Angel of The Hidden Leaf

"Haios, would you please stop breathing on my ear?"

I moved my head a few inches away from Sakura's shoulder as I watched her healing Hinata with her Chakra Flashlight. "She's gonna be all right, right?" I whispered in slight concern. "I mean, they were just softly petting each other..."

Sakura sighed a little. "Sasuke kun, would you please get Haios away from the radius of five meters away from me?" A pair of strong hands grabbed me from behind and starts dragging me away from the doctor. "Thanks!"

I turned around towards Sasuke. "What are you? Her errand boy?"

Sasuke shook his head. "Haios, we're all concerned okay? Just let her concentrate." He pointed at Kurenai standing anxiously in the corner. "Even Kurenai sensei isn't bothering her that much. And she's been treating Hinata like her own daughter."

I was about to walk towards Kurenai when knocking sound suddenly came from the door. We all looked at the door and saw a very familiar, very green Jounin walking into the room. "Hi Gai Senpai!" I exclaimed.

Gai looked at me and gave me his trademark grin. "Haios san! That was a youthful act you did back there!" He said in a barely restrained excitement. "Not only did you stop Neji from hurting his own sister. You also stopped Naruto from hurting Neji no matter how much he deserves it! You are truly the Perfect Example of the Eternal Springtime of Youth!!!"

I smiled sheepishly after hearing his proclamation. "Ah hehe, I just had the feeling that the Hyuga clan might gonna lost two members today if I didn't stop them."

"What are you doing here Gai?" Kurenai stood behind me with both arms folded in front of her chest. "Shouldn't you be taking care of your own genin?" She asked.

Gai nodded a little. "You're right, Kurenai san. But I am here to apologize for the actions of my own pupil." He bowed down respectfully at her. "Forgive me. I promise, Neji and I will have a long chat after this exam."

Kurenai's expression softened and she nodded a little. "I understand... I suppose the prodigy is still too prideful to apologize to us personally?" She asked.

Gai sighed a little and nodded. "Neji can be... A bit too hard headed sometimes." He muttered a little. "It seems that he blamed his own clan for what happens during the Hyuga Affair." He added.

"The Hyuga Affair?" I voiced out without thinking. They all looked at me and I shy away from their gaze. "Right, none of my business, sorry."

Kurenai shook her head. "No, you're one of Hinata's close friends. I suppose you deserve to know."

Then, she began the story of Hyuga Affair. From the beginning with these bad guys from Kumo who tried to kidnap Hinata to Neji's father who sacrificed himself for Hinata's father.

Well... Now I know what turns Neji into a Class S Jerk.

"Next match, Rock Lee vs Garra!" Hayate's voice suddenly echoes from outside.

It was as if a fire is being lit inside Gai Senpai's eyes. He pumped his fist to the air and starts yelling in excitement. "YOSH!!! IT IS TIME FOR MY GREATEST STUDENT ROCK LEE TO SHOW HIS SPRINGTIME OF... Oof!" A blur of pink crossed my vision and Gai sensei suddenly flew out of the door.

"Shhh!" Sakura hissed sternly before closing the door. Then she looked at me and grabbed my hand. "You too." She pushed me out of the room and closed the door behind me.

Gai Sensei and I made it in time to watch the match between Garra and Rock Lee. "GO LEE!!! SHOW EVERYONE YOUR POWER!!!" Gai yelled out beside me, almost deafening me with his roar of encouragement.

"YOSH! GAI SENSEI!!!!" Lee yelled out while dodging sand tentacles coming towards him. "I WILL SHOW GARRA THE POWER OF YOUTH!!!" He blurred away from vision and reappeared a few meters up into the air. "DYNAMIC ENTRY!!!"

The Genin soared down towards Garra like a comet. His foot slices through the column of sands coming at his direction. It doesn't seem like Garra's so called 'Ultimate Defense' has anything against this green beast.

