To be simple I'm going to put a generic disclaimer here: If I owned Naruto, Bleach, or anything that earned me money, I would try to introduce too many unique ideas and have that position taken away from me, so the only thing I own is the plot and a few OC's

The Search for Tsunade starts and the rest of the world is not paused in the least! Still building up for the fun parts… and wishing I could get to the dawgone Chunin Exam Arc…

Demons/Summoning/Powerful People (like me :P)

Flashback/EMPHASIS

Jutsu/Kido/Techniques

Ch9: The World Revolves Without You

Iron Country, or at least the border, had not been very far away from Wave Country, only a couple hours out; 4-6 total max.

He had set out as soon as he got over Kon residing in his 'gigai,' as it was called. And he missed it as soon as he set foot in the country.

He had never been so cold in his life; before or after.

He shivered, the people of the town they stopped in seemed completely comfortable with it- hell, Kirigakure's climate wasn't so bad before he deflected. It was cold, but mildly.

This was cold.

"Stop whining already," Rukia chided him as they walked through the crowd, "Act tough. Wasn't that something you were known for back in Kirigakure?"

"Shut up," Zabuza resisted the urge to grab and rub his arms, "I told you it's cold, I don't have a thick jacket like you,"

"Suck it up," Rukia replied, "Anyway, I think there's a bar close by, maybe a gambling joint a few blocks away."

"What do you propose we do?" Zabuza asked, "She isn't in this town, I can tell. She's still about a few miles away."

"Getting information on who she's running from can get us an idea of where she'll go hide," Rukia replied, and upon seeing a person tossed out of two swinging doors, followed by a beer bottle she sighed,

"I'll take the bar then," Zabuza said, walking towards the building, "Back here in an hour?"

"Follow any leads you get," Rukia nodded, "If you think you found something worth looking into do it. We can't be over cautious about this, we don't have time."

"Alright then," Zabuza turned and walked into the swinging doors, finding himself in the bar,

And finding himself the only person not a Samurai in the whole joint (bartender not included)-

The group of warriors stared at him,

Zabuza pretended to ignore them and walked to the counter,

"I need a shot."

The bar had eventually gone back to normal and Zabuza had had his shot, but he still felt uneasy around the Samurai; he felt a strange killer intent in the air,

"Damn!" One of the Samurai stood up and slapped his hands on the table, Zabuza could tell he had lost in poker, "That was my entry fee you bastards!"

"About that time of year again eh?" The bartender asked, "How many of you are entering this year?"

"Anyone with the guts and the money is entering," one of the samurai said, "And certainly not that stupid-ass,"

Zabuza, not hearing the conversation, stood up and stretched,

Then the bar burst into laughter,

"What's so funny?" Zabuza asked, turning to face the group of Samurai, "If you're laughing at me then I would like to know why- I haven't kicked ass in a whole day."

"You wouldn't last a second against us; let alone the tournament," one of the Samurai commented as he walked up to get a shot, "Especially with no warm clothing,"

"Or armor,"

"And against true swordsmen you wouldn't stand a chance-"

"Poser!"

The bar cracked up again at Zabuza's expense,

He raised an eyebrow, "True swordsmen?"

"Iron Country has always correctly bragged about its great swordsmen," The Samurai stated, "And the tournament we host each year is a testament to that. The winner even gets to face off against Mifune-dono."

"That is interesting," Zabuza asked, suddenly a light bulb went off in his brain, "Is there any gambling based on this tournament?"

The bar burst in laughter,

"One of the largest betting pools in the Elemental Nations,"

"Where does it take place?"

"I bet you would like to know!"

The Samurai's remark caused the room to settle back into its regular chaos, and Zabuza sighed,

'Tsunade will probably be coming to that tournament in order to make enough money and pay off her debts,' Zabuza thought, 'I just need to know where that tournament thing is-'

"Here,"

Zabuza looked up to see the bartender offering him a paper,

A poster about the tournament!

