I don't think I've said this yet, so I will now. Thanks everyone for all of the reviews. Seriously, I don't usually get a response like I've gotten for this fic. Only one other story's gotten this kind of feedback. This story's only been up for a week, and already I've gotten 62 reviews, and more hits than I do words for the overall story.

At this moment, there are 10,108 hits. (Split it up in twos. Tenten ate...) Every chapter has over 1000 hits except for chapter five, and that's because I just posted it. So thanks everyone for the positive response. I'm going and adding details before hand now, and fixing my errors in response to the people who pointed out how often I mess up.

Also, Tsunade wasn't fake crying, and as a thanks for all the reviews and hits, I've added a half page to the fight scene in this chapter, as well as posting a day early. I would've added more, but then it'd have been too dragged out. Sorry for the long AN.

My Sacrifice

Chapter 6

It had been a little over a day since they'd left Konoha. Naruto had long exhausted his chakra, and yet, somehow, here he was, still running across the tree branches.

'How much further?' Naruto asked.

'Just a little more.' Was Hitomi's reply. 'We've got to get out of Fire Nation first. They won't believe that we got out in one night, and think that we're still around Konoha somewhere. Also, we need a change of course.' She said, waiting for Naruto to get all that. Then she turned and went south west for a few hundred yards, before finally stopping and landing on the ground below, panting.

'That...was...a...long...run...' Naruto panted at her. She just grinned and stuck her hand out.

'Kunai.' He frowned and handed her one. Whenever she had a kunai, it scared Naruto because he never knew what she was going to do. She drew it across her hand, and let it bleed into a puddle in her palm. Then, she cupped her hands, and let the puddle grow until it was a good sized amount in her hands. She suddenly threw it out in an open area free of everything but grass.

'Hitomi-chan,' Naruto had taken to calling her that in their training. 'What was the point of that?' He asked, but was answered by the ground rumbling as a slab of earth came up, making the mouth of a cave.

'This, Kit, is my family's training home.' She said grinning. Naruto tilted his head to one side, trying to figure it out. 'It's got to have my, or my family's blood to open, but I don't have any family, so my own blood has to do all the opening.'

'So...we're gonna live..in a cave until I can find Sasuke?'

''Till we find Sasuke, and yes.' She started walking in there, and Naruto, not wanting to be left behind, quickly followed her. After he walked in, the mouth of the cave sank back in, and instantly lights came on inside the cave. The first thing he noticed as he followed her was that it was huge! He couldn't see the top of the cave, despite the lights. Walking along, he saw an area branch off, that looked like a massive battle field. Hitomi must've noticed the look on his face because she said, 'That's our training field. You're going to end up treating that like your own bedroom, because you're gonna spend most of your time in there.'

As they walked on, he took notice of the making of the cave. It seemed that it wasn't dug out, but instead compact dirt. It was as though an incredible force just separated the dirt with enough force to turn it to stone, which was what had happened.

They kept walking, and on the way, they passed a bathroom, a weight room 'for our half demon forms', she told him as they walked by, a kitchen, and finally, they reached what looked like a dead end , except with a room on the left and right, and one in front of them. She pointed at the right side rooms.

'That's yours. I'm right across the hall.' she said, walking into her own room. 'You've got two days. Learn the layout of the place and rest up. Mean while...I'm out of chakra.' Was all she got out before she disappeared in a plume of smoke.

'Well, I got us here anyway.' Was the last he heard before he collapsed in the middle of the floor from chakra exhaustion. When he opened his eyes, he was in a room this time. Looking around, he realized where he was. Hitomi's room. He was actually quite comfortable. Last time, he didn't notice how springy the floor was...or how warm it was...or that it was laying on his chest. Looking down he saw Hitomi, resting comfortably with her head on his chest, dead asleep. Naruto turned deep red, and sighed. Well...there was nothing he could do now. She was probably exhausted from that run too.

He woke again later, to find that they had changed positions. Her back was against him, but this time he realized that she was awake. She heard his breathing increase a little, and grinned, knowing he had woken up.

