It had been three months since Justin disappeared, and Kitsune had gotten extremely nervous. Although he and his new friends discovered newfound towns to get closer to the element pieces, they also befriended the elegant Rarity, the tough yet friendly Skull Sheehan and his girlfriend, Fluttershy, and a dragon-pony named Errant. Once, Kitsune met a party pony named Kate, who looks just like Pinkie Pie in the Equestria world.
What’s more to making friends, Kitsune recently helped an elderly hermit named Bruce fight more invaders from attacking his village. As a reward, Kitsune was presented with a magic flying cloud known as the nimbus, one of the most rare that’s near extinction. Kitsune currently uses it as a mode of transportation, because he isn't aware of his ability to fly with his twin tails. Even with these new allies at his side, Kitsune is still worried for the fate of his brother. But he'll have to put it behind him, for someday they'll find Justin.
It’s a new summer after spring has passed, and right now, Kitsune and his selection of friends approach the outskirts of a strange town. Nate and Pico are alongside him, with New Moon as Kitsune’s new girlfriend. She drives her vehicle with her buddies for passengers, seeing the dust scurry on the ghostly road as her speed lowers. Her car screeches to a stop, and all four quickly pile out.
BAM!
New Moon yelps at the sudden accident, when an exhausted traveler was ran over by the car, only slightly at the rim. Kitsune paced over to help him up. No injuries, that’s the good thing. But before the traveler could get one word out of his mouth, he collapsed.
"OH!! Let's get him some water!!" Kitsune exclaims.
Nate nodded and fished around in his bag, pulling out a canteen. Kitsune took the canteen to the pony, who took a few big gulps of water before waking up. He then wakes up slowly, as his blue eyes look up at the fox.
"Thank you...my name is Keith." he panted.
"So, why were you running so quickly?" Pico asked.
"For the past several months, a trio of strange characters has been terrorizing my village, demanding some element, threatening to destroy our homes!!" Keith explained.
"Thanks for the tip, Mister!!" Kitsune said.
Kitsune then bends up, and takes his cloud out of his knapsack. He then gets on, having it rise up in the air. He looks down at his friends.
“I’m going in the town to see what’s going on.” he tells them, “I’ll meet you guys there.”
“Right.” New Moon nods.
Nate and Pico then get back in the car, as New Moon ignites the engine. Kitsune then has the cloud speed faster at this command, as he nears the village. As he sped on his flying cloud, he can only see that the town was on fire.
Kitsune lands slowly, jumping off his cloud and spun his tails as hard as possible. All the ponies flee in terror, but catch eye to see that the fox’s gust of wind is helping the fire die down, thanks to his two strong tails of action. Soon, the fire was out, and the villagers were okay.
Kitsune couldn't help but feel proud of himself, as the villagers come over to welcome him. But suddenly, a punch to the face sent him crashing into a brick wall. POW! The hit has him flying back, as the ponies gasp at that unexpected violent intention. A space is then made for the assailant to pass through towards the fox.
Dazed, Kitsune pulls himself from the rubble of a wall he crashed against. He gets a look at his enemy, only to find that there were three of them. There were two unicorn boys; one was blue with brown hair, the other was goldenrod with green hair. Standing between then was a female unicorn who looked like Trixie from the world of Equestria. Ironically, that’s who she IS named, and she’s worse than ever.
"Who the buck are you three bozos, and what's the deal punching' me into that brick wall?" Kitsune asked.
The female chuckled to herself.
"I am the Great & Powerful--not to mention, amazingly beautiful---Trixie, and these are my subordinates, Chopper & Slugg. We came to find an 'Element', but these fools won't wisely give it up, so we had to resort to different tactics."
"And by 'different tactics', she meant trashing their village!" Slugg chuckled.
"Oh, yeah? Well, hear this: I'm not going to let you torment these villagers anymore!!" Kitsune grins.
His fur suddenly glows yellow as his aura glows. The challenge is set, and Kitsune looks like a super being Saiyan somehow. He didn't know how he did it--something must have gone off in his body. Kitsune doesn’t even know WHAT that power is. He shrugs, all will be figured out later.
Chopper and Slugg stepped up.
"We can handle this chump, oh, great and powerful Trixie. This guy's all bark and no bite!" said Slugg.
“This will be a breeze!” Kitsune smirks.
His tails glow red as he speeds towards the two henchmen-like ponies.
“Here I come!” the fox shouts.
Chopper and Slugg got themselves into fighting poses, but Kitsune blew past them as a blur of wind. He then materialized behind them, driving his elbows into their backs. They started to fall, but both caught themselves and turned back.
"Tell me one thing, gentlemen...which one of you muscle-brained lunkheads will scream for mercy first?" Kitsune smirked in a way that didn't seem very much like him.
Chopper and Slugg didn't seem too eager to fight, but they were still undaunted. They charged back into the fray yet again, but Kitsune was still having a little bit of fun. He rose up into the air, seemingly on his own power. Chopper and Slugg raced at him from both directions, but Kitsune just shot a blast from both of his hands, sending the two goons flying.
Then, he threw them back to Trixie.
"And now, for the big send-off." Kitsune grinned.
“What exactly are you going to do to threaten us away?” Trixie scoffs.
