Post by Teяa253 on Oct 19, 2008 12:04:45 GMT 1
the 18th installment and the first epic battle.
however, owing to word count and graphic reasons, most of the battle is cut out, so if you want to see the Taki ownage (well, also the Aiku/Zakura/Koara ownage) just give me a PM and I'll get it to you. anyways, here we goez.
CHAPTER 18: THE FURY OF ZAKURA
The trip continued in peace. However, one time when Maric and Malak were playing, one of them noticed that a large ship was far off in the distance. They came to Zakura asking about it, and this got the attention of Aiku, Taki, Koara, and Zakura together.
Aiku decided to investigate from a safe distance, so out came his glider and he took to the skies. He was high enough that he was able to be concealed. When he was gliding directly over the ship he got a full view of everything about it.
It was a war ship, and it was loaded with Water Tribe warriors, both male and female, and also a large number of Kyoshi Warriors. Out of the fighting people in the world, the Kyoshi Warriors were often dubbed as the most violent, so Aiku knew they were “in for some fun”.
“Huh boy,” he said, coming back with the news.
“Maric, Malak,” said Zakura, “you two hide below deck. If that ship is gaining on us as fast as we think it is, you two will be done in.”
“Hey,” said Malak, “you’ve seen us fight. You called us waterbending prodigies yourself. Why do we hide now?”
“Because,” said Zakura, “the Order is going to take you, not kill you. They will force you to fight against the people you know and love. Trust me on this one, kid; I’m doing this for you two.”
“Come on, Malak,” said Maric, taking his sister’s hand and going below deck, “she’s right. We should go.”
As they left, Taki was having a word with the captain about it.”
“We have no proper warriors on this ship,” he told her, “what would you have us do,”
“There is only one thing TO do,” Taki replied, “we’re going to fight. My little group of buddies you saw me board your ship with will take are of them. No amount of Order Members is any match for us.”
“How many did you say there were,” the captain asked,
“We didn’t count,” Taki replied, “but don’t try to flee from them or they’ll attack the ship. We want to get through this with as few casualties on our part as possible. I know how to kill Kyoshi Warriors easily enough, and I’m pretty sure our water tribe friend can take care of most of the waterbenders; and of course, we’ve got an earth rumble champion, a notorious bloodbender, the world’s most powerful airbender, and of course that earthbender woman who looks strong enough to break a man’s arms.”
“I wish we could help,” said the captain, “but I myself m no bender, and I doubt very many of these refugees are in fighting condition.”
“Don’t mind it,” Taki replied, whipping out her Kyoshi fans; hers seemed to have sharp edges like a blade, “just try not to let them take anyone, particularly any talented children on board.”
Without another word, Taki went back out onto the deck. The ship was rapidly gaining on them. Aiku, Zakura, Koara, and Taki stood there waiting for them. By the time they were within range and about to board, it looked like only Koara, Zakura, Taki, and Aiku were on board their ship. The Water Tribe warriors were chanting and the Kyoshi Warriors yelling. Some of them were throwing fire or water into the air as well as earth. Nowadays, benders of any type became Kyoshi warriors—they were a very diverse, powerful, and dangerous group.
“Prepare to be boarded,” shouted a Kyoshi warrior whose headdress was different from the others—she appeared to be the leader. These girls were in their late teens and early 20s for the most part. The water tribe warriors were in their 30s or 40s, with a few in their 20s. They were both male and female.
“Alright then,” said Koara calmly, “prepare to meet death in some unpleasant ways then.”
Aiku darted in front and as their plank hit Zakura’s ship, Aiku stood at the opposite end with his glider out in the form of a staff. He was parrying their moves and not letting them on.
“Can I go on a Kyoshi massacre,” Taki asked Zakura eagerly, “please?”
“Not yet,” said Zakura, “let’s see how long Aiku can hold them off,”
Aiku was doing well, but then the Water Tribe warriors began using waterbending towards him. This was where Koara jumped on. She flung herself across and onto the other boat.
“Koara, you incessant maniac,” Zakura grumbled, “You’re 93. You’re going to kill yourself.”
