Post by Teяa253 on Oct 1, 2008 9:08:52 GMT 1
the 10th installment of my "The Order of the Avatar Slayer" series...
again, there's some cut content, but it might be slightly explicit (not quite 18+, but pretty close)
anyways, here's the regular story. if you don't know where the cut content should be, then don't worry.
CHAPTER 10: AN INSEPARABLE BOND
Luckily for Taki and Cheng most of the members of The Avatar Guard slept in late. However, Sanaki, Mulan, Aiku, and Lehran were awake and wandering. Unfortunately for them, so was Zakura.
“Now,” Zakura whispered to Sanaki as she saw them coming, “I’m going to hold your hand when I ask them the questions. If you feel them lying, squeeze my hand, alright?”
“Okie,” Sanaki giggled, and Sanaki put her left hand onto Zakura’s right. Upon their arrival, Zakura and Sanaki were waiting.
“So” said Zakura, “how was your date,”
“Why do you want to know—” Taki began, but Cheng lightly nudged her to silence her. That was not going to be their tactic.
“Well,” said Cheng, “it went on longer than we thought, and so we decided to stay the night somewhere as opposed to trying to walk home in the dark.”
Sanaki pulled at Zakura’s arm.
“Zakura” she said, winking at her, “something is missing.” This meant that Sanaki was able to tell that Cheng was telling the truth, just not the whole truth. Zakura smiled,
“I’m sorry about that, sweetie,” she said, trying to look cute—luckily she had made up with Sanaki and the two of them became good friends—surprisingly, overnight. Zakura then turned to Taki.
“Sounds like you two had some real nice fun...” she smirked, making the movement of one lifting up a woman’s dress. She was only making things up, but Taki took the defensive.
“Fine,” she said, “maybe we made out, alright?”
“Maybe,” said Zakura, “is that a yes or a no?”
“No,” Taki replied, and Sanaki immediately squeezed Zakura’s hand.
“I can feel you lying,” she giggled,
“Fine,” said Taki, “yes we did. Are you happy now?”
“Yeah,” Zakura shrugged, and walked off, Sanaki following, but no longer holding her hand. They could hear Zakura chanting “Cheng and Taki, sitting in a tree...”
Taki growled, but Cheng put an arm on her shoulder.
“Relax,” he said, “I mean, I guess you don’t have to if you really don’t like me, but that’s just my thoughts.”
“Fine, fine,” Taki grumbled, “but that Zakura woman... she thinks she owns the place. Her excessive arrogance gets on my nerves.”
“Maybe if you were here last night you would know how to earn her respect.” Said a voice, “She respects certain people here, for she knows that they are superior to her”
“Sanaki,” Cheng exclaimed, “is that you?”
“No,” said the voice, “it... its Kimi,”
“What are you doing here, Kimi,” Cheng asked, and he made a motion to Taki for her not to say anything—Kimiko was very shy and to have her talking was a feat.
“I heard her talking bad about Avatar Zakura,” she said, “and I... I don’t like that. I don’t like it at all.”
“Well, Kimiko,” said Taki, “sometimes even the avatar’s a jerk. No one’s perfect. Remember that.”
Kimiko said nothing, and Taki’s words had hurt her because of her shyness. She turned away and ran.
“Kimi,” said Cheng, “don’t run, come here,”
“So you’ve got something going on with her,” said Taki,
“No,” said Cheng, “but she’s my friend. I saved her from prison.”
“Fine,” said Taki, “I’m gonna get into some normal clothes; see you around, Cheng.” And with that, Taki strode off. Cheng meanwhile, followed Kimiko, but she was too shy to say anything. She found Sanaki and the two of them began playing a game. Sanaki said that Kimiko didn’t feel like talking right now, so Cheng backed away. He got back into casual attire and when he came out saw Royota, Koara, Zinjamyn, Shinon, Aiku, and Taki in the “lounge” area.
The base of The Avatar guard was enormous (and was obviously underground). It was a very large circular central area which was the “lounge”, and there were 4 different levels, with lots of different rooms. The big circular main room was about 80 feet high and about 300 feet in diameter, so it was a large place. Royota was off by himself, and so Cheng went to talk to him. He asked him how to approach Kimiko, as he had seen them talking before.
“You just need to find out what sort of things she values,” Royota replied, “she’s a sensitive little girl. The poor thing watched her family die in front of her, and then she got burned like that. I’d be scarred more than physically as well if that were me.”
“That’s it,” Cheng exclaimed,
“Pretty much,” Royota replied, “a lot of people here are really friendly if you give them a chance.”
“Alright,” said Cheng, “I’ll remember that. Thanks, General Royota.”
Everyone still called him “General Royota” because he had been that well-known. And of course, the nations were no longer divided (at last, not divided from each other) so everyone had respect for everyone else.
