Me: *dark circles under eyes and bruises on knuckles* I hate insomnia

Tenten: you're telling me you're not even fully awake and you still WON!

Lee: that is because of the power of youth!

Me: *groaning* no…that's the power of too much stress and caffeine

Kakuzu: *counting money from bet* it's amazing how many people had more faith in a blind girl over a trained shinobi…better turn the tables next time if I'm to get more profit

Me: *eyeing Kakuzu* yeah…right…*turns to others* disclaimers? Sakura?

Sakura: *lies unconscious on floor, drool hanging out of open mouth*

Me: No? Okay then, Shizune?

Shizune: Ghostwritter9396 doesn't own naruto or any characters affiliated with the show

Tonton: oink *shakes head sadly*

Me: don't mess with me pig

Tonton: oink?

Me: I heard what you said

Tonton: oink?

Me: *evil tired grin* breakfast is sounding really good right now…I think I smell bacon

Toton: OINK!

Me: *starts chasing pig* here bacon bacon bacon

Tsunade: Tonton! *starts chasing writer chasing pig*

Shizune: *sighs* here's the next chapter everyone, enjoy! *joins chase* Put him down he's not your breakfast!

Tonton: OINK!

Tsunade: Don't bite him!

Shizune: Tonton come here! *lots of banging sounds are heard*

High School Is Murder

By: Ghostwritter9396

Ch. 10

"JHC."

There were two victims, a husband and wife, murdered in bed. Over kill, massive over kill.

"Who were they?" Izumo whispered.

"Don't you mean what were they? Can you even tell they used to be human?" Kotetsu couldn't take his eyes off the crime scene. There was blood everywhere, on the sheets, on the headboard, on the walls, on the floor. He closed his eyes and all he saw was blood. His head started to swim and he stepped out for a minute to compose himself. Now, prepared this time, he walked back in. Izumo was examining the body, or rather remains, of the wife.

"You okay?" he asked, looking up at Kotetsu.

"Are you?" Kotetsu shot back. There was a pause. "Okay, Aoba, what do we have here?"

"Meet Mr. and Mrs. Suiba, age 37 and 34, murdered, obviously, in early morning; around 5:15 am. Although, with the bodies being in the conditions they are, rigger is hard to read, but that's what I've assessed for the time being. The perp was brutal. Who ever did this, he's no human, he's an animal." Aoba said, a strict official tone in his voice, as if he was forcing himself to focus only on the facts and not on the emotional impact of the scene. All three men just had to look at each other to know that none of them had seen a scene this horrific in years, maybe ever.

"We can see that, Aoba." Whispered Izumo. "What happened here?"

"The bastard went for Mrs. Suiba first. After tying and gaging both of them that is. Most likely Mr. Suiba woke up but found he couldn't do anything. The perp cut their arms first, not at any vital points, he wanted them to suffer, which they did believe me. He castrated the husband, right before killing him. Compared to the rest this man suffered before that, it wouldn't have hurt nearly as much as we'd think. He sliced off the breasts of Mrs. Suiba and penetrated her with some sort of sharp object, most likely the knife he used to botch them. Again, that came right before death. On both vics he gutted, sliced layers of skin off of the ribs, broke each rib individually with what looks like the pliers we found by the bed, broke both arms and legs, and decapitated both postmortem. Cause of death, he squeezed their hearts."

"Come again?" said Kotetsu weakly.

"He took both hearts out of the chest cavity, and squeezed them until it burst."

There was sickening silence, as everyone in the room, coroner, tech crew, detectives, tried to digest this horrible image without fainting or puking their guts out.

"We have a problem." Aoba said, finally bringing everyone's attention to what they didn't want to hear. "This confirms a cereal killer. The chopping off the heads postmortem, the decapitation was in the papers, but not that it had been postmortem; we kept that silent." He held up two pieces of paper. "We also found these inside the chest cavities, but their not drawings." He handed them over to Izumo and Kotetsu who took them with gloved hands. There eyes widen as they read the typed messages smeared with blood, making the black letters look evil, as if they had been typed on red paper instead of white. The note found in Mrs. Suiba said: Betrayer of trust and love. The one that had been found in Mr. Suiba said: Abuser of trust and love. Neither was signed.

"They have a son, but he wasn't home last night, thank god." Said Aoba, looking sadly down at the victems. "Who ever wrote those notes, you're not thinking the son, are you?"

"That's the only logical conclusion." Muttered Izumo. "Who else would type notes like these?"

