Tke: So as most know, this was written out way before, but I've been re-typing it for cleaner versions, and it's now posted so yeah, finally finished the written version. After this chapter, I'm going along as I go.

Sora: What took so long?

Tke: Reading a line, then typing it, then re-reading it to make it work doesn't appeal to me too much.

Sora: What made you come back?

Tke: I saw American Gangster. THAT MOVIE IS AWSOME! XDDD The deaths were beautiful! I loved the very opening, you could SEE the guy burning, it was so awesome. I'm not going to reveal anything, not unless you've seen it and can prove it to me so I don't ruin the movie. But I must say I like watching him have breakfast with his family at the one diner he frequents. That was awesome.

Sora: … You're saying 'awesome' a lot.

Tke: … So I am…

Sora: … Tke doesn't own ANYTHING, NOTHING AT ALL!

Tke: THIS STORY (not including review replies or authoress notes) IS TEN PAGES (I count when I write) OF INFORMATION, HAVE FUN!

Sora: Ten pages…

Tke: awesome.

Sora: groan

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REVIEW REPLIES:

Draco's Worst Nightmare: Doesn't it seem like they're all grown up? XD I think that's a plus.

Namida Kuran: The idea came to me DURING a yaoi episode of LaO, and this BIG EPISODE of CSI, that was focused around gays, so yeah, that's the truth.

Tohruismyoneechan: I'm actually always thinking of this fic, because I'm such an addict to these types of plots I think about them constantly.

Shadowtailmon: For once Riku isn't getting LAID! LOL!

Bexmar: Ah, well, actually, I've grown up from this type of thing. When I was younger, I did live with an abusive father until he divorced my mom, but I watch LaO and CSI to remind me that people can get caught often. I guess that's why I was a defense lawyer in my Mock Trail class too, LOL. Ah, Roxas fangirl, ne? My best friend, Kiraracutie (who is on too) is also one. You'd get along with her then. Sora's MY obsession. TT I wish I had an older sibling, I was an only child most of my life, but my mom had a kid recently. He's a year and almost a half, and I'm 18. Yeah. Odd. But true.

Aindel S. Druida: Yeah, most of the time I catch a few, but I've NEVER been one to let 'em slide. They really bug me at times, so I don't feel comfortable with a fic until I fixed 'em. But yeah, that was really the only character death of it, so you don't have to worry too much.

Saber Kon: Ah, I'll be working at the Sees Candy for holidays; they really liked my resume apparently. I've never seen The Ring or The Grudge, weird I know, but I haven't. But yeah, Ashley, useless. Can't she pick up a gun or be USEFUL? Whatever, screw Ashley, I hate the Brittany-Spears wannabe (especially if you've seen her unlockable 'pop-star' outfit).

Launch Shinra: … blush… I truly think I'm a horrible writer, seriously. I never expect any more than TWO reviews when I write, but whatever… I love writing stories; a new one should be coming out soon too. It's one I've been promising Kiraracutie. Well, Kairi didn't really know of their life, they hid it from her. But once she finds out about it, she'll get more badass. I mean, really, to me she will, because I think Kairi's decent and she doesn't HAVE to get in the middle of a yaoi couple.

Taiky: Yes, yes it came soon. LOL, rather soon.

Kiraracutie: D: woman WHY WON'T YOU TELL MEEEEEEEEEEE! STOP BEING MEAN!

Greg: LOL, I'll put Greg until you get your account (which I will force you to get, stop being emo) Like I said, new stuff, new evidence, things you weren't expecting. Have fun with that.

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Deathly Sources Chapter 2:

Bodies Of Evidence

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"Alright, the parents died of blood loss." Xaldin answered, pointing to the marks on the parents skin, "They were stabbed, not stabbed to death." He had the two lean closer to the marks, "The weapon was sharp, probably a large cutting knife."

"But isn't the knife we found earlier—…" Axel started.

Xaldin shook his head, picking up the knife from his side table next to him. He took it and stabbed it into the body; Riku and Axel twitching and taking a step back to avoid the body bits flying their way. Xaldin slid the knife downwards slightly, cutting along the elder man's body before pulling the knife out harshly, pieces of human and specs of blood attaching to their lab clothes. "Look at the difference."

The two stepped closer, comparing it to the side marks. The original marks were long, sharp, and wide, the edges slim. The new marks made with the small knife were short, dull, narrow, and had crocked edges. Obviously, they weren't the same.

Axel looked up at Xaldin, "Are you SURE they couldn't be made into the same marks?"

