Post by Teяa253 on Jul 22, 2008 7:03:47 GMT 1
the 36th installment of my series, and the 4th part of the 6-part final battle. This one was reall hard to write, nonetheless here it is.
AGAINST THE AVATAR (IIII)
“Very clever,” I remarked, “so you’re going to run through all of the avatars back to Yangchen I suppose,
“Oh no,” Kyoshi-Clazdian laughed, “It will be far longer than that... you will never defeat me, Kai Serenes II. This is all merely a game... a game in which there is one winner and one loser—a game where the winner comes off alive and the loser remains here dead.”
“Interesting choice of words, Avatar Kyoshi,” I replied, “of course, you are no real Avatar Kyoshi. Come, let us do battle once again, Clazdian. Truly, you do not seem to realize the situation you have placed yourself in. However, I know already that you have no intention of letting up.”
“You know me so well,” Clazdian laughed through Kyoshi’s mouth, “you’re the one who is not letting up, young avatar. Now though, we commence battle.”
“There we go,” I replied, “now you’re speaking my language.”
Ty Lee laughed from behind me, “nice one, Kai,” she said, and then the battle of the earthbenders commenced. This time though, instead of focusing my sight on Sanaki, I looked over at Toph. Her face was covered in blood that was dripping from where her eyes had once been. Incidentally, Sanaki’s face was covered in blood too. Toph was dripping some onto her face, but she was bleeding rather severely from her forehead and her ankles as well. I turned to face Kyoshi-Clazdian. Kyoshi began throwing rocks at me. It was actually reminiscent of Zuki, except unlike Zuki, Kyoshi was not eating every 3rd rock she threw. However, Kyoshi was very powerful and strong as it was, but with Clazdian, who generally was a slower, more powerful version of whoever he was imitating was an incredibly powerful Kyoshi.”
“Zuki could whip you, Clazdian,” Ty Lee laughed,
“Ah,” Clazdian chuckled, as it was impossible not to laugh somehow when Zuki’s name came up, “that idiot... she truly is an unorthodox one; now come, Kai. We have been talking enough.”
“That we have,” I said, and I dashed towards Clazdian, knocking him down. However, I was a tiny bit too slow on my retreat, and so I received a kick in the gut. It blew the wind out of me, and I didn’t think that I would have time to heal it without getting blown off my feet with another attack. All of a sudden however, I had an idea. I crouched down, as if to heal myself, and Kyoshi came in for the attack. It was here that I used another of Toph’s 4 Moves. I slammed my fists into the ground and blasted Kyoshi-Clazdian off her feet. She flipped up and threw a rock at me, but I countered it and was able to resume my stance. I was still breathing heavily. Suddenly, Toph’s words of wisdom she had once shared with me came to mind...
“When you get into an earthbending fight,” she had told me, “it’s just like an Earth Rumble. Just throw rocks at the other guy until he or she drops. It’s that simple.”
As a result of this memory, I began throwing rocks like Toph had taught me to. This was her most versatile move, and so I was utilizing it. However, Kyoshi-Clazdian seemed more skilled than Roku, Kuruk, or Aang, and she was able to dodge my attacks, and deflect many of them back at me, which I had to counter quickly. I began to become a victim of a barrage of rocks, so I decided to charge right in. I blasted myself forward with the spinning flip move Toph had taught me and it “screwed up” Clazdian’s normal flow a lot more effectively than I thought it would. Kyoshi though, was about to introduce me to a technique that I thought would not be favoring me here. Using Kyoshi’s brass fans, Clazdian came in for Melee combat, smashing through the earthen defenses that I had shot up in hopes of blocking him.
I suddenly realized why my mother had me undergo swordplay training with Sokka. I drew out my blades (though in all truths, I indeed seldom used them) and began clashing against Kyoshi-Clazdian. The loud clangs and smashes of our weapons clashing was soon blended in with crazy dodges and flips that were enough to make even the likes of Zuki and Sanaki envious (if Zuki even knew what envy was).
“Clazdian,” I commented, parrying one of his attacks, “you seem to be faster in your Kyoshi form. I am surprised.”
“Life is full of surprises, he replied, still taking the offensive against my defenses, “surely you know that by now,”
“Aye,” I replied, jumping back and kicking a rock right into Kyoshi-Clazdian’s fans, which he effortlessly smashed, “such as the fact that you, the lord of the supernatural race, is still not able to defeat a 19-year-old waterbending avatar girl.”
“True,” Clazdian replied, making a defensive movement against one of my attacks, which I faked and used as a moment to heal my chest some, “perhaps I should begin trying after this fight should you last that long.”
“Ah,” I remarked, stalling for more time; we were now circling each other, the spirit water which I swallowed being redirected by my subtle hand movements into my internally damaged areas, “I can sense a little lack of truth in that remark, Clazdian.”
“But that is where you are wrong,” Clazdian retorted, “for if I were trying, you would already be dead now.”
