The Lost Bijuu of Equstria

Chapters

Arrival
Adjusting
Meetings
Encounters
Fall
The Lost Bijuu of Equstria Ch.3

Arrival

Naruto just stared at the man who was on the ground before him, they were right on the middle of the torn lands of a once beautiful forest the rain falling on the countless bodies of zetsu and allied ninjas littered the grounds around them, many of his friends were among them as well, all of them try to protect him and defeat a mad man and his plans to rule the elemental nations. Naruto hadn't changed his cloths that much, though physically he has changed, he was now standing at a height of 6'5. He truly resemble his father now after he let his hair grow out. Naruto kept staring at the man, ignoring the rain that was falling on them, they both looked bad for wear, they were covered in blood, he looked like he was about to pass out, and the other looking like he was close to dieing. The rain poured down on them, as though the heavens were weeping of what was happening to this world.

"So it is just you and me, huh Jinchuriki" said Madara panting as he tried to stand but couldn't as Naruto kept him pinned down, his foot square on his chest as cold cerulean blue eyes stared into the ripple patterned rinnegan eyes.

Naruto didn't say anything, its been five years since the war started, and many things has happen during those five years. It took a year just to stop all the undead ninjas from coming back. It was thanks from Itachi sacrifice that they were able to stop the Edo tenshi, but there still was the problem with the zetsus no matter how well the shinobi alliance did they seemed to gain no ground. The next couple years were spent trying to find the location of the zetsu as they were becoming harder and harder to push back especially since they were able to take forms of allied ninjas. Finally they were able to capture one alive thanks to Neji and Hinata, who were able to paralyze one them with a few key jyuuken strikes. The information they extracted from the prisoner was vital to finding the location of the ever growing zetsus, upon searching the area they had also found Yamato. They tried to free him but he was infused with he tree that it was impossible to break him out. Yamato told them it was too late for him, that they should destroy the tree before reinforcement came to stop them. They did as they were ask and destroyed the tree along with Yamato and the unborn zetsus, but it didn't matter to Obito and Madara as they already had enough zetsu to keep the plan going. In the end even with Yamato's sacrifice the battle only just became a stale mate.

"Madara, tell me is this the world you wished it to be" growled Naruto, taking shallow breaths as stared coldly at the once dead Uchiha below. Through the years Naruto had changed,gone with his childish attitude and replaced with a harden warrior. He trained on controlling his chakra until he had full control of it. But Naruto thought that it wasn't enough, he needed more power to defeat Madara and Obito, so he went to ask his sensei's for more help. Kakashi was willing to help him ninjutsu and tactics, Gai had helped him with his physical strength and speed, and B had taught him some swordsmanship, even Kurama had helped him a little by teaching him ways on how to use his power. It took two years but Naruto was finally ready to face Madara and Obito. Naruto and his sensei's met them,there battle would be a legend known throughout history. Kakashi and Gai had chosen to take on Obito, Kakashi's former teammate. While Naruto and B took on Madara, ready to end the pointless war. Kakashi and Gai had fought Obito for hours until they finally cornered him but not without a price. Gai had captured Obito from behind, while Kakashi used Raikiri to run him throuhg ending both of their suffering instantly, Gai wasn't the only sensei to die as Kakashi pushed himself beyond the point of chakra exhaustion, the continuous use the kamui and the raikiri had taken to be big of a toll in the battle.

Naruto and B had a much harder time with Madara, then they could have ever expected. No matter how many times they thought they had him dead to rights, he always seem to find another way to slither out of death. They tried to use brute strength to defeat him, but the susanoo shield was too strong to break through. B was able to come up with a plan to get to Madara, and told that he would give Naruto the signal to launch his part of the plan. They executed the plan, B, in his bijuu form,attacked with frontal assault to distract him, but Madara had other plans for him. Madara had gotten behind him and started to puncture him with chakra rods, Naruto tried to stop him, but he kept dodging and blocking all of his attacks. Madara was going to put another chakra rod in B, but as he was about to, he felt intense, searing pain on his back which shattered his spine, as launching the Uchiha into the air. Before he could see who had done this, he was again hit from behind with a powerful kick, and then was hit from the front and was sent sailing down to the ground. Naruto was gonna go to B to help him get those chakra rod out of him but it was too late, he was laying on the ground with not an ounce of chakra with in him, his body lifeless as Naruto cried for his fallen comrade.

"Not exactly, but... you can't have peace without a few sacrifices" He said as he gave a sadistic smile, laughing at the pertrubed look on the jinchuruki's face.

"A FEW SACRIFICES?!" yelled Naruto as stared his foot pressing harder on his chest causing the uchiha matriarch to cough up more blood. "You call all this a few sacrifices!? Kami so many lives lost because of your insane idea of peace. "

"Child you say my idea of is insane, but this is all required to true peace, everything is justified in war you should have known that by now." He said as more blood traveled from the corner of his mouth, a small groan escaping his mouth as Naruto applied more pressure to his wound

"NO! there were other ways to obtain true peace, you just chose this path because it was the easiest and would fit your needs, there is nothing justified about this at all." Naruto shouted angrily as he glared at Madara, but all he ever did was just looked at the blonde ninja impassively "All of that doesn't matter no more, everything you have done is gone, your army, your tree, and your subordinate it's all gone." Naruto giving him a cold glare, then he started to prepare rasenshurikin "and when I kill you, I am going to set free all the bijuu and destroy that stupid statue of yours, face it Madara you lost, may you rot for all the things you've done."

Just as he was about to hit him with the rasengan, he felt something was pulling him from behind, when looked behind saw there was a vortex, he turned to look at Madara, who was chuckling, then he looked at him.

"Listen you brat if I can't achieve my dream, then neither shall you if I have anything to say about it." The Uchiha laughed as he watched the blonde struggle against the pull of his last jutsu.

"YOU BASTARD" Naruto screamed as he slammed the bijuu rasengan at him, killing him instantly.

Naruto tried desperately to escape the vortex but no matter what he tried it kept pulling him in

"Dammit" Naruto was all he said as he was completely sucked into the vortex, never to be seen again.

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(Equestria)

In the air you can see three people who were standing on top of a hill. The one in front of the other two seemed to be the leading of the group. She looked to be around 5'8 in height, she had light tan skin and magenta eyes that held determination, but what was really eye-catching about her was her hair, it was a spectrum of colors, that made it look like a rainbow that reached to her lower back . She was wearing a open blue and white leather jacket and a tight white and blue blouse, that reached right above her well toned stomach, which covered her c-cup breast. She had a blue high waist skirt ,with white stripes on the side and small slit on the sides.

"Now listen girls, are job today is to clear these clouds out here that been covering apple orchard for a while now, I would've done it myself but the higher-ups say you two need to meet your quota on helping Cloudsdale this month, and this is the only way I can think of helping you reach that quota." The girl with the rainbow haired said looking at the other two.

"Well, um, Rainbow dash, now wasn't isn't a good time, I had a tea party appointment with some of my animal friends" said a shy voice.she had long pink hair that reached below her waist, and cyan blue eyes that held pure gentle innocence. She was 5'9, a little taller than Rainbow Dash and had fair skin. She was wearing a Yellow long selves sweatshirt that covered her impressive E-cup breast, and a long green skirt, with a pair of brown open toed sandal.

"Yeah Dashie, couldn't you ask me to do this AFTER I was finished work"said the other girl

She had long blond hair that reached to her mid back, light tan skin and golden-yellow eyes that held compassion. She had light tan skin and was about the same height as Fluttershy. She was wearing a gray short sleeve dress shirt with two front pockets, and short brown cargo pants, with a pair of black work boots.

But what was really interesting about them was they each had a pair of wings, which make sense since they were all hovering in the air.

"Hey I would love nothing more than to go back to my training for the Wonder Bolts and take a nap, but the guys up at Cloudsdale wanted us to finish by getting rid of the clouds here at Apple orchard and they said that if we don't do the work then we will be put us back in remedial classes, and if you ask me, I don't want to go back to the school again." said Rainbow Dash with disdain in her voice as the two other fliers scratched their arms nervously at the thought of remedial classes.

"oh, uh okay then" The Pink Haired girl squeaked out as she looked at the blonde.

"Fine" The blond-haired girl sighed in frustration knowing the humiliation if they had to go back to class.

"Okay good, Ditzy I want you to gather the cloud that are one the right side of the orchard" Ditzy just nodded watching Rainbow dash turned her attention to the pink haired girl. "Fluttershy I want you to take the left side of the orchard." Fluttershy just gave timid nod as the rainbow haired girl turned her attention back to the both of them. "And after you guys gather all the clouds, I'll start smashing them all, are we all clear?" They both nodded in unison as the one named Dash smirked at them."Good then let get this over with, the faster we finish, the faster we can go back to what we were doing" With that they flew off ready to do their job.

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Pain...That was all he felt when Madara trapped him inside the vortex. Every part of him felt that he was being torn apart bit by bit, he needed to get out of this realm before he went insane or kill himself from the pain.

'Kurama help me out here, can you think of something because this isn't exactly comfortable.' Naruto grunted out hoping his tenant would think of something

'Well we need to get out of here' The fox stated as if it was the simplest answer in the universe.

'Well no duh, but how do we get out of here, you know I asked not just a minute ago?' Naruto roared out, trying to focus on anything other than the all consuming darkness, and the pain his body was in a matter which was much easier said then done

'Well there is one way to do it, but you not going to like it though' Kurama looked on hoping he would think of something less idiotic.

'Well, what is it!?' screamed Naruto hoping that they will be able to get them out of this empty plain and possibly back to the elemental nations.

'Well if I pour all my chakra into your system and then focus at one point, will it will powerful enough to open another portal out of here'

'I love the idea, why did you say I wasn't going to like it?'

'Because if do so the process will change you in to a chakra beast and the chances of opening the right portal to our world is one in a million.'

Naruto didn't say anything for a minute as he pondered his options, going to an entirely new world was probably going to happen.'Does this mean I going to be a giant animal if this works?'

'No you will still keep your from, but your strength, speed, agility and your chakra will far exceed what they used to be and combined with you being a Uzumaki and the chakra beast longevity you can considered almost an immortal'

'And the chances of getting the right portal to our world is zilch, huh?'

'That sounds about right.'

Naruto didn't say anything for a while, then he spoke "Let's do it, but Kurama tell me, what will happen to you?"

'I will be nothing more than a living conscious in your mind'

'Well that's sorta good, it is good to know that I won't be totally alone in this new world.'

'Naruto get ready, were about to begin'

"Kurama..."

'Yeah Kit?'

'Thanks... for everything'

'No problem kit'

With no other word they started the plan, Naruto started to feel Kurama's power started to course through his whole body, he even expected it to hurt, but he didn't expect it to hurt this much. He wanted to scream, anything to get rid of the pain.

'Just hold on a little longer, kit were almost there'

Naruto didn't say anything as he was to focused on the pain, but then he saw a portal started to open up, he started to move toward to the portal, then he finally reached the portal, in a flash of light he was gone.

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(Equestria)

"And... done" Rainbow Dash stated as she finished getting rid of the last of the Clouds

"oh good" Fluttershy cried out meekly as she looked over to her blond friend

"Finally" Ditzy stated.

They were about to go back to what they were doing but they were stop by a thunderous roar up on the sky, they looked up seeing a black vortex open and saw a flaming object shoot out and start to fall out of the sky, and head straight in to the Everfree Forest

"Whoa did you guys see that?!" screamed Rainbow Dash

"Y-yes" said Fluttershy

"How could we of missed that?" Ditzy said with sarcasm dipping from her voice

"Well then let's go check it out, unless you all are scared?" Rainbow Dash started to fly off not giving either of them a chance to answer, to where object had crashed her curiosity

"Come Fluttershy, let's go after Rainbow dash before she gets in trouble" said Ditzy

"I, um, I am got to do some , um very important things to do, um ,yes so I need to do those important things, now I mean." Fluttershy said, looking absolutely petrified of the thought of going in to the Everfree forest.

"Oh I see" said Ditzy giving Fluttershy a blank stare. "So you find whatever you doing more important than making sure that your friends are safe?" she turned around to hide her smirk knowing the poor girl conscious would get the better of her.

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(Everfree Forest)

"you're so mean Ditzy" Fluttershy whined, as she and Ditzy flew behind Rainbow Dash.

"Aww Fluttershy you know I'm not mean, I'm just very... persuasive, Hehe" Ditzy a giggled a bit as Fluttershy just gave a small huff of disapproval

"Aww Fluttershy, don't be mad" said Ditzy as she wrapped an arm around Fluttershy "Okay how about this Fluttershy, what if I helped you take care of your animals on my day off, as a way to apologize for tricking you, how about that hmm?" said Ditzy hoping the shy mare wouldn't take offense to her goading.

Fluttershy still didn't say anything as she continued flying giving the blond the silent treatment.

"and I will also bring your favorite muffin if you forgive me."

"Do you promise?" asked Fluttershy

"I promise"

"I forgive you" Fluttershy gave Ditzy a small hug as they both watched the rainbow girl finally beginning to slow down.

"Hey girls, where almost there" said Rainbow Dash as they were starting to see the crater from whatever crash landed.

They started to descend near the crater, as they get closer, they started see something in the crater.

