Hi everyone ... yeah ... omg ... THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE REVIEWS ... that was so fast ... I got like six or seven within twelve hours of posting the chapter ... that's so cool ... yeah ... well anyways ... so ... I guess everyone wants me to clear up a couple of issues and questions left unanswered ... Why did Sasuke faint? .. and What about Naruto's bet with Kabuto that stops him from using Kyubi's chakra? ... in all honesty ... we had some pretty good ideas about why things are happening the way they are ... but its really simple actually ... you'll see ...
p.s. I have to say that Chapter 306 was awesome ... kind of touching .. yeah ...
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Last time on The Path to Hokage:
Kaito glared at Naruto as he became more and more feral in appearance. "You think that this is just a game ... a game in the form of a match ..."
Naruto began to gather chakra. In his mind ... he had just entered Kyubi's gate, and was entering the cage.
Kaito yelled, "THIS IS MORE THEN JUST A TEST!"
Naruto didn't even wince slightly. Kaito's chakra aura flared up. "This is Revenge!"
Sakura was in awe. "Kaito is releasing even more chakra now then he was during his match with Zatek. This chakra ... it's limitless."
"Don't forget, Sakura," Sasuke interupted, "That Naruto's chakra supply is nearly limitless as well."
"That's true," Sakura replied, "But all the same .. I'm scared for Naruto."
"Don't worry," Sasuke said. "He'll be ok." Sasuke squinted his eyes. What's going on? He was losing his sight. He was losing focus ...What the hell? Sasuke fell over, unconscious into the stands.
Sakura and Claire yelled ,"SASUKE!"
Naruto smiled. "Well ... sorry to burst your bubble but ... " His chakra aura flared up as well.
"I don't plan on letting you win this."
Naruto's blue chakra soared upwards, and it slowly began to heal himself. Kaito, who was slightly surprised, responded by sending his chakra aura even higher.
Naruto grinned. Nice idea, Kyubi ... That was genius ... but when do the side effects kick in ... Not for another ten minutes or so ... That should be long enough for you to do enough damage ... Yeah ...
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Kyubi and Naruto were standing in the same room. "Kid ... I want you to enter my cage. If I can blend just the right amount of chakra into this drink here," he pointed to a small cup, "Your chakra will gain some of the healing powers of my chakra."
"Will I become part .." he studdered ... " part - demon," Naruto asked, slightly fearing the answer.
Kyubi laughed, "No ... you will be a pure human ... but you will lose quite a bit of chakra control ... I doubt that your Odama Rasengan will work. You might have to go back to the two handed method of yours for a week or so, until you regain control. It will take some work, but the benefits are huge."
"Will I lose control immediately?"
"No ... ten minutes or so ..." Kyubi replied, "But when it does ... be very careful ... Your flash techinque might not function properly ... I'd say ... It'll probably work once every four of five tries."
"Not good," Naruto mumbled, "But its the only chance I have to beat Kaito when he uses the Shadow Seal. At least I can still move faster then anyone without my flashes."
"Damn it," Tsunade cursed as she check Sasuke. "He took on a lot more damage then any of us expected during his match with Kabuto." She looked at Sakura. "I want you to get to Hospital as fast as you can, and get my book out."
"Is anything seriosly wrong, Hokage - sama," Sakura and Claire asked. "You seem awfully worried."
Tsunade was already running, and signalled them to follow her. "It's more then just damage from battle ..." Sakura and Claire were obviously confused. "He might have been poisoned when he took that blow from the kunai earlier."
Claire gasped. "Will he be ok?" Sakura stopped and held Claire back while Tsunade continued to jump through the buildings towards the hospital with Sasuke.
Claire struggled for a while, until Sakura said to her, "Claire. Sasuke needs medical attention right now."
Claire stopped. "What do you want me to do?"
Sakura smiled."Watch Naruto's match for me. We'll call it even." Claire brought up a small smile and jumped back.
Sakura sighed and rushed towards the hospital.
Naruto's blue chakra was soaring upwards, but at the same time, it wasn't anywhere near the amount coming out of the shadow seal.
O mighty brain of mine ... hardy har har ... come up with one of your brilliant ideas ... The light bulb flashed. Nice ...
Kaito, who was done charging, pointed his finger at Naruto, menacingly. The audience was silent as he said, "The warm - up is over. Get down to business or this'll be over faster then you can blink."
Naruto smirked, and retorted, "Well then, Kaito. Bring it on." He turned around and began to shake his rear end at Katio. "Bet you can't hit this target." Doing a dance he continued, "Nah nah na na Nah!"
A nerve bulged in Kaito's head, and he lunged forward throwing a series of kunai's with exploding tags at Naruto. Naruto took the full blow ... HUH! They passed right through him. Kaito thought urgently, "When did he do that?"
"AAAGH!" Naruto yelled from above. Kaito's eyes grew wide as Naruto rammed into him headfirst. Kaito coughed out blood, and Naruto smirked. Looking at the ground, Naruto took one last kick at Kaito before regaining balance.
