Hiruzen Sarutobi, Sandaime Hokage and current acting Hokage of Konohagakure, looked at the scene before him with a critical and weary gaze. This would now mark the eighth victim in a series of brutal murders. He looked at the corpse of a twenty something woman that was currently entrapped within a maze of Razor Wire that was last seen during the Third Shinobi War.
'Why…?' he couldn't help but wonder to himself as he held his tobacco pipe gingerly never more appreciating the addictive habit than now. He saw several of his ANBU Black Ops going about the scene finding and bagging evidence for further analyzation later on. He wondered how this had started and just who in their mind thought this was a way of testing.
Her body was cut up and gored by the wire in several places and it looked like she bled out from several cut arteries along her arms and legs as the last few minutes in her life were of desperate and uncaring damage inflicted onto herself. Sighing and letting a cloud of smoke escape his lips he turned to a Wolf Masked ANBU who was walking up with a plastic bag.
The worse thing was now the whole village knew because of said person in front of them. Mito Kori, a prominent member of the Civilian Council, had started to spread word of these gruesome scenes in hopes that the village would know who it was… officially. Unofficially she was looking for a way for more blame and pain to come down onto a certain someone within the village who already had enough on his plate as it was but that was for another time.
They first started at the beginning of last month when a random store owner was found in his own house after he went missing for a day. He was tied to his bed with a pulley system holding a Katana that was once charged with Wind Chakra in his chest where his heart would be. At first it seemed to be just another method of torture when they found something in the man's hand. It was a tape recorder which was one of the more modern inventions of the day.
He still remembered the haunting message within the tape…
"Yori Morika… Up till now you have lived a life of a businessman who sold second rate materials to Konohagakure Shinobi at the price of the best quality materials. This has resulted in many good Shinobi dying in service to the village while you sit on your ill gotten throne. Now you will show me if you truly understand what you cause. Above you is a Katana charged with Wind Chakra. This weapon is one of your own actually… ironic isn't it? While subpar it will still be more than enough to kill you. Your limbs are currently held by seals that prevent you from leaving the bed… so don't try it. They will pull them taut two minutes after this tape ends and the sword will drop, ending your life. How you escape this is simple. Your ill throne that you sleep in now has a unique weight system that can tell how much it is weighing currently… your goal is to make it go under this weight. You currently weigh with your overconsumption around 240 pounds… I want you to weigh at 200. There is a Serrated Kunai in front of you also charged with Wind Chakra… Now I am sure you know what to do since you are a businessman after all… Let the game begin… Hahahhahha!"was all the tape had given them. It was an elaborate trap and when he brought in Jiraiya to look over the seals he admitted that these were pretty complex, enough so that someone had to be studying them for a decent amount of time to achieve this level.
In the end the man was able to cut off one of his own legs and was just over the weight needed by the end of two minutes. The sword had killed him swiftly afterwards. Unfortunately the tape seemed to be either poorly done or the voice was purposely modified so they couldn't identify the killer other than that they were male.
The last identifying mark they found on the first victim was a piece of the man's body carved out in the shape of a jigsaw puzzle piece. This had resulted in the ANBU Investigation Department calling the killer "Jigsaw". Now the rest of the village knew about this killer since Mito had spilled the beans before her death. He couldn't stop the minor panic people had since not only was this killer able to end the lives of five civilians but also of three Shinobi. One Genin, one Chunin, and one Tokubetsu Jonin.
"What is it this time?" asked Hiruzen tiredly since he knew the ANBU had already listened to the tape but he had to as well since it was better to tell the riddle in this one. The ANBU looked to the corpse for a moment before looking back to the Hokage.
"Mito Kori was given a total of three hours to pass this… "Test" before she was going to be locked in this cellar below her house. How this whole trap was set up without her notice nor the Shinobi assigned to protect her still remains a mystery Hokage-sama… should I play it?" he reported before asking softly. Hiruzen tiredly sighed before nodding. All the ANBU paused in their work to listen.
