Chapter 2 of "Light of a Firefly"
I WANT TO GIVE A BIG, BIG THANK YOU TO "WingsOfFate" SHE HAS HELPED ME SO SO MUCH WITH FINDING A NAME FOR Hikari. And I am so appreciative! Thank you so much!
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Onto the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto...
Chapter 2: My family...
The next time I woke up, I was able to see. Sure, it was blurry but I could look around. I blinked my small eyes and looked up at the face of a man I didn't know. He was lightly tanned and had, from my point, long dark brown hair. His eyes startled me terribly. They were a piercing white, the pupil was missing from his eye. It scared me and I felt my bottom lip begin to quiver before I started crying.
The man picked me up and began to rock me gently, he spoke to me in Japanese but I didn't understand. I assumed he was trying to comfort me. His arms where soft and loose but still he had his back rigid; as he rocked me, he hummed very lightly. It was nice and next thing I felt myself relax and become warm. I looked at him with my eyes as they began sliding shut, he gave a very small and very faint smile before he became further away as I was laid back into my crib. My eyes closed and I laid still.
I would come to terms later that this man, was my father.
For the next week and a half this was my daily routine. I would wake up, my tummy rumbling and either my father, or the woman, a.k.a my mother, would come and feed me before laying me back down to sleep.
I was changed often, since I was a baby. They dressed me in soft, downy white pants and an equally soft white shirt. White seemed to be the trademark of my family. My father wore white most of the time as did my mother, but even she wore an array of different colors three times out of the week.
My eyesight improved as did my motor control. I was now able to turn to my side and the first time I did, I saw another crib next to mine. Laying in it was another baby. My twin sister. She looked exactly like me, at least I thought so. She had a full head of raven blue hair and her eyes were a lavender-white. It was odd. I wondered what I looked like.
My mother opened the door to our room and I turned to look at her. She was a petite woman with fair skin accompanied with long dark eggplant hair slightly past her waist and side bangs framing her face down to her shoulders. Her eyes were a very light grey. Not white like my father's but light enough and they were very pretty. My mother was a beautiful woman.
I reached my pudgy and tiny arms upward as she came over with a smile on her face. She picked me up and held me in one of her arms before going to my sister's crib. I looked over as my mother reached down and picked her up, holding her in her left arm.
My sister and I stared right at each other, we blinked at the same time before giving each other matching smiles. We both looked at our mother, who was busy watching us interact. She gave another smile and laughed softly before walking out of the room.
The light as soon as she stepped out, blinded me. I blinked my little eyes as hard as I could and opened them as they adjusted to the light. I looked over to my twin and saw she had the same reaction.
Our mother had taken us down a long hallway to a different room. She slid the door open with her foot and walked inside, closing it behind her as she did so. Our father was sitting at a table, hunched over his desk reading something. His brow was furrowed, so I assumed it must be important.
My mother said something and he looked up. He looked at her then saw us. He stood and walked over to where we were, wedged in our mother's arms. He gave a smile and picked my sister up, holding her in his arms. He asked her a question and I recognized one word, "Names..?"
To which our mother replied in two words I understood, "Hinata...Hikari..." She replied with a hint of joy in her voice.
Our father gave a nod and told her a few things. She laughed softly and gave an answer, her voice bursting with pride.
He turned and I looked to my right and saw a mirror. I finally got a good look at myself.
I almost cried on the spot. I had a thick head of night black hair and my skin was slight tanner than my sisters. But my eyes... oh my eyes were a pure, milky white. The pupil was non existent and it frightened me terribly. But when I turned to look at my family, I saw all the similar traits and I didn't feel quite as left out.
"...Feeding." Our mom asked our father, who in turn nodded and handed my sister, Hinata, over to her. He held me in both his arms and both of our parents walked out of the room.
We had a big family. Our family was my father, my mother, my sister and I. Along with people who looked exactly like us, but had their own unique physical trait. Our similarities where mainly our eyes and our hair.
I noticed that when we passed someone, they would give a respectful nod to our father. One teenage girl, maybe about 15 or so walked up to father and gave a bow in respect. She began speaking very quickly to him, her moose brown hair tied in a high ponytail, her bangs framing her high cheekbones and falling over her grayish white eyes. She has a big smile on her face, a light blush permanently dusted her cheeks.
Father replied in a quick and stoic manner, his demeanor changing from just a few minutes ago. He looked at the girl and gave a nod, allowing her to see us.
I blinked at her and reached a small hand to her bangs and touched them. They were soft, like silk and she gave a giggle as I ran a hand down her bangs. Her eyes where crossed looking at my hand. Her smile turned inward, forming an 'o' before I let my hand drop. She stood straight and looked at my sister, who in turn gave a laugh and stuck her hand inside her own mouth.
Father told her something and she stood straight. Giving another bow she scurried past him, saying something to mother before she left.
Our father kept on walking. We saw a few more people along the way, all whom either bowed their heads or asked questions to our father and looking at us. They all had a look of pure joy on their faces.
And then we came to an even bigger room. Inside there were 4 people. Three men and one woman. Two of the men and the woman where much older than anybody else in the house. The last man looked like Father. The same hair, same eyes, same looks, and the same rigid posture. Except for the headband on his forehead. It gleamed silver, stuck between a band of black cloth. There was a weird shape etched onto the middle of it.
He looked straight at my sister and I, the corners of his mouth raised very slightly. He gave a nod to our father before walking out of the room.
The three old people walked over to where we were. They began conversing with our father and mother. My name kept coming up as did my sisters.
My mother would speak more often than our father. Her voice held a pleading tone, she was begging for something and she mainly focused herself towards the woman. The woman in turn spoke to her, her voice held a cool calmness to it as she lectured my mother.
Mom stepped forward, I turned to look at her and saw she had tears beginning to fall down her face. Her grey eyes where red and she sniffled occasionally.
The two men didn't say a word, they just stood their with their arms crossed, dressed in a formal type of white garb.
My mother said a few more words and I saw a physical change of emotion with the woman. Her face fell and she sighed greatly. She looked at my mother and then my father and then us and gave a nod. She turned to the men and spoke to them. They argued for a few minutes before she said something to them and they all gave a reluctant nod.
She turned back and told my parents something. I saw my mom's eyes begin to glow brightly and she gave the most respectful bow she could repeating the same thing over and over again. Our father gave an equal bow in respect before looking at all three and telling them something important.
The three elder's all dismissed my parents and they turned taking my sister and I back to our shared room.
When they arrived, both of them bathed Hinata and I then fed us once more and changed us back into new clothes. They laid us down into our cribs and each kissed our foreheads.
"Goodnight my little light." My mother said what she always told me before I went to bed. She waited by the door as my father came and gave me a kiss on my forehead. He ran his hand over my baby soft hair like he did with Hinata before following my mother.
Blowing out the candle as he did.
The door closed and me and my sister where in the dark.
I stretched and turned towards the direction of my sister. She was facing me. We looked at each other and each other were the last images we saw before we were both welcomed by sleep and a dreamless night.
End! Of chapter 2!
I hope I did okay. I TRIED making it longer x'DD . If anything let me know if there were grammar or spelling errors. Please and Thank you.
I tried updating fast! :3 Also I'm on break so I have a lot of time on my hands.
Anywhooo Hope you liked it. I made Hiashi a little bit OOC because I mean they're babies. He has to have a soft spot for them when they were babies. And I had him sing to little Hikari. I thought it was cute personally.
But anyways enough of my ranting. I'll start the next chapter soon!
Byeeeee
~Kalypso
