A/N: Hello everyone! Author reporting in with another frightening story! In this one, someone is dead in the end and like last time, you got to read all of it to know who it is. Unfortunately, I don't have any winners for this guessing game. I'm sorry. Better like next time though! I hope you like this chapter and I will see you guys down at the bottom with a new question!

I do NOT OWN ANY of the Naruto characters or the story itself! God knows what I would do to both the original Madara and the original Kabuto if I did… Thank you for those who have reviewed and play my little game. I'm really happy you guys do that. Now I hope you enjoy!

Ch. 8: What the Frick is Going On?

Splash

"Itachi-san!"

That was the last thing the Uchiha heir heard before the water complete submerged him. The water blocked any possible way for him to get air, it instantly seeped through his clothes, and the instant touch of the freezing water against his skin felt like a thousand knives stabbing every inch of his skin. Usually cold water would automatically blank out the mind but it doesn't block off instinct. Itachi, on impulse, tried to reach the surface but that was the thing. He tried. There was a problem. He couldn't plant his feet on solid ground and push himself back up. He really shouldn't need to do that in the first place. If he would just stand, he would be above the surface from the waist up. Instead, there is no ground for him to stand on and he's completely under the water.

There was something else too.

When Itachi opened his eyes in the water, he doesn't see the dismembered arm anymore. It's not gripping onto him and it's not pulling him down anymore. But he's still sinking, deeper and deeper into the water.

'What's going on?' he wonders, but does he really need to? Maybe he doesn't notice it at first because he can actually feel the water compared to all the other times he was in some different area at a different time. He didn't feel his surroundings then but he feels this one. He can also tell that he can't breathe.

Trying to keep the air inside his lungs, Itachi covers his mouth and tries to hold all of his remaining air in as best as he can. Then he tries to swim up. He pushes and pushes, swinging his arms up, pushing himself up and kicking the water to move. But no matter how hard he tries, he can't move. He's stuck in one spot, unable to move and unable to breathe.

Then something swims by him.

Itachi stops moving all together as he can feel something swimming around him like a dark shadow. He knows something is here and he can feel the hungry intent. Itachi tries to look for it as best as he can but it's pitch black in this water. Then suddenly a light shines in the water and he can see a shark swimming towards him.

'A shark?'

Where did that come from?

Right when it was going to come straight for Itachi, the young Uchiha moves to the side and dodges it. It still swims forward and its fin lightly touches Itachi. When it did, he heard a voice.

"Why?"

If things weren't weird enough, things just did. That was Suigetsu's voice he just heard. The shark continues to swim and Itachi decides to watch it go – only to see a shadow of someone else in the water. It's only a shadow, but no doubt about it he can see someone there – someone with his head above the water and trying to stay there. He can also see more than just one shark. He actually sees dozens.

Then one by one, a shark attacks. One shark goes to that body and was going to go for the leg, but at the last minute the leg was lifted up and the foot kicked the shark in the head. The shark went swimming away hastily and shaking its head to recover from the hit. Then another shark comes and aims for the body's side. The body was able to turn swiftly enough to avoid it. So far, two sharks were unable to harm that person but because they were attempts, the body begins to panic. Itachi watches as that person decides to try swimming away from danger. He looks a little ahead to see where it's going and he sees a boat. A rather large boat, a fishing boat maybe. This really is another vision of how someone died. Suigetsu was eaten by sharks after falling off of the fishing boat Kisame was the captain of.

When Suigetsu's voice was heard again, it was when a shark became successful on biting him. It bit his calve and started to pull him down.

"Why did you make me wait?"

Itachi, unable to move at all in the water, is left to watch as Suigetsu tries to reach for the surface and the boat as he's pulled deeper and deeper into the water – blood trailing behind in the water from his cut arm. Soon, he could start hearing voices from up above. Some of them being Kisame screaming about letting him go and crew members trying to convince him otherwise. Itachi was also left to watch as more sharks came swimming towards Suigetsu and started chewing on him and ripping him to shreds. With every bite and every rip of the limb, Itachi hears more from Suigetsu's voice.

