章 36: Chapter 34: The Six Yokai Lords

In a large ancient hall, you can see 6 thrones with varying sizes. On those thrones sat the 6 primordial lords of Yokai. Each throne had names engraved on them, symbolizing the lord who sat on it.

Serpentine, the legendary white serpent that once massacred an entire empire of humans by herself many millenniums ago. On her throne, she sat gracefully while in her humanoid form. She has white silky hair, two dots in the ends of her two beautiful red eyes, a very beautiful face, and a voluptuous body that could topple entire empires. She wears a white ancient Haori, befitting her status.

"Hm, how long has it been since we last met up like this?" She said with her sweet enchanting voice.

"I believe it has been three thousand years, Serpentine-san." A very childish voice replied to her question.

The Dragon Lord, Suisei. He has a very child-like appearance, not what you would expect from a Lord but don't be fooled. He may look like a child, but he is the Dragon Lord who rules over the aquatic Yokais. In his humanoid form, he looks like a delicate child with a long light blue hair that shines even in the dark. He has sea blue eyes that seems to shine a glint every now often. His clothes consist of a dark pants and a sleeveless blue jacket.

"Indeed, three thousand years had passed since us Lords have met with each other. Though, we would be forgiven for the sudden responsibility that was passed onto us by our late predecessors." This time, a very seductive voice sounded.

Konton, The Nine-Tailed Kitsune, Ruler of the Kitsune Yokais. Don't get her confused with the Kyuubi who attacked Konoha 12 years ago. She is a real entity, unlike the mindless Kyuubi who was constructed entirely by chakra. Like Serpentine, she has a very beautiful face, devoid of any imperfections. And her body is very voluptuous. Her breast is larger than Tsunade's and her curves are really gorgeous. With her beauty alone, defeating men will no longer be a problem. She wears a very revealing orange yukata. Her orange hair really fits along with her amber eyes. Nine fluffy tails continued to wave behind her as her fox ears twitched from time to time.

"Hmm, I really can't believe that a chosen immortal would appear again. But even though this one is still young, his strength and skills are nearly close to you young ones." A deep, old, and wizened voice said.

Tengoku, an old monster that has existed since billion of years ago. No one truly knows what his true form is, but what they truly knows is that he can slaughter every Yokai in this land if he wanted to. They were just thankful that he is just a kind-hearted old man. He never seeks trouble to other people and neither do they for the fear that he will wipe out their existence. It is no question that he is the strongest out of all of them, that's why they call him Old Monster. In his humanoid form, his appearance is that of a white haired old man wearing a white robe.

"Seems interesting, maybe I'll pay that young immortal a visit soon. Hehehe." A young arrogant voice said.

The Heavenly Werewolf Lord, Shiro. He is the youngest out of all of them, he has just recently taken the mantle of the previous Werewolf Lord, his father. Since he was pampered when he was a child, he became very arrogant due to him being the son of the Werewolf Lord. Though, that can be forgiven for he is still young. He wears a white jacket with furs in the neckline and a blue pants. In his humanoid form, he has a very spiky white hair and deep blue eyes along with the markings in his face.

"Shiro, don't be hasty. I hear that the young immortal is very strong. He seems to wield two very powerful blades and it seems like that those blades has been enchanted with divine lightning and chaos flame." A female voice said, worried.

This is Kuroi, the Lord Of Tengu. The Tengu and The Werewolf Clan has been very close since their beginnings. Kuroi is someone respected for her strategic mind, and she has been friends with Shiro's father since they were children. She looks out for Shiro for he might try and do something stupid, like offending the Old Monster. That would surely bring great catastrophe to his Werewolf Clan. But she has only seen him being reckless and nothing more. In her humanoid form, she has a pitch black hair and black eyes. She is beautiful but not at the level of Konton and Serpentine. She is wearing a short black yukata with flowers in the design.

"Hmph, you can't tell me what to do, Aunt Kuroi. I'm already 2 century years old." Shiro said while crossing his arms and looking away.

"You're still a child in our eyes, everybody in this room has lived for at least fifty-thousand years, you are simply too young. What was your father thinking when he gave you that position? Sigh." She sighed in disappointment as she shook her head.

"Hahahaha, maybe Young Shiro is right. We still haven't seen the chosen immortal in person, maybe he can pay him a visit and tell him our message to him. Isn't that right, Young Shiro?" Tengoku said while laughing.

Shiro nodded his head but did not dare to look nor speak to the Old Monster for he, too, is very scared of him.

"See? Young Shiro, if you can deliver our message to the chosen immortal, I'll give your Werewolf Clan a gift." Tengoku said.

At this, Shiro's eyes shined.

"...Really?" He managed to asked.

"Of course, now go. We adults have something to speak about." Tengoku then gave him a letter. Inside that letter is the message meant for Hikaru.

"I won't fail you, Lord Tengoku." Shiro then suddenly disappeared from his throne, to look for the chosen immortal.

"Now, since the youngling is gone, let's talk about the previous words of him." Old Monster said with his mouth, slowly rising.

The faces of the lords grew serious.

(With Hikaru)

Gozu and Meizu finally woke up and the moment they did, they started screaming because their arms was still sliced off and Hikaru only tied a rope around it to stop the bleeding.

Sakura, Sasuke, and Azumi couldn't help but flinch at their screams of suffering.

"Now, tell us what you all know or I will pull out your nails, slowly and painfully, " Hikaru said while pulling out one of their nails to prove his point.

"AAAH!!! STOP! PLEASE STOP!" Gozu screamed as Hikaru slowly pulled his thumb's nail slowly.

Kakashi watched this with no visible reaction on his face but inside, he was feeling a little bit numb. But his situation was good compared to the other four.

Sakura couldn't help but puke at the scene in front of her. while Sasuke only seemed a little bit green. Azumi seems unfazed.

Hikaru's continued his torture for half an hour before they spoke about everything. After learning all the information they had, he killed the demon brothers... brutally. Meizu got his spine pulled out by Hikaru and he died almost instantly. Gozu, on the other hand, suffered a much, much worse execution than Meizu. Hikaru slowly stabbed every part of his last remaining limbs and his blood curdling screams terrified his teammates. Kakashi, at some point, just directly killed Gozu, so that his suffering would end.

Now, what was Hikaru's goal in this? That was to show his fellow Genins the cruel reality of this world. They were pampered since they were children, and it was now time for them to grow up. They decided to be ninjas, then they gotta own up to it. The field of shinobis is not a playground but a cruel battlefield filled with countless corpses.

'Is this really the world Itachi stepped on? And Hikaru, how powerful are you really?' Sasuke thought inside his terrified mind.

'Aaahh! I don't want to be a ninja anymore! I don't want to die like that!' Sakura cried inside her mind.

'Hikaru-kun, I know that you wanted to show me this for a reason. Indeed, this world is much, much more terrifying than I thought. But Is this really what happens to rouge ninjas like them? Maybe one day, when I become the Hokage, I can bring peace to this world. It may seem like a far fetched dream for me, but it's worth to give it a try, ain't it?' Azumi thought inside her mind as she stared at the bloodied scene in front of her. For some reason, she didn't get scared of Hikaru.

"Hikaru, I understand." Kakashi said to Hikaru as he turned his back on the scene in front of him.