//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Small complications // Story: My Little Shinobi: Friendship no Jutsu // by Alexandermon //------------------------------// Celestia, ruler of Equestria, was in her room while thinking of a letter with the report her faithful student had written about her trip to the other world through the mirror. It seemed incredible that she had been in a parallel world and used the Elements of Harmony even with the parallel versions of her friends. Her little student had surpassed her. After a few minutes of musing, he decided that the new princess was ready to resume his studies at Starswirl the Bearded. She walked to the library with a firm step and hoping he was doing the right thing. Twilight Sparkle was in the Ponyville library while rereading “The Dark History of Unicorns” for the fifth time, Spike was lying in his basket when suddenly from a burp he spat a scroll with the royal seal. “A letter from the Princess?” She wondered as she levitated toward her with magic, "go back to sleep, Spike" “After what happened the last time the princess sent you a letter? If I remember, you caused all the ponies to end with their Cutie Marks exchanged” “That was a mistake, and you know I don’t like sarcasm, Spike” She replied annoyed as she opened the letter. My faithful student: You have come a long way in your studies on the Magic of Friendship, and your skills in living your adventure with mirrors impressed me. Now I think it is the right time to continue your more advanced studies, this is a level that only Star Swirl The Bearded reached, so I am confident that you can overcome it. The following is an advanced teleportation spell. It is derived from the magic of dragons, so it will take a lot of practice. This spell will allow you to instantly transport any object to any area regardless of distance, space or shipping time, making it very useful for transmitting messages and equipment. The following scrolls contain all the necessary details. Love Princess celestia The alicorn and the little dragon looked at each other and a happy smile appeared on Twilight’s face. “Spike ... Do you know what this means?” “Hum...” “The Princess trusts me enough to start me in a study at the level of Star Swirl The Bearded!" She shouted euphorically as she took it with her magic and spun it while she jumped, "Now I am going to start investigating magic from its origins and to propose my own theories!” “Good for you Twilight. But I would take care, if I were you. Do you remember what happened the last time you tried new spells?” “You already told me that, Spike. But don’t worry, tomorrow morning I will study every aspect of these scrolls and take care of doing it in a controlled environment. Now, to sleep, tomorrow is a great day!” Twilight’s happiness filled her. She lay back on the bed and fell asleep thinking of herself in a Starswirld-like outfit and teaching a group of Unicorns who curiously resembled Trixie. It seemed that things were going to go well from then on and nothing could go wrong. Konoha: two months after Fourth Shinobi World War. At the village, inside a modest shop called Ichiraku Ramen, a 16 years old, yellow haired and supernaturally gifted ninja was eating a enormous noodle with pork bowl. He was resting after a long afternoon of training, he was practicing his Kyuubi mode, so he could keep transformed in his fox form more than fifteen minutes without disappear. His relation with Kurama was great. They were like brothers: they quarreled, they laughed and they talked naturally. Now, finally could relax and enjoy a good cup of Ramen or two, when… "Naruto…" said a tired voice behind him. When the young turned to see, he found a middle-aged, silver-haired man with a mask that hid all his face except his left eye. "Ah… Kakashi-sensei. What’s up?" "The Hokage, Tsunade-sama, has requested your presence tomorrow morning in her office" "Mmmhhh…- protested the boy. Lately granny Tsunade is bothering me a lot with those diplomatic missions. I cannot train properly!" "(Sigh) Naruto. You are the hero of the war and of Konoha. You are an example for all the ninjas in the world; it’s obvious you have to accomplish some duties on behalf of village’s future. Don’t you want to be Hokage? Sasuke is taking his duties seriously" "He cares to do these missions even less than I do!" "Maybe. But it’s possible that the one of you both that take more seriously those missions would be the more fit to be the next Hokage" "OK. I’ll go tomorrow" Said Naruto before such words. "Glad to hear it!" Answered Kakashi with a happy but hid smile while going out Ichiraku, “Oh my God! I sincerely hope that this knucklehead changes his attitude when he becomes Hokage” "Old Ichiraku!" He heard from inside the shop, “Another bowl of ramen with double pork! I’ll have a very long day with granny Tsunade!” “In progress!” “Although it’s possible he doesn’t change at all; I hope Shikamaru will still be here.” "All right! It’s time! Let’s see what these parchments say!" Warning! Perform this spell in open places and, if possible, in high places for not committing transfer or teleport errors. "Well… in this case, we should try this spell on top of Rarity’s boutique. Let’s go, Spike!" Both friends went to Carousel Boutique where Rarity was making her last collection, Country