Beautiful Despair

"Alright, Ulquiorra-kun is fine now!" Orihime said in pure joy.

"I thought I told you before... Do not address me like you would a human. I am not a human, I am an Arrancar, the fourth strongest at that. Call me Ulquiorra. Not Ulquiorra-kun."

"I'm sorry... Okay, Ulquiorra..."

"No need to apologize, Orihime. After all, he is our enemy. Well, he was and will be," said Ichigo.

"Sir Cuatro, We are so happy that thou hath been healed by Lady Orihime! She really is quite the healer, isn't she?" exclaimed Luna.

"Yes, she i-" A loud explosion was heard, and a hole the size of a house was left in the direction of the sound. "...Why must I continue to be interrupted?"

As the smoke cleared out, a wicked beast was standing in the hole. It was somewhat like Ichigo's Vasto Lorde form, but instead of pale white skin, it had dark grey skin, and had no hole anywhere on its body. It still had the feathered cuffs, though they were blue. There was no mask, but a face with only eyes, which were an eerie silvery yellow.

"...Help... Me... Don't... let... this... damn beast... take... hold of me!" the being spoke.

"Juhaygusuke!" a voice cried out from behind the beast.

The beast turned its head, which was now engulfed in a black mask with white decorations, with no holes for eyes. The mask bore a hole through the beast's head, leaving a sickening sight.

"Engulf your enemies, drown your allies, Juhaygusuke!" the person who was behind the beast cried out. The tiny dagger he held soon became a quintuple-bladed sword, each blade having some sort of "element" on it.

"Crackle, Haitushey!"

Lightning enveloped the wicked beast, and right before it broke out of its charring grip, ice surrounded itself around the beast after an inaudible sentence was finished.

"Burn your enemies to a crisp, Hukukutaicho!" screamed the beast.

Fire enveloped the beast as it wrote part of its death warrant.

"Give up, Juhaygusuke. I do not wish to fight, nor do I wish to kill you. You are my zanpaku-to, and I am your master. We share a bond that noone else can ever understand. Please, do not let this damn foul demon take hold of your power!" screamed the person behind him again.

"Kukatyrantcho, your words cannot reach this weakling. He is already dead."

"We'll see about that."

Juhaygusuke turned a sickly green and started coughing grey blood everywhere. As the grip of the elements around him tightened, he could feel his oxygen level depleting, slowly bringing him closer to his untimely demise.

"You... pathetic... little worm... You won't... win..." muttered the beast during the parts he could talk. "You won't win, you pesky little leech!"

The elements surrounding the beast disappeared right as a loud crackle, somewhat like a lightning bolt, was heard. The beast now carried a body not of humanly shape, but of a tiger and dragon, with flaming grey wings and lifeless green eyes.

"People like you disgust me... You care only for yourself... You don't want the zanpaku-to... You want its power! Well, I'm not having any of it! I showed the zanpaku-to your true nature! People like you, greedy little fucks, selfish pieces of shit... YOU ALL DESERVE TO BE WIPED FROM EXISTENCE!" screamed the beast, which now held a wolf-like voice with a deeper and higher pitch which seemed to push down on anyone hearing its voice.

"You're not Juhaygusuke... You're not even a zanpaku-to... Fine then, I suppose I must defeat you in order to gain the love and trust of my zanpaku-to back. You will pay for your misdeeds..." said Kukatyrantcho. "Strike your foes and torture them with the lightning bolt you were tortured with, Masumikushu Juhaygusuke Eldoratesku!"

A large quintuple-bladed grey and blue sword appeared in Kukatyrantcho's hands, which were now covered in mist and crackling lightning. The blade itself was shaped like a butterfly without the rounded wings.

"H-How are you able to use Juhaygusuke's power!? He's betrayed you!"

"You're forgetting the second half of my zanpaku-to... She never betrays me, and never will. She will never fall to an enemy unless I do. This is Masumikushu Eldoratesku, the female counterpart of my zanpaku-to. Witness as she kills you in one swift blow," explained Kukatyrantcho. "Hado 31: Shakkaho, and Hado 4: Byakurai! Masumikushu Eldoratesku Shakkabyakurai!"

