Disclaimer: I don't own it. Don't know who does. Only own:Cassia, Dorian, Erela, the Hotel and Valene.

MURDER MYSTERY CHAPTER 6

Okay, so everyone was pointing fingers at Cloud. Seems like he's gotta be the murderer right? Well, wait and find out. So we had just moved the three new dead bodies into, guess what? A cemetery in the backyard.

Can you believe it? This hotel had a cemetery in the backyard. But the thing is, we couldn't leave the hotel but there were tunnels that led to some tombs. We couldn't open the tomb doors though so we just moved all the dead bodies there. Well, with the exception of Miroku and Koga. Kikyo was badly beaten up but we still managed to get her body into the tomb.

Cassia wanted to burn her. Something about, "A ceremonial death! Every priestess should go out like that..." blah blah blah...

I bet she just wanted to see her burn. Personally everyone agreed but Kagome thought that it would be the fair thing to do. Insert groan here.

Anyways, now we were all eating dinner and guess what? Someone was missing again! Who? Don't know, let's see.

Demyx, Axel, Riku, Sephiroth, Cloud, Leon and Tifa were staring at Cassia oddly. her wings were visible for some reason.

Rin was going on and on about how pretty Cassia's wings were and why she couldn't see them all the time.

Erela was scolding Inuyasha and Sesshomaru for some reason. Kagome was right beside Inuyasha, Kaugra was right beside Sesshomaru.

Valene was poking one of Cassia's wings repeatedly. And I just so happened to be the only one eating.

So that was: Demyx, Axel, Riku, Sephiroth, Cloud, Tifa, Leon, Cassia, Rin, Erela, Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, Kagome, Kaugra, Valene and Me. That's 16... Funny, there should be 17 of us left. Oh well, must have miscounted. Let me think...

"Oh guys guess what I found in the basement!" Erela said.

"An escape?" Cassia asked hopefully.

"No... A garbage crusher!"

"A... What?" Inuysha asked.

"It's something you put garbage bags or other stuff in and it crushes it." Cloud explained.

"Oh yeah! You see them at garbage dumps and it squashes it!" Cassia said.

"They're also in the back of garbage trucks." Axel added.

"True."

"Hey... It's peaceful." Kagome sighed.

"Oh Hobo's gone!" Cassia said.

That explains it.

"Where is he?" Tifa asked.

"Who cares?" Cassia said.

"Umm. Maybe the murderer got to him." Kagome suggested.

"Yay!" Valene shouted.

"No. That means the murderer is killing again." Kaugra said. "There will only be sixteen of us left if Hojo dies. He's already killed off lots of us."

"Yeah. From twenty-five to sixteen." I said.

"We have to catch this murderer before it's too late."

"Wouldn't be smarter to just get out of here?" Cassia asked.

"No." Riku replied. "If we don't stop the murderer he can kill again or come after us. Or even, if there is some treasure here, he'll get it and that won't be good."

"Yeah." Axel nodded.

"Uh guys? We're forgetting one thing. The murderer is most likely sitting at this table. Even if we did have a plan he or she would hear it." Demyx said.

"Right." Kaugra frowned.

"Well, it's obvious the killer is Cloud." Inuysha said.

"I am not!" Cloud said angrily. "Seriously, who else thinks that I would kill all of these people? Some of them are my friends!"

"Well..." I said while raising my hand.

Tifa looked as if she were thinking but surprisingly she didn't raise her hand. Sephiroth and Riku did though. Demyx eventually raised his hand along with Axel.

"Sorry." Kagome said while raising her hand. Inuyasha held his hand up also. Kaugra raised her hand.

"Right. Well That's most of us." Sephiroth

"Eight people. That's half." Cloud said.

"Oh me too!"Valene held up her hand.

"Nine. That's more than half." Inuyasha said.

"By one." Cloud growled.

"Still."

"You're kidding me."

"Nope. So what do we do to him?"Axel asked.

"Nothing!" Cloud stood up.

"Cloud sit down." Tifa ordered.

"No!"

"Maybe we should lock him up." Inuyasha suggested.

"No way in HELL!"

"Cloud, if we lock you up and someone gets killed, we'll know that it isn't you." Leon said.

"He's right." Tifa said.

"So we agree?" I asked.

"You wish." Cloud snarled.

"You're mean." Cassia said.

"Cas, think about it. If we lock him in his bedroom for one day and someone dies then it's obviously not Cloud. That's the only way to prove he's not the killer." I said.

"What if the killer tries to frame Cloud?"

"He can't. We'll get someone to guard Cloud."

Cloud was shaking his head.

"C'mon." Sephiroth grabbed Cloud by his collar and yanked him up the stairs.

Leon followed.

"So. I guess it's time to find Hojo?" Kagome asked.

"Okay. Let's split up." Axel suggested.

"No! Haven't you guys watched any horror movies?!" Demyx asked. "They split up then they die."

