Tale of the Reincarnated Soul

by The-Dark-Whimsical-Witch

In a world filled with demons, Tyson had to learn to fight back. His life goes downhill when he stumbles upon a demon prince that seems so familiar to him. It can't be that, in a previous life as a sacred priestess who took care of the legendary Shikon Jewel, he knew this demon. He used to know Kai in another life . . . ?

4. Chapter 4: I Remember You

Title: The Tale of the Reincarnated Soul

Author: The-Dark-Whimsical-Witch

Rating: T+

Beta: Demons of the arch angel (Whims of Anime)

Warnings: OOCness, OCs, grammatical errors(?), death, a dash of angst, yaoi

Disclaimer: Witch does not own Beyblade. Beyblade belongs to their rightful owners such as Aoki Takao. Witch only writes fanfiction.

Inspirations: Inuyasha, Moon Lovers

Ship(s): Kai x Ryoko, onesided!Sirob x Ryoko, Kai x Tyson, Ray x Max

Thanks to: those who favorited, followed and reviewed. Thank you very much.

Witch: The first chapter of July. What an achievement, especially since it is Chapter 4 where things speed up. The line between who Ryoko and Tyson are blurs. How will our dear Tyson handle this?

Anime: Dunno. Just tell them to read already.

Witch: Fair point. Enjoy, everyone!

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4: I Remember You

Tyson woke up inside a pot and decided that this was the weirdest place he had ever fallen asleep in and his parents told him he used to sleep under trees or on them. His hands were bound and he could hearing hisses and cackles outside his current imprisonment. Everything came back to him and he cursed himself mentally. How could he be so stupid to get kidnapped by demons?

"How many did you catch?" He hears a feminine voice ask and he can hear claws tapping the pot he was stuck inside. He tried not to make any noise as he could hear the demon laugh, "Is there a human inside here?"

"What?" Another asks, shock evident in their voice, "Our Rikomo caught a human?"

"Yes, what of it?" Rikomo asks and the hall dissolves into laughter. Rikomo growls, "For that attitude on my hunting abilities, only Prince Kai and Master Ray will be able to eat my catch!" Tyson didn't know what was worse: getting shared by an army of demons or just by three. He didn't want to leave the safety of this pot, he decided.

"Don't be like that, Rikomo. It's just that you're the youngest of all of us. Aren't you just six hundred years old?" One asked and Tyson almost choked. Just six hundred years old? At this point, Rikomo was already classified as a Level XXX demon, one of the most dangerous demons that Hiro hated to fight against. With the power of his hypnosis, he might even be Level XXXX.

"So? Age doesn't matter, does it? I am the only one that brought back a human for the feast. Didn't you just bring deer and boars, Tokuyuka?" Rikomo shot back to the demon that had commented on his age. Tyson heard jeers from the other demons and someone shouted for Tokuyuka and Rikomo to get a room.

"Don't talk big just because your parents were close to Prince Kai and Lady-."

"Are the preparationssss for the feasssst done?" A commanding serpent-like voice sounded and all the demons were now silent. Tyson didn't know why but he sounded so familiar to him. Had he met this demon before?

-A rainy day and there was blood around him, along with corpses of several demons. A serpent-like demon was yelling at him but he couldn't hear what he was saying. He pointed his nocked arrow in his direction but he hesitated-.

"Yes, Orochi-sama!" Tokuyuka said, voice serious, no longer sounding like the teasing demon anymore, "We picked all sorts of fruits, hunted all sorts of animals and Rikomo managed to get a human."

"Good job, Rikomo," The serpent demon said, touching the pot that Tyson was stuck inside of. He felt the pot moving and he let out a sound of disgruntlement at it. The demon paused and stopped moving his pot before speaking, "Get the human prepared for the meal."

Is this how Tyson's life was going to end? Eaten by demons before he even got to turn fifteen? Ah, what cruel fate was this? Hell, he had wanted to be a demon slayer. What had his past life done for him to be tortured this way?

Why him?

I'm holding in my breath and looking at you as if the world has stopped

Like the passing wind

Even if you don't see me,

My heart goes toward you

Ray sniffed the air and grinned, "I can smell a human." He sounded excited and Kai knew it was because they had abstained from eating humans for centuries, in mourning of Ryoko. After the period of mourning - two centuries - was over, none of them had the appetite for human. Now, though, the appetite had been restored for this celebration feast.

