Post by Teяa253 on Jul 26, 2008 18:52:04 GMT 1
and now we come to the epic 38th installment of my series, which is finally drawing to a close... thsi is also where the last battle ends.
Oh, and yes, the title does have significance with the chapter. trust me on that one...
THE END OF THE AVATARS
This was it. I knew that Clazdian was not going to try and take this any further, for I knew that he was saving avatar Kai Serenes II—me—for last. This was ultimately where my skills would be put to the test. How well would I fare against someone who would be moving like I did?
“your time is about to end, Kai Serenes II,” he told me, “how is it going to feel, knowing that you were beaten by yourself?”
“Well,” I replied, “considering how you, an all-powerful supernatural lord who has lived thousands of years is almost getting bested by a 19 year old girl, I guess I would not feel too bad.”
Ty Lee laughed, and Clazdian said nothing. Even he could not deny that a 19-year-old girl (AKA me) was really close to ultimately defeating him. Of course, I was not about to give up. I was ready to end this. I was going to do this for Zuko; for Sanaki; for Tera; for my mother; for Ty Lee; for Katara; and for anyone else who had suffered or died under the hand of Clazdian.
From here began the greatest bending battle I ever experienced in my entire life. Clazdian was finally unleashing all of his power at me, trying to get me to provoke my avatar powers. I continued to “mock” him by remaining in the avatar state and yet refusing to use my power. I noticed that his eyes seemed to be following mine, and yet I made no indication that I was aware of it. I continued to take the defensive, but by now, our levels of bending had gone to levels previously thought impossible to anyone save the supernaturals. Huge mountains of earth, massive bodies of water, walls of fire, and enormous cyclones of air were being exchanged on both sides, and yet it seemed that each time an attack was passed to the other person it not only was taken in and used as the next attack, but it also was growing more powerful.
“You do realize,” Clazdian taunted, “that the only way to kill me is to create an absence of elements around me and finish me in the right place, do you not?”
“Indeed I did,” I replied, but that thought had sort of slipped my mind through all the fighting. The only way to end Clazdian’s reign was to remove his power. The only way to remove his power was to literally remove all power from around him—unless...
I suddenly had another thought come to my mind, and so I continued to press the fight. The methods of bending that we used were incredible, and many of them defy all description. The only remarks that I ever ended up collecting from any of my friends (Ty Lee to be exact) were these: “it was amazing to watch them—to see this young woman, though the avatar, but still only human; matching up to this great and terrible being; this supernatural lord. It was enough to make me fear all four elements and appreciate their true power and beauty.”
Even through all this fighting; through the columns of fire, the walls of earth, the tidal waves of water, and the explosions of air, there really was a hidden, serene beauty to the elements in all of their glory. Even though I had to manipulate them to keep my life intact, I could still feel the glory and the beauty that they held. I could tell from the look in Clazdian’s eye, however, that his views on them were not the same as mine. He saw them more as merely tools. I had noticed this when he fought against Tera. Even Tera had seen the same beauty and had appreciated it like I had. I knew after seeing her that Tera was not truly evil at heart, rather, that she had been confused and her soul poisoned.
“Come now,” said Clazdian, interrupting my thoughts, “for we will end this. You will be able to be with your precious Tera.”
During this split-second, I knew what I had to do. I pretended to take the blow, and my eyes stopped glowing. I blasted myself off my feet so that I was facing the same way as Clazdian, my back to him. Now normally this would have been a stupid mistake, but I knew how to play Clazdian’s game. I pretended to be hurt.
“And now,” he said, towering above me, “the avatar cycle will come to an end.” I heard him raise some sort of blade of dark matter, reminiscent of the one he had used to kill Tera, and I heard the screams of Katara, Ty Lee, and my mother. Of course, since I had only pretended to be hurt, I dodged out of the way, my head down.
“There is one slight catch to that plan, Clazdian,” I said, “even if I had been killed; the cycle would not have ended. You would have just had to scour the earth kingdom for the next avatar.”
I raised my head and faced him to show him that my eyes were no longer glowing. I grinned.
“But if you want power; and if you want me in the avatar state, then here I am. Let us see how well you can play your own game.”
