Chapter 1: First Chance in a Different World

A dark and deep chuckle echoed throughout hell. Such a malevolent chuckle can only belong to one being and everyone in hell knows the owner. The chuckle belongs to no other than the king of hell itself, Taizan Kuzun. But it is extremely rare for the king to be amused or entertained much less laugh or even smile.

Ah, the very reason why is at his very presence, Asakura Hao. This human being is famous all throughout hell and even heaven. He is the only mortal to have complete control over the five elements namely fire, water, earth, wood and metal as well as techniques of the Yin and Yang. He is also the only one to make a contract with Taizan Kuzun as a living being something that not even the dead are able to accomplish. Having a contract with the king of hell gives Hao the capability of reviving the dead and even control over the circumstances of his reincarnation. Other than that, he also claims that he has time in the palm of his hands as he can see the future and read other people's minds. But the most famous act that he had only recently done which can make others consider him a god is that he had taken the power of the Great Spirits in not the ordinary means of winning the shaman fight. He did it forcibly.

"But still," Taizan Kuzun suddenly talked. "even with the power of all the spirits the Spirit of Fire consumed including the Great Spirits themselves, you were defeated by one measly human who doesn't even have the age of a human adult."

These words went directly to Hao's heart making it suffer more than what it is already experiencing. He gritted his teeth and balled his hands into fist in great frustration. Taizan Kuzun smirked at this sight.

"You are again loosing your calm, boy. That's the reason why you lose and died for the third time. Even if we say that all of the other shamans contributed a part of their own power to that runt in order for you to be defeated, it should not be enough to even rival the power of the Great Spirits. Your anger is the actual reason why you lose. The one who truly defeated you was no other than yourself." The voice of the hell king sounded like it was mocking the mighty human but actually it was merely telling the truth.

Loosing a cool head is the greatest mistake a shaman can make. This applies to all beings, too. Shaman, once driven by their sheer emotions, especially anger, losses their entire control over their furyoku making them use it more than what is actually needed. Most of these excess furyoku is not actually used as they are merely wasted. Thus, they exhaust faster than calm shamans. Anger also severely weakens an oversoul's structure making it more brittle and easier to destroy. This have been proven several times by Ren Tao, a couple of times by Yoh's other friends and once by Yoh and Hao themselves.

Once Hao calmed down a bit, Taizan Kuzun again spoke in his dark and powerful voice.

"I have a proposition for you, Hao" making Hao raised his head and an eyebrow in curiosity.

"Continue" he said.

"You shall be reincarnated in another world far different from where you were born. A world suitable for someone like you to live. A world where the elements and nature are on their prime and remains untainted by anyone's corruption" explained the king of hell making Hao more curious.

"I am not going to tell you any more than that. You have to know more about this world by yourself. So do you agree?" Hao contemplated on this for a few minutes before replying.

"What do you want in exchange? I know this will be benefiting you in one way or another since this is a proposition" he spoke.

"Well, nothing really troublesome. I just want you to drop your ambition of making your home world a shaman only world" Taizan Kuzun said in a matter of fact tone. Now this really makes Hao snapped but before he can even shout, he was silenced by Taizan Kuzun's one hand.

"Now listen here first, boy. It is true that your ambition is nice and all but that is only if it is possible." Hao gave the king a confused look.

"Look, Mother Nature has practically no chance of survival in that world because of the humans' cruelty and stupidity. I agree with you on that one. She will die there soon, perhaps in a couple of centuries or maybe even after a few decades."

"Then that gives me more reason to go back and destroy the entire humanity" Hao reasoned out in a loud voice.

"Again you are loosing your cool boy. Calm down first before I continue my explanation." This is effective as it really calmed Hao a bit.

"Now as I am saying, Mother Nature will not last any longer there anymore because of the humans but no worries, boy. You don't have to there to do the heavy work of destroying those pathetic humans. They will do it themselves" Taizan Kuzun spoke with absolute malevolence and a small smirk.

"The cruelty that causes Mother Nature to die will be the same cruelty that will cause their downfall. Although not immediately, they will surely fall and will suffer the consequences of their actions for a long time before completely crumbling." Hao relaxed even more after hearing that and now has his infamous smile back on his lips.

"Well then, if that's the case I guess I can accept your offer" Hao stood up and backed to his usual laid back self.

"Excellent. When you are ready, tell me and I'll take you to your new home world" Taizan Kuzun said while standing up ready to end their meeting.

