Fiji Burasuto

Takeru, Rena and Juri tried to stay in touch with Fiji over the years, but the system (and Fiji’s growing distrust) made it difficult.

The burning building incident — when Juri was 8 — nearly broke them. When Fiji ran into the flames and carried Juri out after tossing aside a steel I-beam, Takeru and Rena both wept openly. They called him a hero that night and have never stopped being grateful.

How They View Fiji Now

• Takeru: Sees Fiji as a mirror of his younger self, but taken to a more extreme, colder place. He respects the strength but worries his cousin is becoming too isolated. He understands the “only the strong survive” mindset because he lived it, but he hopes Juri can be the bridge that keeps Fiji from losing the last of his humanity.
• Rena: Feels deep compassion for Fiji. She sees the good in him (the way he rescued Juri, the way he protects the raptors with respect instead of dominance) and quietly hopes she can help him find some peace the same way she helped Takeru. She is the one who gently reminds Takeru not to push Fiji too hard when he gets too closed-off.

Overall for Fiji Burasuto however, when his family is involved in certain matters, he becomes dangerously more aggressive, cold and calculating, especially when it's Juri Burasuto involved. And if it comes down to it, he would not hesitate to inflict excruciating pain on those who try to use or harm his family.

Rena Burasuto – The Woman Who Brought Him Peace

Age: 27
Appearance: Warm and practical, with shoulder-length dark hair often tied back, kind eyes, and a nurse’s steady hands. She has a small scar on her collarbone from her own rough past, but she carries herself with quiet strength rather than Fiji’s sharp edges.

Personality:
Rena is the emotional center of the small Burasuto family. She’s kind but no-nonsense — a nurse who has seen too much suffering to be naïve. She doesn’t sugarcoat reality, but she believes in protecting what little good remains. She is the only person who can gently call Takeru or Fiji out when they’re being too closed-off or destructive.

How She Met Takeru:
Rena was working the night shift at a local hospital when Takeru was brought in after a brutal fight with three thugs who tried to rob his workplace. He was bloody, bruised, and barely conscious, but still conscious enough to refuse painkillers because “I need to stay sharp.” Rena treated him anyway. When he woke up, he expected judgment or pity. Instead, she looked him straight in the eye and said:

“You survived that. Most people wouldn’t. But if you keep going like this alone, one day you won’t. Let someone help carry it.”

That simple honesty cracked something in Takeru. Over the next year, Rena became the first person he truly trusted since childhood. She didn’t try to “fix” him or tell him to stop fighting — she just stood beside him and made the fight feel less lonely. They got married quietly a year later.

Juri Burasuto – The Child Born After the Storm

Juri was born two years into their marriage — a bright, energetic little girl who inherited the family’s orange hair and green eyes. She became the living proof that survival could lead to something good instead of just more pain.

Takeru and Rena both worked hard to give her a safer life than they had. Takeru took a steady mechanic job and continued training quietly. Rena kept working as a nurse.

Takeru Burasuto – The Cousin Who Survived the Same Fire

Age: 28
Appearance: Taller and broader than Fiji, with the same orange-tinted hair (though shorter and more practical). He carries visible scars — a knife wound on his left forearm, a burn mark on the side of his neck, and a faint line across his jaw. His eyes are a softer green than Fiji’s, but they carry the same wary, calculating look of someone who has learned the hard way that the world is dangerous.

Personality:
Takeru is quieter and more grounded than Fiji. He’s not as openly cynical or rage-baiting, but he shares the same core belief: the world is harsh, systems are corrupt, and only the strong and smart survive. He’s protective, especially of his small family, and has a dry, understated sense of humor that surfaces rarely. He respects Fiji deeply — not just as family, but as someone who survived even worse than he did.

Backstory:
Like Fiji, Takeru grew up in the same decaying coastal city. He was a few years older and tried to look out for his younger cousin after Akari died, but the system kept pulling them apart. Takeru survived by becoming physically strong and skilled in street-level martial arts. He fought off thugs, corrupt debt collectors, and gang members who saw vulnerable families as easy targets. He was attacked multiple times — once with a lead pipe, another time by two men with knives who wanted to “send a message” to his neighborhood. He won those fights through grit, technique, and sheer refusal to die.

Unlike Fiji, Takeru eventually found an anchor.