Naruto smiled as he saw Kaito flying into the stadium walls. But .. what was that ... I ... I .. Get use to it kid ...What was that ... I cast the Buushin no Jutsu without the seals ... I just thought about it ...
Well ... along with the healing powers ... you also gained the power to cast basic jutsu with thought alone ... Thanks a lot Kyubi ... tell me that now ... I could have developed a serious combo with that ability ...
And kid ... I suggest you use your new Odama Rasengan technique right now or you'll regret it ... O ... ha .. yeah .. Naruto raised both his hands and began to gather chakra.
Blue chakra began to swirl around in completely random directions all while speeding up in its rotations. It truly was a miniature typhoon. The audience gazed in awe.
Kaito slowly stood up, coughing just to see his possible death. Naruto was running straight at him, with a Rasengan in each hand. "AAAH!" Naruto yelled as he compressed the two spheres into one bright blue sphere. " ODAMA RASENGAN!"
Kaito gazed in horror and braced himself for a fatal blow. Naruto continued to run. It's over ... Kaito thought, "It's over." Too bad ... it wasn't.
All of a sudden, Naruto's sphere exploded on itself. Naruto cursed as his signature move weakened terribly. Kaito got a full hit, but rather then a compressed typhoon ... it was a huge gale. The Damage was only around 50 percent of what it should have been.
"Damn it!" Naruto cussed. "I'm in deep trouble now." Kaito smirked evilly.
'What ever he did ... It's weakened his chakra control ... It is over ... ' Kaito thought. He charged at Naruto gathering some of his shadow chakra into his hands. He yelled. "KAGE JUTSU!"
Naruto took the blow from the black sphere, and he found himself in another world. He saw ... two people ... one was the Fourth Hokage ... "Yondaime ..." Naruto muttered.
He turned to see the other one .. a women ... but he couldn't recognize her ... She had long hair .. and she was beautiful ...
Naruto found himself back in the stadium, as the couple disappeared.
Kaito was nursing his right hand. "What ... the hell ... did you ... do!" He snarled angrily.
"Huh?" Naruto said. "I'm the one who should be asking you what the hell you did!"
Kid ...
Kaito was still nursing his right hand. The black chakra sphere had disappeared. It seemed that it had backfired on Kaito. "AARGH!" Kaito yelled. "How did you stop my attack!"
Kid ...
Naruto was getting angry. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I'M THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE ASKING THE QUESTIONS! WHY THE HELL DID I SEE THE YONDAIME AND HIS GIRLFRIEND!"
Kid ...
Jiraiya and Kakashi gasped. "O ... shit ..." The Sannin and copy ninja looked at each other.
Jiraiya slowly whispered, "Naruto just saw his parents .. b-"
"How ..." Kakashi finished for him. "Did Kyubi do something? Did the seal betray Kaito?"
Jiraiya thought for a moment before answering,"What ever happened ... the match is over ... Kaito's dead .. The seal is gone ... and it's going to take his soul ..."
Kaito's black chakra had completely disappeared. Naruto was still confused, but he knew that the battle was over. He had won, and Kaito had lost brutally for some odd reason.
KID!
What, Kyubi! Naruto said impatiently. I know what happened. Oh ... ok ... WHAT HAPPENED!
Kyubi laughed. The shadow seal turned on him for some reason ... I think it sensed something in you ... Like what? ... I have no idea, kid ... but be thankful ... it saved your life ...
But still ... who were they ...
Naruto turned his attention onto Kaito again. Kaito yelled into the sky as his soul left his body and entered the earth. The Jounin Semi-finals were over ...
An hour later:
Sasuke was slowly waking up in the hospital. When he opened his eyes ... he found Claire hugging him closely. He smiled and turned his head to find Naruto in another bed on the other side of the room.
"Did you win, Dobe?" he asked mockingly.
Naruto grew (funny) angry. "WHAT THE HELL! YOU'VE BEEN UNCONSCIOUS FOR THE LAST TWO HOURS AND THE FIRST THING YOU SAY IS 'DID YOU WIN, DOBE!'"
Sasuke smiled. "Duh ..."
"OF COURSE I WON! ..."
"Ahemm..." Tsunade said quietly from the door.
Everyone turned and acknowledged her.
"I have knews regarding the Jounin Exams ..." she said.
All eyes immediately fell on her. "We're going to have to postphone them."
"WHAT!" Sasuke and Naruto yelled. "WE WANT TO FIGHT EACH OTHER!"
Tsunade laughed. "I'm only going to postphone them for two weeks. You two have to recover from your battles."
Naruto and Sasuke tried to argue but fell back into their beds, asleep.
Life was good in the Village Hidden in the Leaves ...
Note: Sorry it took me so long ... yeah ... really ... really ... sorry ... so yeah ... hope you guys liked this chapter ... the finals are coming ... but they willl be the best fights I've ever written ... yeah ... you know the drill ... rate and review