12,000 years have passed since the fire realm was wiped out. Since then Flare has wandered from place to place looking for his purpose in life. One day, he stopped at a pub in Italy for a quick drink and then two people walked in, they looked like they were on a mission of the up most importance. One was a girl who wore her hair in pig tails, had a school girl uniform on with a long black coat and wore white gloves, she also wore white boots. The other was a boy who had white hair pulled back with a hair braid; he wore a black leather jacket, a orange shirt and gray pants with black shoes. They approached the table where Flare was sitting at, the girl said: "are you the one known as the immortal fire god?" Flare puts his glass down on the table, looks up at her and says "depends on whose asking" The girl says "I'm Maka Albarn, a scythe meister and this is my weapon partner Soul Eater" Flare says "weapon partner….are you two from the academy in Death City?" Maka says "Yes and we were ordered to bring you to the academy." Flare asks "Is there a reason?" Maka says "Lord Death would like you to join the academy" Flare thought about it for a minute and he says "Why not, I got plenty of time" Soul looks at Flare with a puzzled look. Flare looked at Soul and asked "Is something wrong?" Soul looked at Flare who is wearing a black cloak and asked "why are you wearing a black cloak inside?"Flare said "Because when people see me they spread rumors" Maka steps into the conversation and says "that won't happen at the academy" Then Flare says "we'll see; shall we get going?" Then Maka said "yeah". On the way to the Death City, Maka and Soul explain to Flare how the academy was founded and created, as well as the problems they experienced recently. Such as their dealings with the witch Medusa and defeating the kishin Asura.
After many long hours of driving, they finally made to Death City. Then they got to the steps to the academy and Maka asked Flare "isn't about time you took off the cloak?"Flare thought about it and said "I suppose your right". So he started to take off his cloak, he removed the cloak and both Maka and Soul were shocked by what they saw. Flare had hair red as fire that came down to his waist, eyes red as blood and a body built like a god that gleams in the sun. He wore black pants and black shoes, but no shirt. Soul asked "why aren't you wearing a shirt man". Flare said "because my fire burns every shirt I wear". When Soul and Flare were talking, Flare looked over at Maka and she was blushing as she looked at him. Flare asked "shall we go see Lord Death?" Maka still looking like she's in a trance says "yeah". So they walk through the academy to the death room, where they are greeted by Lord Death. Lord Death says "Hiya, thanks for coming, good to see ya". Flare says "It's nice to see you to". Lord Death says "I hope you enjoy your time at the academy". Flare says "I'm sure I will". Lord Death says "I hope you will join us for the anniversary party". Flare says "Sounds like fun". On the way out of the death room with Soul and Maka, Flare came across a girl with long black hair who is called Tsubaki. Flare and Tsubaki looked at each other and were stuck in each other's gaze. This was the first meeting between the blossom and the flame.