The zanpaku-to lashed out with fire and lightning crackling behind it, with a stream of blue and red spiritual energy trailing behind it. The blades multiplied by five, and each assembled in the same shape as the original in front of each other. The blade circled around the beast, ripping parts of its body to shreds before stopping. The blade closed around him, and the Hados caught up, slamming into the beast's head and throat, and exploded after managing to pierce the skin and entering its target's body.

When the smoke caused by the explosion subsided, a bloody beast lay on the ground, inner organs and all spread around him, with only the lower part of his upper body and lower body remaining intact. The blade retracted and turned to its sealed form, right before two human-like creatures appeared.

"Masumikushu Eldotaresku, Juhaygusuke!" Kukatyrantcho squealed with delight.

The creatures replied back with a smile, and a giggle from Masumikushu, and disappeared once again. Kukatyrantcho hugged his sword tightly and drew blood from his cheek, apparently not caring.

"What... the... fuck... are you?" asked Grimmjow, stunned by what just unfolded before him.

"Oh hey, what's up?" replied Kukatyrantcho.

"Who are you..?" asked Ulquiorra.

"I'm the 12th seat of Squad One, Hujumaiyuko KukatyraAAAH!" Kukatyrantcho landed flat on his rear and scooted out of the hole created by Juhaygusuke, and ran towards Sweet Apple Acres.

"Hey, wait up! Don't run away!" screamed Ichigo, before he chased after him.