"Hello Mito Kori… you may know of me… but I certainly know all about you. All your life you've spent vying for control of the Civilian Council of Konohagakure. Whether it was through blackmail, bribery, whoring, or civil duty your ambitious greed has brought you here to this test. So I want to play a game… You will find yourself in a cellar filled to the brim with Razor Wire… said wire that your grandfather and his father created and sold to Iwagakure Shinobi during the last war. Oh yes… I know of your families disloyalty to the village. Now that doesn't matter… what does matter is whether you live past tonight or this room becomes your tomb. In three hours after this tape ends the door to the cellar will shut… locking you in here till the end of your days. How you survive is simple. You must venture through the Razor Wire like the Konohagakure Shinobi during the war and suffered their own deaths from it. Do this within three hours and you will live… do not do this… and you will die. It is your choice… Let the game begin…" said the tape giving every ANBU member a chill down their spines as they imagined the three hours of hell the woman must've went through even if by what the tapes said to be trusted.
The ANBU then pulled out a second bag that was filled with photographics, logs, and documents supporting Jigsaw's claims of her family's disloyalty. Hiruzen eyed this for a moment, turning the bag over in his hands. How this had slipped under their noses was disturbing and what was more disturbing is that this killer knew about it.
'Then again… he actually isn't a killer by technicality…' mused Hiruzen as he handed back the two evidence bags to the Wolf Mask ANBU. All that Jigsaw did was put his victims in situations where they had a chance to live and the chance was reasonable. It was up to the victims to live or die. So he really didn't kill them… he forced them to kill themselves.
"Gather everything for evidence… I want this killer found before he starts another test. The village is already watching over their shoulders as it is… if this continues I only worry what will happen…" said Hiruzen in an order and the ANBU nodded before starting to order the others to quickly get as much as they could. The woman's corpse had been down here for the last three days… it took them three days to find the trap. That was way too long. Whoever this Jigsaw was… they were one of the best of the best killers Hiruzen had ever seen.
He soon left the cellar and back to the Hokage Mansion in the center of the village, right below the Hokage Monument that displayed the Hokage's faces from first to last in stone carving honoring the heros and leaders of the village. Hiruzen looked up to his younger looking self carved into stone for some moments before stepping inside.
He was doing paperwork over this latest trap when there was a commotion he knew all too well outside his door. Groaning as he really didn't need this right now he looked up as his office door wasn't blown open by an attempting assassin but one Naruto Uzumaki… the village's Pariah and the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko. Dressed in his typical Academy Student outfit complete with green goggles on his forehead he smiled sheepishly at him before his eyes widened and he dived to the side, narrowly missing being grabbed by one of the Chunin guards behind him.
"HEY! I said I wanted to talk to the Old Man! So I am going to talk to him even if you say he is busy!" yelled Naruto indignantly as he got to his feet and raced behind the Hokage in his seat behind his desk while pointing at said Chunin who was just barely picking himself up. The Chunin was about to make a move before Hiruzen waved him off, but not before the Chunin glared daggers of hate and contempt at Naruto and closing the door a little roughly.
Naruto huffed while glaring at the door and blowing a raspberry at it and Hiruzen again groaned outwardly in annoyance. Oh how he loved and hated these moments. He turned in his seat to look at Naruto with a withering gaze and Naruto shrunk back like a spanked child.
"Naruto… how many times have I told you that you just can't barge in like that… all you need to do is explain what I said to you to them and they will let you in…" moaned the Hokage in an annoyed manner while taking a deep breath from his tobacco pipe to still his nerves. Naruto looked properly punished and shifted his feet, his eyes glued to the floor.
"Well they never believe anyways… just like the rest of them…" he said in a defensive manner but the last part was more like a whisper but Hiruzen still heard it. Sighing painedly in his mind Hiruzen rested one of his aged hands on Naruto's shoulder. The boy was around twelve now… twelve years since that awful day. Twelves years of secrets, lies, and deceits…
"Naruto… they will learn eventually… you just have to stay strong… many have lost a lot due to the Kyuubi Attack… and it can't be helped they see you that way since your birthday is the same day…" offered Hiruzen in a kindly manner while he winced knowing it was a complete bullshit reason and Naruto seemed to think the same thing if the scowl on his face was anything to go by.
