While Ichigo took off his vesture, he used it to clean his hair from the water that splashed all over him. Here is another, from many thousands, bad cons of having long hair. You have more work when you want your hair to be dry. When Ichigo was done with making his hair dry, he took the clothes the maid found for him somehow.

Ichigo put on his long sleeved dark blue dress shirt. It looked good on him, now that this was done the only thing he had to do is put on his jeans, finally normal clothes! How did he miss them? That’s impossible he looked everywhere, he searched thru his clothes like a mole that dings itself a pathway thru the ground.

Like, what the hell is wrong with the girl? Did she try to see if he would balance the freaking thing? Maybe she is a little crazy? Hell if he knew, although he became quite vulgar for some reason…It's like he is tempted to use more cuss words then before for some reason, he doesn’t quite know why. He needs to work on his manners and control himself.

Ichigo looked at himself in the mirror, he looked decent. Now that this is done, he can let her in to be done with the mess, he still walked in his long hide boots. They were quite comfortable. He opened the damn door to his room and the maid stepped in with. A mop by her side, with cleaning agents in a red plastic bucket. She had thick yellow rubber mittens on her hands. Whatever deity back on earth there exists she had in her mouth she held with her teeth. At least it was packed, and she didn’t hold it making contact with whatever the hell that thing is for.

Ichigo was speechless, it took him three minutes or less to get himself done and she is here with a whole lot of cleaning equipment ready to make his room shine! What’s worse, she probably saw that his glass doors are broken. He still didn’t come up with a good excuse why are these doors broken in the first place.

“Where did you get all this?”

She made a goofy look “Zhis?” She spoke with the tablet in her teeth.

“Yes!” Ichigo responded frustrated

She took it into her hand, quickly before the mop was touched by gravity and begin to fell down. She moved her mane away as it got in the way of looking Ichigo straight into his sweet chocolate eyes. Ichigo was slowly losing his nerves as each second passed. Not only does she dare do what she has done, but takes a half a minute to respond to a single question!

“Well, there is a small room for cleaners. Sometimes when I have more work I sleep in one those.”

What? She sleeps in these? Are you kidding him? She sleeps in those? What kind of sick shit is that! Why should she? Isn’t such a thing illegal? Or is she made to sleep in these in order to have her close if something gets dirty? Imagine f this happened in Japan, you’d get to prison if anyone would report tis to the police.

Before Ichigo could ask why she had to do it and didn’t go home. She quickly got past him and pushed him out of his room and closed the doors all out once while saying sorry very quickly. Ichigo was about to open his doors but he couldn’t. The doors were locked, she had to have a key to familiar chambers all around the castle.

“Hey! My Zanpa-Sword is left inside!” Ichigo quickly corrected himself

He took two steps away from the doors, and prepared to kick them open, he was about to. The maid opened the door and he had to stop in midair with his foot almost at the same level her head was. Ichigo looked like an idiot, while she just threw the sword at him. Ichigo caught it, but in return he fell on his back.

“Ichigo quickly stood up and shouted back “You can’t just push me out of my room!”

A second passed and the maid replied I her sweet, pleasant for his ear voice “I can! As I have orders from a Princess!”

“She’s not my princess!” Ichigo responded getting as close to the doors as possible in order for that little rat to hear it, of course he didn’t realize he said something very stupid.

“Not my problem! You don’t like her, like most do, then get out of Equestria.”

Ichigo’s grip on his sword tightened from frustration.

“I’ll remember this!”

The maid didn’t respond and Ichigo walked away grunting, angry. He spent much time in his inner world. He doesn’t understand however, why so much? It could be that he being half a spirit and half in his normal human form, could have impacted on how much time he thinks he spends in his inner world.

It could also be that the time outside moves faster than the time inside of his inner world to the point a half an hour is equal to four hours. Whatever the Cause may be, he needs to train himself in knowing how much time he should spent in order not to mediate the whole day. He doesn’t know at what hour he came back, but he thinks it was one maybe two am.

It's probably five or six right now. He isn’t sure and the palace is empty, there is no clock on the wall to tell him what time it is, and he was pushed too his own room. Ichigo has been wandering around the castle, he has nothing to do, he may go somewhere. The question is where? It’s quite dark, as if it still was night but the sky seems to be not as dark as in the night.