The others followed, including the Princesses.

~~~

=Meanwhile, at Sweet Apple Acres=

"Applejack, Applejack, I think I saw some weird animal out by the Everfree Forest!" blurted Applebloom in her normal country accent.

"Alright, sis. Just give me a sec and I'll go there with ya to check it out," said Applejack, also in her normal country drawl.

Applejack was just about to pound her hind legs against the tree she was working on when a bipedal of Caucasian appearance ran by her. He was screaming loudly, and no doubt woke up the inhabitants of the nearby town of Ponyville.

"Woah there, partner! Just what are you screamin' about?" asked Applejack, after tripping the bipedal.

The bipedal pointed behind Applejack.

"S-sis... W-we b-better go... I think these c-creatures are after h-him! I-if they are, w-we shouldn't get in their way!" whimpered Applebloom, in between deep breaths.

"No way, Applebloom. You go back to the house and I'll take care of these things. Now go, sis."

Applebloom ran off in the direction of the house, and Applejack stood her ground, hooves planted firmly in the grass below.

"Don't come closer, ya varmints! Or I'll buck your teeth in!" screamed Applejack.

"We do not wish to fight, horse... We only want to know why the person behind you ran off, and why he is trembling..." Ulquiorra spoke in his normal soothing voice.

Applejack shuddered, then spoke.

"Well, partner? Why're ya tremblin' like that? And why'd ya run off on these folks?"

"T-the one that s-spoke... H-he's so scary! And h-his Reiatsu is tremendous! I-I can barely even stand, even when I'm twenty meters away from h-him!"

"Reiatsu? What's that?"

"It's the power exerted from a soul that can fight other souls with weapons known as Zanpaku-to, or by Quincy or other races able to sense Spiritual Pressure. If a person has so much that even when they suppress it as much as they can and the power is still enough to force someone with high Spiritual Pressure to their knees, they're known as immortal beings, somewhat close to gods, but not quite at that level," explained Hujumaiyuko.

"Oh. Okay there. That's still hard to understand there, though. I guess we can talk to Twilight 'bout that! She should know what that is."

"Afraid not, horse. Reiatsu, Spiritual Pressure, shit like that, they don't come from this world. I haven't felt anything except ours," said Grimmjow.

"Oh, buck! That hurt!" screamed Applebloom, apparently stepping on something sharp.

"Applebloom! I told you not to speak like that! Go to your room and stay there for thirty minutes. And if your friends come over, you're not playing with them," Applejack scorned.

"Sorry, sis..." Applebloom said, trudging away with sniffles.

Just then, Ichigo swept Applebloom out of the fields and into the house with his Flash Step, just in time to avoid a Hollow.

"Pathetic worm! Don't attack living creatures unless told to, you worthless Fraccion!" screamed Grimmjow, who then swiftly cut off his Fraccion's arms and toes.

The Hollow screamed, and ran off.

"What in tarnation was that!?" yelled Applejack.

"A Hollow. Grimmjow's weaker Fraccion, to be exact," Ulquiorra vaguely explained.

"Pathetic... Why did I choose such a fucking weakling? Pisses me off to no end," muttered Grimmjow, appearing angry.

Ichigo ran up to Grimmjow and punched him square in the mouth, eliciting a scream of pain.

"What the hell was that for, Ichigo!?" screamed Grimmjow.

"Payback for earlier! You're an asshole, you know that Grimmjow?" Ichigo said, before chuckling.

"Yeah, and I'm proud."

Yumichika walked up in between the two and punched them both in the nose.

"Don't be so ugly with your attacks... If you're not going to attack with beauty, don't attack at all..."

"Yumichika, why'd you do that? I know Ichigo can be stupid-"

"HEY!"

"-but he wasn't this time..." said Uryu.

"Yes he was. He was being stupid by not attacking with beauty, and attacking the sixth Espada. Tch, he's still too weak to take him on without Hollowfication," explained Yumichika.

"No I'm not! Screw you, Yumichika..."

"Whatever..."

"Hey, why don't we head over to Pinkie's? Ya'll are hungry, ain'tcha?" asked Applejack.

This elicited a response from group's stomachs in the form of a low grumble, except for the Espadas.

"Hollows have no need to eat food, only reishi. Sorry to disappoint," said Ulquiorra.

"I could actually go for a nice meal right now..." said Yumichika.

"Well, then, let's head on over to Sugarcube Corner!"

***

As the group walked down through the streets of Ponyville, the ponies around them began to quiver in fear as they backed away, looking for an escape if they were to be attacked. All of them, except for a sea green unicorn mare. The unicorn mare hopped up and down excitedly before running to the bipedal group and knocking them all down.

"What the hell!? Who are you!?" screamed Yumichika, angry.

"OhmygoshohmygoshohmygoshIcan'tbelieveit! You'reactuallyhumansohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!" exclaimed the hyper mare.

"Uh.. Ehrm... Ehh... D-does anyone else feel petrified? Or is it.. just me?" asked Uryu.

"Uh... I am as well, Uryu..." whimpered out Ichigo.

"Me too..." said Orihime.

"Lyra! Get away from them! They could hurt us!" came a voice from in the crowd of ponies.

