My Sacrifice

Chapter 23

That night, Naruto prepared his best dishes. Everyone showed up, Kakashi by a string being held by Tsunade that was attached to a rather uncomfortable place because he was late. They ate, everyone seemed amazed at the fact that he could cook, and they enjoyed the return of an old comrade.

'Oh, Kakashi I almost forgot. I owe you for the oldness you gave me. Here.' He tossed him the newest Icha Icha Tactics book, that had yet to have been released, which he received a copy of thanks to his connection with Jiraiya. Kakashi nearly fainted, and immediately started reading it. Naruto walked into his room after everyone left and plopped down on his bed. Glad to be back in his own home, he fell asleep quickly.

The next day he got up and made himself breakfast, before getting bored. Yeah, being at home was boring, and getting more so quickly. Suddenly, Naruto got an idea. He released his full youkai form, and in his place stood a short three tailed fox. Short, meaning for a kyuubi. He was actually about shoulder high on the Yondaime on all fours, which he stayed on because it was too much of a pain to try to walk on his back legs in this form. His stomach fur was white, as were the tips of his tails, but the rest of his body was covered in black fur. Going through the seals in his head, Naruto let Hitomi out in her demon form. They were both three tails, but it was obvious she was the female of the two, due to the fact that she was much shorter than him.

'My my, aren't we handsome today?' Hitomi thought while walking a short circle around Naruto, which transferred over to Naruto's head.

'I try.' And with that, they both left, with no reason other than to cause panic in the village. Walking down the streets, adults screamed and one grabbed their child by the neck and threw them head first through a closed door in an attempt to get in as quickly as possible. The ANBU who knew Naruto were laughing their heads off at the villager's reactions.

The counsel had ordered Tenten and Ino to keep an eye on anything Naruto did. Neither of the Konoichi had wanted the be ANBU, so they had stuck with jounin, but were still sometimes given ANBU missions. One kid finally ran up and jumped out Naruto's back. Naruto just kept going until the child ripped a hair out. Then Naruto howled and bucked the child off, who was caught by Tenten, using some kunai and a net.

'Sorry.' Naruto said. It was there, but hard to hear. 'He pulled out some hairs.' Tenten nodded, set the boy on the ground, and disappeared. They continued down the street, until they ran into Kiba.

'Oooh! Two big foxes. Must be stupid and stupette.' Hitomi roared and nearly ripped his leg off. Naruto had to tackle her to get her to let go of him. Kiba got up, and limped around around the two, looking them over.

'I see why a fox demoness loves you.' He said, winking. Naruto growled and was about to finish Hitomi's job, but Kiba put his hands up as a sign of innocence.

'I'm kidding, I'm kidding.' He said laughing slightly. 'So why are you two like that anyway?' Naruto turned human and stood up.

'Have you seen the villagers? They're freaking out. I haven't had this much fun since Hitomi told me to test my powers in Oto village!' She didn't actually let him, but it freaked Kiba out none the less.

'And who exactly is Hitomi?' Hitomi turned human also.

'I'm Hitomi.'

'Ahh..the all mighty Kyuubi. Pleasure to meet you.' Kiba said, bowing, the sarcasm screaming in his voice. Naruto growled and slammed his fist into Kiba's face. Kiba went soaring into a nearby training ground, and flew through a good handful of trees, before finally stopping. Naruto caught up to him.

'Don't pick at me. I'm in a bad mood. Some kid pulled out a handful of hairs.' Kiba was just lying on the ground. Naruto sighed and healed his now broken jaw, and various other small injuries. 'Plus, my execution sorta puts me in a bad mood.' Kiba sat up and stared wide eyed at him.

'You mean you brought back Orochimaru, Sasuke, and turned yourself in, and they still want you dead? That's not right!'

'Naw! Ya' Think? Anyway, it's on the fifteenth at three. If you want to come, come. I'd suggest you do.' With that he went back to his fox form and padded down the street. He finally got bored and went back to his human form. He went to Ichiraku's and ate ramen. Actually, he nearly cleaned them out.

'So I hear they're executing you.' Teuchi said sadly.

'Yup.'

'And you're okay with that? Not gonna try and run away or something.'

'Nope.'

'Why?'

'I have a reason.' Teuchi sighed and dropped another bowl in front of him. He went to see Hinata at the Hyuuga compound. Hanabi was still a royal bitch, just older.

