Jun
I can't believe we are here like this, I can't believe we are burying Ken today.
The winter sunshine makes me feel oddly angry, it should be raining today, the world should be mourning the loss of Ken as much as we are. I watch the roses dropping down onto the glossy surface below us, and feel the warmth of Ryu as he comes to stand at my shoulder, offering what support he can. I pull Jinpei close to me, feeling him trembling.
He doesn't quite believe his Aniki is gone, none of us do really, it just seems so bloody stupid. He survives assassination attempts, crashing mechas, explosions, poisonings, stabbings and gunshots from Galactor, and he is killed by some idiot who was too drunk to drive, and too stupid to know it.
I look at Joe, wishing that there was something we could do to make this easier for him. He loved Ken so intensely, they were so strong together, I could never have been to Ken what Joe became, and now Joe is lost, broken, and he won't let any of us in.
I wonder if anyone else realizes that we have lost them both to this.