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Jin Guangyao didn't fully understand where he was. When Nie Mingjue had snapped his neck everything became dark. Strangely enough, he felt warm. That was just it for a long time. Darkness and warmth.
For a while he wondered if he was in limbo. However, he suddenly felt like he couldn't breathe. He felt his body moving as if something was pushing him forward. There were muffled screaming sounds reaching his ears.
Without warning he bursted out of his prison and sucked in a breathe of air.
"Waaaaah! Waaaah!"
Jin Guangyao realized he was crying.
He felt large hands grabbed him and warm water all over his body. Everything is a blur. The people are speaking in a language he doesn't understand.
Everything felt so weird. The blurriness stops the moment his mouth met tit. Okay, Jin Guangyao was fine with the fact he came out of a woman's private area, but drinking from a woman's breast was a nightmare.
/
He stands corrected. When he first soiled his diaper the shame of having someone touch his bottom made him cry. Jin Guangyao is a baby. Fuck dignity.
It took a few hours, but he started to understand the language being spoken.
/
"Yao Kekoa," his mother said. "That's your name my son."
"Yao? Like your grandfather, Meng Yao?"
It was a man's voice who he could only assume was his father's. Yao Kekoa could not see clearly, but he could tell his father isn't Chinese. Suddenly, Yao is handed to his father.
This makes him wonder who held him besides his mother, Meng Shi. It was probably Sisi, but there was a good chance a male prostitute was there.
A wet mark on his forehead made Yao's eyes widen. His father had kissed him. So this was a father's love. What did he do to deserve being loved? In his last life he'd killed, lied, and hurt everyone.
"Hi, Yao," his father said. "I'm your papa."
This was too much for his infant body to contain.
He cried.
/
1 month.
"I can't believe he's inherited your weasel genes! Not fair!," his father, Haku Kekoa, whined.
Yao Kekoa watched in shock as his own body began changing. Hands into paws, nose more animalistic, body becoming fury. His small tail popped out of the hole in his onesie.
"Weasel beastman! Yes!," his mother, Ziyuan Kekoa, squeaked. She also changed into a weasel.
"That means he's going to be small like you," his father said.
His mother shrugged. "He's male naturally he'll be taller than me, but yes. He'll be short."
"Aaaaaaaaawawawseseh!"
No! Why must he be forever doomed to be tiny?!!!
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3 months.
The television is wonderful tool of vision knowledge. It took him a bit to figure out how to use the remote to show different vision.
Okay, he couldn't use it, but his father seemed to get the message when he switched from the vision "history of the beastmen" to "Sesame Street" and Yao screamed.
Did his father not understand he was trying to get a better sense of the world he was born into?!
"You like "Discovery Channel" more than "PBS: kids"? Such a weird kid," his father said.
According to the informative vision, Beastmen have two forms.
Dormant forms are their humanoid bodies. Depending on the species the ears or tails will remain shown.
Yao has a weasel tail sticking out of his onesie.
All beastmen are mammals.
Frogs, fish, insects, ect are food sources.
If two Beastmen of the same scientific family mate the baby will be a mixer of both creatures.
Example: a male lion and a female tiger. Both from the Felidae. They would have a liger child.
If two Beastmen from different scientific families mated then, the child will only inherit one beast.
Example: his weasel mother and his seal father. Yao only inherited his mother's beast form.
They may share the same blood, but not the same beast.
/
5 months.
A monk seal pup was making funny faces at him.
It's his four year old cousin from his father's side.
Her name is Aolani Kekoa.
Heiau Kekoa is her mother.
Ahe Kekoa is his father's older brother.
"Sweetheart, I don't think he's gonna laugh," Ziyuan said.
"Auntie, what can make him laugh?!"
Yao frowned and crawled to the kitchen. His mother cooking something for his father's birthday. Ugh! He wanted to eat the food, but his teeth haven't grown in yet!
"Oh, hi there nephew!," Ahe said and picked up the baby.
Yao's not gonna lie. He'll enjoy being carried while it last.
"Boo boo!"
Ahe made a confused face.
"He wants me," Haku said.
The other monk seal made an sad face. "Aw, you don't like uncle?," he asked while handing the baby to his father.