"Take this," The bartender gestured again and Zabuza took the paper gladly,

"Thank you,"

With that he took out a couple spare yen and gave the man a tip before leaving,

'Won't Rukia like this,' he smirked, 'We got her,'

0-0-0

"The bridge is being built faster than expected!"

Tazuna had set about continuing the construction of the bridge as soon as he could, and upon hearing that Gato was dead the entire village began aiding in the effort,

"That's good," Ichigo replied, "We might actually get to walk home instead of taking a boat back,"

Ichigo was the only one who was legitimately able to guard the bridge at this point; with Zabuza and Rukia gone, he was the most qualified of the three abled-bodies left. Even without the glove or Kon, Zabuza had left him Kurikibocho for the duration of his journey with Rukia.

"Either way you aren't paying for anything for the rest of your stay lad," Tazuna smiled brightly, "With Gato gone, and no one antagonizing our progress… We owe you kids so much… Kami has blessed us greatly through you,"

Ichigo merely smiled and let the man back to work; Zabuza had turned his world upside down with his little revelation of the existence of Kami.

If he wasn't currently walking around in the body of a shinigami, having died with three witnesses (one of which is dead) present and a sentient sword as well, he wouldn't have believed that such a being existed.

The ultimate proof though, would be if he could bring Tsunade back to heal Sasuke and Naruto. That would be next to impossible to do without the direct influence of Kami himself-

No, herself.

Ichigo moved to the side as two workers came by with a plank of wood on their shoulders, wondering what would happen if Sasuke and Naruto were…

He couldn't think of it.

He had gone and checked for signs of life three times before coming out here; they were alive. But it was so unreal how they were unresponsive to anything.

Imagine if he had been put under that genjutsu; maybe his lack of chakra came with some good aspects as well.

'Itachi Uchiha,' Ichigo thought as he stared at the clear blue sky, 'If they die, I swear I will find and kill you in a way worse than any of your genjutsu,'

0-0-0

"Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! (Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!)"

Naruto grunted as the massive black claw swept down and destroyed his newly created clones, leaving him with only a few left,

"Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! (Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!)"

Naruto replenished his forces with another brigade and sent them about attacking the strange creature,

Only a couple of problems,

1. Kunai, shuriken and the like would not pierce the skin.

2. Physically, he could not seem to actually hurt it on his own.

3. Nothing he seemed to do worked.

Memories of constant defeat were flowing through his brain as the giant monster began swatting his clones away like mosquitoes; albeit slowly.

Nothing was working.

Heck, nothing was even happening! He was simply making the thing annoyed because of his mass amount of fail.

He clenched his fists as he got a memory of a clone dying from smacking the thing too hard,

'What can I do?' Naruto asked as he thought long and hard, but was brought back to reality by a lack of multiple blonde doppelgangers running around in his place,

The monster grinned and moved to smash him,

"Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! (Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!)"

0-0-0

'Rukia said to follow a lead if I got one, and to meet back here in an hour,' Zabuza had been waiting for a good half-hour; he didn't have a watch or anything but he knew it had been a while, 'I wonder… Did she find something?'

He thanked Kami it wasn't snowing, because it was cold enough. He was alright, but he was on the borderline between not-frostbitten and going inside before that changed.

He let out a breath and saw it as it disappeared into the atmosphere, causing him to shiver again.

Thinking of the tournament he went over it in his head; winner obviously received a prize, and they got to duel against Mifune- the head Samurai and the closest thing to a Kage in this country.

And according to the poster the bartender gave him it seemed that it had a limited number of participants; there was an opening free-for-all that kicked out a good number of hopefuls until only a few remained- they would participate.

It also had a note on the bottom that while betting on competitors may earn you more money, because of the entrance round it was very hard to determine who would make it.

