Post by Teяa253 on Mar 8, 2008 12:36:32 GMT 1
the 8th installment of my series. You can also find it here. I really have sympathy for Sanaki, but that might be just ebcause she's my character.
As Usual, it's the viewpoints of Sokka and Toph. (and Sanaki)
TORMENTING THE BLIND (I)
We were finally able to regroup, where Sanaki and I were being rejuvenated. Sanaki’s waterbender really knew how to work it. The only thing about her the annoyed me was that she never spoke, and no one knew her name. I never even heard Sanaki speak to her. Instead, she seemed to use weird gestures, according to my senses. I was lying there as the waterbender finishing massaging my shoulders with healing water. She then went back to Sanaki. I was in a state of ignorant bliss at the time, oblivious to everything, including Tera, Sokka, and everyone. Well actually, Sokka was on my mind, and I was reminded of his efforts to save us, despite the failure to do so. I also thought of Sanaki, and how she suffered at the hand of this Tera figure. This annoyed me too, since Sanaki, although rude, vulgar and uninviting, was my good friend.
My waterbender friend returned to me and began massaging my back. It felt really good. I heard Sokka ask if she could do that to him, and to my surprise, I sensed that she actually nodded. I heard Sokka snap his fingers. He had obviously expected her to answer by saying something. I smiled, but that was about it. I was greatly disturbed because of this Tera figure. What did she have against me that inclined her to pick on me like she did? I was glad Sokka was watching on me, because Tera didn’t let up until he had stepped in and said something.
“You all seriously have no sense of fun,” Tera replied at me grumpily,
“Tera,” I said, “you’re nice and all for saving Toph and Sanaki, “but I don’t understand why you think hurting Sanaki is so fun.”
“What don’t you see fun about entertaining yourself at someone else’s expense?” she asked bluntly, “what’s a person have to do in your group to have a little fun around here?”
“Wait,” I said, “You’re not in our group yet. You haven’t passed the ‘initiation’ test.” I of course was just making this up, but Tera took it more seriously than I thought.
“You want some bending tactics?” she said, “I’ve got them all. I can bend stone... earth... water... fire... air... ice... lightning... plants... light... sand... metal... darkness... blood... and even sound.”
I was amazed. Every time Tera had named an element and paused, she had bent that particular element. She could even metalbend from a distance. When she had said bloodbending, she just twitched her head in Katara’s direction and made her do a back flip. Tera’s deeds had even made Toph spring up, and Aang and Zuko looked in our direction. Aang then disappeared again, and Zuko ambled off with Katara.
“So, am I in?” Tera asked, sounding insulted,
“Sure,” I replied, “but could you please lay off hurting Sanaki?”
“I can’t guarantee that,” Tera replied, “she’s fun to pester because she’s so passive and... annoy-able”
“Sanaki,” I exclaimed, gagging on what I was eating, “passive?” I laughed.
“Actually,” said Tera coolly, “she only gets aggressive if you provoke her enough. I know where to draw the line usually. Anyways, I’m not sure about you Sokka, but I’m starved. Let’s go find some food.”
I heard Sokka call out to me if I wanted to go hunting with him. Having nothing else to do, I consented. As we left, I noticed that Tera was following us. “She’s coming with us,” Sokka told me, but suddenly, I felt Tera stop. “You two go ahead,” she said, “I’ll just hang back with Sanaki’s waterbender. I’ll get her name out of her yet.”
“Yeah,” I said, “do that; the fact that she won’t speak really bugs me.” With that, I felt Tera walk back to camp. I thought she was a dodgy character, but with powers like hers, she could be our key to winning the war. I also thought her style of clothing was totally awesome, because it was like mine.
I was exhausted. It may have been because Tera tortured me every moment she got, and I didn’t know why. Suddenly, I was interrupted. Someone had come into my tent. My senses told me it was Zuko. I wondered what he could possibly be doing here. He and Katara usually only appeared when it was time to eat or sleep. Other than that they were gone off somewhere.
“S-S-Sanaki,” he stammered, as if he was just learning to speak,
“Yeah, that’s me,” I replied bluntly, “what do you want?”
“I-I’m sorry about Tera,” he said, “and... I’m sorry for what you got dragged into because of us.”
“Hey,” I said, “don’t blame your self for that. I dragged myself into your guys’ group. Beating people up in Agni Kai battles at my village got old, especially after a 38-0 streak. I wanted something new. Even if Tera is a jerk, I’m still fine with being with you all.”
“Do you want to play with fire?” he asked me, and I was startled. He wanted to practice firebending with me.
“Are you aware of what you’re saying?” I asked him, for I had thought that he had lost his entire mind,
“Of course I am,” Zuko replied, “I haven’t remembered everything, but I know a lot about recent events. I killed Katara, and then Toph killed me. When I was dying, I saw you in a vision. I’m not sure what it meant, but I also saw Tera. You two were fighting.”
