Kanji Tatsumi: Equestrian Bad Assby The Fluttershy GuyChaptersWhat the hell?!?!!?You Gotta Problem With That!?!?!?!Pinkamena Dianne PieN-N-N-aoto!?!?!Ponyville Arrival...Oh No...Not This AgainWarlord FluttershyWelcome To Ponyville!!!!Masochist Rainbow DashWhaaa!!?!??! Another Round of the King's game!!?!?!?What the hell?!?!!?Kanji Tatsumi. Inaba knows him as a delinquent...that likes to sew things. But what they don't know is that hes a persona-using-shadow-ass-kicking hero. A few months ago he and his friends solved the murders that had been happening in Inaba and stopped the twisted Adachi. And get a load of this, just yesterday, he and his friends had defeated an old and powerful goddess, Izanami No Okami, keeping her from engulfing the ENTIRE world in a deadly fog. But...Yu...the leader of the group of tight knit friends, left his uncles home in Inaba to return to his home with his parents yesterday after that final battle. And Kanji was more than a little depressed. Yu had helped him figure out who he really was and was the troubled teens best friend. It was Yu, after all who got Kanji to admit to his strange hobby and to embrace that part of him. Kanji sighed as he slowly and gloomily ascended the stairs to his room in his home. “G'night Ma.” “Good night Kanji dear, sleep well.” Came the reply from his mom as the teen reached the top of the stairs. Kanji walked down the hall and entered his small room and flopped down onto his mattress, face buried into his pillow. He had to admit he was still exhausted from fighting Izanami. The teen gave a tired sigh before rolling onto his back. “Yu...you better come back soon you son of a bitch.” The youth muttered under his breath before letting his eyes close and drifting off to sleep. Secretly, Kanji hoped that he would have a nice dream with just him and Naoto. Him and Naoto. Hopefully she'd be in a biki. Or better yet some lingerie. If only... If only... … This day has been just perfect. The kind of day of which I dreamed since I was small. Everypony I'll soon control! Every stallion, mare and colt! Who says a mare can't have it all!?! The changeling queen laughed as the last notes of her song rang throughout the air. Chrysalis looked upon her gorgeous changelings, a triumphant smirk plastered her muzzle as she gazed upon her utter victory. “Really? This was the best defense you could muster Celestia? Ha!” The Changeling queen laughed hysterically as she turned to face the defeated elements of harmony. The six mares in question each glared daggers at the Queen. This only made Chrysalis laugh harder. The changeling queen couldn't believe how easy it had been to infiltrate the wedding and to invade Canterlot. Soon, SHE would be the one to rule over all of Equestria. And no pony, not even Celestia herself nor her elements of harmony could stop her. BANG! A brilliant flash of golden light, illuminated the room blinding every pony within the grand hall. Chrysalis blinked her eyes in annoyance and glared at the center of the room. Pony and changeling alike gave a dust cloud in the center of the hall a wide berth as said dust began to disperse. When the dust finally cleared every pony gave a gasp of surprise, Chrysalis herself included. In the center of a small crater was some sort of creature...that was snoring in sleep. Overly loud snores echoed throughout the entire hall as the strange thing slept. From what she could tell, the thing was bipedal and had short bleached hair. The thing had black pants on and a shirt with a skull plastered in the center, with a jacket just hanging from his shoulders. “Subdue this...thing before it wakes up.” Chrysalis ordered. A group of six changelings approached the crater slowly, careful to not wake the thing up. When the group was a mere step away the silence of the hall was shattered with a low growl, “You'd better be damn sure you'll be able to keep me pinned before you pull this stupid ass stunt.” The strange being sat up and glared straight at Chrysalis, “You damn punks.” … Kanji drank in the sight around him, blinking slowly as he absorbed every last detail. What the hell? Was this some sort of...pony wedding? Why in the hell was he dreaming about a pony wedding? What was with the weird ass bug ponies? Were they wedding crashers? Kanji decided he could care less, it was still his dream and it looked he was playing hero. He pointed at the light pink pony in a tattered wedding dress with the white, dark pink and violet streaked mane. Said pony gave him a startled look, “ARE THESE THINGS RUINING YOUR WEDDING GIRL!!!!?!??!!” Kanji roared at the top of his lungs. The strange pony nodded rapidly as everything, pony and bug pony alike,in the grand hall bored into Kanji with their stares. “Alright listen up you weird pony things in MY dream.” Kanji took a deep breath, ignoring the exasperated looks the strange pony things gave him, “My name is Kanji Tatsumi. And I'm going to uncrash this here wedding. Even though its a dream. It's still MY dream, and NOBODY MESSES WITH KANJI TATSUMIS DREAMS!” In a surge of motion, Kanji hurled himself forward and punched the muzzle of one of the weird ass bug looking ponies. Before the one next to it could even blink, Kanjis other fist shot out breaking its teeth in from the force of the impact. The remaining handful that surrounded the teen over came their shock and charged at him. Kanji whirled around, kicking his foot out. The blow knocked into the sides of one of his assailants, sending the bug thing flying across the room. But the rest managed to tackle him full forcce. But they couldn't even budge the teen more than an inch. Kanji wrapped his arms around one of his assailants and squeezed for all he was worth. The thing squirmed in his arms, desperately trying to breathe...until one of the other two bucked him in the sides. Kanjis grip broke as he grunted in pain from the force of the kick. “DAMNIT! YOU BASTARD!” Kanji roared at the top of his lungs before giving three rapid fire punches to the bugs snout. With each successive hit more and more green ichor flung about until the thing collapsed. Kanji slowly and menacingly turned to face the very last bug. The thing was quite literally shivering in fear. Kanji slowly leaned forward until his nose pressed against his last foes snout. A minute of silence passed, nothing happened while the bug things shaking grew more violent until, “Boo!” Kanji said in a monotone voice. The bug thing shrieked as it flew off to god knows where. Kanji smirked as he turned to face the big bug thingy. Kanji stamped a foot onto the ground and laughed, “Listen. I don't care if this a dream and I'm still wondering why the hell I'm dreaming about some pony wedding but nobody ruins a wedding on my watch.” Kanji paused for a moment, “Even if it is a wedding in a dream of mine.” Kanji pointed a single finger at the boss bug. “And you are going down!” With a triumphant roar, the overly pumped teenager surged forward, fist cocked back and ready to smash teeth in. The big bug boss smirked at him as he charged forward. “YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY PUNK? WELL TAKE THIS!” Kanji shouted as he was merely a foot away from the hole filled bug thing. And with a laugh, the things horn glowed green and Kanji stopped mid air, before floated forward to and in front of it, completely immobile. “What the hell is going on?” Kanji grunted through clenched teeth as he vainly tried to move his body. She, and she was definitely a girl, simply laughed. “Did you really think you could just charge me? What a fool! You're no match for my magic! I over powered the princess of the sun herself! HAHAHAHAHHA!” Kanjis brow furrowed in anger, “What? You think this is funny you bitch! Two can play at this game!” The teenager began to roar, thoughts of his friends filled his head , thoughts of the feelings ruined because this bug bitched crashed a some ones precious wedding....even though it was a pony...and never mind the fact that this was a dream. The youth shouted at the top of his lungs, “PERSONA!!! ROKUTEN MOH!!!!” Kanji smiled. He couldn't help it. He didn't need to look behind to know his persona was there. Kanji raised a finger at the shocked bug lady and shouted, “ZIODYNE!” Above the bug ladys head a brilliant flash of light formed as a humongous bolt of lightning engulfed her in a brilliant flash of white. Kanji flashed a large smile before turning his gaze upon his power. His persona. Rokuten Moh. His persona towered above him, Rokutens head very nearly touching the ceiling of the massive hall. The giant was colored to look as if flames were constantly lapping at the armored being. Atop his head was a giant gold medal and... the teen had to admit was the silliest looking metal mustache he had ever seen. It was unnecessarily massive, it was easy two of Kanji in width. Well, he thought it was a mustache anyway. But Kanji ignored that thought as the sight of the massive curved sword the giant held in hand inspired awe in the youth. That is until his stupor was shattered by noticing a white mega pony hanging upside down in a green cocoon. Kanji couldn't help but chuckle when he noticed she was desperately trying to maneuver away from Rokuten Mohs massive mustache that threatened to stab her through her caccon. Kanji pointed at the cocoon, “Rokuen Moh, cut that pony down from the ceiling.” The armored giant raised his massive sword and slashed at the base of the cocoon. As the large pony fell, his persona simply caught the thing with a massive gauntlet before gently lowering it to the floor. Said pony blinked at him slowly before smiling. “Thank you, Kanji Tatsumi.” The pony said in a very regal and feminine voice. Kanji blushed a little before rubbing the back of his with his hand. “Aw sheesh lady. I'm just doing what any real man would do.” The regal pony smiled at him again and Kanji grinned in return. Kanji took the opportunity to examine the regal pony. She was easily the size of a regular horse with a coat white as snow. She had both wings and a horn but the oddest part of her was her mane. It seemed to be flowing in some unseen wind constantly. And sitting atop her head was a brilliant crown. So was this the sun princess that bug lady was talking about? As the two simply looked at the other, smiling, a familiar voice rang out, “Did you really think it would be that easy!?!? I refuse to be beaten by a hairless monkey and his pet!” The white pony stepped forward and was about to say something before Kanji cut her off with a wave of his hand. Kanji turned around to face his opponent, a determined look etched upon his features, “And I refuse to lose to a bug horse that desperately wants to be a piece of moldy swiss cheese.” Everything in the room went silent as the bug pony blinked her eyes slowly as she tried to process what the human had just said. Some pink pony and a cyan pegasus off to Kanjis left laughed hysterically and Kanji couldn't help but smirk at the look of pure anger that splayed across the bug horses muzzle, “YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT INSOLENT WORM!” The bug horses horn radiated green just the same as before. “PERSONA!” A beam of green energy shot from her horn as Rokuten Moh slammed a mailed fist in front of Kanji. The beam of energy bounced harmlessly off of the mailed fist of Rokuten Moh. Almost immediately, Rokuten Moh slammed the blade into the earth so it stood straight up. “PRIMAL FORCE!” Kanji shouted at the top of his lungs. In response, Rokuten Moh held his hands out in front of him. The big bug lady screamed as an miniature explosion engulfed her form in a spectacular white ball. “ROKUTEN MOH!” Kanji pointed a finger at the cloud of dust where the bug pony was standing not a moment before, “END IT!” Kanjis persona raised a massive gauntlet before punching straight into the cloud of dust. A pained scream erupted from within the dust cloud. Kanji and everyone in the room stared expectantly at the dust cloud as it slowly began to drift apart. After an eternity of waiting the dust finally cleared revealing an unconscious bug pony. Kanji smirked before pumping his fist excitedly into the air. “DIDN'T EVEN BREAK A SWEAT!” In a flash of brilliant white light Rokuten Moh vanished as mysteriously as he had appeared. “Alright! Now that I saved the day in this dream its time for my ass to get some sweet deserts! COME ON NAOTO IN LINGERIE!” Kanji closed his eyes and began to think as hard as he possibly could. The teens brow furrowed as he entered a deep state of concentration as he desperately tried to usher in a lingerie clad Naoto Shirogane into his dream. When the youth finally opened his eyes his vision was not filled with sexy time Naoto. Instead, it was filled with regal pony princess thing. The pony princess gave him a sad smile, “I'm sorry Kanji but you are not dreaming. And I must ask you to stop with any further 'lingerie' comments. There are fillies and colts present.” Kanji laughed, “Yeah, let me tell you pony princess! This is totally not a dream.” The teen exclaimed with sarcasm dripping in his voice. “I assure you good sir this is no dream.” A very feminine looking unicorn trotted into his view. Said unicorn was followed by five other pony things, some had wings, some horns, some neither. Following them was the pony lady who was having the wedding and next to her was a very ragged looking, what he assumed anyway, groom. “Yeah Mr.Kanji. This isn't a dream at all!” Giggled the pink pony from earlier that laughed her ass off at Kanjis 'moldy swiss cheese' joke. Kanji laughed again, “Okay then. If this isn't a dream then this would hurt like hell.” And before any of the pony's could react the human raised an unfurled hand and slammed it palm down onto the pony princess' horn. Almost immediately the troubled youth pulled back his hand as he screamed in agony. Kanji ignored the gasps from the ponies surrounding him as he held his hand and continued to scream. The human wailed as he held aloft bleeding hand, ignoring the ponies talking quickly to him, until he abruptly stopped. “Wait. This hurt like hell. That means...” Kanji trailed off as realization of his situation dawned upon him. The human immediately began screaming again, “OH MY GOD THIS ISN'T A DAMN DREAM! WHAT THE HELL MAN!?!?! WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!?!?!?” Kanji continued to scream until an orange mare punched him in the back of the head as hard as she could with her fore hooves. The last thing Kanji heard as he fell to the floor was, “Applejack! What if that really hurt him?” To Be Continued.... Yeah. A persona 4 crossover with my favorite character from the persona series. And I'm damn proud. With this I'm announcing that I'll be working on both Dead Space Equestria Regenerated and this at the same time. When one chapter of this comes up expect a chapter of the other story within the next day or two. As usual, hope you had as much fun reading this as much as I had writing it. You Gotta Problem With That!?!?!?!Kanji slowly began to feel senses return to him. The first thing he noticed was a smell akin to...cotton candy? Huh? Warbled voices began to float into his ears and with each passing second the words became clearer and clearer. “Hey hey hey hey! Lookit! I think Mr.Kanji is finally coming to!” An extremely giddy voice shouted out to Kanjis left. The teen groaned as he slapped the palm of his hand to his face. The teen slowly opened his eyes to find ten pony faces leaning over him, anticipation in their eyes. Ponies? What the hell? Kanji blinked his eyes furiously as gears turned in his head. Oh yeah. Pony wedding. Getting the shit knocked out of him. Kanjis gaze settled upon the mare of the hour, the one that was in...a tattered wedding dress? On her wedding day. Oh hell no! “Oh hell no!” Kanji said aloud. The looks of merriment on the ten pony things surrounding immediately drooped into looks of deep depression. Kanji shot up into an upright sitting position, grabbing at the tattered wedding dress. “Give me that. Damn thing is torn to shit.” Said mare blinked in confusion as she allowed the human to tug her out of the dress. Every one of the pony things surrounding him stared at him in utter confusion. Kanji reached into his pants pocket pulling out his emergency sewing kit. “What? I like to sew things.” The teen cleared his throat before he yelled, “ DO YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT!?!?!” A particularly amazing phenomenon occurred as the human yelled. His head seemed to grow to excessively massive promotions as a pair of veins popped on his forehead in the shape of an 'x'. All of the ponies surrounding him immediately shook their heads 'no' rapidly. Instantly, Kanjis head returned to a normal size. “Good. Now give me some space while I-” Kanji cut himself off mid sentence as his eyes grazed upon...a particular orange mare. Said mare gulped audibly, before pulling her stetson off of her head. “Ah'm mighty sorry pardner. I never meant to kn-” The orange mare never finished her sentence as Kanjis fist flew into her snout. The mare yelped as she flopped back onto her back, rubbing her snout furiously. “Now we're even.” Kanji simply said as he turned back to the dress. That's when the human finally noticed he was still on the floor. Damnit, he wouldn't be able to work sitting like this! The human stood and seeing no where he could comfortably sit, he simply set to work. The teen ignored the looks of amazement as his hands effortlessly began to mend the ripped wedding dress. While Kanji worked he noticed two things out of the corner of his eye. One of the ponies from earlier, the one with the primped up purple mane regarded him with extreme interest as he worked. The other was a pony he hadn't seen earlier. This one was like the other princess in the fact that she had both horns and wings. Her mane flowed in an ethereal wind just like the other but that's where the similarities ended. This one was a dark blue with a mane that looked like the night sky, and the tattoo on her ass was the moon. Wait, what? Kanji blinked as he stopped his work mid stroke. The human looked around at each of the ponies surrounding him. And yup there they were. Each and every one of them had a tattoo on their ass. “What the hell is with the tattoos on your asses?” Kanji asked plainly as he went back to his work. The lavender unicorn that Kanji recognized from earlier chortled, “These aren't tattoos silly. These are our cutie marks! It appears when some pony gets their special talent!” Complete and utter silence reigned as the information given to the male human teenager processed in his brain head thing. And then he started laughing uncontrollably. The ten ponies surrounding gave him looks of confusion. The maniacal laughing eventually subsided and Kanji realized he had been working on the dress during the entire fit of shits and giggles. The human ignored the looks the ponies around him gave him as he eyed his work. The teen held aloft a completely renewed wedding dress...that was still filthy. “Gah! You can't have a wedding with a dirty dress. THIS MUST BE FIXED BY A MAN OF MY MANLINESS!!” Kanji roared as he darted off in a random direction down the hall. After a minute of running, Kanji realized something. He had forgotten something terribly important. So the teen ran back. “Ummmm. Where the hell can a guy wash a dress around here?” Kanji asked completely serious. All ten ponies in the circle laughed hysterically. Kanji at first was confused but as the laughter continued, the troubled youth got, well, pissed. “Hey! This isn't damn funny! I'm being serious!” Kanji fumed. All at once nine ponies stopped laughing while a particular white princess pony continued to softly chuckle. A brilliant golden light surrounded the wedding dress aswell as said ponies horn. After a minute the glow began to subside, revealing a sparkling clean wedding dress. Said dress lightly tugged away from the humans hands until he let go. The dress floated over to its owner who quickly put on the dress, a grateful smile on her muzzle. “The dress may be a little tighter than before, I only have so much thread in my emergency sew-” The human was suddenly cut off as the pony in the dress engulfed him a hug. She nuzzled into his chest humming softly, “Than you so much Kanji.” The hug persisted for a minute while Kanji awkwardly returned it. The pony backed off, “I think I speak for both of my aunties...no all of Equestria when I say you are welcome here in Canterlot.” Nine other ponies offered a chorus of cheers at the statement before all them, the princess' included, beelined for him and ensnared him in a massive group hug. Kanji stood there, wide eyed in shock as a group of pastel colored ponies hugged him as if he were their best friend. After a minute of silent hugging the group dispersed allowing Kanji room to breathe. The group stood in happy silence for a moment before an overly excited pink pony began jumping up and down. “OOOOOOO. We know Kanjis name but he doesn't know ours!” Said pink pony tackled the human to ground her muzzle touching the tip of his nose. “HI MY NAME'S PINKIE PIE!” Kanji smirked, “'Sup Pinks.” The pink pony clamored off of the human, allowing him to stand again. The lavender unicorn stepped up, “My name is Twilight Sparkle.” Before Kanji could do or say anything in response, a cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane flew into his face. “My name is Rainbow Dash! I'm the fastest pegasus in Equestria and future Wonderbolt extraordinaire!” The white unicorn from earlier popped into his view, extending a hoof to him, “And my name my dear, is Rarity. And as a fellow stitch worker, I am excited to talk to you further.” As the unicorn drew back a certain orange mare trotted up, her face surprisingly unbruised, “And ahm Applejack. And again ah'm mighty sorry abo-” Kanji cut her off, “Listen, if anyone can take a punch from Kanji Tatsumi and not drop like a sack of rocks is okay in my book.” Applejack smiled warmly before spitting on her hoof and extending it to Kanji. The human smirked as he spat on his hand and shook her hoof vigorously. The groom unicorn trotted up, “My name is Shining Armor and thank you so much for saving my wed-” Kanji cut him off by grasping him in a manly hug. “No problem bro.” The human whispered quietly in the ponies ear, “ I hope she rocks your brains out tonight.” Shining Armor blushed furiously as he stepped out of the bear hug. Before Kanji could even blink the mare of the hour tackled him in a blur of motion. “My name is Cadence. Thank you sooooooooooo much for what you did for Shining and I today.” Kanji smirked, “No problem.” The human leaned into the hug and whispered into her ear, “ Make sure Shining has the night of his life tonight.” Kanji expected her to become shocked, aghast or even angry. He didn't expect her to shoot him a coy smile, “I had already planned on it so don't you worry.” Kanji blinked as Cadence stepped back. And then he began to laugh hysterically as the dark pony princess stepped forward. “Hello. Our- I mean, my name is Luna. Princess Luna. I must say I am intrigued by you.” Kanji shook her extended hoof. Luna backed up as Celestia stepped forward, “My name Kanji Tatsumi, is Princess Celestia. Co-ruler of Equestria and I speak for all of us when I say you are welcome where ever you go. By the end of tonight, all of Equestria will know what you have done for us.” Kanji smirked as he stood at attention, before he giving her a military salute, “YESSIR MA'AM!” Celestia chuckled at the humans antics before asking, “Now Kanji, have you ever been to an Equestrian wedding?” “Wait, Princess. Fluttershy never introduced herself.” Twilight called out. Kanji blinked, Fluttershy? Kanji finally noticed a cream colored pegasus hiding behind the group and her pink mane. The human fought so hard, no, he struggled to not admit that there was only one word tht could accurately describe her. Adorable. “K-kawaii.” Kanji managed to stammer out despite his mental protests. The human slowly approached the mare who hid behind a wall of mane. “H-Hey Fluttershy? Can I ask you something?” The mare responded with a squeak. “C-can I pet your mane?” The wall of mane parted an a single teal eye peered out, “W-w-what?” “I would like to pet your mane. Its beautiful.” “W-w-well if you want to.” Kanji stepped even closer his hand hovering towards his goal. Until his fingers dove into the soft, heavenly soft, hair. Kanji began to scratch and the moment he did all of Fluttershys, well, shyness seemed to melt as she nuzzled her hand into the scratching fingers. Kanjis other hand absent mindely began to pet her back and the pegasus whinnied of all things as he pet the cream pegasus. The levels of kawaii that Fluttershy irradiated...Kanji...despite all of his manliness...was powerless against it. The human wrapped both arms suddenly around Fluttershy lifting the surprised pegasus off the ground. Kanji hugged the pony tight, while his hand stroked her mane. “My name is Kanji Tatsumi. And this pony is absolutely kawaii. Also, there are many ponies. And many of them are adorable. But this is one mine to hug and pet. And hug her and pet her I shall.” Fluttershy, surprisingly nuzzled into Kanjis chest as the teen continued to stroke her mane while his other hand cradled her like a baby. “DO ANY OF YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT!?!?!?” Kanji roared, while his head expanded to an impossible size. …. Kanji stood off with Twilight and the others watching as the ceremony started. As the couple began to recite vows... Vows of love.. The human couldn't stop it and the tears began to flow freely at the beauty of this singular moment. The man ignored the scoffs of Rainbow Dash and was surprised when Rarity offered him a spare hankerchief. Kanji dabbed at the tears that flowed freely from his eyes, there was no shame in crying at something so beautiful. Something wrapped around Kanjis waist and the teen looked down. Rarity was attached to his leg, sniveling as she watched the closing vows. When the happy couple of Shining Armor and Cadence kissed, the dam broke and Rarity began to bawl. “I-i-it's so b-b-beautiful!!!” Rarity cried out as sobs wracked her form. Kanji bent down and hugged the mare, tears streaming down his own face, “I-I-I k-k-know!” Together, the alabaster mare and human teenager hugged each other tightly as they sobbed tears of joy for the lucky couple. … Kanji took another sip of the absolutely delicious fruit punch. The human looked down at Vinyl Scratch. “Those are some damn cool shades girl.” Vinyl laughed, “And that's one sweet flank jacket dude. Where'd you get it?” Kanji blinked, “This jacket is just part of the school uniform. We have to wear it.” “What!?!? Dude!!! Why can't other private schools have a nice uniform like that?” Vinyl groaned, slapping a hoof to her forehead. “You finally done crying yet Kanji?” A certain cyan pegasus snickered as she flew over to where the human stood idly by the D.J. “It was a beautiful moment between a man an- I mean a stallion and a mare Rainbow. Do you have a problem with that?” Kanji growled barely above a whisper. Whatever jokes the pegasus head left her head as her face visibly sagged. “Uhm, yeah no problem at all. Heh heh. I'm....just...gonna...go over there now! CYA!” Vinyl scratch laughed out loud, “Holy shit dude you can be scary as anything when you want to!” Kanji couldn't help but smirk. “Yeah I guess I can, can't I?” The human gave his cup another sip before a worried Twilight trotted up. “Hey, have either of you seen Pinkie Pie? I haven't seen her in hours. It's not like her to skip a party.” Twilight said nervously, shuffling from hoof to hoof. As if on cue, a massive pool of shadow slowly began to swirl into existence in the center of the courtyard. Every pony frantically galloped away from the growing blackness. At an agonizingly slow pace, a point began to emerge from the swirling darkness. Steadily a massive...pink...building complete with a Gothic spire emerged from the swirling pool. The massive building looked akin to a Gothic castle....except it was pink...and the above the massive entrance gate was a humongous....T.V? Said T.V flickered into life as a straight maned Pinkie Pie appeared on the screen. And the thing that scared Kanji the most....her eyes with black with yellow slits. To be continued.... Sorry for the delay, but Hurricane Sandy ( I think thats its name) has had me running around like a headless chicken on my parents beckoning to gather supplies for when it hits. Next one will come up quicker, I can promise you that. Pinkamena Dianne Pie*WARNING: This chapter gets a little vulgar in the language and sexual themes department. THERE IS NO CLOP! Kanji dropped the cup of punch he held in his hand as shadow Pinkie began to talk in that weird double voice that all shadows seem to have. “No pony out there seems to take me very seriously at all! I aim to fix that! Come join me on a journey, no, a quest to do what any pony tells me to so that I can be taken seriously for once in my life! Even if that means I need to kill some pony!” With an eerie giggle, shadow pinkie turned around and plunged into the black halls behind her in the pink Gothic castle. “DON'T WORRY PINKS! I'M COMING!” Kanji roared as he began a head long sprint towards the castle. As Kanji neared the draw bridge, he heard hoof steps sprinting alongside him as he ran. The teenager didn't even need to turn to look to know which five mares fell in beside him. “Get outta here! You'll only get in my way! Besides, you guys can't even hurt a shadow. You don't have personas.” The teenager grunted as he continued to sprint along. “BUCK NO! That's one of my best friends in there and I ain't leaving her hanging!” The brash voice of Rainbow Dash shouted to Kanjis right. “That's right pardner. An' friends don't go leaving friends to fend fer themselves.” Applejack said somewhere to his left. A chorus of cheers from the rest of the group made Kanji groan. “Fine but stay back and let me do the fighting. You wouldn't be able to hurt them even if you tried. Only a persona-user and their persona can fight shadows.” Kanji was met with silence as the group crossed a draw bride that hovered over the swirling mass of darkness below it. The human spared a glance down to his left, down beneath the draw bridge and the vibrant pink castle was a swirling vortex of shadowy doom. Kanji shrugged before running across the rest of the bridge. The human stopped right outside a massive wooden door that led into the depths of the castle. “Don't worry Pinkie, I'm coming!” Rainbow Dash shouted as she attempted to fly by Kanji. The humans hand darted out grabbing the cyan pegasus by the scruff of her neck. Rainbow began to struggle until Kanji looked at her. The humans face was bathed in a shadow above his nose and his eyes glowed a menacing red. “What did I say?” The human asked coldly. “T-t-to stay behind you.” Rainbow whimpered, fear painstakingly obvious in her expression. The human set the pegasus down right behind and stepped towards the door without uttering a single word. … Kanji was right. The moment the group stepped through the castle doors they stared down a trio of shadows not ten feet down the hall. And they were some pretty weird looking shadows to boot. Two of the trio were massive hands that danced about in the air. They were a black and had a massive yellow eye with a black slit in the palm. The last shadow was a regular sized pony...except it had its right rear leg missing, its left fore leg missing and a had a massive steel spike sticking out where its right fore hoof should have been. The thing that creeped Kanji out the most was that it had absolutely no eyes and its entire body was pitch black. The moment the group of ponies behind him gasped, the group of shadows turned to face them and the center pony shadow stood up on its only rear leg, the spike aimed towards him. The spike extended forward and was about to impale Kanjis eye when the familiar gauntlet of Rokuten Moh caught the spike. Rokuten Moh raised his massive sword and cleaved the shadow in two diagonally. The shadow dissolved into a dark mist as Kanji shouted, “MAZIODYNE!” Two lightning bolts cascaded down onto the shadows before they could even move, engulfing them in a brilliant flash of white light. With the shadows dispersed, Kanji and the group drank in the sights of the inner castle...and now he knew why the outside was such a vibrant pink. A massive sign hung down from above them that read, “Pinkamena Dianne Pies Quest To Be Taken Seriously For Once! Join Her In 'Pinkies Playhouse'!” Kanji sprinted forwards, ignoring the exclamations at being left behind so suddenly. “Any of you got a clue where Pinks might be?” He called over his shoulder. “No, how in the hay would we know that!” Rainbow called out quite rudely. “Sparkle, you think you can use yer...glowy stuff to find Pinks?” Kanji ignored the brash pegasus that he could tell he'd be beating the crap out of soon enough. “Uhhh, you mean my magic? And....Yeah, YEAH! I can! Give me a moment.” The unicorn responded somewhere behind the human. “T-turn right up ahead!” Twilight called out after about a minute of sprinting. Kanji grinned, so they wouldn't be flying blind after all. … As Kanji rounded the corner a massive tongue licked him from the feet to his face. The human groaned as he faced a trio of all too familiar shadows. With a single Maziodyne, Rokuten Moh dispatched the three floating shadows and Kanji scowled at the slobber dripping from him. “H-h-hey Kanji look. What's with that door?” Rainbow Dash asked, extending her hoof towards...a mens restroom door? Kanji blinked as he looked at the only door in the long corridor. The teenager motioned for his companions to halt as he creaked the door open and peeked inside. And sure enough...it was just a shoddy boys restroom. The place looked like it hadn't been cleaned in weeks. Kanji took a sniff and almost immediately vomited when the putrid stank of...rancid gravy...assaulted his senses. Kanji blinked as he realized...the entire bathroom was coated in the rank and rotten food. What...the...hell? The teen back pedaled out of the single room, waving a hand in front of his nose. “Don't go in there, for whatever reason there's rancid gravy all over the bathroom walls and it stinks like all hell.” And with that the small group restarted their sojourn deeper into the bowels of 'Pinkies Playhouse'. … Kanji struggled to make the massive door open that Twilight had led the group to. What the hell man, why was this thing so god damned heavy? With a bit of elbow grease, the troubled youth finally pried the door open. And the startled teenager couldn't help but let his jaw drop at the strangest sight before him. Shadow Pinks was in the center of a grand hall on a stage...with a a large golden pole sticking up from the floor...and she was grinding against it in fishnet stockings. Why in the name of all that is holy did Kanji find this quite erotic? For petes sake, ponies walk around naked the whole time! Shadow Pinkie's voice boomed across the grand hall to them, “Hey there! I hope Pinkie's sexy time show will finally get you girls to pay attention to what I have to say!” The shadow trails off with a giggle. “Where's the real Pinkie Pie you jerk!?!?” Rainbow Dash shouted at the top of her lungs...with a slight blush dancing across her cheeks. What the hell? “Ha! Ha I say! I am the real Pinkie Pie!” Shadow Pinkie snarled, stopping her pole dance as she glared daggers at the group of friends. But then the shadow smirked before whistling. From the ceiling a gigantic shadow simply dropped down behind shadow Pinkie. This shadow was that of a stallion missing its entire lower half. Instead, the colossal shadow sat upright on its base where its lower half should have been. The thing was pitch black with a single blood shot eye placed haphazardly on its chest. “Have fun with my new friend. He takes what I have to say seriously unlike some ponies I know!” Shadow Pinkie giggled as she trotted around and behind the colossal shadow. At some unseen command the massive shadow placed both fore hooves onto the ground before pulling itself forward. “ROKUTEN MOH! ZIODYNE!” Kanjis persona flared into existence and within a moment a massive bolt of lighting struck the shadow. The shadow groaned slightly at the abuse before raising a hoof and pointing at Kanji. Suddenly a spike made of shadows stabbed up and at him from the ground. Kanji roared in pain as the shadow spike faded. The teenager groaned as he clutched a hand at his chest. “Kanji! Are you alright?!” A worried voice exclaimed from behind the teenager. “I'm fine. Damn thing caught me off guard.” Kanji simply grunted in response. The teen stood tall once more. “PRIMAL FORCE!” A brilliant dome of white light engulfed the shadow. Said shadow groaned again before pointing its hoof at him again. Kanji crouched ready to jump back and avoid the spike attack he knew was coming. Only it didn't come. In stead a burst of flame from an Agi. Kanji blinked in confusion as the flames disappeared. Then the human laughed as a cocky grin placed itself upon his lips. “ Jeez you're big as can be, but you're a complete wuss.” The youth raised his hand, “Rokuten Moh. Let's finish this. FATAL END!” The massive persona behind him hefted its massive blade above its head before swinging straight at the behemoths neck. The blade sliced through the shadow ponys neck severing the head from it. But instead of it disappearing like it should have, the thing began to glow a brilliant white. Realization of what was happening hit Kanji like a ton of bricks. “EVERYONE GET DOWN!” The human roared as he whirled around and dove. The human grabbedthe closest pony behind him, which was Fluttershy, and threw her underneath his chest where he wrapped around her, shielding her from the brilliant flash of white light that was Last Resort. ... A chorus of groans erupted from the group. “A-are you guys * groan * alright?” Kanji asked as he shakily rose to his feet. Luckily, five stiff but positive answers rang in the humans ears. “Damn bastard used a last resort.” “What's a 'last resort'?” Twilight, the ever studious unicorn, asked. Kanji turned towards the unicorn with an expression that was perfectly clear in meaning. It read, 'Are you bucking kidding me?' The lavender mare smiled sheepishly at the teenager. “Doesn't matter anyway. Twi I need you to lead us to Pinks. If we don't get to her right away...her shadow will kill her.” Kanji said grimly, a hand grasping at a sharp pain in his right side. Twilight and her friends balked and shouted as one, “What!?!?” “Just lead the damn way woman.” With a nod Twilights horn flared with a brilliant lavender aura. … Kanji grunted as another one of the hand shadows landed a hit right on him. Within a moment receiving the blow Rokuten Mohs magnificent sword cleaved the monster in two. The teen turned to face the group of shadows assaulting their group now. A new breed of shadow was with this group of four (now three). This one, was in the shape of a pony but there was one major difference. This one was striped black and bright pink and constantly...giggled. Out of the blue, the strange new shadow began to dance about on its hind legs, twirling about and jutting its legs out while laughing merrily. In an instant a bolt of zio struck the teen. Kanji was about to laugh when the air went frigid when he was hit by a bufu. Before the teen could recover from the shock a blast of garu hit him right before the air became unbearably hot as an agi hit him. Kanji gasped as all four elements hit him within seconds. The teenager shuffled back, still reeling in pain as the shadow...taunted? The striped pony shadow turned so its back side faced the youth and shook its ass at him before turning back to face him with a hearty laugh. “Laugh all you want ass hole. RAMPAGE!” Rokuten Moh took a ground shaking step before releasing a flurry of sword swipes. The familiar sounds of shadows dissipating was like music to Kanji's ears. “Hey Twilight, how much further up till we get there. I don't know how much longer I can keep this up. Sure they're small fry but there are a lot of them and only one of me. Besides I always went into a battle like this with me friends.” Kanji managed to pant out as he took up running down the eerily similar corridor. “Just one more floor to go Kanji. Come on I know you can do it.” Twilight said right next to him. The lavender mare shot him a reassuring smile which made Kanji grin right back. … Twenty. Twenty more small ambushes left Kanji feeling drained as he stopped outside a massive pink door. The human slumped down hands on his knees as sweat drenched his brow. “H-hey * pant * Twilight, you sure this is it?” The mare nodded wordlessly as she sized up the massive pink, oak door. “Alright lets do this!” Kanji gave a triumphant yell as he pushed against the oak doors with all his might. Within a moment, Kanjis new found friends pushed as hard as they could against the giant door. With painstaking effort, the group slowly opened the massive oak door, and light poured into the room. Kanji and the group drank in the sights of the room before them. Shadow Pinkie was up on a platform, while the real Pinkie was at the base, crying her eyes out with her hooves over her ears. “J-j-just please. Stop.” Pinkie Pie cried, fresh tears pouring down the fur of her cheeks. Shadow Pinkie laughed as she looked at the group of friends. “And her they all are. My supposed friends! The ones who just laugh and say 'Oh don't even bother. It's just Pinkie being Pinkie.' Well BUCK YOU!” The shadow roared in her double voice. “No. Leave them alone!” Pinkie Pie shouted, angry tears rolling down her cheeks. “Ha. They're a bunch of selfish little slutty ass bitches that only care about their own problems. Name one time that they actually took what you had to say seriously. You can't because they don't see you as a pony or a friend. They see you as nothing more than a joke, a long running gag that went stale years ago. And you know it. No, we know it.” Shadow Pinkie strutted around Pinkie, each word that left the shadows left made Pinkie cry harder and harder until Pinkie's sobs rang throughout the empty chamber. “Hey! Leave my friend alone you monster!” Rainbow Dash yelled, almost flying past Kanji, but the human grabbed her last second, pulling the fiery pegasus back. Shadow Pinkie turned and laughed, “Oh look the queer that's supposedly your friend. How many times did she ditch and run from you anyway? Oh yeah that's right. Too many times to count because shes a worthless slut and a terrible friend.” “That's not true! * hic * “Oh, and why ever not? How is it anything less than the truth?” Shadow Pinkie asked, an eye brow cocked. Kanji's eyes went wide as he realized what Pinkie was about to say. “DON'T YOU SAY IT PINKS!” “ BECAUSE NOTHING THAT YOU SAY IS TRUE! I DON'T THINK ANY OF THOSE TERRIBLE THINGS!” Pinkie shouted. “Yes it is. I know it because, I am you. And you...are me.” Shadow Pinkie flashed a sly grin at Pinkie. “NO! DON'T SAY IT PINKIE!” Kanji roared, his anger flaring. “THAT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL. YOU'RE NOT ME. YOU AREN'T LIKE ME AT ALL!” Pinkie Pie wailed. Kanji tensed, already preparing for the fight that was about to go down. Shadow Pinkies grin turned into a full fledged smile as she started to laugh insanely. “That's right! I'm not you. I'm my own pony! And to prove it I WILL KILL YOU ALL!” Shadow Pinkie laughed hysterically, tears streaming from her eyes as shadows swirled around her. “Rainbow! Grab Pinkie and get back against the wall. Everyone else duck behind some cover. I got this.” Kanji barked already willing Rokuten Moh into existence. No pony gave him any lip as the friends darted for cover as a blur of motion whizzed by Pinkie. In a flash, Rainbow Dash was worriedly calling to her friend. Kanji turned to the sphere of darkness that was steadily growing larger as Shadow Pinkie vanished from view. After a minute of heart pounding silence the cocoon of darkness exploded revealing the monster that was shadow Pinkie. The new shadow Pinkie was in the shape of a pony. A very large earth pony, bigger than both princess' combined. And she had the creepiest grin that Kanji had ever seen. But the weirdest factor was a huge present that seemed to be attached to her back, as if molded to her very skin. The present itself was huge but slimmed further and further until it reached her back, forming a perfect width for its base. The shadow reared back on her hind legs and roared, “I AM THE SHADOW. THE TRUE SELF.” Planting her hooves on the ground the pony shadow laughed at Kanji, “Time to die little man. After all, this is gonna be one HELLUVA party!” As if on cue, the lid to the gigantic present on her back popped open like a jack-in-the-box. A miniature, well regular-sized, shadow Pinkie popped out the box, revealing only her upper torso. The mini-shadow giggled into her hoof before she reached down and pulled out several...bombs! With inhumane speed, the shadow hurled bomb after bomb like a machine gun. The first few bombs managed to score direct hits on the teenager who was caught completely off guard for the strange attack. But before any more could land, Rokuten Moh shielded Kanji with his body. “YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THAT! ZIODYNE!” Kanji roared, his anger peaking. A massive bolt of lightning struck the shadow making her groan a little from the hit. But it didn't last long before that eerie giggle pierced the air. “Is that all ya got? I already told you that this was gonna be one HELLUVA party!” The shadow laughed maniacally as the present on her back opened up again. The miniature shadow that popped up...was twice as big as she was before. Kanji started running around the shadow pony. He knew what to expect this time, and he'd be damned if he let himself get caught off guard again. The shadow pony again giggled into her hoof before reaching into the depths of the massive present. This time she pulled out what looked like a bazooka covered with party stuff. The pony giggled maniacally as she began to fire rockets faster than she chucked the bombs. “THIS IS WHAT I LIKE BEST! DAKAKAKAKA!” The mini shadow cackled with delight at the humans struggle to avoid the constant stream of missiles. “WHAT THE HELL?!?! THIS DOESN'T MAKE A DAMN BIT OF SENSE!” Kanji roared in frustration as he dodged and weaved through the hail of rocket fire. After a minute of rocket fire the miniature Pinkie, (who wasn't so mini now) giggled into a fore hoof, before disappearing into the depths of the present. Sensing the opening, Kanji planted both feet into the ground before roaring, “ROKUTEN MOH! FATAL END!” The persona raised the massive sword above his head before bringing it crashing down on the shadow. The blow struck home making the monster roar in pain. Shadow Pinkie began to stomp furiously, “YOU'RE NOT TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY AT ALL ARE YOU?!?!” The furious shadow charged straight at Kanji and before the human could even react swung around and bucked him mid-sprint. The teen was flung across the arena before crashing into the wall. A mixture of blood and spittle flew from the humans mouth upon impact as the wind was knocked out of him. As the human struggled to regain his breath, shadow Pinkie began to stomp on the ground like a spoiled child. “JUST.DIE.AL.READY.” The shadow opened her maw at him eyes ablaze and Kanji was hit directly by her Agilao. “KANJI!” “COME ON KANJI GET UP!” “COME ON PARTNER AH KNOW YAH CAN DO IT!” “KANJI DON'T YOU GIVE UP ON MY BEST FRIEND! I'LL BUCK YOU INTO NEXT WEEK IF YOU DO!” “Did you just tell me...not to give up?” Kanji growled at the onlooking group of friends. Before they could even respond, the now furious Kanji stood upright with a roar, “GIVING UP AIN'T IN A MANS VOCABULARY! BRING IT ON! PRIMAL FORCE!” The familiar dome of white flashed onto his opponent and Pinkie roared in pain. After a moment, the shadow emerged from the resulting dust cloud, pure fury etched on her face. “How many times do I have to tell you? This is gonna be one HELLUVA party!” The Pinkie that emerged from the depths of the massive present...was now the size of the present. This Pinkie had teeth like tomb stones with green slime oozing out, and her eyes glowed a demonic red. “DIS IS WHAT I LIKE BEST! NOW I'M GONNA FILL YA FULL O' HOLES!” The second shadow Pinkie roared as she brought up a gigantic watermelon. The pony furiously gobbled down the fruit, the whole thing, in a matter of seconds. The human watched wearily as the monster faced him...before shooting the seeds at him like a machine gun. Kanji barely dodged in time as seeds the size of his fist tore into the stone behind him. The human sprinted as seeds were constantly being spat out at him. After about half a minute of running the monster ran out of holes. “AH.SOD IT! I'LL GET YA GOOD NEXT TIME YA GROTLY SQUIG!” The disturbing Pinkie shouted before disappearing back into the depths of the present. Kanji pointed a finger at the shadow pony, who now seemed to be quaking under the pressure of holding some massive weight. “PRIMAL FORCE!” The shadow was again engulfed in the sphere of white light. “ROKUTEN MOH! FATAL END!” Kanji wasn't taking any chances, he needed to end this...now. The personas massive sword crashed into the dust cloud before it even cleared. Kanji stared into the dust cloud with baited breath, ready to dodge out of the way at any second. When the dust finally cleared, Kanji stared at the scene, unsure