'You know, you've gotta visit me more often.' She said, turning over to face him and grinned wider at his now red face. 'You sure blush a lot around me...you do know that right?' She said, and had to hold in her laughter as his face turned even darker red, a feat she hadn't thought was possible. 'I wonder why...surely it isn't that Kit isn't used to any female attention.' She put her hand on her chest and gasped. 'No...not someone as cute as you, Kit' Hitomi was about to burst out laughing at this point. When she pinched and pulled his cheek, while saying her last sentence, the look on his face finally did it. She burst out laughing. Naruto just frowned.

'Not...funny...' Was all he ground out, too busy willing the blush away to say anything else. Suddenly, his blush faded as a serious look came across his face. 'How strong will I be by the time we finish training?' He asked. Hitomi sighed.

'Honestly...I don't know. You'll be stronger, I can tell you that. We should at least double your chakra supply right now. Five hundred pound weights will be nothing by the time we're done. You'll learn what you need for becoming Hokage. I'll have to teach you about sealing so Orochimaru can't Five-Prong Seal us again.' She growled his name a little. That had seriously hurt. She said all of this slowly, trying to not over do how strong he should be. 'And when you wake up, I'll have a surprise for you, that we can't do in here.'

'What is it!' He asked, nearly bouncing on his side. Hitomi stopped him before he shook the bed down.

'Now if I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise would it?' She said, before a mischievous smile came on to her face that showed that she was truly the Kyuubi. 'But before I'll train you, I first want you to pay me.' Naruto groaned and reached for his back pocket, but Hitomi grabbed his wrist. "Not exactly what I was talking about.' She said, her grin widening as she pulled his mask down slowly.

"I don't want you to wear this unless we leave the cave.' Naruto nodded slowly, his face turning a little pink at her actions. Then it turned blood red as she slowly moved her head towards his. Slowly coming closer, and finally finding her mark, she kissed Naruto full on the lips. She slowly deepened the kiss, letting him get used to it. He did, rather quickly, and kissed her back. She nibbled on his bottom lip, causing him to gasp, but then she stopped, panting slightly.

'Well damn. Looks like you're waking up.' She said, pointing to his hand that was fading in and out of existence. 'I'll take that as pay.' She said, as he finally faded away, and opened his eyes to a black ceiling, that he still couldn't see. He sighed. If only he hadn't woken up...wait, what would've happened had he not woken up? He blushed again over the thought.

'I really do that too much. If I'm not careful I'll start stuttering and pushing my fingers together whenever I say anything. Or possibly grow a Byakugan.' He chuckled at his own joke, before getting up and walking down the cave to the kitchen.

'Hey kit! Lemme out!' She said in his head. He just grinned.

'Why should I?'

'CUZ I SAID SO THAT'S WHY! NOW LET ME OUT OF HERE NOW IF YOU EVER WANT TO PAY RENT AGAIN!' She screamed in his head. He quickly made a cross symbol with his fingers and make a kage bushin. Then his sent his demon chakra and Hitomi in it.

'Much better. SO HELP ME IF YOU DO THAT AGAIN, YOU'RE PAYING RENT IN COLD HARD CASH, YOU HEAR ME?' She yelled. He nodded quickly.

'Now, let's go fix something to eat. I'm starved.'

'Is that even possible?' He asked, looking at her. 'You're a bushin, with no physical body at the moment because it's sealed inside my stomach, and in my mind I'm assuming you don't have to eat.' She grinned sheepishly.

'Well...not exactly...but food sounds good.' She said, pushing him in the back towards the kitchen. 'Plus, the sooner we eat, the sooner we can start the torture.' She coughed. 'I mean, training, we can start the training.' They finally made it down the the kitchen, and she pushed him down in a chair.

'Since you paid rent so well, I thought I'd make breakfast.' Hitomi then turned around and started pulling things out of cabinets, boiling water, pulling bowls out, tossed Naruto some chopsticks that landed where his hand was a second earlier, and stuck into the table. Amazing thing is, they were wooden chopsticks. After a quick 'Sorry, Kit.', she continued. Finally, after about ten more minutes, she sat a bowl of miso ramen in front of him.

