My Sacrifice

Chapter 1

'I DO NOT LOOK LIKE A GIRL! HOW DARE YOU INSULT THE ALL POWERFUL...CRAP!' He yelled the last part as Naruto jerked the hat off his head, and long hair fell from the Kyuubi's head. He could do nothing but stare.

'Fine, yes, I'm a girl. Any problems with that?' The young boy couldn't help but stare at him...er...her. Of course, he was disturbed that there was a transvestite living in him. But still, she was beautiful. He couldn't help but glance down. She was a little under Tsunade's size. So, she wasn't sickeningly big, but wasn't like Sakura. Naruto then realized we came up to about the same hight. She has about an inch on me. He also noticed the hair that fell down to just below her shoulder blades was red. Blood red. Her tails were the same color, and the tips were white.

'You gonna gawk all day?' She asked him, grinning. He shook his head to bring him from his trance.

'So...why...exactly do you disguise yourself as a male again?' He couldn't help but wonder.

'Thanks, you're not too bad looking yourself. Come see me again in a few more years.' She said, making him blush slightly. 'Because people stare and ask me out, but don't fear me. However, if I'm a male, it's apparently a symbol of power to you stupid humans.' He noticed something he'd missed before. Her whiskers showed up on her face as they did on mine. That's right...she has a face! Naruto continued to look her over again. She was in a dark red kimono that didn't look like it was for formal wear. No, this had to be just to make him stare. Her head had two fox ears sticking out of her hair. She had a face that didn't look kind, like he'd expected from her voice. Her eyes were a red that had a subtle beauty to them. Then he noticed her tails swaying in a way that almost had him in a trance.

'So...do you have a name that's not Kyuubi?' He asked, tearing his eyes away from her tail.

'Yeah..usura shiri (fuzz butt.)' He felt his face heat up and she laughed in a way that was almost unearthly. That laugh wasn't human that was for sure. Not angelic...just...different.

'That's just something that doesn't get old. My real name is Hitomi (Pupil, Given to girls with especially beautiful eyes).'

'That's a pretty name.' She grinned. It was supposed to be happy, but in a way, it looked like she was up to something. Her large canines didn't help. Looking at those, he also looked down and saw that she had claws. They were elegant and deadly looking at the same time. How this was possible, he really didn't know.

'So Kit...to what do I owe this pleasant surprise visit?' She asked, that grin still on her face.

'I..uh..sorta found some sake on the table next to my bed and..'

'Drunk your self into oblivion?' She finished for him. 'There might be hope for you yet. I also saw your fight with Sasuke. It was embarrassing.' She said, switching to a commanding voice, her grin falling into a frown of disappointment like a lead weight in water. She walked up to him and poked him in the chest. 'You're weak. I won't have a weak vessel, you hear me boy?' She poked him harder and harder as she said each of the last four words. The fourth poke sent him on his butt. The memories of that fight came flooding back to him. The hole in the chest, getting knocked around like a rag doll. Sure, he tried, but what'd he do? Who was left standing? Who walked away? Not me. She was right, and it hit home, and Naruto swore his heart was being ripped apart. He was weak. Naruto realized that, and it hurt.

'Don't you start falling to pieces on me, Kit.' She said, squatting down to eye level with him. 'I'm gonna help you fix that. So you just pull yourself back together before I beat the crap out of you.' Naruto still did nothing. She stood up and reared back a foot, then swung it forward, sending him flying. He bounced and skidded, not being able to control his body as it soared through the air. He finally stopped, after skidding the last ten feet on his back. He knew he was bleeding, and he watched her walk up to him.

'Get up.' She said coldly. He did nothing. 'I'll kick you again. Get up.'

'I can't.' She looked at him, her cold expression turning to one of confusion. 'One of your tails is holding me down.' She noticed the tail, and started to move it, except Naruto grabbed it.

'Looks soft.' He started petting it, and suddenly heard a sound like a motor. Then he noticed it was coming from Hitomi. He grinned as she sat on him and continued purring. Finally, she laid down, using Naruto as her own personal pillow, and fell asleep. He felt himself blush deep red as she slept on. He let go of her tail and started scratching her at the base of her ears. Her purring doubled, before finally he quit, wanting to see what happened. She yawned and stretched in a cat-like way, before looking up at her bed, her head on his chest still. She blushed deeply, as he already was blushing, and jumped up off him.

'Dammit Kit! I'm gonna kill you! DON'T YOU EVER TOUCH MY TAILS AGAIN, YOU HEAR ME!' She screamed. It wasn't a question.

'How long have I been in here anyway?' Naruto said, as he looked around, before realizing his own stupidity. Of course there wasn't a clock in here.

'Probably about 15...20 minutes in here. Outside, it's probably been about the same amount of time.' He eyed her curiously. She noticed the look she was getting and continued. 'I can control how fast time goes in here as opposed to how fast it goes outside. So it can be 20 minutes in here, and 20 seconds out there, or 20 seconds out there, and 20 days in here.' his mouth made an 'oh' form. 'Also, you shouldn't wake up from that sake for at least another hour. But we've gotta talk. So I'm gonna be a pain and fix the time. It's going to be an hour in here...but a day out there.' She grinned her evil foxy grin at him, as his jaw dropped. This was unjust.