The boy looked out the window of the office for a moment before looking back to the Hokage and to his surprise the deadness in his eyes was more apparent now than ever. It was really starting to take it's toll out on the boy and Hiruzen worried if it had already done more than can be repaired.
"Old Man… Why does it even matter what they think of me anymore… and with this stuff about that "Jigsaw" lately… it is only making it worse… I get stared at more… people treat me worse than before and all I can do is try and avoid people or else they start to yell at me…" Naruto said softly before looking tiredly away from the Hokage while shuffling his feet. Just as the Hokage was about to comfort him Naruto spoke once more.
"I still want to be a Shinobi… so at least I still have a chance… but I came in here to ask if you can give me more allowance money as the budget I had before has skyrocketed. I can hardly feed myself now let alone wash my clothes or pay the bills…" Naruto said quietly and Hiruzen just frowned deeply. It would seem those who he trusted to be at least tolerant of Naruto were no longer so. Sighing and knowing he would have to arrange for others to take their place he looked down at the boy once more.
"I will take care of that Naruto… just go home and try to get some relaxation in. I'll make some arrangements to help you… okay?" he said quietly and the boy nodded before going back to the door and walking out, closing it quietly. Hiruzen stared at the door for a moment before looking to one of the corners of the room.
"Make sure nothing happens to him… and get me his suppliers… I want to have a word with them." ordered the Hokage with the ANBU in the room moving to obey those orders. The village as a whole seemed to only be more against the young boy by the day and Hiruzen knew it would boil over… whether it was the village or Naruto who would break first he didn't know.
Naruto walked the streets back to his shit hole of an apartment while giving discrete looks to the villagers around him who looked at him with hate or anger. He frowned before just looking forwards in the street knowing that this was happening because of that woman… too bad she failed her test.
Most people were so… ungrateful for their lives. Naruto himself was immensely grateful since he had brushed with death so much he felt as if the Shinigami was good friends with him. Of course that was a figurative way of looking at it but he suspected that wasn't too far from the truth.
Over the last year he had been studying in the Shinobi part of the library ever since he perfected the Henge no Jutsu, which allowed the user to take on the image of who they wanted, but he went a step further to where it wasn't just an image but an actual transformation. Of course he got people turned off of investigating this ability with calling it the "Sexy no Jutsu" which just really made him sick. It made him seem immature but it was best that way. Too many questions would lead to a very bad ending for him.
Ever since a month ago… he started to try and make people see how ungrateful they were. He stole his supplies under the radar while easily evading the ANBU protectors overwatching him since they really didn't care. Whether is was ink and paper for seals, books to learn from, materials like the barbed wire for his latest test. He grabbed what he could in small amounts. He was surprised that woman was so blind that she was being broken into constantly and he had to use his proficient means of Genjutsu to trick her every time she came into the basement.
There was so many times he could have been found out during his latest set up and in a small way he wanted to. He wanted to see people witness what he was capable of. Of course again… the consequences would be dire should they actually find out… but he planned on not doing anything that risky anymore. Besides, with the Hokage giving him extra allowance soon he would be able to do more traps and get better materials. It was hard getting the electronical things like tape recorders and Chakra Batteries since they were so expensive. Of course since they were also being mass produced it was hard to track his movements that way so it worked out nicely.
Now he had to find the next person who he saw not only ungrateful for their own life but for the lives of others as well. Mito Kori was just the latest he saw since she thought she was untouchable… that others should bend to her will. She didn't value that her life could have ended in a moment by the word of someone or just nature acting. She still didn't learn that valuable lesson in the end either. It was frustrating to him in a way. How was he supposed to get people to realize his lessons if they kept dying or refusing to learn.
It was just like that Genin he captured, Yuki Mari, who refused to even follow his rules in his game. They didn't even listen and failed miserably since they thought that their Chakra would save them. Naruto couldn't help the quiet chuckle that left his lips. How Shinobi relied on Chakra to solve all their problems. Take that away and they literally were like fish out of water, flopping and bumbling everywhere.
