Author's Notes:

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2 hours after the simulations ended.

Perspective: Hichigo

After watching the team go to town on some enemy drones Virgil had decided to do some maintenance on the Pelican and Church was still reading a damn magazine. What the hell was so interesting about it I will never know.

As for myself I was just walking through the town getting the occasional greeting while looking for something entertaining to come my way. A few minutes ago I had felt a huge rise in spiritual pressure that was a good distance away but it disappeared almost as soon as it happened so I just ignored it thinking it was a random occurrence.

Church was indifferent to the fact that he didn't really win any money considering he betted so high. I still don't know how he won without cheating…

My thoughts were broken though when a shrill scream pierced the air. I instantly used Sonido to get to the source and was shocked by what I saw. There was about ten Gillina class Hollows attacking the citizens. most had managed to get away but I saw one had her soul ripped out but thankfully her soul chain was still attached.

It was weird as usually hollows are invisible to living being who aren’t spiritually sensitive but I wasn’t about to complain as I had a girl to save.

Summoning Zangetsu to my hand I leaped forward and easily cleaved the thing down the middle while also catching the falling girl. Before anything else I quickly returned her spirit to her body but she was still unconscious. Thankfully there was still some people around and they quickly took her away.

“Damn it that was too close. But how the hell are these guys here unless…. DAMN THE SPIKE! I knew I shouldn’t have just shrugged it off!”

I then used my sensing abilities to their max and was stunned by what I was feeling. There were well over a hundred hollows of Gillian class attacking the Empire! If that’s not enough I can sense a high Adjuchas class not far away. Probably the leader of these bastards. Looking around I see some of the Gillians and realize that they all look the same. About three to four stories tall with black formless bodies and a white, long-nosed mask. Everyday normal Gillians.

I needed to alert Church and Virgil if they don’t already know. But they can’t detect spiritual entities like I can so better warn them just to be on the safe side.

An air-raid siren that shouldn't have possibly been installed that fast started screaming as Lopez bots ran out of Church's pelican but Church wasn't anywhere to be found, nor Virgil.
Deciding to take charge I whistle impossibly loud that it can even be heard over the siren.

“Alright listen up you shitheads! I want you to split up into groups and head to the most populated areas as that is where these bastards will be! Aim for the masks as that is the only way you're gonna take them down!”

"What do you think we are doing?" A Lopez bot asked impatiently.

“I don’t know what the fuck you guys are doing ninety percent of the time! Hell I’ve even seen one of you fuckers hump a fucking tube for no goddamn reason! So shut up and do what I say or you’ll be first on the casualty list fuckhead! NOW MOVE!!”

The Lopez bot I screamed at threw like ten fucking grenades at me, all primed before running towards the frontlines.

Making a mental note to scrap the bastards later I swing Zangetsu and hit all of the grenades like I’m hitting a home run and send them flying into the air luckily hitting a group of incoming Gillians.

“Now if I could only find Church and Virgil this would be so much easier.” I mutter to myself as I fly up to engage a group of incoming Hollows with my blade.

By luck I hear a radio next to the ground. I'll try using that later. Must protect civilians first. Wow, I can't believe I just says that even in my thoughts.

As I was cutting through the Gillians with ease I eventually make my way back to the ground with a bunch of Hollow bodies around me.

“Well aren’t you an interesting little Hollow.” A deep and gravelly voice says before I was suddenly launched into a nearby crystal building. The attack was strong enough that I actually coughed a little bit of blood! Granted my skin didn’t break but the internal damage was plain as day.

"This is Epsilon-Church! Does anyone copy?" I hear Church's voice say in between static. I look down and see the radio from before in pieces yet somehow still working.

Picking up the last bit that you speak into I put it up to my mouth and say, “hey Church can ya hear me?”

"You...stay...to help...I...will be...move..." I hear.

“Damn. Looks like I’m on my own for now.”

Feeling a slight quack a turn to see the bastard that hit me and knew he was the Adjuchas class Hollow I had felt earlier. He was at least double my height with light grey skin. He was built like a bodybuilder and he had a mask that was shaped like an armadillo.

“Your skin is very tough. Tougher than anyone I have hit before. But it doesn’t do you much good as long as I can still attack your innards.”

“And who the hell are you ya stuck up prick?”

“Forgive me my name is Quaker.”

“Like the oatmeal?” I say with a snicker. Do these guys name themselves?”

"Orbital Strike authorized." I hear from the broken radio. My eyes widen. "30 Seconds until fire." My eyes widen even more. A red laser was pointing at us. It didn't matter that we were at the edge of the Empire. By the way Quaker reacted, he didn't hear the radio.

