I NEVER HAVE, NOR DO I NOW, OR WILL I EVER OWN Gravitation and Bones (cry...sob)

A/N- this is part two of the redo

Chapter 2- Bones in the Lab

(Bone's pov)

I kept myself walking in the directions of the crime only a few blocks down from where I was staying during my vacation. Booth and the other's stayed ten steps behind me and I chose not to look back at them. Even with this I was sure they could feel my temper still flaring.

I could live with the fact that my trip was being interrupted, I really didn't mind that. I could easily deal with the fact that it was my birthday. Hell I could even deal with the fact that everyone had come down to Japan for as a surprise at 2am, waking me up in the process. What I couldn't handle was the fact that Booth got a call only five minutes later about a recent murder in Tokyo.

I was drawn out from my thoughts by a hand that was placed on my right shoulder. Someone had gotten brave, "Listen sweetie, we swear to you we didn't just come down here to do this, it was gonna be all about you tomorrow 'til now! I'm sorry don't be mad."

"I to find that I must apologize for this as well," Zack had stepped forward, sticking his heavily bandaged hands in his pockets. "As we could have been here yesterday if I hadn't snuck out and made them miss the original flight. I just wanted to come along to see you."

I gave them a false smile. "It's fine, really!"

We reached the park with in the next two minutes not really minding the awkward silence that had risen up between up. Cop car were everywhere in sight and a crowd had gathered just outside the restricted line. We walked toward the body that even without the help of anyone seemed to find it easy to fall from the tree. The group stalked over to the gathering of police officers that stood off to the side.

Booth stepped forward and flashed his badge in the view of the surrounding men, "Special agent Seely Booth…now what seemed to have happened?"

One man stepped forward and spoke to us in an accented English, "Three civilians wondered into the park about two hours ago and they found this thing (the man pointed to the body) in one of the trees."

Zack, and Hodgins looked up at what still remained on the tree which at this point was only the torso and upper body. The limbs and head laid on the ground eerily out of place in the children's park. I slowly walked over to the skull and began to examine it.

"Male, definitely of Japanese decent….early twenties maybe?" I whispered lightly as I shifted my gaze over to Cam. "When we get to our temporary station I'd like to know if the was any evidence of accelerated decomposing, alright?"

And so I set down the skull and quickly walked back to the car…and people say I hold a grudge!

I slipped back into the lab and stared at the body set on the small table. In all it was split into seven pieces at this point. Arm, legs, chest, and torso. The flesh was not removed at this point so I could do nothing but watch at the others carried on with their business. Hodgins was working on finding the time of death and place by what stage the larva was at and by species, Angela had taken the only bit of bone that was fleshless and now was working on the sketch, and Cam was going through the organs. Zack and I however had nothing to do at the moment and it irritated me.

I drifted off for a moment only to come strait back when someone called my name or rather my nickname, "Bones?"

Shifting slightly I looked over at Booth and glared at him, "Don't call me Bones!"

"Yes whatever! but come on Bones, I was just going to say…" He was cut off again by me.

"No Bones!"

"But Bon…."

"Finish that word and I'm going back to the hotel," I sneered.

"…..es"

I stood up abruptly and walked towards the door, "I'm leaving!"

I had almost made it to the car when Booth grabbed my arm, "Will you listen to me for one minute, Dr. B-r-e-n-n-a-n, there Happy!"

I smiled, "Yes….very much so."

"Your Angry! I can understand that but we seriously didn't plan this out! All of us came here thinking that we were just going to surprise you and you'd have a wonderful birthday! We didn't know all that would go to hell the moment we landed…..so come on! You can't stay mad at us forever….can you?" the last part was said with slight fear.

Smiling openly I turned to him, "I suppose I can't but I can still be angry for a little while….I believe that's allowed!"

"Come on….How…How about this? Even if this case somehow takes us months at the end of it all of us go out to dinner and it's my treat! Anywhere you want!" Booth gave me his award winning smile and I gave in.

I kick the ground softly as I answered, most of the anger gone now, "Fine but it won't be cheap."

"Fine with me B-o-n-e-s…." DAMN IT!

We went back into the lab where there was little notice of our absence. Slowly but surely we made it two our seats and waited for some form of evidence that would at least help us figure out who the man was. Cam was looking at the lungs attentively with a puzzled look on her face. Yes the lungs were rather large but not in anyway harmful to the body. Carefully she put down organ and turned to me.

"Brennan I may know the profession of the victim. "

"Yes?"

"Well it could be one of many things! His lung capacity seems to be usually high…maybe he's a athlete, a speaker, or perhaps…."

"A singer," Angela said calmly as she entered a room.

"Yes he very well could."

She shook her head lightly handed over the sketch she had done, "….No what I meant to say was that he was a singer! His name was Taki Aizawa, poor kid went missing about a month ago and well, that about how long the larva have been eating away at the man…..According to Hodgins at least! The local records say that he was a singer for a rising band called ASK but for unknown reasons he left the business about a year ago."

"Those little bastards weren't the only ones chomping down on this Taki person…a damn animal got at him! Just look at these tears… It was probably why it fell out of the tree in pieces!…it may even have been his cause of death! " Cam mumbled before setting a section of the hand under a magnifier. She was adjusting the scope when something caught my eye.

"Stop? Stop there for a moment!"

Cam gave me a strange stare before doing as she was told. Something was there but it was to hard to see what it was. "Zoom in Camilla."

She did so without hesitation and yet even after that still wasn't quite sure what it was. I was thin and threadlike but that texture didn't look right for cotton or any other thing similar to this. I gasped with realization, while rushing over to the table and removing the hand from the magnifier and took the subject of interest from it.

"Sweetie what are you doing!" Angela said horrified by my actions.

I didn't answer, I only asked a question of my own, "Ang…..

What color was the man's hair."

"It was black," she said hesitantly.

I smiled, "….And this is pink."

Zack looked over at the strand of hair with wide knowing eyes but he said nothing. I would ask him later.

A/N= Duh Duh Duh!…..what has our little strawberry baka done? review to find out.