"I will go there now" Hao said straightforward. Taizan Kuzun is not surprised at this attitude of his. Hao likes to have fun but when it comes to business, he doesn't waste any time.

"Very well then" Taizan Kuzun raised his right hand with his palm facing Hao and started to command his energy to take the thousand year old human up to the living world. His energy slowly surrounds Hao and in an instant he disappeared.

"It is done" the king of hell said particularly to no one.

"You forgot to tell him about what you truly want him to do, what we want him to do" another mighty voice almost equal to that of Taizan Kuzun spoke. It sounded like it came from all directions.

"Knowing about Hao's attitude, he doesn't need any orientation about that" the king replied.

"What do you mean?" the voice asked curiously.

"I can't blame you for not knowing him too much since he's the only human you can't fetch. What I mean is once he knows of their existence, I'm sure that he will get them without anyone of us pushing him to. And besides, you are going to make sure that he will know about them, right?"

"It is the first step for us to eliminate them. I know about the boy's power and I know it's the only way to get rid of them but after everything is done, how much possibility is there that he will turn up like them?"

"I'm telling you, none."

"And how sure is that?" the voice asked discontented.

"Just like what I said, you know little about the boy. Why not watch him in his fourth life in order for you to know him more, Shinigami-dono?"

The Death God appeared at Taizan Kuzun's back, his eyes staring seriously at the king.

"I will watch him but not to know him more. Having too much power drives mortals insane so should he shows signs of insanity like those of the bijus, I am going to eliminate him and you will help me." It is more like a command from the Death God rather than a statement.

"What about the others?" Taizan Kuzun asked.

"I've already told them and they already agreed. If our powers will not be enough, they will come to our aide."

"You are being paranoid, Shinigami-dono but how come those five agreed with you" the king said crossing his arms together on his chest, hanging his head low, closing his eyes and started thinking. A vein popped in Shinigami's head.

"And what do you mean by that?!"

"Those five know the boy as much as I do but I guess I now know why they agreed and I also agree with you now. It's very logical to watch over the boy since he is only human. Although powerful, he is very prone to insanity" he said with a grin.

"You don't look and sound like you really agreed. Really, you are the same with those guys."

"I already said several times, you know little about the boy and you are just being paranoid."

"Enough of this conversation. Yondaime Hokage is already starting the summoning ritual. I have to go and remember, Taizan Kuzun. You already agreed so you are going to help once I call for you" and with that, the Death God left without waiting for the hell king's reply.

"Paranoid but really, the boy can be quite troublesome if he ends up like them. I'll just have to see what will happen" Taizan Kuzun thought as he gets back to his work.

"Goddamn paperwork" he grumbled.

"Sarutobi-sama, I'm leaving him to you" said one weakening voice of Yondaime Hokage. The nightlong fight with Kyuubi no Kitsune finally ended with Yondaime sealing the great beast inside a newborn baby. He summoned the Death God in order to make a seal strong enough to hold Kyuubi but in return, he must die.

"Don't worry my successor. He's in good hands" Sandaime Hokage said trying his best to hold his tears back.

"Make sure that he's seen as a hero of this village. He is the true hero in the fight against Kyuubi. Well then Sarutobi-sama, I'll see in the afterlife." And with that, Yondaime breathe his last breath.

Sandaime can't hold back any longer. He just let his tears fall and as if the heavens are giving their condolence for the death of the Fourth, heavy rains dropped from the still dark sky.

"That was really something. I never thought that these kinds of things occur in this world" said one Asakura Hao inside his mind.

"In any case, I think this world really fits me. Humans are using nature and the elements quite well and I'm not seeing any signs of overuse of any kind of technology at all. But the most intriguing is that beast. I never imagined that such a being exists with so much power. It probably has more power than even the Great Spirits and to top it all off, it's sealed inside me. I think Taizan Kuzun left out some important imformation about this world." Just then, he remembered something that the hell king said.

"I'm not going to tell you more than that. You have to find more information about that world yourself" he remembered the hell king said.

"He's not much of a help really. I guess I'm just going to have a better look at that beast" he thought and took a walk in his mind. After a couple of minutes of searching, he finally found what he is looking for. He came upon a huge, fancy cage with only a piece of paper holding the doors. The kanji for seal is written on the paper.

"Such a magnificent seal, nothing less is expected from the Death God" he said out loud.

"Who goes there?" a voice 100 demonic came out of the cage.

"Here goes nothing."

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