Post by Teяa253 on Apr 8, 2009 5:16:37 GMT 1
the 74th chapter of "The Order of the Avatar Slayer" series.
this is an interesting chapter. it's kinda hard to say how much actual progress is made, but hey, things are just about to get interesting.
so yeah, enjoy, and also enjoy the Tenoko-ness, along with some of Azula and Katara
CHAPTER 74: ORZON AND AYUMI
A day passed, as Ayumi prepared to leave for good. The hardest part about this for her was her knowing that she would be apart from Orzon for a long period of time. Orzon became aware of this, and he did not like it, for he could tell that Ayumi was stressing again.
“Ayumi,” said Orzon, “if you carry this on the effect is still going to be the same. What’s wrong this time?”
“It’s you,” she said, “I don’t want to leave you. I hated being apart from you even during my week with The Avatar Guard. I decided to annoy them to get my mind off of you. I don’t want to leave your side.”
“Do you realize,” said Orzon, “that if I come with you, that The Order will be after us both and will skin us alive if we are caught?”
“I...” Ayumi sniffled, “I understand that you can’t.”
“On the contrary,” said Orzon, “if you desire me to be with you, then with you I shall be. I have always said that my love for you would come before anything else. I am not making an exception, even at a crucial time like this where we are going to lose everything. If you don’t think you’d be able to handle this task alone, it is why I am here.”
“I don’t want you leaving my side,” Ayumi declared,
“Then it is official,” said Orzon, putting his arm around Ayumi, “I’m going with you. I love you, Ayumi. I never want you to be in any danger.”
Ayumi had no need to answer. A simple movement of her lips to his was all that she needed.
It was several minutes before they pulled back, and when they did, Orzon was on top of Ayumi on their sofa [though they were both still dressed].
“You look tired, Ayumi” said Orzon, “perhaps that stress might be a part of it though.”
“Aye,” Ayumi replied, “I’m ready for sleep either way; especially if this is our last night here.”
“Then we shall retire early, and depart early,” Orzon replied, “the fewer people that know about it, the better off we will be.”
“Indeed,” Ayumi replied, heading up to her bedroom, and then she suddenly paused, turning around to face Orzon.
“I know where we can go,” she said,
“Really now,” Orzon exclaimed, “and where would that be?”
“The Blazing Phoenix,” Ayumi replied, “it was the ship that I picked up Azula’s crew on. I hired them after learning who they were. She knows Tenoko Dragmire. If there is any member of The Avatar Guard that will wide with me, it’s her.”
“I heard she was on good terms with Fukuda and Michiko as well,” Orzon remarked, “perhaps that is our answer.”
“I hired them for that reason,” Ayumi replied, “because I knew them.”
“I’m glad you’re happy again, Ayumi,” said Orzon, “seeing you happy makes me happy. I love you, and I always will.”
“I love you too,” Ayumi replied, kissing his lips again, “never forget it.”
“That would be a crime against the most beautiful woman on the face of this world,” Orzon replied, “I could never, and would never.”
Ayumi threw herself into Orzon’s arms, and he gently lifted her up, cradling her almost like a child. he smiled down at Ayumi, who had closed her eyes and was smiling more peacefully than Orzon had seen her smile in a long time, and for the first time in a very long time, it was not an evil smile—this was a happy smile; a true smile.
She fell asleep in Orzon’s arms. He sat down in a rocking chair, still cradling Ayumi liker she was the most delicate treasure in the world. To Orzon though, she really was.
Early the next morning, there was activity in The Avatar Guard’s base. It was Tenoko this time though, and it seemed that her “warrior” outfit was also what she wore at sea. She was going to sneak out to reunite with her ship, for she had received a message from Azula in an unusual way that told her they had the ship ready. Tenoko was just about to slip out when she heard a voice.
“Where are you going,” it asked; it was low and raspy;
“Katara,” Tenoko exclaimed, “what are you doing awake at this hour?”
“Blame it on my bending energy,” Katara replied, “bloody thing wakes me up all the time. After that I just decided to sit down. What now, may I ask, are YOU doing awake at this hour?”
“I have business to attend to,” said Tenoko,
“This early in the morning;” Katara exclaimed, “Do tell,”
“Telling you would mean I would have to knock you out and take you with me,” Tenoko warned,
“Ha,” Katara chuckled, “I’d like to see you try that right now,”
“Alright,” said Tenoko, grabbing Katara around her throat and cupping her other hand across her mouth. Katara began struggling, but was short on energy because she had just gotten back from unleashing copious amounts of it. Tenoko lifted her off the ground and she began kicking and struggling for air. She was a strong young woman, and if it weren’t for the exact tactic used, she might have stood a chance at pulling Tenoko’s hand off of her nose and mouth, but because of the technique, and her weak state at the moment, she continued struggling.
