Author's Note

Before it's brought up in the comments, I know that a common thing about Tanukis; outside of their mixed raccoon & dog features; is the very NSFW depiction of males and their rather large ball sacks. That is not going to be a thing for the character being brought up in this chapter. Nor will I ever bring this mention up outside of this A/N section. The only reason I'm even drawing attention to this here, is because Taikun is using magic to hide his privates. Hence why it's not being mentioned. Even if this story gets mature themes later on, I will NOT ever describe Taikun's ball sac in depth. I tend to do things that go against the norm with my OCs, and in the case of Taikun, making it so the fully fleshed out Tanuki OC I've made so far never has any mention of a large ballsac brought up, would be a subversion of the typical Tanuki depiction.

Blossoming Romance: Part 2 - The Tanuki Taikun

Spike and Emziko were currently with the main six at Ponyvile's park area, getting ready to enjoy a nice picnic, when suddenly, a strange wave of magic came out of nowhere, and pushed the main six away from the two dragons.

"What the heck? Where did this come from?" Rainbow Dash asked. Suddenly the magic turned into a wall that despite her best efforts, not even Twilight could put a dent in.

"Should we get assitance from Celestia?" Fluttershy asked.

"Spike's on the other side of this wall; we won't get a message out unless we can get to the train to get to canterlot." Twilight said.

"Don't bother asking that Alicorn." A male voice suddenly said. With a poof, a male Tanuki that was quite large suddenly appeared. "Or rather, you won't have the time to make the round trip." The Tanuki said.

"Who in tartarus are you?" Spike asked.

"Name's Taikun. In case it wasn't obvious, I'm what you would call a tanuki." The Tanuki said.

"Funny, I thought Tanukis had--" Emziko started.

"We don't talk about that." Taikun said before he used magic to knock Emziko out.

"Hey, what'd you do that for?!" Spike exclaimed.

"Don't worry, she's not dead. All I'm doing is making sure you don't cause any damage, Purple Dragon." Taikun said.

"What are you talking about? Is this about the greed growth thing? It's taken care of." Spike said.

"No, I'm not here for that." Taikun said. "I'm here to stop a vision I saw from coming true."

"What sort of vision are you talking about?" Spike asked.

"The vision showed all of Pony kind being torn assunder, forced back into the three seperate tribes and allowing distrust to cloud their judgement. I also saw a Purple Dragon flying away from Equestria." Taikun said. "From this vision, I concluded that the Purple Dragon is responsible for causing a rift between Ponykind once again, and thus, it will destroy Equestria as you know it. I cannot allow for this to occur."

"I could never do that. Not to my friends." Spike said.

"Sorry, but I've looked hard and wide across the world. You are the only purple dragon I've seen. I even already saw you, but seeing as how I couldn't find another Purple dragon out there in the world, the only conclusion is that you are going to cause Equestria's ruin." Taikun said.

"That's not true!" Spike said.

"Save your breath." Taikun said before launching more magic, which Spike dodged.

Tanuki Demi-God
Taikun Sai Ko Mar

Spike was completely on the defensive, he didn't want to hurt this strange Tanuki that calls himself Taikun; hoping inaction would presuade him to rethink things. However, no matter what, Taikun was relentless.

Twilight couldn't help but watch as Taikun launched blast after blast, hoping to trip Spike up somewhere. Spike's small size was working to his advantage, but for how long that advantage would last is the problem.

Nevertheless, Spike's mindset was on trying to wear out Taikun so he would just give up. But little did the Purple Dragon know, this was no ordinary Tanuki, and that he had limitless staminia. Still, the Purple Dragon was convinced at some point, Taikun would just stop.

But he wouldn't. And soon, a blast actually grazed Spike. It didn't kill him, but it did put his leg out of commision for a bit. Which would be long enough for Taikun. "Did you really think you could outlast a demi-god?" Taikun asked. "No matter, I refuse to let the likes of you live any further. I'll at least make sure your death is quick and painless."

Suddenly, Emziko blocked the Tanuki. "No you don't! Your not going to touch this Purple Dragon." Emziko said.

"Out of my way. I don't wish to kill you. You should've been out for longer then that." Taikun said.

"No! I won't budge." Emziko said.

"How typical..." Taikun said.

That's enough Taikun. A booming voice suddenly said. Just then, a rift in the fabric of reality appeared. Do not be so rash as to act on so little information at this time.

"Master Furio..." Taikun said. "With all due respect, what other conclusion is there to draw?"

Think about it: There was not one point in which this Purple Dragon chose to attack you. If he was truely the one destined to cause ruin to Ponykind, then why was he so pacifistic towards you? The booming voice called out from the rift.

There was a bit of silence for a while. "Very well sir. I'll withdraw from this fight." Taikun said. The tanuki demi-god then poofed away.

"Err, thank you..." Emziko said.

Don't celebrate quite so soon. If we find concrete evidence that the Purple Dragon known as Spike is going to be the one responsible for the ruin of Ponykind; then there will be no quarter given to him or you. The booming voice said before the rift suddenly closed and the magic wall that separated the main six from the two dragons went down.

"...Why do I have the feeling that that was someone that would make Queen Faust look like a toddler in comparison?" Twilight asked as a shiver went down her spine.