Ray licked his lips, humming happily, "I can't tell much about him or her, though. They probably put the human inside a pot so the scent is dim. I can't smell if they're man or woman, child or elderly." He wrinkled his nose suddenly, akin to a cat, "It better not be an elderly. They don't taste very well."

"If your darling priest hears you say that, he'll never love you." Kai deadpanned and Ray glared at him for the comment. Kai was enjoying teasing his long time friend, especially since Ray used to tease him when he was wooing Ryoko centuries ago.

"I'm not falling for a human, Kai, so I don't care what he would think about me eating a human. It'd be if I was patronizing him for eating a horse or something," Ray answered with an annoyed huff. Showing this much annoyance was just giving Kai more fuel to annoy the feline demon.

"Keep telling yourself that," Kai answered. He sniffed the air and frowned. He could smell a hint of . . . oak? That was a smell he was associating with Ryoko's reincarnation. He was imagining the scent, right?

"What's wrong with you?" Ray asked. Kai shook his head, ignoring the scent that reminded him too much of Ryoko. A feast was going to be done so that would explain the scent of apples while the faint scent of blood was coming from them. It smelled of autumn and oak since that was the season they were in and they were surrounded by oak trees.

But what about the scent of the cherry blossoms?

"They're my favorite," He could imagine Ryoko walking around a patch of them during the spring as she dragged him along, the girl's eyes wide with wonder and love, "Their beauty may last for a short time but they're my favorite flowers."

Why could he smell the cherry blossoms?

Loving you is such a painful thing

Feelings that can't be emptied is such a sad thing

My dear, don't forget my unstoppable love

Tyson heard silence so it was a good time to get out of the pot and run. He cautiously opened the lid of the pot and looked around. He seemed to be inside the kitchen of some kind of fancy manor. A demon's manor, he reminded himself, since this kitchen looked a whole lot like a human's kitchen.

He stood up and hissed as most of his limbs were asleep from how long he had been cramped up in that blasted pot. He dropped the lid softly and struggled to get out of the pot without making a noise. He was so glad that Hiro had taught him how to get out of situations like these. Mentally, he apologized to his brother for complaining loudly during training because "I'm not even going to be in this situation in my life." Hiro sure showed him.

After getting out, and regaining some feeling on his sleeping limbs, he put the lid back on the pot. It might buy him some time in the long run if the demons thought he was still trapped in there, he decided before he began to look for a knife to get rid of his bonds. He needed his hands to be free to get outta here.

He looked around the kitchen and saw an assortment of fruits. He was tempted to take one of the bright red apples - he had a huge weakness to that fruit and it had been the source of blackmail material before - but he managed to not take one after seeing a gutted deer with most of the internal organs out.

"Feast, huh?" He thought to himself aloud as he found a knife that wasn't covered with blood and guts. He began to cut himself free of his bounds, hating that the rope was so thick. What type of material had they used to bind him?

"Rikomo, I want to clean the human~!"

Tyson froze before he began to cut with more haste. Tokuyuka and Rikomo were coming this way for him so he had to get away now. He almost gave out a cry of relief when the ropes slackened and his hands were free. He tossed the cut ropes inside a sack where he could see some potatoes before he rushed to the second door that led in and out of the kitchen. Maybe it could lead him to an exit.

"Tokuyuka, don't you have better things to do than harass me?" He heard Rikomo groan and he was so close to him. Tyson had to get outta here right now or be caught.

Tokuyuka laughed, "Not at the moment-."

Tyson slid the door close and let out a sigh of relief, closing his eyes and leaning on the door. He opened his eyes to look at the room he was in, walking slightly forward, and cursed softly as hundreds of eyes turned to face him. He gulped, stuttering slightly as he said, "N-Nice One-Hundred Eyed Guard Demon."

The demon covered most of the room and was a writhing mess, hissing and screeching as if it was in pain. It had no visible arms or legs but Tyson could make out eyes, tongues, teeth and mouths. Why did it look like that? Why did it have multiple organs? It was staring right at him and something out of its odd body came out. Was that a hand?

