hi everyone! i'm Mikoto uchiha! i'm gonna write stories about me, and my family's lives. at least, when we're alive! yes, i'm alive, if you want to know how, just read the profile!
this story is about my first son, itachi's birth, and until he turns seven, and starts the academy! i hope you'll like it!^_^
(BTW; i don't own Kishimoto's characters, just my own)
(hey, sometimes it's Mikoto, [when i act as mikoto, and sometimes it's the real me] and sometimes it's the normal author who writes the author's note, so i'll give you a cuick list on how to tell those two apart:
bold: Mikoto uchiha
italic not-bold: the real author)
I was three months pregnant when i found out that i was carrying a child inside of me. Fugaku had noticed that i always was sick in the mornings nowadays. so we went to the doctor, and he told me that i was pregnant.
"will it be a girl or a boy?" I asked him. He told me he couldn't know yet. but when we were at the seventh month, we could be able to see it. me and Fugaku walked home as happily as ever that day.
"Mikoto, do you think it's a good idea, having a child, you're just 22, and still, you're already pregnant. what if you're too young?" My husband asked me. It was true, i was young, and we only got married two years ago. But i don't really care, as long as i and Fugaku were happy, the world could go under, only if we were happy. I stroked my slightly big tummy,and i almost could see a child in there.
"yes, Fugaku, I'm sure this is a great thing, and not a mistake" I answered after two minutes. he smiled at me, and placed a hand on my tummy. and bent to my height, and caught his lips in mine. we were married, but it always felt strange, kissing him. maybe because he had such a high rank now, since he was the head of the great uchiha clan.
"Mikoto, when will we tell your parents, and my sister?" Fugaku asked me, after we parted from the kiss. I looked into his deep, onyx eyes, and thought.
"when we know what it is, maybe, or when they notice my tummy's getting bigger" I answered, and he nodded. then we went to the uchiha residence, and on the way, we saw my older sister's oldest son, Shisui, who had just turned four, playing with Obito, who was seven. I watched them play, and for some reason, i imagined a small, little chubby baby with thin, black hair, and black eyes sitting next to shisui, sucking it's thumb.
"Mikoto, you're alright? you're spacing out so much, now" I heard Fugaku speak to me, and returned into reality. I looked at him, and shook my head a bit.
"just thinking of the baby, dear" i answered, and he chuckled slicghtly. "what do you thikn it shopuld be called?" he asked me, and i thought. as on clue, i saw a weasel, running across the grass.
"Itachi, if it's a boy,and if it's a girl, maybe... Merika" i told him. he nodded. "Itachi... that sounds cute, actually, and Meriko sounds good, too" he said,and i smiled, and took his hand.
"I think if Itachi isn't good, then maybe... Akira" i said. "Akira, that means 'intelligent', well, maybe" Fugaku answered. I thought harder on some girl names, and found some that i found cute.
"akahana" i said out loud, and caught fugaku off guard. "is that someone you know?" he asked, and turned around, and looked around himself, and i started laughing.
"no, that would be a cute name if it's a girl" i told him. he smiled, and noticed some red roses. 'that must be where she got the name from' he thought.
"well, if we have twins, then one of them can be called Kaede, if it's a girl, and the boy can be called... Ichirpo, sine he's going to be first-born son" Fugaku said, but i felt the urge to name my son after an animal. And, Kaede was my sister's name, and i didn't want my chold to be the same name as my older sister.
"well, i thought, my son would be named after an animal, and my daughter, maybe something peaceful" i said, and Fugaku looked at me, while thinking hard on some animals that would make great names.
"well, if you want animals, then i'm stuck with Itachi, or iruka" he said. "iruka, isn't that the little boy who's living close to the academy?" I asked, remebering the name of a little boy i met once with his mother.
"yeah, i think i've seen him" Fugaku told me. I looked, and noticed some people were looking at us, and it wasn't so strange, afterall, we're standing right in the middle if a path, and speaking, and only looking at each other.