“Wow,” I said, not really too concerned. From what Toph told me, Zuko always had some sort of sob story, so I figured this was no different. Zuko took me by the hand to an open field, where he threw fire all over the place. I might have been tired, but the fire made me feel lively. I could sense things vividly now because of the heat. Zuko came at me in a playful attack form that he called “The Dancing Dragon”. I seemed to know the dance, despite being blind, and so I joined him in the dance. Zuko may not have returned to normal, but this Zuko was pretty cool in my opinion. He was really nice to me. We danced for what seemed forever, and I was having the time of my life. However, that was short-lived. When he returned me to camp, he left, and not long afterwards, Tera appeared. I sighed.
“What do you want with me?” I asked as kindly as I could. I didn’t want to give her any reason to hurt me, but using self-control was difficult.
“Well,” said Tera, “considering how c0cky you are, I just thought I’d put it to the test. Let’s see if you can swim...”
My heart stopped. Not only had I just had an issue with water this morning, but I was also terrified of it on a regular basis anyways. Water is Fire’s bane, and I was fire.
“Come on, Sanaki,” said Tera, “what’s wrong with a little fun? Besides, it will make you stronger if you overcome your weaknesses.”
“Tera,” I pleaded, desperate to defend myself, “it’s like trying to change an element. It’s like trying to get fire to burn inside of an ocean. Things like that just shouldn’t be!”
Tera didn’t seem to care. I suddenly found my senses completely blocked off, and I was struggling in the water again.
“Tera,” I screamed, “stop it please!”
Tera just stood there, smiling. The water I was in was only about 6 feet deep, but when you’re struggling just to keep your head above the water, you can’t tell. Additionally, Tera used waterbending to push my head under periodically. I knew that she was going to kill me eventually. Suddenly, I heard something I have never heard before. I heard a mysterious voice. I knew I had never heard it before, but it had a familiar nature to it.
“Tera,” it said softly, but commandingly, “let Sanaki go.”
“Fine,” Tera shrugged, and pulled me back in, where I landed at the feet of whoever was talking. Being out of the water, my senses returned, and I noticed that the owner of the voice had been the waterbender. Being in better condition than I was last time, I was able to stand up. I embraced her, and was crying into her chest. One thing I remembered about this waterbender was that she was unnaturally tall—around 6 feet or so.
“It’s going to be al right, Sanaki,” I heard her say. I did not respond. I was still crying. Interestingly enough, I could sense that Tera felt guilty about something too, but that was a different story. I was more grateful for my waterbender friend than ever. She was someone to lean on, and right now, for some reason, I needed her more than ever, because I was sobbing uncontrollably into her clothes. It was only a matter of time before the others returned...
~Mai~
As Usual, it's the viewpoints of Sokka and Toph. (and Sanaki)
TORMENTING THE BLIND (I)
We were finally able to regroup, where Sanaki and I were being rejuvenated. Sanaki’s waterbender really knew how to work it. The only thing about her the annoyed me was that she never spoke, and no one knew her name. I never even heard Sanaki speak to her. Instead, she seemed to use weird gestures, according to my senses. I was lying there as the waterbender finishing massaging my shoulders with healing water. She then went back to Sanaki. I was in a state of ignorant bliss at the time, oblivious to everything, including Tera, Sokka, and everyone. Well actually, Sokka was on my mind, and I was reminded of his efforts to save us, despite the failure to do so. I also thought of Sanaki, and how she suffered at the hand of this Tera figure. This annoyed me too, since Sanaki, although rude, vulgar and uninviting, was my good friend.
My waterbender friend returned to me and began massaging my back. It felt really good. I heard Sokka ask if she could do that to him, and to my surprise, I sensed that she actually nodded. I heard Sokka snap his fingers. He had obviously expected her to answer by saying something. I smiled, but that was about it. I was greatly disturbed because of this Tera figure. What did she have against me that inclined her to pick on me like she did? I was glad Sokka was watching on me, because Tera didn’t let up until he had stepped in and said something.
“You all seriously have no sense of fun,” Tera replied at me grumpily,
“Tera,” I said, “you’re nice and all for saving Toph and Sanaki, “but I don’t understand why you think hurting Sanaki is so fun.”
“What don’t you see fun about entertaining yourself at someone else’s expense?” she asked bluntly, “what’s a person have to do in your group to have a little fun around here?”
“Wait,” I said, “You’re not in our group yet. You haven’t passed the ‘initiation’ test.” I of course was just making this up, but Tera took it more seriously than I thought.
“You want some bending tactics?” she said, “I’ve got them all. I can bend stone... earth... water... fire... air... ice... lightning... plants... light... sand... metal... darkness... blood... and even sound.”
I was amazed. Every time Tera had named an element and paused, she had bent that particular element. She could even metalbend from a distance. When she had said bloodbending, she just twitched her head in Katara’s direction and made her do a back flip. Tera’s deeds had even made Toph spring up, and Aang and Zuko looked in our direction. Aang then disappeared again, and Zuko ambled off with Katara.
