Post by Teяa253 on May 25, 2008 1:31:33 GMT 1
I couldn't think of a good title...
THE FIRE NAVY FIGHT
My mother simply shrugged and prepared to fight. “we have come to reclaim Sanaki Li Chan,” she said, “if you are not willing to return her to us, things may end up becoming less than desirable.”
Naturally, none of us were surprised that they were not willing to go down without a fight. However, they surrendered after my mother demonstrated her power on the more competitive ones.
“She’s two ships away,” the other pleaded, “and that’s where Zhao is. We promise not to interfere if you spare us.”
“That was way too easy,” Toph laughed,
“It was,” Ty Lee commented, “c’mon girls, let’s go.”
Ty Lee looked over and saw a ship bearing a huge Fire Nation flag.
“That has to be the one,” she said, “can you all swim?”
“Aye,” my mother replied, “Toph, can you?”
“Since my husband is from the water tribe,” Toph replied, “I kind of had to learn. Besides, I don’t want another incident like The Serpent’s Pass.”
None of us had been there, but we knew Toph was referring to a time when she had been too hesitant to cross an ice bridge, and an enormous sea monster has shattered it, flinging Toph into the watery abyss below her, where she nearly drowned.
“Well obviously,” my mother said, “we’ll have to wait until the evening when the ships slow down to cross to another one; otherwise we’ll be left behind. Unless...”
My mother turned to me and winked.
“Well,” said Ty Lee, “I’ll find my way across.” Ty Lee back flipped off the edge of the ship and seemed to catch a draft in the wind. The folds of her robes almost served as wings. Ty Lee landed on the back of the ship, slid down and clung to the wall.
“One down,” my mother said, “Kai, you next.”
“So what about me,” Toph asked,
“This may involve a slight amount of risk on your part Toph, but it’s the only way we found to get you on. You’ll have to get a little wet though, for this plan is not yet perfected.”
“Hey,” Toph shrugged, “whatever gets us there.”
I flipped over to the other boat, using my water whips to latch onto the wall, followed by a little metalbending to lodge myself there. We made no noise in comparison to the sounds the ships made.
“Mother,” I called, “it’s just you and Toph now.”
“Hey wait,” Toph exclaimed, “what?” but my mother said nothing. She produced one of her water whips and bound Toph with it. She then cracked it like a whip, and Toph spiraled towards us. Just as we figured (since this had not been perfected, this being Kai’s first try at aiming an object as large as a person), Toph missed us by about 20 feet. Luckily, it was towards the front of us, Toph swam towards the side of the ship and used her own metalbending to pull her arms out of the water. She seemed disoriented. My mother shot straight into the water and appeared next to Toph, holding her hand to make sure she didn’t lose her grip.
“That was a little crazy,” Toph commented, “have you done that before?”
“Actually,” my mother replied, “that was our first try at that. We’re sorry if it hurt you.”
“It didn’t hurt,” Toph replied, “But I feel a little disoriented. You know, there’s no earth around, and I’m blind, all that jazz.”
“Well,” said Ty Lee, “if you’re alright, let’s get inside the ship.”
“Simple stuff,” Toph muttered, and she pulled herself out of the water. I was surprised that this blind earthbender was able to swim the way she could. Of course, Toph was internationally known for being “awesome”, similar to how Sanaki was internationally known for being a prankster. Toph climbed up a little bit, ripped open a hole in the ships hull into which we climbed. After we were all in, she closed it back up and made it look as if it had never been touched.
“This is the cargo hold,” said Ty Lee,” we need to cross one more ship though. This one might be harder since we can’t stand out in the open like we did on that last one.”
“Hmm,” my mother and I both thought fir a while. We didn’t have to worry about being seen down here—at least not for a time.
“I’ve got it,” I said, “Toph, what if you—I mean one of us—metalbended a hole in the bottom for us to get out, and then my mother or I could waterbend a bubble for us to slip under the other ship and up into it. Do you think that’s possible?”
“I’m in for trying it,” said Toph, “oh, and I noticed you caught yourself when you said who was gonna do the metalbending. I’m proud of you.”
She winked at me, and I said nothing.
“Mother,” I asked her, “is this alright with you?”
“Aye,” she replied, “let’s do this.”
