Chapter 3: Chapter 2 ~ Reincarnation

"Welcome Ryuto Kazuki to The Entrance of Gaia!" The gentle voice became louder, and the silhouette has became more clearer, it was a lady with pink hair and bright pink eyes who appeared infront of him, "Who are you?!" Scared, Ryuto backed off as he shuddered. "Do not worry Ryuto, I will not hurt you." The lady with pink hair said, "I am one of the Goddesses in the world of Gaia, I am Aries, the Goddesses of beasts and animals." Goddesses Aries had introduced herself. "Aries...? One of the zodiac signs...?" Ryuto questioned as he seemed calmer now. "Well yes... In your world that is. But in this world, the Zodiac signs you speak of that you used for fortune telling and future prediction, are all god and goddesses." Goddess Aries explained. Ryuto understood but he was confused with another thing, "I'm supposed to be dead right...? But why am I still alive?" He asked the goddess. "I will tell you all you need to know about this world." The goddess said, "Yes, you indeed died in planet Earth, I took your soul and brought it here in Gaia." The goddess answered him. "Oh... Why?" Ryuto asked again. "I will tell you that later on, but first, I will tell you that there are 12 god and goddesses in this world, you may know them as Zodiac signs, but in this world we call ourselves Superior Beings." Goddess Aries said, "Superior beings...?" Ryuto still confused. "Isn't that name a bit too clichè?" Ryuto asked in a comedic way. "Oh my, whatever could you mean?" Goddess Aries replied, also in a comedic way. The goddess cleared her throat, "Ahem! Moving on... This world is known as Gaia, where magic and non-human species like beastmen, elves, demons and such exist." The goddess said as she show Ryuto images of this said non-human species by using magic. "Okay... But why am still not dead? Well... Not now at the least?" Ryuto asked, "Of course, you'd ask about that." The goddess sighed, "About that, you've been chosen to be reincarnated to this world." The goddess explained. "Huh? Why me?" He was confused, "I have no rewarding features, I'm just a guy in the slumps, what aspect could I have to be chosen like this?" He looked down as he became depressed all of the sudden. "I've been abused by my father, I let my mother and sister die... I couldn't protect them." He said as he started to tear up. "Mother... Yuuki... I'm so sorry..." He starts to break down on the ground. The Goddess Aries couldn't bare the sight of Ryuto, so she kneeled down and hugged Ryuto. "It is not your fault Ryuto... You've tried your best." The goddess rubbed his head, comforting him. "We've chosen you because we Superior Beings has sensed a strange aura inside you." The goddess explained. "Strange... Aura...?" Ryuto looked up to the goddess. "Yes, there's a very powerful aura laid dormant inside you, and we've chosen that you will change our world." The goddess explained further. "Change... The world...?" Ryuto didn't understand that part. "You'll understand more properly if you came there yourself." The both of them stood up, as light particles started to revolved around Ryuto and started to fade away "Our time is up, it's up to you Ryuto, the future of Gaia rests upon your hands. I will give you my blessing when you came down there." The goddess said as she smiled beautifully. "Wait! Goddess!" Ryuto extended his arm towards goddess Aries. "Safe travels, Ryuto Kazuki." The goddess smiled as Ryuto faded completely. As soon as Ryuto disappeared, Goddess Aries' face has been covered in dread "I cannot tell him... It is our fault..." Her fists tightened.