Post by Teяa253 on Jan 6, 2009 6:36:37 GMT 1
finally that's off my chest... the 66th installment of "The Order of the Avatar Slayer".
Ayumi is weird... whatever she's planning seems to be pretty complex...
and things might not be too good for The Avatar Guard... hence the title...
enjoy.
CHAPTER 66: A FATAL MISTAKE
The Avatar Guard remained at what was formerly The Order’s Kyoshi Warrior base, figuring that a huge place like this would be one that they would want to try and reclaim. However, after a week of nothing, not even any more offers in exchange for Ayumi’s freedom, they figured that The Order had something else in mind.
Ayumi knew this part of their strategy, but the only time she ever opened her mouth was when she wanted to talk to someone, or when she wanted to be released. During that week she had started complaining. Apparently she thought that she would be rescued.
As a result, and probably to torment her, they let Katara II be the one to watch over her. She was able to because of her power. Katara I and Sokka were uneasy about this, but Katara II accepted the job, seeing it as a good way to get revenge for their earlier meetings.
Unlike Ayumi had been with Katara though, Katara was not determined to kill Ayumi. She was just there to shut her up when she complained.
Eventually The Avatar Guard figured that if The Order was not going to come to them that they would have to go to The Order. After all, for all The Avatar Guard knew, they could be in Ba Sing Se scouring the area for the Avatar Guard’s main base.
“They know of our location obviously,” said Ryuka to the others; they were preparing to move out. They had chained Ayumi’s hands behind her back, blindfolded her and had put another chain around her head that went into her mouth, so that she was biting down on it and couldn’t talk. She stood there grumbling and seemed to be trying vainly to escape.
“Do you realize that with Fire Nation Soldiers and Kyoshi Warriors, the two generally most powerful military units that they could very well have taken over the walls?”
“Surely they could not take over Ba Sing Se with that few people though,” said Zakura, “it just couldn’t be done, let alone this soon.”
“Who said they had to take over,” Ryuka asked, “all they would have to do is claim the walls and be able to hold them. But aye, they certainly haven’t taken it over yet, but they certainly could have taken parts of the walls to bar the likes of us out.”
“So do you want to know what we do,” said a raspy voice; they turned to see Katara, donned in her black armor, her helmet in her hand; “we send former members of The Order in, and they’ll be the ones to let us in.”
“What are you talking about,” Cheng and Taki both asked, for they figured Katara was talking about them, and she was. During the time between the battle and now, she had obtained as much information about The Avatar Guard as possible.
Though she was not on The Avatar Guard’s side necessarily, she figured that they were “The side with the good cause” and so she was going to for the time being help them try to end the war. Additionally, her family was on this site, and although she had not quite re-bonded with them yet, she was not going to turn against them.
Katara looked at Chang and Taki and smirked.
“You two,” she said, “you two are traitors to The Order. Moreover, the fact that you happen to be a Fire Soldier and a Kyoshi Warrior makes the plan perfect. All you need to do is slap these Order crests on your chests and they’d let you in.”
“How do you know this,” Zakura asked,
“She’s been in The Order obviously,” said Maric, “and I can second her statement. I’ve been there too. I know what they do.”
“But do you have any of these crests,” Royota asked her, and Katara smirked. She turned to where Ayumi was bound and walked over to her. Reaching into Ayumi’s pocket, she whipped out a handful of Order Emblems. These were used to distinguish friend from foe during battles so when things got hectic that allies would not kill each other, since soldiers and warriors from all nations were on both sides.
Ayumi glared at Katara as she did this. She growled.
“Who do you think you are,” she snapped, though it was sort of hard to tell what she had said because of the chain in her mouth,
“I’m Katara Altina II:” Katara replied, “and I will always be one step ahead of everyone else.”
“Really now,” Ayumi asked, and even some of the Avatar Guard members looked at her oddly.
“Of course,” Katara replied, “when you have more power than you’re able to handle, you HAVE to stay one step ahead of everyone else.”
She paused and looked around. She then handed an Order Emblem to Taki, and one to Cheng.