While the burning building suffered structural collapse, Fiji’s young niece, Juri (daughter of his cousin Takeru), was trapped inside. Ignoring the fire department's perimeter, Fiji charged into the inferno. As the ceiling groaned, a structural steel I-beam—a heavy support member—sheared off and slammed across his back, pinning him face-down against the smoldering floor.
In that moment, the "Blast" was born.

The Feat: Under normal circumstances, lifting that beam would be impossible for a lone 17-year-old. But fueled by a massive surge of adrenaline and a total disregard for his own muscle fibers, Fiji found a purchase on the steel.
The Struggle: It wasn't "effortless." For seven agonizing seconds, his muscles screamed and his bones creaked under the weight. With a guttural roar, he heaved the beam upward just enough to roll it off his frame.
The Aftermath: He didn't walk away unscathed. He suffered severe bruising, strained ligaments, and was painfully hunched over from the impact. Yet, his conditioned body and sheer spite for "the inevitable" kept him moving. He retrieved Juri and carried her through the smoke to safety.
While Takeru and Rena Burasuto hailed him as a hero with "indomitable guts," Fiji viewed the event through his usual cynical lens: it was a tactical necessity. He didn't survive because he was "chosen"; he survived because he refused to let a piece of metal tell him where to die.

In his life, he has gone through multiple painful abuse incident experiences that really shaped him. He's been beaten up, hit by metal pipes, metal pans, he's been thrown through walls, and he's been tossed into cars multiple times and yet despite the excruciating pain he still has survived and overtime gained an incredible pain tolerance that allows him to fight through the pain and get up, after taking significant punishment to his body. There was also once a time in a burning building where the fire department was trying to take out the fire and there was still a child inside the building who was a little girl about 10 years old. This was actually his cousin Takeru Burasuto’s daughter Juri Burasuto and desperate to save her, Fiji ran inside the building. As Fiji rushed through the flames while the building was suffering structural collapse from the flames eating it, there was suddenly a considerably large support steel I-beam, which was exactly 1.5 inches thick, 10 inches wide and six feet long that fell onto him and floored him to the ground. However, even despite that, within seven seconds, he grabbed, lifted and literally tossed it off him, got up, and kept going. Fiji grabbed Juri and got out of the building alive much to the surprise of everyone. Some said he was crazy, others, especially Takeru and his wife Rena Burasuto said he had guts and was a hero. Of course Fiji didn't get out of this without serious injury. He was painfully hunched after the I-beam fell on him, yet he survived and still had enough energy to go rescue and carry Juri out safely and fully recovered later via medical attention.

The parallel to Laserbeak from Transformers (especially the classic G1 continuity and variants like Transformers: Prime or the movies) fits Fiji Burasuto's relationship with Sutomburas (and the broader raptor coalition) almost perfectly—both figuratively and literally.

In Transformers lore, Laserbeak is Soundwave's most loyal, trusted companion: a sleek, predatory bird-form Decepticon (or Mini-Con in some versions) who serves as his primary scout, spy, enforcer, and aerial asset. Soundwave deploys him for reconnaissance, surveillance, assassinations, and intel-gathering—Laserbeak perches silently, records everything, dives in for attacks, and returns without question. Their bond isn't master-pet in the degrading sense; it's symbiotic and deeply loyal. Soundwave rarely shows emotion (he's the stoic, monotone communications officer), but he prioritizes Laserbeak's safety—diverting from missions to rescue him, reacting subtly when he's in danger, and treating him as an extension of himself rather than disposable cannon fodder. Laserbeak is often Soundwave's "eyes in the sky," the one constant partner amid a roster of other cassettes/minions.

Now map that directly to Fiji and Sutomburas:

• Literal parallels — Sutomburas is the falcon equivalent of Laserbeak: a fierce, intelligent bird of prey that Fiji "rescued" (cutting fishing line, nursing it back with his last cash) when it was vulnerable, mirroring how Soundwave often "acquires" or bonds with Laserbeak in lore (sometimes catching/training a wild form, sometimes built/partnered from the start). Sutomburas perches on Fiji's shoulder like Laserbeak does with Soundwave, serves as constant companion/scout, and leads the raptor "cassettes" (hawks, kestrels, etc.) in coordinated ops—hit-and-run dives, aerial dominance, delivering the camcorder footage like a perfect spy drop.

