Damn, I was supposed to update a few days ago and I forgot I had a crap-ton of tests this week at school. But anyways, moving on…!

Since I only received about three suggestions, I decided 'fuck it, I'll make up my own names'. Then I realized how fucking hard it is to do that when I finished like two hours later. Damn translators are definitely not accurate. I need to learn me some Japanese, man.

I almost took Jimbobob5536's suggestions, but I felt that they didn't fit the Zanpakuto's personalities. Sorry, dude. I saw sniper757's review, and I thought to myself: "Hmm… It just might work." Although, 'nightshade' didn't come out right in Japanese, so I was unfortunately forced to scrap it. Then Outkast000 reviewed and gave some interesting suggestions.

Mainly, I used the latter two reviewers' ideas for the male Zanpakuto while I came up with an original one for the female. Although Outkast000's male name gave me some other interesting ideas for techniques for the guy as well.

So after two long hours of typing, translating, scrapping, retyping, and retranslating, all the while dealing with shitty translators and a crap ton of various dictionaries, I finally settled on two names, which will be announced in this Chapitre.

If you end up not liking 'em, all I can say is: fuck you. It was a pain in the ass to put together their names, so there's no way in hell I'm changing them. I wanted them to be at least 95% accurate in Romaji, which is why I took so friggin' long in the first place.

[edited: 10/19/09]

Not even moments after slipping into a trance, Anko – the aspect of Naruto's personality, not the soul – opened her eyes and sat up, frowning slightly. Looking around, she saw that her other selves were doing the same.

The yellow-eyed woman sighed and shook her head. They should have known that only Naruto himself could have contacted their Zanpakuto. But all the same, it was worth a shot, considering that they were still new to this shinigami stuff.

Although, it was a little strange that they didn't share their main body's experience, she mused, glancing at where the blonde lay peacefully.

Anko got up and patted the dirt off of her rear. She made her way over to where that redheaded shinigami they'd met two days earlier was resting from those rocks they'd thrown at him. She felt a little bad, though, for he had been nothing but helpful, unlike his unconscious moronic friend who loved to fight.

"You feeling okay, Ken-chan?" she teased playfully as she plopped down next to him, adopting her usual playful persona.

Kenshin weakly glared at her, then sighed. "That I am," he replied, rubbing his skull slightly. "Is there something you need, Anko-san?"

Anko merely shrugged in response. "Nah, not really. Mainly, I'm just really bored right now. I didn't get that Zanpaku-thingie."

The redhead started in surprise. "You didn't manage to contact your Zanpakuto? I would have thought that somebody as strong as you would have managed to do so!"

"The others didn't either," she retorted evenly, gesturing to the rest of the Union, sans Naruto, who was currently still in meditation.

Kenshin scrutinized her intently, which Anko easily dismissed. "There's something you are not telling me," he muttered, still eyeing her suspiciously.

He didn't waver when she yawned, used to such responses from her by now. "Yare, yare, you're quite the inquisitive one, aren't you, Ken-chan?" she laughed, shifting away from the bark poking into her back. Anko sobered up and looked the shinigami straight in the eye. "Do you really want to know?" Her voice took on a serious tone.

He nodded. She beckoned him to come closer, and he leaned in. "Well, it's…a secret!"

Kenshin facefaulted.

"Ororo!? That's mean, Anko-san!" he cried, sitting up instantly.

Anko stuck her tongue out in reply, only to grimace as she bit down on it as a fist hit her head.

Both of them looked up to see Tsunade and Kakashi smirking, or in the latter's case, giving an eye-smile, down at them.

The blonde, who had been the one to bop her counterpart on the head, grinned. "Don't be like that, Anko-chan. We might as well tell him, since he's bound to figure it out sooner or later anyway."

Anko pouted and sighed. "Alright, fine. I was gonna tell him anyway – you know that."

Kenshin just blinked, slightly confused at the happenings.

A little over an hour later, he was a little less confused when the full explanation of what the Union really was. Before, Tsunade had skimmed over their group in her initial explanation. But now, after Anko had told him the facts, it made more sense.

"…so that's why you couldn't access your Zanpakuto, then. Since you are only a part of Naruto-san, that means, and I mean no offense, that you aren't really truly alive, in a way," the redhead concluded after putting the pieces together.

Kakashi raised an eyebrow. "What, you're just okay with it just like that?" he inquired dryly, somewhat put out by the lack of surprise.

