Post by Teяa253 on Dec 3, 2008 12:29:39 GMT 1
chapter 35. Order. Avatar Slayer. explicit version coming soon--maybe.
thought this would be a war chapter, but jumping right into it sort of proved more difficult.
apparently Alzar didn't want to go with my flow, so she decided to do her own thing, and it resulted in me writing a bit more about the "before" stuff. This story really does write itself, coz z majority of this chatper was unexpected. I honestly expected to be able to write a war sequence by the end... but no...
anyways, 35th chapter. here goes.
CHAPTER 35: NOT GOING AS PANNED
Incidentally, Alzar, Shinon, and the rest of the group at Ba Sing Se received an objective sooner than they thought. It was 2 days after Meili had finished recovering that there were signs of an attack in the Northwest area of the Lower Ring of Ba Sing Se.
Nowadays, soldiers of either organization were able to come and go into Ba Sing Se (via earthbenders opening the walls) if they knew which places to enter. Naturally, areas patrolled by The Avatar Guard would not let Order soldiers in, and areas patrolled by The Order of the Avatar Slayer would not let Avatar Guard members in. granted, if one organization were able to take over the titanic city’s walls completely, they would be able to be well-protected, but in this day and age, division was everywhere, and now the walls of Ba Sing Se were merely a landmark on the globe.
“Prepare your selves,” said Iresu, bursting into the hideout, “although they are not coming for us here, they are attacking this part of the city. Pretty much what the soldiers are telling the citizens is “join us or die”.
We must fight. I’ve been out all day marshalling some of my Earth Kingdom Soldiers. There’s a good chance though that we will lose much of this area, for their numbers are many, and the time I had to marshal up the 46th and 51st Divisions was not enough. The 53rd, 54th, and 48th Divisions would not be able to make it here in time, and the 57th, usually stationed here, is abroad in the southern area of the city.”
“Well,” said Ryuka, “in that case, here is what we are going to do:”
They all gathered around, including Iresu and Royota.
“Brother and Sister will lead the armies,” he said, not pausing, though Alzar tried to get his attention, for there was something she wanted to ask him. However, he ignored her, and continued.
“The blind girls will be trying to warn as many citizens as possible about the attacks. The armies will do most of the fighting for the time being.”
Now Alzar had another question, (this one simply was to ask if she was one of the “blind girls” or if Ryuka was just referring to Meili and Sanaki) but once again, Ryuka punched her aside.
“Stop it,” he said bluntly, and Alzar lunged towards him, but was stopped by Shinon. Alzar was glaring at Ryuka with fire in her eyes, trying to break out of Shinon’s grasp.
It was not that Ryuka was a mean man, it was just that he was very serious all the time and hated being interrupted, which also explained why he was by himself a lot.
“Alzar, Shinon, and I will make sure that the blind girls don’t get killed while they go around, and we’ll all beat up anyone who tries to stop us. Is this understood?
“Aye,” they all replied, including Meili and Sanaki, who didn’t seem to mind being called the “blind girls”. Alzar was the only one not to respond, and Shinon let her go.
“What do you want,” said Ryuka, and he sounded irritated,
“All I wanted,” said Alzar “was to ask you what you meant by “Brother and Sister”; is it REALLY that difficult to take 7 seconds of your ‘precious time’ to answer that question, or have you been inhaling too many fumes from your forges again?”
“No,” said Ryuka, “When I get down to business it comes before all. Summed up, shut up until my plans are finished.”
Alzar was not going to put up for that.
“Why you...” she snapped, and Ryuka, aware that she was about to shoot fire at him, whipped out one of his many swords and began deflecting her blows. The others knew better than to get in the way of one of The Four Benders, so they figured that this battle would just have to play its course. Alzar was fiercely bending, but Ryuka’s weapon skills and deflection tactics worked like a charm.
Eventually Alzar stopped firebending, and drew the dragon-hilted sword that was her trademark weapon, and the two of them began clashing blades. Alzar was incredibly fast, and Ryuka was much faster than he looked. Steel hit steel and sparks literally were flying.
One thing about Alzar’s fighting style was that she constantly switched which hand her sword was in, and she was often darting around really quickly, her bare feet generally rather far apart in her stances.
