Hi everyone ... I have some really bad news ... I took up the guitar ...That's the reason this chapter was SOOOO LATE! ... plus ... the website had a WHoLE bunch of upgrading stuff ... yeah ...and my parents need me to cut down on the time on the internet for the story ... hey ... I'm only so young ... not much I can do .. yeah .. so from now on ... my chapter updates should drop down in average to about a week, and even then, they'd still probably be around the 1800 words they usually are nowadays ... I'm really sorry about that ... but here's some happy news ...

I GOT MY 100'TH REVIEW! WHIPEE! Lol ... that was ... "exciting" ... lol ... anyways ... last chapter .. we finished up the chapter with the the conclusion to Naruto's fight with Zatek ...

What was That!

Last Time on The Path to Hokage:

When the light cleared, Sasuke and Sakura were barely standing up covered with bruises. They were shocked to find that Zatel was on the ground onconscious, but even more amazed to find Naruto's punch being blocked by the other shadow. The shadow was seriously hurt but he was still standing.

"That was quite a devastating blow." He paused. "You don't want to kill anyone, now," the shadow said. He tried to push Naruto away to find Naruto still there with his fist.

Naruto pushed the shadow down, and he did fall down. "You! Get out of my way. If you and your possey member ever mess with me again, you'll either wake up in the hospital or not wake up at all."

The shadow quickly touched Zatek and disappeared. Naruto began to walk towards the tree when he saw Sakura and Sasuke. He waved his hand and quickly fell down, extremely exhausted.

Sakura and Sasuke quickly jumped to his side and finding that Naruto's red chakra had been slowly starting to cover chakra and heal him. A minute later, the chakra dissappeared as the Sakura and Sasuke were carrying Naruto through the village towards the village head to the best medical ninja in the village ... Tsunade.

Sasuke and Sakura quickly arrived at Tsunade's office, and were suprised to find Jiraiya there as well, sitting on Tsunade's desk.

They both quietly bowed to Jiraiya and turned to Tsunade. Tsunade saw Naruto on their backs and asked, "What happened to Naruto! Did he get into a fight with one of those shadow ninja!"

Sasuke smiled, seriously, "Yeah ... he did." He put Naruto down on the desk. "We were worried about him. We thought that me might be really hurt. He just dropped down after the fight."

"Hmmm..." Tsunade sat in her chair, in wonder. "Whoever faced him must have been pretty strong..."

Sakura nodded her head, "He was. Naruto fought the ninja who beat Rock Lee and Chouji." She paused. "He didn't use Kyubi's chakra though... Can you tell us why?"

Jiraiiya stepped in. "Do you know, by chance, if he used a move that made his fist glow bright yellow, and this move also hurt you somewhat even though you were a hundred feet away ..." He looked at them with a hint of seriousness.

"Actually," Sasuke replied. "He did. And it did some serious damage. We're not bruised or anything, but it just seemed to hurt us... What was it?"

Jiraiya "hmmmed." He turned to Sakura and Sasuke and said, "He used his Bloodline."

Sasuke and Sakura responded with a big loud "WHAT!" that woke up the whole village. (mostly Sakura ... not really Sasuke.)

Jiraiya looked at them confused and then at Tsunade. Turning back to the Team 7 he asked, "Haven't you figured it out yet?" He received a blank stare. Jiraiya sighed. "Haven't you two noticed how fast Naruto is now adays?"

Sasuke nodded. "Yeah. He moves so fast it seems normal to my Regular Sharingan and arouond ninety to eighty five percent with my Mangekyou ... What about it? I just thought it was because he's been training so hard since I left."

Jiriaya replied, "Well, that's part of it. But his speed is mostly his Kekkai Genkai. His speed is already twice as fast as third at his prime, and almost at the fourth's."

Sakura gasped, "But that's impossible. The Fourth could move from one place to another almost instantaneously!"

Tsunade crossed her hands. "That's very true. But ... Did you two know that Arashi, the Fourth Hokage, had a son?"

Sakura and Sasuke gasped. Sasuke's mouth was ... dig this ... wide open. Sakura's face just showed nothing but shock. "No way..."

Tsunade smiled. "Yeah... The son of the fourth Hokage is none other then our number one knuckle headed ninja ... not to mention most unpredictable ninja ... Nar-"

Naruto chose a great time to wake up at that point and began to stir.

"Yo," He whispered weakly. "How did I get here?"

