Hey guys I am back and my exams are over. Just proof reading and correcting this chap before the new one gets posted.

Sorry guys for taking so long. This chapter is quite short but definetly is a chapter. I'm putting most of my effort into Fellow Artists. I'll update it soon.

Naruto frowned as he saw what lay before him. It seemed so…empty. Like you could just, disappear. Unfortunately, Naruto's introspective thoughts were interrupted by the two stooges.

'A desert with white sands, trapped in eternal night.'

"Ok, so how long am I going to have to listen to you two in my head? It's very annoying." Naruto didn't care that he was speaking out loud, the place was obviously abandoned.

'Not very long; me, being Tōsen, will absorb my zanpakuto spirit and become your true zanpakuto spirit.'

'And I'll fade away.'

"So where are we exactly?"

'We are in Hueco Mundo, the world of the Hollows.'

"Ok, so why are we here?"

'To find the Hōgyoku.'

"Which is?"

'Never mind that; DUCK!'

Naruto's survival reflexes kicked in as he dived down into the sands. A split second after he moved a scythe spun over his head and buried itself into the sand in front of him. It was close enough that Naruto could reach out and touch the scythe. He saw the wickedly sharp edges of the projectile weapon, right before rolling as another scythe impacted the ground that he was lying on. This one was connected to a purple tail. Naruto looked up and up-

'W-what the hell is that thing?' Naruto asked Tōsen and Suzumushi as he stood up.

'A hollow! Kill it!'

'That's the reason we brought you here, Naruto. So you could improve by killing hollows.'

'How the hell do you expect me to kill that thing? It's huge, and has a bladed tail!'

"Let go of your fear Uzumaki. Stand up, take the blade and slay the hollow!"

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10 years later…

Naruto was walking down the endless blackness of the Garganta whilst engaging in conversation with Tōsen. Tōsen had absorbed the spirit of his Zanpakuto a few years ago and had become Naruto's full time Zanpakuto sprit, absorbing Suzumushi and taking away that annoying double voice. "So tell me again why Aizen wasn't sealed in his zanpakuto like you were?" Naruto was talking out loud as he made his way leisurely through the Garganta; so he had plenty of time to talk with Tōsen. 'Aizen was bonded to the Hōgyoku far more than his own zanpakuto in the end.'

"What! So I've got an evil bastard sealed in my chest?" Naruto poked the middle of his chest where he had sealed the Hōgyoku.

'No. The Hōgyoku is not the same as a zanpakuto. It can't be destroyed; ever. It can only jump from one host to another. It has a will of its own and will grant its owner whatever he or she wishes so long as that person has to potential to accomplish such a feat.'

"Kami, you almost gave me a heart attack Tōsen. So how do we get this thing to activate?"

'Unless you want it to do something specific it will activate itself to heal you. Once you have grown powerful enough and are being pushed to your limits it will begin the bonding process anew."

"And how do you know this?"

'It told me.'

"What about Gin? He was your parner."

'He is sealed in his sword. But his sword is in the living world. In your world.'

"So what. You were in the living world too."

'Not originally. It took your call to bring me your world. I originally was back in Hueco Mundo. I think it was because I had hollow in me. Gin has always been a full Shinigami. So his sword remained in a 'pure' realm.'

"Heh, good joke Tōsen. Any idea where he is?"

'No. We will have to search for him.'

"No matter. Hey, I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!"

'You're hopeless.'

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Kotetsu and Izumo where once again on gate duty.

"I swear Izumo; the Hokage has got some twisted notions. We are always on gate duty!"

"I agree Kotetsu. Maybe it's because we are both cowards?"

"Shhh! The walls have eyes!" Queue shifty look from Kotetsu.

Suddenly a crack in the air in front of them appeared. It opened with a weird sound; like a record being stopped. Out of it stepped Naruto, but the two Chunin didn't recognize him. The fifteen year old wore a sleeveless white coat over a black hakama. His hands were covered with long black gloves that left his four fingers open to the air. On his face he wore a band-like visor, an orange rope coming from his right shoulder running across his chest to under his left arm. (It's Tōsen's arrancar clothing). The young man held himself with grace and discipline, and obviously was blind. A sword was sheathed on his left side; the handle was as orange as the orange rope he wore.

"Who are you?" Izumo asked, drawing a kunai and getting ready to trigger the silent alarm.

"Uzumaki Naruto. Back in service!"

Now as for a quick response to a review and a general statement. I won't give anyone grimmjow's or any arrancar's swords. Simply because their nature is half (or in Yammy's case, nine-tenths) of the arrancar's power stored in them. They don't have a spirit inside of them. The only exception is Stark for obvious reasons. That doesn't mean that they won't turn up though. Ichigo's friends developed powers from the Hōgyoku and exposure to Ichigo's spiritual pressure. What if Naruto is aware of this, and unconsciously begins to take on aspects of Aizen's personality. Watch out people, hollowfication experiments are starting again!