Locker Rooms_______________
Raven was taken back by what she was saying, however she had a point.
None of those things were in his control. Not all of them were his fault. Raven fell to his knees in tears as he was being told all this. It was heart wrenching, but it was the truth. The hard truth. Raven had not let anyone get too close to him after the incident.
"I'm sorry..." He said as he broke into tears once more. "I'm so sorry... I kept pushing people away... I kept trying to fix problems that I didn't even cause... I'm just so sorry..." Said Raven as he sat there crying. "I don't want Chung to get in this mess though. He may be a warrior, but he is still far too young to get involved with these sort of things..." He said as he slowly stood up. As he wiped the tears away from his eyes he looked back to Lily. "I once knew that fact... that it wasn't my fault... I just... with everything going on I forgot that... Lily... I... I..." He said as he slowly walked up to her. "I want to thank you for bringing me back to my senses... I shouldn't beat myself up over these things... my comrades... Seris... they died trying to protect me... even though it wasn't my fault I still have punished myself... when the Nasod's gave me my arm they controlled me... they made me do horrible things... they made me attack innocent people. However Elsword... Rena... Aisha... and Chung all helped me remember who I was, but ever since I was brought into this world I thought that I would never see them again. I guess that thought just pushed me back over the edge... but thanks to you I remember now..." He said as he wrapped his arms around Lily.
"Thank you... I know I already said this before, but I don't know how to repay you..." He said as he hugged Lily tightly.
Lily was almost reminding him of Seris, his fiancee who died trying to protect him.
"I still wish to train alone though... and I am still going to go out into the wilderness... but I promise you that when I come back I will be different. I will be stronger. Not just physically, and mentally, but emotionally. When I come back I will be a changed man." He said as he took a few steps back from Lily.
"I won't forget those who threw their own lives away trying to protect me. The Black Crow shall live on!" He said as he looked at Lily, the tears on his face have dried up. He had a serious, yet enlightened look on his face. "Lily... before I go I want you to have something..." He said as he reached into his duffle bag. As he went through it he finally found what he was looking for. As he stood up he walked back over to Lily. "Here... it is something I want you to have this. It belonged... to an old friend. I want you to protect this."

It was a simple, yet beautiful looking locket.