of what to do. Shadow Pinkie was laughing like a maniac, her face plastered into the most wicked and creepy grin the human had ever seen. The shadow pony was on her belly all four legs tucked underneath her. The pony looked at Kanji, her giggling slowly stopping. “Hey kid, hope you enjoy...your last party.” The present lid flew off as the second shadow Pinkie emerged from its depths, now easily double the present in size. Kanji had to crane his neck to look up at the massive shadow. The shadows tomb stone teeth were in the most wicked smile he had ever seen, and he couldn't help but shudder in fear. “HELLO LADS AND LASSES. NOW OPEN YER EARS! I GOTS A RIGHT AN' PROPER MESSAGE FER YA! YOUS GONNA DIE! HARAHRAHAR!” The massive shadow held her hoof up in the air, holding a massive...cupcake? As Kanji eyed the confectionary treat, his eyes grew to dinner plates. The damn thing was growing. Realization struck Kanji like a bolt of lighting, “ROKUTEN MOH! PRIMAL FORCE!” A brilliant dome of light struck the massive shadow, but the thing just laughed. “HAR HAR HAR, YOUZ A STUPID GIT YA ARE. NOTHIN' CAN STOP GOOD OL' PINKIE NOW!” “FATAL END!” Rokuten Mohs massive blade struck into the shadow. This made the gigantic shadow laugh even harder. “HAR HAR, STOOPID GIT IS STOOPID!” The cupcake in her hoof had grown to an unimaginable size. Kanji eyed the treat, fear in his eyes. Until an idea struck him. The human couldn't help but grin. The human lazily pointed a finger at the treat, “Ziodyne.” The teenager calmly said. This made the shadow laugh harder, “I ALREADY TOLD YA WHAT FOR YA GIT WHAT...DO...YOU...” The shadow trailed off as it stared at the bolt of lightning forming over the cupcake. “NOOOOOOOOOOOO” The shadow screamed as the bolt landed, causing the treat to explode violently in the shadows hooves. Shadow Pinkie wailed as darkness consumed it, leaving nothing but the original shadow Pinkie, who simply sat there, stumped. Kanji walked calmly over to the defeated shadow. “Pinks...you gotta face facts. This isn't just some monster. It's you're shadow. It's a part of you...the part of you that you hate to admit.” Pinkie Pie, the real one eyed her shadow, her mane still straight as she eyed the monster that had tried to kill her. “Pinkie, if you don't accept it, she'll come back much stronger than before. And I don't think I could beat your shadow again.” Kanji said bluntly, the teenager was never really good with words anyway. “Y-you're right Mr.Kanji.” Pinkie said solemnly. The party pony trotted up slowly to her shadow, who simply looked up at her. To every ones surprise, Pinkie hugged her shadow tight. “You are me...and I am you. I...I hate it when every pony treats me like a joke. As if I can never be serious. And I hate it even worse when my friends do it. I hate it. I hate being the constant smile, I hate constantly being seen as nothing but a joke. I bucking hate it.” Pinkie began to cry as her shadow wrapped a fore hoof over her. The shadow smiled as she began to glow white before turning into... The group stared in awe at the creature that now towered over Pinkie. The shadow had turned into a princess sized mare with a jester color scheme for a coat as well as a jesters hat on. She biggest smile on her face as she nuzzled against Pinkies cheek. The mare sat back onto haunches, laughing exactly like Pinkie Pie into her hooves. Kanji couldn't help but smile, “Meet your persona Pinks. Warai Mesuma. Roughly translated...the Laughing Mare.” Warai Mesuma gave Pinkie one last nuzzle and a laugh before vanishing. Before Kanji could say anything else, the group of friends tackled into Pinkie, crying their eyes out for their friend. “Kanji?” A familiar voice gasped. The teenager turned around to face the source, his jaw dropped, his cheeks flushed, he nearly shit his pants. “Naoto?!?!?!” To Be Continued... Sorry about the delay folks, this turned out to be much longer than I originally thought it would be. By the way, that was a very rough translation. I don't speak Japanese so....eh? Later. N-N-N-aoto!?!?!Kanji blinked. Naoto blinked. The ponies blinked. Everyone blinked. “Naoto...is that, you know, really you?” Kanji asked tentatively. Naoto nodded, “Yes it's me. We've been looking for you for awhile now. Now... where are we?” “Right now we're in a shadows castle...thingy. But we're in some world called Equestria. I'm sorry Naoto, but I'm exhausted. I saved the kingdom from an invasion and just saved Pinks here from her shadow.” Pinkie smiled tiredly at Naoto before collapsing. “Pinkie!” A chorus of cries erupted from the rest of the mares around him. “Pinks!” Kanji knelt down next to the mare. He visibly relaxed after a moment. “She's fine, just exhausted from this whole ordeal. And so am I. So we're gonna get the hell outta here and I'm gonna crash.” Kanji lifted Pinkie in his arms, cradling the unconscious mare. “Come on let's get out of here. This place creeps me the hell out.” Kanji said as he looked around Pinkie's playhouse anxiously. … As Kanji and the group of friends emerged from the massive castle, the human and five ponies tried very desperately, and failed, to understand a single flanking word the two egg heads said. Kanji was sure that they were saying...words...of some sort. But there were WAY too many syllables to keep track and even the rest of the ponies seemed completely unable to make heads or tails of what the two geniuses were saying. “Twilight Sparkle! Are you alright!” The panicked voice of Celestia cried out as the regal Alicorn flew up to the group the moment they were off the draw bridge. Twilight smiled, “We're fine Princess. Kanji here saved us...again. And one of his friends showed up to boot!” Naoto smiled gently, “I have to admit, I was highly skeptical of the idea of magic, controlling weather as well as manipulating planetary bodies....but then I realized that only a few months ago if one had tried to tell me about shadows and personas were real, I'd call you crazy. So I've been keeping an open mind.” Celestia blinked at Naoto, before a warm motherly smile spread across her snow white muzzle, “Well then, allow me to formally welcome you to Equestria. Any friend of Kanji Tatsumi, savior of Canterlot, is welcome here.” Kanji mumbled under his breath that it was nothing as his foot kicked at the ground. That's when Celestia noticed Pinkie Pie. “Wha-” “She's perfectly fine Princess. Just trust me, I went through the exact same ordeal that she did.” Kanji cut off the princess before her question could even fully leave her lips. “I don't mean to be rude Celly, but I'm balls to the wall tired. Where can a guy crash?” Kanji asked with a yawn to punctuate his point. Twilight gasped aloud at Kanjis blatant use of such guttural language but everyone was caught completely off guard when the princess of the sun laughed. “Yes of course. Right this way, I would be more than happy to show you the way. After all you've done so much for my precious ponies today.” … They were doing it again. Only Celestia made it a trio of people/ponies spouting something resembling words. Kanji....his head....HURT. And from the look...so did every pony else. But that was the least of Kanjis worries. The teen...was so...fucking tired. It had felt like hours since they had entered the castle. It probably did take an hour to get through the crowd of ponies that bombarded the group with questions...and the gawkers that had stared at Naoto. Kanji stumbled, his eyes struggled to stay open as Celestia led them through the halls. Twilight, Naoto and Celestia continue to talk to each other in excited tones using words with far too many syllables to make any sense of. “Are we there yet?” Kanji injected the simple sentence into the conversation, not giving a single shit about being rude. Celestia chuckled, “Only right down the hall Kanji, there you can put Pinkie in her room and I can lead you to yours.” Kanji simply grunted in response. Great...more walking. After what felt like an eternity, which was made worse by the continuation of the conversation in a language Kanji could never comprehend, they made it to Pinkies room. Kanji only knew it when Celestia stopped and pointed a hoof to her left. Before words even formed on her lips Kanji kicked open the door, and charged inside with a battle cry. What? He couldn't be loud. It'd wake Pinks up. The wood splintered loudly at the force of Kanjis kick. Screw doors, he didn't have time for that shit. “RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!” Kanji roared...in a whisper as he surged into the door frame that once had a door. The troubled youth raced through the massive chamber, looking for a bed to deposit Pinks. He saw the sweet heavenly bliss that was a bed to the far right of the room. And it was a such a beautiful sight. The bed was massive, far bigger than an average sized pony would need. Kanji looked upon the bed...it...was...so....beautiful. So angelic. Kanji could swear he heard angles singing in the background as he approached the majestic bed. The human lifted up the covers, and slowly deposited the pink party pony into the magnificent soft...ok ok, just a quick five minute cat nap. Kanji was dead to the world the moment his head hit the gloriously soft pillow. … “Kanji...are you done yet?” Naoto Shirogane called into the bedroom. The teenager sighed, “I'm really sorry about the door princess, he can be really thick headed.” Celestia laughed, “It's no problem, there are a lot of repairs to be done in the city anyway. Kanji saved all of Equestria today.” Naoto cocked an eyebrow, “He did?” Celestia nodded quickly, “I can tell you here shortly, I'm gonna go inside and check up on him, see if there's a problem.” And with that the alicorn princess stepped around the...misplace... door and into the chamber. After no more than a handful of seconds the princess let out a hearty laugh from within. “Everypony come in here for a minute.” Naoto looked at the pastel ponies around her, only for them to shrug their shoulders at her. The group filed into the room, careful to dance around the broken door and with Naoto in the rear. The moment one of the ponies trotted down the small hallway and turned the corner a laugh or a “D'aww” was let loose. When the detective rounded the corner, a soft smile graced her lips. Kanji was snuggled up to the pink pony, his arms wrapped around her midsection, her chin rested atop his head as they slept. Naoto couldn't contain the quiet chuckle that escaped her lips. “He really was exhausted wasn't he?” Naoto asked the group quietly. Twilight, ( Which Naoto was still struggling with maintaining her sanity at see a talking unicorn, albeit a highly intelligent one...and one that makes for a great conversation partner.) laughed and said, “Yeah he, well we all had a pretty rough day today. But they look so cute!” The lavender unicorn squeed into her hoof while Rainbow Dash laughed, “Oh I am so going to rib into him for this later.” “So ya'll are gonna nit pick at the guy that nearly knocked our heads off fer lookin at him funny when he said he likes to sew? Lets not forget when he done declared Fluttershy were his 'huggable pony'. Ah reckon he'd kick yer flank the moment any words left yer mouth sugar cube.” Applejack laughed as Rainbows eyes grew to dinner plates. “As adorable, and funny, this is, we should leave quietly my little ponies. I'd rather not deal with an irritable Kanji Tatsumi after all.” Celestia whispered to the group. Everypony froze, before very slowly and quietly leaving the room. … Naoto stabbed at the salad in front of her. Very intently thinking at the mystery before. How in the name of science did she, and Kanji for that matter, end up in this world of magic and logic breaking non-sense. And the detective was still trying to absorb the fact that Kanji had not only saved Equestria from an invasion, but stopped a shadow as well. How was he able to use his Persona outside the T.V world? Isn't that the only place a persona can be used? Where did the shadow come from? The teenager eyed her food as more and more questions danced their way into her skull, vying for control of her articulated thought. “Naoto!” A voice shouted from outside her head. The teen blinked before looking up the massive dining table at the source. Celestia smiled motherly at the human. “I'm sorry to disturb you Naoto. No doubt you're trying to piece together this mystery as much as I. But...I need all the pieces. As does everypony in this room. Would you tell us about personas and these...shadows?” The way the regal voice of Celestia carried itself to Naoto made one thing perfectly clear. This was not a question, it was a polite demand. The teen placed her fork down as her gaze drifted over each and every pony in the hall. “Very well, but know two things. First, I didn't play a part in this story for a long while. And even then it was minor until...well it doesn't matter. You'll find out anyway. Secondly, this story is...rather frightening and gruesome. Just be warned .” Naoto took a deep breath before beginning her narrative, “It all began when Taro Namate was discovered having an affair with a local reporter in Inaba.” … “And with that Izanami No Oukami was defeated. We had finally saved not just Inaba, but all of the world from the wrath of a deranged goddess. Later that day, Yu Narakumi left to go back to his parents.” Naoto looked around at the ponies surrounding her. The elements, and both princess' eyed her with great curiosity. Only Celestia had her usual poker face as the facts of the story were absorbed. It was Rainbow Dash, who broke the silence. “THAT!IS!AWESOME! You guys were like, 'Take this' and 'Take that' and the shadows were all like 'Oh no I'm dying'! SO COOL!” The cyan pegasus flitted about the room punching around with her fore hooves and acting out shadow deaths. Before anyone could say something else, she gasped. “You NEED to show us your persona! PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE!” The pegasus had soared to Naoto and poking her with a hoof. “RAINBOW DASH!” A chorus of voices scolded the pegasus which couldn't help but make Naoto smile. Naoto stood up, pushing her chair back as she prepared herself. The teenage detective reached inside, like she had done so many times, grabbing at the power that was her persona. “ PERSONA! SEKUNA-HIKONA!!!!” Only not a thing happened. The teen looked around, “Where's....why can't I summon my persona?” Naoto asked no pony in particular. To be continued... I'm sorry.I'm sorry. I'msorry. This took WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too long and for no good reason other than two words. Skyrim Addiction. Long story, got it christmas last year, couldn't get into too much because I played so much oblivion. Months later friend said try different build. Went to play rim of sky, couldn't load shades and textures properly even though it worked great when I first had it. Wait more months, finaly decide to contact support, begin working with support to get it working. Got it working when I started this chapter....got addicted. Sorry. The next chapter will come out in the next couple of days. I refuse to let it take this long again. Ponyville Arrival...Oh No...Not This AgainKanji groaned. God damn. He felt good. But...but what the hell smells like cotton candy? The teen opened his eyes to a bright pink and poofy mane in his face. … “Good * yawn * morning Mr.Kanji.” The tired voice of Pinks reached Kanjis ears. The mass of mane turned over revealing a tired Pinkie Pie rubbing her eyes with her forehooves. “ * Yawn * Thank you.” The party pony said as she gripped Kanji in a bear like grip. The human gasped as he struggled for breath. “I-it's not a prob Pinks, but you're crushing me.” Kanji gasped out painfully. Pinkies grip loosened slightly as the mare buried her snout into Kanjis jacket. “I...I don't think I can face my friends again.” “What the hell are you talking about Pinks!? They're your damn friends. They'll stick by you know matter what happens. No stop talking non-sense and get the hell up. I bet your friends are out there waiting for one of their best friends.” Kanji rapped his knuckles on the Pinkies head. Pinkie unburied her snout to look at Kanji with the biggest smile hes seen from her yet. The party pony saluted before shouting, “OKIE DOKIE LOKIE!” “BREAKFAST HERE WE COME!” Kanji roared as he and Pinkie charged towards the exit of the room. With a mighty bellow party pony and human carefully opened the door instead of breaking it down this time. The human and the mare spilled out into the hall shouting battlecries, startling the guards. Weird. Kanji thought for sure that their roaring would notify the guards that they were awake. The human shrugged mentally as he pointed a finger menacingly at the guard to his right. “YOU! WHERE'S BREAKFAST!?!?” Kanji roared...as Pinkie roared the same thing at the same time as he did. The guard quickly pointed a hoof down the hall to the left. Kanji roared at the top of his lungs and Pinkies own roar over lapped his own. “CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!” The pair roared as they began a full on sprint down the halls, leaving two very bewildered guards. … “Did you have a good sleep Naoto?” Twilight Sparkle asked the human sitting next to her at the massive banquet table. Splayed in front of them was a massive meal the likes of which the teenager had never seen together. Naoto eyed the delicious looking, although vegetarian, platter arrayed before her. The detective shook her head no. “I was kept awake most of the night by the various questions buzzing through my head. The food however looks and smells delicious.” Celestia smiled from her end of the table, “Try it dear Naoto. I'm sure you'll find it just tastes as good it looks and smells.” “Yeah, the castle chefs are some of the best in all of Equestria.” Princess Cadence said from her aunt's side. “Wait a moment.” Shining Armor called to the table. “Does anypony else hear that?” The guard captain asked. Everypony stopped and listened. And sure enough they heard....something. “What in tarnation is that-” Applejacks question was cut off as the doors to the banquet hall slammed open. Which was a feat in itself considering how massive the doors were. “BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAKFASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST!” Kanji Tatsumi roared from within the doorway. … “PRIVATE PINKIE PIE!” Kanjo roared, staring down the assembled group of ponies...and Naoto. “SIR YES SIR!” Pinkie popped up from Kanji's left. “YOU HAVE UNFINISHED BUISINESS WITH YOUR FRIENDS MAGGOT. YOU'RE GONNA FIX THAT!” Kanji screamed, holding his hands out in front of him, palms up. Pinkie simply cocked a salute before jumping up and into his extended hands. “PINKIE CANNON READY TO FIRE SIR!” Kanji hefted Pinkie Pie over his head, her had her front hoof extended and the rest of her body angled so that she should fly forward like a bullet. “GO TALK TO YOUR FRIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENDSSSSSSSSS!” Kanji roared as he threw Pinkie Pie across the room. Okay heres a simple math problem for you dumb asses out there. Take Kanji's massive strength. Okay do you have that in your head dumb ass. Now add Pinkie's ability to ignore the laws of physics. What do you get? A bullet Pinkie Pie you dumb ass, now study up for that quiz this coming Friday you losers. King Moro- I mean Mr.Moroaka out...you dumb asses. Bullet Pinkie soared through the air....straight....at....Twilight Sparkle. The lavender unicorn barely had time to scream before bullet Pinkie Pie tackled her to the ground in a massive bear hug. But the human couldn't hear what Pinkie Pie was babbling the unicorn she was sitting on top of. Kanji couldn't hear the group of friends as they all gathered around Pinkie's face, expressions of naught but friendship painting their faces. He could only see and hear two things. The delicious looking food, and the empty seat next to...Naoto who kept blinking her eyes rapidly as she tried to process the information as to what the hell just happened. Kanji pointed a finger at Naoto, who blinked in surprise. “FOOOOOOOOOOOOD!” The troubled teen roared as he charged headlong into the room. The teen slammed down into the chair next to Naoto and immediately began to shove food down his starving gullet. As the human inhaled (the delicious) food, he noticed something. Laughter. Fits of whooping laughter were coming from...Celestia? And her sister too. Even Cadence and her husband were laughing, tears very visible as they streamed down their muzzles. “Oh good sir Kanji. How thine antics amuse us.” Luna managed to wheeze out in between labored breaths from laughing so hard. “Did...haha...did you really just launch Pinkie Pie at my most faithful student like a cannon?” Celestia panted in between her own fit of laughter. The newly wed couple however were laughing far to hard to even think of saying anything at all. This made a goofy grin plaster itself on Kanji's face as he continued to shovel delicious vegetarian food “Mumhpph mumph arhg meathsh?” Kanji asked at Celestia. Said princess wiped an tear from her eye, “I'm sorry Kanji could you repeat that please. Without food in your mouth.” Kanji swallowed, “I asked if you guys have any meat laying around here?” Naotos eyes grew wide in shock and the detective punched Kanji as hard as she could in his shoulder. “You imbecile!” The detective turned towards the princess',” I am so...terribly...sorry about....Kanji?” The apology turned to a question as the detective finally realized that the sisters were laughing again and the newlyweds were laughing even harder than before. “Oh...Kanji... I'm sorry I didn't notice that you were an omnivore sooner. Alas, as ponies we're herbivores and the idea of even preparing another animal for food is abhorrent to us. So my chefs have no idea or desire to prepare meat. I can tell you the same thing I tell the griffons when they're here. You have permission to hunt in the Everfree forest if you desire but only if you prepare and eat your kill in the forest. Understand?” Celestia finished her speech with a chuckle. Kanji simply shrugged his shoulders while eating. That's when the normally oblivious bad ass realized something. He could no longer hear the babbling and crying from the mares behind him...but he felt like he was being watched very closely. The human slowly turned his head to face...all six of them diving onto him at once in a pile of pony. The human drowned in the sea of pony as chorus of shouts and praise came from them. “Thank you soooo much for saving Pinkie!” “Your so cool!” “Will you rub my belly again if that's okay with you that is.” Kanji flailed his arms frantically as he fell backwards in the chair. The laughter from the royal end of the table escalated to an all time high. And Naoto's laughter joined in. Her voice...her laughter...so heavenly..... Naoto in lingerie... The teenager couldn't stop staring at his angel. She'd be his...one day...one day... “Oh my gosh, Kanji are you alright? Your nose is bleeding!” Twilight exclaimed as she untangled herself from the pile of pony hugging Kanji tightly. Everypony in the pile gasped, “Kanji!” A collective chorus of the word called out worriedly. The teen sighed, a blush on his cheeks as he looked anywhere but at Naoto. “I'm fine, just give me some napkins and it'll stop.” The boy said simply...as he noticed Rarity glancing between himself and Naoto. Again. And Again. The biggest shit eating grin adorned her face when the realization hit her. It reminded him of that one time he watched that American cartoon...what was it called again? Squarepants Spongebob? Squarebob Spongepants? He couldn't remember. American cartoons were weird anyway. But that wasn't important. What was important was she began to move amongst the princess' whispering quickly. And soon enough...ALL three of the princess' AND Shining Armor had that same exact shit eating grin. The way Rarity moved amongst the shadows and her friends and all without Naoto noticing too. It made Kanji think she was a flipping ninja. Kanji watched with growing horror as each of the ponies that surrounded him with worried expressions shifted to that shit eating, knowing grin. All but Naoto who had actually gotten down to Kanji's level on the floor to more appropriately examine him. Before Kanji could even blink, the detective had shoved two rolled up napkins into his nostrils to stop the bleeding. But the teenaged girl didn't stand up. No, she pressed her hand to Kanji's forehead, his deep blush turned him into a tomato. “Kanji, it feels like you have a fever. Are you sick?” The detective leaned in closer, he hot breath on his face drove Kanji mad. “You seem really, really red. I think you should see a castle doctor Kanji.” As if on a cue, “Hey Naoto, why don't you come with me. I want to show you some of the more historical parts of the castle. And discuss how Equestria was founded. Naoto perked up at that. “I'd love to come.” The detective turned back to Kanji, “You shoud probably get some medicine and some bed rest.” The teenage girl got up and eagerly fell in behind Shining Armor as he left the grand feast hall. Almost in the blink of an eye, the six girls fell atop one another forming a tower of pony each sporting that knowing, shit-eating grin. Even the princess' had it, but Luna...she was giggling like a school girl. Nononononononono. “So Kanji dear. Why don't you tell us all about your deep love for Naoto Shirogane?” Rarity asked, batting her eyelashes. “W-what the hell are you talking about? I-I-I don't have a crush on anyone.” Kanji stammered out as he crossed his arms and looked away. Everypony in the room giggled evilly except Celestia. “Come now darling, you can't fool somepony like me when it comes to love. You are irrevocably and undeniably in love with her.” Rarity gasped out as she held her hoof aloft dramatically. “You may as well spill it Kanji. Just tell us about it.” Rainbow Dash said with a light chuckle. “That is if you don't mind that is.” Fluttershy squeaked. The man that oozed bad assery sighed, “Alright, alright. It's a long one though. We may run out of time.” “Non-sense, I have Shining give Naoto a FULL tour of the castle. It'll be a few hours at least. Kanji visibly slumped. “Alright...” The bad ass began his tale. One embarrassing explanation as to how he met Naoto and the defeat of his shadow later... Rainbow visibly flinched, Rarity looked upon Kanji with the face of pity and every pony else but the princess' looked simply downtrodden. “So you really thought Naoto was a guy?” “We all did?” “Ouch that hurts bro.” Rainbow patted Kanji's shoulder. “Thou must not lose hope Sir Kanji.” Luna's voice pierced the awkward silence. “The night is the realm of love. Lovers embrace in my beautiful nights, mares are swoon and virgins undone in my night. There is always hope.” Luna ignored the exasperated looks from the other ponies and continued, “ I am a master in love. In mine olden days, those who desired a lovers embrace would turn to whispering into my night for hope, and advice. And this is exactly what I shall give thee brave Sir Kanji. He who may be homosexual.” “Hey!” Kanji shouted hotly. Luna held aloft a hoof, “Homosexuality is not something to be ashamed of dear Sir Kanji, love is love no matter between whom. But I warn thee, I will often whisper directly in thine head Sir Kanji. We hope thou doth not get offended.” Kanji blinked, and then sighed. “Sure, sure. So...what happens now.” Many Hours Later Aboard a Train to Ponyville... Pinkie bounced around Kanji and her friends excitedly, despite their being . “OHMYGOSHTHISISSOEXCITING!WEGETTOHAVEKANJIAAAAAAAANDNAOTOSWELCOMETOEQUESTRIAANDWELCOMETOPONYVILLEPARTIESALLATTHESAMETIME!” “Geez Pinks calm down a little. We're still a ways off aren't we?” Kanji absconded. Pinkie just beamed at the human. “I know, I'm just so superduper excited.” The pink pony darted all around the small cabin, giggling merrily the whole way. Sitting next to Kanji, and causing him some discomfort, was Naoto. The girl let out a soft yawn. “I hope you all don't mind I'm simply exhausted. I didn't get much sleep last night so if you'll excuse me I'll be sleeping during the train ride there.” Kanji turned his head to look out the window he was seated next to. He didn't want to think about Naoto sitting next to him ( which was awesome), so he backtracked to the days events. It had been Twilights idea for Kanji and Naoto to come back with them to Ponyville. There wouldn't be much for them to do while Celestia researched a way for them to be sent back home. Thunk. Heat rushed to Kanji's face as it stirred against his chest. The teenage badass slowly looked down to find...yep. Naoto had fallen asleep...and her head fell to rest on his chest. WHAT ON EQUESTRIA ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?!? SIR KANJI HOLD HER NOW! Lunas voice raged in his head. Kanji practically jumped a put a hand around onto Naotos shoulder awkwardly. That's when Kanji notice Rarity had gotten up from her seat and trotted over. The unicorn took Kanji's arm from Naoto and slowly and carefully guided his arm to wrap around the sleeping detective and set his hand to rest on her belly. Next the fashionista took Kanjis head in her front hooves and slowly lowered it so his face was resting on Naotos famous hat. Kanji couldn't stop the pleasant and stupid smile from gracing his features. Now fall asleep. When Lady Naoto awakens she will find you have embraced her in your sleep. It will be another step to claiming fair maidens heart. Yet the princess' advice fell on deaf ears, (or is it a head?) Kanji was already embracing sleep as he smiled happily into the embrace. … “K-K-Kanji!?!” Naoto's voice raised him from his peaceful slumber. He felt the heat that was her body resting against him get up. The teen opened his eyes to look up and found Naoto at the far end of the bench, blushing a deep red like a tomato. “NOTHING HAPPENED!” Naoto practically shouted before turning and leaving the small cabin. Kanji blinked before the despair set in. He had failed....miserably. “Don't worry 'bout it none sugarcube. Ain't as bad as it looks. 'Sides, we're here!” … Kanji didn't like it. Everypony stared at him wide-eyed in fear. That certainly did not improve his mood. Nor did the Naoto who walked as far from him as she could help his sour mood very much. That is until three very loud, earsplitting gasps resounded throughout the market square that Twilight and his friends were leading them through. “Oh no.” The six ponies guiding them said in unison. “CUTIE MARK CRUSADER PERSONA HERO CATCHERS...GO!” And with that three colored blobs darted over from somewhere and crashed into Kanji's legs...with enough force to simply make him grunt in annoyance. The teen looked down to see three little fillies wrapping their forehooves tightly around his legs. All three raised their flanks in the air and turned their heads to peek at it. “Drat. No cutie mark!” The three fillies exclaimed in unison. But then the three gazed up at Kanji with humongous smiles on their faces. “AWESOME! You just gotta do you rok...rokuphlem moth thing again!” An orange filly with a purple mane and ail said. “Yeah! Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease!” Begged the white filly with the purple mane streaked pink and white, and the other filly with the butter coat and red mane with a ridiculously large red bow. Kanji couldn't help but grin. They're smiles were contagious! Shut the hell up! The human opened his mouth and began to tug on the familiar power when some pony tapped him on the back. “Let me do something first Kanji, then you can persona away.” Twilight asked from behind him. “Attention Ponyville!” Twilight called out. Kanji expected the ponies to all mill about their business, giving Kanji a wide berth. But the human was surprised when they actually turned to listen to Twilight. “I know you're all wondering about this big guy here wondering around with us, so let me introduce him! This is Kanji Tatsumi! The guy who stopped the changeling invasion in Canterlot and saved Equestria!” At this the ponies that regarded him with fear, suddenly changed disposition and began to whoop and cheer for the human. “And he's going to demonstrate the power he used to save Equestria!” And with that Twilight rapped on Kanji's back. Kanji felt hundreds of eyes boring into him as he grinned. The teenager reached deep within himself, tugging at that familiar power. The human roared at the top of his lungs, “PERSONA! ROKUTEN! MOH!” Kanji didn't need to look behind him to know. The 'Ooohs' and 'ahs' from the crowd did that for him. Not to mention the three fillies below him clapping their hooves excitedly. But Kanji's mood was cut short when a familiar voice began to laugh. Oh no. Not again. And not her. “Awww look at the little persona! Too bad he isn't powerful enough to take me on. Little Kanji Tatsumi. Always a loser, never a true warrior.” The chilling voice of Shadow Fluttershy resounded throughout the town square. To be continued... I don't know how to put pictures in...damnit! I had the perfect picture to show you when I mean "Shit-eating grin" le sad face. Warlord FluttershyKanji froze. That god awful voice waxed into his ears again, “Everypony in this town is sooooo weak. Why doesn't anyone know how to put up a real fight? Ah well. If ponyville can't provide a real fight, perhaps some pony else will.” The human turned towards the source of the shadow's booming voice. Over towards the edge of town a massive spire had risen. Columns of smoke wafted through the air and the tower itself looked like it was made of obsidian. And centered above the tower, a patch of smoke had merged together and a distorted image of Shadow Fluttershy grinned down at them from upon it. Kanji glared and clenched his fists. “Come on Pinks, we've got work to do. NO ONE messes with my huggable pony.” Pinkie shot out of Kanji's shirt like a cannon and gave the human a salute, “Okie Dokie Loki!” Kanji normally would have questioned how she had gotten in his shirt...but right now...he had more important shit to do. And with that the group of friends charged head long towards the menacing spire that towered over pony ville. … Kanji and his friends looked down at the swirling pool of blackness that the spire sat on top. Just like with Pinkies Playhouse there was a drawbridge leading across the inky blackness to the spire. Up close however, the spire was far more intimidating. Two pikes rested on either side of the drawbridge, with skulls from all sorts of animals and species stacked on them, including dragon skulls. Kanji squinted, trying to peer into the darkness of the spires entrance. The teenager took a cautious step onto the bridge, followed by another and another. The teen waved over the rest of the group and they all crossed the bridge in silence. After what felt like an eternity of being scared out of their wits, they finally reached the ebony doors at the end of the draw bridge. And it didn't take a detective to figure out that if the ponies in the group weren't scared before...they were horrified now. The massive ebony doors that kept them out of the black spire was covered in misplaced and mismatched furs from all sorts of animals. Rabbit furs, mountain lion furs even...even pony furs. “Don't look at them. Just keep moving.” Kanji said quietly over his shoulders to he ponies...and Naoto. All that met him in response was a whimper. The youth braced himself against the massive ebony doors and pushed with all his might. The human groaned as the doors gradually creaked open. Kanji took one peak through the door before he completely opened them and muttered to himself, “Well shit.” Before the human continued opening the doors, “Alright every pony listen up. You are not going to like what you see inside. So either grow some balls and ignore it, or turn around.” “BUCK NO! THAT'S OUR FRIEND IN THERE!” Was the unanimous shout that roared into Kanjis ear. The human sighed before thrusting the doors open. Everyone behind him, including Naoto, gasped in shock. The long narrow hallway the stretched out before them was dimly lit by primitive looking braziers and torches, but the lighting was the least eerie thing about it. Pelts and furs of all creatures imaginable, lined the walls of the hallway. And dangling from the pitch black ceiling were the skeletons of the creatures that wore the furs hanging from the wall. Some were absolutely massive, and Kanji could swear that was a dragon dangling from the ceiling directly above them. Kanji took one step inside the dimly lit corridor and immediately a group of four shadows darted out of the blackness of the hallway. Were they supposed to be...cave ponies? Warrior ponies? Bandit ponies? All four of the shadows were pony sized shadows that had a deep red glowing eyes. In their hooves they held various axes, spears and war hammers in their front hooves and stood upright on their hind hooves. Kanji called over his shoulder, “Hey Pinks! Get over here! We got work to do!” In less than a millisecond the pink party pony popped out of the group and landed next to the human. “Alright Pinks. I don't know a damn thing about your persona except its name, so call 'er out and do your thing.” Kanji turned towards the group of shadows in front of them, “ROKUTEN MOH! FATAL END!” The massive sword of his persona fell upon the center shadow obliterating it. Pinkie shimmied in place, her usually silly smile replaced with a look of determination. The party pony hopped into the air, “PONYSONA! WARAI MESUMA!” The jester colored mare flashed in existence behind her summoner, happily giggling into a forehoof. Kanji opened his mouth, prepared to give an explanation on how to figure out how to use her persona when she suddenly shouted, “MARAGI!” Warai Mesuma jumped up onto her hind hooves and danced a little jig before showing her rear to the shadows and sticker her tongue out at them. Three small balls of flame engulfed the shadows and the other three shadows collapsed onto their backs. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLL RIGHT PINKS!!!! LETS KICK SOME ASS!” Kanji roared as he charged forward into the group of downed shadows. “Okie Dokie Lokie!” The pink pony giggled as she bounced towards the group of shadows. When human and pony reached the group of shadows a humongous cloud of dusk kicked up, obscuring them from sight. Grunts and “HIYAAA'S!” emanated from the dirt cloud as well as the sound of hooves and fists smashing into shadows. The cloud of dust dispersed revealing the human and the party pony standing amongst vanishing shadows. “Come on everyone! Flutters is waiting on us!” Kanji shouted at the dumbfounded group. Kanji pointed a finger at Twilight, “Hey Twi, use your magic stuff again and lead us to Flutters!” Twilight nodded before frowning in concentration. The mare groaned in effort as a minute passed without her horn doing a thing. “I-I'm sorry guys, somethings interfering with my magic.” Kanji simply shrugged, “So what? We're flying blind now lets do this!” The hyped teenager roared as he spun around and began sprinting down the excessively long hallway. “H-hey Kanji I got a question fer ya? About dem shadows??” Applejack asked aloud from behind him. “Yeah?” “Why'd they fall down like that when Pinkie hit them all with that 'mar-aragi'?” The orange mare questioned. “Many shadows, but not all, have inherent weakness to the various elements. One knows when he has discovered a shadows weakness when that particular shadow collapses.” Naoto spoke up from somewhere behind him. Kanji blinked in surprise, “Yeah what she said.” “Hey Pinks get up here we've got company!” Kanji called out. The teenager skidded to a halt as another shadow strode out of the blackness of the hallway. “Is that shadow...riding a manticore?” Naoto asked aloud. The shadow in front of them was intimidating, to say theleast. There was a massive lion with a scorpions tail and bat wings that was entirely devoid of any color except for its two black orbs that were its eyes. Riding atop it, was a shadow pony that was pitch black, contrasting sharply with the pure white manticore. In one hoof it held aloft a menacing barbed spear while its other hoof pointed at them menacingly. “Warai Mesuma! Agi!” Pinkie giggled aloud as he persona flashed into existence. Her shadow reared up onto her hind legs before falling down onto her flanks, laughing hysterically the whole way. A ball of flame started to form only to reflect back and hit Pinkie. “Oof!” Pinkie gasped as she fell to the ground. “Owie! What happened?” The party pony asked as she shakily stood back up. “While some shadows are weak to certain elements, some shadows are downright immune to any attacks based off of that element. Some will absorb the element, healing themselves while others will simply reflect the damage. It's why you have to be careful when fighting new shadows.” Naoto gave the long winded explanation calmly. “Ziodyne!” Kanji shouted. A massive bolt of lightning struck down upon the shadow, engulfing it in a brilliant flash of white light. The manticore roared in indignant fury and its rider let out a cry of fury. Before the ziodyne even dissipated fully, the shadow charged straight at Kanji. The rider ran Kanji through with the wicked and barbed lance, while the maticore swiped him with its massive front paw. The teen roared in pain as he was sent flying through the air. “Kanji!” The group cried out in worry. But before any of them could run to Kanji, Pinkie happily shouted, “GIGGLE AT THE GHOSTIES!” “Consarnit Pinkie! Now's not the time fer singing!” Applejack scolded. “Wait everypony look!” Twilight shouted, pointing a hoof at Kanji. A brilliant flash of white light engulfed the human. “OOOOOOOOHHHH YEAH!” Kanji roared as the teenager charged forward, “FATAL END!” Rokuten Moh flared into existence before slamming its mighty blade into the shadow and its mount. Before the shadows could even fully recover Pinkie happily bounced into the air, “It's Dakka Time!” A filly-like Pinkie Pie literally popped out of nowhere onto Warai Mesumas back. “YOU GROTS DIDN'T THINK YE SAW THE LAST OF ME DID YA?! DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA HAHAHAHA!” The miniature Pinkie Pie began to chuck...cakes? Yet when the cakes hit their mark... Kanji couldn't stop the roar of laughter from leaving his lips as the cakes literally exploded, sending streamers, balloons and confetti everywhere. After the hail of cake fire, the shadow and its mount roared in agony and faded out of existence. “OI THAT'S ALL YA GROTS!” The filly Pinkie Pie shouted before quite literally popping out of existence leaving a shower of confetti raining down from where she had appeared on Werai Mesumas back. “Come on girls! We've got work to do!” Kanji called out, already running down the hallway. Everypony gave each other a sly grin before sprinting off to catch up to the human. … Five. Floors. Five damned floors without a sigh or even a hair of either shadow Fluttershy or the real Fluttershy. Kanji and Pinkie had fought through hordes of the shadows including these weird ass wood looking wolf things. “Damnit!” Kanji shouted aloud. “What's wrong Kanji?” Pinkie asked, the trace of of worry in the question was plain for all to see. “We've gone five floors up in the thrice be damned spire and we haven't seen a damn sign of Flutters anywhere!” Kanji said a little too angrily. Pinkie opened her mouth to say something but immediately began twitching uncontrollably. “OOOOOOH TWITCH TWITCHY! THIS ONE'S GONNA BE A DOOZY!” Pinkie Pie shouted. “What are you talking about Pinks?” Kanji asked incredulously. The group rounded the corner of the all too narrow hall and skidded to a halt. “That.” Pinkie said breathlessly, pointing a hoof at shadow Fluttershy. …. The chamber was massive. Well...massive was an understatement. Kanji was sure, you could fit Ponyville...the entirety of the town in this one room. Which struck the teenager as odd considering how the spire didn't seem that wide from the outside. But that wasn't what caught Kanji's attention the most. What creeped him out, and everyone else too from the looks of it, was the massive collection of fully intact dragon skeletons. The damn things were everywhere. Dozens of 'em. Some were larger than others, some no larger than Kanji. But they were freaking everywhere, and Shadow Fluttershy was smirking down at them from atop the largest dragon skull Kanji had ever seen. (These were the only ones he had ever seen but that's not the point) The dragons skull by itself was larger than Kanjis house back home in Japan. Shadow Flutters followed Kanjis gaze to the skull she perched atop of, “Oh he is a beut isn't he? It's a shame I'm not the one who got fight him.” “But oh well, that isn't as important as my other...priorities. For one, you've been meddling. And I don't like that. How am I supposed to drown Equestria in the perfect war, the perfect fight, if you keep killing all of my boys. I'm sorry that you have to go but...wait I'm not sorry at all! Hahahaha!” The trail of laughter echoed throughout the massive chamber as shadow Fluttershy hopped off the skull and with a flare of her wings she hovered to the ground... just as the dragons skull slowly began to raise itself. “Have a nice meal Skelly!” Shadow Fluttershy cackled in delight as she trotted out of sight, laughing the whole way through. But Kanji and the gang couldn't care less. They were far too engrossed in watching the behemoth skeleton of a dragon raise itself to its full height. Skeletal wings unfurled themselves to their fullest, both wings were easily as large as the train station itself back in Ponyville. The massive skeletal dragon let loose an ear-shattering roar that seemed to shake the very foundations of the colossal chamber. “YOL....” The dragon raised its head into the air, “TOOR SHUL!” The skeletal dragon bellowed as an inferno shot out of its gaping maw. “Look out!” Kanji bellowed as he rolled to the side, the flames scorching the very ground where he was standing not a moment before. “ROKUTEN MOH! ZIODYNE!” The teenager shouted at the top of his lungs. The massive bolt of lightning that struck down made the skeletal dragon roar with fury. “FO KRAH DIIN!” The dragon roared, but Kanji was prepared for the infer- no! What the hell!?!? The teenager barely managed to roll out of the way as the ground he was perched on became engulfed in a block of ice. “HEY YOU LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE YOU BIG BULLY!” Pinkie hopped into the air pointing a hoof menacingly at the massive dragon. “IT'S PARTY TIME!” Warai Mesuma whinnied happily before digging into her jester outfit before pulling...something... out of the depths of her pocket. The persona then held it up to her snout and began...blowing into it? What the? After a minute of everyone, dragon included, staring at the persona blowing up...wait...did she just blow up a damn balloon. Sure enough both Pinks and her persona giggled uncontrollably as they released the balloon. Said balloon began to drift lazily at the dragon who Kanji could swear on his life was grinning. When the balloon got within a couple of feet of the dragon after an agonizing amount of minutes it popped. Revealing an overly excited filly Pinkie taking shelter within. “HAHA FOOLED YA YE STOOPID GROT! HAR HAR!” The filly Pinkie then reached into her mane and pulled out a massive pie. The pie...was...easily as big as the dragons skull. Wait...what the hell?!?! Kanjis simplistic brain was overloaded with questions. How the hell did she store it? Where in god's name did she get a damn pie that big?... How was Naoto handling it? The youthful teenager turned to find...yup....Naoto couldn't handle the lack of logic and had fainted. