Angel of The Hidden Leaf

 Jiraiya, Naruto, and I stood in a circle. Right in the middle of us is a tiny little tadpole wriggling aimlessly on the ground. It disappeared in a small poof of smoke a few seconds later, leaving only a small wet spot on the ground and the ghostly disappointment of the Fourth Hokage.

You see, just a moment ago Naruto signed the Toad summoning contract. He was very eager to summon his first, well, summon. He even told us that he's not going to hold back and that he's going to summon the strongest toad out there.

Needless to say, even Hinata might've been disappointed in him right now.

Jiraiya was the first one to respond. "OI! Brat! Stop playing around and summon a toad already!" He exclaimed in outrage.

"You drained my chakra you perverted sage!" Naruto retorted in outrage. "How am I supposed to summon without chakra!?" Oh, and there's also the fact that Jiraiya made him create a million clones to drain his chakra. So I guess it's not entirely his fault.

"You need to learn how to harness your red chakra. Simply relying on your power is not going to be enough." Jiraiya replied.

"I'm not going to rely on fox's chakra!" Naruto replied. "Besides, I have the fox's shadow clone controlling his chakra." He added.

Jiraiya sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Listen brat, It's not about using or not using your red chakra. It's about knowing how to control it." He folded his arms and gazed at Naruto sternly. "Don't think I don't know what happened brat, you damn well tried to kill that Hyuga kid."

Naruto was about to say something but clamped his mouth shut. He knew that Jiraiya's right, if Sasuke didn't stop him, Hinata might just lose her brother.

"Fine..." Naruto muttered finally in defeat. He bit his tongue again and made some hand seal. "Ninja Art: Summoning Technique!" He slammed his fist on to the ground and a plume of smoke exploded upon contact. A few seconds later, the smoke dispersed, revealing...

Yet another tadpole...

"You call that a toad!?" Jiraiya exclaimed in outrage.

"I'm trying my best here you perverted hermit!"

"You're not trying hard enough! Put your life on the line, act like this is the very last jutsu you use!" Jiraiya explained. "Come on, do it! Show me that you're your father's son!"

Naruto gritted his teeth and bit his tongue again. Some sort of red hue surrounded him from all sides. "SUMMONING TECHNIQUE!!!" He slammed his palm on to the ground and a huge plume of smoke exploded upon contact. We all watched in anticipation as the smoke slowly dispersed, revealing...

Another tadpole... But this one has legs, so, progress?

"NARUTO!!!" Jiraiya yelled.

"I'M TRYING YOU PERVERTED SAGE!!!"

The two of glared at each other and I'm starting to feel like I shouldn't be intruding on their training. I quietly bid them farewell and decided to see if I can visit Lee and Sakura in the hospital.

[LINE BREAK]

"Sakura! Hi!" A ducked under a scalpel before giggling a little. "Come on! At least I'm not barging in during an operation." I said while floating through the hospital window.

Sakura rolled her eyes and looked back towards the papers in her hands. "What is it Haios?" Her tone exhausted and dull.

I took a closer look at Sakura. Her pink hair was messy and untidy, bags were visible under her eyes, and her body seemed to be shivering slightly in exhaustion.

"Sakura, I know you're a doctor and all, but have you considered to, I dunno…" I gave her a deadpan look. "Sleeping?"

Sakura chuckled a little mirthlessly before putting down her documents. "Considered? Yeah, I thought about sleeping. Then I thought..." she slammed her desk, stood up, and looked at me with a dead serious look on her face. "My friends, no, my loved ones are going to fight to death tomorrow. Do you think I can rest easy, not knowing if I can heal them? Do you think I can bear the guilt if I fail to save one of them?"

"I barely managed to save Lee!!" She sat down on the table and sighed a little. "If Naruto wasn't there, if I never knew about Uzumaki kekkei genkai… I won't be able to heal him Haios, I would've failed…"

I walked behind her and hugged her from behind. "Sakura, we all trust you. We all know that you will always do your best to fix us up no matter what happened." I gently hold her hand and put away the documents. "Now, I want you to relax and have a rest. Humans need their sleep to process information don't they?"

Sakura exhaled a deep breath. "Okay, okay…" She stood up from her seat and I lifted myself up without letting go of her. "Haios, I need to check on Lee's condition first."

"Go ahead, but I'm not letting go." The girl rolled her eyes and walked towards the door.

The hospital halls are a quite empty. There are some nurses walking around every now and then, but it's pretty much peaceful and not hectic.

"So, how's Lee?" I asked

Sakura looked up for a moment in deep thought. "He's, okay." She sighed a little and put a hand over her forehead . "But I messed up, so now he's uhh… an Uzumaki?"

I blinked owlishly after hearing that. "Say what now?"

"I wanted to accelerate his healing process by manually extracting the Uzumaki chakra from the blood I injected him with, however…"

I rest my head on her left shoulder. "However?"

"I accidentally integrated the Uzumaki DNA into his bloodstream and thus making him an actual Uzumaki hybrid."

I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but since Sakura doesn't seem to be panicking over it I'm just gonna assume that it's not something I should worry about.

Soon enough, we made it to Lee's room. Sakura opened the door, revealing an empty room with a messy bed. "Ah, that was quick." Sakura muttered to herself. "Come on, let's check the yard. Though, we might wanna get there fast, mind giving me a lift?"

I let go of her and lifted her up with the force.

"287, 288, 289…" Lee exclaimed with every push of his body. With one hand casted away, he told us that he won't stop until he get to 300.

All my life, I've never seen that amount of determination coming from a single person. The way he kept pushing himself to the limit, ignoring the cries of pain from his body.

"You see, this is the reason." Sakura muttered without looking away from Lee. "How can I sleep knowing that my friends are struggling away, pushing theirselves past their limit?" She folded her arms in front of her chest. "I need to always be ready to heal them, to make them feel better. Because I am a doctor."

"292…" Lee's body shook and it took all of my willpower to not give him any boost. "293…" He gritted his teeth in pain and I know that he's way past his limit.

But maybe, a psychological help is fine. "Lee! You can do this!" I exclaimed. "Think about your hard work, all the pain you've been through just to get to this point! You think a little bit of broken bones will stop you!?"

"294! 295! 296!" His breathing gets labored and sweat trickled down his face.

"Your friends! Your sensei! Everyone in this village are counting for you Lee! Because you are the Shinobi of The Leaf. You Have The Will of Fire Burning Inside You!!!"

"297! 298! 299! Gyaah!" Just one more, he just have to push up his body. His arm was trembling in pain, but the determination in his eyes didn't falter. "Three…" milimeters by milimeters he pushed his body. "HUNDRED!"

The boy dropped down moments later, unconscious.

Sakura swiftly walked towards him and starts flashing him with her flashlight. "He'll be up and running in a week, thanks to the Uzumaki blood inside him." She said while taking out a stretcher from a storage seal.

I helped her put Lee on to the stretcher and we both took him back to his bed.