She sighed and chuckled, “go for it, Taki,” she said, and she blasted herself onto the other ship as well. Aiku jumped off the plank, leaving Taki by herself on the first ship. Everyone else was hidden. The Kyoshi warriors began bustling through to get to Taki, where she was waiting, with a nasty and slightly bloodthirsty grin on her face. While many of her enemies were using bending or were wielding blade, Taki simply whipped out her brass Kyoshi fans and was prepared the use them in ways unheard of to some people.
Many of these Kyoshi warriors were very skilled and talented. However, Taki had been one of the few who had actually gone to Kyoshi Island and learned the ultimate techniques from one of the old masters, who were part of the Meisha family.
That family got their reputation from a cute and talented woman who was as clueless and innocent as a 3-year-old, but would learn any technique that anyone taught her. She knew it all. Her happy go-lucky attitude and ultimately positive outlook on life had made her famous for being the longest-lived person in history at the staggering age of 253 years, ousting the legendary Avatar Kyoshi by 23 years.
Taki ended up wiping clean an entire row of them with several fell strikes from her fans. Hers were razor sharp, and even touching them with your finger would make you bleed. She was strong enough that she was able to slice clean through their chest armor. The first rank fell but the second rank just started crawling over them. These Kyoshi warriors were like fire ants. Many of them were just trying to get past Taki and try to find people to capture. They sometimes tried to block Taki’s chi, but Taki was much too quick for them.
Koara meanwhile was holding off the waterbenders very well. Many of them were also simply trying to get past them, but of course, this also meant that they were going to have to get past Aiku and Taki. Many of them did, however. They were not trying to do damage, but rather find prisoners to capture.
Down below deck, Malak was restless.
“Don’t move, Malak,” Maric warned, “I don’t think that’s the avatar.”
“I’m tired of waiting here,” she said, “I’m a decent waterbender, and you are too, Maric. We can help them.”
“She said to stay put,” said Maric, but Malak had already jumped down and was running off.
“Malak,” Maric shouted, but then heard footsteps, so he stayed put. He took Zakura’s word for it that they wouldn’t kill his sister, so if she got captured, he wanted to be the one to save her. Zakura was right, but this was a double-edged sword. Malak was captured immediately, but was not killed, or even hurt. She was just thrashing and trying to escape. The Kyoshi warriors bound her hands behind her back and bound her legs and tied her mouth. Whatever they used she was biting down on, still yelling. Maric didn’t move, though he felt that he should have.
Koara was overpowering the Water Tribe Warriors, but the ones that had gotten past were returning with the prisoners. Now, instead of trying to kill Zakura, Koara, and Aiku, they were simply trying to get them off the boat. However, Zakura had a bone to pick with several of them, and was not about to stop until she was satisfied.
“Face it, lady,” the lead Kyoshi warrior leered at Zakura, handing Malak off to a burly Water tribe man who disappeared below the deck of their ship with her, “there’s too many of us. You can’t win with earth alone.”
“Funny you should say that,” said Zakura, smirking, “I guess I should back myself up with more earth.” She kicked up a rock; “or perhaps some water... or air, or fire, or all four”
As she named each element she used a move.
“You should have thought twice before you chose to challenge the avatar, little Kyoshi girl,” she said, grinning. She lifted her hat back up and opened her eyes. They were glowing blue.
“Ah,” she said seductively enough to bring Taki to shame, “so you let anger control it? That’s too bad. Xin Shing was expecting more of the avatar when he met her.”
“Using the full power of the avatar state would kill the prisoners too,” Zakura replied, “so what I think I’ll do is just give you a demonstration of my number-reducing abilities.”
Zakura twirled around and used fire and water to obliterate a majority of the water tribe warriors and many of the Kyoshi warriors as well. The rest began trying to attack her, but to no avail. Aiku and Koara had joined Taki and were ridding the ship of the enemies. After seeing Zakura’s outburst, many of them surrendered. They turned over what seemed like all the prisoners, and Zakura let them go because they surrendered and promised not to attack Zakura’s group again.
Both ships took off towards the Fire Nation, and the enemy ship was heading there faster than they were, which also explained why they caught up to them in the first place.
“Zakura,” said Maric a while later, coming up, “did you get my sister,”
Zakura stopped. Her eyes flickered again.
“No wonder they were in such a hurry,” she growled, “Aiku,” she said, “you and I have some business to settle on that other ship.”
