Whispers of Rebirth | Naruto SI Fanfic |

Chapter 5 | A Muted Estinto |

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I woke up to yelling.

"Kushina, you have to have more then ramen!" I heard the exasperated voice of Minato sound from the kitchen... tiresome.

"What? Why? Ramen is great, dattebane ! It has everything you need meat, noodles, meat..." She began to list off the wonders of ramen before the Hokage interrupted.

"Yes, I know you love ramen, but you need more nutrition then that! Rice, chicken, sushi, I don't care, but we're not haven ramen for breakfast again! Think about the baby!"

The baby? I know they're not talking about me, so I'm going to assume that means Kushina-san is pregnant... huh, I guess that would indirectly make me an older brother figure? Seems tiresome...but, I suppose it would be nice.

"Fine, but we're having it for supper, and that's final." There was a relived sigh from Minato, and I idly wondered if this would be a common occurrence... Kimi I hope not, I am not ready to wake up to that every morning.

There was a lull in their conversation, accompanied by the clanking of kitchenware. I almost feel back into my shallow slumber until Minato spoke up once more, more subdued.

"Should we wake up Michi-kun?"

There was a brief silence before Kushina responded, "yeah, I'll go get him."

I listened to the padding of footsteps on worn wood until they paused outside my door. She must've hesitated for a moment, before opening the door with a slight creak.

I kept my eyes closed, back facing the door, slowing my breaths

"Michi-chan?" she walked up to my bed, resting a hand on my shoulder, and my eyes sprung open as a spike of panic rose in my chest, and I gripped her wrist tightly in a split-second reaction. Silver eyes met surprised violet ones, and I blinked, frowning. Slowly, I lowered his hand, mumbling a small apology.

I...don't know why I reacted like that, I knew she was coming, knew she wasn't a threat... at least I think she wasn't? Yet despite this I had grabbed her as if she were going to attack...

She smiled slightly, "It's fine Michi-chan, I'm sure your nerves are just shot with all that's happening."

A possible reason, but I didn't actually know for sure if that was it...

I'll accept it for now. Maybe the tenseness in my chest has something to do with it, or the feeling of some dark shadow looming around the corner of my future, I don't know, but something tells me that I shouldn't relax, that this wont last long.

...eh, too tiresome to think of right now, I just want to eat.

Numbly, I nodded, and slid out of the bed, following her out of the room, down the hall, before being sat down on a chair with a couple books piled on the seat so I could actually eat on the small square table.

Minato walked up with a small plate of food in one hand, and placed it before me, beaming brightly.

"Good morning Michi-kun, how was your sleep?"

My sleep? It was crappy, filled with vague images of a shadowy monster, and snippets of some pictures I don't remember ever seeing. An overactive imagination some would say, but the tightness in my chest said otherwise.