Tyson leaned his back on the door once more, trembling wildly as the hand came to rest on his cheek. It felt slimy and so wrong. Man, Tyson wanted to throw up so badly that it was impressive to him that he hadn't.

"Ryo . . . ryo . . ." It said from its multiple mouths and Tyson's legs almost gave out.

One of the many mouths of the demon approached and that was the last stand.

"No!" Tyson yelled, slapping the hand of him, turning around and sliding the door open without a care. He ran, avoiding the two demons that were Tokuyuka and Rikomo. He didn't know where he was running but anywhere was close to that demon-.

-A young man kissing his hand and smiling up at him. A handsome young man with long golden locks and golden eyes - "Aren't you just a charmer?" - that had been introduced to him by-.

Tyson grimaced as he felt that image appear then disappear. What was wrong with him? Why would he be thinking about such a thing now? Where had that memory - it was a memory but it wasn't his, it was mine- come from? He needed to get out of here, not think about some random demon.

What was going on?

I'm sorry.

Why was this happening?

Your eyes,

They're looking at me as if they know my heart

Even when I try to get far away

The memories are asking us even if I'm in a different place

"Wasn't that the human?!" Tokuyuka asked as he saw something dart out of the room where the cursed Eien rested. As Rikomo nodded, almost in a daze, Tokuyuka cursed, "Then let's find it before it can get away, idiot! Let's go!"

The two demons rushed as fast as they could through the halls, searching for the human that had managed to slip away. The demons passed through some of their comrades that had bumped into the human and had also picked up the pace.

"This scent is familiar. Where'd you get this kid, Rikomo?" One of them - an old demon by the name of Bishage that had served Prince Kai since the monarch's birth - asked, sniffing the air and frowning, "Her scent reminds me of someone who died centuries ago."

"Of who, Bishage?" Rikomo asked. He didn't know a lot about what went on with this clan, being a recent recruit. He didn't know about some girl named Lady Ryoko even though almost everyone did and her name was taboo. He didn't even dare ask for he was afraid of being killed.

Bishage grunted, knowing Rikomo was too young to know about this, "No one you need to know about. Just focus on getting that slippery human to us."

"Gotcha."

Loving you is such a painful thing

Feelings that can't be emptied is such a sad thing

My dear, don't forget my unstoppable love

Tyson had always been the athletic type but he must have been more athletic than he thought since he was outrunning the demons. He jumped over a couple of demons and wondered if this would give him high marks with his physical education teacher. He supposed it did because, not only did he jump high and far, he avoided the hands of the demons.

"Get her already!" Someone shouted for him and Tyson screwed up at that exact moment.

He stepped on something sharp and pain shot up on his left foot. As he faltered due to the pain, the demons were on him in an instant. He cursed, thrashing around to make them release him, "Let go, you bastards!"

"This one is pretty feisty," A green-haired male with orange eyes laughed, holding onto his arms and pulling him so he was standing upright. Tyson recognized his voice as Tokuyuka, the demon that he had almost grown familiar with. He appeared to be a Level XXXXX demon, judging by his human-like appearance. Demons that appeared as humans tended to be the strongest as they could hide their true forms, or so Hiro had told him.

"Yeah, where did you pick her up, Rikomo?" The question was directed at a demon that looked to be around sixteen years of age or younger. He had short teal hair and violet eyes, the violet eyes that had lulled him to sleep and made him end up in this situation. Looking at him, Tyson wasn't sure whether or not he should hate him.

"In Tamayuki," He answered and Tyson wondered why some of the demons paused. Suddenly, someone punched Rikomo in the chest and he fell to his knees with a cough. What had the young demon done wrong? Tokuyuka's grip on Tyson tightened at that, the younger demon coughing violently.

"Fool, you know you're not allowed to say the name of that village aloud. What do you think would happen if Prince Kai heard you? You'll dredge up painful memories for him. Have care next time because then there won't be a next time." A demon hissed. This one had long white hair and grey eyes and looked significantly older than Rikomo. Well, he appeared to be older than most of the demons in this clan.

"I apologize, Bishage." Rikomo said with a bow, holding his wounded stomach. He looked like he was still in pain and Tyson felt sorry for him. He hadn't done anything bad in order to receive that punishment.