"Interested in the tournament I see,"

Zabuza looked up to see a man with black hair that was absent on his 'top' but apparent on the sides and back of his head, and thick black eyebrows approach him. He wore a greenish-grey kimono with pale blue linings, and a large purple scarf that circled his neck, covering his lower face.

It did not hide his cheery mood however,

"Yeah, I'm thinking about going,"

"You look like a foreigner," The man said, "And a Samurai to boot; are you going to participate?"

"I never thought of participating," Zabuza replied, "I'm trying to find someone, and I have reason to think she'll be here-"

"Not participating?" The man raised an eyebrow, "You seem like a good candidate; the ones who don't care to participate usually do the best."

"Is that so…" Zabuza looked at the paper again,

"I strongly suggest that you go and win a couple rounds in that tournament," the man smiled from under his scarf- he could tell from his eyebrows, similar to Kakashi's trademark smile, "Anyway I must be going, I hope to see you there,"

"Sure," Zabuza watched the man walk back to where he came from,

'What the heck was that about?' Zabuza looked back at the paper, 'But oddness aside, the reward is nothing to laugh at- and getting to fight someone like Mifune is nothing to scoff at on a transcript,'

Zabuza stopped where he thought as he felt something hit his nose,

'No,' Zabuza closed his eyes, 'No-no-no, it is not. It's not,'

Daringly Zabuza cracked an eye open and slowly looked towards the sky,

Snow.

'I am not going to let my… soul… catch frostbite,' Zabuza began walking off, 'I hope Rukia doesn't mind if I step in and try to warm myself up- I need to talk to her anyway.'

0-0-0

"Oh my," Tsunami stammered as she walked into the kitchen, "What a nice flower arrangement Haku-san, thank you,"

"It was no trouble," Haku smiled gracefully as she took the compliment, "I enjoy the simple things in life,"

Haku looked back to the flowers as Tsunami went to work in the kitchen,

"Haku,"

Haku looked over to see Sakura walking up to her, having come from the room where her team resided,

"Yes Sakura-san," Haku replied, "May I help you?"

"Can you teach me," Sakura fiddled, "How to… fight,"

Haku seemed startled, causing Sakura to flinch, "I have never taught before, I don't know what you mean by 'to fight.'"

"Yesterday, when Itachi attacked us, we were supposed to be training," Sakura replied, "We were there because we weren't strong enough as a team; and a chain is only strong as its weakest link…"

"You want to be strong?" Haku asked, "Is that what you're asking?"

"Y-yes…" Sakura replied, "I want to be able to do something- to protect my teammates… I can't deal with the fact that I'm the only one of us that isn't in there recovering anymore."

Haku smiled as Sakura clenched her fists, "I can try Sakura-chan, but I have no guarantee that you will be able to really learn anyth-"

"Thank you!"

Haku was cut off as Sakura embraced her, only for the younger girl to back off immediately- abashed,

"I'm… sorry about that…"

"It was no problem," Haku replied, regaining her composure, "Now come with me,"

"Where to?"

"The shore," Haku replied, "You can fight while on the water correct?"

"Yeah," Sakura replied as the two left the house, "Rukia helped us perfect that one this week,"

"Then I have something in mind,"

As the shore came into view Haku went through several hand seals, and Sakura noticed that she only used one hand,

"Sensatsu Suishō! (Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death!)"

Sakura's eyes widened as the water in front of the shore rose in the air at Haku's command, having never seen her combat abilities before,

"I can try to teach this to you," Haku said, allowing the needles to fall back into the ocean, "But it takes very precise chakra control, and extreme focus-"

"What were the hand seals?"

Haku paused and repeated the hand seals slowly,

Sakura nodded and walked up to the shoreline, letting herself wade in the water,

"Sensatsu Suishō! (Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death!)"

Sakura closed her eyes and focused,

Haku's eye's widened,

"You made one," Sakura opened her eyes as Haku stood in front of her, holding a single water needle in her hand, "That's good progress- your chakra control is amazing,"

"T-thank you," Sakura lost control of the technique as she received the compliment, letting the needle slip into a water droplet on Haku's hand,

"Now, let's try that again,"

0-0-0

It had been a week.