He apparently was offended by my little comment and attacked me. Thanks to my smaller size I was easily able to avoid him but when he struck the ground it was almost like a small earthquake hit and his fist created a small crater.

"...Second left." I saw the laser start to flash. I got to get the hell out of here!

Too bad that when I tried to get away I was struck in the side once more and sent into the ground creating a spiderweb crack upon impact.

“I’m getting real tired of this shit.” I mutter.

"Target acquired. Firing. Prepare to die if you hear this. And don't forget to look up." The radio says extremely loud to the point where Quaker heard it. He looked up and got an Oh shit face. A red laser was pointing straight at him.

Almost as soon as he saw this the laser fired point blank at him created a huge cloud of dust along with an explosion that lifted me from my spot in the ground. I managed to right myself in the air and hovered there for a minute.

He was still alive but barely. How the fuck did he survive that?! Quaker was lying on the ground wounded critically and was barely breathing.

“You think…. you’ve won?”

“Yeah pretty much. You can’t really move and look like shit.” I says with a smirk.

A smirk that quickly left my face when a shadow passed over us and I looked up to see about twenty Gillians hovering overhead. They stayed there for a few seconds before suddenly rushing to the downed Hollow who then proceed to absorb them!

"Second fire. Magnetic accelerator cannons ready to fire on command." A button lit up on the radio, likely waiting for me to press it. As I reached for it the device just shattered!

“What the hell!” I exclaimed before hearing Quaker laughing as well as feeling his spiritual pressure rise.

“Surprised? My powers allow me to release seismic vibrations to damage anything in my vicinity including your organs. But now that I have devoured a few of my followers I am more powerful than ever!”

Quaker did look different. He had grown a few feet and now had armor plating over his back and arms almost like a real armadillo.

A com played throughout the empire, "Firing MAC Cannon. All units are engaging the enemy!" You have got to be kidding me. A lopez bot with a flamethrower and jetpack flew above us and started spraying at Quaker while a Lopez bot with a Plasma launcher sniped at him. It did damage but not much.

Quaker was easily annoyed by their attempts to harm him and used his now enhanced speed to get to the Lopez bot with the jetpack. He hit the bot with enough force to punch clean through his body and used his seismic powers to literally blast him apart. But the Lopez bot used this to fly even higher after being sent flying, and then flew right back at Quaker before it revealed the bomb behind it. "Fuck you." The Lopez bot exploded into pieces as it collided with Quaker.

When the smoke cleared Quaker was still there but his armor on his arm was scratched and smoking from taking the blow.

“That’s it! I have had it with you instects! I’m going to turn this entire town into a crater!”

"Firing main cannon." A scream was heard before a huge explosion literally ripped apart everything around us, leaving a crater so big it almost looked like a miniature canyon. I lied on the ground, somehow alive. I opened my eyes and looked to where Quaker was to see him still standing... with his arms and legs blown off…

“Damn you… damn you all to HELL!”

It seems he still had enough energy to perform the Hollows greatest attack, the Cero, or more commonly known Doom Blast.

A teal energy began to form in front of his masked face and from what I was sensing it had more than enough juice to destroy at least a quarter of the Empire. Before I could try to stop him it fired.

Knowing where it was heading I did the only, and stupidest thing I could think of. I got in front of it and raised Zangetsu as a shield. When the blast hit it pushed me back about twenty yards before I managed to hold my ground but still I was struggling against it.

As I was pushing back I tried to think of something that could give me an edge but was drawing a blank. The only thing that could break through this Cero had to be either a Getsuga Tensho, which I still couldn’t really do, or another Cero.

A Cero was my best bet at the moment as it was just a more powerful version of Bala and I had that down pat.

“Alright guess it’s all or nothing. If I die…. well at least I went all the way with Virgil beforehand.”

Using my left hand to hold Zangetsu in place I bring my right hand up and hold out both my pointer and middle finger and start collecting energy at the tip creating a ball of black and red energy. Only this time I put in much more power making the small orb grow to about the size of a basketball.

When I felt it was strong enough I shove Quaker’s attack with Zangetsu pushing the beam back about two feet and quickly bring forward my right hand and yell, “CERO!”

The ball at my fingertips instantly turned into a beam that grew to be at least three times my size! When the two Cero’s made contact there was a breif second of struggle before my own completely overpowered Quaker’s.

Quaker was too stunned to even speak or much less scream as he was engulfed in the blast and erased from the face of Equestria. I was so exhausted from my first use of Cero I passed out in mid-air. 100 feet in the air! I really hope I don’t feel the landing when I wake up.

"Alive...vitals...spiked...dose...inject...conscious..." I heard but everything was confusing as I couldn't move or do anything and I only heard fragments.