'BOOM' a huge shockwave appeared from the center of the arena the second Lee's foot his Garra's shield. The shield of sand cracked, but it slowly molded itself back together. "Your blood..." The Jinchuriki whispered as the shield crumbles into binding sands.

Lee jumped back on instinct and retreated. He gritted his teeth and wiped a sweat from his eyebrow. "YOSH!!! Let the real battle begin Garra san!!!" Then he looked at Gai Senpai. "Gai Sensei!!!"

Gai nodded at him. "Do it Lee!!!" He exclaimed.

'THUNK' I watched in disbelief as two solid iron weights dropped down to the floor, creating a crater on impact. "Dear lord... He's been wearing that all day?" I made a force field around the platform to protect the spectator from the shockwave coming from Lee's sheer speed alone.

'BOOOM' A huge explosion rocked through the tower as Lee's flying kick impacted Garra's Shield of and I can feel Garra's sand faltering from the impact alone, forcing him to retreat a few steps away from him.

A wave of sands appeared from all around the arena. Strands of sands tried to grab Lee's ankle. But he was too fast to be caught by the sands. The Taijutsu specialist flickered in and out of existence, dodging the sands and looking for a hole in Garra's ultimate defense.

Suddenly, Lee flickered into existence right behind Garra. He sent out a powerful flying kick straight at Garra's back. 'CRACK' His foot impacted a powerful shield of sands that appeared just in time to block the strike. The shield tried to capture Lee, but he already retreated away from Garra.

"Wow... Kabuto wasn't kidding... Those sands are OP!" I commented in amazement when Garra seemingly shrug off Lee's unending strikes. Then I looked at Gai standing beside me. "Are you sure Lee's no gonna tire out before Garra ran out of chakra?"

Gai nodded at me. "That might be the case." Then he smirked a little. "But never underestimate the Power of Youth!!!"

Lee stopped in his tracks. He crouched down and crossed his arms in concentration. "Kaimon Kai!" His skin turned red and a green aura appeared from his body. His blood rates increases exponentially and his physical power seemed to be ridiculously enhanced.

What happens next, I couldn't quite explain. Whatever he did makes him so fast that not even my force sense can track his movement. The only time I can actually get a glimpse of him is when he kicked Garra into the air, breaking through every single one of his defenses.

Then, Lee appeared behind Garra and wrapped him with bandages. They both spun in midair and start drilling down like a meteor. "FRONT LOTUS!!!" Lee yelled as they both spun faster and faster to the floor below them.

'BOOM' They both crashed to the floor, kicking dusts and sands all over the place. Using my senses I can feel Lee staggering a little in pain and exhaustion.

Suddenly, Garra crumbled into sand, revealing that he managed to escape in the last moment. The Jinchuriki appeared behind Lee and attempt to grab him with his sands. Now weakened, Lee struggled to dodge the sand coming at him.

However, Lee doesn't seem to be done yet. He retreated from Garra and start opening another gate. "Kyumon Kai!"

Now this is just ridiculous. At this point, Lee's body started to regenerate. His whole body is dark red and his strength went past the point of most living creatures. Even I don't think I have much chance against him when he uses this.

Of course, that's not all, Lee made another pose and his body exploded in a powerful aura. "SEIMON KAI!!!" He yelled out as his whole being started to glow bright green. "SHOMON KAI!"

I floated towards Sasuke who just arrived on to the platform. "Uhh... Sasuke? Can you see what's happening down there?" I pointed at the arena below and only saw piles of sands exploding left and right.

Sasuke with his sharingan gazed at the arena below him in concentration. "Just barely..." He muttered. "All I could see is him hitting Garra over and over again. His movements are too quick for me to get a clear vision."

Soon enough, Lee stopped in the middle of the arena with Garra standing before him in exhaustion. Then, Lee crouched down and crossed his arms. "TOMON KAI!!!" The air around him vibrates with power as he opened the next gate.