In his life, he has gone through multiple painful abuse incident experiences that really shaped him. He's been beaten up, hit by metal pipes, metal pans, he's been thrown through walls, and he's been tossed into cars multiple times and yet despite the excruciating pain he still has survived and overtime gained an incredible pain tolerance that allows him to fight through the pain and get up, after taking significant punishment to his body. There was also once a time in a burning building where the fire department was trying to take out the fire and there was still a child inside the building who was a little girl about 10 years old. This was actually his cousin Takeru Burasuto’s daughter Juri Burasuto and desperate to save her, Fiji ran inside the building. As Fiji rushed through the flames while the building was suffering structural collapse from the flames eating it, there was suddenly a considerably large support steel I-beam, which was exactly 1.5 inches thick, 10 inches wide and six feet long that fell onto him and floored him to the ground. However, even despite that, within seven seconds, he grabbed, lifted and literally tossed it off him, got up, and kept going. Fiji grabbed Juri and got out of the building alive much to the surprise of everyone. Some said he was crazy, others, especially Takeru and his wife Rena Burasuto said he had guts and was a hero. Of course Fiji didn't get out of this without serious injury. He was painfully hunched after the I-beam fell on him, yet he survived and still had enough energy to go rescue and carry Juri out safely and fully recovered later via medical attention.

The raptor coalition was born the same week he decided authority would never control him again.

The Robbery Incident – Proof of Concept

At his last school (age 16), two adult thugs jumped him outside a konbini at night — brass knuckles and a knife, classic shakedown. They picked the wrong orange-haired kid. Fiji disarmed the knife guy with a Muay Thai clinch elbow, took the knuckles guy down with a BJJ leg sweep into a choke, and left both unconscious with concussions. Security cameras caught the whole thing. The police tried to twist it into “excessive force.” Fiji’s only reply in the report was one line:

“Cry me a fucking river.”

The school transferred him out immediately. Destination: Hachimitsu Academy — the most isolated, most authoritarian private school in the country. They thought they were punishing him.

They handed him an empire instead.

The Personality That Grew From the Wreckage

• Sci-fi obsession: His only escape. Star Trek, Star Wars, Gundam, Evangelion and stories where broken people reject corrupt systems and fight back with superior intellect or power. He quotes them when he rage-baits because they’re the only “authority” that never lied to him.
• Troll + merciless truth-teller: If you’re wrong, weak-willed, or hiding behind fake authority, he will verbally eviscerate you. Not for fun — for principle. He was lied to and walked over too many times. Now no one gets a pass.
• Zero sin, perfect grades: Iron self-control. He will never give anyone an excuse to punish him legally. The system already tried every trick; he outsmarted it.
• Raptor Dominion on day one: Not a prank. A declaration. The same way he once refused the group home, he refused Hachimitsu’s entire power structure the second he stepped through the gate. Peace was never an option because peace had always meant submission.

He still hasn’t told anyone the full story. Not Kiyoshi, not Gakuto, not even when Mari’s father quietly pulls the deeper files.

YouTube videos, stolen library books, late-night sessions in the woods. Krav Maga for the kill-or-be-killed mindset, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu because ground fighting is where most street fights end, Muay Thai because elbows and knees turn a skinny kid into a hammer. When the two teens came at him with a pipe and a chain, Fiji ended it in 47 seconds. One concussion, one broken arm, and both boys screaming for mercy he didn’t give.

The group home tried to pin it on him. Police (same corrupt department) showed up. Fiji looked the detective dead in the eye and said the first version of his famous line:
“I will never trust another authority figure ever again.”

They shipped him to a different prefecture the next week. That was when he legally changed his name.

Fiji Burasuto.
“Blast.”
Because everything they tried to bury him under exploded outward instead. The old surname died that day.

Sutomburas – The Storm That Chose Him

Three months after the name change, while hiding in an abandoned warehouse district during another transfer, Fiji found a half-starved juvenile falcon tangled in fishing line, wing damaged, bleeding. Most people would have left it. Fiji — who had been left bleeding more times than he could count — cut the line with his teeth and carried the bird to a vet using the last of his cash.

The falcon recovered. And never left.

Fiji named him Sutōmu Burasuto — Storm Blast — because the first time the bird flew again, it looked like a living thundercloud tearing across the sky. The two of them understood each other instantly: both had been broken by the world, both chose violence over submission. Sutomburas became the first living thing Fiji ever trusted. Within a year the falcon started bringing friends — wild hawks, kestrels, even a few displaced eagles from nearby mountains. Fiji didn’t “train” them. He simply refused to dominate them. He respected their strength the way he demanded respect for his own. They followed.