"I can see something inside the crater, it looks... like a person" said Fluttershy as she looked deeper into the crater, then she gasp and covered her mouth in shock at what she saw.

"Hey, what's wrong Fluttershy?" asked Rainbow dash seeing her shocked face.

Fluttershy didn't say anything,she just pointed in the crater. They turned their attention to where she was pointing at, and what they saw shocked them. In the crater they saw young man with blond hair, three whisker marks on his cheeks, who seemed to be around his twenty's, was hurt and was covered in deep gashes and blood. Most of his cloths seemed to be destroyed, except for his headband, that had a leaf on the front and thankfully, his pants were still there, but they were barely hanging on to him though.

"OH MY GOODNESS!" screamed Fluttershy, being the first one to break out of her shock, she flew down in to the crater. Sitting next to the young man, she ignored the blood that was on his chest as she press her head on it. She prayed to Celestia that he was still alive.

'Please, please still be alive' pleaded Fluttershy hoping to hear a heart beat. As her prayers had been answered she heard a heart beat, it was faint but it was still there. "RAINBOW DASH, DITZY COME AND HELP ME out he's still alive and injured." Fluttershy screamed aloud as she tried to pick him up, the two finally snap out of their shock thanks to the pink haired girl and went down to assist Fluttershy get him out of the crater.

"oh man, we have to get him to the Hospital" said Rainbow dash as they finally pulled him out of the crater

"Yes Rainbow dash, I need you to get Applejack and tell her to bring the cart, quickly" Rainbow dash nodded and flew off to go get Applejack at top speed

"Ditzy, I need you to go get some bandages" Ditzy gave a salute and flew off

Fluttershy was now left all alone with young man.

'oh my, I have to stop the bleeding, oh I wish that Ditzy would hurry with those bandages' thought Fluttershy

Fluttershy had no chose but to rip off the sleeve of her sweater. She wrapped the sleeve around his head, after she took off his headband, but when she did a card fell out. It had a picture of him on it, she could read the numbers but the rest threw her off or was too burnt to be read, so she placed it in her pocket

"ugh, where am I, and why does everything hurt so much?" asked a voice, it startled Fluttershy, she looked down and saw that the injured man had woken up, his deep cerulean eyes looked at her with curiosity and pain.

"Oh my gosh, sir your awake, oh thank goodness" the pinkette gave a sigh of relief. "Don't worry sir help is on the way"

"Thank you, but who are you?" he asked

"My name is Fluttershy"

"Such a nice name, for a beautiful girl" Fluttershy couldn't help but go scarlet from the complement "Sorry I can't talk to you more Fluttershy, but I just feel so tired right now, so tired" whispering the last part as young man started to close his eyes

"Wait sir" but it was too late, he already closed his eyes, though thankfully he was just sleeping. Just as Fluttershy was going to try to wake him up again, she started to hear a cart being pulled. She looked at the direction to where the noise was coming from, their she saw her friends coming one girl was riding a horse that was pulling a cart, Rainbow dash and Ditzy were flying right next to it.

"Whoa this guy looks more worst then a run down old barn, What in tarnation happen to this fella?" asked the new girl as she got off her horse after reaching to where Fluttershy was and ran to where she was. She had long blond hair that reached below her waist, which was tied in a pony tail and was standing at a height of 6'1. She had tan skin, emerald eyes and three white freckles on each cheek. She was wearing a plated shirt which fit nicely for her D-cup bust and had a brown sleeves open leather vest which had some tassels on the front and a pair of brown worker gloves. She had blue shorts and brown cowboy boots which had some apple design on the sides.

Ditzy flew past her and went to where Fluttershy and gave her the bandages, which she started to wrap it around his wounds.

"No time to explained Applejack, he lost a lot of blood, we need to get him to the hospital" said Fluttershy

"Rainbow Dash open the back cart so I can put him inside" yelled Applejack, gently picking up the young man. Rainbow dash did was she was told and moved out the way when Applejack came through. She laid the man down on to the cart, as Fluttershy climb into it, staying next to him.

"Okay gals, let's go before it's to late, Hiyaa" screamed Applejack

With that they left to Appleville Hospital

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(Appleville, Hospital)

Nurse Redheart was having a slow day, nothing to exciting seem to happen in Appleville, she was eternally thankful for that though. She thought it was going to be same like any other day until someone or someones burst through the doors and started to screaming bloody murder. Her first reaction was to kick the idiot out until she saw the person they were carrying, She never saw anyone that injured before here in Appleville. She immediately started to call for the Doctors and other nurses, they came quickly, and took him to the ER.

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It already been a few hours since they took him to the ER. The girls were worried that he wouldn't make it the night with countless wounds he had. They were all waiting in the waiting, Rainbow Dash was pacing around, Applejack chose to take a seat, as well Fluttershy and Ditzy who've already fallen a sleep after a while

"In the name of Celestia, what is taking them so long?!" screamed Rainbow Dash,waking up the other two

"Now calm down Rainbow Dash, I know how you feel about hospitals, but you must have faith that he will make it" said Applejack having her eyes closed

Rainbow Dash didn't say anything but just growled and went to take a seat. Then ER room light turned off and out came the doctor and a few of the nurses. The girls got out of there seats started to ask if the young was okay.

"Ladies, ladies calm down everything is fine, the patient is just sleeping now" said the doctor as the girls finally calm down "It was touch and go there for a minute for the patient but he pulled through" the girls were all relived about the news.

"who was the one administer the first aid?" he asked, Fluttershy raised her hand shyly "you should be proud young lady, its thanks first aid and you girls quick transportation that he was able to make it through, when you guys brought him in he was already dangerously low on blood, and including the broken ribs,the gashes, a dislocated arm and Sever head trauma, Im amazed that he still alive" said the doctor, but he frowned a bit

"Whats wrong doctor?" asked Applejack

"well when I was fix his ribs something strange happen"

"Like what?" asked Ditzy

"Im still not sure if it really happen or my mind was playing tricks on me from the stress, but I could have sworn that his bones and gashes where were healing themselves at an acceleratingly fast pace"

"Well that's strange" said Rainbow Dash

"Yes, yes it is" said the Doctor "Anyway does anyone know who the patient is?" All the girls shook their head "Well is their anything that can give me that can give us a clue on who he is?" he asked, and again they all shook there heads, until Fluttershy remember something

"W-well I do have this but it's kinda burnt and I can really read what it says" said Fluttershy as she pulled out the headband and card from her pocket, and handed him the card. The doctor took and started to scan it, he was baffled he never seen this kind of writing before,

"Well it seems that we have to wait, until the patient wakes up tell us who he is" he said as he handed the card back to Fluttershy.

"And how long will that take?" asked Rainbow Dash

"At least a month at the most, now you girls head on home you all look tired, and after this ordeal, you girls all deserve a nice relaxing rest, we'll contact you if anything new shows happens to him"

The girls all nodded left the hospital and went back home for some rest

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(Five days later)

Nurse Redheart was checking on the patient that was brought in a few days ago. When they first brought him in, he was already at death door, but now, he looked like he was in perfect health, it baffled the doctors to no end. It would've looked like nothing happen to him, if it wasn't for the fact he was still covered in bandages. She was about to leave when she started to groaning from behind her, when she turned, she was shocked to see the patient started to wake up

"Oh my gosh" said Nurse Redheart go out side "Doctor,Doctor"

"Yes, nurse RedHeart what the problem? Why are you screaming" he said as he started to come from around the corner

"The p-paitent, h-he's awake"

"That impossible!, how can he be awake so soon after those extensive injuries?" said the doctor, surprised by this new information "He should have been out for at least a month, it barely been a week since he came into our care" he said "well I'll go check on him, while you contact those nice young ladies and tell them that the patient is awake" she nodded and left

They walked back into the room, when they got inside they found the patient standing up right, and looking around the room

"Hello sir how are you doing?" he asked

The patient turned his attention directly at him, looking at him a little suspiciously but after a while he spoke "I feel a little sore, but other than that I feel fine"

"Hmm, really?" said the Doctor as he looked at the patient

"um Doctor?"

The doctor snapped out of his thoughts "oh yes, what is it?"

"Who are you? And where am I?"

"oh yes my name is Doctor Stable and you are inside at Appleville hospital"

"by the way sir, what is your name?" asked Doctor Stable

"My name?" asked the patient confusingly

"yes, your name"

"I...I don't know"

"you don't know?" the patient just nodded "Do you know where you from?" A quick shake of his head was all that he got. "your family?" again another shake of his head. "oh my this is worse than I thought"

"Doctor the girls are here" said Nurse Redheart as she brought in the girls

"Oh thank Celestia you girls are here" said Doctor Stable,walking up to them

"What's wrong doctor?" asked Fluttershy

"well it seems that are fellow here has amnesia" said the doctor, everyone gasped at the shocking news "and I was hoping that you still had that card that you found on him"

"oh yes I do" said Fluttershy as she pulled out the card from her pocket, and handed it over to the doctor. The doctor took it and walked over to the patient

"Here you go sir" he said handing the card to him, who looked curiously "tell me, can you read whats on the card?"

"um,Yes"

"Good, good" said the doctor happily after finding a break through "can you tell what it says?"

"oh yes" he said he looked at the card and started to read it aloud. "It says 'Naruto Uzumaki'" then after he said he grabbed his head as it started to hurt, everyone started rush to him until the doctor stop them, he started to hear voices

'NARUTO!'

'Naruto-kun'

'My is Naruto Uzumaki, believe it'

"I...I remember now, my name is Naruto Uzumaki"

Adjusting

Previously from last time:

'NARUTO'

'Naruto-kun'

"I...I remember now, my name is Naruto Uzumaki"

'My name is Naruto Uzumaki, Believe it'

Present Time:

"So that's your name huh?" asked the Doctor looking at him curiously

"Yes" said Naruto as the throbbing pain in his head finally left him.

"Do you perhaps remember anything about yourself Mister Uzumaki?"

"I can't remember anything else, just my name."

"Well, this isn't much to go on but at least it gives a name to go with you" The doctor stated as he looked down at the charts, his curiosity sated for now. "Would you like to meet the people that saved you Naruto?"

"Yes I would like that."

"Ladies, you may come in now he's awake." The doctor called out to the girls, each one walking in with a small smile on each of their faces. They all came up to the bed hoping to say something to the stranger, only for Naruto to stun them by getting out of the bed. The doctor and nurse verbally protested at the blonde's reckless actions, but all he heard was 'blah,blah,blah.' His feet hit the floor as the hospital gown ruffled as it was his only thing currently worn on him, and then he gave the group of girls a deep bow. They all stared on in confusion each trying to figure out what he was doing.

"Um, partner, What in tarnation are you doing?" asked Applejack looking at him strangely, as the rest of the the girls nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, why are you bowing to us" asked Ditzy.

"I don't really know, but this some how feels natural for me to do and way show you my sincerest thanks for saving me." said Naruto as he kept his head low, his blue eyes looking up at them all.

"Oh, then don't worry about it partner, all of us are just happy to see ya on your feet after we brought ya here." The tanned-blonde girl said as she gave him a big grin, pulling Naruto up to meet each of them face-to face.

"Yeah you would've done the same thing for us if any one of us were in the same situation." said Rainbow Dash as she grinned and rubbed the back of her head.

Naruto couldn't help but smile at their kindness, he slowly brought himself back on the bed glancing at the group as they gathered around him."So can you girls tell me your name? I remember Fluttershy, but that's about it." Naruto stated as he pointed towards Fluttershy, who blushed a bit being singled out so easily.

"Well my name is Applejack Apple" The blonde girl stated as she grasped his shaking it back forth, his head bobbing like a bobble-head.

"My name is Rainbow Dash Highriser, the greatest and fastest flier in all of Equestria." The Rainbow headed girl said proudly as she gave him a quick thumbs up

"Hi, my name is Ditzy Doo and here is a get well muffin for you, I hope you like chocolate" said Ditzy as she gave him the muffin she watched him set it down on the bed and hen suddenly she gave him a hug. Naruto was surprised by the sudden contact and the pain that came with it, it didn't hurt much only as he let out a grunt tipping the girl off. "Oops I'm sorry I forgot you were still hurt" She said giving him apologetic look as she backed away.

"Its alright it didn't hurt that much and thanks for the muffin Ms. Doo." Naruto said giving her a foxy smile, as he began to inhale the muffin. The girls couldn't help but blush a little bit by his charming smile, and they felt a little jealous of Ditzy for some reason.

"P-please c-call me Ditzy" She stuttered out her face heating up as he leaned closer towards her.

"Okay Ditzy" Naruto noticed something off, as his hand touched Ditzy's forehead feeling it for any heat. "Hey is there something wrong with you, you're face is turning red and it looks like there is something wrong with your eyes.?"

'Oh no, he noticed' Ditzy thouhgt as she cringed inwardly. "See When I get excited, embarrassed or stressed out , my eyes goes sorta wall eye, they make me look stupid don't they" said Ditzy sadly knowing whatwas going to come. 'He's going to make fun just like the rest'

"Not really, I think they make you look cute doing it who cares what everyone else thinks." Naruto said as he finished the rest of his muffin.

