Serial Killer of the FBI

by ReaperOfBalance

If you can't beat your enemy, then join them. In the FBI's case, if you can't beat them then give them a job. The BAU is about to get a new expert to help them on their cases, a man who made it his mission to hunt monsters and put them in the ground. A Serial Killer is now going to join the FBI in hunting the worst of the worst. Will include the two spin-off series of the original.

8. C8: Religious Hunger of a different sort

Hello all and welcome back! Last time Naruto had a bit of a heart to heart with Morgan while bonding a bit with Elle.

What will happen this time? Well, read and find out.

Also, just to clarify something: I'm not adding characters into this from outside of Naruto and Criminal minds unless of course a special circumstance occurs such as one of you convinces me to add them to the harem. For things like CSI, NCIS, etc. etc. I'll be leaving those alone in case I decide to do a Naruto and one of them fic, though I will make some references to them and other crime shows like I did last chapter. IF someone convinced me to add one of the women from those items to the harem, then I may connect the item to place them in the fic or I'll find another way to add them.

As for what I'll do when I eventually reach the end of the series? I've got some ideas but they're subject to change since it's gonna be a long time before I reach the end of the series.

I don't believe there's anything else to go over, so let's get this show on the road.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Criminal minds nor do I own any characters from either item or anything else I add in just to give more context or background for Naruto.

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"Thoughts"

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"Book, Computer, Letter, Text Message"

* see bottom for explanation

[Translation]

Chapter 8: Religious Hunger of a Different Sort

Season 1, Episode 11: Blood Hungry

Episode Quotes: Harriet Beecher said, "The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."

BAU

Naruto entered into the office and sighed as he rolled his neck wondering what they'd be hunting this time before Elle saw him and waved him up to the conference room, prompting Naruto to quickly enter and take a seat with some coffee already out. "Hope everyone had a restful weekend." Hotch stated as he began the briefing knowing that Gideon could catch up before they left.

"That sounds like we're in for a ton of fun." Naruto stated as he sipped his coffee.

JJ clicked the remote making the pictures change to that of a small town, "Harringtonville Tennessee, population 5,000. 64 years since their last homicide, only now they've got two in the past two days." JJ stated as she clicked new pictures up to the screen.

"First victim: 57 year old widower and grandfather Paul Thompson. Found stabbed to death in his front yard, 18 stab wounds to his chest and neck, evidence suggests he was ambushed. No sign of forced entry to the house and only item missing was a shotgun." Hotch informed as they each looked at the files and took their own notes.

"Last night, Annie Stuart, 39, also ambushed and was found in her home and was evidently bludgeoned to death by Thompson's shotgun. In this case, unsub stole CDs, DVDs, and her jewelry." JJ listed and Naruto frowned.

"Too extreme for simple burglary, especially since if the unsub blitzed Thompson in his yard, that would mean he knew Thompson wasn't in the house and thus had no reason to attack him. We know it was the same killer on both since the shotgun was used, but then why bludgeon and not just shoot Stuart? Then there's the fact the unsub eviscerated the body of Annie Stuart." Naruto asked and the others frowned before Naruto looked and saw Gideon on a pair of crutches and his right foot in a splint. "Skiing?" Naruto asked making them look as Gideon hobbled in.

"No, sky diving. Apparently, it's all about the landing." Gideon stated making Naruto nod as he smirked.

"How long on the crutches?" Hotch asked and Gideon shrugged.

"A couple weeks." Gideon stated and Naruto looked at him.

"You sure you don't want to just limp?" Naruto asked and Gideon contemplated it before shrugging.

"I'll work from here for now, find a way to be useful. Blitz attack, no effort to move or hide the body, or any attempt to clean up the evidence." Gideon stated as he looked over the pictures.

"Disorganized, and possibly psychotic killer, makes the job harder since they have their own delusion and until we know what that is, we'll never be able to truly predict them." Hotch stated before Reid motioned to Naruto.

"Except with Naruto's help, some of the victims he's listed were psychotics and he managed to track them." Reid stated as Naruto was just looking at a photo with a frown.

"Find something?" Gideon asked making them look at him.

"Do we have an autopsy report on Annie Stuart yet?" Naruto asked and JJ shook her head.

"Not yet, Coroner was getting to work on her today." JJ stated and Naruto nodded.

"What is it?" Elle asked and Naruto tossed a photo of three bloody rings on a cloth to the middle of the table.

"Those rings weren't drawn, they didn't come from the blood pool flowing around an object, and they weren't dripped that way. That leaves one option: the blood ran down something and formed rings around it." Naruto stated making them look at him, "They guy's taking blood, and I'm betting organs, and putting them in cylindrical containers." Naruto stated making them frown.

"Anthropophagy." Gideon stated making the others nod while JJ frowned.

"I'm sorry, what?" JJ asked and Naruto sighed as Reid explained.

"The direct Greek translation is "man eating" Naruto is suggesting the unsub is a cannibal." Reid stated as JJ turned a bit green and Naruto grunted.

"It's the most logical conclusion yes, there are other possibilities such as using the blood to desecrate an area or scare and torment someone. The organs are the same, though I said it's the most likely scenario because it would make sense on Thompson and with the shotgun. The unsub likely was in a heavier break with Thompson and him stabbing over and over likely destroyed the internal organs, such as the heart and lungs, and they were useless, and following whatever delusion he's in went to the house and got the shotgun with part of his mind being coherent enough to realize that shooting someone with it would likely ruin the organs, plus possibly contaminate the blood if they need it pure." Naruto stated making them nod.

"Another personal experience?" Hotch asked and Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, only it didn't involve a delusions. A woman trained dogs to kill people who were physically fit and all around healthy while not taking any drugs, stimulants, or anything that stays in the blood so she could harvest the organs with the most blood, she then dried them, ground them, and made protein shakes out of them to drink herself." Naruto stated making them grimace.

"If she wasn't delusional, why was she doing that?" Reid asked and Naruto merely said a single word.

"Porphyria." Naruto stated making Reid gain an understanding look as he nodded.

"And for those of us not well versed in random things." Elle stated and Naruto motioned to Reid.

"Porphyria refers to a group of disorders that result from a buildup of natural chemicals that produce porphyrin in your body. Porphyrins are essential for the function of hemoglobin, the protein in your red blood cells that links to porphyrin, binds iron, and carries oxygen to your organs and tissues. It's affects are wide and various, but it's commonly attributed to the Madness of King George III." Reid stated before Naruto cut in.

"And the myths and legends of the vampires. Basically, the believed best method by some people is ingesting fresh blood and tissue that can break down and give the body relief from the various symptoms as well as ensuring different chemicals in your body stay high enough to counteract the disease. One common problem is the skin can shrivel up almost like they're a living mummy. She used dogs because drugs, guns, and other methods could leave residue in the blood or damage the organs she needed. A guy I know in Vegas put a stop to that and she went mad in prison and ended up getting herself killed." Naruto stated making Reid nod at the first part.

"Back on track, delusional killers are usually the easiest to catch because they never try to hide anything." Hotch stated and Naruto nodded.

"But it's also a bad thing because they'll just keep repeating their crimes until they're stopped." Naruto added making him nod.

"Wheels up in 30." Hotch ordered making everyone nod as they stood and left the table with Gideon going to his office to look at a few of his books and research material.

Naruto sat and was looking at his coffee in thought before Elle came and sat in front of him, "Something wrong?" Elle asked and Naruto shook his head. "C'mon, you really think I'm buying that?" Elle asked and Naruto shrugged.

"It's nothing much… I just realized that this was the first year since it happened that I didn't visit my father's grave." Naruto stated making Elle frown sadly, "Kurenai was nice enough to place new flowers there, but usually I go there with her and Karin just to sit and visit. Only, I wasn't allowed this year and not likely to be able to next year either. I'm not religious or anything, but it was always something I just did, no matter where I was in the world I always came back if for no other reason than to pay my respects." Naruto stated as he drank some coffee before staring at the table.

"That's not the only reason, is it?" Elle asked Naruto didn't spare her a glance. "I've picked up some of your insight and can see some things better now. You're not telling us something, and it's something weighing you down a lot. But there's also something else that's bothering you and you either can't or won't talk about it with us." Elle stated since she could freely and easily admit that she was getting better as a profiler from seeing Naruto work, interviews and reports and studies could do quite a bit but actually standing there and seeing someone in their element and doing their craft was something else entirely.

