Angel of The Hidden Leaf

You know, I always thought that trying to kill me was the last one. I mean, sure I did reveal that Naruto is the Kyubi vessel to Sasuke, that's pretty serious. But this is getting pretty ridiculous. You know why?

Well, Graduation Day and it seems that the Hokage decided to start assassination training for all Chunin in the village.

Guess who became the target? No, you won't get a cookie for guessing that right.

So here I am running through a forest before the sun even up, dodging a dozen or so projectiles and occasionally some fire balls. I stopped in my tracks and rolled behind a tree. 'BOOM' an explosion appeared from where I was.

Then I took out my Spork to deflect a bunch of shuriken before continuing my way through the forest. Five steps later and a hand tried to grab me from the ground. I took out my Spork and jabbed it at the hand with all my might.

No sooner after that, a ninja dropped down from a branch above me. I jumped away in alert before blocking a strike from a sword with my Spork. I locked the sword with my Spork and moved forward to stab the attacker with my other Spork.

The Ninja retreated and I quickly hid behind some bushes. I looked at the timer on my hand and realized that it's only fifteen minutes until six o clock. I took a deep breath and prepare myself for the next onslaught.

Suddenly, everything around me turned bright. I looked up and saw a huge fireball soaring towards me. I rolled my eyes and start running away from the point of impact. "Sure, burn down the forest will ya? I'm sure that 50.000 ryo is worth it."

Did I mention that the Hokage promised about 50.000 ryo for anyone who managed to capture me alive? Oh and apparently I can't use my power or else he'll send Jounins after me, isn't that just great?

A ninja tried to strike me from behind. I quickly jumped up and twisted my body midair. It was then that I noticed that this particular Ninja is pretty darn familiar. "Iruka Sensei? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" I yelled in disbelief.

For a second Iruka Sensei looked a bit embarrassed after hearing that. "Look, this is obligatory okay?" Then he narrowed his eyes. "And I need that money to pay off my debt with Teuchi!" Can't argue with that logic, I mean, Naruto's daily ramen consumption is not cheap.

"By the way, what exactly will happen if you manage to capture me?" I asked him as I blocked his strike with a Spork. "If it's not that bad, then I can forfeit for you if you want."

Iruka cringed a little after hearing that. "Well... You'll be Target Practice for us tomorrow and the Sandaime will use you as his lab rat for his new Jutsu."

Nope! Take all of my nope! Screw Iruka's retirement funds, I am not gonna be anyone's target practice. "No offense, but this is NOT worth it." I swiftly ducked under a kick and stabbed his cheek with a Spork. The fork-like appendages dug deep into his skin and created three painful scratch marks.

Iruka yelped and put a hand over his face in pain. "AWW!!! Okay, okay geez! I'll see you at school okay?" He said before flickering away from existence.

I waved him off before ducking from a gigantic shuriken. I quickly fled deeper into the forest and checked the time. "Five more minutes..." I jumped high towards a tree to dodge a blast of lightning before running through the branches.

Soon, I saw a part of the forest that is covered with hundreds of explosive tags all over the place. I jumped from one branch to another in quick succession, taking care not to get myself blown up by explosive tags.

'BOOM'

I spoke too soon, an explosive tag concealed behind some leaves caught me off guard and knocked me down to ground below. Some broken bones and cracked ribs later, I am back dodging projectiles from ninja. "Whoa... Okay... Uhh..." I looked at my timer and realized that I only have to survive for five more seconds.

Five

I ducked under a swift sword strike from a ninja.

Four

I rolled under a ball of fire before blocking three kunai with both of my Spork.

Three

The ground beneath me shook and spikes of stone appeared from the ground.

Two

I jumped up from the spikey ground and landed on a tree.

One

A sizzling sound appeared behind me and I looked back to find an explosive tag inches away from my body.

[LINE BREAK]

I blearily opened my eyes and slowly sat up from my position. I looked around and found myself sitting on a hospital bed. On my right, I can see Sakura applying bandages to a certain Academy Teacher. He waved at me and I waved back at him. "So I'm not late then?" I asked him.