'Itadakimasu!' They both said, before they started eating. Naruto got one mouth full of noodle, and instantly decided he was in heaven. He didn't know what it was, but this was amazing. 'Holy crap!' He said to her. She smiled.

'I'm going to take that as a complement.' She said grinning. He nodded vigorously.

'How'd you get it so good?'

'Toilet water!' She said, and started snickering at the look that came across his face. He stuck his tongue and she grabbed it. 'Well now, what do we have here? A chance to get even maybe?' She grinned evilly.

'AHH! MEH TOONGE MEH TOONGE!'

'Sorry, didn't catch that? What's wrong anyway? Kitsune got your tongue?' She snickered at her own little joke.

'I WONT MAI ROMAN!' He more or less begged. She sighed and let go.

'You're no fun.'

'You'll get over it.' He grinned before setting his chopsticks down, and turning up the whole bowl, not wanting to take the time to eat it with chopsticks. He sat it down and went to get him another bowl. After two bowls for Hitomi, and ten for Naruto, they finally moved on to training. Walking down towards the training room, Hitomi turned to him.

'Remember what happened last time you got a nose bleed?' She asked, her face turning a little pink at the memory of what she did. Surprisingly, Naruto didn't blush. He just nodded. 'That's what happens when I see human blood. I'm more or less like a vampire. Except I'll kill you and eat you, not suck your blood. So, while we train, if you're bleeding, don't let me see. I'm going try to work with as little sharp objects as possible, but we're going to have to work with swords eventually.' She said, biting her lower lip in worry. The got in the training room and she turned to Naruto.

'Kit, I'll tell you right now. Don't expect any mercy from me. Now, activate your weights.' She said, and frowned when he didn't do anything but grin stupidly.

'They already are.'

'...Okay, I'll need you to explain this to me, because I'm confused. How can you move so casually if they're activated?'

'I didn't turn them off when we were running from Konoha.' She slapped her forehead with her hand.

'So, if we were attacked by hunter-nin, you were just gonna tackle them or something?'

'Hai.' She slapped her forehead again, and dragged it down her face.

'Fine. Well, let's see how well you work in them.' With that, she punched him, sending him flying. He quickly got on his feet and ran at her. She noticed that they were activated like he said, because he would normally go faster. He threw a punch, which she blocked, and blocked the kick that followed it.

They sprung apart, before charging again, swiping at each other. Hitomi caught him in the stomach, and he doubled over as the air left his body. Staying in a sparring stance, she waited for him to catch his breath again. He stood up straight, and copied her stance, before reverse side kicking her head. It was a fast kick, and sent her sprawling, but it didn't have the effect it did when she returned the favor, slamming his back into the wall. She didn't waste time in charging him again, and grabbing the front of his shirt, throwing him back across the room. He laid on the ground, as she walked up to him.

'Come on and get up, I didn't hit you that hard.' He grunted as he slowly stood up. He tried to sweep her feet out from under her, but he didn't move fast enough and was sent skidding across the room. He got up and charged her again, this time with a rasengan. He thrust it at her arm, which she moved, and he turned in mid air to try and hit her back. She set some chakra in her hand to spin in the same direction as the rasengan, and stole it from him, before charging it with some of her own chakra and slamming it into his stomach. Tomorrow he would bare a spiral shaped bruise there. He slammed into the wall again, kicking up some debris.

He stood up and had an idea. However, he had to do it before the dust cleared. Naruto charged and punched at Hitomi, who put an arm up to block it. Suddenly, shuriken shot out and nearly took out Naruto, who knew they were coming, but ducked just in time. He thought she would've dodged too. But he started in shock at her shuriken impaled body laying on the ground. She wasn't breathing.

Quicky AN: Before people ask, the reason why Hitomi didn't poof away is because she's almost living in that body. There's only a few things that keep her from being a regular bushin.

DP