Beautiful Despair

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"What the fuck-" Grimmjow landed hard on the ice-covered olden streets of Snoutopolis with a thud "-is this weird place!?"

"I... I don't know," Ichigo stated. "I'm as clueless as everyone else."

Grimmjow just stared at Ichigo, his weapon now in his sheath.

"Wait, everyone else!? What the hell is going on here!?" Ichigo yelled in surprise.

"Where are we?" The ghostly white bipedal asked flatly.

"I think everyone is wondering that, Ulquiorra..." replied Ichigo, annoyed that his rival was with him.

"Orihime, Espadas, Ichigo, others, let's put aside our differences and hate for each other so we can find a way out of this strange place," said Yumichika.

"Right. Let's focus on getting out of here, so we can-" Uryu Ishida was interrupted by a slam, and a clopping sound heading towards them.

When the sound stopped, Ishida turned to face the being that created the sound. It took a couple seconds for his brain to process what he was seeing and to find the most logical response to this being's arrival, as well as existence. Uryu fell flat on his rear and had his head hung, looking like he was attempting to perform a bow to royalty while trying to fall at the same time.

"Exactly what are you? And if you can speak, WHO are you? Wait, why am I talking to a HORSE!?" asked Uryu, a confused expression on his face.

"I am not a horse, I am an alicorn, and my name is Tia Celestia, or, to my subjects, Princess Celestia. And I am as confused as you are. I came here to find out what was causing all this destruction," replied Princess Celestia, her regal voice seeming to ease everyone but Grimmjow.

"So, you're a fucking ALICORN that can fucking speak, in a cartoon world? Ichigo, are your old "Bount sensors" here? Is the duck thing causing us to hallucinate?" asked Grimmjow.

"No. At least, I don't think so... I didn't bring them to Hueco Mundo with me..." Ichigo replied flatly.

"Whatever. At least I get another thing to kill!"

Ichigo looked at Grimmjow's face, and he saw the face that should have belonged to a truly insane person. Ichigo and the others, all except Ulquiorra, backed away.

"This... creature... It's so familiar... Yet, I don't feel any familiarity with it..." Ulquiorra said, pupils dilating to the size of a small crumb.

Just then, a sudden midnight-blue aura appeared, and disappeared as quickly as it appeared. In the place of the aura was a midnight-coloured pony that also had wings and a horn, but was significantly smaller than the white alicorn next to it.

"Sir Cuatro! Wait, thou is not Sir Cuatro! Hold on, are thee the bipedal form of Sir Cuatro, or has thou lost thy memories once more?" Luna asked.

"Cuatro..? Sir Cuatro..?" Ulquiorra pondered, and memories of his past suddenly filled his mind, and for the first time, a smile appeared across his face. A small one, but still a smile.

"Sir Cuatro, it is thee! We have missed you for so long. Where did thou go to? Is thou hurt? Thou is hurt! Who did this to thee, Sir Cuatro!?" Luna asked, her Royal Canterlot Voice slipping out at the end.

"Ichigo Kurosaki, the orange haired male... bipedal... Though, it is under-" Ulquiorra was cut off by a dark blue blur and the sound of crashing.

"What the hell are you doing, damn pony!? Get off of me!" Ichigo commanded.

"THOU MUST NOT HURT SIR CUATRO AGAIN, OR WE SHALL KILL THEE WITHOUT REMORSE!" screamed Luna.

"Luna, get off of him or he'll-" Orihime was cut off by a loud, impossibly demonic scream that rattled everyone and sent them to their rears. Luna was sent flying at an impossible-to-achieve-by-wings speed and was sent crashing through multiple buildings that have been abandoned for years. What used to be Ichigo Kurosaki was no longer him, but a pale being with a hole in his chest, a horned head with pointed teeth and no mouth, with red-feathered cuffs on his wrists and ankles. The being once again screamed.

The pale bipedal walked towards Luna slowly, but surely. Celestia teleported in front of the beast, hoping to stop it. She was simply smacked to the side, her jaw nearly irreparable. Orihime ran in front of Luna to stop the beast from reaching its goal.

"Get out of the way, you lowly human. Or I will crush you with this damn pony," spoke the beast.

"No. I won't. You're not going to hurt an innocent creature, even if she did hurt Ichigo! She did it for a reason. If you want her, you have to go through me! Santen Kesshun, I reject!" At the end, a transparent orange triangle  was in front of Orihime and the blue alicorn.

"Very well. I will crush you and the pony."

The beast punched the triangle and it shattered, and advanced towards Orihime.

'Must... Protect... Her...' echoed through its head, and it slowly lost control, and the real Ichigo took control. It just stood there, the body unmoving. It suddenly fell apart in two halves, front and back, and Ichigo stood there, a white mask with red decorations on his face.

"I won't hurt you, pony, nor will I ever hurt you, Orihime..."