Post by Teяa253 on Oct 5, 2008 4:37:36 GMT 1
yeah, chapter 11.
"The Order of the Avatar Slayer". I'm not sure if I need to elaborate further on the matter, so this will have to do. =3
CHAPTER 11: WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR
Alzar remained asleep for much of the day. Lehran showed up a few minutes later and asked Shinon if he could help him practice his waterbending as to increase his skills. After all, since The Avatar Guard also included the four most powerful benders in the world, training against one of them would only mean you would improve.
“I would be glad to,” said Shinon flatly, as was his traditional tone of speech, “come with me, young one, although I recommend letting your sister remain here.”
“I can’t leave Altina,” said Lehran, “I... I care about her too much.”
“Lady Koara will watch over her,” Shinon replied, “you seem to be well-acquainted with her, is that correct?”
“Aye,” Lehran replied, “I’m sorry about that. It’s just that I found her as the only one left in my village that was not captured. I don’t want anything bad to happen to her under my care.”
“I understand how that is,” said Shinon, “and that is why we are willing to training people of your type. We too are trying to end the atrocities of The Order of the Avatar Slayer.”
“Of course,” said Lehran, “so aye, I guess I should turn Altina over to Koara until I get back then?”
“Aye,” Shinon replied, “and don’t worry; any damage that I might do to you can be repaired by Koara. She’s a master of the arts.”
“Alright then,” said Lehran gently,
“Or,” said Shinon, “Since you yourself are a waterbender, perhaps you can try a technique or two of your own on yourself; After all, a waterbender’s healing abilities are just as vital as his or her combat abilities. I may not seem like the type, but I am also a master healer.”
“That’s understandable,” said Lehran, “after all, you’re the most powerful waterbender in the world.”
“Indeed,” said Shinon calmly, “but like yourself and the other benders of my group, we do not brag about it. That is an admirable trait, young Lehran. Always remember that, and be sure to raises your sister the same way. I can feel that she has the potential to become a very talented waterbender when she’s older.”
“Little Altina,” Lehran exclaimed, “I will be glad to. She already is fond of the waterbending art, even at that age.”
“Precisely,” said Shinon, “and that is why you must raise her well. I can sense an amazing waterbender in her. Perhaps she will take my title once I pass on.”
“Shinon,” said Lehran calmly, as the two of them went into one of the larger back rooms to train, “you’re talking like you’re going to die within the next week. You’re the greatest waterbender in the world. That’s not going to happen, my friend.”
Shinon smiled, “that’s the spirit, kid,” he said, “I’m glad you’re confident.”
They shut the door and immediately the place was iced over by Shinon, and Lehran was at the ready. Shinon was amazing of course, and Lehran was pretty decent as well. Shinon was not using his full strength on Lehran because overwhelming fore does not make good training. Shinon glided on the icy floors and onto the sides of the wall, shooting bursts of water at Lehran, which he would freeze and then shatter.
Lehran noticed that Shinon used his feet a lot as well, and began trying to emulate his movements. He found that moving around as swiftly as he did was easy—he threw ice in front of him, and as long as he could slide on that he could glide anywhere at his speeds. He used this to dodge Shinon’s projectiles, and resist his water whips with his own defensive maneuverings. Shinon decided to step up his game to the point where he knew that he would soon quickly overwhelm Lehran. Within a few minutes he was at Shinon’s mercy.
“I,” he exclaimed, “I’m sorry Shinon. I could not keep up.”
“Well,” said Shinon, smiling and helping him up, “considering that I was “increasing my game” until I overwhelmed you, I knew it would come eventually. You did very well, Lehran.”
“Thank you,” said Lehran, catching his breath, “can we go again?”
“Aye,” said Shinon smiling; he always loved an eager student.
Zinjamyn and Alzar were still in the main lounge. Koara was watching Altina, admiring her cute little water tribe attire she wore, which was like a smaller version of their everyday outfits.
Normally they would have not allowed a child that young into the base, but because Lehran had joined and was willing to take care of her (as in “his duty” of course) and there was no one else to take her, they had let her stay. They were not about to break up a family just for “order”.
