*CRACK*
Was the sound that rang in that part of the forest as a Timberwolf was split by Zeko’s blade.
“So this thing’s practically made of this worlds’ chakra, I think I’ll put Samehada away since this doesn’t seem fair.” Zeko said with a cocky tone. Two wolves moved from the pack and started circling the shinobi before lunging at his arm and leg.
“Smart dogs.” Was all Zeko said as he didn’t move a muscle in response. “ZEKO MOVE!” Everyone yelled as the guards rushed to help but they were too late as the timberwolves bit down on his limbs and pinned him.
“N-no he can’t be h-he can’t be.” Pinkie said as her mane completely straightened. “Wait look!” Twilight exclaimed directing the groups attention to the Timberwolves that had Zeko, which were now shaking sand off of their faces with a smirking Zeko behind one.
“I said smart, not effective.” The shinobi said before grabbing the tail of the wolf and throwing it towards its pack causing them all to be knocked down. Pinkie’s hair returned to its poofy state which earned a strange look from Zeko.
“As strange as that was I’ll pretend it didn’t happen, and as for you” Zeko said before looking at the last standing wolf and reaching for his pouch. “I’ve got something special.” The teen said pulling out a small urn and taking its cork off.
“Sand coffin!” Zeko said loud enough for everything nearby to hear, a current of sand left the urn and encased the timberwolf. “This is a demonstration to everyone here.” He said raising his hand to the now floating sand encased wolf.
“Sand burial!” He said loudly as he closed his hand, the ponies and Timberwolves looked on in horror as the wolf in sand was crushed with a near deafening....
*CRUNCH*
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“He actually can control the earth.” Wall said wide eyed as was his squad. “How can he do that? Controlling the earth for battle is something only the best unicorns could do and even then it wasn’t to this level!” Twilight asked hyperventilating.
“Well I hope they learn by example, cause the clone didn’t look like it enjoyed those bites and I wouldn’t either.” Zeko said walking back to Samehada. “Wait...what are they doing!” Rainbow said causing everyone to look back and see the Timberwolves forming together, including the one Zeko just crushed, and the formation was growing larger by the second.
“Is this normal in this world!?” Zeko mentally screamed trying to make sense of the situation. The Timberwolves stopped the change and the end result was a Timberwolf at least 35 feet tall.
“Okay so this is something I never thought I’d see, but I wonder how much harder it can hit.” Zeko said as he unwrapped the top of his blade’s covering.
“What kind of a sword is that?” Wall asked perplexed at how a sword could be coated in quills.”One of a kind, Samehada I need five of my swords.” Everyone looked on as the blade began to shake and to everyone’s horror a mouth formed and held out a tongue with five needle like swords on it.
“WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!” Rainbow yelled. “That’s not possible.” Twilight said nearly shutting down. Rarity and Fluttershy fainted. Pinkie asked; “Can it eat cupcakes?”
“It’s a sword, it doesn’t eat cupcakes. Now you all might want to stay back, this might get dirty.” Zeko said as he placed daggers in the back of his knees and both hands before biting down on one and assuming a crane stance. “I’ll be able to do this with eight swords someday but five is a challenge as it is.” The shinobi thought as the giant wolf stared at him with malice.
The wolf moved first and tried a simple swipe which Zeko dodged and let loose a flurry of attacks on its leg. The wolf bashed him away with a hip check, cracking one of his ribs. “Damnit, it hits a lot harder than I thought. But it’s mostly readable so I need to be careful.” He planned before rushing back to the wolf and throwing a blade at its eye, which it covered as the shinobi predicted. “Gotcha!” Zeko said letting the dagger free from his mouth and driving it into the creature’s leg joint. It roared in pain as a response.
“Seems like you aren’t as tough as I’d have thought.” He said reassuming his pose with only three blades. The wolf rushed again and went for a bite causing Zeko to move and slam a dagger into one of its front paws. “And now.” The shinobi said before vaulting over the wolf’s back and doing the same to another paw. “You get bit.” Zeko added as he jumped to a tree and landed on the side before thrusting into the air towards the wolf. “BY THE SHARK!” Zeko yelled while preparing to run his sword right through the monster’s head.
The wolf almost grinned as it managed to dodge the attack at the last second by shifting its weight to the side then bashing into Zeko launching him into a tree. “I’m...not really surprised, I just made that up against something I never foug-.” Zeko didn’t get to finish his sentence before passing out.
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The Mane 6 and the guards watched in awe and fear as Zeko was rendered unconscious by the Giant Timberwolf. “He, he isn’t dead is he?” Rarity asked beginning to take cover behind the guards. “Don’t talk like that, what matters is that we get him back to the Princess.” Wall said as his squad focused on the Alpha Timberwolf which just freed itself from the teenager’s blades. “Alright aim for the joints to take it down.” Wall said to his squad which responded with; “Yes sir!” Before they rushed at the wolf. “Well girls we can try to back them up.” Twilight said looking at her friends who nodded in response. “Applejack try to lasso it’s legs.”