Xaldin's eyes flashed, he raised the knife and spat towards Axel, "Want me to test it on you?"

Riku sweatdropped, "Err… what about the two younger boys? What can you tell us about them?"

Leading them to the blond boy's body, Xaldin abandoned the knife and removed the cover from the body, "I've put his head back on."

Axel secretly whistled, saying something only Riku heard, "Damn, he's a looker."

Riku stepped on his partner's toes, ignoring Axel's yelp, "What killed him?"

"Several stab wounds to the chest area." The man replied, lifting the body over slightly to show a savage mark on the body's back, "A mark in the back." He softly set the blond's body down, "I think this blond kid was killed first."

Riku's eyes unfocused then refocused, "So he was caught off guard, tried to run, probably to grab a gun or something, they stabbed him in the back—."

Axel paused, "And he's flipped over, then stabbed in the chest." Unconsciously, Axel's hands did its usual motions to show what he was saying; it'd become a habit to him. Riku told him he was the only TRUE case of unknowing wandering hands, and he believed they were going to get Axel in trouble one day. Which was a big possibility.

Xaldin nodded, speaking before they asked about what he knew they were going to ask, "His head is not severed until after he was already dead." He threw a clear small bag at them that had sat at a small table besides him, "Purple fibers were in the blond's hair, I think it's some type of sweater or something."

The two looked at the fibers, Riku grabbed the magnifier behind him and began to place it over the bag. The fibers looked trimmed, clean, and had some white specs on them.

"What are the white specs?" Axel asked, looking through the glass after Riku.

"Some type of cleaning chemical, meaning the fabric was cleaned often."

And that's when Xaldin led them to the last body.

Riku's breath caught, Axel gave out a low whistle, "Wow, they really are twins."

Xaldin nodded, "Sora Kaze and Roxas Kaze look exactly the same, most twins make it a point to have at least three differences between them, but not these two, they had none except for hair color, even their eye color was almost exact. But if it was dark out then the people wouldn't be able to see the color."

Axel's words broke through Riku's thoughts, "So either they killed Sora, thinking he was Roxas, or they killed Roxas, thinking he was Sora…"

Xaldin shrugged, presenting them the last body, "Sora Kaze, his death was a bit worse than his brother's."

"What?" Riku looked up, eyes wide.

Xaldin pointed to the sides of Sora's neck, poking the dead body's skin, "Small bits of rusted metal, the blade was not sharp and was rusted. Meaning he went through the most pain."

Axel winced, "Ouchie."

Xaldin sighed, "Because of the facts, we assume he was apparently the 'intended target' since he died last and Sora's death hurt the most." His lips pursed, "What'd he do?"

Riku's arms folded, "Druggie, drinker, slut, and a prostitute."

"Wow, this kid did everything."

"These markings on his neck show he was tied with a fabric, a bed sheet, curtain, towel, anything like that." Xaldin had rubbed the red slim part of the tanned neck. "Feels like smooth and silky, maybe not a towel."

"Thanks, we'll get back to the crime scene." Riku said, seeing Xaldin nod before they left.

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Riku rubbed his temples, looking over pictures from the parent Ids and the boy's student Ids. He shifted around, staring into sparkling, untainted blue eyes. Axel had quickly latched onto the mother and the blond, claiming he wanted the blonds. Riku ended up with the brunettes. The father had ice blue eyes, causing Riku to shiver and shift uneasily until he could no longer bare it and hid the picture.

"Here." Axel dropped a cup of coffee on his desk and walked away, munching on a sugar cooking while looking at the blond boy's student ID.

Riku quickly grabbed the black coffee, drinking half the bitter mocha blend before putting it back down.

Those eyes were still staring at him.

"What?" He asked the picture quietly and somewhat shakily before gazing at it questionably.

The picture stared back at him, indifferent.

Riku's fingers slid down the ID, over the glossy covering of the eyes, nose, and lips.

"Hey man, you okay?" Axel's hand hit his shoulder and Riku jumped.

"Y-yeah… just thinking…" Riku whispered, looking back to the picture.

Axel shrugged, "Don't get too attached, he's our case and deceased." He walked away.

Riku said nothing, hearing Axel mutter something as he walked.

"Like I'm one to talk…"

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"Do you know where Sora worked?"

Tidus gave a surprised look, "What do you mean?"

Riku deadpanned, "As a p-pro—" God, him, Riku Umino, a virgin at age 23!

"Ah." Tidus smirked, "Sora's job as a prostitute."

