Angel of The Hidden Leaf

You know makes a perfect morning? Waking up with the fluffiest most adorable demon sleeping beside you, that's a perfect morning. "Morning" I said while burying my face into the fluffy orange fur beside me. "See? Cuddles! It's nice!"

I can hear the Kyubi purring angrily beneath his breath. "Not like I have a choice..." He muttered grumpily. "Get up, it's almost seven."

"It's Saturday and it's raining... Movement is optional..." I muttered, not letting go of my grip on his fluffy body. The fox just groaned under his breath before wrapping me with one of his tails. "Aww, thanks... You're an adorable little sweetheart you know that right?" I said after feeling the warm sensation of his tail wrapping my body fighting against the cold weather outside.

After a few minutes of cuddles I heard someone walking towards my apartment. I sighed a little in frustration. "It's Saturday! I forbid entry without a cup of coffee!" I exclaimed towards the door.

I heard the person walking away after hearing that. "Wait, that actually worked?" I said in slight surprise. "Huh, well, I hope whoever it is can't find a coffee." I muttered.

About five minutes later, knocking sound came from the door. "Master, I brought you your coffee..." A soft spoken voice came from the door.

Oh wait, that was Haku... No wonder it worked. "Come in Haku, do you need anything?" I asked her while opening the door for the girl. She walked towards me and kneeled down in front of my sleeping figure. "Okay, no need for that. Just state your business."

"I'm sorry, Angel sama... Sakura requested your presence on the Hokage Monument..." Then she looked at me for a moment. "Also, I highly suggest you wear something black." She added.

I sighed a little. "Well, I do owe her a lot for healing me up plenty..." I opened the window and some droplets of water rained down into my apartment from outside. "I don't have anything but white so I guess I'll just go with my usual trench coat." I put up a small force field around my body before flying out of my apartment. "See you later guys!!!'

On my way to the Hokage Monument, I saw a crowd of people lining up in front of the cemetery in the outskirts of the village. They all wore black cloak and holding black umbrellas to protect them from the rain. "Rest in peace..." I muttered as I flew past them.

Soon enough, I made it to the Hokage Monument. I can see a huge Shadow Clone pavilion on top of the platform with all my friends sitting inside it. I smiled a little after seeing the Rookie Nine and everyone else sitting together. "Hi! What's the occasion?" I exclaimed as I landed in the middle of them.

It was then that I realized that everyone is wearing black cloak. The same one I saw near the cemetery. "Oh..." I looked at all my friends; their usual colorful and cheerful demeanor disappeared. Naruto, Ino, Kiba, or even Choji didn't say a word upon my arrival; they just sat there with a solemn look on their faces. Even Shino and Shikamaru somehow become even more silent than usual.

Sakura sat in the middle of them. She has her eyes closed and a miserable look on her face. She's currently resting her head on Sasuke's shoulder who sat beside her. Judging by the way Sasuke is comforting her and Ino isn't exploding out in anger, Sakura is the one mourning.

I looked at myself and realized that I am wearing very inappropriate clothing. Then I looked at Naruto who's been silent the whole time. "Hey, can I have a cloak to..." A Shadow Clone black cloth appeared in front of me. I quickly put it on and sighed a little. "First of all... Haku didn't tell me anything about a funeral. Second of all... What happened?"

Sasuke suddenly spoke. "Sakura's parents were found dead yesterday in their home." He sighed a little. "Sakura refused to attend their funeral and asked a Naruto to make a Shadow Clone to replace her."

Well... That is a bit unorthodox, but I understand that everyone has their way of handling their grief. I just hope that Naruto's clone doesn't screw up and suddenly dispel.

A few minutes later, a white haired genin walked towards the pavilion. He seems familiar on the first glance; I think I've seen him plenty of times in the hospital. He wore his headband covering his forehead and a slightly nervous look on his face.

We all watched in confusion when the genin suddenly bowed down in front of Sakura. "Forgive me for being late... Sakura sama..." He whispered. "I had to take care of some errands in the hospital."