"Elle, there's a lot about me that you don't know, and there's nearly equal that amount that you don't want to know. I come with some serious baggage, storm clouds, and skeletons. The few people I have in my life currently are only still here because they've been around since those items started piling on or because they've got their own that I help them deal with. I don't know you well enough to just open up about everything, and even if I did know you there's quite a bit I'd leave out for different reasons. It's not about trust, it's not about how close I feel to any of you, it's about something bigger and I am the one who has to deal with it." Naruto stated as he drank his coffee before patting her hands and walking to grab his bag and ensure he had everything.

Elle watched him leave with a frown as she got a bit of information from that, but not enough for her to get an answer to her questions. She'd have to try a bit harder and keep a closer eye on him, her instincts didn't say he was a threat, but there was something wrong with whatever was bothering him and it had to do with the team in some way based on what he just admitted. Her first theory had been he blamed himself for his father's death and for what happened to Karin, but based on what she heard that day on the plane, she knew that wasn't likely except maybe that his friend Sasuke's family was out for revenge.

Granted that was a strong possibility, but it seemed too… easy for that to be the answer, especially since Naruto had said that Sasuke's mother and elder brother were on his side of things. However, that still left Sasuke's father as an unknown, mainly since Elle didn't remember if Naruto had mentioned him or not so she had no way of knowing if he was alive or dead.

For all she knew, he was dead because Naruto killed him and she didn't know just how big Sasuke's family was so there could be something there.

She shook her head to get those thoughts away, right now she needed to ensure she had everything ready to go for when they left.

She could ponder the blonde male in her life later.

STEWART HOME

The Sheriff of Harringtonville, a man named Don Hall, pulled up outside of the house of the second victim and talked to his deputy, a woman named Judy Long, "They in there?" Sheriff Hall asked as Deputy Long nodded.

"Three of them are. One went over to the Thompson house, said he wanted to get a feel for the area and neighborhood." Deputy Long stated as Hall shrugged.

"Well all right, let's get in there and see what the agents can do to help." Hall stated as he got out and both he and Long walked up to the door before putting the booties on and walked in as the agents were talking.

"All the jewelry that's missing was taken from upstairs, but nothing from her purse or from her body was taken. Why is that?" Elle asked as she came down from the stairs.

"We were wondering that too, from what we knew her wedding ring was worth at least half of all the other stuff taken." Sheriff Hall stated making them nod.

"Well, given the disorganization and there being two different patterns… I'd say there were two separate incidents here." Naruto stated as the Sheriff and Deputy looked at him.

"Please tell me you're not saying that I have two of these monsters out there." Sheriff Hall asked in a near begging tone.

"No, just two different occurrences. Someone definitely came in and killed Mrs. Stewart, but then after they left someone else came and robbed the house. They were so horrified by what they saw that they couldn't bear to get closer to her than absolutely necessary." Naruto stated as Reid nodded.

"Someone suffering a psychotic break wouldn't care about so many superficial items or about approaching the body after he's done with it, there was someone else inside the house besides the killer but not at the same time." Reid stated as Elle frowned.

"You talked to the boy that was here for a singing lesson right?" Elle asked and Sheriff Hall nodded. "I'm wondering why he didn't tell you he saw one of the perps." Elle stated making the Sheriff and the Deputy look at her in confusion.

"I'm sorry?" Sheriff Hall asked as Elle nodded.

"That cone marks where an empty soda can was correct?" Elle asked pointing to the outside as the Sheriff nodded. "Well, from my height, I got branches in the way, but Wally is seven so that means his height would be down around here." Elle stated putting her head down to just above a music stand that was there and giving her direct sight to where the cone was.

"Elle, why don't you go talk to the kid, a female presence may leave him calmer than a male's presence given everything that's happened. Let the mother know she can stay if it makes her or Wally feel better." Naruto suggested making Elle nod with a smirk.

"You know, keep making suggestions that sound like orders and Hotch and Gideon may start giving you paperwork to go with that responsibility." Elle stated making Naruto scoff in amusement while Reid looked thoughtful on Naruto essentially being third in command of the unit despite not being part of the unit officially.

Elle left with the Sheriff to call the boy's mother and ask her to bring him over to talk or if they could go to her home and talk to him, whichever was easier, while the Deputy stepped out to take a call on the radio. While they did that, Naruto and Reid stayed in the living room looking things over. "She's right you know, you're naturally a leader and have essentially been leading the team in some form since you came aboard." Reid stated and Naruto snorted.

"Yeah, but that's partly to ensure my worth is proven not to the team but to the higher ups that are still unhappy about a convict and serial killer being part of the BAU." Naruto stated keeping his voice down a bit to ensure it didn't carry outside and Reid frowned.

"What? Why? You've been nothing but an asset since you got here." Reid stated and Naruto shook his head with a smirk.

"Reid, you know fully well that's not the problem. Logically, yes it makes sense to keep me, but morally? Ethically? Logistically? No. Can you imagine how many other inmates have no doubt tried to get the same deal that I struck to get here? How many different hoops, loopholes, and legal matters that have to be continuously pushed around and gotten through to keep me here and not make me a precedent for future inmates to strike the same deal? There's also all of those problems being avoided so I don't get locked up even harder than before and so that the Director and others who finally approved of this don't get a massive egg on their face or caught with their pants down if I screw up something somehow." Naruto stated making Reid frown having not considered that.

"Even so, wouldn't bringing you down or sending you away make the person doing so look bad too? I mean they've essentially shown up the Director and others." Reid asked and Naruto smirked and shook his head at Reid not understanding political maneuvering at all.

"No, because they can be showing up someone on the director's team or inner circle that advocated for me to join the team, the director to save face would then be forced to bring them down to a lower level position while advocating for the one who proved I was a liability or threat to the team and to the FBI. Essentially, someone will make or break their career based on my actions and Hotch and Gideon advocating for me as we go only puts bigger targets on their backs since some people are threatened by them and their potential to rise up the ranks of the FBI and replace others." Naruto explained as Reid frowned. "Hotch is easily on a track to be considered for Director of the FBI one day, his success record both in the FBI and as a Lawyer help him, then there's the growing reputation of the BAU reflecting good on him being second in command if not full in command of the primary team. The better we do the better he looks, and it reflects on the others too since you think Morgan or Elle won't want to lead their own team or office one day? Gideon is an old hand at this, he was around near the very beginning and as such he knows a lot of people, he has a lot of friends, and he's owed quite a few favors. If Gideon had the ambition to be a bureaucrat he could easily get a higher position than he does now and that scares a lot of people since Gideon could easily replace them and knows where some of their skeletons are hiding." Naruto explained further making Reid frown and nod.

"What about me?" Reid asked and Naruto smiled.

"Honestly kid? Everyone knows you'd never leave the BAU unless you had to, even then you'd gladly take a teaching position or act as a information hub and reference for people to get a better understanding of things. You don't want some desk job where you're only filing reports and handing out things to be done rather than having your feet on the ground seeing what is happening. At the same time, you also don't see yourself leading a team because you know socially you're a bit awkward and you never could see yourself directing others or trying to juggle the different personalities and traits of your team to be the most effective. You're fine and happy being a cog in the machine for the BAU, just so long as you can still be making a difference in the lives of the people being saved." Naruto stated and Reid cleared his throat a bit as he had never been read so easily and clearly before.

"And you?" Reid asked and Naruto sighed.

"Me, kid? I'm just a hunter, someone gives me a name or location and I'll secure it before long. I'm not a desk jockey nor am I just some mindless grunt, I have no aspirations for bigger and better, just… a better world than when I entered it." Naruto stated making Reid nod before they continued going over the scene.

LATER: SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT

"The person Wally described sounds like a tweaker, and it would make sense given the items stolen were valuable." Elle stated as they entered the office. Wally Brisbane, the boy who was last to see Mrs. Stewart alive, had said the guy was crazy and frantic looking and had done a shushing motion when Wally saw him.

