Disclaimer – I do not own either Bleach or Kingdom Hearts.

Warning – see first chapter.

In the last chapter I noticed that I misspelled 'Claire' I kept forgetting the 'I' so in this one I will try to make sure that it's spelled right.

On another note I found a crossover story of Bleach/Kingdom Hearts so for anyone who is interested it's called (The Six Warriors).

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

09/2011 – Mildly revised chapter.

Now then…onto the second chapter!

~ 2nd chapter begins here! ~

Last Time - The woman only smiled kindly at Claire's obvious mistrust, "Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Aeirth."

"Aeirth?" Claire repeated.

The women gave a simple nod stating, "Yes. I mean you no harm. Please allow me to tend to your wounds?"

Claire let loose a soft almost inaudible sigh before narrowing her eyes, "And why do you want to help us?"

The women known as Aeirth lightly smiled, keeping her hands clasped in front of her, "Because I have the ability to do so. And I would not be able to live with myself if I did not help you and one of you should die."

Her words sounded genuine and she did seem nice with no ulterior motives. Plus she would need to get Alec help from somewhere as she didn't have anything on her or the ability to heal. However…

"Would you help us even if we were an enemy?" Claire questioned.

"Yes."

Claire's eyes narrowed in surprise, "Why?" 'She didn't even hesitate.'

"Because you are no enemy of mine." Aeirth simply stated.

Claire couldn't help the raise of her eyebrow at Aeirth's statement but sighed none-the-less, "Alright, fine. I have no choice as to accept your offer as I have no other options."

"Very well." Aeirth uttered calmly.

With the help of Aeirth they had managed to pick up Alec and move him to Aeirth's lodging, which had not been very far away. Luckily. He was currently laid out on a rather old brown couch with a blanket over him. His wounds having already been attended to, and according to Aeirth had suffered a serious blow to his head and would probably be a few days before he awakes.

Claire turned from the window she had been staring out of to look at Aeirth who sat quietly in a chair with a cup of tea in her hands.

"What city is this?"

Aeirth glanced up from her tea with a small sad smile on her face, "Traverse Town."

Claire blinked, "Tra-verse?"

Aeirth giggled a hand to her mouth as if to smother it, "A weird name for you, I suppose."

"Yes, but I suppose I've heard weirder." Claire stated with a beginnings of a smirk. "If you heard some of my often said words, I'm sure you would find them weird too."

Aeirth dropped her hand, "Oh, I'm sure."

Claire's eyes narrowed at the implication but for now would let it drop. Clearly she knew something or at least suspected that there was something off with Alec and her.

She was broken from her thoughts as brown haired female continued her face more serious, stern now. "I know you and your friend are from another planet, another world. As you both are not from around here."

Claire stiffened but try as she might she couldn't relax as she stared at the other's knowing look. True Alec and she did dress differently and according to Aeirth it was a small enough town that everyone knew everyone, so in hind sight it was obvious they weren't from around here. But… another world? Why would she think that not to mention even suggest such a thing. Then again, on their way to Aeirth's…

"Why is it so quiet here?" Claire asked as she stared intently at the women's face, her eyes narrowed.

That sad look was back and Aeirth glanced down staring at her no doubt cold tea, "Everyone has left."

So they weren't just hiding, knowing that the entire town was deserted made it feel a bit eerie.

Clearing her throat, Claire's brow furrowed, "Why haven't you?"

"I did." Aeirth sighed catching sight of Claire's confused look and amended, "We are at war, have been for a good while. I came back just a few days ago to check on something and hopefully find refuges that might be able to help us."

"War?" Claire's eyes drifted to the ground, she understood some, war was a hard thing to go through. And the most she had gone through was the attack at the palace, from Aeirth's words it sounded like she's been through more, much more.

"Yes." Aeirth whispered. "War is such a terrible thing, lives lost…families separated or gone…" Aeirth brought up a hand to wipe at her face as tears trailed down, she turned away as she tried to quell the aching sadness she was feeling.

Claire waited patiently as everyone deserved a time for grieving as her eyes fell on Alec. She prayed that he would wake soon as until he did she was stuck to remain here waiting to find some way back. She would have to wait, and the longer she waited meant the longer she had to go without knowing what had be fallen Kinshiba… and everyone else at the Palace.

"I'm sorry…I'm sorry." Aeirth chocked out as her tears slowly started to fade. "I didn't mean to…"

"Its fine I understand." Claire interrupted. "Everyone has the right to cry for their losses."

Lightly Aeirth wiped away a strand of brown hair from her face as she settled her eyes on Claire who was still staring at the ground.

"You know you seem…" Aeirth tilted her head a little to the side as if believing it would help her find the right words. "Mature for your age."

A smirk broke out across Claire's face, "And how old do you think I am?"

Aeirth seemed startled by her question as she stuttered for a few seconds, "W-well, you look fifteen."

