A/N: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF YU GI OH 5DS OR THE VANISHING OF ETHAN CARTER! ALL RIGHTS GO TO KONAMI AND THE ASTRONAUTS!

Chapter 8: In-Fighting

When they reached the top, they found it to be a church. There was a graveyard in front of it. Behind it appeared to be entrances to tombs of some kind. They walked towards the graveyard when they noticed some blood.

"Is that… blood?" Akiza wondered.

"There's signs of struggle here. And there are more than one set of footprints. Added, there's no blood trail," Paul listed off. "Was the victim killed or just wounded?"

"Another murder case we'll have to solve then," Jack commented. "I wonder what this one will be like after the last."

"I'm not really sure I want to know," Luna commented a bit worried.

"Let's just look around for some more clues," Paul suggested. They nodded and all went in separate directions.

Almost immediately as Akiza went next to a grave, she called, "Hey, look at this." Paul walked over, being the only one able to hear. She pulled out a crow statue and it had blood on it. "Could this be a murder weapon?"

"Possibly," Paul answered taking it. "Let's see what else we can find here." She nodded and continued to look.

Akiza and Paul walked into the church and searched around a bit. She went to head to the back of the church while Paul went to the right hallway. He stopped and found an old lantern. He took it with him as Akiza and him exited the building.

"Find anything?" she asked.

"Just a broken lantern," Paul answered showing. "But it may be needed as evidence."

"Hey, Paul! Over here!" Jack called and everyone ran over to find him at an opened tomb entrance area. On the wall appeared to be a sigil of some kind. "What is this?"

"It's called multiple things: Behenian Star, Gienah Corvi, Wing of the Crow," Paul explained. "There is the crow's foot, the Nero cross, witch's foot, broken cross. It's also a death rune. It was said to symbolize for the sacrifice to Klepoth."

"Sacrifice to Klepoth?" Akiza repeated.

"Possibly another part of this cult Yusei's adoptive family was in," Paul stated. He turned to the wheelbarrow. "There's mortar, a trowel, a pile of bricks… But it wasn't completed. Was the work interrupted? Dropped?" They turned to the tomb. "We need to go in there."

"Into a tomb?" Luna asked worriedly.

"You two can stay out here if you want," Paul stated. "But I have a feeling the body of the one whose blood we found over there is in here."

"I'll protect you, Luna. So don't worry," Leo told her. She nodded slowly. He then told the others. "We're going."

"Alright, stay close," Paul told them. They nodded and slowly walked down the steps.

They entered a near pitch black room. He turned and noticed two handles, one with a crow statue on it, the other had nothing. Paul pulled out the crow Akiza had found and set it in place. He pulled a lever and the two crows slammed their beaks together and sent sparks. The liquid underneath it was obvious gasoline or something as it ignited and went down to the other side of the room, lighting the place up. In the center of the room we two tables, one had a man laying on it with the sigil before on the wall. There was also something sticking out of the man's chest.

They walked over to the body and Paul took out the thing in the man's chest. It was like a small dagger with a tiny crow as its handle.

"Who is this guy?" Leo asked.

"Chad, by what I researched and that picture we saw in the house," Paul answered. He looked over the body. "That's weird."

"What?" Crow asked.

"The chest wound… there's no blood," Paul stated.

"Meaning?" Jack pressed.

"Meaning this chest wound was postmortem," Paul answered.

"So it happened after he died?" Akiza asked.

Paul nodded. "Exactly. There's a facial cut, but it's shallow and shows minimal bleeding. And there are blood streaks, indicating a possible back wound. The question, though: Single or multiple attackers?" He used his sense, but it didn't get too large. "We need more evidence."

"We found something behind the church before Jack called us over," Luna stated. "We were about to call, too, when Jack called."

"Show the way, you two," Paul told them.

They followed them to the back of the church. They showed them to a rock that had burnt matches and an oil can. But the oil was spilled and there was a round stain.

"Hey, what about that oil lamp you found in the church?" Akiza asked Paul.

"Exactly what I was thinking," Paul replied. He sent the lamp in place. They took another lap around the area to check for anything.

Crow noticed something, though. "Huh?" he muttered and they all looked where he was looking.

They went over to find a bucket filled with and surrounded by blood and several dead crows lying around the small area. There was also a brush lying to the side.

"Hmm…" Paul thought. "A brush, bucket, crow carcasses… I say we found what was used for the sigils. And the crows were killed and cut open with something. A dagger? Knife? Scalpel?" He pulled out the dagger from before. He put it in the stump just behind the bucket and crow corpses.