"Refuse...this...survival...help...patient..."

What are they talking about? And where the hell am I?!

"Life...condition...critical...blood..."

What?!

Okay hold the phone are they talking about me!? I don’t need blood! As far as I know I only passed out from exhaustion not blood loss!

"Dead...Hollows...infected...life force...resurrection...inconsistencies..."

Oh come on wake up body!

‘You can’t wake up yet Hichigo.’

Turning to the voice I saw Zangetsu like from the show! Same black hair and imposing warrior aura.

“Woah Zangetsu!? What are you doing here? Wait I can talk again!?”

‘Of course you can, this is, after all, your inner world.’

Looking around I see he is right as the scenery had changed to a completely white themed world with various skyscrapers here and there. Just like Ichigo’s inner world.

“Okay so I’m in my inner world… nice. But I’m more concerned about what’s happening in the real world right now Zangetsu so can you wake me up?”

‘You can’t wake right now. But I can show you what is happening at the moment.’

As he finished saying this he waved his hand and a mirror appeared only when I looked into it I didn’t see my reflection but rather I was seeing a hospital room of some kind with me in a bed hooked up to various machines as well as Virgil and Church talking to what I assumed to be my doctor.

"His vitals show him as dead but considering what he is I'm not going to jump to conclusions." Church says.

“Okay that’s good but how long have I been out? And what happened after I beat Quaker?”

"He shouldn't be though! The hollow threat was destroyed by our resistance forces. We found Hichigo lying on the ground in a massive pool of his own blood. How did he get injured that critically in the first place?!"

"After the initial cannon more than five blasts of a foreign energy with levels reading off the charts were detected." Church explained to which the Doctor nodded. "Levels of over a hundred thousand. We are lucky the damage was so minimal or we wouldn't be having this conversation right now."

“Guess I was right when I assumed how powerful Quaker’s blast was. And it seems when i passed out my Hierro was dispelled to make more energy for my healing factor.” I says with a quizzical look.

A beep was heard. "The patient is no longer flatlining! Vital signs are critical though! I'll need to administer some emergency doses." The doctor says.

Oh they better not put a needle in my ass if they wish to keep their hands!

But the doctor only walked to a computer where she typed something in, causing a whirring sound to be heard as well as gas and creaking. A mechanical arm injected a needle straight into my...brain.

What the hell kind of sci-fi bullshit is that!? I mean what happened to the traditional needle in the arm or something? Even inside my own mind I can still feel it and it feels weird!

"Vital signs look normal. He should be coming around pretty soon."

"Good. Keep doing a good job."

"I will," the mare says as she walked out the door of the room.

‘It seems you will wake soon. I will have to accelerate the process.’ says Zangetsu.

“Wait what process?” I asked. But as I turned to face him he stabbed me through the chest with the blade I would have when I activated Bankai. I stare at him in shock as I felt energy surge through my being from the blade.

“W-why?”

‘This will hurt for only a moment Hichigo. But when it is over you will be stronger than before. You are finally ready to bear my power.’

And just like that my vision was engulfed in a blinding flash of reitsu and I screamed in pain as the overwhelming power enveloped my very being.

"He's in pain!" Virgil screamed.

"Yeah, that is pretty obvious but we can't go near him without being obliterated." Church retorted.

I heard all of this before there was an explosion of power from me. It traveled throughout the Empire and if I guessed right it traveled all across the continent. Slowly I reeled in my power and let it enter my body. My eyes opened and I could see the shocked faces of my friends as they took in some of my new changes.

"Um...Hichigo. You may have done something bad. And not the good kind. The sun has cracks in it..." Church says, pointing out the window.

Looking out the window I see they are right. Seems I even managed to damage Celestia’s control over her sun just from a brief pulse of my power. I knew Celestia was weak before but to think she was this weak was pretty pathetic.

A scream of agony that sounded like Celestia's was heard all over the world and the Sun started moving of it's own accord.

“Huh it appears as if Celestia is trying to take away her sun to give it some time for it and herself to recover. Figures.” My voice had changed to a more calm tone opposed to my usual arrogant one.

"AH!!!!!!" Celestia screamed, the Sun hit a planet in the distance but instead of incinerating the planet it just rammed it.

"I think I know why she is so weak now..." Church says. "It's a freaking giant light instead of a huge ball of gases and death...But how does radiation...Fuck it magic."

“It does not matter Church. She probably knows it was me who had caused this and will most likely try and rally other nations to try and kill me for the sake of the world. She seems like the type of woman that would eliminate anything or anyone with greater strength than her. Plus we still have the Element’s in our possession.”

"Uh... about that..." Church laughed nervously.