I bent a hole in the bottom of the ship, where my mother kept the water from coming in using her bending skills. She pushed it back into a large bubble, and Toph and Ty Lee jumped in. my mother quickly followed, and I did too, sealing the hole behind me. Once in the bubble, my mother sent out a pair of whips from both her hands, one of which latched onto Toph’s wrist, the other onto Ty Lee’s. I was able to keep myself from sinking, similar to how my mother was. We had thought of the fact that we would sink. Nonetheless, we were able to keep ourselves up this way, (actually Toph and Ty Lee’s legs from the knee down were outside the bubble in the water) and we repeated the process underneath the targeted ship. We knew this was the one because of my mother’s senses. We climbed into the cargo hold and stopped to plan our next advance. We knew Sanaki wouldn’t be down here. Zhao was aware that we were somehow following him (but he probably thought we’d take another ship), therefore, we figured Sanaki’s crate would be somewhere safer.
“So,” said Toph, “what’s our plan?”
“An all-out assault on Zhao and his men,” Ty Lee replied, “Kai is not too happy about him abducting the girl she helped raise.”
“Makes sense to me,” Toph shrugged, “when do we strike?”
“Right now,” my mother replied, “Kai, keep a close eye out for Sanaki. Ty Lee, you too, and be sure to disable any rouge benders.”
“And what do I do,” Toph asked, grinning, “besides look adorable?”
“What else,” Ty Lee laughed, “beat everyone up?”
“Just making sure,” Toph laughed, and then we struck.
It was a battle between fire, water, and earth. My mother and I had the absolute advantage, being surrounded by water on all sides, but the firebenders had power too, since it was a bright summer day. My mother was absolutely invincible. I had never seen her fight so vigorously before. A lot of the people on this ship though, were minions of Clazdian. In fact, this was not even the real Zhao that we were fighting. These people were incredibly powerful, so it was a good thing that we were too. However, we were still winning. It seemed that they were aware of this too, because suddenly, some of the soldiers raced over to one of the crates on the deck and threw it overboard. I closed my eyes, for I could suddenly feel them glowing. I knew that if Clazdian’s minions saw me like this, everything could end. I was able to calm down, but then I noticed that the crate had broken open and a solitary red figure was thrashing amongst the waves. It was Sanaki, and we all knew full well that she could not swim. Naturally, she was screaming.
Suddenly, we heard a voice.
“I’m coming, Sanaki!” it shouted, and suddenly, from the cliffs not very far from us (the ships were sailing beside the cliffs to stay out of sight from the general public) we saw another solitary figure. I squinted and recognized it as Zuki, the same earthbending Kyoshi Warrior fortune-teller we had met earlier.
“Hold on, Sanaki!” she shouted, and then, dressed in her heavy gear, she did a swan dive off of the 100+ foot cliff straight into the water. She was going to save Sanaki.
~Kai~
THE FIRE NAVY FIGHT
My mother simply shrugged and prepared to fight. “we have come to reclaim Sanaki Li Chan,” she said, “if you are not willing to return her to us, things may end up becoming less than desirable.”
Naturally, none of us were surprised that they were not willing to go down without a fight. However, they surrendered after my mother demonstrated her power on the more competitive ones.
“She’s two ships away,” the other pleaded, “and that’s where Zhao is. We promise not to interfere if you spare us.”
“That was way too easy,” Toph laughed,
“It was,” Ty Lee commented, “c’mon girls, let’s go.”
Ty Lee looked over and saw a ship bearing a huge Fire Nation flag.
“That has to be the one,” she said, “can you all swim?”
“Aye,” my mother replied, “Toph, can you?”
“Since my husband is from the water tribe,” Toph replied, “I kind of had to learn. Besides, I don’t want another incident like The Serpent’s Pass.”
None of us had been there, but we knew Toph was referring to a time when she had been too hesitant to cross an ice bridge, and an enormous sea monster has shattered it, flinging Toph into the watery abyss below her, where she nearly drowned.
“Well obviously,” my mother said, “we’ll have to wait until the evening when the ships slow down to cross to another one; otherwise we’ll be left behind. Unless...”
My mother turned to me and winked.
“Well,” said Ty Lee, “I’ll find my way across.” Ty Lee back flipped off the edge of the ship and seemed to catch a draft in the wind. The folds of her robes almost served as wings. Ty Lee landed on the back of the ship, slid down and clung to the wall.
“One down,” my mother said, “Kai, you next.”
“So what about me,” Toph asked,
“This may involve a slight amount of risk on your part Toph, but it’s the only way we found to get you on. You’ll have to get a little wet though, for this plan is not yet perfected.”
“Hey,” Toph shrugged, “whatever gets us there.”
I flipped over to the other boat, using my water whips to latch onto the wall, followed by a little metalbending to lodge myself there. We made no noise in comparison to the sounds the ships made.
“Mother,” I called, “it’s just you and Toph now.”
