Shizuka Uchiha was a little frightened. Never mind her-even Itachi Uchiha, who had seen all sorts of strange things, was struggling to stay calm. The fellow before them was simply too uncanny.
Shizuka Uchiha asked timidly, "Are... are you a human or a ghost?"
Her question gave Itachi Uchiha quite a fright. He hurriedly pulled her behind him and activated his Sharingan, then looked at the monster before them. "I'm sorry. My friend didn't mean any offense."
To Itachi Uchiha's surprise, the man of blood burst out laughing. "It's all right, it's all right. Sometimes I wonder whether I'm a human or a ghost myself. Looking like this, I can hardly count as human anymore, can I? Ah..." He let out a deep sigh, his voice filled with helplessness and pain.
Itachi Uchiha asked curiously, "You seem troubled. Did something happen? And how did you end up like this? Oh, right, I haven't asked your name yet. Hello, I'm Itachi Uchiha, and this is my, um, fiancée, Shizuka Uchiha."
When Shizuka Uchiha heard Itachi Uchiha call her his fiancée, she grew shy, warmth filling her heart. Even the man of blood before them seemed rather more endearing.
The man of blood looked at Itachi Uchiha and smiled. "Heh, I wouldn't have guessed it. You look so cold, boy, but you have quite a warm heart. All right, there's no harm in telling you. I'm a god-the god of this endless Demon Domain."
Hearing the man of blood call himself a god startled both Shizuka Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha. They had never seen a god like this, brimming with malice and lacking even a trace of the aura a god should possess. Instead, he exuded dense demonic energy. He was nothing like the god Itachi Uchiha had met. Although Thanatos was