"I'm sorry I screamed at you, alright! I didn't mean to say the words I said."

A shark chomps on his side and starts eating him. Suigetsu screams in the water as his air bubbles rise to the surface from his mouth.

"I was just upset. I didn't want to go on some stupid boat trip and I didn't want you to act like everything was alright. Nothing was alright!"

Another shark chomps on Suigetsu's arm, the cut one, and rips it right off the body – causing more blood to escape from his body.

"We were losing our friends one by one and you acted like their death didn't mean anything. But that was just your way of trying to cheer me up right? You wanted to act happy for them and I acted like a spoiled child, right?"

A shark chomps on his leg and another rips apart on the other. Suigetsu was struggling but with soon losing limbs to control and losing a lot of blood as these sharks were eating away at his body, he's not going to last much longer. Soon, all Itachi could see is just this red spot in the water with shadows of a human being ripped to shreds and eaten away by hungry decomposers.

"But that is what I wanted to believe! If you wanted to apologize for how you've been acting, or at least attempt it, why didn't you come when it was your stupid invitation! I waited out in the cold for you, I stood by the rail for hours, and I was reviewing a speech in my mind so I could apologize for acting like such a brat. But was I wrong? Were you wrong to act like that? I don't know anymore…

"Why…at least answer me this… if you love me so much, why did you make me wait for you? Why didn't you tell the other crew men that I was out there so you could warn them? Didn't you love me at all? Did you love me? Did you…wanted me to die?"

For the final finale of this scene, another shark comes swimming over at top speed towards Suigetsu's body, who may be dead or close to death, and with its mouth wide open with his hundred of razor sharp teeth waiting for the kill, it chomps on Suigetsu's head and rips it right off his shoulders. More blood exploded in the water and the body goes limp, dead as the sharks continue to feed; feasting on a teenager's body. Watching them, Itachi could only watch. He forgot that he was under water with his lungs burning in his chest for air and he forgot about the freezing temperatures of the water on his body. Once again, he just watched another gruesome scene of someone he once knew dying. First it was getting buried alive, then ripping their eyes out, and now getting brutally eaten by animals. It was all happening at once. All in one night.

Then out of nowhere, Itachi feels someone gripping his hair on the top of his head. That woke him up as that person started to pull him up. One thing Itachi knew as he was being pulled up, Kisame sure has one hell of a rough grip on him. Then he was pulled to the surface and only then did he realize how much water he got into his lungs. He gasped for air and leaned over as he was coughing, gagging, and gasping. The hand was still gripping his hair.

"Do you understand now, you pathetic piece of shit?"

That was not Kisame.

Itachi had his eyes closed since he came up but when he opens them after hearing those words, they grow wide with what he's seeing right in front of him. Literally. He sees the reflection of Fugaku and he's the one holding his head above a tub full of water. The surface was disturbed so seeing his image was little difficult but by his grip, his voice, and from what the Uchiha heir can make out in the water, it's definitely his father.

But what's going on now? And why is Itachi leaning over a tub full of water that he assumes he was just pulled out from? Now that he's out, he feels water only dripping from his hair and head. He doesn't feel it on his body. His proof is he can feel water drops rolling down his skin and sending goosebumps down its path since the water is so cold. The rest of his body is dry but his head is wet.

"Don't you dare start crying!" Fugaku suddenly bellows as he grips Itachi's hair harder and swinging his head around to send more waves of pain. He winced when his father did that.

What does he mean by crying?

Drip

Itachi looks down at the water before him and the surface has finally become stable; only enough for him to see another shocking sight. In the reflection of the water, he sees his father looking extremely infuriated and he's not gripping his hair. The hair he's gripping on is Sasuke's. Itachi sees Sasuke crying, his tears falling into the water and sending ripples through the water. However, the disturbance didn't mess up the movements of Sasuke's lips as he speaks.

