Credits:

The one who created the general idea and inspires for more things: mangafilipina

The one who actually wrote this thing: brumal, that is, me, thank you very much.

A/N: Okay, this story is a crossover between Naruto, Bleach, and the real world. Mainly, my friends and I. This chapter doesn't really introduce much, but the next one will be more clear. If you get confused with all the names, no worries. The next chapter will also cover introductions. I know not a lot of people like original characters (Heck even I don't…) but just know that the core idea for this fic wasn't mine, but my friend's, okay? All the stupid parts belong to her and all the cool parts are mine. Bwahahaha! Okay, okay… I'll let you read the story already…

Special Notice: Any review is appreciated. If it appears that this isn't popular here at then I will discontinue this here, but continue writing this for my friends. By the way, it would also be appreciated if you don't urge me to "Update soon!" as that makes me more stressed rather than inspired to work, thank you.

By the by, can you guess which one of the characters is me? I'm in here, y'know. Now you'll know my real name, oh dear!

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Hot, clear wax steadily dripped down from the wick. As it traveled down the length of the candle, the wax began to cool and become hard. Throughout the room dim, slightly unreliable flames flickered

"… therefore you were all called here—" a clear voice sparked through the elliptical room. She, or so everyone else in the room presumed that it was a 'she', was abruptly interrupted by a loudmouthed girl.

Purple and blue streaked through her black strands of hair. Purplish eyes glared at the shadowed leader. "What the hell are we doing here, damnit?"

"Shut up. And watch your language, Crystal," a calm voice sliced through the air. The girl shifted in her seat, allowing her face to be shown. Nonchalantly, she rubbed down the edge of her stack of papers which had suddenly erupted in flames.

Pale hands snaked onto the table, emerging from the darkness that swallowed half of the room. The leader was obviously irritated. "I was getting to that," she grated out.

The girl whose name was "Crystal" grew silent. She glared at the other girl, who was gazing at her with an annoyingly serene look. Crystal stuck her tongue out at her.

"Before I was rudely interrupted," the leader coughed, "I was saying that you were all called here because of problems in the Jutsu World. It concerns—" Once again, she was cut off.

"Ha! We were all summoned here because of a stupid problem with the Gate Guardians? How stupid… I'm leaving!" Crystal laughed, getting out of her chair.

The leader's voice became low and threatening when she spoke again. "Just because you are the protector and creator of portals and realms does not grant you the right to be rude to me. I could easily find a replacement…"

Silence crackled through the room. Crystal's chair screeched slightly as she pulled it closer to the table and resumed her seat.

"The Gate Guardians were mauled and murdered," the information rang out. Everyone stiffened. "They were killed by the Jutsu World's infamous group Akatsuki and Orochimaru."

Murmurs of concern erupted from the dimly lit room. After a few moments, the noise level reached a decrescendo before it was quiet again.

"We are still investigating how they managed to breach security and come so far into this realm. Substitute Guardians have been posted. Now we are suspecting that—"

"Since Akatsuki and Orochimaru have found this realm, that they will go power berserk and try to control both realms, correct?"

This time it wasn't Crystal. It was a girl whose name was "May". Brown eyes examined the shadowy side of the room.

"Correct." The leader was not agitated. "That's why we need you, Cry—" she abruptly stopped. Everyone turned to see what was wrong. Crystal had fallen asleep on the table. She was slumped over the edge of the table and was snoring lightly.

There was a faint sigh from one of the members. Suddenly, Crystal's chair pulled back on its own and toppled over, making a half-asleep Crystal collapse. She cursed loudly and stood up again.

Black hair was thrown back as a dry laugh echoed through the room. Humorless brown eyes stared at the fallen girl who was picking herself up. It was the same girl whose stack of paper became ignited.

"Shut up, Yvonne…" Crystal growled bitterly. Her death glare changed directions and went to another girl.

Short blackish-brown hair was carelessly brushed away from her face. She laughed briefly when Yvonne told her, "Nice one, Diane…"

The shadow hidden leader sighed. She understood that everyone was tired and agitated and things like Crystal's frequent interruptions weren't helping at al. "Crystal," she called out sternly to the flushed girl, "I need you to assemble a group of the best Voyage Seekers and enter the Jutsu World. It is your top priority to erase their memories and replace them as quickly as possible. Understood?"

