A/N: So this was tough, I had to come up with a name for Nanao's Zanpakuto. I mean, it's name is a very important part of who a person is and will guide later events. Thanks for the reviews so far!
Saimitsu means detailed knowledge. *
Saimitsu is his name. It seemed like a dream, but I would swear on all the books I've read that this happened. And judging by the wakizashi** I now have, it did happen. The handle is an indigo violet color... just like my eyes. And when I hold him, I feel his power adding to my own. It's similar to two people singing two different parts together and making a bigger and better song. So my initial skills and Saimitsu's work together to make a new type of kido. One that only I have.
Right now I can wield Saimitsu almost like a normal katana, but I wonder what will happen when I get bigger… Will Saimitsu grow bigger too? Or will he stay the same? I've read that as a shinigami grows in power that their zanpakuto may grow in size unless they suppress their reiatsu. Like captains of the Gotei 13, they have normal sized katanas, but it seems like their unsuppressed presence can be overwhelming with effects such as suffocation, paralysis, extreme shock or fainting. Or at least so the books I've read said. I want to be strong like a captain someday. I want us to be strong. Yet it still feels weird writing his name. And yet, I feel so much more whole now that I know the name of the one that calls mine.
Saimitsu, let's grow strong together.
*I found this on freedict dot com when I searched for knowledge – If anyone has a better name/this isn't what this name means – let me know :-P
** After comparing Nanao from the lieutenants in "All Color but the Black" and either the tanto or wakizashi, I chose the former. If you read the wiki page concerning the wakizashi seemed to be more fitting to Nanao's. The purple seemed rope-like similar the wakizashi. Taking into account Nanao's logical nature, decapitation of an enemy, the typical use of a wakizashi, as opposed to stabbing, which the tanto was well suited for, would be the more definite way to remove a threat. Plus a wakizashi was used as a side arm with a katana and kido could be considered as Nanao's metaphorical "main sword."