“I don’t need details Church but just tell me do you have at least an idea of where they are now?” I asked still in my calm tone but with a hint of annoyance.

"In the void." He says bluntly.

“Hmmm. So now the Element’s are permanently out of play? I wonder what fate would befall Equestria now without the aid of their most powerful weapons?”

"Tree of Harmony." Virgil says. My eyes widened a touch. Church had already explained the tree to me beforehand.

“We have to go there now.” There was no telling what Celestia would do. She was probably loosing her mind right now and a semi-immortal gone crazy is not something to be underestimated.

"Why?" Church asked.

“Cause with the Elements gone the tree is Celestia’s best option. And depending on what she does next could end up harming the tree. And I’m sure you don’t need to tell you how bad things could get should she more than likely fuck up.”

"We are in the pelican. A warp to the tree should be easy."

“No warp a mile or two away from the tree and the three of us will go the rest of the way. Celestia is almost guaranteed to show up but we should have the Lopez-bots keep an eye out for anyone else that may come around.”

"Well okay then." We felt a lurch and looked out the window to see the forest of the Everfree.

“Alright Virg, Church, you ready to pay a visit to the Tree? It more than likely we’ll see Celestia along with the Element Bearers. Hell we may even see Cadence and Shining.”

"Cloak the ship. Virgil you're going to need to stay here and command them since it would be useless for me to try to be here and there even with my reaction time." Church says in a serious tone.

Walking up I give Virg a quick kiss before saying with my trademark grin, “see ya soon. And try not to cause any trouble while I’m gone.”

"We both know the answer to that." She says with a sad smile.

“Hey don’t look so sad. I’m not going anywhere for a while yet. It’s gonna take a lot more than a wayward princess to keep me down. Just be here when I get back.” I walk over to Church and stand next to him waiting for him to teleport us straight to the tree.

We are teleported right in front of the open hatch with over a hundred heavily armored Lopez bots which all have Sniper rifles of the m99 stanchion gauss variety and m45 shotguns as well as a M6J Carbine with concussion magazines outside the pelican.

Armor appeared around Church and enclosed him until he was in his usual blue armor.

“So big guy you ready. There’s no telling what we could be facing when we get there. For all we know Celestia has become some God that intends to kill us with rainbow powers.”

"That's why you have us. If we see her she may as well be dead." The Lopez bots say.

“We can’t kill her no matter how much easier it would make our lives.”

"Oh we weren't talking about killing her. Magic absorption magazines from the same process that anti-magic is created." My eyes widened. That would literally break her connection to the Sun completely and take away her cutiemark.
It is magic after all...

*sigh* “I can’t believe I’m gonna say this but, we can’t use that against her. We do that and we take away her purpose in life. That is a fate I would not wish upon my worst enemy.”

"That would only happen if we drained all of her magic." It clicks in my head where they are going with this. They want to drain her while disabling her source of power temporarily. Genius.

“Alright boys I guess we got a plan then. Now let's put it into effect. But be sure not to hit the tree or else the mission is fucked. Who knows what kind of effect those rounds would have on it.”

"They wouldn't affect it considering the tree has at least over a thousand times more power than her. Besides, Celestia is not a force of harmony no matter how much she wants to believe that." Church says darkly. "After all... If she was... She would have no free will."

“Woah Church a little dark there. But sound logic. So can we go ahead to the tree.”

We walked through the forest, ignoring the danger and neutralizing anything stupid enough to attempt to get in our way. And like predicted, The former Element bearers, and the princesses were at the .Tree of Harmony.

Lopez #1739 aimed his M6J Carbine straight at Celestia's flank and fired the entire magazine. She fell to the ground, drained almost completely and cut off from her source of power.

Another Lopez bot repeated the process with Luna and the Elements finally noticed this and started to panic.

I used Sonido to appear behind them blocking their access to the tree with Zangetsu drawn just to intimidate them in case they got any ideas of attacking me.

“Stand down girls. You have no business with the Tree of Harmony so I implore you to leave.”

"No! You will not-" Rainbow Dash fell to the ground twitching as she was tased.

“Will not what Dash? What Celestia is doing is rash and reckless! She only came here because she fears me and the power I now possess. I am not Equestria’s enemy but I will not bow down to her or anyone else!”

"And here I thought hollow was just a title..." Rainbow Dash stuttered as she was still being tased.

“I am not without feeling or remorse Dash. If Equestria is ever in danger I will protect it but it will be on my terms. I don’t want you to hate me.”

"WHAT THE BUCK ARE YOU?! SOME KIND OF ANTIHERO?!" Twilight screamed.