Yuzu swept the kitchen of her second home- Ichiraku, where she had worked for the past year and a half,

Ichigo, Rukia, Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi had been gone for a week. Ino was constantly out on missions with her team, and Yuzu was often working lonely shifts at the small ramen stand.

Karin had stopped by in the afternoon and worked with her, but today they were gone on a mission as well, leaving her with only Teuchi and Ayame.

The Hokage had told them that Ichigo and Rukia would be back soon; that they were with Naruto's team and he would see that they were found. That was good to hear, but that was a few days after they left,

And they still weren't home!

Not only that, but after graduation she seemed to see her friends from the academy less and less; she felt like she was being abandoned because of her choice to stay a civilian- what she planned to be since she was born! She never wanted to be a human soldier!

She knew that wasn't the case, but it was psychologically similar to reverse peer pressure, because she didn't go with the crowd her friends seemed to fade.

Would it always be like this?

With one last sweeping motion she placed the broom against the wall,

'If only there was something to do…'

"Hello?"

She heard the voice and poked her head out of the kitchen,

"Chouji?"

"Hey Yuzu!" Ino said as Yuzu walked out, seeing her friend sitting at the counter, "What's up? Anything interesting going on?"

"Nothing much really…" She said as she saw Shikamaru sitting at the end of the counter dozing, "What are you guys doing here?"

"Asuma-sensei had a date with Kurenai-sensei, so he couldn't take us to the regular place we go to,"

Yuzu shared a knowing smile with Ino over the subject,

"You guys hungry?"

0-0-0

"Another triple 7's!"

The sound of metal tokens hitting the ground was the first thing Zabuza heard as he entered the shady-but-lively joint. He knew the perks of owning such a place, and he knew that someone just got rigged.

Most likely in a futile attempt to gain more money from the people questioning the legitimacy of the colorful slot machines that seemed to be the main attraction of the place, there were other things along the walls that you would normally see around such a place.

'Wonder who the person was-'

CLING-CLANG!

More metal tokens began falling to the ground and he followed the sound,

"That's 3,586 triple sevens in a row!"

"It's impossible!"

"R-Rukia-san is amazing!"

Wait… what?

As he turned he saw a crowd encircling one of the slot machines, mostly consisting of random civilians- no samurai in sight,

"Hey, step aside~coming through!"

Zabuza pushed aside the random fan-club and found it to be true,

There she was.

Standing amid several cans full of the silver tokens,

"Zabuza?"

His eyes removed themselves from the awing sight of the coins and to the speaker, his partner,

"Did you find something?"

"Y-yeah," he said, fighting for his position in front of the crowd, "I know where she'll be in the next few days,"

"Alright then," The chunin took her attention from the slot machine and stood on her toes, trying to see over the crowd, "HEY! I NEED TO CASH THIS IN!"

"R-right away Miss…"

'That's… scary…' Zabuza thought as he saw the man who owned the joint come in and start hauling away the cans, "How much is that?"

"Well," Rukia pulled out a notepad from her vest as the man was about to answer, "Since I only got triple 7's since I got here, and I got exactly 3,587 in a row…"

She began scribbling down one the notepad as the owner started sweating,

Zabuza leaned over her shoulder and looked at the math,

'S-… S-so many 0's…'

"Then you add the bonus for holding the holding the highest amount of triples in a row…"

0-0-0

"Did you hear the news Tsunade-sama?"

"What?"

"About Gato- the man with the monopoly on Wave," Shizune, a woman with short black hair and black eyes spoke. She wore a long dark blue-black kimono with a white trim held closed by a white obi, and her feet were covered by open-toed sandals with low heels, "He was assassinated!"