Aoba shrugged. "The boy goes to Konaho High School." He told the detectives who nodded and headed to the school.

"You think he also capped the teacher?" Kotetsu asked as Izumo backed the car out of the Suiba's drive way.

"I don't want to think about it. If it turns out that we not only arrested the wrong kid once, but twice, we can kiss our jobs goodbye."

"Not really though, only the first one was a leap. We had hard core evidence that pointed to the Sai kid, and I'm still not convinced this isn't a copy cat. It might not have been in the papers, but I assure you those kids at the school knew, or at least suspected. That Hidan boy had all the details because of our questioning him, remember? He could have blabbed about it, Lord know's he's sick enough to do something like that."

The boy ran a hand through his hair, breathing out hard. He did not want to play this game anymore, he tried saying this but it wouldn't come out. They need to pay. But for what? They are evil, beating up on each other, beating up on you. They all need to pay. But my friends. They failed you, I will avenge you. But I don't need avenging. Yes, you do. Because you are dead. But, I'm not dead. I'm alive, walking and breathing, see. The boy breathed out again, harder. No, that's me breathing, you're dead. I'm alive now, not you. What? NO! I'm alive, I'm still me. No, you're not. I'm the one who is alive, I am the one who is in control now. You are nothing, you always have been nothing. I am the one who is alive and you are the one trapped in the dead zone.

"Zetsu!"

"Tobi, hey there you are, we were getting worried." Zetsu said happily, as the smaller boy jumped on him. Zetsu ruffled Tobi's messy black hair and then pulled him close to his side. "Nice to see you're acting normal again, kid."

"I thought you got mad when I jumped on you."

"I thought so too, until you stopped doing it." Laughed Zetsu. Tobi grinned up at him as Zetsu kissed the top of his head.

"Hey kid, bout time you got here, we would've had to sell your seat to a Snake if you didn't show up when you did." Laughed Hidan. Zetsu, who sat behind him in the bleachers, smacked Hidan's head with the back of his hand.

"Not funny, sicko."

The whole school was gathering for the memorial assembly. Dr. Tsunade had set up a microphone in the middle of the gym and she was now adjusting it, getting ready to start things. As the last of the students drifted in, she turned to face all 6,498 of them.

"We are gathering today for those of you who would like to say a few words about our beloved teacher, Asuma Sarutobi. Because there are so many of us I ask that you indeed keep it at a few words so as to keep the line moving. Also, there are those of you who might not fully appreciate the solemn atmosphere right now, I'm warning each and every one of you, gang member or not, that if you make one disturbance during this ceremony, he or she will be expelled with no questions asked, so if you still don't care, walk out of here now and let those of us who do want to remember Asuma do so in peace."

There was a silence before Jirobo, Kimimaru, Dosu and Orochimaru quietly slipped out of the back doors.

The principal cleared her throat, she hadn't really expected anyone to leave but she was glad to see that even those four had enough brains not to test her word today.

"With that said," she began. "I will start the memorial by saying that I have rarely met a man as great as Asuma Sarutobi. He was a teacher, a future husband and father to be, and a most of all a friend to everyone he knew and loved. His values and teachings live on with us, through his memory we will live and strive to better ourselves as we do so." She stepped down and behind her came Shizune, then Anko, then Ebisu, then Jiraiya, then Gai, then Iruka, then Rin.

"Asuma was one of the best friends I ever had or ever will have." Kakashi was now saying. "His memory will be with me until the day I die, and I hope the same goes for the rest of you. He was a true example of the best of humanity."

Behind Kakashi stood Kurenai, who was holding on to Shikamaru's arm for support as she stepped up to the mike.

"Asuma Sarutobi," she began. "was not only a teacher, but a man who loved-" but here she broke down. Tsunade and Shizune rushed forward and helped her find her seat again, her thin shoulders heaving with sobs as she allowed them to lead her.

"I couldn't say it." She gasped. "I couldn't tell what kind of man he was."

"Sshh, it's okay, Kurenai. Shikamaru's speaking now, you know he'll say the right words for the both of you." Shizune said comfortingly, gently pushing Kurenai into a chair along side the wall next to Gai. Gai put an arm around her shoulders and allowed her to rest her head on his.

