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1 Chapter 3

The funeral had come. Everyone from Keiichi's family was there, weeping for the loss of their beloved son. Belldandy was doing somewhat better then she was before, but she still cried. Keiichi's family members went over to comfort her even though they hardly knew her. They felt it was the right thing to do. The only person out of the group that Belldandy actually knew was Megumi.

"It's ok Belldandy," Megumi said in a compassionately. "He's in a better place now."

"I know," Belldandy said in a whimper.

"Then why are you crying?"

"I'm crying because I loved him."

"It must be pretty hard loosing someone you loved."

"It is."

A few minutes past and the funeral director walked into the room. He was wearing a neatly pressed black tuxedo with a black tie. He walked to the front of the room where Keiichi's body lay motionless in his coffin.

"Before we start with the final viewing I understand that Belldandy would like to say a few words," he said in a calm voice.

Belldandy walked to the front of the room. She was wearing a midnight black dress with a red rose pinned to the breast area. She had a look of sadness as she spoke.

"I met Keiichi when I was young during a hot summer day in the mountains. It was the best of times. But soon that time ended, I was to move away. Years passed and Keiichi's memories of me faded. I came back here not long ago hoping that I could find Keiichi once more, I did, and good times we did have. He took me into his house, brought me to the beach and even took me to see him drag race. All of these are memories now and I will never forget them. I loved him, he loved me and I would do anything to see his smile again, just one last time," she said knowing that the part of moving away was a lie. She brought tears to the eyes of his family. Then she walked back to her seat and sat down.

There were a few seconds of silence before the funeral director began to call the families to see Keiichi one last time. When Belldandy went up again, she took something out of her pocket. It was a ring identical to the one he first gave her. She slipped it onto his cold finer and asked the funeral director not to remove it so she may be linked to him even in death, he agreed.

She sat back down in her seat and wiped her crystal tears away from her eyes. She looked at Keiichi one last time before they closed the coffin concealing his face for all eternity. Tears fell from her face, knowing that she would never to be able to see the one she loved so dearly.

At the church they had a ceremony honoring Keiichi for the things he did in his live. He may be no saint but he was a saint in the hearts of those that he loved and those that loved him. They said some prayers to help guide his body to the after life and they left for the cemetery.

Belldandy chose the spot where Keiichi would be buried. It was under a weeping willow. His family gathered there where colorful flowers surrounded his coffin. They each held a red rose to place on his coffin before they lowed it into his grave where he would sleep eternally. Belldandy was the first to place her rose onto the coffin as the priest say a few words. The rest of the family soon followed and placed their flowers on to. They all left but Belldandy remained, watching them lower the body into his grave. She cried a little then left. Urd and Skuld walked her to the car and they went back to the temple.