“DAMN RIGHT I AM TWILIGHT SPARKLE!! While Celestia and you all may be content with imprisoning your enemies for thousand year increments I prefer a more permanent solution. You must understand that some enemies cannot be reasoned with and must be put down like the dogs they are.”

"YOU WILL NOT HURT US!" Fluttershy screamed as she used the stare on me.

“I DON’T WANT TO!” I screamed back with anger and hurt while giving my own glare. This seemed to shock all of them into silence as they stared at me with wide eyes. I noticed something though... Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie Pie were nowhere to be found.

“Hey where did Aj, Rare’s and the Pink menace go?” I asked while looking around for them.

Suddenly I was tackled to the ground by Applejack while she tied me up with her lasso. Pinkie Pie held down my legs while Rarity watched.

"Did you really think we would let you get away with this?" Twilight asked.

“I had actually hoped you would see reason since you are the smart one Twi. But it seems I’ll have to be more blunt with my reasoning.” After finishing this I realeased a pulse of my energy shooting both Pinkie and Aj off of me as I easily snapped the ropes that held me with minimal strength. I then calmly walked over to their cowering forms and leaned in close and spoke in whisper but can easily be heard all around.

“You may think me a villain Twilight. But take a good look at what I have done so far. I have saved the Crystal Empire, saved Princess Luna, and have prevented potential future threats. Would a villain have done all of that just to harm the land he had saved? I only wan’t to help Equestria but I will do it my own way. I only wish for you and the other to not hate me for even though you may I still see you as friends.”

"You would do all that if wanted us to TRUST YOU!" Luna screamed.

“Luna you know how I am when I spoke to you in your mind when you were still under the control of Nightmare Moon! I inspired you to rise up against her and helped free you from her control! Just because Celestia believes she is right doesn’t mean she actually is! Judge me for yourself and you will see that what I have done has actually made things better for everyone!”

"Oh you would know wouldn't you? You are but a malevolent spirit with malicious intentions." Celestia says as she started to get up but before she got up all the way Church headbutted her hard enough to kill a normal person. She fainted.

"Don't insult my best friend." Church says angrily.

“Thanks man. But seriously do you all think I am some evil spirit? What must I do to prove that I am not some evil bastard?”

“W-we don’t know.” Stuttered Twilight.

“Why don’t you just ask Aj since she is a walking lie detector? Ask her if everything I say is true.” Why the hell didn’t anyone think of this before?

They looked at me like I was insane. Which would only be a partially accurate statement. Powers does speak volumes after all.

“Why the hell you looking at me like that for? Am I wrong? She is the Element of Honesty right?”

"Because everything that escapes your mouth sounds like a lie." Rainbow Dash retorted.

“...Point taken but that doesn’t mean it is a lie! Come on have I really done anything evil yet!?”

"Yes." The voice I least expected to hear it from, everyone else was taken aback by this. Church. He then makes us look stupid by saying. "Who hasn't? It doesn't matter what you define as evil. Even the tiniest wrong committed could be evil. So we all have. Even you." Church nodded at Fluttershy. "Because even Kindness can be interpreted as evil to the other side."

Everyone including me just gaped at him. I recovered first though.

“My god Church. You are right!”

“But we’re the Element bearers! We can’t have committed evil!” Exclaimed Twilight in denial.

“Oh please Twi get a grip! The only reason you were able to wield the Element’s is because you each possessed one good straight that made each of you worthy to wield your individual Element. One good thing doesn’t make you pure.”

"Magic can be used for evil. Kindness can be evil to the ones it opposes. Honesty can make others kill each other or worse. Evil. Generosity can cause greed and selfishness to the ones being gifted. Evil. Laughter can cause anger or hatred. It can be mocking. It can cause contempt. Evil. Loyalty only extends to one side. Your heart. That makes you evil to everything else." Church says as he delivered the final nail into the coffin.

“Damn you just got served!” I says completely ruining the intense mood.

“But in all seriousness Church is right. For all the good in the world there is just as much evil. One cannot live without the other. So because I walk a fine line between both does that really make me the bad guy? Look at Celestia for instance. She claims everything she does is for the good of Equestria yet has anything she’s done so far been pure?”

"Buck you." Rainbow Dash muttered.

"That response was expected from you considering who you are." I says, shutting her up.

"Well, if you refuse to see the truth you are going against your elements. It was never says that the Tree of Harmony was on Equestria's side. Only the side that embraced its values." Ouch. Damn Church.

“Honesty at it’s finest ladies! But he is right. Harmony doesn’t mean that everything is always good. It just means that good and evil are in balance and neither side eclipses the other.”

"W-w-what... My life has been a lie..." Twilight whimpered.

She looked ready to cry and I can’t help but feel sorry for her so I pull her into a hug.

