two thousand years. He was right. She had been a control freak! She admitted to herself in shame.

“I want you as my friend and trust me, you don't want me as your enemy. If I wanted you dead, every last one of you would be. I am no threat to your people unless they become a threat to me.” Crouching down in front of the still prone princess, grasping her golden halberd that she still had a magical grasp on in his right hand, he said one word, “Kurama”. Suddenly, she found herself in another realm. What she saw made her blood run cold.

A fox the size of a mountain with nine tails stood behind him with teeth bared. It was snarling and let out a cloud of hot steam when it growled. “Calm down.” As the halberd cracked, she relented and recomposed herself.

“What was that?” She asked, now terrified of whatever that fox was.

“That was my friend. I have eight others sealed inside of me and they are not too happy with you at the moment. That’s why you want me as your ally,” he said as a matter of fact.

“I don't like repeating myself but, all I wanted to do was gaze at the stars and watch the sunrise again. It’s been so long,” he said annoyed.

Hearing a number of groans the Element bearers staggered to their feet. Princess Celestia was getting up up on her haunches now that the force that had been holding her down had quit. Luna lowered her wings, which she had raised to protect herself. She hurried over to Rarity and Pinkie Pie who were in a bush. Letting her go, Naruto watched as Celestia helped Twilight to her hooves, before addressing the group.

“Everypony all right?” They groggily sounded off their affirmations. Dash sat on her rump, head held between her hooves.

“Barely. What hit me?” she complained.

“I’m sorry girls,” Celestia said in a voice laced with regret. “I lost my temper and I let a side of me slip out that I thought I buried long ago.” Her head lowered. “I should have listened to you Luna. Can you ever forgive me?” she begged, her voice shaky. She had scared herself at how easily she had lost control of her emotions. “I’m sorry.”

Luna trotted over to her and lifted Celestia’s head with a nuzzle. “We knew he would be powerful, but did not anticipate his power to be this overwhelming.” That had gotten the girls attention who looked at him with wide eyes.

“Uuuh hi?” He waved, unsure if they were going to try to kill him too.

Faster than even he could track, the pink one was in front of him. ‘Hiraishin?!’ That’s the only explanation he could come up with as to how fast she moved.

“Hi! I’m Pinkie Pie! What’s your name? Pfft Silly, I ALREADY know your name. I just want to give your very own super special, ‘Welcome to Equestria, Sorry We Got Off On The Wrong Hoof Can We Try Again’ cupcake!” She finally took a moment to suck in a deep breath.
Naruto looked back and forth from Luna to Celestia back to Pinkie Pie, textbook confusion dominating his appearance. He said nothing, but carefully studied Pinkie Pie as she gingerly lifted a cupcake out from its plate. ‘Where the hell did she get that?’ He was so confused.

The pink pony started toward the human. Luna, Celestia and the rest of the Elements of Harmony watched with equal parts fascination and bewilderment to see how he would react. They probably should have started him off with a more… sane pony. Pinkie plopped herself down in front of where the he was standing and held out the sugary treat.

Naruto crouched down slowly and sat on his knees so that she was eye level and inspected the pony. He very slowly reached a hand and carefully poked the young mare’s hair with a finger. She giggled slightly and lifted the cupcake up to him. He shifted his attention to the desert. Sure enough, ‘Welcome to Equestria, Sorry We Got Off On The Wrong Hoof Can We Try Again’ was scribbled out in thin white frosting atop the cake.

“Go on,” Pinkie Pie encouraged, pushing towards him. “Try it.”
“Thank you.” They watched in fascination as he deftly plucked the treat off the plate and lifting it up before putting it to his lips and began eating it. He had an exuberant smile on his face. It was delicious. He was hungry after all.

He looked as if he might break into tears. He hadn't eaten anything in eons. Something this sweet right off the bat was a little bit overwhelming. That didn't mean it wasn't good.

“Awww you don't have to cry. Your friend Pinkie Pie is here,” she said to comfort him.

He swallowed, neck muscles moving slightly as the remaining cake disappeared down his gullet. He ran his tongue over his teeth a few times, looking very satisfied.

“Thank you Pinkie Pie for the treat. it was delicious,” he admitted as he moved from sitting on his knees to onto his backside legs crossed.

“Yay!” Pinkie Began bouncing around him, excitedly. “He likes it!” Pinkie hopped up next to him. To Celestia's surprise, he did not protest the proximity. He did not get angry or was out right hostile to her. He laughed at her antics, something she and her sister were not expecting.

Pinkie looked at him distastefully “Blegh, You’ve been stuck in that rock for like, a bazillion years?! How didn’t you go coocoo loco?” She then continued talking about nothing in particular.

“Omigosh! How ruuude!” she declared out of nowhere. She took the plate in her teeth and walked them over to the Princesses. “Ah’ frrgot ta offr yooo un too, Princeses,” she made out from between the tray in her teeth.

