Asuma grew up in a middle class home in San Fransisco with a father who seemed to have too many rules, to many lessons to learn and a mother who only lived in photographs and distant memories. Because of this and a few other so called injustices during his teenage years, his relationship with his father became more than a little strained causing him to stay away from home as much as possible. He never got into much trouble while away because he was always in the gym. Up until he graduated high school, if Asuma wasn't at home, he was in some boxing ring working on his skills or earning a few dollars.
He met Kurenai, the girl who would change his life near the end of high school. They started out as friends, but quickly moved on to something more. He was in love with her, even though no one really knew it but the two of them, and Asuma knew he needed to think of something to keep her after they both graduated. He came up with a plan that wasn't exactly fail-safe -- boxing. It would give them both money, but it also meant he would have to travel away from her often.
During one trip to Las Vegas in 1998, Asuma signed a contract to fight. It was done hastily and, therefore, wasn't read clearly. The deal turned out to be a bad one and one he needed to get away from. After seeing an ad for the U.S. Marines, he found his answer and soon shipped out for basic training without a word to Kurenai.
It wasn't until two years later that he surfaced in San Fransisco ready to fix the mistake he made when he cut off all contact. Asuma found her a the university she had told him about years ago and, after explanations and voiced hurts, they decided to try it all over again without the mistake. He even started going to school for fire science. Everything was going great. He even started talking to his father again, something that stopped after he graduated high school and he moved in with some friends. But everything changed when he was called back for duty after the President announced the War on Terrorism. This time, however, he kept in touched with Kurenai and his father.
But fate and a terrorist group broke all communications once again. It was two years before Asuma, almost dead, found his way back into Uncle Sam. The details of his adventure were sketchy no matter how many officers asked. The only thing he knew was most of his friends were dead, something he was supposed to be. He was honorably discharged after being sent home. Instead of making his way back to Kurenai and his father, he made his way to New York City and finished his degree in fire science. It wasn't until June 2008, after his four year apprenticeship that he decided to stop being a coward and go back home.
It wasn't a happy homecoming. There, he learned his father passed away. Also, he saw first hand the first woman he loved was moving on with her life. Even though his life never went according to plan, it did give him the chance to learn his father's lessons on his own and that was the only way to get him to understand. |
Asuma stays on with the fire department he is at now and works his way up to teaching the new guys and girls who come in by the time the leap ends. Toward the beginning of the five years, Anko moves in with him. He starts working on proving himself to himself as well as other people alive and dead which he knows will never change the past but will help him in the future. He gets a shock during year four when he runs into a friend of his fathers who ends up giving him items from his father like pictures and other mementos he wanted his son to have. He starts going through it, but doesn't finish, opting to hide it in the back of his closet instead.
Before the leap, he starts seeing a girl and continues to date her for a couple of years until she lies about being pregnant just so he'll marry her. After that, he lays off the romance for a while. His relationship with Kurenai improves and they start working at a friendship. (Something else may or may not come of it depending on other factors.) And with Anko moving in, their friendship continues to grow as they try not to kill each other. (Just kidding...they'd have a lot of fun after they tested the boundaries. XD) |
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