'In the end… no one survived… no one learned the lesson… well trial and error right?' he thought to himself before walking up the stairs to his door. Opening it easily with his key and locking it with the three deadbolts on the other side he looked about the apartment. Thankfully it hadn't been broken into besides the occasional Shinobi who was required the check up on him, both in house and out of house, it was still semi livable. He eyed the ceiling a moment seeing that he would need to get some repairing materials for the roofing if the dark spot building said anything to him.
Shaking his head while kicking off his sandals he walked to a hidden part of the apartment, not visible to the windows and doors so his ANBU protectors didn't notice where he went he pressed upon part of the wall that popped out. His whole apartment building was abandoned after people learned he was living here. Not even the landlord lived here anymore. So Naruto turned it into his veritable fortress complete with hidden passageways and secret rooms. This required a lot of his time and a better part of the year to do so. Not many of the rooms in the building were used by him, maybe one or two, but it was enough.
Again, the ANBU only bothered to check his room only and none of the boarded off others. So he used these as his workshops and study areas. Stepping into the secret area closing the door behind him he crawled through the walls of the bathroom section in the apartment till he reached the one below him. Security was really lacking if he could get away with all of this… but he would use it to his advantage.
Opening another secret door and stepping into the apartment below his he looked around with some pride. Plans, blueprints, thoughts and notes littered the walls of this room. All detailed, all about each of the tests. Well only the last test. He burned and destroyed all the evidence of completed tests so as to not get caught completely. Walking up and looking at the photo of the now deceased Council Member he sighed before taking a red marker and writing "FAILED" in big bold letters underneath the picture.
He would start destroying the evidence in a minute but now he had to think on who next to try. Perhaps the chance would increase if he was to get more than one at a time? Fifty fifty chances one would survive and the other died were appealing. If a person lived through a test, then they would spread the word whether they wanted to or not.
His tests were designed to bring out the largest fault in a particular person and make them see them in horrifying detail used against them. Then he arranged for them to face their faults in a life or death situation and if they lived they would be better for it since they wouldn't ever fall for the same thing again… they would appreciate their lives. They would be grateful. It wasn't like he stacked all odds against them. He made the tests hard, life threatening, and with a chance of fatal failure. That was the only way for a person to learn. It was how he learned. Why shouldn't it be the same for others?
"Now… who to choose…?" mused Naruto to himself. While his latest picks had been all adults or near to it… perhaps a change of pace was required? Go for someone younger… someone his age? That seemed to be a good idea. Who better to pick from then his own class? It would help the rest of them learn and the people who were tested should come out better… or die trying. Smiling to himself he looked at the plans of the previous test. But who to pick from his class?
Sakura Haruno was his first obvious choice. The girl was so far into her own worries and uncaring of others that she left her first friend turned against her as an enemy just to try and get the attention of Sasuke Uchiha. That boy had some serious problems… he would need to be tested at a later date though. There was no doubt that Naruto would arrange for that. So he had one target picked out… now for the other.
Then his thoughts went back to Sakura's first friend and now rival. Perhaps that was fitting? Out of the two Ino Yamanaka was the Clan Child while Sakura the civilian. Both wanted to be Sasuke's apple to his Sharingan Eyes… when he gets them of course. Both wanted his affection, his love, his devotion. Sakura betrayed Ino and Ino lost her friend from it because of a silly and childish rivalry.
"So… Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka… you are to be tested… will you survive… or will you fail?" he mused aloud before starting the process of destroying the evidence. It would take some time to study the both of them but with graduation coming soon… well it wouldn't be a surprise to see Naruto looking into things.
A week later…
'Today is the day…' thought Naruto to himself while staring at the chalkboard in front of them. Graduation was in three months. The last week he had spent all his time pouring into the library of the Academy while using to it watch Sakura and her habits. He had her usual routine picked out to the bone and her test area arranged. She was so easy that he couldn't help but wonder if she even did become a Kunoichi how would she survive. What made it worse was how did he see such beauty in her before? Sure he had a crush on her once but that faded away last year and it was rare to see Naruto even try to interact with her now.
