Proposal

" No, I am recounting my failures.. I am recounting my life. "

Kaguya's eyes narrowed slightly, what did he mean?

The man gave her a smile, a genuine one as he spoke.

" I am a scientist, I was called a genius, but the problem with being a genius Kaguya san, is that you see things others cannot. "

The man looked towards the stars as he whispered.

" When a calculation shows numbers that promise destruction, when the celestial bodies themselves are your opponents, one cannot do much. "

Grabbing his hand towards the stars he whispered.

" A collapsing star, massive in proportion, black hole in formation, none of these are good news. "

Looking towards Kaguya who was trying to understand what he said, he spoke again.

" My wife seems to have thought so too. This news was so not good that she decided that killing the sole man trying to avoid the calamity is a better result that letting the news spread. "

Kaguya's face morphed into a slightly irked look.

" It's absurd, your wife is trying to live in delusion, ignoring it won't stop it. "

The man nodded to that as he smiled.

" Didn't your son do something similar Kaguya san.. isn't short term knee jerk reaction his entire thing, sealing you away at one word from a toad. "

Kaguya pursed her lips, even after so long she didn't hate her children completely, she hated them sure but she also didn't..

" He is foolish.. "

The man nodded as he smiled.

" I know what you mean, I too have nothing much to say about her choice either, and I have long come out of that gap in the wall I was thrown into. "

Laughing as he recounted that time.

" Foolish action, stopping the blood is child's play when you know which muscle to squeeze, at least one thing she did right was sealing me away with cement. "

The man smiled as he stretched.

" It still was pretty rough, I slowly died thinking about that, all the while knowing I could have stopped the collapse. I always want to stretch whenever I remember that time. "

Seeing him smiling and stretching as if trying to shake off the tight walls squeezing him as his breathing air lessened day by day, Kaguya involuntary took a deep breath.

Thankfully she was an Otsutsuki, they can survive even without air or moving.

But Kaguya was still a little flustered at the similarity between them.

So she asked what was on her mind since the first time she saw him.

" Is that the reason, that I feel this way..? "

The man smiled again, as if he understood exactly what her ' this way ' meant.

" It's probably so, I know this is the way I had always felt about you, the kinship, that feeling, I had wondered if it was chakra.. but I know not what the actual reason is yet. "

Shrugging he said again

" Maybe attachment from similar trauma? Maybe a desire to finally relax? Who knows.. "

Then he brought his hand before her.

Looking at the stretched out hand, she looked at her own, then blinked and gave her hand to his.

Holding it snugly, she was amazed a his ability to construct spatial barriers to simulate feeling even as a projection.

" You don't know the reason..? I don't know either.. "

Said Kaguya, but it was something she wanted to know, she saw the man smile, now he was smiling genuinely to her, which was making her happy.

" That is why, I want to find out, and while I am at it, I want to help you. "

Kaguya asked tilting her head, now with a smile of her own.

" Why? "

The man named Andrew laughed lightly at that.

" Andrew didn't get the help he wanted, so I want to make sure you get the help you need. You remind me too much of myself.. "

Giving her a blink he also said words that made her go pink from shame.

" I also hope to take you as a wife. "

" H-Huh? "

Kaguya stuttered at that, she was always weak to direct attacks like this.

Mizuki didn't care as he smiled.

" I think we both could use someone we can actually trust, and after my experience, I can't seem to find someone better than you for that. "

Kaguya turned her head and hid her blush with her hand, the one she didn't hold with Andrew.

' Maybe.. '

She can entertain this thought, she never had the luxury to have a family, and the people in her nursery always did marry.

She was an Otsutsuki meant to only be sacrificed, even within the clan she had no right to marry.

" I'll.. I'll do it, but my nursery, it's in danger.. I need to visit him.. black zetsu.. "

After some thought, Kaguya decided to agree to the man named Andrew's proposal, admittedly, she had nothing to lose.

It wasn't only the white snake sage who felt the distinct nature of Mizuki's chakra, Kaguya did too.

Otsutsuki had chakra innately, their evolution dictated that the quality and match of a chakra was essential criteria in choosing mate, this man before her did match both her criteria, and most importantly.

He was crucial in taking her out of the seal, she has to rely on him for quite a while now, at least until she truly gets out.

" Black Zetsu? I know where to find him. Let's go. "

Kaguya nodded as she got up with her partner, they will visit black zetsu, it's time to replant the world tree.

A/N

Kaguya's canon given backstory is very different from it's filler rendition, I'll go more into it's details later.

Chapter 36 of this book can be read to refresh the memories before that.