Wings of the Leaf

Hey everyone, Here is chapter two, hoping you all like this story. So the way this is going to work for my OC, I am planning on making him Yugao Uzuki's apprentice when he gets out of the academy later on, I am wondering, does anyone want her to be in a relationship or possible harem with my OC or will she be more like an older sister to him, please let me know what you think.

"Konoha" =Normal Speech

'Konoha'=Thoughts

"Konoha"=Bijū Speech

"Konoha"=Jutsu/Techniques

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO, I DO OWN MY OC.

Chapter 2: Winged Discovery

+Konoha Hospital+

Iruka and Hiruzen opened the door to the hospital room, only to be met with a pair of gleaming gold eyes staring at them, said eyes belonging to the young boy who was brought in by Iruka. He was currently lying in the hospital bed, his eyes open as he was looking at the door, it appeared he was awake, but judging by the fact he didn't have his head turned completely toward them, he wasn't fully recovered yet.

The two approached the boy slowly, but as they moved closer, they both stopped as the boy flinch back from them. Hiruzen looked at the young man's eyes and he could see that he was afraid of them.

'What on earth happened to this boy to make him afraid of people?' The aged Hokage gave the young boy a soft and warm smile before speaking. "Be at ease young man, we mean you no harm. My name is Hiruzen Sarutobi and this is Iruka Umino. It was Iruka-kun here who brought you to the hospital to heal."

Hearing this, the boy's eyes gained a soft look as he relaxed; letting the two men approach him.

Hiruzen looked at the boy carefully and felt a familiarity to him as he cleared his throat a bit and said, "I can understand if you don't wish to answer, but I would like to ask your name young man? You don't have to tell us if you don't feel comfortable doing so."

The boy tried to sit up but struggled before Iruka gently assisted the boy and helped him into a sitting position, the boy looked at the Hokage and spoke softly, his voice was a little hoarse, probably due to a lack of fluids. "M...my name is Sefia Shuiro, Sarutobi-san."

The Hokage's eyes lit up at the name of the young boy, he started to remember the boy's mother, with whom he spoke with quite often. Hiruzen smiled as he looked at Sefia, his hair matched his mother so well. "Sefia, do you know where you live?"

Both adults in the room were shocked when the boy looked down at the sheets on the bed, his eyes filled with sadness as tears slowly ran down his cheeks. "I...I don't have one anymore. I was pulled out of my home about a year ago; I've been living in the forest just outside of this village, in a hole at the base of a large tree"

Iruka looked shocked; the only forest just outside of the village was the infamous training ground 44. "We can't let live like that, Sefia." He said determinedly.

The Hokage nodded at that statement, and then he remembered his surrogate grandson Naruto. "Sefia-kun, how would you like to live with someone your own age? I can assure you he is quite nice and you two would get along just fine."

Sefia seemed shocked by the offer and thought about it.

The chance to live in the village again was quite a good thought, and with someone else his own age, Sefia quickly weighed his options and then looked at the Hokage with a small smile on his face. "Sarutobi-san, I think I would really like that, if it isn't too much of a bother."

The village leader's face had an instant smile on it as he nodded. "Good, now I advise you spend the night here in the hospital to rest up further, tomorrow morning I will bring your new roommate to see you before we get you released, alright?"

Sefia quickly nodded before his stomach growled rather loudly, causing the boy to have a slight blush on his cheeks.

Hiruzen just chuckled a bit before he called a nurse to bring some food for the young boy. After getting Sefia fed, he promptly fell asleep in the hospital bed, while Iruka and Hiruzen left quietly to let him rest. After returning to his office, the Hokage called one of his ANBU, Neko, and assigned her to shadow and guard Sefia. After getting the details, the cat-masked ANBU promptly left to start her newest assignment, rather eagerly after learning the boy's identity.

+The Next Morning-Konoha Hospital+

Sefia had woken up rather early, as he felt a bit excited about today. He waited patiently in the hospital room for his visitors. Just a bit before noon, Hiruzen walked into the room with a smile on his face, behind the older man was a small blond boy. Sefia found his eyes drawn to the boy as he smiled a bit, assuming this was his new roommate he would be living with.

Hiruzen smiled at Sefia, it was nice to see the boy so lively. "Good morning Sefia, I trust you had a good nights rest?" Sefia nodded at this. "Good, good. Sefia, I would like you to meet Naruto Uzumaki. Naruto-kun, this is Sefia Shuiro, he is your new roommate I told you about. I will trust you both to look out for each other as much as possible alright?"

Both boys nodded excitedly at this. "Good, now then Sefia, let's get you signed out of here and take you to get some clothes before we head to young Naruto's apartment."

Sefia smiled brightly and climbed out of the bed, he was currently wearing a loose white t-shirt and some rather torn up brown shorts. The three walked out of the hospital after Sefia was signed out and headed for a clothing store for shinobi, Hiruzen told Sefia to go and try to find an outfit he liked and he would pay for several copies of it for him.

Sefia wandered the shop for a bit, grabbing random things he liked before going into a changing room and started putting an outfit together before coming out a while later and walking back up to the front where Hiruzen and Naruto were waiting, Hiruzen was quite shocked by the outfit, but was rather impressed since the silver haired boy pulled it off so well.