Crystal became serious and nodded. "Understood.

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A low growl made the air vibrate a bit. Yvonne's eyes were literally blazing with fire. She was having a perfectly civil glaring contest with one of the Voyage Seekers.

Diane was idly chatting with May as they waited. Though each of them were prodigies, every single one of them in this current group still depended on their parents for transportation.

All of a sudden, Crystal jammed between May and Diane, forcing the two girls to shift a bit on the bench. "Geez, I can't believe you had to humiliate me like that again, Diane!" she exploded vehemently. "Abusing your powers isn't rational, y'know…"

Before Diane could reply, May spoke up. "And falling asleep during a meeting is rational?" she received a scowl. "It is already an honor that people as young as us are allowed into the meetings," May continued.

A hoarse scream made the girls look up.

Yvonne was calmly walking over to them. "Rambling on about how wonderful it is that we're such high level Voyage Seekers at such a young age again, May?" she asked sweetly. If there was something scary about Yvonne, it was her personality. One moment, she'll be depressed and quiet with the next moment she could be as cheerful as ever. It was as if she had an on/off switch for her moods.

Diane gaped at her. "Y-You set Cory on fire. Again! He won't be any use to us if he has third degree burns!" she exclaimed, pointing at a frantically running boy.

For a few stunned seconds, everyone watched as the boy ran in circles, screeching bloody murder. May sighed, Diane stared, Crystal laughed, Yvonne blinked, and Cory screamed.

It was another few seconds before a blonde girl grabbed a randomly placed bucket of water and threw its contents over Cory. "Yvonne," she said warningly. "How many times do I have to tell you not to do that?"

"He was annoying me. And which kind of idiot doesn't know that you should stop, drop, and roll, when you're on fire? Hew as running around in circles! Circles!" she emphasized, her finger pointing accusingly at the boy on the floor.

The blonde shook her head hopelessly. The bucket clattered noisily when she threw it down. Her hair was swept back with her hand as she scowled. Her eyes narrowed slightly.

"Aw, Kortney! Don't death glare at me like that!" Yvonne whined. "You should be proud of me! Look what I got for the mission!" She held up an item which looked oddly familiar. A little duck's head boinged around on a small spring. It resembled a Pez candy dispenser or something.

May looked at it and her eyes widened. "Yvonne! You stole that from the Soul Society? How did you get into Hollow's Reign without a pass?" she exclaimed, snatching the item from her hand.

"Some Guardian left the gate open," she chirped, grinning widely.

"You're going to get in some trouble if Leader finds out…" Diane scolded.

"Look, how else were we supposed to erase their memories? Knock 'em out and hope they get amnesia or something?" Yvonne complained.

The group looked at each other. That was right. The leader hadn't given them anything to help them with the memory erasing part.

"The gate."

"What?" Everyone turned to face Kortney.

"The gate. Did you remember to close it after you got the memory replacer?"

"Ah…" Gate?" Yvonne sweatdropped. "What gate? Itai!"

The entire group resorted to beating her up for the next few moments.

"Wa—ow!—wait! The Gate Guardians would have noticed the second after I left and closed it immed—ow!—iately! I just snuck in when they weren't looking—ow!—that's all! STOP HITTING ME!" she squeaked indignantly.

Everyone sprang back as flames swirled around the girl. When the fire died down, she didn't look all that happy. Her hand shot up mechanically to catch the memory replacer when May tossed it back.

"Fine, fine…" We'll just hope everything is okay…" Diane sighed.

They grudgingly agreed to leaving the girl alone and talked amongst themselves again. They stopped when Crystal and Kortney walked in front of the group.

"Okay, everyone. Tomorrow is the day we enter the Jutsu World, so be prepared, okay? When dawn breaks, we expect everyone to be here," Crystal called out. Kortney crossed her arms and nodded. "Then… Everyone is dismissed!" she grinned and quickly hopped into a car that had stopped in front of her.

"Eh… Eh?" Kortney blinked twice before scrambling in as well. Everyone felt a cold wind whistle by as they stood in silence. Her mom had arrived early, that darned Crystal!

"Well… That was stupid!" Yvonne exclaimed, joyful once more. All of them nodded numbly, except Cory, who was still twitching on the floor, burnt.