“Rarity throw things at its eyes.” “Rainbow Dash get it’s attention.” “Fluttershy...moral support.” Fluttershy sighed in relief after hearing this. “Let’s go!” Twilight exclaimed as everyone went to help stop the Alpha Timberwolf.
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“Ouch, my entire torso hurts. Where am I anyway?” Zeko said looking around seeing only a dark void. “Wait I’m on water? Is this a lake?” The shinobi asked trying to get his bearings. “No child, this is no lake.” A mystery voice answered. “Who said that?” Zeko looked around trying to find the source of the voice. “Do not worry about my identity you should be concerned that your new associates are in danger because you were unable to beat that creature.” The voice said which shocked Zeko because he didn’t want anyone getting hurt because of his mistake.
“So what can I do now if I’m here? How can I help them?” He asked nervously. “I shall grant you the power of the path you have practiced so long.” “Wait what path... hold on... are you talking about the Rinnegan?” Zeko asked wondering how this voice knew about his eye. “Our time was short but you shall return, with this boon may you protect what is dear to you.” As the voice said this Zeko noticed that the water began to ripple but something was strange. “Are these ripples black? They look like... am I standing on a Rinnegan?!” Zeko asked as everything went white.
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As he woke up Zeko looked around and saw the guards scattered on the ground still alive luckily. “What happened while I was out?” He said noticing that Fortified Wall was standing in front of the girls with his sword in his hand the other arm looking broken.
“I’ll create a diversion and you six run, you are far too valuable to be lost here.” Zeko heard as he got up. “HEY SPLINTER TEETH!” At this the wolf turned around and saw the kid he knocked out and snarled. “I’m back for round two and I think you’ll like what’s here now.” Zeko said as he reached his palms towards his daggers, which were in close proximity to each other; “Universal Pull.” He said causing the blades to fly at him and he caught them one by one before going to Samehada and putting them back.
The wolf looked on in anger as the child disarmed himself thinking he didn’t need weapons now, and little did the monster know that the child was right to be cocky. “So I don’t think we need to draw this on you’ve already hurt too many just trying to do their job, so know that if you attack me you will die here.” Zeko said with as he brought his Rinnegan out. The wolf seemed to understand but only roared before rushing at Zeko. “Bad choice Fido; “Planetary devastation!” The Rinnegan wielder said and a black orb appeared from the ground and hovered above the wolf which stopped to look at the mystery object.
“What is that thing?” Rainbow dash asked not seeing how that small black sphere would help, when suddenly the ground began to crack and get pulled to the orb. “How is he doing thAAAT? Applejack asked but was starting to be lifted off of the ground by a piece of the earth under her joining the sphere, soon the group saw the Alpha Timberwolf being pulled to the formation and looked on in awe as it lifted off the ground and was buried under the rubble of the floating rock mass.
“And that’s the end of that. Hey! I don’t feel tired, I think I can use this path without a drawback now *gasp* that means I can move to the next one... YES!” Zeko yelled in excitement realizing his hard work paid off by was taken from his celebration by a curious Twilight; H-HOW DID YOU DO THAT!?” She yelled.
“First that hurt my ears, second it’s the full power of my first path of the Rinnegan, there’s six in total.” Zeko said as he rubbed the space around his ears.
“Ya can’t be sayin that your eye can pull the earth from the ground and keep it in the air like it ain’t nothin?” Applejack asked skeptically. “Well yes that’s exactly what I’m saying and I have a hunch that we can get to the Princess a lot faster now, everyone strong get as many guards as you can and lay them here.” The shinobi said pointing to a spot in from of him.
After the guards were gathered Zeko jumped up to his planetoid and looked back at the guards. “Universal pull.” He said and brought the guards carefully up to the floating mass and laid them down gently. “The rest of you get up here and we can all just float to the castle!” He yelled down to them and they all managed to get up there by flight, teleportation, or being carried.
“Alright so which way is the castle?” Zeko asked as he put his hands on the mass. “It’s in that direction.” Rarity said pointing a finger to Zeko’s right. “Ok let’s get above the trees.” He said as the planetoid floated upwards above the canopy then turned slightly so Zeko faced the direction Rarity pointed. “Hey Zeko, aren’t you going to turn off your eye?” Twilight asked out of curiosity. “Not anymore, since I have my Deva path unlocked I want to keep it up almost all the time.” He said in a tone that oozed pride. “Well let’s go before they send another search party.” The shinobi said as the planetoid started to float forward faster than they would have gone had they all sprinted.
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