Riku nodded.

"He usually worked the 27th or 29th district." Tidus shrugged, "He had many regulars too."

Riku's eyebrow raised, "Who?"

"He wouldn't tell me." Tidus shrugged. "But Sora was my best friend, so at least he told me he was a prostitute, rather than hide it from me." He sighed, "Of course I minded, but I couldn't stop him."

"Tidus!" The blond's boss called, his strawberry hair glowing and harsh blue eyes mocking, "Stop talking and get back to work!"

Tidus and Riku watched him walk off. Tidus thumbed toward the pink-haired man, "Marluxia Katori, he was one of Sora's big regulars. Sora got me this job; the only way to do that was to sleep with pinky over there. I said no, but Sora went and did it without telling me."

Riku's lips pursed, this kid had a past darker than any light could reach.

"Sora always had small marks on his skin, he was usually burned with cigarettes or something."

Riku nodded, stepping out of the store and towards the lab.

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"Hey, Ri!" Axel waved from the coroner door as soon as he saw the silver-haired teen, "Your cell off? I've tried calling you forever!"

"I took a walk." Riku answered, walking to his desk and dropping his jacket before walking back to the detective, "What's up?"

"Xaldin has something new about the bodies." Axel shrugged, "We haul ass!"

Riku rolled his eyes, kicking the redhead past the door.

Xaldin was standing by the brunette's body when they walked over, "I ran the UV light over the brunet's body and found this." He held up Sora's right wrist and ran the UV light from the small table next to him down Sora's arm, only to stop at Sora's wrist.

They leaned closer, looking at it and blinking.

A spade.

"A tattoo?" Riku asked.

Axel blinked, "A florescent one, meaning a club or bar or something private."

Xaldin pointed to the body next to Sora's, Roxas. "He has the same mark, same place."

"Two brothers, two marks, one location." Axel rubbed his chin on his hands, "It has to be somewhere were the twins are already comfortable with…"

"And as twins, Roxas and Sora have to have similar tastes for this place."

Xaldin paused, "Find this mark first."

The two nodded.

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"A black spade?" Hayner asked, frowning and rubbing his chin, "I can't think of any place at the moment…"

"Somewhere where they were both comfortable going." Riku answered softly, gaze tight.

Hayner's lips pursed, "Believe it or not, there were few things they actually disagreed on…."

Riku slowly blinked.

Hayner chuckled, "We may not understand it, true, but it's a twin instinct they had."

Riku cocked his head slightly, "Alright, so somewhere both twins frequented, the stamp had been replaced more than once."

Hayner instantly snapped his fingers, "Luxord's bar!"

Axel frowned, having just come back from a phone call, "Luxord's?"

Hayner nodded, "Yeah, The Drunk Casino is what Luxord calls it. He may go to countless others, but he owns his own out in the country. He loves card games."

"So then it could be from there." Axel blinked.

"Yeah, it is!" Hayner shot up, "They have four different marks! Spade, Heart, Clubs, and Diamonds, like regular cards!" Hayner smiled as he finally remembered. "Spades were for family, Hearts were for prostitutes or whores, Clubs were for friends of family, and Diamonds were for people who wanted to make business deals."

"What about for regular players?" Riku asked.

"They got a 'J', for joker, kinda like they must've been insane to try and win against Luxord."

"Thanks for the help." Axel answered, grabbing Riku and dragging him out the door.

"No problem, come back if you need anything else!" Hayner offered.

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"Ah, yeah, their deaths." Luxord rolled his chair around to his cabinet behind him, brandishing the stamps.

"You don't seem to care." Axel noted sourly.

Luxord sighed, "I cared deeply, really I did. But in this business, they both had threats on their lives." He stamped a paper with each stamp to show them what he used, "Roxas got threats because some people saw him as too harsh. Sora got threats because people fell for him an wanted him to be theirs alone."

"Like who?" Riku glared, stiffening.

"Marluxia Katori." Luxord stated instantly, "Sora was completely booked and he threw a fit, told Sora he needed to keep an opening for him at least once a day. Got into a tiff with Roxas because of it."

"Know what happened?"

"Sora complied, despite Roxas's wishes even though Roxas planned on suing and buying out Marluxia's shop."

"How far was that along?"

"Marluxia caved in, Roxas thought he was hiding something around or under the store."

"Something like what?"

"No idea." Luxord handed them the paper before lighting up a cigarette.

"I think we should talk to Katori." Axel muttered.