Altina ran around in little circles in front of Koara, her little furry water tribe boots making no noise. She was chasing a little ball of water that Koara was bending to keep her entertained, and she was enjoying following it, her little hands poking out from her thick water tribe coat. She ran and fell down into sitting position, and Koara chuckled. However, Altina began crying, so Koara made her water tickle Altina’s cheeks, and Altina giggled, still trying to catch it.
“She’s a cute little child, isn’t she,” said Zinjamyn. Apart from Alzar, Koara, and Altina, he was the only one there. Cheng and Taki had gone into one of the back rooms to “rest”, Sanaki and Kimiko were playing with firebending elsewhere, and Aiku was with Mulan. Shinon was teaching Lehran of course.
“Aye,” Koara replied, “she really is. Did you know that this little child is a waterbender, even at her young age?”
“No,” Zinjamyn exclaimed, as Koara sat Altina on her lap to keep her still for a moment, “no I didn’t.”
“Well,” said Koara, “let me show you. Hold on a second.”
Koara slid little Altina’s pants off, as when she would waterbend she would spill it on her lap all the time and then she’d get cold and uncomfortable. Since she was just a little child, no one made a big deal about it. Koara sat her down and bent a tiny ball of water in front of her. Altina began to move her hands and sure enough, the water would follow. She was waterbending—the little 18-month old baby could waterbend. Of course, it was nothing useful in combat, but to see a tiny child bending water was pretty amazing.
Not surprisingly, a few seconds later Altina get excited and dropped the water on her legs. Koara collected it; picked up little Altina and put her pants back on and let her run around again.
Meanwhile, in one of the back rooms, Sanaki was managing to get past to Kimiko, and was able to talk and socialize with her. After enough getting to know who they both ere, Sanaki figured she could ask Kimiko a curious question about herself.
“Kimi,” said Sanaki, “I’ve got one more thing to ask you, Okie?”
“Alright,” Kimiko said timidly. She gazed into the eyes of this little 17-year-old girl, and the only reason she was able to look her in the eyes was because she knew that Sanaki could not look back into hers since Sanaki was blind. Sanaki was smiling innocently.
“Um,” said Sanaki, trying not to sound rude, “I hope you don’t feel offended by this, but I was just wondering—have you always been this shy? I... I hope I didn’t say that the wrong way.”
Kimiko stopped and was silent for a while. Eventually she spoke.
“No,” she said, “no I wasn’t always this shy. In fact, it was only a few weeks before I came here that I became like this. I was a loudmouth before this. I would never know when to shut up.”
“What happened, Kimi” Sanaki asked, “is that how...”
She put her right hand gently up to Kimiko’s scar. The look on Sanaki’s face was of utmost sympathy.
“It was because of something I said that I got this scar,” said Kimiko quietly, “and also why I had to watch my family die in front of me. Sanaki, there are times when it’s a good thing to be blind.”
“Oh,” said Sanaki, “well, I never thought being blind was a bad thing.”
“That’s good,” said Kimi, putting her fingers gently on Sanaki’s eyelids, gently massaging her eyes. She was not sure why she was doing it, but Sanaki didn’t mind. In fact, it seemed she enjoyed it.
“I watched them come with my family,” Kimiko continued, “I didn’t even get to say goodbye. They forced me to watch them get killed. They were all big-time members of The Avatar Guard, so any excuse to kill them would suffice for The Order. I was mad. I challenged the man responsible for the idea of slaying my family to an Agni Kai. He was much older than me, and I didn’t think I would win. I was hoping he’d kill me.
Unfortunately, right before he was about to do that, he got a worse idea. He decided to burn me, and then I was exiled. I had a “criminal record”, so they had the right to do it too.”
“What did you do that gave you that record,” Sanaki asked,
“My family and I got into a rather big fight against Order members, killing several of them.” Kimiko replied “murder” was the charge, and we all knew that it was, in a way, justice.”
“That’s terrible,” said Sanaki, “but Kimi, I’m glad you’re here. Your family is probably looking down at you right now and is proud.”
Kimiko embraced Sanaki, sobbing.
“They would be,” Kimiko replied, “they always wanted me here. Come my 18th birthday they were gonna admit me at last.”
“Well,” said Sanaki, “I’m not sure why they let me in early, but I do know that this is where we belong. This is What We’re Fighting For.”
