This is gonna be long…
Shai’s Rei first born, and an important piece in the history of his tribe. In my story, there actually are two White Tiger clans: the Northen one, which Rei and his friends are from, and the Southern one, which is located near the sea and few people know about. The two clans once were one and are actually in bitter relationship over the ownership of the Byakko and the use they should do of the beast: the Northen tribe sees it as the symbol of the Clan that needs to be protected, the Southern tribe sees it as a symbol of strenght to be used to fight. Of course, the Northen tribe one and decided to not only keep Byakko safe, but also to close relationships with the outside world. The Southern tribe migrated to the sea, where they kept living and waiting for the time they will reclaim the bit-beast… which came right when they got to know about the new “uses” of the Northen tribe.
The two clans reunited to discuss (argue) about what happened and what was going to happen, and it was decided that the two best fighters would battle to decide which clan will handle Byakko in the future. Of course, Rei was against this idea, not wanting to let go of his bit and also because well… it sounded stupid. More arguing ensues, Rei proposes to just unite the clans again since they’re now more on the same line of thinking about Byakko’s role. Of course, the Southern tribe wasn’t ok with someone of the Northen tribe still owning Byakko, and things were about to get bad. The final decision that got accepted was that the two top fighters and next clan leaders were to unite and have a kid, who would symbolize the union and who will own Byakko in the future.
Chaos erupts as Rei and his friends are against this idea even more. The Southern’s tribe next leader is Mei-Hua, but somehow her sister Mei-Li manages to steal Rei’s heart and in the end, the clans have their child, one way or another, and Shai’s born. He spends his first years with the elders, who treat him like some kind of deity. In the end, he’s the one to end all conflicts in the tribe at age five, and seeing the good impact he has around the elders decide he can stay with his parents.
Shai has difficulties creating bonds with them as he doesn’t seem able to express emotions of any type; he’s still a little happy kid who manages to be loved by everyone in the tribe. He starts understanding about feelings once he gets to Japan for the championship and meet Yury, Dani and Alex, who help him understand and express his emotions. As he does so, he finds the will to form his own personality and finally have a relationship with his family as well.
In the current times, after a pretty heavy argument with the tribe he passed from being a deity to being exiled, which caused him to burst into a rage fit that almost destroyed the village. It was his sister Kira with Rei and Mei’s help who managed to calm him down and help him cope with this new feeling he never felt. He now lives in Japan, where Brooklin took him under his guidance to help him manage his powers and emotions.
Since he has problems understanding and expressing feelings, relationships are the last thing he’s interested in. He’s also asexual, so really he doesn’t care.
But… maybe something will change…
I have difficulties managing my emotions, and Shai is helping me understanding some of them and how to handle them, even if his case is put to the extreme. Like me, he’s amazed by little things: a shiny thing on the ground, a bird flying by, a butterfly on a flower: little stuff that can make him smile and brighten his day immediately!