"We may want to have someone canvas local pawn shops even going to the next town or two over since the addict is going to need his fix, but if he's got a record he'd be careful enough to make sure he was able to get the money without getting flagged easily." Naruto stated making them all nod.

Sheriff Hall turned to Deputy Long as they came in, "Get me a list of all the drug addicts that have been arrested recently and are out now, I'm gonna call Paulie and Murry over in the neighboring towns and ask them to do a check in for any of Mrs. Stewart's belongings." He ordered making the deputy nod as he went to his office with Reid, Elle, and Naruto following him.

"Is there any place we can set up?" Reid asked as Sheriff Hall thought a minute before motioning to a corner desk.

"You can use Wilson's desk, he's out for the next week, mean time I'll get to making those calls.." Sheriff Hall stated making them nod as they went over to the desk to set up.

Naruto started up the computer before typing away at it for a minute and pulled up some local rap sheets and finding that most of it was petty things or even just someone trying to be macho or show off for someone. Nothing raising red flags, but he'd still call up Garcia on to look into anyone in this town or the surrounding ones that could be fitting of the profile.

Of course, he felt a bit like a lecturer as he was diagnosing and reading each of the people that came up to Elle and Reid. Based on some of the reactions from the Deputies, he knew he wasn't wrong in any of his assessments and it wasn't surprising they would know, the town was small enough that everyone knew everyone in some manner. Maybe not coming over for Sunday dinner close, but enough that they could easily tell you where someone lived, drove, and did for a living without any trouble.

He looked up as Hotch and Morgan entered, "Thompson's neighborhood looks like something out of a greeting card. No one saw anything suspicious until the first witness found him on his lawn and called 911. He was clearly blitz attacked, so there's no indication he saw it coming whether he knew the unsub or not." Morgan stated as they nodded before Deputy Long came over with a few files.

"These are the most recent arrests for drug possession and are out of jail now." Deputy Long stated making Naruto nod in appreciation as he looked through them.

"Samuel Smith, no. Johnny Tyler, no. Hmm, this one looks promising: Domino Thacker." Naruto stated as he flicked through the files before reaching Domino's as Sheriff Hall came out of his office.

"I know Domino, he's bad news. A hardcore tweaker that cooks his own stuff." Sheriff Hall stated and Naruto frowned.

"Assault, burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, possession, possession with intent, yeah, sounds like a junkie. He live close?" Naruto asked and Hall nodded.

"Less than three miles from the Stewart home and less than five from the Thompson home." Sheriff Hall informed making the team look at each other.

"I don't think he's the unsub, but he may have seen him leaving or even saw him while he was there." Naruto stated making the team nod.

"Let's go grab him then." Morgan stated as the Sheriff nodded and pulled three deputies along with them while Naruto stayed since he could coordinate with Garcia over the people that better fit the profile since he was sure there'd be plenty of names and could help weed out the ones that weren't likely to be valid targets.

30 minutes later had a detoxing/still on a high Domino come in wrapped in a blanket since he was in his boxers and a pair of socks. He was twitching and spasming every half second as his body was still processing the drugs and the need for more. "I-I-I'm fr-fre-freezing. I'm s-s-sick man." Domino stuttered out showing Naruto that he was starting to come down from his high since he went high temp, probably why he was near naked, and now his body was dropping back to a normal temperature rapidly meaning he likely went from around 110 down to about 95 degrees in less than a minute.

A quick 15 degree change in temp would make it seem like you just walked into meat locker as well as causing a major headache.

"We'll get you another blanket, but first you need to answer some questions. We know you were at Mrs. Stewart's home, we also know you were in the house." Naruto stated calmly as Domino whimpered and hugged a blanket to him.

"Well… It was before she got hurt like that, I was only looking at the ford in the driveway, but I left. I swear I did. I only came back later because I knew I had a chance to get away with it." Domino stated before Naruto grabbed a blanket and brought it over to him.

Domino reached to grab it, but Naruto stopped him, "Hold on, who did you see while you were there? I know you saw Mrs. Stewart all cut up and bloodied, but who else was there?" Naruto asked as Domino whimpered.

"I came back, some guy was walking away. He wasn't taller than you, he had jeans and a hoodie up so I didn't see none of his face. I went in thinking that maybe he was there to rob it before I was, then I saw her. She… she was all cut up, bloody, and disfigured, I didn't think she was gonna miss nothing now." Domino stated before he started sobbing, "That ain't right! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! It ain't right!" Domino broke down into sobs and cries as he curled up on the bed and Naruto sighed before placing the blanket over him.

Walking out, Naruto sighed as he looked at Hotch and Morgan, who nodded, "No way in hell he did this." Morgan stated for the Sheriff's information.

"How do you know?" Sheriff Hall asked and Morgan motioned to Domino.

"He's freaked out just even thinking about what was done to Mrs. Stewart." Morgan stated before Hotch added.

"Plus, he recalled everything to vividly, if he was in the middle of a psychotic break then he'd be hard pressed to remember the events with such clarity." Hotch stated making the other two nod.

"He's a thief, and an addict, but he's definitely not the killer." Naruto stated as Sheriff Hall nodded.

"All right, but my friend Paulie, the Sheriff of one of the neighboring towns confirmed that Domino had gone to one of their local Pawn Shops and sold a few items confirmed taken from the Stewart House. So I'm going to bring him up on theft, possession of stolen property, and selling stolen property charges at least." Sheriff Hall stated making them nod.

"While you do that, our tech analyst will see what she can dig up, but we need to deliver a profile to your officers." Naruto stated making him nod.

"I'll get everyone together as soon as you're ready." Sheriff Hall replied making them nod in appreciation as they got their guns back from the lockbox.

Within 15 minutes, the Sheriff had gathered everyone but those of his squad that were out on leave, vacation, or sick as the team stood before them. "We are looking for a 20 to 30 year old male. We know this because the strength to do these kinds of attacks and the fact that the unsub is able to move as they please without anyone seeing anything. This means it's not a teenager and it is especially evident because it is extremely rare for this type of psychotic break to occur in a person under 20." Hotch started off as everyone situated.

"The unsub engages in what is known as anthropophagy, the type of delusion that inspired the various stories of vampires. It's a psychotic conviction that he must drink human blood, and possibly eat human flesh. It varies from person to person, some do it to survive in some way, others because they believe God tells them to, and still others because of some other kind of fear or driving force. Every person who suffers or is afflicted by this psychotic delusion is different from person to person." Morgan continued before motioning to Reid.

"For Richard Trenton Chase, also known as the Vampire Killer, he drank his victims' blood because he believed that aliens had invaded his body and were slowly drinking his blood. And if he didn't get the blood he needed... he'd die. Another case is King George III, the historical center of the Madness of King George books and movies." Reid supplied as he'd always be a fact based giver of knowledge.

"The thing about anthropophagy is that it suggests, and shows quite easily, such an extreme level of psychosis and disorganization that he couldn't have ventured very far from home or wherever he's staying to commit these crimes. This guy currently lives, or has lived recently, in this town to know the people and as such people don't blink when they see him because it's nothing special. He knows the territory too well to be an outsider or someone who has only recently moved here. The unsub either lives alone or someone is covering for him as he will make no attempt to hide what he's done or any blood and organs he's taken." Naruto continued, though he felt there was something specific about the organs taken as the coroner confirmed that Mrs. Stewart was missing her liver and stomach.

He knew he had read something about those specific organs beyond medical items, but he couldn't think of what since there was more than people, other than Reid, would think. It ranged from supposed magic rituals to ancient beliefs that it would grow your power, skill, and virility. There was just far too many of them to decide what was most plausible, even with the fact that just liver and stomach cut the options down by 80% since usually at least one other organ was involved.

He broke from his thoughts as Morgan continued, "You've all seen him. Maybe at the ballpark. Or riding his bike home from the grocery store or school. He wasn't always a threat. He could have been your neighbor. He might have been your friend. We think something about his delusion is keeping him here in town. Until we know what the delusion is, we are going to have to do this the old fashioned way and search for him as we can." Morgan stated since understanding the delusion as the key to getting ahead of the unsub.

"So, we're gonna start at Annie Stuart's house and we're gonna spread out from there in quadrants and in groups. We're going to eliminate all of his hiding places forcing him into the open." Elle finished before the Sheriff spoke up.

