Angel of The Hidden Leaf

"Okay, big day, you can do this, deep breath, calm..." I whispered to myself in front of a mirror inside the changing room. I'm currently garbed inside my angel outfit with an added Demon Wind Shuriken strapped behind my back.

It's supposed to make me look badass, but I just can't help but worry that people would laugh when they see me. I mean, I look like a freaking cosplayer! A little girl in an angel costume flying around the stadium like a freaking cupid right in front of lords, kages, and many more important people from across the nation. "AAH!! I can't! Just let Genma do this! He's definitely more qualified!"

"What are you yabbering about?" Kyubi asked while jumping on to my head. "You're worrying about your looks?"

I sighed a little and looked down. "I look ridiculous don't I?"

The fox rolled his eyes after hearing that. "You want me to give you some of my Killing Intent to show them that you mean business?"

"I'm trying to awe the crowds not send them into a coma Kyubi," I told him flatly.

"Then stop skulking and think, what do you think will impress them?"

"My flight abilities?"

"Not enough."

I rubbed my chin in deep thought. What exactly do I have to do to awe the crowds and show them Konoha's might? "Aha! A good entrance!"

"That's right kid, you only got one chance for first impression, make it count!"

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I floated about five hundred feet above the Chunin Exam Stadium. Below me were hundreds of people waiting for the bloody performance of a bunch of kids fighting to the death for the honor of their Village and Country.

Huh, that actually sounds extremely depraved and illegal in most worlds...

I looked at the small storage seal strapped on my sides. Since I cannot use storage seal, Sakura made a timed storage seal instead. In about two minutes the seal will eject about a hundred kunai and shuriken for the opening of the Chunin Exam Final.

In the Stadium, I can see a silhoutee of Genma Shiranui addressing the crowds. The Hokage has also finished his opening speech, so all I have to do is wait for the signal.

"Now," a voice appeared from my earpiece.

I took a deep breath and did a backflip before diving down straight to the middle of the arena. The storage seal exploded and I quickly took hold of all the shuriken and kunai to revolve around me as I soar closer and closer towards the arena.

The audience gets louder and louder as I brought down a literal tornado of blades in the middle of the arena. I spread out my wings and halted my descent a few feet away from the ground. The shuriken and kunai kept falling around me in a beautiful rythm and twisting pattern.

After all the blades landed, I flew few feet higher and looked down. Right below me was a giant Symbol of the Leaf Village made entirely of blades sticking out of the ground. In the center of it, stood Genma Shiranui standing calmly with a lazy look on his face.

"Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to the Final Part of the Chunin Exam!!" The Audience roared in excitement and I swear I can hear some of them yelling something about Angel of the Hidden Leaf. "Looks like you're all excited to see some minors killing each other!" I joked.

Some just chuckled while some started looking at each other with an uneasy look on their faces. "Well, I'm sure you've all had enough of speeches. So, I'm just gonna tell some additional rules for this tournament."

I floated a couple of feet higher and looked at the contestants seat. "Number one, killing is very discouraged and I will stop the match if there's a clear winner," everyone nodded in agreement.

"Number two, do not endanger the audience. So keep that in mind before you decided to use any Area of Effect technique," I gave a certain blonde long lingering look before continuing.

"Number Three, keep in mind that a good ninja knows when to quit. So if you found yourself facing a stupidly strong opponent, just forfeit, don't embarrass yourself. Okay?"

I lowered myself down and grabbed all the weapons sticking on the ground. Then I made it revolve around and behind me. I let off a little bit of killing intent and the arena went silent. "Last but not least, Do Not Mess With Konoha…"

Then I put aside all the weapons into the corner and stopped the Killing Intent. "Now, for the First Match!" I exclaimed. "Uzumaki Naruto against Hyuga Neji! All contestant please step into the arena!"

I moved myself to the upper corner of the arena to get a better look and not disturb the contestant.

Neji jumped from the spectator seat and landed on one side of the arena. He folded his arms in front of his chest and just stood there with a confident look on his face.

A shuriken was thrown from the spectator's seat and landed on the other side of the arena. The Shuriken then turned into Naruto Uzumaki, grinning at Neji with a confident look on his face. "Yosh! Let's have a fair fight Neji!"

Hayate walked up right in the middle of them. "Is all contestant ready?" he asked.

Both Neji and Naruto nodded confidently.

"All right then, Match Start!"

Hayate stepped away from both contestant and I flew in closer to get a better look. The two of them looked drastically different. Naruto has that playful confident grin on his face while Neji just gazed at his opponent with cold and calculating pupilless eyes.

"You are oldly calm," Neji pointed out while putting on a stance.

