 Meanwhile, Fasiapule had returned from Fiji, and hearing that Tuitātui was in Eua, he, and a Fijian friend, embarked in their canoe there.They were attracted by a strange light, which on arrival turned out to be the funeral torches of the dead king.Fasiapule killed his Fijian friend, substituted him on the place of Tuitātui and smuggled the body of the latter away from Eua.