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!! An ear shattering explosion resounded throughout the hall. Kanji looked up at the source to find that filly Pinks had slammed the pie into the dragons face which had...exploded...like a bomb. Filly Pinkie was free falling through air giggling like a filly, which makes sense actually, before poofing out of existence with bits of confetti and streamers flying through the air where she had vanished. That's when Pinkie fills YOUR view...of the computer that is...as your reading this. God damnit Pinkie stop breaking my fourth wall. “I'm sorry I just gotta take care of this real quick.” Pinkie shouted at me incredulously. “NO!” I shouted right back. This was my story and I wasn't dealing with this blatant disrespect. “YES!” “NO!” “YES!” “NO!” “NO!” “I SAID YES AND THATS FINAL!” I huffed and puffed, beaming with happiness at my victory. “Okay I'll, do it just like you wanted chief.” ' “Wait what?” “TheresonmyponysonaissocrazyandweirdiscusTheFluttershyGuywantedmyponysonatobelikestraightoutofacartoonandstuff.We'retalkingbugsbunnyandloonytoonesstuffrightthereMaybealittletomandjerryandscoobydooandpowerpuffgirlsandsamuraijackandohyougetmypointgottagobye!!!!that'sallfolks!” …. Okay. Now where was I....the pie explosion filly Pinkie falling...Oh yeah! “Holy shit Pinks...” Kanji blinked as Pinkie and Werai Mesuma giggled, rolling on the floor uncontrollably. “That...was amazing.” Kanji finished breathless. “Thanks Kanji! TheFluttershyGuy thought it was pretty good too which is we he gave Warai Mesuman that power in the first place!” Pinkie Pie giggled out as she popped out of the humans jacket only to submerge herself and pop out of Warai Mesumas jester cap. “FOOLISH MORTALS!” “But it wasn't enough Pinks.” Kanji said simply as the skeletal dragon fanned the smoke away with its massive wings. “DID YE TRULY THINK YOURSELVES CAPABLE OF KILLING ME! BAH! MORTALS HAVE GROWN ARROGANT I SEE! GAAN LAH HAAS!” The dragon roared straight at Kanji and all of a sudden the pumped teenager felt so weak. Kanji dropped to his knees, barely able to keep awake from the sudden loss of nearly all of his energy. “So...weak...” Kanji barely managed to choke out between heavy breaths. “GIGGLE AT THE GHOSTIES!” A familiar flash of white engulfed Kanji and the teenager felt his youthful vigor return to him. “GAAAAAAAAAAAH! ZIODYNE!” The teenager roared triumphantly and sure enough a massive bolt of lightning struck the shadow. The dragon roared in indignant fury, “YOL TOOR SHUL!” A massive inferno escaped its maw and seemed to worm its way through the air towards the teenager even as the human sprinted directly away. “ITS PARTY TIME!” Pinkies shouted echoed throughout the massive chamber. The dragon immediately clamped its jaw shut, shutting off the inferno. The dragon whirled around to find a balloon already drifting towards it. “I WILL NOT FALL FOR SUCH CHILDISH TRICKS AGAIN MORTAL FOOL!” The dragon roared as it swiped the balloon with a massive claw. Only for dozens of filly Pinkies to disgorge themselves from the balloon. “HAR HAR JOKES ON YOUZ AGAIN YA STOPPID GROT HAR HAR!” A chorus of filly Pinkies shouted that same thing at the same time before reaching into their manes and pulling out regular sized pies. All of the filly Pinkies cackled maniacally as they began to pepper the colossal dragon with exploding pie ordnance fire. “COME ON KANJI FINISH IT WHILE HE'S DISTRACTED!” Pinkie shouted from the other end of the room. “ROKUTEN MOH! FATAL...END!” The massive persona hefted its mighty blade and swiped the blade horizontally at the dragon. The strike connected, severing the dragons head from its neck. “Come on guys! Fluttershy still needs us!” Pinkie Pie shouted as she bounced towards the door on the other side of the dispersing shadow. …. “Maragi!” Pinkie shouted happily. In an instant, all three of the shadows surrounding the group of friends were engulfed in flames. The three bear-like shadows roared in indignant fury. The lead one charged straight at Kanji. The teenager barely managed to dodge the bears massive paw and the boy could feel the swish of the air as the claw whizzed by him. “MAZIODYNE!” Kanji roared. Three brilliant flashes of white light engulfed all three of the shadow bears. The teenager wasted no time in picking up the pace as he darted down the hallway. “Hey...do any of you notice that the shadows are getting more and more animal like?” “Well, Fluttershys talent is taking care of animals and she does love them to death. So to be honest, I'm not surprised at all.” Twilights voice peeped up from the back of the group. Kanji simply grunted in response as he spearheaded the groups charge into the inky blackness of the spire. … “This...this isn't right I don't like this.” Kanji growled as he slowed down to a slow walk. The teen took one step at a time, cautiously peering into the inky black of the hallway. The torches that lined up and down the hallway did seemingly nothing to stem the tide of darkness. “What is it Kanji dear?” Rarity questioned from somewhere to his right. “We haven't seen a single shadow since we've come to this floor. And it's already been about fifteen minutes of a straight walk down the same hallway. It's no wonder that Kanji is cautious.” Naoto peeped up from the teenagers left. Kanji could only hope that his blush was obscured by the pitch black of the hallway. The youth took another step forward only for his face to smack into...something. The teenager growled before holding a hand up to his face. The teen muttered a string of curses, ignoring the peppered questions from the rest of the group, the youth felt the thing he had stepped face first into... “Hey guys...this is a door.” Kanji barked over his shoulder before pushing against. The human didn't get the door halfway open before a chilling voice washed over him. “Well, I was beginning to wonder if you'd ever show up.” Shadow Fluttershy cooed. … “Flutters!” Kanji roared as he darted towards his cuddly pony. Said pegasus was quivering in fear, forehooves over her eyes in utter terror. The teen looked up in fury at the shadow before him. Shadow Fluttershy say atop a throne made of the bones of all sorts of various creatures. And to top it all off, the arrogant bitch was laying down on the throne. Her rear legs dangled over one arm rest while her other half rested against the other half. The shadow grinned down at the group with half lidded eyes, “Oh my, so many ponies and only two are actually worth my attention. Kanji Tatsumi...Pinkie Pie...step forward if you will.” The shadow inspected her forehoof with a bored expression on her face. Kanji angrily took a step forward with Pinks right next to him. “Alright get down here and fight you coward! The shadow looked at them out of the corner of her eye, “Oh my! So eager! But we haven't had any fore play yet! Oh well. But first I'd like to ask a few questions from my friends. Hey Dashie! I got a question for ya.” Rainbow Dash soared over to the shadow, “Only my friends can call me Dashie! Not some shadow spy.” Fluttershy put a hoof to her forehead and cried out in false melancholy, “Oh Rainbow Dash, your words wound me so!” The shadow let her hoof dangle back against the throne before rolling her eyes, “Not. But I do have a question for you. Do you remember when Gilda bullied me in the town square?” Dashs response was a simple snort. “Do you want to know why I ran away?” The Shadow was smiling devilishly now and Fluttershy, the real Fluttershy was crying even harder into her hooves. Shadow Fluttershy suddenly hopped off of her throne and laughed maniacally as she faced the group head on. “IT WAS CUS I WANTED TO BEAT THE SHIT OUTTA HER!” The shadow roared in laughter. “I ADORE IT! I ADORE IT ALL! THE FEELING OF BEING INA FIGHT, VERBAL OR PHYSICAL. THAT FEELING YOU GET WHEN YOU'RE IN A CONFLICT! I LOVE IT ALL! THE TASTE OF BLOOD IN YOUR MOUTH! THAT FEELING WHEN YOU HOOF MAKES CONTACT! OH MY CELESTIA!” The shadow moaned aloud as if in orgasm. “THAT'S NOT TRUE!” The real Fluttershy roared as she stood straight up. “THAT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL!” “Oh? Is it not? Tell me. How am I unlike you at all? You and me Flutters...” The shadow cocked a lopsided grin, “...Are one and the same.” “NO! Flutters! Don't you say it!” Kanji roared at the pegasus. “I'M NOT YOU!” Fluttershy roared at the top of her lungs. The shadows grin grew to an abnormal size, “Yes....you're right. I'm my own pony. My own...shadow...” A swirling pool of darkness formed beneath the shadow. And tendrils of black shot out of the pool, digging into its skin. Slowly the shadow was engulfed purely in black, writhing tendrils of darkness. After a painstaking minute of waiting the dome shattered revealing the new Shadow Fluttershy. What emerged was a humanesque woman at least twice Kanjis size with long flowing pink hair. She wore padded fur armor and had a cape made of...mismatched pony pelts. Adorning her head was an iron helmet with two horns sticking out of either side. Strapped to her back was a massive battle ax and in her hands she held two blood stained war axes with wicked and jagged edges. “I am the shadow. The true self.” Echoed the shadow. “Come on Pinks it's ass kicking time!” “Okie dokie lokie!” The party pony hopped over to Kanjis side. Warlord Fluttershy roared at the top of lungs before charging straight at Kanji, both hand axes held high in the air over her head. The teenager rolled to side the moment those war axes slammed down at him, “ZIODYNE!” “AGI!” A massive bolt of lightning and a ball of flame engulfed the warlord at the same time. Warlord Fluttershy simply laughed, “Is that you got?!?! FUS RO DAH!” A wave of force sent Kanji soaring through the air. The human landed on the ground as the air left his lungs in one swoop. Two armored boots thudded right next to him, obscuring his vision. “I had such high hopes for you too.” Warlord Fluttershy cooed. “It's party time!” Pinkie Pie shouted. “Ha. HAHAHAHA! What do you think a balloon could do to the likes of me yo-” POP! “HAR HAR FOOLED YA YOU GROTLY SQUIG!” Kanji barely maned to raise his head in time to see the massive pie connect with Warlord Fluttershys face an- KABOOOM! The human was sent soaring through the air from the explosion...only for Warai Mesuma to catch him right before he fell. The human looked up to find Pinks persona staring down at him with a humongous smile on her face. Warai Mesuma giggled before...licking up the side of Kanjis face. The human blinked...in utter confusion. “Come on Kanji Wanji! Now's not the time to be playing!” Pinkie giggled at the human as he stood up. Over about twenty feet and by the throne was a very angry warlord. “YOL....TOOR SHUL!” A massive inferno left the warlords lips straight at the pair. Kanji frantically sprinted away from the fire only to notice that Pinkie had grabbed the Warlords undivided attention. Kanji grinned before actually saying, not shouting, “Ziodyne!” Another massive bolt of lightning engulfed the enraged warlord. Said enraged Warlord whirled around to glare daggers at the teenaged human. “IT'S PARTY TIME!” Both Kanji and the Warlord turned their heads to the balloon that wafted lazily towards the warlord. “Your a damn fool if you think I'll fall for that again.” The warlord chucked a lazy war ax at the balloon... Dozens of filly Pinkies popped into existence, “HAR HAR FOOLED YAH AGAIN! HOW CAN YA BE THAT STOOPID , EVEN FOR A GROT!?!?!” The filly Pinkies let loose a torrent of exploding pies on the target. Kanji took the chance to hop back a few steps. “PRIMAL FORCE!” A roar of pain emerged from the familiar dome of white that engulfed the warlord. A cloud of dust formed at the spot where both Kanji and Pinkie bombarded the warlord. After a moment of silence the warlord shouted from within the still settling cloud of dust, “DUR NEH VIIR!” A ball of purple appeared in front of Kanji and after a mere second...the human was staring down a dragon. This dragon was constantly oozing some green slime and he reeked of rot and decay. “I have heard thine call and I have come!” The dragon roared menacingly before rising into the air with powerful flaps of his wings. “Quickly kill him. I want to mount all of their heads on my wall.” “As you wish!” … Kanji dodged yet another inferno as the dragon he faced let loose that same shout. “YOL TOOR SHUL!” Damnit! This was taking too damn long! He'd been fighting this stupid lizard for over fifteen minutes. And Pinks needs help. Flutters needs help. “PRIMAL FORCE!” “Ha ha! Arrogant Mortal! Do you really believe you stand a chance of defeating Durnehviir? The guardian of the soul cairn? You truly are foolish indeed.” This...this was a waste of time...if Kanji didn't smash this things head in soon...Flutters... The human looked over at the collapsed pegasus at the foot of the throne and a torrent of righteous anger flowed into him. “SHUT UP YOU DAMN OVER GROWN LIZARD. I'VE GOT MY FRIEND TO PROTECT! ROKUTEN MOH!” Kanji roared at the top of his lungs. But instead of calling for another ziodyne or primal force, the human mentally ordered his persona to grab the rotting dragon. Durnehviir roared in surprise as Rokuten Moh wrapped both of his hands around the dragons neck. The dragon viciously kicked and roared at the persona but the persona simply ignored it. “LETS END THIS! FATAL END!” The persona hefted its massive blade before slashing straight at Durnehviirs wiry neck. The blade cut clean through severing the head from the neck. “FATAL END!” Kanji roared. Rokuten Moh dropped the dragon that was beginning to fade from reality before charging straight at Warlord Fluttershy. Said Warlord turned her attention away from Pinkie for a fraction of a second to find a massive persona swinging its blade down. A cloud of dust billowed out from where Rokuten Mohs blade struck home. Kanji couldn't help but grin. “ENOUGH OF THESE CHILDISH GAMES! IT IS TIME FOR BOTH OF YOU TO DIE!” Warlord Flutteshys declaration caused Kanji's grin to drop in less than a fraction of a second. Warlord Fluttershy emerged from the dust cloud swinging her massive battle ax great arcs, “COME ON OUT MY PETS! TELL ME EVERYTHING!” Out of seemingly nowhere hordes of little birds, rabbits and other small creatures swarmed around both Pinkie and Kanji, doing nothing but sniffing and examining the two persona users. After what felt like an eternity of being felt up and sniffed by swarms of small animals left and rushed over to Warlord Fluttershy. The warlord knelt down to a knee so she could hear what ever it was the small critters were telling her. After a minute the warlord smirked, “Thank my little ones. None of you will be dinner tonight. I promise.” “ZIODYNE!” Kanji roared before the shadow was even fully upright, the bolt of lightning struck down only for... the warlord to simply step away. A humongous, cocky grin on her face. “AGI!” The burst of flame was dodged by the warlord, who was laughing uncontrollably now. “TIME TO DIE!” The warlord roared at the top of her lungs as she charged straight at Kanji. … Naoto was struggling to watch the scene before her. Kanji and Pinkie desperately fought against the warlord but she dodged and avoided everything they threw at her. Damn. Damn damn damn damn. Those damn critters had scanned these two, just like Rises shadow had done to her friends long ago. Damnit. The detective clenched her fists and teeth in frustration. She had never felt so useless in her life. She was needed here and now and she couldn't do a damn thing. Why? Why couldn't she call on her own persona. NO. It was not going to end like this. Naoto gritted her teeth and reached within herself. The teenager tugged at the power of her persona, egging it on into coming out to fight. That's when she felt. It was subtle. So very subtle. Almost impossible to notice. But she felt it. She could feel it. It was like...like a pair of scissors waiting to cut the ties to the connection to her persona at the last possible second. NO! WHATEVER YOU ARE YOU WILL NOT DENY ME! Naoto mentally roared at the force that was trying to sever the connection. “PERSONA! YAMATO- TAKERU!” … Kanji looked over to where Naoto had shouted from. Blood trickled down his lips and he felt the grip of Warlord Fluttershy on his shirt slacken only slightly. There. There was Yamato-Takeru. The humanasque persona was small and agile looking with a weird ass looking helmet head. In its hand it held a long katanna and its sleek silver and gray british like military uniform contrasted deeply with the darkness of the chamber. The shadows grip on Kanjis shirt just enough that when he kicked her in the gut, the surprise she had from it, let him drop and roll. The teenager darted away, “NOW NAOTO!” “MEGIDOLAN!” Naoto shouted at the top of her own lungs. The world flashed white as massive balls of white energy rained down upon the unfortunate shadow. “NOOOOOOO!” Warlord Fluttershy roared at the top of her lungs as she was engulfed within the attack. After a moment of waiting with baited breath, the dust finally settled to show shadow Fluttershy reduced to her normal self. The shadow just sat on her haunches staring at the now awake Fluttershy. Kanji opened his mouth to tell Flutters the speech he had told Pinkie but Fluttershy engulfed her shadow in a humongous hug. “I-i-it's true. I-I-I love a good fight. I was just so scared of my f-f-friends rejecting me for it that I hid it. You...you really are me...and I'm you.” Shadow Fluttershy smiled at her real counterpart before giving her a gentle nuzzle and glowing a brilliant pure white light. After a moment, in place of shadow Fluttershy...was the most beautiful and feminine woman the teenaged human had ever seen. She had long, flowing pink hair that rested down at her feet. She was garbed in a simple Roman toga with a breast out in the open. But no one paid it any attention. She was too damn beautiful to care. All sorts of small animals and critters, from birds to rabbits sat perched all along her body. The woman knelt down to Fluttershy before giving her a quick kiss upon her muzzle. “Shinsetsuni Uxocchaa. The Kindly Watcher.” Kanji said simply. Nothing else needed to be said as Fluttershys persona faded away slowly leaving nothing but a smiling Fluttershy. “K-Kanji? Naoto?” Kanji and Naoto both tensed at the sound of Rises voice echoing throughout the empty chamber. .To Be Continued... Before you guys yell at me and tell me that I'm late. Know this. When I was originally gonna post this two days after the previous chapter, I looked it over and thought to myself...this is a pile of shit. SO... I wend back and re-did about...98% of it. The only similarites are the damn names and the dragon shouts. What? I'm addicted to skyrim. Did you think I could pass up on this oppurtunity? Btw all you skyrim pc fans look up the mod T3nd0s Skyrim redone on the nexus. By god...this mod made me WANT to restart ALL of my characters. Just pure epicness in a little mod package, seriously go check it out. Peace P.s. some errors may have sneaked into it still .If someone is interested in doing some proof reading for me, to catch those mistakes I miss, well I'd be pretty damn pleased..and thankful...youd get cupcakes....just saying... Welcome To Ponyville!!!!WARNING: REALLY REALLY CRUDE HUMOR. YOU HAVE BEEN FOREWARNED!!! TEEN RATING REALLY KICKS IN ON THIS CHAPTER!!! Rise Kujikawa. The teen idols brunnete twin-pony tails bobbed as she turned her face to examine Kanji, Naoto and each of the seven ponies who simply stared at her. After a minute of awkward silence, Rise beamed merrily before giggling. “Oh my gosh these ponies are so cute. I could just cuddle with them all day long.” “Oh why thank you darling I do try.” Rarity batted her eye lashes at the idol whose own eyes grew to dinner plates. The look of shock quickly turned to a gentle smile and a chuckle, “Talking ponies. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, all considering how long I've dealt with Teddie.” Twilight, ever the studious mare, took a nervous step forward, drinking in the sight of the idol. “Uh, excuse me? My name is Twilight Sparkle and I've got a question for you.” Rise smiled at the lavender unicorn, “Shoot, ask away Twilight.” The lavender unicorn trotted up to the human before raising herself up onto her hind legs and grabbing...grabbing Rise's boobs with her forehooves. “What are these? They're kinda big and really soft.” Kanji's jaw dropped and hit the floor with an audible thud while Naoto simply looked away with a crimson hue to her face. Rise blinked her eyes in surprise as the naive mare rolled the teenagers boobs around enjoying the feel of their softness. After a moment realization the teen blushed furiously before quickly, yet gently, swatting the offending hooves away. “Those are called...my boobs....and its extremely rude to just...grab them like that. Back home I'd be entirely justified in slapping you. Please...don't do that again.” Rise said gently, her face resembling a tomato. Twilight blushed furiously through her lavender coat, “Oh my gosh I am so sorry! Please forgive me I didn't know!” Rise simply chuckled, “ It's okay. I figured you didn't know any better when you flat asked what they were. I'm guessing an equivalent for you would be if some random guy walked up and groped your butt.” Twilight's ears drooped and all of the ponies in the room gasped, “Oh my gosh I am so sorry.” “He,y now I've got a question, for both you and Naoto.” Rainbow Dash flew up close looking Rise in the eye from a mere few inches away. Rise giggled, “Okay, I'll bite. What is it?” “Why are your boobs much bigger than Naotos? I mean before she and Kanji told us she was a girl I thought she was a colt. And I mean yours are massive! What's the deal?” Rainbow Dash asked completely and one hundred percent serious. Kanjis lower jaw now broke a hole through the floor as he watched the scene before him take drastic turn after drastic turn. His jaw fell even further when Rise giggled and a devious grin wormed its way onto her face. Naoto meanwhile was blushing so bad you could probably fry some eggs on her face. “Rise don't yo-” “Well, when we were in a bath house during vacation, I found out she wraps bandages around her boobs to squeeze them and make them look smaller than they really are.” The idol grinned mischievously as Naoto became so flustered that the detective could barely talk. Then that grin flashed straight at Kanji. “You're not having naughty thoughts about all this are you Kanji?” The teen idol winked at her friend as his jaw dropped even further. Rise turned to look straight at Rarity, her smile back to the warm and friendly one from earlier. “Your mane....absolutely gorgeous. One day you and I are gonna have to get makeovers together.” The teen idol changed the subject as if nothing had happened at all. Rartiy gasped dramatically before placing a fore hoof on her fore head, “Oh my goodness darling you are simply too kind. It would be an absolute pleasure.” “Kanji.” Fluttershys voice barely squeaked and every pony, and every human went silent. The teenager in question looked down to find Flutters in his arms looking up at him with the most adorable look in her eyes. “I-I'm tired...” The cream pegasus paused to yawn, “Can you carry me home please. That is if you don't mind that is.” Kanji grinned before hefting the shy pegasus up. “Awww, you're a cute one. Can I pet your mane?” Rise asked materializing over Kanjis shoulder to coo at the butter pegasus. Kanji's eyes flew open, “NOOOOOO THIS IS MY CUTE AND ADORBALE AND CUDDLY PONY!!! GET YOUR OWN!!!!” The teenager whirled around hiding Fluttershy from Rise. The troubled youth held the pegasus in one arm and put his arm through the jackets sleeve. After a minute of maneuvering the human had Fluttershy in his jacket with her head poking up and out right under his chin. “Is that better Flutters?” Kanji smiled down at the adorable pegasus head poking out of his jacket. Fluttershy simply smiled before nuzzling his nose with her snout. The pegasus yawned again, even making that sound seem adorable, before nuzzling into Kanjis shoulder and falling asleep. “Wow Kanji, I never thought I'd see you so in touch with your feminine side.” Rise commented, a smile on her face as her eyes never left the sleeping pony in Kanjis embrace. “Yeah, you got a problem with that? Well, it doesn't matter anyway. Flutters needs her sleep as well as Pinks. And I do too. Fighting shadows is exhausting isn't it Pinks?” Kanji grunted as he began walking towards the exit, careful not to disturb the sleeping pegasus he cradled underneath the jacket. “You betcha Kanji! I'm all sorts of sleepy weepy and I still got loads of planning to do. I've got to throw Three 'Welcome to Equestria' parties and Three 'Welcome to Ponyville' parties. It's gonna be a long day!” “Why not just combine them into one big, ultra party?” Kanji cocked an eyebrow at the Pink party pony who shot up into the air with a major gasp as her eyes grew to dinner plates. “Oh sweet Celestia, Kanji Tatsumi what have you done?” Twilight dead panned. …. Kanji let out a vicious yawn as he took the first step out onto the draw bridge. The human blinked as he the sun mid afternoon sun stung his eyes. That's when Kanji noticed that just about every pony in the small town was on the other side of the drawbridge. One of ponys pointed a hoof at the group as they emerged from the shadow of the spire. In an instant the ponies began to cheer and the human couldn't help but smile. But then Fluttershy began to squirm slightly in his grasp. That smile quickly turned into a scowl. “EVERYPONY QUIET!!!!! CAN'T YOU SEE FLUTTERS IS TRYING TO SLEEP?!?!?!!!” The humans head grew to a monstrous proportion in his rage and all of Ponyville shut up immediately, their ears flat against their head. With the town now quiet Kanji led the small group across the bridge. The human settled down immediately when Fluttershy let out yet another adorable yawn before repositioning herself in his grasp. Kanji himself let out a yawn and wasn't too surprised when Pinks let loose her own yawn. “Hey...would one of you guys be willing to lead me to Flutters house?” Kanji asked over his shoulder. “I gotcha Kanji partner. Her cottage is out by mah farm!” Applejack perked up. Kanji flashed a tired smile over his shoulder, “Thanks Aj. I'm so tired right now I could just lay down here in the dirt and go straight to sleep.” The crowd parted allowing the group through. “Hey Twilight...” Rise started from somewhere behind Kanji. “Yes?” Twilight questioned. “Do you mind if I stay with you tonight? There's some questions I want to ask. And I have a lot of them.” Kanji could feel Twilight beaming at Rise from behind him. “Of course! Oh this is so exciting! We can swap questions, it's not like Naoto and I didn't have a long conversation about it but it's always nice to have more ponies to talk to! Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh!!! This is gonna be great!” The lavender unicorn was babbling excitedly. Kanji couldn't help but chuckle at the lavender mares antics. “So...Aj....where to?” “Right this way pardner!” Applejack said from somewhere to Kanjis left. The human faced her. “Alright lead the way, I'm tired as shit.” … Rise watched as Kanji followed the orange mare towards the edge of town. When the idol was sure they wouldn't be able to overhear, she turned to face the ponies, and Naoto, that stared at her questioningly. “Twilight, what do you know about the humane female anatomy?” Rise shot the question at the lavender unicorn who simply blinked in surprise. “A-almost nothing.” Twilight admitted sheepishly. “Well If Naoto and I taught you more about the human girls body, do you think you could cast a spell that changes a mare into a girl?” Twilight again blinked in surprise. “I suppose so. Why?” “Yeah, why the sudden interest in this bizarre topic Rise?” Naoto added in. Rise smiled a devilish smile, “Because we're gonna pull a humongous prank on Kanji.” Naoto rolled her eyes in exasperation, “I refuse to partake in such a childish activity! Don't you agree that it's utterly ridiculous Twi-” “Ooooooh, I've never pulled a prank before! What is it. Huh? Tell us!” Twilight hopped into the air excitedly. “Cool! A prank! What is it? Huh? Tell us tell us tell us!” Pinkie bounced up into the air circling Rise as she, again, defied the laws of physics. “Yeah! Pinikie and I are the best pranksters in all of Ponyville! We demand you let us in on this awesome prank!” Rainbow Dash spun around the teenager as she giggled. Rise giggled along with the cyan pegasus. “Well, this prank depends entirely upon this transformation spell. It'll be a bust if she can't pull it off.” In a matter of seconds, Pinkie AND Rainbow Dash surrounded the lavender mare, “Come on Twiley! I know you can do it!” Pinkie cheered in the ear of her friend. “Yeah, if any egghead alive can do it, it's you Twilight!” Rarity moved next to Naoto, a look of disgust marring her graceful features, “I must say I agree with you darling. This absolutely unladylike and completely immature.” Rainbow Dash and Pinkie both rolled their eyes before continuing their orbit around Twilight. “It's okay. I know that if anyone can do it, it's Twilight. Am I right?” Rise bent over, her gaze locking with Twilight. Twilight simply beamed and nodded her head once. “Come on girls! We've got work to do!” … Kanji let out another bestial yawn. “Thanks again for doing this Aj. I appreciate it.” Applejack chuckled, “Shoot it ain't nothin partner.” After what felt like an eternity for the human and the country mare Applejack turned right onto a dirt path into what looked like an orchard of apple trees. Kanji followed her until the mare turned to look at him. “Uhh...Kanji hon...why are ya'll following me?” Kanji raised an eye brow questioningly to her. “Uh....you were taking me to Flutters house.” The mare blinked her tired eyes a few times before realization dawned on her and she slapped a hoof to her face. “Ah'm sorry partner. Go back to the road we were just at and keep going straight like we were. Its a lonely cottage on the edge of the woods and is filled tuh bursting with all sortsa critters. You'd be blind to miss it.” Kanji chuckled, “Eh no problem Aj.” The teenager turned around and followed the apple farms simple directions. … “So darling...how much do you know about human fashion?” Rarity asked her companion. The human Naoto simply gave her a sideways glance, “Nothing really. I for the most part...dress like a boy would.” Rarity cocked an eyebrow at the teenager, “And why ever do you do that? It hardly befits a proper lady.” “Because in my line of work, women detectives are frowned upon. So in order to work over that prejudice I pretended to be a male for the longest time. And I'm not about to change my choice of fashion any time soon. “ Naoto replied quickly. Rarity visibly huffed, “That sounds absolutely dreadful!” Naoto simply grunted in response. “Naoto dear?” “Hmm?” “About what Rise said about your...boobs...” “Don't even finish that train of thought Rarity.” The unicorn giggled nervously as she shut her trap. “Well, I certainly made that awkward didn't I darling?” Naoto let a small smile grace her lips, “Yes and no, I mostly blame Rise for that. None of you ponies would be too curious about it if she hadn't done...that.” “Okay then change of topic! Do you have a special somepony?” Naoto simply cocked an eyebrow at the white unicorn. Rarity in turn rolled her eyes. “ I mean do you have any colts...err...boys I mean that have caught your eye?” “If you're wondering if I haven't notice Kanjis affections for me I assure you, I'm completely aware of them. I was...aware the moment we meant when he thought I was a man.” Rarity stopped mid step while Naoto took a few steps ahead before stopping herself. “Y-y-you know?” “I'm a detective. It was obvious to me from the start.” “Then why don't you acknowledge it?” “Because I'm not sure. Dating...romance...I have absolutely no idea what to do, so I simply ignore it.” Now, it was Rarity's turn to grow a crooked smirk. “Now, now darling. No need to fret, I will not lead you astray.” Naoto risked a glance behind. What she saw terrified her. Rarity the pony, was looming over her with eyes that shone with a brilliant golden light. She had a wicked smile that stretched from ear to ear, “Come now darling.” The fashionista pressed her snout to Naotos nose, that wicked grin never leaving. “Oh my dear Naoto Shirogane...we have a lot of work to be done. We can't afford to dilly dally. Come along now.” Naoto...the teenaged girl couldn't help but shiver and pale in fear. … There it was. SALVATION! Kanji nearly jumped in the air and whooped with delight but that would awaken his precious cargo and he had no intention of doing that. There was the cottage. Outskirts of the forest. Check. Small woodland critters everywhere check. Solitary cottage...check! Sweet sweet salvation! The human cautiously walked towards the front of the cottage, the eyes of every animal nearby watching him...or more accurately their care taker in his grasp. Kanji pulled an arm out of his sleeve and put a finger to his lips. Then he pointed to the sleeping Fluttershy in his jacket and made motions for sleeping. Kanjis jaw hit the floor when a squirrel at the front of the pack of animals gave him a...thumbs up with its paw. Said squirrel then scurried up to Fluttershys porch and reached underneath her mat grabbing a key. The other squirrels swarmed around it creating a pillar of squirrels and the one the with the key...unlocked the fucking door for Kanji. The teenager gawked at the spectacle before while the pillar of squirrels motioned for him to get the hell into the house. Which the teen readily obliged. “Thanks...I guess.” The squirrel on top of the squirrel pillar nodded at him and gave him a thumbs up before closing the front door behind Kanji. Kanji stared wide-eyed at the door, unable to process what the hell had just happened, when he felt a tug at his pants leg. The teenager cast a wary eye down to find a snow white bunny rabbit tugging at his pant leg. The rabbit cocked its head to the side when it saw Fluttershy adjust herself in her sleep. The rabbit made two motions. First it made an 'I'm fucking watching you asshole' motion with its front paw. Then it made a 'Follow me' motion. Said rabbit hopped up some stairs to the right of the front door, while Kanji could barely comprehend what the hell was happening. The teen followed the snow white hair up the stairs and straight down the hall. The rabbit opened the door for Kanji revealing a simple bare bones bedroom. “Kanji.” Fluttershy murmured. The teenager spare a glance down. The sight that he saw hit him right in the feels. The butter pegasus stared up at him with the most adorable expression the man had ever seen. “Stay here for tonight okay?” Kanji smiled at her, “Sure thing Flutters.” The teenager walked over to the bed and unzipped his jacket. Fluttershy jumped out from its warmth and onto the bed. The pegasus sleepily stared at Kanji before leaping forward and engulfing the human in a massive hug. Kanji grinned down at the pegasus before happily returning the embrace. After a minute of silence, the human let out another yawn. Which Fluttershy immediately followed suit. Kanji let go of the embrace and crawled to the head of the bed where he slid under the covers. His legs dangled over the edge, but he could care less. Fluttershy crawled under the covers before snuggling against his chest. “Good night Kanji.” “Good night Flutters.” Sleep. Peaceful god damned sleep. … “Kanji.” “Fluttershy.” Groans. “Kanji you really need to wake up.” “Ya'll need tuh git outta bed too Fluttershy.” “Screw you I'm sleeping.” Kanji moaned as he rolled back over. “Yeah, screw you we're sleeping.” Fluttershy mumbled as she too rolled over. A...devious giggle came from Rise at the foot of the bed. “Oh Kanji! You naughty, naughty boy! Trying to seduce Fluttershy. A pony at that!” Kanjis eyes shot wide open and the teen was quickly on his feet next to the bed. “WHAT! RISE! IT'S NOT LIKE THAT AND YOU KNOW IT!” Rise simply giggled, “I know. I just needed to get you out of bed. It's almost noon.” Kanji blinked, “Noon? Damn we sure did sleep in didn't we Flutters.” The teenager chuckled and turned around only to freeze in terror at the sight before. Fluttershy was standing up on her bed...and the look in her eyes... Those damned eyes...glowed a demonic red and the air seemed to pulse around the pegasus with the vibrant energy that was hate and loathing. “Rise....Rise...my dear Rise.” Fluttershy murmured. The mare stalked forward slowly and the teen she murmured to was frozen in place in fear. “It's one thing to wake me up. It is a reasonable time to be woken up after all.” Fluttershy stopped at the foot of her bed, her snout a mere inch from Rises nose who gulped in sheer terror. “But to flat out accuse me of incest with my big brother, even in joke, entices me to...” The pegasus leaned in even closer, until her snout brushed against Rises ear, “Beat the ever living shit out of you. I don't mind if you tease my Kanji like that, but don't you dare bully him.” The mare backed up and stared Rise eye to eye. “Are we clear on this?” The teenager gulped, as did Applejack who watched the scene with a wary eye from the other side of the bed. “Y-y-yeah. Crystal.” Rise finally managed to stammer out. In the blink of an eye the demonic tint to Fluttershys eyes left leaving her regular teal eyes. The mare in question let out an adorable 'squee' and turned to face Kanji before hopping off of her bed. “Come on big bro. We've got a busy day ahead of us I'm sure.” Kanji looked at the mare in wonder, “That brings up something I've been wanting to ask for awhile now. How old are you Flutters?” Fluttershy smirked back at him, “Twenty-two. A piece of advice big brother, it's not polite to ask somepony her age.” Kanji AND Rise both felt their jaw hit the floor. “What the hell? Fluttershy...you're seven years older than me.” Fluttershys eyes grew wide as did her smile. After a moment she clapped her hooves together and 'squeed' again. “Oh my gosh! That makes me the older sibling!” The pegasus cooed. “Oh my, we've got to go tell the others. Come on you three it doesn't do well to keep Pinkie waiting.” Everyone blinked at the pegasus who calmly trotted out of the room as if nothing was out of the ordinary at all. … Confetti. Confetti was the first to pop into Kanji's face when he had stepped foot in 'Sugar Cube Corner' as Applejack. The teenager thought the place was edible from its look but Applejack insisted it wasn't edible in the slightest. After the confetti came the hundreds of ponies (it looked like hundreds to the stunned human) shouting “WELCOME TO PONYVILLE KANJI TATSUMI!!!” The teen couldn't help but smile as dozens of ponies rushed over to him and began peppering him questions. The human couldn't hear a single word the swarm of ponies were saying when a lone voice cried out, “KANJI BRO!” Kanjis ears twitched, was it...could it be... “KANJI BRO!!!!” The voice called out again. Kanji turned towards the source and noticed the sea of ponies parting like the red sea. And at the end...she was there. “VINYYYYYYYYYYL SCRATCH BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Kanji roared and began charging at the DJ he knew all to well from the party at Canterlot. The two clashed in an epic hug, “Kanji bro!” “Vinyl bro!” The two let go of the embrace, “Oh my god Scratchy bro. I thought you lived in Canterlot.” The Dj snorted, “Buck no. That was just a gig Kanji bro.” Kanji let out a guffaw, “Ah it's good to see you bro. Since you live around here we gotta hang out.” “You're damn right about that bro. Oh, there's someone you gotta meet.” The Dj turned her head towards the ocean that was the party, “Tavi. Come on and meet my best human bro.” After a moment a gray earth pony mare trotted up towards the duo. The Dj quickly embraced the mare and turned to Kanji, “Kanji bro, this is my mare friend! Octavia!” Kanji grinned down at the mare below him, the human cocked her a thumbs up. “What's up Tavi bro.” Vinyl and Octavia both opened there mouths to say something but Pinkie shot of Kanjis jacket, “Have either of you seen Dashie? She still hasn't come to the party yet.” Before any pony could answer a chilling laugh echoed throughout 'Sugar Cube Corner' causing everyone within to go deathly silent. “Well shit.” Kanji muttered. Masochist Rainbow DashThere it was. Right in the center of town square. And for what it's worth, it appeared as nothing more than an abandoned factory...over a swirling pool of abyssal darkness. And hovering on nothing above the factory was none other than shadow Rainbow Dash. “Ooooh, wow! Such a large turnout for such a piece of shit like myself. Very well. You're more than welcome to come join me. Come on up then, I'm...waiting.” The shadow moaned throatily at the group. The image slowly faded as the shadow...licked the screen leaving a trail of slobber all of it. “How unrefined!?!” Rarity gasped aloud as she pulled her signature couch out and promptly fainted into it. “Yeah, it was gross...we get it. But that's not what's important! Rainbro is in there! We gotta help her!” “Rainbro? Sugar cube what're you talkin' 'bout?” Applejack perked up from somewhere behind him. Kanji opened his mouth to respond but closed it when a voice growled, “It doesn't bucking matter what Kanji meant Applejack. Those mother buckers are messing with one of my best friends. Now. They. Die.” Fluttershy trotted up to the bridge that spanned the infinite blackness below the abandoned factory. Kanji and everypony watched in shock as the butter pegasus clamored over the drawbridge without so much as a glance downwards. “Well? Are you guys just gonna let those monsters buck up Rainbow Dash?” Fluttershy called over her shoulder without breaking stride. That one little comment...it sounded like....was Fluttershy questioning his manhood? “GEEEEEEEEEEEET BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!” The teenager roared at the top of his lungs. With a surge of inhuman speed, the battle hungry human charged across the draw bridge towards the run down factory. “K-kanji!!?!?! Wait up!!!!” Twilight called out after the raging human before quickly rushing after him. … “Why...why do you all reckon this is place Rainbow Dash thought up? I'd figured it'd be somethin' like Cloudsdale or something.” Applejack drawled as the group drank in the sight of the run down hall way before them. Graffiti of peni and other genatalia graced the worn out, lime green walls. The paint of the walls was cracking and the metal grates that made up the floor were rusted and ancient looking. “Oh dear, who ever placed such awful graffiti all over the walls is simply horrid and immature.” Rarity scoffed from somewhere behind Kanji yet again. “Man up Rarity. We've got work to do.” “Pony up Rarity. We've got work to do.” Both Fluttershy and Kanji said in unison. The pair smiled at one another briefly before leading the group further into the odd building. “Hey Rise...do you think you can guide us to Rainbow?” Kanji called over his shoulder without even bothering to look over his shoulder. “Right now shes on the third floor. I can't tell much more than that.” “Holy shit. You serious? Normally you and Teddie have a hell of a lot more trouble than that.” “Shut up Kanji.” A rather annoyed Rise grunted back at him. The over zealous teenager simply smirked in response. “What in tarnation is that?” Applejack called out. No body needed to look at where she was pointing to see what. At the far end of rusted hallway a clawed hand grasped around the corner. Where the leathery hand grasped, it left behind a trail of blood. Slowly a massive rusted looking, pyramid like helmet rounded the corner and stared down the hall directly at the group. The creature pulled itself fully around the corner revealing a very human like body, albeit with perfectly chiseled muscles that flexed with unseen power. And in its other grasping hand...it held a massive blood stained cleaver. “Do you like him?” The unmistakable voice of shadow Rainbow called out, seemingly from every where, yet no where. “I call him Pyramid Head. Have fun kiddies!” As if on a cue the thing called 'Pyramid Head' slammed its blade into the ground and a literal swarm of shadows surged around the corner and made a beeline straight for the party of friends. The creatures literally crawled over one another in a desperate attempt the assault the group. “COME ON ROKUTEN MOH!!!” The metal behemoth flashed brilliantly into existence, and held aloft a single metal fist. Brilliant flashes of lighting poured into the seething mass of pony shadows yet the ocean of enemies didn't even slow down. “GOD DAMNIT!” The teenager roared as the writhing mass quickly closed the distance. “Meigdola.” Naoto calmly whispered from beside the youth. The familiar white light fell upon the seething mass from above obliterating every shadow caught within the blast and yet still more of the creatures surged forwards, quickly closing the gap between the two parties. “OOOH PARTIES!!!!” Pinkie Pie jumped out through my computer screen. Startled, I nearly fall backwards in my computer chair, “NOT THAT KIND OF PARTY PINKI! NOW! GET! BACK! TO! THE! STORY!!!” With a grunt and a lot of elbow grease I finally manage to get the pink mare back in the story...now...where the hell was I? Pyramid head... Maziodyne....Megidoloan... ahh yes. There we were. The first pony shadows snout was mere inches from Kanjis nose when a familiar voice to the boy shouted out, “Disuku Jixyokki! Grand Rave!” A sudden base drop and a blast of wubs literally tore through the first dozen pony shadows in the horde, ripping them to pieces. Before anyone could even blink another voice rang out from behind them, “Gurando Ooestura! Ballad of Eternity!” A soothing melody of classical music lazily drifted through the ranks of pony and human alike before reaching the seething mass of shadows. As soon as the calming melody reached the enemy, the shadows slowed their charge to an absolute crawl as if time had slowed down for them. Kanji couldn't even register what the hell was going on when a third voice rang out, “Seinaru Rira. Caress of the nymph.” An absolute gorgeous human looking woman drifted down slowly from the ceiling. She had brilliant mint green hair and little wisps of smoke that covered just enough enough of her body to keep this up with a teen rating and not bump it to mature. The woman smiled down at the group before leaning in close to Kanji. The teenager couldn't help but stare into the golden pools that were her eyes before she slowly drug a finger teasingly down his face. The woman reared back, hand high in the air and it was then that Kanji finally noticed the golden lyre that the woman carried. Her hand slammed down upon the cords creating, surprisingly, another soothing melody. Only this time... nothing happened. The woman smiled down at Kanji before winking at him and fading out of existence. The moment the strange woman persona disappeared the shadows snapped back into the regular flow of time and leaped into the air. Kanji stared up at the descending horde of shadows, the boy raised his fold up chair and prepared himself to beat the crap out of some stupid ass shadows...when said shadows slammed muzzle first into some sort of invisible wall. The mass of enemies slowly slid down the invisible wall in front of the human, making a constant squeaking sound as they did so. Kanji was about to bust out laughing when yet a fourth voice rang out, “Mafuxin Ou!” In a brilliant flash of light a... Kanji blinked a few times to make sure he wasn't seeing things as the odd persona butt slammed down into the remnants of the shadow horde. When Kanji rubbed his eyes and opened them again, sure enough, it was there again. The human definitely wasn't seeing things. The persona he was staring down, was literally, a giant paper bag with two more paper bags for hands. The persona had a jack-o-lantern like smile and some weird ass eyes...with a massive muffin crown sitting atop its head. Kanji couldn't take it anymore. The human roared with laughter as the paper bag/muffin persona simply shrugged its shoulders before vanishing from sight. “Well, Kanji bro. I gotta say you're lucky we came along when we did. I'm surprised the princess' didn't authorize our intervention sooner.” That...voice. Could it be? The teenager slowly turned around to find that every one else had already turned around to face the newcomers. And sure enough... “SCRATCHY BRO!!!” The Djs smirk grew larger before she too shouted, “KANJI BRO! TIME FOR A LONG DISTANCR RUN AND JUMP FIST AND HOOF BUMP!!!” “AW HELL YEAH BRING IT ON!” The teenager shouted happily. With that the human started to close the distance between the two of them. The Dj reared back on her hind legs before copying the human. When the two were just a few meters apart, the two leapt and slammed his fist into her hoof, creating the most awesome fist/hoof bump of bro hood ever to be witnessed by bros every where. “Vinyl! Can't these foalish antics wait until after we've rescued the captive!” Kanji recognized Tavi bro from the party as she berated Vinyl. The teenager could feel the Dj roll her eyes from underneath her shades, “What evs Tavi. There's always time for a brofist/bro hoof with a bro.” “Tavi's right on this one Scratchy. We got work to do.” A mint green unicorn stepped forth to join in on the berating of Vinyl. “Oh come on you guys Vinyl is just playing with her friend! Hi friend!” A gray pegasus with a golden mane hovered over to Kanji, raising a fore hoof. But what struck the human as oddest of all was how her eyes seemed to be staring off into two different directions. The teenager blinked at the utterly adorable pegasus eagerly waving at him. “C...C-can I hug you?” The boy timidly aired the question. Said pegasus gave a literal 'squee' sound before tackling the human in an airtight embrace. The only thing Kanji could think was, 'Huh. Her fur is really soft.' “Aww Kanji-kun! You're so in touch with your feminine side. Are you sure you're not gay?” Rise giggled out. Said teenager was instantly on his feet, his face enlarged to inhuman proportions in his rage. “WHATYA MEAN FEMININE SIDE!?!?!?!” “SHINSETSUNI UXOCHAA!!!” Fluttershy roared at the top of her lungs. Kanji blinked. Directly in front of him was Fluttershys beautiful persona. The woman in the half toga had a single finger help up to- Kanjis eyes flung open in shock. Directly above his head a massive blood stained butchers knife of some sort. The boy wearily turned his head around slowly to find the weird 'Pyramid Head' shadow was standing directly behind him. Kanji hopped back a step, the grey pegasus wrapped in his embrace. The teen could literally feel the mare shivering with fear. Pyramid Head cocked its head to the side, seemingly staring into Shinsetsunis very being. Kanji opened his mouth to say somet- “FUS RO DAH!!!” Shinsetsuni Uxochaa roared at the top of her lungs. A blast of force sent Pyramid Head hurtling down the rusted hallway. When the strange shadow finally landed with a sickening crunch, the persona that had sent him flying was already halfway to him, a massive two-handed sword held aloft in her hands. But...what the...? Kanji had to close and re-open his eyes multiple times to make sure he wasn't