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Chapter 1

Home

A smiling little girl ran through the streets of Konoha, blue eyes taking in everything around her. She'd just turned four, and she was terribly excited to be in the city of Konoha. It was where her daddy was and she was happy as can be to finally be able to live with him instead of her mother.

"Daddy, are we really going to stay here with Grandpa?" the small girl asked, her pig tails whipping back and forth as she danced in front of her father.

The older man smiled in amusement, she was his sunshine and about the only reason he'd decided to come home. She was doing really well with her ninja skills, and Konoha was the place to hone those talents.

"Hai, Kagome. We will be staying here from now on, are you excited?"

"Yup! Do you think I'll make a lot of friends here?" Kagome asked curiously, she'd never had a friend before, most of the other children thought her odd.

"I'm sure you will. Now come along, we need to see the Hokage," the man smiled before swooping down to catch Kagome by the waist.

"Daddy!" The small blue eyed child cried in delight, she always enjoyed being picked up.

The older man simply smiled before hurrying onward. It was time to face the music.

Kagome hummed happily as she sat on her father's hip, she loved being held by him. He was so warm and comfortable; he was everything her mother wasn't. Snuggling closer, Kagome yawned sleepily before dozing off, her face buried in her father's neck.

"The Hokage will see you now." The secretary stated before opening the door, closing it after the two walked inside.

Hiruzen sighed as he continued stamping and writing, he honestly hated all the paper work. It was really the only bad thing about the job. He still wished he could magically call Minato back and make HIM do all the paperwork.

Looking up, something inside the older man froze. It had been a very long time since his son had run off to work with the Guardians of Fire, but what stole his heart the most was the small girl snuggled down into his embrace, much like the way he had held Asuma at that age.

"I thought you weren't going to come home." An old voice full of fatigue and gravel seemed to rumble out over the room.

Asuma sighed, he knew that they didn't see eye to eye sometimes, but he loved his father and he knew this would be the best place for his daughter. Having a child of his own made him understand his father's choices much better than when he'd been a sixteen year old brat.

"I thought I wasn't either." He might as well be honest.

A slow smile slid across Hiruzen's face, it was good to see his boy again. Moving around the desk, he pulled his son into a large, partially crushing, hug. "I missed you, Asuma"

Asuma laughed lightly, "I missed you too, Dad. I understand your reasons a lot better now than I did then." Hugging his father back, he knew that everything had been forgiven, he was simply home again.

"So, how old is she?" Hiruzen asked, looking over the small child.

"Kagome turned four recently. I had a lot of problems getting her into my care, and I couldn't come home until I was her sole guardian." Asuma sighed, he had a huge fight with Kagome's mother. For one, the woman was insane, two, apparently she was a loose woman, and three, she honestly didn't care what happened to the small girl.

"Let's go, I'll take the rest of the day off. Do you want your old apartment or something more suitable for her?" Hiruzen asked, already pulling off his Hokage robes, this was a perfect reason to get away for awhile.

"Daddy, where are we?" Kagome yawned sleepily.

"We're with your Grandpa."

The small girl perked up immediately, "Grandpa, where?" Blue eyes immediately began to look around.

Hiruzen chuckled softly, only children could get so excited so fast.

Bright blue eyes found the chuckling older man, he was tall like her Daddy and they looked similar. Except his hair was turning gray, but they had the same eyes.

"Hello, Kagome." Hiruzen wanted to laugh at the searching expression and felt a joy he felt every time Konohamaru came when the tiny girl reached out to him, wanting to be held. He took the small girl and held her closely on his hip, grand children really were the spice of life. And it was nice to have his family home.

Edited: 9/2/2012