Naruto crossed his fingers and smirked. "Really? What makes you say that?"

"Your actions during the perliminary led me to believe that you are holding a grudge against me. I'd thought that you will come towards me with more bloodlust," Neji replied.

"Well, thank your cousin later okay?" Naruto replied while making a dozen clones. "Now, let's have an awesome fight Neji!"

With that, the dozen clones charged in towards Neji. The Hyuga activated his byakugan and swiftly dealt with their attacks, dispelling them. "I shouldn't be thanking her for making this fight too easy for me," the hyuga said after dispelling the last clones.

"Tch, don't underestimate me Neji!" Naruto said while charging in towards the Hyuga. He jumped up to the air and threw a dozen Shuriken. They all hit the ground around Neji and turned into shadow clones. "Let's go!"

The clones charged in towards Neji from all sides, trying to disable them. Meanwhile Naruto is preparing a very, very nasty kick straight at the Hyuga's face. But before the clones or Naruto can get close to him, Neji started to spin.

Neji spun faster and faster, forming a blue dome of chakra around him. The clones were all dispelled and Naruto were knocked back violently. He dropped down on the ground a few meters away from the dome and rubbed his fist. "Oi! That hurts!"

The dome dissipated, revealing Neji standing confidently in front of the blonde. "Once a failure is always a failure," he said tauntingly.

"I am not a failure!" Naruto retorted before creating an entire army of clones. The clones however were no match against the Hyuga, they were all dispelled one by one with a single swift motion. Not even the neverending volley of shuriken could hit the Hyuga.

The Hyuga charged in towards Naruto and start striking him endlessly. "Keep telling yourself that, but I know the truth," he said while disabling his opponent's arm. "Your only real talent is your endless supply of chakra, anyone with the same chakra as you will become twice the shinobi you'll ever be."

Naruto kept dodging the Hyuga's strike and blocking the jyuken by flailing his already disabled arm. "I don't have to believe you Neji, I have my friend who will always back me up!"

"Exactly that, failure," Neji threw a roundhouse kick straight at Naruto's face, sending him flying a few feet back. "Your connection with the Uchiha and the Jounin proctor is the only reason you can even compete in the Chunin Exam."

Naruto struggled to get back on his feet, but couldn't seem to muster the will to do so. He gritted his teeth and slowly crawled toward the Hyuga.

Okay, hold up, the hell is going on? Did Hinata talk Naruto to let Neji win or something? Because I sure as heck remember that this blonde always have some really, really nasty explosive tricks up his sleeves. Either he's letting Neji win or Neji is about to have the match of his life.

Neji walked up towards Naruto and folded his arms in front of his chest. "You've lost, Naruto, now forfeit!"

Then, a small smile slowly formed on Naruto's face. Just seeing that smirk tells me that Neji is kinda a bit screwed. "Neji San, you're a taijutsu specialist right? How good are you at fighting ranged foes?" Neji's eyes widened and he quickly jumped back.

Naruto exploded violently, sending shock wave that just barely harmless enough for the spectators. Then, five Naruto appeared in every corner of the stadium. "Say, Neji san, if I start throwing these..." a Naruto threw a shuriken on the ground and it exploded upon contact. "How much chance do you have?"

Neji gritted his teeth and prepared himself. "Not much, I admit," he watched every single one of Naruto's movement with his byakugan. "But I don't suppose that you are going to play fair..." he added before charging in towards one of the blonde.

The Hyuga struck one of the clones only to have it exploding right in front of his face. He swallowed the pain and gritted his teeth. "Where are you? Fight me head on!"

Suddenly, a bright orange fox jumped down from a tree nearby and charged in towards Neji. It has a kunai between its sharp teeth and a pair of iron claws.

The fox was much quicker and stronger than what you would expect from a regular fox. It managed to deliver a nasty claw swipe straight Neji's face before jumping away before Neji could retaliate.

Then, Naruto ran in from behind with a pair of Kunai. Neji saw him coming however and did a backflip. He landed behind Naruto and pushed him straight at the fox. Naruto then exploded, taking the fox with it. "You're just a one trick pony," Neji taunted. "You're nothing without that power; you're nothing without your teammates!"

Then, another Naruto appeared right in front of him. He has a pissed off look in his face and a very swirly, very deadly, very powerful rasengan in one hand.

"That's the point you idiot!" Naruto exclaimed. "Without my friends, I'm nothing but a tool! Just a living weapon made to serve the village!" a blast of red aura shot out of his body and I quickly doubled my force field.