seeing things. Fluttershys persona had literally changed herself entirely in the mere span of a few seconds. When she had sent Pyramid Head flying she looked exactly the same as she had when Fluttershy had first summoned her. A gorgeous looking goddess in a half toga with the most motherly smile upon her face. Now, she looked like nothing less than a warrior queen from movies and video games back home. The woman had a jagged crown of bone resting atop her brow and wore padded fur armor that seemed to come from mountain cats and bears. And it wasn't any of the skimpy shit that a lot of movies used for sex appeal, not it was a set of full blown, fur armor. Her face was that of a fierce snarl, ready to kill anyone who got too close. “NOBODY TRIES TO HURT MY LITTLEBROTHER! NOBODY!!!” Fluttershy screamed in feral rage at the shadow down the hall. Said shadow, Pyramid Head, slowly stood up as Shinsetsuni Uxochaa closed the gap. Before he was even fully erect, Shinsetsuni's massive, human sized blade lopped his head clean off. Before Pyramid Heads head even began to fall, the enraged persona heaved the blade straight up through his groin cutting him directly in half vertically. In an instant, the shadow dispersed in a black cloud of smoke. “Oh wow Fluttershy. You're a bad ass with your persona.” Vinyl shouted out with glee as she reared back onto her hind hooves. “Yeah, Fluttershy that was amazing! How did you do it? I've never seen a persona transform back and forth on command before!” Rise grappled Fluttershy in a bear hug and rubbed her cheek up and down Fluttershys own. Fluttershy merely blushed and tried to stammer out some form of response when literally everyone save Naoto crowded around her and began showering her with praise. Kanji looked over at the girl and couldn't stop the stupid smile from gracing his features. Naoto in turn smiled slightly back at him. “By the way, when have you had a persona Scratchy bro?” The teenager voiced his question. “It's a loooooong story dude.” Was the only reply he got. Kanji simply grunted in response. And that's when Kanji noticed it. More specifically him. “LOOK OUT!” Kanji roared as he tackled Naoto out of the way just as the blood stained cleaver slammed into the spot she stood not a moment ago. A single arm wielding the blade was literally sticking out of the wall of the hallway, and slowly Pyramid Head himself emerged from the wall. “What the hell??!?!? We took you down!” Kanji shouted in frustration. “By the way. Pyramid Head can never truly die. Good luck, and have fun. Kisses!” The voice of shadow Rainbow Dash rebounded throughout the corridor as Pyramid Head turned to face the group. “Come on Pyramid guy! I'll teach you to mess with my friends! Wera-” Pinkie began her shout only for a roar from Kanji to cut her off. “No. This bastard is mine. Fluttershy showed me up. And now...to prove that I'm a man...I'm taking this bastard down!” “Kanji you can't possibly be thinking of taking that thing on yo-” Rise began to shout at Kanji only for a hoof prod from none other than Fluttershy. “It's okay Rise. If you really think you gotta do this little bro...good luck.” Kanji smirked at the butter pegasus, “Thanks...One-san.” “God speed to you, you magnificent bastard. KANJI TATSUMI...otherwise know as Broseidon, lord of the brocean!” Vinyl literally hopped into the air. “Come on every pony, Rainbow Dash is this way, and she needs us!” Fluttershy raced ahead, startling everyone but Kanji. “F-Fluttershy! You can't just race off on your own like that!” Twilight shouted after her friend who was quickly racing down the decrepit corridor. The purple mare shifted nervously on her hooves as her gaze quickly shuffled between one of her best friends and Kanji who simply stared down the unmoving Pyramid Head. Kanji felt a single hand place itself on his shoulder, the boy turned and blushed deeply to find it was Naoto with a firm grip of his shoulder. “Good luck...Kanji-kun. And as Miss Scratch said, god speed you magnificent bastard.” Kanji could only blink rapidly as the group ran off, constantly glancing over their shoulders with looks of concern. When the last of the group of friends turned round the corner, Kanji finally gave his full attention to the figure he'd been keeping a wary eye on. “First you send some dumb ass horde of shadows after us, where I get shown up by Scratchy bro.” The teenager began as he cracked his knuckles. “Second, you get gibbed by Fluttershy, making me look even less of a man.” Kanji began to circle his neck around back and forth, loosening the neck muscles. “And lastly...you go straight for the woman I love. Boy...you best be prepared for the shit storm you just started.” Pyramid head simply stared down at the teenager standing before him, before raising the massive heft of a blade in his hand up high. “GET BENT YOU BASTARD!” Kanji leapt into action just as the blood stained blade began crashing down. … “Fluttershy! How could you just leave Kanji behind to fight that thing?” Twilight panted hysterically as the group of friends raced down yet another decrepit, graffiti covered corridor. “Twilight, you're the smart one. I can't believe you don't see the obvious strategy here.” Fluttershy said in a voice barely above a whisper. “What are y-” “Fluttershys right Twilight, with Kanji keeping Pyramid Head busy, we have free reign searching for Rainbow Dash. After all, we haven't come across a single shadow for five whole floors. This is unprecedented for us. Further, there are only two people I would trust to handle something like Pyramid Head on their own, and Kanji is one of them.” Naoto said said calmly as she ran right beside the lavender unicorn. “It's Kanji dudes, the guy is a total bad ass. We ain't got nothing to worry about, so stop getting your thong in a bunch Sparkle.” Vinyl laughed at her own vulgar sense of human just as a groan wormed its way out of Octavias throat. “Then whose the other guy you would trust?” Lyra asked from beside the detective. “Narakumi-senpai.” The teenager said simply. “Besides, didn't ya'll hear what he said to Flutters? He felt he needed to prove he 'was a man' to her. Whatever that means.” Applejack called out. “Switch out stallion for man and it's pretty much the same thing.” Pinkie Pie giggled out. “Pinkie, how do you...you know what never mind.” Rise began but quickly changed her mind. “Never mind that. Do you feel it Rise?” Fluttershy asked from the head of the group. “Yeah. It's her, it's Rainbow Dash.” “What? Where??!?!” Half the group chorused at once. “Right on the otherside of this door.” Fluttershy said simply as she skidded to a stop. The rest of the ponies unfortunately didn't stop themselves in time and instead slammed into it, creating a ball of flailing pony limbs. The door in question was excessively tall, easily thrice the height of Kanji and yet was abnormally slim, slim enough that Naoto was convinced that she would have a hard time worming her way through. The door itself, like the hallways they had scurried through, was completely covered in rust and yet more graffiti of questionable content. “Come on Ya'll! Lets git this door open!” Applejack shouted as she burst out of the ball of pony limbs. After a minute or two of untangling, with some help from the human girls, the ponies were untangled and staring down the door. All together the girls rushed the door and pressed against it. “Why...is...it...so heaaaaaaaavy!” Rise whined as they barely managed to open the door an inch. “It feels as if it's made of lead.” Naoto joined up. “SUCK IT THE BUCK UP! RAINBOW DASH IS IN TROUBLE!” The unmistakable roar of Fluttershy silenced any other whining and caused everyone present to double their efforts. After a veritable century of groaning, blood, sweat and tears the door began to creak open. In their haste to open the door the group, ponies and humans alike, collapsed into another pile on the other side of the door. “Uh guys...think I know where all the shadows went.” … Wind whistled over Kanjis head as he ducked under another horizontal swipe from Pyramid Head. As the youth dodged he slammed upwards the fold up chair in his hands with all his might. The blow connected with Pyramid Heads chest creating a sickening crunch, yet the shadow didn't even flinch before slamming the blade down at Kanji. The teenager deftly rolled out of the way narrowly dodging the blood stained blade. “Lets do this! Rokuten Maoh!” The massive persona materialized into existence and hefted its massive blade before stabbing into Pyramid Heads chest. Rokuten Maoh followed completely through slamming Pyramid Head into the wall, pinning the shadow to it with the blade lodged in his chest. “Now! Ziodyne!” Before Pyramid Head could even react Rokuten Maoh slammed the shadows head back before releasing a brilliant flash of white lightning at literal point blank range. The shadow faded into nothingness again. “That makes three kills for me you bastard. Now...where the hell are you?” Kanji muttered to himself. The teen constantly searched around the hall way, looking for the surprise strike he knew the shadow would try to use on him. And that's when he felt the hand firmly wrap around his ankle. The teenager looked down just as Pyramid Head hefted him straight into the air. The shadow stuck out of the floor from the waist up and pulled his butchers knife out of the floor, leaving a ripple in the ground as if it were water as he pulled it out. The shadow held Kanji aloft by the ankle with one hand and had its blade held behind him, preparing for a powerful blow that Kanji knew would cut him straight in half. Gottathinkfastgottathinkfastgottathinkfast! Kanjis eyes shot open as he was struck by brilliance. The teen hefted the chair in his hands with all his might before slamming it down onto Pyramid Heads wrist. A sickening crack rang through the hall that the shadow simply ignored. Yet Kanji felt the death grip loosed just enough. The youth roared as he ripped free of the shadows grasp and tumbled out of the way just as the blade whistled through the air. Kanji rolled as he fell, crouching up onto one knee just as Pyramid turned to face him. The shadow was still waist deep in the floor, and it simply sat there staring at him. “Come on shit head. Lets fini-” Kanji began when Pyramid Head suddenly snapped his head to the right and directly up. The shadow stared at the corner of the hall for a second before sparing a glance back at Kanji. And then the shadow began to re-submerge himself in the floor. “OH HELL NO!” Kanji roared as he raced at the shadow. With another yell the human tackled the shadow. But the shadow didn't pull out of the floor like Kanji had originally thought, instead it simply shoved Pyramid Head back a few paces while still sinking into the floor. And that's when the teenager realized he was slowly sinking into the floor with the shadow. … “Mamudoon!” Naoto grunted. Her persona materialized and the familiar massive circle of dark magic encompassed a massive group of the shadows. And in an instant every one of the shadows vanished as they were killed. “What the hell is going on! There's never been so many shadows together in one spot! Never without combining themselves together that is.” Rise shouted out to the group as the literal army of shadows began closing in. “I am unsure what to think as well. Except...that we might not make it this time. There are simply too many.” Naoto grunted as she called out for her persona to use Mahamaon. “Come on girls! This isn't the way to act! We still gotta save Dashie!” Pinkie literally popped out up from under Naotos hat as she summoned her own persona. Pinkies persona quickly began spitting explosive water melon seeds into the seething masses of shadows. Derpys persona was constantly materializing up in the air before crashing down into the horde of shadows below. Fluttershys was a veritable whirlwind of death. Where she went, her massive blade felled dozens of shadows before any one could so much as blink. And no one dared say so much as a word to the mad mare screaming hysterically at the shadows. “Pinkies right girls. We've got an ace in the hole and we're in a bind. We've gotta use it now!” Vinyl said as he own persona cut swathes through the shadows ranks with massive records. “If we must, then we must.” Octavia said from her friends said. And next to her Lyra emerged without so much as a word. The trio called their personas out simultaneously, and everyone, shadows included began to feel the power swell as the trio of friends began to do....something. In a mad rush to stop whatever it was the three were up to, the shadows charged headlong towards them, falling over themselves to get at them. That is, until four very angry looking personas got in their way. “Hold them off for us, kay?” … Blackness. An inky blackness is all that surrounded Kanji as he floated weightlessly in... where ever the hell this place was. And worse yet, the youth couldn't even see his own hands, or any part of him for that matter. It was just too damn dark. Before Kanji could even so much as blink, a powerful arm wrapped itself around his neck and lifted him up. The boy struggled to breathe as Pyramid Head slowly began to crush his wind pipe. The youths head began to feel dizzy and sluggish as he struggled for air against the monster strangling him from behind. Not here. Not like this. It seriously can't end like this. What the hell... Fluttershy... Twilight... Sempai... Naoto... Naoto... NAOTO!!!! With a surge of effort, Kanji grabbed the arm choking him with both his hands and pulled with every ounce of might he had. After an eternity of struggling, the teenager managed to pry the powerful arm just enough so he could breathe easy again. “Come on you shit head pyramid headed bastard. It'll take a hell of a lot more than that to kill me.” Kanji managed to gasp out between his breaths as he gulped down delicious air. “Rokuten. Maoh.” A massive armored gauntlet shot over Kanjis head and grabbed the shadow strangling Kanji, and the youth flopped down to the...floor? Kanji heard a sickening crunch as his persona slammed Pyramid boy into the ground. The teenager shakily got back up onto his feet and turned to face where he thought was his opponent in the inky blackness of the strange world. And that's when he saw. Or more specifically, them. His persona was towering over Pyramid Head, whom he still held clutched in his massive armored fist. And below them, where Pyramid Head had been slammed, a spider web of cracks had appeared in the 'floor' allowing light to pour into the inky blackness. “DO IT AGAIN ROKUTEN MAOH!” Kanji roared, clearly seeing what should be done. The massive persona hefted his prize into the air and slammed him back into the ground, and this time the ground shattered like glass, sending pieces of blackness scattering every where and revealing... Holy shit! “Come on Rokuten Maoh! They need us down there! And bring Shit Head Mcgee with us.” … “How much longer until you're done? I don't Naoto-kun and the gang can keep this up for much longer. There's just so many!” Rise called out worriedly. “Don't worry about it, we're almost done.” Scratch huffed in annoyance. “Uhh guys?” Applejack called out to the group of friends. “Don't bug them Applejack. They need to concentrate. We just to need to stay out of there way!” Twilight shooed back the cow pony. “Werai Mesuma! Party Time!” The familiar sound of Pinkies shout rang out over the group. “Mamudoon!” “Muffin Cannon!” “Just rip their guts out already Shinsetsuni Uxochaa!” “Oh dear, Fluttershy has gotten really violent as of late.” Rarity put a hoof to her muzzle in astonishment. “Oh yeah, I see what you mean. She would have never said anything like that before she got her persona.” Twilight nodded her head in agreement, completely ignoring the chaos of battle that was happening directly in front of her. “Uhh guys?” Applejack practically begged for the attention. “Jeez Lois Applejack, stop pestering them! They need to concentrate!” Twilight scolded her friend. “CONSARNIT YA'LL IJITS! I'VE BEEN TRYIN' TA' SAY LOOK! UP!” Applejack shouted so loudly that even the shadows paused in tracks. And as one, all heads swiveled up. Absolutely no one was prepared to see Kanji, his persona and Pyramid Head falling from the dizzying height of the ceiling many stories up. From down below, they watched as Rokuten Maoh grabbed Pyramid Head in mid air and launch him down towards the ground. Eyes everywhere followed as the trio neared the ground and not a being in the massive hall couldn't hear Kanji scream, “GEEEEEEEEEEEET BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENT!” Pyramid Head slammed into the ground with a sickening crunch, creating a miniature crater not far from the trio of ponysona users were preparing. And not three seconds after Pyramid Head landed did Kanji began to near the same landing spot. In mid fall Kanji hefted the fold up chair he had in hand and the teenager launched it straight at Pyramid Heads face. With an actual 'Boom' as if someone had fired a cannon, the chair hit its mark dead center. And Pyramid Heads helmet shattered into pieces. The shadow instantly was alight in a black flame that lapped away at the shadow, hungrily and greedily devouring it. And right before Kanji landed a lavender aura grabbed him just before he was about to splat into the ground. The weary teenager gave Twilight a thumbs up as he floated with his face a scant few feet from the ground. “K-kanji! What in the hay happened?” Twilight cried out as she pulled the human over to her. “Nothing much really, just kicking some ass. Taking some names. You know, the usual.” Kanji replied with a slight smirk plastered upon his lips. Twilight opened her mouth to speak when three feminine voices shouted in unison, “Orchestra of Infinity!” … Kanji rubbed his eyes with his hands. Then he did it again, just to make sure they weren't playing a trick on him. There was...an army of shadows... and then those three...and now shadows....how the hell did they do that?!!?!?!? “That...was...an amazing entrance Kanji bro.” Vinyl Scratch managed to pant out between her labored breaths. “What the hell are you talking about? I may have made an entrance but you beat the shit out of an army of shadows!” Kanji smirked down at his Dj pony friend who had opted to fall flat on her back. “Aww geesh bro, it wasn't anything special. We've had our personas for a while now, there just hasn't been any shadows to fight so the most we do is get together once a month and practice. No what is important, you killed that Pyramid Head dude, the guy was supposed to be, like, immortal right?” Vinyl chuckled out at the human. “That is correct, I must admit I'm surprised on both accounts.” The eerie voice of none other than shadow Rainbow Dash drifted over the group. Everyone whirled around to face the new comer. “It's you god damn it!” Kanji roared as he stared down the shadow, who simply shot him a cocky smile. That's when the teenager noticed the whimpering form of the real Rainbow Dash at her shadows hooves. “You let my best friend go. Right. Now.” Fluttershy practically growled out each and every word in the simple sentence. “Let me think abou- no.” The shadow laughed. “You....leave my friends alone!” Rainbow Dash snarled as she shot up and pressed her snout straight against her counter parts muzzle. “Why? What are you going to do about it? Oh that's right. You'll do nothing because you are nothing. You are less than nothing, you are worthless.” The shadow replied coolly, those beady golden eyes never once leaving Rainbows magenta ones. “What are you talking about!? I'm the fastest flier in-” “Equestria? No. You can't be. If you really were, the Wonder Bolts would have already invited you to their little club. Face it, you are a loser. Applejack grows the best apples that every pony in all of Equestria enjoys. Rarity makes the finest garments that the nobles of Canterlot would kill for. Pinkie Pies treats and parties are so fantastic ponies travel from all corners of Equestria for a taste. Twilight Sparkle is the personal protege to the princess herself! Even Fluttershy, the towns animal care taker and whom everyone dotes over is far better than you will ever be, and you know it. You are nothing, less than nothing. You feel it and know it with every fiber of your being yet deny it. You are as worthless as this old, run down and abandoned factory.It's why you put on such a big show and puff your own ego, because you can't accept how worthless and useless you are.” “No...stop...that's....THAT'S NOT TRUE!” Rainbow Dash roared between her tears. “Dashie...” Pinkies murmur was the only word to leave the stunned ponies lips. The shadow laughed...and laughed and laughed as darkness swirled around it, “YES! SAY IT! I'M NOT YOU ANYMORE...FINALLY...I AM MEEEEEEEEEE!” After what felt like an eternity of seconds the newly formed shadow emerged from the inky blackness. The shadow was the top half of a massive building sized pony sticking out of a pool blackness at the base. Massive chains rattled around all over the shadow pony, some of it even wrapping around her left eye. Blood constantly dripped from the shadows lips as if it had chewed shards of glass and her grin stretched from ear to ear. And most intimidating of all... was the massive jagged scythe she held aloft in one of her hooves. “Come along kiddies...it's time to die now.” Cackled the manic looking shadow. “Kanji...its up to you and the rest. The girls and I are to spent from our little finale.” Vinyl managed to groan out before letting her face plop back down onto the floor. Kanji shot a thumbs up behind him without even looking. “Onee-san...you want to duo this with me?” “K-Kanji!?!!? What are yo-” “I mean, Fluttershy...do you want to whoop this shadows ass. Just the two of us. This bitch nearly killed one of my best friends with a rinky dink, ghetto ass shadow. It's pay back time.” Kanji growled. “Yeah. Yeah little brother...lets do this, just you and me.” Fluttershy said in a voice barely above a whisper. “Rainbow Dash...you saved me...so many times back in flight school, now...now it's my turn to protect you.” “Hell yeah Fluttershy! Let's man mode this shit!” Kanji yelled out enthusiastically while pumping a fist in the air. “Kanji! You can't be serious! You and Fluttershy can't fight that shadow alone! You both could be killed! Let us help!” Rise shouted out in frantic panic at her friend. “Let them be Rise. It has more to it than what it appears to be.” Naoto calmly told the ditzy idol. “Kanji...I'm an ace detective. It was perfectly obvious from the start, but I didn't want to embarrass you. I am more than aware of your...infatuation with me. Even from back when you thought I was male. The clues were all there and my suspicions were confirmed when you were desperate for me to enter the beauty pageant. So I propose this....” The detective sighed, tipping her hat over her eyes face to hide the glowing blush. “I propose that if you can defeat this shadow with only Fluttershy as your partner, I am willing to got out to lunch with you...on a date.” Stunned silence. That's exactly what was going on. Even the shadow smirked down at the group with a bemused smile. Well until, “Woo hoo Kanji baby! You kick that shadows patooty for a chance at Naotos booty!” Pinkie Pie shouted joyously as she whirled around so her rear end was pointing towards him before she began to flaunt it. “Wooooooooo Kanji baby! Woooooooooooo! You go broseidon, lord of the brocean and get yoself some sweet detective pussay tonight!” Vinyl Scratch found the energy to stand up on her hind legs to shout out. “WHAT!?!? It's not like that at all! I just promised him a date if he-” A resounding BOOM! Rebounded throughout the chamber and all heads turned to find that Rokuten Maoh had punched the shadow so hard that some of the chains on her face shattered. “GET! BENT!” Kanji roared as he leapt up at the shadow his chair held aloft his head with both hands. The shadow swiped with her scythe, far faster than anything of that size should be able to and while completely ignoring the armored fist in her face. Kanji eyed the massive, bloodstained scythe headed straight for him...and he smiled. A resounding 'Clang!” reverberated as Fluttershys persona materialized, blade in hands to block the incoming strike. The shadows cheshire grin dropped in an instant as Kanji continued upon his crash course unhindered. “You ready for a beatdown?!??!” Kanji roared. As Kanji closed the distance the shadows massive grin reappeared, “Yes actually. I would very much love a good thrashing my master.” The husky breath in which she replied shook Kanji down to his very core. When the youth was starting to swing his chair down, one of the many chains rattling on the shadow reared back like a snake and lashed out. Kanji barely managed to blink when the chain struck him in the chest and yet...he felt nothing. The blow struck home, dead center in the shadows face and.... voices in the distance cried out in alarm. Kanji roared in agony as he fell to the floor. After the rather rough landing the human held a hand to his now bleeding face. “Wh...what the hell happened?” Kanji managed to stutter out. The shadow grinned down at Kanji, who now had Fluttershy doting over him. She raised her free hoof and gestured to her chest. Kanji blinked before slowly looking down and...what the hell?!?!? The chain from before...it was literally...the teenager took a peek down his jacket and sure enough... “What the hell did you do to me?” Kanji asked through clenched teeth. “It's a little something I call the 'Chains of Fate'. Basically, whatever damage you do to me...is shared between the two of us. Perfectly even. Even if Fluttershy is the one to do the damage, you'll still eat the hit with me Kanji baby! So come...hurt me!!! Hurt me real good my masters. Make me-” “Woah woah woah there sister! This fic is rated T for teen not M for mature because sexual content you big meanie!” Pinkie Pie literally clamps down one the shadows mouth cutting off the mare mid perverted speech. “I was going to say 'Cry out in ecstasy' but what ever you say Pinkie.” The shadow muttered before looking back down on the pair. Kanji looked up at his opponent. How the hell can he, or anyone fight her. Those chains...if someone killed her...would the person they're attached to die too. What the hell... what the hell... And that's when Kanji noticed it...a strange white glow coming from behind her chained right eye. “Fluttershy...do you see it?” The human asked the mare who was still looking at the massive gash on his cheek. “Yeah it looks pretty bad.” Fluttershy murmured in his ear as she prodded his wound. “No! Not that damnit! Woman! Look!” Kanji seethed. The butter pegasus frowned before following her gaze. The shadow raised an eyebrow at them, “Don't tell me you're just gonna give up handsome. Because if you are... then it'll be no fun just killing you. I really wanted to have some good fun, and it's so boring to outright kill someone. You've gotta make it fun!” “You know what to do?” Kanji asked the mare whose eyes widened knowingly. Fluttershy merely nodded without averting her gaze. The youth could hear yelling from his friends but he paid them no mind, he knew what he had to do. Together, he and Fluttershy began to dash at their opponent. “Oh? Charging me head on? I like it!” The shadow laughed manically as she surged forwards herself. The shadow raised her blood stained scythe and brought it crashing down towards Fluttershy. Rokuten Maoh flashed into being and swung his blade, catching the shadows blow before it could land. With an unbidden command, Rokuten held his hand open down towards the floor. And without a word, Kanji hopped onto his personas palm. Shadow Rainbow Dash cocked an eye brow in confusion, and then Rokuten Maoh launched Kanji...straight at the chained eye of the shadow. Immediate realization dawned upon her and the shadow began to wheel back as fast as she could but it wasn't quick enough. Kanji latched himself onto the chains and pulled them back with all his might. “FLUTTERS! NOW!” The teen roared at his friend. Fluttershy flew as fast her wings could carry her, straight for the now exposed glowing orb that was in Shadow Rainbows eye socket. “Oh hell no you bitch!” The shadow barked. A storm of chains rattled and shot out, straight towards her. Right before they slammed into her sides, Fluttershys persona slammed her blade down into the chains shattering them before they could reach her charge. When Fluttershy finally reached the eye unhindered, she spun around and bucked the glowing orb with all her might. Both Kanji and the shadow roared in agony, “Keep going Flutters! It's the only way to save Rainbow!” “B-but Kanji! If I keep hitting it...you might go blind in that eye.” Fluttershy whimpered. Kanji frowned down at the pegasus and was about to utter a retort when the shadow heaved mightily flinging the human off of her. “Damn you...damn you, you little shit headed punks!” The shadow seethed, and with a roar a pool of blackness appeared by her free hoof and she stuck it inside. After a second she pulled out a second, more jagged and wicked looking scythe. “I'm going to fucking kill you, you little shits!” The shadow screamed before racing head long towards the two. In a mere few seconds the shadow was upon them. In a blur of motion both scythes came crashing down upon the pair. Human and pony nimbly dodged out of the way of the first blow and both struggled to keep evading the flurry of attacks that followed shortly after. “Kanji! Let me try something!” Fluttershy called over to the human before narrowly ducking under another scythe swipe. “Shinsetsuni Oxuchaa!” Flutteshy called out. Kanji expected the warrior woman to materialize, but instead the gorgeous woman in a half toga flashed right next to him. The persona leaned in and...kissed the human on the cheek like a mother would a child. And that's when Kanji heard it...the sound of shattering glass. The human spared a brief glance and sure enough, the chain of fate was gone. The shadow glanced at Kanji in horror, before realizing how exposed Fluttershy now was. “Rokuten Maoh!” “Chain of fate!” A single chain lashed out and began racing towards Fluttershy, who could only watch. Kanjis persona hefted his massive blade and stabbed straight through the shadows exposed orb. The shadow roared out in agony as the chain stopped a scant few inches in front of Fluttershy. And in a brilliant explosion of blackness, the shadow dispersed leaving nothing but the original shadow Rainbow Dash. “Come on Dashie. There's no need to hide. You've got to face yourself, or else she'll just go berserk again, and don't worry...everyone here who has a persona...went through the same thing.” The human called out over his shoulder to the rag tag group who he could hear sprinting towards them. After what felt like an eternity of waiting, the rest of the group caught up and yet not one said a word. The human felt bad when he finally heard a quiet whimper and the soft clamor of hoofsteps as none other than the now awake Rainbow Dash entered his peripheral vision. The depressed pegasus slowly looked up to face her shadow...and sighed heavily. “You...you...really are me. I feel...worthless around my friends. They all do such great things...and I'm just a weather captain. I mean sure, I'm the element of loyalty....but that's all I got.” The shadow nodded in affirmation and shatter like glass. In the shadows place, now stood a tower warrior woman with long flowing rainbow hair. The woman was dress in a knights suit of armor, with a long sword in one hand and a shield bearing the symbol of Rainbows very own element. Rainbow Dash stared up in wonder at her new found persona before quietly murmuring, “Chuujistsuna Kishi.” “The Loyal Knightess.” Naoto quietly spoke up to translate for the ponies. Before Rainbow could even blink every single pony excluding Vinyl and Octavia, for even the grey pegasus and the mint green unicorn whose names Kanji still hadn't learned, had joined in tackle hugging Rainbow and showering her with words of comfort. “This looks and smells BEARY suspicious Yosukue!” A familiar voice shouted a pun that has been beaten to death. “My god Teddie just shut up with the bear puns okay?” Another voice grunted in annoyance. “Oh no. Not them.” Kanji muttered, To be continued... Whaaa!!?!??! Another Round of the King's game!!?!?!?Kanji blushed deeply as he took a bite of his sandwhich. Damn it. Damn it damn it damn it damn it! What the hell? What the hell do you even do on a date? The screen freezes. “WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH! HOLD UP!” The pink, hyper active mass known as Pinkie Pie worms her way through my computer screen. “What do you think you're doing you silly willy! You're skipp- hey I'm not done yet!” “NO TIME PINKIE! JUST OVER A MONTH LEFT!” I scream as I push with all my might. After a solid minute of trying to push the pink pony into the dimension from whence she came, I turn back to the keyboard. “All right time to get back to work.” I mutter under my breath. Que screen unfreeze. Panic. That's what is coursing through the teenagers entire being. He had never been on a date before. And there she was. Directly across from him sat the ma-...woman of his dreams and all she was doing was staring at him with a vacant expression! This was a disaster! This date was going so horribly wrong! “Kanji...” Naoto began in her usual calculated tone. The detective gave a small smirk as the teen sat upright to attention. “If I really were a man...you really would have motor boated my balls wouldn't you have?” The bits of sandwhich in the youths mouth spewed at the speed of sound. “W-w-w-whaa-” Kanji could not find words as his face turned scarlet and spaghetti seemed to fall out of his pockets from seemingly no where. (Yea, I did make that reference to those of you who get it >:) ) Naoto leaned back into her chair as a fit of laughter over took her, “Oh relax and lighten up Kanji. I'm trying to loosen up the tense atmosphere.” The detective visibly squirmed in her seat as a blush of her own turned her cheeks crimson. “To be honest...I've never done this sort of thing either. And Pinkie Pie told me to make jokes to lighten to mood and overall awkwardness. W...was the joke funny?” Kanji smiled despite himself, “Funny? Shit was hilarious!” Naoto put her hand up to her lips to try and stifle her laughter, yet neither teenager could stop the avalanche of laughter that came soon after. Today was going to be a great day. Kanji could already tell. … “ALRIGHT! Are you girls ready?” Rise practically screamed in excitement. “Oh buck yeah! I can't wait to see the look on Kanjis face!” Rainbow Dash hopped up into the air excitedly. “I know right. But that Yosuke...he's a little cute.” Vinyl smirked. “And I can't wait to see Teddie again! He's so...beary... hehe... punny.” Pinkie Pie giggled as she popped out of Scratch's mane. “Only you could enjoy those terrible puns Pinkie.” Octavia said simply as she took another sip of her mouthwatering tea. “Speaking of which...Octavia...why are you here? And that goes for you other three too.” Twilight asked as she waved her hoof over Lyra, Vinyl and Ditzy. “Boredom.” Lyra replied. “I have no idea!” Ditzy exclaimed. “To mess with Kanji bro! Duh! And 'Tavi is here because she owes me a favor.” Vinyl grinned as she reared back onto her hind legs. To this, Octavia simply rolled her eyes and sipped her tea like the sophisticated lady that she was. “Alright! Twilight are you ready with the spell? Rarity should be bringing Teddie and Yosuke back soon right? And Fluttershy went to nab Kanji and Naoto from their date?” “Yes, yes and yes!” Twilight giggled. “Oh I'm so excited! I haven't done a spell like this before!” The lavender mare just about had her own nerdgasm right there. “Alright everyone! Get ready!” The idol excitedly giggled. … “Hey you two! How'd your 'date' go?” Yosuke greeted his two friends with his signature smirk and wink. “I hope it went, dare I say it, beary well for you Kanji.” Teddie said excitedly as he wriggled about outside his costume. Rarity rolled her eyes and proffered her mane, “Do ignore the insufferable Yosuke my dear Kanji! I for one, know that your date had to have gone swimmingly for such a dashing and handsome young man.” Kanji blushed scarlet and scratched the back of his head while Naoto smirked. “We best get over to the Golden Oaks library. Twilight hates it when people are late.” The detective calmly injected into the conversation. Everyone nodded in affirmation...but Flutteshy hovered over to Yosuke and gave him such a stink eye that the human nearly pissed himself. … “Although I do have to admit. I think Vinyl would be a pretty hot human chick.” Yosuke said as they walked up to the tree library. “Wait a minute...Twilight Sparkle...the purple unicorn....lives in a library...that's in a freaking tree.” Yosuke struggled to contain the mirthful laughter within his gut but failed horribly. “Oh man that's so ironic it's freaking hilarious.” Yosuke managed to wheeze out in between bouts of laughter. “Are you done yet Yosuke?” Fluttershy nearly growled. The look the butter pegasus was giving the human made every laugh he had die in his threat and instead he meekly nodded. Teddie eagerly knocked on the door which soon became engulfed in a lavender aura. When the door opened wide and the group stepped inside... All three human males had their noses combust in sudden bouts of extreme nose bleed. “Kanji-kun.” The breathy whisper from Applejack seemed liked it was shouted amongst the silence of the library. “Yosuke...kun.” The hearty, lust filled moan from Vinyl made said human drop to his knees as his eyes eagerly drank in the sight before him. “Teddie-kun.” The high pitched giggle of Pinkie Pie managed to still sound erotic despite the tone as said shadow turned human fell to his hands and knees in reverence to the sight before him. Naoto was completely speechless, but no words were needed considering her entire face was tomato red. And at this point you probably have already figured out what happened, so I'll just go on ahead and describe exactly what's going on. On the floor, directly in front of the door and a mere ten feet away was a stark naked, human-except-for-the-horn-on-her-head-Twilight Sparkle on her back, her face upside down as she looked at the group, her face a deep crimson. Directly on top of her and chest to chest, average sized breasts to meaty monsters, was none other than a human Pinkie Pie. Her signature pink, poofy mane was exactly the same and she stared at Teddie with laughter filled eyes and her index finger just barely in her mouth, a slight smile to her lips. Right next to them, Vinyl Scratch sat on her ass, her rotund and god like ass with her chest pressed up to Octavias with an ear to ear smirk plastered on her face as she blew a kiss to Yosuke. Octavia herself was blushing deeply and looking anywhere but the three human males who were struggling to stay alive from all of this 'excitement'. On the other side of Twilight was a very confused looking human Applejack and Rainbow Dash, who sat identical to Octavia and Scratch. The athlete had almost no chest to press against the sizable cushions of the applefarmer, but the way those leg muscles rippled and that wiry body...the boys could barely do anything more than 'Hnnnnnng'. The athlete herself had her wings nervously flap every now and then but otherwise refused to meet the gaze of anyone. Applejacks body, in comparison to the athletic build of Rainbow Dash, was compact with muscle, not enough to drive a man off, but enough to make one realize that she could do....stuff. The apple farmer looked all three human men straight in the eyes, a furious blush to her face. And actually standing directly behind the librarian and cook, was none other than Ditzy Doo and Lyra. The former held a hand to her face as she hid her blush, making it obvious that she wasn't as clueless as people made her out to be. Like both pairs on either side, this duo was pressed chest to chest, both women having a pretty average bust...but them asses...just jutting out there and making ass men drool. All of these ponies turned gorgeous women...were arranged in such an expert way that no man could see anything...yet they could see everything. “Also, it covers up our lady, naughty bits so that the story can keep it's teen rating! Hooray!” Pinkie yelled out of the blue before sitting up and pumping her arms in the air. “PINKIE! WHAT ON EARTH ON YOU TALKING ABOUT!!!” Twilight screamed as her friend threw away their only cover, revealing everything about the pair. What happened next was chaos as all six females abandoned their poses in their confusion. And all at once, there were six, very naked, very hot chicks walking/bouncing about in confusion. Rarity practically jammed her hooves into Yosukes eyes, “HEY STOP IT! I NEED TO SEE MORE!!” Yoskue yelled as he tried to push her hooves out of the way, only for her magic to stop him. Fluttershy wrapped her forelegs over Teddies eyes, and while he groaned, he allowed the motion. Kanji could only blink in sexy time deluded confusion as Naoto herself, reached up from behind the human and cupped her hands over his eyes. “RISE! KUJIKAWA!” Fluttershy roared at the top of her lungs. Causing all six human/pony women to freeze and look at her in sheer terror. The human teenager in question slowly descended the stairs from her perch, a visible cold sweat forming upon her face. “H-h-hey Fluttershy! H-h-how's it going? Hehe.” “DON'T YOU FLUTTERSHY ME! GET DOWN HERE THIS INSTANT YOUNG LADY!” Fluttershy roared. With a squeak, (god damn it's like they swapped places or something) Rise hopped down the rest of the steps and zipped across the floor to stop directly in front of the pegasus who hovered in mid air to keep her forehooves covering Teddies eyes. The pegasus simply glared at her human captive, who seemed to shrink and shrink and shrink some more. After a dead silent, one minute stare down where Rise tried desperately to avoid that piercing gaze of the pegasus, the human finally broke. “I'mverysorryI'llgogettheoutfitsIputtogetherforthehumanponiessothatwecangoplaytheKingGame.” And with that single breath the teen idol scurried off like a mouse. “Wait. Did she say...Kings Game?” Kanji asked nervously. …. “ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTS! ARE YOU FOLKS READY FOR THE KINGS GAME!!?!?!” Rise shouted out in excitement. Naoto slapped the palm of her hand into her face, “Why did you gather us together for such a childish game again?” “Because! No one here in Equestria has even heard of it! So I'm going to fix that!” Rises pouted in defiance at the detective. “Since we're playing this 'Kings Game'...don't you think we should know the rules?” Twilight, who was still in a human form yet no longer naked, asked aloud. “It's rather easy Twilight. Chopsticks get handed around. Each chopstick has a number and one chopstick has a red line. The person who draws the red line is the 'King', or queen. The King then barks out an order to a random number and whoever has that numbered chopstick has to follow that order. Also, the orders have to be more extreme than the last. Any questions?” Naoto explained quickly to the unicorn. Surprisingly, no one had a single question. “Well, since Rise is gonna make us do this no matter. We may as well get started! Am I right?” Yosukue cocked a grin at the group of friends. And every one and every pony nodded in affirmation. … “OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH YEAH! I'M THE KING BABY WOOO HOOOO!” Teddie roared at the top his lungs as he stood up, his hand holding aloft in the air a chopstick with a small red line. “WOOOO ALRIGHT TEDDSTER! WHAT'S IT GONNA BE BE!!!” Pinkie Pie cheered as he jumped up, her breasts bouncing about in the too small tee shirt she wore as if this was some kind of dead or alive game. “THE KING DEMANDS THAT NUMBER....SEVEN GIVES ME A SMOOCH RIGHT ON THE LIPS!” Teddie shouted with a mischievous grin. “GOD DAMNIT! AGAIN!?!? REALLY?!?!?” Kanji roared as he stood up slamming a fist into the table. The whole group went deathly silent at the show of rage. The human sighed, “I get eliminated from the game if I don't do it right?” Kanji asked nobody in particular. “Well that's what the rules say.” Rise piped up nervously. With a grunt Kanji stepped up to Teddie and grabbed the former shadow by the scruff of his shirt. With a gasp from the audience, the youth pulled Teddie to himself and mashed his lips to the odd guy. Everyone in the room let out a collective gasp, at the sudden...kiss. After a couple seconds of man on man lip lock Kanji threw Teddie back onto the couch that Twilight had conjured up in the room before turning around and plopping directly back into his beside Naoto. “Karma better reward me good for doing that shit.” Kanji muttered. “DAYUM! KANJI BRO THAT WAS HOT AS BUCK!” Vinyl shouted she giggled. “I'm totally gonna remember this shit when I'm bating later tonight.” “Scratch! That was way too much information! And disgusting!” Octavia complained hotly from her spot beside the Dj. Pinkie Pie, Teddie and Lyra all erupted into a roar of laughter. “Alright! Settle down kiddies! So whose the king this time?” Rise asked aloud. Vinyl shot up from her seat, “AW HELL YEAH BABY! ITS ME!!!” Vinyls eyes slid over each and every person in the room, before a wicked grin spread across her lips. The Dj held a single finger to lips and whispered, “Number three....go make out...with Kanji.” Kanjis jaw dropped down to the floor. “What the hell Vinyl!!?!?! I thought we were bros!!!!” “Relax Kanji baby! There's like, nine hot chicks in this room and only two other dudes. Odds are rather high that you'll be making out with a gorgeous hot chick rather one of the two other dudes.” Vinyl replied coolly. “Awww gosh darnit Scratch! Ah like Kanji an' all, but I don't wanna make out with the guy.” Applejack groaned as she slammed the palm of her hand into her face. “WELL TOO BAD BECAUSE I'M THE KING BABY!” Vinyl laughed. The apple farmer sighed and pulled her stetson just a little bit lower over her eyes and stood up. The apple farmer trekked over to the human and leaned in. “Aj...you don't have to do this if you don't wan- * gulp *” Applejacks lips mashed into Kanji's cutting off the rest of his sentence. Even though it wasn't Naoto, ( and thankfully, not Teddie again) Kanjis head still went into a euphoric bliss as the feeling of those warm lips and Applejack was now sitting on Kanji's lap as she did her dare, all Kanji could do was “Hnnnnnnnnnnng”. After about ten seconds or so, the Applefarmer back off, a blush on her face as she refused to meet the youths gaze. She walked quickly back to her spot, refusing to look anyone in the eyes. All was silent. You would have thought that someone died since it was so quie- “WOOOOOOOO APPLEJCAK!! DAYUM GIRL! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD SMACK LIPS LIKE THAT!!” Vinyl cooed with an overenthusiastic shout. “Enough Vinyl! Stop pestering her. Besides...I drew the stick that makes me king!” Octavia said haughtily. The Dj merely pouted at the other musician who simply grew a devious grin of her own. “I've had enough of childish kissing games. We will...how does on say it... 'up the ante'. Number...nine... carry Vinyl around upon your back.” Vinyl erupted into laughter, “You just said you were tired of childish games and now your having some one give me a pigg-” “While she is wearing naught but her undergarments.” That shut the Dj up...sort of. She was still snickering as she dropped her shorts and hastily removed her shirt, revealing the lacey undergarments she wore beneath. Yosukue gave off a mad blush...”I'm...number nine.” Vinyl gasped and her blood red eyes opened in shock. “OH SWEET CELESTIA, BASED LORDESS AND SAVIOR!!! THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME RIDE UPON THE BACK OF SUCH A PIECE OF GLORIOUS STALLION.” The Dj gave a literal running start, and jumped at Yosukue. The teen barely managed to catch her in time. “Uhmmm... Vinyl...you're supposed to be on my ba-” The teens eyes flew open as Vinyl mashed her lips to his. After a few seconds of shocked silence she pulled out of the kiss. “Shut up baby and carry me.” Yosuke had a blush that now covered his entire face as he lumbered around with a very much full grown, woman Vinyl scratch dangling in his arms as she cooed praise up at him. The very moment that Yosukue set the woman down, “Disqualified! Octavia wanted Vinyl to get a piggy back ride, not be carried around.” Rise called out. Vinyl placed the back of her hand onto her forehead, “Oh no! Whatever shall I do? I guess, I'll just...cuddle with Yosukue.” And with that, the Dj grabbed Yosukue and flung him over to her spot on the couch. “Okay...who is the kin-” “Number six, sit in Kanjis lap and snuggle, or maybe cuddle, with him until the next time either of you are called out during this game.” Fluttershy called out, holding aloft her chopstick in a single hoof as her gaze bore down upon Naoto and Kanji. Kanji blinked in confusion while Naoto was flushed like a tomato. That;s when Naoto started to climb into Kanji's lap, with very slow and very deliberate movements. Kanji was stunned, speechless and frozen in place all at the same time. He could feel the petite detective plop into place on his lap. He could feel the warmth of her body through his clothing and by god...did it feel nice. It felt...right. And that's when Naoto placed the side of her cheek to Kanji's chest. Bliss. To be continued...
