From the Vortex to the Lap of the Demon Prince

"I WANT A REFUND!" Kairo screamed at the top of his lungs, when he had control of his voice.

As he tumbled about the spacious vortex, he felt his body exploding and reassembling to be whole many times, eventually becoming more solid. He was constantly impacted by the spinning cosmic space.

"This is reincarnation?!"

But if it truly was, he'd look different. He stared at his arm and hand that looked the same as any other time he had seen it.

An ear-piercing shriek, and waves of brutal energy, slammed into his being. The waves repeated the reformation process each time they knocked into him.

"God, what have I done to make you butt angry?!" He whimpered, and felt small relief when his deep voice hadn't changed.

He frantically trawled memories and returned nothing to note. His routine had been a consistent pattern of going to school, graduating, getting a job and working the same shifts for his 19 years of living.

He gasped when he thought back to his last day to work, and the cat in the basket he saw.

"Did I step on a cat's tail?" He fretted, thinking that he had invoked a gypsy curse.

The repeated pattern of being remade left a nauseous feeling in his gut. The vortex's green-blue glow made him dizzy. At least he no longer felt the stabbing and numb pains of electrocution.

He felt hopeful, when the vortex's colors changed to a pure white, and a small opening was before him. He sensed the energies of other life lingering about the opening.

"Not good enough! I'm your Demon Prince. If any of you dare take me for a fool, I'll kill you right now!" Words and the voice of a man flooded into the vortex, changing hopeful feelings to fears of being suppressed by dominant forces.

"This pettiness ends now!" The voice bellowed with outrage.

The opening swiftly grew in size until it engulfed Kairo's entire being.

"God, forgive me!" He screamed as he rapidly tumbled through space to land on something solid yet soft.

As he blinked to clear his fuzzy vision, he gradually saw a handsome man staring at him: their faces a nose touch away.

The man's breathing was fast and hot as he glared at him with ire. Naturally, the man was not impressed to have Kairo on his lap.