Maybe it is linked with the fact Luna is a goddess and she will let Celestia guide the sun up? The sun is preparing to be raised and therefore the skies are getting lighter. It’s a hell of a lot of responsibility to bear, to raise the sun each day and lower it. Plus also run an entire country at the same time. They are goddesses, that much work doesn’t probably affect them.

Imagine how important the two are for the rest of the world. Celestia can literally threaten the world with not letting the sun down and burning the whole planet! Or perhaps maybe drain power from the sun and prepare some powerful solar attacks? Like a giant heat beam capable of melting the ground all the way until it meets the upper mantle of the planet.

Luna can, threaten the world with eternal night and darkness, making all the plants die because of lack of sunlight. However both sisters don’t plan on doing so, Celestia wanted Luna to stop but she didn’t and therefore to shield the world she banished her. For one thousand years, both of them are extremely old.

“Note that both of them still haven’t got laid” The hollow said

Ichigo ignored the observation and continued further on thinking. The hollows observation was indeed right, both of the princesses still haven’t gotten married. He understands, both are immortal and there didn’t seem to be any male Alicorn in the past few thousand years without including the father of both princesses.

Normal mortal ponies would sooner or later die, and it would naturally hurt the princesses to see their love die and die over again with every eighty or ninety years. That is a horrifying torture for staying beautiful for all eternity. What can you say? They could try to make the pony immortal but it would require them to probably prepare and the pony wouldn’t always accept the offer. Not to mention that the pony could cheat on the princesses. This would end badly, for him, and the city around

Ichigo tried to ignore the hollow but he responded “Could have got laid, as you say. But it’s a secret and it doesn’t necessarily have to be written down in history” He said quietly so that no one would think he is crazy.

“Still, about two thousand years of them living and they didn’t merry”

Ichigo raised an eyebrow “And? What’s your point?” He asked and stopped

“Well I have a plan, if we made a friend, and used him in order for him to maybe have an affair with one of them, we’d would be invincible in this country!”

Ichigo shook his head and was literally about to make retarded noises in response to this utterly stupid plan. What sort of thinking is this? To find a friend The hell! If he did have a friend who would like to get towards one them he would probably help him but he would have to prove he isn’t after power but after love. Such scammers are the worse.

‘Where do or weird thoughts get from?’ Asked Ichigo this time mentally

“From my genius brain”

‘That’s a good joke, do you have more?’

“Pfft! You just don’t want to use the opportunity of gaining something very powerful.”

Ichigo saw an entering that lead on a balcony, a wide and big balcony for smokers or any other person in the palace to relax. To breathe in some fresh air and not only the incredible amounts of dust in the air. He stepped outside and walked up over the stone balustrade and placed his hands on it and rested himself, looking into the horizon as light after light was turned on. The whole city was beginning to wake up and ponies slowly ate their first breakfasts, took a morning shower.

“What sort of gain would I have from what you proposed?” Ichigo said out loud, still quietly so that no one would think he is crazy.

“You ask stupid questions, if he had someone that high, we would not only be befriended with one of the most important characters in this country but also in the world. If we got imprisoned somewhere, we would get rescued in less than a day.”

“Aren’t two potential powerful friends not enough? They seem to like us.”

Ichigo didn’t hear a response, but he felt something touch his shoulder, he looked behind and saw that no one other than Mūnroau has placed his hand on his shoulder. The hollows horns were long enough to reach his head and therefore the hollow had to stand a little away from Ichigo’s ears. Mūnroau Sure likes to appear more often than the old Man.

“Just in case anything happens, we need to have someone up in the hierarchy. Besides, they don’t know me, only you”

Ichigo narrowed his eyes “But they saw you, I saw them looking at you with fear and interest.”

“It might be, but while at it. I know you want to keep your secret as far away as possible. We need to think of something that doesn’t say I’m your Zanpakutō. Or a part of you, and your powers.”

“Exactly! What will you be? We can’t say you’re my Zanpakutō or else someone will try to steal you.”