"Give it a rest, Bishage, the kid hasn't been here long enough." Tokuyuka said and Tyson wondered if he knew how obvious he was with his feelings for the younger demon. Rikomo frowned at him while others laughed.

"Who cares about all that, Yuka," A female demon said, the same female demon from earlier, "It's time to prepare this human for the feast, or have you forgetten? You need to stop looking into Riko's eyes."

"Shut up," Tokuyuka muttered before turning his attention to Tyson, "Prince Kai likes his food to be either fried, raw or just cooked. How would you like to be prepared?"

"What the hell kind of question is that?!" Tyson retorts, struggling once again, "Put me down or I'll shove my foot up your-."

"Temper, temper, love! Fried it is!" Tokuyuka laughs. Tyson growls, squirming around but the damn demon's grip on him is too strong. All his struggles are rewarded by laughter from the demons as they begin to lead him back to the kitchen and time seemed to slow down for Tyson at that moment.

He had heard that, as you are about die, your life flashes before your eyes. His life flashes before his eyes briefly and he hates how he hadn't been able to accomplish anything of importance yet. He was fourteen, turning fifteen in about a month, and he was going to be devoured by demons.

I don't want this.

Arrows shooting wildly. Run. Don't look back. Live.

I don't deserve this.

Run, run, run. You'll survive if you run.

I don't want to die like this.

I need to survive. Shoot the arrow. Keep moving.

I refuse to be demon food!

I need to live!

"Let me go!" Tyson screams and his body glows with a strong purple light that is blinding and beautiful at the same time. The demons screech and hiss, releasing him before roaring loudly in pain. He falls down on his knees, surrounded by limbs and demons in pain. He looked at his hands in wonder, "How did I-?"

Tyson had been measured by the head priest in Tamayuki and it had shown that he didn't have an ounce of spiritual powers within him. He had been slightly upset - he had been eight and had wanted to join his best friend in the temple - but had stopped when his mother had promised him ice cream that day. As such, Tyson accepted that he didn't have spiritual powers and had moved on.

So what had just happened just now?

I'm sorry.

"What's with this loud commotion?"

Tyson looked up from where he was and stopped, gazing at the demon that had just appeared in his line of sight. He almost gasped as he feels several emotions overwhelm him at the sight of the demon.

Fear. Gratitude. Indifference. Annoyance. Wonder. Kindness. Giddiness. Joy. Warmth. Acceptance. Love. Despair. Denial. Betrayal. Anger. Rage. Rejection. Hatred. Sorrow.

His heart aches just by seeing this demon and he wants to know why. He needs to understand why this demon made him feel this way. He stares at the demon for a long time and, the longer he sees him, the more it makes him think that he had met this person before.

I wish I could turn back time and meet you earlier.

This person, this familiar person that made him feel this way. Who was he? Why did it ache his heart to see this person? Had they met before? Had Tyson forgotten about this person? Why couldn't he remember?

I wish I never met you.

A single tear ran down one of Tyson's eyes and he let it roll down his cheek without understanding why. It just hurt to see this demon and he didn't even know why that was. He didn't even know the demon's name.

I wanted to forget you, even though I know it's impossible.

Who was he?

Because it hurts to love you so much.

It's okay even if it's a little late

If it's destiny,

We will meet again

Kai's body seemed to have stopped functioning the moment he laid eyes on the human his demons were surrounding, the same human that had been chosen as the main course of their feast. The familiar yet new scent fills his senses and he's left without any words, staring at the human with wonder and hope.

The human had long navy blue hair that made it up to their shoulders and familiar expressive auburn eyes. The human's appearance and scent, they were both so familiar and Kai resisted the urge to take the human into his arms because he had waited five thousand years for this moment.

Standing in front of him was Ryoko's reincarnation.

The human was staring at him, looking so small and vulnerable in just a simple light blue yukata. There was blood coming out of one of their feet and Kai let the anger surge through him because how dare anyone hurt what was his. His darling Ryoko had come back to him and now she was injured. The anger vanished as a single tear ran down Ryoko's reincarnation's cheek and was replaced with concern.

Why did tears run down that beautiful face? Tears didn't suit Ryoko and Kai decided that they didn't suit her reincarnation either. He never did like seeing her cry so he was going to make it his mission to make sure that, in this life, the smile he had missed could be seen more frequently.