Cheng sat next to Taki, who was wearing a casual long-sleeved white and green dress and soft dark green shoes that just covered her feet. She got up, stretched, walked around a little, and then sat back down. She made no noise whatsoever, and since everyone else was reasonably quiet, a person was able to hear anything.
Another figure appeared, walking towards them. She was barefoot, and wearing a lavender kimono that seemed large on her. Her hair sort of went into her face—this was Alzar of course.
“Hey,” Aiku chuckled, “the princess awakens,”
“Eh,” Alzar shrugged, kicking back and putting her feet on one of the tables, “that’s Zakura, and she just went to bed. She woke me up.”
Shinon smirked, “well Alzar,” he said, “its mid-day just about. I was wondering if you were alive or not.”
“You too,” said Alzar, “wow. You three all of a sudden care about me.”
“Don’t be ridiculous, Alzar,” said Zinjamyn, “we’ve been together since we were young children. What makes you think that?”
“Well,” said Alzar, “it was Zakura again. She drives me INSANE! Why did “I ever volunteer to teach her firebending?”
“What did she do this time,” Aiku asked,
“She woke me up,” said Alzar, “by drenching me with her waterbending—and I’m pretty sure that it had been ice moments before.”
“You look dry to me,” said Shinon, feeling slightly guilty, as he was Zakura’s waterbending teacher;
“That’s because she used bending to extract it as well,” said Alzar, “and it’s a good thing she did, otherwise I’d be hot not wet. And then I had to fix my hair again to keep it from getting scraggly like hers feels.”
“Alzar,” said Zinjamyn, “is this something you want to talk to us alone about? I can tell you seem agitated.”
Usually among The Four Benders, they would call each other Alz, Shin, Ike, and Zinj. However, when they were serious, they used each other’s full names instead.
“Aye,” Alzar replied, swallowing, “aye, it is.”
“Then let’s go,” said Zinjamyn, and The Four Benders went into another room. Alzar sat down, looking depressed.
“So,” said Aiku, “what’s the matter,”
“Zakura as usual,” said Alzar, “but this time she made fun of me for being blind. Ooh, it made me so angry...”
“She’s just a stupid kid, Alzar,” said Shinon, “just like we were when we tried that White Jade flower. We were younger though.”
“Zakura’s the avatar,” said Alzar, “she’s not stupid, she’s just a jerk.”
Zinjamyn noticed that tears were starting to trickle down her face. It was rare that Alzar ever did that.
“Alz,” said Zinjamyn, “are you still mad about those stupid Makahola berries—the ones you thought would heal us?”
“Of course I am, Zinj,” Alzar replied, “I’m blind because of them.”
“Alz,” said Aiku, “you’re not blind at all. You’re like that Sanaki girl—you can “see” everything.”
“Ike,” Alzar snapped, “I was literally able to see everything until I did that. Do you realize what my parents were like?”
“Aye,” said Shinon, “they were shocked. They wanted to help you, but you didn’t tell them until it was too late.”
The families of these four benders were also really close friends, despite their class differences. Aiku and Shinon were from the lower class, (yet were able to survive on their own) Zinjamyn’s family was middle-class, and Alzar came from a high-class family. However, Alzar’s family was remarkably generous to the others’ families, even Zinjamyn’s. They were all pretty close-knit.
“I didn’t want them to know I had been so stupid,” said Alzar
“And so you let your eyesight diminish into nothingness, Alz,” Shinon exclaimed, “Alzar, everyone just wanted to help you.”
“I KNOW!” Alzar snapped, “I know that, Shin; and that’s why I’m only mad at myself. I was so stupid for doing that.”
“Well, Alz,” said Aiku, “there’s nothing we can do about it now. Just remember, we’ve been your best friends since we first met. Sure you were the only girl in our group, but we didn’t think of you any differently. You’re the greatest firebender in the world.”
Alzar stood up, “thanks Ike,” she said, and embraced him.
“Hey,” said Zinjamyn, “we didn’t let that tear us apart when it happened, and nothing’s about to change, Alz; just remind Zakura that you can whip her in a firebending match and you’ll be alright. We all still have a lot to teach her. Don’t worry.”
“Glad to know that you all aren’t just dumping me,” Alzar chuckled, and she embraced Zinjamyn, and then Shinon.
“Good, good,” said Shinon, “now let’s go back to the lounge. You can take a nap there, or you can get dressed for the day.”
He smiled and chuckled, admiring Alzar’s lavender kimono. As Alzar began to doze off back in the lounge (still in her lavender kimono) she heard Zakura convincing Cheng and Taki to go on another date. Ironically they accepted. Alzar chuckled, and as she fell into dreaming, she smiled knowing that she had long ago formed An Inseparable Bond.
