Disclaimer: I hate to admit it, but I don't own Naruto. And if I did, I wouldn't tell you anyways, or you'll hunt me down.
A/N: HERE IT IS!! DON'T HUNT ME DOWN OR ELSE I'LL CURSE YOU GUYS FOR LIFE!!! You kill me, I will haunt you! Thanks to the reviewers for reviewing my story. Thanks to my beta reader, Takeshi-Chan! Anyways, ENJOY!
Kakashi, Gai, and Iruka: This is what we should do... (Whisper to each other)
Takeshi: Oy, Oy! Let me in the conversation!!
Iruka: Should we tell her?
Gai: (nods)
Kakashi: (Whispers to Takeshi)
Takeshi: Yes, lets!
Everyone: (Glares at Saki evilly)
Saki: (Sweat drop) Nani?
"Could it be...that doll did this...?" Lee said slowly.
"Or it could be someone else..." Sasuke said.
There was a loud crash. Everyone turned around and heard howling...
Chapter 3 – Follow the footprints
"What was that?!" Sakura shouted.
"I don't know, but we have to check it out NOW!" Asuma threw his cigarette on the floor and stepped on it.
Everybody concurred.
--Lobby--
"Look Sensei! The door window is broken; it looks like someone threw a rock." Lee pointed to the window.
Everyone looked at the direction Lee pointed at.
"I see..." Kurenai bended her knees and examined the glass.
"What's wrong, Kurenai-Sensei?" Shikamaru asked.
"A person must have wrapped its hand in some kind of cloth and broke the window. Afterwards, that person opened the door with the handle..." Kurenai explained as she picked up a glass.
"That mean that person is..." Chouji started looking around, panicked.
"Is...Already here." Shino finished the sentence.
They heard a crack and howling. Everyone turned around and saw a shadow of a human...they still couldn't make out who that person was...
Everyone took out kunais and shurikens...
"Who's there?! Show yourself!" Neji yelled.
The person suddenly stopped.
"Damn you! If you won't come out, then I'll make you!" Naruto shouted and threw shurikens.
The person dodged it perfectly, quickly ran past through everyone.
It felt like a gust of wind past them...
"It...it...felt...like a ghost!!!" Ino shivered.
"Where did that guy go?" Naruto wondered.
"N-na-naruto-kun!! Behind you!!" Hinata pointed behind Naruto and covered her eyes.
A hand tapped Naruto's shoulder as a hissing sound whispered in Naruto's ear.
"AHHHHHH!!! Please don't eat me! I don't taste so good! If you want something good, eat Sasuke instead of me! He's tastes better than me!" Naruto screamed out and waved his arms in the air.
"HEY!" Sasuke shouted.
"Who said that I was going to eat you?"
"Huh? That voice sounds familiar." Naruto stopped.
Ino, Tenten, Hinata, and Sakura giggled.
Naruto turned around to see whom the voice belonged to and in front of him stood...
"Anko! Don't scare us like that!" Kurenai sighed in relief.
Anko gave them a peace sign with a smiling grin.
"It's you...thank god...you're not a monster..." Naruto mumbled.
"Naruto, you're such a scary cat." Kiba laughed uncontrollably.
"He's annoying as usual huh?" Shikamaru whispered.
Chouji agreed. "Yeah."
"What are you doing here?" Asuma asked.
"Oh, I just came to check on you guys since Hokage-sama was worried. So, she told me to come here." Anko answered.
"Do you have to go and scare us like that?! I thought you were a person who came to kill us!" Naruto yelled.
"Hahahaha! Gomen! I didn't mean to scare you guys. Anyways, where are Iruka, Gai and Kakashi?"
Everyone was quiet.
"What's wrong? Something happen to them?" Anko looked at everyone's serious faces.
Kurenai nodded slowly.
Asuma sighed and said, "This is what happened to them..."
Asuma told everything that has happened since they arrived here. Anko was in completely shock.
"I can't believe it...it can't be true..." Anko stuttered as she tried to find the right words.
"What are we going to do now, Asuma-Sensei?" Tenten asked.
"There's nothing we can do now. We have to make a plan before someone else gets hurt." Asuma recommended.
"Yeah, I agree." Anko crossed her arms.
"Let's just forget about that for now, anyways, I'm thirsty. I'm sure you guys are thirsty too, right?" Kurenai asked.
Everyone nodded.
"Then, I'll get the water." Anko volunteered.
"No, no, no need to. I'll get it. You just arrived here and still don't know this place well. I suggest you stay with the kids and watch them."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, hurry back."
"I will. Just wait for me at the classroom."
"Hai..."
--At the Well--
Kurenai pulled the bucket out from the well.
"Whew! Now I got enough water for everyone, I've better go back now."
An object fell from the ceiling and landed in Kurenai's hands. She caught it and looked at the object.
"Huh? A doll fell from the ceiling? How did it g-"
--Back to the classroom--
"Hey you guys, don't you think Kurenai-Sensei is taking forever to come back?" Lee asked.
"Yeah, you're right..." Ino said worriedly.
"You don't think something seriously happened to her?" Neji asked.
"Don't be silly! Kurenai-Sensei is a strong person and nothing can catch her off guard that easily." Kiba said.
"Kiba is right. I'm sure Kurenai-Sensei is alright." Hinata said shyly.
