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The turtles were talking about the recent events.
Splinter was walking by and couldn't help but overhear their conversation.
Leo noticed he was listening.
"So what do you think about all this sensei?" Leo asked.
The other turtles looked up at their father, not noticing his presence before.
"Hmmm." Splinter thought about it for a moment.
"You think she was serious when she said she quit the Foot Clan?" Raph asked.
"It is possible." Splinter answered. "Loyalties have been known to shift."
Raph breathed a small sigh of relief that no one seemed to notice.
He had to know more about her now that he knew she was safe to talk to.
A few minutes of discussing later...
The other turtles had gathered around the pinball machine to watch Leo beat his high score.
Raph seized his chance. He started to walk away.
"And where are you going?" Splinter asked.
Raph froze. "Uhhhh..."
Splinter let out a small laugh.
Raph looked at the exit, then back at Splinter.
"Go." Splinter said with a little smile.
Raph quickly sped for the exit.
"Just take caution." Splinter added before Raph was gone.
Raph saw very faint foot prints and followed them out of town.
He walked over to a underground cave and went inside.
A ninja star barely missed his head.
A girl with long brown hair and deep blue eyes, about Fira's age was standing there.
She had a red, long sleeve shirt with fabric similar to Splinter's outfit, and black pants.
Stari.
"Who are you?!" she demanded.
"Raphael." Raph said.
Stari calmed down a little.
"Ah, yes I have heard a little about you." she replied. "Are you friend or foe?"
"Depends." Raph said. "Who do you work for?"
"No one." Stari said. "I am my own master."
Stari turned to go put away her stars.
Raph noticed a small, black, book with the Foot Clan symbol on it.
He secretly grabbed it.
"Have you seen Fira?" he asked.
Stari paused. "Why?"
"Have you seen her?" Raph repeated ignoring Stari's question.
Stari laughed to herself. "She's in the graveyard."
"What." Raph said. "Why?"
"Why don't you ask her." Stari replied.
Raph started for the exit.
"It's a graveyard out further out of town." Stari added and told him the directions.
Raph nodded and left.
He walked until he was about halfway there and stopped. He looked at the book with the Foot Clan symbol on it.
What secrets did it hold? Who's was it?
There was a lock on it. He'd have to use Donnie's lock pick later.
He put the book away and continued to walk to the graveyard.
In a few minutes he started to see head stones.
He saw a huge tree with someone sitting underneath.
He hid behind a bush and watched her.
She had what looked like a sketchbook and looked like she was drawing something.
"I know you're there." she said.
How did she know?!
Raph stepped out from behind the bush.
Fira didn't even look up, she continued to draw.
He walked over to see what she was drawing.
"Yeesh." Raph's eyes widened. "What the heck is that?!"
It was a very good, detailed drawing.
But something was not right.
The creature she was drawing looked similar to half wolf half human.
It had eyes black as night, giant claws, stood on all fours, was covered is short, scruffy brown fur.
It had extremely sharp, jagged teeth, it's ears were pointed up like a wolf's, and it had blood dripping from it's mouth.
"The demon." Fira said quietly.
"What are you talking about?" Raph asked. "And why are you in a graveyard?"
"Another dark tale of my past." she muttered.
"Tell me." Raph said.
This was the first time she made full eye contact with him.
"Can you keep a secret?" she asked.
"Will effect me and my bros?" Raph asked.
"No." Fira replied.
"Then yes." Raph said.
He sat down under the tree next to her.
"When I was little, I could see things other people couldn't see." she began. "My dad said I had a gift. I call it a curse..."
Raph listened patiently.
"I used to tell him about the people who lived in the house before us." she continued. "But he said they were dead."
Raph looked a little confused but continued to listen.
"But it wasn't fun for long." she said. "We had to move to a new house when I was three and things changed."
"There was something dark in that house." She shivered at the thought. "The demon."
"That thing?" Raph asked pointing at the picture of the demon.
"Yes. I would see it in the shadows, always there... watching..." she said. "My dad was already teaching me to be a Kunoichi and taught me to me sensitive to the world around me. It made my encounters with the demon worse..."
Raph could tell the next part was hard for her to say.
"One day, I confronted it." she said. "I remember screaming at it 'Go away! You have no power here!' but it said ... 'I'll drain the life out of your father.' A few weeks later my uncle came and... my whole life was ruined..."
She pulled out her dagger. "This was his... he gave it to me when I was four..."
Raph put his hand on her shoulder and looked at the picture she had drawn.
It made him shiver.
"The graveyard is where I find peace..." she said. "Many souls are restless here. I can feel their energy..."
"So your psychic?" Raph asked.
"Kind of..." Fira replied. "I am more connected with death than life."
She got up. Raph did too.
"Until we meet again." she said, then disappeared.
Raph walked back to the lair.
The other turtles were asleep.
Splinter greeted him.
Raph took out the book with the Foot Clan symbol on it.
It caught Splinter's attention.
"Where did you find that?" he asked.
"Some underground cave." Raph answered.
He used Donnie's lock pick and opened the book.
On the inside of the cover was a picture of Fira.
She was wearing blades on her shoulders and her scar over her right eye was even more vivid.
She looked very serious.
Splinter looked over Raph's shoulder at the book.
"That is definitely Fira." he said.
Raph turned over a page. It was clear this was some sort of diary.
Maybe the remaining answers were here...
I had to set my pet turtle Stripey free two days ago so finishing this chapter was hard... :( *sniffles* the next chapter is coming.