~Azula~
again, there's some cut content, but it might be slightly explicit (not quite 18+, but pretty close)
anyways, here's the regular story. if you don't know where the cut content should be, then don't worry.
CHAPTER 10: AN INSEPARABLE BOND
Luckily for Taki and Cheng most of the members of The Avatar Guard slept in late. However, Sanaki, Mulan, Aiku, and Lehran were awake and wandering. Unfortunately for them, so was Zakura.
“Now,” Zakura whispered to Sanaki as she saw them coming, “I’m going to hold your hand when I ask them the questions. If you feel them lying, squeeze my hand, alright?”
“Okie,” Sanaki giggled, and Sanaki put her left hand onto Zakura’s right. Upon their arrival, Zakura and Sanaki were waiting.
“So” said Zakura, “how was your date,”
“Why do you want to know—” Taki began, but Cheng lightly nudged her to silence her. That was not going to be their tactic.
“Well,” said Cheng, “it went on longer than we thought, and so we decided to stay the night somewhere as opposed to trying to walk home in the dark.”
Sanaki pulled at Zakura’s arm.
“Zakura” she said, winking at her, “something is missing.” This meant that Sanaki was able to tell that Cheng was telling the truth, just not the whole truth. Zakura smiled,
“I’m sorry about that, sweetie,” she said, trying to look cute—luckily she had made up with Sanaki and the two of them became good friends—surprisingly, overnight. Zakura then turned to Taki.
“Sounds like you two had some real nice fun...” she smirked, making the movement of one lifting up a woman’s dress. She was only making things up, but Taki took the defensive.
“Fine,” she said, “maybe we made out, alright?”
“Maybe,” said Zakura, “is that a yes or a no?”
“No,” Taki replied, and Sanaki immediately squeezed Zakura’s hand.
“I can feel you lying,” she giggled,
“Fine,” said Taki, “yes we did. Are you happy now?”
“Yeah,” Zakura shrugged, and walked off, Sanaki following, but no longer holding her hand. They could hear Zakura chanting “Cheng and Taki, sitting in a tree...”
Taki growled, but Cheng put an arm on her shoulder.
“Relax,” he said, “I mean, I guess you don’t have to if you really don’t like me, but that’s just my thoughts.”
“Fine, fine,” Taki grumbled, “but that Zakura woman... she thinks she owns the place. Her excessive arrogance gets on my nerves.”
“Maybe if you were here last night you would know how to earn her respect.” Said a voice, “She respects certain people here, for she knows that they are superior to her”
“Sanaki,” Cheng exclaimed, “is that you?”
“No,” said the voice, “it... its Kimi,”
“What are you doing here, Kimi,” Cheng asked, and he made a motion to Taki for her not to say anything—Kimiko was very shy and to have her talking was a feat.
“I heard her talking bad about Avatar Zakura,” she said, “and I... I don’t like that. I don’t like it at all.”
“Well, Kimiko,” said Taki, “sometimes even the avatar’s a jerk. No one’s perfect. Remember that.”
Kimiko said nothing, and Taki’s words had hurt her because of her shyness. She turned away and ran.
“Kimi,” said Cheng, “don’t run, come here,”
“So you’ve got something going on with her,” said Taki,
“No,” said Cheng, “but she’s my friend. I saved her from prison.”
“Fine,” said Taki, “I’m gonna get into some normal clothes; see you around, Cheng.” And with that, Taki strode off. Cheng meanwhile, followed Kimiko, but she was too shy to say anything. She found Sanaki and the two of them began playing a game. Sanaki said that Kimiko didn’t feel like talking right now, so Cheng backed away. He got back into casual attire and when he came out saw Royota, Koara, Zinjamyn, Shinon, Aiku, and Taki in the “lounge” area.
The base of The Avatar guard was enormous (and was obviously underground). It was a very large circular central area which was the “lounge”, and there were 4 different levels, with lots of different rooms. The big circular main room was about 80 feet high and about 300 feet in diameter, so it was a large place. Royota was off by himself, and so Cheng went to talk to him. He asked him how to approach Kimiko, as he had seen them talking before.
“You just need to find out what sort of things she values,” Royota replied, “she’s a sensitive little girl. The poor thing watched her family die in front of her, and then she got burned like that. I’d be scarred more than physically as well if that were me.”
“That’s it,” Cheng exclaimed,
“Pretty much,” Royota replied, “a lot of people here are really friendly if you give them a chance.”
“Alright,” said Cheng, “I’ll remember that. Thanks, General Royota.”
Everyone still called him “General Royota” because he had been that well-known. And of course, the nations were no longer divided (at last, not divided from each other) so everyone had respect for everyone else.