"…I'm sorry..."

Itachi can't hear the voice of his little brother but he can read his lips. The more Itachi reads the more shocked he becomes…even more than as he was watching Suigetsu getting eaten alive.

" 'Sorry' isn't good enough!" Fugaku roars again. He swings Itachi's, or Sasuke's, head again and he yells again, "You need to learn discipline and respect! Something you clearly do not have! You're an embarrassment to the Uchiha name! Do you understand me?"

In the water, Sasuke cries in pain and more tears come running out of his eyes like a never-ending waterfall. He kept repeating two words.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry…Nii-san, help me…"

And then he said that, making Itachi's eyes wider than they already are.

"Hm? 'Nii-san'? Don't tell me that you have sunk so low as to cry out for your brother? The brother who left you?"

Hearing that made Sasuke's eyes suddenly shoot wide open and his tears stopped. His eyes are wide with shock and realization. His pupils are small and he appears to be shivering and not because of the cold of the water. Itachi endures the pain of Fugaku's grip as the man comes closer to his, or Sasuke's, ear and he speaks again.

"Your brother's not here anymore. He's gone and he left you. He saw how worthless you really are and he left! He hasn't called in weeks, remember? He doesn't care about you. He never has and never will! That is why he left you!"

The broken expression on Sasuke's face became too much for Itachi. Now both of them are shivering, but for different reasons that are so similar at the same time.

No, Itachi wanted to say. He didn't leave because he didn't care. It was because he cared that he left.

"A worthless thing like you…SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN BORN!" And then Fugaku shoves Itachi's or Sasuke's head into the water and keeps him under, smothering him in water. Itachi's face destroyed Sasuke's image in the water and since he's under, he can't see the face of his beloved younger brother again. But maybe that's best. Who wants to see that broken face again? A face caused by Fugaku's cruel lies that hit the boy right at his weak point a hundred times stronger than any insult he could make at him.

Was that how Fugaku was able to control and terrify his younger son? Locking him up in the dark, punish him when he did something 'wrong' like trying to drown him, and telling him lies Itachi never coming back for him? That he hates him?

Like before, Itachi was losing air. He didn't have time to gasp for more and as his head is being dunk into the tub, he tries to struggle. To make things worse, he swallowed some of the water by accident. His lungs burn for air and his mind becomes a blank with only one thing in it. Survive. Struggle to breathe. Fight to live. Is this vision the same as last time when Itachi was in that dark, dark room? Is he fully experiencing what happened to Sasuke? Feelings and all?

And then he's pulled out of the water. As soon as he was up in the surface, he gasped for air that his lungs yearned for. He became so busy trying to breathe again, gasping and choking, that he didn't realize he doesn't have a hand gripping his hair anymore and he's being dragged from the water onto a floor of dirt, grass, leaves, and bark pieces.

"The hell just happened?" Kisame asks, yelling like a mad man. But Itachi can't answer right now. In fact, he acts like he didn't even hear the guy. The Uchiha heir just grasps the ground under him and continues coughing and gasping like his life depended on it. In a way, it did but Kisame has never seen him like this before. Really, what just happened? Especially in four feet of water.

Kisame moves a little closer to his friend once he started to breathe a little easier and then he asks, "Hey, Itachi, you alright?" and he puts his hand on the guy's shoulder. But Itachi didn't hear him, yet he felt the hand on his shoulder. The Uchiha heir slaps his hand away and instantly backs away. Now that was another unexpected thing. Kisame is wide eye at his friend while Itachi looks very similar to how he looked before when he fell in Madara's arms – shock and fearful. Then he started coughing again. His throat now feels scratchy and dry and his eyes are watery from coughing so much. But that last bit of fact is a little hard to fully prove since the guy is practically soaked from head to toe. However, that shouldn't have happened. Itachi shouldn't be wet from head to toe and he shouldn't have been underwater for as long as he had.