"Paul Thompson's funeral is this afternoon. A lot of his neighbors are gonna be there and if you want to know about who may have returned to town or hasn't been seen in a while, they're likely to have most of the information for you." Sheriff Hall spoke up making them look at each other and nod.

It was as good a place as any.

PAUL THOMPSON'S FUNERAL

Naruto stood in the back watching the attendees for the funeral, of course they had informed the family that they would be there out of respect so they wouldn't question it too much and possibly make a scene that would draw a lot of attention from people. So far he saw only genuine grief on people's faces, oh there was some guilt in there, but it wasn't deep seeded guilt that they were looking for such as someone trying to protect another from being discovered as a cannibal and murderer. He also saw suspicion on the faces of people with the Sheriff and the FBI there, but most shifted to acceptance and understanding, most likely they had figured the FBI were being polite and showing respects to a poor old man who didn't deserve what happened to him.

JJ then walked over with Hotch and began showing files, "We got these from Garcia, they're not ideal but they're the best ones we got. We got seeing aliens, attacking a neighbor for spying on him with listening devices implanted in him, and then there's Oley Maynor. He was put in a psychiatric hospital after having a major psychotic break. He got his record for… um… biting the heads off of chickens." JJ stated making Naruto raise an eyebrow before looking over the file.

"It's incredibly unlikely for it to be him. He starts with chickens, gets sent away and put on meds to suppress his episodes, comes back quietly, and then starts tearing into people without any more animal incidents? No, only way that would happen is if the facility he want to REALLY screwed up in helping and treating him. I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm just saying we may want Garcia to expand her search to include any former and current residents that were admitted anywhere, they may have come back here to get family help in not breaking again and it didn't go well." Naruto stated as JJ and Hotch nodded.

"All right, Naruto, you and I will talk to the neighbors after the service is finished. JJ, get back with Garcia and have her start on the wider search parameters afterwards." Hotch ordered making the two of them nod.

Hotch and Naruto approached an older woman, not quite classified as a senior citizen but older than both of them, named Mary Mays. "Ma'am, we were hoping you could tell us if you saw anyone around the neighborhood or town that seemed odd or out of place." Hotch explained and Mrs. Mays frowned in thought.

"I'm not coming up with anything. I don't recall seeing anyone that seemed out of place or new, but…" Mrs. Mays stated before pausing.

"What is it?" Hotch asked and Mrs. Mays frowned in thought.

"It's probably nothing, but I saw Oley Maynor with his brother, but the way that Jess was acting made it seem like they were trying not to be seen at all." Mrs. Mays stated since it didn't seem that big of a deal that Oley was home, though she could understand Jess hiding him since there was a lingering stigma against the poor boy.

"When was this?" Naruto asked and Mrs. Mays frowned in thought again.

"Let's see, I got my hair done, attended a meeting for the children's dance, and got my car looked at, so that would have been… three days ago!" Mrs. Mays stated making Hotch and Naruto look at each other.

"Thank you for your help ma'am, we won't keep you from the rest of your day." Naruto stated as Mrs. Mays nodded before getting in her car and leaving.

MAYNOR BUTCHERY

Jess Maynor, a large man that was easily 3 inches taller than Naruto, was hacking away at a chunk of meat with a cleaver before Sheriff Hall, Morgan, Elle, and Naruto came in. "Evening Jess." Sheriff Hall stated as he walked in.

"What's going on Don?" Jess asked as he looked at the the others with some contempt and annoyance.

"Uh, do me a favor Jess, and put that cleaver down." Sheriff Hall requested making Jess set it down and pull his hands away.

"We're looking for your brother, Mr. Maynor." Naruto stated as Jess looked at him, "We're not going to arrest him, we just want to talk and confirm he's been taking his meds." Naruto clarified not wanting this to get violent.

"Where is he Jess?" Sheriff Hall asked and Jess looked at him.

"You know where he is, same place he's been for the last five years." Jess stated before Naruto sighed and walked up.

"Look man, I get it, you look out for your brother. Everyone was fine when he was playing ball, but when he wasn't, he was the outcast. The pariah of the town and no one but you and most likely your mother looked out for him, protected him, or tried to stop the others, not even teachers or fellow football players. You don't want him as the scapegoat or being targeted again just because he's different from others. I respect that, I understand that, and we're not the kind of cops that are just going to arrest someone to get the case solved. Whoever is doing these murders is brutal, insane, and they are not going to stop, we want the CORRECT person to be prosecuted to ensure the killings stop. If your brother is clean and on his meds, then that's the end of that. We'll leave you and him alone, but you can't be ashamed of him being around or it will stay with him forever." Naruto spoke and it was clear to everyone in the room that he was speaking from experience, he knew exactly what Jess was going through and what he was doing to protect his brother.

Jess exhaled a long breath through his nose as he stood there a moment, "You swear you won't hurt him?" Jess asked and Naruto nodded.

"You've got my word, for what it's worth anyway." Naruto stated before looking at Sheriff Hall, who nodded stating he'd hold up that agreement too, with the unspoken rule being that Oley had to behave while they talked too.

"You'll let me be there when you talk to him?" Jess asked and Naruto nodded.

"That's perfectly fine, though you need to let Oley answer the questions, not answer to either protect him or because he doesn't want to answer." Naruto stated and Jess took another breath before nodded.

"Oley, c'mon out, it's okay." Jess stated as he moved over towards the freezer area and there was a rustling noise before his brother stepped out holding a large meat hook.

Naruto stopped Elle, Morgan, and Sheriff Hall from drawing their guns knowing it wouldn't go well to getting the two brothers to relax as Oley looked at them. He then lowered the hook and handed it to Jess, who set it on the counter away from them and then moved the cleaver too just to further show his willingness to cooperate so long as his brother was okay.

"Oley, my name's Naruto, I just want to talk to you about a few things and then we'll leave you and your brother alone. Is that okay?" Naruto asked and Oley looked at him.

"You're asking me?" Oley asked with a bit of a scrunched up face while his voice was a bit dulled and monotone, no doubt from his meds suppressing him a bit.

"Of course, Jess may have said it was okay, but it's still up to you, we're not arresting you and not accusing you of anything. We just want to be sure we cover our bases so that a defense attorney can't try to loophole someone out of being convicted if they deserved it." Naruto stated since that was the main reason he was talking to Oley was just so no defense attorney could try and state that the FBI and Sheriff's department never interrogated any other "viable" suspects.

"Yeah, I can answer some questions." Oley stated and Naruto nodded with a friendly smile.

"Thank you, you know Sheriff Hall, I'm sure, and these are Derek and Elle, they're friends and coworkers of mine." Naruto stated as Morgan and Elle both nodded to Oley.

"Nice to meet you." Oley stated as the two nodded.

"Now, Oley, I know you just got out of the hospital, and I have to ask: Have you had any more of the urges, feelings, episodes, or whatever the doctors described it as?" Naruto asked and Oley shook his head.

"No, not since I got on these new meds. They make me… bland I guess is the right way to describe it, but I prefer being like this to how I am when I go into an episode." He stated before pulling some hair out and holding it out for Naruto, "You can test me if you want to have it confirmed for evidence sake." Oley stated and Naruto nodded as the Sheriff took it and put it in an evidence bag since his hair growth would show when he started his meds and if he had stopped.

If the signs of the meds went all the way to the root, then he was still taking them without question.

"Oley, I know it's a stretch, but did you see or hear about anyone else from town being committed or suffering problems?" Naruto asked and Oley shook his head.

"No, I don't really have anyone here, friends or otherwise, aside from Jess. The only reason I came back was to say goodbye to the town and find a rehabilitation home close enough that Jess could still visit, but I wouldn't bring the town down on him." Oley stated as his brother looked at him sadly.

"I see, thank you Oley, we'll leave you two alone now." Naruto stated as he motioned the three out as the Sheriff nodded to the two brothers before leaving with the three FBI workers right behind him.

"You were really good with Oley and Jess in there." Morgan stated as they let the Sheriff answer a call while they headed back to the precinct.

