Post by Teяa253 on Jul 19, 2008 10:45:06 GMT 1
yeah, that is named after the unique rank I once had, ('coz I still have no good title-making skills) that no longer exists. This is the notorious 32nd installment of my series, and is probably the darkest chapter in the entire series.
somehow, "I told you so" just doesn't cut it...
unless this chapter is built to mislead... just something worth remembering... is it, or isn't it?
I could rant about this chapter all day, but I figure that you might as well just read it instead. lol
THE MASTER OF THE ELEMENTS
We found ourselves face to face with the supernatural lord himself, sitting on an enormous throne.
“Well, well, well,” he chanted, glancing at Tera, “look who decided to show up. And look, she lured the avatar here. I must admit, I was surprised when I learned that the avatar cycle had survived. Tera, you truly are a smart one. It’s a pity you switched sides, for now I will have to kill you.”
Tera closed her eyes and gritted her teeth.
“If that is they way it must be,” she said, “then so be it.”
“Tera, no,” I shouted. I knew that she was going to lose. The avatars had told me of his power, and that only the avatar state was capable of overpowering this being. Nonetheless, none of us had a choice. Some form of invisible wall similar to the one we faced with the door had appeared around us. We were trapped, with nowhere to go and nowhere to run.
The actual fight that took place between Tera and Clazdian though was absolutely incredible. They were both using bending in horrific yet incredible ways that I had never even imagined. Tera was very, very powerful. I was surprised that if she had wanted to kill us, that she didn’t. There must have been some good in her evil side after all. The battle continued to fiercely rage, but I could tell that Tera was getting overwhelmed. Slowly but surely, we all noticed she was weakening. Then something happened that we did not expect. Tera paused, but only for a second. During this moment, Clazdian vanished.
A split-second later, we all suddenly knew what had just happened, and it was not good by any means. Katara let out a real scream, and Sanaki broke down in tears and anger. Tera’s eyes had suddenly widened, and she was beginning to foam at the mouth. She lurched forward, and seemed to remain upright for an eternity. Then, slowly and horrifically, she fell forward, revealing Clazdian behind her, a long shaft of his anti-supernatural matter in his hand. He said nothing, and made the shaft in his hand disappear. He simply stood there, making no movements. I knew what he was waiting for—he was awaiting the next challenger. I would have gone up, but the shock from what had just happened was still affecting me. Here was Tera, the last of the supernatural race; a woman who had long been evil and had just finally found out who she really was, and now she was gone; gone forever. I closed my eyes.
Suddenly, I heard Sanaki spring up. I could do nothing to stop her either. Clazdian accepted the challenge coolly and began toying with her. Sanaki’s speed was overwhelming, but she was not the avatar, and so I knew it was futile.
“Sanaki,” I whispered to myself, “don’t do that...”
Sanaki actually held up a long time. She seemed to be constantly yelling something about Tera’s death. Eventually Clazdian got annoyed by it, and decided to end the process here and now.
“Come,” he said, grabbing Sanaki by her face and lifting her up. I saw her hands and legs latch onto his arm, trying to break her self free, but it was no use. Clazdian jumped up, and slammed Sanaki down so that she landed on her feet. Even Toph winced as they heard a sickening crunch come from Sanaki’s ankles. Clazdian released his grip on Sanaki’s face, and she crumpled. He picked her up and we all saw that she had tears of pain and anger streaming down her face.
“I will break you, Phoenix Queen,” he said, and he began choking her. Sanaki’s back was against Clazdian’s chest, meaning they were facing the same direction. My mother and I watched in horror as they saw Sanaki struggle, and then Clazdian laid her down, and she did not move again. We noticed that blood from her forehead was dripping down her face, as if she was still alive, but she made no motion to us that she was playing dead. Clazdian nudged her out of the way, for her knew that someone else was going to come at him. It was evident on her face.
“No,” Toph snapped, “you’re not killing Sanaki too!”
This time it was Toph’s turn. Clazdian must have sensed the ambition of Toph and Sanaki, and was exploiting it, feeling he could get in a couple of free kills.
“So,” he said, “you wish for me to break you too, Empress of the Mountains? So be it.”
Toph didn’t last as long, most likely because Clazdian seemed to want to cut to the chase. However, it seemed she had been spared one fate but cursed with another. Clazdian lifted up Toph by her face, and we heard a cry of pain. He held her there, and soon we knew what had happened. Blood was dripping from Toph’s eyes, and so we had only one conclusion: Clazdian had put Toph’s eyes out. He dropped her and kicked her aside. Toph was nowhere near dead, but for the time, he had broken her will.
“Oh wow,” Toph snapped, “you’re so big and tough for killing a human. Ooh, Clazdian, you’re a big man!”
Clazdian merely chuckled, ignoring Toph, who was crying blood from her destroyed eyes and examining Sanaki’s lifeless form.