"well, i think we should choose two names by now, ok?" Fugaku suggested. by that time, Fuguaku's sister, Uruchi walked to us, with her husband, Teyaki. She was seven years older than Fugaku, and always smiled,but something always bothered me. i always got scared of her eyes, they were just black dots,and as far as i saw, i couldn't see any whites, it was always creeping me out.
"otouto, what are you and Mikoto talking about?" Uruchi asked us, and i looked at her, a little shy." Aneue, we're just talking about animals, and names" Fugaku told his older sister.
"well, that sounds almost as like you were talking about baby names" Teyaki joked, without knowing how true he was. Fugaku and i chuckled slightly. we saw Shisui running to us, and he started to run around us, since Obito chased him.
"Obito! stop that right now!" we heard his father shout, and Obito looked away, and ran over to him. I laughed at the cute little smile he gave him, and Fugaku, took my waist, and led me home.
when we were home, i thought of the baby, and millions of names, but always got stuck to Itachi. i finally gave up, and decided, that if it was a boy, he would be called Itachi. I coked miso that evening, and me and Fugaku ate, and were quiet. Fugaku went to bed, since he had to work at the police office the next morning. i finally went to bed after three hours of watching television.
I woke up to the sound of Fugaku's alrm clock, and quickly dressed myself in my pink skirt, and beige shirt, and took on my plain, brown apron, and started to make breakfast. when i was done, Fugaku walked down, and i gave him some rice, and some other things,and we ate in silence again.
"Mikoto, you haven't brushed your hair" He pointed out, after fifteen minutes of silence, and i looked up from my cup of tea. I touched my blue/black hair,and felt that it was messy. i sighed, and went and fetched my hairbruch, and started to tug through my hair, but the brush got stuck five times.
Suddenly, Fugaku took the brush, and brushed my hair, calmly, and carefully. i actually felt relaxed by the motion. I bowed my head a little, and i felt him stop brushing my hair. I looked upto him,and saw him smile, and bend up, so he was standing, while i was still sitting.
"Mikoto, i'll be going, take care of yourself and the child, okay?" he asked, and kissed me. I kissed back, and smiled. " don't worry, dear, we will be alright" I answered with my soft voice. Fugaku took on hin jounin vest, and kissed me once more, and then went out,and headed for the police station. I stood up, and started to do my chores. I started to clean the yard, since it was a while i did that.
Suddenly, Uruchi and Teyaki came, and said "congratulations!". First i didn't understand why they said that, but then, Uruchi told me she had noticed that yesterday i har rubbed my tummy all the time. she knew all the time that i was pregnant, and wanted to tell the others. I thought that it wasn't much to hide now, since uruchi often told everyone in the whole clan everything she knrw, so it wouldn't be long until th whole clan knew about my pregnancy anyway, so i called my Father, and mother, and told them.
"Mother, i promise, i wanted this, he didn't force it" I said to my mother, reasurring her that i was fine. she calmed down, and i could talk to my father. he took it better, he didn't ask if i had protection, or anything like that, he just said "congrats, dear" and then he asked what it could be, and i said they couldn't figure it out yet.
"well, now i just have to tell Kaede" told my father, and hung up,and called my sister, Shisui's mother. she didn't sound too happy.
"and then, you have to keep them away from fire, and horses, and other dangers, and they won't listen!" she complained, i guess being the mother of Shisui had it's negatives. I just laughed at my sister, and said that my shild wouldn't be so hard to take care of.
"Mikoto, i tell you, make an abortion while you have the chance!" My sister almoust shouted out. I asked her if Shisui was that bad, she answeredby counting up all the things he had done the day before,and by the sound of it, there was many bad things.
"well, Kaede, he's just four, he'll come over it when he starts to train to be a shinobi" I told her, silencing my, now close to tears, sister, who hadn's stopped complaining for five minutes.
"you think i want my child out there, killing himself!" she nearly screamed, and i told her, that if she was so careful about him not to be a shinobi, why was she complaining?. she asnwered that if he stopped to want to be a shinobi, and used his energy to other things, he would be perfect for her, and i sighed and hung up.