Sakura opened her eyes and looked at Kabuto. "Kabuto... You do know why you're here right?" We all watched in confusion when Sakura walked towards the mountain behind her. She took out her flashlight and a glowing seal appeared on the mountain behind her.

Suddenly, everything turned silent. A suffocating silent that makes me feel like in a vacuum. I looked at Kiba and found him fidgeting uncomfortably. Then I looked at Sasuke and saw him looking at the Konoha village with a shocked look on his face.

Everyone looked at the village and found themselves staring at a very frozen world. The wind didn't blow, the rain drops are frozen in their place, and the citizens stopped moving. It was as if time has stopped outside the pavilion.

"Everyone..." I heard Sakura spoke behind us. We all quickly turned around, not a single one of us dared to make a sound. "I'm sorry if it's uncomfortable, but I do not want any intrusions during this." She told us.

Naruto raised his hand. "Umm, Sorry Sakura chan but..." He stood up from his position and pointed at the world outside the pavilion. "DID YOU JUST STOP TIME?!?!" He yelled out in disbelief.

Sakura sighed a little. "No, I changed our relative of time nearing the speed of light using this seal." She pointed at the seal on the mountain. "It uses the ambient chakra of Konoha to power up so we should have at least an hour before that seal fell."

Wow... Who knew Seal masters are reality warpers?

Then Sakura took a deep breath and began her explanation. "Everyone, there's something you need to know... My parents were assassinated." We nodded grimly when she said that, it's true that her parent's death was a bit too sudden and suspicious.

"Do you know who the killer is?" I heard Sasuke asked with a deadly look in his voice. "Did they hurt you in any way?"

Sakura nodded. "Yes, yes I know who the killer is... Did he hurt me?" She balled her hands into fists. "Does betraying your friend and killing her parents in cold blood counts as hurting?" She gritted her teeth and took a deep breath to regain her composure. "I don't know... But it hurts a lot..."

I can see Sasuke crackling his fist a little. Looks like he knew exactly what Sakura's been through. "Do you know his name?" He muttered a little.

"His name is Kabuto Yakushi, he's a genin working as a medic nin in the Konoha Hospital." Sakura said. "He... He's also a spy who worked under the missing nin, Orochimaru the Snake Sannin. Yes, he's not loyal to the village. No, I haven't told this to anyone." She explained.

Ino raised her hand. "Do you need us to help you catch him and bring him to justice?" She asked Sakura.

The doctor shook her head. "No I don't need you to catch him." A small devilish smirk slowly grew on her face. "I already did, I paralyzed him and applied the Caged Bird Curse Seal on his forehead." I heard Hinata gasping a little after hearing that. "I heard it hurts a lot..."

Then she crouched down to the white haired genin's level. "Ne, Kabuto kun... Did it hurt when I applied that seal on you? Or did it hurt more when I used it on you?"

DAMN! If that doesn't spell out BADASS I don't know what will!

"Wait! Are you saying that's Kabuto!?" Naruto exclaimed while everyone else is looking at Kabuto in disbelief. "How did you beat him?"

Sakura sighed a little. "He underestimated me and my flashlight." Then she looked at me. "Haios will you be the judge to this person here? I trust your fairness..." She smiled at me a little. "Angel of the Hidden Leaf..."

I nodded and stood up from my position. Naruto created my angel attired and gave it to me. I put it on and hovered towards Kabuto.

"Kabuto Yakushi... Your life is filled with trickery and betrayal. Your path is paved with lies and the suffering of those closest to you." I paused for a second and moved my attention to all my friends. "You all have his fate in your hands. What will it be?"

Silence swept through the pavilion. I looked around and saw everyone looking at Kabuto in anger and malice.

Then, Ino stood up from her position and walked towards Kabuto. She made a hand seal and tapped her hands on Kabuto's Headband. "Kabuto... What motivates you to kill Sakura's parents?" She asked him.

