Sweetness

Chapter 1: Love And War

"Sshh, don't worry, Asa. Everything will be fine and I'll make sure that you'll never be called anything like a freak again" Asagao's mother soothed her child gently as she craddled him close. Asagao whimpered a bit at the sound of loud bangs and screams. His father has once screamed like that, Asagao and his mother didn't see him after that, at least, not breathing.

Both mother and son's breathing stopped when the door slammed open. They were hidden in the closet, but they wouldn't be hidden for much longer.

The closet was ripped open by the outlaws, they had been raiding homes for the past week and now it was the turn of the two lone members of the Kaguya clan.

"Grab 'em! Then turn this place into dust!" The order was yelled out and Asagao was ripped away from his mother. Both of them were struggling and screaming, his mother desperate to get her baby back and Asagao desperate to get to his mother.

Asagao was shoved in a cage on a wagon. His mother was also put in a cage on a wagon, but when the wagon started moving, they went in different directions. Asagao screamed and cried, scratching and pulling on the bars wanting to get out, but failing to do so.

'Use your abilities' Asagao could hear a voice at the back of his mind say and being the little kid he was, he listened. Grunting a little as the bone protruded from his wrist, sharp and as hard as steel.

Once the blade was long and sharp enough, Asagao began to cut at the bars of his cell. The two men at the front of the wagon were talking loudly, with a drink, presumably alcohol and didn't pay any attention to what Asagao was doing.

Asagao was nearly through the bar, when a team of foreign ninja jumped them. Shinobi from Konoha, Asagao coward away at the harsh look they had in their eyes. The men on the wagon quickly made a run for it, full of relieve when they realized that they weren't after them.

"Are you a member of the Kaguya clan?" One of them asked. The three had surrounded the cage that held the small seven year old boy. Asagao was shaking and didn't answer in fear of what they might do if his answer was yes or no.

The long blond haired male sighed and opened the cage, holding his hand out. The others looked at him confused and so did Asagao.

"C'mon kid, you can answer the question after you've gotten some food in that belly of yours" The man said. Asagao looked suprised and the other members went into objection. The man shrugged off their warnings and pulled Asagao into his arms, Asagao struggled clearly uncomfterbal, but the man made no movement to let him go.

Instead the man started chakra jumping towards his home, Konohagakure. Asagao clung tightly to him, his fear of heights kicking up. The man looked at the kid, who was about the same age as his daughter, and said some words of comfort.

"Don't worry, kid. We'll soon be in Konohagakure. I'll introduce you to my daughter, she's about the same age as you" Asagao didn't want to meet anyone, but he'd rather not get dropped and make a ten feet drop.

"Yamanaka-san, our orders were to locate the two Kaguya, that had been reported and eliminate them. We can't defy those!" One of the man's teammates yelled out. Asagao heard a loud groan coming from the man and without warning they stopped.

"Fine! If you so desperately want to kill something, go ahead! Here take the kid and kill him" The man said and put Asagao down. Asagao quickly wrapped his arms around the tree trunk, absolutely terrified.

The one that scolded Yamanaka-san looked uncomfterbal. He pulled out a kunai and advanced on Asagao, who shrieked and tried to climb down the tree, despite his fears. The shinobi looked at the frightened child that so desperately wanted to live.

"You do it" The one that scolded said and handed his kunai to the remaining member, who frantically shook his head. The three knew they didn't want to feel the guilt of killing an innocent child, murderous clan or not.

"Okay, the kid lives, but how are we going to explain this to the hokage?" One questions and Yamanaka smiled a bit, already having a plan in mind.

"Don't worry, I have a great idea" With that Asagao was gently lifted up and put on Yamanaka's back.

"What's your name anyways, kid?" One of the shinobi asked. I should probably describe him, but I'm not in the mood. You'll meet him properly later, anyway.

"... It's Asagao, my name is Asagao Kaguya" Asagao softly said. The man smiled back and with that they continued their journey in silence, at some point Asagao even fell asleep.

"Y'know, he doesn't seem all that dangerous, to be honest he doesn't look much like the others of the Kaguya clan, at least when the clan was alive"

"I agree, maybe his father was from a different clan"

"I suppose, but I know he'll fit perfectly in mine. I'm sure the hokage will approve of my clan addopting little Asagao"

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"Take good care of Asagao, Inoichi. He'll be a great ninja in the future" Asagao was a little confused at everything. Was he going back to his momma?

Asagao realized what had happened when Inoichi took him to a large house, where a woman and child waiting for them.

"Welcome to your new home, Asagao-kun. This is my daughter and your new sister, Ino" Inoichi said and that night Asagao silently wept. He didn't want a new family, he wanted to go back home, where his poppa and momma would be waiting for him with open arms.

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"Asagao! Hurry up or else you'll be late on your first day and I won't get to see Sasuke-kun" Ino had stormed into Asagao's room and yanked Asagao out by his arm.

"Ino?! Hold up! I didn't finish my prayer!" Asagao yelled out, but Ino didn't care. Oh no, the only thing she ever cared about was how pretty her hair looked and her precious Sasuke-kun.

"So what?! Sasuke-kun is more important than that stupid prayer!" Ino yelled and in view came the academy. Asagao nervously gulped as Ino let him go and sprinted away, a pink haired girl was closely behind her.

It had been nearly three years since Asagao was adopted by the Yamanaka family and two years since Asagao discovered that his mother was slaughtered during the civil war.

'Mother, father, please watch over me'

"You must be Asagao! I heard a lot about you from Inoichi and Ino. I'm sure you'll fit right in"

"U-um... Okay" Asagao played with his sleeves of his light blue kimono and nodded. The man that spoke to him, looked very nice and warm. He had a tan skin color and a scar decorating his nose.

"I'm your sensei, Iruka Umino. C'mon, let's get you to class" Iruka held his hand out, knowing how untrusting Asagao was after going through the civil war or so he heard.

Asagao gently grasped Iruka's hand and together they walked to the classroom.