"No, but it's almost seven." Iruka replied. "You're healed completely by the way, you should go now. I'll meet you at school." He added.

I nodded and opened the window with the force. "I'll be going now, thanks for the heal Sakura!" I exclaimed towards the pink haired medic.

Sakura looked at me and smiled. "No problem, just don't get yourself killed all right?"

I gave her a two finger salute before soaring out of the window. The cold morning air and the warm sunlight hit my skin as I soar through the air. Below me are some citizens starting their day, opening their shops, hanging their laundries, and so much more.

Soon enough I made it to the Academy. I landed in front of the entrance and start walking into the building. I took a deep breath before stepping into the classroom. Familiar faces welcomed me when I get there, friends that I've made since the first time I fell into this world. My loud and annoying neighbor Naruto, the stoic and cool Sasuke, the lazy ass Shikamaru, the shy and reclusive Hinata, the big boned Choji, the mysterious and silent Shino, the hyperactive and tricky Kiba, the confident and girly Ino.

Actually, that's the only one I can remember... The rest are just another random student as far as I know. Maybe because they're the only one who agreed to help and attend the Early Graduation Celebration. I dunno...

Suddenly, I realized something quite peculiar. Naruto isn't sitting next to Sasuke; instead he sat right next to Hinata at the very corner of the class. What's more peculiar is that Hinata is gently applying bandage on Naruto's face.

Then I looked at where Sasuke's usually sitting and saw him sitting next to Ino of all people. I can see a look of utter disgust inside Sasuke's face. It doesn't seem to come from the fact that he's sitting beside Ino though. It seems like something else happens earlier.

The other interesting thing is the waves upon waves of rage rolling off every girl in the class except for Hinata. They all seemed to be directed towards a certain beaten up Uzumaki sitting next to Hinata. It also seems like Hinata is the only reason Naruto isn't getting another beating.

Finally, I saw Kiba and a bunch of boys laughing and chuckling together with a photo in their hands. Whatever inside it must've been interesting enough since Shikamaru even took an effort to glance at it.

"Okay... I definitely missed something." I floated up towards an empty seat right next to Ino. "Ino, did something happen?" I asked her while landing smoothly beside her.

Ino gritted her teeth and sent a murderous glare straight at Naruto, only to get a Byakugan-Enhanced threatening gaze from Hinata. After a few seconds Ino looked away and sighed in defeat. "Naruto and Sasuke had an argument..." She muttered.

"They do that on daily basis. So what?" I asked her.

Ino looked at Sasuke for a moment. "And they suddenly kissed each other." She said.

Umm... Nani the Fuck!? "Okay, I think I misheard you or something but did you say kiss?" I asked her in extreme disbelief.

"Well, it was an accident." Ino added; making me exhale a breath of relief. "Tobio accidently nudged Naruto and his face landed on Sasuke's." Then she took a deep breath and balled her hands into fists. "But his first kiss... Naruto took Sasuke's first kiss..."

Oh, so that's what happened. I looked at the photo the boys have and saw Naruto and Sasuke kissing each other with a shocked look on their faces. I stifled a laugh and looked at Sasuke sitting next to Ino.

"So, how was it like Sasuke?" I asked him. Sasuke glared at me for a moment before looking away. "It was your first kiss! That's like, one of the most amazing experience out there! How can you not like it?"

"Haios, stop it. It's not funny!" Ino exclaimed in annoyance. "Sasuke's first kiss should've been mine! Naruto robbed me of it!"

I looked at Ino and realized that she is very serious. "Okay, look, even so, this is an accident. You can't blame Naruto for something out of his control." Then I pointed at Hinata. "Besides, Sasuke did kiss Naruto and Hinata's cool. She didn't beat Sasuke up."

Ino looked at me with a deadpan look on her face. "Cuz this is not his first kiss you idiot... What do you think they did after the early celebration party? When everyone has left?"

Oh... Right... I looked at Hinata and found her blushing a little after hearing our conversation. "Well... Should've known that would happen." Then I looked at the photo in Kiba's hand. "But how do they get that picture?"

