Angel of The Hidden Leaf

I floated above the Academy Training Ground wearing a red and white T-Shirt. Right below me are dozens and dozens of Academy Students holding a bunch of blunt Shuriken and Kunai in their hand. They all looked at me with keen eyes, ready to throw those pointy projectiles at me.

"Well... According to this letter, extra credit to those who can hit her head." Iruka muttered, making some of the girls in the class smile wickedly. "I need to talk to Sandaime after this... But for now, aim, ready, FIRE!!!"

Yeah, apparently the Hokage thinks that it'll be funny to use me as a target for exam. The rules are pretty simple, I have to dodge all incoming projectiles without flying higher than ten feet and never use my power to block the projectiles.

"Ouch!" I yelped when five projectiles hit me right in the back. I looked down and saw a certain Uchiha smirking at me from below. I glared at him for a moment before side rolling in midair to dodge some projectiles.

A blunt kunai hit the side of my head and sent me flailing around in midair. I looked down and saw Shikamaru walking towards Iruka for his extra credit before leaving the training ground. "He's good..." I muttered while leaning to the right to dodge a volley of shuriken. "Seriously, he's really good..."

For almost half an hour I swerve and twirled around in midair to dodge hundreds of incoming weapons. Soon, it slowly put a toll in my stamina and I am getting really close to falling down to the ground. "Iruka Sensei... How much longer do I have to do this?" I muttered while rubbing my head in pain.

Iruka looked at me in pity. "Until you drop apparently." He muttered before looking back at the paper.

That can be arranged! I closed my eyes and let gravity took over.

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When I woke up, I found myself sitting inside the Hospital. A very familiar face greeted me as I opened my eyes. "Hi Sakura..." I stood up from the bed and stretched out my arms. "Ah... Why can't all visit to the hospital like this?" I muttered. "No back pain, no headache..."

Sakura smirked at me. "Probably because you were out for five hours."

What the what? "I MISSED THE GRADUATION!?!?" I exclaimed in disbelief. I floated up from my bed and looked around in panic. "What time is it?" I floated towards the window and realized that it's almost nighttime. "I failed... I really failed the graduation..."

I dropped down to the bed and curled up. "Sasuke and Naruto must've passed with flying colors..." I muttered to myself.

"Here" Sakura said suddenly. I looked at her and found her holding a leaf headband in her hands. "Iruka Sensei sent this to you earlier. He said you deserve it." She told me.

I took the leaf headband out of her hands and observed it with wide eyes. "Does this mean I passed?" I asked her.

"No, that's a good luck charm so you will pass next year." Sakura replied sarcastically. "Well duh, of course you did."

I rolled my eyes and put it on my head. "Does it look good on me?" I asked her while taking out my pocket mirror. "Huh, do they come in colors?" I muttered while slightly wondering if I can get a white one.

Sakura took off my headband and looked at me closely. "Hmm... You know what? Blue does not look good on you." She took out a scissor out of her pocket and held it near the headband. "Fortunately, we have a lot of white fabrics here in the hospital."

For a few minutes Sakura replaced the blue band from the leaf headband with thin yet strong white fabric. Then she put it on top of my head like a girl's headband. "D'aww... You look adorable..." She said with a little smile on her face.

I rolled my eyes and took off the headband. "How about..." I unbuttoned my trench coat and tied the headband around my neck. Then I wear my trench coat again so that the leaf symbol could be seen like a handkerchief tied around the base of my neck. "There we go, an extra protection and pretty darn stylish."

"No offense but... There is no way you can make yourself look anything but adorable." Sakura replied. "I mean seriously, you're short, you have snow white hair, and you have a literally permanent appearance of twelve years old."

I shrugged in response. "That's cool then, people will underestimate me." I pocketed my mirror and get off the hospital bed. "I rather have them underestimating me than overestimating me." I added.

Sakura smiled and nodded. "Spoken like a true ninja, always so sneaky and tricky." She said.

"What about you? How's it like being a doctor?" I asked her. "You're still not mad about the whole 'kicked you out of academy' thing right?"

The girl shook her head. "Nope!" She exclaimed. "Now I suggest you go back home and cheer him up." She added.

"Who?" I asked her.

Sakura's eyes widened. "Oh, I'm so sorry, I forgot to tell you. Naruto failed the test." She said with genuine regret. "You should hurry up, I heard that it's the third time he failed the test now." She walked towards the window and opened it for me. "Go!"

I wasted no time taking off out of the window and soaring off into the sky. I promised to take care of him dammit! I'm supposed to be there in times like this, not out cold in the hospital. What kind of friend will leave him behind like that?