“With these and your uniforms,” she said, “you’ll be invincible.”
Cheng and Taki smirked. Of course, Taki’s makeup and headgear made her look like just another Kyoshi Warrior, and of course Cheng’s helmet would cover his face, so they were set.
“So,” said Katara, turning to Ryuka, “does this plan sit well with you all, or do I need to shut up and sit down?”
“If they’re fine with it,” said Ryuka, “then all systems go,”
“Aye,” Zakura added, “their opinion matters the most right now.”
“Well,” said Taki, giggling, “we had a fun time ripping them apart and totally humiliating them last time, didn’t we, Cheng-Cheng?”
Cheng laughed and nodded.
“Aye,” he replied, “aye we did.”
“In that case,” said Katara, putting her helmet back on, “we must be on our way immediately.”
Cheng and Taki did not bother to ask questions. The fact that they would not have to be separated might have helped this.
The rest of The Avatar Guard left the next day, most of the armies moving out with them. There were a few that remained at the base to hold it in case of a decent-sized invasion, and they figured that with Cheng, who specialized against Fire Nation soldiers and Taki, who specialized against Kyoshi Warriors, [and The Dark Warrior, The Avatar, and The Four Benders] that they’d do alright.
Ayumi did not seem to enjoy being held captive by Ryuka, who had remained at the base to watch over her. They would have had Katara be the one to do it, but she was playing her part as The Dark Warrior. Other than her, Ryuka was the only one who could handle her without her driving them insane and wanting to kill her.
“Try and kiss me again and I’ll slice your mouth off,” Ryuka warned, brandishing a knife like he usually just did for show anyways. Ayumi just sighed through her chains and sat down on the bed again. This surprised Ryuka, as once again, she seemed to have changed.
This was just part of Ayumi’s sympathy game though, and eventually, after some wistful sighing, Ryuka’s sympathetic side gave in, and he unchained her hands and mouth.
“Come on,” Ryuka shrugged, looking at Ayumi’s longing face, “you’re not being treated badly.”
“I never said I was,” Ayumi replied, “I just want to go home; home to the Fire Nation; home into the welcoming arms of my husband.”
Ryuka scoffed, “that’s not the message you gave to me the last time we met,” he said, “surely you could care less.”
“Honestly,” said Ayumi, sounding insulted, “you do now know a game of the mind when it is slapped into your face.”
“Perhaps you gave me the wrong impression,” said Ryuka, “either way; it is not something that I will be forgetting.”
Ayumi sighed. Being surrounded by an entire mass of people who all hated her was not doing too well on her by this time stressed emotional status, and she really did want to go home. Having nothing else to wear, she simply removed her headpiece and her shoes and then crawled into the bed in the corner, curling up, her face away from Ryuka, who was sitting where Katara II usually did, his feet on the table.
Ayumi lay there thinking about her friends, though evil they were. She was also thinking about her husband, Orzon, and how, although they were both cruel and merciless to most other people, they were kind and loving almost exclusively to each other.
“I miss him,” Ayumi whispered, and Ryuka heard her, “I miss his touch. I long again to feel the warmth of him putting his arm around me; the warmth of his lips pressing against mine; feeling his heartbeat when we embrace each other; the warmth of his body around mine when I sleep... I miss the warm voice of my Orzon.”
“Who are you” Ryuka asked off-handedly, “you’re... different.”
“I am Fire Lady Ayumi,” Ayumi whispered again, “the wife of Fire Lord Orzon. Regardless of how we treated the rest of the world, we always loved each other—truly; always and forever.”
“Eh,” Ryuka shrugged, his sympathy for this woman limited for obvious reasons, “whatever.”
Ayumi did not respond, but she was thankful that Ryuka did not turn around. Though tears had been running down her face when she was talking about how much she missed Orzon [it had been sincere], she had thought of her answer on how to escape. Now she was grinning.
“I am the 4th greatest firebender in the world,” she thought to herself, placing herself beneath Alzar and Katara II, two world-known masters, and also beneath Orzon, but above Zeruda; “no mere Avatar Guard minions, not even their strategist, will be able to keep me now. Zakura, by leaving me with the people you did, you just made A Fatal Mistake.”