"Practice, a lot of it. You can't hunt killers and psychos and not come across at least a few non-violent mentally disabled or disturbed people. You adapt quickly to learn how to handle them and the family members that actually care about their welfare. You also quickly learn to tell who is out to use them for their own gain, who would rather try beating them into being "normal", and who would sooner drop them on the side of the road and take off never to be seen again if they could. Jess was none of those, he understands his brother in a way I don't think Oley realizes or he's afraid to realize because he thinks he'll drag Jess down with him." Naruto informed as he looked out the window as the two nodded, "When I hunted, I needed to do more than just read the unsubs, I needed to be able to read everyone and anyone I met regardless of who and what they were. It's saved my life and others more times than I can count because while cops were busy looking for one unsub, I knew I was looking for two or more and thus had my eye out for anyone and everyone that pretending to fit in rather than actually doing that." Naruto informed as he looked out the window.

"That how you were able to read us?" Morgan asked and Naruto was silent a moment.

"The basic answer, would be yes. The more detailed answer would be inadvisable for me to say." Naruto stated making them frown.

"Why's that?" Elle asked since Naruto wasn't usually shy about giving answers to their questions unless it was deeply personal.

"I have no way of fully answering that to your satisfaction without bringing up something that both of you would be upset at me for doing in front of the other. Answering it fully would mean betraying both of your trusts, which I promised I wouldn't do unless it was absolutely unavoidable or was necessary for your or the team's safety. As such, I can't answer the question in the amount of detail I could answer it to your satisfaction." Naruto stated making the two look at each other in surprise before looking away and nodding to Naruto signifying they understood.

HOME OF LYNETTE GILES

Naruto stood with the others at the home of Lynette Giles, the grandmother of Wally Brisbane, who was now dead with her ribs split open while Wally was missing. The unsub had apparently blitzed the grandmother in the laundry room and then abducted Wally. This of course set off many alarm bells for the fact that not only was the unsub taking someone, hopefully, alive but had also attacked somewhere that Wally was again.

"Kid was at both crime scenes, could he have been the target all along?" Morgan asked as the Sheriff was talking to the parents.

"Doubtful, there's no evidence or even hint that Wally was at Thompson's house. So either something triggered a fixation on the boy or something happened while he was here for the grandmother." Naruto stated before Mrs. Brisbane came over and was glaring in sorrow at Elle.

"I said I didn't want him to talk to you! My son is missing, I want my boy back! I want him back!" She shouted as she broke down into sobs and cries as her husband hugged her.

"Mrs. Brisbane, please, you need to breathe before you pass out. Wally may be missing, but there's hope in the simple fact that he's not here." Naruto stated as she cried.

"How can you say him not being here is good?!" Mr. Brisbane asked incredulously and a bit angrily.

"Because he's not here." Naruto stated again motioning to the laundry room making Mr. Brisbane stiffen, "And there's no sign of blood outside of the laundry room. It means that he was alive when he was taken from here, meaning he wasn't just killed immediately like your mother in-law or any of the other victims. It also means that potentially, Wally did not see what happened to his grandmother and as such he was spared that horror." Naruto explained as the team nodded. "I know it's not ideal, but the fact that the unsub took him alive and seemingly without harming or traumatizing him as much as he could have, is a reason to be hopeful. Don't write him off as being dead or finding him as a lost cause, if you do that your world will crumble and you won't be able to hold it together long enough for us to possibly find him and the damage done will never be repaired. I know it's hard, I really do, but you need to help us with as clear of a mind as you can to better our chances." Naruto explained as Mr. Brisbane took a shaky breath and nodded as Mrs. Brisbane was still sobbing a bit.

"What do you need from us?" Mr. Brisbane asked as he held his wife tighter.

"One of us is going to talk to you about Wally, we need you to tell us as much as you can so we can see if the unsub potentially was stalking Wally and if he was we may get a better idea of his movements and how to find him." Naruto stated as Mr. Brisbane nodded. "Now, you can talk to me or one of the other agents, it's up to you who you think you would be most comfortable talking to." Naruto said gently as Mrs. Brisbane grabbed onto Elle's sleeve.

"I want her, she was nice to Wally, I want to talk to her." Mrs. Brisbane stated through sobs and gasps making Elle nod.

"All right, let's go over here." Elle stated as she nodded to Naruto before leading the parents away to talk and get an idea for Wally's day and possibly anything out of the ordinary from any routine he had.

Naruto sighed as she ran his hand through his hair, "The families are always the hardest part to deal with in this work." Naruto stated making Hotch nod as Morgan went to talk to the Sheriff about the grandmother's missing car.

Moving to the laundry room, Hotch and Naruto saw Reid there examining the body and it looked like something from Aliens only the ribcage wasn't pushed out as far. "He went for quick and clean slash to the throat before he started opening her up, including splitting her ribcage open." Reid stated as Hotch squatted down and picked up a bloody pair of bolt cutters.

"With these no doubt." Hotch stated as he set them on the dryer.

"At least Wally was spared the sight of his grandmother being split open and the unsub being completely drenched in blood." Naruto stated making the two look up at him before he motioned to the floor leading to the kitchen and then living room. "No bloody footprints, meaning he would have had to go and grab Wally while there was no blood on him and given this… sight, that's not possible unless he killed her, grabbed Wally, and then came back to get whatever he took from Mrs. Giles." Naruto explained making them nod.

"It seems like he did come here for Wally specifically, or he knew Wally was in the house, and had some form of rational thought to spare him the horror of seeing this." Hotch stated making Naruto nod as Reid examined Mrs. Giles' body.

"Given the damage, I'd say he was after the heart, the lungs, or both." Reid stated as the moved the body gently to get a better look. "He took the heart, the lung was punctured during his opening it looks like." Reid stated making Naruto hum.

"Heart, stomach, and liver. Those three have a lot of symbolism in different cultures, myths, and faiths. Though… there is one that stands out a bit, at least for a Bible Belt town like this." Naruto stated making them look at him, "Divinity." Naruto stated making them raise their eyebrows.

"We need to regroup and talk to Gideon, see if he's found anything." Hotch stated making them nod.

SHERIFF'S OFFICE

"He took the heart?!" Gideon shouted over the phone.

"The heart has always had a great deal of symbolism in many religions and cultures. The Egyptians always ensured you were buried with your heart because otherwise you weren't able to fully enter the afterlife." Reid stated as Naruto nodded.

"And the stomach and liver were also key too. No stomach and you were doomed to suffer eternal hunger in the afterlife and if you were a Pharaoh it would curse the land with famine. The liver was to ensure you were in good health in the afterlife or you would be cursed to whatever state you were in when you died." Naruto stated making Reid nod.

"There was a Cambridge professor that did a study. Turns out, that at one point or another across the globe, the heart, liver, and stomach were thought to be the seat of the human soul. Without them, the soul couldn't stay in the body." Gideon stated as a picture of an angel and then the body of Mrs. Giles came up side by side on the laptop they were using showing that the body was made to look like a bastardized version of an angel.

"It makes sense, the Maori warriors always ensured they ate those three organs of their enemies above all else because it was believed that was where the most power was held in a person. Other cannibal cultures actively avoided those three because they were seen as cursed and were never to be touched due to the spirits, ghosts, or whatever you want to call them being furious if you did." Naruto stated since there were quite a few cultures that treated those organs as holy.

"So when the unsub drinks the blood and eats the organs…" Hotch started before Reid finished.

"He believes he's encountering the divine." Reid stated as they frowned seeing the implications of this.

"But why take the boy?" Hotch asked making Naruto grunt.

"He was outside the Stewart house while Wally was there, he heard Wally singing "My Father's World" and in his delusional mind he saw a true angel of God singing to him. Based on the song sheets at the Giles house, Wally was practicing there and the Unsub likely heard it again regardless of if he was stalking Wally or not. The good thing is that he won't harm Wally intentionally since he's intent on making new angels and gaining their connection to God, so Wally being a true angel in his eyes means he'd want his blessing and presence as much as possible. Otherwise, there would have been no reason to take him alive since location means nothing to him and he could have easily killed and opened up Wally right there in the house." Naruto stated making them nod since that was good news for Wally at least.

"Now we just need to find him." Hotch stated and Naruto frowned.

"If he's truly in the belief he's encountering God or His presence, then he may go to a church each time he kills or after he consumes blood. We should have the officers canvas areas around the churches closest to the crime scenes." Naruto stated making Hotch and Reid nod.