Aiku nodded. The enemy had just incurred The Fury of Zakura.
~Azula~
however, owing to word count and graphic reasons, most of the battle is cut out, so if you want to see the Taki ownage (well, also the Aiku/Zakura/Koara ownage) just give me a PM and I'll get it to you. anyways, here we goez.
CHAPTER 18: THE FURY OF ZAKURA
The trip continued in peace. However, one time when Maric and Malak were playing, one of them noticed that a large ship was far off in the distance. They came to Zakura asking about it, and this got the attention of Aiku, Taki, Koara, and Zakura together.
Aiku decided to investigate from a safe distance, so out came his glider and he took to the skies. He was high enough that he was able to be concealed. When he was gliding directly over the ship he got a full view of everything about it.
It was a war ship, and it was loaded with Water Tribe warriors, both male and female, and also a large number of Kyoshi Warriors. Out of the fighting people in the world, the Kyoshi Warriors were often dubbed as the most violent, so Aiku knew they were “in for some fun”.
“Huh boy,” he said, coming back with the news.
“Maric, Malak,” said Zakura, “you two hide below deck. If that ship is gaining on us as fast as we think it is, you two will be done in.”
“Hey,” said Malak, “you’ve seen us fight. You called us waterbending prodigies yourself. Why do we hide now?”
“Because,” said Zakura, “the Order is going to take you, not kill you. They will force you to fight against the people you know and love. Trust me on this one, kid; I’m doing this for you two.”
“Come on, Malak,” said Maric, taking his sister’s hand and going below deck, “she’s right. We should go.”
As they left, Taki was having a word with the captain about it.”
“We have no proper warriors on this ship,” he told her, “what would you have us do,”
“There is only one thing TO do,” Taki replied, “we’re going to fight. My little group of buddies you saw me board your ship with will take are of them. No amount of Order Members is any match for us.”
“How many did you say there were,” the captain asked,
“We didn’t count,” Taki replied, “but don’t try to flee from them or they’ll attack the ship. We want to get through this with as few casualties on our part as possible. I know how to kill Kyoshi Warriors easily enough, and I’m pretty sure our water tribe friend can take care of most of the waterbenders; and of course, we’ve got an earth rumble champion, a notorious bloodbender, the world’s most powerful airbender, and of course that earthbender woman who looks strong enough to break a man’s arms.”
“I wish we could help,” said the captain, “but I myself m no bender, and I doubt very many of these refugees are in fighting condition.”
“Don’t mind it,” Taki replied, whipping out her Kyoshi fans; hers seemed to have sharp edges like a blade, “just try not to let them take anyone, particularly any talented children on board.”
Without another word, Taki went back out onto the deck. The ship was rapidly gaining on them. Aiku, Zakura, Koara, and Taki stood there waiting for them. By the time they were within range and about to board, it looked like only Koara, Zakura, Taki, and Aiku were on board their ship. The Water Tribe warriors were chanting and the Kyoshi Warriors yelling. Some of them were throwing fire or water into the air as well as earth. Nowadays, benders of any type became Kyoshi warriors—they were a very diverse, powerful, and dangerous group.
“Prepare to be boarded,” shouted a Kyoshi warrior whose headdress was different from the others—she appeared to be the leader. These girls were in their late teens and early 20s for the most part. The water tribe warriors were in their 30s or 40s, with a few in their 20s. They were both male and female.
“Alright then,” said Koara calmly, “prepare to meet death in some unpleasant ways then.”
Aiku darted in front and as their plank hit Zakura’s ship, Aiku stood at the opposite end with his glider out in the form of a staff. He was parrying their moves and not letting them on.
“Can I go on a Kyoshi massacre,” Taki asked Zakura eagerly, “please?”
“Not yet,” said Zakura, “let’s see how long Aiku can hold them off,”
Aiku was doing well, but then the Water Tribe warriors began using waterbending towards him. This was where Koara jumped on. She flung herself across and onto the other boat.
“Koara, you incessant maniac,” Zakura grumbled, “You’re 93. You’re going to kill yourself.”