~Azula~
Ayumi is weird... whatever she's planning seems to be pretty complex...
and things might not be too good for The Avatar Guard... hence the title...
enjoy.
CHAPTER 66: A FATAL MISTAKE
The Avatar Guard remained at what was formerly The Order’s Kyoshi Warrior base, figuring that a huge place like this would be one that they would want to try and reclaim. However, after a week of nothing, not even any more offers in exchange for Ayumi’s freedom, they figured that The Order had something else in mind.
Ayumi knew this part of their strategy, but the only time she ever opened her mouth was when she wanted to talk to someone, or when she wanted to be released. During that week she had started complaining. Apparently she thought that she would be rescued.
As a result, and probably to torment her, they let Katara II be the one to watch over her. She was able to because of her power. Katara I and Sokka were uneasy about this, but Katara II accepted the job, seeing it as a good way to get revenge for their earlier meetings.
Unlike Ayumi had been with Katara though, Katara was not determined to kill Ayumi. She was just there to shut her up when she complained.
Eventually The Avatar Guard figured that if The Order was not going to come to them that they would have to go to The Order. After all, for all The Avatar Guard knew, they could be in Ba Sing Se scouring the area for the Avatar Guard’s main base.
“They know of our location obviously,” said Ryuka to the others; they were preparing to move out. They had chained Ayumi’s hands behind her back, blindfolded her and had put another chain around her head that went into her mouth, so that she was biting down on it and couldn’t talk. She stood there grumbling and seemed to be trying vainly to escape.
“Do you realize that with Fire Nation Soldiers and Kyoshi Warriors, the two generally most powerful military units that they could very well have taken over the walls?”
“Surely they could not take over Ba Sing Se with that few people though,” said Zakura, “it just couldn’t be done, let alone this soon.”
“Who said they had to take over,” Ryuka asked, “all they would have to do is claim the walls and be able to hold them. But aye, they certainly haven’t taken it over yet, but they certainly could have taken parts of the walls to bar the likes of us out.”
“So do you want to know what we do,” said a raspy voice; they turned to see Katara, donned in her black armor, her helmet in her hand; “we send former members of The Order in, and they’ll be the ones to let us in.”
“What are you talking about,” Cheng and Taki both asked, for they figured Katara was talking about them, and she was. During the time between the battle and now, she had obtained as much information about The Avatar Guard as possible.
Though she was not on The Avatar Guard’s side necessarily, she figured that they were “The side with the good cause” and so she was going to for the time being help them try to end the war. Additionally, her family was on this site, and although she had not quite re-bonded with them yet, she was not going to turn against them.
Katara looked at Chang and Taki and smirked.
“You two,” she said, “you two are traitors to The Order. Moreover, the fact that you happen to be a Fire Soldier and a Kyoshi Warrior makes the plan perfect. All you need to do is slap these Order crests on your chests and they’d let you in.”
“How do you know this,” Zakura asked,
“She’s been in The Order obviously,” said Maric, “and I can second her statement. I’ve been there too. I know what they do.”
“But do you have any of these crests,” Royota asked her, and Katara smirked. She turned to where Ayumi was bound and walked over to her. Reaching into Ayumi’s pocket, she whipped out a handful of Order Emblems. These were used to distinguish friend from foe during battles so when things got hectic that allies would not kill each other, since soldiers and warriors from all nations were on both sides.
Ayumi glared at Katara as she did this. She growled.
“Who do you think you are,” she snapped, though it was sort of hard to tell what she had said because of the chain in her mouth,
“I’m Katara Altina II:” Katara replied, “and I will always be one step ahead of everyone else.”
“Really now,” Ayumi asked, and even some of the Avatar Guard members looked at her oddly.
“Of course,” Katara replied, “when you have more power than you’re able to handle, you HAVE to stay one step ahead of everyone else.”
She paused and looked around. She then handed an Order Emblem to Taki, and one to Cheng.
“With these and your uniforms,” she said, “you’ll be invincible.”