Sefia wore a tight black vest, with gold rings around the armholes, which were linked by one gold line each to the single gold line bisecting the vest and concealing the zip. On his right shoulder, he wore a steel spaulder. A pair of kote protected his hands, white and black gauntlets that protected his wrists and the back of his hands.

He wore a pair of white shorts and a brown sash on his right leg, held together by a white belt. A yellow bag dangled from the belt on his right hip. His feet were encased in black shoes with gold bordering and white tips.

Hiruzen nodded his approval of the outfit and promptly had about five copies of it rung up and paid for from his own coffers. After getting the outfits sealed in a scroll for Sefia, they headed to Naruto's apartment.

When they arrived at the apartment, Sefia saw the poor condition of the place, but he didn't really mind it, he slept outside for quite some time, so this was an improvement no matter what. After making sure the two boys were settled in, the Hokage headed back to his office.

In the apartment, Sefia and Naruto were discussing their lives, what they liked, their dislikes, dreams, etc. After several hours of this, when it got to dinner time, they decided to have some instant ramen for dinner before heading to bed early that night, they had agreed to help each other in their daily lives, and to help each other in the academy when they joined as well, it was going to be a wonderful friendship for these two boys.

+The Next Morning, Naruto's Apartment+

Naruto's alarm clock went off, jolting the young blond awake. He shut the alarm off and stretched a bit before he got out of bed and headed for the kitchen area of the apartment, his cerulean blue eyes catching the sight of Sefia, still asleep on his couch.

Naruto walked over and gently shook Sefia awake, who promptly groaned a bit from the sunlight beaming in through the windows of the apartment, he rubbed his eyes a bit and looked over to see Naruto. "Good morning, Naruto-san."

Naruto smiled at his new roommate and chuckled a bit. "'Morning Sefia."

The two went to the kitchen and had some of the instant ramen Naruto had in his cupboards for breakfast before they took turns taking a shower.

After getting washed up and dressed, the two decided to go to the park to play for the day and promptly left the apartment, making sure they locked up on the way out.

As they walked to the park, Sefia decided to start a conversation. "So Naruto-san, do you have any other friends?"

Naruto looked down as they walked and shook his head. "No, whenever I try to play with the other kids, their parents either yell at me or pull their kids away and tell them not to play with me."

Sefia seemed rather confused at this. "Why? I don't understand what could cause them to treat you like that. It isn't right. Well don't worry; I'll stick by you no matter what Naruto-san!"

Naruto smiled and nodded. "You promise?"

Sefia grinned a bit and slammed his fist against his chest. "I swear on my life, I will never let you down."

Naruto instantly had his biggest grin on his face at that.

The two boys played at the park for most of the day, before eating at Ichiraku's Ramen before heading home. By the time they left the ramen stand, it was already getting dark out.

On the way back to Naruto's apartment, the two boys were cut-off by a mob of drunken civilians who started to shout and threaten Naruto, who then quickly got ready to run before Sefia grabbed his arm and pulled him along, leading Naruto around the streets to get away.

Eventually they ended up turning into a dead end alleyway, only to turn around to see the mob of drunks blocking the exit. Sefia quickly got in front of Naruto to protect him. "I won't let any of you hurt my friend, no matter what!"

The leader of the mob laughed before walking over and swiftly kicking Sefia in the side, throwing him into the wall of the alley before he hit the floor. "Well, well, look at this lads! The runt's a friend of the little demon boy, think we should do something about that?!"

The mob cheered as some of them went over and started beating Sefia to a pulp, before they all moved to Naruto and beat the defenceless boy.

Sefia watched as his friend and the one he swore he would protect being practically beaten to death. He clenched his fists as he inwardly cursed in his mind.

'Damn it, Damn it, I need to move, come on damn it. MOVE!'

As Sefia was doing this, his eyes went from their bright golden colour to gleaming silver before he got up and a pair of angel wings made of chakra appeared on his back. He glared at the mob as one noticed him, the rest turned to look, all of them stepping back at the killing intent Sefia was giving off.

"That's enough, leave now or else." He snarled angrily at the leader of the mob.

The drunken man laughed mockingly as he went to kick Naruto again, only to feel something metallic shoot right through his leg. As he fell back screaming in pain, the mob noticed the wings had turned to steel, each feather like a small razor sharp blade and, embedded into the back wall of the alley, was a steel feather. A small flock of steel feathers broke off from the wings and floated for a minute before shooting off, hitting every one of the drunken men in the legs, piercing their limbs with ease.

ANBU Operative Neko was in a panic, she lost track of Sefia and Naruto after the mob started chasing them. She had just heard a loud scream of pain and rushed into an alley just in time to see Sefia sending the flurry of steel feathers into the mob of drunks, effectively wounding and downing them all. Sefia's eyes changed back to gold as the wings and scattered feathers all vanished and he collapsed unconscious. Under her mask, Neko had a rather cheerful smile and a knowing look as she called her fellow ANBU to take the mob away while she took the two boys to the hospital.