"Fine. First we check the basement." Erela said.

We walked down the stairs and passed the garbage crusher.

"I smell blood." Inuyasha said.

"Oh boy." Erela held up her lantern - there were no lights in the basement- and turned to the garbage crusher. There was blood leaking out of it.

"So. Who volunteers to open it?" Riku asked.

"Not me." Cassia backed away.

"I will."I lifted up the lid and hissed in disgust. For the sake of your stomachs, I will just give a loose description of what was in the crusher. You could still see some of his face but it seemed that his head exploded. He was covered in blood. It was just disgusting. Some of his intestines were still intact but they were completely crushed. There was some squishy pink stuff that I couldn't even identify and something bloody that, well I'd rather not say. "Oh god." I closed the lid and backed away. "Cas, whatever you do, do NOT look."

"Duly noted."

"So. Any clues?" Axel asked while lifting up the lid. He gasped then shut it quickly. A few seconds later, he opened it again and took another look. He closed it and repeated the process.

Sesshomaru looked at Rin. "Go to your room Rin."

"Don't leave her alone." Erela warned.

"I'll go." Kaugra said.

"Okay." Sesshomaru handed Rin to Kaugra.

We all started to look for clues.

"Wait, how come Hojo didn't try to get out?" I asked. "He could have lifted up the lid before the big crushing block got to him."

"He could have fallen in." Cassia suggested.

"But he would still try to get out."

"Maybe someone locked it?" Kagome asked.

"Wouldn't we hear him screaming?" Cassia asked.

"Depends. If we were loud we wouldn't hear him screaming. Or maybe we were busy." I said.

"Hmm. When did Hojo disappear?" Demyx asked.

"Last I remember was before we saw Shippo hanging."

"So someone brought him into the basement when we went upstairs." Sesshomaru said.

"Though he could have followed that rat into the basement." Cassia shrugged.

"Nah, the only way to the basement is through kitchen and Axel and Leon would have noticed a guy following a rat into the basement.

"Actually, I left the kitchen for a while to use the washroom." Axel said.

"Now you tell us?" Riku rolled his eyes.

"Whatever. The point is, I didn't see any rat or Hojo." Leon said while coming into the basement. "Oh, me and Seph locked Cloud in his room and gave him food and water. He should be fine."

"Okay so I guess that it didn't happen when we were upstairs." Kagome said.

"So when?" Tifa asked.

"Ugh. Let's get some sleep we'll think about it later." I suggested.

"'Kay. Lock your doors everyone." Cassia said.

"Like that will stop him." Axel muttered quietly.

"Huh?" I stared at him.

"Nothing."

"Right." I raised an eyebrow but then just shook my head and walked away. I heard Axel sigh and walk away. Interesting.


I woke up to the sound of yelling. "What the-" Then I realized it was Cloud's voice. I ran out into the hallway at the same time as Tifa.

"Cloud?!" She ran to his door. "Who has the key????" Tifa seemed really freaked out. Huh. I guess she didn't really hate him that much.

"Leon has it." I told her.

"WELL GET HIM!" She shouted.

Cassia and Kagome were also in the hallway.

"What's going on??" They asked.

"I have no clue. Some thing's happening to Cloud."I said. "Where's Leon?"

"I don't know." Cassia said. Kagome shrugged.

Cloud's yelling was one of pure torture.

Leon stumbled out of his room and crashed right into me. "What's happening to Cloud???" He asked.

"I don't know. Do you have his key?" I asked.

"Yeah." Leon shoved the key into my hands and I ran to the door.

I unlocked the door and froze. Cloud was... Melting...

He was yelling and tearing at himself. I stepped away from the door and watched as Leon walked over to the door. He took in the sight of Cloud and sighed. "I'm sorry Cloud." He drew his gun blade and shot Cloud right in the head. Cloud fell to the ground lifeless.

"Oh my god." Cassia whispered.

I watched as Cloud's body slowly melted.When it was over I shuddered. "Acid." I could tell.

Leon walked over to Cloud and knelt by him. He didn't say anything.

Tifa was in shock. When the realization finally sunk in she collapsed to the ground and burst into tears. She sobbed loudly. "This is all my fault! I should have done something! I shouldn't have had that fight with Cloud I-" Then she broke down and covered her face with her hands.

It was silent for a good half hour. This was the first time we'd actually watched someone die.

"Damn..." Inuyasha broke the silence. "This person is really messed in the head."

I guess we never really realized what was going on until we saw it with our own eyes. When we saw someone die, we realized the true horror of this. We were stuck in a hotel with a psychotic murderer who was after us. And he was one of us. If he did this all for a treasure, that must be one hell of a treasure.


Chaos: Wow. We're horrible.

Kalo: Aww poor Cloud. So, rate and review guys.

Chaos: Yeah and sorry if we haven't gotten to your requests yet because we are trying to fit it all in.

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