**Chapter 40... I Cried. You may not have, but I did. It's hard killing characters you like writing.

Well, I found a song.

It's called 'Tears of an Angel' it's a cover sung by Amy Guess.

Here's the link:

youtube-.-com/?#/watch?v=lyHlkMZ70i4

Well... Enjoy Chapter 41.**

Chapter 41: Crowds on the Stand

I was lying in my bed.

I hadn't done this in a while, but I did last night, and today I will too. I still have Hiro, who is Kuhn's only daughter at the moment. However, I didn't think about that today.

No, today I only thought about the lost. The rest were at the funeral, but I couldn't go. I would be asked to speak, and I wouldn't know what to say.

I couldn't speak for Eiji, in fear of dishonoring him. The same went for my brother.

Not today, and maybe, not ever.

...

They had set up Shrines of their loved ones. Each included a painting, via Karo, and an assortment of flowers.

There was no speaking as the shrines were set. Only a heavy sorrow which hung in the air. Chihiro's face was tear stained, as was Haku's. They both looked numb.

The ceremony was supposed to have started. Eiji, No-Face, Kuhn, and even max. A shrine Hiro set up after helping with Kuhn's. Everyone was there.

All of the refugees, and even the Leviathans.

Kahn was not. He had taken this very hard.

A woman walked up to Boh. Her name was Mei, and she had known Eiji.

She handed him a mask...

No-Face's mask. She had glued it back together, and handed it to him.

He looked over at the shrine. She nodded.

He walked over, and set the mask on the shrine. Big tears fell from his eyes. He gave a salute to the air, and stepped back. A child walked up, and handed Linn a bluebell.

"H-Here miss." He said.

She knelt down, and accepted the flower.

"Thank you little one." She said tearfully.

He gave her a small hug, and walked away.

Navin, Mei's son, walked up to Hiro.

He burst into tears, then regained a small amount of his composure.

He handed her a flower. It was a cloth rose, made with purple and blue petals.

"Eiji... He wanted you to have it."

Hiro held the flower in her hand. It was beautiful...

She burst into tears, and hugged Navin.

"Thank you..." She whispered.

Mei walked up to Haku and Chihiro. She gave them both hugs.

"A daughter..." She said tearfully.

"I know... That you're suffering."

Chihiro cried, and hugged the woman.

Linn teared up. "No one should EVER have to see their children off." She said softly.

She looked down at Hiro. "Remember that."

Hiro cried into her. She never wanted to do that to her mom.

She never wanted to lose her dad, or Eiji.

She never wanted any of this...

But it happened, and what's worse? No dreamstone to show for it.

Haku's eyes were streaming with tears. He was looking into the sky mournfully...

He may have been looking in the wrong direction.