'What a lovely child. She should be beaten with a large rock.' Naruto said, watching her retreating back. Hinata laughed. He left and found Rock Lee on his way out. Lee challenged him to a fight, that resulted both of them laying on their backs panting. A few more fights later, and the sun was setting. Dragging himself to the hospital, he decided to visit Sakura. Somehow, they'd became good friends when she visited him. She's apparently gotten an office and didn't just run around anymore.

'Hey!' She said when she saw who he was. Then she groaned when she got a better look at him. 'What did you do?'

'Well, I met Lee and things just sort of went...downhill...'

'Why aren't your kitsune powers helping?'

'They had to fix a hand full of broken bones and Kiba.' He said, rubbing the back of his head. She sighed and motioned for the shirt to come off. It did and she healed his battered body.

'There ya go.'

'Where's Sasuke?'

'Right across the hall. He just woke up this morning.' Naruto nodded and walked across the hall, Sakura right behind him.

'Hey there teme!' Naruto said grinned. Sasuke grinned.

'Dobe.'

'How ya feeling?'

'Like I was beaten across the Valley of the End, then had a section of my shoulder cut off, why?'

'Just curious. By the way, why did the seal stay after Orochimaru died?' Sasuke frowned.

'Because of a backup plan we came up with, should he ever die. I fused my chakra with the seal, and that made it stick.' Naruto nodded, showing his understanding. 'But the insanity was lost when you removed the seal. Plus with Itachi gone, all I have left to live for is to restore my clan.' He sat up looking at Sakura. 'Could you help me with that?' She growled and slammed her fist into the top of his head.

'AFTER WHAT I WENT THROUGH?' He nodded. She ax kicked him in an...uncomfortable place. 'I'll get back to you with my answer.' She turned and walked out of the room. Naruto was rolling.

'Ah...that's some funny stuff right there.' He said, wiping a tear from his eye.

'So what's my sentence.' Sasuke suddenly asked.

'You don't have one.' Sasuke whipped his head around and examined Naruto's face for any sign of a joke. 'They're getting to kill their demon child and they just can't kill their Uchiha prodigy. I'm the Uzumaki prodigy.' He added, pouting.

'You're the only Uzumaki left.'

'I know, that's how I'm the best of the Uzumaki Clan.' Sasuke stared at him, before breaking out laughing. Naruto started laughing just after Sasuke did. This is the sight Tsunade, Shizune, and Sakura walked in to see. Tsunade just shook her head and walked out, going on the the next patient.

'Hey Sasuke look! Tsunade's losing all her patience!' They broke out with renewed laughter at his stupid joke.

'So what's your sentence?' Sasuke asked.

'Death, tomorrow at three.' Sasuke frowned. Just then, the head counsel man poked his head through.

'Ah good, you're both here. Sasuke and Sakura, I'm proud to announce you're both being raised to the rank of Sannin.'

'Hey what about me? I'm the most powerful being on the planet, more than enough to defeat the old and new sannin combined!' Naruto said. Sakura and Sasuke both nodded in agreement.

'For the next twenty four hours, that's true. However, after that, we'll replace you. Isn't it fun how these things work?' Sasuke leaped from his bed and put his fist in the man's face. Naruto held him back from doing anymore damage, while Sakura healed the mans face.

'I'm assuming the seal is still acting on your judgment a little Uchiha-san.' With that, he turned and left the room.

'Speaking of my seal, what'd you do to it! The medic's can't get it to shut.' Sasuke said, turning on Naruto. Naruto sighed.

'I was afraid of that. My sword must've burned the wound open. I can fix it.' With that, he ripped the bandage off Sasuke's shoulder, making him gasp. He hated the sticky stuff on bandages. Naruto used his tooth to rip a good sized hole in his thumb, and bled into the wound.

'And before you ask, no, this won't do anything but heal you. The blood'll run it's course, then you'll pee it out..' Sasuke sighed as the pain in his shoulder finally subsided, but gave Naruto a funny look after he finished he sentence, as Naruto turned on his heel, and made his way home.

AN: before people start leaving a million comments over this, I know that Arashi is still alive, but he's a Kazama, while Naruto kept the name Uzumaki. And no, for the final time, THERE WILL BE NO LEMON! GET OVER IT! Oh, and sorry for the delay. I've been having network problems.