The fox cups his hands and draws them to the side.
“I’m going to do a special thing Pico taught me a while back.” Kitsune said.
“BAH! Chopper! Slugg! ATTACK!” Trixie instructs to her assistants.
The two of them get up, charging at the fox to make their next attack. Slugg’s eyes widen as Kitsune’s bright light shines with his moving hands. That’s when the fox makes the final fight move!
"Kame...Hame...HA!!!" he yells, thrusting his hands forward.
He makes a streaming, powerful beam of energy that shots forth, colliding with the minions and sending them flying back. Kitsune then turns to the magician pony, and paces towards her. She snarls as he meets her face to face.
“Now, tell me who sent you…” Kitsune snarls.
“AS IF!” Trixie screams.
She then throws her hoof down, having smoke explode into the air. Her camouflaging clouds help her escape, as Kitsune looks around to see where she’s gone. He brushes past the smoke, to see her riding off on a motorcycle with her clumsy minions.
"You may have won this round, but we'll be back--I swear it!!!" Trixie yelled, as she and her goons were riding into the distance.
The villagers began to cheer with joy, as Pico, Nate, and New Moon then enter into the crowd. One pony sees New Moon, and hands her a purple gem. The Element of Generosity.
Kitsune feels pride of his success. However, his body hadn't been properly trained to handle Super Transformations yet. That has him return to normal, as he collapses onto the ground from exhaustion.
New Moon gasps, as she hands the element over to Pico, rushing over to then catch the fox.
“Are you okay?” she asks.
“I… guess.” Kitsune said.
Pico then comes over, sighing in worry. He then gives an unexpected elbow hit to Kitsune’s head in discomfort. The fox grunts, looking up at Pico.
“What was THAT for?” Kitsune snarls.
“You could have easily killed yourself with to much of that energy.” Pico scolds, “You aren’t ready to use that power in that kind of…”
“How was I SUPPOSED TO KNOW I had this!?” Kitsune protests.
Pico sighs again, seeing the fox’s point.
“I suppose I could have explained about that energy you and your cousin carried. I observed it inside both of you after doing research these past couple of years.” Pico explains, “Have you ever heard of an ancestor aura?”
Kitsune shakes his head.
“I looked into you and your cousin’s DNA when you glowed a couple times.” Pico explains, “It seems you have a gene… or… some stem that has an inner desire to uphold an aura. It has the ability to release a might power when the time is right.”
“Well… does that have something to do with the elements maybe?” Kitsune asks.
“That would have something to do with it, let alone part of the quest?” Pico nods, “But I think we have to look more into it, and sooner too.”
“We should start out by repairing the town after it’s damage.” New Moon suggests, “Maybe we can find something in the wreckage.”
“Good idea.” Pico agrees.
The gang of four starts to help the citizens pick up the bricks and stones, as New Moon looks around with Kitsune. Pico uses his dragon breath to mold the bricks and stones together to recreate the buildings. As he does that, Nate looks around with other citizens to help them find their loved ones, hoping some survived the attack.
Kitsune and New Moon the come towards a bank now burnt into rubble and ash. The female pony brushes off the debris cinder that brushes onto her clothes. Kitsune looks around through the wreckage, and then sees something shine. It’s coming under a pile of bricks, and the color of the reflection is diamond blue. He slowly steps forward, lifting up each hard square to make the view.
“The hell…” Kitsune mumbles in curiosity.
It seems to be some sort of antique. No… a crown. Its crests are golden, and the jewels around the border are red as bloody veins.
“Hey New Moon!” he calls out, “Does this look like an element to you?”
New Moon follows Kitsune’s voice and looks over his shoulder to see the item he’s holding.
“I think so.” she guesses, “But I recall the elements only being some sort of jewel, and not a crown. You don’t possibly think those… guys we fought… do you think Trixie would have looked for that?”
“Maybe…” Kitsune hums, “But…”
BANG!
Screams are heard again, as explosions come again in the streets.
“AGAIN?” Kitsune moans.
“Who could possibly be attacking this time?” New Moon huffs.
“We better go look!” the fox says, as he gets up.
The two of them run out of the debris area, as they witness more pony citizens running away from a started arson, acting like nature’s wildfire. The flames are lined up, building each wrecked building as the heat feeds the fire. Kitsune looks back again, seeing Nate and Pico crawling on the ground. They’re bleeding severely, as they cling onto young fillies to protect them from the burning building materials. Kitsune panics, and runs over to get them out.
POW!
A sudden orange blur jumps in front of the fox warrior, smacking him in the jaw to throw him back. New Moon screams in horror, as a falling wooden wall falls down to separate her from the fox. Kitsune struggles to get up, leaning his arms on the ground. His head slowly lifts up, and stiffens so his eyes could look at his assailant. He breathes in terror to see his new rival.
“Justin….” Kitsune gasps.
The brainwashed brother smirks at his former companion.
“Hello, wimp…” Justin sneers.
Kitsune can then see the greenness in his eyes. He’s under the invaders’ control. The heroic fox staggers to both his feet, sobbing in fear.
“Justin… please. This isn’t you…” Kitsune begs.
“It is now.” Justin laughs evilly, as he punches Kitsune in the face!