"Good luck guys." Garcia stated, "I'm still looking into people from the town that suffered psychotic breaks." Garcia continued as Naruto hummed.

"Narrow the search to those who either did a LOT of church work, took religious classes in school, or had a religious major. Simple home taught Bible work wouldn't instill this much of an impact on the unsub." Naruto stated making Gideon give a noise of approval.

"That should narrow things down a lot, I'll hit you back when I find something." Garcia stated before she hung up as the three of them got up to tell Morgan and Elle what they had just learned.

STEWART HOME

Naruto liked to think he had seen a lot, but a cannibal actually returning a body part to the family of the victim was a new one. "He had to have come by between shifts." Deputy Long stated as Sheriff Hall patted her shoulder as they sat outside of the Stewart home as Mr. Stewart had called about there being a bloody container left inside his house.

"Now Judy, it ain't your fault." Sheriff Hall l assured her as Deputy Long looked at the container that the Mr. Stewart had found inside the house when he came to grab a few things with his son.

"Well what the hell is it?!" Long asked as Naruto sighed.

"It's a human stomach." Naruto stated as he closed the container.

"My god, you mean David's wife?" Long asked as Naruto nodded.

"Judy, why don't you go and see if the neighbors saw anything and put a couple boys at the other crime scenes just to be safe?" Sheriff Hall asked as he sent her along before looking at Naruto, Elle, and Hotch. "Now, Agent Hotchner, I need to be clear here. Right now all we got is some theory about cannibalism, now what the hell do you call this?" Sheriff Hall asked as he motioned to the container.

"It could be a couple things. Tormenting the family. Getting to violate the body after the fact. However, there's a much more likely scenario and that's that he's feeling remorse. Psychosis can have periods of lucidity where the person realizes what they have been doing and can feel remorse and horror at what they've done." Naruto stated making the others nod, "Which brings up the next point that if he's an extreme religious man, and he's found that he's been killing and drinking blood, then he's going to go seek forgiveness or guidance." Naruto stated and Hall snorted.

"Son, this is the Bible Belt, there's around 30 churches within 10 minutes of here." Sheriff Hall stated making Naruto nod.

"I know, you'll want people on each one, call in extra deputies if you need to, we'll help to take some of the need off, but we need to make sure we find this man before he starts again." Naruto stated and Sheriff Hall nodded.

"All right." Sheriff Hall stated as he clicked his radio, "Bobby, get on the phone with me." Sheriff Hall called as he walked to his car while Naruto and Hotch began talking to Garcia about where the churches were before Naruto and Elle took one to monitor.

"Ten churches in as many blocks. You'd definitely not see that in my neighborhood." Elle stated as Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, many people moved from the east and the west to these smaller towns because there was less stigma and less… competition for lack of a better word and they were happy to welcome more churches of similar faith to boost things and keep other faiths out of their area. It's a bit sad when religions have to be run like a corporation to make impacts nowadays." Naruto stated as Elle nodded while keeping watch.

"You feel like talking yet?" Elle asked as she kept looking as Naruto glanced at her.

"I'm always up for talking, but it mainly depends on the subject involved." Naruto stated as Elle frowned a bit. "Elle, I never asked you about anything you didn't want to discuss, I merely know about it because I can see the signs and read people better than you and the others can. If you ever can do the same to me, then we'll talk, but I'm not going to tell you things that you do not need to know. I would hope you'd extend the same curtesy to me that I give to you in not asking anything too personal." Naruto continued as Elle flinched a bit knowing he had been careful when talking to each of them to not bring up anything too personal that he, correctly, guessed they didn't want the rest of the team to know about.

"I know, but you can't really be surprised by my curiosity can you?" Elle asked and Naruto shook his head.

"No, it's also why I'm not surprised at Garcia's digging into my life to give Gideon and Hotch more info, or Morgan contacting some of his friends in different police or federal areas, or Reid constantly talking with me to get a read on me, or Gideon and Hotch watching me like a hawk to see what I do and why. I'm not surprised by anything you all do to try and get more information on me since none of you can read me like you do a normal unsub because there's honestly not anyone else like me. I will admit you're making progress in becoming a better profiler, but you're still not good enough to read me because you'll never be able to truly understand me until you've gone through something that I never want you to go through." Naruto stated making Elle look away since it was clear he really did know about all of their ways of trying to understand and learn about him.

"I think I've experienced something enough." Elle stated and Naruto sighed.

"You're father dying in the line of duty after you getting upset at him is bad, but it's not even close to what I'm referring to, Elle. Hotch understands me to a certain point because of our shared experiences when younger. Gideon understands me a bit as seeing me as an unsub and getting into my head as best he can, but he's still not able to see the full picture of things. Reid is able to understand a smaller part in that we are both intellectuals and have advanced knowledge about a variety of things that people would never understand unless it was explained to them. Garcia and JJ don't really care about understanding me since they see that you all trust me and so they feel they don't have anything to worry about. Morgan… well, he understands the most due to things in his past, but I respect him and his privacy too much to bring it up with him since those experiences left scars, both on his body, his mind, and his very soul. As for you? You understand the parts that you've seen and when you've talked to me, but you don't truly understand me because you know fully well that there are parts of me that you don't WANT to understand or interact with. Because, to be perfectly frank, those parts and sides of me scare you more than you'd ever dare to admit. And because they scare you, you are in essence scared of me because you know the part that is friendly, makes you laugh, makes you feel safe and secure, the part that you have a small crush on, isn't the full me." Naruto explained and analyzed making Elle blush a bit at the crush part.

"I… I can understand how you got the part of my father dying in the line of duty, but how did you get me being upset with him?" Elle had to ask and Naruto leaned back as his eyes took a different look to them.

"You've got the walk of someone who bears a guilt on her shoulders that she can never remove. The fact that you threw yourself into being the best cop and agent possible tells me other things. It narrowed down the possibilities quite a bit and then it was in your interactions, your way of speaking at different times, the way you look at things at times. Each time a little girl loses their father, you can give pure empathy in that you're not trying to put yourself in their shoes to understand, you don't need to because you've literally been in their shoes. That narrowed it two possibilities: Your father died after going out because you asked him to or he died after you were furious with him and couldn't apologize. Given the fact that it seems rather clear he died in the line of duty, the latter becomes obvious, most likely he got called in on a day that he was supposed to spend with you." Naruto explained as Elle bit her lip. "You should try to stop biting your lip. It's tell you have when you're trying to suppress bad memories or are biting back, literally, a response you want to say but decide not to." Naruto added as he looked out at the church.

Elle sighed as she leaned back, "Am I ever going to be as good as you?" Elle asked since she felt at times that Naruto was either some kind of psychic or able to read minds at times.

"No. Mostly because I had to grow these skills for survival and out of necessity. You are learning these things to help save others and help fill a void in your heart hoping to make your dad proud. Once you realize your dad is proud no matter what you do, you'll start doing this for yourself, to see how much of a difference you can make and how far you can excel in this field, which will then improve your skills further. However, until you're in a situation where learning and knowing every last detail possible about someone who could easily end your life and those of people you care about, you'll never truly be on the highest level that you can be on. And since I have no intention of ever letting you get put into a situation like that, you'll have to settle for growing at a steady pace and learning as much as you can to make connections easier. Why do you think Reid and Gideon watch me so closely whenever we work? They want to learn, they want to see how I can make those connections and essentially put myself in the shoes of the unsub like I actually was the unsub. They can only learn so much by reading and interviewing, sure the cases help get practical, but even then they still aren't getting any real in-depth looks into things except with me." Naruto explained since no one except perhaps another unsub could read like he did.

Elle smiled a bit at him, "So you're saying I should keep my eyes on you then?" Elle asked with a teasing smirk.

"Well, I've been told I'm pleasant on the eyes at least." Naruto stated with a grin causing Elle to snort in amusement and shake her head before she looked up and leaned forward.

"Hey, that look like a 67 Buick to you?" Elle asked as a gold Buick pulled up in front of the church.

"Yeah, it sure does, wait till the driver gets out, less chance they'll drive off before we can get them." Naruto stated making Elle nod as a man got out of the car with a bag and fidgeted as he walked to the statue of Jesus in front of the church.