What happens next was basically a curb stomp battle between Lee and Garra. The latter could nothing but just stand there and take a beating while Lee delivered strikes in an inhumane speed. Then Lee kicked Garra up into the air and his strikes escalated into rapid bullet-fast beatings.

'CRACK' Lee delivered his final blow. A very powerful open-handed strike and kick at the same time, sending Garra crashing down to the floor below.

The move took a toll on Lee's body. His body shook as his muscles tried to cope with his moves. He staggered towards Garra in exhaustion to see his condition.

Then, Garra's gourd turned into sand and binds Lee in his moment of weakness. "Sand Coffin!" Garra exclaimed as the sand managed to bind Lee's whole body. 'SNAP' I cringed a little at the sound of Garra snapping Lee's appendages with his sands.

A flash of green appeared in the arena and Gai Senpai suddenly rescued Lee from Garra's grasp. I quickly acted on instinct and flew right between them and Garra. "That's enough Garra!!! This match is over. You won!!!" I exclaimed sternly.

I looked behind and realized that Lee is already standing even in his unconscious state. "Gai, take Lee to Doctor Haruno now!"

Columns of sands burst out of the ground and I quickly held it off with the force. "STOP!!!" I grabbed the individual sand particles with the force and took over his sand control. "Garra, I am warning you!" With a snap of my fingers I dispersed every single particles of sand to the air.

I've never done something like this before and I don't regret it. Individual particles of dust and sand flew all around me, suspended in midair. All of them vibrating and struggling, trying to compile together and fight against my grip.

"Shukaku! Stop now or I will show you how I earned the moniker Angel of Hidden Leaf!" Five Shuriken flew out of my pockets and spun in a blinding speed. They floated towards Garra and start shredding through his inner defense.

Garra stopped struggling and I gently let go of my grip. The shuriken dropped down to the floor and the sands formed back into his gourd. "Thank You..." I turned around and realized that Gai has already taken Lee back to the medical wing.

I really hope that he's all right...

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When I get to the med wing, I heard a commotion coming from inside. "Doctor Haruno! What are you..." The door blasted open and ten medics were thrown out of the room. "Doctor Haruno!!!" One of the medics exclaimed.

"You had your chance!" Sakura yelled out from inside. "Now get out and let me concentrate!!!"

I gulped a little after hearing that. She's really the last person I wanna mess with in this world. "Uhh, Sakura chan?" I asked while knocking on the door. "It's me, Haios and I'm just wondering if I can..." my words were cut short when the door suddenly opened on its own. "Thanks."

The first thing I saw after I get there is Lee lying unconscious in a bed with Sakura inspecting him with her flashlight. The second thing I noticed is Kabuto tending Hinata with Naruto standing closely behind him.

"Haios san!" Gai came rushing towards me with a proud grin on his face. "I have to thank you for saving Lee earlier. Once again, you prove yourself to be the epitome of Eternal Youth!!! Literally and Figuratively!"

I smiled at his praise. "Thanks Gai... So how's Lee? Is he all right?" I asked him.

Gai looked down for a moment. "Well... I couldn't say for sure... The other medics told me that Lee might be crippled for life and has to end his career." Then he looked at Sakura with a grateful smile on his face. "But Doctor Haruno stood up and ordered Sasuke to kick all medics from this room when she heard that. She told me that she's going to save Lee and his career."

The Jounin grinned brightly. "I have a feeling, no, not just feeling, confidence! That Doctor Haruno will save him!!" He exclaimed with optimism and positivity rolling off him.

"Well, I have confidence in her too Gai Senpai." I walked towards Sakura and watched closely as she traced her flashlight along Lee's whole body. She has a picture of focus and concentration in her face and I know that disturbing her right now is a very bad idea.

So I decided to talk with Kabuto instead. He seems to be a bit more relaxed than Sakura as he traced Hinata's whole body with blue lights coming out of his hands. "Hi Kabuto!" I exclaimed right beside him. "So how's Hinata?"

