Kanji Tatsumi: Equestrian Bad Ass

*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.