Inspired by Dreaming of Sunshine by Silver Queen, Iryo-Nin Kasa by Vaengir, and all of cherryvvoid and Darkpetal16's works.

"Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting" —William Wordsworth

Screams.

The whole room was filled with nothing but agonizing screams and heavy panting.

"Push, Amaya-san, you're almost there!"

The aforementioned woman bit back yet another screech as she gave one more almighty heave.

"The baby's out! And it looks like you're going to have twins!"

"I'm a father?" Haruki, the panicking husband who was waiting nearby blinked in disbelief. When the words finally sunk in, his eyes widened and he repeated with joy "I'm a father!"

"Yes, you're a father, now get over here and hold the baby. The delivery is still going on!" the midwife snapped.

Panic set in again as he hurriedly, but gently took the slightly whimpering newborn.

"Men." the midwife mentally rolled her eyes as she refocused on the delivering woman. "Just one more now dearie."

"Right." the smiling mother replied, eyes burning with a newfound determination

"Twins...We've got twin daughters," Haruki grinned goofily, still a little dazed from wonder.

"They're wonderful."

The newborns were wrinkly and red, not at all the vision of beauty, but Amaya nodded at the statement. They were perfect.

"What are their names?" the midwife asked, wiping the sweat from her brows.

Eyes softening, she gingerly stroked each of her daughters cheek before she replied "this one will be Karin, sweet fragrance" pointing to the one on the left, before gesturing to the oldest, "and this one will be Kaida, our fierce little dragon."

"Uzumaki Kaida and Uzumaki Karin it is then, our beautiful daughters. Welcome to the world."

At this, Kaida let out an earsplitting wail that caused everyone nearby to cringe at the piercing sound.

"It looks like our little dragon here has quite the pair of lungs here. She's probably happy that she could finally meet her family."

The midwife, who stood near the doorway, disagreed. The cry didn't sound happy. Rather, it reminded her of the time when a widow keened for her son, who had died in a raid by missing-nin. These cries brimmed with despair, grief, and agony.

"Don't be silly, as if a mere newborn would cry like that," she chided herself. Leaving the rejoicing family, she couldn't help but think that the baby's wail sounded a little too mournful.

It was almost as if she was grieving for something that was now unattainable.

How odd.

Author's Notes

So this is my first fanfiction on a newly made account. I have been on this site for a LONG time now, guest reviewing as IFMP. That's short for I Forgot My Password. Because I did. So this is obviously an SI OC as Karin's older twin sister, Kaida. DO NOT EXPECT REGULAR UPDATES, because, well, life in general. I will be using this to improve my writing skills (at least, what little of them), so I can write my other original fiction.

This chapter was going to be much longer, but when it came to the birth scene, I chickened out. I have no experience in that stuff, and I get REALLY uncomfortable writing that part. I now have a healthy respect for those authors who can churn out 4000+ word chapters. Like, kudos to all of you. I have no idea where I'm going with this story, so I'm making this up as I go. As you can see, my writing skills are sorely lacking, so reviews with honest constructive criticism will be GREATLY appreciated.