Kabuto looked at me and smiled. "Don't worry Haios san. She's doing well, I'm just reorienting her jumbled chakra pathways." He said while pressing his hand on Hinata's chest. "She's quite tough for her age; then again she's a Hyuga."

I looked at Naruto standing beside Kabuto. His expression is dark and I almost thought that this is Sasuke's poor attempt at disguising himself as Naruto. "You're not going to go crazy over this right?" I asked him.

Naruto glanced at me and sighed. "Just that... He's a jerk! Believe it!" He exclaimed in frustration. "He's the one who makes Hinata has no confidence in her life! He's the one who makes Hinata thinks she's a failure! He's the one who tried to kill his own sister!!! How can I forgive him!?" He nagged in outrage.

"Hmm... Just what makes you think that's what happened Naruto?" I asked him. "Why don't we ask Hinata about this huh?" I looked at Kabuto who is working on Hinata's abdomen. "Ne, Kabuto san, is it possible for Hinata to wake up?"

Kabuto paused a second and straightened his glasses. "Well... It's possible, but I will have to paralyze her body for safety measures." I nodded at him. "All right, just one second." The spy put a hand over Hinata's forehead and her eyes slowly open.

"Hinata chan!!!" Naruto exclaimed after seeing her wake up. "Are you okay?! What did he do to you!?" He said in a mixture of panic and slight excitement.

Hinata looked at Naruto and smiled at him. "I can't feel anything, but I think I'm all right... Naruto kun..." She sighed a little and closed her eyes. "I'm sorry for losing Naruto kun... You must be very disappointed..."

"N-no! Hinata, I am not disappointed at all." Naruto grinned at her encouragingly. "You were awesome out there, believe it! You didn't give up when you Jerk of a Brother sealed your chakra. You used Academy Style Taijutsu instead. That was Awesome!!!"

Hinata gave Naruto a weak chuckle. "Thanks Naruto kun... But I guess he won in the end..." Then she looked at me. "Haios, thanks for taking the beating for me... You're not hurt aren't you?"

I nodded a little. "A slight tingling and that's it." Then I remembered the reason I woke her up in the first place. "By the way, remember the day you tried to kill me when I tricked you into thinking that I just stabbed Naruto with a Kunai?"

The Hyuga sighed a little before answering. "How can I forget? I almost kill you out of sheer rage..." She looked at me sternly. "Don't do that again."

"No I won't, but apparently, Naruto is now in your position. He saw your brother beating you to the inch of your life physically and psychologically." I shrugged a little. "Let's just say it wasn't just your life I was saving."

Hinata looked at Naruto with a pointed look on her face. "Naruto?" The Uzumaki looked away from her gaze nervously. "Are you holding a grudge against my brother?" She asked him.

Naruto exhaled a breath in frustration. "Your brother is jerk, believe it!" He waved his hands around. "He talks crap to you about this destiny and fate and make you feel like a failure!" He pointed at Sasuke standing beside Kurenai. "If Teme was the one who say that then it's okay cause he's an asshole! But Neji is your brother!!! He shouldn't be talking to you like that, believe it!!!"

"Naruto kun..." Hinata smiled at him lovingly. "Thanks for standing up for me... But you don't have to do that." She closed her eyes a little. "I've already forgiven my brother... So would you please forgive him too?"

We all looked at Naruto. He sighed a little nodded. "Well... I forgive him." He pointed at Kabuto. "I guess your brother deserves a second chance." Then a sly smirk appeared on his face. "But that doesn't mean I'm not gonna play a prank on him someday."

Oh dear... Prank... That's the equivalent of a ninja threatening to severely injure someone. It wasn't a threat, it was a promise. "Okay, just make sure you don't scar him for life, or destroy every shred of dignity he has left..."

"Don't worry Haios chan! I won't!" That grin on his face convinced me otherwise.

Suddenly, Sakura walked towards us with a syringe in her hands. "Hey, Naruto, may I have some of your blood?" She asked casually with a tone of someone asking for a drink. "Your Uzumaki bloodline has some powerful traits I can use to accelerate the healing process."