"I wanted to break psyche so I can use her and mold her into becoming Orochimaru's finest servant." I have to grab hold of Naruto and Sasuke after he said that. "She has a potential that shouldn't be wasted in this village." Then Kabuto gasped a little after saying that. "Yamanaka Clear Mind Jutsu." He muttered in realization.

Ino nodded a little. "Yes, you can't lie... Now tell us about what happened to you since your earliest memory." She said.

"This information is dangerous..." Kabuto spoke. "You'll be killed for even knowing half of this information."

Ino sighed a little. "Just give us your general background." She told him.

"My earliest memory was when I was just a child. I lived in an orphanage and taken care by woman named Nono. She took care of me for quite a long time until one day, I was taken by the Root to become one of their spies." Kabuto explained. "For years I traveled from Kumo, Kiri, Suna, and Iwa. But during that last mission I was caught by an enemy ninja, we had a fight and I managed to defeat her." He paused for a second. "Then I realized that it was Nono all along, I tried to save her and tell her that it was me Kabuto. But she didn't recognize me..."

Hmm... This Root thing seems to be pretty big deal...

"Then Orochimaru came to me. He told me that Nono was also working under root. They used falsified image to make her forget about me. I gained my self-identification from her, without her, I don't even know who I am." He paused a second and sighed. "Then I decided to work under Orochimaru and create a new hidden village called the Hidden Sound Village. I made a new background and from that I'm able to infiltrate Konoha and become a genin."

Ah... Loss of identity... That's what's wrong with him.

"Suddenly, the most precious, most fascinating creature literally fell from the sky." Kabuto looked at me. "The girl without chakra, the Angel of Hidden Leaf... Orochimaru wants you Haios, he wants you to be his most precious weapon. Powerful, eternal, and immune to even the most powerful Genjutsu." He looked at Sakura. "You are my key in getting her, the only one in this world who knows how to heal her."

I see now. Get Sakura and I'll have no choice but to work for him. Clever...

Ino gasped and took short bated breath. Choji and Shikamaru jolted up from their position and walked towards her. "Sorry..." Ino whispered. "I ran out of chakra... I can't keep that jutsu for too long... Don't trust anything he says from this point." The boys took Ino away from Kabuto and Naruto made a small cushion for her to sit on.

Now that we know more about Kabuto, everyone can do a better judgment for him. "All right, Sasuke, what do you think?" I asked the uchiha.

Sasuke looked at Kabuto coldly. "Death is too kind for him... He deserves a fate worse than that..."

I nodded a little. "You don't give him your consent." Then I looked at Naruto. "What do you think Naruto?"

Naruto looked at Kabuto for a moment before sighing a little. "Well... He's a jerk, I hate him for killing Sakura chan's parent but... I give him my consent..." He replied.

"That's one, four more consent to go." I looked at Ino. "Ino, what do you think?"

Ino glared at Kabuto. "No... This monster hurt my best friend. If you think I will forgive him then you have another thing coming." She said.

"Okay... Shikamaru, what do you think?" I asked the smartest of us.

"Spare him, and then dispose of him once we don't need him anymore." Shikamaru replied coldly.

"Choji?" I asked the one sitting beside him.

"I'll go with Shikamaru..." Choji replied.

I nodded a little. "All right, that's three consent. Just two more." I looked at Kiba and Shino. "What do you both think?"

"Heck no! I say we feed him to the wolves!" Kiba exclaimed angrily.

I looked at Shino. "Shikamaru is right, we can use him." He said calmly.

Finally, I looked at Hinata who's been quiet the whole time. She brought her hands together and made a hand seal I don't recognize.

"GYAAAAH!!!" Kabuto let out a blood curling scream and kneeled down in agony. In just a few seconds, his screams turned into a series of painful whimper and sobbing. "S-stop! Khh, AH! S-SToP!" He tried to form complete sentence but the pain seemed to be unbearable.

"Hinata chan..." Naruto said suddenly. "That's enough..." The Hyuga let go of the seal and looked down. Then she took a deep breath before nodding a little.

"I give my consent..." She whispered.