“I don’t think anyone would dare to do so, I look frightening”

‘Which is also why you shouldn’t show yourself when not necessary. Meaning, never!’ Ichigo said mentally.

Both of them thought, Ichigo was an giant idiot, he didn’t think of the possibility of anyone asking who exactly is Mūnroau. He might be seen as a demon, or maybe something evil because of his look. There is nothing Ichigo carries with him that would explain why Mūnroau is with him. He should have thought of something better earlier, and it’s also this idiots fault he appeared in the throne room in the first place.

Mūnroau is an asshole and he doesn’t help much, not to mention he also is filling his thoughts with pure hatred and anger at certain times. Just like when he entered the inner world and broke most of the Bathroom. What can he say, he is a hollow and there isn’t much to that. He may perhaps start something connected to religion and say that Mūnroau is an spirit who helps him. Which is not such an stupid idea.

Then again if he started with religion Celestia as a goddess would be interested in the religions doctrine and all that bullshit he doesn’t care about. Luna too, he doesn’t need to speak about religion with goddesses, he bets a minute will pass they will give him the honors of becoming a Lunar or Celestial worshipper. That option goes away.

He might say something about his Zanpakutō and that perhaps it helps hi control his power. He doesn’t necessarily need to talk about his power. He might say that Mūnroau is just an sword that releases his reiatsu, that he will call magic for the time. Into attacks such as the Getsuga Tenshō or a cero if he ever learns how to shoot one.

“I have an idea!” The hollow said happily

“What sort of idea?”

“Listen, let’s say that I’m your companion-advisor. You know, something that you met on your journey. Decided to take me and I just look scary but in my soul I’m a funny guy who likes to argue from time to time.” The hollow explained

Ichigo thought about what his hollow said, and it would work in a way. He has to however think of the details and how he exactly met him, how he allowed to come inside of him and just appear like that. Surely there will be some concern about his health. If he isn’t touched by any symptoms from allowing a ghost to live in his head.

“No it wouldn’t work, I have a part of my hollow mask on me. In case you didn’t see you too. They’d spot the lie immediately”

“Well, then maybe let’s try something with the story about the Hōgyoku. That I’m a very small part of you, from the mask you’d have lost as you said t them. It would make some sense, and we would think of an excuse why we didn’t say it earlier.”

“This also won’t work, someone like you being a part of me? It would make them think we are somehow bad. This world is like a Enlightened Europe, and from what I know such look wasn’t accepted with open arms.”

He said and walked away from the balustrade, the distance between the entering and the balcony was quite long. So, no one could hear what Ichigo and the hollow were murmuring to themselves. Ichigo grabbed himself by the head and thought, what would the ponies buy, would make sense and would be easy to explain for Mūnroau being with him?

Something easy he wouldn’t mess u, he can’t say he just found him, and the whole thing of Mūnroau being a part of him and his mask e has lost as he told the ponies doesn’t sound promising. Yet he cud try to experiment with this, it isn’t too stupid. Maybe something more detailed yet still easy, he felt bad lying but he has no choice in order to adapt to this world.

“Your idea wasn’t that bad” Ichigo said quietly. “Maybe that you are a side effect, that when I lost my mask, you as were created because the Hōgyoku we found was a little more powerful. In the end as a past part of me you’re connected to me, and you just follow me as an advisor as you said earlier.”

“So suddenly the whole fear for how I look disappeared?”

“Let’s agree that you’re just retarded and because of that you look scary”

“Ohh no! That’s too much even for me. I would be better if just said I was created, in order to accompany you, from the life energy of some animals.”

This didn’t sound so bad, although perhaps maybe he should change it a little. Throw the life energy of animals part away. Tell some story of him being made specially for him, about the mask and the similarity in the trails on it. It would be a way of attachment to him, a sign that he is his. This could work. The problem is however, in how it sounds, normally ponies could consider this impossible for themselves to achieve and he could be asked questions. In such situation, he’d respond he doesn’t know, and that he never understood the concept of making creatures like Mūnroau.

That is the story they’ll go with, about the process of making Mūnroau for him, he’d say he was bound to him with some sort of potion or mixture. It allowed him to enter his mind and manifest himself as what can be seen beside him. Meditating was necessary, etc. It would sound like an cheap but realistic story from a fantasy book.

