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This is going to be a very sad chapter. I am just warning you. There might even be a time when you want to cry.

Chapter Twelve

The twins were prepared for the funeral. They were dressed in all black, and they were carrying roses. Zack was carrying red roses, while Cody carried black ones. They were going to walk, since the graveyard wasn't too far. They walked in utter silence. Neither of them wanted to speak. This moment was just do… depressing for them.

When they reached the graveyard, they saw that there was almost no one there. There were two other people, both of them at some dude named Alan Hogart. Zack felt angry. No one had come for his father! He wanted to hit someone, but the only person he thought of was Cody, and he couldn't hit Cody. Cody was the only family he had now. Kerri wasn't acting like their mother anymore, and now that their father was gone…

Kurt's grave seemed normal to anyone else, but to the Martin twins, it stood out. It was grey, had the normal words written on it.

RIP

Kurt Martin lived a long life. We will remember him for his music.

The dates weren't even on the gravestone. Zack still felt like hitting someone, but couldn't. Cody was still the only one he could think of.

"Zack?" Cody asked, his voice so soft Zack barely heard him.

"Yea?"

"Why isn't anyone here?"

"I don't know. I just don't know."

Zack took out his guitar and played some strings. It began a song, a wordless song that he wanted his father to hear. Cody could feel that in some way, his father could hear the music. He began to drop the roses onto the grave as Zack played the guitar. When he finished playing, the roses were all around and on the grave. Cody gave a small clap, and Zack spoke.

"Dad, if you can hear me, I just want you to know that we miss you dearly. And that, if anyone should have died, it should have been me. I really miss you, but I need to tell you that mom doesn't really care. She has a new boyfriend, and she didn't even come. It wasn't very nice of her to say, "Thanks!" when we told her she didn't have to come. Its like saying, "I wanted him to die. He was a no good bastard." But me and Cody, we care. And we wish you were back with us right now." Cody was crying, and pretty soon Zack joined him.

After the crying, Cody began to sing. Zack stayed quiet as his brother sang in a low voice. The lyrics had to do with suicide.

"Why is Cody singing a suicide song?" Zack wondered. He didn't stop his twin, though. He figured Cody had his reasons.

"And as you write your note, you think of your two sons. And how much you would hurt them if you left. But you got into your car, ran off the side of the road. Now you have deserted your family, but your family hasn't deserted you. We're still with you, even if someone else isn't. And you should know that even though you left, we can still hear your voice, as if you had never left at all." Zack was staring at Cody when he was done singing. Cody noticed him.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" There was a pause before Zack came up with a response.

"I just, well, I was listening to your song. And I when I heard the last part, it made me wonder. Is that what really happened, or was it all just my imagination? Is dad still alive somewhere, and we just don't know it? Or is he really gone, waiting for resurrection? These questions are haunting me, Cody, and I want the answers. What if dad never really died?" Cody was confused.

"How could dad still be alive? The man told us he was dead. A car accident, remember? Dad can't be alive, not until the resurrection process begin. And even then, he won't really be alive. He'll just be a body with a person's expressions in it. Once the body has died, it cannot return. Haven't you ever watched the anime Fullmetal Alchemist?" Zack shook his head. "Figures. Well, they explain scientifically, that human transmutation is physically impossible. It clearly tells you that once a person is dead, they can never be brought back to life. Its just, something someone cant do."

"Ok. Well, if my brother and some anime says its impossible, then I guess I'm gonna have to believe it." Cody laughed, and Zack was happy. This whole day, and this was the first time Cody had smiled. Zack knew that this was a sad day, but Cody needed to smile. If there was a day when Cody didn't smile, then it wasn't really a day, but a time in life when all living things existed.

"Well, come on." Zack said after a bit.

"Huh?"

"We should leave. It's almost dinnertime, and even though she doesn't act like it, mom will be wondering why we aren't home yet."

"I don't think mom would care if we spent the night here, but we should head home. Dad would want us to be safe." Zack and Cody started to head out of the graveyard.

The walk home was filled with surprises. The first one was when an old man tried to convert them into Jewism. They didn't even think about it, they didn't have a religion. The second one was, whenever they walked some distance, they always seemed to end up back at the graveyard. And the third, when they actually found the Tipton, they never seemed to be getting any closer to it. It was getting annoying, and when they finally reached the Tipton, the doors wouldn't open.

It was a miracle when they got into their room. Kerri was still at her boyfriend's house, which annoyed the twins. Cody got dinner started, thinking that Kerri would eventually come home for food. Zack was looking to see what was on TV, which he announced was nothing.

"Dad, wish you were back with us."

TBC

Sorry it took so long! School is making me fall behind in this fic, but I really hope you liked this chapter! I'll continue to update, and I hope all my readers will continue with this fic!