omg ... I'm writing just after I watched the three new back to back episodes of Naruto on Toonami ... holy shit ... omfg ... wtf ... omg ... O H ... M Y ... &#$ ... G O D ! We heard Itachi's voice! And it was like way evil ... how the hell are they gonna pull of Sasuke's flashbacks at the Valley of the End! On a better note ... I think that was really cool how they hinted towards Orochimaru ... his hair style looks a lot different though ... yeah ...Well ... anyways ... I feel so proud that I started this chapter like twenty six hours after I submitted the last chapter ... that was wierd ... watever ... as you can guess from the title of the chapter on the pull down ... this chapter is gonna be about the fight between Sasuke and Kabuto ... yeah ...

You'll Pay!

Sasuke and Naruto slowly walked to the arena. Their semi-final matches were today, and there was no chance that it would be an easy one. But all the same, the two rivals turned to face each other and frowned as their old rivalry sparked up. THEY ... were going to face each other in the finals no matter what happened.

"Yo," Naruto spoke up, "Don't worry about your match. I'm sure you're going to win."

Sasuke replied, "Yeah ..."

"What are you thinking about," Naruto said. Sasuke didn't look to happy.

"Well," he began, "I have a bad feeling that I'm going to let my emotions get the better of me during this match. And this is one match where I have to think a lot. I doubt that I could defeat Kabuto on skill alone against a medical ninja of his skill..."

"Whatever," Naruto said, "If you even come close to losing to that idiot ... I swear ... your not worth being my rival."

Sasuke smirked, "ha ... Yeah ... right!" The two continued to walk and joke around as they walked to the Arena. It was eight o'clock. Only an hour and a half until Sasuke's fight with Kabuto and two and a half for Naruto's projected fight with Kaito's time .

Itachi walked up to the two ninja preparing themselves to head to Konoha. He stared at them and the other one immediately turned around and bowed. "Itachi-sama. What do you need of me?"

Itachi glared. "My brother is over there. I want you to try to persuade him to join Akatsuki. And while your at it, bringing in the girl won't hurt, either. Both of them now have a ring. Sasuke has Orochimaru's, and Sakura has Deidara's."

"What about it?"

Itachi glared, "Let me finish. Your Kekkei Genkai won't be as much of a help as it is against everyone else as it is to him. With the Mangekyou Sharingan, he can turn your own strengths into your weaknesses."

"No problem," the figure said, "My Katsugan (Piercing Eye Props to the story:Change of Destiny: The Piercing Eyes for the name) can easily destroy him."

Itachi began to walk away slowly. He turned again and said, "Make sure you and Rei do your jobs perfectly."

And with that Itachi left.

Naruto was standing in the participants balcony. He was excited but also slightly worried. Sasuke is going to be facing Kabuto, someone who had taught Zatek how to use and acquire the Fire Seal of Hell. There was no telling what he would be able to do.

He turned to face Kaito. The same apllies to Kaito. Kaito used the Shadow Seal ... there's no telling what else he can do as well ... He turned to watch Sasuke's match.

Sasuke nimbly landed in the center of the arena and watched as Kabuto slowly walked down the arena walls. Kabuto was smiling and he seemed to be mocking Sasuke in how slow he was. It was as if he was trying to give Sasuke a few more minutes of life.

Sasuke glared, but he calmed down and began to focus his chakra throughout his body. Kabuto arrived and they stared at each other. The referee raised his hand and yelled, "BEGIN!"

Sasuke and Kabuto instantly disappeared out of sight and began to trade blows. Noone could see what the two were doing, but all the same, everyone could hear it.

After a rather loud blow, Sasuke popped back into view for a few seconds as he fell down from the air ... all to disappear a few seconds later ... thirty seconds later ... Kabuto became visible as he fell down ... they continued to trade blows.

BOOM! SNAP! BANG!

Naruto's eyes were following the whole thing and he noticed that Kaito himself was also keeping up. However, Kaito seemed to be having some difficulty keeping up with them. Cheee ...

Naruto slapped his head ...How come I didn't think of this any earlier? ... As powerful as Kaito is ... he can't keep up with me ... he can barely keep up with these two ... but then again ... My speed will be brought down to something he can keep up with ... o well .. I'll think about that when I need to ...

Sasuke and Kabuto appeared back in existence a few seconds later standing exactly where they were minutes ago ... breathing slightly harder and both of them had a few bruises to show off.

"Your analytical skills are impressive, Sasuke-kun," Kabuto said, slightly sneering as he "honored" the ninja he used to bow to. "They alone are keeping you in this match."

Sasuke smirked and replied, "Well ... I have to say that I'm impressed to Kabuto - sama. Your in this even though your analytical skills are the worst pieces of crap I've ever seen. They're worse then Naruto's."

