Leo Izuno

Lion Spirit King (獅子精王, Shishi Tadashi-ō)

**Leo Izuno** (伊豆野レオ, *Izuno Reo*) is a shinobi of Konohagakure's Izuno clan, with the rank of Jōnin, Leo is is pure and unrestrained being one of the villages foremost best Fūinjutsu Specialist, and one of the Seven Demon Kings of the Leaf. His official title is **Lion Spirit King** (獅子精王, *Shishi Tadashi-ō*). But to outsiders, he is **Leo the King of Beast** (獣の王レオ, *Kemononoō Reo, lit:* Beast King Leo)

## Personality

His eccentric and loud personality often confuses other people, as he doesn't care about what is considered "childish" and indulges in any activity he might like, ultimately almost always acting of his own volition. Due to his free spirit, he skipped training when he was younger, which used to cause his teammates to drag him to training.

Leo is a forgetful person, not remembering things he deems as unimportant and struggling to remember names as a whole. Despite his forgetful and seemingly clumsy personality, he is insightful. He promptly knows when to give advice and is analytic and highly aware of all details about the people he considers close, making him much more competent and intelligent than he seems at first glance.

While bold and enthusiastic about certain things, he is still a Jonin. His demeanor can flip at the drop of a hat when the situation dictates it. When that happens, he becomes capable of great rage when provoked by others, making him a deadly opponent to fight against, becoming what many would call the Lion of Konoha.

He always is willing to help someone out, even when his means are questionable. Leo believes that holding grudges is a waste of time and does his best to keep a positive outlook on his relationships.

He is impulsive, and there are many times when he does not think things through before speaking. Believing actions show more than words. He can unintentionally hurt other people due to his eccentricity and spontaneity. He does things on a whim with no plans beforehand. However, this doesn't mean Leo is known to plan from time to time, even if he is against it, as he believes it holds back his intuitive nature. Suppose he was compared to generals and warlords of the past. He'd be one of the warlords who followed instincts rather than strategy. This philosophy has given him man victories.

He doesn't shy away from using somewhat hurtful means to achieve specific results, purposefully creating conflict to rile people up being the most common of them. However, in his heart, Leo is a genuinely kind and caring person who wishes nothing more than the best for his friends and family, although not always being able to demonstrate it adequately.

## Appearance

Leo is a rather tall young adult man, standing at 6'1. He has spikey brown hair shaped near the top to look like cat ears. He has red eyes with cat-like pupils and pronounced canine teeth, with one of his top canines almost always showing as he has a unique neutral face. His outfit consists of a full body mesh armor, as some are shown at his ankles; instead of wearing the entire flak jacket, he had his custom-tailored only to be the shoulders of the coat, with what seems to be animal fur underneath it, which is enough to cover some of his back. Due to the outrageous design has many straps and a belt around his stomach to make sure it doesn't come off. Lastly, he wears black pants with standard ninja compartments on his legs and black ninja shoes. He secretly has a few shurikens on a string on his back should he need to use them.

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## Abilities

A talented shinobi, Leo is one of the first and only members of his clan to become a Jōnin. Due to his clan being one of the lesser clans of Konoha and many not even becoming shinobi or even becoming Chūnin. He was praised by his entire clan when that occasion happened, even being nominated to become the next head of the clan. He's no prodigy however, as all of his accomplishments where through blood, sweat and tears. Leo's fighting style revolves around his clans Hiden, and his ability to quickly take down his opponents with his cat like reflexes. Making him one of the fastest ninja in his village. His three traits defining him are his Fūinjutsu, Taijutsu, and Chakra Control. Leo is one of the Seven Demon Kings of the Leaf. Owning the title Lion Spirit King, and in his own words, one of the top three strongest among the group. Never going into detail of the rankings though.

### Ninjutsu

Leo was wasn't taught the summoning jutsu, well not by humans that is. While he was out, he rescued a cat, to which he learned was a Ninneko, and as gratitude, allowing him to enter a contract with them. Due to his clan being respectful to the species. Leo wanting to truly see what his possible summon would be should he try, had one day reverse summoned himself before the Lions. To which he had gained their trust, to which they allowed him to enter a contract with them. Due to the Cats and Lions being distant relatives, they did not mind the human entering a contract with the both of them. Leo is also an adept sensor, thanks to Cat Covering, able to detect chakra signatures from great distances. Leo is also proficient in the nature transformations of Wind, Earth, and Lightning, with Wind being his affinity.

### Space-Time Ninjutsu

Leo for the past 5 years has been developing the Flying Thunder God Technique, which he gained from reading about it in the forbidden scroll. After gaining permission from the Hokage to learn it. Now being it's sole practitioner. Using the technique, he could instantly move to the location of anything marked with his special seal. While he hasn't had much time with the technique his mastery over it has begun to increase. Coming up with a way, to use his special weapons to allow him to leave behind marks with that of scratch, as in his mind this is his fastest way of placing them.

### Fūinjutsu

With his clan needing to use Fūinjutsu to even activate their technique, Leo dedicated most of his time to the art of Fūinjutsu. Wanting to learn as many Fūinjutsu techniques that he can, as he believes that Fūinjutsu is more dangerous then many give it credit. One day he said he wished to be able to develop a seal that could completely seal anything with ease.

### Chakra and Physical Prowess

Leo's clan believed that cats flexibility and speed could be used. After many years of training, and practicing. Leo would be hailed as one of the fastest shinobi in Kononaha, this being his natural speed. He could cover a considerable distance in a short amount of time and perform a technique before an opponent could finish theirs. Leo's reflexes allow him to react in time to most things.

Leo has a large chakra reserve, being able to summon many Ninneko to do certain things, like recon, and to help him in battle when ambushing is needed, where as he turns to his Lion's for things related to combat, where power is key. His chakra control is also very refined, as he has a few Fūinjutsu techniques under his belt that require such.

### Intelligence

According to his previous sensei's words, Leo's way of fighting is opposite of the proper, he does exactly what is considered foolish by common teaching. As a shinobi, he uses his instinct to decide how he fights his opponents. He does this by reading the movement of enemies and intuitively decides accordingly what the best course of action is. He believes that battle/warfare is a living thing and therefor it is impossible to make predictions until the battle starts, causing there to be no outlook. Telling his teammates when they where on a mission one night that there is only one important thing in battler. "That is whether or not the firestarter will be able to arrive at the location where a fire can be ignited."

His intelligence shouldn't be question. While he does many things that may make people doubt him, the results he brings can't be disputed. Many liken him to a lion or predator, saying that if he were to clash against those who follow tactics, he would surely upset them, and make them believe him to be an anomaly on the battle field.