My eyes flashed again, and suddenly I was using all of our attack power from this battle—the entire blast of elemental energy was focusing in on the spot where Clazdian stood. He was unable to move. However, I felt that even if what I was about to do didn’t hurt him, it made me feel better. I drew my blades and began slashing madly, the attacking elements directed only at him, and none back at me. I could sense Clazdian’s power rapidly diminishing. I saw through the water, fire, earth, and air, that I had forced him out of his Kai form, and back into his normal shape. I discovered that there was indeed another way to beat him. Instead of trying to take his power from him, I was giving it to him, only I had given him far too much, and it was overwhelming him. I was using the force of all the avatars before me, and it had worked. After the attacked ended, Clazdian was staggering. I glanced around and saw the selfsame sword he had used to kill Tera a few feet away. I was a little edgy though, for I did not want to touch it, for I was not sure what the effects of anti-matter were.
However, when I picked it up, a sudden vision came to me. I was not hurt, but I was able to see what damage this blade had done. This was the selfsame blade that Clazdian had used to kill the other 109 supernaturals, and its job was finished with Tera as the 110th; now though, I was about to add 1 more to its score. I plunged the blade into the back of Clazdian’s neck—a supernatural’s weak point. I heard an echoing yell; and Clazdian’s body fell and landed face down. When he did, his body disintegrated into shadowy specks that dissolved into nothingness. Clazdian was gone.
The invisible barrier subsided, and I was faced with Sanaki and Toph. Toph had finally regained enough of herself to stand up, but she seemed heavily disoriented, and looked rather disturbing without her eyes. Ty Lee was supporting both my mother and Katara; Katara sobbing into her shoulder, and my mother clinging to her, grateful I was still alive. She just shrugged and smiled at me, and I smiled back. I went down to look at Sanaki. Her ankles and her forehead were bleeding, and by now her face was covered in blood, some of which might have come from Toph. I repaired her ankles with my healing abilities, even though she was dead, but then suddenly, something happened that none of us had expected. Sanaki’s eyes opened, and she was breathing again.
“Sanaki,” Toph exclaimed, sensing that her friend had returned to life, “How in blazes did you survive that?”
“Well,” she said, “I never died in the first place. After Clazdian smashed my ankles and tried to kill me, I just feigned unconsciousness so he wouldn’t finish me off.”
“But how did you stop breathing for so long?” I asked,
“Well,” Sanaki replied, “I took a breath every now and then, but it was because of a boy back home named Saza. Let’s just say that we did certain... err, “activities”... that involved me holding my breath for long periods of time.”
We all laughed, and then I glanced over at Tera. She was still dead, and we all knew it. however, I was not sure if Katara, who was now weeping over Tera’s body, would be able to take it—or any of us at this point.
~Kai~
Oh, and yes, the title does have significance with the chapter. trust me on that one...
THE END OF THE AVATARS
This was it. I knew that Clazdian was not going to try and take this any further, for I knew that he was saving avatar Kai Serenes II—me—for last. This was ultimately where my skills would be put to the test. How well would I fare against someone who would be moving like I did?
“your time is about to end, Kai Serenes II,” he told me, “how is it going to feel, knowing that you were beaten by yourself?”
“Well,” I replied, “considering how you, an all-powerful supernatural lord who has lived thousands of years is almost getting bested by a 19 year old girl, I guess I would not feel too bad.”
Ty Lee laughed, and Clazdian said nothing. Even he could not deny that a 19-year-old girl (AKA me) was really close to ultimately defeating him. Of course, I was not about to give up. I was ready to end this. I was going to do this for Zuko; for Sanaki; for Tera; for my mother; for Ty Lee; for Katara; and for anyone else who had suffered or died under the hand of Clazdian.
From here began the greatest bending battle I ever experienced in my entire life. Clazdian was finally unleashing all of his power at me, trying to get me to provoke my avatar powers. I continued to “mock” him by remaining in the avatar state and yet refusing to use my power. I noticed that his eyes seemed to be following mine, and yet I made no indication that I was aware of it. I continued to take the defensive, but by now, our levels of bending had gone to levels previously thought impossible to anyone save the supernaturals. Huge mountains of earth, massive bodies of water, walls of fire, and enormous cyclones of air were being exchanged on both sides, and yet it seemed that each time an attack was passed to the other person it not only was taken in and used as the next attack, but it also was growing more powerful.
“You do realize,” Clazdian taunted, “that the only way to kill me is to create an absence of elements around me and finish me in the right place, do you not?”
“Indeed I did,” I replied, but that thought had sort of slipped my mind through all the fighting. The only way to end Clazdian’s reign was to remove his power. The only way to remove his power was to literally remove all power from around him—unless...
I suddenly had another thought come to my mind, and so I continued to press the fight. The methods of bending that we used were incredible, and many of them defy all description. The only remarks that I ever ended up collecting from any of my friends (Ty Lee to be exact) were these: “it was amazing to watch them—to see this young woman, though the avatar, but still only human; matching up to this great and terrible being; this supernatural lord. It was enough to make me fear all four elements and appreciate their true power and beauty.”
