My Sacrifice

Chapter 13

Six months later (from where the last chapter cut off.)

Hitomi looked over at her partner from the corner of her eye. He'd certainly come a long way. In only four years, he'd gained all nine tails, and was well on his was to his final tenth one. Hitomi was about a fourth of the way there. This child was truly a prodigy if she'd ever seen one. The only draw back was, he'd long since lost use of his voice because of her training and the lack of use, plus he'd stopped using it all together after a while. They'd found this out about a month back, and they had to go see Tsunade to get them fixed. She her gaze turned to a glare.

They had spent the last six months as mercenaries, letting Naruto get a feel of his skills in a real battle and on the battle field. They'd just finished and gotten paid for one near the leaf village, and since they were close by, they just figured they might as well go on and make the trip. In just six months, he'd picked up the name 'Desu Decchi' (Death's Apprentice) because of his black sword, and the fact that he usually killed people in one swing of the sword, people said he was learning to become the next God of Death.

'You know, we wouldn't have to be making this trip if you weren't so scared of doing it yourself.' She said, frowning at him. A small dragon (That looked like a salamander with wings.) made of fire started making writing in front of her. Using a flame from it's tail, the letters it spelled out lingered. 'I'll screw it up.' She sighed and shook her head. 'Go back to my head. I've got to get past the guards.' She nodded and disappeared. He retracted his tails, claws, and his ears turned into human ones that were on the side of his head, making him look like a normal human.

'Halt! What business do you have in Konoha?' Naruto shook his head and pointed to his throat, indicating he couldn't talk. The ANBU nodded his head. 'Fine. A jounin will escort you to the hokage's office.' He knocked twice on the large steel doors and yelled, "Open up.' The doors opened and a jounin was standing on the other side of them. Specifically, Hinata. His eyes widened, and Naruto was glad that he was wearing a bamboo hat. Otherwise she might've recognized him.

'Follow me.' She said, the shyness and stutter long since gone from her voice. He followed her as they walked through the streets. She took him all the way to the door of the building. Nothing had really changed since he'd left. The people looked older, but that was it.

When they finally reached the Hokage Tower, Naruto mouthed a thank you to her, slightly raising his hat and letting her see his whisker marks. But he pulled it back down, and would've chuckled at her face if he could have. She looked like she'd seen a ghost. He walked in and stopped at a desk. Shizune was sitting there. She looked up at him.

'Oh, you must be the visitor. Hold on, I'll escort you up to Hokage-sama's office.' She got up and walked around the desk, then motion for him to follow. He did, and they went up a few flights of stairs, before coming to a door. Shizune knocked on the door, and motioned for him to go on through. Tsunade looked up.

'Who are you?' She asked bluntly. He stared blankly at her.

'He's mute.' Shizune said before closing the door. Naruto snapped and the lock click, before the room glowed green. Tsunade's eyes widened. There was only one person she knew who made the room do that. But he was dead. She sighed and shook her head, then looked up at him. He pretended to be writing something on air. She got the hint and handed him a pen and paper.

'I'm the Desu Decchi.' Her eyes widened at this point. Apparently, some boy had shown up about six months ago, and was able to kill anyone. Anybody he was pitted against, all he did was make a swipe and anything in his way was cut into.

'In my training, I was forced to go without using my voice. At all. After four years, my sensei finally allowed me to talk again. However, we found out I can no longer talk, and I'm not exactly brave enough to try doing it to myself, because I'd end up screwing up somehow.' She chuckled slightly, for the first time since she found out about Naruto's death. So that was why he was a mute. Even funnier, this teenager had fought people thought to be invincible and had won effortlessly, but was afraid to do a simple medical procedure to himself.

'Fine, I'll help you. But you're gonna have to fork over for it.' He nodded. 'I need you to take off your hat.' He froze for a second, and made the demon ram seal. She jumped into a defense position, but he just reached up and pulled his hat off. She was met with blond hair, and blue eyes.

'Woah...he's just missing whiskers, or he'd look just like Naruto. But his eye's weren't slitted.' Naruto saw the recognition in her eyes and started panicking. However, she took a look at his neck, and poked and prodded, before sighing.

'Shirt's gotta go too. I still can't get a good look at your neck.' At this he was all out panicking.

'If you're caught, it's on your own head! You could've just done this yourself, but nooooooooooooooo! 'Gonna mess up!' you said. Well look at where it's gotten you now genius.'

'Shut up.' Naruto reached down and pulled the shirt over his head, hoping she didn't notice the seal on his stomach. Naruto knew she would get curious if he hid it with a genjutsu like he did his whiskers, so he had no choice. She looked at his neck, and make a few seals, before touching her green chakra to his neck. He felt nothing, however, when Tsunade pulled her hand back, she was grinning.

'There ya go buddy. Now cough up.'

'Ahhh! Arigato, Baa-chan.' It was at that moment, he realized his mistake. Here eyes widened as she looked at him, then looked at his stomach. The seal was there.

'N-' was all she got out before Naruto had crossed the room and put his hand over her mouth.