Really not getting what's happening but is upset that this is even happening, Kisame yells out, "Okay, seriously! What the hell is going on? We find some kind of dismembered arm and by some superstitious force, you were pulled into the water! Then you were under that water for a few minutes and now you're acting exactly as how you did on the mountain and with Madara! Itachi, what's going on and I want to know right now!"

Itachi didn't answer quite yet. This time, he heard him but some parts of it were going in one ear and out the next. His mind wasn't fully here. Some part of it was still watching Suigetsu get eaten and the other part was stuck with his father drowning Sasuke. How could…he do that to his own son? Did he really think of him nothing as just a waste of air and space? Finding Sasuke in that locked room and seeing the difference between how he acted before left and when he came back, Itachi knew that their father was doing terribly cruel and unforgivable things to him while Itachi was away. But to actually experience it, hearing those words, feeling that pain, it was a lot worse than just assuming things. It was even worse than just listening to what might have Fugaku done.

Finally able to clear the water from his airways, Itachi looks away to make sure that he's actually at the summer house and not the middle of the ocean or in a bathroom in front of a tub full of water. He sees the lake, he sees the house not too far away, and he sees the forest surrounding the area. He's here, in reality and away from life-threatening dangers. He's safe…he's safe…

"It's nothing," he whispers, now being able to breathe properly. Yeah, like Kisame is going to accept that this time.

"Don't tell me it's nothing!" he yells. Itachi looks up at him and seeing not the fearful eyes he only just had but his usual doll like eyes, Kisame moves a little closer to his friend and yells, "This is like the third time you're acting like this! There is something you're not telling us and you need to tell me what the hell it is right now! I won't ever lie to you or betray you! You're my friend. Don't treat me or the rest of us like how you treat your parents!" Standing up to Itachi of all people, the guy's got guts and he has a point. But Itachi's not going to give in just yet.

"Then answer me this, Kisame. That day when you took Suigetsu to Shark Cove on the day he died, what exactly happened?"

Another thing Kisame didn't expect. His eyes widen again and his lips are in the form of a hard straight line. He remains silent for a moment before he spoke again.

"Where the hell did this come from? You're not telling me you're acting weird because of the past?" he asks, now sounding like he's demanding an answer from the guy.

However, Itachi is more demanding than him.

"Answer my question and I'll answer yours."

And just like that Itachi's won. Truthfully, he doesn't want to reminisce about the past – especially on that subject. It's not his business because he has his own problems. But Kisame is asking him what's wrong and it's that certain past that's happening to him. Itachi won't fully admit it, but he is a bit curious as to what happened that time between Suigetsu and Kisame. Suigetsu's words sort of made an effect on him. Not that he's suspecting his friend that he wanted the boy dead and gone. But why would the young teenager himself even suspect of Kisame not loving him anymore? Or even wanting him dead? What could have possible given him that thought?

But still, this is something private and Itachi is not one to get into people's business. Besides, Kisame is the one who wants to know so badly and Itachi for one is not one to give up information up so quickly.

Just by observing his face, the Uchiha heir can see that Kisame gave in. He first let out a sigh and answers, "That day when I took Suigetsu to Shark Cove, I did it for two reasons. One was to get away from reality. The sea always made me feel better. It was my little escape. I took Suigetsu with me in hopes that it could be his escape as well since he loved the ocean so much. However, the death of our friends was not something that could be easily forgotten. We got into a fight about it. I was trying to explain that I just wanted to lighten up a bit but he was yelling that it takes time to get over sadness of our own hearts and the pain the rest of you were dealing with. He thought I was being insensitive for even thinking of this little trip. At the time, I thought I wasn't but now, I'm not so sure anymore. I keep thinking that if I hadn't try to act like nothing was wrong, maybe he would still be here."

He wasn't the only one. If that vision was true, just like every other vision so far, then Suigetsu was also confused if he was acting childish or if he was right.