"Why?" It was a question so simple yet so complicated. Why do we do what we do? Why are we who we are? Why is this the way things must be? Why?

“Now that is something no one knows Twi. But I think you should make your own answer. You decide what you do in life, no one makes those decisions for you. That’s how I live and it’s worked out pretty good so far.”

"We were never here to hurt you. Only to stop you from doing something rash." Church explained.

"Then why did you headbutt my sister?" Luna asks cautiously.

"If someone insulted a friend of yours would you take to it kindly?"

"P-point taken..." She says in resignation. "What are you going to do to us?" She asks with suppressed fear.

"Nothing." All of our jaws drop at that, even mine. "We just want you to leave this area and go back to your lives. Before you ask how the Sun cracked look at Hichigo here. He ascended, causing an extremely massive wave of energy to be sent out for up to half a quarter of a tenth of light year by my calculations. My guess is that the 'Sun' reacted to the energy in its own way." The mares cringed at that.

"How do you know all this?!" Twilight Sparkle asked incredulously.

"Time goes much slower for me. By the time you have started sending signals to your brain I have already come up with a few thousand conclusions."

“Okay that I did not know Church. But yeah he’s right. I am now twice as strong as I was before at least. Plus you girls are probably the only ones who can convince Celestia to stop trying to make me out to be a bad guy. And be sure to pass this on to everyone else you see including your brother and new sister in law. Also tell them I congratulate them on their new marriage!”

"Oh, by the way, do you, Twilight Sparkle, want a datapad with information on pretty much everything?" Church asked.

Luna fainted upon hearing that. Twilight however, looked like she was going into shock.

“I think you broke her Church. Anyone got any ideas how to snap her out of this? Preferably one that doesn’t get me in trouble.”

"You are going to be tardy!" Church yelled into her ears. The effect was instantaneous. She jumped up and started hyperventilating.

"T-tardy?" She whispered.

“It’s not true Twi it was just to wake you up. So what do you say to Church’s offer? Of course it may be better for everyone if you don’t let Celestia know you have it for… obvious reason.”

She winced.

“So what do you say? Plus with your help we may get Celestia to not be so crazy and then you can tell her about it. How does that sound.”

"He's not lying Twi." Applejack says in surprise.

“OF COURSE I’M NOT LYING! Must you really question everything that comes out of my mouth?”

"Oh I'm sorry that everything you two say either sounds dark or too good to be true!" Twilight screamed. "And fine. I accept. This better be worth it." Church hands her the datapad and explains to her how to use it.

While that was happening I went to talk to the other girls.

“So guys…. we cool? I mean no more of the hatred or anything right?” I ask nervously.

"While your methods were... unorthodox... we are willing to give you a second chance." Rarity said.

“Well just a heads up I’m not gonna change who I am but as long you don’t think I’m evil anymore.”

"I guess that is acceptable so long as you try to not purposely hurt others..." Applejack said seriously.

"And you have to Pinkie Promise!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

“First off Aj I only hurt those who hurt others and while it may decrease my man factor by a chunk I am willing to Pinkie promise that I won’t kill anyone that isn’t deserving of it.”

Twilight and Church finished talking. Church said something that made everyone stare at me, "Define deserving." Ah, he is trying to get them to trust me even more.

“Well someone who hurts other for their own pleasure, slavers, rapists, murderers, etc. Oh and MAYBE a few specific nobles. Cause let’s face it those a lot of those fuckers are corrupt and the world would be better off without them. But if you don’t want me to I won’t kill them. But beating the shit out of them is still on the table.”

"I'm assuming you are talking about the nobles who would have contact with the best of the best. The Assassins and hitmen." The mares gasped at that. "How else do you think they make their competition mysteriously disappear?" Church asked. Wow Church. That's extremely cynical.

“Well… yeah. And that Prince Blueblood of course. Think about it Luna. He was next in line to take the throne so Celestia basically gave him whatever he wanted to keep him from making a play at the throne. Then you came along and now he may see you as competition. He doesn’t seem like the type of guy to appreciate another player for the throne am I wrong?”

Luna just sighed and nodded.

“So does anyone have any disputes and/or concerns on my reasons?”

"Nope but I just realized how beautiful you all look." Church said boldly.

The mares all blushed at the compliment. "Oh...my..." Fluttershy whispered.

I snorted at this. “Oh you're just now noticing this dude? I would call them drop dead sexy. But I’m with Virgil so I can’t and won’t make a play at them.”

"Yeah but you're not the one who had thermal vision on for the past few hours." I wince at that. That would hurt my eyes so much.

“Geeze sorry dude. Guess we can call Virgil to bring the Pelican over. Hey you girls want a ride back to Canterlot?”