'This room isn't sound proofed, just sealed.' He whispered. Naruto made a few demon seals, and the room glowed purple, before it faded. She was staring at him wide eyed. She hadn't even seen him move.

'Naruto, is that really you?' He nodded. She walked over and threw her arms around him, sobbing. 'I thought you'd died. There was your blood splattered all across these trees. Those idiots at the hospital said it was your blood. They probably just made it up.' Naruto sighed.

'That was my blood.' Tsunade backed away from him, and looked at him with a confused face. 'Sensei taught me a way to make it appear as though my body did explode. I needed to be removed from the bingo books so I could move freely around the world. So I faked my death.'

'Who's your sensei?' Tsunade asked. Naruto sighed.

'Don't scream.'

'Why would I...' She stared in shock. There stood the nine tailed Kyuubi, her head resting on his shoulder. Tsunade knew nothing else to do. She screamed. Naruto and Hitomi Both grasped their ears and grunted in pain. Of course, it looked as though Naruto were grasping the top of his head.

'It's...Kyuubi...' Tsunade said, backing up into a wall. Then she remembered that she'd already screamed at him over that. She couldn't recall the youkai's name though.

'Hitomi.' Hitomi said. Tsunade looked on in confusion. Naruto released his genjutsu, revealing his nine tails, whiskers, claws, and ears. As well as the fact that he was 6'3". Naruto had been standing even with Tsunade before. She looked up to see Naruto's face towering over her.

'I see a growth spurt kicked in.' He laughed slightly.

'Yeah.'

'So, have you come back to Konoha.' Naruto frowned.

'No.' Tsunade's face fell. 'I have to finish off Orochimaru, and Akatsuki. Sasuke's coming back to Konoha with me.' Her face fell even more.

'Finish off?'

'Akatsuki heard about some 24 year old kid killing like it was nothing and came to recruit. They lost two members that day.' He said grinning.

'I've long passed Akatsuki. I'm just waiting for them to send their people, when they realize I've got Hitomi with me on a half assed seal in an almost physical manifestation, they're going to come after me, and I'll kill the rest of them.' Tsunade shook her head. This kid was something else.

'As for payment, I can make that genjutsu that you're using stop being a genjutsu, and actually make you twenty five.' Her eyes widened. Was that possible?

'How...' He just grinned.

'It's a secret.' Naruto sped through some seals. A few Tsunade recognized, the rest she didn't. Finally, he pulled a scroll out of his pocket and started writing faster than she could keep up with. After a few seconds, he grabbed the sides of Tsunade's head. He held them for a second before pulling his hands away and a sickly gray substance came with his hands. Naruto slammed his hands into the scroll, and started drawing again. Finally, he rolled up the scroll, and started writing in blood across her face, went through a few more seals, and then touched his index fingers to her temples. Tsunade fell unconscious.

When she came too, she saw Naruto and Kyuubi sitting in some chairs in front of her desk.

'Finally come around? About time.' She looked around, and realized she felt like she had more energy than she'd ever had before. Hopping up,she looked at Naruto.

'Do you have a mirror?' She squeaked slightly from surprise as she realized her voice was a little bit higher pitched than before. Naruto pulled one out of his back pocket. She looked in it and stared in amazement. She was twenty five, and looked exactly as she did back then.

'How'd you do it?' Tsunade asked in amazement.

'I took the age and sealed it into a scroll. It makes the scroll age at an incredible pace, until it finally disintegrates into nothingness.' He said grinning. 'Also, do you know where Jiraiya is? I'm gonna do the same for him.' She nodded.

'Bath house.' Naruto shook his head. He should've guessed.

'Can you send for him? I can't exactly leave the room.' He said, an amused smile playing his face. She nodded and sent an ANBU to get him over the intercom. Jiraiya showed up, and was thrown in so the room could be resealed, which it was immediately. He repeated the process before the old man could protest. Tsunade watched in amazement and his wrinkles faded, and his hair began to recede, his hair line growing out.

'That's amazing. He looks exactly like he did when we were just promoted to sannin.' She gasped. Naruto nodded. When he came too, Jiraiya realized what had happened. Then he looked to Tsunade.

'Holy crap you're not old! Neither am I! Where'd you learn how to do that?' He asked, jumping up. Tsunade just pointed behind him. He turned and froze.

'Naruto..and...kyuubi.'

'Hitomi.' Hitomi corrected him. However, Jiraiya heard her, but was looking up at Naruto.

'Good lord boy, I don't believe it. You look just like your father.' Naruto grinned.

'Thanks. By the way, this is my girlfriend, Hitomi. Also know as the Kyuubi.' Their jaws hit the floor.

'No...way...' Jiraiya said.

'Wait, how'd she get out anyway!' Tsunade asked.

'Orochimaru.' Was all Naruto said. They both sighed.

'On the plus side, he hasn't taken over Sasuke's body. Sasuke somehow convinced him that he could get stronger before letting him take over his body. So we've got another three years before it's too late.' Naruto sighed. 'I'll get him back. I've got to go.'