“Hey wait,” Toph exclaimed, “what?” but my mother said nothing. She produced one of her water whips and bound Toph with it. She then cracked it like a whip, and Toph spiraled towards us. Just as we figured (since this had not been perfected, this being Kai’s first try at aiming an object as large as a person), Toph missed us by about 20 feet. Luckily, it was towards the front of us, Toph swam towards the side of the ship and used her own metalbending to pull her arms out of the water. She seemed disoriented. My mother shot straight into the water and appeared next to Toph, holding her hand to make sure she didn’t lose her grip.
“That was a little crazy,” Toph commented, “have you done that before?”
“Actually,” my mother replied, “that was our first try at that. We’re sorry if it hurt you.”
“It didn’t hurt,” Toph replied, “But I feel a little disoriented. You know, there’s no earth around, and I’m blind, all that jazz.”
“Well,” said Ty Lee, “if you’re alright, let’s get inside the ship.”
“Simple stuff,” Toph muttered, and she pulled herself out of the water. I was surprised that this blind earthbender was able to swim the way she could. Of course, Toph was internationally known for being “awesome”, similar to how Sanaki was internationally known for being a prankster. Toph climbed up a little bit, ripped open a hole in the ships hull into which we climbed. After we were all in, she closed it back up and made it look as if it had never been touched.
“This is the cargo hold,” said Ty Lee,” we need to cross one more ship though. This one might be harder since we can’t stand out in the open like we did on that last one.”
“Hmm,” my mother and I both thought fir a while. We didn’t have to worry about being seen down here—at least not for a time.
“I’ve got it,” I said, “Toph, what if you—I mean one of us—metalbended a hole in the bottom for us to get out, and then my mother or I could waterbend a bubble for us to slip under the other ship and up into it. Do you think that’s possible?”
“I’m in for trying it,” said Toph, “oh, and I noticed you caught yourself when you said who was gonna do the metalbending. I’m proud of you.”
She winked at me, and I said nothing.
“Mother,” I asked her, “is this alright with you?”
“Aye,” she replied, “let’s do this.”
I bent a hole in the bottom of the ship, where my mother kept the water from coming in using her bending skills. She pushed it back into a large bubble, and Toph and Ty Lee jumped in. my mother quickly followed, and I did too, sealing the hole behind me. Once in the bubble, my mother sent out a pair of whips from both her hands, one of which latched onto Toph’s wrist, the other onto Ty Lee’s. I was able to keep myself from sinking, similar to how my mother was. We had thought of the fact that we would sink. Nonetheless, we were able to keep ourselves up this way, (actually Toph and Ty Lee’s legs from the knee down were outside the bubble in the water) and we repeated the process underneath the targeted ship. We knew this was the one because of my mother’s senses. We climbed into the cargo hold and stopped to plan our next advance. We knew Sanaki wouldn’t be down here. Zhao was aware that we were somehow following him (but he probably thought we’d take another ship), therefore, we figured Sanaki’s crate would be somewhere safer.
“So,” said Toph, “what’s our plan?”
“An all-out assault on Zhao and his men,” Ty Lee replied, “Kai is not too happy about him abducting the girl she helped raise.”
“Makes sense to me,” Toph shrugged, “when do we strike?”
“Right now,” my mother replied, “Kai, keep a close eye out for Sanaki. Ty Lee, you too, and be sure to disable any rouge benders.”
“And what do I do,” Toph asked, grinning, “besides look adorable?”
“What else,” Ty Lee laughed, “beat everyone up?”
“Just making sure,” Toph laughed, and then we struck.
It was a battle between fire, water, and earth. My mother and I had the absolute advantage, being surrounded by water on all sides, but the firebenders had power too, since it was a bright summer day. My mother was absolutely invincible. I had never seen her fight so vigorously before. A lot of the people on this ship though, were minions of Clazdian. In fact, this was not even the real Zhao that we were fighting. These people were incredibly powerful, so it was a good thing that we were too. However, we were still winning. It seemed that they were aware of this too, because suddenly, some of the soldiers raced over to one of the crates on the deck and threw it overboard. I closed my eyes, for I could suddenly feel them glowing. I knew that if Clazdian’s minions saw me like this, everything could end. I was able to calm down, but then I noticed that the crate had broken open and a solitary red figure was thrashing amongst the waves. It was Sanaki, and we all knew full well that she could not swim. Naturally, she was screaming.
Suddenly, we heard a voice.
“I’m coming, Sanaki!” it shouted, and suddenly, from the cliffs not very far from us (the ships were sailing beside the cliffs to stay out of sight from the general public) we saw another solitary figure. I squinted and recognized it as Zuki, the same earthbending Kyoshi Warrior fortune-teller we had met earlier.
“Hold on, Sanaki!” she shouted, and then, dressed in her heavy gear, she did a swan dive off of the 100+ foot cliff straight into the water. She was going to save Sanaki.
~Kai~