Soon, I can see the apartment in the distance. The lights in Naruto's room are on so I quickly dived down towards the window of his apartment. "Naruto!!!" I exclaimed.

It was then that I realized that it's not Naruto inside his apartment. It is instead my friend Sasuke. "Haios, have you seen Naruto?" He asked me as he opened the window for me to get in.

I shook my head. "No, what happened after the test?" I asked him.

Sasuke sighed. "Naruto felt really bad when he failed to catch you when you fall." He explained. "His mood gets worse when he failed the Bunshin Test again. I tried to talk to him but he lashes out to me." Then he looked at me in confusion. "I thought that he visited you in the hospital."

"No, there was only Sakura in there. What about Hinata?" I asked him.

"Her father picked her up before she can talk to him." Sasuke replied.

Then I noticed the Leaf Headband on Sasuke's forehead. "I take it, you passed with flying colors?" I commented.

Sasuke smirked. "You too, not bad for a newcomer from another world." He said while pointing at the metal plate behind my trench coat. "Did you ask for a custom made one?"

"No, Sakura made it for me and..." My words were cut short when loud banging sound appeared from the door. "Company..." I muttered while taking out my Spork.

"Naruto! Naruto are you in there!?" A familiar voice rang from behind the door. "Look, please just open the door, I promise you're not in a lot of trouble!"

It sounds like Iruka Sensei, but is he really though? "First of all, Naruto isn't here." I heard Iruka groaning in frustration after hearing that. "Second of all, how do I know this isn't another attempt for Hokage to assassinate me?"

"Look! It doesn't matter alright? I need you to get out there and find Naruto! He stole the Forbidden Scroll of Sealing!!!" Iruka yelled out from behind the window. "Go! We need to find him quick before things get worse!"

Sasuke and I looked at each other before we both jumped out of the window and to the sky of Konoha. All around us are dozens of shinobi patrols looking for Naruto. Most of them are Chunin, but there are also some Jounin that's looking for him.

"So, this Forbidden Scroll of Sealing, what is it exactly?" I asked Sasuke as we soared towards the Hokage Monument to see if he's there. "Some sort of forbidden scroll full of ancient forbidden techniques and powers?"

Sasuke nodded. "In a nutshell yes, it will be very dangerous if it fell into the wrong hands." He shook his head a little. "I don't think that dobe would do something like this out of his own accord. Someone must've used him in his moment of vulnerability."

We made it to the Hokage Monument but found no sign of him anywhere. "Dammit, where the hell is he?" I looked around for a moment. "Besides, how is he so sure it's Naruto who stole it? I mean, how did he manage to steal it in the first place?"

Sasuke shook his head. "I don't know... But I have a feeling that whoever told him to do this might have the answer." He told me. "Now, let's see if we can find that dobe before the bad guy can get the scroll."

I looked up in deep thought. Then I looked at the faces of the Hokage. It was then that I remembered something that happened long ago. "Wait... I think I know where he is..."

Sasuke and I hid behind a dense branch above a giant tree. Right below us is a small clearing with a small house in the middle of it. It took a while for us to find this place, we started off from the usual place where Naruto would hide when he pull of his pranks. Then we followed his tracks towards this creepy house in the middle of the forest.

We watched Naruto trying to learn a technique from a giant scroll. We decided not to confront him yet so we can find out who was behind all of this.

A clone suddenly appeared beside Naruto. It's quite impressive since this is the first time I can actually see a clone. Usually the clones are Genjutsu so I cannot really see them at all. But this one seems tangible.

"Oh great... There's more of him..." I heard Sasuke mutter under his breath. I just chuckled a little and watched Naruto train all by himself in amusement.

Soon however, he stopped his training and a familiar figure appeared behind him. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING HERE NARUTO!?!?" Iruka Sensei exclaimed in fury.

"Took him a while." I commented in amusement. "But I don't think he's the one we're looking for."

Naruto turned around and noticed Iruka standing behind him. "Iruka Sensei! So time's up huh?" He said sheepishly while rubbing the back of his head. "I only manage to learn one Technique! Now I can graduate so I won't fall behind from Haios and Sasuke, believe it!"

A look of confusion spread across Iruka's face. "What are you talking about Naruto?" He asked in confusion.

Naruto tilted his head. "Eh... You're so slow Iruka Sensei, I'm talking about the makeup test that Mizuki Sensei told me. He told me where to find this scroll and that if I can learn a Technique from this scroll, I can graduate, believe it!"