"Good thinking." Luxord answered as Riku nodded, they took the paper before stepping out.

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"Seen the news?" Axel asked through the phone.

Riku flipped on the channel the redhead told him.

"We unfortunately have to bring you some terrible news today. The Kaze family was murdered inside their own houses last Saturday, during the night. The victims, Mr. Shinichiro Kaze, age 32, were found stabbed, Mrs. Noriko Kaze, age 29, was also found stabbed. Their two sons—" They showed a picture of the two parents, but at the sons, Riku leaned closer to the TV.

"Roxas Kaze, age 18, and Sora Kaze, age 18, were apparently found murdered, by strangulation in their bedrooms." At this point they showed a picture of the two brothers in a professional picture, Sora sitting on a chair and Roxas standing behind him while his right hand went down and met Sora's reaching up right hand. The two separate pictures of them were taken by a friend, somewhere at a park, according to Kairi (who had shot the pictures to Riku's knowledge). "Apparently that's all the information the police have for us, but they're asking for any help from the community, so please help them. Please call the two investigators on the case with any leads, Riku Umino and Axel Nakango! (XXX)XXX-8403 Now the weather with—" Riku quickly shut the thing off.

"Good publicity, ne?" Axel asked, he never was one to reject the limelight.

"You made me watch the news about my own case?"

He could swear he heard Axel shrugging over the phone, "Sorry Ri, just figured you'd be interested."

With that Riku sighed as the redhead hung up.

"What am I missing?" Riku sighed again, opening the folder and pulling out photos of the family, their house, and all the information they had on it.

Riku ran a hand through his hair, "All this information and I'm nowhere…" Finally he set his hand on a picture, then looked down at it. It was a picture of Sora, sitting there, mouth slightly open, as if singing.

And suddenly it clicked.

He picked up his phone, grabbing his pack of cigarettes before lighting one and dialing a number. He stood up, grabbing a pen from his nearby coffee cup on his kitchen counter then pulled out a fresh piece of paper.

"Squall, are you in the office?" He listened to the other man on the line for a second, "Yeah, remember how our younger Kaze wanted to be a singer? Can you get me his manager's information?"

And suddenly Riku grinned.

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"Me?" Marluxia Katori was an odd one, pink hair falling farther down his back as he threw his head back and let out a rich laugh, his blue eyes glowing in mirth. "A suspect in murder?"

"Of the Kaze family." Riku growled.

"What?" Marluxia blinked, "Who are they?"

Riku clicked his tongue, "Haven't you seen the news?"

Marluxia's head shook, "Just got back from an island isolation resort, so no, no TV for me." Of course the newspapers, but Riku wasn't going to start.

"Sora?" He offered again.

Marluxia stopped checking off things from his checklist, "Sora?" He turned, "What about him?"

"Sora Kaze."

Marluxia dropped the clipboard and pen he'd been holding onto Axel's foot, the two men ignored the now-howling man, "He never told me he was a Kaze."

Riku frowned, unbelieving.

"I just slept with Sora, I swear." Marluxia reasoned, "We never past that, besides, Sora liked some guy anyways."

Riku's eyes widened, "Who?"

Marluxia tilted his head back for a second—thinking—before continuing on, "Er… I think… oh… his name was Sephiroth."

The two detectives stared, "The biggest mob boss in the world?"

Marluxia nodded, "Yeah, they had a connection from something, Sora did everything for him in return Sephiroth would show him love, fake love if you ask me, and then some."

The two detectives had their eyebrows raised.

Marluxia's hands went up in a sign of defense, "Sora said his brother was going ballistic over it, at least that's what I heard before telling Tidus to get off the phone?"

"Tidus?" They blinked.

"Yeah." Marluxia nodded, "Every time I come in, Tidus was always on the phone with Sora."

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"I didn't say anything because I didn't think it was important." Tidus answered softly.

"His love life is important, that person is another suspect to us." Riku growled.

Tidus fished out a paper, grabbed a nearby pen and scribbled some words down before handing it to Riku, "You can find him here. That's his cell number. I'm like Sora's watch over."

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"So, sweet, innocent, little Sora is dead, huh?" The silver haired man asked, eyes sliding closed. His head tilted back slightly and his ponytail fell like silk down his shoulders, back, and hips to rest around his knees. His glowing green-blue eyes snapped open as he sat up straight and watched the silver haired man across from him.

"You say it like you're happy." Riku seethed, what had Sora seen in this man?

Sephiroth's eyes began to twinkle, "Is there something you have against me?"

