The funeral was tiny as it was only for the people close to him and who loved him. Kotetsu would have wanted it that way, he was too self-loathing to even imagine more than a few people actually caring enough to show up. But, for the sake of the loving fans, Agnes aired some of the funeral anyway. Kind words were said, stories were told, laughter was quiet as everything drowned in tears.
Kaede was a hot mess. The death of her father was something she never thought about and it came at her like a train. It was her turn to say something, she stood as she watched the casket in the ground. She gazed at it like she was looking into his eyes.
"I admit it: I was a brat; I took him for granted more than anyone in this room. I knew that he was working away from home all for me way before I knew he was a hero. I knew that he worked away from home to protect me so that I didn't have to go through what he did. I knew, in the beginning, that he spent money he didn't have to make sure I wanted nothing. I knew he would have given up everything for me, even his own life! I knew it all! I knew it!" At this point, the young woman was hysterical. Calming hands touched her shoulders and she shook them off. "And I said the worst things to him! I hated him for making me different in race, powers-even though it wasn't his fault! I've hung up on him, I've yelled at him—I wouldn't even let him touch me! G-d, I wouldn't even say "I love you" over the g-ddamn phone…Let alone the respect he actually deserved! I didn't mean it, dad, I didn't mean it! I'm so sorry!" Kaede composed herself, taking one more long look at the casket and the animated square showing Kotetsu's neutral expression go to his usual crooked grin. "If there is anything else in this world that killed him, it was me. I killed my father."
That was the last speech and everyone was stunned at her words. They thought about it too as they all silently cried in the limo. Barnaby held her silently as her body wracked with emotion as she mumbled "I killed him, I killed my dad". No one said otherwise as they thought it would be best to leave her be. They could barely see the headstone as they glanced at it one more time; it was so covered in flowers, even as the angles changed when the car pulled off.