"What was your second reason for taking him out there?" Itachi asks, his voice sounding gentler and less harsh as it was before.

"I was going to ask Suigetsu to marry me."

Itachi didn't expect to hear that. Sure when everyone was alive, Kisame was like obsessed with the kid. He always talked about him and practically gave the details of their dates every time Itachi had the 'unfortunate' opportunity to speak to Kisame after one. But never has he heard of Kisame wanting to ask the kid to marry. No one noticed but the water rippled after Kisame confessed that.

The bigger man now has a small smile on his face, a very sad and yet joyful smile. "I know that when Sasori proposed to Deidara, it didn't work out so well. But Suigetsu and I have been dating much longer before those two even stopped arguing every two seconds. I was actually planning to wait till he graduated but he was really depressed and I didn't want to see him like that anymore so I thought better propose now or never to try and cheer him up. But when they say cold-feet, they mean 'cold-feet'. After we argued, I felt really guilty so I sent him a letter to tell him to meet me on deck in an hour. I thought an hour was all I needed to prepare but I took longer. I wanted to give him a perfect speech of how I was sorry, it was insensitive of me to even pretend that everything was fine, and that I wanted him to give me that beautiful smile of his. But then next thing I knew, Zabuza fixes that big search light and I hear a splash after it came on. Then it was 'man overboard' all around and I came running out as soon as I heard it was Suigetsu who fell in. By the time I arrived, I was already seeing the crew men looking for the lifeline to get him out as soon as they saw sharks. But it was too late. He was already getting dragged into the water. And you should know the rest. I stood there, struggling to get free to save him, but the crew was too strong for me to do it alone and I saw the dark water turn to red. Because of my insensitivity, I lost him and it's my greatest regret."

Kisame lost his smile when he mentioned Zabuza fixing the search light. Then his face became that of a dead beat animal. He couldn't face looking at Itachi anymore. He looked away and he almost looked as dead of a doll as his friend. The only difference between them is a part of him is still human; the part where his eyes showed the very guilt and grief he's felt losing his love.

It's not just Itachi who feels the guilt. Everyone in this summer house has their own regret. All except Fugaku but from Itachi's point of view, Deidara has guilt, Madara has his own, his mother, and now Kisame. Everyone has shame and everyone is still stuck in the past.

Looking away, Kisame notices something. He sees ripples in the lake. That catches his attention and he looks up, only to jump up standing and backing several steps away from the lake as he possibly could.

"The frick is that?" he screams, pointing to the lake. When Itachi looks, he jolts and backs away from the lake as well but not as far as Kisame and he's still sitting.

In the water of the lake are body parts. First it was the dismembered arm that Itachi found before and now it's flouting in the surface as, from what can be seen from the light of the moon and stars, the water turns red. As the color grows and grows in the water, more parts rise up. A foot, a leg, a shoulder, and some bits of chest; all except a head. All of it just came up rising and the color just spreads until it reaches the edge of the lake. This time, it's not just Itachi who's seeing this. Kisame is seeing this as well.

Then all of a sudden, an arm came shooting out of the water near the edge. This cause Kisame to nearly pee his pants and it makes Itachi jump where he sits. As soon as the arm came shooting out, it reaches for the surface and dug its fingernails into the earth in the same direction as Itachi. Its fingers are covered in blood.

This body part is acting like it's still alive and that is what causes Kisame to rush to Itachi and grab his arm. "Let's get the hell out of here!" He pulls the smaller man up and he drags him back to the house, running as fast as he can. None of them looked back as they ran.

Which means they didn't see that arm start pulling out a whole body out of the blood-stained water. A body with dark clothes, short black spiky hair, a crocked neck, and wide onyx eyes, pleading and scared.

"Nii-iiiiiii-saaaannn…." His other hand reaches out towards the house as he sees Kisame opening the back door and running in before slamming it shut. However, his eyes were on his brother the whole time. "…help…" Then his reaching hand points.