Claire couldn't help the cringe her face made at Aeirth's words, sighing she knew she couldn't tell Aeirth her real age but come on, fifteen; that was just plain wrong. Not to mention irritating, as she didn't look that young!

A scowl was now clearly etched onto her face as she lifted her eyes from the ground and tried not to glare at the woman and knowing she was failing, "I am eighteen, eighteen! I do not look that young!"

'Well not really but I can't tell her my real age. She probably wouldn't even believe me anyways…'

Aeirth held back her chuckle as she held up her hands in a placating manner, "Sorry."

Claire couldn't tell if she meant it or not, but her glared softened as she had a hard time staying mad at a person her didn't know any better.

"Come. I'm sure you're tired, we can pick up the conversation again tomorrow, alright?"

"Sure." She stood up and headed to the last remaining couch as Aeirth turned off the lights with a whispered 'good night', as she disappeared to do whatever it was she needed to do.

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A soft sigh escaped from Aeirth as she sat at wooden desk in another room with only the lap light to see.

"Claire and Alec." Her two new guests, if it hadn't been for the fact that she saw them drop through a hole in the sky she would have thought they were just passing through or a few refuges. But they fell through some kind of portal, which was odd, because that only happened when the heartless were causing chaos by swallowing worlds. They were quiet now though as most of their problems were from the Nobodies.

Though it wasn't unusual to have an odd attack from heartless every once in a while.

Claire… she didn't get a bad feeling from her, even though it was quite hard but she did know one thing, Claire wasn't evil of that she was sure. As for Alec well, she hadn't gotten to talk to him yet but just from his presence, she too felt no evil.

If only she could send a transmission, but no…it was too dangerous it could be intercepted by the enemy. It was already a risk for her to be here, she had to hurry and especially now that Claire and Alec were here, the best thing to do would be to take them with her. Perhaps they could be of some help, Alec looked capable of fighting and Claire carried a sword.

She was sure that King Mickey would like to speak with them and maybe be able to find out why they fell through that portal. Plus she was sure that they would want to get back, perhaps King Mickey would know of away.

Aeirth closed her eyes and sighed in frustration, her thoughts were so jumbled it was hard to be definite in a decision. But she knew that for sure that Claire and Alec would leave with here. Even if they didn't want to, if she told them that she knew of someone who could possible help them get home; she was sure they'd be willing to accompany her.

She pushed away from the desk her eyes intent on the comfortable looking bed as she turned out the light and lay down. It would be best to leave as soon as possible, perhaps as soon as Alec awoke. She didn't want to risk moving him yet.

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"It's too hot!" Claire whispered furiously to the silent room, hoping to not alert Aeirth as Alec was no problem.

She tore the blanket from her body as she glared at the darken ceiling above. "Alec…I pray you wake soon."

She would feel better in this strange new world, with this strange woman if he were awake, keeping her company. She knew that as the new heir… well not heir anymore. She had to be brave (not that she wasn't) and take responsibility. It was her job to make sure that she was safe (well that was Alec's job to and the rest of the gaurds), and to make sure that the 'Ouin' was kept safe.

In this new world she doubted that anyone would know of the 'Ouin' but it was best not to mention it at all. She would have to be sure to tell Alec, though she knew that he was well aware to keep quiet about it.

Claire's eyes shifted to the dark form of Alec, as she stared at him for a few minutes irritation slowly welling up as no improvement seemed to be happening. Perhaps in the morning…Perhaps he just needed some time.

Thinking of the morning caused her thoughts to drift to Aeirth, the woman who had so kindly helped them. She wasn't sure what to make of her, Claire knew that she didn't trust Aeirth, not by a long shot but she did trust her a miniscule otherwise she wouldn't be here.

"For know, I will stay with her." Claire stated firmly as she sat up, the heat becoming intolerable.

She ran a hand through her hair while staring at the ground in hopes of ignoring the heat, her thoughts drifting back to when she first ran into Aeirth. "How could she see us?" It was puzzling. They were dead and Aeirth was of the living. The only thing that made sense was that she was spiritually aware, in this case not a normal person. Not… ordinary.

It was best not to ask Aeirth, she probably doesn't even realize that they were dead, if she said anything when Aeirth didn't even know she would have a hard time explaining things. Not only that it would make things difficult, of course that would be assuming that she believed her. And even if she didn't, she'd pester her about saying such a thing.

Well it didn't really matter; she would only worry about it if it came to light.

Claire wiped the sweat from her forehead and laid back down in attempt to get some sleep, putting her thoughts on hold till the morning.

Her attempt to get some sleep was a wasted effort.

~End of chapter two! ~

I thought about on making it longer but then decided against it, it's already five pages. So anyway this chapter is more of a filler and kind of an introduction. So sorry for lack of fighting/action,

Either the next chapter or the one after should have some of the soul society. Or if I want to lengthen the next chapter, depends.