"We won't hurt you, I assure you. After all, you're all so beautiful. Such beauty cannot be destroyed without punishment for the criminal," said Yumichika.

"What's with you and ponies, Soul Reaper?" asked Grimmjow, half annoyed, half disgusted.

"It's not like I'm gonna have sex with them or anything! So, shut up Arrancar!" yelled Yumichika.

"I have a fucking name, you know! It's Grimmjow Jaeggerjaques!"

"Whatever! That's such a barbarian name..."

"Stop arguing! We have a situation to tend to! Damn idiots!" yelled Uryu.

Chad and Orihime remained silent the entire time, both still in shock from discovering ponies.

Right in the middle of an argument, a sinister yet lulling voice spoke.

"Feast, my changelings! Feast on the love!"

"Just who the hell are you!?" screamed Grimmjow and Yumichika at the same time.

"I am Queen Chrysalis, and am supposedly the only one to defeat Celestia!" bragged Chrysalis.

Ichigo quickly pulled out Zangetsu, and placed his hand on his wrist.

"Ban-kai!"

(Just so you all know, I'm using the hyphen in Bankai to indicate Ichigo's slight pause in the phrase "Bankai!", like in the actual show.)

Ichigo's huge zanpaku-to became a slender and long black sword. Ichigo then covered his face with his hand, and withdrew it back to the left, leaving behind spiritual energy manifested in the form of a mask, which also turned his eyeballs black, and his irises yellow. He then swung at Chrysalis, but stopped his swing halfway through so that the tip of his zanpaku-to was at her throat.

"What are you..!?" asked Chrysalis, in fear and astonishment.

"Ichigo Kurosaki, Substitute Soul Reaper, Visored. I suggest you get the hell out of here. If you don't, you'll force me to kill you."

Chrysalis slowly backed off, and backed into Princess Celestia.

"Sorry, but it's time, Chrysalis," spoke Celestia.

Celestia then used a teleportation spell to teleport Chrysalis back to the Hive.

The ponies around them backed up, then turned around and ran. Before they got to the edge of the town, Yumichika used Flash Step to get in front of them. He had a nice and gentle face on, somewhat relieving the ponies.

"Now now, don't be running. We're not going to hurt you. At least, I know six of us aren't. Grimmjow, I'm not so sure. He doesn't seem hostile at the moment, but that could change. Keep an eye on him, and call us if you need to, alright? Now, explain to us why you're afraid, please," Yumichika requested.

"Well, we've never seen any humans... And we always thought they were just things from stories..." Colgate, the mare with a blue and white vibrant mane with a blue coat, spoke up.

"Well, only four of us are humans. The rest, we're spirits. I'm the only Soul Reaper here. The other two, they're Hollows who have evolved to the strongest point that we know of, Arrancars. Ulquiorra here is the strongest Espada in reality, and Grimmjow is sixth strongest."

"Orihime, Chad, Ichigo, and I are the humans," said Uryu.

"Well, okay. Lyra, don't be so hyper about humans, okay? It's frightening..." spoke Colgate.

"Shall we head over to the rest of the major parts of this town?" asked Ulquiorra.

"Alright, Cuatro," said Luna.

The group walked over to a pristine, regal white and golden building apparently called Carousel Boutique. Princess Luna rang the doorbell, and a beautiful white mare with a curly royal purple mane trotted out.

"Why, hello Princess Luna. I take it you need something?" asked the white pony.

"No, We do not require anything from thee, miss Rarity. Though We dost have visitors," said Princess Luna, before stepping aside to reveal a group of seven bipedals.

"Wa-ha-haa~aa!" screamed Rarity.

"Hello," said Ulquiorra, the same hollow expression on his face.

"Why, hello sir! How are you today?"

"Well, considering we've been fucking transported, met fucking weird ponies that we never knew fucking existed, and other weird shit, I think we've had a weird fucking day, and want some fucking rest, or something to fucking entertain us. I think I'll go find a fucking beast or something that can fucking fight me as an equal!" screamed Grimmjow.

Rarity simply blinked in response before slowly walking back and closing the door.

"Well, thanks a whole lot Grimmjow! You ruined our chance at getting some nice clothes! You're such an asshole..." Ichigo screamed, chewing Grimmjow out.

"Tch, not like the rest of us fuckin' care."

"Well, I certainly care. This outfit isn't beautiful, and I won't deal with ugliness. Sometimes, I really despise Hollows..." said Yumichika.

"Damn weird fuck," muttered Grimmjow.

"Ulquiorra! Ulquiorra! Princess Celestia wants you!" shrieked Twilight in delight.

"I will return shortly. Do not wait for me."

Ulquiorra walked off with Twilight, towards the Golden Oaks Library.

***=====***

"Ulquiorra, I must ask you something very important. I will understand if you say no," said Celestia.

"What is it that you desire?"

"Equestria is about to be attacked. We're currently on grace period, as said by the enemy. From what the royal guard, Luna, and I have collected, we are heavily outnumbered. If we do not get help from you or someone else, I fear we will lose this war and everything we love and cherish. Ulquiorra.. Will you join the Royal Guard as a Captain and help us in the effort?" asked Celestia, narrowing her eyes, which were now filled with tears.