Soon, the whole clan knew about me, and fugaku, having a child, even the elders. When Fugaku came home, he was tired, i noticed, maybe of work, maybe of people asking him if it was true, i didn't knew which, so i stood and made dinner to him.
"Kaede told me that she didn't wanted Shisui to be a shinobi" I told him, and it looked like he choked on his food. he had to take some steady breaths, and coughed a bit, until he could speak."who doesn't she want Shisui to be a shinobi?" he finally managed to say after three minutes of choking and coughing. I quickly gave him some tea, so he could drink, and stop coughing. After he drank up, he looked at me, with shocked eyes.
"well, i don't think any mother want her child to be a shinobi" I said, and started to stroke my tummy, which had been a habit now. Fugaku looked at me, and sighed. "well, i talked with the elders today, and thye, for some reason have told me, that our child have to be a son" Fugaku told me,and i was shocked. could the elders really order that? I was in such a shock, i dropped the plate that i held, and it crashed at my feet.
"can they really choose that thing!" what if it is a girl, then?" I asked him, and started to pick up the pieces of the broken plate. "if it's a girl, thye want us to directly get another child, and expect that to be a boy. They won't give up until we get a son" Fugaku said, and i dropped the pieces again. How can they choose what my child will be? i became so sad, that i dropped the plate for the third time, and ran out of the house, to my old home.
"Mikoto! what are you doing here?" My mother asked me when she opened the door, and saw me crying. I told her everything, and she became so mad, that she almost hit the wall. My father came down,and wondered what had happened, and i repeated to him what i had told my mother. he became so mad, that hye almost went over to the elders, but i locked the door, and took away the key.
"Mikoto, are you sure that Fugaku spoke the truth?" My mother asked me when she had calmed down, and i had opened the door. I nodded, and she looked at me with sad eyes. Then, the doorbell rang,and i opened, and saw Fugaku, standing there. he looked at me, and stroked my hair.
"Mikoto, tomorrow i'll speak with the elders, and ask them not to order that, ok?" he asked me, and hugged me. I started to silently cry on his shoulder, but he wiped my tears away. We walked home, and i cleaned up the broken plate again, and threw them away.
"Mikoto, come, get to bed, you're exhausted" Fugaku called out,and i walked in, and rested myself on the big bed, next to the man i loved. He touched my tummy once again and i placed my hand over his. He gave me a quick kiss on my cheek, and i smiled my warmly smile at him.
"well, when this child is out, we'll be seeing your smile more often, right?" he asked me, and smiled at me, and i understood what he meant. i whispered "goodnight" and fell asleep, in time for me to hear "good night, my beautiful princess"
The next month, everybody didn't speak of anything, but of the child. everywhere i went, i saw people whisper, or talking out loud about it, i couldn't even greet someone without hearing "how's the baby?" anymore.
Fugaku had spoken to the elders, and they had agreed not to put pressure of having a boy, since they also was a few women, and the clan needed more women to carry children. I loved the attention i got now, and i always met children of the clan, asking me what it's going to be called, i always answered "Itachi or Akahana", and they smiled, and said they wished they were named those names. I always told them to be proud of their names.
Shisui couldn't wait until he was oging to get a little cousin. he aömost screamed "hi itoko!" at me everytime we saw each other. I was very exited this day, since thye made a party to celebrate my pregnancy. i never knew thye celebrated for these kind of things, and, apparently, neither did Fugaku. But i didn't really care, i was just happy.
"This is your party, Itachi, or Akahana" I said to myself, and stroked my tumme for who-knows how many times. I smiled, and took a look in the mirror, and looked at myself. I wore a dark blue Kimono, with the uchiha crest on my back,and it had some red dragons wrapped aroung me legs on the patteren. My hair was tied up in a bun, and i had a little tiara, which my mother had given me.
Fugaku had his green yukata, with grey pants, and smiled at me. I smiled back, and applied more lipstick. i had light blue eyeshadow, white powder on my face, rouge, and deep red lipstick. in other words, i looked beautiful, that's what everyone told me.
The party had a ceremony in it, for me. it included that the elders would say a few things,. and then, say what was expected of my child,and much about all the duties it had when it grew up to be the head of the clan. then, they would smear oil on my face, to give my child my beauty, and then, on my arms, for strength.