What the hell?!?!!?Kanji Tatsumi. Inaba knows him as a delinquent...that likes to sew things. But what they don't know is that hes a persona-using-shadow-ass-kicking hero. A few months ago he and his friends solved the murders that had been happening in Inaba and stopped the twisted Adachi. And get a load of this, just yesterday, he and his friends had defeated an old and powerful goddess, Izanami No Okami, keeping her from engulfing the ENTIRE world in a deadly fog. But...Yu...the leader of the group of tight knit friends, left his uncles home in Inaba to return to his home with his parents yesterday after that final battle. And Kanji was more than a little depressed. Yu had helped him figure out who he really was and was the troubled teens best friend. It was Yu, after all who got Kanji to admit to his strange hobby and to embrace that part of him. Kanji sighed as he slowly and gloomily ascended the stairs to his room in his home. “G'night Ma.” “Good night Kanji dear, sleep well.” Came the reply from his mom as the teen reached the top of the stairs. Kanji walked down the hall and entered his small room and flopped down onto his mattress, face buried into his pillow. He had to admit he was still exhausted from fighting Izanami. The teen gave a tired sigh before rolling onto his back. “Yu...you better come back soon you son of a bitch.” The youth muttered under his breath before letting his eyes close and drifting off to sleep. Secretly, Kanji hoped that he would have a nice dream with just him and Naoto. Him and Naoto. Hopefully she'd be in a biki. Or better yet some lingerie. If only... If only... … This day has been just perfect. The kind of day of which I dreamed since I was small. Everypony I'll soon control! Every stallion, mare and colt! Who says a mare can't have it all!?! The changeling queen laughed as the last notes of her song rang throughout the air. Chrysalis looked upon her gorgeous changelings, a triumphant smirk plastered her muzzle as she gazed upon her utter victory. “Really? This was the best defense you could muster Celestia? Ha!” The Changeling queen laughed hysterically as she turned to face the defeated elements of harmony. The six mares in question each glared daggers at the Queen. This only made Chrysalis laugh harder. The changeling queen couldn't believe how easy it had been to infiltrate the wedding and to invade Canterlot. Soon, SHE would be the one to rule over all of Equestria. And no pony, not even Celestia herself nor her elements of harmony could stop her. BANG! A brilliant flash of golden light, illuminated the room blinding every pony within the grand hall. Chrysalis blinked her eyes in annoyance and glared at the center of the room. Pony and changeling alike gave a dust cloud in the center of the hall a wide berth as said dust began to disperse. When the dust finally cleared every pony gave a gasp of surprise, Chrysalis herself included. In the center of a small crater was some sort of creature...that was snoring in sleep. Overly loud snores echoed throughout the entire hall as the strange thing slept. From what she could tell, the thing was bipedal and had short bleached hair. The thing had black pants on and a shirt with a skull plastered in the center, with a jacket just hanging from his shoulders. “Subdue this...thing before it wakes up.” Chrysalis ordered. A group of six changelings approached the crater slowly, careful to not wake the thing up. When the group was a mere step away the silence of the hall was shattered with a low growl, “You'd better be damn sure you'll be able to keep me pinned before you pull this stupid ass stunt.” The strange being sat up and glared straight at Chrysalis, “You damn punks.” … Kanji drank in the sight around him, blinking slowly as he absorbed every last detail. What the hell? Was this some sort of...pony wedding? Why in the hell was he dreaming about a pony wedding? What was with the weird ass bug ponies? Were they wedding crashers? Kanji decided he could care less, it was still his dream and it looked he was playing hero. He pointed at the light pink pony in a tattered wedding dress with the white, dark pink and violet streaked mane. Said pony gave him a startled look, “ARE THESE THINGS RUINING YOUR WEDDING GIRL!!!!?!??!!” Kanji roared at the top of his lungs. The strange pony nodded rapidly as everything, pony and bug pony alike,in the grand hall bored into Kanji with their stares. “Alright listen up you weird pony things in MY dream.” Kanji took a deep breath, ignoring the exasperated looks the strange pony things gave him, “My name is Kanji Tatsumi. And I'm going to uncrash this here wedding. Even though its a dream. It's still MY dream, and NOBODY MESSES WITH KANJI TATSUMIS DREAMS!” In a surge of motion, Kanji hurled himself forward and punched the muzzle of one of the weird ass bug looking ponies. Before the one next to it could even blink, Kanjis other fist shot out breaking its teeth in from the force of the impact. The remaining handful that surrounded the teen over came their shock and charged at him. Kanji whirled around, kicking his foot out. The blow knocked into the sides of one of his assailants, sending the bug thing flying across the room. But the rest managed to tackle him full forcce. But they couldn't even budge the teen more than an inch. Kanji wrapped his arms around one of his assailants and squeezed for all he was worth. The thing squirmed in his arms, desperately trying to breathe...until one of the other two bucked him in the sides. Kanjis grip broke as he grunted in pain from the force of the kick. “DAMNIT! YOU BASTARD!” Kanji roared at the top of his lungs before giving three rapid fire punches to the bugs snout. With each successive hit more and more green ichor flung about until the thing collapsed. Kanji slowly and menacingly turned to face the very last bug. The thing was quite literally shivering in fear. Kanji slowly leaned forward until his nose pressed against his last foes snout. A minute of silence passed, nothing happened while the bug things shaking grew more violent until, “Boo!” Kanji said in a monotone voice. The bug thing shrieked as it flew off to god knows where. Kanji smirked as he turned to face the big bug thingy. Kanji stamped a foot onto the ground and laughed, “Listen. I don't care if this a dream and I'm still wondering why the hell I'm dreaming about some pony wedding but nobody ruins a wedding on my watch.” Kanji paused for a moment, “Even if it is a wedding in a dream of mine.” Kanji pointed a single finger at the boss bug. “And you are going down!” With a triumphant roar, the overly pumped teenager surged forward, fist cocked back and ready to smash teeth in. The big bug boss smirked at him as he charged forward. “YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY PUNK? WELL TAKE THIS!” Kanji shouted as he was merely a foot away from the hole filled bug thing. And with a laugh, the things horn glowed green and Kanji stopped mid air, before floated forward to and in front of it, completely immobile. “What the hell is going on?” Kanji grunted through clenched teeth as he vainly tried to move his body. She, and she was definitely a girl, simply laughed. “Did you really think you could just charge me? What a fool! You're no match for my magic! I over powered the princess of the sun herself! HAHAHAHAHHA!” Kanjis brow furrowed in anger, “What? You think this is funny you bitch! Two can play at this game!” The teenager began to roar, thoughts of his friends filled his head , thoughts of the feelings ruined because this bug bitched crashed a some ones precious wedding....even though it was a pony...and never mind the fact that this was a dream. The youth shouted at the top of his lungs, “PERSONA!!! ROKUTEN MOH!!!!” Kanji smiled. He couldn't help it. He didn't need to look behind to know his persona was there. Kanji raised a finger at the shocked bug lady and shouted, “ZIODYNE!” Above the bug ladys head a brilliant flash of light formed as a humongous bolt of lightning engulfed her in a brilliant flash of white. Kanji flashed a large smile before turning his gaze upon his power. His persona. Rokuten Moh. His persona towered above him, Rokutens head very nearly touching the ceiling of the massive hall. The giant was colored to look as if flames were constantly lapping at the armored being. Atop his head was a giant gold medal and... the teen had to admit was the silliest looking metal mustache he had ever seen. It was unnecessarily massive, it was easy two of Kanji in width. Well, he thought it was a mustache anyway. But Kanji ignored that thought as the sight of the massive curved sword the giant held in hand inspired awe in the youth. That is until his stupor was shattered by noticing a white mega pony hanging upside down in a green cocoon. Kanji couldn't help but chuckle when he noticed she was desperately trying to maneuver away from Rokuten Mohs massive mustache that threatened to stab her through her caccon. Kanji pointed at the cocoon, “Rokuen Moh, cut that pony down from the ceiling.” The armored giant raised his massive sword and slashed at the base of the cocoon. As the large pony fell, his persona simply caught the thing with a massive gauntlet before gently lowering it to the floor. Said pony blinked at him slowly before smiling. “Thank you, Kanji Tatsumi.” The pony said in a very regal and feminine voice. Kanji blushed a little before rubbing the back of his with his hand. “Aw sheesh lady. I'm just doing what any real man would do.” The regal pony smiled at him again and Kanji grinned in return. Kanji took the opportunity to examine the regal pony. She was easily the size of a regular horse with a coat white as snow. She had both wings and a horn but the oddest part of her was her mane. It seemed to be flowing in some unseen wind constantly. And sitting atop her head was a brilliant crown. So was this the sun princess that bug lady was talking about? As the two simply looked at the other, smiling, a familiar voice rang out, “Did you really think it would be that easy!?!? I refuse to be beaten by a hairless monkey and his pet!” The white pony stepped forward and was about to say something before Kanji cut her off with a wave of his hand. Kanji turned around to face his opponent, a determined look etched upon his features, “And I refuse to lose to a bug horse that desperately wants to be a piece of moldy swiss cheese.” Everything in the room went silent as the bug pony blinked her eyes slowly as she tried to process what the human had just said. Some pink pony and a cyan pegasus off to Kanjis left laughed hysterically and Kanji couldn't help but smirk at the look of pure anger that splayed across the bug horses muzzle, “YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT INSOLENT WORM!” The bug horses horn radiated green just the same as before. “PERSONA!” A beam of green energy shot from her horn as Rokuten Moh slammed a mailed fist in front of Kanji. The beam of energy bounced harmlessly off of the mailed fist of Rokuten Moh. Almost immediately, Rokuten Moh slammed the blade into the earth so it stood straight up. “PRIMAL FORCE!” Kanji shouted at the top of his lungs. In response, Rokuten Moh held his hands out in front of him. The big bug lady screamed as an miniature explosion engulfed her form in a spectacular white ball. “ROKUTEN MOH!” Kanji pointed a finger at the cloud of dust where the bug pony was standing not a moment before, “END IT!” Kanjis persona raised a massive gauntlet before punching straight into the cloud of dust. A pained scream erupted from within the dust cloud. Kanji and everyone in the room stared expectantly at the dust cloud as it slowly began to drift apart. After an eternity of waiting the dust finally cleared revealing an unconscious bug pony. Kanji smirked before pumping his fist excitedly into the air. “DIDN'T EVEN BREAK A SWEAT!” In a flash of brilliant white light Rokuten Moh vanished as mysteriously as he had appeared. “Alright! Now that I saved the day in this dream its time for my ass to get some sweet deserts! COME ON NAOTO IN LINGERIE!” Kanji closed his eyes and began to think as hard as he possibly could. The teens brow furrowed as he entered a deep state of concentration as he desperately tried to usher in a lingerie clad Naoto Shirogane into his dream. When the youth finally opened his eyes his vision was not filled with sexy time Naoto. Instead, it was filled with regal pony princess thing. The pony princess gave him a sad smile, “I'm sorry Kanji but you are not dreaming. And I must ask you to stop with any further 'lingerie' comments. There are fillies and colts present.” Kanji laughed, “Yeah, let me tell you pony princess! This is totally not a dream.” The teen exclaimed with sarcasm dripping in his voice. “I assure you good sir this is no dream.” A very feminine looking unicorn trotted into his view. Said unicorn was followed by five other pony things, some had wings, some horns, some neither. Following them was the pony lady who was having the wedding and next to her was a very ragged looking, what he assumed anyway, groom. “Yeah Mr.Kanji. This isn't a dream at all!” Giggled the pink pony from earlier that laughed her ass off at Kanjis 'moldy swiss cheese' joke. Kanji laughed again, “Okay then. If this isn't a dream then this would hurt like hell.” And before any of the pony's could react the human raised an unfurled hand and slammed it palm down onto the pony princess' horn. Almost immediately the troubled youth pulled back his hand as he screamed in agony. Kanji ignored the gasps from the ponies surrounding him as he held his hand and continued to scream. The human wailed as he held aloft bleeding hand, ignoring the ponies talking quickly to him, until he abruptly stopped. “Wait. This hurt like hell. That means...” Kanji trailed off as realization of his situation dawned upon him. The human immediately began screaming again, “OH MY GOD THIS ISN'T A DAMN DREAM! WHAT THE HELL MAN!?!?! WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!?!?!?” Kanji continued to scream until an orange mare punched him in the back of the head as hard as she could with her fore hooves. The last thing Kanji heard as he fell to the floor was, “Applejack! What if that really hurt him?” To Be Continued.... Yeah. A persona 4 crossover with my favorite character from the persona series. And I'm damn proud. With this I'm announcing that I'll be working on both Dead Space Equestria Regenerated and this at the same time. When one chapter of this comes up expect a chapter of the other story within the next day or two. As usual, hope you had as much fun reading this as much as I had writing it.
You Gotta Problem With That!?!?!?!Kanji slowly began to feel senses return to him. The first thing he noticed was a smell akin to...cotton candy? Huh? Warbled voices began to float into his ears and with each passing second the words became clearer and clearer. “Hey hey hey hey! Lookit! I think Mr.Kanji is finally coming to!” An extremely giddy voice shouted out to Kanjis left. The teen groaned as he slapped the palm of his hand to his face. The teen slowly opened his eyes to find ten pony faces leaning over him, anticipation in their eyes. Ponies? What the hell? Kanji blinked his eyes furiously as gears turned in his head. Oh yeah. Pony wedding. Getting the shit knocked out of him. Kanjis gaze settled upon the mare of the hour, the one that was in...a tattered wedding dress? On her wedding day. Oh hell no! “Oh hell no!” Kanji said aloud. The looks of merriment on the ten pony things surrounding immediately drooped into looks of deep depression. Kanji shot up into an upright sitting position, grabbing at the tattered wedding dress. “Give me that. Damn thing is torn to shit.” Said mare blinked in confusion as she allowed the human to tug her out of the dress. Every one of the pony things surrounding him stared at him in utter confusion. Kanji reached into his pants pocket pulling out his emergency sewing kit. “What? I like to sew things.” The teen cleared his throat before he yelled, “ DO YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT!?!?!” A particularly amazing phenomenon occurred as the human yelled. His head seemed to grow to excessively massive promotions as a pair of veins popped on his forehead in the shape of an 'x'. All of the ponies surrounding him immediately shook their heads 'no' rapidly. Instantly, Kanjis head returned to a normal size. “Good. Now give me some space while I-” Kanji cut himself off mid sentence as his eyes grazed upon...a particular orange mare. Said mare gulped audibly, before pulling her stetson off of her head. “Ah'm mighty sorry pardner. I never meant to kn-” The orange mare never finished her sentence as Kanjis fist flew into her snout. The mare yelped as she flopped back onto her back, rubbing her snout furiously. “Now we're even.” Kanji simply said as he turned back to the dress. That's when the human finally noticed he was still on the floor. Damnit, he wouldn't be able to work sitting like this! The human stood and seeing no where he could comfortably sit, he simply set to work. The teen ignored the looks of amazement as his hands effortlessly began to mend the ripped wedding dress. While Kanji worked he noticed two things out of the corner of his eye. One of the ponies from earlier, the one with the primped up purple mane regarded him with extreme interest as he worked. The other was a pony he hadn't seen earlier. This one was like the other princess in the fact that she had both horns and wings. Her mane flowed in an ethereal wind just like the other but that's where the similarities ended. This one was a dark blue with a mane that looked like the night sky, and the tattoo on her ass was the moon. Wait, what? Kanji blinked as he stopped his work mid stroke. The human looked around at each of the ponies surrounding him. And yup there they were. Each and every one of them had a tattoo on their ass. “What the hell is with the tattoos on your asses?” Kanji asked plainly as he went back to his work. The lavender unicorn that Kanji recognized from earlier chortled, “These aren't tattoos silly. These are our cutie marks! It appears when some pony gets their special talent!” Complete and utter silence reigned as the information given to the male human teenager processed in his brain head thing. And then he started laughing uncontrollably. The ten ponies surrounding gave him looks of confusion. The maniacal laughing eventually subsided and Kanji realized he had been working on the dress during the entire fit of shits and giggles. The human ignored the looks the ponies around him gave him as he eyed his work. The teen held aloft a completely renewed wedding dress...that was still filthy. “Gah! You can't have a wedding with a dirty dress. THIS MUST BE FIXED BY A MAN OF MY MANLINESS!!” Kanji roared as he darted off in a random direction down the hall. After a minute of running, Kanji realized something. He had forgotten something terribly important. So the teen ran back. “Ummmm. Where the hell can a guy wash a dress around here?” Kanji asked completely serious. All ten ponies in the circle laughed hysterically. Kanji at first was confused but as the laughter continued, the troubled youth got, well, pissed. “Hey! This isn't damn funny! I'm being serious!” Kanji fumed. All at once nine ponies stopped laughing while a particular white princess pony continued to softly chuckle. A brilliant golden light surrounded the wedding dress aswell as said ponies horn. After a minute the glow began to subside, revealing a sparkling clean wedding dress. Said dress lightly tugged away from the humans hands until he let go. The dress floated over to its owner who quickly put on the dress, a grateful smile on her muzzle. “The dress may be a little tighter than before, I only have so much thread in my emergency sew-” The human was suddenly cut off as the pony in the dress engulfed him a hug. She nuzzled into his chest humming softly, “Than you so much Kanji.” The hug persisted for a minute while Kanji awkwardly returned it. The pony backed off, “I think I speak for both of my aunties...no all of Equestria when I say you are welcome here in Canterlot.” Nine other ponies offered a chorus of cheers at the statement before all them, the princess' included, beelined for him and ensnared him in a massive group hug. Kanji stood there, wide eyed in shock as a group of pastel colored ponies hugged him as if he were their best friend. After a minute of silent hugging the group dispersed allowing Kanji room to breathe. The group stood in happy silence for a moment before an overly excited pink pony began jumping up and down. “OOOOOOO. We know Kanjis name but he doesn't know ours!” Said pink pony tackled the human to ground her muzzle touching the tip of his nose. “HI MY NAME'S PINKIE PIE!” Kanji smirked, “'Sup Pinks.” The pink pony clamored off of the human, allowing him to stand again. The lavender unicorn stepped up, “My name is Twilight Sparkle.” Before Kanji could do or say anything in response, a cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane flew into his face. “My name is Rainbow Dash! I'm the fastest pegasus in Equestria and future Wonderbolt extraordinaire!” The white unicorn from earlier popped into his view, extending a hoof to him, “And my name my dear, is Rarity. And as a fellow stitch worker, I am excited to talk to you further.” As the unicorn drew back a certain orange mare trotted up, her face surprisingly unbruised, “And ahm Applejack. And again ah'm mighty sorry abo-” Kanji cut her off, “Listen, if anyone can take a punch from Kanji Tatsumi and not drop like a sack of rocks is okay in my book.” Applejack smiled warmly before spitting on her hoof and extending it to Kanji. The human smirked as he spat on his hand and shook her hoof vigorously. The groom unicorn trotted up, “My name is Shining Armor and thank you so much for saving my wed-” Kanji cut him off by grasping him in a manly hug. “No problem bro.” The human whispered quietly in the ponies ear, “ I hope she rocks your brains out tonight.” Shining Armor blushed furiously as he stepped out of the bear hug. Before Kanji could even blink the mare of the hour tackled him in a blur of motion. “My name is Cadence. Thank you sooooooooooo much for what you did for Shining and I today.” Kanji smirked, “No problem.” The human leaned into the hug and whispered into her ear, “ Make sure Shining has the night of his life tonight.” Kanji expected her to become shocked, aghast or even angry. He didn't expect her to shoot him a coy smile, “I had already planned on it so don't you worry.” Kanji blinked as Cadence stepped back. And then he began to laugh hysterically as the dark pony princess stepped forward. “Hello. Our- I mean, my name is Luna. Princess Luna. I must say I am intrigued by you.” Kanji shook her extended hoof. Luna backed up as Celestia stepped forward, “My name Kanji Tatsumi, is Princess Celestia. Co-ruler of Equestria and I speak for all of us when I say you are welcome where ever you go. By the end of tonight, all of Equestria will know what you have done for us.” Kanji smirked as he stood at attention, before he giving her a military salute, “YESSIR MA'AM!” Celestia chuckled at the humans antics before asking, “Now Kanji, have you ever been to an Equestrian wedding?” “Wait, Princess. Fluttershy never introduced herself.” Twilight called out. Kanji blinked, Fluttershy? Kanji finally noticed a cream colored pegasus hiding behind the group and her pink mane. The human fought so hard, no, he struggled to not admit that there was only one word tht could accurately describe her. Adorable. “K-kawaii.” Kanji managed to stammer out despite his mental protests. The human slowly approached the mare who hid behind a wall of mane. “H-Hey Fluttershy? Can I ask you something?” The mare responded with a squeak. “C-can I pet your mane?” The wall of mane parted an a single teal eye peered out, “W-w-what?” “I would like to pet your mane. Its beautiful.” “W-w-well if you want to.” Kanji stepped even closer his hand hovering towards his goal. Until his fingers dove into the soft, heavenly soft, hair. Kanji began to scratch and the moment he did all of Fluttershys, well, shyness seemed to melt as she nuzzled her hand into the scratching fingers. Kanjis other hand absent mindely began to pet her back and the pegasus whinnied of all things as he pet the cream pegasus. The levels of kawaii that Fluttershy irradiated...Kanji...despite all of his manliness...was powerless against it. The human wrapped both arms suddenly around Fluttershy lifting the surprised pegasus off the ground. Kanji hugged the pony tight, while his hand stroked her mane. “My name is Kanji Tatsumi. And this pony is absolutely kawaii. Also, there are many ponies. And many of them are adorable. But this is one mine to hug and pet. And hug her and pet her I shall.” Fluttershy, surprisingly nuzzled into Kanjis chest as the teen continued to stroke her mane while his other hand cradled her like a baby. “DO ANY OF YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT!?!?!?” Kanji roared, while his head expanded to an impossible size. …. Kanji stood off with Twilight and the others watching as the ceremony started. As the couple began to recite vows... Vows of love.. The human couldn't stop it and the tears began to flow freely at the beauty of this singular moment. The man ignored the scoffs of Rainbow Dash and was surprised when Rarity offered him a spare hankerchief. Kanji dabbed at the tears that flowed freely from his eyes, there was no shame in crying at something so beautiful. Something wrapped around Kanjis waist and the teen looked down. Rarity was attached to his leg, sniveling as she watched the closing vows. When the happy couple of Shining Armor and Cadence kissed, the dam broke and Rarity began to bawl. “I-i-it's so b-b-beautiful!!!” Rarity cried out as sobs wracked her form. Kanji bent down and hugged the mare, tears streaming down his own face, “I-I-I k-k-know!” Together, the alabaster mare and human teenager hugged each other tightly as they sobbed tears of joy for the lucky couple. … Kanji took another sip of the absolutely delicious fruit punch. The human looked down at Vinyl Scratch. “Those are some damn cool shades girl.” Vinyl laughed, “And that's one sweet flank jacket dude. Where'd you get it?” Kanji blinked, “This jacket is just part of the school uniform. We have to wear it.” “What!?!? Dude!!! Why can't other private schools have a nice uniform like that?” Vinyl groaned, slapping a hoof to her forehead. “You finally done crying yet Kanji?” A certain cyan pegasus snickered as she flew over to where the human stood idly by the D.J. “It was a beautiful moment between a man an- I mean a stallion and a mare Rainbow. Do you have a problem with that?” Kanji growled barely above a whisper. Whatever jokes the pegasus head left her head as her face visibly sagged. “Uhm, yeah no problem at all. Heh heh. I'm....just...gonna...go over there now! CYA!” Vinyl scratch laughed out loud, “Holy shit dude you can be scary as anything when you want to!” Kanji couldn't help but smirk. “Yeah I guess I can, can't I?” The human gave his cup another sip before a worried Twilight trotted up. “Hey, have either of you seen Pinkie Pie? I haven't seen her in hours. It's not like her to skip a party.” Twilight said nervously, shuffling from hoof to hoof. As if on cue, a massive pool of shadow slowly began to swirl into existence in the center of the courtyard. Every pony frantically galloped away from the growing blackness. At an agonizingly slow pace, a point began to emerge from the swirling darkness. Steadily a massive...pink...building complete with a Gothic spire emerged from the swirling pool. The massive building looked akin to a Gothic castle....except it was pink...and the above the massive entrance gate was a humongous....T.V? Said T.V flickered into life as a straight maned Pinkie Pie appeared on the screen. And the thing that scared Kanji the most....her eyes with black with yellow slits. To be continued.... Sorry for the delay, but Hurricane Sandy ( I think thats its name) has had me running around like a headless chicken on my parents beckoning to gather supplies for when it hits. Next one will come up quicker, I can promise you that.
Pinkamena Dianne Pie*WARNING: This chapter gets a little vulgar in the language and sexual themes department. THERE IS NO CLOP! Kanji dropped the cup of punch he held in his hand as shadow Pinkie began to talk in that weird double voice that all shadows seem to have. “No pony out there seems to take me very seriously at all! I aim to fix that! Come join me on a journey, no, a quest to do what any pony tells me to so that I can be taken seriously for once in my life! Even if that means I need to kill some pony!” With an eerie giggle, shadow pinkie turned around and plunged into the black halls behind her in the pink Gothic castle. “DON'T WORRY PINKS! I'M COMING!” Kanji roared as he began a head long sprint towards the castle. As Kanji neared the draw bridge, he heard hoof steps sprinting alongside him as he ran. The teenager didn't even need to turn to look to know which five mares fell in beside him. “Get outta here! You'll only get in my way! Besides, you guys can't even hurt a shadow. You don't have personas.” The teenager grunted as he continued to sprint along. “BUCK NO! That's one of my best friends in there and I ain't leaving her hanging!” The brash voice of Rainbow Dash shouted to Kanjis right. “That's right pardner. An' friends don't go leaving friends to fend fer themselves.” Applejack said somewhere to his left. A chorus of cheers from the rest of the group made Kanji groan. “Fine but stay back and let me do the fighting. You wouldn't be able to hurt them even if you tried. Only a persona-user and their persona can fight shadows.” Kanji was met with silence as the group crossed a draw bride that hovered over the swirling mass of darkness below it. The human spared a glance down to his left, down beneath the draw bridge and the vibrant pink castle was a swirling vortex of shadowy doom. Kanji shrugged before running across the rest of the bridge. The human stopped right outside a massive wooden door that led into the depths of the castle. “Don't worry Pinkie, I'm coming!” Rainbow Dash shouted as she attempted to fly by Kanji. The humans hand darted out grabbing the cyan pegasus by the scruff of her neck. Rainbow began to struggle until Kanji looked at her. The humans face was bathed in a shadow above his nose and his eyes glowed a menacing red. “What did I say?” The human asked coldly. “T-t-to stay behind you.” Rainbow whimpered, fear painstakingly obvious in her expression. The human set the pegasus down right behind and stepped towards the door without uttering a single word. … Kanji was right. The moment the group stepped through the castle doors they stared down a trio of shadows not ten feet down the hall. And they were some pretty weird looking shadows to boot. Two of the trio were massive hands that danced about in the air. They were a black and had a massive yellow eye with a black slit in the palm. The last shadow was a regular sized pony...except it had its right rear leg missing, its left fore leg missing and a had a massive steel spike sticking out where its right fore hoof should have been. The thing that creeped Kanji out the most was that it had absolutely no eyes and its entire body was pitch black. The moment the group of ponies behind him gasped, the group of shadows turned to face them and the center pony shadow stood up on its only rear leg, the spike aimed towards him. The spike extended forward and was about to impale Kanjis eye when the familiar gauntlet of Rokuten Moh caught the spike. Rokuten Moh raised his massive sword and cleaved the shadow in two diagonally. The shadow dissolved into a dark mist as Kanji shouted, “MAZIODYNE!” Two lightning bolts cascaded down onto the shadows before they could even move, engulfing them in a brilliant flash of white light. With the shadows dispersed, Kanji and the group drank in the sights of the inner castle...and now he knew why the outside was such a vibrant pink. A massive sign hung down from above them that read, “Pinkamena Dianne Pies Quest To Be Taken Seriously For Once! Join Her In 'Pinkies Playhouse'!” Kanji sprinted forwards, ignoring the exclamations at being left behind so suddenly. “Any of you got a clue where Pinks might be?” He called over his shoulder. “No, how in the hay would we know that!” Rainbow called out quite rudely. “Sparkle, you think you can use yer...glowy stuff to find Pinks?” Kanji ignored the brash pegasus that he could tell he'd be beating the crap out of soon enough. “Uhhh, you mean my magic? And....Yeah, YEAH! I can! Give me a moment.” The unicorn responded somewhere behind the human. “T-turn right up ahead!” Twilight called out after about a minute of sprinting. Kanji grinned, so they wouldn't be flying blind after all. … As Kanji rounded the corner a massive tongue licked him from the feet to his face. The human groaned as he faced a trio of all too familiar shadows. With a single Maziodyne, Rokuten Moh dispatched the three floating shadows and Kanji scowled at the slobber dripping from him. “H-h-hey Kanji look. What's with that door?” Rainbow Dash asked, extending her hoof towards...a mens restroom door? Kanji blinked as he looked at the only door in the long corridor. The teenager motioned for his companions to halt as he creaked the door open and peeked inside. And sure enough...it was just a shoddy boys restroom. The place looked like it hadn't been cleaned in weeks. Kanji took a sniff and almost immediately vomited when the putrid stank of...rancid gravy...assaulted his senses. Kanji blinked as he realized...the entire bathroom was coated in the rank and rotten food. What...the...hell? The teen back pedaled out of the single room, waving a hand in front of his nose. “Don't go in there, for whatever reason there's rancid gravy all over the bathroom walls and it stinks like all hell.” And with that the small group restarted their sojourn deeper into the bowels of 'Pinkies Playhouse'. … Kanji struggled to make the massive door open that Twilight had led the group to. What the hell man, why was this thing so god damned heavy? With a bit of elbow grease, the troubled youth finally pried the door open. And the startled teenager couldn't help but let his jaw drop at the strangest sight before him. Shadow Pinks was in the center of a grand hall on a stage...with a a large golden pole sticking up from the floor...and she was grinding against it in fishnet stockings. Why in the name of all that is holy did Kanji find this quite erotic? For petes sake, ponies walk around naked the whole time! Shadow Pinkie's voice boomed across the grand hall to them, “Hey there! I hope Pinkie's sexy time show will finally get you girls to pay attention to what I have to say!” The shadow trails off with a giggle. “Where's the real Pinkie Pie you jerk!?!?” Rainbow Dash shouted at the top of her lungs...with a slight blush dancing across her cheeks. What the hell? “Ha! Ha I say! I am the real Pinkie Pie!” Shadow Pinkie snarled, stopping her pole dance as she glared daggers at the group of friends. But then the shadow smirked before whistling. From the ceiling a gigantic shadow simply dropped down behind shadow Pinkie. This shadow was that of a stallion missing its entire lower half. Instead, the colossal shadow sat upright on its base where its lower half should have been. The thing was pitch black with a single blood shot eye placed haphazardly on its chest. “Have fun with my new friend. He takes what I have to say seriously unlike some ponies I know!” Shadow Pinkie giggled as she trotted around and behind the colossal shadow. At some unseen command the massive shadow placed both fore hooves onto the ground before pulling itself forward. “ROKUTEN MOH! ZIODYNE!” Kanjis persona flared into existence and within a moment a massive bolt of lighting struck the shadow. The shadow groaned slightly at the abuse before raising a hoof and pointing at Kanji. Suddenly a spike made of shadows stabbed up and at him from the ground. Kanji roared in pain as the shadow spike faded. The teenager groaned as he clutched a hand at his chest. “Kanji! Are you alright?!” A worried voice exclaimed from behind the teenager. “I'm fine. Damn thing caught me off guard.” Kanji simply grunted in response. The teen stood tall once more. “PRIMAL FORCE!” A brilliant dome of white light engulfed the shadow. Said shadow groaned again before pointing its hoof at him again. Kanji crouched ready to jump back and avoid the spike attack he knew was coming. Only it didn't come. In stead a burst of flame from an Agi. Kanji blinked in confusion as the flames disappeared. Then the human laughed as a cocky grin placed itself upon his lips. “ Jeez you're big as can be, but you're a complete wuss.” The youth raised his hand, “Rokuten Moh. Let's finish this. FATAL END!” The massive persona behind him hefted its massive blade above its head before swinging straight at the behemoths neck. The blade sliced through the shadow ponys neck severing the head from it. But instead of it disappearing like it should have, the thing began to glow a brilliant white. Realization of what was happening hit Kanji like a ton of bricks. “EVERYONE GET DOWN!” The human roared as he whirled around and dove. The human grabbedthe closest pony behind him, which was Fluttershy, and threw her underneath his chest where he wrapped around her, shielding her from the brilliant flash of white light that was Last Resort. ... A chorus of groans erupted from the group. “A-are you guys * groan * alright?” Kanji asked as he shakily rose to his feet. Luckily, five stiff but positive answers rang in the humans ears. “Damn bastard used a last resort.” “What's a 'last resort'?” Twilight, the ever studious unicorn, asked. Kanji turned towards the unicorn with an expression that was perfectly clear in meaning. It read, 'Are you bucking kidding me?' The lavender mare smiled sheepishly at the teenager. “Doesn't matter anyway. Twi I need you to lead us to Pinks. If we don't get to her right away...her shadow will kill her.” Kanji said grimly, a hand grasping at a sharp pain in his right side. Twilight and her friends balked and shouted as one, “What!?!?” “Just lead the damn way woman.” With a nod Twilights horn flared with a brilliant lavender aura. … Kanji grunted as another one of the hand shadows landed a hit right on him. Within a moment receiving the blow Rokuten Mohs magnificent sword cleaved the monster in two. The teen turned to face the group of shadows assaulting their group now. A new breed of shadow was with this group of four (now three). This one, was in the shape of a pony but there was one major difference. This one was striped black and bright pink and constantly...giggled. Out of the blue, the strange new shadow began to dance about on its hind legs, twirling about and jutting its legs out while laughing merrily. In an instant a bolt of zio struck the teen. Kanji was about to laugh when the air went frigid when he was hit by a bufu. Before the teen could recover from the shock a blast of garu hit him right before the air became unbearably hot as an agi hit him. Kanji gasped as all four elements hit him within seconds. The teenager shuffled back, still reeling in pain as the shadow...taunted? The striped pony shadow turned so its back side faced the youth and shook its ass at him before turning back to face him with a hearty laugh. “Laugh all you want ass hole. RAMPAGE!” Rokuten Moh took a ground shaking step before releasing a flurry of sword swipes. The familiar sounds of shadows dissipating was like music to Kanji's ears. “Hey Twilight, how much further up till we get there. I don't know how much longer I can keep this up. Sure they're small fry but there are a lot of them and only one of me. Besides I always went into a battle like this with me friends.” Kanji managed to pant out as he took up running down the eerily similar corridor. “Just one more floor to go Kanji. Come on I know you can do it.” Twilight said right next to him. The lavender mare shot him a reassuring smile which made Kanji grin right back. … Twenty. Twenty more small ambushes left Kanji feeling drained as he stopped outside a massive pink door. The human slumped down hands on his knees as sweat drenched his brow. “H-hey * pant * Twilight, you sure this is it?” The mare nodded wordlessly as she sized up the massive pink, oak door. “Alright lets do this!” Kanji gave a triumphant yell as he pushed against the oak doors with all his might. Within a moment, Kanjis new found friends pushed as hard as they could against the giant door. With painstaking effort, the group slowly opened the massive oak door, and light poured into the room. Kanji and the group drank in the sights of the room before them. Shadow Pinkie was up on a platform, while the real Pinkie was at the base, crying her eyes out with her hooves over her ears. “J-j-just please. Stop.” Pinkie Pie cried, fresh tears pouring down the fur of her cheeks. Shadow Pinkie laughed as she looked at the group of friends. “And her they all are. My supposed friends! The ones who just laugh and say 'Oh don't even bother. It's just Pinkie being Pinkie.' Well BUCK YOU!” The shadow roared in her double voice. “No. Leave them alone!” Pinkie Pie shouted, angry tears rolling down her cheeks. “Ha. They're a bunch of selfish little slutty ass bitches that only care about their own problems. Name one time that they actually took what you had to say seriously. You can't because they don't see you as a pony or a friend. They see you as nothing more than a joke, a long running gag that went stale years ago. And you know it. No, we know it.” Shadow Pinkie strutted around Pinkie, each word that left the shadows left made Pinkie cry harder and harder until Pinkie's sobs rang throughout the empty chamber. “Hey! Leave my friend alone you monster!” Rainbow Dash yelled, almost flying past Kanji, but the human grabbed her last second, pulling the fiery pegasus back. Shadow Pinkie turned and laughed, “Oh look the queer that's supposedly your friend. How many times did she ditch and run from you anyway? Oh yeah that's right. Too many times to count because shes a worthless slut and a terrible friend.” “That's not true! * hic * “Oh, and why ever not? How is it anything less than the truth?” Shadow Pinkie asked, an eye brow cocked. Kanji's eyes went wide as he realized what Pinkie was about to say. “DON'T YOU SAY IT PINKS!” “ BECAUSE NOTHING THAT YOU SAY IS TRUE! I DON'T THINK ANY OF THOSE TERRIBLE THINGS!” Pinkie shouted. “Yes it is. I know it because, I am you. And you...are me.” Shadow Pinkie flashed a sly grin at Pinkie. “NO! DON'T SAY IT PINKIE!” Kanji roared, his anger flaring. “THAT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL. YOU'RE NOT ME. YOU AREN'T LIKE ME AT ALL!” Pinkie Pie wailed. Kanji tensed, already preparing for the fight that was about to go down. Shadow Pinkies grin turned into a full fledged smile as she started to laugh insanely. “That's right! I'm not you. I'm my own pony! And to prove it I WILL KILL YOU ALL!” Shadow Pinkie laughed hysterically, tears streaming from her eyes as shadows swirled around her. “Rainbow! Grab Pinkie and get back against the wall. Everyone else duck behind some cover. I got this.” Kanji barked already willing Rokuten Moh into existence. No pony gave him any lip as the friends darted for cover as a blur of motion whizzed by Pinkie. In a flash, Rainbow Dash was worriedly calling to her friend. Kanji turned to the sphere of darkness that was steadily growing larger as Shadow Pinkie vanished from view. After a minute of heart pounding silence the cocoon of darkness exploded revealing the monster that was shadow Pinkie. The new shadow Pinkie was in the shape of a pony. A very large earth pony, bigger than both princess' combined. And she had the creepiest grin that Kanji had ever seen. But the weirdest factor was a huge present that seemed to be attached to her back, as if molded to her very skin. The present itself was huge but slimmed further and further until it reached her back, forming a perfect width for its base. The shadow reared back on her hind legs and roared, “I AM THE SHADOW. THE TRUE SELF.” Planting her hooves on the ground the pony shadow laughed at Kanji, “Time to die little man. After all, this is gonna be one HELLUVA party!” As if on cue, the lid to the gigantic present on her back popped open like a jack-in-the-box. A miniature, well regular-sized, shadow Pinkie popped out the box, revealing only her upper torso. The mini-shadow giggled into her hoof before she reached down and pulled out several...bombs! With inhumane speed, the shadow hurled bomb after bomb like a machine gun. The first few bombs managed to score direct hits on the teenager who was caught completely off guard for the strange attack. But before any more could land, Rokuten Moh shielded Kanji with his body. “YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THAT! ZIODYNE!” Kanji roared, his anger peaking. A massive bolt of lightning struck the shadow making her groan a little from the hit. But it didn't last long before that eerie giggle pierced the air. “Is that all ya got? I already told you that this was gonna be one HELLUVA party!” The shadow laughed maniacally as the present on her back opened up again. The miniature shadow that popped up...was twice as big as she was before. Kanji started running around the shadow pony. He knew what to expect this time, and he'd be damned if he let himself get caught off guard again. The shadow pony again giggled into her hoof before reaching into the depths of the massive present. This time she pulled out what looked like a bazooka covered with party stuff. The pony giggled maniacally as she began to fire rockets faster than she chucked the bombs. “THIS IS WHAT I LIKE BEST! DAKAKAKAKA!” The mini shadow cackled with delight at the humans struggle to avoid the constant stream of missiles. “WHAT THE HELL?!?! THIS DOESN'T MAKE A DAMN BIT OF SENSE!” Kanji roared in frustration as he dodged and weaved through the hail of rocket fire. After a minute of rocket fire the miniature Pinkie, (who wasn't so mini now) giggled into a fore hoof, before disappearing into the depths of the present. Sensing the opening, Kanji planted both feet into the ground before roaring, “ROKUTEN MOH! FATAL END!” The persona raised the massive sword above his head before bringing it crashing down on the shadow. The blow struck home making the monster roar in pain. Shadow Pinkie began to stomp furiously, “YOU'RE NOT TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY AT ALL ARE YOU?!?!” The furious shadow charged straight at Kanji and before the human could even react swung around and bucked him mid-sprint. The teen was flung across the arena before crashing into the wall. A mixture of blood and spittle flew from the humans mouth upon impact as the wind was knocked out of him. As the human struggled to regain his breath, shadow Pinkie began to stomp on the ground like a spoiled child. “JUST.DIE.AL.READY.” The shadow opened her maw at him eyes ablaze and Kanji was hit directly by her Agilao. “KANJI!” “COME ON KANJI GET UP!” “COME ON PARTNER AH KNOW YAH CAN DO IT!” “KANJI DON'T YOU GIVE UP ON MY BEST FRIEND! I'LL BUCK YOU INTO NEXT WEEK IF YOU DO!” “Did you just tell me...not to give up?” Kanji growled at the onlooking group of friends. Before they could even respond, the now furious Kanji stood upright with a roar, “GIVING UP AIN'T IN A MANS VOCABULARY! BRING IT ON! PRIMAL FORCE!” The familiar dome of white flashed onto his opponent and Pinkie roared in pain. After a moment, the shadow emerged from the resulting dust cloud, pure fury etched on her face. “How many times do I have to tell you? This is gonna be one HELLUVA party!” The Pinkie that emerged from the depths of the massive present...was now the size of the present. This Pinkie had teeth like tomb stones with green slime oozing out, and her eyes glowed a demonic red. “DIS IS WHAT I LIKE BEST! NOW I'M GONNA FILL YA FULL O' HOLES!” The second shadow Pinkie roared as she brought up a gigantic watermelon. The pony furiously gobbled down the fruit, the whole thing, in a matter of seconds. The human watched wearily as the monster faced him...before shooting the seeds at him like a machine gun. Kanji barely dodged in time as seeds the size of his fist tore into the stone behind him. The human sprinted as seeds were constantly being spat out at him. After about half a minute of running the monster ran out of holes. “AH.SOD IT! I'LL GET YA GOOD NEXT TIME YA GROTLY SQUIG!” The disturbing Pinkie shouted before disappearing back into the depths of the present. Kanji pointed a finger at the shadow pony, who now seemed to be quaking under the pressure of holding some massive weight. “PRIMAL FORCE!” The shadow was again engulfed in the sphere of white light. “ROKUTEN MOH! FATAL END!” Kanji wasn't taking any chances, he needed to end this...now. The personas massive sword crashed into the dust cloud before it even cleared. Kanji stared into the dust cloud with baited breath, ready to dodge out of the way at any second. When the dust finally cleared, Kanji stared at the scene, unsure of what to do. Shadow Pinkie was laughing like a maniac, her face plastered into the most wicked and creepy grin the human had ever seen. The shadow pony was on her belly all four legs tucked underneath her. The pony looked at Kanji, her giggling slowly stopping. “Hey kid, hope you enjoy...your last party.” The present lid flew off as the second shadow Pinkie emerged from its depths, now easily double the present in size. Kanji had to crane his neck to look up at the massive shadow. The shadows tomb stone teeth were in the most wicked smile he had ever seen, and he couldn't help but shudder in fear. “HELLO LADS AND LASSES. NOW OPEN YER EARS! I GOTS A RIGHT AN' PROPER MESSAGE FER YA! YOUS GONNA DIE! HARAHRAHAR!” The massive shadow held her hoof up in the air, holding a massive...cupcake? As Kanji eyed the confectionary treat, his eyes grew to dinner plates. The damn thing was growing. Realization struck Kanji like a bolt of lighting, “ROKUTEN MOH! PRIMAL FORCE!” A brilliant dome of light struck the massive shadow, but the thing just laughed. “HAR HAR HAR, YOUZ A STUPID GIT YA ARE. NOTHIN' CAN STOP GOOD OL' PINKIE NOW!” “FATAL END!” Rokuten Mohs massive blade struck into the shadow. This made the gigantic shadow laugh even harder. “HAR HAR, STOOPID GIT IS STOOPID!” The cupcake in her hoof had grown to an unimaginable size. Kanji eyed the treat, fear in his eyes. Until an idea struck him. The human couldn't help but grin. The human lazily pointed a finger at the treat, “Ziodyne.” The teenager calmly said. This made the shadow laugh harder, “I ALREADY TOLD YA WHAT FOR YA GIT WHAT...DO...YOU...” The shadow trailed off as it stared at the bolt of lightning forming over the cupcake. “NOOOOOOOOOOOO” The shadow screamed as the bolt landed, causing the treat to explode violently in the shadows hooves. Shadow Pinkie wailed as darkness consumed it, leaving nothing but the original shadow Pinkie, who simply sat there, stumped. Kanji walked calmly over to the defeated shadow. “Pinks...you gotta face facts. This isn't just some monster. It's you're shadow. It's a part of you...the part of you that you hate to admit.” Pinkie Pie, the real one eyed her shadow, her mane still straight as she eyed the monster that had tried to kill her. “Pinkie, if you don't accept it, she'll come back much stronger than before. And I don't think I could beat your shadow again.” Kanji said bluntly, the teenager was never really good with words anyway. “Y-you're right Mr.Kanji.” Pinkie said solemnly. The party pony trotted up slowly to her shadow, who simply looked up at her. To every ones surprise, Pinkie hugged her shadow tight. “You are me...and I am you. I...I hate it when every pony treats me like a joke. As if I can never be serious. And I hate it even worse when my friends do it. I hate it. I hate being the constant smile, I hate constantly being seen as nothing but a joke. I bucking hate it.” Pinkie began to cry as her shadow wrapped a fore hoof over her. The shadow smiled as she began to glow white before turning into... The group stared in awe at the creature that now towered over Pinkie. The shadow had turned into a princess sized mare with a jester color scheme for a coat as well as a jesters hat on. She biggest smile on her face as she nuzzled against Pinkies cheek. The mare sat back onto haunches, laughing exactly like Pinkie Pie into her hooves. Kanji couldn't help but smile, “Meet your persona Pinks. Warai Mesuma. Roughly translated...the Laughing Mare.” Warai Mesuma gave Pinkie one last nuzzle and a laugh before vanishing. Before Kanji could say anything else, the group of friends tackled into Pinkie, crying their eyes out for their friend. “Kanji?” A familiar voice gasped. The teenager turned around to face the source, his jaw dropped, his cheeks flushed, he nearly shit his pants. “Naoto?!?!?!” To Be Continued... Sorry about the delay folks, this turned out to be much longer than I originally thought it would be. By the way, that was a very rough translation. I don't speak Japanese so....eh? Later.