No one at Hachimitsu gets the whole truth on day one. Fiji doesn’t tell stories; he drops truth-bombs and walks away. But the scar under his left eye, the flat scowl, the “never trust authority again” speech, the triple martial-arts certifications, the two concussed robbers, and the name itself all point to one unbroken thread: a life that taught him the universe runs on power, and mercy is a lie.

Origin – “The Boy Who Was Never Allowed to Be a Boy”

Fiji was born in a decaying coastal city under a different surname. His mother died when he was six; his father was a mid-level government clerk who drank and took bribes. The first “authority figure” to break him was his own father. Beatings started small — “tough love” — then escalated when the old man lost his job and blamed the world. Social services stepped in at age nine… and immediately made everything worse. Three foster homes in two years. Each one run by people who saw the quiet orange-haired kid as free labor or a punching bag.

The scar under his left eye came at age 12. A foster “uncle” (a local cop) got drunk and swung a belt buckle. Fiji blocked with his arm; the buckle still caught the cheekbone. That was the night he stopped crying. He started watching everything — every adult lie, every rule that only applied to the weak. By 13 he had already decided: authority is just violence wearing a suit.

The Turning Point – The Night He Became “Burasuto”

At 15, the system tried one last placement: a remote group home run by a “rehabilitation program” that was really just cheap labor for a corrupt local syndicate. The adults there coerced the boys into petty crime — stealing, running packages — then beat them for “disobeying.” Fiji refused. They isolated him, starved him, then sent two older teens to “teach him respect.”

That was the first time he fought back.

He had secretly trained for months

Fiji Burasuto is known as the "Raptor Whisperer". He has been known to attract use birds of prey in ways that seem almost supernatural. This is especially the case against Hachimitsu Academy and Mari Kurihara. He doesn't fight the Crows on the ground. He sends his Falcons, Goshawks and Kestrels in "fleet groups." It’s clean, it’s fast, and it’s absolute as they perform surgical strikes to force crows out.
The Trash Toss: When he throws a dead crow in the trash, it’s not for drama—it’s because he genuinely views the USC's "spies" as literal garbage. No ceremony. Just "Unfortunate. Oh well."
The Documentation: He doesn't trust the school system. His birds are his scouts and watchers like Laserbeak to his Soundwave, some even having body cams. He doesn't brag about the footage; he just lets the USC know it exists so they know he owns them.

V. Why He Disrupts Prison School

Fiji is the one thing the USC (and the other boys) can't handle: A guy who doesn't want anything from them.
He isn't horny.
He isn't scared.
He isn't looking for friends.
He’s just there to survive, get his grades, and watch the "bimbos" in charge realize they have zero power over a guy who can literally call down the sky on their heads.

Character Profile: Fiji Burasuto
“The High-IQ Cynic & Raptor Whisperer”
Age: 17

I. Visual & Vibe

Appearance: outward down flowing spiky orange hair with black faded strips tied into a spiky ponytail, piercing green eyes that always look like they’re judging your math, and two particular scars, one on his left cheek and on his right eyes. He wears the uniform loosely, with a "don't touch me" energy.
The Falcon: Sutomburas isn't a pet; he’s Fiji's only trusted ally. The bird is just as cynical as he is.
Presence: He’s the guy leaning against the back wall, smirking when an authority figure tells a lie. He doesn't look for trouble, but he ends it with a few words that make people want to crawl into a hole.

II. The "Bullshit Detector" (Intelligence)

Cold Logic: He doesn't over-explain. He sees a lie, dissects it in two seconds, and throws it back in your face.
Street Smarts + Strategy: He’s been coerced and manipulated before. He knows the smell of a trap. If the USC tries to corner him, he’s already found three exits and sent a hawk to watch the fourth.
His Lens: To him, the world is a series of "tactical errors." He treats the USC like a dying empire from a space opera—bloated, arrogant, and begging for a revolution. He uses the terminology as a way to mock how small-minded the school’s "power struggles" really are. He also does this by the use of meta-logic, and critical contingency thinking, planning and calculating. He is known to be able to outsmart others as well as plan multiple steps ahead in case his outsmarting is outsmarted.

III. Personality & Speech

The Tone: Cynical and calm but also sharp, biting, and direct. He’s a Rage-Baiter because he likes seeing people lose their cool—it proves they’re weak.
Key Phrases:
"Cry me a fucking river. Your 'authority' is just a costume you wear because you're scared of being nothing."
"I've seen this play out before. You're predictable, you're messy, and you're about to lose your 'Crows' to a real predator.