"Really?" Tsunade, a was woman with short blonde hair that went along either side of her face in two bangs, and continued with two pony tails that went below her shoulders. She wore a revealing grey kimino blouse held closed by a blue robe that matched her blue pants, open-toed high-heel sandals and a green jacket with the kanji for 'Gamble' written on the back,

"Isn't it horrible?" Shizune was reading one of the newspapers that had been delivered to their room; the Land of Iron must have a widespread contact base if they could get this information that occurred only hours ago,

"It's great!" Tsunade smiled, "That's one big debt I don't have to repay; phew."

"Tsunade-sama!"

"I'm just kidding," Tsunade waved off Shizune's shock at her reaction, "But for real, I did owe him a good chunk of cash. With him gone we won't owe him anything,"

Shizune narrowed her eyes, "You said we paid off that debt!"

Pause,

"W-well then," Tsunade let a sweatdrop fall, "Perhaps… we miscommunicated?"

"Who else are we in debt to?" Shizune saw Tsunade's eyes dart towards their suitcase, which contained the money they needed and grabbed it before the Sannin could,

"Oh we're fine!" Tsunade said, "I cleared up everything from the last country we were in-"

"Tsunade…" Shizune's eyes widened as she opened the case,

"Look I can explain!" Tsunade tried to get Shizune's mind off the bills in front of her, "There's a tournament this week in the next town; we can win big-"

"Tsunade…" Shizune repeated, "We have no money. We are, apparently, in debt to Samurai across the nation. And going to a tournament consisting mainly of Samurai is going to help us because…?"

"I can pay them off," Tsunade replied, "That's why."

Shizune stared at her uncle's lover and sighed, "Fine."

Tsunade smirked,

"But we still have no money to get a room for when we get to that tournament; let alone snow shoes, or a jacket even!"

"I got that covered," Tsunade replied, only for Shizune to raise an eyebrow, "Trust me, I know what I'm doing,"

Shizune rolled her eyes,

'Famous last words,'

0-0-0

"Jiji sent you?"

Ichigo rubbed the back of his head,

"Guess we did forget to send a message- we've been pre-occupied…"

"He just wanted to make sure everything was ok," The man that had approached Ichigo was about his own height, dressed in the full Anbu garb, "You didn't suffer any casualties I assume?"

"No," Ichigo replied, "Well… Yeah, but no, we didn't."

"Good to hear," The man made a single handseal, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Shisha tori! (Summoning Jutsu: Messenger Bird!)"

The bird materialized and a notepad with ink and a brush appeared in its talons,

"Anything interesting that's keeping you here?"

"Well…" Ichigo paused, looking around the Anbu, "Tazuna? How much longer do we have today?"

"We're about done for the day actually," Tazuna said, "But you can go ahead early- we're fine,"

"Alright then," Ichigo replied, then turned back to the Anbu and began walking towards the house of the bridge builder, "This will be a long explanation…"

"Go ahead," the Anbu said, "I'm listening,"

0-0-0

'W-what the heck?'

A man stood in front of Gato's Mansion, wearing a tan flak jacket overtop a red shirt and red combat pants,

He blinked.

This was supposed to be the job. The job that would hold him over for the rest of the year.

And the client was dead?

A black scorch on the ground, a few pieces of wood scattered along the grass, and some charred remainders of the building were all that was left of Gato's mansion.

That was not pleasing to say the least.

His short, black, spiky hair moved slowly in the breeze, his slashed Iwagakure hitae-ate held firm on his forehead,

'Whoever did this…'

He clenched his fists; having used much of his spare cash to get here undetected by his former village, leaving him mostly broke,

'On my name as the Legendary Dark Shinobi…'

The leaves picked up ominously around him,

'Will surely die.'

The leaves all disintegrated instantly as he thought the word, causing a grin to appear on his face,

And if they didn't have anything to pay him with as well, he would just ransack the town.