Cheng sat next to Taki, who was wearing a casual long-sleeved white and green dress and soft dark green shoes that just covered her feet. She got up, stretched, walked around a little, and then sat back down. She made no noise whatsoever, and since everyone else was reasonably quiet, a person was able to hear anything.
Another figure appeared, walking towards them. She was barefoot, and wearing a lavender kimono that seemed large on her. Her hair sort of went into her face—this was Alzar of course.
“Hey,” Aiku chuckled, “the princess awakens,”
“Eh,” Alzar shrugged, kicking back and putting her feet on one of the tables, “that’s Zakura, and she just went to bed. She woke me up.”
Shinon smirked, “well Alzar,” he said, “its mid-day just about. I was wondering if you were alive or not.”
“You too,” said Alzar, “wow. You three all of a sudden care about me.”
“Don’t be ridiculous, Alzar,” said Zinjamyn, “we’ve been together since we were young children. What makes you think that?”
“Well,” said Alzar, “it was Zakura again. She drives me INSANE! Why did “I ever volunteer to teach her firebending?”
“What did she do this time,” Aiku asked,
“She woke me up,” said Alzar, “by drenching me with her waterbending—and I’m pretty sure that it had been ice moments before.”
“You look dry to me,” said Shinon, feeling slightly guilty, as he was Zakura’s waterbending teacher;
“That’s because she used bending to extract it as well,” said Alzar, “and it’s a good thing she did, otherwise I’d be hot not wet. And then I had to fix my hair again to keep it from getting scraggly like hers feels.”
“Alzar,” said Zinjamyn, “is this something you want to talk to us alone about? I can tell you seem agitated.”
Usually among The Four Benders, they would call each other Alz, Shin, Ike, and Zinj. However, when they were serious, they used each other’s full names instead.
“Aye,” Alzar replied, swallowing, “aye, it is.”
“Then let’s go,” said Zinjamyn, and The Four Benders went into another room. Alzar sat down, looking depressed.
“So,” said Aiku, “what’s the matter,”
“Zakura as usual,” said Alzar, “but this time she made fun of me for being blind. Ooh, it made me so angry...”
“She’s just a stupid kid, Alzar,” said Shinon, “just like we were when we tried that White Jade flower. We were younger though.”
“Zakura’s the avatar,” said Alzar, “she’s not stupid, she’s just a jerk.”
Zinjamyn noticed that tears were starting to trickle down her face. It was rare that Alzar ever did that.
“Alz,” said Zinjamyn, “are you still mad about those stupid Makahola berries—the ones you thought would heal us?”
“Of course I am, Zinj,” Alzar replied, “I’m blind because of them.”
“Alz,” said Aiku, “you’re not blind at all. You’re like that Sanaki girl—you can “see” everything.”
“Ike,” Alzar snapped, “I was literally able to see everything until I did that. Do you realize what my parents were like?”
“Aye,” said Shinon, “they were shocked. They wanted to help you, but you didn’t tell them until it was too late.”
The families of these four benders were also really close friends, despite their class differences. Aiku and Shinon were from the lower class, (yet were able to survive on their own) Zinjamyn’s family was middle-class, and Alzar came from a high-class family. However, Alzar’s family was remarkably generous to the others’ families, even Zinjamyn’s. They were all pretty close-knit.
“I didn’t want them to know I had been so stupid,” said Alzar
“And so you let your eyesight diminish into nothingness, Alz,” Shinon exclaimed, “Alzar, everyone just wanted to help you.”
“I KNOW!” Alzar snapped, “I know that, Shin; and that’s why I’m only mad at myself. I was so stupid for doing that.”
“Well, Alz,” said Aiku, “there’s nothing we can do about it now. Just remember, we’ve been your best friends since we first met. Sure you were the only girl in our group, but we didn’t think of you any differently. You’re the greatest firebender in the world.”
Alzar stood up, “thanks Ike,” she said, and embraced him.
“Hey,” said Zinjamyn, “we didn’t let that tear us apart when it happened, and nothing’s about to change, Alz; just remind Zakura that you can whip her in a firebending match and you’ll be alright. We all still have a lot to teach her. Don’t worry.”
“Glad to know that you all aren’t just dumping me,” Alzar chuckled, and she embraced Zinjamyn, and then Shinon.
“Good, good,” said Shinon, “now let’s go back to the lounge. You can take a nap there, or you can get dressed for the day.”
He smiled and chuckled, admiring Alzar’s lavender kimono. As Alzar began to doze off back in the lounge (still in her lavender kimono) she heard Zakura convincing Cheng and Taki to go on another date. Ironically they accepted. Alzar chuckled, and as she fell into dreaming, she smiled knowing that she had long ago formed An Inseparable Bond.
~Azula~