“Your turn, avatar,” he said, reappearing in front of me and grabbing my hand. Katara was embracing my mother, who had stopped watching after Tera had died. Ty Lee was not smiling, which was one of the first times I had ever seen her do such a thing.
Clazdian took me to the center of his battlefield.
“We end it here, avatar,” he said. “It’s just you and me. It will be here where I end the avatar cycle forever.”
“You cannot end the avatar cycle unless I go into the avatar state,” I replied, “for even if you do slay me, the avatar will be reborn into the earth kingdom.”
“Ah, Kai Serenes II,” said Clazdian, “but that was basic information that I already knew.”
He put his foul hand on my cheek, and I could feel a burning pain there. When he took it off, I felt my cheek, but didn’t detect any damage.
“That is why,” he continued, “I plan to force you into the avatar state. After all, that is also the only way to defeat me.”
I suddenly knew what had to be done. I closed my eyes and clutched my right arm.
“If that is what it takes,” I said, opening my eyes and removing my hand from the tattoo on my arm, “that that is what I will do.”
I had known that was what it was the whole time, so I knew he was not lying. When I had opened my eyes, they and my tattoo were glowing.
“Not even the supernaturals have been able to defeat me,” said Clazdian, preparing to fight, “no mere human; avatar or not, will be any different.”
“Try me,” I said, a slight bit of anger entering in me after seeing Toph, Tera, and Sanaki. However, I managed to keep myself under perfect control... perfect control... I had heard that phrase before. Nonetheless, I was battling Clazdian using the moves that I had learned from my four teachers, and was holding out really well. Clazdian’s forms of bending were slow, but were raw power. It was crazy to watch one of his moves come at me, even though I knew I could dodge it. I knew if he used power moves on me that connected, I would be done for. Therefore, I continued attacking until he changed his strategy. He began imitating Sanaki, which meant that I was faced with overwhelming speed. This was where I realized why I was taught countering moves. I ended up repeatedly using my waterbending counter I had learned from my mother Kai I on him. It was during this that I began to pick up trace signs of a weakness. However, I had not been fighting him enough to learn what exactly I had to do, so I continued countering until he changed again. This time, it was Ty Lee. I used my earthbending counter against him, and then my firebending counter against him in my mother’s form, and finally my airbending counter when he took the form of Toph.
“Clever,” he said, “but now you will face my true might. Prepare to meet your formers!”
Clazdian vanished, and in front of me was Avatar Roku.
“So it begins,” he said, and we both took position.
~Azula~
somehow, "I told you so" just doesn't cut it...
unless this chapter is built to mislead... just something worth remembering... is it, or isn't it?
I could rant about this chapter all day, but I figure that you might as well just read it instead. lol
THE MASTER OF THE ELEMENTS
We found ourselves face to face with the supernatural lord himself, sitting on an enormous throne.
“Well, well, well,” he chanted, glancing at Tera, “look who decided to show up. And look, she lured the avatar here. I must admit, I was surprised when I learned that the avatar cycle had survived. Tera, you truly are a smart one. It’s a pity you switched sides, for now I will have to kill you.”
Tera closed her eyes and gritted her teeth.
“If that is they way it must be,” she said, “then so be it.”
“Tera, no,” I shouted. I knew that she was going to lose. The avatars had told me of his power, and that only the avatar state was capable of overpowering this being. Nonetheless, none of us had a choice. Some form of invisible wall similar to the one we faced with the door had appeared around us. We were trapped, with nowhere to go and nowhere to run.
The actual fight that took place between Tera and Clazdian though was absolutely incredible. They were both using bending in horrific yet incredible ways that I had never even imagined. Tera was very, very powerful. I was surprised that if she had wanted to kill us, that she didn’t. There must have been some good in her evil side after all. The battle continued to fiercely rage, but I could tell that Tera was getting overwhelmed. Slowly but surely, we all noticed she was weakening. Then something happened that we did not expect. Tera paused, but only for a second. During this moment, Clazdian vanished.
A split-second later, we all suddenly knew what had just happened, and it was not good by any means. Katara let out a real scream, and Sanaki broke down in tears and anger. Tera’s eyes had suddenly widened, and she was beginning to foam at the mouth. She lurched forward, and seemed to remain upright for an eternity. Then, slowly and horrifically, she fell forward, revealing Clazdian behind her, a long shaft of his anti-supernatural matter in his hand. He said nothing, and made the shaft in his hand disappear. He simply stood there, making no movements. I knew what he was waiting for—he was awaiting the next challenger. I would have gone up, but the shock from what had just happened was still affecting me. Here was Tera, the last of the supernatural race; a woman who had long been evil and had just finally found out who she really was, and now she was gone; gone forever. I closed my eyes.