"I think that's all we can find on the matter," Akiza stated. "We've looked everywhere else."

"Yes, I am inclined to agree," Paul responded. "Let's go check on Dead Chad."

They walked back to Chad's corpse and Paul used his abilities again. This time, it worked completely and they were back in the realm they were once in. The lights came out of the chest and raced outside, they were quick to follow.

The first one appeared just in front of them. It showed Chad holding his face with Dale in the background seeming shocked and Missy holding a lantern seeming a bit annoyed.

The next one was just a couple feet beyond that one. Chad was farther back, on his knees and holding his face. Missy was looking at him in concern while Dale was in the background still, seeming sad or in defeat.

They went up to the two that went further behind the church. There was one nearest to the church and one more towards the woods. The third one they went to was nearest to the church and showed Dale and Missy talking to each other. It seemed like they were arguing.

The onlookers then went to the one just a few feet from that one. It showed Missy seeming to go somewhere while Travis was seeming to try to talk to her.

"There was another at the graveyard, right?" Luna asked.

"Yes," Paul answered and they ran over there.

It was at the bloodstain where it seemed Chad was strangling Dale and Missy was about to stab him with the dagger. The question marks then appeared over each event, meaning it was time to piece them together.

"I think the one where Dale and Missy were talking is first," Jack commented.

"Yes, I would agree," Paul answered. "However, I am certain the one with Travis is last, seeing as all the other events do not include him." They nodded. He went over and made the decided event number one.

They then went to the events that were obviously closely linked. Paul looked it over. He then, without a word, put the one closest to the crypt as two and the one right behind that as three.

"And since the one with Travis is five and the final one, the one with Chad strangling is four, right?" Crow asked.

"I would venture to guess so," Paul agreed and set the last two in place.

With all of them in the order chosen, they moved to stand in a place where they could see and hear each event clearly. With that, Paul initiated the play through.

It started with Dale and Missy, Dale saying, "Our boy. Chad's putting our boy in that crypt."

"And bricking him up. Giving him to the sleeper. Forever," Missy added. She then turned and walked away. Dale slowly followed, seeming distressed.

It then went to the first event at the crypt where Dale said, "You know he's harmless. You know this is wrong."

Missy and Chad ignored the husband and continued with Missy saying, "Chad, finish those bricks before he wakes up."

Young Yusei then appeared climbing up from inside the crypt. He hit Chad in the face with the stone crow hard enough to make him cry out and stumble back.

It switched to the next event where Missy ordered, "Chad, let me see it."

Chad pushed her away. "Get the hell away from me. This is Dale's fault." He began to seem dangerous. "He should have been helping."

"Dale's weak. He always has been," Missy responded.

"You're right," Chad agreed. He turned to look threateningly at Dale who began to back up. "He is weak."

It then switched to the scene at the blood stain. Chad was on top of Dale, strangling him, and Missy calling in fear as she held the dagger in his hand, "Chad, get off of him! He's your brother!" She then stabbed him in the back of the neck, yelling, "Get off of him!" She let go of the dagger as Chad fell off of Dale, gasping in pain. "Oh my god…"

They turned as they saw Yusei sneaking away from the crypt.

It then switched to Travis and Missy, Travis asking, "The hell's going on? Where's Yusei?"

"The one who sleeps must not sleep," Missy replied. "Your uncle Chad is dead." Crows shouted out as they flew off. "Crows…" She then stated angrily, "Yusei…"

The lights then went back to Chad's body with the others following. The group watching this saw the final light appear from the body and landed right next to the tables. Dale was there holding the dagger.

"It's not right. Yusei's our boy," Dale commented to himself.

Suddenly, Yusei appeared and told his adoptive father, "Dale, I need to get into the mine."

"The mine? My key. I don't have it," Dale responded.

"I guess I'll use the tunnel near the gate," Yusei decided. "Just… Just keep Missy away from me, alright? She's sick. You're all sick." The scene then finished and the world returned to normal.

"Looks like we're heading to the mine next," Crow stated.

"Yep," Akiza agreed.

"But man was that adoptive family of Yusei's sick to the core," Jack commented. "Just because of some belief they had, they're trying to kill Yusei? That's wrong on all levels."

"Wrong in our eyes, perhaps," Paul responded. "But in the eyes of those who believed in that cult with all their hearts, they most likely saw it as the only option they had."

"I guess that's true," Luna agreed while the others nodded.

"For now, we need to get to the mine," Akiza stated. They nodded and left for the new destination.