Iruka's face paled when he realized what's going on. "Mizuki..."

A rustling sound appeared near us and we could see Mizuki standing on top of a branch above Naruto and Iruka. He took out a handful of Kunai and prepared to throw them.

"Uhh... We found him, shouldn't we do anything?" I asked Sasuke.

Mizuki throw the kunai at them and Iruka quickly pushed Naruto out of the way. He then deflected all the kunai that he can but one managed to strike his thigh. He leaned back to the house in pain and looked at the attacker. "So that's the way it is huh? I should've known..."

"Naruto! Give me the scroll now!" Mizuki yelled towards Naruto.

Naruto froze and looked at both of them in complete confusion. "Wait! What's going on!?" He exclaimed in a mixture of fear and confusion. "Why did you attack Iruka Sensei!!!"

"Hmph, and you said Iruka Sensei was slow..." Sasuke suddenly said behind him.

The blonde turned around and pointed at Sasuke furiously. "TEME!!! Why are you here!?" He yelled.

Sasuke sighed a little. "You learned a forbidden Jutsu in just a few hours and yet you cannot spot an obvious trap..." He muttered.

Mizuki gritted his teeth and took out his giant Shuriken. "ENOUGH!!! Now give me the scroll!!!" He yelled out before throwing the Shuriken towards them.

The Shuriken slowed down and came to a stop inches away from Sasuke. It dropped down to the ground in front of him much to everyone else's confusion. "Let's try that again dobe, Forbidden Scroll in your hand, a mad teacher throwing Giant Shuriken at us, and Iruka Sensei telling you not to let him get the Scroll. What do you think is going on right now?" Sasuke asked him.

Naruto scrunches up his face in deep thought. "AH! MIZUKI! YOU TRICKED ME INTO GETTING THE SCROLL FOR YOURSELF!!!" He yelled in outrage.

About damn time... I really need to work on his common sense...

"And you wondered why people call you stupid." Sasuke pointed out in amusement.

Naruto ignored him and quickly ran towards Iruka Sensei to check on his condition. "Iruka Sensei! Are you okay?" He asked him.

Iruka pulled the kunai out of his thigh. "Gah!" He yelped a little in pain before looking at Naruto. "I'll handle Mizuki, you go and take the Scroll back to the Hokage!" He exclaimed.

"No! Don't worry Iruka Sensei; if Sasuke's here then Haios is also here!" Naruto said confidently. "We can take him on, believe it!!!"

Mizuki smirked and looked at Sasuke. "Why are you helping him Sasuke? Don't you know who he really is?" He taunted suddenly.

"NO MIZUKI IT'S FORBIDDEN!!!" Iruka yelled out.

Sasuke smirked after hearing that. "Tell me."

"Don't you know? Twelve years ago when the Nine Tailed Fox attacked our village, The Fourth Hokage sealed the fox inside a living host." Mizuki pointed at Naruto with a mad grin on his face. "That host is NARUTO! HE IS THE NINE TAILED FOX!!!"

"NO!" Naruto yelled out in denial.

"You really are stupid don't you? Have you ever wondered why they never respected you? Why all the looks? Why they treated you like dirt! Like they hated you just for being alive!" Mizuki smirked and put a hand on another one of his giant shuriken. "It's because they know! They know about the truth! And now your friend Sasuke will know just what kind of a monster you are!"

Naruto looked at Sasuke, expecting the disgusted look that everyone gave him. But all he found is just the usual smug smirk on his face. "Hmph, I know a monster all right. And she is up there floating in the air and definitely not this idiot down here."

Did he just call me a monster? "HEY! I RESENT THAT!!!" I exclaimed, revealing my hiding location. "You can't call me a monster just because I stab you on a daily basis!"

Iruka Sensei blinked owlishly. "You stab him on daily basis?" He asked in disbelief.

"Training Accident, besides Sakura patches us right up if anything goes wrong." I replied simply. "Now back to the topic, you, evil teacher." I looked at Mizuki and used my power to grip both of his hands. "You! How dare you trick my friend like that?!"

Mizuki gritted his teeth and struggled against my grip. "Look, I can choke you to death with my power. So just give up!" I exclaimed while trying not to let go of my grip.

"You..." Mizuki whispered with a crazed look on his face. "You're a freak of nature! The Girl without Chakra!" He struggled some more, trying to free himself.

Did this guy just call me freak!? "HEY! Just because I'm an anomaly doesn't mean I'm a freak!!!" I yelled in outrage. "Now tell me, why do you want that scroll? What's in it!?" I looked at Naruto. "Oi! Naruto what's in it?"