In the woods, behind one of the many trees, a curious Inari peeked from his cover, frightened,

'W-who is that guy?'

0-0-0

"And there you have it," Ichigo finished, having taken seats in the upstairs floor that they had turned into their base,

"Let me just… Reconfirm all this," The Anbu said, "You met deadly missing-nin from Kirigakure, eventually teamed up with them against Hunter-nin from Kirigakure, formed a lasting alliance, fought Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki and came out victorious, Gato's Mansion was blown up during this time. And currently Rukia Kuchiki and Zabuza Momoichi are out on a mission to retrieve Tsunade Senju to heal these two genin,"

"That's the gist of it," Ichigo said, leaning back against the wall, Zabuza's body leaning against the opposite side of the wall calmly reading Icha-Icha, "You ok Kon? You've been quiet for a while,"

"I'm ok Ichigo," Kon replied, still in Zabuza's body, "It's just that this part is based to much in the plot- there's no action at all…"

"Perv," Ichigo scoffed, "No wonder Rukia burns those things,"

"Whatever," Kon brushed the comment off, turning to the Anbu present in the room instead, "How are you holding up in Anbu, Tenzou? I, and by extent Ichigo, haven't heard anything from you in a long time,"

"It's been getting easier actually," Tenzou replied, "Since we haven't had a huge disaster in a while the workload is smaller… It's ominous…"

"That you haven't had any huge disasters?"

"No, not that Kon," Tenzou replied, "Ichigo, Root has been unactive lately."

"Root?" Ichigo rose an eyebrow, "I haven't heard that name in a while; I thought they disbanded before I came here,"

"Supposedly," Tenzou replied, "But they've infiltrated Anbu since… before I can remember. But I'm sure Kakashi mentioned it to you before,"

"I think I did," Kakashi replied lazily on his futon, his Icha-Icha covering his lower face, "It's one of the reasons you only went on missions with me instead of enrolling you fully,"

"I don't really remember that…"

The room sunk into silence, giving Tenzou time to write down more on the notepad to be taken to the Hokage, briefly looking over to the two unconscious genin, seeing their chests rise and fall slowly,

The only sign of life they had,

'I wonder if they're dreaming…' Tenzou shook his head, 'Nevermind; and even if they were, Itachi would most likely just leave them with nightmares,'

He continued to see the two boys rest, seeing no signs of sadness or pain,

'Maybe they are dreaming…'

0-0-0

Sasuke looked down from one of the great white trees of stone down on the stony plane, having spent the night there,

'Exactly like it was five years ago,'

He looked down from the branch and ran his finger along the surface,

'So it was Quartz,' Sasuke thought, 'Does this mean that this place is related to time; is this a message from my brother?'

Sasuke let the wind blow by his face, unsettling his hair slightly, causing his grey cloak to flap around (wherever it came from),

'I wonder if I could find civilization this time,' Sasuke jumped from the branch and landed on the white sand, taking off towards the north.

He had been in this desert once before; the day his clan died. He had been trapped in the desert for days before waking up, but he 'woke up' just as he had gone to sleep that one night,

In the very same tree he had woken up in,

His nose was suddenly alerted to the nothingness of the sand- the chill of the wind caused his hair to stand on end and he felt the white particles hit his eyes and go between his toes,

It was of no consequence though, this was the dream.

Just like it had been five years ago.

But yet, he had dreamed of this place between then and now hadn't he?

His mind continued to ponder as he walked through the white, never-ending dunes,

'No, it hadn't been like this,' he reasoned, he may have dreamed about being here again, but it was different… not as convincing as it had been back then and as it was now.

'Smoke?'

Sasuke's head turned to the source and saw a pillar of smoke rising in the air,

'First sign of life I've seen so far,' Sasuke smirked, 'I guess I'll get my answers soon,'

X=X=X

Omake! The Trek with Kakashi; Day 2

"What are we going to do in Konoha nii-san?"