Before I could ponder even further, Iruka Sensei walked into the classroom. I smirked a little at the sight of his bandaged face. "Good Morning Class." He greeted us with a proud smile on his face. 

The whole class went silent and quickly pays attention to the teacher. "As of today, you've all become fully fledged Ninja." He started his speech.

"However, you're still Genin. The tough part's still to come." I nodded at his speech. I know that it won't be any easier, if anything, everything will be much harder from now on. "From now on, you'll be in a squad of three and carry out your missions under your Jounin Teachers."

Jounin Teacher, that's interesting... I looked at the whole class while silently wondering who will be in my squad. At first, I hope it's either Sasuke or Naruto, but on a second thought I really do not want to invoke the feminine wrath of every single girl in the classroom.

Especially Hinata since I know from personal experience that she hits hard. I also don't fancy getting clobbered by an army of fan girls. So I decided to wish not to be on a same team with Sasuke or Naruto.

"The groups have been determined so that the strength of the groups will be balanced." Iruka said while reading a paper on his hand. "Now, for the assignments!"

It was then that I noticed something. There is no one that attends the early graduation celebration was assigned from team one to team six. Did he do this on purpose? Was it because of that party that he decided to put us on our own special group categories? Who knows? Maybe it was just a coincidence and it will happen either way.

"Team Seven will be... Uzumaki Naruto!" Okay, here we go! Let's see who will be paired off with Naruto then. "Uchiha Sasuke!" Nice, I can even see Sasuke smiling a little at the corner of my eyes. "Haios!"

Suddenly, I felt about twelve pairs of eyes glaring at me from every corner of the class. One of them is the one right between me and Sasuke. I erected a tight force field around my body for the sake of my safety.

"Team Eight, Hyuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino!" I looked up at the corner of the class and saw Hinata looking down in disappointment.

"Group Ten, Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Choji." I can see Ino looking down in disappointment after hearing that.

"That Lazy and the Fatty on top of that..." Ino muttered to herself. "What have I ever done to deserve this?"

I pat Ino's back comfortingly. "There, there... Just because you're on separate team doesn't mean you can't spend time with Sasuke." Then I looked at Sasuke. "Am I right Sasuke?" I asked him.

That Uchiha ignored us. "Okay, let me repeat that. Am I right Sasuke?" I asked him again, with a little more force this time.

Sasuke rolled his eyes and looked at us in annoyance. "Fine... If I have time..." He said. It worked just a little bit; Ino stopped glaring at me and start smiling at Sasuke. Doesn't do much to the rest of the fan girls though. They are still glaring kunai at me.

"That's all for the group division!" Iruka exclaimed before putting the papers away.

I stood up from my seat and raised my hand. "Iruka Sensei! You said something about balancing each other out, then how come Naruto, Sasuke, and I are on the same team?" I asked him.

Iruka nodded after hearing my question. "I understand your logic Haios san, you, Naruto, and Sasuke are quite powerful on your own right." Then he sighed a little. "But unfortunately Naruto scored the worst in the academics, thus making him the deadweight of your team."

"WHAT!!!" Naruto yelled out in disbelief. "That can't be right!!"

Sasuke glanced at Naruto and smirked at him. "Just don't get in my way dobe..." He taunted.

"YOU WANNA FIGHT TEME?!" Naruto yelled out before climbing on to his seat. He was about to lunge at Sasuke from the top corner of the class. It was only thanks to Hinata that he didn't actually do that.

"Na-Naruto kun... Please, just be patient..." She whispered to him comfortingly. The blonde took a deep breath and sat back to his seat. "I don't want you to get in trouble..."

Naruto gave Sasuke one last glare before sighing a little. "Sorry Hinata chan..." He muttered. "I won't get in trouble, I promise."

Wow, talk about balanced relationship. "Those two are adorable." I commented.

Ino nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I can see that." Then she smiled at me. "It was nice what you did to them though. I've never seen anyone so determined to make a couple fall in love with each other." Then she looked at Sasuke dreamily. "Think you can do the same thing between me and Sasuke?"

I shook my head. "Of course not, Sasuke would kill me if I ever think about doing that..."