"Mikoto, come, we're going now, we have to attend now, are you ready?" I heard Fugaku say, and saw him walk into my room. I looked myself over again, and smiled, and nodded at him.
"well, are you ready, to hear everything the elders say, and remember, you can't say a word, but the things I've told you to say, ok?" he reassured me, and i nodded. We had already gone though this. i would say that my child would take care of the clan, and die if it wouldn't, and if it failed to lead the clan correctly, the consequences would be dire.
"well, here goes nothing" Fugaku said, and we walked over, to a drapery, on top of a podium. the draperies parted, and i strode over at the elders. the oldest there, Kohura, looked at me, and i sat down on my knees, and bowed. He walked over to me, with the uchiwa fan, and fanned me a few times, as part of the ceremony. then he said:
"Mikoto uchiha,you hereby bear the future of the uchiha clan. may he or she have a good childhood, and be raised as the leader to be, and you have to be sure to make this happen" i heard him say, and i bowed my head on the floor, and say, with a strong voice:
"I, Mikoto uchiha, the head of the clan's wife, promise to raise my child as the leader it one day will be" and sat up again. one of the female elders, Misukari, strode over to me, with a bowl of oil,and sat down in front of me. she dipped her fingers in the oil, and smeared some on my forehead,and said out loud:
"i put the oil on the forehead, for giving the child intelligence" then, she dipped her fingers again, and rolled up my sleeve on my right arm, and drew a cross on it,with the oil,and said out loud again:
"i put the oil on the arms, to give the child the strength of carrying the future of the clan, and the power to protect it". then,she put some oil around my eyes, and said, again: "i put the oil around the eyes, so it can see the future of the clan, and always see the clan through it's mother's eyes". then, she put it on my cheeks, "i put the oil on your cheeks, so he'll look like his parents, and be granted the gift to understand life, as it is".
"Mikoto uchiha, your child bears the future of the clan, and if the childs fails, will you make sure that it won't happed again?" Kohiriku, the youngest elder asked. I bowed, and answered, "Yes, i will".
"and will you lead it to the right path, so it won't lead the clan to ruins?" Gakurike asked. i stood up, and put my hand together, and said out loud, "I promise by the life of my elders, and my child, that i will lead my child to the right path". The females all walked over to me, and put their hands around my body. "your body will be safe, and the soul will be pure, you will get a strong child, and a child who always do what if have to do" they said, and let go, and the ceremony was done.
I walked down, and saw Fugaku, and waved to him, and he spun around, and lifted me up. I looked down at him, and he looked up, and put me on the ground again. He tangled his fingers into my hair, and undid the bun. I shook my head, to free my hair from the hairribbons, and it flowed down. He and i walked home after two hours of celebrating, and i wanet and changed into my night gown, and lay myself to bed.
Ring now, i'm nine months pregnant, and is in pain. yes, my child is starting to come out. it's june 9th, and Fugaku just walked home, and hear the screams. I see him in the doorway, looking at me, scared, and ruchesin, and carries me to the hospital. I just roll in, and a nurse strip me off my clothes, and tells me to push. I push all i can, and I scream, the pain is unbearable! I can see the silhuette of Fugaku, pacing around outside the door. Three hours later, i lay there, with a child in my hands.
"Fugaku, you can come in" I say calmly, and Fugaku steps in, and looks at me, and then to the bundles of blankets in my arms. A little head peeks out, and our Son wakes up, and starts to stare, and we see he has my black eyes. I smile, and stroke a finger on his head, which had a thin layer och black hair. I Kiss his head carefulle, and whisper, to Fugaku:
"welcome, my little Itachi"
well, that's the story of my pregnancy with Itachi, now he's born, and right now, he's yelling at me for writing this stuff. He's says that i never asked premission. I ask him, "since when do i have to have premission?". He doesn't answer. Boys. well, the next chapter will be some first days in his life, and how me and Fugaku takes care of him, and sets used to him. see you next time! /Mikoto uchiha