Naruto clicked on the headlights as they got out, "FBI! Hands up and stay there!" Elle shouted as the man turned around showing he had blood on his face and his hands and he began gasping and trying to form words as he was turned around and stared at the statue as he was handcuffed while Naruto frowned and pulled out a container with blood in it.

"Found him." Naruto stated as Elle nodded and pulled the man over to the car and put him in the back as Naruto called it in and grabbed the bag.

The whole time knowing this was going to be a headache to process since the guy was so far down the rabbit hole that he might as well have been in Wonderland dancing with the Mad Hatter while smoking with the caterpillar.

HOLDING CELL

Naruto stared in silence as the young man before them, one Eddy Mays, convulsed, fidgeted, whimpered, and occasionally screamed at some invisible threat or horror. If it wasn't for the fact Naruto knew better, he'd swear the kid was on a hallucinogenic while also being a tweaker. He could see his eyes roaming different direction seeing horrors, images, and sights that only his mind could see and come up with due to his delusions.

"We're gonna need to get in contact with his family, there's no way we can mirandize let alone even talk to him while he's like this." Morgan stated breaking Naruto from his thoughts.

"Father passed away just last year, mother's still around and influential member of the town, and now with how Eddy is? It's gonna hit her hard." Sheriff Hall stated making Naruto glance at him.

"What's the family like?" Hotch asked as the Sheriff shrugged a bit.

"Father was a doctor, and a good one at that, came from a good family with some influence in Virginia and Mary Mays comes from one of the oldest families still in Tennessee." Sheriff Hall stated and Hotch frowned.

"I'd like to meet her." Hotch stated and Naruto snorted.

"Already did, she was the woman that told us Oley Maynor was with his brother." Naruto stated as Hotch raised his eyebrows.

"Sheriff, ask Mrs. Mays to come down to talk, tell her it's important." Hotch stated making the Sheriff nod as he walked off to make a phone call.

"Morgan, while Mrs. Mays is here, why don't you and Elle take a look at her house? It's likely Eddy was using her home, though whether she fully knew that is up for debate at this point." Naruto suggested as Morgan nodded before he and Elle went to see where the Mays home was.

While they waited, Naruto and Hotch were talking with Garcia over a video chat. "Eddy went to college up in Boston, majored in Comparative Religion, but it looks like his entire college experience was some sort of post-adolescent rebellion. He partied like an '80's clubber. He suffered a delusional break due to amphetamine and rock cocaine consumption." Garcia reported.

"Wow. That IS partying like an '80's clubber." Hotch stated as Garcia nodded.

"His mom was UBER strict and overbearing on him, his roommate described it as she was smothering him and wanted to make sure he was upholding the family name properly." Garcia stated and Naruto quirked an eyebrow at her.

"How overbearing and strict we talking?" Naruto asked and Garcia snorted.

"He had to call her at least five times a day, giving daily reports on how he's doing in school, and she once drove up there to break him up with a girl she didn't like because didn't think she was good enough for him and the family." Garcia stated making the two raise their eyebrows in surprise.

"Okay, so she's a near blood purist in that she wants to ensure only someone upscale even has a chance of joining the family and doesn't want any embarrassment from her son failing out of school or not living up to the family skill. Which also means that she'd do a great deal to protect her image and her family's legacy and image." Naruto stated looking at Hotch, who nodded seeing where he was going with this.

"Sounds like an upper crust bitch." Garcia simplified as Naruto snorted.

"Not that far off. By the way, how's having Gideon?" Naruto asked with a bit of a smirk as Garcia blinked.

"Uh, you can have him back whenever you'd like." Garcia stated making Naruto snort while Hotch laughed before they ended the call and found that Mrs. Mays had arrived.

"Mrs. Mays, this is Agent Hotchner and Mr. Uzumaki, they work with the FBI." Sheriff Hall introduced.

"Yes, I remember, was there something else I could answer for you?" Mrs. Mays asked and Naruto motioned her to the office where she could sit.

"Mrs. Mays, I'm sorry to inform you of this, but your son Eddy is the one who's been committing the recent murders." Naruto stated as Mrs. Mays sat and she looked at him in shock.

"What?! No. No he should still be in Boston." Mrs. Mays stated as she couldn't understand how he could be back, though Naruto saw the undercurrent of knowing he was telling the truth.

"Unfortunately, no. He's here and in our cell right now, we caught him with blood and organs in containers." Hotch stated as Mrs. Mays looked ill.

"Oh God, my baby, I knew he was having some trouble at school, but I was assured it was nothing serious." Mrs. Mays stated while Naruto was seeing something else beyond shock and sadness.

"There's also another problem. We believe Eddy also abducted a little boy, Wally Brisbane." Naruto stated making Mrs. Mays look at him in horror.

"Oh dear God!" Mrs. Mays exclaimed and Naruto saw the lack of true shock in her eyes and face.

"Right now, Eddy is non compos mentis, but if you could sign this consent form, we can make sure he gets the medication he needs and we'd have a chance of getting some answers." Hotch stated as JJ handed her the form.

"Of course, I just pray that child is all right." Mrs. Mays stated as she signed the form and JJ took it to have the Sheriff call a doctor to administer the injection.

Naruto and Hotch nodded to Mrs. Mays before stepping out of the room. "She's hiding something, there was some shock at the mention of Eddy being here and taking Wally, but not enough for her to have only just heard it for the first time." Naruto stated making Hotch frown.

"You don't think she'd let the boy die to protect her image, do you?" Hotch asked and Naruto frowned.

"I don't think so, but she may hide him until she could convince him to never mention Eddy taking him or anything. However, now that we have him in custody and know he took Wally? She's probably trying to find a way to spin it so that she keeps her image and lower the embarrassment and shame she'd feel from her son doing such a thing." Naruto stated as Hotch frown.

"That car she has looks expensive." Hotch stated as he looked at Naruto.

"Then it probably has built in GPS." Naruto stated as Hotch nodded, "We'll need to swipe her keys before she can leave fully." Naruto stated as Hotch nodded knowing they needed an opportunity.

A short while later, with JJ having distracted Mr. Mays for Naruto to grab the keys and let Elle and Morgan look at the car, the doctor came and administered the shot to Eddy. "I've given him the injection, it should be taking effect right now." The doctor stated as she also had a blood vial in hand to test to see if he was on anything else.

"Will he be more lucid?" Hotch asked and the doctor sighed.

"Maybe, but let me be clear: I gave him the injection because he needed the medication, not so you could antagonize him. That boy needs a hospital." She stated and Naruto nodded.

"You're right, doc, but right now there's a seven year old boy out there somewhere and possibly with no food, water, or warmth. So if antagonizing him means there's one less body to bury, then I am going to antagonize him." Naruto stated as the doctor flinched but nodded showing she understood fully.

Entering the cell, Naruto, Hotch, and Reid saw Eddy sitting there chewing on his thumbnail. "Eddy, I'm agent Hotchner, we want to ask you some questions." Hotch stated as Eddy just hummed.

"I went to Boston once, I had a bagel and coffee." Eddy stated as Hotch and Reid blinked.

"That's nice, but we want to talk about Wally Brisbane." Hotch stated as Eddy giggled.

"I know the Brisbanes, they're a nice family, I got a cookie when I was a kid and a plate before I went to Boston." Eddy stated while he looked at the wall as Hotch looked to the other two before Naruto waved him to move.

Naruto then opened a pocket and pulled out a lighter before flicking it on making Eddy pause and look at the flame in interest as Naruto waved it slowly. "Eddy, can you hear me?" Naruto asked and Eddy nodded.

"Yes sir,, I can hear you." Eddy stated in a calm voice as he watched the flame making Hotch and Reid look on in interest.

"That's good. Now, Eddy, where is the angel?" Naruto asked as he kept moving the fire slowly in front of him.

"I brought him to mother, she always said she wanted a little angel of her own. He has such a nice voice, I thought it would make her happy for making a mess in the kitchen. She wasn't happy with my studies, she said it was shameful and would embarrass the family." Eddy stated in a more subdued tone.

"Thank you Eddy, you can go ahead and sleep now, no one's going to be angry with you." Naruto stated as Eddy nodded before he curled up and started to try and sleep as Naruto extinguished the lighter.

