- An unknown period of time later -

Tos.h.i.+ro woke up only to find that he was constricted and couldn't move his limbs nor feel them. He was able to stay wake but soon fell asleep. His senses were disorientated and couldn't think properly. Time pa.s.sed with him being in and out of it until he was able to properly think.

'Where am I? There was a flash and then…ugh'

He once again lost unconsciousness. This lasted for quite some time until he was able to properly think. When this happened, a certain voice appeared in his head

"Testing. Testing. 1. 2."

"I think it's already working, elder sister"

'Wha…What's happening? Who's there?'

Despite Tos.h.i.+ro's confusion, it seemed that the opposite party couldn't hear him.

"I know you're worried but don't worry"

'What the h.e.l.l?!'

"Let me start from the beginning"

'Ok'

"You remember that circle and flash of light, that whoosh"

'Y-yes'

"That was a summoning"

'W-what?'

"You know. Summon to another world as heroes and save it, blah blah"

'O-ok'

"Well you, my belo…ahem friend died in the midst of it"

'You were about to something different weren't you. Wait, what, I died?'

"Indeed, you died, so your soul was basically confused. You were summoned to another world and you died in your world. Your soul got confused which way should it go. What made it worse was that your soul was split in half, so we had to grab both and put it back together."

'Ok ok'

This information was too much for Tos.h.i.+ro, but he was able to get the gist of it once he calmed down.

"We kind of feel guilty about your circ.u.mstances so we decided to reincarnate you. Whatever family you get will purely depend on your luck. Not that you have to worry since you were chosen by her"

'W-what?'

The last part was said in a whisper, so he never heard it properly.

The woman continued

"Well it seems you have caught the attention of quite a few of our sisters so, good luck. Lastly, have a great time and once again sorry for your circ.u.mstances. We have sent you 17 years before your friends are summoned so, do your best. And if you're wondering that it will mess up the system then, once again, don't worry, we feel like it was meant to happen."

'Wha… I have many questions? Who are you? And…'

Before he could continue, the woman's voice was heard once again

"This is just a recording, so I won't be able to answer any questions"

The transmission was cut off and Tos.h.i.+ro could feel it. He had many questions but no one to ask.

'It seems I've been reincarnated; this feeling means that I'm most likely inside by mother's womb. What the h.e.l.l have I gotten myself into'

Giving out a sigh he decided to find something to do while pa.s.sing the time.

'Wait what does a foetus do?'

Realising he couldn't do anything he decided to just pa.s.s the time sleeping. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he felt something within his body. The first was fiery hot while the other was icy cold, both weren't uncomfortable though. He 'watched' it flow thorough his body.

'Huh? How did I see it?'

Trying again, he was able to see the two things where his heart was located. There were two formless gases trying to take control over the heart and vanquish the rest. Within there was also a thick gold gas sitting in the middle as if unbothered by the two fighting.

'What are they? My bloodline?'

Thinking of the only explanation he tried 'reaching out' to control them but failed to do so. Seeing the infighting becoming worse and worse, he started feeling worried. But then something unexpected happened. The golden gas, as if tired by the infighting, slowly surrounded the two and merged with them. The fighting did stop as the two gases slowly merged turning from the their original of red and blue to a golden yellow and silvery white. It was like looking at the sun and moon.

Time pa.s.sed and the merging was extremely slow, so Tos.h.i.+ro stopped paying attention. After messing around with his newfound 'perception', he once more floated off to sleep.

Time pa.s.sed as he drifted between sleeping and staying awake. Whenever he was awake, he would mess around with his 'perception', trying to control it in various ways. At first it was hard, but he was able to slowly gain more control as time pa.s.sed. As it used up a lot of energy and was the only thing he could do, he always 'played' around with it until he fell asleep.

Like this, months pa.s.sed, and Tos.h.i.+ro was able to hear m.u.f.fled voices outside. Currently his perception's range was just limited to just his mother's womb and couldn't reach outwards. Still he was quite happy with the events so far. The gases weren't there anymore as they had disappeared, and he had gained some sort of perception. He never knew where and who he was going to be born to, but these things seemed like perks that would at least ensure his survival.

Once this thought occurred, he started feeling worried about his birth,

'Who would I be born to? I wouldn't be abandoned, would I?...'

This was probably the first time he went to sleep worried about his future. This carried on for quite a few days before he concluded that it won't help worrying and just decided to leave it up to fate. So, he just went back to playing around with his perception.

- Unknown amount of time later -

'It huuuuurts!!'

Pain, indescribable pain a.s.saulted his body. It wasn't like the pain from joining the soul, it was equally painful, but this one was inflicted upon the body while the other in the soul. It was like liking an apple and a banana. They were equally good yet different at the same time.

He felt himself being pushed through a hole, an extremely narrow one as he took his first breath.

'Aaaaaaaggggggghhhhhhhhh'

His maiden breath brought an ice-cold pain which a.s.saulted his windpipe and lungs.

"Waaaaaa!"

'It hurts!'

His senses were disorientated as he felt himself being picked up and wrapped up in a cloth. Once the pain died down, he felt himself cradled in a pair of warm hands before he drifted off to sleep once more.