Even with her sword, Alzar used her powerful feet quite often, launching eye-level kicks towards Ryuka. Eventually she ended up kicking Ryuka’s sword from his hands, and the two of them were locked in a fist fight. Alzar was not weak; she just about matched up to Shinon or Aiku (Zinjamyn was the strongest physically out of The Four Benders), despite looking like one of those delicate high-class ladies. Having been with people of this sort all her life (these wee her best friends) her sort of took after them. Nonetheless, Ryuka had strength that was not to be underestimated either, and he took no regard to Alzar being a woman. Generally in this day and age though, no one did, as women were generally just as good as fighters as men. They were usually faster, while men were usually more powerful.
Ryuka slammed Alzar to the ground, pinning her, and with one fell stroke he has swiped a knife across the soles of Alzar’s feet, cutting them open. Alzar yelled from the pain and stopped trying to attack. She acknowledged defeat.
“The more we wait, the more of the area The Order will cover,” said Iresu, now that the fight was over, as trying to talk to any of The Four Benders during one of their fights was near impossible. “We need to stop fighting amongst ourselves and get out there.”
“Aye,” Royota added, frowning at Ryuka; he then turned to Alzar though and answered her question.
“He called Iresu and I Brother and Sister because we are related. Iresu is my younger sister. I had rights to the Earth kingdom Throne, but I turned it down in favor of the military. I could not rule a nation, for I lack the political skills that my sister has. My leadership skills belong with the military.”
“Was it that hard,” Alzar yelled, clearly very angry, “one simple question and you have to treat me like I’m trying to kill you. Get a life, Ryuka, get out and GET A LIFE.”
Her next reaction was so sudden that Ryuka did not quite catch it. She jerked forward to throw Ryuka off of her, and then she limped away, leaving bloodstained footprints behind her.
“I’m staying with her,” said Shinon flatly, “Ryuka, your battle tactics are good, but your people skills are disgraceful. I wish you all luck in the battle. And please, don’t treat those young girls as pawns or spirits help me, I will hunt you down. Don’t ever treat Alzar like that again.”
Ryuka said nothing, and he, Meili, Sanaki, Iresu, and Royota left to fight in that part of the community.
“What an insensitive jerk,” said Meili bluntly to Sanaki, obviously talking to Ryuka, “I bet the only reason they let him in was because he was good with weapons. What a freak.”
“Well,” said Sanaki, “he’s clearly not a bender, and aye, he doesn’t seem very nice; poor Alzar though... that made me upset too.”
Ryuka was listening to the, but said nothing. He had sort of made himself look really bad just now, and knew he was going to pay for it one Aiku and Zinjamyn returned as well, for they would side with their lifelong friend Alzar long before they would side with him. They left the hideout, and with the exception of Shinon and Alzar, it was completely deserted.
Shinon followed the bloody footprints and found Alzar in a room by herself. He heard sobbing as he opened the door and found Alzar in there bawling. This was something no one ever saw, not even the other 3 Benders. Alzar almost never cried in front of anyone, let alone bawled. And yet she had left the door open a crack; as if she was inviting Shinon in. she would lock the door when she wanted to be alone.
Like Sanaki Li Chan from whom she descended, Alzar was not immune to the traditional emotions of a Sanaki-descendant. Shinon knew that she needed comfort right now, and lots of it.
Surprisingly, both Meili and Sanaki were actually sort of ‘pumped’ for their upcoming battle. They were actually part of the Avatar Guard’s fighting Force, but they understood that Ryuka had given them a generally non-fighting task, as instructing underage figures to fight was something the Avatar Guard was famous for not doing. However, Meili and Sanaki were both willing to fight, and their tasks had the chance of enabling that for them.
“You ready for this,” said Meili, smirking slightly,
“Aye,” Sanaki replied, “blind people are the best.”
They both laughed at their joke as they headed towards the part of the city. Iresu and Royota saw the armies marching towards the place just outside the area they had targeted as their marshalling point before the war. There were mostly Earth Kingdom Soldiers, but there were also several Zuroc Sensei in the mix—a rarity, but not unheard of.
“So this is it,” Ryuka muttered, “hmm...”
Alzar and Shinon not coming was a damper in Ryuka’s plan, but he knew he wasn’t going to back out of it. He had to go through with this action for the sake of Ba Sing Se, despite things Not Going as Planned.
