Hi everyone ... once again ... stupid internet ... i had to go to my neighbors house to be able to do this .. yeah ... so thanks for waiting ... this is really random but ... I WILL NEVER BELIEVE THAT SASUKE WILL REALLY BECOME EVIL ... I mean ... look at it ... the bond between him and Naruto ... it's way to deep ... I mean ... yeah ... it's so much deeper then just a rivalry ... yeah ... I mean ... It's just that after everything they've been through ... it's kind of depressing ... Naruto saw him as a brother ... yeah ... (for all of you wondering ... I just saw episode 134 and 135 ... yeah ... just so you don't think I'm too random ... lol) anyways ... back to the story ...

I know ... the cliffy wasn't too good ... well ... Your about to find out what it was ... why did Sasuke produce a shadow clone ... why did Sasuke just stand there ... WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON? Wait and see ... Sasuke vs. Kabuto : 2

(ps. I really hate the gayass internet at my place ... that's why it took so long to post ... i couldn't log in at all)

Swirling Sphere

Last Time on The Path to Hokage:

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 ..."

"Show-off," Naruto muttered, slowly regaining his composure as Sasuke engaged in using his Jutsu. "Why didn't you tell me you could do it that fast ? ... teme ..."

The shadow clone had grabbed Kabuto, faster then Kabuto could see. "What the hell!" Kabuto yelled, when he found himself shoulder - locked. Then ... he saw what something that scared him.

Kabuto stared at Sasuke, eyes wide open in fear. He knew that jutsu. The swirling chakra ... so compacted ... so charged ... it had defeated him before ... could this Uchiha take him out now? Kabuto took another look at the Uchiha standing before him, and noticed his eyes ... three big spikes ... three smaller in between ... the Mangekyou Sharingan!

Sasuke smiled. His shadow clone had a grip on Kabuto. "It's over." The sphere of swirling chakra in his hand, Sasuke yelled, as he rammed it into Kabuto, "RASENGAN!"

"AR .. GH!" Kabuto gagged as he was hit. The chakra sphere shredded his shirt and sent him flying into the arena wall. BOOM! He collided with the wall, creating a huge crater and sending up a huge pile of smoke. (Just like Naruto vs. Kabuto except not so dramatic.)

Sasuke's clone poofed, and the real Sasuke took back his hand. "Hmmph," he huffed. "So much for the mighty Kabuto."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that," a voice slowly said through the rising dust. "This battle ... (huff ... huff) Is far ... huff ... from ... (huff slowly changing to regular breath) OVER!" The shadow in the dust rose and jumped towards Sasuke.

Sasuke, who wasn't expecting this, was just saved by his Mangekyou Sharingan, and he jumped straight up into the air to dodge. However, that was a bad move.

He looked down to see a different Kabuto then the one he had sent flying seconds before. This Kabuto had a dark yellow chakra emanating from him, and lightning crackled in his chakra aura. Not good ...

Kabuto, too, jumped straight forward, and threw three or four shuriken at Sasuke. Sasuke's eyes grew wide, and he barely dodged three of them by blowing chakra out of his chakra holes.

Where's the fourth? He looked around wildly. Shit ... It hit him straight in the stomach, and he was sent flying into the stadium ground. "AAGH!" he yelled. He had been able to minimize the damage, but the shuriken had done some damage. He was in trouble.

Kabuto landed on the ground swiftly and stared at Sasuke. "Let's go, genius." His voice had become the feral voice that Naruto had heard a lot lately.

Sasuke slowly got up saying, "The Hell Seal isn't it?" Kabuto nodded, evilly. Sasuke continued. "And my guess is that it's the seal of lightning."

Kabuto snickered, "You are a lot smarter then I give you credit for, Sasuke Uchiha. But I am afraid you see ... that this seal will be too much for you to handle at your current level."

Sasuke glared, and he said as he closed his eyes, "Bring it, idiot."

Kabuto snarled and ran at Sasuke. Sasuke began to concentrate a lot of chakra into his eyes. Please let this work ... PLEASE LET THIS WORK! He opened his eyes just as Kabuto appeared in front of him. Kabuto eyes grew wide open in shock.

"TSUKOYUMI!" Sasuke yelled into the afternoon air. Kabuto found himself sinking into a world of darkness and blood. He found Sasuke standing before him.

Sasuke snickered and said, "Welcome to my World. I control time and space, and you are just in my way." Kabuto took a couple of steps backward, and he realized that he could not.

He was chained to the wall. Sasuke slowly walked up to him. "You will be hit with my Chidori one time every five seconds for the next twenty - four hours." Kabuto's screamed resonated throughout the audience, and the Lightning Seal slowly disappeared.

Hours later in Sasuke's world ...

Sasuke said, "Twenty - three hours, 59 minutes left." Kabuto yelled and yelled. He couldn't do anything.

The battle was over. Sasuke realeased his Genjutsu, and stumbled backwards before he regained his balance. That technique had taken a lot more chakra then he had expected. He turned to look at Kabuto.

Kabuto was standing there, as if he had just survived a nightmare. He slowly said, "I guess I'm lucky the seal approved of me fighting you last night. It has spared my soul, and we will continue this fight another day." He disappeared, immediately, and Kaito's eyes glared.

Naruto thought he noticed something like Revenge? But before Naruto could look again it was gone.

The judge raised his hand. "Winner ... Sasuke Uchiha."

The audience applauded for a long long time. Sasuke looked at the crowd, and he did nothing but look at the crowd and hint a smile of confidence.

Damn showoff ... he just has to look so cool for the croooowwwwdddd ... Naruto pouted ...O well ... time for me to impress the crowd ...

Naruto jumped out of his seat and landed in the stadium and stared at Sasuke, and Sasuke glared back. Their rivalry was back to its primal levels.

"Sasuke!"

"Naruto!"

Naruto glared intently, and he said, "I want to fight you!"

Sasuke glared back and shrugged, "Beat Kaito first."

Naruto pouted and walked to the center of the stadium. Sasuke just smiled and walked the opposite way.

"Teme ..."

"Dobe ..."

Kabuto was jumping through the trees, healing himself slowly. He reached a clearing in the forest and stopped down. A wooden coffin marked with snakes and snakes surrounding it arrose from the ground. Kabuto bowed down, and said, "My master ... I have failed you."

A ninja slowly stepped out of the coffin, his hair short and black. His eyes were a light, evil green color. His face would have been called handsome, if this were any other shinobi.

"No matter, Kabuto," the ninja hissed. "I have found what I had been searching for. No one ... I repeat ... NO ONE ... stands a chance against me ..."

Kabuto winced, and the ninja continued, "Even Ryo will fall ... and so will Arashi's blood ..." The two ninja disappeared into the rising mist, and the coffin disintegrated into dust.

Not a trace of a meeting place was left. Strangely, a group of snakes emerged from the forest and began to slither around.

Sakura fell out of her seat along with a whole bunch of people including Claire. "Those two will never call quits will they ..." Claire slowly said, laughing brightly.

Sakura smiled back and replied, "Never. They have been rival since they first met, and they allways will be rivals ..."

The tow kunouchi's watched their boyfriend walk away from each other. One for a match. One ... from a match.

STUPID GAYASS INTERNET! I HATE IT! anyways ... at least it worked today ... yeah ... anyways ... this chapter was so damn short ... I coudn't think of a good way to finish their fight so I decided to end it with Tsukoyomi ... well ... kind of ... anyways ... i bet you guys really liked the ending ... hee hee hee ... lol ... yeah ... well ... onward march! Chapter 36 ... dead ahead

ps. I REALLY have to fix my internet ...