"I am shattered and alone.

The picture of my choices come to pass.

And now a ruined future so unknown,

Bites at me, like so much broken glass.

I see shards of what I could have been.

Strewn across the bedroom floor

Each moment perfectly framed in brilliant red,

And destroyed forevermore."
~Lou Ruggieri

VIII: Shattered

(Narrator POV)

With the loss of his Lieutenant, Captain Zaraki Kenpachi lost himself.

His soul had shattered.

There was nothing left of the man but a shell…filled with rage.

The battle that ensued was costly. Eventually the decision was made to cleanse the Captain of himself.

As he fell by the Zanpakato of his comrades…he reach out, grasping Yachiru's hand.

They had spent the majority of their lives together.

Now they would be together in death for eternity.

As it should be.