~Azula~
thought this would be a war chapter, but jumping right into it sort of proved more difficult.
apparently Alzar didn't want to go with my flow, so she decided to do her own thing, and it resulted in me writing a bit more about the "before" stuff. This story really does write itself, coz z majority of this chatper was unexpected. I honestly expected to be able to write a war sequence by the end... but no...
anyways, 35th chapter. here goes.
CHAPTER 35: NOT GOING AS PANNED
Incidentally, Alzar, Shinon, and the rest of the group at Ba Sing Se received an objective sooner than they thought. It was 2 days after Meili had finished recovering that there were signs of an attack in the Northwest area of the Lower Ring of Ba Sing Se.
Nowadays, soldiers of either organization were able to come and go into Ba Sing Se (via earthbenders opening the walls) if they knew which places to enter. Naturally, areas patrolled by The Avatar Guard would not let Order soldiers in, and areas patrolled by The Order of the Avatar Slayer would not let Avatar Guard members in. granted, if one organization were able to take over the titanic city’s walls completely, they would be able to be well-protected, but in this day and age, division was everywhere, and now the walls of Ba Sing Se were merely a landmark on the globe.
“Prepare your selves,” said Iresu, bursting into the hideout, “although they are not coming for us here, they are attacking this part of the city. Pretty much what the soldiers are telling the citizens is “join us or die”.
We must fight. I’ve been out all day marshalling some of my Earth Kingdom Soldiers. There’s a good chance though that we will lose much of this area, for their numbers are many, and the time I had to marshal up the 46th and 51st Divisions was not enough. The 53rd, 54th, and 48th Divisions would not be able to make it here in time, and the 57th, usually stationed here, is abroad in the southern area of the city.”
“Well,” said Ryuka, “in that case, here is what we are going to do:”
They all gathered around, including Iresu and Royota.
“Brother and Sister will lead the armies,” he said, not pausing, though Alzar tried to get his attention, for there was something she wanted to ask him. However, he ignored her, and continued.
“The blind girls will be trying to warn as many citizens as possible about the attacks. The armies will do most of the fighting for the time being.”
Now Alzar had another question, (this one simply was to ask if she was one of the “blind girls” or if Ryuka was just referring to Meili and Sanaki) but once again, Ryuka punched her aside.
“Stop it,” he said bluntly, and Alzar lunged towards him, but was stopped by Shinon. Alzar was glaring at Ryuka with fire in her eyes, trying to break out of Shinon’s grasp.
It was not that Ryuka was a mean man, it was just that he was very serious all the time and hated being interrupted, which also explained why he was by himself a lot.
“Alzar, Shinon, and I will make sure that the blind girls don’t get killed while they go around, and we’ll all beat up anyone who tries to stop us. Is this understood?
“Aye,” they all replied, including Meili and Sanaki, who didn’t seem to mind being called the “blind girls”. Alzar was the only one not to respond, and Shinon let her go.
“What do you want,” said Ryuka, and he sounded irritated,
“All I wanted,” said Alzar “was to ask you what you meant by “Brother and Sister”; is it REALLY that difficult to take 7 seconds of your ‘precious time’ to answer that question, or have you been inhaling too many fumes from your forges again?”
“No,” said Ryuka, “When I get down to business it comes before all. Summed up, shut up until my plans are finished.”
Alzar was not going to put up for that.
“Why you...” she snapped, and Ryuka, aware that she was about to shoot fire at him, whipped out one of his many swords and began deflecting her blows. The others knew better than to get in the way of one of The Four Benders, so they figured that this battle would just have to play its course. Alzar was fiercely bending, but Ryuka’s weapon skills and deflection tactics worked like a charm.
Eventually Alzar stopped firebending, and drew the dragon-hilted sword that was her trademark weapon, and the two of them began clashing blades. Alzar was incredibly fast, and Ryuka was much faster than he looked. Steel hit steel and sparks literally were flying.
One thing about Alzar’s fighting style was that she constantly switched which hand her sword was in, and she was often darting around really quickly, her bare feet generally rather far apart in her stances.
