Kurama Leo

Kurama Leo ( 鞍馬, レオ ) was an infiltration ninja from Konohagakure.

Background
Kurama Leo was born into the Kurama clan but never knew his parents or if he had any siblings. He grew up in an orphanage with a bunch of other kids and never really got on too well with any of them.

Leo's time in the academy placed him at the top of the class when it came to genjutsu, as well as being rather high in intelligence, moderate in some taijutsu. He only had one friend and even then it wasn't a very talkitive relationship. Aburame Azakai was his only friend during the academy and when he 'graduated' at the age of ten both he and Azakai were taken into an Infiltration Training program.

During the program Leo struggled with the taijutsu accept and weapons training due to his lack of strength which was caused by LGMD  a genetic disease that detearioates muscles. Despite this fact his genjutsu was still strong which is what led him to succeed so far in his career as a ninja. Azakai also introduced Leo to Nagahashi Kae a girl a younger year then him and Azakai. Kae was Leo's only crush throughout his entire appearence.

After making it onto Team Surudohia alongside Azakai and Kae, Leo found out about his affinaty for Fire Type Chakra. Leo's skills in Genjutsu were further developed during this time. Azakai also told Leo how she felt about him but Leo was unable to return her feelings saying he liked Kae. Their friendship did not change but Azakai did become more protective of Kae after this.

Personality
Leo was a quiet person but he had a distinct air of authority and calm confidence which was particularly clear in the way how he stood and moved, never looking down or away when someone confronted him. Leo never really expressed many emotions, those times he did it normally wasn't spoken emotions but his body langauge would change and often his emotions would reflect in his eyes.

Leo was more wise then in general intelligent. He knew what his team mates where good at, what roles they played and was ready to listen and act when they were. Despite his quietness and colder front he got on well with his team mates.

Appearance
Leo had dark red hair shaggy hair that was semi long, often covering his black eyes if not pushed to the side. Leo wears black fingerless gloves, a dark grey shirt and knee length black pants with black ninja shoes and a black konohagakure headband. He wears the same outfit throughout the entire series.

Abilities
Leo does NOT have the Kurama clan kekki genkai, since it is a rare ability and it was found in another character from the origional naruto series has it however he does possess a naturally strong affinaty for Genjutsu. Because of this he has very high Genjutsu levels. However due to his LGMD condition any taijutsu that involves putting strength behind it he is way below average at. If the taijutsu has something to doe with Aikido or Judo (Japanese material art that use another persons body weight against them) he is passable.

Leo's stats increase drastically in other fields because he is aware of his medical condition and has to train to make up for it in other area's.

Status
 Part I Leo first appears during the chunin exams in the forest of death when he and the rest of team Surudohia are sent undercover to see if any of the candidates might have anything to do with Orochimaru's sudden appearence. During the time in the forest of Death Leo watches Kabuto and his team for a majority of the time. While he found the fact that they split up so easily and willingly he did take into consideration that they had taken te chunin exams at lest twice before and there for this may not of being that surprising.

Upon arriving at the rendavous point Leo and his team were ordered to continue to observe and compete in the chunin exams. During the preliminary he was set up to fight Azakai. Azakai withdrew from the fight refusing to fight a team mate even for the sake of the exam in the end he was set to fight against Kae during the last round.

During the training period given to the candidates Leo is told to keep an eye on Gaara but not to approach him directly it having being determined that doing such a thing would near certainly get him killed. Leo attempted to befriend both Kankuro and Temari along with their sensei but failed even because they were determined to not let anyone near them. This left Leo to the spying aspect of his task one night while watching Gaara he and Azakai saw him kill Dosu. Azakai reported the incidnet resulting in more ninja from the leaf being told to keep an eye on the sand siblings and their sensei.

Whilst fighting Kae in the third round which took place between Shikamaru and Naruto's matches. Leo and Kae both took decent damage from it with Kae coming out the victor. Leo was taken and treated for burns before the invasion started. Leo went to help and found himself fighting alongside Azakai. When they discovered that Kae was going a on rampage, destraught from watching their sensei die Leo knocks her unconsious and breifly Azakai and Leo evacute injured ninja to the hospital however they are told to help out against the summoning attacking the village. Leo is killed when he tries to push an unnamed ninja out of the way of the path of a falling building. While the other ninja is only hurt Leo is killed. In his last moment Leo regrets not telling Kae that he loved her and that he couldn't fullfill his dream of protecting the village he loved so much.

During his funeral Kae says as she lays down her flower that he did protect his village because he had protected her and some other members of the village.

Trivia

 * Leo had a crush on Kae
 * Leo knowing of his condition LGMD knew that soon he would soon be rendered helpless and die anyway because of the rate his muscles were detoriating hence why his recklessness during the invasion arc
 * Leo's favourite flower was the Autumn Crocus because it was a beautiful flower but it was deadly all the same.
 * He liked eating small strawberry flavoured sweets, infact anytime he wasn't training he could be seen eating them and always carried some on missions.

Reference
Nagahashi Kae

Aburame Azakai

Deviant art  (Credit to all the people's bases that I use)

LGMD

Beautiful but Deadly Flowers