Chapter 29: Funeral

"Thank you" Those were last words I… no, we all heard from Asami. Kaimu was kneeled down on the floor, he had his hands on his face though I couldn't tell if he was crying or not. He suddenly gets up and looks straight at me in the eye, I was terrified. He looked as if he was going to kill me. Kaimu tightens his hand into a ball and his arms start to tense up.

"You better not waste Asami's life, she gave up hers for yours" Kaimu grumbled while hiding his eyes under his hair. "You better live your life to the fullest!" Kaimu angrily screams at me while running out of the door. I clench my teeth and lower my head, I could still remember when Asami told me 'I like you!' she never did stop smiling, even when she told me her past, her mouth curved upwards.

"It's my fault that she died" I whimpered. I bit my lip "Why?!" Sting then takes me into an embrace and hugs me tightly. "Smile…" Sting grits his teeth and hides his eyes under his hair. "Why can't all of us be happy?!" I cried into Sting's chest while gripping onto his clothes. He continues to stroke my head with one of his arms as the other wraps around my waist, bringing me closer. "I thought all of us could be happy together, forever" I say in between my tears, my heart felt as if it was torn in half. Sting then lays his head on top of mine and starts to cry silently with me. I could feel his tears fall onto my head.

Something in the corner of my eyes catches my attention; it shimmered slightly while sparkling faintly. It was a violin, more specifically; it was Asami's violin. I could recognize those markings strange on her violin anywhere. I pulled away from the embrace and picked up violin. I felt a message pass into my head, take care of this violin please, or something along the lines of that. I clutch the violin in my arms and put on a small and sad smile. All I could picture at that moment was Asami's smiling face and I couldn't help but pour tears for the whole time that day.

Today was Asami's funeral and I was getting prepared. I was wearing a black dress that reached up to my knees. I also had long black gloves and finally, my hair was let down with a black flower tied to the side of my head. I lazily threw on my black heels and slung the violin case on my back and headed towards where I was going to meet Sting. Sting for the past few days has been really supporting, he stayed by me when I cried, he helped me stand when I couldn't stand for myself. I'm really thankful.

When I saw Sting we both made eye contact and nodded at each other. I ran up to him and smiled slightly. Sting was dressed in formal wear; he wore a black suit with a black flower attached to pocket. Sting took my hand in his as usual and we both walked hand in hand towards the funeral.

Once we arrived at the area we both sat down to our designated area. Kaimu then sat next to us, his eyes full or sorrow and despair. I felt bad for Kaimu but the last time I said that he smacked my hand away from him and shouted 'I DON'T WANT PITY! THAT'S THE LAST THING I WANT FROM FRIENDS'. I kept my thoughts to myself and laid the violin case on to the grass.

As the priest talks about Asami, I could hear sniffles and soft sobs. Kaimu invited people from the village who helped Asami, they all commented how Asami was a sweet girl who hid her true emotions under a straight face and that she has a good heart. I just kept on picturing her crying face under her bright smile… My chest hurts, not from my sickness that's gone. It's from the realization that someone died because of me. As we say our final goodbyes I picked up the violin and laid it next to her coffin.

I covered my eyes with my arms and knelt known next to her coffin "I'm so sorry Asami! Because of me, you died!" I whisper out softly at her coffin. I start to cry and Kaimu suddenly kneels down next to me. For the first time, I witnessed Kaimu crying. His crimson red eyes looked so sad as he rested some flowers on top of her coffin.

"I regret it so much…" Kaimu covers his right eye with his hand. I look at him and stop sniffing for a second to hear what he was going to say. "I never actually told her that…" Kaimu paused for a second a tightened his fist until his knuckles turned white.

"I know Kaimu… It's okay, you don't have to say it" Kaimu was about to finish his sentence until a familiar angelic voice interrupted him. We both look up to see a ghost of Asami, she was wearing a plain white wavy dress. She sat on top of her own coffin as she swung her legs back and forth, she had a far away look in her eyes. I was stunned for a second "A…A…Asami!" I got up and stepped back a second as well as Sting.

I looked properly at her, I could see through her slightly. There was something different about her though and that was her hair, it was long, it was if she didn't cut it. "I came back here to say a final goodbye, after this I won't be able to see you again" Asami said with a warm smile. "Also…" Asami walked up to me and slapped me on my right cheek "Stop blaming yourself Lucy!" I looked to the ground and nodded, her slap didn't really hurt. I turned to look at Kaimu. He looked pissed off.

"Why?" Kaimu asked while running up to the ghost of Asami and hugging her. "Why do you hide your true emotions? You know I can read them so stop hiding your true expressions from me!" Kaimu hugged her ghost. As wrapped his arms around her neck, Asami's smile turned into a sad frown and she started to cry.

"I wanted to stay longer with you guys to be honest! But!" She looked at me and started to cry "I love Lucy! I don't want her to disappear from this world! I had to help her!" Asami wiped her tears with the back of her hand "We never actually got to play together…" That sentence made me break down and so did Sting who was holding my hand the entire time.

"Which is why… Lucy, Sting, Kaimu, can you play one last tune for me before we say goodbye?" I rub my now slightly red eyes and tell Asami "None of us brought our instruments though…"

"What's my magic again?" Asami laughs playfully. "Music…" I realized what she was getting at. With a few words and a wave of her hand, Asami makes a piano, a cello and a clarinet appear out of nowhere. We all stand back slightly and we nod at each other to signal, let's start playing.

(Suggested: Anohana: Secret base. A/N: I know it's not the same anime but I listened to that while writing this and I thought it suited! Please bear with me!)

As we stared to play Asami picked up her violin that I left near her coffin and she started to play with us. I wanted to cry but I couldn't help but smile, we were having so much fun. We played for the last time together.

After we finished playing together Asami puts the violin in it's original position. Kaimu hugs her again and whispers into her ear "I love you" Asami's eyes start to glisten and her whole face becomes flushed from embarrassment. She kisses Kaimu on the cheek and runs towards the sun. "See you later everyone!" She waves goodbye, as she lowly disappears, I realize that my mom and dad were next to her waving goodbye to me as well. I smile and scream at them "See you next time!"

After they disappeared I held Sting's hand. "Let's go home…" I glanced at Kaimu who was crying but he had a soft expression. "Let's all go home"

End of chapter 29

IM SO SORRY! I forgot to write this chapter in advance for you guys since I had to go on a trip for one whole week and I couldn't update! I'm sorry!

By the way! This fanfiction might end next chapter or the one after that. Sorry that there isn't too much StiCy scenes lately! I will make sure to put lots more for you next chapter! To those who are wondering or maybe not, I am planning another story! It's completely different from this one. Not revealing anything for now though!

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