She should be there, smiling, her laughter a mixture of joy and victory. DIO might have been defeated, but he still left his mark.

Ring

Ring

"You're still coming to the funeral, right?"

Eric groaned as she reached for her phone. It was Kamiya. Kamiya and Robin were the into ones besides Makoto to have her number so they were he into ones who could get up with her. It was Kamiya who told her about Makoto's death.

Ring

Ring

She put the phone to her ear after swiping the answer button.

"Hello?"

"You're still coming to the funeral, right?"

"Yeah, I might be there a little early."

"Okay, sounds good. I'll see you there?"

"Yeah."

"Ciao!"

Eric waited until Kamiya hung up the phone so she could put it down. Eric sighed, going to the mirror to look at herself.

She wore a black suit with a white dress shirt and a black tie to match. Her hair was put up in its usual bun, her blue star earrings replaced with simple, gold hoops. She didn't have any make-up so she went without. She didn't need it if it was just going to smear on her face over the day.

She walked over to the mat in front of the door and grabbed her worn out brown loafers from her time in high school. She didn't have anything else, plus it was too late to go get some.

"Caesar, what are you doing here? I thought the doctor said you arm was slightly fractured!" You said, frantically looking from being the sculpture.

"No broken arm's ever stopped me!" Caesar said with a smirk, pointing to himself. Yoi took a quick look over at him, rolling his eyes.

"So what do we do, Cae?" Yoi said, stopping to look at him. If he was being honest, he didn't know himself. He ran into this without thinking. He had heard Fugo's cry, and he knew something was wrong. He had to go in. That's why he went in. He had to help.

He didn't answer Yoi for a bit, going on his knees to look from behind the sculpture. There, he saw Hierophant bleeding on the ground, blood spurting out of their abdomen.

Flashbacks.

Flashbacks to what happened in '99.

"... You can't go to sleep. You've got to stay with me."

His own words echoed in his head. It felt like he was there, in that day again. It sent anger up his spine. He grabbed for his quiver, taking an arrow out and standing, no matter how much pain he felt in his arm. He started out form behind the sculpture, grabbing for his bow.

Then, he felt a hand grab at his ankle

"Caesar, are you fucking crazy? You can't go out there without a plan! " Yoi said. Caesar only glared down at him.

"I've always gone in without a plan. It leaves me at no disadvantage." Caesar said coldly, then he yanked his leg away from You and ran towards the man, his target.

"Shhhh, everything's okay now. It's just me and you, my darling cherry." Akunin said, resting his head on Noriaki's shoulder. Noriaki scowled, anger rises within them. How? They had killed Akunin, once and for all. How was he here now?

Noriaki tried to move, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't. The blond had them trapped. Was it fear keeping them here? Damn, this isn't good. Noriaki tried to summon their stand, but it wasn't working. Then, they realized what was happening.

It just be Akunin's stand, [Dark Crystal]. Noriaki didn't know how to overpower the stand. They had no plan. They felt Akunin plant small kisses on their neck, leading up to their cheek. Out of panic, Noriaki tried to move their head. What's the opposite of fear? Fear is what his stand controls. I mustn't be afraid, but what is an opposite of fear? Noriaki had to think fast or else things wouldn't pan out well.

They were angry, furious. Pure rage ran through their veins. Everything just came at them, all at once. It pissed then off to no extent. Then, they got a plan. Perhaps I can use my ager against him, Noriaki began to think about what made them angry. People disrespecting their pronouns, Akunin, DIO, all of it was in their head. They tried to move again, and much to their luck, they were free of Akunin's spell.

"W-Wha-" Akunin said before Noriaki elbowed him, then shoved him to the ground. They used their stand to grab him, but then something happened.

Their stand didn't grab Akunin, instead, Akunin merely dissolved from existence, a smirk painted on his face. Noriaki stood there, looking around frantically.

Then they jolted up from their sleep, sweating profusely. Another day, another nightmare. Akunin was dead, and Noriaki had to keep going.

"Kamiya, what's wrong?" Kamiya turned her head violently to the side, some tears trailing down her face. It was Robin, with a hand on her shoulder. Kamiya pushed the hand off.

"I-I need more time. S-She'll be o-okay, I-I just need more time!" Kamiya said. Robin looked her dead in the eyes.

"She's gone, isn't she? Or are you at your limit?" Robin asked with a frown. Kamiya didn't say anything as she started to shake, her hand doing its best to stay steady on Makoto's heart.

"I can't bring her back right now. I've brought back too many people." Kamiya said, looking down to look at Makoto's pale face. Her frozen expression. Her dead eyes. So lifeless, she was.

"But you've only brought back 4 people. You can bring back 5, right? You don't think that changed, right? " Robin asked. Kamiya shook her head. She knew exactly why she couldn't bring Makoto back and judging by the look on Robin's face, she soon knew too.

"Hello, Eric. It's been a while," Yoi said. You know, since you left us, he added silently in his head. She frowned, kneeling down to put an arm of the grey, cold feeling stone in front of them. She traced the engaved letters and numbers on the stone with her finger before laying the flowers down in front of it, behind a picture of their friend, Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli the 2nd.

The Great Hunter, the one who messed up no mission. The one who missed no target. The one who felt no pain. Or at least, he never let anyone see him in pain. Anyone except Yoi. He was an exception. He was pretty much unbeatable.

"Yeah, I had to come pay my respects." Eric said coldly, standing up and brushing her knees off.

"Yeah," Yoi muttered under his breath. Caesar may have been pretty much unbeatable, but this time, he had been beaten. He had been bested, and now he was gone.

"What is it, Kami?" Eric stopped walking for on moment, turning around to stare at her head on. "What is it you want to say before I go?"

"Why are you leaving? You've done nothing wrong." Kamiya took a step forward, which was met by a step back from Eric. Eric seems distraught, perhaps even angry.

"I'm turning into my old man. Over the years, I've been able to control my temper, but now, I have fits of rage I can't control anymore. I don't want to hurt you guys," Eric said, her voice cracking. "Like he hurt me. I have to go, or else. "

"Or else what, Eric? You can get through this, I know it!" Kamiya said. "You're strong, Eric. You're nothing like your dad. "

"What do you know about my dad?" Eric's voice seemed hurt, angry, just overall emotional.

"Nothing, really, but I know you aren't like him. You're like the sister I need. Please, don't go." Kamiya said, reaching her hand out. Ever since her sister died, she had always tried to have someone around. She had felt abandoned and didn't want to be abandoned again. Eric had always been like an older sibling to her, so had Robin. Even Serifina, despite her constant scolding.

"His anger runs through my veins. I can't control it. I can't have myself lash out at you, at Robin, at Makoto, at anyone at all." Eric spoke, a couple tears trailing down her face. "It's better if I leave. You'll understand once I'm finally gone and out of you guy's hair. "

"Eric, let me help you like you help me." Kamiya said, her practically begging at this point. She was on the verge of tears despite not being the type to cry, no matter what.

To be honest, probably Stars Still Falling Down. It's one of my proudest fics! But they're triggers and stuff but they're in the tags. I would also suggest the one shot At Last. I loved writing that one and I thought it was so cute!