Fashion, which she was thinking to give to Applejack and her family to their displeasing. It was not because the creations were ugly, but the brilliant colours and brown boots made them look like Manehattan stereotype of cowboys. Anyway, Rarity let Twilight and Spike to go up in the roof where they spread the parchments and began to read the correct formula of cast the spell. The view was perfect because the environs of Ponyville and Everfree Forest were visible. "Mmmhhh…” said Twilight with a worried tone “The spell itself don’t seem to be difficult to cast. The only problem is that the object you want to transport go to destination and go back”. "With what thing do you want to try it?” "Oh, Spike! There is no way I try to transport something at first try. What would happen if something gets wrong?” "I would say you try to fly instead of walk in the ground” Said a voice at her side. "Spike! I told you…” When she turned, she found herself face to face with a very smiley, light blue coated mare with rainbow-colored mane. "RAINBOW! What the Tartarus are you doing here?!" "I’m just passing by, looking at what you’re doing. And as far as I heard about that spell, it will be awesome. You have to try it!" "Rainbow Dash. There is no way I cast a spell without previous practice of every single step. Simply that is…" "Come on! I wanna see you transporting one of those Ponyville Apple Cider barrels to my home in Cloudsdale. Or teleport each tome of Daring Do from Manehattan Post Office directly to your library so I could read them before their release" "I don’t think the Princess sent me this spell to...” "Just cast it!" "Ok, fine” surrendered the alicorn while taking position, “But… what things would be it able to transport and where?" "I’m one step ahead of you…" Commented Spike while showing out an enormous book called “Encyclopedic Atlas of Equestria” "Spike! This is a very important book for the Library! What would happen if somepony foreign comes to Ponyville and…?" "You have three other copies of the same book; I have given them to you as presents for three years straight and you always kept them! What would we lose if only one of them gets lost?" "Agh! OK… let’s see…" First step: Place the object to transport with prudent distance away from transporter and/or companions… "Checked!" Second step: Visualize object’s destination place. I suppose this place near the Boutique is as good as any other to practice. "Checked!" Third step: Create a stream of magic around the object to transport or the effect would not be instantaneous, or there will not be teleportation to indicated place. "Well, here we go! Called out Twilight while her horn began to shine and a whirlwind of magic formed around the book" "It’s gonna be SO AWESOME!" Cried Rainbow Dash while observing the events, "I’m already looking myself reading the new volume of Daring Do in which she will fight against the alliance between Ahuizotl and the Poninjas of the Manehattan Marefia!" "Do A.K. Yearling send you teasers of her books?" Asked Spike. "Every now and then we write each other. But once I thought I saw her in the Everfree Forest with a pack of timberwolves behind her. I went there flying and…!" "RAINBOW!" Shouted an already tired Twilight while trying to keep the flow of magic constant. Though, by a strange coincidence the whirlwind didn’t appear in the little plot of grass near the Boutique as it should be but… Naruto was before Tsunade, the Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato. He was looking at the sky from the Hokage Office building while she was commenting him the details of the mission. "…and Killer B, Jinchuuriki of the Hachibi…” continued the young-looking lady, “…is trying to run for Raikage inciting an Enka-rap based revolution among the youngsters of Kumogakure. This has caused A, the current Raikage, to ask you, given you were his disciple and friend of his brother, to convince B to change his mind and avoid future complications. Between him and the Kazekage, rumours have begun about Jinchuurikis doing coups-d’état in their respective villages" "What!? You called me for this?! Do you know how much time takes to travel to the Land of Lightning? At this rate all my training will go through the toilet and I will not be able to perfect my…" "LISTEN TO ME WHEN I SPEAK TO YOU, BRAT!” Yelled Tsunade while taking him from the shirt, “You shall do what I command or I shall send you back to the Academy where you will practice genjutsu till your formation as ninja be complete!" Grumbling, Naruto pulled away from Tsunade’s clutches and went to the stairs. "OK; I’ll send ya a message with a falcon when I finish the mission and I be on my way back to the village, you crazy old lady" While walking, Naruto felt a little tugging in the neck. "It’s OK, granny! I will do your stupid mission! You don’t have to…! What?! WOWWOW!" Naruto was shocked when suddenly saw himself absorbed by a kind of whirlwind that threw him into a space in which he only was spinning. He heard far away the voice of Tsunade yelling his name. The kaleidoscopic/surreal/psychedelic tunnel made him stumble around till he finally stopped and felt he was flying. He looked downwards and realized that he really was in the air, with the village nowhere to be seen and a great forest that every second grew larger and closer…