Sakura began to yell at Naruto, "WE CARRIED YOU OVER HERE THAT'S WHAT! IDIOT!" She hit Naruto on his head, and he jumped up and began to rub his head. "WE WERE SO WORRIED! YOU GOT YOURSELF INTO A FIGHT AND THEN USED SOME SUPER FREAKY GOLDEN GLOWY FIST AND STUFF!"

Naruto winced. "I used the "super freaky golden" fist?" He turned to Sasuke. He was apalled to see him nod his head. "Crap..."

"What was it, Naruto/" Sasuke asked. "It was so powerful that it hurt us even though we were around a hundred feet away."

Jiraiya answered for Naruto. "That "super freaky golden" fist was the offensive move of Naruto's bloodline. The Golden Flash Punch."

Naruto jumped up. "Hey! I renamed the Thunder Flash Punch!" Jiraiya just brushed it off. He turned to Sakura and Sasuke and whispered, "More like Arashi everyday..."

Sasuke nodded and Sakura smiled. They turned to Naruto again to find him on the floor. Sakura asked him, "Why are you on the floor?"

Naruto smiled, "Um ... I can't get up."

Sakura was confused. She asked Jiraiya, "How come? I thought Naruto had one of the greatest chakra supplies in all of the world."

"His "Thunder Flash" Punch would usually drain out most of his chakra." He turned to Naruto. "All the same, it shouldn't have left you like this. What happened to Kyubi?"

Naruto replied, "That Zatek bum sealed Kyubi off ... but his temporary seal's wearing off. It was a weaker but different version of the five element seal."

"Hmm..." Jiriaya thought. "How could anyone know that besides Orochimaru ... and he's dead. ... Anyways ..." Jiraiya spoke out. "Your in some trouble now, Naruto. You know that you can only use that move once a weeks. And even Kyubi's chakra can't change that." He pointed to Naruto. "So what are you gonna do now?"

Naruto slowly got up and smiled, "Kick everyone else's but. That's what!"

Everyone smiled as Naruto smiled and fall down, fast asleep. Same old Naruto would be the same old Naruto as long as he lived. Nothing could possibly change that. Sakura smiled. I'm really glad that he got his mojo back. He'll be kicking butts back in no time ...

Sakura and Sasuke left Naruto with Tsunade for the night, and in the morning they told the Hokage about the second shadow and how he was still standing after that blow. Tsunade seemed troubled but all the same ... she was confident that Sasuke or Naruto could handle this newcomer.

Two days later, to Naruto's dismay, he found that Jiraiya hadn't been joking about once a week. This was bad news for him. The next round was today. The next, tomorrow, and so on until Sunday. That meant until the finals, he wouldn't be able to use the fist.

"O MAN! THIS SUCKS!" Naruto yelled, as soon as he arrived at the Jounin Exam place. "Now I cant' kick everyone's butt!"

"NARUTO! SHUT UP!" Sakura yelled at him. "BE QUIET!" She punched him in the stomach.

Naruto winced (slightly) and said, "Monstrous strength all right..." He chuckled.

Sakura turned red with ... fury?... embarassment? both ?

The anouncer stepped up to the podium. "I know that you all have been practicing for so long, but there are 32 people still in this exam. We will have five days of tournament rounds. One fight a day."

An uproar went through the crowd. Naruto was not surprised at all. Tsunade had told him something like this could happen. "What do you mean one a day!" someone yelled.

"Exactly what I said. You all will fight one ninja a day. The loser is knocked out of the exams." the anouncer retorted. "The reason we're doing this is to test how well you can heal yourself and how much stamina you have. You need to be very strorng and have a hight chakra supply to be a Jounin these days."

"All the same," a different ninja yelled. "How are we gonna fight at our best!

The anouncer put on a cruel smile. "You better be fighting your best no matter what or we'll fail you."

This quieted the whole crowd.

"Now," the anouncer cleared his throat, and began to take out a scroll of names. "This is the draw for the tournament. I will anounce a pair of opponents and you two should step aside from the rest of the group, and enter one of these rooms here after all the pairs are decided. Do you understand?" Everyone nodded.

"All right then, " the anouncer began to read. "First..."

The list went on until it was, "Sai ... and Zatek ..."
Notes: I'm really sorry that this chapter was so late. And the only reason I could even post it today was because it's 1100 for me and I'm super tired. I got up at 500 and I'm writing this because I'm committed to writing this story. My main hopes for this story right now are writing a chapter around 1700 words a week, and if I have to ( I really don't want to think about this option) find someone to continue writing my story... thanks to everyone who has read my story and reviews and everyone else... Thanks!