Kenshin shook his head. "Somehow, it does not really surprise me."

Of course, as soon as he said that, a blue blur crashed into him, knocking him into a tree and right next to Sanosuke. "Oro!?"

The blue blur, which so happened to be Makoto, whined, "Fumiko-chan! That was mean! I just suggested that we could 'meditate' with each other"

Across the clearing, Fumiko had her fist raised. It was highly obvious that she was irritated, as there was a huge vain popping out of her forehead. "Stay the fuck away from me, you nympho!"

Anko whistled, impressed by the feat. "Wow, Mako-chan's really intent on getting what she wants, eh?" she said slyly, nudging Kakashi in the side.

Tsunade rolled her eyes at their antics. "I'm so glad she's not a part of us," she muttered.

A huge blast of the energy called reiatsu caught all of attention, and unintentionally awoke Sanosuke up and revived Kenshin, who shakily grasped his Zanpakuto.

"W-What the hell is this!?" Sanosuke cried, having been forced to one knee at the intense spiritual pressure.

The Union remained largely unaffected, but instead, they looked as one to the source of the explosion of power.

Naruto, who had been sitting, was now standing up. His eyes were still closed, but his reiatsu literally flowed over his body, twisting and turning in a chaotic semi-sphere that surrounded him.

Kenshin uncharacteristically smirked again. "It seems that Naruto-san has attained his Zanpakuto."

And he was correct.

A beautiful blue hilt made its way into Naruto's left hand, and the hand guard looked like a cherry blossom flower. The blade itself was thin and long, maybe about four feet long.

The current Kyubi's eyes shot open, and in a forceful voice he declared, "Gekitai!"

Kenshin's own eyes widened, uncomprehending as to how the man had achieved his Shikai not even moments after reaching his Zanpakuto.

The sword glowed just as Kenshin's had, and it transformed before their eyes. The hilt remained unchanged, but the blade was now a huge wicked looking spike of azure blue crystal about six feet long, if their sense of perception was right.

"Kessho Bengosha no Tsurugi."

He said it quietly, but even with the wind blowing all around them from his reiatsu, they still heard him.

Sanosuke gaped in awe, while Kenshin looked on, highly impressed. He was not alone in that feeling, as the rest of the Union and their companions were whispering about how intense and cool the sword looked.

But he was not done yet, as a second hilt materialized in his right hand, this one being a light brown-beige color with a plain blade.

Doing the same with this Zanpakuto, he declared, "Chiri ni funsai!"

The Shikai transformation activated, and it glowed brightly before settling down again.

Now in his right hand, he held another wicked weapon. This one was long light brown scythe with five blades forming a claw-like semi-sphere formation at the end of the shaft. Another noticeable thing was that the weapon seemed to have sand, of all things, somehow orbiting around it in thick clusters.

"Areno no Tsume," he said solemnly.

Then his reiatsu faded, and his two swords reverted back to their sealed states.

For a moment, there was silence.

"…I'd hate to be the stupid-ass who ticks him off," Sanosuke boldly stated, shivering at the thought of being on the receiving end of those two Zanpakuto.

Around him, the others quietly agreed.

Nobody noticed poor Yamamoto still sitting in his spot, twitching slightly.

…and that's all I got. Sorry it's a little short.

I was gonna include Yamamoto's fight, but that never happened.

So here's the two Zanpakuto:

Female: Kessho Bengosha no Tsurugi - Crystal Sword of the Defender
Shikai Release: Gekitai - Repel (the enemy)

Male: Areno no Tsume - Claw of the Desert
Shikai Release: Chiri ni funsai - Pulverize them to dust

The female one is going to be based on one of the new Naruto filler characters that seemed interesting to me; one of Orochimaru's subordinates named Guren. She utilizes a pseudo bloodline-limit called Shoton, aka Crystal Release, which looked pretty damn wicked, so I'm trying to incorporate that into the weapon somehow.

You can find the info here – http : // naruto . wikia . com / wiki / Guren (Obviously, just delete the spaces.)

The male Zanpakuto is, of course, going to be heavily based on Gaara and Kakashi's techniques. That's going to be interesting. If my crappy description of it confused you, think of something like Nnoitra's Santa Teresa (when Nel was Tres/Tercera) but with four more blades, forming a half-sphere, and looking like Shukaku's claw.

And as always, constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated. Although "Great Job!", "Update soon!" and "lmao" are pretty cool too, yeah.