I nodded a little. "All right, Naruto, Shikamaru, Shino, Choji, and Hinata gave their consent." I looked at Kabuto and gently lifted him up from his position. "From this day forward, you shall become our double agent. You will tell us Orochimaru's entire plan and always be useful unless you want to have your head fried." I looked at him. "Understand?"

Kabuto nodded a little. The pain from earlier was still too much for him to say anything.

"Awesome, now tell us everything and don't you dare lying because trust me, I know."

For about an hour, Kabuto told us everything. It's obvious that if we didn't know about this information earlier, Konoha is screwed. I mean seriously, two Hidden Village, Sand and Sound combining their forces to take down Konoha. Put the One Tail for the icing and Orochimaru's plan to assassinate the Hokage for the cherry on top; we need lots of help for this one.

"Okay guys... Chunin Exam is next week. Remember, the nine of us will have to pass through this exam if we want to stop this invasion." I said while carefully devising a plan. "Shikamaru, what do you think? Should we inform the Hokage? Should we turn Kabuto to the TI Department?"

Shikamaru brought his hands together and looked down in deep thought. "Hmm..." He closed his eyes for a moment before shaking his head. "If we tell this to anyone, chances of Orochimaru discovering our knowledge will increase, who knows how many spies he has in our midst. He might just change his plan and we'll lose this precious opportunity."

Then Shikamaru sighed a little. "But it will be much harder and dangerous if we do this on our own. We need at least someone in the Jounin ranks who can help us." Then he glanced at me. "Yes, I've heard about your promotion. But Tokubetsu Jounin is not the same as Jounin."

Okay, a Jounin we can trust... "How about our Jounin sensei?" Naruto suggested suddenly. "I mean, I don't know about your sensei, but I think Kakashi sensei is trustworthy..." He said.

Shikamaru considered about it for a second. "Well... We all trust our Jounin Sensei, but there's a very high chance that he or she will inform the Hokage the second we tell them about this." He thought about it for a second. "How do we make sure they're not going to tell anyone?"

I smirked a little. "It's easy! We'll just kidnap them!"

"EEEH!?!?" Everyone but Shikamaru and Shino exclaimed while looking at me like I'm crazy.

I nodded a little. "Yep! We'll kidnap them! Then we tell them about this invasion and make them promise not to tell anyone!" I exclaimed.

"Actually... I like that plan..." Shikamaru said. "Tomorrow, we'll prepare for everything. The day after tomorrow during our daily training, you will all attempt to capture your perspective Jounin Sensei." He said calmly.

With that, we ended our meeting and Sakura deactivated her seal.

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Meanwhile in the apartment...

Haku and the Kyubi sat together on Haios's bed. The former held a cup of coffee in her hands. "Are you going to drink that?" Kyubi asked suddenly.

"This is master's coffee..." She muttered.

The Nine Tails rolled his eyes. "I'm pretty sure she won't mind if I drink that." He replied.

"I can make you another if you want..." Haku replied.

"You are hopeless, you know that right?"

"I don't understand... What do you mean?"

"Exactly..." Then the Kyubi stood up and stretched his legs. "What do you think she has in her apartment?" He asked while walking around the room.

Haku stood up and put down the coffee on a table. "I don't think you should look around Angel's personal belongings..." She said with a slightly scared look on her face.

"Stop me." The Kyubi replied while checking on some papers about Haios's research on the Elemental Nation. "Hmm... Interesting..." He put down the papers and picked up thick book nearby. "This must be her journal..."

The fox opened the book and skipped to the last page. "I see... So she doesn't update this book until she left a world..." He said after realizing that there is no entry about the Elemental Nation in there. Then he opened the first page and a small grin slowly appeared on his face. "Looks like there's someone out there far worse than that bastard Kishi..."

"Who are you talking about?" Haku asked in curiosity.

"I can't tell you, you'll go insane out of the revelation..." The Kyubi replied while opening the next page. A grin slowly formed on his face as he read her journal. "Oho! I knew it!" He flipped the page. "You were a real monster weren't you Haios chan?"