"There are tons of cool techniques here!" Naruto crossed his fingers in concentration. "Behold, Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!!!" Suddenly, an army of Naruto filled up the whole forest. "There's also some more, but I haven't manage to learn it." Then all Narutos exploded in puff of smoke.

I looked back at Mizuki. "Okay, so, say you have this Scroll of Sealing. What are you going to do with it?" I asked him. "Are you going to learn your ass off about every single jutsu in here? Or are you just going to sell them for a very high price or..."

Mizuki grinned at me. "I will present them to..."

'Schtunk' A Kunai suddenly stabbed him in the throat, cutting him off and killing him instantly. I looked behind and saw a masked Shinobi standing on a branch nearby. "Revealing a Rank S secret is punishable with death." He said before swiftly taking the corpse away from my grip. Then he flickered away out of existence.

I landed back to the ground and walked towards the forbidden scroll of sealing. "So... Well..." I muttered to myself. "I uh..." I gulped a little and realized that the Hokage was not bluffing when he told me that he's gonna kill me. It seems that he's just being very kind to me that he decided to just beat me up. "Let's just give this scroll back and pretend that none of this ever happens..."

Sasuke, Naruto, and Iruka nodded in agreement before the latter picked up the scroll. "Naruto, Sasuke, Haios, why don't you all go to Ichikaru Ramen? I'll meet you there." Iruka Sensei said with a smile on his face. "I have a feeling that we all have a story to tell."

"AWW YEAH!!!" Naruto yelled out. "You're paying aren't you Iruka Sensei?"

Naruto, Sasuke, Iruka Sensei, and I sat down in the Ichikaru Ramen Shop. We all have a huge bowl of ramen in front of us courtesy of both Iruka and Sasuke. Teuchi was kind enough to give us a discount since it's the middle of the night and the restaurant is almost closing.

I looked at my left and realized that Naruto isn't eating as much as usual. "Hey Naruto..." He looked at me. "Cheer up, just because you didn't pass doesn't mean we won't see each other again." I told him encouragingly.

Naruto looked away from me and back to his ramen. I sighed a little and looked at Iruka with a slightly begging look on my face.

Iruka Sensei sighed and smiled a little. "Naruto... Earlier this night you made literal hundreds of clones." He put his hand behind his head and slowly untied his headband. "You know what? I think that's more than enough requirement to pass the academy."

The blonde looked with wide eyes when Iruka Sensei handed him the headband. "I passed?" Naruto whispered in awe. A tearful smile formed on his face and he quickly lunged at Iruka Sensei. "Thank you, thank you! I promise I will make you proud sensei!!!" He exclaimed in relief.

Iruka hugged him back with a smile on his face. "I have no doubt about it Naruto."

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"I WON AGAIN KAKASHI!!! The Score is SEVENTY EIGHT TO ONE!!!" Maito Guy yelled out as he took the champion in the Rock, Paper, and Scissor competition with his rival yet again.

"Good for you Guy..." Kakashi replied without taking his eyes off the book he's reading. Then he closed the book and looked at his rival. "Although, I do have some questions I have to ask you."

Guy gave Kakashi a thumb up and a blinding grin. "ASK AWAY KAKASHI! I promise you I will answer your question as much as I can." Then he turned his hand into a fist and pumped it to the air. "and if I can't do that..." He paused and made a dramatic pose. "I WILL DO TEN THOUSAND PUSH UPS ON THE HOKAGE MONUMENT!!!"

Kakashi didn't bat an eyelash at his proclamation. "Tell me Guy, have you ever fought an airborne opponent before?" He asked him.

The Green Beast of Konoha suddenly realized what Kakashi's implying. "AHA! You wanted to do the infamous bell test on Haios san aren't you? I heard about her gift and the power that lets her soar through the air above Konoha in the SPRINGTIME OF YOUTH!!!"

"Yes, I suppose she can be quite problematic." Kakashi replied calmly.

"THE ANSWER IS SPEED KAKASHI!!!" Guy yelled out suddenly. "I know for a fact that it is much harder to turn in midair than on the ground! Never use projectiles against opponent in the higher ground!!!"

Kakashi nodded at his advice. "Thank you Guy. Also, do you have any advice to prevent her from using the move she used on Asuma?" He asked him.

Guy nodded once again. "THE IRON UNDERPANTS!!" He yelled out. "I can borrow you a spare if you need!"

The white haired jounin visibly cringed and shook his head. "That's not necessary; I'll go buy one for myself..." He said while trying to get the image out of his head.