"Can you see it? Neji?" Naruto asked, his voice resembling that of the Kyubi. "The power of the Nine Tailed Fox!!!" another shock wave of chakra appeared from his body and mutterings started to appear from the audience.

I can see Neji getting more terrified as second goes by. He took a step back and put on a defensive stance. "Naruto… you…"

"A jinchuriki, yes…" Naruto walked towards him. His three tails flailing gently behind his back. "Without my friends, Neji, I would've finished what I've started twelve years ago…"

I was at the edge of my seat and was about to stop the match. But it seems that Naruto has more control of the red chakra than I expected.

Naruto's rasengan dissipates and his whole body turned back to normal. He took out his kunai and held it out in front him. "That's why I made a promise," he said and I let go of the force field just so everyone can hear this one. "I promised everyone that I will never give up! That I will use my power to protect my loved ones! That I will become the Hokage who will someday protect the Village of Konoha! And that is my ninja way!!!"

Cheers and applause rang out from the audience. Among the loudest of them were from the Konoha Eleven and the shinobi who has once fought along side the blonde. Soon, the rest of the audience start clapping their hands and cheering for Naruto.

"Yosh! Neji!" Naruto exclaimed, gone were his anger and malice, replaced by the shining hope of courage and confidence. "Let's show them what Konoha can do!!!" he exclaimed before charging in towards the Hyuga.

Neji looked at Naruto in a mixture of confusion and awe. He swiftly deflected a strike from the blonde and struck his arm. But then, Naruto simply swings his arm to strike the Hyuga. It went on for a dozen blows before Neji deactivated almost all of Naruto's limbs.

Now, lying down paralyzed on the arena, I almost thought that that was it for the blonde. But then, he smirked a little and a blast of red chakra appeared from his body. He stood up from his position and stretched his limbs like it was nothing.

"Is that all you got?" Naruto asked as a clone formed behind him. He aimed his hand back and the clone start forming a swirling blue ball on his hand. "Because I was just getting started!" he exclaimed.

Naruto then charged in towards Neji with the rasengan. The Hyuga made another stance and start spinning on the spot. A large shell of chakra appeared around him, ready to face off against the fourth hokage's legendary technique.

The rasengan made a contact with the kaiten. A blue flash formed from the point of contact and a horizontal gap appear around the shell, as if a ball is being used to moved a large current. Naruto then used his other hand to threw a kunai right into the gap.

The Kunai was deflected away as if fighting against an unseen current. Then, Neji sped up and launched the blonde and his rasengan away. Neji stopped gracefully and smirked a little. "Anything else you got?"

Naruto smirked a little and made a hand sign. "Transform!" he exclaimed and a plume of smoke exploded out of nowhere.

When it dies down, a five foot tall fox appeared in his place. The fox growled a little before charging at Neji. It sent quick, sharp, and lethal blows straight at Neji. Neji tried to fight back, but it's obvious that he doesn't have that much experience fighting against a gigantic beast.

As a last ditch effort, Neji used Kaiten and knocked away the fox. The fox turned back into the blonde who looked a bit worn out. "Not bad, not bad," he said while rubbing a trickled of blood rolling down his mouth. "But can you do this?"

Naruto ran in towards Neji with a Kunai in both hands. Then they start fighting in a quick and powerful taijutsu fight. As seconds goes by, Naruto start moving faster and faster while Neji started to get overwhelmed.

They kept going for a few minutes. Neji trying to disable his opponent while Naruto trying to give Neji as many cuts as possible. Naruto with his red chakra managed to heal any paralyzed part of his body, making the jyuken virtually useless against him.

Soon, Naruto managed to wear Neji out. The Hyuga's movement started to slow down and he puts on a full on defensive stance. "In the end, it's not because of some fancy tricks," Naruto muttered while throwing a finishing blow right at Neji's face.

Neji was thrown a few feet back and couldn't muster the will to get up. Naruto walked up towards him and helped him get up. "It's my determination to keep going," Naruto said with a smile on his face. "Now forfeit!"

"I forfeit," Neji replied almost immediately, accepting his defeat.

I took it as a cue and I soared right above the arena. "And the winner is Uzumaki Naruto!!!" I exclaimed followed by cheers and applause from the audience. "Thank you for the wonderful fight everyone," I flew closer towards Neji and smiled at him. "You too Neji, awesome fight! Much better than a curb stomp battle no?"

Neji sighed a little and nodded. "I apologize for my actions in the last match," he said. "It was unnecessarily cruel and selfish of me for doing that to my sister," he added.

"Glad to hear that! Now, you two may leave the arena. The medical bay is on the left if you feel hurt," then I soared back up to the air and addressed the audience. "Now for the second match!"