When those in the living room, sitting together, heard a door slam, they all nearly jumped out of their. They just had to look up and they see Kisame seconds later running in and he screams, "We have to get out of here! This place is freakin haunted!" He had Itachi still in his grip when he came in. More people look at Kisame from his outburst while Deidara and Mikoto notice that the youngest Uchiha amongst them is soaking wet.

Calming down from the slamming of the door and the sudden screaming, Kabuto asks a bit irritated, "What are you talking about, Kisame?"

Then the guy starts waving his arms around. "I mean that this place is freakin possess! We need to leave, NOW!" Then someone grabs his ear and twists it. "Ow, ow, ow, ow!" Looking at who 'attacked' him, it's Itachi.

"Release my wrist, Kisame." He did when Itachi pushed him away and released his ear. While Kisame rubs his ear in pain, Itachi does the same to his wrist.

"Sweetheart, what happened to you?" Mikoto asks. "You're soaked to the bone."

He calmly answers, "It's nothing, mother. I just slipped into the lake."

"Slipped into the lake?" Deidara repeats, making sure he heard right.

But then Kisame yells, "But Itachi-san didn't fall in! A hand pulled him in!"

The others didn't expect to hear that. "A hand?" Kisame nods, and then he turns to Itachi.

"Don't you dare deny it either! You made your impressive analysis about it and everything!" Itachi doesn't say anything to that.

"Okay, before I get ready to send you a crack house, would you please tell us what the heck you're talking about?" Kabuto asks, starting to get frustrated now. It's bad enough that his phone can't work in this area but now he has to deal with a grown man screaming about what? A hand and how it pulled Itachi into the lake?

Naruto also adds, "And what the hell were you two doing at the lake anyway? I thought you went to suspect the engine? You guys took so long that you made Juugo worried and he went down looking for you."

What…did he just say?

After Naruto said that, both Kisame and Itachi became silent. Just to be sure, Itachi asks, "Juugo went down to the basement and he hasn't come back yet?" Hearing this and realizing it also, Mikoto gasps loudly and the realization spreads to the others.

"Yeah," Naruto answers, like he's confused. "Since you guys took a while, he went in to check on you to see if you needed help. We figured that since he's been down there for the past few minutes, you…" Realization hit him last. "…needed…his…help…" His voice trails off and his eyes widen with each second progressing the idea.

If Juugo went to the basement and he's been gone as long as Naruto said he has and Itachi and Kisame just came from outside without once running into him, then that must mean…

Without another word being exchanged between them, Itachi becomes the first to turn around and head straight for the basement. Next became Kisame, then Deidara, and finally Naruto.

"Hey!" Kabuto calls, but they didn't listen. He turns to the Uchiha parents and tells them, "Wait here. It's not a place for you, Mikoto-san." Then he goes after the others, but not before grabbing one of the lighted candles.

Fugaku watched them all leave, one by one, but when he hears his wife sobbing, he looks down at her to see her covering her mouth in shock, her body shivering, her eyes are wide and tears are rolling down her face.

"W-why…?" she asks, her voice shaky, weak, and high pitch from the tears. "Why is this happening…? Why?" Then she really starts crying, imaging the absolute worst of what just happened. Seeing her like this, what is a husband to do but hug and comfort his wife?

"Shh, shh," he coos. "Calm down, calm down. At this point, there is no need for tears."

"Really?"

Fugaku gasps when he heard that and out of the corner of his eyes, he sees something. Quickly he turns to look at what it was but when he did, he doesn't see anything. Mikoto continues to cry in his chest so she must not have heard it but how couldn't she? Fugaku heard it and he heard it as clear as day…or did he?

Maybe he just imagined it. Yeah, he imagined it. There is no way he could have heard that and there is no way he saw something that looked like a person with pale white skin, long ruffled hair, super wide eyes, and a wide, creepy smile. There is no way, right?

