"So, did Kandora agree to your plans?" Kuro asked Riax as they both sat down next to the roaring flames of the room's fireplace. "No, we had a argument about it. In the end we came to a solution we could both agree to" Riax said, the sound of Kandora's screams played through his head. "Can we trust him? Now that he knows of our plans?" Kuro said leaning forward. Riax's eyes locked onto the maids that we're about the room, cleaning and dusting the many objects placed around and on the walls. "He's dead" he whispered making sure none of them heard "Your right, I couldn't trust him". Kuro moved back into he previous position, he looked more relaxed after hearing the news. "Well that takes care of that, but there is a growing rumor that Tunshaa, the land of air's lord, has been given a son...". Riax looked confused, what possible effect could the land of air's newborn son have? Kuro once again leaned forward, "...and he has the Huanchi mark!" Riax widened his eyes "The Huanchi mark, you mean he's the forth sage!" Kuro nodded "As long as he's alive, our plans are hopeless. Even as a newborn, he's incredible strong." Riax stopped for a moment and thought hard. "But i'm Riax the Fire Lord Assassin, surely the child can't be more powerful than me at his current age, even with his mark!" Kuro didn't say anything. 'It's destiny, it's meant to be this way!' those words span round Riax's head like a hurricane. "I must destroy that child!" Riax shouted "The Land of Air must fall in battle, not matter what". Kuro smiled "Riax have always been a determined one. Go forth and raise an army that will defeat any opponent. Focus on the young ones, they have a lot of potential." Riax nodded, "The Land of Fire shall rise once again!".

Riax converted one of the village buildings into local training camp and for the next 15 years he gathered the young of the village and made them in to master assassins such as himself. The future looked certain for The Land of Fire. Was destiny going to turn out like Riax predicted?

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