Title: Gathering (Conclusion)

Warnings: IMPORTANT - I've decided what to finally do with this one, as in there will be no solid pairings made. There just isn't time for the whole romance factor nor the space, so this will be more friendship fic. However there will and has been some hints to implied pairings and some slight yaoi 'events' cuz they just won't leave me alone so I'll have to put them in…and from personal experience you cant have a bunch of boys w/o some…Although I am where I can just going with the flow so that may change if I can get it to fit, so no worries, okay.

N.B. To Xaiony especially – you will want to focus on this one and remember it (wink wink)…you might get your answer…or not ! Mostly dialogue

Disclaimer: Nuh-Uh no own, do not sue.

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"Talking" 'Thinking' "…"-name of person speaking/thinking.

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"I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims of evil deeds"

by Max von Sydow

Wednesday 18:40 Japan; nearly 24 hours since 'incident'.

Breaths all around quickly expelled as the old man before each of them tiredly began "You had better get comfortable. I'm afraid we shall be here awhile."

The teens had been sitting for the better part of ten 'eternal' minutes for their so called manager to prepare and compose himself as though he was about to deliver a death sentence in front of them, which in all honesty he might as well have been.

"I remember Kenny you mentioning once that you had a way to find a Bit-Beast by reading its signature energy. We have our own system which is mostly only an improvisation of your device alongside your trapped beast (1). Afterwards I would appreciate if you would combine your own findings with ours in the hopes of locating Dragoon and ultimately Tyson."

"But…" – Kenny

"However you wish to look at this, your friend needs to be found…please" his voice alone telling how exhausted this entire situation has made him physically, and mentally.

Admitting to the point Kenny hesitantly agreed.

"Now. Your all here to discover what you can about this recent incident, yes?" a few nods followed "You understand, in reality I should not even be considering releasing this information, some of which I only have because the investigator in charge is an old friend of mine, never mind to a group of minors! Yet I feel compelled to do so, knowing full well you may have the best chance out of everyone…without worrying too much about all the red tape in these situations…if you catch my drift" smiling softly for the first time since he arrived.

"Mr. Dickenson, Sir…there has got be some mistake. That news reporter got her information wrong right?"

"Max if it were that simple he wouldn't have called this meeting!" –Kai

"Other than the obvious; trying to believe that Tyson would kill two people with his grandfather being one of them is hard to imagine, is there anything else that makes this not right?" – Ray

"Well, I suppose that would depend upon ones perspective to current evidence and circumstance." Mr Dickenson stated "Usually suspects are defined by three things: Means, Motive and Opportunity. Apart from his motive the other two are plausible in accordance to what we know."

"And just what do 'we' know?" – Kai

"Quite a number of things, most in agreement to the media's reports I'm afraid. There is a witness who came after the fact, a Mr Zanker whose been publicly mentioned I believe. His statement shows that he did not see a face only a departing back but his description does, as far as we can tell, match Tyson's; 'Deep blue tied back hair (apparently the moon provided enough light), not white but not brown skin, about five feet eight and smallish build, probably a teenager, definitely not an adult, blue stained trousers, dark shoes, yellow shirt and bright red short jacket – all with what looked like wet patches.' A direct quote from Mr Zanker's file and I cannot deny the resemblance."

"Yeah maybe so but that doesn't mean…" – Kenny

"Please let me explain the full position first and ask that you reserve all judgment until after I have finished. I will try and answer all your questions and go through the truthfulness of this 'news report' in order. Two people are dead; one you know is Tyson's grandfather and the other a man identified through personal documents as Ivan Klimovicz. So far his name is the one of the only things known about him other than what can be seen or guessed. Klimovicz does not appear to be Japanese due to his appearance and name, however that does not mean he isn't. He could be like yourself Max or he may simply live and work here, his visas and passports have already been checked and have correctly determined that he did not come over here for business or vacation purposes as of late. He has an older sister, currently in Germany who the police are hoping can answer some questions on his address, workplace and friends which are currently unknowns. "

"The report mentioned that he was a friend or student of the Kinomiya's" – Kai

"That is only a guess. With no evidence to say otherwise it is the only thing to explain why Klimovicz was there. He may have been in the house for several hours or only minutes…no one in the area can so far remember a man of his description entering the residence at any time yesterday, though that could simply mean no one was around to see him enter."