Arriving at the basement, Kisame becomes the first to scream out into the dark. "Juugo! You in here?"

Itachi was the first to open the door and Kisame is right behind him. Arriving after those two is Naruto and Deidara. Kabuto came moments later with light, but before he did all anyone could do was wait and stare at the darkness of the basement. There are no replies. No sounds whatsoever. Just complete and total darkness. It's absolutely silent.

"Do you people need some light?" Kabuto asks, raising the candle up higher. Turning to him, Deidara snatches the candle away and passes it to the first person in front of their little group.

"Itachi, here, un," he says, passing the light to him. Kabuto got a vein pulsing on his head. Sure, let's not thank him for bringing light since we can all see in the dark. How gracious of them.

The Uchiha heir says nothing as he accepts the candle and its light. He only nods and descends down the stairs. Everyone else follows him, staying close together in case something happens. Especially Kisame. Well rather, Kisame and Deidara are trying to stay close to Itachi while Naruto is observing the scene and is cautious in case anything comes up and goes 'boo'. Kabuto just looks around.

By the time that the group reaches the bottom of the stairs, Naruto tries this time to call for him. "Juugo! You're in here, right?" Then as Itachi turns around with the light to look at the center of the room, everyone saw a shocking sight.

"Found him."

That wasn't any of them.

Seeing that sight and hearing those swift words, it made all of them jump; Itachi less than others of course. But when he jolted, the light from the candle flickered. When it flickered, the person they saw saying those words disappears and before their gaze now is Juugo lying on the ground in the pool of his own blood and a knife in his chest.

"J…Juu…go…?" Deidara questions, seeing him.

No one made a sound or quick movements after he asked that. Just like when they discovered Madara's body, all of them became too shock to move properly. If Mikoto was here, she could have screamed, just like when she saw her brother's corpse. But this time, the person who has that same similar reaction is Naruto. He takes one step back and his legs couldn't hold him up anymore. Everyone looked at him when he fell on his butt.

"The frick…" Naruto mumbles with his shaking body. "What the frick…is going on here? Why is this…happening?" Soon, tears came rolling out his eyes the longer he stares at Juugo's now lifeless body.

That is something everyone here wants to know. Tonight, Sakaguchi Juugo has become the second victim of tonight's murder mystery. Looking back at the corpse, there isn't a doubt in Itachi's mind, or by any other evidence that can be seen, that Juugo's cause of death is the knife in his chest. From what he can see, that knife hit the area around the heart area and judging by the blood puddle around his body, he's been dead for no longer than six or seven minutes. Maybe around the time Itachi asked Kisame questions about Suigetsu's death. Whoever must have killed Juugo had plenty of time to run off as soon as he committed the crime and if he was silent enough, it wouldn't be a surprise as how no one noticed him. Also, when they came running back into the house, Kisame was dragging Itachi and running in too fast for either of them to notice anything that was out of the ordinary. Whoever this culprit is, he's crafty, swift, and careful.

However, that is only for the murder. None of it explains about Itachi's 'visions' and none of it explains what both Juugo and Kisame saw; someone emerging from the mud and body parts flouting to the surface from a late. It most certainly does not explain the person everyone saw before discovering Juugo's body.

The person who was here one second and then gone the next.

The person who was both white and brown.

The person who had wide green eyes and silver hair.

The person who looked exactly like Kimimaro.

"Finally. I found you, Juugo…Thank goodness…And now we can be together. You and me forever, right…?"

And there you have it. The next victim was Juugo and he died of a stabbing. Now I'm not killing people at random. There is a pattern. I am wondering if you all can guess what it is. Maybe I should have that as a game question but not for this one. It's too early. Now then, my next question is…

Who will die next and how?

The choices on 'who' are… Naruto, Kisame, or Kabuto?

The choices on 'how' are… hacked to pieces, burned, or drowned?

But how was the chapter? Good? Bad? Let me know and let me know on your next answer. Till next time! –evil laugh-