"I think I'm a lot luckier than most parents," Haku said. "He hardly makes a fuss unless he's hungry, hurt, or soiled his diaper."
"Lucky you! I had to deal crying twins...which reminds me!" Ahe opened the kitchen door which led to the backyard. "Simon! Get inside and wash your hands! The food is almost ready!"
A five year old boy ran in. "Hi Yao!," he said.
"Wash your hands before touching him," Haku said.
Instinctively, Yao put a couple on his chubby fingers in his gummy mouth.
"Aggg! Pfft!"
His face began dripping with drool. Yao hates his baby instincts. They cause him to drool and stick things he shouldn't into his mouth.
Eventually, he was placed in a baby chair and scooted near the table. There was raw fish and dead bugs on almost every plate.
Yao understood they were animals, but thinking of eating bugs made his mouth water....oh god! He wants teeth!
/
7 months.
"You love your mushed up crickets? Don't you?," Ziyuan asked in a cute voice.
Despite how painful teething was, Yao is having a good life. If people from the cultivation world ever found out they'd be mad.
He was one of the most notorious villains ever, but the gods gave him a great new life.
Why? He does not know.
/
1 yrs.
His mother strapped him to a child stroller. They're in this place called a mall. Apparently, it's an indoor shopping district with many stores. Nie Huaisang would've loved it here.
The thing he gets a little embarrassed of is that people here show their skin like it's nothing. He understands they're in a country called Hawaii, but still! All these women showing legs and wearing little clothing!
Men too!
Yao fell asleep at some point. His stomach woke him up and he whined.
"What's wrong my little, caterpillar?," his mother asked.
Pointing at his stomach the child replied," Nom, nom."
They went to a food eating area.
His mother had ordered for herself beetle-nuggets, fried crickets, frog legs, a fish sandwich, and water.
Yao got fried mantises, mini-egg patties, and milk.
His stomach was given satisfaction just from eating bugs. Yes, his mom shared with him.
Looking around the food court he spotted an Asian lamb babe with very familiar eyes at a table eating apple slices. He doesn't know what bothers him about this other baby, but he can't stop staring.
Two white women were cooing at him. One had black hair and the other was blonde.
"Come on, She! Smile for mommy and mama!," the black haired said.
She? Does that mean this baby was?!
The lamb was now looking at him. He smiled and waved before looking back at his (adoptive?) mothers.
"A-Yao, staring is considered rude my darling," his mother said in Chinese.
The weasel kit whined and felt like crying. Su She was probably reborn in this world as well. The man had an inferiority complex, but was a good friend in the end.
/
3yrs.
He's going to this place called pre-school. Ziyuan is crying.
"My baby is growing up! How can I not cry," she asked her husband.
Haku smiled. "You don't think I'm sad he's leaving us? You're going to have more hours at work and he needs to be able to have some independence."
Yao looked at the building where other kids his age were being put. Some cried. So did he, but not out loud. When his parents left, Yao sat at a chair and let the tears fall. Deep down he knew his parent's would return.
However, he still can't help it.
A few minutes passed. The other children began playing with each other, but having the mind of an adult really makes it hard to get along with them.
For one, a child's worries are totally different from an adults.
"Hello, Mrs. Sioux," he heard the teacher say. "Is this your son She?"
"It's pronounced "Shay". It's Chinese," Mrs. Sioux said.
Yao looked at their direction. The little black lamb child was looking around anxiously.
"Mommy, do I have to be here?," She asked.
Mrs. Sioux nodded.
The weasel kit waited until She was alone.
"Su She," he asked in Chinese while approaching the child slowly.
The boy looked at him with widened eyes. "Who are you?!," he asked.
"It's me! Jin Guangyao! Meng Yao!"
Yao was suddenly put into a tight hug. "A-Yao, A-Yao!"
Both boys shed their tears.
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"It was all Nie Huaisang?!," She asked in disbelief. "That guy?!"
"Yes, I was surprised myself."
She Sioux took a bite of his carrot stick in frustration.
"The fact that he made Er-ge stab me was too far though," Yao said. "I was most likely going to be executed anyways."
"The bastard! If he wanted you dead he should've done it himself!"
The both of them kept trash talking literally everyone. All in Chinese.
Their teachers, ignorant of the foul language, thought it was cute they became friends.