"*cough* Phrasing." Church joked. My face turned a shade of crimson. The mares giggled at me.

I then turned to them and grinned. “I notice none of you are objecting.”

"You made me do this. Just remember that." Church made all the mlg sound effects start playing such as the airhorn and the oh!!! as well as the 'Mom get the camera!' Oh why?! Not the memes!

“You bastard. Stop those sounds or else!”

"Like I said. You asked for it." Church said as everyone stared wide-eyed at him. They were not ready for the memes.

“Look just please call in Virgil. I don’t know how much more I can take before I have to beat the piss out of someone.”

"I'm already here." Virgil said from behind me. I almost shat bricks. HOLY SHIT THAT'S SCARY.

“GOD DAMNIT VIRG DON’T DO THAT!” I yelled out while turning around to face her smiling face. “You are lucky I love you or else some shit would be going down right now.”

"I'm going to die real quick. Hurk!" Church said as he dropped dead.

"..." Everyone stared wide-eyed as blood started pooling around his corpse.

“I wouldn’t worry too much. It’s not like he can really just up and die and not have a backup plan. What do you think happened Virg?” But she was also staring wide-eyed at the corpse. That is not a good sign.

“Uh Virg you do know what happened right. Cause if not I’m going to seriously flip my shit.” I really hope it’s nothing serious or else I will flip. The fuck. OUT!

"..." She still stared as if in denial.

“VIRGIL WAKE THE FUCK UP!” She still didn’t respond so I just said to hell with it and ran to Church’s side and started to check for injuries. And why the hell was he bleeding!?

"SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER!" I heard from behind me. I looked down slowly in horror as the corpse and blood were gone. I slowly turned around but only saw the girls still gaping at where the corpse used to be.

...Did I get drugged?

“Okay I’ll say it. What. The. Fuck! Did you see what I just saw!?”

"Are you sure you aren't just paranoid?" I hear Church say. But this is the fucked up part, it almost as if...I went back in time since everybody is acting like nothing happened... almost as if... it didn't happen at all... Oh no I've seen enough shows about time travel to know where this is going…

“Church come here for a second. Don’t ask why just come here.”

"Sure." He says as he looks at me curiously before walking over. Does he really not know...

As he walks closer I see a faint glint in the treeline and reacting on instinct I use Sonido to appear in front of Church before using another Sonido to bring us to the others.

But as soon as I arrive my eyes snap open... Fuck... I think I got stuck in a time loop!

“Oh christ this sucks! Wait Church! Maybe I can warn him somehow! But then what the fuck can he do!? I think I’m really boned here.”

'Are you really going to give up that easily? After everything you have done?'

“What? Who said that!?” I turn every which way but I’m only making myself look like a fool to the others. Doesn’t matter since this is a time loop and they’ll soon forget about it.

'Don't forget your roots...'

“My roots? You mean my life back on Earth before I became Hichigo? Or when I first arrived in this Equestria?”

'You have all of Hichigo and Ichigo's memories. You just have to remember.'

“Remember what? I may have all of their memories but I’m not them.”

'Who am I? What can I do? Why do I sound so familiar?'

“Wait. Is that you Zangetsu?”

'Took you long enough'

“Well sorry. Now just how the hell do I get out of this time loop? How are Hichigo’s and Ichigo’s memories supposed to help me?”

'I can't tell you that. All I can say is that it involves me.'

“Can you at least give me a goddamn hint?”

'Do you want to be stuck here forever? Telling you could destroy your only way out. We are lucky it hasn't already with how much I have already told you.'

“Well shit. Can you at least tell me how I got in this situation in the first place?”

'Another malicious entity sought you out. Not a hollow. I don't know what it was. It caused you to hallucinate. By distracting you it bought itself enough time to send you here.'

“You know the ability to cause me to hallucinate the user must be pretty strong. And someone not a Hollow? Do they have any spiritual pressure so to speak?”

'It was an ancient being. Older than the rock you stood on before. I don't know. It was corrupted so I couldn't tell. It does not play by our rules. That much I know.'

“Wait a second… TIREK!? Is it that sorry fuck!?”

'If Tirek is a billionth reincarnation.'

"Judging by your conversation, you know. Good luck getting out. It has taken some people trillions of years to escape these." A voice that comes from everyone at once says.

“Well I’m not ‘some’ you four legged fuck! I will get out of here and when I do you're gonna be joining Sombra’s head on my wall!”

"I don't have a body or a physical form or ethereal form, so good luck with that."

“No but you have a soul and I’ll be sure to break it. There is no prison that will hold me.”

"Good joke. Break that of which is already broken? Preposterous." The voice said in a mocking high class voice.

