\\ the sun don't shine [P]

[Rikuto !]

^{why won't the sky cry for me?}

There wasn't the slightest bit of sound being made as Rikuto merely sat frozen in place. Not a single fiber inside of the warrior's body moved as he sat on the pinnacle of an old iron tower. He had managed to somehow find this rather ancient building after meandering throughout the capital. It didn't take him long to ascend the iron stairwell before he had a bird's eye view of the marvelous capital. But as he sat there a single tear would flow from his caramel optics, if only he could cry out the pain that continually gnawed at his breast. With a heavy hand he would clutch his bosom, more specifically directly over his beating heart as words weren't enough to explain how he felt.

A duo of raspy coughs would be released from his mouth as he felt as if he was slowly succumbing to illness. Could it be a cold? a fever? Or was it that any sanity that once took homage in the ninja had abandoned him once and for all. Regardless of the strains and guilt that he had in his heart, he was simply seeking a will to live.

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[Rikuto !]

There was no sign of hope nor inspiration as the wretched Kaguya sat immobilized on top of the aged building. The very progress or will that he had hungrily sought for never came. Despite her absence, the shinobi wouldn't allow himself to dry up as a shell of dreams and ill fated decisions. Instead, the youth realized that if true happiness was his goal, then it definitely required him to expel the effort required. His hands reached up towards the plated headband that had been faithfully wrapped around his neck. In a single tug, Hideki boldly ripped the only thing Iwagakure had gifted him from around his neck.

His blue eyes stared at the insignia, almost as if it it would grow eyes and look back at him at a moment's notice. Shrouded in uncertainty, he didn't feel any boiling hate or anger rise up in him. But he did feel the shackles of a village holding him back. Ignorantly yet boldly, the ninja allowed the item to slip through his fingers before plummeting to the earth below.

Sliding from the tower, Rikuto would leave this land without any regrets, though in due time he knew he was going to blow up - or at least literally.

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