A feminine voice is calling out. "Poor Child, being targeted and murdered while protecting another. What a shame." said as she sighed helplessly.
"I, who watches over beasts, will accept you as my descendant. You who came from planet Gaia, who was watched over by a very special agent of mine, who is under the care of a certain lunar goddess." She looks at the dead boy lying motionlessly, "After you turn sixteen you will receive an invitation to a beast academy. That is all I can do for you my dear Shangwu. For now, deal with the hardships." The woman thought as she had made a promise.
....
Opening his eyes for the first time to bright lights, sounds of laughter, and cheers he started crying. "WAAAAH!". As everyone is still making noise, a humanoid beast in grey fur snarls loudly "EVERYONE QUIET! You're scaring our newborn child."
Everyone in the room quiets down as another "WAAAH" echoes throughout the room. The mother, Yu Xin, who just gave birth begins speaking in a sweet but calming voice. "Now, now, my dear Langhai. You are scaring our son. You may now sit down so we can name him."
After declining names left and right, they both stayed silent looking at each, as if they had a light bulb attached to their head said in unison. "Shangwu! Yu Shangwu!" the baby stops crying looking at them both and giggles.
...
Meanwhile, in the throne room, an elderly man is playing an old fashion card game called Magical Solitaire. Cards were seen moving in the air and back to the deck of cards.
"Your highness! your highness!" A servant came running in panic. He kneels on the ground panting not daring to look at the elder man.
"How dare you interrupt my game!" He shouted as he stood up, cards hovering in the air began falling one by one. "This better be important!!"
Due to the heavy pressure the servant started to struggle breathing, "Sh... ng.... cr...al ... gl...ing... a... n." said the servant as he trembles.
"SPEAK CLEARLY YOU DAMN FOOL, BEFORE I KILL YOU MYSELF FOR INTERRUPTING ME!!" with an annoyed and angry face, he yells at the servant.
The servant struggled to stand as he say "Please forgive me your highness, but Shangwu's life crystal is starting to glow again."
In a fit of rage, the elderly man slammed his fist down on the arm of the throne causing it to break. Sending shards and pieces all over the throne room.
*crack* *thump*
Pieces of the throne fell and tumbled down the throne's steps.
*click* *clack* *click* *clack*
A beautiful, silvered grey hair woman walked up to the throne, She has scales as black as a tar, in a red dress fitting around her waist was a whip that was attached.
As the woman reached the throne, her hand caresses the elderly man's ragged face and the room went silent.
"Calm down my dear husband, Long Xuanwu. We will chase him down again and make sure he can no longer reincarnate. With him no longer able to reincarnate, we dragons, won't need to worry about our throne being taken away from us."
Staring at his beautiful wife sitting next to him. "Thank you, Feifei. I know what I must do now." the elderly man said gently.
Standing up, pointing at the servant, "You will fetch the blacksmith, have him create a new throne for me, and clean this mess up"
"This time I won't let him reincarnate." The elderly man thought as he think of ways to kill.
....
Five years later...
Patriarch Yu Yanhu, Shangwu's grandfather was in a meeting with the Yu family's elders who are arguing whether to keep spending resources on the child with no bloodline nor no signs of a bloodline have been shown of awakening.
"This child is wasting our resources for the Yu clan, we must stop at once!" A male lion elder argued
"He's the son of Langhai, an outsider who married into the family, we should be using the resources on those who belong to the Yu clan, like my son." A new elder oxen said.
"He isss not even a beassst, the other clansss will think we are weak for even produsssing such a thing, whatever he isss. Even the monkey clansss, sssay they never heard of or read anything resssembling him." Another elder resembling a white horned lizard spoke.
Putting his palm on his snout, then roaring. "SILENCE!! This meeting is not going anywhere. Shangwu might be a late bloomer. This may have never been heard of on our beast planet Sahvarus but let us give him another 5 years. If he doesn't show any signs of awakening, I'll step down from the Patriarch position, and even go exile my own family from the Yu clan." said seriously as he looked at the greedy elders around the table. "For the next 5 years, I'll be using my own resources that I, myself, have earned. Does this sounds a fair deal?"