~Azula~
"The Order of the Avatar Slayer". I'm not sure if I need to elaborate further on the matter, so this will have to do. =3
CHAPTER 11: WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR
Alzar remained asleep for much of the day. Lehran showed up a few minutes later and asked Shinon if he could help him practice his waterbending as to increase his skills. After all, since The Avatar Guard also included the four most powerful benders in the world, training against one of them would only mean you would improve.
“I would be glad to,” said Shinon flatly, as was his traditional tone of speech, “come with me, young one, although I recommend letting your sister remain here.”
“I can’t leave Altina,” said Lehran, “I... I care about her too much.”
“Lady Koara will watch over her,” Shinon replied, “you seem to be well-acquainted with her, is that correct?”
“Aye,” Lehran replied, “I’m sorry about that. It’s just that I found her as the only one left in my village that was not captured. I don’t want anything bad to happen to her under my care.”
“I understand how that is,” said Shinon, “and that is why we are willing to training people of your type. We too are trying to end the atrocities of The Order of the Avatar Slayer.”
“Of course,” said Lehran, “so aye, I guess I should turn Altina over to Koara until I get back then?”
“Aye,” Shinon replied, “and don’t worry; any damage that I might do to you can be repaired by Koara. She’s a master of the arts.”
“Alright then,” said Lehran gently,
“Or,” said Shinon, “Since you yourself are a waterbender, perhaps you can try a technique or two of your own on yourself; After all, a waterbender’s healing abilities are just as vital as his or her combat abilities. I may not seem like the type, but I am also a master healer.”
“That’s understandable,” said Lehran, “after all, you’re the most powerful waterbender in the world.”
“Indeed,” said Shinon calmly, “but like yourself and the other benders of my group, we do not brag about it. That is an admirable trait, young Lehran. Always remember that, and be sure to raises your sister the same way. I can feel that she has the potential to become a very talented waterbender when she’s older.”
“Little Altina,” Lehran exclaimed, “I will be glad to. She already is fond of the waterbending art, even at that age.”
“Precisely,” said Shinon, “and that is why you must raise her well. I can sense an amazing waterbender in her. Perhaps she will take my title once I pass on.”
“Shinon,” said Lehran calmly, as the two of them went into one of the larger back rooms to train, “you’re talking like you’re going to die within the next week. You’re the greatest waterbender in the world. That’s not going to happen, my friend.”
Shinon smiled, “that’s the spirit, kid,” he said, “I’m glad you’re confident.”
They shut the door and immediately the place was iced over by Shinon, and Lehran was at the ready. Shinon was amazing of course, and Lehran was pretty decent as well. Shinon was not using his full strength on Lehran because overwhelming fore does not make good training. Shinon glided on the icy floors and onto the sides of the wall, shooting bursts of water at Lehran, which he would freeze and then shatter.
Lehran noticed that Shinon used his feet a lot as well, and began trying to emulate his movements. He found that moving around as swiftly as he did was easy—he threw ice in front of him, and as long as he could slide on that he could glide anywhere at his speeds. He used this to dodge Shinon’s projectiles, and resist his water whips with his own defensive maneuverings. Shinon decided to step up his game to the point where he knew that he would soon quickly overwhelm Lehran. Within a few minutes he was at Shinon’s mercy.
“I,” he exclaimed, “I’m sorry Shinon. I could not keep up.”
“Well,” said Shinon, smiling and helping him up, “considering that I was “increasing my game” until I overwhelmed you, I knew it would come eventually. You did very well, Lehran.”
“Thank you,” said Lehran, catching his breath, “can we go again?”
“Aye,” said Shinon smiling; he always loved an eager student.
Zinjamyn and Alzar were still in the main lounge. Koara was watching Altina, admiring her cute little water tribe attire she wore, which was like a smaller version of their everyday outfits.
Normally they would have not allowed a child that young into the base, but because Lehran had joined and was willing to take care of her (as in “his duty” of course) and there was no one else to take her, they had let her stay. They were not about to break up a family just for “order”.