I was so pissed off at his voice that I just started releasing more and more of my power. I then took a stance while holding Zangetsu pointing forward and my left hand on my forearm. I then say, “Bankai.”

A huge surge of energy than shot from the blade before enveloping my being. Once the light died away I was now in my bankai form.

"Oh, can't a spirit of chaos and entropy have a little fun?" The voice said as it changed into Discord's voice. "You were never really in a time loop. No. What would the fun be in that."

“What the hell? DISCORD!? What the hell are you doing here? And what do you mean I was never really in a time loop?”

"Wow, you are slower than an old computer."

“So you're saying that this was all just one big joke? Damn I am sure glad you don’t have any kids. One of you is crazy enough.”

"There isn't room for more than one of me in this universe. If you won't play then I'll toy with someone else. Celestia mayhaps.

“Be my guest big guy. Old sunbutt needs to loosen up anyway’s”

"Holy shit finally! You've been out for three hours!" Church exclaims.

WHAT?!

“And what the hell were you guys doing in all of that time? And why do a feel as though my clothes have been fucked with?”

"The girls tackled me...Let's just leave it at that."

"..." I finally notice the musk.

“So while I was in a temporary coma you decided to have a sex party?”

"No. They did. I'm the victim." Church states bluntly.

“Just be honest and admit you enjoyed it. I know I would have.”

"I never said I didn't. And I also never know what a triple ice cream tasted like until earlier. Bow chicka bow wow."

Instead of responding to him I walked to the nearest tree and began to beat my head against it. Unfortunately I didn’t realize I was banging my head on the Tree of Harmony. A piston shot out and hit me straight in the balls minecraft style.

“I don’t know about you guys but I have a distinct feeling this tree is female. And thank god for my nearly impenetrable skin and insane healing factor.”

"What gave it away? The fact that we have only encountered female leaders? It makes me feel bad for Stalin. I mean killing over 20 million people must give him a huge boner." I choked on my saliva at that. Pinkie Pie did a spit take while everyone gaped at him.

“Okay first off, I’m not going to respond to that. Second, that doesn’t give the tree the right to nail me in the family jewels! As far as I’m concerned this oak reject can kiss my ass and lick my nuts! You hear me tree!? FUCK YOU!”

"Well maybe you should have bought it dinner first before you started literally having sex with it using your face."

“Oh? And where the fuck do you suggest I take it huh? Cause I’m sure there are tons of places to take a tree for dinner! And what the hell does a tree even eat save for sun and water!?”

"It's called dinner at home for a reason silly!" Pinkie Pie says smartly.

"It's a magical tree... Who ever said that it had to be normal?" Church asks incredulously.

My eye started twitching erratically and I was about to repeat my mistake of banging my head on the Tree of Harmony but stopped just short.

“Oh no your not getting me a second time sweetheart.”

I turned around to get away from the tree but tripped on a stick of all things and fell backwards hitting my head on the tree at its base.

"I wonder what it would be saying...if...it...could...talk..." Church suddenly got an insane grin on his face.

“Church? What are you thinking, and why do I have a feeling I’m not going to enjoy it?” I say suspiciously while I get up from my spot in front of the tree while taking special care to make sure it didn’t try to hit me again.

Church suddenly pulls something from behind his back and throws it straight at the Tree of Harmony. The object attached and a feminine voice is heard. "Really? You were that curious?"

“Oh shit the wood speaks! And it strangely enough sounds pleasant? Did you program that voice Church?”

"No." He says way too quickly. Twilight walks up to him and glares at him... "I made it so you hear the voice that the user prefers."

“Oh great. Now what do we do. Talk about the best type of soil? I can’t really see what there is to talk about with a tree.” I say in a bored tone.

"You are insulting me with every word you say."

“And you bag tagged me so I guess we’re even.”

"I'm more powerful than you." I got an oh shit face when I realized she was right.

“That still doesn’t give you the right to nail me in my gonads. So I’m not gonna apologize for what I said.”

"Then I'll do it hard enough to puncture something if you don't apologize right now. If you let your pride win I'll give Celestia what she wants."

Now I don’t want to do this but I will be damned if I let Celestia get anything so swallowing my pride I force a smile and say through gritted teeth. “I’m very sorry for insulting you.” Thank god she didn’t make me do something else.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" I saw Church held in one of her branches laughing his ass off at me.

“I so want to kill you right now Church it’s not even funny.”

"Love you too buddy." I blink at that. Wait what?

“Oookay. But really I need to wash my mouth out or something cause I just apologized to a fucking ficus for it nailing me in the nuts.”

"Did you just insult me again?"

“.... I plead the fifth.”