"This happened at night right; there wouldn't be any salesmen or anything at that time right?" – Max

"Mr. Zanker called emergency at 7:55pm. According to his statement he heard a loud crash, followed by a shout and what sounded like a door or screen being banged open, he ventured inside to see what the noise was about and heard someone running, saw movement to his right and moved to look. He saw a figure scramble over the back wall and away. Give or take then five or ten minutes to see this, get inside and make the call…estimation for these attacks is about 7:45pm. It is unlikely for a salesperson or any advertisement to be wandering around at that time and no briefcase, bag, or business card was present to suggest so. His clothes were casual, almost non-descriptive and he had no work cards, tools or suits to suggest he was an electrician or plumber or anything of that calibre. Given this then the plausible explanation would be friend or pupil until we know more. My personal opinion I find it slightly odd perhaps that Klimovicz was without a mobile, given this day and age most people do tend to own one especially the younger generation and Klimovicz is noted as being 33. Recent pathologist's reports have an estimation of time of death at between 7:15 – 7:45pm for Mr. Klimovicz and Grandpa between 7:15 – 8:10pm but who definitely died second."

"Second? How can they tell that?" – Max

"The timing is rather precise due to the way in which each was killed. Klimovicz' can be easily guessed to an half hour interval and signs clearly show that he has been dead longer than Mr. Kinomiya, which would put the latter to similar windows of time but before emergency services arrived at 8:10pm."

"So how did they…? I mean what is instructive about how they died?" – Kenny

"Mr. Kinomiya died of blood loss; he was stabbed just below his heart in the inferior vena cava vein. Being a major source of blood from the lower body to the heart the timing would have taken a little while though not long. Mr. Klimovicz died instantly from decapitation."

"WHAT!" everyone in the room could not help but half shout / half gasp in shock. Decapitation was something out of the Dark Ages.

"Now you begin to understand some of the seriousness of our situation. Authorities, media, the general public would consider such an act inhumane; savage and cruel which is probably why such information is not being released yet. Never mind that the boy is being accused of murdering his own blood, without 'suitable' motive but he is also accused of committing a heinous deed, again seemingly without reason."

"But we don't know that for sure!" – Ray

Hand up gesturing quiet BBA's Head continues "Please. There is more. While forensics have not finished, in deed they have barely begun, what they have so far is not very helpful to us except to point a definite finger at in his direction. For one there are two sets of adult shoes by the door, Tyson's pair is missing. Second the labs have found small yet distinguishable strips of material that match the yellow and red within your friend's wardrobe. Third…there was one clump of hair matching strands from a hairbrush found in his room, too much to have naturally fallen out at once, within the room – more precisely over a section of Grandpa's body – and outside in the corridor. Fourth…his cap that I personally have never seen him without was upside down, on the floor between the two bodies as though it had fallen off his head during a scuffle or him in a rush…"

"Wait a minute! You sound like you're trying to convince us rather than keeping neutral stand point!" – Tala

"I apologise if it appears that way but I am merely giving you the facts as they are and the few interpretations made so far. Fifth…straightforward…he is missing, this is all over the news, he must be aware of accusations against him and the only way that can be interpreted is by stating he is willingly running away..."

Neutrally nodding Kai finishes his sentence with "…which points even more to the guilty option."

"Other evidence, though it is uncertain how it ties in just yet, is scratch marks in the hallway were found both on wall and floor possibly made from a blade though a wooden kendo stick is not impossible. They are few and far between which could signify that the fight or whatever spilled out of the living room at some point. Forensics also found a reasonable impact area upon the grass just to the side of the house, about where the walkway connects house to dojo, they say it looks as though something large fell upon that area."

"Any idea what?" – Ray

"No. A footprint smudge nearby indicates it could have been a person though. Within the room itself both victims lay just within the room their bodies almost in parallel with the side walls; vertically aligned then with the door and opposing wall instead of horizontally parallel…Sorry I did try to get an overhead set up but I'm afraid I ran out of time…Klimovicz' head however lay on its right cheek near the mans feet facing the entryway. The large bruise, after the fact, suggests his head landed from a fair distance to the floor, suggesting that he was standing at the time of beheading. Grandpa's kendo sword lied still within his left grasp, close to the wall near the top end of the room. Markings upon the sword coincide with marks expected upon a wooden sword when used against a metal one. There was also blood which is still being analysed, as is the blood found upon the metal katana, floor, clothes and outside wall from which Tyson is believed to have scrambled over. The katana was found lied in an almost diagonal position upon the floor and left area of Klimovicz' body; its hilt upon the floor between the victims and its blade half off half on the man's arm where it had been dropped or possibly thrown."