Ditzy couldn't help but go cherry red from the complement, no one has ever called her cute and deep down in heart she felt a small spark. "T-thank you" She said quietly, finding her feet quiet interesting

Fluttershy stepped forward looking at the patient nervously. "Um I know I already told you my name,but I would like to introduce my self properly" She began clearing her throat gaining everyones attention. "Hello my name is Fluttershy Featherheart"

"Well since we got the introductions out of the way, we can now get back to business." Said the doctor as he gave the nurse his clipboard. "Well mister Naruto since you seem perfectly healthy besides a little soreness, you may leave whenever you want"

"But where would I go?" Naruto asked as the question hung in the air.

"Ah yes, I forgot about your amnesia for a second." The doctor said as he glanced out the window. "Well since we don't know where your from, or who your family are, you don't really have any options on where to go...."

"He can stay with me for the time being" said Applejack finally speaking up. "We have a spare room for you"

"Well that settles it then" The doctor as he realized something important. "But there still one problem though"

"And what's that doc?" asked Rainbow Dash

"He doesn't have any clothes to wear"

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2 hours later

(Appleville)

Naruto and the girls left the hospital after solving the issue of Naruto clothing problem. The hospital was kind enough to offer him some male scrubs for him wear, until he had his own set of cloths to wear. The doctor just asked that he returned the clothes when he was finished with them.

"So... where are we going?" asked Naruto after a couple minutes of walking what seemed aimlessly down the street.

"Well for one thing we need to get you out of that silly outfit and into regular looking clothes." said Applejack as she motioned to Naruto attire.

"Yeah those clothes make you totally uncool, we need something that just pops." said Rainbow Dash

"And the only person that can do for that is one of our friends, were on are way there." Said Applejack "But a word of warning though she can be very dramatic"

"And very picky" said Ditzy adding her two cents to the topic.

"But overall she has a really kind heart" said Fluttershy trying to put the girl in a positive light.

"We're here" Rainbow Dash said in a sing-song voice, getting everyone's attention.

Naruto checked the house out and was awed by the sheer look of it. It looked to be a two story house which was painted purple,blue, yellow and white. It sorta looked like a mini castle. The first floor it had two big windows that showed some mannequin wearing beautiful dresses and the occasional. On top of the door there was a sign that read Carousel Boutique.

"Wow this place looks so..." started to say Naruto

"Flashy?" said Applejack

"Stupid?" said Rainbow Dash

"I was going to say unique." said Naruto as they started to walk into the store. They stepped inside they saw a woman, busy working on a dress. If there was one word to describe this woman in Naruto's mind that would be elegant. She had long violet curly hair that reached to her mid back and light fair skin. She had dark blue eyes in deep concentration, that were covered by stylish red glasses and pair of D-cup breasts. She was wearing a white dress shirt with purple trimmings.She had a black skirt with stockings and a pair of black high heels.

Then Naruto saw something shocking, the items all around began to be covered in a blue glow which lifted them into the air, it looked like she was controlling each and everyone of them, if the blue glow on her hand were any indication.

"Hey Rarity, come meet are new friend." said Applejack ducking a piece of fabric passing her way.

"I'm a little busy right now Applejack" said Rarity still working on the dress, her eyes glancing at the fabric in front of her as it was placed neatly into a pile.

"Come on Rarity, stop working on that dumb dress, and come over here to meet the new guy" Rainbow Dash yelled, getting an exaggerated sigh from Rarity who simply started to put everything away

"Fine then what is so important, that you find the need to stop me from finishing this dress" Rarity said turning around to look at them, her eyes landed on Naruto. She couldn't help but marvel at his beauty. She thought that he might of possibly been the most handsome man she had ever met.

"Darling, you are absolutely handsome" said Rarity, causing Naruto to blush a little bit as she walked closer to him “My name is Rarity Reluire”.

"Um, thank you and my name is Naruto Uzumaki, nice to meet you" Naruto said while scratching the back of his head.

When Rarity finally began to get over staring at Naruto's body, she finally took notice his current attire. "Why are you wearing those dreadful things, someone as handsome as you shouldn't be wearing those tacky things." said Rarity with disdain her eyes twitching at this crime against all things beautiful.

"That's what we came here for Rarity, we were wondering, if you'd were willing to make him some new duds" Applejack smiled as Rarity looked at her.

"By 'duds' you mean new clothes then yes, I would be more than happy to create him some stylish clothing." Rarity said happily "So darling what kind of design of clothes do you want me to create?"

"I'm not really sure" said Naruto as he looked at the girls hoping they'd speak up for him.

"That is quite alright, let me go get you something, perhaps this can make your decide." Rarity said going to her desk, she grabbed her book. "Here you can use this for some inspiration for your clothes and please take your time with this okay, the girls and I will be talking." Rarity said happily as she dragged the four into another room to discuss this newest tidbit of information.

Naruto looked through the book sitting down on one of the chairs, he was amazed how many designs there was in the book. He kept looking through the variety of styles and yet as each page he flipped he still hadn't found that seemed fit him. Naruto was just about to pick anything at this point, his hands lazily turned to the next page as something finally caught his eye. It had a long cloak with baggy pant and a tight shirt, with a pair of sandals(think Ninja Sandals). Naruto felt that these cloths would fit his style the best compared to everything else in the book. His eyes wandered lazily around the shop before going back to the book.

Naruto was going to go find Rarity and the others to show them his own style but they beat him to the punch as each of them returning happily talking with each other.

"So darling have you finally chosen on what you want me to design for you?" asked Rarity walking to him her pace a bit slower.

"Yes I would like for you to design this for me, if you don't mind that is?" Naruto said as he pointed at the picture, Rarity glanced over the picture and was surprised by his choice.

"My this type of clothing can be only found in Arabia, are you sure you want this?" Rarity asked about Naruto's decision, and his reply was just a quick nod "Well alright, I'll have it done by the end of the evening." They checked the clock that was at the far right of the room, they saw it was only 10:00 o'clock in the morning.

As Naruto was about to say thank you, his stomach had started to growl. Everyone looked at him, who blushed and gave off a nervous chuckle

"And in the meantime, we'll be getting this fella here some grub down over at Sugar Cube Corner" Applejack said giving Naruto a playful nudge.

"Yes, go on, I'm busy right now girls." said Rarity not really paying attention as she started to work on his outfit.

"Well let's go then, when she's like this nothing will get her attention until she is finished and ready to show it off." Ditzy said as she started to walk out the door.

"Yeah, lets go get some grub" Rainbow Dash said as she and the rest started to follow Ditzy out the door as well, leaving Rarity by herself

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2 hours later

"Um, you guys?" started Naruto as they were walking to Sugar Cube Corner

"Yeah?" said Applejack

"I know I should have asked this sooner, but what was that thing Rarity was doing when we first went into the store?" Naruto looked at Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash and then towards Applejack. "Some of you have wings too and Applejack and Rarity don't have anything like that, how come?"

"Wow you really do have amnesia" said Rainbow Dash looking at him unbelievable look

"Okay here is the low down" said Applejack as she started to give an explanation "There are three common types of people all over in Equstria. There are the Earthians which I am, we are good with the plants and have super strength"

"Really?" asked Naruto

"Really, just watch" said Applejack as she walked up to a tree, she cocked her fist back and hit the tree. What happen next shocked Naruto, the tree started to fall back until it completely came right out of the ground

"Now you believe me" asked Applejack have a cocky smirk, Naruto just nodded as he was still shocked from what he saw. He snapped out of it when Rainbow Dash hit him in the back of the head

"Anyway" started Applejack "Then there's the Angels which Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are, who have there wings, they control the sky and have speed"

"But I'm the fastest there is" said Rainbow Dash confidently

"Yes, yes Rainbow Dash we heard all before" said Ditzy, Rainbow Dash got tick but she just pouted

"And finally there are the sorcerers which Rarity is, they have the power to harness magic and use to do a lot of amazing doodads"

"Um Applejack you forgot one more" said Fluttershy finally speaking up

"Really who did I forget?" asked Applejack looking at her

"Princess Celestia" she said simply

"Aww yes I forgot about her"

"Who is Princess Celestia?" asked Naruto

"Well she is the ruler of all of Equestria and she raises the sun and the moon, she is a archangel, she has magic,strength and wings, her type are considered to be rarest of them all"

"And she is really kind ruler as well" said Fluttershy

"Yes she sure is, anyway that is all is you need to know, you can learn about other races over at the library"

"Hey were here" said Rainbow Dash

Naruto checked the house and couldn't help but feel more hungry by looking. To him it sort of looked like a giant gingerbread house, it was two story house that had a stand up sign that had said Sugar Cube Corner with pink letters and some balloons all around it.

Naruto was about to go inside until he was stopped by Applejack "Here is another word of warning partner, are friend is super nice and very friendly but she can be bit... overwhelming "

"Don't worry i think I'll be able to handle it" said Naruto as he went inside the store

"Well don't say I didn't warn ya" said Applejack quietly to to herself as she and the rest walked inside with him.

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2 minutes later

When Naruto stepped inside of the store he was amazed by the pastries that was around it. He couldn't but help drool from the combined smell of all the food. He walked to the counter just as he was about to hit the bell, a girl popped out from behind the counter from what seemed out of nowhere. Naruto couldn't help but give a startled jump.

"Hey there, oh my gosh you're new here aren't ya?" The girl said excitedly.

After calming down Naruto got a better look at the excitable girl, she had pink puffy curly hair that reach below her shoulder and dark blue eyes. She had light skin and had a small star on the right side of her face. She was wearing pink plated scarf and pink stripped long sleeve shirt that covered her C-cup breast, with a pink short skirt and a pair long sleeve pink stripped socks that reached to her thighs, and to top it all off a pair of pink high top sneakers.

"Yeah, I'm new here" Naruto replied quickly, regaining his composure

"Oh my gosh I knew it, I know every person in Appleville and I mean every person, the only way I wouldn't know who you are would mean that your new here, and then that means that you're lonely and if you're lonely then you want a friend and if you want a friend then I should throw you a party so you can make lots of friends and to help welcome you to Appleville." Pinkie said as started getting right into Naruto face.

'Now I know what they meant' Naruto thought as he was amazed she was able to talk this long without taking a single breath.

"Whoa there Pinkie Pie, he already has some friends, no need to go to all that trouble." Applejack said as she pulled Pinkie Pie away from Naruto

"Really? That's great want to be friends with me as well?" Pinkie Pie asked excitedly.

"S-sure" Naruto said a little overwhelmed by her personality

"YAY!" Pinkie Pie shout as she gave Naruto a tight hug. "My name is Pinkiemena Diane Pie, but everyone calls me Pinkie Pie." She finally let go of him, who just started taking deep breaths from the constricting hug.

"Okay Pinkie Pie" Naruto said finally regaining his breath

"I still think we should throw a party for him to welcome him to Appleville" She said eying him a bit.

"Oh sure, that's fine you can do it over at the barn since he is going to be living at my house." said Applejack

"Okay" said Pinkie Pie "So why are you guys here in the first place?"

"We came here to get something to eat and to introduce you to our new friend." said Rainbow Dash

"What would you girls like to eat?" Pinkie Pie asked as she took out notepad from what seemed to be thin air.

"I would like a slice of vanilla cheese cake with a cup of jasmine tea." said Fluttershy

"Okay" Pinkie Pie said as she started to scribble down on the notepad.

"I would like a batch of blueberry muffins, with a glass of orange juice" Ditzy said feeling her mouth water at the thought of muffins.

"Okay and here is a napkin" Pinkie Pie replied as she handed a napkin to Ditzy who blushed being caught drooling.

"Give me three red velvet cupcakes with some cran-raspberry juice." said Rainbow Dash.

"Okay Dashie"

"I would like some apple fritters and some apple juice" Applejack said as her gaze turned towards Naruto "So Naruto what would you like partner?"

"I would like some red velvet cupcakes with some apple juice" said Naruto

"okey dokey, the food will be ready in 5 minutes, why don't you four grab a seat while I start your order" Pinkie Pie said as she went into the back kitchen.

"So Naruto what do you plan to do now since you don't remember anything?" asked Rainbow Dash

"Well I'm not really sure" Naruto said as he started to put some thought into it. "Well first things first, I need to find a job, I don't want to freeload off of Applejack hospitality, then after that I'm not really sure what to do."

"Well you could work on the farm, but I gotta check if you're suited for the job, we can start tomorrow if you would like?" Applejack offered

"Really? Thanks Applejack" said Naruto

"Don't get you hopes up to high, I still got to check if you have the skills for it, can't hire a farmhand that can't work on a farm."

"But still thank you"

"Here you go" Pinkie Pie sang aloud with a sing song voice, her hands bringing tray of foods with her as she started to pass them out.

"Mighty thanks Pinkie Pie" said Applejack

"Thank you Pinkie" said Ditzy as she started to eat her muffins.

"Thank you" said Fluttershy as taking small bites out of her cake.

Everyone gave a small thanks before they started to eat their dessert

"What are you guys going to do next after you're done?" said Pinkie Pie as she took a seat with them the shop was all but deserted and the pink loving girl decided

"Well" started Applejack started on her third apple fritter. "After were finished getting some grub, we're going to show Naruto here around town, you know get him use to lay out of the town, since he might be staying in the town for a while." taking another bite

"Ooh really can I come with you guys?" asked Pinkie Pie

"Didn't you say you were going make a party for this guy?" Rainbow Dash replied finishing the last of her cupcakes

"Oh my gosh I almost forgot" said Pinkie Pie a loud gasp "You're right, that is more important" giving a dramatic pose making a few chuckle at her antics.