Cheng and Taki smirked. Of course, Taki’s makeup and headgear made her look like just another Kyoshi Warrior, and of course Cheng’s helmet would cover his face, so they were set.
“So,” said Katara, turning to Ryuka, “does this plan sit well with you all, or do I need to shut up and sit down?”
“If they’re fine with it,” said Ryuka, “then all systems go,”
“Aye,” Zakura added, “their opinion matters the most right now.”
“Well,” said Taki, giggling, “we had a fun time ripping them apart and totally humiliating them last time, didn’t we, Cheng-Cheng?”
Cheng laughed and nodded.
“Aye,” he replied, “aye we did.”
“In that case,” said Katara, putting her helmet back on, “we must be on our way immediately.”
Cheng and Taki did not bother to ask questions. The fact that they would not have to be separated might have helped this.
The rest of The Avatar Guard left the next day, most of the armies moving out with them. There were a few that remained at the base to hold it in case of a decent-sized invasion, and they figured that with Cheng, who specialized against Fire Nation soldiers and Taki, who specialized against Kyoshi Warriors, [and The Dark Warrior, The Avatar, and The Four Benders] that they’d do alright.
Ayumi did not seem to enjoy being held captive by Ryuka, who had remained at the base to watch over her. They would have had Katara be the one to do it, but she was playing her part as The Dark Warrior. Other than her, Ryuka was the only one who could handle her without her driving them insane and wanting to kill her.
“Try and kiss me again and I’ll slice your mouth off,” Ryuka warned, brandishing a knife like he usually just did for show anyways. Ayumi just sighed through her chains and sat down on the bed again. This surprised Ryuka, as once again, she seemed to have changed.
This was just part of Ayumi’s sympathy game though, and eventually, after some wistful sighing, Ryuka’s sympathetic side gave in, and he unchained her hands and mouth.
“Come on,” Ryuka shrugged, looking at Ayumi’s longing face, “you’re not being treated badly.”
“I never said I was,” Ayumi replied, “I just want to go home; home to the Fire Nation; home into the welcoming arms of my husband.”
Ryuka scoffed, “that’s not the message you gave to me the last time we met,” he said, “surely you could care less.”
“Honestly,” said Ayumi, sounding insulted, “you do now know a game of the mind when it is slapped into your face.”
“Perhaps you gave me the wrong impression,” said Ryuka, “either way; it is not something that I will be forgetting.”
Ayumi sighed. Being surrounded by an entire mass of people who all hated her was not doing too well on her by this time stressed emotional status, and she really did want to go home. Having nothing else to wear, she simply removed her headpiece and her shoes and then crawled into the bed in the corner, curling up, her face away from Ryuka, who was sitting where Katara II usually did, his feet on the table.
Ayumi lay there thinking about her friends, though evil they were. She was also thinking about her husband, Orzon, and how, although they were both cruel and merciless to most other people, they were kind and loving almost exclusively to each other.
“I miss him,” Ayumi whispered, and Ryuka heard her, “I miss his touch. I long again to feel the warmth of him putting his arm around me; the warmth of his lips pressing against mine; feeling his heartbeat when we embrace each other; the warmth of his body around mine when I sleep... I miss the warm voice of my Orzon.”
“Who are you” Ryuka asked off-handedly, “you’re... different.”
“I am Fire Lady Ayumi,” Ayumi whispered again, “the wife of Fire Lord Orzon. Regardless of how we treated the rest of the world, we always loved each other—truly; always and forever.”
“Eh,” Ryuka shrugged, his sympathy for this woman limited for obvious reasons, “whatever.”
Ayumi did not respond, but she was thankful that Ryuka did not turn around. Though tears had been running down her face when she was talking about how much she missed Orzon [it had been sincere], she had thought of her answer on how to escape. Now she was grinning.
“I am the 4th greatest firebender in the world,” she thought to herself, placing herself beneath Alzar and Katara II, two world-known masters, and also beneath Orzon, but above Zeruda; “no mere Avatar Guard minions, not even their strategist, will be able to keep me now. Zakura, by leaving me with the people you did, you just made A Fatal Mistake.”
~Azula~
