His eyes left behind the fire and the men struggling to fight it. As far as he could see, he saw no sign of Tengoku. The two parts of the shield came back and joined to cover them.
All the warnings Kyo and Akira had given him came to his mind fresh as new. Hitori clenched the sofa's foam in his hands. "I can not… fine him," he muttered.
"You can not?!" Akira exclaimed. "No, you need to! Look harder."
But Hitori was convinced. He shook his head. "I… can not… he is gone," he declared.
Akira groaned and grabbed his head. "Shit, shit, damn it! How can you?"
Kyoryu stood still for a moment, then rubbed his forehead. "Why did you have to do it? Why did you have to go alone and—"
The next just faded for him. He clenched the foam with both of his hands. He lowered his head and clenched his teeth, and he remained staring at the brown sofa.