AN: Here's a bit of Naru/Kyuu fluff for ya.

My Sacrifice

Chapter 16

She moved in closer and saw nothing but black and white fur. The tails disappeared, and so did the fur. Out of the dust walked none other than her idiot. She ran and glomped him.

'KIT!' She screamed. He laughed.

'Hello Hito-chan.' She got up, and pulled him with her. She looked in the training room, and realized something. There was no training room. It was just a pit. She couldn't see the bottom, even with her chakra enhanced eyes. Naruto laughed standing behind her.

'It was that last blast that did that. Don't worry, it'll fix itself in about an hour. I can see the dirt piling up down there.' She stared at him.

'You can see the bottom?'

'You can't?' She shook her head.

'Oh...anyway, it's a few miles deep.'

'So how were you doing that sticky note thing!' She turned and asked. That was driving her insane.

'This tenth tail is amazing. I can do things I didn't think was possible before. I can do things by thought. Hell, I prepared me a meal and had it brought in here with nothing but my mind. Plus my strength has doubled at least. I'm moving as fast as I used to could without my weights.' By now she was grinning.

'You know...you were right. You did make me happy.' She put her hand on his shoulder. 'Ya made me proud, Kit.' He grinned.

'And I could eat a horse! That's why we're going out to eat tonight to celebrate!' She grinned.

'Aww, little Kitty-chan's first date.' She said, pulling his cheek. 'How cute.' He flushed.

'Let's go.' She grabbed his hand in hers, and they walked down to the entrance, before she stopped him.

'You stink. Go take a shower, then we'll go.' He groaned in protest, but turned and walked towards the shower. About ten minutes later, they were on their way out the door. Naruto cast a quick genjutsu on himself. He now had black hair, gray eyes, and was eye level with Hitomi again.

'Wow..you look ugly with black hair.' He frowned. 'I'm just telling you the truth.'

She took his hand in hers again, and they walked out of the cave. Naruto then ran to the nearest village, pulling Hitomi with him. They were there in ten seconds flat.

'Dear lord, I think you pulled my arm out of socket!' She said, moving her arm in circles. He grinned and scratched the back of his neck.

'Sorry.' She kicked his shin.

'You'd better be, dammit.' They walked off, headed for the restaurant. They got there, and got seated, and made their orders.

'So, how do you feel, being on your first date?' Naruto blushed.

'Shut up.'

'Poor kitty-chan's embarrassed.' She said, grinning.

'Poor Hina-chan's deprived and desperate.' Hitomi turned dark red. Naruto grinned.

'Payback.'

'Shut up.' Naruto just snickered.

'So, now that you've finished your training, what're you gonna do?'

'Go after Akatsuki.' She grinned.

'What are you gonna do about Itachi?'

'Steal his blood line.' She stared at him blankly. 'I can do it by taking two drops of blood, and putting a drop in each eye. I'll get the same abilities of the Mangekyo Sharingan.'

'Oh. I thought you meant steal his eyes. But that's not what I meant. What about Sasuke wanting to kill him.' Naruto grinned.

'Itachi's going to give up three drops of blood. Two for me, and the third for the shukketsu kage bushin that's going to get impaled with the Chidori.' He said grinning. Hitomi frowned.

'Won't work.' Naruto frowned. 'Sasuke will figure it out. Instead of seeing a person, he'll see a sack of blood with his Sharingan. But Sasuke never had a chance against Itachi. You, however, do. So, when do you want to leave?' He frowned.

'A week? Right now I'm too tired. I might have endless chakra and stamina, but my mind's worn out.' He said, yawning. Just then, they got their food. The two finished eating, and left. This time, she hopped on Naruto's back, and they were both in the cave in a matter of seconds. Walking down the hall, Naruto poked his head in the training room.

'Still got a few more feet.' He said, looking down. Hitomi looked in there, and saw that there was indeed about six feet left. She looked back at Naruto. Six feet reminded her that he was eye level with her still.

'Are you ever going to release that ugly genjutsu?' He grinned and released it.

'Sorry, forgot I was wearing it.' She sighed and shook her head. Walking down the hallway, the both kissed, and went to their rooms. Naruto collapsed on his bed, and was asleep in an instant. He had a strange dream where Hitomi was wearing a kilt, playing the bagpipes, while Naruto tried to break the bag pipes with paper chopsticks. He'd just broken the bagpipes open when a voice woke him up.

'Uhm...Kit?' He sat up and looked in the doorway. Hitomi was standing there, her face the darkest red he'd ever seen. 'I can't believe this..but..I had a nightmare...can I sleep with you?' Naruto tried not to laugh. The all mighty Kyuubi had a nightmare that could actually scare her.

'I see you trying not to laugh!' She said, turning a little shrill. 'It's not funny!'

'I'm sorry. Come on.' He said, throwing the covers aside. She laid down, and he threw the covers over her.

'What is it that could scare you so badly?' he asked quietly. She just shook her head.

The next morning, Naruto woke up to find the bed empty. He got up and smelled breakfast. Walking down the hallway, he looked in the kitchen and saw her cooking up a rather large breakfast.

'What's the occasion?' He asked. She stared at him blankly.

'It's your birthday stupid.' She said, laughing. He frowned...wait...it was July.

'No it's not! We're in the middle of July!' At this point, Hitomi broke down laughing. 'Not...Funny...'

'Yeah, that totally was funny. For your information it's my way of saying thank you..for what you did last night..' She turned dark red. He frowned slightly.

'Letting you sleep in my bed?' She nodded.

'What was it that scared you so bad last night anyway?' He asked a few minutes later, as she sat food down on the table. She froze slightly.

'I dreamed I killed you...' She said slowly. His eyes widened. 'But first...I tortured you. I would slowly shave the skin off you...then cut the bone off. You'd spout another one until you finally begged me to kill you.' His eyes widened even more. That would explain why she wanted to sleep with him. He stood up and wrapped his arms around her.

'I'm not going anywhere.' He whispered in her ear.

AN: Sorry for the short chapter. It's a happy chappie. Meaning, it's there to make the readers happy while I fix the next chapter. It reveals something I'm not ready for everyone to know yet. If anyone's curious, it'll be in the deleted scenes chapter after the epilogue.