"Haha! You expect me to believe that? Guys are stronger than girls. All girls are little weaklings!" Naruto laughed.
"What do you mean by that?! Do you want to repeat that again?!" Ino, Tenten and Sakura started punching their palms and glared at Naruto.
"Uh...Hey, I was just kidding..."
"You better be or else we're gonna kick your ass!"
"Hai..." Naruto surrendered quietly.
"Moron..." Sasuke tilted his chair back.
Unexpectedly, a loud scream could be heard repetitive outside.
"It sounded like a woman!!" Naruto slammed his hands on the desk.
"Could it be...?" Sakura covered her mouth with her hands.
"Kurenai-Sensei?!" Everyone ran towards the door in a rush.
--Outside--
"Kurenai, Are you here!?" Anko ran around calling her name.
There was still no response.
"Could it be that...she got killed...?" Ino said terrifyingly.
"N-no...it can't be..." Hinata panicked.
"Sensei, look! There's a footprint!" Naruto pointed at the grass.
"And also there's blood." Sasuke examined the footprint.
"Let's follow these bloody prints." Asuma said in a serious tone.
"Nani!?" Everyone screamed.
"Why? We could get ourselves killed! I don't want to die!" Chouji said selfishly.
"STOP SAYING THAT! We're still here! You guys worry too much, let's just go and that's final." Asuma shouted furiously.
Everyone got scared at Asuma's angry tone and quickly consented.
--Footprints lead to the Well--
It took quite awhile to reach the destination that the footprints led to. It abruptly stopped at the well.
"Why is that stopped here?" Sakura searched for more footprints.
"I don't know..." Tenten said.
"You guys, look... a sign..." Shino pointed at a tree with blood stains.
Everybody looked at the trees...someone used blood to write on it and it could clearly be read...it said, "PULL"
"Pull what?" Shikamaru wondered.
"I think it wants us to pull the rope that is connected to the bucket in the well." Anko said theoretically.
"Let's pull it guys!" Naruto yelled.
Everyone started pulling the rope. After a long while of silence, the bucket seemed to be getting heavier each minute...
"Why is it getting heavier each minute?" Ino struggled to hold on to the rope.
"Just kept on pulling..." Kiba grunted.
They kept on, pulling, pulling until finally the bucket came into view...
Everyone kept on pulling..."something" caught their eyes and stunned them... that "something" was...Kurenai! Her face was purplish-bluish color. A knife was stabbed at the back of her head and her blood filled the well.
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!! Kurenai-Sensei!" Hinata cried out as tears poured down her face. Her knees became weak as she gradually fell to the floor.
"Im-Impossible!!!!" Naruto examined the corpse; his mouth opened a little, taken aback at the sight in front of him.
Everyone let go of the rope and the body fell back down into the well.
"It can't be...she's also got... killed!" Kiba yelled with tears noticeable at the edge of his eyes.
"Asuma, you don't think that this doll has to do with this..." Anko bit her lip.
"I-I don't know." Asuma looked back down in the well.
"It has to be! Every time we see someone carrying that doll, someone dies!" Lee shouted angrily as the flashback of how his glorious sensei died occurred in his mind.
"Calm down everyone, let's go back to classroom before something happens to us." Anko instructed as she clenched her fist firmly, blood streamed down her fingers.
"Nani?! Why can't we just leave this place?!" Naruto shouted.
"Yeah, that's right! Let's just leave this place and called the ANBU to find that killer!" Sakura yelled.
"We can't. This is our mission to stay this one night and we're going to."
"All right, let's go now..."
--Back to the classroom--
Everyone sat on the floor quietly.
"All right kids, I'm gonna guard this place so you guys can get some sleep." Asuma reassured them.
"And I'll be here awake, watching over you guys okay?" Anko sat down on the table with her legs crossed.
Everybody gulped, but soon agreed.
Everyone slept while Asuma guarded.
TBC
Enjoying it so far? You better be or else, I'll kill you guys! Please RR!
Saki: Hmmm...Now where did I put that stupid thingy? (Looking at the drawer)
Takeshi: (Appears behind Saki with a knife) AHHHHH!!!!
Saki: Huh? (Quickly turns around)
Takeshi: (Stab, stab, stab) DIE, DIE, DIE! (Red stains cover the floor)
Gai, Iruka, Kakashi, and Kurenai: Yay! She's dead! Now, this story won't continue!! (Cheers)
Takeshi: (Licks the knife) ...WHAT THE HELL!? This tastes like Ketchup!!
Gai, Iruka, Kakashi, and Kurenai: NANI?! And...We thought this would finally be the end...
Saki: What the hell do you think you're doing?! I was gonna to eat that with French fries! Now, I can't eat. Since you ruined my meal, I am beyond angry!!! Just for that, I will draw a ticket from the box!! WHO WILL DIE!? (Quickly takes out a paper, and reads it carefully) (Takeshi reads the paper behind Saki)
Takeshi: Ohhh hehe... (Starts digging)
Saki: Hehehe!!! (Laughs evilly)
Gai, Iruka, Kakashi, and Kurenai: (reads it and stares at that person)
Takeshi: (Start writing the name on the tombstone) All done!
Saki: Well done! This grave belongs to...I shouldn't tell you yet! Hehe...