Even with her sword, Alzar used her powerful feet quite often, launching eye-level kicks towards Ryuka. Eventually she ended up kicking Ryuka’s sword from his hands, and the two of them were locked in a fist fight. Alzar was not weak; she just about matched up to Shinon or Aiku (Zinjamyn was the strongest physically out of The Four Benders), despite looking like one of those delicate high-class ladies. Having been with people of this sort all her life (these wee her best friends) her sort of took after them. Nonetheless, Ryuka had strength that was not to be underestimated either, and he took no regard to Alzar being a woman. Generally in this day and age though, no one did, as women were generally just as good as fighters as men. They were usually faster, while men were usually more powerful.
Ryuka slammed Alzar to the ground, pinning her, and with one fell stroke he has swiped a knife across the soles of Alzar’s feet, cutting them open. Alzar yelled from the pain and stopped trying to attack. She acknowledged defeat.
“The more we wait, the more of the area The Order will cover,” said Iresu, now that the fight was over, as trying to talk to any of The Four Benders during one of their fights was near impossible. “We need to stop fighting amongst ourselves and get out there.”
“Aye,” Royota added, frowning at Ryuka; he then turned to Alzar though and answered her question.
“He called Iresu and I Brother and Sister because we are related. Iresu is my younger sister. I had rights to the Earth kingdom Throne, but I turned it down in favor of the military. I could not rule a nation, for I lack the political skills that my sister has. My leadership skills belong with the military.”
“Was it that hard,” Alzar yelled, clearly very angry, “one simple question and you have to treat me like I’m trying to kill you. Get a life, Ryuka, get out and GET A LIFE.”
Her next reaction was so sudden that Ryuka did not quite catch it. She jerked forward to throw Ryuka off of her, and then she limped away, leaving bloodstained footprints behind her.
“I’m staying with her,” said Shinon flatly, “Ryuka, your battle tactics are good, but your people skills are disgraceful. I wish you all luck in the battle. And please, don’t treat those young girls as pawns or spirits help me, I will hunt you down. Don’t ever treat Alzar like that again.”
Ryuka said nothing, and he, Meili, Sanaki, Iresu, and Royota left to fight in that part of the community.
“What an insensitive jerk,” said Meili bluntly to Sanaki, obviously talking to Ryuka, “I bet the only reason they let him in was because he was good with weapons. What a freak.”
“Well,” said Sanaki, “he’s clearly not a bender, and aye, he doesn’t seem very nice; poor Alzar though... that made me upset too.”
Ryuka was listening to the, but said nothing. He had sort of made himself look really bad just now, and knew he was going to pay for it one Aiku and Zinjamyn returned as well, for they would side with their lifelong friend Alzar long before they would side with him. They left the hideout, and with the exception of Shinon and Alzar, it was completely deserted.
Shinon followed the bloody footprints and found Alzar in a room by herself. He heard sobbing as he opened the door and found Alzar in there bawling. This was something no one ever saw, not even the other 3 Benders. Alzar almost never cried in front of anyone, let alone bawled. And yet she had left the door open a crack; as if she was inviting Shinon in. she would lock the door when she wanted to be alone.
Like Sanaki Li Chan from whom she descended, Alzar was not immune to the traditional emotions of a Sanaki-descendant. Shinon knew that she needed comfort right now, and lots of it.
Surprisingly, both Meili and Sanaki were actually sort of ‘pumped’ for their upcoming battle. They were actually part of the Avatar Guard’s fighting Force, but they understood that Ryuka had given them a generally non-fighting task, as instructing underage figures to fight was something the Avatar Guard was famous for not doing. However, Meili and Sanaki were both willing to fight, and their tasks had the chance of enabling that for them.
“You ready for this,” said Meili, smirking slightly,
“Aye,” Sanaki replied, “blind people are the best.”
They both laughed at their joke as they headed towards the part of the city. Iresu and Royota saw the armies marching towards the place just outside the area they had targeted as their marshalling point before the war. There were mostly Earth Kingdom Soldiers, but there were also several Zuroc Sensei in the mix—a rarity, but not unheard of.
“So this is it,” Ryuka muttered, “hmm...”
Alzar and Shinon not coming was a damper in Ryuka’s plan, but he knew he wasn’t going to back out of it. He had to go through with this action for the sake of Ba Sing Se, despite things Not Going as Planned.
~Azula~