He approached the human, "Why are you crying, dear?" Those familiar auburn eyes turned to him and he wondered what the human was thinking of. The human frowned and stood before he got too close, despite the wound on their feet. It seemed that Ryoko's fiery spirit lived on.

"Well, you and your asshole demons kidnapped me from my house and tried to eat me," They answered and they even sounded like her. His wish had been heeded. His love had come back to him after all.

Kai scoffed, "Is that any way to talk to someone that could order your death right now? I am hungry, you know." His tone was calm and cold, even though he was teasing the agitated human. He used to do the same thing to Ryoko and she had hated him for a long time until she understood that it was just the way he teased. He wondered if the human would understand if it was a tease or if he was just being cruel.

"Well, fuck off. You're not eating me and I'm not afraid of you, asshole." That last part was a lie, judging by the small tremble in the small body. Ah, this girl was just too cute to tease.

"I think you should, dear," Kai replied, "Girls like you usually are afraid."

"Agh, the hell is wrong with all of you?" The girl asked, annoyance clear in her voice, "It's obvious I'm a guy." The boy looked at all of them and frowned, annoyed that almost all the demons were shocked by the gender revelation.

A boy? Kai blinked before walking up to the boy and placing a hand on the boy's chest. It was flat, nothing like the chests of women he had touched - prior to meeting Ryoko because she hated perverts and she had almost killed him when he had accidently touched her small breasts - so that meant that the human was a boy after all.

A loud smack was heard and Kai's whipped to the side in shock as the boy had slapped him hard, probably hard enough to leave a mark.

"What's your problem, pervert!" He yells, face slightly pink and Kai placed a hand on his cheek. It stung. This boy was strong and that made him grin. Ryoko hadn't changed much when she reincarnated after all. She was just a man in this life and that was something that Kai found didn't matter. He didn't fall in love with someone's gender, after all. He wasn't like the humans were.

He grabbed the boy's hand and pulled him forward, making him give out a yelp of surprise as he took the human into his arms. His scent that he was becoming familiar was stronger and Kai stored it in his mind as one of his favorite smells. He looked down at the boy, resisting the urge to hold him closer, "I've been waiting for you for a while. You kept me waiting, love."

The boy frowned and gave out an annoyed huff, "Let go of me, you creep. Don't touch me!" He pushed away and there was a burning pain in Kai's chest, causing him to let go. He hissed and looked to see that the boy was glowing with spiritual aura and the glow of . . .

No.

It seemed the Shikon Jewel had returned to this plane of existence after all. The cruel gem, the cause of Ryoko's grief and perhaps her death, that Kai had grown to hate was back and it was going to drag his love back to the arms of death.

That, of course, was going to happen over Kai's corpse because he was not going to lose this precious person again.

He was not going to commit the same mistake.

Forgetting you is such a hard thing

It's me turning around and crying,

My sad dream

Some day,

I hope I can love you all I want

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**Notes**

*Not much to say in this chapter since it was just centered on making Tyson and Kai finally meet, along with showing Ryoko's memories were pouring into Tyson, mixing the two lives.

*Tyson was inside a cooking pot. Hehe.

*I ship Rikomo and Tokuyuka so hard. Toku just made it so easy for me, you know? And Riko is a cutie, despite kidnapping Tyson

*Eien the demon that Tyson saw was cursed to look that way. His true form is the young man with golden hair and eyes. The reason why Tyson knows how he looks like is because Ryoko knew Eien before he was cursed and he saw her memories.

*Eien is the first of the demons to recognize Tyson as Ryoko. He was calling out to "her" before Tyson ran away.

*The demons thought Tyson was a girl since their noses are so good, they ended up smelling Ryoko's old scent.

*The words that were bold and italicized were Ryoko's thoughts and emotions, not to be confused with Tyson's that were just italicized.

*Was Kai OOC? Kinda? I think so. The reason why I wrote him like this, though, was because he spent years in love with someone who was far from his reach and that person is back at last. How could he stay emotionless at that? Who would stay emotionless? The Demon Kai is more like Wang So from Moon Lovers because this story wouldn't work very well with an emotionless, cool Kai.

*I love Tyson.

*Lines used for breaks: Forgetting You by Davichi from (you guessed it) Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo