"I knew it was odd of you to take your own life…" Yamato said with a happy smirk as Kakashi's expression was unmoved almost like he was angry. "Under the influence of the killer's genjutsu I almost took my own life… Right before I jumped I replaced myself with a clone. " Kakashi explained the way he spoke was very strange for his character.

"The why did Pakkun say you have died?" Yamato asked. "It was the only way to fool the killer thinking that I'm dead. It was a rough trip back here. Sakura had injured my back out of anger. My back feels a lot better now…" Kakashi said as Yamato nodded. "Lady Tsunade…" Kakashi said turning to her. "Yes?" she asked. "Forgive me for failing the mission and letting almost everyone to die… I'll make it up by leading the search for the killer." Kakashi said.

"No... I know why you want to search for the killer, it's for revenge. You will stay here and rest. If the killer attacks here we'll use as a secret weapon since it doesn't know you're dead." Tsunade said as Kakashi nodded. "You seemed changed Kakashi…" Yamato said wondering if it was the right thing to say. Kakashi slowly started to make his way to the door.

"Back there… I really did plan to take my life. Guilt is a treble thing… Revenge seemed the only thing that crossed my mind that saved me from myself." Kakashi said about to leave the room. "So who is the killer is?" Yamato asked. Kakashi sighed and looked back at Yamato before saying "The killer is…"

Right before Kakashi was about to tell the truth that everyone wanted to hear Gai had come into the room slamming the door open. "It's really you Kakashi…" he said shock as manly tears came pouring from his eyes. "My eternal rival!" Gai yelled jumping onto Kakashi, hugging with enough force to crush his bones. "Gai… get off…" Kakashi said not enjoying Gai's manly hugs.

The rest of the team came in, they where in shock with the lost of words. Kiba was the first one to snap out of the shock. "Damn you! You made us all think that you where dead!" dog boy yelled angry. "Sorry Kiba but I had to. It was the only way to make it out alive." Kakashi said as he walked past the boys and left the room.

"Yamato keep an eye on the Kakashi make sure he doesn't do anything rash." Tsuande ordered as the ANBU nodded and left. "Why do I get all the hard work…?" Yamato complained on the way out, Kakashi was always a smooth talker able to talk his way out on almost anything. Asking Yamato to watch Kakashi is like asking someone to read a book with there eyes closed.

"So seriously… WHO KILLED OUR FRIENDS?!" Kiba yelled as Tsunade glared at him. "Sit… quietly and… LISTEN!!" Tsuande yelled back but twice as loud making everyone cringe in fear but did what they where told. Tsunade reached into her coat and took out a file and passed it to Gai.

"This is Kakashi Team's mission… Why are you giving this to me?" Gai asked looking at. "Something happened in there last mission…" Tsunade said plainly as she sat back down in her seat. "Something that I fear would happen…" she said with a sigh as something caught her eye from the outside.

Something came crashing into the room. Everyone jumped to there feet as something covered in red cloth landed on the floor. Tsunade was brave enough to walk over it and uncover it. It was the missing mission scroll. "Sai, Lee, Kiba go to the direction where this came from. Report back after you check but do not engage in any fights." She ordered as the guys left.

Tsuande picked up the mission scroll and unrolled it. She read over the poem at the bottom. "This killer has one sick humor…" she said placing the scroll down on her table. Something fell out of the scroll and landed on the floor just when thunder and lighting went off as all lights went off in the Leaf Village.

"Black out eh…" Tsuande said knowing from the sound of the thunder it mite had hit the energy plant. She sighed as she lit a candle to see within the darken room. Tsunade took hold of the letter and opened it. "I was right this killer does have a sick sense of humor." she commented as she began to read the letter.

tabby-tiger-demon: Like I have said to everyone keep on guessing. But good guess.

kkzilla1: Yes you will. Just go on your gut feeling on who it is. If you make you feel any better... you're close to figure it out on who it is.

Kosmic: I'm glad you like it.

Eppy Nine: In the binging I had planned to have the Naruto characters roles like in the book but things change. The only character that I had was Sakura like Dr. Armstrong. I'm glad you picked up on the rock and kunai. Wish me luck on my Jiraiya story... Major writer block coming up.

IzumiTheMoogle: Yes I love cliffy!

April418: Thank for the complement. Keep on guessing!

UcHiHaHyUuGa: No I don't go to Rice school. Sasuke is still a good choice if I had included him in my story.

Writer's Notes: Over 2000 hits! Thank you everyone! This is the last time I'm writing stories when I'm sleepy. I can hardly focus on what I was writing... And darn I wasn't able to kill Kakashi. T.T He's too good of a character to kill...

Notes on my Jiraiya's story: After a long time of though the title will be Come, Come Fatherhood. It sounds funny since Jiraiya doesn't to be the father type.