Lying on her death bed, an elderly woman turned her gaze tiredly around the empty room. She always had a feeling she'd be alone on the day she died. Her darling husband had died three years prior, and her dear and only friend had died one year ago. Her blue eyes turned to the heart monitor that seemed to be just as tired as her, as the beeping coming from it, was slow and far between. She sighed softly. At least she'd be going out peaceful. Her lips pulled up into a gentle smile as her eyes slipped closed, never to reopen again.
It was dark and warm, the being felt as though they were floating. Their eyes were closed as they shifted closer to the presence near them. Their mind was blank as no thoughts could be processed just yet; their brain had not yet been fully developed.
Thoughts filtered into the head of the tiny being for the first time. Memories of a life that had ended filled the head of the fetus growing inside the body of a beautiful honey blonde woman. Who was currently rubbing her slowly growing belly. She couldn't help but smile brightly, she had just found out she was going to have twins. She just hoped they'll be easier to handle. She let out a small giggle. Feeling rather excited to tell her husband at home.
Thoughts continued to come at a rapid pace as the tiny baby kicked out their feet, meeting the barrier of the thing holding them, their companion next to them gently hugged the other fetus, causing them to relax and fall quickly asleep.
The honey blonde woman had to wait for her next ultra sound to find out the gender of her babies. It was difficult to last time, due to the fact that neither of them was facing the right way, and the slightly bigger infant was hiding the slightly smaller one.
"It looks like they're hugging," the nurse said, pointing to the monitor, a smile on her face.
The mother to be couldn't help but grin brightly. "Can you see their genders?" she asked, she also knew her twins were going to be identical, considering that their embryotic sacs were closely connected.
"It looks like this one is a boy, and this one is a girl," The nurse said, her eyes widening slightly. "It's pretty rare to have a set of identical fraternal twins, it is also rare that they share a sac," she smiled at the mother to be, who couldn't help but grin. Her twins were already so unique.
The female infant couldn't help but squeeze her face in discomfort as a pressure around her was causing her to shift and move. The male infant kicked his feet out in panic.
It felt like an eternity until the pressure lifted slightly, it was at that moment that her lifelong companion was missing. The infant started to almost panic, before it felt as though she was being forced through a tight tube.
Sometime later, she let out an ear piercing scream of pain. The light outside was rather bright, and the air was so cold she felt as though she were going to die. She was quickly handed off and cleaned; a diaper was placed on her before she was swaddled in a pretty pink blanket.
The baby was then handed to the new mother, who held the other twin close to her. Her tired smile was bright and happy.
"Two sweet babies," she murmured, bringing the female infant close to her and kissed her forehead.
Opening her eyes, the baby turned her gaze to the one across from her, his bright orange hair caught her attention. He brown eyes blinked at her curiously, before giving her a toothless grin.
"They really are identical, if it wasn't for the different blankets, I wouldn't be able to tell who is who!" A black haired man drew the attention of the two orange haired, brown eyed babies. "What'll we name them?" he asked his wife, kissing her forehead gently.
"I want to name our son Ichigo," she murmured, nuzzling the baby's nose, causing him to hum happily.
"Then out daughter will be named Chiharu," the man grinned, taking his baby girl from the woman, gently kissing her forehead.
6 months after the birth of the twins, and Chiharu could already hold her own head up. She couldn't help but giggle as her father nearly had a panic attack when she fell over, her head falling onto the cushion of the chair they sat her one. Her twin brother looked at her as if she had grown a second head, before he too giggled at their father's antics.
It was the twins ten month anniversary. The twins could now sit up by themselves and they always made it a point to try and scare their father at least once a day.
Their mother knew the twins would be close for a long time, seeing as they were inseparable. If you tried to take one from the room, the other would scream and cry until you brought them back.
The day of the twins' first birthday had snuck up on the parents of the two orange haired toddlers. Ichigo had been the first to take his step at eleven months old, and Chiharu followed soon after ten days before their birthday.
Chiharu toddled over to her brother, who was playing with the blocks that was set up in the middle of the gated area the twins were confined to.
"Ichi," Chiharu grinned, sitting next to her brother, who grinned back at her brightly.
"Charu," he giggled, still being unable to pronounce her name properly. His brown eyes were bright and happy as he gazed at his twin and playmate.
"Ichi, Play?" she asked, pointing to the blocks, causing her twin to nod and hand her one of them.
It was at this moment that their mother walked in, catching the sight of her children sharing their toys.
"So young and they are already playing nice," she grinned, before stepping over the gate and picking up her son. Who whined pitifully at the loss of the block he had dropped in his surprise.
Chiharu blinks curiously, before picking up the block, "Ichi?" she tried to hand it to him, but their mother had already left, taking her brother to the kitchen. "Ah!" she cried, keeping the block in hand as she toddled after them, the gate blocking her way as her eyes filled with tears. Her bottom lip had begun to tremble before her father came and picked her up.
"Ready for some cake Chiharu?" he asked brightly, his brown eyes sparkling in happiness.
"Da?" the orange haired toddler cocked her head to the side, her brown eyes gazing curiously at her father.
She was then placed in the pink highchair that sat next to her brother's.
His face had tear streaks on his cheeks as he turned to his sister, who had only just realized she was still holding the block.
"Ichi?" she said his name like a question as she held the block out to him.
He smiled a toothy grin at her as he took the block. He giggled his thanks before turning his gaze to their parents who each held an identical cake.
"Happy birthday Ichigo and Chiharu!" they exclaimed together, placing the cakes on the tray's in front of them.
Chiharu squealed happily at the sight of the cake, already smashing her hands into it.
Ichigo stared at it suspiciously, before doing the same thing. They each took a handful of cake, before shoving it into their mouths.
They both hummed at the taste of the sweet icing.
Their parents watched as their children slowly but surely started to become covered in the cake.
"It looks like a bath is in order after this, huh Masaki?" their father murmured to their mother, wrapping his arm around her waist.
"It looks like, Iishin," she replied, leaning on him as she stifled a laugh when Chiharu threw some of her chocolate cake at her brother, who in retaliation, returned fire.
Each chapter from here on out is going to go through a few years of the twins' lives at a time, all the way up to the age of fifteen, which is where the real story begins. I hope you'll enjoy this, and at least leave a review. I had planned for it to turn out like this a while ago, so I hope you will forgive me. :)
Sincerely, me, the author. :D