Suddenly, I heard Sanaki spring up. I could do nothing to stop her either. Clazdian accepted the challenge coolly and began toying with her. Sanaki’s speed was overwhelming, but she was not the avatar, and so I knew it was futile.
“Sanaki,” I whispered to myself, “don’t do that...”
Sanaki actually held up a long time. She seemed to be constantly yelling something about Tera’s death. Eventually Clazdian got annoyed by it, and decided to end the process here and now.
“Come,” he said, grabbing Sanaki by her face and lifting her up. I saw her hands and legs latch onto his arm, trying to break her self free, but it was no use. Clazdian jumped up, and slammed Sanaki down so that she landed on her feet. Even Toph winced as they heard a sickening crunch come from Sanaki’s ankles. Clazdian released his grip on Sanaki’s face, and she crumpled. He picked her up and we all saw that she had tears of pain and anger streaming down her face.
“I will break you, Phoenix Queen,” he said, and he began choking her. Sanaki’s back was against Clazdian’s chest, meaning they were facing the same direction. My mother and I watched in horror as they saw Sanaki struggle, and then Clazdian laid her down, and she did not move again. We noticed that blood from her forehead was dripping down her face, as if she was still alive, but she made no motion to us that she was playing dead. Clazdian nudged her out of the way, for her knew that someone else was going to come at him. It was evident on her face.
“No,” Toph snapped, “you’re not killing Sanaki too!”
This time it was Toph’s turn. Clazdian must have sensed the ambition of Toph and Sanaki, and was exploiting it, feeling he could get in a couple of free kills.
“So,” he said, “you wish for me to break you too, Empress of the Mountains? So be it.”
Toph didn’t last as long, most likely because Clazdian seemed to want to cut to the chase. However, it seemed she had been spared one fate but cursed with another. Clazdian lifted up Toph by her face, and we heard a cry of pain. He held her there, and soon we knew what had happened. Blood was dripping from Toph’s eyes, and so we had only one conclusion: Clazdian had put Toph’s eyes out. He dropped her and kicked her aside. Toph was nowhere near dead, but for the time, he had broken her will.
“Oh wow,” Toph snapped, “you’re so big and tough for killing a human. Ooh, Clazdian, you’re a big man!”
Clazdian merely chuckled, ignoring Toph, who was crying blood from her destroyed eyes and examining Sanaki’s lifeless form.
“Your turn, avatar,” he said, reappearing in front of me and grabbing my hand. Katara was embracing my mother, who had stopped watching after Tera had died. Ty Lee was not smiling, which was one of the first times I had ever seen her do such a thing.
Clazdian took me to the center of his battlefield.
“We end it here, avatar,” he said. “It’s just you and me. It will be here where I end the avatar cycle forever.”
“You cannot end the avatar cycle unless I go into the avatar state,” I replied, “for even if you do slay me, the avatar will be reborn into the earth kingdom.”
“Ah, Kai Serenes II,” said Clazdian, “but that was basic information that I already knew.”
He put his foul hand on my cheek, and I could feel a burning pain there. When he took it off, I felt my cheek, but didn’t detect any damage.
“That is why,” he continued, “I plan to force you into the avatar state. After all, that is also the only way to defeat me.”
I suddenly knew what had to be done. I closed my eyes and clutched my right arm.
“If that is what it takes,” I said, opening my eyes and removing my hand from the tattoo on my arm, “that that is what I will do.”
I had known that was what it was the whole time, so I knew he was not lying. When I had opened my eyes, they and my tattoo were glowing.
“Not even the supernaturals have been able to defeat me,” said Clazdian, preparing to fight, “no mere human; avatar or not, will be any different.”
“Try me,” I said, a slight bit of anger entering in me after seeing Toph, Tera, and Sanaki. However, I managed to keep myself under perfect control... perfect control... I had heard that phrase before. Nonetheless, I was battling Clazdian using the moves that I had learned from my four teachers, and was holding out really well. Clazdian’s forms of bending were slow, but were raw power. It was crazy to watch one of his moves come at me, even though I knew I could dodge it. I knew if he used power moves on me that connected, I would be done for. Therefore, I continued attacking until he changed his strategy. He began imitating Sanaki, which meant that I was faced with overwhelming speed. This was where I realized why I was taught countering moves. I ended up repeatedly using my waterbending counter I had learned from my mother Kai I on him. It was during this that I began to pick up trace signs of a weakness. However, I had not been fighting him enough to learn what exactly I had to do, so I continued countering until he changed again. This time, it was Ty Lee. I used my earthbending counter against him, and then my firebending counter against him in my mother’s form, and finally my airbending counter when he took the form of Toph.
“Clever,” he said, “but now you will face my true might. Prepare to meet your formers!”
Clazdian vanished, and in front of me was Avatar Roku.
“So it begins,” he said, and we both took position.
~Azula~