Exiting the cell, Naruto looked at the deputy there, "Watch him closely, as he gets more lucid he may become so horror stricken that he'll try suicide." Naruto advised making the deputy nod as Naruto left the holding area before the team came together and talked with Elle and Morgan mentioning her stops on the GPS.

Naruto sighed and finally had enough before he walked to Mrs. Mays with the team sharing a look before following him.

"Yes? Is my son all right?" She asked and Naruto just looked at her.

"Ma'am, I'm going to be frank. Eddy just told us he gave Wally to you, now before you predictably deny it, we found bloody rings on your kitchen floor that you missed when you cleaned up. Your GPS also shows you went to the same area just out of town 5 times in the last 2 hours and we're going to have multiple officers with dogs searching the area and YOU will be arrested for interfering in a police investigation at best and as an accessory after the fact at worst." Naruto stated as Mrs. Mays looked at him in shock, but Naruto wasn't done yet, "Now, it's a forgone conclusion that you're name is gonna get mud all over it from this entire situation, how much mud is gonna depend on if you decide to take us to Wally rather than make us find the kid. Because if you don't, I can promise you that your refusal to help us will result in me talking to EVERY newspaper in the country. I will be Frank and specific in what I mention to the point that you won't be able to go anywhere without someone knowing who you are and the stigma remaining on you and your family for all time. So, what's it going to be ma'am?" Naruto stated as Mrs. Mays stared at him a long moment before sighing and nodding knowing she had no other choice.

BAU

Naruto sighed as he sat at a desk after they returned. Mrs. Mays had shown them where she put Wally, which was mostly because of the threat to ruin her reputation even further than it was going to be as it was. Wally was cold and hungry, but otherwise fine besides getting scared when Eddy grabbed him, thankfully the poor kid hadn't seen his grandmother killed or cracked open. Eddy had grabbed him and shoved him into the trunk before he took Lynette's heart out of her chest.

From what the Sheriff mentioned to them, Eddy's lawyer was happy to take a guilty plea in exchange for him being put in a mental institute, which Naruto agreed with since the kid needed some help and some real help at that rather than what his mother gave him. Speaking of that woman, her lawyer was playing the "grieving widow and loving mother looking out for the last piece of family she had left" card to get sympathy and lesser punishment.

Naruto suspected that with her knowing everyone they could possibly put on the Jury, she wouldn't get that severe a punishment but her reputation would be tarnished and practically ruined from the incident regardless. Especially when word got out that she stuck Wally in a shed rather than returning him to his parents or the police.

Though she did give him water and a heavy blanket to survive the cold til she could go back, the fact she didn't immediately contact police was going to be a major issue.

Looking up, he saw Garcia huffing as she carried a box and got up to help her, "Everything all right?" Naruto asked as he took the box.

"No, Gideon left another three boxes in my office and it smells like soy sauce." Garcia stated in a highly annoyed tone.

"Okay, I'll come get the boxes, go get a fresh piece of your favorite pie or even a whole pie and don't unwrap or open it until you're in your office with the door closed. The pie will cover the room in that smell and I'll get the boxes out." Naruto instructed and Garcia smiled and nodded before she walked off with Naruto heading to Gideon's office with the box. "Delivery." Naruto stated as he dropped the box off and saw Gideon in shoes and the crutches off to the side.

"Thanks, took your advice, and decided to limp." Gideon stated as he had his bucket list out.

"What do you got left?" Naruto asked as Gideon looked.

"Well, after seeing the White Sox win the series and now skydiving, that's 23 and 24. So, I guess I need a new list." Gideon stated and Naruto looked at him.

"Not until you do 25." Naruto stated and Gideon smiled disbelievingly, "You won't know if he'll talk to you until you try." Naruto stated as Gideon looked at him, "I told you, I can read all of you very well, you got the look of a man who's wanting to connect to his future, but can't do so because he thinks he's failed too much." Naruto stated as Gideon gave a frown but nodded all the same. "Gideon, we've both survived horrors that would break lesser men and have brushed against death's embrace quite a few times, we could die on any call in we get, do you really want to face that with a regret staring you in the face? Even if he doesn't want to talk to you, you at least tried to talk and it's more than you've tried so far, you can have some form of closure in that you tried." Naruto advised as Gideon pursed his lips and nodded a bit. "I'll be back with your other three boxes, you may want to send a thank you card or something to Garcia, the tech girl with all the screens, since she kind of gave up her personal space for you to work." Naruto stated as Gideon blinked before nodding since he knew from past experience that he was a bit of a handful when in other people's space.

"Yeah." Gideon stated as Naruto went to get the boxes.

When he came back, he smiled at seeing Gideon on the phone and laughing as he talked with his son. Even if nothing came from the phone call, Gideon would at least have the peace of mind that he got to speak to and hear his son for the first time in years.

Many would kill for that opportunity, and Gideon just had to pick up the phone and stop being afraid.

Naruto set the boxes down outside the door and walked back over to the desks before he helped Reid with the number of files there since Elle had added to that pile from her own. While officially, Naruto couldn't handle the files, he could still advise Reid and the others on some things pertaining to the files, basically getting the lesser threat level ones out of the way for the higher level ones.

Basically, moving isolated incidents out of the way for spree killings, accelerated timeline kills, mass body count occurrences, etc. etc.

While they could help in the isolated incidents, their goal was preserving human life and as such they needed to handle the ones that had viable threats over ones that the threat should be passed. Naruto was skilled at that since he had to hunt that way as well, sure he'd kill any singular threats he came across along the way, but his goal was putting down confirmed threats over ones that possibly could be.

Now he just had to help the team pick up the skill since JJ technically had it since she picked the cases that seemed the most pressing and presented them to Hotch and Gideon to then select for the team.

Elle was already showing signs of improving her skills, he hoped the others were too, though Gideon was hard to tell since he had been at the job for a long time and had seen a lot.

Naruto was also pretty sure that Hotch was interested in how he balanced his love life with his hunting since he no doubt felt the strain on his marriage with Haley at times and wanted to find a way to balance it and keep it from spilling over too much.

For now, though, he had some simpler work to handle.

ELSEWHERE

A desk was covered in various photos of the team as labored breathing was heard in the area. "So, Lord Mordred has slithered into the knights' table. That cannot stand!" A haggard whispery voice stated and was obviously male as it was calm at first before shouting as they tossed a picture of Naruto onto the desk. "He will only impede Sir Percival and the other knights on their quest, but what to do? Mordred is a skilled warrior and it will not be so easy to remove him from the others… but what if he's truly sir Galahad or Bors? If I remove him now, it could dishearten Sir Percival and ruin the quest." The man stated as he sat in thought, "Hmm… I suppose I'll have to observe this young knight to see which one he truly is, but I must also be careful to ensure Morgana's forces don't attempt to remove him before I know who he actually is." The man continued before he turned to look at specific pictures hanging on a nearby wall.

One was of Fugaku Uchiha and the other of the red haired man he had met weeks ago. It showed the two in the office, outside at a café area, and in different places both alone and together.

"Yes, I will need to keep them away, at least until the quest is over or until I know just which knight this Namikaze man is. They could be of use in eliminating him if necessary, and once the quest is finished I have no problems with what they do." He stated to himself before pressing a button on an intercom, "Rebecca, sweetheart, I have to go out for a few hours, but I'll be back soon. Remember, I love you." He stated before releasing the button and stood before leaving, "It's almost time." He said to himself as he walked knowing that soon he would be restored and back to perfect health.

He just had to ensure no outside forces ruined his chances of being healed and restored. If they couldn't be bought, they would be bargained with, if not bargained then they would be removed, one way or another. He had been preparing for the day he'd be healed for quite some time and still had things he needed to finish preparing.

He would not be denied again, he had finally found Sir Percival, he just needed to get the quest prepared for him without outside interference. Every quest had rules after all, and the knights had to follow the rules if they wished to have the grail and finish their quest.

DONE! Hope you all enjoyed the chapter.

Next time: What Fresh Hell? Naruto and the team have to find a kidnapped girl, but they're over a day late to get into the search so they need to hurry if they want to have a chance at finding her alive.

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