She sighed and chuckled, “go for it, Taki,” she said, and she blasted herself onto the other ship as well. Aiku jumped off the plank, leaving Taki by herself on the first ship. Everyone else was hidden. The Kyoshi warriors began bustling through to get to Taki, where she was waiting, with a nasty and slightly bloodthirsty grin on her face. While many of her enemies were using bending or were wielding blade, Taki simply whipped out her brass Kyoshi fans and was prepared the use them in ways unheard of to some people.
Many of these Kyoshi warriors were very skilled and talented. However, Taki had been one of the few who had actually gone to Kyoshi Island and learned the ultimate techniques from one of the old masters, who were part of the Meisha family.
That family got their reputation from a cute and talented woman who was as clueless and innocent as a 3-year-old, but would learn any technique that anyone taught her. She knew it all. Her happy go-lucky attitude and ultimately positive outlook on life had made her famous for being the longest-lived person in history at the staggering age of 253 years, ousting the legendary Avatar Kyoshi by 23 years.
Taki ended up wiping clean an entire row of them with several fell strikes from her fans. Hers were razor sharp, and even touching them with your finger would make you bleed. She was strong enough that she was able to slice clean through their chest armor. The first rank fell but the second rank just started crawling over them. These Kyoshi warriors were like fire ants. Many of them were just trying to get past Taki and try to find people to capture. They sometimes tried to block Taki’s chi, but Taki was much too quick for them.
Koara meanwhile was holding off the waterbenders very well. Many of them were also simply trying to get past them, but of course, this also meant that they were going to have to get past Aiku and Taki. Many of them did, however. They were not trying to do damage, but rather find prisoners to capture.
Down below deck, Malak was restless.
“Don’t move, Malak,” Maric warned, “I don’t think that’s the avatar.”
“I’m tired of waiting here,” she said, “I’m a decent waterbender, and you are too, Maric. We can help them.”
“She said to stay put,” said Maric, but Malak had already jumped down and was running off.
“Malak,” Maric shouted, but then heard footsteps, so he stayed put. He took Zakura’s word for it that they wouldn’t kill his sister, so if she got captured, he wanted to be the one to save her. Zakura was right, but this was a double-edged sword. Malak was captured immediately, but was not killed, or even hurt. She was just thrashing and trying to escape. The Kyoshi warriors bound her hands behind her back and bound her legs and tied her mouth. Whatever they used she was biting down on, still yelling. Maric didn’t move, though he felt that he should have.
Koara was overpowering the Water Tribe Warriors, but the ones that had gotten past were returning with the prisoners. Now, instead of trying to kill Zakura, Koara, and Aiku, they were simply trying to get them off the boat. However, Zakura had a bone to pick with several of them, and was not about to stop until she was satisfied.
“Face it, lady,” the lead Kyoshi warrior leered at Zakura, handing Malak off to a burly Water tribe man who disappeared below the deck of their ship with her, “there’s too many of us. You can’t win with earth alone.”
“Funny you should say that,” said Zakura, smirking, “I guess I should back myself up with more earth.” She kicked up a rock; “or perhaps some water... or air, or fire, or all four”
As she named each element she used a move.
“You should have thought twice before you chose to challenge the avatar, little Kyoshi girl,” she said, grinning. She lifted her hat back up and opened her eyes. They were glowing blue.
“Ah,” she said seductively enough to bring Taki to shame, “so you let anger control it? That’s too bad. Xin Shing was expecting more of the avatar when he met her.”
“Using the full power of the avatar state would kill the prisoners too,” Zakura replied, “so what I think I’ll do is just give you a demonstration of my number-reducing abilities.”
Zakura twirled around and used fire and water to obliterate a majority of the water tribe warriors and many of the Kyoshi warriors as well. The rest began trying to attack her, but to no avail. Aiku and Koara had joined Taki and were ridding the ship of the enemies. After seeing Zakura’s outburst, many of them surrendered. They turned over what seemed like all the prisoners, and Zakura let them go because they surrendered and promised not to attack Zakura’s group again.
Both ships took off towards the Fire Nation, and the enemy ship was heading there faster than they were, which also explained why they caught up to them in the first place.
“Zakura,” said Maric a while later, coming up, “did you get my sister,”
Zakura stopped. Her eyes flickered again.
“No wonder they were in such a hurry,” she growled, “Aiku,” she said, “you and I have some business to settle on that other ship.”
Aiku nodded. The enemy had just incurred The Fury of Zakura.
~Azula~