“So, am I in?” Tera asked, sounding insulted,
“Sure,” I replied, “but could you please lay off hurting Sanaki?”
“I can’t guarantee that,” Tera replied, “she’s fun to pester because she’s so passive and... annoy-able”
“Sanaki,” I exclaimed, gagging on what I was eating, “passive?” I laughed.
“Actually,” said Tera coolly, “she only gets aggressive if you provoke her enough. I know where to draw the line usually. Anyways, I’m not sure about you Sokka, but I’m starved. Let’s go find some food.”
I heard Sokka call out to me if I wanted to go hunting with him. Having nothing else to do, I consented. As we left, I noticed that Tera was following us. “She’s coming with us,” Sokka told me, but suddenly, I felt Tera stop. “You two go ahead,” she said, “I’ll just hang back with Sanaki’s waterbender. I’ll get her name out of her yet.”
“Yeah,” I said, “do that; the fact that she won’t speak really bugs me.” With that, I felt Tera walk back to camp. I thought she was a dodgy character, but with powers like hers, she could be our key to winning the war. I also thought her style of clothing was totally awesome, because it was like mine.
I was exhausted. It may have been because Tera tortured me every moment she got, and I didn’t know why. Suddenly, I was interrupted. Someone had come into my tent. My senses told me it was Zuko. I wondered what he could possibly be doing here. He and Katara usually only appeared when it was time to eat or sleep. Other than that they were gone off somewhere.
“S-S-Sanaki,” he stammered, as if he was just learning to speak,
“Yeah, that’s me,” I replied bluntly, “what do you want?”
“I-I’m sorry about Tera,” he said, “and... I’m sorry for what you got dragged into because of us.”
“Hey,” I said, “don’t blame your self for that. I dragged myself into your guys’ group. Beating people up in Agni Kai battles at my village got old, especially after a 38-0 streak. I wanted something new. Even if Tera is a jerk, I’m still fine with being with you all.”
“Do you want to play with fire?” he asked me, and I was startled. He wanted to practice firebending with me.
“Are you aware of what you’re saying?” I asked him, for I had thought that he had lost his entire mind,
“Of course I am,” Zuko replied, “I haven’t remembered everything, but I know a lot about recent events. I killed Katara, and then Toph killed me. When I was dying, I saw you in a vision. I’m not sure what it meant, but I also saw Tera. You two were fighting.”
“Wow,” I said, not really too concerned. From what Toph told me, Zuko always had some sort of sob story, so I figured this was no different. Zuko took me by the hand to an open field, where he threw fire all over the place. I might have been tired, but the fire made me feel lively. I could sense things vividly now because of the heat. Zuko came at me in a playful attack form that he called “The Dancing Dragon”. I seemed to know the dance, despite being blind, and so I joined him in the dance. Zuko may not have returned to normal, but this Zuko was pretty cool in my opinion. He was really nice to me. We danced for what seemed forever, and I was having the time of my life. However, that was short-lived. When he returned me to camp, he left, and not long afterwards, Tera appeared. I sighed.
“What do you want with me?” I asked as kindly as I could. I didn’t want to give her any reason to hurt me, but using self-control was difficult.
“Well,” said Tera, “considering how c0cky you are, I just thought I’d put it to the test. Let’s see if you can swim...”
My heart stopped. Not only had I just had an issue with water this morning, but I was also terrified of it on a regular basis anyways. Water is Fire’s bane, and I was fire.
“Come on, Sanaki,” said Tera, “what’s wrong with a little fun? Besides, it will make you stronger if you overcome your weaknesses.”
“Tera,” I pleaded, desperate to defend myself, “it’s like trying to change an element. It’s like trying to get fire to burn inside of an ocean. Things like that just shouldn’t be!”
Tera didn’t seem to care. I suddenly found my senses completely blocked off, and I was struggling in the water again.
“Tera,” I screamed, “stop it please!”
Tera just stood there, smiling. The water I was in was only about 6 feet deep, but when you’re struggling just to keep your head above the water, you can’t tell. Additionally, Tera used waterbending to push my head under periodically. I knew that she was going to kill me eventually. Suddenly, I heard something I have never heard before. I heard a mysterious voice. I knew I had never heard it before, but it had a familiar nature to it.
“Tera,” it said softly, but commandingly, “let Sanaki go.”
“Fine,” Tera shrugged, and pulled me back in, where I landed at the feet of whoever was talking. Being out of the water, my senses returned, and I noticed that the owner of the voice had been the waterbender. Being in better condition than I was last time, I was able to stand up. I embraced her, and was crying into her chest. One thing I remembered about this waterbender was that she was unnaturally tall—around 6 feet or so.
“It’s going to be al right, Sanaki,” I heard her say. I did not respond. I was still crying. Interestingly enough, I could sense that Tera felt guilty about something too, but that was a different story. I was more grateful for my waterbender friend than ever. She was someone to lean on, and right now, for some reason, I needed her more than ever, because I was sobbing uncontrollably into her clothes. It was only a matter of time before the others returned...
~Mai~
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