Naruto looked at the syringe in Sakura's hand and gulped a little. "Uhh... Do you really need it?" He asked nervously.

"Haios, restrain him." Sakura said calmly. I gripped Naruto's whole body with the force and he starts sweating furiously. "Look, you took Kunai and Shuriken to your body on daily basis. This is nothing okay?" She said calmingly.

The Doctor gently stabbed Naruto's hand with the syringe. The Uzumaki tensed up and cringed in pain. "Grow up you big baby! Your girlfriend is looking!" I exclaimed while Hinata just giggled a little at him.

Soon, Sakura got enough blood. She flashed the syringe with her flashlight and it starts bubbling a little. "You took more after your father, you know?" She commented as the blood seemingly split in half with different shade of color. "But your chakra is like your mother."

Sakura moved half of the blood into a tube and walked towards Lee with another half of it. "Okay Lee, this should fix everything right up!" She exclaimed before injecting the pure Uzumaki blood into Lee's arms.

Then Sakura took out her flashlight to scan him a little more. "It's working, not as fast as I expected, but it's working."

Coincidentally, Kabuto stepped away from Hinata and reactivated her body. "All right Hinata, you can wake up. Try not to strain your chakra pathways too much for a week. You still need time to recover." He said.

Hinata sat up from her position and smiled at him. "Thank you Kabuto san." She said gratefully. Then she looked at Naruto standing beside her with an impatient look on his face. "Aww... Come here Naruto kun."

Naruto smiled and gently embraced Hinata into a hug. "I was so worried Hinata chan!" He exclaimed in relief. "I thought I'm not going to see you in a long time!"

I just stood there beside them; watching them hugging each other lovingly. Like some inanimate statute standing behind a pair of lovers. Like the third wheel on a motorcycle. Like the letter A and Y in the words 'Okay'. Like a...

Good lord... Here I thought I've got the empathy shield up and running.

Before I can ponder anymore about my fate as a lonely immortal, a puff of smoke suddenly appeared on the bed. When it dispersed, I saw a certain two tailed fox sitting there with a flat look on his face.

"Heya fox!" I waved at him with a little smile on my face. "Say, do want to be my boyfriend?"

Silence followed shortly after; everyone in the room looked at me with mixed expression. Naruto has a perfect definition of 'WTF!?' in his face, complete with wide eyes and gaping jaws. Hinata looked embarrassed and shocked at the same time.

Kabuto, Kurenai, and Sasuke meanwhile doesn't seem all that surprised. They seemed to be in a state of total confusion while thinking they heard me wrong or that I'm just joking around. Maybe they couldn't quite grasp the context of this insanity I'm spouting.

The fox shook his head and tilted his head. "I think that strike from Neji earlier might've done something to you..." He said. "Have you checked on it yet?" He asked.

I shook my head. "I'm fine Kyubi. It's just that... You know..." I sighed a little and looked down. Why did I ask such question? Why am I even interested in this nine tailed fox's love life? "Well... You're an immortal, like me and..." Kyubi's eyes slowly widened in realization and looked at Naruto and Hinata. "Seeing how happy they are together..."

"No."

"Aww come on! I haven't even said anything yet!" Sasuke laughed at me from the other side of the room while the rest was too shocked to even say a word. "Stop laughing!" I was about to clamp his mouth shut with the force when a soft furry hand touched my shoulder.

I looked beside me and saw a little fox climbing on to my shoulder. "I just realize you were serious about this." He said with an oddly sad tone in his voice. "This can be a huge mistake you know?"

There's nothing I could do but to nod in defeat. "You're right... I'm a humanoid and vulpine and..." I paused a second when Kyubi suddenly hopped off my shoulder and landed beside me. A small plume of smoke appeared and red haired teen with fox ears and tails appeared beside me. "Okay... That won't be a problem."