"I'm not completely sure Yuzu," the older brother responded, "But I'm going to get a job, maybe Rukia too, while you and Karin go to school,"

"School?"

"Yeah. You aren't out yet." he grinned as his sister pouted,

"What about you? Aren't you going to go to school?"

"Apparently I'm too old for school Yuzu, besides I have to get a job."

"What kind of job?"

"I'm... not sure yet." Ichigo scratched his head, "But I'll just be happy to get one."

0-0-0

"Kakashi-san?"

Kakashi looked down to find Karin standing next to him,

She looked curious,

"What do you do for a living?"

He smiled and looked back to his precious Icha-Icha, "I work for my village,"

"That's not very specific,"

"It's supposed to be- it's top-secret,"

Karin scoffed, "Top-secret? What are you some kind of ninja?"

"Actually..."

"Whatever. I don't care," she quickly changed the subject, "How much longer until we get to Konoha?"

"About five days,"

"Can't we get their faster?"

"Yes,"

"Then why aren't we?"

"Because this is better."

"How come?"

"Because," Kakashi looked down to Karin and gave her a famous eye-smile,

The first of many,

"If we all ran the way to Konoha you would all be tired and unpleasant, besides, I wouldn't be able to spend time with you lovely little kids-"

He moved to ruffle Karin's hair-

Bad move.

"DON'T TOUCH ME PERVERT!"

His hand was unable to move fast enough as he was kicked straight in the crotch, causing him to fall down in pain as she continued moving,

Kakashi shriveled to the ground slowly as Karin gained distance between him,

'W-why me…?'

0-0-0

A cold shiver of fear went down the spine of one Jiraiya of the Sannin,

A shiver... in the middle of the hot springs!

Jiraiya paused and blinked,

This was the prophecy of a new anti-pervert coming to Konoha!

He quickly gathered his findings and fled from the hot springs, going to his secret hideout to cower in fear, hoping it had been just a false alarm,

X=X=X

Cut!

The second installment of the Omake series is in; and lots of other crap has gone down. This will last at least another 2 chapters, if not 3.

Couple of important notes to this chapter;

-So many things happened… Did you catch all that? If not, basic stuff listed below (This isn't going to happen every time- but I had too many scene changes in this case)

-Zabuza and Rukia have made their way to the Land of Iron, finding the destination of Tsunade and preparing to track her down.

-Ichigo and the crew are chilling in Land of Wave; the bridge is being built with no incidents. Haku begins aiding Sakura's growth in Rukia's stead while Tenzou comes to send a report to the Hokage on their status, and who is that guy at Gato's Mansion's grave?

-Naruto is not faring any better in Hueco Muendo… But Sasuke appears? O.O

Now that the basic plot summary is over...

-Kami has been rather quiet in this chapter… Maybe I should make that the next Omake series installment? Lolz

-Aw… Yuzu is lonely… :'( Yayz to Team 10 for stopping by!

-Insane luck and pwn goes to Rukia again;and she chooses not to work at a slot machine because…?

-Sakura is fighting the urge to be lazy/useless! Hooray; keep fighting the norm! ^^

-Two characters introduced have not been given their actual names, but both exist in the actual Naruto plot… for those who know who they are, kudos!

-Tenzou? And he knows Kon? What's this about Anbu and Root- let alone Ichigo…

Anyway, based on the ideas I've gathered from the people that gave me ideas here (and those in real life, and my own ideas,) I have decided upon Zabuza's Zanpakutou, so thanks for your input guys!

Also I would just like to say that this is currently my favorite piece to write in general, and to everyone who reads/likes this… Thanks a bunch. Really though you are the bomb (not the A-bomb though, let alone the H-bomb…)

My dry humor has traumatized your sanity, and my puns have soiled it.

Horrible humor aside, thanks.

Also feel free to review, or donate to… me. Or a local charity of your choice, like say… me.

~Crunch! (Random Cookies) :D