"What about fingerprints?" – Tala.

"Naturally there are going to be a number of Tyson and his grandfather's prints all through the house. Matching ones on the katana with others in the house, Tyson's prints are indeed on the hilt, but there appears to be two other sets that are less clear upon the katana also. Forensics are deeming them likely to be Klimovicz' and Mr. Kinomiya's prints. "

"Huh!" – Max.

"He could have grappled for the weapon Maxie" – Ray.

"Ray, your starting to sound…" – Max.

"It's a plausible possibility. Anyone would say so." – Kenny.

"…there were a number on his kendo sword all of which as guessed belonged to Mr. Kinomiya, though that is being checked, but aside from the impact area outside the house and the back wall no other areas have been affected. Naturally, I am told, there will be all four individuals' prints upon front/side doors and wall. Police are currently checking where katana may have been bought, do you remember seeing one like this (shows picture from case) in his place before?"

Each took a long look and denied ever seeing it before then.

"I had not either. It must have been bought, borrowed or stolen from somewhere and police will check that soon."

"Who's to say the katana is even Tyson's?" – Ray

"At the moment there is nothing to suggest who else it may belong to, other than his grandfather, which would concur with the prints notion but would still keep weapon in easy reach. If it did belong to him it must have been in storage for none of us to have known about it…I want to check with everyone that has set foot inside just to make sure…There are still a lot of unanswered questions and small details that have not got a place in the whole yet, but it has been just twenty four hours, there is still time to formulate."

"So basically it doesn't look good…?" – Kenny.

"No…and unless something significant comes to light there will be no change in that. I have always believed there are two sides to every story and without hearing Tyson's side we are not going to get very many answers. Even with modern breakthrough in forensic science, interpretations will only wield so much without adjoining data, which is why it is imperative that we find him so we can ask…or rather you can ask him. As things currently stand and the more interest this event picks up the quicker the courts will want to wrap this up. Many I know are already seeing this as a 'cut and dry' case. It might be better if someone not hindered by national duties or in a limelight where improper behaviour is looked down upon were able to discover more on this case before passing it on."

"I get it. The BBA can't be seen to get too involved." – Kai

"Unfortunately yes. There is only so much we can do, the board will only allow so much and I want to stay close to this but if I were to push my luck as it were, higher officials may see us as a problem and remove any chance of helping our youngster out. You on the other hand are less conspicuous and while you'll have to be careful you will still be able to move a lot freer than most. If your willing, find out what you can in general and find Tyson, getting from him as much as you can before passing him over, I'm afraid letting him run free is notanoption, is that clear?"

"Crystal." – Kai

"Good. While I am asking you to bend a few laws I do not want you to break them. If you're caught it could put you in a lot of trouble that I most certainly will not be able to get you out of."

"We understand, sir." – Ray.

Finally dismissing the teens to rest, eat or whatever they wished, the completely exhausted senior member gathered what little composure he had over from the too long day and the prospect of days to come forced an early retirement home.

(1)Taken from second season, I can't actually remember what they said but it was something like that…I think.

I know I know this took forever to do. But please bear in mind it was a very complicated chapter. I did write it initially while on holiday then came back checked my notes and discovered I had done it all wrong (pouts)! I think I've re-written this three times now from rechecking it. It has to fit you see or it will screw the rest of this fics logic up and screw the so-called mystery WAY out of proportion!

I also realise that not every angle has been addressed here (I've watched my fair share of crime shows/books) but there are reasons for this! However if anything does seem too fargone let me know, yeah

Again I apologise (permission to throw marshmallow rocks given :P) and (my few readers are NOT going to like this but….I am in 3rd year university with a large dissertation on the way sooo don't expect regular updates- Be thankful I am not putting this on hiatus! I'm sorry x1000

Review please and I'll see about getting the next chappie out quicker -

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