"This isn't the problem Haios." He turned back into a fox and gazed at me with dead serious look on his face. "The problem lies on whether you're feeling right now is love or not." He explained. "I read your journal... It's obvious that you're creator has been putting you on the most desolate or isolated environment."

I thought back to my travels... Minecraftia, Subnautica, The Ways of Jedi, Equestria... "Wait, Equestria isn't desolate or isolated!" I exclaimed. "And there's plenty cities I've traveled to!"

The fox nodded a little. "That's because he sent you to Equestria to recover. When you did and just when you're ready to form bonds, he took you away." He explained. "He also make your visit to the other worlds as brief as possible. The only actual bonds I can gleam from the journal are with Henry the Cuddlefish and the Mane Six to some extent. All this without any chance of romantic attraction to bloom."

Damn it, he's right. What was I thinking!? I'm not falling for some random demon fox! I'm just feeling lonely! "Well... So what now!? How am I supposed to get rid of this feelings!?" I exclaimed.

"Well... It's obvious isn't it?" We all looked back and saw Sasuke walking towards us. "You both are stuck in this perpetual loss and loneliness for eternity." He smirked at us. "Better enjoy it together than alone huh? You can live alone together for eternity."

The Kyubi and I looked at each other. We studied each other's expression and found nothing but curiosity and a tiny bit of hope. "It's not a bad idea... So you wanna be my boyfriend?"

"Companion." The Kyubi replied flatly.

"Aww, come on!" I exclaimed.

"You gotta win me human, I'm not that desperate."

I pouted a little and looked away for a moment. "Fine... We'll have a date tomorrow in the month gap in the third exam." I replied easily. "Just you watch fox! In one month, you'll be all over me!!!"

"Yep, I believe you, 100%." His voice dripping with sarcasm.

Of course, I would love to see how he keeps up that sarcasm in one month. "Well then Mr. Fox! Let's spend our first hour together by watching a couple innocent kids fighting to the death!!!" I exclaimed.

Just as I thought, a wicked grin spread across his face. "Now we're talking." He hopped on to my head and pointed to the general direction of the arena. "Let's go!!!"

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Meanwhile, a few minutes after Haios left...

"Okay, I've done everything I can Gai Sensei..." Sakura said towards the Jounin who is currently weeping at his beloved student. "Lee should be up in a few hours and I'm sure he can continue his usual regime in just under a week."

Gai gave Sakura a huge teary grin. "THANK YOU SO MUCH DOCTOR HARUNO!!!" He yelled out. "Your passion to help people and save others... It shows your inner fire of Youth!!!" He gave her a huge thumb up. "I am truly indebted to you Doctor Haruno san! If you need anything, just tell me!!!"

Sakura smiled at Gai. "It's all right Gai Sensei..." Her aura gets darker but her smile didn't falter. She crackled her knuckles at him. "Now, would you please stop yelling in a hospital?" A hint of death aura flashes in her eyes. "Oh, and I highly advise you to run before you'll end up sleeping with your student..."

The Jounin shuddered and nodded a little. "I understand..." Then he vanishes away with a blur without another word."

The doctor smiled brightly and turned around towards her friend. "Okay everyone, did I miss anything?" She noticed the look of total shock and disbelief in every single person's face but Sasuke's. "Huh... Did something happen Sasuke kun?"

Sasuke nodded a little. "Just that Haios just asked Kyubi out." He said easily. "Apparently she fell in love with him."

Sakura blinked owlishly after hearing that. "Hmm..." She rubbed her chin in deep thought. "Well... They're both immortals so..." She took out her flashlight and aimed it at Naruto. "Yeah, I think I can do that. I'm sure he'll be okay with just thirty percent of his chakra..."

"What are you doing?" Sasuke asked.

"I'm just wondering if I can modify the seal so that the Kyubi would be able to live permanently in our world." Sakura replied simply. "As a matter of fact, I am totally capable of doing that." She added with a confident smile on her face.