“Really now,” I exclaimed, “for I would have thought that you would have killed me in your normal form. But alas, it seemed that I defeated that form. How many more do you plan to use?”
“If you live that long,” Clazdian replied, “you will find out...”
Our talk had ended and our battle had begun, and the Earth Rumble style of battling had again resumed. I was surprised at how much Kyoshi’s fighting style resembled that of Zuki’s; or, rather, how accurate Zuki’s fighting style really was. Now, I was not one to be rude, but even I and my mother were aware of Zuki’s unorthodox personality and her happy go-lucky way of life. We were both surprised when we saw how accurate Zuki was form watching Kyoshi. We both kept fighting and throwing rocks at each other until Kyoshi struck the ground. It shook, but I used earthbending to ride an enormous wave of rock towards my enemy. Incidentally, Kyoshi-Clazdian was doing the same thing. I decided to bail out at the last minute and use that time to crash my wall into hers full force. Kyoshi retaliated by blasting me off my feet. Here I used a move that was so familiar to me by now—Sanaki’s spiraling retaliation. Once my feet hit the ground, I punched the air simultaneously with both of my fists, sending columns of earth at her. This dislodged her, and she seemed now impatient.
“You are getting more and more stubborn by the minute.” He said through Kyoshi’s mouth, “nonetheless, I will still force you to use your powers, and when I catch you off guard, you will be doomed to condemnation and death by my hand.”
“You don’t seem to learn, do you Clazdian,” I remarked, “I only use my powers when I am sure that I am going to win. So, my suggestion is that you watch me closely.”
When I said this, I began to summon the elements for a powerful blow.
“Am I going to fake it again, or is this the real deal?”
I made movements as if I was going to fake it, and Kyoshi-Clazdian took this as an opportunity to lunge at me. However, I changed my tactic at the last second from a fake to something real, and vented out my powers onto Kyoshi-Clazdian, yet still retaining perfect control, still not expressing my anger at Sanaki’s and Tera’s deaths. I continued to weaken him and then made a remark.
“Perfect control,” I told him, “that is what it takes.” I then blasted Kyoshi-Clazdian off his feet, sending him sprawling, and waited for him to get up. I knew he wasn’t ready to die yet.
Kyoshi-Clazdian staggers slightly, but got up.
“Amusing words,” he said, but nothing more. Let us see how well you fare against someone who has encountered me before...”
Avatar Kyoshi vanished, and I was now looking at Avatar Yangchen.
“Ah,” I exclaimed, “so Yangchen is still involved.” I resumed my position once again. “This should be very interesting to see her fighting style... let the fight continue...”
~Kai~
AGAINST THE AVATAR (IIII)
“Very clever,” I remarked, “so you’re going to run through all of the avatars back to Yangchen I suppose,
“Oh no,” Kyoshi-Clazdian laughed, “It will be far longer than that... you will never defeat me, Kai Serenes II. This is all merely a game... a game in which there is one winner and one loser—a game where the winner comes off alive and the loser remains here dead.”
“Interesting choice of words, Avatar Kyoshi,” I replied, “of course, you are no real Avatar Kyoshi. Come, let us do battle once again, Clazdian. Truly, you do not seem to realize the situation you have placed yourself in. However, I know already that you have no intention of letting up.”
“You know me so well,” Clazdian laughed through Kyoshi’s mouth, “you’re the one who is not letting up, young avatar. Now though, we commence battle.”
“There we go,” I replied, “now you’re speaking my language.”
Ty Lee laughed from behind me, “nice one, Kai,” she said, and then the battle of the earthbenders commenced. This time though, instead of focusing my sight on Sanaki, I looked over at Toph. Her face was covered in blood that was dripping from where her eyes had once been. Incidentally, Sanaki’s face was covered in blood too. Toph was dripping some onto her face, but she was bleeding rather severely from her forehead and her ankles as well. I turned to face Kyoshi-Clazdian. Kyoshi began throwing rocks at me. It was actually reminiscent of Zuki, except unlike Zuki, Kyoshi was not eating every 3rd rock she threw. However, Kyoshi was very powerful and strong as it was, but with Clazdian, who generally was a slower, more powerful version of whoever he was imitating was an incredibly powerful Kyoshi.”
“Zuki could whip you, Clazdian,” Ty Lee laughed,
“Ah,” Clazdian chuckled, as it was impossible not to laugh somehow when Zuki’s name came up, “that idiot... she truly is an unorthodox one; now come, Kai. We have been talking enough.”
“That we have,” I said, and I dashed towards Clazdian, knocking him down. However, I was a tiny bit too slow on my retreat, and so I received a kick in the gut. It blew the wind out of me, and I didn’t think that I would have time to heal it without getting blown off my feet with another attack. All of a sudden however, I had an idea. I crouched down, as if to heal myself, and Kyoshi came in for the attack. It was here that I used another of Toph’s 4 Moves. I slammed my fists into the ground and blasted Kyoshi-Clazdian off her feet. She flipped up and threw a rock at me, but I countered it and was able to resume my stance. I was still breathing heavily. Suddenly, Toph’s words of wisdom she had once shared with me came to mind...