His other target, Ino, was a little more difficult to study but he was able to. Believe it or not she actually did some training of her body on her off time in the training grounds near her Clan Compound. He also trained during the times she did and he studied her habits that way. So now that he had them both figured out and both tests arranged it was time to begin. Iruka Umino, their Chunin Instructor, finished his lesson which was about the rules of engagement on the border of Hi no Kuni should they come into contact with Shinobi of other nations when Naruto decided to get prepared. Leaving the class fast along with the rest he knew he had to start with Sakura.
She had been studying after hours for the last week so it would be the perfect time to do so now. Get her first since Ino didn't start training for at least another hour or so. Making it appear to his ANBU protectors that he went to go do his usual trouble he exited out of an alley under his improved Henge no Jutsu as he watched his ANBU overwatch follow his trail that really led back to his house since Naruto took all the side routes. He made it seem he left in a hurry and the stuffed mannequin in his bed would make it look like he just went to bed. It helped that he seemed more depressed today to explain that story should he be asked.
Stalking back into the Academy with no one the wiser he entered the library and spotted his first target easily. Moving into a concealed area he reactivated the Henge no Jutsu but with the guise of a tattered black cloak adult male wearing a orange mask with the likeness to the Kyuubi no Yoko. He chose this simply because the village blamed him because of the Bijuu… so why not imitate him? Pulling out the needle full of general anesthesia and making sure it was ready he slowly moved through the room out of her sight.
Soon he was behind her and quietly stalked up. She only really noticed something was wrong when Naruto was right behind her but it was already too late. Naruto stabbed the needle into her neck and pressed the plunger steadily while holding her still. She struggled for a few moments before slumping forward. Grabbing her and then using the Henge no Jutsu on her to turn her into a Kunai he pocketed it before changing back to himself and walking from the room.
She would stay unconscious for half a day at the least so he had plenty of time as he traveled across the village and avoiding the populace to get to Ino. After around half an hour he reached the training ground where she would be and just like he had carefully planned and predicted there she was… alone. The village security was seriously lacking if he could get a Clan Heir alone like this. Looking around and sending out a minor Sensory Pulse of Chakra he knew he was alone for sure.
Looking back to her he conducted the same guise as before and then waited. The clearing was quiet as she was taking a break from warm ups did he make a cracking sound. She immediately darted her eyes to the area, straining to listen. Narrowing her eyes the girl slowly pulled out a Kunai and advanced on the area… rather stupid but if all went well she wouldn't ever do this again. Naruto hid in the shadows as she stepped forwards, eyes wary and watching.
Soon when she was far enough through the treeline he jumped down on her and muffled her screams while also injecting her with the same general anesthesia. She soon stopped struggling and slumped to the ground. Eyeing her a moment he also turned her into a Kunai before changing back himself and set off at a face pace to the area.
Several hours later…
Ino Yamanaka groaned as she slowly came back to the conscious realm of the living while blearily blinking her eyes. Wondering what happened to her the memories of being ambushed as she was readying for training came back and she started awake with a fast beating heart before finding she was restrained to a chair with some Shinobi Wire tied around her torso painfully tight. Grunting in pain of the wire from her movements her eyes rapidly took in everything around her.
She was in a room with another person who was currently masked with a bag over their head and it was dark. They were also tied with their hands bound to behind them and strapped to the chair similar to how they were. Ino tried to make out anything about them and was only able to tell in the dim light that they were female.
Ino started to feel the panic set in as her eyes finally found the last two pieces in the room. A table was not that far from her reach and as she tried to scream for help she found her voice blocked. Looking down as best as she could she realized that there was a seal tag over her mouth preventing her from screaming let alone making any noise besides a grunt.
The reason she wanted to scream was because on the table was a scalpel and next to it… a tape recorder. She struggled for the next ten or so minutes before finally giving up and just crying. After ten minutes of this she looked to see that the other person, while still breathing, was obviously unconscious. Looking back to the tape she shivered before trying to remove the Shinobi Wire with her hands.
