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Takura smiled at Tiasha and placed his hand on her. "Ok Tiasha, I guess your right." Takura said as he began thinking of the men that he knew from the fire realm and the actions from tonight. "I think you are going to have to stay at my place for a little bit Tiasha. Until this all gets settled. I would really hate to see this place catch on fire again." Takura said, deep in thought.

Takura smiled at the kiss and kissed Tiasha back on her cheek. He looked out to the sky and sighed to himself. "Tiasha I am going to be outside for a few minutes. I won't leave though. I just need some fresh air." Takura said as he slowly began walking out the dorm room and outside.

Takura walked out to the front of the dorm and looked up at the sky once again. His face held a sad look and he was unsure of what to do. He then lifted his shirt to look at a burn mark that he had put on himself back in the fire realm.

"Does it still bring back memories Takura?"

Takura turned and saw a fire demon, covered in a red flame. Takura prepared himself if the demon was to attack him. "Why are you here fire demon?" The demon chuckled and shook his head.

"Come now Takura you know that we needed to do this. You betrayed the fire seal on your chest. You betrayed your friends and fellow members of Ifrit's Fist. Most of all you betrayed your brother." The demon laughed more and began melting into the ground. "That mark on your chest is more then a design, it is a pact you made when you made Ifrit's Fist."

Takura watched as the demon disappeared and sighed to himself. "So I was right." Takura said as he held his face in his hands.

Takura watched as Tiasha came out and he looked away from her. "No one Tiasha. You........you must be hearing things. It's just me out here." Takura said as he tried to keep tears in his eyes, yet one escaped and slid down his cheek.

Takura looked back at Tiasha and kept silent. He closed his eyes and breathed slowly. "I do not have a clean slate as I thought, it would seem." Takura said as he looked back to Tiasha. "I did alot of bad things back in the fire realm Tiasha, none of which are forgiven. By the law, my friends, or as it would seem my family."

Takura just sighed. "I did alot of things Tiasha. I was the founder of a very large gang in the fire realm. I am not talking about some group of kids just roaming the streets. We were an organized group of fire wielders and hitmen. We did everything from extortion to racketing in order to raise money for ourselves." Takura said as he pushed his glasses up in shame. "One night we were asked to kill a girl and I couldn't bring myself to do it. Instead my brother did the job for me, right in front of me. I still remember her warm, freshly spilled blood hit my face that night." Takura said as he turned to Tiasha. "That night I left the gang and came here, breaking the major rule in Ifrit's Fist. Never leave the gang." Takura then showed Tiasha the mark he had on his chest. "We swore that rule on ourselves when we took up this mark. Now I broke my own law." Takura said with sadness in his eyes.

Takura hid his face away from Tiasha and held back more tears. "I am sorry Tiasha. I know you must think of me as a monster right now, but trust me when I say this. I did nothing to harm anyone during that part of my past. I never did more then push someone around. I never killed, let alone punched anyone in my life. I only did those things because I had things and people to help. That was the only reason I did them." Takura said, no longer able to hold his tears back.