"Asuma Sarutobi," Shikamaru's voice rang out, cracked but determined. "can only be defined as a teacher. I knew him from the day I could walk. He and my dad had become close during my infancy, shortly after I was born. He was like a second godfather. He taught me how to play chess, he taught me, as he did most of you, math. But he also taught about life, about how precious it is and how we shouldn't take it for granite, while at the same time not denying ourselves simple pleasures. He taught most of this, not through his words, but through his actions. He was not a perfect man, but he was a man who perfected himself with each mistake, a point I believe was his greatest lesson he taught me. I will keep his memory with me for ever and be sure to pass it on, in my own way, to as many people as I can. He always told me that as long as a person's memory is kept and there's at least one person who has benefited from his life, then that person will never truly die. It is only when a person passes through life and leaves behind no memories that he is truly dead. I don't know about you, but I know I have benefited from Asuma Sarutobi's life, and so even though he has been physically taken from us, he will never be dead."

A silence rang out as Shikamaru Nara stepped down from the mike, then applause broke out.

Maybe it was because of the applause, or because everyone's attention was focused so intently on the stage, but somehow no one noticed the gym door opening, not one person registered a boy dressed all in black, red eyes gleaming in the half light of the gym raise a gun and shoot out the lights over head.

Screams rang in the air as glass from the light coverings fell in shards upon the crowd of students and teachers.

The Akatsuki dove to cover themselves and anyone else in the nearest vicinity.

"Where's Tobi!" cried Zetsu, frantically looking around as kids started stampeding down the bleacher steps and running out of the doors on either side of the gym. Teachers were trying to gain control, Tsunade was shouting herself hoarse, kids were crying and screaming. It was, in short, pandemonium.

BANG! BANG!

Two more shots rang in the air. Zetsu saw Neji Hyuga fall to the ground, clutching his leg in pain. He saw Tenten, Hinata, a small girl who looked like she could be HInata's sister, and Naruto all bend over him. Of course, there had been four middle schoolers who had come to participate. Asuma's nephew, Konohamaru, Udon, Moegi, and Hinata's sister Hinabi. Zetsu was surprised he remembered their names. Naruto had introduced the Akatsuki guys to them shortly before the ceremony.

"Where's Tobi damn it!" he was starting to panic now.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Teachers and students were fleeing now, it was everyone for themselves. A few people were running in search of friends, finding them, and dragging them out of the chaos, but mostly it was just screams. Screams and banging.

In the thirty minutes it had taken to gather everyone in the gym and get them quiet for the memorial, it had only taken three minutes to clear all but a hand full of students and all the teachers. Tsunade was the only adult left in the gym but she was soon ordered out.

"I'm not leaving!" she barked.

"You will or they die."

She sucked in a sharp breath then slowly backed out of the gym, never taking her eyes off the boy with the gun.

Now the students left in the gym were Neji, Tenten, Lee, Gaara, Kankuro, Temari, Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto, Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Konohamaru, Udon, Moegi, Hinabi, the entire Akatsuki gang and Kabuto, Jugo, Kidomaru, Zaku, Tayuya and Kin from the Snakes.

"Big crowd." Said the boy, moving his unblinking red eyes from one pale face to the next. "Line up against the wall there, move it!"

"T-Tobi?" gasped Zetsu, his eyes widening in horror.

"Try again." Smirked the boy, definitely not Tobi's voice. It sounded like his, but it had a sharp cutting edge to it now. Tobi Suiba's voice never sounded like that.

"Against the wall, now!" he barked again.

"What the hell?" muttered Izumo as he drove into the school's parking lot. He and Kotetsu watched as what looked like the whole school flooded out of the building. The detectives jumped out of their car and ran to the crowd.

"Tsunade!" Kotetsu gasped as they finally reached the building. The principal was the last to leave, her eyes streaming with tears.

"He's got them." She said hoarsely.

"Who?" Izumo asked.

"I don't- he didn't look farmilar."

"What do you mean got them?" asked Kotetsu as Izumo read the general situation and turned to call Dispatch for reinforcements.

Before Tsunade could answer a few more shots were heard from inside the school.

ALL CHARACTERS: holy shit!

Me: that's it?

Pein: what else do you want us to say to that?

Naruto: what else CAN we say to that?

Tobi: Tobi wants a cookie

EVERYONE ELSE: NO!

Tobi: but…Tobi's a good boy…

Zetsu: did you even read this chapter?

Tobi: *scans page* and….?

AKATSUKI: *sweat drop heads down and sighs*

Deidara: you're NOT a good boy Tobi! You're shooting a fucking gun!

Tobi: ….and…..?

Me: *face palms* just…hit the next button and read on guys….he's not gonna get it….