At Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack and Takumi were harvesting the apples, it took
Takumi a while to get the hang of applebucking, but after a few attempts he was doing
it as well as any other pony.
"Thanks for the help, Takumi" Applejack told him "With Big Mac and Granny Smith in Appleloosa,
I needed the extra set of hooves".
"No problem, AJ" Takumi replied as he started to move a cart full of apples towards
the barn, he unloaded the cart and started heading back towards the orchard that he
and Applejack were working in, when a little yellow filly came running towards him.
"Hi there" the filly said happily "Are you that Takumi fella that my sister has been
talkin' about?".
Takumi smiled at her, "Yes I am" he said to her "You must be her little sister Apple
Bloom".
"Yup, that's me!" she replied with a huge grin "So ya helpin' out my sister today?".
"Yes, I am".
"That's cool, I heard you beat her in a cart pullin' race?".
"I did".
"Wow! How fast are ya?".
"I'm not sure exactly" Takumi answered, he glanced at the cart he was pulling then
looked back at Apple Bloom and smiled "Want to find out?".
"How?".
"Hop in the cart and I'll pull it".
"Sure, sounds like fun!" she replied she then walked to the back of the cart and hopped
in.
"Hold on tight, Apple Bloom" Takumi said he then took off at gallop to where
Applejack was standing, Takumi turned his head around and looked at Apple Bloom
"how was that?".
"That was fun!" Apple Bloom answered "I've never met an Earth pony that fast" she
then hopped out of the cart "Thanks for the ride, Takumi".
"You're welcome".
Apple Bloom then ran off toward her clubhouse and then Applejack looked at Takumi.
"That was mighty nice of ya, Takumi" Applejack told him "Looks like she had some fun".
"She asked how fast I was, so I just showed her".
"I'll just warn ya now, she'll probably ask you to take her and her friends on a ride
one day".
"And I'll take them on one if they do".
Applejack smiled at him "Well, let's finish up collectin' these apples, we can get
the rest in the mornin'".
"Alright" Takumi nodded, just then Pinkie Pie came hopping up to them.
"Hi guys!" Pinkie said cheerfully.
"Hey Pinkie" Applejack responded "What brings ya here?".
"I was on a walk through Ponyville and I walked by here and saw you two picking apples
and just figured I'd stop by and say 'Hi'!" Pinkie explained, then saw all the apples that
had been harvested "Wow, you guys are good, heeeey, Takumi, if you can't get back home
I'm sure Applejack would love to give you a job working here at the farm!".
Takumi chuckled "I'll keep that in mind".
Suddenly Pinkie's tail started twitching.
"My tail is twitching!" Pinkie told them "Somethings gonna fall from the sky!".
"What?" Takumi asked clearly confused.
"It's my Pinkie Sense" Pinkie began explaining to him "When my tail gets all twitchy
it means something's going to fall".
As if on cue there was some screaming, then a yellow blur came falling out of the sky
and landed with a loud thud, knocking the cart full of apples over.
"Ouuch" the yellow pony lying on the ground moaned.
"Itsuki?" Takumi asked "Are you okay man?".
"Been better" Itsuki replied as Rainbow Dash came flying up to them.
"That was great Itsuki, you made it all the way to Sweet Apple Acres until you crashed"
Rainbow told them.
"Hooray for me" Itsuki said flatly with his face still on the ground, then Takumi
helped his friend up.
"How about we take a break for awhile and get back to flying later?" Rainbow suggested.
"That sounds good" Itsuki answered and the two Pegasi headed off.
"Well that was a little....weird" Takumi thought out loud.
"That kinda stuff happens a lot" Applejack explained.
"I'll remember that" Takumi responded as he collected the apples that had been knocked
over and hauled them over to the barn.
Kenji was sitting in the park, he was taking a break from flying and was kind of
bored, so he walked around the park for awhile then stopped when he saw a certain
white Unicorn waving at him.
"Hello, Kenji" Rarity said to him.
"Hi Rarity" Kenji waved back, then Rarity came trotting over to him.
"Are you not training with Rainbow Dash anymore?" she asked him.
"No, she's helping out Itsuki with his flying".
"Are you doing anything at the moment?".
"Nope, I'm taking a break from flying for awhile today".
"Can I ask you for a favor?".
"Sure, go ahead".
"Would you mind being my model for a few hours?" Rarity asked "I'm designing some
new outfits and I need a male model for my newest design" Rarity looked at him
"So would you do that for me?" she asked hopefully.
"Yeah, I've got nothing better to do right now".
"Thank you, Kenji!" Rarity said enthusiastically "Now let's head to my shop".
Once they were at Rarity's shop, she immediately started to look through her racks
of newly designed outfits, she then found the suit she was looking for and brought
it over to Kenji.
"Is that the suit you want me to try on?" he asked.
"Yes, it is" she said and started to help him put it on. After a few moments Kenji was in
the suit and ready, then Rarity got a look on her face that said she was thinking of something.
"IIIDEEEAAA" She said gleefully, she brought over her mini sewing kit and spools of
thread "Now, if I just trim a little off the sleeves and fix the collar a bit..." she
then set her thread and needles down "There, I think it looks perfect!".
Kenji looked in the mirror at his reflection, "This looks great, you're good at this
Rarity" he complimented.
"Thank you, darling".
"Anything else you need?".
"If you wouldn't mind terribly to pose for some pictures to send to some potential
clients?".
"I don't mind at all".
"Thank you so much".
Rarity brought out her camera so she could send picture to clients when
they asked for something or she wanted to show them one of her newest designs.
"You know, Kenji?" Rarity said "I think you'd make a great fashion model, there aren't
many stallion fashion models, so if you ever needed a job here in Equestria, come
talk with me. I'd love to help get you a career in modeling".
"Thank you, Rarity".
"You're most welcome" Rarity told him "Now I need a few more pictures of this one
and I have two more after that" she said as she snapped another picture.