Naruto jumped up and yelled, "WHAT THE HELL? MY ANALYTICAL SKILLS ARE INFERIOR TO NONE!" Everyone dropped an anime - syle sweatdrop.

Kabuto on the other hand, tightened his glare at Sasuke and began to take out his equipment. "You'll pay for that you little brat." He disappeared again, and appeared to where Sasuke was standing with an extended kunai. "Your dead." He slashed his kunai across Sasuke's neck to go right through the replication.

"Huh ... a clone?" Kabuto cussed. He quickly jumped out of the way as a wide array of shuriken kunai came flying towards him.

Sasuke yelled, "Kage Shuriken Jutsu! Kage Kunai Jutsu!" as he threw even more Kunai and Shuriken which multiplied. They extended throughout the whole arena, and Kabuto found himself in a rather bad situation.

"Shit," he cussed and went through a series of seals. "DEMON GATE SUMMONING!" Immediately, the late Orochimaru's ultimate defense rose up from the ground and absorbed all of the weapons, receiving nothing but a few scratches.

Sasuke sped into existence right behind Kabuto and whispered, "Got you, slow poke." His kunai pressed against Kabuto's mouth, he added, "It's over."

Kabuto smirked. "What are you smiling about? You just lost." Sasuke said, slightly baffled. Kabuto grinned and took in a deep breath. Sasuke's eyes grew wide open ...O shit! .. ... out ... of ... here ... FAST! Sasuke dropped the kunai and jumped away from Kabuto as fast as he could.

"Poison Mist Jutsu!" Kabuto yelled, and a cloud of purple smoke emanated from Kabuto's mouth, heading for Sasuke. Sasuke began going through a series of seals, hoping for the best.

Shizune gasped. That was her technique. How could Kabuto have mastered it? He had only seen this jutsu once ... was the child prodigy facing another prodigy?

Sasuke finished his set of seals and yelled, "Katon: Kaji Toku Jutsu!" Everyone gasped, especially Naruto, as Sasuke's hands began to emit a chain of fire that completely enveloped Sasuke, and absorbed the smoke ... every last ... wisp of it ...

Kabuto and Naruto gaped at Sasuke. (Not really Kabuto ... but you get the point.) Where in the world did that technique come from ... that was really impressive.

Sasuke had a smug look on his face as he walked back to the center of the arena and said, "You haven't seen ANYTHING yet ... my jutsu arsenal is a lot bigger then this ..."

Naruto glared. "Sasuke has improved so much." While I've just been running around all day doing the same thing over and over again ... my Kekkei Genkai isn't advancing any farther ... WHY?

I can't go beyond fifteen flashes in one day ... even when I use Kyubi's chakra, I can barely squeese another two out with four tails ... Maybe I've reached my limit? Naruto continued to watch the match. "Show off ..." he muttered.

Kabuto glared at Sasuke. "I must admit," he said, genuinely impressed, "Your skills with fire are extremely impressive. I'd have to say that your probably the third greatest fire technique user I've ever seen."

Sasuke noticed the "third" but chose to ignore it as he stared at his opponent. Gathering chakra throughout his body, Sasuke cracked his knuckles, saying, "Well ... let's end the warm-up and get on with the fight."

"I couldn't agree more," Kabuto said with a smile, and he disappeared again.

Sasuke followed soon and once again, the audience found that they couldn't see what was going on. But boy could they hear it.

BOOM! A huge crater appeared in the stadium. BAM! Another huge crater appeared. The audience was in awe. They were truly lucky to be here today and watch this clash between two ninja of such high skill.

Sasuke suddenly appeared and stood there on the arena floor. He wasn't doing anything that Naruto could catch. Naruto jumped up and quietly sat down. He couldn't yell anything .. but he thought What the hell are you doing, teme! Can't you see Kabuto running straight at you! He's running in a square formation ... GOD!

Sasuke could very well see what was happening and he already knew what he was going to do. Just as he said, "Kage Buushin no Jutsu!" a line of dust began to rise. The line was heading straight for Sasuke. A shadow clone of Sasuke appeared and it also just stood there.

All of sudden, they heard a catching sound and the audience all gasped and stood up. Naruto just stood there with a funny look on his face.

"Damn you, teme," Naruto muttered. "Show - off ..."

Notes: wow ... this chapter took forever to complete ... I may have started early ... but it still took me like forever ... wow ... i think that's my best freaking cliffy ever ... lol ... yeah ... I'm so impressed with myself ... I know ... you guys probably hate me ... but still ... if you want the chapter up soon ... all you have to do is review ... goal ... five reviews ... let's go