Luna chuckled softly. She and her sister had been hungry this whole time as they had ate nothing these past three days due to working overtime trying to calm their subjects leaving no time to eat.

“Thank you, my dear. They look lovely.”

Pinkie trotted back to the cot. “Wan’ an’utha one?”

Naruto smiled and gave her a nod. He deftly lifted a cake with two fingers. “Thank you,” he said.

Pinkie Pie back to her seat on his right side, and selected a cupcake for herself, which disappeared down her throat faster than any civilized meal should, followed shortly by a very unladylike burp. Pinkie quickly clasped a hoof over her mouth initially embarrassed, but she soon began to giggle from behind her pink appendage.

That broke the ice as they all trotted toward him.

The five others with the two royal sisters trotted over to him with bubbliness that was normally reserved for Pinkie Pie alone. Fluttershy trotted over to him carrying a bright white box with a a large red cross on the front. The handle of the medical case was clutched firmly in her teeth, although her smile was evident despite the fact.

Celestia, stopping a few yards away from him, decided to speak once again. “Naruto, if I may start again I would like to make introductions. *ahem* My name is Princess Celestia, Co-Ruler of Equestria. I believe you have already met my sister Princess Luna and I...

“That’s an understatement if I do say so myself.” He commented the obvious.

“Well I want to get it right this time. I let my temper get out of hoof. I want to apologize for earlier. Forgive me for jumping to conclusions and judging without knowing you.”

He stood up to his full height and looked Celestia in the eyes and held out his hand. “I believe we were both in the wrong. I had not expected you to send a hit squad after me and I did act quiet belligerent to you. I accept your apology.” Looking at his hand and lifting her own golden shod hoof to his they shook.

“To new beginnings,” he said.

“To new allies, may we better ourselves so that something like this doesn't happen again.” she declared, finishing the hand/hoof shake.

“This is Miss Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie. Applejack.” Celestia nodded toward the orange earth pony, who tipped her hat slightly. “Rarity,” she motioned toward the white unicorn, “and Rainbow Dash.” Dash flared her wings and beamed proudly. “And this is Twilight Sparkle, whom is my personal protégé.”

Twilight was about to respond, but suddenly Rainbow Dash blitzed over and landed in the center of the group.

“Great that’s settled. Now, I have some questions for you.” Rainbow Dash came on a bit strong, but it certainly changed the pace quickly. When Rainbow wanted something, she was famously impatient for anything got in her way from obtaining it. She wanted answers and by Celestia, she was going to get them. “First of all; who taught you to speak Equish?” Dash was shouting a bit more than she normally did.

Everypony suddenly became very interested in his pending answer. Luna knew about the world that he pulled he into but did not know how he learned to speak Equish.

He looked at her, closed his eyes and after a dramatic pause he opened them. Blood red eyes, the last gift Sasuke gave him, greeted them.

Everypony gasped. They all backed up suddenly intimidated.

“These are special eyes that let me see all that is unseen. The illusion I put Luna under, Tsukuyomi or (Moon Reader) in your language, is one of the most powerful genjutsu in existence. It is said to represent the ‘Spiritual World and Darkness’. I need direct eye contact to enact it. Within the illusion my the person is trapped until I say differently.” Blinking again, his sky blue eyes returning, they all let out a breath they did not know they were holding.

“Genjutsu? What type of illusions are we talking about?” Twilight’s now peaked curiosity got the better of her.

“I would explain everything and more, but I have not eaten in eons and also would like a bath to relax in. My last one was in a river one hundred million years ago.”

“Eeeewww!” they all let out the sounds of disgust. To his credit he didn’t reek … somehow.

“Yes, very well then. It is getting late, and tomorrow we can discuss things in more detail. For now, you can have one of the suites located in the castle until we can find an appropriate place to host you,” Celestia said, who just wanted to go to her room eat bathe and go to bed.

“Okay, sounds like a plan.”

They all left the gardens and into the castle the sisters directing the girls to their rooms that they had been staying in for the last three days. They then directed him to on the end of the hallway into one of the hundreds of rooms in the castle saying goodnight and leaving him alone to his thoughts.

“Tomorrow is going to be a big day,” he said.

Naruto walked over over to the bathroom door, opening it and sliding in. Once he was in, he closed it and proceeded to strip naked and perform his rituals once he had scrubbed every part of him that was dirty thoroughly rinsing and sliding into the tub, relaxing to the point where his eye drooped and were heavy. He was more relaxed than he’s been in a long time.

Author's Note

here it is chapter three i busted my ass on this one it's probably filled with mistakes but i tried super hard on this one hopefully i can have my editor help me with it when he has time.

this chapter has been edited by this awesome dude right here

XIII Hearts

i cut the flash bashing scene i just want you all to know that while i work on chapter 4 naruto will be realising how much of a hypocrite he was apologize yada yada and then he will be the dumb happy go lucky funny blonde we all know and love.
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