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// Learning to walk before running 
// Story: Adventures of the Equestrian Ninja 
// by hussbek 
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Chapter 1: Learning to walk before running

When he opened his eyes, Naruto noticed that he was in a cave with crystals embedded in the walls that glow brightly with energy that feels foreign to him. Speaking of which, he noticed that he couldn’t feel his fingers or toes for that matter. When he tried to stand, he rather stood on all four legs instead of two.

“Okay, this feels weird,” said Naruto trying not to freak out but when he looked at a crystal that reflected at him. Well, let’s just say that people are lucky not to be near him for they would have gone deaf from his screaming.

“WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!!” yelled Naruto panicking all over place while tumbling around. After ten minutes of senseless screaming did he finally calm down, then he remembered what Kami told him earlier before.

“Hold on, Kami-sama did mention that I would be in a different form when I come into this dimension,” said Naruto. “Well then, I’d better learn how move in this new body of mine,”

He attempted to walk by imitating how the horses from his dimension walked, soon he became more proficient in walking, trotting and galloping. Afterwards Naruto went to one of the biggest crystals to look at his reflection.

His form is of a pony with an orange coat, he retains whisker marks on his cheeks, has a yellow spiky mane, a horn on his forehead with a shape like the tip of a katana and a long bushy tail like that of a fox.

“Hmm it feels weird to have a tail, I wonder how to use it,” pondered Naruto. He tried waving it around and the tail responded accordingly to his commands. He even began using it to grab rocks laying around the cave floor without dropping them and could even throw with pinpoint accuracy. “Whoa, I could get used to this,” he thought with glee.

“Okay, I got the hang of moving around in this form, now let’s see if I can access my chakra and find out more about my upgraded bloodline,” thought Naruto.

He sat on his rump, closed his eyes and began to meditate. As he searched within himself, he began feel a sensation similar to when he normally gathers his chakra but feels much easier to interact with. The sensation got stronger and Naruto let it flow through him and soon his body began to emit white chakra that represents the purity of his soul.

When he opened his eyes, Naruto saw that his body is covered with a white cloak of chakra and it made him feel stronger and enhanced his senses. “Wow, this must be the chakra that Kurama gave to me, let’s see about my bloodline,” said Naruto.

Naruto began to concentrate on his chakra and willed it to form arms, it took several tries but he successfully created the arms. He then tried to use them to pick up the rock and was able to even lift boulders but noticed that the more arms he creates or the heavier the object, the more chakra he requires.

“Let’s see, I wonder if I can channel chakra to different parts of my body,” thought Naruto, He approached a boulder and sent chakra to one of his front hooves and punched the boulder which broke into small pieces. Naruto looked surprised for a minute then he began to laugh out loud.

“HAHAHA if Ba-chan saw this, she would be sooo shocked,” said Naruto happily. “Now let’s see what’s outside this cave,”
When Naruto reached the entrance of the cave, he was amazed by the scenery of the land as the atmosphere is serene and calm. Naruto wanted to explore the place but his ninja instincts told him not to go just yet as he is not yet used to his new body, and so he returned to the cave.

“Now that I think about it, where is the Kosei no Ha?” Naruto wondered aloud. No sooner he said that than the glaive appeared on his back glowing as if happy to be called upon. “Now how do I use you to fight?” thought Naruto, the glaive glowed brightly and information flowed into his head. He tried to will the glaive to swing left and it flew off his back and swung at its imaginary target before returning to his back.
“Whoa! Now that is epic!” said Naruto with excitement.  Soon he began to practice with the sword until he was familiar with it. “I think I need to train before going to any town to gain information about where I am,”


Time skip Two Weeks

After training in the cave, Naruto became attuned to his body, bloodline and wielding the glaive.

For his pony form, he developed a form of freerunning (Parkour) with techniques like wall running, sliding, flips and spins (Fleetfoot from Okami) and applying chakra improves his mobility. He also created his own taijutsu he named *Poniato which he adopted the principle from Rock Lee’s taijutsu.

With his chakra, he created many variations to adapt to any kind of situation like arms, tendrils, claws etc. he was also able to create his own tailed beast cloak which goes well with his Poniato and is still learning to create more variations.

With the Kosei no Ha, Naruto mastered it to a level that he could give his opponents a very hard time when fighting him. He also discovered that it could transform into different weapons during his time in the cave and is yet to discover more.

He also collected a large amount of the crystals and put them in a satchel he made from the fur of dead animals in the forest and found a cloak as well.

During his training, Naruto’s mane grew longer and his tail grew in length due to his constant use of it.

“Okay, now I am all set, it’s time to see what this world has in store for me,” said Naruto as he got himself ready to leave.

When Naruto stood outside the cave, he took in a deep breath and shouted out “LOOK OUT WORLD, NARUTO UZUMAKI THE PONY NINJA IS COMING, BELIEVE IT!” before sending chakra to his feet and dashing into the distance.

Glossary
Poniato = Pony Arts