N-N-N-aoto!?!?!Kanji blinked. Naoto blinked. The ponies blinked. Everyone blinked. “Naoto...is that, you know, really you?” Kanji asked tentatively. Naoto nodded, “Yes it's me. We've been looking for you for awhile now. Now... where are we?” “Right now we're in a shadows castle...thingy. But we're in some world called Equestria. I'm sorry Naoto, but I'm exhausted. I saved the kingdom from an invasion and just saved Pinks here from her shadow.” Pinkie smiled tiredly at Naoto before collapsing. “Pinkie!” A chorus of cries erupted from the rest of the mares around him. “Pinks!” Kanji knelt down next to the mare. He visibly relaxed after a moment. “She's fine, just exhausted from this whole ordeal. And so am I. So we're gonna get the hell outta here and I'm gonna crash.” Kanji lifted Pinkie in his arms, cradling the unconscious mare. “Come on let's get out of here. This place creeps me the hell out.” Kanji said as he looked around Pinkie's playhouse anxiously. … As Kanji and the group of friends emerged from the massive castle, the human and five ponies tried very desperately, and failed, to understand a single flanking word the two egg heads said. Kanji was sure that they were saying...words...of some sort. But there were WAY too many syllables to keep track and even the rest of the ponies seemed completely unable to make heads or tails of what the two geniuses were saying. “Twilight Sparkle! Are you alright!” The panicked voice of Celestia cried out as the regal Alicorn flew up to the group the moment they were off the draw bridge. Twilight smiled, “We're fine Princess. Kanji here saved us...again. And one of his friends showed up to boot!” Naoto smiled gently, “I have to admit, I was highly skeptical of the idea of magic, controlling weather as well as manipulating planetary bodies....but then I realized that only a few months ago if one had tried to tell me about shadows and personas were real, I'd call you crazy. So I've been keeping an open mind.” Celestia blinked at Naoto, before a warm motherly smile spread across her snow white muzzle, “Well then, allow me to formally welcome you to Equestria. Any friend of Kanji Tatsumi, savior of Canterlot, is welcome here.” Kanji mumbled under his breath that it was nothing as his foot kicked at the ground. That's when Celestia noticed Pinkie Pie. “Wha-” “She's perfectly fine Princess. Just trust me, I went through the exact same ordeal that she did.” Kanji cut off the princess before her question could even fully leave her lips. “I don't mean to be rude Celly, but I'm balls to the wall tired. Where can a guy crash?” Kanji asked with a yawn to punctuate his point. Twilight gasped aloud at Kanjis blatant use of such guttural language but everyone was caught completely off guard when the princess of the sun laughed. “Yes of course. Right this way, I would be more than happy to show you the way. After all you've done so much for my precious ponies today.” … They were doing it again. Only Celestia made it a trio of people/ponies spouting something resembling words. Kanji....his head....HURT. And from the look...so did every pony else. But that was the least of Kanjis worries. The teen...was so...fucking tired. It had felt like hours since they had entered the castle. It probably did take an hour to get through the crowd of ponies that bombarded the group with questions...and the gawkers that had stared at Naoto. Kanji stumbled, his eyes struggled to stay open as Celestia led them through the halls. Twilight, Naoto and Celestia continue to talk to each other in excited tones using words with far too many syllables to make any sense of. “Are we there yet?” Kanji injected the simple sentence into the conversation, not giving a single shit about being rude. Celestia chuckled, “Only right down the hall Kanji, there you can put Pinkie in her room and I can lead you to yours.” Kanji simply grunted in response. Great...more walking. After what felt like an eternity, which was made worse by the continuation of the conversation in a language Kanji could never comprehend, they made it to Pinkies room. Kanji only knew it when Celestia stopped and pointed a hoof to her left. Before words even formed on her lips Kanji kicked open the door, and charged inside with a battle cry. What? He couldn't be loud. It'd wake Pinks up. The wood splintered loudly at the force of Kanjis kick. Screw doors, he didn't have time for that shit. “RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!” Kanji roared...in a whisper as he surged into the door frame that once had a door. The troubled youth raced through the massive chamber, looking for a bed to deposit Pinks. He saw the sweet heavenly bliss that was a bed to the far right of the room. And it was a such a beautiful sight. The bed was massive, far bigger than an average sized pony would need. Kanji looked upon the bed...it...was...so....beautiful. So angelic. Kanji could swear he heard angles singing in the background as he approached the majestic bed. The human lifted up the covers, and slowly deposited the pink party pony into the magnificent soft...ok ok, just a quick five minute cat nap. Kanji was dead to the world the moment his head hit the gloriously soft pillow. … “Kanji...are you done yet?” Naoto Shirogane called into the bedroom. The teenager sighed, “I'm really sorry about the door princess, he can be really thick headed.” Celestia laughed, “It's no problem, there are a lot of repairs to be done in the city anyway. Kanji saved all of Equestria today.” Naoto cocked an eyebrow, “He did?” Celestia nodded quickly, “I can tell you here shortly, I'm gonna go inside and check up on him, see if there's a problem.” And with that the alicorn princess stepped around the...misplace... door and into the chamber. After no more than a handful of seconds the princess let out a hearty laugh from within. “Everypony come in here for a minute.” Naoto looked at the pastel ponies around her, only for them to shrug their shoulders at her. The group filed into the room, careful to dance around the broken door and with Naoto in the rear. The moment one of the ponies trotted down the small hallway and turned the corner a laugh or a “D'aww” was let loose. When the detective rounded the corner, a soft smile graced her lips. Kanji was snuggled up to the pink pony, his arms wrapped around her midsection, her chin rested atop his head as they slept. Naoto couldn't contain the quiet chuckle that escaped her lips. “He really was exhausted wasn't he?” Naoto asked the group quietly. Twilight, ( Which Naoto was still struggling with maintaining her sanity at see a talking unicorn, albeit a highly intelligent one...and one that makes for a great conversation partner.) laughed and said, “Yeah he, well we all had a pretty rough day today. But they look so cute!” The lavender unicorn squeed into her hoof while Rainbow Dash laughed, “Oh I am so going to rib into him for this later.” “So ya'll are gonna nit pick at the guy that nearly knocked our heads off fer lookin at him funny when he said he likes to sew? Lets not forget when he done declared Fluttershy were his 'huggable pony'. Ah reckon he'd kick yer flank the moment any words left yer mouth sugar cube.” Applejack laughed as Rainbows eyes grew to dinner plates. “As adorable, and funny, this is, we should leave quietly my little ponies. I'd rather not deal with an irritable Kanji Tatsumi after all.” Celestia whispered to the group. Everypony froze, before very slowly and quietly leaving the room. … Naoto stabbed at the salad in front of her. Very intently thinking at the mystery before. How in the name of science did she, and Kanji for that matter, end up in this world of magic and logic breaking non-sense. And the detective was still trying to absorb the fact that Kanji had not only saved Equestria from an invasion, but stopped a shadow as well. How was he able to use his Persona outside the T.V world? Isn't that the only place a persona can be used? Where did the shadow come from? The teenager eyed her food as more and more questions danced their way into her skull, vying for control of her articulated thought. “Naoto!” A voice shouted from outside her head. The teen blinked before looking up the massive dining table at the source. Celestia smiled motherly at the human. “I'm sorry to disturb you Naoto. No doubt you're trying to piece together this mystery as much as I. But...I need all the pieces. As does everypony in this room. Would you tell us about personas and these...shadows?” The way the regal voice of Celestia carried itself to Naoto made one thing perfectly clear. This was not a question, it was a polite demand. The teen placed her fork down as her gaze drifted over each and every pony in the hall. “Very well, but know two things. First, I didn't play a part in this story for a long while. And even then it was minor until...well it doesn't matter. You'll find out anyway. Secondly, this story is...rather frightening and gruesome. Just be warned .” Naoto took a deep breath before beginning her narrative, “It all began when Taro Namate was discovered having an affair with a local reporter in Inaba.” … “And with that Izanami No Oukami was defeated. We had finally saved not just Inaba, but all of the world from the wrath of a deranged goddess. Later that day, Yu Narakumi left to go back to his parents.” Naoto looked around at the ponies surrounding her. The elements, and both princess' eyed her with great curiosity. Only Celestia had her usual poker face as the facts of the story were absorbed. It was Rainbow Dash, who broke the silence. “THAT!IS!AWESOME! You guys were like, 'Take this' and 'Take that' and the shadows were all like 'Oh no I'm dying'! SO COOL!” The cyan pegasus flitted about the room punching around with her fore hooves and acting out shadow deaths. Before anyone could say something else, she gasped. “You NEED to show us your persona! PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE!” The pegasus had soared to Naoto and poking her with a hoof. “RAINBOW DASH!” A chorus of voices scolded the pegasus which couldn't help but make Naoto smile. Naoto stood up, pushing her chair back as she prepared herself. The teenage detective reached inside, like she had done so many times, grabbing at the power that was her persona. “ PERSONA! SEKUNA-HIKONA!!!!” Only not a thing happened. The teen looked around, “Where's....why can't I summon my persona?” Naoto asked no pony in particular. To be continued... I'm sorry.I'm sorry. I'msorry. This took WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too long and for no good reason other than two words. Skyrim Addiction. Long story, got it christmas last year, couldn't get into too much because I played so much oblivion. Months later friend said try different build. Went to play rim of sky, couldn't load shades and textures properly even though it worked great when I first had it. Wait more months, finaly decide to contact support, begin working with support to get it working. Got it working when I started this chapter....got addicted. Sorry. The next chapter will come out in the next couple of days. I refuse to let it take this long again.
Ponyville Arrival...Oh No...Not This AgainKanji groaned. God damn. He felt good. But...but what the hell smells like cotton candy? The teen opened his eyes to a bright pink and poofy mane in his face. … “Good * yawn * morning Mr.Kanji.” The tired voice of Pinks reached Kanjis ears. The mass of mane turned over revealing a tired Pinkie Pie rubbing her eyes with her forehooves. “ * Yawn * Thank you.” The party pony said as she gripped Kanji in a bear like grip. The human gasped as he struggled for breath. “I-it's not a prob Pinks, but you're crushing me.” Kanji gasped out painfully. Pinkies grip loosened slightly as the mare buried her snout into Kanjis jacket. “I...I don't think I can face my friends again.” “What the hell are you talking about Pinks!? They're your damn friends. They'll stick by you know matter what happens. No stop talking non-sense and get the hell up. I bet your friends are out there waiting for one of their best friends.” Kanji rapped his knuckles on the Pinkies head. Pinkie unburied her snout to look at Kanji with the biggest smile hes seen from her yet. The party pony saluted before shouting, “OKIE DOKIE LOKIE!” “BREAKFAST HERE WE COME!” Kanji roared as he and Pinkie charged towards the exit of the room. With a mighty bellow party pony and human carefully opened the door instead of breaking it down this time. The human and the mare spilled out into the hall shouting battlecries, startling the guards. Weird. Kanji thought for sure that their roaring would notify the guards that they were awake. The human shrugged mentally as he pointed a finger menacingly at the guard to his right. “YOU! WHERE'S BREAKFAST!?!?” Kanji roared...as Pinkie roared the same thing at the same time as he did. The guard quickly pointed a hoof down the hall to the left. Kanji roared at the top of his lungs and Pinkies own roar over lapped his own. “CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!” The pair roared as they began a full on sprint down the halls, leaving two very bewildered guards. … “Did you have a good sleep Naoto?” Twilight Sparkle asked the human sitting next to her at the massive banquet table. Splayed in front of them was a massive meal the likes of which the teenager had never seen together. Naoto eyed the delicious looking, although vegetarian, platter arrayed before her. The detective shook her head no. “I was kept awake most of the night by the various questions buzzing through my head. The food however looks and smells delicious.” Celestia smiled from her end of the table, “Try it dear Naoto. I'm sure you'll find it just tastes as good it looks and smells.” “Yeah, the castle chefs are some of the best in all of Equestria.” Princess Cadence said from her aunt's side. “Wait a moment.” Shining Armor called to the table. “Does anypony else hear that?” The guard captain asked. Everypony stopped and listened. And sure enough they heard....something. “What in tarnation is that-” Applejacks question was cut off as the doors to the banquet hall slammed open. Which was a feat in itself considering how massive the doors were. “BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAKFASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST!” Kanji Tatsumi roared from within the doorway. … “PRIVATE PINKIE PIE!” Kanjo roared, staring down the assembled group of ponies...and Naoto. “SIR YES SIR!” Pinkie popped up from Kanji's left. “YOU HAVE UNFINISHED BUISINESS WITH YOUR FRIENDS MAGGOT. YOU'RE GONNA FIX THAT!” Kanji screamed, holding his hands out in front of him, palms up. Pinkie simply cocked a salute before jumping up and into his extended hands. “PINKIE CANNON READY TO FIRE SIR!” Kanji hefted Pinkie Pie over his head, her had her front hoof extended and the rest of her body angled so that she should fly forward like a bullet. “GO TALK TO YOUR FRIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENDSSSSSSSSS!” Kanji roared as he threw Pinkie Pie across the room. Okay heres a simple math problem for you dumb asses out there. Take Kanji's massive strength. Okay do you have that in your head dumb ass. Now add Pinkie's ability to ignore the laws of physics. What do you get? A bullet Pinkie Pie you dumb ass, now study up for that quiz this coming Friday you losers. King Moro- I mean Mr.Moroaka out...you dumb asses. Bullet Pinkie soared through the air....straight....at....Twilight Sparkle. The lavender unicorn barely had time to scream before bullet Pinkie Pie tackled her to the ground in a massive bear hug. But the human couldn't hear what Pinkie Pie was babbling the unicorn she was sitting on top of. Kanji couldn't hear the group of friends as they all gathered around Pinkie's face, expressions of naught but friendship painting their faces. He could only see and hear two things. The delicious looking food, and the empty seat next to...Naoto who kept blinking her eyes rapidly as she tried to process the information as to what the hell just happened. Kanji pointed a finger at Naoto, who blinked in surprise. “FOOOOOOOOOOOOD!” The troubled teen roared as he charged headlong into the room. The teen slammed down into the chair next to Naoto and immediately began to shove food down his starving gullet. As the human inhaled (the delicious) food, he noticed something. Laughter. Fits of whooping laughter were coming from...Celestia? And her sister too. Even Cadence and her husband were laughing, tears very visible as they streamed down their muzzles. “Oh good sir Kanji. How thine antics amuse us.” Luna managed to wheeze out in between labored breaths from laughing so hard. “Did...haha...did you really just launch Pinkie Pie at my most faithful student like a cannon?” Celestia panted in between her own fit of laughter. The newly wed couple however were laughing far to hard to even think of saying anything at all. This made a goofy grin plaster itself on Kanji's face as he continued to shovel delicious vegetarian food “Mumhpph mumph arhg meathsh?” Kanji asked at Celestia. Said princess wiped an tear from her eye, “I'm sorry Kanji could you repeat that please. Without food in your mouth.” Kanji swallowed, “I asked if you guys have any meat laying around here?” Naotos eyes grew wide in shock and the detective punched Kanji as hard as she could in his shoulder. “You imbecile!” The detective turned towards the princess',” I am so...terribly...sorry about....Kanji?” The apology turned to a question as the detective finally realized that the sisters were laughing again and the newlyweds were laughing even harder than before. “Oh...Kanji... I'm sorry I didn't notice that you were an omnivore sooner. Alas, as ponies we're herbivores and the idea of even preparing another animal for food is abhorrent to us. So my chefs have no idea or desire to prepare meat. I can tell you the same thing I tell the griffons when they're here. You have permission to hunt in the Everfree forest if you desire but only if you prepare and eat your kill in the forest. Understand?” Celestia finished her speech with a chuckle. Kanji simply shrugged his shoulders while eating. That's when the normally oblivious bad ass realized something. He could no longer hear the babbling and crying from the mares behind him...but he felt like he was being watched very closely. The human slowly turned his head to face...all six of them diving onto him at once in a pile of pony. The human drowned in the sea of pony as chorus of shouts and praise came from them. “Thank you soooo much for saving Pinkie!” “Your so cool!” “Will you rub my belly again if that's okay with you that is.” Kanji flailed his arms frantically as he fell backwards in the chair. The laughter from the royal end of the table escalated to an all time high. And Naoto's laughter joined in. Her voice...her laughter...so heavenly..... Naoto in lingerie... The teenager couldn't stop staring at his angel. She'd be his...one day...one day... “Oh my gosh, Kanji are you alright? Your nose is bleeding!” Twilight exclaimed as she untangled herself from the pile of pony hugging Kanji tightly. Everypony in the pile gasped, “Kanji!” A collective chorus of the word called out worriedly. The teen sighed, a blush on his cheeks as he looked anywhere but at Naoto. “I'm fine, just give me some napkins and it'll stop.” The boy said simply...as he noticed Rarity glancing between himself and Naoto. Again. And Again. The biggest shit eating grin adorned her face when the realization hit her. It reminded him of that one time he watched that American cartoon...what was it called again? Squarepants Spongebob? Squarebob Spongepants? He couldn't remember. American cartoons were weird anyway. But that wasn't important. What was important was she began to move amongst the princess' whispering quickly. And soon enough...ALL three of the princess' AND Shining Armor had that same exact shit eating grin. The way Rarity moved amongst the shadows and her friends and all without Naoto noticing too. It made Kanji think she was a flipping ninja. Kanji watched with growing horror as each of the ponies that surrounded him with worried expressions shifted to that shit eating, knowing grin. All but Naoto who had actually gotten down to Kanji's level on the floor to more appropriately examine him. Before Kanji could even blink, the detective had shoved two rolled up napkins into his nostrils to stop the bleeding. But the teenaged girl didn't stand up. No, she pressed her hand to Kanji's forehead, his deep blush turned him into a tomato. “Kanji, it feels like you have a fever. Are you sick?” The detective leaned in closer, he hot breath on his face drove Kanji mad. “You seem really, really red. I think you should see a castle doctor Kanji.” As if on a cue, “Hey Naoto, why don't you come with me. I want to show you some of the more historical parts of the castle. And discuss how Equestria was founded. Naoto perked up at that. “I'd love to come.” The detective turned back to Kanji, “You shoud probably get some medicine and some bed rest.” The teenage girl got up and eagerly fell in behind Shining Armor as he left the grand feast hall. Almost in the blink of an eye, the six girls fell atop one another forming a tower of pony each sporting that knowing, shit-eating grin. Even the princess' had it, but Luna...she was giggling like a school girl. Nononononononono. “So Kanji dear. Why don't you tell us all about your deep love for Naoto Shirogane?” Rarity asked, batting her eyelashes. “W-what the hell are you talking about? I-I-I don't have a crush on anyone.” Kanji stammered out as he crossed his arms and looked away. Everypony in the room giggled evilly except Celestia. “Come now darling, you can't fool somepony like me when it comes to love. You are irrevocably and undeniably in love with her.” Rarity gasped out as she held her hoof aloft dramatically. “You may as well spill it Kanji. Just tell us about it.” Rainbow Dash said with a light chuckle. “That is if you don't mind that is.” Fluttershy squeaked. The man that oozed bad assery sighed, “Alright, alright. It's a long one though. We may run out of time.” “Non-sense, I have Shining give Naoto a FULL tour of the castle. It'll be a few hours at least. Kanji visibly slumped. “Alright...” The bad ass began his tale. One embarrassing explanation as to how he met Naoto and the defeat of his shadow later... Rainbow visibly flinched, Rarity looked upon Kanji with the face of pity and every pony else but the princess' looked simply downtrodden. “So you really thought Naoto was a guy?” “We all did?” “Ouch that hurts bro.” Rainbow patted Kanji's shoulder. “Thou must not lose hope Sir Kanji.” Luna's voice pierced the awkward silence. “The night is the realm of love. Lovers embrace in my beautiful nights, mares are swoon and virgins undone in my night. There is always hope.” Luna ignored the exasperated looks from the other ponies and continued, “ I am a master in love. In mine olden days, those who desired a lovers embrace would turn to whispering into my night for hope, and advice. And this is exactly what I shall give thee brave Sir Kanji. He who may be homosexual.” “Hey!” Kanji shouted hotly. Luna held aloft a hoof, “Homosexuality is not something to be ashamed of dear Sir Kanji, love is love no matter between whom. But I warn thee, I will often whisper directly in thine head Sir Kanji. We hope thou doth not get offended.” Kanji blinked, and then sighed. “Sure, sure. So...what happens now.” Many Hours Later Aboard a Train to Ponyville... Pinkie bounced around Kanji and her friends excitedly, despite their being . “OHMYGOSHTHISISSOEXCITING!WEGETTOHAVEKANJIAAAAAAAANDNAOTOSWELCOMETOEQUESTRIAANDWELCOMETOPONYVILLEPARTIESALLATTHESAMETIME!” “Geez Pinks calm down a little. We're still a ways off aren't we?” Kanji absconded. Pinkie just beamed at the human. “I know, I'm just so superduper excited.” The pink pony darted all around the small cabin, giggling merrily the whole way. Sitting next to Kanji, and causing him some discomfort, was Naoto. The girl let out a soft yawn. “I hope you all don't mind I'm simply exhausted. I didn't get much sleep last night so if you'll excuse me I'll be sleeping during the train ride there.” Kanji turned his head to look out the window he was seated next to. He didn't want to think about Naoto sitting next to him ( which was awesome), so he backtracked to the days events. It had been Twilights idea for Kanji and Naoto to come back with them to Ponyville. There wouldn't be much for them to do while Celestia researched a way for them to be sent back home. Thunk. Heat rushed to Kanji's face as it stirred against his chest. The teenage badass slowly looked down to find...yep. Naoto had fallen asleep...and her head fell to rest on his chest. WHAT ON EQUESTRIA ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?!? SIR KANJI HOLD HER NOW! Lunas voice raged in his head. Kanji practically jumped a put a hand around onto Naotos shoulder awkwardly. That's when Kanji notice Rarity had gotten up from her seat and trotted over. The unicorn took Kanji's arm from Naoto and slowly and carefully guided his arm to wrap around the sleeping detective and set his hand to rest on her belly. Next the fashionista took Kanjis head in her front hooves and slowly lowered it so his face was resting on Naotos famous hat. Kanji couldn't stop the pleasant and stupid smile from gracing his features. Now fall asleep. When Lady Naoto awakens she will find you have embraced her in your sleep. It will be another step to claiming fair maidens heart. Yet the princess' advice fell on deaf ears, (or is it a head?) Kanji was already embracing sleep as he smiled happily into the embrace. … “K-K-Kanji!?!” Naoto's voice raised him from his peaceful slumber. He felt the heat that was her body resting against him get up. The teen opened his eyes to look up and found Naoto at the far end of the bench, blushing a deep red like a tomato. “NOTHING HAPPENED!” Naoto practically shouted before turning and leaving the small cabin. Kanji blinked before the despair set in. He had failed....miserably. “Don't worry 'bout it none sugarcube. Ain't as bad as it looks. 'Sides, we're here!” … Kanji didn't like it. Everypony stared at him wide-eyed in fear. That certainly did not improve his mood. Nor did the Naoto who walked as far from him as she could help his sour mood very much. That is until three very loud, earsplitting gasps resounded throughout the market square that Twilight and his friends were leading them through. “Oh no.” The six ponies guiding them said in unison. “CUTIE MARK CRUSADER PERSONA HERO CATCHERS...GO!” And with that three colored blobs darted over from somewhere and crashed into Kanji's legs...with enough force to simply make him grunt in annoyance. The teen looked down to see three little fillies wrapping their forehooves tightly around his legs. All three raised their flanks in the air and turned their heads to peek at it. “Drat. No cutie mark!” The three fillies exclaimed in unison. But then the three gazed up at Kanji with humongous smiles on their faces. “AWESOME! You just gotta do you rok...rokuphlem moth thing again!” An orange filly with a purple mane and ail said. “Yeah! Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease!” Begged the white filly with the purple mane streaked pink and white, and the other filly with the butter coat and red mane with a ridiculously large red bow. Kanji couldn't help but grin. They're smiles were contagious! Shut the hell up! The human opened his mouth and began to tug on the familiar power when some pony tapped him on the back. “Let me do something first Kanji, then you can persona away.” Twilight asked from behind him. “Attention Ponyville!” Twilight called out. Kanji expected the ponies to all mill about their business, giving Kanji a wide berth. But the human was surprised when they actually turned to listen to Twilight. “I know you're all wondering about this big guy here wondering around with us, so let me introduce him! This is Kanji Tatsumi! The guy who stopped the changeling invasion in Canterlot and saved Equestria!” At this the ponies that regarded him with fear, suddenly changed disposition and began to whoop and cheer for the human. “And he's going to demonstrate the power he used to save Equestria!” And with that Twilight rapped on Kanji's back. Kanji felt hundreds of eyes boring into him as he grinned. The teenager reached deep within himself, tugging at that familiar power. The human roared at the top of his lungs, “PERSONA! ROKUTEN! MOH!” Kanji didn't need to look behind him to know. The 'Ooohs' and 'ahs' from the crowd did that for him. Not to mention the three fillies below him clapping their hooves excitedly. But Kanji's mood was cut short when a familiar voice began to laugh. Oh no. Not again. And not her. “Awww look at the little persona! Too bad he isn't powerful enough to take me on. Little Kanji Tatsumi. Always a loser, never a true warrior.” The chilling voice of Shadow Fluttershy resounded throughout the town square. To be continued... I don't know how to put pictures in...damnit! I had the perfect picture to show you when I mean "Shit-eating grin" le sad face.
Warlord FluttershyKanji froze. That god awful voice waxed into his ears again, “Everypony in this town is sooooo weak. Why doesn't anyone know how to put up a real fight? Ah well. If ponyville can't provide a real fight, perhaps some pony else will.” The human turned towards the source of the shadow's booming voice. Over towards the edge of town a massive spire had risen. Columns of smoke wafted through the air and the tower itself looked like it was made of obsidian. And centered above the tower, a patch of smoke had merged together and a distorted image of Shadow Fluttershy grinned down at them from upon it. Kanji glared and clenched his fists. “Come on Pinks, we've got work to do. NO ONE messes with my huggable pony.” Pinkie shot out of Kanji's shirt like a cannon and gave the human a salute, “Okie Dokie Loki!” Kanji normally would have questioned how she had gotten in his shirt...but right now...he had more important shit to do. And with that the group of friends charged head long towards the menacing spire that towered over pony ville. … Kanji and his friends looked down at the swirling pool of blackness that the spire sat on top. Just like with Pinkies Playhouse there was a drawbridge leading across the inky blackness to the spire. Up close however, the spire was far more intimidating. Two pikes rested on either side of the drawbridge, with skulls from all sorts of animals and species stacked on them, including dragon skulls. Kanji squinted, trying to peer into the darkness of the spires entrance. The teenager took a cautious step onto the bridge, followed by another and another. The teen waved over the rest of the group and they all crossed the bridge in silence. After what felt like an eternity of being scared out of their wits, they finally reached the ebony doors at the end of the draw bridge. And it didn't take a detective to figure out that if the ponies in the group weren't scared before...they were horrified now. The massive ebony doors that kept them out of the black spire was covered in misplaced and mismatched furs from all sorts of animals. Rabbit furs, mountain lion furs even...even pony furs. “Don't look at them. Just keep moving.” Kanji said quietly over his shoulders to he ponies...and Naoto. All that met him in response was a whimper. The youth braced himself against the massive ebony doors and pushed with all his might. The human groaned as the doors gradually creaked open. Kanji took one peak through the door before he completely opened them and muttered to himself, “Well shit.” Before the human continued opening the doors, “Alright every pony listen up. You are not going to like what you see inside. So either grow some balls and ignore it, or turn around.” “BUCK NO! THAT'S OUR FRIEND IN THERE!” Was the unanimous shout that roared into Kanjis ear. The human sighed before thrusting the doors open. Everyone behind him, including Naoto, gasped in shock. The long narrow hallway the stretched out before them was dimly lit by primitive looking braziers and torches, but the lighting was the least eerie thing about it. Pelts and furs of all creatures imaginable, lined the walls of the hallway. And dangling from the pitch black ceiling were the skeletons of the creatures that wore the furs hanging from the wall. Some were absolutely massive, and Kanji could swear that was a dragon dangling from the ceiling directly above them. Kanji took one step inside the dimly lit corridor and immediately a group of four shadows darted out of the blackness of the hallway. Were they supposed to be...cave ponies? Warrior ponies? Bandit ponies? All four of the shadows were pony sized shadows that had a deep red glowing eyes. In their hooves they held various axes, spears and war hammers in their front hooves and stood upright on their hind hooves. Kanji called over his shoulder, “Hey Pinks! Get over here! We got work to do!” In less than a millisecond the pink party pony popped out of the group and landed next to the human. “Alright Pinks. I don't know a damn thing about your persona except its name, so call 'er out and do your thing.” Kanji turned towards the group of shadows in front of them, “ROKUTEN MOH! FATAL END!” The massive sword of his persona fell upon the center shadow obliterating it. Pinkie shimmied in place, her usually silly smile replaced with a look of determination. The party pony hopped into the air, “PONYSONA! WARAI MESUMA!” The jester colored mare flashed in existence behind her summoner, happily giggling into a forehoof. Kanji opened his mouth, prepared to give an explanation on how to figure out how to use her persona when she suddenly shouted, “MARAGI!” Warai Mesuma jumped up onto her hind hooves and danced a little jig before showing her rear to the shadows and sticker her tongue out at them. Three small balls of flame engulfed the shadows and the other three shadows collapsed onto their backs. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLL RIGHT PINKS!!!! LETS KICK SOME ASS!” Kanji roared as he charged forward into the group of downed shadows. “Okie Dokie Lokie!” The pink pony giggled as she bounced towards the group of shadows. When human and pony reached the group of shadows a humongous cloud of dusk kicked up, obscuring them from sight. Grunts and “HIYAAA'S!” emanated from the dirt cloud as well as the sound of hooves and fists smashing into shadows. The cloud of dust dispersed revealing the human and the party pony standing amongst vanishing shadows. “Come on everyone! Flutters is waiting on us!” Kanji shouted at the dumbfounded group. Kanji pointed a finger at Twilight, “Hey Twi, use your magic stuff again and lead us to Flutters!” Twilight nodded before frowning in concentration. The mare groaned in effort as a minute passed without her horn doing a thing. “I-I'm sorry guys, somethings interfering with my magic.” Kanji simply shrugged, “So what? We're flying blind now lets do this!” The hyped teenager roared as he spun around and began sprinting down the excessively long hallway. “H-hey Kanji I got a question fer ya? About dem shadows??” Applejack asked aloud from behind him. “Yeah?” “Why'd they fall down like that when Pinkie hit them all with that 'mar-aragi'?” The orange mare questioned. “Many shadows, but not all, have inherent weakness to the various elements. One knows when he has discovered a shadows weakness when that particular shadow collapses.” Naoto spoke up from somewhere behind him. Kanji blinked in surprise, “Yeah what she said.” “Hey Pinks get up here we've got company!” Kanji called out. The teenager skidded to a halt as another shadow strode out of the blackness of the hallway. “Is that shadow...riding a manticore?” Naoto asked aloud. The shadow in front of them was intimidating, to say theleast. There was a massive lion with a scorpions tail and bat wings that was entirely devoid of any color except for its two black orbs that were its eyes. Riding atop it, was a shadow pony that was pitch black, contrasting sharply with the pure white manticore. In one hoof it held aloft a menacing barbed spear while its other hoof pointed at them menacingly. “Warai Mesuma! Agi!” Pinkie giggled aloud as he persona flashed into existence. Her shadow reared up onto her hind legs before falling down onto her flanks, laughing hysterically the whole way. A ball of flame started to form only to reflect back and hit Pinkie. “Oof!” Pinkie gasped as she fell to the ground. “Owie! What happened?” The party pony asked as she shakily stood back up. “While some shadows are weak to certain elements, some shadows are downright immune to any attacks based off of that element. Some will absorb the element, healing themselves while others will simply reflect the damage. It's why you have to be careful when fighting new shadows.” Naoto gave the long winded explanation calmly. “Ziodyne!” Kanji shouted. A massive bolt of lightning struck down upon the shadow, engulfing it in a brilliant flash of white light. The manticore roared in indignant fury and its rider let out a cry of fury. Before the ziodyne even dissipated fully, the shadow charged straight at Kanji. The rider ran Kanji through with the wicked and barbed lance, while the maticore swiped him with its massive front paw. The teen roared in pain as he was sent flying through the air. “Kanji!” The group cried out in worry. But before any of them could run to Kanji, Pinkie happily shouted, “GIGGLE AT THE GHOSTIES!” “Consarnit Pinkie! Now's not the time fer singing!” Applejack scolded. “Wait everypony look!” Twilight shouted, pointing a hoof at Kanji. A brilliant flash of white light engulfed the human. “OOOOOOOOHHHH YEAH!” Kanji roared as the teenager charged forward, “FATAL END!” Rokuten Moh flared into existence before slamming its mighty blade into the shadow and its mount. Before the shadows could even fully recover Pinkie happily bounced into the air, “It's Dakka Time!” A filly-like Pinkie Pie literally popped out of nowhere onto Warai Mesumas back. “YOU GROTS DIDN'T THINK YE SAW THE LAST OF ME DID YA?! DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA HAHAHAHA!” The miniature Pinkie Pie began to chuck...cakes? Yet when the cakes hit their mark... Kanji couldn't stop the roar of laughter from leaving his lips as the cakes literally exploded, sending streamers, balloons and confetti everywhere. After the hail of cake fire, the shadow and its mount roared in agony and faded out of existence. “OI THAT'S ALL YA GROTS!” The filly Pinkie Pie shouted before quite literally popping out of existence leaving a shower of confetti raining down from where she had appeared on Werai Mesumas back. “Come on girls! We've got work to do!” Kanji called out, already running down the hallway. Everypony gave each other a sly grin before sprinting off to catch up to the human. … Five. Floors. Five damned floors without a sigh or even a hair of either shadow Fluttershy or the real Fluttershy. Kanji and Pinkie had fought through hordes of the shadows including these weird ass wood looking wolf things. “Damnit!” Kanji shouted aloud. “What's wrong Kanji?” Pinkie asked, the trace of of worry in the question was plain for all to see. “We've gone five floors up in the thrice be damned spire and we haven't seen a damn sign of Flutters anywhere!” Kanji said a little too angrily. Pinkie opened her mouth to say something but immediately began twitching uncontrollably. “OOOOOOH TWITCH TWITCHY! THIS ONE'S GONNA BE A DOOZY!” Pinkie Pie shouted. “What are you talking about Pinks?” Kanji asked incredulously. The group rounded the corner of the all too narrow hall and skidded to a halt. “That.” Pinkie said breathlessly, pointing a hoof at shadow Fluttershy. …. The chamber was massive. Well...massive was an understatement. Kanji was sure, you could fit Ponyville...the entirety of the town in this one room. Which struck the teenager as odd considering how the spire didn't seem that wide from the outside. But that wasn't what caught Kanji's attention the most. What creeped him out, and everyone else too from the looks of it, was the massive collection of fully intact dragon skeletons. The damn things were everywhere. Dozens of 'em. Some were larger than others, some no larger than Kanji. But they were freaking everywhere, and Shadow Fluttershy was smirking down at them from atop the largest dragon skull Kanji had ever seen. (These were the only ones he had ever seen but that's not the point) The dragons skull by itself was larger than Kanjis house back home in Japan. Shadow Flutters followed Kanjis gaze to the skull she perched atop of, “Oh he is a beut isn't he? It's a shame I'm not the one who got fight him.” “But oh well, that isn't as important as my other...priorities. For one, you've been meddling. And I don't like that. How am I supposed to drown Equestria in the perfect war, the perfect fight, if you keep killing all of my boys. I'm sorry that you have to go but...wait I'm not sorry at all! Hahahaha!” The trail of laughter echoed throughout the massive chamber as shadow Fluttershy hopped off the skull and with a flare of her wings she hovered to the ground... just as the dragons skull slowly began to raise itself. “Have a nice meal Skelly!” Shadow Fluttershy cackled in delight as she trotted out of sight, laughing the whole way through. But Kanji and the gang couldn't care less. They were far too engrossed in watching the behemoth skeleton of a dragon raise itself to its full height. Skeletal wings unfurled themselves to their fullest, both wings were easily as large as the train station itself back in Ponyville. The massive skeletal dragon let loose an ear-shattering roar that seemed to shake the very foundations of the colossal chamber. “YOL....” The dragon raised its head into the air, “TOOR SHUL!” The skeletal dragon bellowed as an inferno shot out of its gaping maw. “Look out!” Kanji bellowed as he rolled to the side, the flames scorching the very ground where he was standing not a moment before. “ROKUTEN MOH! ZIODYNE!” The teenager shouted at the top of his lungs. The massive bolt of lightning that struck down made the skeletal dragon roar with fury. “FO KRAH DIIN!” The dragon roared, but Kanji was prepared for the infer- no! What the hell!?!? The teenager barely managed to roll out of the way as the ground he was perched on became engulfed in a block of ice. “HEY YOU LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE YOU BIG BULLY!” Pinkie hopped into the air pointing a hoof menacingly at the massive dragon. “IT'S PARTY TIME!” Warai Mesuma whinnied happily before digging into her jester outfit before pulling...something... out of the depths of her pocket. The persona then held it up to her snout and began...blowing into it? What the? After a minute of everyone, dragon included, staring at the persona blowing up...wait...did she just blow up a damn balloon. Sure enough both Pinks and her persona giggled uncontrollably as they released the balloon. Said balloon began to drift lazily at the dragon who Kanji could swear on his life was grinning. When the balloon got within a couple of feet of the dragon after an agonizing amount of minutes it popped. Revealing an overly excited filly Pinkie taking shelter within. “HAHA FOOLED YA YE STOOPID GROT! HAR HAR!” The filly Pinkie then reached into her mane and pulled out a massive pie. The pie...was...easily as big as the dragons skull. Wait...what the hell?!?! Kanjis simplistic brain was overloaded with questions. How the hell did she store it? Where in god's name did she get a damn pie that big?... How was Naoto handling it? The youthful teenager turned to find...yup....Naoto couldn't handle the lack of logic and had fainted. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!! An ear shattering explosion resounded throughout the hall. Kanji looked up at the source to find that filly Pinks had slammed the pie into the dragons face which had...exploded...like a bomb. Filly Pinkie was free falling through air giggling like a filly, which makes sense actually, before poofing out of existence with bits of confetti and streamers flying through the air where she had vanished. That's when Pinkie fills YOUR view...of the computer that is...as your reading this. God damnit Pinkie stop breaking my fourth wall. “I'm sorry I just gotta take care of this real quick.” Pinkie shouted at me incredulously. “NO!” I shouted right back. This was my story and I wasn't dealing with this blatant disrespect. “YES!” “NO!” “YES!” “NO!” “NO!” “I SAID YES AND THATS FINAL!” I huffed and puffed, beaming with happiness at my victory. “Okay I'll, do it just like you wanted chief.” ' “Wait what?” “TheresonmyponysonaissocrazyandweirdiscusTheFluttershyGuywantedmyponysonatobelikestraightoutofacartoonandstuff.We'retalkingbugsbunnyandloonytoonesstuffrightthereMaybealittletomandjerryandscoobydooandpowerpuffgirlsandsamuraijackandohyougetmypointgottagobye!!!!that'sallfolks!” …. Okay. Now where was I....the pie explosion filly Pinkie falling...Oh yeah! “Holy shit Pinks...” Kanji blinked as Pinkie and Werai Mesuma giggled, rolling on the floor uncontrollably. “That...was amazing.” Kanji finished breathless. “Thanks Kanji! TheFluttershyGuy thought it was pretty good too which is we he gave Warai Mesuman that power in the first place!” Pinkie Pie giggled out as she popped out of the humans jacket only to submerge herself and pop out of Warai Mesumas jester cap. “FOOLISH MORTALS!” “But it wasn't enough Pinks.” Kanji said simply as the skeletal dragon fanned the smoke away with its massive wings. “DID YE TRULY THINK YOURSELVES CAPABLE OF KILLING ME! BAH! MORTALS HAVE GROWN ARROGANT I SEE! GAAN LAH HAAS!” The dragon roared straight at Kanji and all of a sudden the pumped teenager felt so weak. Kanji dropped to his knees, barely able to keep awake from the sudden loss of nearly all of his energy. “So...weak...” Kanji barely managed to choke out between heavy breaths. “GIGGLE AT THE GHOSTIES!” A familiar flash of white engulfed Kanji and the teenager felt his youthful vigor return to him. “GAAAAAAAAAAAH! ZIODYNE!” The teenager roared triumphantly and sure enough a massive bolt of lightning struck the shadow. The dragon roared in indignant fury, “YOL TOOR SHUL!” A massive inferno escaped its maw and seemed to worm its way through the air towards the teenager even as the human sprinted directly away. “ITS PARTY TIME!” Pinkies shouted echoed throughout the massive chamber. The dragon immediately clamped its jaw shut, shutting off the inferno. The dragon whirled around to find a balloon already drifting towards it. “I WILL NOT FALL FOR SUCH CHILDISH TRICKS AGAIN MORTAL FOOL!” The dragon roared as it swiped the balloon with a massive claw. Only for dozens of filly Pinkies to disgorge themselves from the balloon. “HAR HAR JOKES ON YOUZ AGAIN YA STOPPID GROT HAR HAR!” A chorus of filly Pinkies shouted that same thing at the same time before reaching into their manes and pulling out regular sized pies. All of the filly Pinkies cackled maniacally as they began to pepper the colossal dragon with exploding pie ordnance fire. “COME ON KANJI FINISH IT WHILE HE'S DISTRACTED!” Pinkie shouted from the other end of the room. “ROKUTEN MOH! FATAL...END!” The massive persona hefted its mighty blade and swiped the blade horizontally at the dragon. The strike connected, severing the dragons head from its neck. “Come on guys! Fluttershy still needs us!” Pinkie Pie shouted as she bounced towards the door on the other side of the dispersing shadow. …. “Maragi!” Pinkie shouted happily. In an instant, all three of the shadows surrounding the group of friends were engulfed in flames. The three bear-like shadows roared in indignant fury. The lead one charged straight at Kanji. The teenager barely managed to dodge the bears massive paw and the boy could feel the swish of the air as the claw whizzed by him. “MAZIODYNE!” Kanji roared. Three brilliant flashes of white light engulfed all three of the shadow bears. The teenager wasted no time in picking up the pace as he darted down the hallway. “Hey...do any of you notice that the shadows are getting more and more animal like?” “Well, Fluttershys talent is taking care of animals and she does love them to death. So to be honest, I'm not surprised at all.” Twilights voice peeped up from the back of the group. Kanji simply grunted in response as he spearheaded the groups charge into the inky blackness of the spire. … “This...this isn't right I don't like this.” Kanji growled as he slowed down to a slow walk. The teen took one step at a time, cautiously peering into the inky black of the hallway. The torches that lined up and down the hallway did seemingly nothing to stem the tide of darkness. “What is it Kanji dear?” Rarity questioned from somewhere to his right. “We haven't seen a single shadow since we've come to this floor. And it's already been about fifteen minutes of a straight walk down the same hallway. It's no wonder that Kanji is cautious.” Naoto peeped up from the teenagers left. Kanji could only hope that his blush was obscured by the pitch black of the hallway. The youth took another step forward only for his face to smack into...something. The teenager growled before holding a hand up to his face. The teen muttered a string of curses, ignoring the peppered questions from the rest of the group, the youth felt the thing he had stepped face first into... “Hey guys...this is a door.” Kanji barked over his shoulder before pushing against. The human didn't get the door halfway open before a chilling voice washed over him. “Well, I was beginning to wonder if you'd ever show up.” Shadow Fluttershy cooed. … “Flutters!” Kanji roared as he darted towards his cuddly pony. Said pegasus was quivering in fear, forehooves over her eyes in utter terror. The teen looked up in fury at the shadow before him. Shadow Fluttershy say atop a throne made of the bones of all sorts of various creatures. And to top it all off, the arrogant bitch was laying down on the throne. Her rear legs dangled over one arm rest while her other half rested against the other half. The shadow grinned down at the group with half lidded eyes, “Oh my, so many ponies and only two are actually worth my attention. Kanji Tatsumi...Pinkie Pie...step forward if you will.” The shadow inspected her forehoof with a bored expression on her face. Kanji angrily took a step forward with Pinks right next to him. “Alright get down here and fight you coward! The shadow looked at them out of the corner of her eye, “Oh my! So eager! But we haven't had any fore play yet! Oh well. But first I'd like to ask a few questions from my friends. Hey Dashie! I got a question for ya.” Rainbow Dash soared over to the shadow, “Only my friends can call me Dashie! Not some shadow spy.” Fluttershy put a hoof to her forehead and cried out in false melancholy, “Oh Rainbow Dash, your words wound me so!” The shadow let her hoof dangle back against the throne before rolling her eyes, “Not. But I do have a question for you. Do you remember when Gilda bullied me in the town square?” Dashs response was a simple snort. “Do you want to know why I ran away?” The Shadow was smiling devilishly now and Fluttershy, the real Fluttershy was crying even harder into her hooves. Shadow Fluttershy suddenly hopped off of her throne and laughed maniacally as she faced the group head on. “IT WAS CUS I WANTED TO BEAT THE SHIT OUTTA HER!” The shadow roared in laughter. “I ADORE IT! I ADORE IT ALL! THE FEELING OF BEING INA FIGHT, VERBAL OR PHYSICAL. THAT FEELING YOU GET WHEN YOU'RE IN A CONFLICT! I LOVE IT ALL! THE TASTE OF BLOOD IN YOUR MOUTH! THAT FEELING WHEN YOU HOOF MAKES CONTACT! OH MY CELESTIA!” The shadow moaned aloud as if in orgasm. “THAT'S NOT TRUE!” The real Fluttershy roared as she stood straight up. “THAT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL!” “Oh? Is it not? Tell me. How am I unlike you at all? You and me Flutters...” The shadow cocked a lopsided grin, “...Are one and the same.” “NO! Flutters! Don't you say it!” Kanji roared at the pegasus. “I'M NOT YOU!” Fluttershy roared at the top of her lungs. The shadows grin grew to an abnormal size, “Yes....you're right. I'm my own pony. My own...shadow...” A swirling pool of darkness formed beneath the shadow. And tendrils of black shot out of the pool, digging into its skin. Slowly the shadow was engulfed purely in black, writhing tendrils of darkness. After a painstaking minute of waiting the dome shattered revealing the new Shadow Fluttershy. What emerged was a humanesque woman at least twice Kanjis size with long flowing pink hair. She wore padded fur armor and had a cape made of...mismatched pony pelts. Adorning her head was an iron helmet with two horns sticking out of either side. Strapped to her back was a massive battle ax and in her hands she held two blood stained war axes with wicked and jagged edges. “I am the shadow. The true self.” Echoed the shadow. “Come on Pinks it's ass kicking time!” “Okie dokie lokie!” The party pony hopped over to Kanjis side. Warlord Fluttershy roared at the top of lungs before charging straight at Kanji, both hand axes held high in the air over her head. The teenager rolled to side the moment those war axes slammed down at him, “ZIODYNE!” “AGI!” A massive bolt of lightning and a ball of flame engulfed the warlord at the same time. Warlord Fluttershy simply laughed, “Is that you got?!?! FUS RO DAH!” A wave of force sent Kanji soaring through the air. The human landed on the ground as the air left his lungs in one swoop. Two armored boots thudded right next to him, obscuring his vision. “I had such high hopes for you too.” Warlord Fluttershy cooed. “It's party time!” Pinkie Pie shouted. “Ha. HAHAHAHA! What do you think a balloon could do to the likes of me yo-” POP! “HAR HAR FOOLED YA YOU GROTLY SQUIG!” Kanji barely maned to raise his head in time to see the massive pie connect with Warlord Fluttershys face an- KABOOOM! The human was sent soaring through the air from the explosion...only for Warai Mesuma to catch him right before he fell. The human looked up to find Pinks persona staring down at him with a humongous smile on her face. Warai Mesuma giggled before...licking up the side of Kanjis face. The human blinked...in utter confusion. “Come on Kanji Wanji! Now's not the time to be playing!” Pinkie giggled at the human as he stood up. Over about twenty feet and by the throne was a very angry warlord. “YOL....TOOR SHUL!” A massive inferno left the warlords lips straight at the pair. Kanji frantically sprinted away from the fire only to notice that Pinkie had grabbed the Warlords undivided attention. Kanji grinned before actually saying, not shouting, “Ziodyne!” Another massive bolt of lightning engulfed the enraged warlord. Said enraged Warlord whirled around to glare daggers at the teenaged human. “IT'S PARTY TIME!” Both Kanji and the Warlord turned their heads to the balloon that wafted lazily towards the warlord. “Your a damn fool if you think I'll fall for that again.” The warlord chucked a lazy war ax at the balloon... Dozens of filly Pinkies popped into existence, “HAR HAR FOOLED YAH AGAIN! HOW CAN YA BE THAT STOOPID , EVEN FOR A GROT!?!?!” The filly Pinkies let loose a torrent of exploding pies on the target. Kanji took the chance to hop back a few steps. “PRIMAL FORCE!” A roar of pain emerged from the familiar dome of white that engulfed the warlord. A cloud of dust formed at the spot where both Kanji and Pinkie bombarded the warlord. After a moment of silence the warlord shouted from within the still settling cloud of dust, “DUR NEH VIIR!” A ball of purple appeared in front of Kanji and after a mere second...the human was staring down a dragon. This dragon was constantly oozing some green slime and he reeked of rot and decay. “I have heard thine call and I have come!” The dragon roared menacingly before rising into the air with powerful flaps of his wings. “Quickly kill him. I want to mount all of their heads on my wall.” “As you wish!” … Kanji dodged yet another inferno as the dragon he faced let loose that same shout. “YOL TOOR SHUL!” Damnit! This was taking too damn long! He'd been fighting this stupid lizard for over fifteen minutes. And Pinks needs help. Flutters needs help. “PRIMAL FORCE!” “Ha ha! Arrogant Mortal! Do you really believe you stand a chance of defeating Durnehviir? The guardian of the soul cairn? You truly are foolish indeed.” This...this was a waste of time...if Kanji didn't smash this things head in soon...Flutters... The human looked over at the collapsed pegasus at the foot of the throne and a torrent of righteous anger flowed into him. “SHUT UP YOU DAMN OVER GROWN LIZARD. I'VE GOT MY FRIEND TO PROTECT! ROKUTEN MOH!” Kanji roared at the top of his lungs. But instead of calling for another ziodyne or primal force, the human mentally ordered his persona to grab the rotting dragon. Durnehviir roared in surprise as Rokuten Moh wrapped both of his hands around the dragons neck. The dragon viciously kicked and roared at the persona but the persona simply ignored it. “LETS END THIS! FATAL END!” The persona hefted its massive blade before slashing straight at Durnehviirs wiry neck. The blade cut clean through severing the head from the neck. “FATAL END!” Kanji roared. Rokuten Moh dropped the dragon that was beginning to fade from reality before charging straight at Warlord Fluttershy. Said Warlord turned her attention away from Pinkie for a fraction of a second to find a massive persona swinging its blade down. A cloud of dust billowed out from where Rokuten Mohs blade struck home. Kanji couldn't help but grin. “ENOUGH OF THESE CHILDISH GAMES! IT IS TIME FOR BOTH OF YOU TO DIE!” Warlord Flutteshys declaration caused Kanji's grin to drop in less than a fraction of a second. Warlord Fluttershy emerged from the dust cloud swinging her massive battle ax great arcs, “COME ON OUT MY PETS! TELL ME EVERYTHING!” Out of seemingly nowhere hordes of little birds, rabbits and other small creatures swarmed around both Pinkie and Kanji, doing nothing but sniffing and examining the two persona users. After what felt like an eternity of being felt up and sniffed by swarms of small animals left and rushed over to Warlord Fluttershy. The warlord knelt down to a knee so she could hear what ever it was the small critters were telling her. After a minute the warlord smirked, “Thank my little ones. None of you will be dinner tonight. I promise.” “ZIODYNE!” Kanji roared before the shadow was even fully upright, the bolt of lightning struck down only for... the warlord to simply step away. A humongous, cocky grin on her face. “AGI!” The burst of flame was dodged by the warlord, who was laughing uncontrollably now. “TIME TO DIE!” The warlord roared at the top of her lungs as she charged straight at Kanji. … Naoto was struggling to watch the scene before her. Kanji and Pinkie desperately fought against the warlord but she dodged and avoided everything they threw at her. Damn. Damn damn damn damn. Those damn critters had scanned these two, just like Rises shadow had done to her friends long ago. Damnit. The detective clenched her fists and teeth in frustration. She had never felt so useless in her life. She was needed here and now and she couldn't do a damn thing. Why? Why couldn't she call on her own persona. NO. It was not going to end like this. Naoto gritted her teeth and reached within herself. The teenager tugged at the power of her persona, egging it on into coming out to fight. That's when she felt. It was subtle. So very subtle. Almost impossible to notice. But she felt it. She could feel it. It was like...like a pair of scissors waiting to cut the ties to the connection to her persona at the last possible second. NO! WHATEVER YOU ARE YOU WILL NOT DENY ME! Naoto mentally roared at the force that was trying to sever the connection. “PERSONA! YAMATO- TAKERU!” … Kanji looked over to where Naoto had shouted from. Blood trickled down his lips and he felt the grip of Warlord Fluttershy on his shirt slacken only slightly. There. There was Yamato-Takeru. The humanasque persona was small and agile looking with a weird ass looking helmet head. In its hand it held a long katanna and its sleek silver and gray british like military uniform contrasted deeply with the darkness of the chamber. The shadows grip on Kanjis shirt just enough that when he kicked her in the gut, the surprise she had from it, let him drop and roll. The teenager darted away, “NOW NAOTO!” “MEGIDOLAN!” Naoto shouted at the top of her own lungs. The world flashed white as massive balls of white energy rained down upon the unfortunate shadow. “NOOOOOOO!” Warlord Fluttershy roared at the top of her lungs as she was engulfed within the attack. After a moment of waiting with baited breath, the dust finally settled to show shadow Fluttershy reduced to her normal self. The shadow just sat on her haunches staring at the now awake Fluttershy. Kanji opened his mouth to tell Flutters the speech he had told Pinkie but Fluttershy engulfed her shadow in a humongous hug. “I-i-it's true. I-I-I love a good fight. I was just so scared of my f-f-friends rejecting me for it that I hid it. You...you really are me...and I'm you.” Shadow Fluttershy smiled at her real counterpart before giving her a gentle nuzzle and glowing a brilliant pure white light. After a moment, in place of shadow Fluttershy...was the most beautiful and feminine woman the teenaged human had ever seen. She had long, flowing pink hair that rested down at her feet. She was garbed in a simple Roman toga with a breast out in the open. But no one paid it any attention. She was too damn beautiful to care. All sorts of small animals and critters, from birds to rabbits sat perched all along her body. The woman knelt down to Fluttershy before giving her a quick kiss upon her muzzle. “Shinsetsuni Uxocchaa. The Kindly Watcher.” Kanji said simply. Nothing else needed to be said as Fluttershys persona faded away slowly leaving nothing but a smiling Fluttershy. “K-Kanji? Naoto?” Kanji and Naoto both tensed at the sound of Rises voice echoing throughout the empty chamber. .To Be Continued... Before you guys yell at me and tell me that I'm late. Know this. When I was originally gonna post this two days after the previous chapter, I looked it over and thought to myself...this is a pile of shit. SO... I wend back and re-did about...98% of it. The only similarites are the damn names and the dragon shouts. What? I'm addicted to skyrim. Did you think I could pass up on this oppurtunity? Btw all you skyrim pc fans look up the mod T3nd0s Skyrim redone on the nexus. By god...this mod made me WANT to restart ALL of my characters. Just pure epicness in a little mod package, seriously go check it out. Peace P.s. some errors may have sneaked into it still .If someone is interested in doing some proof reading for me, to catch those mistakes I miss, well I'd be pretty damn pleased..and thankful...youd get cupcakes....just saying...
Welcome To Ponyville!!!!WARNING: REALLY REALLY CRUDE HUMOR. YOU HAVE BEEN FOREWARNED!!! TEEN RATING REALLY KICKS IN ON THIS CHAPTER!!! Rise Kujikawa. The teen idols brunnete twin-pony tails bobbed as she turned her face to examine Kanji, Naoto and each of the seven ponies who simply stared at her. After a minute of awkward silence, Rise beamed merrily before giggling. “Oh my gosh these ponies are so cute. I could just cuddle with them all day long.” “Oh why thank you darling I do try.” Rarity batted her eye lashes at the idol whose own eyes grew to dinner plates. The look of shock quickly turned to a gentle smile and a chuckle, “Talking ponies. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, all considering how long I've dealt with Teddie.” Twilight, ever the studious mare, took a nervous step forward, drinking in the sight of the idol. “Uh, excuse me? My name is Twilight Sparkle and I've got a question for you.” Rise smiled at the lavender unicorn, “Shoot, ask away Twilight.” The lavender unicorn trotted up to the human before raising herself up onto her hind legs and grabbing...grabbing Rise's boobs with her forehooves. “What are these? They're kinda big and really soft.” Kanji's jaw dropped and hit the floor with an audible thud while Naoto simply looked away with a crimson hue to her face. Rise blinked her eyes in surprise as the naive mare rolled the teenagers boobs around enjoying the feel of their softness. After a moment realization the teen blushed furiously before quickly, yet gently, swatting the offending hooves away. “Those are called...my boobs....and its extremely rude to just...grab them like that. Back home I'd be entirely justified in slapping you. Please...don't do that again.” Rise said gently, her face resembling a tomato. Twilight blushed furiously through her lavender coat, “Oh my gosh I am so sorry! Please forgive me I didn't know!” Rise simply chuckled, “ It's okay. I figured you didn't know any better when you flat asked what they were. I'm guessing an equivalent for you would be if some random guy walked up and groped your butt.” Twilight's ears drooped and all of the ponies in the room gasped, “Oh my gosh I am so sorry.” “He,y now I've got a question, for both you and Naoto.” Rainbow Dash flew up close looking Rise in the eye from a mere few inches away. Rise giggled, “Okay, I'll bite. What is it?” “Why are your boobs much bigger than Naotos? I mean before she and Kanji told us she was a girl I thought she was a colt. And I mean yours are massive! What's the deal?” Rainbow Dash asked completely and one hundred percent serious. Kanjis lower jaw now broke a hole through the floor as he watched the scene before him take drastic turn after drastic turn. His jaw fell even further when Rise giggled and a devious grin wormed its way onto her face. Naoto meanwhile was blushing so bad you could probably fry some eggs on her face. “Rise don't yo-” “Well, when we were in a bath house during vacation, I found out she wraps bandages around her boobs to squeeze them and make them look smaller than they really are.” The idol grinned mischievously as Naoto became so flustered that the detective could barely talk. Then that grin flashed straight at Kanji. “You're not having naughty thoughts about all this are you Kanji?” The teen idol winked at her friend as his jaw dropped even further. Rise turned to look straight at Rarity, her smile back to the warm and friendly one from earlier. “Your mane....absolutely gorgeous. One day you and I are gonna have to get makeovers together.” The teen idol changed the subject as if nothing had happened at all. Rartiy gasped dramatically before placing a fore hoof on her fore head, “Oh my goodness darling you are simply too kind. It would be an absolute pleasure.” “Kanji.” Fluttershys voice barely squeaked and every pony, and every human went silent. The teenager in question looked down to find Flutters in his arms looking up at him with the most adorable look in her eyes. “I-I'm tired...” The cream pegasus paused to yawn, “Can you carry me home please. That is if you don't mind that is.” Kanji grinned before hefting the shy pegasus up. “Awww, you're a cute one. Can I pet your mane?” Rise asked materializing over Kanjis shoulder to coo at the butter pegasus. Kanji's eyes flew open, “NOOOOOO THIS IS MY CUTE AND ADORBALE AND CUDDLY PONY!!! GET YOUR OWN!!!!” The teenager whirled around hiding Fluttershy from Rise. The troubled youth held the pegasus in one arm and put his arm through the jackets sleeve. After a minute of maneuvering the human had Fluttershy in his jacket with her head poking up and out right under his chin. “Is that better Flutters?” Kanji smiled down at the adorable pegasus head poking out of his jacket. Fluttershy simply smiled before nuzzling his nose with her snout. The pegasus yawned again, even making that sound seem adorable, before nuzzling into Kanjis shoulder and falling asleep. “Wow Kanji, I never thought I'd see you so in touch with your feminine side.” Rise commented, a smile on her face as her eyes never left the sleeping pony in Kanjis embrace. “Yeah, you got a problem with that? Well, it doesn't matter anyway. Flutters needs her sleep as well as Pinks. And I do too. Fighting shadows is exhausting isn't it Pinks?” Kanji grunted as he began walking towards the exit, careful not to disturb the sleeping pegasus he cradled underneath the jacket. “You betcha Kanji! I'm all sorts of sleepy weepy and I still got loads of planning to do. I've got to throw Three 'Welcome to Equestria' parties and Three 'Welcome to Ponyville' parties. It's gonna be a long day!” “Why not just combine them into one big, ultra party?” Kanji cocked an eyebrow at the Pink party pony who shot up into the air with a major gasp as her eyes grew to dinner plates. “Oh sweet Celestia, Kanji Tatsumi what have you done?” Twilight dead panned. …. Kanji let out a vicious yawn as he took the first step out onto the draw bridge. The human blinked as he the sun mid afternoon sun stung his eyes. That's when Kanji noticed that just about every pony in the small town was on the other side of the drawbridge. One of ponys pointed a hoof at the group as they emerged from the shadow of the spire. In an instant the ponies began to cheer and the human couldn't help but smile. But then Fluttershy began to squirm slightly in his grasp. That smile quickly turned into a scowl. “EVERYPONY QUIET!!!!! CAN'T YOU SEE FLUTTERS IS TRYING TO SLEEP?!?!?!!!” The humans head grew to a monstrous proportion in his rage and all of Ponyville shut up immediately, their ears flat against their head. With the town now quiet Kanji led the small group across the bridge. The human settled down immediately when Fluttershy let out yet another adorable yawn before repositioning herself in his grasp. Kanji himself let out a yawn and wasn't too surprised when Pinks let loose her own yawn. “Hey...would one of you guys be willing to lead me to Flutters house?” Kanji asked over his shoulder. “I gotcha Kanji partner. Her cottage is out by mah farm!” Applejack perked up. Kanji flashed a tired smile over his shoulder, “Thanks Aj. I'm so tired right now I could just lay down here in the dirt and go straight to sleep.” The crowd parted allowing the group through. “Hey Twilight...” Rise started from somewhere behind Kanji. “Yes?” Twilight questioned. “Do you mind if I stay with you tonight? There's some questions I want to ask. And I have a lot of them.” Kanji could feel Twilight beaming at Rise from behind him. “Of course! Oh this is so exciting! We can swap questions, it's not like Naoto and I didn't have a long conversation about it but it's always nice to have more ponies to talk to! Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh!!! This is gonna be great!” The lavender unicorn was babbling excitedly. Kanji couldn't help but chuckle at the lavender mares antics. “So...Aj....where to?” “Right this way pardner!” Applejack said from somewhere to Kanjis left. The human faced her. “Alright lead the way, I'm tired as shit.” … Rise watched as Kanji followed the orange mare towards the edge of town. When the idol was sure they wouldn't be able to overhear, she turned to face the ponies, and Naoto, that stared at her questioningly. “Twilight, what do you know about the humane female anatomy?” Rise shot the question at the lavender unicorn who simply blinked in surprise. “A-almost nothing.” Twilight admitted sheepishly. “Well If Naoto and I taught you more about the human girls body, do you think you could cast a spell that changes a mare into a girl?” Twilight again blinked in surprise. “I suppose so. Why?” “Yeah, why the sudden interest in this bizarre topic Rise?” Naoto added in. Rise smiled a devilish smile, “Because we're gonna pull a humongous prank on Kanji.” Naoto rolled her eyes in exasperation, “I refuse to partake in such a childish activity! Don't you agree that it's utterly ridiculous Twi-” “Ooooooh, I've never pulled a prank before! What is it. Huh? Tell us!” Twilight hopped into the air excitedly. “Cool! A prank! What is it? Huh? Tell us tell us tell us!” Pinkie bounced up into the air circling Rise as she, again, defied the laws of physics. “Yeah! Pinikie and I are the best pranksters in all of Ponyville! We demand you let us in on this awesome prank!” Rainbow Dash spun around the teenager as she giggled. Rise giggled along with the cyan pegasus. “Well, this prank depends entirely upon this transformation spell. It'll be a bust if she can't pull it off.” In a matter of seconds, Pinkie AND Rainbow Dash surrounded the lavender mare, “Come on Twiley! I know you can do it!” Pinkie cheered in the ear of her friend. “Yeah, if any egghead alive can do it, it's you Twilight!” Rarity moved next to Naoto, a look of disgust marring her graceful features, “I must say I agree with you darling. This absolutely unladylike and completely immature.” Rainbow Dash and Pinkie both rolled their eyes before continuing their orbit around Twilight. “It's okay. I know that if anyone can do it, it's Twilight. Am I right?” Rise bent over, her gaze locking with Twilight. Twilight simply beamed and nodded her head once. “Come on girls! We've got work to do!” … Kanji let out another bestial yawn. “Thanks again for doing this Aj. I appreciate it.” Applejack chuckled, “Shoot it ain't nothin partner.” After what felt like an eternity for the human and the country mare Applejack turned right onto a dirt path into what looked like an orchard of apple trees. Kanji followed her until the mare turned to look at him. “Uhh...Kanji hon...why are ya'll following me?” Kanji raised an eye brow questioningly to her. “Uh....you were taking me to Flutters house.” The mare blinked her tired eyes a few times before realization dawned on her and she slapped a hoof to her face. “Ah'm sorry partner. Go back to the road we were just at and keep going straight like we were. Its a lonely cottage on the edge of the woods and is filled tuh bursting with all sortsa critters. You'd be blind to miss it.” Kanji chuckled, “Eh no problem Aj.” The teenager turned around and followed the apple farms simple directions. … “So darling...how much do you know about human fashion?” Rarity asked her companion. The human Naoto simply gave her a sideways glance, “Nothing really. I for the most part...dress like a boy would.” Rarity cocked an eyebrow at the teenager, “And why ever do you do that? It hardly befits a proper lady.” “Because in my line of work, women detectives are frowned upon. So in order to work over that prejudice I pretended to be a male for the longest time. And I'm not about to change my choice of fashion any time soon. “ Naoto replied quickly. Rarity visibly huffed, “That sounds absolutely dreadful!” Naoto simply grunted in response. “Naoto dear?” “Hmm?” “About what Rise said about your...boobs...” “Don't even finish that train of thought Rarity.” The unicorn giggled nervously as she shut her trap. “Well, I certainly made that awkward didn't I darling?” Naoto let a small smile grace her lips, “Yes and no, I mostly blame Rise for that. None of you ponies would be too curious about it if she hadn't done...that.” “Okay then change of topic! Do you have a special somepony?” Naoto simply cocked an eyebrow at the white unicorn. Rarity in turn rolled her eyes. “ I mean do you have any colts...err...boys I mean that have caught your eye?” “If you're wondering if I haven't notice Kanjis affections for me I assure you, I'm completely aware of them. I was...aware the moment we meant when he thought I was a man.” Rarity stopped mid step while Naoto took a few steps ahead before stopping herself. “Y-y-you know?” “I'm a detective. It was obvious to me from the start.” “Then why don't you acknowledge it?” “Because I'm not sure. Dating...romance...I have absolutely no idea what to do, so I simply ignore it.” Now, it was Rarity's turn to grow a crooked smirk. “Now, now darling. No need to fret, I will not lead you astray.” Naoto risked a glance behind. What she saw terrified her. Rarity the pony, was looming over her with eyes that shone with a brilliant golden light. She had a wicked smile that stretched from ear to ear, “Come now darling.” The fashionista pressed her snout to Naotos nose, that wicked grin never leaving. “Oh my dear Naoto Shirogane...we have a lot of work to be done. We can't afford to dilly dally. Come along now.” Naoto...the teenaged girl couldn't help but shiver and pale in fear. … There it was. SALVATION! Kanji nearly jumped in the air and whooped with delight but that would awaken his precious cargo and he had no intention of doing that. There was the cottage. Outskirts of the forest. Check. Small woodland critters everywhere check. Solitary cottage...check! Sweet sweet salvation! The human cautiously walked towards the front of the cottage, the eyes of every animal nearby watching him...or more accurately their care taker in his grasp. Kanji pulled an arm out of his sleeve and put a finger to his lips. Then he pointed to the sleeping Fluttershy in his jacket and made motions for sleeping. Kanjis jaw hit the floor when a squirrel at the front of the pack of animals gave him a...thumbs up with its paw. Said squirrel then scurried up to Fluttershys porch and reached underneath her mat grabbing a key. The other squirrels swarmed around it creating a pillar of squirrels and the one the with the key...unlocked the fucking door for Kanji. The teenager gawked at the spectacle before while the pillar of squirrels motioned for him to get the hell into the house. Which the teen readily obliged. “Thanks...I guess.” The squirrel on top of the squirrel pillar nodded at him and gave him a thumbs up before closing the front door behind Kanji. Kanji stared wide-eyed at the door, unable to process what the hell had just happened, when he felt a tug at his pants leg. The teenager cast a wary eye down to find a snow white bunny rabbit tugging at his pant leg. The rabbit cocked its head to the side when it saw Fluttershy adjust herself in her sleep. The rabbit made two motions. First it made an 'I'm fucking watching you asshole' motion with its front paw. Then it made a 'Follow me' motion. Said rabbit hopped up some stairs to the right of the front door, while Kanji could barely comprehend what the hell was happening. The teen followed the snow white hair up the stairs and straight down the hall. The rabbit opened the door for Kanji revealing a simple bare bones bedroom. “Kanji.” Fluttershy murmured. The teenager spare a glance down. The sight that he saw hit him right in the feels. The butter pegasus stared up at him with the most adorable expression the man had ever seen. “Stay here for tonight okay?” Kanji smiled at her, “Sure thing Flutters.” The teenager walked over to the bed and unzipped his jacket. Fluttershy jumped out from its warmth and onto the bed. The pegasus sleepily stared at Kanji before leaping forward and engulfing the human in a massive hug. Kanji grinned down at the pegasus before happily returning the embrace. After a minute of silence, the human let out another yawn. Which Fluttershy immediately followed suit. Kanji let go of the embrace and crawled to the head of the bed where he slid under the covers. His legs dangled over the edge, but he could care less. Fluttershy crawled under the covers before snuggling against his chest. “Good night Kanji.” “Good night Flutters.” Sleep. Peaceful god damned sleep. … “Kanji.” “Fluttershy.” Groans. “Kanji you really need to wake up.” “Ya'll need tuh git outta bed too Fluttershy.” “Screw you I'm sleeping.” Kanji moaned as he rolled back over. “Yeah, screw you we're sleeping.” Fluttershy mumbled as she too rolled over. A...devious giggle came from Rise at the foot of the bed. “Oh Kanji! You naughty, naughty boy! Trying to seduce Fluttershy. A pony at that!” Kanjis eyes shot wide open and the teen was quickly on his feet next to the bed. “WHAT! RISE! IT'S NOT LIKE THAT AND YOU KNOW IT!” Rise simply giggled, “I know. I just needed to get you out of bed. It's almost noon.” Kanji blinked, “Noon? Damn we sure did sleep in didn't we Flutters.” The teenager chuckled and turned around only to freeze in terror at the sight before. Fluttershy was standing up on her bed...and the look in her eyes... Those damned eyes...glowed a demonic red and the air seemed to pulse around the pegasus with the vibrant energy that was hate and loathing. “Rise....Rise...my dear Rise.” Fluttershy murmured. The mare stalked forward slowly and the teen she murmured to was frozen in place in fear. “It's one thing to wake me up. It is a reasonable time to be woken up after all.” Fluttershy stopped at the foot of her bed, her snout a mere inch from Rises nose who gulped in sheer terror. “But to flat out accuse me of incest with my big brother, even in joke, entices me to...” The pegasus leaned in even closer, until her snout brushed against Rises ear, “Beat the ever living shit out of you. I don't mind if you tease my Kanji like that, but don't you dare bully him.” The mare backed up and stared Rise eye to eye. “Are we clear on this?” The teenager gulped, as did Applejack who watched the scene with a wary eye from the other side of the bed. “Y-y-yeah. Crystal.” Rise finally managed to stammer out. In the blink of an eye the demonic tint to Fluttershys eyes left leaving her regular teal eyes. The mare in question let out an adorable 'squee' and turned to face Kanji before hopping off of her bed. “Come on big bro. We've got a busy day ahead of us I'm sure.” Kanji looked at the mare in wonder, “That brings up something I've been wanting to ask for awhile now. How old are you Flutters?” Fluttershy smirked back at him, “Twenty-two. A piece of advice big brother, it's not polite to ask somepony her age.” Kanji AND Rise both felt their jaw hit the floor. “What the hell? Fluttershy...you're seven years older than me.” Fluttershys eyes grew wide as did her smile. After a moment she clapped her hooves together and 'squeed' again. “Oh my gosh! That makes me the older sibling!” The pegasus cooed. “Oh my, we've got to go tell the others. Come on you three it doesn't do well to keep Pinkie waiting.” Everyone blinked at the pegasus who calmly trotted out of the room as if nothing was out of the ordinary at all. … Confetti. Confetti was the first to pop into Kanji's face when he had stepped foot in 'Sugar Cube Corner' as Applejack. The teenager thought the place was edible from its look but Applejack insisted it wasn't edible in the slightest. After the confetti came the hundreds of ponies (it looked like hundreds to the stunned human) shouting “WELCOME TO PONYVILLE KANJI TATSUMI!!!” The teen couldn't help but smile as dozens of ponies rushed over to him and began peppering him questions. The human couldn't hear a single word the swarm of ponies were saying when a lone voice cried out, “KANJI BRO!” Kanjis ears twitched, was it...could it be... “KANJI BRO!!!!” The voice called out again. Kanji turned towards the source and noticed the sea of ponies parting like the red sea. And at the end...she was there. “VINYYYYYYYYYYL SCRATCH BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Kanji roared and began charging at the DJ he knew all to well from the party at Canterlot. The two clashed in an epic hug, “Kanji bro!” “Vinyl bro!” The two let go of the embrace, “Oh my god Scratchy bro. I thought you lived in Canterlot.” The Dj snorted, “Buck no. That was just a gig Kanji bro.” Kanji let out a guffaw, “Ah it's good to see you bro. Since you live around here we gotta hang out.” “You're damn right about that bro. Oh, there's someone you gotta meet.” The Dj turned her head towards the ocean that was the party, “Tavi. Come on and meet my best human bro.” After a moment a gray earth pony mare trotted up towards the duo. The Dj quickly embraced the mare and turned to Kanji, “Kanji bro, this is my mare friend! Octavia!” Kanji grinned down at the mare below him, the human cocked her a thumbs up. “What's up Tavi bro.” Vinyl and Octavia both opened there mouths to say something but Pinkie shot of Kanjis jacket, “Have either of you seen Dashie? She still hasn't come to the party yet.” Before any pony could answer a chilling laugh echoed throughout 'Sugar Cube Corner' causing everyone within to go deathly silent. “Well shit.” Kanji muttered.
