Angel of The Hidden Leaf

After a few hours, the school's over and it's time for everyone to head back home. I walked with everyone out of the class. I watched with keen eyes who were picked up by their parents and who went back home alone.

Soon, it was only me, Naruto, and Sasuke. Naruto looked at Sasuke in disdain for a moment before motioning me to go. "Come on Haios Chan, there's someplace that you should see." He said while leading me towards the direction of the Hokage Tower.

I just shrugged and followed him out of the school yard. I almost felt bad for leaving Sasuke alone, but I concluded that he's probably waiting for someone to pick him up. Besides, I still have this perfectly good Bento hidden away on my bag.

Then, Naruto pointed at the mountain behind the Hokage Tower. The mountain has some very similar resemblance with the Rushmore. The faces of the first, second, third, and fourth Hokage were carved on the mountain.

"Race you to the Fourth!!!" Naruto exclaimed before jumping away towards a fence nearby and jumped again towards the rooftop. "Come on Haios chan!!! Don't keep me waiting!" He yelled out tauntingly in the distance.

I just smirked at him in response. I may not be able to jump that high, but there is one thing I can do that I don't think he can. I jumped up a few feet into the air and use the Nature Energy around me to propel myself through the sky.

If I can make stuff fly, what's stopping me from flying?

I flew up towards Naruto on top of the building and winked at him. "See you on top Naruto! Don't keep me waiting okay!" I flew close to him before kicking off a gust of dust at him. "Later slowpoke!"

"YOU CAN FLY!??!!?" Naruto yelled out in extreme disbelief. "Wait up! Hey! That's cheating!" Naruto jumped from building to building, trying to keep up with me. "HAIOS CHAN!!!" He yelled when he has to navigate around the Hokage Tower while I can just soar above it.

Flying has always been my favorite thing to do. Just feeling the wind softly whistling around me as I twirled around in the air, watching the world shrunk as I soared higher and higher into the sky. I always loved it when the Creator gave me the capability to fly around with no worries.

I watched the Hokage Tower in front of me and saw a familiar window on top. I floated towards it and knocked on the window. I can see the Hokage turning around in his seat. He looked at me in disbelief for a moment before chuckling a little in amusement. "You are full of surprises aren't you Haios San..."

I just laughed in response before making my way towards the Fourth Hokage's monument. I can see a platform right in front of the mountain and landed gracefully on top of it. "And the winner is me!!!" I exclaimed in victory.

I looked at the staircase in my left and saw Naruto running up the stairs with an exhausted look on his face. "You cheated, believe it..." 'Thud' He dropped down right next to me and I almost feel bad about leaving him like that.

I shook my head and gently pat Naruto's head. "Wake up tough guy, got something to show you." The boy jolted up from his position and looked at me in excitement.

"Is it something else you can do?"

I shook my head and took out a box of bento from my bag. "Nope, I brought you this for lunch." I handed him the Bento and watched as Naruto opened the Bento like he's opening a present. "I hope you liked it, sorry if it's already cold."

Naruto smiled at me gratefully. "Thank you so much Haios chan!" He picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the fried fish. "It tastes good! But I'd like it if you brought me some ramen." He commented before taking another bite.

"Nope, you need some vitamins for your overall health. And some calcium too but I forgot to bring any milk." I explained to him.

"Fine... But you should make me some delicious ramen sometimes." Naruto muttered in defeat.

"Sure, sure, maybe next year." I replied simply.

"But Haios Chan!!!" He whined while I just laughed in response.

A few minutes later, Naruto suddenly stopped eating and looked at me in confusion. "Umm, Haios chan, why aren't you eating anything? Aren't you hungry?" He asked me.

I just pat his head with an amused smirk on my face. "I'm an immortal you dummy; I don't need that much food. Especially with my small body, I don't need much energy to function." I explained. "Besides, I still have some toast back home for dinner."

Naruto still looked at me in confusion. "What's immortal?" He asked.

I sighed patiently. "It means I don't age."

"Does that mean you never had any birthdays?"

I can't remember ever seeing someone so dense before. "No, it means I don't grow old and that I will live young and healthy forever." I explained as simple as possible.

Naruto looked at me in surprise after hearing that. "You mean, you're still gonna look like this in the next thousand years?"

I nodded. "Yeah, it's awesome and sucks at the same time. Awesome because I will never miss out on anything, sucks because I shouldn't get emotionally attached with anyone." I looked down for a moment and think back to the people I've outgrow and outlived. "Not only I'm stuck physically as a twelve years old girl, I am also stuck mentally as a twelve years old girl. That's why even though I'm probably a few decades old; I still act as a child."

"It must've been hard, being an immortal and all..." He whispered in slight pity.

"Yeah, being an immortal isn't always about living forever. But it's also about everyone you love dying. That's why I always try not to make a very close connection with anyone." I explained.

Naruto looked down sadly after hearing that. "Does that mean you don't really want to be my friend?"

I shook my head and patted his head. "No you silly. That means I just plunged you down into the deep dark inescapable pit of Friend Zone." The innocent look of confusion he gave me was priceless.

"What's wrong with Friend Zone? Doesn't that mean you will become my friend?" He asked.

I just shrugged in response. "I'm glad you like the Friend Zone so far. Cuz trust me, you are not getting out of there anytime soon."

[LINE BREAK]

Meanwhile in the opposite side of the village...

A certain Uchiha stood in the middle of a training ground in the Abandoned Uchiha Complex. He has his eyes closed and a look of concentration in his face. He extended his senses to its fullest as he tried to sense the position of the targets all around him.

With a sharp breath he jumped up and threw dozens of projectiles to the targets in front of him. Then he back flipped and threw another round of weapons to the targets behind him. The collective sounds of dozens of weapons hitting wooden pole rang throughout the whole training ground.

Sasuke landed gracefully on the ground and opened his eyes. He managed to hit every single one of his target. Some however missed the center bull's eye and only hit the edges of the target. He sighed to himself and starts plucking the weapons off the target.

As he retrieved his weapons, he thought about the newcomer. He thought about the way she managed to hold his ground against him. Never has he ever tied against another academy student. Never has he ever had to use an actual Ninjutsu against his peers.

However, he doesn't feel bad about the match. If anything, it made him even more excited to train and be more powerful. For once, he has finally found a rival that can stood toe to toe with him. A rival who has an incredible power unlike anything he has ever heard before.

Then he thought about the Dead Last and his relationship with the newcomer. They are close and Haios doesn't seem to mind spending time with an idiot like Naruto. It really makes no sense to him, why would someone so powerful spend time with a weakling.

He's curious about what she would gain from befriending Naruto or befriending anyone at all. Maybe he should ask her about this.

Sasuke looked at the orange sky above him and decided that maybe it's too late. Perhaps he can ask her tomorrow afterschool. For some reason though, he felt like tomorrow is going to be much more interesting than he ever thought it would be.