Altina ran around in little circles in front of Koara, her little furry water tribe boots making no noise. She was chasing a little ball of water that Koara was bending to keep her entertained, and she was enjoying following it, her little hands poking out from her thick water tribe coat. She ran and fell down into sitting position, and Koara chuckled. However, Altina began crying, so Koara made her water tickle Altina’s cheeks, and Altina giggled, still trying to catch it.
“She’s a cute little child, isn’t she,” said Zinjamyn. Apart from Alzar, Koara, and Altina, he was the only one there. Cheng and Taki had gone into one of the back rooms to “rest”, Sanaki and Kimiko were playing with firebending elsewhere, and Aiku was with Mulan. Shinon was teaching Lehran of course.
“Aye,” Koara replied, “she really is. Did you know that this little child is a waterbender, even at her young age?”
“No,” Zinjamyn exclaimed, as Koara sat Altina on her lap to keep her still for a moment, “no I didn’t.”
“Well,” said Koara, “let me show you. Hold on a second.”
Koara slid little Altina’s pants off, as when she would waterbend she would spill it on her lap all the time and then she’d get cold and uncomfortable. Since she was just a little child, no one made a big deal about it. Koara sat her down and bent a tiny ball of water in front of her. Altina began to move her hands and sure enough, the water would follow. She was waterbending—the little 18-month old baby could waterbend. Of course, it was nothing useful in combat, but to see a tiny child bending water was pretty amazing.
Not surprisingly, a few seconds later Altina get excited and dropped the water on her legs. Koara collected it; picked up little Altina and put her pants back on and let her run around again.
Meanwhile, in one of the back rooms, Sanaki was managing to get past to Kimiko, and was able to talk and socialize with her. After enough getting to know who they both ere, Sanaki figured she could ask Kimiko a curious question about herself.
“Kimi,” said Sanaki, “I’ve got one more thing to ask you, Okie?”
“Alright,” Kimiko said timidly. She gazed into the eyes of this little 17-year-old girl, and the only reason she was able to look her in the eyes was because she knew that Sanaki could not look back into hers since Sanaki was blind. Sanaki was smiling innocently.
“Um,” said Sanaki, trying not to sound rude, “I hope you don’t feel offended by this, but I was just wondering—have you always been this shy? I... I hope I didn’t say that the wrong way.”
Kimiko stopped and was silent for a while. Eventually she spoke.
“No,” she said, “no I wasn’t always this shy. In fact, it was only a few weeks before I came here that I became like this. I was a loudmouth before this. I would never know when to shut up.”
“What happened, Kimi” Sanaki asked, “is that how...”
She put her right hand gently up to Kimiko’s scar. The look on Sanaki’s face was of utmost sympathy.
“It was because of something I said that I got this scar,” said Kimiko quietly, “and also why I had to watch my family die in front of me. Sanaki, there are times when it’s a good thing to be blind.”
“Oh,” said Sanaki, “well, I never thought being blind was a bad thing.”
“That’s good,” said Kimi, putting her fingers gently on Sanaki’s eyelids, gently massaging her eyes. She was not sure why she was doing it, but Sanaki didn’t mind. In fact, it seemed she enjoyed it.
“I watched them come with my family,” Kimiko continued, “I didn’t even get to say goodbye. They forced me to watch them get killed. They were all big-time members of The Avatar Guard, so any excuse to kill them would suffice for The Order. I was mad. I challenged the man responsible for the idea of slaying my family to an Agni Kai. He was much older than me, and I didn’t think I would win. I was hoping he’d kill me.
Unfortunately, right before he was about to do that, he got a worse idea. He decided to burn me, and then I was exiled. I had a “criminal record”, so they had the right to do it too.”
“What did you do that gave you that record,” Sanaki asked,
“My family and I got into a rather big fight against Order members, killing several of them.” Kimiko replied “murder” was the charge, and we all knew that it was, in a way, justice.”
“That’s terrible,” said Sanaki, “but Kimi, I’m glad you’re here. Your family is probably looking down at you right now and is proud.”
Kimiko embraced Sanaki, sobbing.
“They would be,” Kimiko replied, “they always wanted me here. Come my 18th birthday they were gonna admit me at last.”
“Well,” said Sanaki, “I’m not sure why they let me in early, but I do know that this is where we belong. This is What We’re Fighting For.”
~Azula~
