Twenty-Five

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I wake up slowly. My head hurts a lot for some reason. I cough up ash. My body feels hot and not in a good way. I sit up. No surprise... I'm sitting on the Nematon. Then the memories flash in my mind. I grip my head. What the... oh no. I attacked them. I look at my hands. I remember dying. I remember passing through the dark, sinking into the blackness then I felt fire. 

I am fire. I am a creature of darkness. I serve the Devil. I remember meeting with him. I remember his head crowned with horns. His skin is gray like smoke. His skin cracked. Gashes were engraved in his skin. I feel my lips they feel on fire but also cold at the same time. Oh god, I remember what we did together.

I grip myself. I almost hurt Kaoru. I could've killed them. I could easily kill anyone. I get up from the tree. I'm a danger to the world. I'm a danger to my friends. I remember the fire. I remember walking out of that place. I remember the floors of Hell. I can't see them again. I could hurt them so easily. I have no control of the fire and my life is bound by another. I have to leave. I have to live near the Nematon. It's the safest place for me. 

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