"Patriarch Yu, it is still too many resources!" exclaimed the elder from the oxen clan as she slams the table with her fists.
"You've held the position of Patriarch due to your strength for over fifteen years, you sure this is the right choice, Yanhu." An elder tortoise calmly claimed. "Others will see this as a weakness to attack the Yu clan"
Removing the Golden mask from her face revealing her beautiful blue eyes, Golden fur, and her claws which were sharp like a well-maintained dagger that was sharpened like an assassin ready to kill at any time. Standing up glaring at everyone with such ferocity that everyone was seen gulping in the room, including her own husband.
"It is not up to you to decide on how my husband uses the resources he earned himself. What matters is we are from the Yu clan, a family of multiple beasts. One should not be kicking anyone out for looking different, whether they have a bloodline or not. We accepted many outsiders don't you remember. Some of you are included who were married into the clan. If any of you has the thoughts of harming and removing my grandson from the clan before he is ten, you better pray your individual races that the gods protect you before I kill you myself." Yu Wei said as she glared with a deep killing intent pressuring the elders around.
Digging her claws deep inside the wooden table and dragging her hands to her body, she left a large three inch deep by 6 inches long claw mark in the table.
"That's enough Xiao Wei, sit down and be good girl or go see your grandson to calm down." Patting his wife's head before looking at everyone who is now shocked with their mouth agape on how the patriarch quickly tamed his wife from almost killing everyone there.
*cough* *cough*
The Patriarch started walking off all embarrassed. "If there's nothing else, the meeting is over."
....
Tugging on his mother's shirt scared and sad. "Mother, mother, why does everyone look at me like that. They hate me don't they? They won't even allow me to play with the other children. Its lonely, playing by myself." said Shangwu sadly.
Walking through the main street of Sparklight village she stops, kneels and look at her son in the eyes. "Because you look different than any beast on this planet, my dear child. You don't have any beast-like features, or any resemblance to your father and me. You are your own kind and that is what scares them the most. However, your father, your mother and your grandparents loves you the most."
After Leaning in kissing her son on the cheek, she stood back up, both of them continued walking down the busy main street heading home from buying food for dinner. People watched them as if they were a plague that has been cast on the village.
Vendors who were cooking meat or selling fish would stop and stare before continuing their business mumbling under their breath. You cursed brat shouldn't have been born.
Some people were even cursing them to leave the village.
Shangwu, who was looking at his mother couldn't help but ask "Mother, what beast are you and father." As he kept staring at the ground to ignore all the stares that is being directed to him.
Her heart broke immensely looking at her son being forced to look at the ground from all the onlookers staring. While growling looking around as the adults went back to doing whatever they were doing, and the kids went back to running around chasing each other.
"Look straight ahead, don't look down and don't mind them. The only people you need in life are yourself, friends who wouldn't dare hesitate to walk the path you take, and of course your family." as they look and smile at each other.
"To answer your question honey, your father is an Iceberg Timber Wolf. Your grandfather found him living with a normal pack of wolves and took him in. Your grandfather, the Patriarch, even gave him his name, Langhai; which means wolf-child. As for your beautiful mother, I am a Golden Dawn Rabbit." said with pride.
Her heart warmed up, seeing her son's eyes sparking knowing what beast his parents were.
Upon reaching the edge of the village.
Two clothed people suddenly appear gathering the fire in their palms unbeknown to the pair. Shangwu saw the shadows and looked at them with admiration and couldn't help but exclaim "Cool!! Mom, how can I do that?"
She looked at the direction of her son pointing at and suddenly felt the danger coming as the four fireballs come into sight being shot towards their direction. "Shangwu! Get behind me now!!"
Standing in front of her son, she sweated as she faces the four giant fireballs barring it from reaching her son. She let out a signature howl of the Yu family as she reminded her son to pay attention.
Face turning white as fears came into his eyes, as he reached out for his mother "Mom, Nooooooo!!"