Thanks to all reviewers for reviewing, enjoy the cookies (if anyone wants a particular type of cookie tell me when you review=) )
And i apologise to .-RINGY rina-. for the yaoi but i couldn't resist.

Anyways, I know i took ages to update but it's not easy when juggling GCSEs, learning a part for the school production of Sweeny Todd, unpacking stuff back into my room after it was redecorated and only getting a couple of hours on the computer each day because of my annoying mum.

But I'm rambling again, I'll try to stop rambling so much.

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach or DGM, only the plot of this story, Saeko, Setsuna and Ryosuke.

Chapter 3 – Discovery

Ichigo reached for Zangetsu, trying to ignore the racing of his heart as he looked at the white-haired exorcist. He felt relieved when Allen lowered his arm. Allen felt torn between his duty to destroy the akuma and the new found love he had found for the spiky, orange haired Shinigami that was, for some reason, protecting the akuma.

Lavi decided that this was the best time to recommend that everyone should sit down and actually introduce themselves. The others quickly agreed except for Renji and Kanda who were still having a glaring contest, though it seemed Kanda would soon win (He had years of practice on his icy glare even though Renji was older).

Lavi quickly went through the introductions on his side, each of them giving a quick 'hi', not Kanda, he stuck with the usual 'tch'. Rukia made the introductions for her side, most giving a 'hello', Sado just gave a half-wave and Renji continued to glare at Kanda, for which he got a forceful punch on the head from Rukia, who until that point had seemed like quite a sweet person to the exorcists.

Afterwards Rukia looked to Ichigo for an explanation of the monochrome look-alike that had just been sitting at the edge of the group throughout the introductions.

"Well, er..."

An hour was taken, trying to explain about Ichigo's hollow. Further hours were used to explain to the exorcists about shinigami and hollows, and for the exorcists to explain about themselves, akuma and innocence. By the time all was finished it had passed from mid-morning to the dark of night.

Lavi, being the bookman he is, was the only one who could actually start a fire without matches, so that was left to him as he absorbed all information that was given.

After the conclusions of the explanations, everyone headed off to find a comfortable spot nearby in order to sleep. Nel, being the child she is, had already fallen asleep in Orihime's arms.

Ichigo and Allen were almost the last to fall asleep, the latter using Ichigo as a pillow, much to the annoyance of Hichigo who, because of it, was directing many thoughts of agonizing deaths at Allen. Eventually he too succumbed to sleep's embrace.

Morning came far too soon for Allen's liking, being happy using Ichigo as a pillow, but the waves of hatred that seemed to be directed at him were too hard to ignore.

He looked round to see the Ichigo look-alike glaring at him like he'd just ripped the guy's arm off or something. Allen turned away and returned to trying to ignore the hatred radiating off the albino. Concentrating instead on seeing if any other akuma were nearby, or akuma-like things as the one glaring at him, and the child that continued to snore loudly in Orihime's arms, were.

Feeling Allen's movements, Ichigo soon roused himself from his dreams. He noticed the glaring Hichigo and figured out what had woken Allen when dawn was only just breaking, it's doubtful that anyone can sleep through a Hichigo death-glare.

The other exorcists started to wake themselves with the dawn, forcing the carrot-top shinigami and albino exorcist to part, neither being quite ready to tell everyone about their feelings to one another. Although Lavi almost instantly noticed the small looks passing between the two, but choosing to keep quiet about it, thinking that it will be revealed to the others when they think they're ready.

The shinigami woke soon after with Chad and Uryuu close behind and Chaoji half an hour after. Nel and Orihime continued to snore, oblivious of all around them.

By mid-morning the shinigami and exorcists had scouted the area and found a small town nearby, having left Chad, Uryuu and Chaoji to keep an eye on the still sleeping girls. Nel finally woke up on their return, successfully waking Orihime by accidentally hitting the girl in the chin with her mask as she stretched.

With nothing there to pack up before leaving, the group left the large clearing and headed towards where Renji had said the town was.

"Okay, you're free to go if you want, but you can always stay if you've nowhere to go," Setsuna spoke kindly to Saeko, who was finally deemed completely sane. She nodded quickly before grabbing her small suitcase of belongings and walking swiftly away from the place that had been her home for the past five years. She knew enough of life to get by, but knew little of the real outside world having not even seen it in her time at the hospital, and her parents having been overly protective beforehand. With her sixteenth birthday in two weeks, she had high spirits for her first, solo venture into the world.

The inn that rested on the outskirts of town allowed her to stay there if she helped around, she was happy to do most jobs as long as she had somewhere to stay and a steady income.

But the owners were a little wary of her, knowing that she had been blind in the mental hospital until recently. So it didn't seem to surprise them much when, at the appearance of an odd group of travellers, she found herself unconscious.

The group of shinigami, exorcists, humans and hollows finally found Renji's town after the sun had started to touch the horizon. Unsurprisingly to the shinigami, Renji had gotten lost and taken them in a completely wrong direction.

When they finally arrived, they soon found the inn that rested on the edge of the town and decided to try and use whatever they had on them to buy rooms for a couple of nights. But what happened when they entered was not what they expected. The girl who was clearing up the tables after those who had eaten there looked up at them as they entered, froze and stared for a moment . . . and fell unconscious to the hard wooden floor.

The inn's owners came in soon after and, immediately realising what had happened, led Ichigo, who after being hit by Rukia had lifted the girl from the floor, to a side room with a small bed in it, directing him to lay her on the bed. They told him to leave her until she woke up, when she would give an explanation as to what happened.

The odd little bunch of people were given a free meal by the innkeepers as a welcome to the town, Allen having to try and restrain his huge appetite and try to actually chew his food rather than inhale it. The formerly unconscious girl made her way back into the main room as they were finishing, her ash blonde hair falling across her face, obscuring her bright sapphire eyes.

"Impossible," the almost silently whispered word was all she said as she stood in the door way, watching the group that sat around the room.

"Saeko? What's impossible? They're only travellers." The innkeepers looked at her curiously, wondering what could be wrong with a group of travellers.

"You know how I went blind, seeing things?" She started quietly not letting her eyes wander from the group before her.

"What of it? You're cured of whatever it was aren't you?"

"Yes but, what I saw were other worlds, strange and amazing yet terrifying worlds and in them, I saw these people. Shinigami, exorcists, hollows, other humans with strange powers but all of them exactly like those here now."

Sooooo... review please?

i know i took ages to update and i apologise but it seems that sports day now has an actual use...to give me time to write my fanfiction, even if only in a notebook.

Reviewers get cookies, be specific if you want a specific one, and i'll update when i can

only three weeks till the holidays though, then i may be able to write more=)

Kouseki Tsukimono