"No." Riku glared, he tried getting his mind to stop showing him images of Sora all over this man…

"Ah." Sephiroth's grin became wide, "You've done the impossible Umino-san, you've fallen in love with the dead."

Riku's checks flushed, eyes wide, as he took a few steps back.

Sephiroth's head tilted to the side just slightly, "Sora sparked your interest? He was a great kid."

"I… I… I…" Riku stuttered, swallowing and taking two more steps back.

"He's never really hurt anyone, usually it's painless deaths." He chuckled at his own dry humor, "Sora was really good in bed too, seemed like—"

Axel stuck his head in, "Yo!"

Riku ran past him, out the open door and ignoring Axel's shouts.

"Hey man, what's up?" Axel asked, reaching Riku and grabbing his arm to twirl him around. Riku spun around, burying his face in his best friend's shirt as warm tears spilled down his red-tinted cheeks.

Axel frowned, hugging his partner in comfort.

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"You can't hold me, I'm just a witness, per say." Sephiroth reasoned, easing back, "I'm in now way connected to their deaths."

Axel glared, "I just want to ask you some questions. And since you know our brunet well enough…" He slammed down a large glossy photo of Sora's bare face and chest, before the autopsy began, with the un-cleaned wounds and dark bruises. "There's this mark." He pointed to the side of Sora's neck, pulling out another photo, a close-up of the mark, before showing the silver-haired man, "See? Do you know what it is?"

"Sora's Heartless symbol?" Sephiroth paused, "I gave that to him."

Axel froze, "You? It's yours?"

The man nodded, "Sora and his family had powers you didn't even begin to imagine." He pointed to the mark, "Sora, he had the power to bring things back to life. People, plants, animals, anything." A smile lit up his face, although it was small and went away quickly, "I remember he was always testing it to see how long he would have it—"

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"Seph, what happened to your plant?" Sora asked, frowning.

Sephiroth kissed his cheek softly, "Nothing Chibi."

Sora looked at him, eye twitching, "It's dead."

Sephiroth grinned, cuddling the boy before sitting down and putting Sora facing him to be put in his lap. He'd kissed the boy's neck softly, but Sora was more into worrying about the plant. His fingertips touched it, grazing over the once-beautiful leaves. Slowly, the plant began to twist and pull to life, brown becoming green as it was becoming perfectly healthy once again.

"There we go!" Sora held it in his hands, laughing a carefree, child's laugh. Sephiroth's breathe running up and down his throat, "Sephy—I just healed your plant—"

"I saw." He smirked, "For that, Chibi, you get a reward."

"Ice cream?" He asked.

"Banana split?" He knew how to feed his lover.

"HELL YEAH!"

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"Sora was a spark of genius." Sephiroth smirked, "It was only natural he'd work for us."

By now Axel had put the pictures away, he tilted his head in questioning, "What do you mean?"

"He not only worked for his brother's mafia, but for mine. Sora was often going between the two with missions."

Axel's eyebrows shot up, "He was in both?"

"Of course." Sephiroth grinned, "Of course, as Sora's older brother, Roxas had him instantly in his mafia, but Sora was Roxas's right hand, Sora was my left."

The redhead paused, "… What's the difference?"

"As Roxas's brother, Sora stood as his right, a family member or the person Roxas trusts the most, that isn't afraid to kill. In my mafia, my lover takes my left hand, wether they kill or not."

"…"

Sephiroth smirked, standing, "And you have no evidence to contain me, I shall take my leave."

Axel watched him step out before walking out himself. "That man is interesting." He mumbled while walking up to Riku, "Sora was in both mafias apparently."

Riku said nothing on the subject, eyes a light red, before looking down at some papers, "Their elder brother, Cloud Strife, is going to come make sure it's them." Riku shrugged, "And apparently Cloud is Squall's fiancée, so they're coming in together."

"Shouldn't we have done that before?" Axel asked.

Riku nodded, "Normally, yes, but this case is too big and they're too well known."

"Then let's analyze details until they come in. When do they come in?"

"In an hour or so."

"Let's get to work then."

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Tke: Just a quick question I've been asking everyone, so please answer (even though Kiraracutie's being a bitch and won't tell me!)

WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE KILLER, OR WHO HIRED THE KILLERS?

Just tell me what you think; I'm just wondering if anyone's given it any thought.

And please, before anyone messages me or reviews about it, yes, the facts don't add up. They're not going to in a mystery. I'll leave that up to you to figure out. Wink