“I think I know with what we should go with” Ichigo said and approached his hollow stopping right before his horns could have touched his face,

“I’m open for propositions”

Ichigo explained his idea to his hollow, the hollow agreed pretty fast, details aren’t necessary for now. As long as there is something to block himself with its good. Now its time to talk about more serious matters, such as Blueblood. Mūnroau won’t be happy to hear about the jackass, but Ichigo has to tell him in order not to get constantly bothered why he didn’t tell him earlier.

“Now listen about Blueblood” Ichigo started

“Ahh, yes, the blond guy, what’s wrong with him?”

“Everything, he is a monster, he is responsible for blackmailing nobles, corruption and probably also treason. He is Supporting drug trade, and he is extremely racist towards other beings in this world, to gryphons and to earth ponies, pegasus’s are also the victims of his racism but most importantly the earth ponies suffer.”

Mūnroau looked at Ichigo with shocked eyes, he didn’t expect the blond son of a bitch to be such a person. Then again he looked like someone they need to take care of from the beginning. In that case, there is no other better reason to learn how to shoot a cero then this, an unexpected attack of unknown origin surely wouldn’t suggest the ponies did it.

Mūnroau however started to slowly disappear, he vanished completely after a moment, all that was left of him was some of the hollow white mass that swirled in the air. It however disappeared to at it turned thinner to the point of fading away. Ichigo walked again up the balustrade and awaited what his hollow will say.

“What do you want to do? More importantly, how do you know?” Asked the hollow, this time in In Ichigo’s head.

‘From the minister of defense, he trust me. H thinks I will help get rid of him. Maybe even tell the Princesses to later organize a trap for that bastard. Yet it is very risky.’ Answered the teen

“I think, we should get to know the guy better.”

Ichigo immediately refused this as an suggestion ‘No! Why should we?’

“In order to learn what he likes, where he goes, to eliminate any chance of him getting away from us.” The hollow explained “You could wait when I finish my thought before cutting me off! We’re both in this shit already, and we might get something from this.”

Ichigo felt bad for cutting Mūnroau off, but the sound of trying to talk and even cooperate with Blueblood is frustrating. Its increasing his blood pressure even though he is young. Ichigo didn’t know what to do, but he knows he needs to somehow indeed learn more things about Blueblood, he might go and try to again talk with the Minister of defense and work together. It would be good to firstly sabotage his reputation in order for his support to go down.

If Bluebloods support goes down, there is a smaller chance for an uprising and riots if the public will disagree with his claims of Bluebloods crimes. The less people there are to take care of, the less will the society be harmed by countless marches advocating for Bluebloods freedom. Ichigo never has thought about such political matters in his life! Its best I he lives the topic to the minister he is more experienced in that sort of matter.

‘There are countless ways of solving the problem, but we need to make him less popular, we won’t achieve what we want in in two weeks or earlier. It will take a few months in order to get rid off Blueblood.’

“He’s also a noble, he has a lot of money, he might be rich enough to buy himself a mercenary force that would defend him.”

‘We can’t just stay and do nothing, innocent ponies are hurt because of him!’

I Ichigo put pressure on the stone balustrade, it was enough for the stone to crack a little and little parts of it fell down. He didn’t see what he has done, but he has to control his enhanced strength now that he is both in his spiritual state and physical state. One thing for sure, he will win in every competition requiring strength.

“King, we need to act like intelligent beings, as I told you let's first try to know more things about him. What he likes to eat, what sort of books he likes to read. Hire a pony that will perhaps spy on him”

‘I doubt there is any chance of that happening, he is a noble and he will sooner or later know from someone he is spied on. He might have ponies that spy him in order to detect foreign spies.’

“King, that is just ridiculous, he surely isn’t you’re thinking too much. You know that you’re good at doing and not thinking. Let the minister be the planner and we will carry out his ideas. While gaining experience that might come in handy in the future”

‘You’re very supportive of eliminating Blueblood. Are feeling well?’ Ichigo asked, with a joking tone

“We might get a lot of from eliminating Blueblood especially when we tell it back to the princesses. Imagine getting every last coin he had in his budget! We’ll become reach!”