Even through all this fighting; through the columns of fire, the walls of earth, the tidal waves of water, and the explosions of air, there really was a hidden, serene beauty to the elements in all of their glory. Even though I had to manipulate them to keep my life intact, I could still feel the glory and the beauty that they held. I could tell from the look in Clazdian’s eye, however, that his views on them were not the same as mine. He saw them more as merely tools. I had noticed this when he fought against Tera. Even Tera had seen the same beauty and had appreciated it like I had. I knew after seeing her that Tera was not truly evil at heart, rather, that she had been confused and her soul poisoned.
“Come now,” said Clazdian, interrupting my thoughts, “for we will end this. You will be able to be with your precious Tera.”
During this split-second, I knew what I had to do. I pretended to take the blow, and my eyes stopped glowing. I blasted myself off my feet so that I was facing the same way as Clazdian, my back to him. Now normally this would have been a stupid mistake, but I knew how to play Clazdian’s game. I pretended to be hurt.
“And now,” he said, towering above me, “the avatar cycle will come to an end.” I heard him raise some sort of blade of dark matter, reminiscent of the one he had used to kill Tera, and I heard the screams of Katara, Ty Lee, and my mother. Of course, since I had only pretended to be hurt, I dodged out of the way, my head down.
“There is one slight catch to that plan, Clazdian,” I said, “even if I had been killed; the cycle would not have ended. You would have just had to scour the earth kingdom for the next avatar.”
I raised my head and faced him to show him that my eyes were no longer glowing. I grinned.
“But if you want power; and if you want me in the avatar state, then here I am. Let us see how well you can play your own game.”
My eyes flashed again, and suddenly I was using all of our attack power from this battle—the entire blast of elemental energy was focusing in on the spot where Clazdian stood. He was unable to move. However, I felt that even if what I was about to do didn’t hurt him, it made me feel better. I drew my blades and began slashing madly, the attacking elements directed only at him, and none back at me. I could sense Clazdian’s power rapidly diminishing. I saw through the water, fire, earth, and air, that I had forced him out of his Kai form, and back into his normal shape. I discovered that there was indeed another way to beat him. Instead of trying to take his power from him, I was giving it to him, only I had given him far too much, and it was overwhelming him. I was using the force of all the avatars before me, and it had worked. After the attacked ended, Clazdian was staggering. I glanced around and saw the selfsame sword he had used to kill Tera a few feet away. I was a little edgy though, for I did not want to touch it, for I was not sure what the effects of anti-matter were.
However, when I picked it up, a sudden vision came to me. I was not hurt, but I was able to see what damage this blade had done. This was the selfsame blade that Clazdian had used to kill the other 109 supernaturals, and its job was finished with Tera as the 110th; now though, I was about to add 1 more to its score. I plunged the blade into the back of Clazdian’s neck—a supernatural’s weak point. I heard an echoing yell; and Clazdian’s body fell and landed face down. When he did, his body disintegrated into shadowy specks that dissolved into nothingness. Clazdian was gone.
The invisible barrier subsided, and I was faced with Sanaki and Toph. Toph had finally regained enough of herself to stand up, but she seemed heavily disoriented, and looked rather disturbing without her eyes. Ty Lee was supporting both my mother and Katara; Katara sobbing into her shoulder, and my mother clinging to her, grateful I was still alive. She just shrugged and smiled at me, and I smiled back. I went down to look at Sanaki. Her ankles and her forehead were bleeding, and by now her face was covered in blood, some of which might have come from Toph. I repaired her ankles with my healing abilities, even though she was dead, but then suddenly, something happened that none of us had expected. Sanaki’s eyes opened, and she was breathing again.
“Sanaki,” Toph exclaimed, sensing that her friend had returned to life, “How in blazes did you survive that?”
“Well,” she said, “I never died in the first place. After Clazdian smashed my ankles and tried to kill me, I just feigned unconsciousness so he wouldn’t finish me off.”
“But how did you stop breathing for so long?” I asked,
“Well,” Sanaki replied, “I took a breath every now and then, but it was because of a boy back home named Saza. Let’s just say that we did certain... err, “activities”... that involved me holding my breath for long periods of time.”
We all laughed, and then I glanced over at Tera. She was still dead, and we all knew it. however, I was not sure if Katara, who was now weeping over Tera’s body, would be able to take it—or any of us at this point.
~Kai~
