Disclaimer: Katekyo Hitman Reborn! belongs to Akira Amano.
His chest was burning, his eyes were stinging and his mind was breaking in two. He had failed in his mission. He had broken his promises, his oaths.
He had not kept pace. Perhaps never was, or deserved it.
Ten years had been together and he remembered the first day as clear as the last.
It broke him.
He walked away from the torturous wooden box and delved into the forest.
His hands flew to their bombs, and these to the undergrowth.
At the same time that fire and explosions were destroying everything around him, his tears razed his skin and soul.