‘This is not going to happen, and you know it’

“How do you know, it will be a waste of money, and if the state gets everything it will look quite unfair in the eyes of the citizens”

‘For a simple reason, most of the money will probably go to those Blueblood has hurt, not to mention the ones supporting him will have to probably be executed. I support that.’

These words were quite shocking, King supportive of capital punishment? Since when? Mūnroau was getting happier with each moment, it seems Ichigo after all has something from a hollow inside of him. Maybe even his own nature and now that he and Ichigo or close like never become has influenced his mind?

“Well, then good for you, although you could keep him alive and send him to work in a mine or perhaps somewhere else. Castrate him also, take everything that makes him a man”

‘No! We won’t become a beast that tortures. He is too skilled in manipulating others to be even let to others. He could escape or his supporters might break him about of Prison.’

“So execution it is?”

‘Personally? Yes, but it’s not me to choose, it’s the judge and the judge should be allowed to have such an option especially when he is guilty of potential treason. Support of drug trade, racism and attempts to worsen international relations etc. He is nothing more than a bag of dicks’

“King I have to say, that you’re starting to touch topics a King should speak about almost always when he has free time!”

‘I will never like politics, beside it only shatters relations, divides and nothing more. Like, I’m ok with maybe having a conversation but not every time I meet someone.’ Ichigo explained

“King, listen, you have made yourself a friend from a Princess, sooner or later you’ll be asked as a friend to advice if people start to like Luna”

‘Well she is not exactly a friend yet, we don’t know each other too long besides we spoke three times or so.’

“You can’t deny that, besides have you thought of maybe using this whole Blueblood situation to increases Luna’s support?”

‘Yeah I did, but it won’t work. If most of the fame goes other, it would mean she has done most of the job. This would make ponies start asking questions, why didn’t she ask for help her sister. That she could have had ended this sooner’ Ichigo explained again, he was slowly getting tired of replying mentally with his thoughts.

“Not exactly, we could try to convince the minister to speak for her actions. That Celestia served as the Princess who made Blueblood think everything is OK. It will all look like it was a part of the plan.”

‘He hates her, he wouldn’t allow even a pinch of fame go to her, even if I decided to give up mine.’ Ichigo said hurt, he doesn’t want Luna to always suffer for what she has done.

She has done bad, but one millennium on the moon, probably alone with darkness as her only friend made her even more crazy. She right there must have felt betrayed and unloved by anyone like no other being before. This is enough of a Punishment, she is also a goddess that has a task of levering the moon, she is needed in this world.

“Then, let's invite her into our small group!”

Ichigo begin to snicker, this was funny!

‘How exactly? Tight Grip will kill me if he gets to know Luna is with us’

“He doesn’t have to know, she might work with us two, Tight will give us some shit, we might give half of it or maybe even entire tasks to Luna. Then when the time comes tell him everything, he will be angry but he will understand she wanted god and he will accept her in the group. Luna herself can have ideas we might propose later.”

Ichigo thought about it, this isn’t a stupid plan, Luna might add some cash to their budget and they might organize a small task force if confrontation will be needed. They might as well, thru Luna request meetings with ponies Bluebloods himself works with, and by meeting them do quick research in their homes for material able to hurt their relationships.

Ichigo would not only maybe, even hire new members but also slowly sabotage Bluebloods own allies that could help him in need. If they will be too busy fighting with problems he might cause to them, they’ll fear they might lose their own stuff helping that bastard. They’ll just betray Blueblood. Blueblood will be left alone and will be in the end, more vulnerable to their actions.

Not to mention, Celestia, if she gets to know everything she will order to imprison him. If his allies won’t intervene the imprisonment will be quick and wouldn’t require the parliament's vote on the matter, claiming she is abusing her power. He might himself also use his popularity he is gaining after the invasion to put pressure on the nobles working with Blueblood.

He might with his own popularity he has, decrease if not cover the negative impact Bluebloods supporters will have, his word in the newspaper will have more power if he together with tight and maybe new members, he plays the cards right. Ichigo however has to be careful not to make enemies or even somehow destroy all he plans by leading Bluebloods agents into their little scheming clb he and tight might have.

