Rebirth

Somewhere inside a universe in the big world of Thule, in the late hours of the night during the full moon, a beautiful young woman was struggling to give birth. She was on death's door, sweating profusely, very pale and loosing blood at an alarming rate.

" Quick increase your healing rate Grashia! , Ester call the lord "an elderly midwife said to her colleagues earnestly.

Ester quickly ran outside the room hurriedly, later she returned with a tall handsome man about 6.2 ft he wore a beautiful and elegant black robe and had thick short raven-black hair creating an aura of intensity and mystery around him coupled with his strange crimson red eyes that seem to shine if one could look closely and a short beard.

He had a distressed expression quickly sitting close to his wife and held her hand, " You'll be alright Lucia. " he said kissing her hand and caressed her black-red hair as if to calm her down.

Suddenly cries filled the room, " My lord it's a boy! A healthy baby boy! thank the Gods he came out alive! " The elderly midwife said smiling at the man while holding the baby. " Miss lucia is now stable. " Grashia abruptly uttered as she stood"

Feeling some slight pressure relieved from him the man sighed and smiled as he took the crying baby,

" Finally an heir...the Gods have not forsaken our Ashborne Family. " He thought.

" Leave! I want to have some time with my child and wife alone " he said in a deep authoritative tone.

As the midwives left, he turned to his wife who was looking at him weakly, he handed her the crying baby who still had not opened his eyes.

"Hush now mama is here...look at our son Darius handsome, isn't he? He looks just like you. " Lucia said as she chuckled weakly looking at her husband.

The baby had finally calmed down as he fell asleep. "What do you want to name him? " Darius replied as he smiled, looking at his wife and son.

Lucia seemed to be thinking, a thought instantly appeared on her mind. " Kai.... Kaizen" she muttered under her breath and looked at the sleeping baby on her arms.

" Your name will be Kaizen…Kaizen Ashborne. " She spoke and then looked at her husband.

" Kaizen huh...has a nice ring to it, I like it. " Darius replied smiling but then suddenly frowned and asked, "How....How long do you have? "

"2 years at most if I'm lucky... "

Darius' expression turned solemn and suddenly hugged both of them, in a low tone he said, " I'm sorry darling…I tried everything...maybe if I look- "

"It's okay love...it's a miracle i lived for so long and got to bear your child. I've been with this illness since childhood…sigh…maybe we'll find a cure in the future. " She replied slightly giving herself hope

After speaking to each other for some time Darius left to retire to bed leaving his wife and child sleeping.

Being woken up by the bright sunlight illuminating from the window Kaizen finally opened up his eyes.

" Mmh where am I?...Solara! " He suddenly remembered from his old memories of how he met her in the soul realm.

"Aaah I see... Reincarnation huh " He thought. Slightly turning his small body on the bed he tried to stand up but sadly failed "Cr*p" he cursed inwardly as he hit is head on his cradle.

" Ouch! " Instead of the word coming out of his mouth, a cry came out instead.

Hearing the cry a beautiful but pale young woman came to his aid, of course the woman was Lucia. " Hush, hush little Kai, don't worry mama is here now, sorry for leaving you all alone. " She said in a soft and soothing voice picking him up.

Hearing her voice Kai calmed down and looked at her, she had black-red straight hair that cascaded down her back in a sleek, glossy waterfall each strand perfectly aligned. She had a beautiful round face and dark eyes that seemed to have experienced a lot of hardship. She also had a small mole near her lips which enhanced her beauty even more.

Kai was dazed this person was his mother? He felt warmth inside his heart. In his past life he grew up in an Orphanage, he never knew his parents and never had any parental figure.

" I can understand her! Wait do people in both worlds speak the same language? No...this must be Solara's gift...maybe. "

Opening the door Darius walked in " Is he okay? " He asked looking at the mother and son pair.

" He is my father? " Kai thought as he sized up Darius, he suddenly felt awkward, His father seemed to be the same age as him before dying in his past life.

" Yes...now that I see his eyes the rumor seems to be true...that all Ashbornes have the same eye colour, Crimson red. Interesting."

" Yes...it is because of Ancestor's bloodline...also I'm here to tell you..tomorrow we'll hold a banquet to celebrate my son's birth, the king will also attend."

"Sigh… I hate banquets you know." Lucia replied in a displeased playful tone.

"Haha my dear Lucia you have to grace us with your appearance or else..." Darius teased as he winked at his wife.

Kai who was still being held, inwardly cringed "Get me out of here!"

Lucia laughed and then replied, " I have no choice it seems. "

" Father will also attend." He said slowly becoming serious, staring at the window

"With the King's presence I'm sure he won't do anything funny, and also it's not like he'll come back to stay. " Lucia replied as she looked at Darius, worry showing on her face.

Turning back and looking at her, he said " I hope nothing goes wrong…sigh...let's go get some breakfast I'm starving. "