Everyone laughed a bit from Pinkie Pie's silliness as they went back to eating in silence

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30 minutes later

When the girls and Naruto left the store, Pinkie Pie left with a skip to get the party started while the others went to show Naruto around the town. They took him to town hall which also happen to be town square. Then they took him to the shopping market where he got see lots of fruit and vegetables, there were even sell flowers and utensils. They visited the park where he saw a lot of kids playing and animals gracing without a care for the world. Naruto for some reason couldn't help but feel something deep down within him when he see this... envy,that is what he felt, he felt intense envy seeing the children laughing and having fun.

"Naruto... are you okay?" asked Fluttershy noticing his frown

Naruto snapped out of whatever funk he was in upon hearing Fluttershy worried voice "Yes, I'm fine, I just felt something weird that's all" said Naruto giving her a smile. As they left the park they noticed that it was already past noon.

"Man is Rarity going to be awfully mad that were late" said Applejack as she and the rest of the gang went back to Rarity shop/home

"Mad nothing she is going to go ballistic on us" said Rainbow Dash

"Maybe she will understand" said Fluttershy

"Well lets hope so" said Ditzy

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They finally reached the Carousel Boutique, when they stepped inside they saw Rarity sitting on a chair, looking very annoyed at them.

"Look sorry we were late we got-" started Applejack only for Rarity to raise her hand stopping her from answering.

"It is not proper to make a lady wait, but giving the circumstances of our guest I forgive you girls for being late." Rarity said in a clam voice, getting the girls to give a sigh of relief. "But it better not happen again" her tone raised as she gave them a glare. "Anyway I finished the clothes and added some modification to it as well so you wouldn't seem that out of place in town." She handed him the clothes as she sent him into the changing room. After a couple minutes Naruto finally came out, and the girls couldn't help but blush, some more then others, upon seeing him.

He looked absolutely handsome from the cloths he was wearing. He had a white trench coat with a hoodie. The sleeves only reached to his elbows. He had a black tight sleeves shirt that show his chiseled torso that showed that a nice athletic build. He had a pair of black loose baggy pants which was tied with a red sash. He had a pair of black sandals. Naruto didn't notice with them staring at him, he just went to the three sided mirror checking on how he looked.

"So... what do you think guys?" asked Naruto to turning around to looking at the girls waiting for them to voice their opinions.

"YOU LOOK ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS DARLING!" screamed Rarity finally regaining her voice shaking everyone out of their stupor.

"I got to say Naruto, those cloths really suit you." said Applejack tipping her hat to cover her face, as she secretly checked him out.

"Yeah you look really cool" said Rainbow Dash looking the other way but couldn't help but give him a few glances.

"You look very handsome Naruto" said Fluttershy behind her hair to hiding her blush.

Ditzy didn't say anything other then her face going red and her eyes going wall eyed.

Again Naruto didn't notice their reactions as he checked himself in the mirror. "I really love the cloths Rarity but where are the pockets though?"

"There in the inside the coat" said Rarity checking him out to see if there was any problems that she may need to fix.

"Well any way we better go to the party before everyone get tired of waiting" said Applejack

"Party? What party?" asked Rarity finally taking her eyes off of Naruto and looking at Applejack.

"Well Pinkie Pie is throwing a party for Naruto to welcome him to Appleville" said Ditzy finally regaining her voice.

"Oh, so is it an open invention?"

"Sure"

"Well then we shouldn't keep them waiting now should we" said Rarity as she and the rest left her home/shop.

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It was already dark by the time they reached they reached Applejack farm Naruto couldn't help but be amazed on how big the farm was. All he can see was Apple trees as far as his eyes could see.

"Man that is a lot of apple trees" said Naruto still amazed by the sheer size of the place

"Biggest and bestest apple orchard in all of Equestria" said Applejack with pride in her voice

"Yes, yes lets go to the party they must have started without us by now" Ditzy said as they walked to the barn. When they open the door they saw it was complete dark inside and dead silent.

"Pinkie Pie did say the party was today right?" asked Rainbow Dash as she looked on into the dark barn.

"Maybe she changed her mind" said Naruto, just as he finished that sentence the lights turned heard a loud scream of 'SURPRISE' before countless people all jumped out of hay stacks and carts. There was streamers and flags hanging from the banister. A table full of snacks and beverages sitting on two large tables. There was a Dj station there as well playing the music but the musician wasn't there.

"Surprise! Welcome to Appleville!" screamed Pinkie Pie surprising Naruto as she just popped out of no where right beside him as she was wearing a party hat and was blowing a party flute right next to his head, and she had person next to her as well "Do you like the party?"

"Yeah I love it, thank you Pinkie Pie." said Naruto giving her a quick hug which she returned eagerly.

"You are very welcome, by the way looking goood" said Pinkie Pie as she let go of him and gave a thumbs as she saw his new cloths"come meet a good friend of mine, her name is Vinyl Scratch but people mostly know as Dj Pon-3, she is always able to give me the best jams for my party's"

"Its no problem Pinkie, always happy to help one of my best buds" said the girl as she pushed her glasses showing her magenta eyes. She had front spike short cobalt blue hair with brilliant cyan stripes in her hair. She has a pair of black gloves with black elbow guards and headphones around her neck. She has dark grey t shirt and black short skirt. She has a pair of blue and purple shoes with cyan striped long sleeve socks.

"So your the guy that were throwing the party for" said Vinyl looking at Naruto taking his figure "Gotta say you're a lot better looking then the way Pinkie had describe you, Vinyl Scratch" she said as she extended her hand which Naruto took.

"Naruto Uzumaki"

"Naruto Uzumaki, huh? Cool name" she said as she let go of his hand "We should hang out later, so you can meet a friend of mine, she a bit uptight but she is a great friend" she put her glasses back on. "Anyway I better go, some has to keep the music pumping" she said as she started to walk away form him and back to the Dj booth

"Well I better go talk to Granny Smith about you settling at are house" said Applejack she started to walk back to her house "I'll be back later so start the party with out me"

"Well lets get this party started" said Pinkie Pie as she stared to drag Naruto and the girls to the center of the party where everyone was dancing. It will be a long night before anyone got any sleep.

Meetings

Naruto had awoken as he felt something wet fall on his face. He searched around his surroundings, noticing that he was outside.

"Where am I? Didn't I fall asleep in my bed?" He said to himself as it started to rain. He wiped his face off, trying to get rid of the droplets of water that had fallen on him, until he saw he saw something strange with his hands.

"What the hell?" Whispered Naruto as he saw his hands, they were see-through. He checked his body and saw it was also see through.

He got up from the ground and checked his environment. He saw he was in a forest and the sky was bleak with thunderstorms roaring out in the distance. He started to walk around the forest, trying to see if he could get his bearings.

'This place can't be the Everfree Forest. The trees are too different than the ones there and it's not giving off that weird feeling I get whenever I'm in there as well.'

As Naruto started to walk further and further into the forest he started to hear a distant noise. He felt the ground quake beneath his feet and the sound of a loud explosion echoed from the other direction.

"What's that?" Naruto mumbled to himself, walking to where the noise was originating from. The closer he got, the louder noise seem to get, to the point where he started to feel the ground shake. When he reached the source of the noise, he was shocked by what he saw in front of him. Corpses, corpses everywhere littered the grounds. Some were humans with their corpses burned, or cut. While the others looked like white humanoid plant creatures with half or most of their bodies looked like they were melted or torn to shreds. The land that Naruto found them on was dismantled as there were craters everywhere with trees ripped off their roots on this barren land. In the distant Naruto saw flashes of lightning coming from the distance. The explosions coming closer, he saw two people clashing together. One was using a sword while the other was using a small knife like weapon. The first man looked to be around his age, maybe little bit younger. He had long spiky black hair that was styled backwards and light pale skin. He was wearing what used to be a white shirt but was tattered and full of holes. He had tight black pants with black open toed sandals. The man was bleeding from his forehead as well as tears of blood coming from his eyes. His left arm was covered in lightning before it started to fade, but he was still able to stand strong as he glared scornfully at the person in front of him.

The other person surprised Naruto because the one holding the knife was…him. He looked different though. His clothes looked like the ones he wore when he first arrived in Appleville, but he didn't look any better than the other guy. He had a few gashes and burn marks all over his body, but it looked like they were slowing healing. But what surprised Naruto was the look in his eyes. They were the same as the other person except they seemed to be more intense and haunting. His sapphire eyes looked so cold, as if they were made of ice itself as they held so much contempt and hatred for the man that was in front of him.

"How are you still standing? I'm an Uchiha, an elite. I am the strongest, my power should have destroyed you, you insignificant mongrel" Said the man breaking the silence. He struggled to stay standing as his hand started to glow with lightning before it faded again causing the man to get frustrated.

"I tried so hard to forgive you Sasuke. After everything you have done we could've found a way to help you repent for the crimes you have committed. But what you have done to me, to her." Said Naruto in a hollowed tone that sent a cold shiver down Naruto's spine and saw his hands clench to the point where his knuckles turned white and blood started to come out of his palms "... is unforgivable, and that is why I am going to end your life, right here, right now. So you can't hurt anyone else ever again."

"Isn't the reason you are here is to get revenge, you fucken hypocrite?!" Asked the now named Sasuke, screaming the last part. Naruto just looked at him.

Sasuke gave him a dark scowl hearing what Naruto just said "And what about my revenge?!" He yelled at him before running at him with new found strength, preparing to cut him in half. Naruto blocked the attack before kicking him in the stomach, sending him back. He shakily stood up again panting, trying to get air back in his lungs "They took everything from me. My home," Sasuke said, taking some steps toward him "My family," Another step "And my brother." He raised his sword to strike, but Naruto blocked it with his kunai, before kicking him in the air. Naruto made two of clones of himself, which surprised Naruto, and they jumped in the air. Two of them grabbed Sasuke's arms, stopping him from moving or countering. The original Naruto made a small blue rotating ball, and slammed it into Sasuke's chest.

"Rasengan!" Naruto heard him yell before he jumped back as he saw Sasuke coming down at his direction.

Sasuke screamed as he felt the concentrated chakra trying to grind into his skin before he was sent down at full speed back to the ground. Naruto landed right in front of Sasuke.

Sasuke gritted his teeth to keep himself from screaming as he felt the excruciating pain he was feeling.

Naruto just stared at him before he started to release a large amount of chakra. It surrounded him before it started to change color, making it look he was being covered in golden flames and it started to transform his body, giving him a golden cloak with a spiral on the back. His whisker marks become more pronounced, his hair received two hair-like horns on his head. Black swirls started to appear on his chest, before various black lines start to appear around his body. His eyes, that were once icy blue, changed bloody red with the irises becoming slits. He brought his right arm up, and two gold arms shot out from his arm and started to go in different directions around his hand. Little blue and red balls started to form out of thin air before they started to come at the center of his hand, creating a small black-purple ball, getting bigger and bigger until it was as big as the rasengan.

Naruto just stared down at Sasuke, before giving him a sad smile. "You know Sasuke, if she was here right now she would have told me that this wasn't who I was and that there was another way to save you." Then his smile turned into a frown "But she isn't here is she, thanks to you." Naruto prepared to strike.

"Goodbye Sasuke." Naruto descended his attack on to him.

"NARUTO!!!"

"NO!!!" Naruto yelled, waking up and startling the person in his room.

"What, what, what happen? Are we under attack?" Asked Shigiya, abruptly getting up from the floor with a knife in his hand in a defensive position and started to look around, seeing what the problem was.

Naruto just looked at him for a little while before answering. "I regained some of my memories again."

"Really?" Shigiya asked, putting his knife back in its sheath before hiding it back under his pillow and started to laid back down in his sleeping bag and put the knife back under his pillow before giving a deep sigh. "Couldn't you have gotten your memories back when it was evening, at least people would have been awake then."

"Well sorry for waking you up from your beauty sleep." Said Naruto sarcastically, causing Shigiya to flip him off. "I have no control over this you know."

"Tch, excuses."

"Whatever." Naruto grunted at his reply. "Anyways, this one was more intense than the other ones." Naruto said as began to tell what he saw.

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"Damn Man." Was all Shigiya could say as he stared at the ceiling. "That's got to be the most kick ass thing I have ever heard. Kind of wish I was there now."

"Is that all your having to say?" Responded Naruto, giving him a deadpan look.

"Yep." Shigiya simply said looking at him. "What else do you want me to say?"

Naruto just sighed. "Sometimes I wonder how we're still friends."

"Well I have nothing else to say other than suck it up, you killed someone, big whoop. I've known you for a while now and from what I learned, you're the type of person who cares deeply about your friends and will do anything to protect them." He gave a small grin. "Especially after that incident with the Timberwolves. Man, that was a good fight. Kind of wished those little bastards didn't sneak attacked me, then I wouldn't have needed you to save my ass." Shigiya just sighed. "I still owe ya, you know?"

Naruto just smiled. "It's fine. You're one of my best friends, even if you're a bit of an ass." He grinned when Shigiya flipped him off, but he could tell he wasn't angry about it. He looked out of the window and saw the sky glow a bit. He may still have an hour left before it was time to start the morning chores. "But thanks man."

"No prob man."

"..."

"There's something that's bugging me..."

"What?"

"I wonder if your wife was hot?" Said Shigiya curiously as Naruto face planted.

"Does it really matter if she was hot? I just wish I could remember who she was."

"Well, I still bet that she was a really hot." Shigiya said before becoming depressed "Seeing as all the girls in town want to get into your pants, especially our friends"

Naruto just gave a grunt. "How many times do I have to tell you that they don't like me that way." before he lay there. Shigiya just gave a sigh before going to sleep again, but not before saying one last thing.

"Whatever you say man, I see what I see." before silence overtook them.

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Naruto had gotten up after the rooster had crow to the first sight of the morning sun. Naruto had got up, walked around Shigiya's sleeping form, going into the bathroom to change. After he finished, he went downstairs to see Granny Smith, Big Mac, Applebloom and Applejack getting ready to make breakfast.

"Hey y'all." said Naruto, greeting them.

"Hey there Naruto." Said Applejack greeting Naruto back "I thought that you were going to sleep in after your little music fest out in the barn with Shigiya last night."

Naruto had been wondering why Shigiya was in his room. He had come over to work on the music he was working on and to make sure he was practicing. Naruto has gotten better with his music skills if Shigiya was asking him to help him finish the song for the Summer Sun Celebration "He wanted to finish that song for the Summer Sun celebration."

"He hasn't finished it yet?" She asked as she helped Granny Smith.

"No. You know how that guy is, always likes putting things off till the last minute. Luckily, we were able to finish it last night, so it's all good."

"He is such procrastinator, he should've had finished that song on the first day he was told that he was going host the concert, and that was like a month ago." huffed Applejack as she brought out some eggs and some toast before she started to make some pancakes.

"Yeah he's still sleeping on the floor." Naruto brought out a pitcher of apple juice and placed it on the table.

"Well go wake him up then or he is going to miss breakfast." said Applejack, still making the pancakes.

"Sure." Naruto was about to go upstairs until he saw Winona sleeping under the sofa and got an idea.

"Here Winona, come here girl." said Naruto, calling out to her, trying to get her attention. Winona started to wag her tail and ran up to Naruto, climbing up his leg.

"Hey girl, I need you to do something for me." Said Naruto giving her innocent smile, making her head tilt in confusion.

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Naruto walked back in the kitchen seeing Applejack finish making the pancakes.

"So you woke him up?" Applejack asked, turning off the stove and taking the pancakes to the table where everyone had already sat down.

"Yeah." Naruto smiled, a smile that Applejack knew well. She was about to say something until Naruto held his hand up and started to count down until he finally reached zero.

"Out!" Screamed Shigiya from upstairs before hearing Winona barking and saw her running back down the stairs.
Applejack gave Naruto a stern glare "What did you do?"

"Nothing." He said innocently "Just had Winona go give Shigiya a good morning kiss is all."

Applebloom started to giggle as Big Mac was chuckling a bit, along with Granny Smith.

Applejack just shook her head and grab some pancakes "Sometimes I wonder if I'm the only mature one in this house." She muttered under her breath.

"Maybe." Naruto said as he got a plate of pancakes.

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Naruto was enjoying his pancakes until he felt someone smack him hard in the back of the head, making him choke on his pancakes. Naruto couldn't breathe until Applebloom gave him a glass of apple juice, which he gratefully took.

"What was that for?" wheezed out Naruto, finally being able to breathe.

"For waking me up again, you dip." Shigiya grunted out before taking a seat.

"You could've killed me." Naruto said indignantly.

"Maybe." Shigiya said with a shrug before asking if he could have a glass of juice.

Naruto got a tick for his passive attitude before he calmed downed, seeing as he is always like that "So everyone ready for the Summer Sun Celebration?"

"Yeah I can't wait." said Applebloom with excitement oozing out of her. "The Music, food and the games. It's going to be great!"

"Now Applebloom, that ain't going to happen until tomorrow, you know that right?"

"Yeah I know, but I just can't wait for it."

"Then we will just have to keep you occupied, making you help us setup for the party."

"Aww."

"I hope you're ready for tomorrow Naruto." said Shigiya, taking a small sip of his coffee.

"Don't worry, I've been practicing." He said, grinning with excitement. "We're going to bring the house down."

"Good." He said before taking another sip.

"Well, we better get everything ready for the party right Big Mac?" Asked Applejack as she help Granny Smith take the dishes.

"E'yup."

"Oh yeah I forgot that your whole family is coming today too." said Shigiya as he drank his coffee. "Hope you guys don't forget to make food for the celebration, I know how big of an appetite you guys have." Shigiya said, giving a glance at Applejack. "Especially you, Applejack."

Applejack looked at him quizzically. "What are you talking about?"

"I heard from a little birdy that you ate 50 apple fritters in 5 minutes last year." said Naruto giving her a playful grin.

Applejack blushed and started to sputter. "How did you know about that?" She asked, glaring at him, demanding them to answer.

"Shigiya told me." said Naruto, jabbing his thumb to Shigiya.

"And how did you find out?" She asked glaring at him.

"Granny Smith told me." responded Shigiya flippantly to Applejacks glare.

"GRANNY!"

"Oh hush now sweetie pie. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. It just shows how much you're growing." said Granny Smith giving her a toothy grin.

"Yeah in more ways than one." said Shigiya sneaking a glance at her chest while sipping his coffee. Applejack covered her chest as she saw where his eyes wandered, while Naruto smacked him in the back of the head.

"Keep them at eye level pervert." said Naruto giving him a glare.

"Hey I was just stating the truth." said Shigiya giving a small smile. "It's not my fault that she doesn't keep a restraint on those jiggling water balloons." He said as his smile turned into grin. He took his cup to the sink to wash it.

"He has a point, big sis." the unexpected voice coming from Applebloom shocking Applejack “You could try to do something about those."

"Hush Applebloom, it just shows she is becoming a mature women." said Granny Smith before wiping a tear from her eye "They grow up so fast, isn’t that right Macintosh, Naruto?"

"E’yup"

Naruto preferred to stay silent as he didn't want to make this anymore awkward then it already was and didn't want to make Applejack feel more embarrassed... and also because he was trying not to laugh as well up a neutral face. Applejack on her part just let a groan as a blush spread more on her face. Luckily for her, Shigiya, sort of, came in for the rescue.

"As much fun it would be to embarrass Applejack, I better get going." as he had all of his stuff with him walking to the door. "Thank you for the coffee, see you guys later." And with that he was gone.

Seeing the opportunity to change the subject Naruto spoke up. "Come on fellas, we have to get everything prepared as well. The mayor told me that some big shot from Canterlot is going to come and expects the preparations to be done, and let's not forget the family is coming as well." He said as everyone nodded enthusiastic, getting everything ready, causing everyone to forget about the previous conversation and getting a silent thank you from Applejack.

Everyone left the house to get prepared, not knowing that this day will mark the beginning of a grand adventure.

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(Later in the day)

Mayor May was a woman in her mid-twenties, standing at a height of 5'6 and had light tan skin. She had light gray hair that was in an updo with dark gray highlight and had on a pair of oval glasses. She was wearing a light grey tan business suit with black high heels and a pair of white gloves frilly lace on the edges. She was excited that the princess was coming to little old Appleville. This was the first time they have ever receive this esteem honor to host the Summer Sun Celebration.

She could almost imagine how much money the town was going to make from tourists that were bound to come to participate for the festival. She wanted everything to be perfect for the upcoming event. She was checking on the preparations, and everything seemed to be going smoothly. The last place she had to check was Sweet Apple Acres, since it was the farthest one from town.

She was greeted by an aroma of delicious food being cooked at their home. She saw the Apple family making food and some new visitors she assumed were relatives coming for the festival as well.

They already had a large table filled with delicious food. She was almost tempted to grab a bite, but she had to withhold her urges since she had business to do. She saw Applejack come out, carrying a tray of Apple pies and apple strudel.

"Hello Applejack." said the mayor walking up to her.

"Howdy mayor, what brings you to these here parts?" Asked Applejack setting down the tray "Here to try out our food?"

"Sadly no, I'm on the job right now, you know how it is." She said, Applejack nodded in understanding "I came to see if everything was prepared, and by the looks and smells of things, it seems everything is going great."

"Thanks, we're already putting the finishing touches for the buffet table."

"Good good, I'll send some people to come and pick up the food, so you can focus on your family." She informed her.

"Why thank you Mayor." She said, happy she can spend some more time with her family.

"Applejack, since you’re almost done, are you free by any chance?"

"Not really mayor, I still got to make more food for the family. Why? You need some more help?"

"Well yes, I need someone to escort the inspector around town. I would do it myself but I have more business that I need to attend to and I was hoping to find a friendly person to do the job, and your family seems to fit the bill perfectly."

"Aw shucks, thanks Mayor." said Applejack, blushing lightly from the compliment.

"Well you can ask Naruto if you want. He's not really doing anything right this moment. I had him go harvest some apples. He would be a good choice; he's real friendly to folks."

"I thought he was helping you with the cooking?"

"HA! Not a chance." laughed Applejack, surprising the Mayor. "Trust me, it's best if he stays out of the kitchen."

"Okay then." She said unsurely, wondering how bad of a cook Naruto is, before asking another question "Where exactly is he?"

"Over there." She pointed to Naruto's direction.

"Thank you, I'll be on my way then." She said walking to Naruto's direction.

"When you find him, tell him to bring back on what he had already collected."

"Understood."

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(Meanwhile)

Naruto hit another tree as a batch of apples landed into the basket as he let out another sigh. It had already been six months since he first came to Appleville and he already became quite accustomed to this place, and he already became really close to the girls. He still had some trouble remembering his past but he started to remember the little things in his life, like his friends, his teachers, his favorite food, which he was sorely disappointed when he found out they don't have any here in Appleville, and where he used to live. He tried to look for it on the maps that were in the public library, but it was nowhere on the map, not even on the maps outside of Equestria showed it, so he was stuck until he remember more of its location. He also remembered that he loved to pull pranks.

When he told Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, they were ecstatic to take him out in a pranking spree. It was a day that the citizens of Appleville will never forget. Many were still recovering from their pranks and they were never able to find out who did it, but Applejack always knew it was them that did it, even though they never left any proof. Naruto bucked another tree and the apples landed in the baskets. He was glad that he was able to finish the job faster without having to pick every apple from the tree.

After Mac and Applejack taught him how to control his strength, Naruto was able to buck trees five times faster than before. Big Mac was surprised at how much strength he possessed. Applejack had already seen it, so she wasn't that shocked. It took a lot of trial and error, but he was finally able to get a hang of it to the point where he was able to harvest apples the same way as Big Mac and Applejack.

But that's not what was distracting him. It was the memory.
The more he learned about himself, the more questions seem to pop up. Was that really him in that memory? He seemed so distant, so cold and so… hollow, like an empty husk that was looking for something to fill the void. He just couldn't believe that was him. Oh there is also the fact that he was MARRIED!!!

That was something he never thought that would happen to him at such young age, but it also brought him some regret for not being able to remember her. There was still so many questions that he wished answers for like: What was that power that he had use? Was there a war taking place in his homeland? Was the war still going on? Was his homeland okay? Did he kill that man? Was he a warrior? Was he a killer? Too many questions and not enough answers. Maybe in time he might get the answers he is searching for.

Naruto was taken out of his thoughts when he heard someone call his name. He looked at the person that was in front of him.

"Oh sorry Mayor." He said then saw who it was. "How are you doing?"

"Hello Naruto, I'm doing fine." Greeted the Mayor "Is something the matter, you seemed distracted, I've been trying to get your attention for a while now."

"It's nothing to worry about." said Naruto trying to change the subject. "Was there something you needed Ma'am?"

"Oh, um, yes, I was wondering if you can help me with a little job." asked the Mayor.

"Sure, what do you need me to do?" Naruto asked as he hit another tree.

"I was wondering if you could be a guide for the inspector."

"Sure, I've got nothing else to do today."

"Great, meet her at the entrance of town."

"Ok, what time do they get here?"

"3:00."

"What time is it right now?"

"1:22."

"An hour in half, plenty of time. Just let me finish bucking and I’ll head over at the entrance later."

"Applejack told me to tell you that you can bring back what you already collected."

“Oh, okay then let’s get this stuff back to the barn.”

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Naruto and the Mayor went back to the house with Naruto pulling a cart full of apples. As they reached the house they saw more people had arrived at the house. Applejack saw them coming this way as she finish talking to one of her family members.

“Hey Naruto leave that stuff there and come meet some of my family.” said Applejack calling Naruto over. Naruto walked to her as Mayor said that she was going to talk with Granny Smith for a little bit.

“Fritter, meet my friend and worker, Naruto Uzumaki” said Applejack introducing to the person she was talking too “And Naruto meet my favorite cousin, Apple Fritter.”

The girl seemed to be around Applejacks age but she was much shorter than her, she was around pinkie’s height. She had light lime green hair that was tied in pigtails which reached down to her shoulders. She had light skin tone with a heart shape face with freckles dusting her cheeks. She was wearing a yellow plaid shirt and short blue jeans. She had on brown cowboy boots that was decorated with flower stitches.

“Well howdy there, nice to meet you” she said as she shook his hand.

“Nice meet you.” said Naruto giving her a foxy grin.

“So you’re the fella that my cuz been gushing on about in her letters” she said as she gave him a look over. While she was doing that Applejack was trying hard to hide her blush as Naruto gave her an amused smile “Now that I got a good look at you, I can see why she would be smitten by you” queue in Applejacks full blown blush.

“T-that’s enough, stop exaggerating things, you know that is not what I said in the letter” said Applejack, trying to stop her cousin from saying anything more embarrassing.

“What are you talking about?” asked Applefritter as she looked her questioningly “There was that one letter that you sent me that you couldn’t sleep all night ‘cause you saw h-” she couldn’t say anything else as a tomato red Applejack covered her mouth. Naruto was going to ask her what she is doing until May interrupted them.

“Naruto, sorry to interrupt but it’s to get going now” she told him as she ignored Fritter and Applejack’s antics.

“Okay then” he said before turning back to the girls “See ya later girls, it was nice meeting you Fritter”

“Bye Naruto” said Applejack as she waved goodbye to him as he left, until she felt a sharp pain on her under arm.

“OW!” screamed Applejack, letting go of Fritter who was taking deep breaths.

“Thank Celestia!” she said as she got some air back into her lungs before glaring at Applejack “What the heck Applejack? You could’ve killed me.”

“Sorry didn’t mean to do that” she said sheepishly before glaring at her as well “Just trying to stop you from say anything else to him.”

“Why don’t you just tell him?” she asked “It’s not like he’s taken.”

“It’s… complicated”

“What do you mean?”

“I’ll explain it over some cider, it’s a long story.”

“Okay”

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Naruto and May walked back into town after leaving Sweet Apple Acres. "Naruto, you need to focus on this, you need to try to keep the inspector happy and try to show them that the preparations are almost finished and everything is going smoothly. Applejack seems to be finished already, so that will be your first distension to take them too."

"Yes Ms. Mayor." Naruto said, giving a mock salute.

"You know Naruto, you can just call me May when it's just the two of us."

"Okay... May." said Naruto.

"Well anyways, I better go back to my work." She said as she left to town hall.

Naruto waved her goodbye until he remembered something important. "Wait May! What does the person look like?"

"Oh yes I forgot to mention that?" She said thoughtfully. "She has dark skin and purple hair with a pink stripe highlight."

"Got it." Giving her a nice guy pose.
May smiled and almost laughed when she saw that ridicules pose he made.

"Well goodbye Naruto." She said with a wave as she walked to the direction of town hall.

"Now what do I do now, I still have..." Naruto look at the Appleville clock tower and saw that it was already 1:55. "An hour left, might as well check on the others and see how they are doing."

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Naruto finally reached Fluttershy's cottage and saw her teaching her birds to play some songs as she sang with them. Naruto couldn't help but be entranced by her voice. Naruto always loved listening to her sing. Her voice always seemed to calm him down and at times it always seemed to remind him someone but he could never place his finger on it.

"Hey there Fluttershy." said Naruto breaking her melody as well as scaring her.

Fluttershy let out a loud 'eep' as her wings retracted. Fluttershy closed her eyes preparing for the impact as she fell. Then she felt something catch her. She opened her eyes and saw Naruto holding her. Fluttershy blushed so hard that she could put a tomato to shame by her blush.

"Sorry about that Fluttershy, I didn't mean to scare you." He said with a smile but with a hint of concern in his voice.

"I-is o-okay Naruto, you just s-startled me." Stuttered Fluttershy quietly.

"Still I'm sorry for scaring your birds away." He said as he set her down.

Fluttershy looked back to where her birds were. "Don't worry Naruto; they'll come back in a little while."

"So Fluttershy, how is your music coming along?"

"Oh, we are doing just great. I'm so proud of my little animal friends; I do hope the princess enjoys the music."

"Don't worry; I am positive that she will love it."

"Thank you Naruto." She said gratefully for the confidence. "So what are you doing here Naruto-not that I mind you visiting me, I love seeing you-I-I mean I love it when you visit me-I-I m-mean-" Said Fluttershy, stuttering while her blush made a second come back.

Naruto gave a small chuckle seeing as Fluttershy was becoming a stuttering mess. He always did love teasing Fluttershy because he found it really cute when she blushed. He was tempted to tease her some more but it seemed like she already had enough, if the increasing blush was any kind of indicator.

"Fluttershy calm down, I know what you meant, now take some deep breath." said Naruto, trying to calm her. Thankfully Fluttershy started to calm down as she took some deep breaths.

"Sorry Naruto and thank you." Said Fluttershy quietly, finished taking some deep breaths.

"Don't worry about it and you're welcome." said Naruto giving her a big grin. "Anyway I just came by to check on you and the girls and see how things were going but things seem to be going fine in your area."

"Oh thank you, me and my little critter friends are working really hard."

"Well I'm going to check on the others and let you work with your little friends, see ya." Said Naruto as he started to walk away as he saw her bird friends come back.

"Naruto, wait." Fluttershy called out to him.

"Yeah?" said Naruto turning around, looking at her.

Fluttershy fidgeted a bit blushing from her head to her neck "W-w-will y-y-you." Fluttershy took a deep breath "Will I see you at town hall?"

"Yep." said Naruto giving her a thumb up before leaving.

Fluttershy stood there watching him leave, giving a defeated sigh. She Turned around and saw her friends giving her deadpan stares, how they were able to do it without eyebrows she did not know.

"I know, I should've told him, but I was scared."

One of her birds, a robin, got in her face and started to give a series of chirps.

"But what if he said no and doesn't want to be my friends anymore, I don't think I can handle that kind of rejection."

The robin gave another series chirps, which made Fluttershy give a small sigh. "Yes, you're right. He wouldn't do something like that even if he didn't share the same feelings." She said as she looked to where Naruto left, watching him disappear through the thick trees that lead to town.

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Naruto was walking to Sugar Cube Corner to see if he could get something quick to eat but he saw that they were going to be at town hall to cater the food.

"Oh man," Said Naruto sadly as he really wanted to get some of Pinkie's red velvet cupcakes. "Might as well head there now."

Naruto walked across the road which leads to Town hall. When he got there he notices that the town hall had been decorated. There were long white ribbons with yellow and orange stripes going down the middle, tied to each pillar. Four big bouquets in vases that held flowers of various kinds were near the entrance of the door with a red carpet coming out from the double doors. Near the top of the building were three banners and each one had the sun on it.

They really did a great job on the decoration, if Naruto had anything to say about it. He also notices that they were setting up the stadium right next to it as well.

Naruto went inside to see if Rarity or Shigiya were in there. When he stepped inside Naruto was amazed by how it looked on the inside then the outside. There were purple ribbons hanging on the banisters and purple silk banners hanging on each pillar. There were bouquets of white and yellow roses in every corner in sapphire vases. Tied to the banister of the balcony in the front of the room was the same banner that they had outside as well.

Naruto saw Rarity inspecting some of the decorations while moving some things around with her levitation spell. He saw Shigiya sitting in one of the chairs that had been set up, near the buffet table, tuning his guitar. He was now wearing black dress pants and a black button up shirt with a white outline of a Chinese dragon on the side. He was still wearing his black sun glasses but he had put on a black fedora.

"Hey there guys." said Naruto greeting them.

"Hello there, Naruto." Greeted Rarity but was still focused on putting up the decoration.

"Yo," Said Shigiya giving him a peace sign before going back to tuning his guitar. "So what are you doing here Naruto? I thought you had some kind of party to plan."

"I was, but the mayor needed some help escorting the inspector around town so she asked me to do it." said Naruto as he took a seat next to Shigiya, while he watched Rarity work.

"Really?" Said Rarity, hearing what Naruto had just said, but still kept working as she started to arrange the flowers. "Well I do hope they approve of my work."

"Don't worry; you did an amazing job Rarity."

"Ah, thank you Naruto, I really appreciate it," Rarity said happy to hear someone enjoy her work. "I just wish you accompanied me instead of this vulgar gentleman." Rarity gave a distasteful stare at Shigiya.

"Hate you too Rarity." said Shigiya as he went back to tuning his guitar.

"Anyway," Said Rarity, ignoring Shigiya's comment. "How has your day been Naruto?"

"Oh you know, pretty much like everyone else, busy."

"Well today is a very important day and everyone must be at their best today."

"Well I better get going then, what time is it?"

"It's..." Shigiya started before he took out his pocket watch "2:55."

"DAMN! I'm going to be late!" Said Naruto jumping out of his chair and started to run out the door. "BYE, SEE YA LATER!" He yelled as he ran out of the building.

"I don't know why you didn't ask him out yet? You had a good opportunity." He asked looking a Rarity.

"Oh Shigiya, there are many things you should know about women, and one of those things is that a lady strikes when the mood is right." She said as she focused back to her work.

"Really, I wonder how you plan on doing that with all of the competition." He asked before he started playing some music.

"I'll find a way." She said staring at her work with her mind being occupied by the people also wanting to be with Naruto.

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(Somewhere Else)

Up high, coming near Appleville was a chariot being pulled by two angels wearing golden body armor which covered their whole body, making them look like twins.

In the chariot two people, a little boy and a girl, were a having a small argument.

"I can't believe the princess didn't believe me." said the girl exasperatedly.

"Well, maybe you should listen to the princess, maybe it's a way to help you and she did give you the public library to sleep for the night." said the little boy as he reread the scroll.

"Spike, how is me checking on preparations and making friends going to help stop Nightmare Moon and save Equestria." said the girl giving a small huff.

"Can you at least try to make some friends, Twilight?" asked Spike as they finally made it to the entrance of Appleville.

"No promises Spike." said Twilight as she and Spike got out of the chariot before looking at the two angels guards giving them a smile. "Thank you good sirs for the ride."

"You're welcome Madame Sparkle." said one of the guards before they left back to the castle.

"Let's get this over with. The faster we finish this the faster we can check for more information on Nightmare Moon." She said as she started walking into town; determine to finish this assignment that her princess gave her.

"Wait, Twilight."

"What is it Spike? Don't you see time is of the essence?"

"It says here that someone is going to come to help guide us around town."

"I don't have time to wait for them Spi- OOF." Twilight started until she bumped into someone, and fell flat on her butt.

"Are you okay?" said the voice as they helped her get up. "Sorry about that I was a little distracted trying to look for someone. Are you by any chance the one the princess asked to check on the preparations?"

"Yes, and who are you?" She asked as she looked up to the person she bumped into while dusting her skirt.

"Hello, my name is Naruto Uzumaki; I'm your guide for the day."

Encounters

Twilight Sparkle was not having a good day. At first her day started out good, she had learned another spell from her mentor and ruler of Equestria, Princess Celestia, and Spike, her number one assistant, made her favorite lunch, Caesar salad. Then she decided to spend her free time reading a chapter of The Mare in the Moon in Wise Tales of Old, by Steve Crown. That's when her day started to go sour. She learned that the prophecy of the mare in the moon was coming true. She had tried to warn Princess Celestia, but when the princess didn't believe her and told her to stop reading 'those dusty old books', it felt like she just sucker punched by one of the royal guards. Then she told her that she should take time off of studying and sent both her and Spike to go check on the preparations of the Summer Solstice festival, but not only that, she also told her to make some friends while she was at it. Ridiculous! She shouldn't be wasting her time making friends, the fate of Equestria lay in her hands.

She was going to follow Princess Celestia’s order and try to finish this as fast as possible. Then she could go back to prepare a plan to convince the princess of the oncoming threat and stop Nightmare Moon’s return. Just she was about set her plans in motion, but she bumped into someone which knocked her out of her deep thoughts. The person introduced himself as Naruto Uzumaki, who so happened to be their guide. He was a tall blonde with cat like whisker marks on his face, an athletic build and wearing an orange plated shirt with blue jeans.

"You okay Twilight?" asked her little assistant, Spike, as he helped her up. While those two were busy Naruto was able to get a good look at the two. The girl seemed to be around Rarity's height and her age as well. Her skin was a light dark that complemented her hair. She had long violet hair with a long pink strip on the left side that reached her upper back and was styled in a hime cut. She was wearing a purple blouse with a brown sleeveless vest, and purple skirt that reached her thighs. She also wore a pair of black Mary Jane shoes with long purple socks that reached to her thighs.

The other one was around Applebloom and her friends age. He was around same height as the girls, with green spiked up hair and pale skin, and slitted emerald eyes. He had two little fangs sticking out of his mouth, and wore a long sleeve light purple jacket with a large lime green line going down the middle. He had cargo pants in the same colors but with the green line on the side of the pants and a pair of purple sneakers with a small black dragon head on the side.

"Yes Spike, I'm fine." She said as she dusted off the dirt from her skirt before giving Naruto a slight glare. "So you're my escort, it seems someone needs to learn be punctual."

Naruto rubbed his head sheepishly. "Yes, sorry about that. I was talking a little with some of my friends and I just lost track of time."

Twilight just looked at him for a while, making Naruto feel nervous by her stare. He was about to say something to her until she sighed. "Fine, let's go."

"By the way, what are your names?" asked Naruto, looking over at them.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle," she answered curtly to him. "And this little guy is-"

"Hi, my name's Spike." Spike popped up from behind of Twilight, waving at him.

"Nice to meet you." Naruto waved back "Are you two by any chance hungry?"

"Yeah, I'm starving." Spike spoke up rubbing his stomach.

"Spike focus." scolded Twilight. "We don't have time, we have to check the preparations." She said, bringing down Spikes mood.

"Hey don't worry little buddy, our first stop is the catering." Said Naruto trying to bring up Spike's mood. Spike’s face lit up upon hear that.

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As they walked through town, they hadn’t said a word to each other. Spike was busy looking at the new attractions and decorations, while Twilight was in deep thought. Naruto tried to break the silence by starting up a conversation.

"So," started Naruto, grabbing their attention. "tell me about yourselves."

"Huh?" Twilight was startled out of thoughts by the sudden question, she was too focused on the coming of Nightmare Moon.

"I asked to tell me about yourselves, like what are your likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dreams for the future?"

"A little personal don't you think? And why do you wanna know?"

"Yeah, shouldn't you tells about yourself first before asking us?" Spoke up, Spike entering the conversation after finishing his sight seeing.

"You got a point and as to the why, it will help pass the time because it takes a while to get to sweet apple acres, plus I’d like to get to know you. Anyway, my name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like my friends, the Apple Family, music and ramen, even though they don't have any here." He muttered the last part to himself in disdain. "My dislike are people who think they are better then others just because of their status, those who hurt others because they think they can, and waiting to get a piece of Granny Smith apple pie. My hobbies include training, playing pranks and making music. My dream for the future... is to remember my past."

"What do you mean?"

"Well I have no memory of my past since before I came here, but it's not all bad I started to get some of my memory back."

"Well ok then. My name is Twilight Sparkle, as you already know. I like reading, studying new magic, my family and Princess Celestia. My dislikes are when things are not organized, and when things don’t go according to plan. My hobbies include collecting new books, learning new magic, and mastering my spells. My dream for the future is to be a great sorceress."

"That's good." Said Naruto with a nod. He turned look at the green haired child. "What about you little guy?"

"My name Spike Sparkle, and I am a Draconic." Spoke Spike with enthusiasm.

"I heard about draconics, they live far out in the west and prefer to be isolated, they’re considered to be very dangerous." Said Naruto, happy that he get to meet in person, even if it was a young one.

"Yeah, we’re the toughest. Anyway I like gems, my family, and comics. I dislike those who hurt my family, and Blueblood." Spike said the last part with disdain.

"Who's Blueblood?" Asked Naruto.

"He is Princess Celestia’s distant nephew. He really doesn't like anyone that he considers a 'commoner' and treats them like garbage." Said Twilight, narrowing her eyes as she remember all of interactions with Blueblood. All terrible moments but luckily few in number. "How he's related to Celestia, only she knows."

"Let's forget about that guy and get back on topic. So what are your hobbies and dreams?"

"I like to collect gems, taste gems, and read comics. As for my dream for the future, I want to become a powerful dragon."

"So what would you do with all that power?" Naruto asked Spike.

"I would protect my family, Princess Celestia and Twilight."

"That's good, always keep that in mind." Naruto patted Spike on the head. "Now that's out of the way let's-oof!" Naruto was interrupted as something slammed into his stomach and knocked him on to the ground, surprising the other two. Naruto looked to see who or what had knocked him down, and saw pink puffy hair in his vision.

"Hey Pinkie Pie, hows it going?" said Naruto as he felt the pinkett shift as she looked at him with a big smile.

"Hey there Naruto, hows my favorite boyfriend?" she said while hugging him, not being bothered by what she just said.

"Boyfriend!? W-when did I become your boyfriend!?" asked Naruto frantically as he blushed at the thought. Not that he wouldn't mind being her boyfriend, she very sweet and always had the best intention for people, and she was great with kids. Even though he wouldn't admit it out loud, but he considered her to be pretty cute, especially when she laughed.

"When you became my friend, silly." said Pinkie as she bopped him on the nose.

"But when did I agree to become your boyfriend?"

"What do you mean?" asked Pinkie.

"I think what he means when did you two have a romantic relationship." Spoke up Twilight, who was getting tired of this situation and wanted to get it over with.

"Oh silly you, I meant that you are a boy who is my best friend." said Pinkie. She giggled, making Naruto calm down and feel a little embarrassed for thinking that Pinkie wanted him to be her boyfriend. Then Pinkie gained a look in her eyes that made Naruto both nervous and, dare he say, a little excited "But I wouldn't mind being your girlfriend if you asked me to."

Naruto's blush came back for a second round at full force, before he could say anything Pinkie started to laugh hysterically "*snort* HAHAHAHA, you should've seen the look on you face, HAHAHA, it was priceless! You looked like a tomato!*snort*HAHAHAHA." She rolled off him but kept laughing.

Naruto had calmed down when Pinkie told him she was joking. Her laughing must have been contagious as he and Spike started to laugh along with her.

"You really got me Pinkie, I thought that you really wanted to go out with me." he said still chuckling but stopped when he noticed that she stopped laughing too.

"But if I was serious." She said in the most serious look he had ever seen on her.

"Well- I- you- ugh." Naruto was completely tongue tied as he didn't know how to answer her.

"HAHAHAHA, I got you again!" Pinkie laughed again losing the serious look on her face.

"Twice in a row, I am so going to get you back Pinkie Pie."

"I can't wait to see you try, I hope it involves pie! Hopefully apple pie."

"Ehem." They were interrupted from their conversation by Twilight, as Spike was by her side again. "As fun it is to see you two flirt with each other, we are a schedule and I do not want to be late. So I'll be going by myself to check the preparations if you're just going to waste time. Come on Spike." Before she and Spike could leave them be, Pinkie Pie had gotten in right in front of two, both surprised by her sudden appearance in front of them from on top of Naruto.

"What the- how did you-" Spike started to ask before he was interrupted.

"Oh my gosh, you must be new in town!" Said Pinkie excitedly.

"Really what gave it away?" asked Twilight sarcastically.

Pinkie Pie either didn't notice or care that she was being sarcastic as she went on. "Ooh, I should throw you a party to welcome you to Appleville. That way you guys can make lots of friends, since you're new in town. Oh it's going to be so fun, I mean who doesn't like parties?" Before Twilight could tell her 'No', Pinkie had already left without a trace.

"Well she was weird." Spoke Spike, still trying to understand what just happened.

"True but she's a fun person to be around." Said Naruto getting off the ground, dusting off any dirt that was on him.

"Okay, let's get going before something else distracts us." Said Twilight before putting her attention back on Naruto.

"Sorry about that, let's get going."

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They had reached Sweet Apple Acres without any interruptions. As they reached the gates, they saw Applejack carry a basket of apples.

"Hey Applejack."

Applejack turned and looked for who was calling for her. She saw group coming towards her but she only recognized one of them.

"Hey Naruto, finished already? Who's the girl and the little fella?" asked Applejack, pointing at Twilight and Spike.

"They are the inspectors from Canterlot, Twilight and Spike Sparkle." Naruto said before turning to the other two. "This is Applejack, or AJ, one of my best friends and boss. She and her family are in charge of the food."

Applejack walked to Twilight and offered her hand, which Twilight took. Twilight soon started to regret it as it felt like her hand was being crushed, it also didn't help that she was being vigorously shaken too.

"Hi there, it is a pleasure to meet ya, we Apples love meeting new folks and making new friends."

"Friends? Well about that-"

"I bet you guys are hungry, how about you try sampling some of our grub?" Said Applejack, letting go of her hand, even though Twilight's hand still kept going up and down. Spike helped her by stopping it but couldn't help letting out a laugh.

"I'm not really-"

"You gotta try the food. I guarantee that you will be asking for more."

"The thing is-"

"Soups on everybody." yelled Applejack as she started to ring a cow bell before bringing them over to a table.

Twilight was about to tell her that they were in a hurry. Then they started to feel a rumble. Then all round them were a whole mess of people.

"There's a lot more people than before..." Naruto muttered to himself when he saw the visitors triple in size.

"Yup, most of them lived farther, so it took them a while to get here." said Applejack. "Anyway let me introduce you to them all, while they give you a sample of their food."

When Naruto and the others looked around, they all thought the same thing.

'This... is going to take a while.'

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By the time Applejack finished introducing the family to them, as well as Naruto receiving some flirting from her other female cousin before receiving a scolding from Applejack, which Naruto didn't notice. His focus, as well as the others, was on the huge pile of food that was staked on their table.

"Wow, this is a lot of food." Naruto kept looking at the food, before taking a big whiff of the sweet aroma of the food. He felt his stomach growl at him to take a bite of the delicious delicacy. He wasn't the only one as he saw Spike also looking at the food with hunger, about ready to pounce on the food.

"Well..." started Twilight. "As much I would love to try out all this food, we really have to go…" Everyone gave a depressing whine, hearing that she didn't want to try out their food. Twilight felt a little bad but the fate of Equestria was on the line and she couldn't waste time eating delicious food. When she turned around she came face to face with Applebloom, who was giving her the look.

"Don't you want to stay for brunch?" She asked in a sad, quiet voice. Her eyes had gone all watery while giving her a sad little pout.

Naruto knew that Twilight would cave in once Applebloom gave her that look. Very few people wee ever able to say no to Applebloom when she made that face, even Applejack had a hard time trying to say no to that face. Naruto started to mentally countdown as he saw her start to tremble when Twilight looked at her face.

'Three, Two, One...'.

"Ok" said Twilight with a sigh before looking at the pile of food again.

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"Ugh, too much pie." said Twilight, rubbing the noticeable bulge on her stomach. Naruto, Twilight and Spike had left Sweet Apple Acres once they had finished eating.

"But it tasted really good though." said Spike, giving a loud belch.

"You know, you didn't have to eat that much." said Naruto, even though he and Spike actually ate more than her. Twilight gave an annoyed grunt before looking at Spike.

"What's next on the list Spike?"

"Next is to talk to someone named Rainbow Dash, who is in charge of clearing the weather." replied Spike, as he pulled out a scroll from his jacket.

"Doesn't look like she is doing a good job." complained Twilight, looking up in the sky and spotting some clouds roaming around. She turned to Naruto "Can you tell me, where Rainbow Dash is?"

"Sorry, haven't seen her all morn-" Naruto was interrupted when they started to hear screams above them. They looked up, and saw someone coming down at a fast speed towards them.

"LOOK OOOOUUUUTTT!" The person screamed as they crashed right into Naruto.

Twilight and Spike went to check if Naruto and the person that crashed into him were okay.

Naruto gave a small grunt as he tried to see who had crashed into him. He saw a colorful spectrum invading his vision. The girl still had her eyes closed.

Naruto looked down at the person, checking if she was okay. "Hey Dash, what up?"

The rainbow haired girl opened her eyes when she recognized the voice that was talking to her. She looked at the person she crashed into and saw it was Naruto.

"Hey there Naruto, sorry about crashing into you man." Rainbow apologized.

"Hey are you guys alright?" asked Ditzy as she was flying towards them.

"Yeah, I'm fine, it'll take more than that to hurt me." said Naruto.

"Ahem!" said Twilight to catch their attention. They noticed that she and Ditzy were sporting small blushes, while the former was covering Spikes eyes, and the latter was a little miffed. "Can you two please get up already, there are children present."

They looked down and noticed that they were in a very suggestive position, with Rainbow straddling the grounded Naruto. They quickly got off of each other and got back to their feet. Both were sporting blushes, dusting themselves off while avoiding eye contact.

"A-Anyway..." said Naruto, changing the subject. "This is Rainbow Dash, the girl you were looking for and the girl over there is Ditzy."

"Hello." greeted Ditzy, waving at them.

"Hey, what up? Need something?" said Rainbow to greet them.

"Hello, my name is Twilight and this is Spike," Twilight greeting her back "and yes, I need to ask you a question."

"Let me guess, you want to know how to be cool as I am?" said Rainbow Dash, giving her arrogant smirk, not notice the facepalms from Naruto and Ditzy.

"Ah, no." Twilight deadpanned. "Why hasn't the sky been cleared yet?"

"Don't worry, I can finish this in a jiffy," said Rainbow Dash, flying onto a cloud to relax on, which annoyed Twilight. "Right after I finish my training."

"Training?" She asked

"She is training so that she can join the Wonderbolts." answered Naruto before looking at Ditzy "By the way, what are you doing here Ditzy?"

"After I left work, Rainbow asked me to help her with her training."

"How come you didn't try to make her get back to work?" asked Twilight, stilled annoyed by Rainbow Dash's dismissive attitude.

"Sorry, I tried to get her back to work but she kept insisting on doing her training."

Twilight gave an annoyed grunt before looking up at Rainbow Dash, who was still lounging on a cloud. Twilight glared at her before smiling as she formed and idea.

"So Rainbow Dash, you want to join the Wonder Bolts, correct?"

"Yep."

"Same Wonder Bolts who are considered to be the elite flyers in all of Equestria?"

"The very same."

"And you want to join them?"

"Yeah." said Rainbow Dash, starting to get annoyed by all of the questions.

"I don't see that happening."

"What was that?" asked Rainbow in low tone, glaring at Twilight.