She received a very painful shock of Lightning Chakra to her spine which made her try to scream out in pain. Realizing that she wasn't going to be helping her situation there she saw that the table with the scalpel and tape recorder were just barely within reach. Crying and then reaching for it with a strained and shaking hand she knew where she was.
She heard the rumors of a killer on the loose within the village who made these types of torturous tests to bring a person to their very limits. The killer's alias was "Jigsaw" and it was only further proven and to her horror as she tried to reach the tape on her left shoulder was a cut out piece of skin resembling a jigsaw puzzle piece. She looked across to see the same on the other person in the dim light. Finally able to grab the tape recorder and almost losing grip on it she stared at it in her hands with fear and horror. Against her better judgement she pressed the tape.
"Hello Ino Yamanaka… you may have heard of me… perhaps the rumors or from your parents? Telling that I am some sort of bogeyman who haunts at night? Well… hahaha… I am something similar. That doesn't matter at the moment… what matters is where you are right now… this could be the room to your salvation… or it could be where your life ends. Till now you've prided yourself as a Clan Heir, using this to try and get the attention of a certain boy… oh yes… I know…" the tape started with Ino only crying more and more as it continued, the haunting and distorted male voice with it's words burning into her brain.
"Today I have a test for you… across from you is a person of your past… a kind act that resulted in immense pain for you I am sure… a person who you showed kindness to and then betrayed you in the end. So I am giving you a choice. Currently you are strapped into a chair that is charged with enough Lightning Chakra to kill ten Shinobi and the person across from you holds the counter seal to activate it. You have a weapon not normally used by Shinobi… but for this purpose it will work just as well. Your aim in this game Ino Yamanaka is to survive… and to do that is to kill the person across from you… but wait…" said the tape as if it knew what she was about to do as Ino started to desperately reach for the scalpel. She looked to the tape in her hand with some fear.
"The method in which you kill this person will be in only one move… fail to do so you both die. Try to use it to cut the wire around you… you both die. The last thing you should know is that this method you use to kill them will reflect on you. In the life of Kunoichi and Shinobi every kill they make becomes a part of who they are… just as this will become a part of you. You have approximately two hours to complete this test after this tape ends… and I would hurry… if the person wakes up and starts to panic the counter seal to you chair will activate from the flux in Chakra of the person… and you will die… let the game begin… ahahhahah…" finished the tape with a menacing chuckle before suddenly the bag was pulled by something and to her utter and complete horror an unconscious Sakura sat across from Ino. The girl's eyes widened in realization as she stared from the tape back to the scalpel.
So that was what he wanted… he wanted her to take justice against Sakura… a person she actually considered her first true friend since meeting Shikamaru and Choji and even then they were only friends because their fathers were. Tears streamed from her eyes as the words of that goddam man came back to her. It was life or death now… and she had to make a choice. Let them both die together or live but suffer the consequences of knowing that she killed Sakura.
Trying to scream out in panic and anguish she stared at her once friend and now rival. While she held a deep resentment against Sakura for doing what she did it wasn't enough to kill her! Shaking and shivering as tears streamed down her face she did this for around the next hour and after the emotionally exhausting fit she looked back across from her. She guessed that she had maybe an hour left. She knew the person wasn't bluffing. They killed others before her and would do so even now.
Reaching desperately to the scalpel she finally grabbed it and looked across from Sakura, deadly weapon in hand. Shaking her head and crying again she sobbed into the tag but was startled when she started to hear groaning from Sakura. In those seconds time seemed to slow and Ino knew that in moments her life could end. It was like the world stopped to allow her all the time to think. Ino stared at the slowly waking Sakura and knew that there was a high chance she'd freak out and there was nothing Ino could do. She couldn't talk to her since the tag prevented that.
In those seconds a cold feeling filled her and her mind suddenly became more… clearer than anything in her life. She never felt as clear as she did now and as her eyes went to the scalpel in hand before looking back to Sakura… she knew she made her choice already. Using this cold feeling she readied her limited arm ability and aimed, looking right where she wanted to hit. The throat was a good spot but she had to be quick. If Sakura had any time to panic they would both die. So it had to be instant, enough so that Sakura didn't even had time to realize she died. The last bit of tears flew from her face as she tossed the knife and watched as it slowly traveled to the distance, the action committed and unable to be taken back.