“When you get into an earthbending fight,” she had told me, “it’s just like an Earth Rumble. Just throw rocks at the other guy until he or she drops. It’s that simple.”
As a result of this memory, I began throwing rocks like Toph had taught me to. This was her most versatile move, and so I was utilizing it. However, Kyoshi-Clazdian seemed more skilled than Roku, Kuruk, or Aang, and she was able to dodge my attacks, and deflect many of them back at me, which I had to counter quickly. I began to become a victim of a barrage of rocks, so I decided to charge right in. I blasted myself forward with the spinning flip move Toph had taught me and it “screwed up” Clazdian’s normal flow a lot more effectively than I thought it would. Kyoshi though, was about to introduce me to a technique that I thought would not be favoring me here. Using Kyoshi’s brass fans, Clazdian came in for Melee combat, smashing through the earthen defenses that I had shot up in hopes of blocking him.
I suddenly realized why my mother had me undergo swordplay training with Sokka. I drew out my blades (though in all truths, I indeed seldom used them) and began clashing against Kyoshi-Clazdian. The loud clangs and smashes of our weapons clashing was soon blended in with crazy dodges and flips that were enough to make even the likes of Zuki and Sanaki envious (if Zuki even knew what envy was).
“Clazdian,” I commented, parrying one of his attacks, “you seem to be faster in your Kyoshi form. I am surprised.”
“Life is full of surprises, he replied, still taking the offensive against my defenses, “surely you know that by now,”
“Aye,” I replied, jumping back and kicking a rock right into Kyoshi-Clazdian’s fans, which he effortlessly smashed, “such as the fact that you, the lord of the supernatural race, is still not able to defeat a 19-year-old waterbending avatar girl.”
“True,” Clazdian replied, making a defensive movement against one of my attacks, which I faked and used as a moment to heal my chest some, “perhaps I should begin trying after this fight should you last that long.”
“Ah,” I remarked, stalling for more time; we were now circling each other, the spirit water which I swallowed being redirected by my subtle hand movements into my internally damaged areas, “I can sense a little lack of truth in that remark, Clazdian.”
“But that is where you are wrong,” Clazdian retorted, “for if I were trying, you would already be dead now.”
“Really now,” I exclaimed, “for I would have thought that you would have killed me in your normal form. But alas, it seemed that I defeated that form. How many more do you plan to use?”
“If you live that long,” Clazdian replied, “you will find out...”
Our talk had ended and our battle had begun, and the Earth Rumble style of battling had again resumed. I was surprised at how much Kyoshi’s fighting style resembled that of Zuki’s; or, rather, how accurate Zuki’s fighting style really was. Now, I was not one to be rude, but even I and my mother were aware of Zuki’s unorthodox personality and her happy go-lucky way of life. We were both surprised when we saw how accurate Zuki was form watching Kyoshi. We both kept fighting and throwing rocks at each other until Kyoshi struck the ground. It shook, but I used earthbending to ride an enormous wave of rock towards my enemy. Incidentally, Kyoshi-Clazdian was doing the same thing. I decided to bail out at the last minute and use that time to crash my wall into hers full force. Kyoshi retaliated by blasting me off my feet. Here I used a move that was so familiar to me by now—Sanaki’s spiraling retaliation. Once my feet hit the ground, I punched the air simultaneously with both of my fists, sending columns of earth at her. This dislodged her, and she seemed now impatient.
“You are getting more and more stubborn by the minute.” He said through Kyoshi’s mouth, “nonetheless, I will still force you to use your powers, and when I catch you off guard, you will be doomed to condemnation and death by my hand.”
“You don’t seem to learn, do you Clazdian,” I remarked, “I only use my powers when I am sure that I am going to win. So, my suggestion is that you watch me closely.”
When I said this, I began to summon the elements for a powerful blow.
“Am I going to fake it again, or is this the real deal?”
I made movements as if I was going to fake it, and Kyoshi-Clazdian took this as an opportunity to lunge at me. However, I changed my tactic at the last second from a fake to something real, and vented out my powers onto Kyoshi-Clazdian, yet still retaining perfect control, still not expressing my anger at Sanaki’s and Tera’s deaths. I continued to weaken him and then made a remark.
“Perfect control,” I told him, “that is what it takes.” I then blasted Kyoshi-Clazdian off his feet, sending him sprawling, and waited for him to get up. I knew he wasn’t ready to die yet.
Kyoshi-Clazdian staggers slightly, but got up.
“Amusing words,” he said, but nothing more. Let us see how well you fare against someone who has encountered me before...”
Avatar Kyoshi vanished, and I was now looking at Avatar Yangchen.
“Ah,” I exclaimed, “so Yangchen is still involved.” I resumed my position once again. “This should be very interesting to see her fighting style... let the fight continue...”
~Kai~