"I mean, why would the elite flyers of Equestria pick someone who can't even keep the sky cleared for one day?" said Twilight, not even fazed by the heated glare that Rainbow Dash was giving her.

"Hey, I can clear those clouds in ten second flat." said Rainbow, getting into Twilight's face.

"Really?" asked Twilight with a challenging look.

"Really!"

"Prove it."

Rainbow Dash flew off and started smashing clouds left and right at high speeds. By the time she finished, Spike and Twilight were awed by how fast she was able to finish.

"See, what I tell ya? Ten seconds flat." Rainbow Dash said in a smug voice.

"Actually Rainbow Dash," chimed in Naruto, grabbing her attention. "It was eight seconds, seems you've gotten faster."

"Huh? Wow, I knew that extra training would pay off, but then again, I am just that awesome."

"Why couldn't she have done that in the first place?" Ditzy mumbled under her breath, annoyed that they could've finished a lot sooner.

"Now that this problem has been cleared up , we must be going." said Twilight, snapping out of her stupor.

"Yeah we better get going." said Naruto walking beside Twilight and Spike. "See you guys later."

"Bye you guys." Both Rainbow and Ditzy called while waving.

"So where are we going next?" asked Twilight.

"Well it says we should go check on the decorations at town hall and then the last one would be the music." said Spike as he pulled out the scroll again.

"Got it, lets go."

After they left and were out of earshot, Ditzy turned to Rainbow Dash with a glare.

"You did that on purpose." stated Ditzy, crossing her arms in disapproval.

"I don't know what your talking about." said Rainbow Dash, adjusting her goggles trying to avoid eye contact "Like I said before, it was an accident."

"So you just happen to accidentally land on top of Naruto?" said Ditzy in an accusing tone.

"Yep." she simply said, still pretending to fix her goggles.

Ditzy kept looking at her before asking. "So how did his muscles feel?"

"Like soft chiseled rocks." she said, before clamping her mouth shut. She looked at Ditzy, who was smirking at her.

"Yeah, an accident."

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The three had walked into the town hall. Twilight and Spike stared at the ribbons that adorned the pillars of the building in luxurious display of color and fashion.

"Good." she thought. "It seems everything's in order here."

"Yeah Rarity, is all about perfection." piped in Naruto.

"Beautiful…" said Spike unexpectedly with a dreaming look on his face. Twilight looked around room before nodding with a satisfied smile.

"Yes, the decorations look quite beautiful." Twilight responded.

"But of course, nothing but the best for Princess Celestia, anything less would be an insult to my skills and her." Spoke a voice, giving a small scoff.

"I think he was talking about her." said Naruto, pointing at Rarity who was still busy on hanging up decorations.

"Hey Rarity."

"Not right now, Naruto, I'm almost done." said Rarity, putting the finishing touches on the wall before turning to them. "Now what was it that you need-MY GOODNESS!" She shouted suddenly, making the others jump. "Naruto! what happened to you!?" She asked.

Naruto looked himself over, wondering what she was talking about. It seemed due to Rainbow Dash crashing into him, he was now covered in dirt.

"Oh yeah, kinda got in a little accident with Rainbow when she was trying out one of her stunts."

"I knew she had something to do with it, that girl I swear..." Sighed Rarity before she picked him up with her magic.

"Whoa! Hey Rarity what are you doing!?" Screamed Naruto, trying to get himself back on the ground.

"As your friend, I can not let you walk around town looking like that." She said before dragging a protesting Naruto out the door with the other two following right behind them, one more eager than the other, and the latter wondering what she had done to deserve this punishment.

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"...and I don't want you out of this bathroom until you are spotless." ordered Rarity, closing the bathroom door.

"This seems a bit excessive don't you think Rarity?" Groaned Naruto from behind the door. She opened it again which earned her a startled yelp.

"I left some clean clothes on the counter." She said before closing the door.

Rarity walked back downstairs to where Twilight and Spike were waiting for them.

"Sorry about that. It'll be a while before he finishes, in the mean time why don't we try to get to know each other?" She set some tea in front of them.

"My name is Rarity Reluire, I design clothes for a living and this is my store, as well as my home, the Carousel Boutique where everything is chic, unique, and magnific."

"My name is-" started Twilight before being interrupted by Spike.

"My name is Spike! I'm a draqonic, and I'm also single!" said Spike excitedly, looking at her with admiration. Twilight rolled her eyes at her little brother/assistant's behaviour.

"My, aren't you just the cutest little thing." Squealed Rarity, pinching his cheeks. Spike seemed to just melt at her touch.

"You must meet my little sister and her friends, you will get along with them just fine."

"Maybe next time. Anyway my name is Twilight Sparkle, and I came all the way from Canterlot to-"

"Canterlot!" Screamed Rarity, interrupting Twilight while getting close to her."You're from Canterlot?!"

"Y-yes." said Twilight, getting a little uncomfortable on how close Rarity was.

"Oh the glamor, and the sophistication. Oh how I envy you Twilight, I would love nothing more than to live there and sell my dresses in Canterlot." said Rarity with her eyes sparkling at the very thought. Before she could ask anything else, she was interrupted by a voice.

"Hey guys, I'm finished." Announced Naruto as he came down the stairs.

Naruto was wearing a rustic orange button shirt with the sleeves folded up to the elbow. He had dark blue jeans and a pair of black dress shoes.

"Thanks for the clothes Rarity, though it wasn't really necessary." said Naruto.

Rarity shook her head, smiling at Naruto. "Nonsense, I couldn't have one of my friends walk around town like some kind of Neanderthal."

"It was just a little dirt."

"That's no excuse!"

Twilight was starting to get really tired and really annoyed by today, and her being late was not helping her sour mood.

"I believe it is time to go, don't you think?" said Twilight interrupting them from their conversation. "The celebration is going to start tonight and we have to check the music."

"Right." Nodded Naruto. "Rarity, do you know where Shigiya went? I didn't see him with you."

Rarity gained a small frown. "Yes, he said something about visiting Fluttershy."

"I guess that will be our next stop." Said Twilight, dragging Spike out the door while he tried to get out of her grip.

Naruto was about to follow them before remembering something.

"By the way, where did you put my clothes?"

"I have them in the washed right now. I'll bring them back when done."

Naruto gave her a grateful smile. "Thanks Rarity, I'll bring back your clothes tomorrow."

Rarity waved him off. "Keep them, consider them as a gift."

"Thanks Rarity!"

"Thank nothing of it darling, just helping one of my close friends is all."

"We'll see ya later."

"Wait, Naruto dear," Rarity called out stopping Naruto. "I was wondering if you were willing to offer me a dance during the celebration?" She asked with some hope in her voice.

Naruto smiled at her. "Sure!"

Rarity felt ecstatic from his answer.

"Anything for a friend."

And like that her mood went down, she was hoping that he would see her more as a friend after the offer. Oh well, she will have to make her move when they do their dance.

"See you tonight Naruto."

"Yeah you too."

Xxxxxxx

After leaving Rarity's Boutique. Naruto, Twilight, and Spike walked down the road, heading to the edge of town.

"So the last thing on the list is music." Said Spike, looking at the list in hands.

"Good," said Twilight. "then I can finally get back to the problem at hand."

"What problem?" asked Naruto. "If you want, I can help you out."

"It's nothing that you need to worry about." Twilight said curtly. "I only need help from Spike and the Princess."

"Okay, okay, I understand, it's a personal problem." Said Naruto, putting his hands up in mock surrender. "I won't butt in again." Naruto moved up further slightly.

"Sheesh Twilight, you didn't have to be so harsh on him. He was just trying to help." said Spike giving Twilight disappointed glare, in turn making her sigh.

"Fine, you're right." said Twilight. "I should go apologize to him."

Twilight walked up to him and tapped him on the shoulder, trying to get his attention.

"Excuse me Naruto?"

"Hmm?"

"I wanted to apologize for my rude behaviour."

"Hey don't worry about it, I shouldn't have eavesdropped in the first place."

"Don't worry, I shouldn't have been so rude to you, you were only trying to help."

"It's fine, but if you don't mind me asking, what's the problem? It's okay if you don't still don't want to tell me."

Twilight looked at him, before putting on a serious look.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." She said, letting out a small sigh.

"Try me." said Naruto, giving her a reassuring smile.

Twilight looked at him for a bit before letting out a small breath.

"Okay," started Twilight. "Well after reading a book on old lore on my free time, one of the stories piqued my interest. So I started to do some research on it, and I found out that the lore is true and that the prophecy will come true."

"What prophecy?"

"The return of Nightmare Moon."

Silence came between them, as Naruto looked at Twilight with an unreadable expression.

"See, I knew you wouldn't believe me." said Twilight angrily, snapping Naruto out of it.

"No, no it's not that its just who's Nightmare Moon? Who's that?"

"Are you serious?" Naruto just nodded his head.

"Well she was the sister of Princess Celestia, who tried to usurp her rule to become the sole ruler of Equestria and bring eternal night."

"Wait, Nightmare Moon is Princess Celestia's sister?"

"Yes, she was once the princess of the moon, as well as the co-ruler of Equestria. No one seems to remember her real name, as it been lost through time."

"So why did she rebel against her sister?"

"Well it said that the reason was because everyone loved Princess Celestia and her sunny days, while everyone slept through her nights, making her believe that they were shunning her night which made her jealous of her sister."

"So what happened next?" said Naruto, enthralled with the story.

"Well, she refused to lower the moon when Princess Celestia brought out the sun. Nightmare Moon told her she will never bring the moon down, and that she would take the kingdom from her and become the sole ruler of Equestria. Princess Celestia tried pleading with her to stop what she was doing, but she refused to listen. So Princess Celestia had no choice but to confront her sister and stop her. As you can guess she couldn't destroy her sister, for how could someone destroy their own family, especially their only sister. So she had no choice but to use powerful artifacts known at the Elements of Harmony, to send her sister to the moon. So for a thousand years, Princess Celestia ruled Equestria as it's only ruler and gained control over both the sun and the moon."

"Okay, okay, but question?"

"Yes"

"What are the Elements of Harmony?"

"I don't know, I was hoping to get more information on them at the library."

"Well what are you planning to do once you get to the library?"

"I'm going to find the location of the Elements of Harmony and use them against Nightmare Moon."

"But why are you here has an inspector instead of looking for them, the Elements of Harmony?"

"I was ordered by the princess to be here."

"Really? Did you tell her what was happening?"

"Yes, she said to 'stop reading those dusty old books and to try to make some friends'. How is making friends going to help me find and stop Nightmare Moon? I'm asking, tell me."

"Well I think there's got to be a reason behind it, don't you think?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well Princess Celestia never did say to stop looking further into this?"

"Well... No she never did."

"So I'm thinking maybe the key to this problem is you making some friends."

"...but I just don't see how making friends will stop Nightmare Moon."

"Well maybe later on you might, but you got to try to make some friends before you can truly see the value of friendship. For now we got to get going, it's getting late and we still have one more place to go before I take you to the library. "

Twilight sceptically thought about what Naruto had said while still following him, with Spike right behind her.

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After reaching the edge of town, they walked down the path that led to a cottage. As they reached the cottage, they started to hear tweeting accompanied by a sweet, soft voice.

"Ah, la, la, la."

As they approached, they spotted a woman with pink hair. She was floating in the air with a choir birds perched on a tree with the black haired man sitting under the tree, inspecting a guitar.

"The one who was singing is Fluttershy and one with the guitar is Shigiya, who are two of the four in charge of the music. The other two are Vinyl and Octavia, who are back in town setting up the equipment."

"Thank you for telling me." Twilight walked up to where Fluttershy and Shigiya were.

"Hello there!" Twilight shouted, scaring the birds and as well as Fluttershy, whose wings disappeared, causing her to fall. She was caught by Shigiya before she hit the ground.

"Seriously Fluttershy, you got to stop being so easily startled, you could get hurt badly. "

"Sorry, I couldn't help it."

"It's fine Fluttershy, just be careful okay?"

Fluttershy nodded as Naruto and the others came up to them, just as Shiguya put her down.

“I'm sorry, didn't mean to scare you or your birds." apologized Twilight, giving them a small bow.

Fluttershy didn't say anything, she just hid her face in her hair while behind Shigiya. He alone muttered a small sigh because of Fluttershy's behaviour.

"It's fine, no one got hurt right? Anyway how can I help you? Do you need something?"

"Yes, I'm the supervisor of the festival and I came here see how the music was coming along."

"It's going great, we were just finishing the entrance music. "

"If it's not too much trouble, may I hear the music please?"

"Sure." Shigiya said, grabbing the guitar that he was inspecting.

"I hope you don't mind me borrowing Naruto for a bit, kind a need him for this. " He said.

"Come on, let get this over with."

"Got it"

"By the way, what's up with the clothes?" Shigiya looked Naruto over again. "Let me guess… Rarity?" he said, more than a statement then a question.

"Yeah, you know Rarity."

"You really gotta stop letting her use a dress up doll."

"It's fine, I get free clothes out of it at least."

"Yeah I guess."

"Ahem." Their conversation was interrupted by Twilight, annoyed that they were being ignored "Can we get this under way?"

"Fine, fine." said Shigiya readying his guitar. "Ready?"

"Ready."

("Here Comes The Sun" by The Beatles- (Thank you Unknown4804 for the suggestion))