Tight was right, without an second outside force that would handle Bluebloods supporters voices, the entire battle for justice would be lost in the first few days. All what would afterwards, would only strengthen that racist on of a bitch in the parliament. Slowly stripping Celestia and Luna from power day by day, with new reforms and laws passing. Celestia herself wouldn’t be able to defend against the majority.

He shouldn’t have gotten angry, but he felt betrayed to be seen just as an another plank to build a good bridge across a dangerous cliff. He has to meet with tight, but its best to wait a little, Blueblood might have agents even working in the staff. He need to be careful, but being too careful isn’t always the right path, sometimes risk is worth a lot if the gain is way greater than the loss.

Ichigo felt massive amounts of reiatsu wash over him, he felt it coming from the right side. He looked at the source of the wave of reiatsu. The reiatsu was cold, it was crying as if begging for something it made him feel sad. He knew this reiatsu, but he didn’t know for sure. He looked up at saw a light shining.

It was Luna; she was doing something, up high on a tower? Next to her was a telescope for observing the night sky, she was doing something. Ichigo didn’t feel the most comfortable. But he wasn’t hurt by the reiatsu, or magic in this case. The magic was softer, not as hard as reiatsu and a little harder to recognize who was its producer.

“King…Look at the moon”

The giant celestial body as moving downwards, in amazing speeds, he didn’t look at the moon earlier but it looked wonderful, no clouds were hiding it and he could swear there was something drawn on it. But very lightly, as if it was a scar. The lower the moon got, the less visible were the stars been, and the sky got lighter and lighter.

Ichigo felt another wave of reiatsu coming, this reiatsu was also familiar, he had started to breathe a little harder, yet he could swear it wasn’t too challenging to fight against it. He felt this reiatsu before, this had to be Celestia’s reiatsu. Or magic in this case, it felt warm, but also a little sad, as if it wanted attention perhaps.

He didn’t know how he could tell this, but it felt like the calling and cries of Kenpachi’s sword when he fought with him. As if the Zanpakutō’s of this world was magic. It was weird, hollows wave this weird thing called Pesquisa that helps the hunt, yet he has problems recognizing the reiatsu of the most powerful entities he will ever meet in this world.

Ichigo looked at the horizon, the moon was almost touching it. He could see as the sky was getting lighter and lighter and how slowly the sun was rising up. When the moon was half way gone the sun was half way up, Ichigo had to narrow his eyes as the light of the sun blinded him. While Luna almost finished her job, Celestia still ad to place the sun up in the sky.

Ichigo could feel how it got easier to breathe, he looked up to see Luna going inside of her tower, the tower on which she stood was blue, and the roof was decorated in stars that were painted on the black roof tiles. The curtains inside were light indigo in color. It was all he could see from this angle and position.

He looked again at Celestia, her tower was like most of the towers in the city, golden, slim and made from white bricks. He wondered if each of the sisters lives in this tower or do they only use it for rising the sun and moon. Her horn shone brightly, her magical glow was more blinding then the light of the sun. He didn’t know what time it is, but he for sure knows one thing, at this time the sun is rising up.

He didn’t expect to see them do it, he thought it’s a more complicated process. However it seems all they have to do is to get out of their room and point their horns at the Sun or Moon. Fascinating, Ichigo however used his hand as the sun was getting brighter the higher it was. He once again looked at Celestia, he couldn’t see her but he could dare to say she still wore a Pajama.

Ichigo suddenly realized something, something very important, he has left the book Tight gave him with the maid!

Ichigo started to run towards his room, as he got inside, he quickly used Sonido. Hoping that the maid is still cleaning his room and didn’t see the book.

Author's Notes:

Remember to support me on Fanfiction, I had no ideas for the chapter. So here, I present you more dialogue that has literally zero action and will only serve as a chapter meant for those who like boring stuff. Yes I changed the clothes he received from the maid.

If there’s an editor, please volunteer!

If you’re new thou, and just got into reading this fanfic, might I only tell you that Ichigo is trying to make a backstory for himself. So don’t get triggered because you see bullshit you just read in this chapter about the Hōgyoku, I recommend reading from the beginning.

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