[A/N: Yes I am aware that Tempest isn't actually dead, but this idea was conceived before that reveal, and I still wanted to post this idea, and nobody actually knows that so the idea itself still works, also to understand this please check out Tempest68 and his story "My War With The Regime" to fully understand what's going on, thank you, and enjoy]

[Inky POV]

https://youtu.be/gVKEM4K8J8A

Today was a sad day, a day that we always know will come, but are never prepared for, today is the day that we say farewell to a comrade, a husband, a friend, a guardian

Tempest Creed

Many of his close friends and comrades have come to say farewell

Freeze

Luke Creed

Kuro Creed

Cinder Fall Creed

Blake Belladonna Creed

Vyslea Creed

Aursa Creed

Vestia Creed

Eri Creed

Williamjwb87

Echo Eve Dawn

Core

Void

HeroicWolfGuardian

truereader40 & his Wives [ran out of image spaces

binomartinez_456

WAMred

Ninjacomix

And many other members arrived to show their respects, I was asked to start the Eulogy because everyone else was too sad to start it off, and for something like this, I couldn't refuse, I walked up, and started us off

Inky: *sighs* Brothers, sisters, comrades, family, and all else in between, we come here today to honor the fallen

as I continue to speak most couldn't hold it and began to cry a bit

Inky: Tempest Creed was many things, a Guardian, a friend, a husband, a father, a black market dealer, but above all else, he was family, I myself joined these groups of people not too long ago, so my words could never truly encompass who he truly was, so I would like to bring in three of his closest friends, Jair, Bino, & Will

I walk down as the three of them go up, both of them struggling to remain strong to declare their eulogy

Jair: you know, I remember it like it was yesterday, the three of us were talking about something just like this, and he joked about wanting to have the coffin dance song play during his funeral

Will: yeah, the two of us laughed about that, I guess we never expected this time to come so soon

while sad, this did get a few chuckles out of some

Jair: and I know what most of you are thinking, How could we ever start a eulogy like that, well, it's what he would have wanted

Bino: Tempest was like a brother to the two of us, we could be at each other throats at one moment and celebrating like it was our last the next, and above all else, we would always have each other's backs, He was always one of the more nonchalant guardians, even when hiding the past from us, he tried to face everything with a smile and a witty remark, he wouldn't want us despairing in his death, but celebrating what his life gave birth to, I myself am struggling to keep myself together as well, but he would want to be sent off with a smile, so, smile through it all I shall, thank you

the two of them walked off, and then, the final eulogy, the one they all anticipated as the saddest, Cinder, Blake, Vylsea, Nesty, Fubuki, Ryukyu, Aursa, Summer and Vestia, wives of Tempest Creed, some with him before everything, but all were hit hardest with his death

https://youtu.be/aWIE0PX1uXk

Nesty:...Once upon a time we were all once fated for a dark path, whether in our old universe, or the next

Vylsea:...Once upon a time we were forced into a life we never wanted, bound by what we were told

Fubuki:...Once upon a time, we were unaware of what was really out there, nor what was truly out there

Summer:...Once upon a time we were fated to die for nothing, becoming fuel for a never ending fire of suffering

Vestia: But once upon a time we met someone who changed our lives

Ryukyu: Once upon a time a man became a hero to all, and us

Aursa: Once upon a time what was once thought impossible became possible through him

Blake: Once upon a time we were able to have a family, we were able to have happiness, and an end to our old bloodshed

Cinder: this was our once upon a time, this was Tempest's once upon a time, his tale, the story how he saved us, some met him as the red devil, some called him a monster, some called him a villain, but he was never a villain, nor a monster, nor that Red Devil, in the end, he was just Tempest Creed, he was our hero, people have their favorite fairy tale, but Tempest WAS our fairytale, he was our knight in shining armor, *tearing up* he was our hero, he was the one we were with once upon a time, *tearing up more* I only wish, we could have seen our h-h-happily ever after...

after that, they couldn't hold it in anymore, the 9 of them began to cry, the audience was crying, we all cried for the loss of Tempest, one who went above and beyond what was necessary, one who was truly redeemed, to say a final goodbye in my own way, I walked forward with a bouquet of red and pink carnations

Inky: *sniffles* Tempest, in the dictionary, your names means "a violent windy storm" and these red carnations represent deep love as our hearts ache, whilst pink represents how we'll never forget you, Tempest, your winds will blow these flowers through the world, they'll blow our message through the world, you have redeemed yourself, you always have, we all care for you and you will never be forgotten, may your story continue to spread throughout the world for all to hear, farewell, Tempest Creed

and so, I let go of the flowers, and let the winds carry them to the world, so that they may know the tale

Of Tempest Creed