Masochist Rainbow DashThere it was. Right in the center of town square. And for what it's worth, it appeared as nothing more than an abandoned factory...over a swirling pool of abyssal darkness. And hovering on nothing above the factory was none other than shadow Rainbow Dash. “Ooooh, wow! Such a large turnout for such a piece of shit like myself. Very well. You're more than welcome to come join me. Come on up then, I'm...waiting.” The shadow moaned throatily at the group. The image slowly faded as the shadow...licked the screen leaving a trail of slobber all of it. “How unrefined!?!” Rarity gasped aloud as she pulled her signature couch out and promptly fainted into it. “Yeah, it was gross...we get it. But that's not what's important! Rainbro is in there! We gotta help her!” “Rainbro? Sugar cube what're you talkin' 'bout?” Applejack perked up from somewhere behind him. Kanji opened his mouth to respond but closed it when a voice growled, “It doesn't bucking matter what Kanji meant Applejack. Those mother buckers are messing with one of my best friends. Now. They. Die.” Fluttershy trotted up to the bridge that spanned the infinite blackness below the abandoned factory. Kanji and everypony watched in shock as the butter pegasus clamored over the drawbridge without so much as a glance downwards. “Well? Are you guys just gonna let those monsters buck up Rainbow Dash?” Fluttershy called over her shoulder without breaking stride. That one little comment...it sounded like....was Fluttershy questioning his manhood? “GEEEEEEEEEEEET BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!” The teenager roared at the top of his lungs. With a surge of inhuman speed, the battle hungry human charged across the draw bridge towards the run down factory. “K-kanji!!?!?! Wait up!!!!” Twilight called out after the raging human before quickly rushing after him. … “Why...why do you all reckon this is place Rainbow Dash thought up? I'd figured it'd be somethin' like Cloudsdale or something.” Applejack drawled as the group drank in the sight of the run down hall way before them. Graffiti of peni and other genatalia graced the worn out, lime green walls. The paint of the walls was cracking and the metal grates that made up the floor were rusted and ancient looking. “Oh dear, who ever placed such awful graffiti all over the walls is simply horrid and immature.” Rarity scoffed from somewhere behind Kanji yet again. “Man up Rarity. We've got work to do.” “Pony up Rarity. We've got work to do.” Both Fluttershy and Kanji said in unison. The pair smiled at one another briefly before leading the group further into the odd building. “Hey Rise...do you think you can guide us to Rainbow?” Kanji called over his shoulder without even bothering to look over his shoulder. “Right now shes on the third floor. I can't tell much more than that.” “Holy shit. You serious? Normally you and Teddie have a hell of a lot more trouble than that.” “Shut up Kanji.” A rather annoyed Rise grunted back at him. The over zealous teenager simply smirked in response. “What in tarnation is that?” Applejack called out. No body needed to look at where she was pointing to see what. At the far end of rusted hallway a clawed hand grasped around the corner. Where the leathery hand grasped, it left behind a trail of blood. Slowly a massive rusted looking, pyramid like helmet rounded the corner and stared down the hall directly at the group. The creature pulled itself fully around the corner revealing a very human like body, albeit with perfectly chiseled muscles that flexed with unseen power. And in its other grasping hand...it held a massive blood stained cleaver. “Do you like him?” The unmistakable voice of shadow Rainbow called out, seemingly from every where, yet no where. “I call him Pyramid Head. Have fun kiddies!” As if on a cue the thing called 'Pyramid Head' slammed its blade into the ground and a literal swarm of shadows surged around the corner and made a beeline straight for the party of friends. The creatures literally crawled over one another in a desperate attempt the assault the group. “COME ON ROKUTEN MOH!!!” The metal behemoth flashed brilliantly into existence, and held aloft a single metal fist. Brilliant flashes of lighting poured into the seething mass of pony shadows yet the ocean of enemies didn't even slow down. “GOD DAMNIT!” The teenager roared as the writhing mass quickly closed the distance. “Meigdola.” Naoto calmly whispered from beside the youth. The familiar white light fell upon the seething mass from above obliterating every shadow caught within the blast and yet still more of the creatures surged forwards, quickly closing the gap between the two parties. “OOOH PARTIES!!!!” Pinkie Pie jumped out through my computer screen. Startled, I nearly fall backwards in my computer chair, “NOT THAT KIND OF PARTY PINKI! NOW! GET! BACK! TO! THE! STORY!!!” With a grunt and a lot of elbow grease I finally manage to get the pink mare back in the story...now...where the hell was I? Pyramid head... Maziodyne....Megidoloan... ahh yes. There we were. The first pony shadows snout was mere inches from Kanjis nose when a familiar voice to the boy shouted out, “Disuku Jixyokki! Grand Rave!” A sudden base drop and a blast of wubs literally tore through the first dozen pony shadows in the horde, ripping them to pieces. Before anyone could even blink another voice rang out from behind them, “Gurando Ooestura! Ballad of Eternity!” A soothing melody of classical music lazily drifted through the ranks of pony and human alike before reaching the seething mass of shadows. As soon as the calming melody reached the enemy, the shadows slowed their charge to an absolute crawl as if time had slowed down for them. Kanji couldn't even register what the hell was going on when a third voice rang out, “Seinaru Rira. Caress of the nymph.” An absolute gorgeous human looking woman drifted down slowly from the ceiling. She had brilliant mint green hair and little wisps of smoke that covered just enough enough of her body to keep this up with a teen rating and not bump it to mature. The woman smiled down at the group before leaning in close to Kanji. The teenager couldn't help but stare into the golden pools that were her eyes before she slowly drug a finger teasingly down his face. The woman reared back, hand high in the air and it was then that Kanji finally noticed the golden lyre that the woman carried. Her hand slammed down upon the cords creating, surprisingly, another soothing melody. Only this time... nothing happened. The woman smiled down at Kanji before winking at him and fading out of existence. The moment the strange woman persona disappeared the shadows snapped back into the regular flow of time and leaped into the air. Kanji stared up at the descending horde of shadows, the boy raised his fold up chair and prepared himself to beat the crap out of some stupid ass shadows...when said shadows slammed muzzle first into some sort of invisible wall. The mass of enemies slowly slid down the invisible wall in front of the human, making a constant squeaking sound as they did so. Kanji was about to bust out laughing when yet a fourth voice rang out, “Mafuxin Ou!” In a brilliant flash of light a... Kanji blinked a few times to make sure he wasn't seeing things as the odd persona butt slammed down into the remnants of the shadow horde. When Kanji rubbed his eyes and opened them again, sure enough, it was there again. The human definitely wasn't seeing things. The persona he was staring down, was literally, a giant paper bag with two more paper bags for hands. The persona had a jack-o-lantern like smile and some weird ass eyes...with a massive muffin crown sitting atop its head. Kanji couldn't take it anymore. The human roared with laughter as the paper bag/muffin persona simply shrugged its shoulders before vanishing from sight. “Well, Kanji bro. I gotta say you're lucky we came along when we did. I'm surprised the princess' didn't authorize our intervention sooner.” That...voice. Could it be? The teenager slowly turned around to find that every one else had already turned around to face the newcomers. And sure enough... “SCRATCHY BRO!!!” The Djs smirk grew larger before she too shouted, “KANJI BRO! TIME FOR A LONG DISTANCR RUN AND JUMP FIST AND HOOF BUMP!!!” “AW HELL YEAH BRING IT ON!” The teenager shouted happily. With that the human started to close the distance between the two of them. The Dj reared back on her hind legs before copying the human. When the two were just a few meters apart, the two leapt and slammed his fist into her hoof, creating the most awesome fist/hoof bump of bro hood ever to be witnessed by bros every where. “Vinyl! Can't these foalish antics wait until after we've rescued the captive!” Kanji recognized Tavi bro from the party as she berated Vinyl. The teenager could feel the Dj roll her eyes from underneath her shades, “What evs Tavi. There's always time for a brofist/bro hoof with a bro.” “Tavi's right on this one Scratchy. We got work to do.” A mint green unicorn stepped forth to join in on the berating of Vinyl. “Oh come on you guys Vinyl is just playing with her friend! Hi friend!” A gray pegasus with a golden mane hovered over to Kanji, raising a fore hoof. But what struck the human as oddest of all was how her eyes seemed to be staring off into two different directions. The teenager blinked at the utterly adorable pegasus eagerly waving at him. “C...C-can I hug you?” The boy timidly aired the question. Said pegasus gave a literal 'squee' sound before tackling the human in an airtight embrace. The only thing Kanji could think was, 'Huh. Her fur is really soft.' “Aww Kanji-kun! You're so in touch with your feminine side. Are you sure you're not gay?” Rise giggled out. Said teenager was instantly on his feet, his face enlarged to inhuman proportions in his rage. “WHATYA MEAN FEMININE SIDE!?!?!?!” “SHINSETSUNI UXOCHAA!!!” Fluttershy roared at the top of her lungs. Kanji blinked. Directly in front of him was Fluttershys beautiful persona. The woman in the half toga had a single finger help up to- Kanjis eyes flung open in shock. Directly above his head a massive blood stained butchers knife of some sort. The boy wearily turned his head around slowly to find the weird 'Pyramid Head' shadow was standing directly behind him. Kanji hopped back a step, the grey pegasus wrapped in his embrace. The teen could literally feel the mare shivering with fear. Pyramid Head cocked its head to the side, seemingly staring into Shinsetsunis very being. Kanji opened his mouth to say somet- “FUS RO DAH!!!” Shinsetsuni Uxochaa roared at the top of her lungs. A blast of force sent Pyramid Head hurtling down the rusted hallway. When the strange shadow finally landed with a sickening crunch, the persona that had sent him flying was already halfway to him, a massive two-handed sword held aloft in her hands. But...what the...? Kanji had to close and re-open his eyes multiple times to make sure he wasn't seeing things. Fluttershys persona had literally changed herself entirely in the mere span of a few seconds. When she had sent Pyramid Head flying she looked exactly the same as she had when Fluttershy had first summoned her. A gorgeous looking goddess in a half toga with the most motherly smile upon her face. Now, she looked like nothing less than a warrior queen from movies and video games back home. The woman had a jagged crown of bone resting atop her brow and wore padded fur armor that seemed to come from mountain cats and bears. And it wasn't any of the skimpy shit that a lot of movies used for sex appeal, not it was a set of full blown, fur armor. Her face was that of a fierce snarl, ready to kill anyone who got too close. “NOBODY TRIES TO HURT MY LITTLEBROTHER! NOBODY!!!” Fluttershy screamed in feral rage at the shadow down the hall. Said shadow, Pyramid Head, slowly stood up as Shinsetsuni Uxochaa closed the gap. Before he was even fully erect, Shinsetsuni's massive, human sized blade lopped his head clean off. Before Pyramid Heads head even began to fall, the enraged persona heaved the blade straight up through his groin cutting him directly in half vertically. In an instant, the shadow dispersed in a black cloud of smoke. “Oh wow Fluttershy. You're a bad ass with your persona.” Vinyl shouted out with glee as she reared back onto her hind hooves. “Yeah, Fluttershy that was amazing! How did you do it? I've never seen a persona transform back and forth on command before!” Rise grappled Fluttershy in a bear hug and rubbed her cheek up and down Fluttershys own. Fluttershy merely blushed and tried to stammer out some form of response when literally everyone save Naoto crowded around her and began showering her with praise. Kanji looked over at the girl and couldn't stop the stupid smile from gracing his features. Naoto in turn smiled slightly back at him. “By the way, when have you had a persona Scratchy bro?” The teenager voiced his question. “It's a loooooong story dude.” Was the only reply he got. Kanji simply grunted in response. And that's when Kanji noticed it. More specifically him. “LOOK OUT!” Kanji roared as he tackled Naoto out of the way just as the blood stained cleaver slammed into the spot she stood not a moment ago. A single arm wielding the blade was literally sticking out of the wall of the hallway, and slowly Pyramid Head himself emerged from the wall. “What the hell??!?!? We took you down!” Kanji shouted in frustration. “By the way. Pyramid Head can never truly die. Good luck, and have fun. Kisses!” The voice of shadow Rainbow Dash rebounded throughout the corridor as Pyramid Head turned to face the group. “Come on Pyramid guy! I'll teach you to mess with my friends! Wera-” Pinkie began her shout only for a roar from Kanji to cut her off. “No. This bastard is mine. Fluttershy showed me up. And now...to prove that I'm a man...I'm taking this bastard down!” “Kanji you can't possibly be thinking of taking that thing on yo-” Rise began to shout at Kanji only for a hoof prod from none other than Fluttershy. “It's okay Rise. If you really think you gotta do this little bro...good luck.” Kanji smirked at the butter pegasus, “Thanks...One-san.” “God speed to you, you magnificent bastard. KANJI TATSUMI...otherwise know as Broseidon, lord of the brocean!” Vinyl literally hopped into the air. “Come on every pony, Rainbow Dash is this way, and she needs us!” Fluttershy raced ahead, startling everyone but Kanji. “F-Fluttershy! You can't just race off on your own like that!” Twilight shouted after her friend who was quickly racing down the decrepit corridor. The purple mare shifted nervously on her hooves as her gaze quickly shuffled between one of her best friends and Kanji who simply stared down the unmoving Pyramid Head. Kanji felt a single hand place itself on his shoulder, the boy turned and blushed deeply to find it was Naoto with a firm grip of his shoulder. “Good luck...Kanji-kun. And as Miss Scratch said, god speed you magnificent bastard.” Kanji could only blink rapidly as the group ran off, constantly glancing over their shoulders with looks of concern. When the last of the group of friends turned round the corner, Kanji finally gave his full attention to the figure he'd been keeping a wary eye on. “First you send some dumb ass horde of shadows after us, where I get shown up by Scratchy bro.” The teenager began as he cracked his knuckles. “Second, you get gibbed by Fluttershy, making me look even less of a man.” Kanji began to circle his neck around back and forth, loosening the neck muscles. “And lastly...you go straight for the woman I love. Boy...you best be prepared for the shit storm you just started.” Pyramid head simply stared down at the teenager standing before him, before raising the massive heft of a blade in his hand up high. “GET BENT YOU BASTARD!” Kanji leapt into action just as the blood stained blade began crashing down. … “Fluttershy! How could you just leave Kanji behind to fight that thing?” Twilight panted hysterically as the group of friends raced down yet another decrepit, graffiti covered corridor. “Twilight, you're the smart one. I can't believe you don't see the obvious strategy here.” Fluttershy said in a voice barely above a whisper. “What are y-” “Fluttershys right Twilight, with Kanji keeping Pyramid Head busy, we have free reign searching for Rainbow Dash. After all, we haven't come across a single shadow for five whole floors. This is unprecedented for us. Further, there are only two people I would trust to handle something like Pyramid Head on their own, and Kanji is one of them.” Naoto said said calmly as she ran right beside the lavender unicorn. “It's Kanji dudes, the guy is a total bad ass. We ain't got nothing to worry about, so stop getting your thong in a bunch Sparkle.” Vinyl laughed at her own vulgar sense of human just as a groan wormed its way out of Octavias throat. “Then whose the other guy you would trust?” Lyra asked from beside the detective. “Narakumi-senpai.” The teenager said simply. “Besides, didn't ya'll hear what he said to Flutters? He felt he needed to prove he 'was a man' to her. Whatever that means.” Applejack called out. “Switch out stallion for man and it's pretty much the same thing.” Pinkie Pie giggled out. “Pinkie, how do you...you know what never mind.” Rise began but quickly changed her mind. “Never mind that. Do you feel it Rise?” Fluttershy asked from the head of the group. “Yeah. It's her, it's Rainbow Dash.” “What? Where??!?!” Half the group chorused at once. “Right on the otherside of this door.” Fluttershy said simply as she skidded to a stop. The rest of the ponies unfortunately didn't stop themselves in time and instead slammed into it, creating a ball of flailing pony limbs. The door in question was excessively tall, easily thrice the height of Kanji and yet was abnormally slim, slim enough that Naoto was convinced that she would have a hard time worming her way through. The door itself, like the hallways they had scurried through, was completely covered in rust and yet more graffiti of questionable content. “Come on Ya'll! Lets git this door open!” Applejack shouted as she burst out of the ball of pony limbs. After a minute or two of untangling, with some help from the human girls, the ponies were untangled and staring down the door. All together the girls rushed the door and pressed against it. “Why...is...it...so heaaaaaaaavy!” Rise whined as they barely managed to open the door an inch. “It feels as if it's made of lead.” Naoto joined up. “SUCK IT THE BUCK UP! RAINBOW DASH IS IN TROUBLE!” The unmistakable roar of Fluttershy silenced any other whining and caused everyone present to double their efforts. After a veritable century of groaning, blood, sweat and tears the door began to creak open. In their haste to open the door the group, ponies and humans alike, collapsed into another pile on the other side of the door. “Uh guys...think I know where all the shadows went.” … Wind whistled over Kanjis head as he ducked under another horizontal swipe from Pyramid Head. As the youth dodged he slammed upwards the fold up chair in his hands with all his might. The blow connected with Pyramid Heads chest creating a sickening crunch, yet the shadow didn't even flinch before slamming the blade down at Kanji. The teenager deftly rolled out of the way narrowly dodging the blood stained blade. “Lets do this! Rokuten Maoh!” The massive persona materialized into existence and hefted its massive blade before stabbing into Pyramid Heads chest. Rokuten Maoh followed completely through slamming Pyramid Head into the wall, pinning the shadow to it with the blade lodged in his chest. “Now! Ziodyne!” Before Pyramid Head could even react Rokuten Maoh slammed the shadows head back before releasing a brilliant flash of white lightning at literal point blank range. The shadow faded into nothingness again. “That makes three kills for me you bastard. Now...where the hell are you?” Kanji muttered to himself. The teen constantly searched around the hall way, looking for the surprise strike he knew the shadow would try to use on him. And that's when he felt the hand firmly wrap around his ankle. The teenager looked down just as Pyramid Head hefted him straight into the air. The shadow stuck out of the floor from the waist up and pulled his butchers knife out of the floor, leaving a ripple in the ground as if it were water as he pulled it out. The shadow held Kanji aloft by the ankle with one hand and had its blade held behind him, preparing for a powerful blow that Kanji knew would cut him straight in half. Gottathinkfastgottathinkfastgottathinkfast! Kanjis eyes shot open as he was struck by brilliance. The teen hefted the chair in his hands with all his might before slamming it down onto Pyramid Heads wrist. A sickening crack rang through the hall that the shadow simply ignored. Yet Kanji felt the death grip loosed just enough. The youth roared as he ripped free of the shadows grasp and tumbled out of the way just as the blade whistled through the air. Kanji rolled as he fell, crouching up onto one knee just as Pyramid turned to face him. The shadow was still waist deep in the floor, and it simply sat there staring at him. “Come on shit head. Lets fini-” Kanji began when Pyramid Head suddenly snapped his head to the right and directly up. The shadow stared at the corner of the hall for a second before sparing a glance back at Kanji. And then the shadow began to re-submerge himself in the floor. “OH HELL NO!” Kanji roared as he raced at the shadow. With another yell the human tackled the shadow. But the shadow didn't pull out of the floor like Kanji had originally thought, instead it simply shoved Pyramid Head back a few paces while still sinking into the floor. And that's when the teenager realized he was slowly sinking into the floor with the shadow. … “Mamudoon!” Naoto grunted. Her persona materialized and the familiar massive circle of dark magic encompassed a massive group of the shadows. And in an instant every one of the shadows vanished as they were killed. “What the hell is going on! There's never been so many shadows together in one spot! Never without combining themselves together that is.” Rise shouted out to the group as the literal army of shadows began closing in. “I am unsure what to think as well. Except...that we might not make it this time. There are simply too many.” Naoto grunted as she called out for her persona to use Mahamaon. “Come on girls! This isn't the way to act! We still gotta save Dashie!” Pinkie literally popped out up from under Naotos hat as she summoned her own persona. Pinkies persona quickly began spitting explosive water melon seeds into the seething masses of shadows. Derpys persona was constantly materializing up in the air before crashing down into the horde of shadows below. Fluttershys was a veritable whirlwind of death. Where she went, her massive blade felled dozens of shadows before any one could so much as blink. And no one dared say so much as a word to the mad mare screaming hysterically at the shadows. “Pinkies right girls. We've got an ace in the hole and we're in a bind. We've gotta use it now!” Vinyl said as he own persona cut swathes through the shadows ranks with massive records. “If we must, then we must.” Octavia said from her friends said. And next to her Lyra emerged without so much as a word. The trio called their personas out simultaneously, and everyone, shadows included began to feel the power swell as the trio of friends began to do....something. In a mad rush to stop whatever it was the three were up to, the shadows charged headlong towards them, falling over themselves to get at them. That is, until four very angry looking personas got in their way. “Hold them off for us, kay?” … Blackness. An inky blackness is all that surrounded Kanji as he floated weightlessly in... where ever the hell this place was. And worse yet, the youth couldn't even see his own hands, or any part of him for that matter. It was just too damn dark. Before Kanji could even so much as blink, a powerful arm wrapped itself around his neck and lifted him up. The boy struggled to breathe as Pyramid Head slowly began to crush his wind pipe. The youths head began to feel dizzy and sluggish as he struggled for air against the monster strangling him from behind. Not here. Not like this. It seriously can't end like this. What the hell... Fluttershy... Twilight... Sempai... Naoto... Naoto... NAOTO!!!! With a surge of effort, Kanji grabbed the arm choking him with both his hands and pulled with every ounce of might he had. After an eternity of struggling, the teenager managed to pry the powerful arm just enough so he could breathe easy again. “Come on you shit head pyramid headed bastard. It'll take a hell of a lot more than that to kill me.” Kanji managed to gasp out between his breaths as he gulped down delicious air. “Rokuten. Maoh.” A massive armored gauntlet shot over Kanjis head and grabbed the shadow strangling Kanji, and the youth flopped down to the...floor? Kanji heard a sickening crunch as his persona slammed Pyramid boy into the ground. The teenager shakily got back up onto his feet and turned to face where he thought was his opponent in the inky blackness of the strange world. And that's when he saw. Or more specifically, them. His persona was towering over Pyramid Head, whom he still held clutched in his massive armored fist. And below them, where Pyramid Head had been slammed, a spider web of cracks had appeared in the 'floor' allowing light to pour into the inky blackness. “DO IT AGAIN ROKUTEN MAOH!” Kanji roared, clearly seeing what should be done. The massive persona hefted his prize into the air and slammed him back into the ground, and this time the ground shattered like glass, sending pieces of blackness scattering every where and revealing... Holy shit! “Come on Rokuten Maoh! They need us down there! And bring Shit Head Mcgee with us.” … “How much longer until you're done? I don't Naoto-kun and the gang can keep this up for much longer. There's just so many!” Rise called out worriedly. “Don't worry about it, we're almost done.” Scratch huffed in annoyance. “Uhh guys?” Applejack called out to the group of friends. “Don't bug them Applejack. They need to concentrate. We just to need to stay out of there way!” Twilight shooed back the cow pony. “Werai Mesuma! Party Time!” The familiar sound of Pinkies shout rang out over the group. “Mamudoon!” “Muffin Cannon!” “Just rip their guts out already Shinsetsuni Uxochaa!” “Oh dear, Fluttershy has gotten really violent as of late.” Rarity put a hoof to her muzzle in astonishment. “Oh yeah, I see what you mean. She would have never said anything like that before she got her persona.” Twilight nodded her head in agreement, completely ignoring the chaos of battle that was happening directly in front of her. “Uhh guys?” Applejack practically begged for the attention. “Jeez Lois Applejack, stop pestering them! They need to concentrate!” Twilight scolded her friend. “CONSARNIT YA'LL IJITS! I'VE BEEN TRYIN' TA' SAY LOOK! UP!” Applejack shouted so loudly that even the shadows paused in tracks. And as one, all heads swiveled up. Absolutely no one was prepared to see Kanji, his persona and Pyramid Head falling from the dizzying height of the ceiling many stories up. From down below, they watched as Rokuten Maoh grabbed Pyramid Head in mid air and launch him down towards the ground. Eyes everywhere followed as the trio neared the ground and not a being in the massive hall couldn't hear Kanji scream, “GEEEEEEEEEEEET BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENT!” Pyramid Head slammed into the ground with a sickening crunch, creating a miniature crater not far from the trio of ponysona users were preparing. And not three seconds after Pyramid Head landed did Kanji began to near the same landing spot. In mid fall Kanji hefted the fold up chair he had in hand and the teenager launched it straight at Pyramid Heads face. With an actual 'Boom' as if someone had fired a cannon, the chair hit its mark dead center. And Pyramid Heads helmet shattered into pieces. The shadow instantly was alight in a black flame that lapped away at the shadow, hungrily and greedily devouring it. And right before Kanji landed a lavender aura grabbed him just before he was about to splat into the ground. The weary teenager gave Twilight a thumbs up as he floated with his face a scant few feet from the ground. “K-kanji! What in the hay happened?” Twilight cried out as she pulled the human over to her. “Nothing much really, just kicking some ass. Taking some names. You know, the usual.” Kanji replied with a slight smirk plastered upon his lips. Twilight opened her mouth to speak when three feminine voices shouted in unison, “Orchestra of Infinity!” … Kanji rubbed his eyes with his hands. Then he did it again, just to make sure they weren't playing a trick on him. There was...an army of shadows... and then those three...and now shadows....how the hell did they do that?!!?!?!? “That...was...an amazing entrance Kanji bro.” Vinyl Scratch managed to pant out between her labored breaths. “What the hell are you talking about? I may have made an entrance but you beat the shit out of an army of shadows!” Kanji smirked down at his Dj pony friend who had opted to fall flat on her back. “Aww geesh bro, it wasn't anything special. We've had our personas for a while now, there just hasn't been any shadows to fight so the most we do is get together once a month and practice. No what is important, you killed that Pyramid Head dude, the guy was supposed to be, like, immortal right?” Vinyl chuckled out at the human. “That is correct, I must admit I'm surprised on both accounts.” The eerie voice of none other than shadow Rainbow Dash drifted over the group. Everyone whirled around to face the new comer. “It's you god damn it!” Kanji roared as he stared down the shadow, who simply shot him a cocky smile. That's when the teenager noticed the whimpering form of the real Rainbow Dash at her shadows hooves. “You let my best friend go. Right. Now.” Fluttershy practically growled out each and every word in the simple sentence. “Let me think abou- no.” The shadow laughed. “You....leave my friends alone!” Rainbow Dash snarled as she shot up and pressed her snout straight against her counter parts muzzle. “Why? What are you going to do about it? Oh that's right. You'll do nothing because you are nothing. You are less than nothing, you are worthless.” The shadow replied coolly, those beady golden eyes never once leaving Rainbows magenta ones. “What are you talking about!? I'm the fastest flier in-” “Equestria? No. You can't be. If you really were, the Wonder Bolts would have already invited you to their little club. Face it, you are a loser. Applejack grows the best apples that every pony in all of Equestria enjoys. Rarity makes the finest garments that the nobles of Canterlot would kill for. Pinkie Pies treats and parties are so fantastic ponies travel from all corners of Equestria for a taste. Twilight Sparkle is the personal protege to the princess herself! Even Fluttershy, the towns animal care taker and whom everyone dotes over is far better than you will ever be, and you know it. You are nothing, less than nothing. You feel it and know it with every fiber of your being yet deny it. You are as worthless as this old, run down and abandoned factory.It's why you put on such a big show and puff your own ego, because you can't accept how worthless and useless you are.” “No...stop...that's....THAT'S NOT TRUE!” Rainbow Dash roared between her tears. “Dashie...” Pinkies murmur was the only word to leave the stunned ponies lips. The shadow laughed...and laughed and laughed as darkness swirled around it, “YES! SAY IT! I'M NOT YOU ANYMORE...FINALLY...I AM MEEEEEEEEEE!” After what felt like an eternity of seconds the newly formed shadow emerged from the inky blackness. The shadow was the top half of a massive building sized pony sticking out of a pool blackness at the base. Massive chains rattled around all over the shadow pony, some of it even wrapping around her left eye. Blood constantly dripped from the shadows lips as if it had chewed shards of glass and her grin stretched from ear to ear. And most intimidating of all... was the massive jagged scythe she held aloft in one of her hooves. “Come along kiddies...it's time to die now.” Cackled the manic looking shadow. “Kanji...its up to you and the rest. The girls and I are to spent from our little finale.” Vinyl managed to groan out before letting her face plop back down onto the floor. Kanji shot a thumbs up behind him without even looking. “Onee-san...you want to duo this with me?” “K-Kanji!?!!? What are yo-” “I mean, Fluttershy...do you want to whoop this shadows ass. Just the two of us. This bitch nearly killed one of my best friends with a rinky dink, ghetto ass shadow. It's pay back time.” Kanji growled. “Yeah. Yeah little brother...lets do this, just you and me.” Fluttershy said in a voice barely above a whisper. “Rainbow Dash...you saved me...so many times back in flight school, now...now it's my turn to protect you.” “Hell yeah Fluttershy! Let's man mode this shit!” Kanji yelled out enthusiastically while pumping a fist in the air. “Kanji! You can't be serious! You and Fluttershy can't fight that shadow alone! You both could be killed! Let us help!” Rise shouted out in frantic panic at her friend. “Let them be Rise. It has more to it than what it appears to be.” Naoto calmly told the ditzy idol. “Kanji...I'm an ace detective. It was perfectly obvious from the start, but I didn't want to embarrass you. I am more than aware of your...infatuation with me. Even from back when you thought I was male. The clues were all there and my suspicions were confirmed when you were desperate for me to enter the beauty pageant. So I propose this....” The detective sighed, tipping her hat over her eyes face to hide the glowing blush. “I propose that if you can defeat this shadow with only Fluttershy as your partner, I am willing to got out to lunch with you...on a date.” Stunned silence. That's exactly what was going on. Even the shadow smirked down at the group with a bemused smile. Well until, “Woo hoo Kanji baby! You kick that shadows patooty for a chance at Naotos booty!” Pinkie Pie shouted joyously as she whirled around so her rear end was pointing towards him before she began to flaunt it. “Wooooooooo Kanji baby! Woooooooooooo! You go broseidon, lord of the brocean and get yoself some sweet detective pussay tonight!” Vinyl Scratch found the energy to stand up on her hind legs to shout out. “WHAT!?!? It's not like that at all! I just promised him a date if he-” A resounding BOOM! Rebounded throughout the chamber and all heads turned to find that Rokuten Maoh had punched the shadow so hard that some of the chains on her face shattered. “GET! BENT!” Kanji roared as he leapt up at the shadow his chair held aloft his head with both hands. The shadow swiped with her scythe, far faster than anything of that size should be able to and while completely ignoring the armored fist in her face. Kanji eyed the massive, bloodstained scythe headed straight for him...and he smiled. A resounding 'Clang!” reverberated as Fluttershys persona materialized, blade in hands to block the incoming strike. The shadows cheshire grin dropped in an instant as Kanji continued upon his crash course unhindered. “You ready for a beatdown?!??!” Kanji roared. As Kanji closed the distance the shadows massive grin reappeared, “Yes actually. I would very much love a good thrashing my master.” The husky breath in which she replied shook Kanji down to his very core. When the youth was starting to swing his chair down, one of the many chains rattling on the shadow reared back like a snake and lashed out. Kanji barely managed to blink when the chain struck him in the chest and yet...he felt nothing. The blow struck home, dead center in the shadows face and.... voices in the distance cried out in alarm. Kanji roared in agony as he fell to the floor. After the rather rough landing the human held a hand to his now bleeding face. “Wh...what the hell happened?” Kanji managed to stutter out. The shadow grinned down at Kanji, who now had Fluttershy doting over him. She raised her free hoof and gestured to her chest. Kanji blinked before slowly looking down and...what the hell?!?!? The chain from before...it was literally...the teenager took a peek down his jacket and sure enough... “What the hell did you do to me?” Kanji asked through clenched teeth. “It's a little something I call the 'Chains of Fate'. Basically, whatever damage you do to me...is shared between the two of us. Perfectly even. Even if Fluttershy is the one to do the damage, you'll still eat the hit with me Kanji baby! So come...hurt me!!! Hurt me real good my masters. Make me-” “Woah woah woah there sister! This fic is rated T for teen not M for mature because sexual content you big meanie!” Pinkie Pie literally clamps down one the shadows mouth cutting off the mare mid perverted speech. “I was going to say 'Cry out in ecstasy' but what ever you say Pinkie.” The shadow muttered before looking back down on the pair. Kanji looked up at his opponent. How the hell can he, or anyone fight her. Those chains...if someone killed her...would the person they're attached to die too. What the hell... what the hell... And that's when Kanji noticed it...a strange white glow coming from behind her chained right eye. “Fluttershy...do you see it?” The human asked the mare who was still looking at the massive gash on his cheek. “Yeah it looks pretty bad.” Fluttershy murmured in his ear as she prodded his wound. “No! Not that damnit! Woman! Look!” Kanji seethed. The butter pegasus frowned before following her gaze. The shadow raised an eyebrow at them, “Don't tell me you're just gonna give up handsome. Because if you are... then it'll be no fun just killing you. I really wanted to have some good fun, and it's so boring to outright kill someone. You've gotta make it fun!” “You know what to do?” Kanji asked the mare whose eyes widened knowingly. Fluttershy merely nodded without averting her gaze. The youth could hear yelling from his friends but he paid them no mind, he knew what he had to do. Together, he and Fluttershy began to dash at their opponent. “Oh? Charging me head on? I like it!” The shadow laughed manically as she surged forwards herself. The shadow raised her blood stained scythe and brought it crashing down towards Fluttershy. Rokuten Maoh flashed into being and swung his blade, catching the shadows blow before it could land. With an unbidden command, Rokuten held his hand open down towards the floor. And without a word, Kanji hopped onto his personas palm. Shadow Rainbow Dash cocked an eye brow in confusion, and then Rokuten Maoh launched Kanji...straight at the chained eye of the shadow. Immediate realization dawned upon her and the shadow began to wheel back as fast as she could but it wasn't quick enough. Kanji latched himself onto the chains and pulled them back with all his might. “FLUTTERS! NOW!” The teen roared at his friend. Fluttershy flew as fast her wings could carry her, straight for the now exposed glowing orb that was in Shadow Rainbows eye socket. “Oh hell no you bitch!” The shadow barked. A storm of chains rattled and shot out, straight towards her. Right before they slammed into her sides, Fluttershys persona slammed her blade down into the chains shattering them before they could reach her charge. When Fluttershy finally reached the eye unhindered, she spun around and bucked the glowing orb with all her might. Both Kanji and the shadow roared in agony, “Keep going Flutters! It's the only way to save Rainbow!” “B-but Kanji! If I keep hitting it...you might go blind in that eye.” Fluttershy whimpered. Kanji frowned down at the pegasus and was about to utter a retort when the shadow heaved mightily flinging the human off of her. “Damn you...damn you, you little shit headed punks!” The shadow seethed, and with a roar a pool of blackness appeared by her free hoof and she stuck it inside. After a second she pulled out a second, more jagged and wicked looking scythe. “I'm going to fucking kill you, you little shits!” The shadow screamed before racing head long towards the two. In a mere few seconds the shadow was upon them. In a blur of motion both scythes came crashing down upon the pair. Human and pony nimbly dodged out of the way of the first blow and both struggled to keep evading the flurry of attacks that followed shortly after. “Kanji! Let me try something!” Fluttershy called over to the human before narrowly ducking under another scythe swipe. “Shinsetsuni Oxuchaa!” Flutteshy called out. Kanji expected the warrior woman to materialize, but instead the gorgeous woman in a half toga flashed right next to him. The persona leaned in and...kissed the human on the cheek like a mother would a child. And that's when Kanji heard it...the sound of shattering glass. The human spared a brief glance and sure enough, the chain of fate was gone. The shadow glanced at Kanji in horror, before realizing how exposed Fluttershy now was. “Rokuten Maoh!” “Chain of fate!” A single chain lashed out and began racing towards Fluttershy, who could only watch. Kanjis persona hefted his massive blade and stabbed straight through the shadows exposed orb. The shadow roared out in agony as the chain stopped a scant few inches in front of Fluttershy. And in a brilliant explosion of blackness, the shadow dispersed leaving nothing but the original shadow Rainbow Dash. “Come on Dashie. There's no need to hide. You've got to face yourself, or else she'll just go berserk again, and don't worry...everyone here who has a persona...went through the same thing.” The human called out over his shoulder to the rag tag group who he could hear sprinting towards them. After what felt like an eternity of waiting, the rest of the group caught up and yet not one said a word. The human felt bad when he finally heard a quiet whimper and the soft clamor of hoofsteps as none other than the now awake Rainbow Dash entered his peripheral vision. The depressed pegasus slowly looked up to face her shadow...and sighed heavily. “You...you...really are me. I feel...worthless around my friends. They all do such great things...and I'm just a weather captain. I mean sure, I'm the element of loyalty....but that's all I got.” The shadow nodded in affirmation and shatter like glass. In the shadows place, now stood a tower warrior woman with long flowing rainbow hair. The woman was dress in a knights suit of armor, with a long sword in one hand and a shield bearing the symbol of Rainbows very own element. Rainbow Dash stared up in wonder at her new found persona before quietly murmuring, “Chuujistsuna Kishi.” “The Loyal Knightess.” Naoto quietly spoke up to translate for the ponies. Before Rainbow could even blink every single pony excluding Vinyl and Octavia, for even the grey pegasus and the mint green unicorn whose names Kanji still hadn't learned, had joined in tackle hugging Rainbow and showering her with words of comfort. “This looks and smells BEARY suspicious Yosukue!” A familiar voice shouted a pun that has been beaten to death. “My god Teddie just shut up with the bear puns okay?” Another voice grunted in annoyance. “Oh no. Not them.” Kanji muttered, To be continued...
Whaaa!!?!??! Another Round of the King's game!!?!?!?Kanji blushed deeply as he took a bite of his sandwhich. Damn it. Damn it damn it damn it damn it! What the hell? What the hell do you even do on a date? The screen freezes. “WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH! HOLD UP!” The pink, hyper active mass known as Pinkie Pie worms her way through my computer screen. “What do you think you're doing you silly willy! You're skipp- hey I'm not done yet!” “NO TIME PINKIE! JUST OVER A MONTH LEFT!” I scream as I push with all my might. After a solid minute of trying to push the pink pony into the dimension from whence she came, I turn back to the keyboard. “All right time to get back to work.” I mutter under my breath. Que screen unfreeze. Panic. That's what is coursing through the teenagers entire being. He had never been on a date before. And there she was. Directly across from him sat the ma-...woman of his dreams and all she was doing was staring at him with a vacant expression! This was a disaster! This date was going so horribly wrong! “Kanji...” Naoto began in her usual calculated tone. The detective gave a small smirk as the teen sat upright to attention. “If I really were a man...you really would have motor boated my balls wouldn't you have?” The bits of sandwhich in the youths mouth spewed at the speed of sound. “W-w-w-whaa-” Kanji could not find words as his face turned scarlet and spaghetti seemed to fall out of his pockets from seemingly no where. (Yea, I did make that reference to those of you who get it >:) ) Naoto leaned back into her chair as a fit of laughter over took her, “Oh relax and lighten up Kanji. I'm trying to loosen up the tense atmosphere.” The detective visibly squirmed in her seat as a blush of her own turned her cheeks crimson. “To be honest...I've never done this sort of thing either. And Pinkie Pie told me to make jokes to lighten to mood and overall awkwardness. W...was the joke funny?” Kanji smiled despite himself, “Funny? Shit was hilarious!” Naoto put her hand up to her lips to try and stifle her laughter, yet neither teenager could stop the avalanche of laughter that came soon after. Today was going to be a great day. Kanji could already tell. … “ALRIGHT! Are you girls ready?” Rise practically screamed in excitement. “Oh buck yeah! I can't wait to see the look on Kanjis face!” Rainbow Dash hopped up into the air excitedly. “I know right. But that Yosuke...he's a little cute.” Vinyl smirked. “And I can't wait to see Teddie again! He's so...beary... hehe... punny.” Pinkie Pie giggled as she popped out of Scratch's mane. “Only you could enjoy those terrible puns Pinkie.” Octavia said simply as she took another sip of her mouthwatering tea. “Speaking of which...Octavia...why are you here? And that goes for you other three too.” Twilight asked as she waved her hoof over Lyra, Vinyl and Ditzy. “Boredom.” Lyra replied. “I have no idea!” Ditzy exclaimed. “To mess with Kanji bro! Duh! And 'Tavi is here because she owes me a favor.” Vinyl grinned as she reared back onto her hind legs. To this, Octavia simply rolled her eyes and sipped her tea like the sophisticated lady that she was. “Alright! Twilight are you ready with the spell? Rarity should be bringing Teddie and Yosuke back soon right? And Fluttershy went to nab Kanji and Naoto from their date?” “Yes, yes and yes!” Twilight giggled. “Oh I'm so excited! I haven't done a spell like this before!” The lavender mare just about had her own nerdgasm right there. “Alright everyone! Get ready!” The idol excitedly giggled. … “Hey you two! How'd your 'date' go?” Yosuke greeted his two friends with his signature smirk and wink. “I hope it went, dare I say it, beary well for you Kanji.” Teddie said excitedly as he wriggled about outside his costume. Rarity rolled her eyes and proffered her mane, “Do ignore the insufferable Yosuke my dear Kanji! I for one, know that your date had to have gone swimmingly for such a dashing and handsome young man.” Kanji blushed scarlet and scratched the back of his head while Naoto smirked. “We best get over to the Golden Oaks library. Twilight hates it when people are late.” The detective calmly injected into the conversation. Everyone nodded in affirmation...but Flutteshy hovered over to Yosuke and gave him such a stink eye that the human nearly pissed himself. … “Although I do have to admit. I think Vinyl would be a pretty hot human chick.” Yosuke said as they walked up to the tree library. “Wait a minute...Twilight Sparkle...the purple unicorn....lives in a library...that's in a freaking tree.” Yosuke struggled to contain the mirthful laughter within his gut but failed horribly. “Oh man that's so ironic it's freaking hilarious.” Yosuke managed to wheeze out in between bouts of laughter. “Are you done yet Yosuke?” Fluttershy nearly growled. The look the butter pegasus was giving the human made every laugh he had die in his threat and instead he meekly nodded. Teddie eagerly knocked on the door which soon became engulfed in a lavender aura. When the door opened wide and the group stepped inside... All three human males had their noses combust in sudden bouts of extreme nose bleed. “Kanji-kun.” The breathy whisper from Applejack seemed liked it was shouted amongst the silence of the library. “Yosuke...kun.” The hearty, lust filled moan from Vinyl made said human drop to his knees as his eyes eagerly drank in the sight before him. “Teddie-kun.” The high pitched giggle of Pinkie Pie managed to still sound erotic despite the tone as said shadow turned human fell to his hands and knees in reverence to the sight before him. Naoto was completely speechless, but no words were needed considering her entire face was tomato red. And at this point you probably have already figured out what happened, so I'll just go on ahead and describe exactly what's going on. On the floor, directly in front of the door and a mere ten feet away was a stark naked, human-except-for-the-horn-on-her-head-Twilight Sparkle on her back, her face upside down as she looked at the group, her face a deep crimson. Directly on top of her and chest to chest, average sized breasts to meaty monsters, was none other than a human Pinkie Pie. Her signature pink, poofy mane was exactly the same and she stared at Teddie with laughter filled eyes and her index finger just barely in her mouth, a slight smile to her lips. Right next to them, Vinyl Scratch sat on her ass, her rotund and god like ass with her chest pressed up to Octavias with an ear to ear smirk plastered on her face as she blew a kiss to Yosuke. Octavia herself was blushing deeply and looking anywhere but the three human males who were struggling to stay alive from all of this 'excitement'. On the other side of Twilight was a very confused looking human Applejack and Rainbow Dash, who sat identical to Octavia and Scratch. The athlete had almost no chest to press against the sizable cushions of the applefarmer, but the way those leg muscles rippled and that wiry body...the boys could barely do anything more than 'Hnnnnnng'. The athlete herself had her wings nervously flap every now and then but otherwise refused to meet the gaze of anyone. Applejacks body, in comparison to the athletic build of Rainbow Dash, was compact with muscle, not enough to drive a man off, but enough to make one realize that she could do....stuff. The apple farmer looked all three human men straight in the eyes, a furious blush to her face. And actually standing directly behind the librarian and cook, was none other than Ditzy Doo and Lyra. The former held a hand to her face as she hid her blush, making it obvious that she wasn't as clueless as people made her out to be. Like both pairs on either side, this duo was pressed chest to chest, both women having a pretty average bust...but them asses...just jutting out there and making ass men drool. All of these ponies turned gorgeous women...were arranged in such an expert way that no man could see anything...yet they could see everything. “Also, it covers up our lady, naughty bits so that the story can keep it's teen rating! Hooray!” Pinkie yelled out of the blue before sitting up and pumping her arms in the air. “PINKIE! WHAT ON EARTH ON YOU TALKING ABOUT!!!” Twilight screamed as her friend threw away their only cover, revealing everything about the pair. What happened next was chaos as all six females abandoned their poses in their confusion. And all at once, there were six, very naked, very hot chicks walking/bouncing about in confusion. Rarity practically jammed her hooves into Yosukes eyes, “HEY STOP IT! I NEED TO SEE MORE!!” Yoskue yelled as he tried to push her hooves out of the way, only for her magic to stop him. Fluttershy wrapped her forelegs over Teddies eyes, and while he groaned, he allowed the motion. Kanji could only blink in sexy time deluded confusion as Naoto herself, reached up from behind the human and cupped her hands over his eyes. “RISE! KUJIKAWA!” Fluttershy roared at the top of her lungs. Causing all six human/pony women to freeze and look at her in sheer terror. The human teenager in question slowly descended the stairs from her perch, a visible cold sweat forming upon her face. “H-h-hey Fluttershy! H-h-how's it going? Hehe.” “DON'T YOU FLUTTERSHY ME! GET DOWN HERE THIS INSTANT YOUNG LADY!” Fluttershy roared. With a squeak, (god damn it's like they swapped places or something) Rise hopped down the rest of the steps and zipped across the floor to stop directly in front of the pegasus who hovered in mid air to keep her forehooves covering Teddies eyes. The pegasus simply glared at her human captive, who seemed to shrink and shrink and shrink some more. After a dead silent, one minute stare down where Rise tried desperately to avoid that piercing gaze of the pegasus, the human finally broke. “I'mverysorryI'llgogettheoutfitsIputtogetherforthehumanponiessothatwecangoplaytheKingGame.” And with that single breath the teen idol scurried off like a mouse. “Wait. Did she say...Kings Game?” Kanji asked nervously. …. “ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTS! ARE YOU FOLKS READY FOR THE KINGS GAME!!?!?!” Rise shouted out in excitement. Naoto slapped the palm of her hand into her face, “Why did you gather us together for such a childish game again?” “Because! No one here in Equestria has even heard of it! So I'm going to fix that!” Rises pouted in defiance at the detective. “Since we're playing this 'Kings Game'...don't you think we should know the rules?” Twilight, who was still in a human form yet no longer naked, asked aloud. “It's rather easy Twilight. Chopsticks get handed around. Each chopstick has a number and one chopstick has a red line. The person who draws the red line is the 'King', or queen. The King then barks out an order to a random number and whoever has that numbered chopstick has to follow that order. Also, the orders have to be more extreme than the last. Any questions?” Naoto explained quickly to the unicorn. Surprisingly, no one had a single question. “Well, since Rise is gonna make us do this no matter. We may as well get started! Am I right?” Yosukue cocked a grin at the group of friends. And every one and every pony nodded in affirmation. … “OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH YEAH! I'M THE KING BABY WOOO HOOOO!” Teddie roared at the top his lungs as he stood up, his hand holding aloft in the air a chopstick with a small red line. “WOOOO ALRIGHT TEDDSTER! WHAT'S IT GONNA BE BE!!!” Pinkie Pie cheered as he jumped up, her breasts bouncing about in the too small tee shirt she wore as if this was some kind of dead or alive game. “THE KING DEMANDS THAT NUMBER....SEVEN GIVES ME A SMOOCH RIGHT ON THE LIPS!” Teddie shouted with a mischievous grin. “GOD DAMNIT! AGAIN!?!? REALLY?!?!?” Kanji roared as he stood up slamming a fist into the table. The whole group went deathly silent at the show of rage. The human sighed, “I get eliminated from the game if I don't do it right?” Kanji asked nobody in particular. “Well that's what the rules say.” Rise piped up nervously. With a grunt Kanji stepped up to Teddie and grabbed the former shadow by the scruff of his shirt. With a gasp from the audience, the youth pulled Teddie to himself and mashed his lips to the odd guy. Everyone in the room let out a collective gasp, at the sudden...kiss. After a couple seconds of man on man lip lock Kanji threw Teddie back onto the couch that Twilight had conjured up in the room before turning around and plopping directly back into his beside Naoto. “Karma better reward me good for doing that shit.” Kanji muttered. “DAYUM! KANJI BRO THAT WAS HOT AS BUCK!” Vinyl shouted she giggled. “I'm totally gonna remember this shit when I'm bating later tonight.” “Scratch! That was way too much information! And disgusting!” Octavia complained hotly from her spot beside the Dj. Pinkie Pie, Teddie and Lyra all erupted into a roar of laughter. “Alright! Settle down kiddies! So whose the king this time?” Rise asked aloud. Vinyl shot up from her seat, “AW HELL YEAH BABY! ITS ME!!!” Vinyls eyes slid over each and every person in the room, before a wicked grin spread across her lips. The Dj held a single finger to lips and whispered, “Number three....go make out...with Kanji.” Kanjis jaw dropped down to the floor. “What the hell Vinyl!!?!?! I thought we were bros!!!!” “Relax Kanji baby! There's like, nine hot chicks in this room and only two other dudes. Odds are rather high that you'll be making out with a gorgeous hot chick rather one of the two other dudes.” Vinyl replied coolly. “Awww gosh darnit Scratch! Ah like Kanji an' all, but I don't wanna make out with the guy.” Applejack groaned as she slammed the palm of her hand into her face. “WELL TOO BAD BECAUSE I'M THE KING BABY!” Vinyl laughed. The apple farmer sighed and pulled her stetson just a little bit lower over her eyes and stood up. The apple farmer trekked over to the human and leaned in. “Aj...you don't have to do this if you don't wan- * gulp *” Applejacks lips mashed into Kanji's cutting off the rest of his sentence. Even though it wasn't Naoto, ( and thankfully, not Teddie again) Kanjis head still went into a euphoric bliss as the feeling of those warm lips and Applejack was now sitting on Kanji's lap as she did her dare, all Kanji could do was “Hnnnnnnnnnnng”. After about ten seconds or so, the Applefarmer back off, a blush on her face as she refused to meet the youths gaze. She walked quickly back to her spot, refusing to look anyone in the eyes. All was silent. You would have thought that someone died since it was so quie- “WOOOOOOOO APPLEJCAK!! DAYUM GIRL! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD SMACK LIPS LIKE THAT!!” Vinyl cooed with an overenthusiastic shout. “Enough Vinyl! Stop pestering her. Besides...I drew the stick that makes me king!” Octavia said haughtily. The Dj merely pouted at the other musician who simply grew a devious grin of her own. “I've had enough of childish kissing games. We will...how does on say it... 'up the ante'. Number...nine... carry Vinyl around upon your back.” Vinyl erupted into laughter, “You just said you were tired of childish games and now your having some one give me a pigg-” “While she is wearing naught but her undergarments.” That shut the Dj up...sort of. She was still snickering as she dropped her shorts and hastily removed her shirt, revealing the lacey undergarments she wore beneath. Yosukue gave off a mad blush...”I'm...number nine.” Vinyl gasped and her blood red eyes opened in shock. “OH SWEET CELESTIA, BASED LORDESS AND SAVIOR!!! THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME RIDE UPON THE BACK OF SUCH A PIECE OF GLORIOUS STALLION.” The Dj gave a literal running start, and jumped at Yosukue. The teen barely managed to catch her in time. “Uhmmm... Vinyl...you're supposed to be on my ba-” The teens eyes flew open as Vinyl mashed her lips to his. After a few seconds of shocked silence she pulled out of the kiss. “Shut up baby and carry me.” Yosuke had a blush that now covered his entire face as he lumbered around with a very much full grown, woman Vinyl scratch dangling in his arms as she cooed praise up at him. The very moment that Yosukue set the woman down, “Disqualified! Octavia wanted Vinyl to get a piggy back ride, not be carried around.” Rise called out. Vinyl placed the back of her hand onto her forehead, “Oh no! Whatever shall I do? I guess, I'll just...cuddle with Yosukue.” And with that, the Dj grabbed Yosukue and flung him over to her spot on the couch. “Okay...who is the kin-” “Number six, sit in Kanjis lap and snuggle, or maybe cuddle, with him until the next time either of you are called out during this game.” Fluttershy called out, holding aloft her chopstick in a single hoof as her gaze bore down upon Naoto and Kanji. Kanji blinked in confusion while Naoto was flushed like a tomato. That;s when Naoto started to climb into Kanji's lap, with very slow and very deliberate movements. Kanji was stunned, speechless and frozen in place all at the same time. He could feel the petite detective plop into place on his lap. He could feel the warmth of her body through his clothing and by god...did it feel nice. It felt...right. And that's when Naoto placed the side of her cheek to Kanji's chest. Bliss. To be continued...