Glad in a small way that she had been training so well recently she watched as it entered through Sakura's left eye and into her brain. She stiffened, death throws, before slumping forward dead and the blood starting to flow from the wound. Then Ino was able to cry out as the binds came free and the tag came off her mouth. But the main reason Ino cried out was because her hands immediately flew to her own left eye and felt the blood pouring from it.
Then she heard some footsteps as she slumped forward from the chair. Looking up with only one eye she stared in horror. A person dressed in a tattered black cloak with a mask that was a snarling visage of the Kyuubi no Yoko stared at her. There was silence as the man revealed another tape recorder. Then he moved forwards and reached over to the now dead Sakura Haruno's body, showing there was a tape in her other hand besides the seal tag for Ino's chair.
He inserted the tape into the recorder and pressed play.
"Sakura Haruno… I know you and you don't know me… but that isn't your problem. Up till now you've only focused on looks and smarts to try and win the heart of a boy… a boy that you have a rival of love with. This rival sitting dead across from you now. But we both know that is what you wanted… why else start trying to put a slow acting poison in her water bottle at lunch at the Academy… Yes… I know of this. Why else have you been studying medicines and poisons? Hahahah… well now she is dead because she didn't want to kill you… even if you hurt her more than you could ever realize. Your aim in this game is to survive… and this game isn't over. You have to now leave this place and the only way to do so is give up the thing you've been trying the most to win Sasuke Uchiha's attention… your beauty. As you can see Ino had a scalpel as a weapon to kill you. Now I want you to use the same instrument to take out one of your eyes… who would want a person who isn't perfect… only a person who truly loved you for who you are… do this… and this room will open and you will leave with a whole new perspective of life… do not do this… and this room becomes the tomb to the two lovers of Sasuke… You have thirty minutes when this tape ends... make your choice…" the tape said before it ended and Ino stared at the figure with horror before looking at Sakura's corpse with some horror before looking back to the figure in hatred.
"YOU'RE LYING!" Ino screamed out at the figure and they just stood there. It continued with Ino panting in pain and rage but soon she just slumped to the floor once more, crying and in pain since her now lost left eye tried to cry bloody tears.
"What… what do you want! I played by your rules! I killed her… what do you want!" sobbed Ino as she knew that Sakura was starting to learn about that kind of thing but she didn't ever suspect that… and now she knew it was entirely true. Why else learn that unless to get rid of a rival? Ino looked up and blinked as the figure was now before her, the snarling mask only a foot or so away from her. Then it spoke in the same voice.
"Most people are so… ungrateful to be alive Ino Yamanaka… Going about their lives acting as if death is but a faint possibility not even true… but Kunoichi and Shinobi should know death as their best friend and enemy… today… you have done that. Today you understand just how much death rules your life and is apart of it… you learned today that you are grateful to be alive… So you have a new start… a new beginning… use it well Ino Yamanaka… and perhaps… we may meet again when you truly listen to my words…" said the figure before stepping back into the shadows and footsteps fading away. Ino stared afterwards, nub, tired and emotionally stretched thin. Then pale light invaded the room and she could see a door open across from her. Ino shivered feeling that it was just a trap since no one lived "Jigsaw's" tests. Shaking she finally stumbled to her feet and shambled to the doorway.
Entering through the door she stared in horror as she wasn't in some middle of nowhere area… but in her own village… on top of the Hokage Monument in one of the buildings. Reaching back inside and near the door she flipped a light switch to see that they were in fact in one of archive rooms during the night time. Crying she fell to her knees.
She didn't recall much afterwards as alarms must've been tripped from the opening of the door as several ANBU showed up. They asked questions and then when they saw the inside she was taken to the hospital. She soon fell unconscious from the stressful time but the those last few words kept replaying in her head.
"Most people are so… ungrateful to be alive Ino Yamanaka… but not you… not anymore."