“Give up yet,” she asked, and Katara violently shook her head and seemed to be getting angry. She obviously could not speak, but Tenoko did not mind. She also wouldn’t mind taking Katara with her because of who she was. Unfortunately, that was what Katara hated. However, Tenoko had warned her that she would do that, and Katara had challenged it, and so Tenoko was simply proving her point.
Katara continued struggling to get proper amounts of air into her exhausted body, but her kicking and thrashing were doing nothing against Tenoko. Tenoko again asked her if she had had enough, but Katara’s pride was kicking in, and she refused to bend, despite her knowing she was not going to be able to escape. She screamed into Tenoko’s hand, but it was muffled enough to not be loud. She continued thrashing and screaming madly, very similar to the way she had before she had calmed down. She began to turn purple, and eventually blue, and eventually went unconscious, where Tenoko let her go.
Without a word, she hoisted Katara over her shoulder and left to get to her ship. She had left a note to Iresu and Zeruda about her location and what she was doing. Her intent was actually to go meet a few old friends from the Northern Water Tribe. Ultimately, Tenoko wanted to turn The Order against itself, and the influence of “Lucy” [Azula] and Captain Dragmire might be able to do just that.
However, Tenoko was in for a huge surprise when she met Azula at the Northern Bay where her ship was. With her and her crew were none other than Orzon and Ayumi.
“Spirits have mercy,” she exclaimed, and she actually dropped Katara; “h-how did you two get here; take my ship; get Azula to join you?”
“It was their idea,” said Azula, “come aboard, they’ll tell you everything.”
“Are you nuts, Lucy,” Tenoko exclaimed, “They’ll roast me alive!”
“Aye, of course I’m nuts, Captain Dragmire,” she replied, “Just get over here; oh, and don’t forget that girl that you dropped.”
Tenoko hoisted the still-unconscious Katara over her shoulder and came aboard. Ayumi glanced at Orzon and then Orzon spoke.
“Hand me Katara,” he said, and Tenoko, still uneasy about disobeying, not knowing the alignment of their crew, did so.
“Tenoko,” said Ayumi, “get over here.”
Tenoko did so again without question. Ayumi’s response was immediately launching her fist into Tenoko’s face, making her stagger backwards.
“Do you really think that if we were all against you that we would be this easy-going about it?” she said, laughing and blowing on her fist, “to make a long story short, we switched sides. We’re here to fight for you now, which were why we came here.”
“We will be glad to explain it to you later, Tenoko Dragmire,” said Orzon politely, “but right now we need to be leaving if you want us as your allies. The moment word gets out of our betrayal everyone’s going to be after us.”
“Trust me, Captain Dragmire,” said Azula, “they...”
“Call me Tenoko,” Tenoko shrugged, chuckling.
“Alright, Tenoko,” said Azula again, “trust me on this. I’ll tell the whole story later, but they’re right. We need to launch the ship or else they’ll know we’ve been here and that we plundered a nearby Order village”.
“Brilliant,” said Tenoko, chuckling. She took Katara from Orzon and grinned at them both.
“My Lord, My Lady,” she said to them both, bowing slightly, “welcome to The Blazing Phoenix. What’s mine is yours; make your selves at home.”
“Thank you,” they said simultaneously, bowing Fire Nation style; and then they left to their rooms. Despite being pirates, Tenoko’s ship was very nice; it was like a metal Fire Nation Warship, only it was more of a Water Tribe ship if anything, as if they had adopted the Fire Nation’s technology. Tenoko nonetheless went to her Captain’s quarters, where shrugging, she dropped Katara onto the floor, and she began snoring loudly. It turned out she had come back around and fallen asleep sometime between the time Tenoko knocked her out and now.
Tenoko herself went to sleep, deep in thought. She trusted Azula, and hopefully would be able to trust Orzon And Ayumi.
~Azula~
this is an interesting chapter. it's kinda hard to say how much actual progress is made, but hey, things are just about to get interesting.
so yeah, enjoy, and also enjoy the Tenoko-ness, along with some of Azula and Katara
CHAPTER 74: ORZON AND AYUMI
A day passed, as Ayumi prepared to leave for good. The hardest part about this for her was her knowing that she would be apart from Orzon for a long period of time. Orzon became aware of this, and he did not like it, for he could tell that Ayumi was stressing again.
“Ayumi,” said Orzon, “if you carry this on the effect is still going to be the same. What’s wrong this time?”
“It’s you,” she said, “I don’t want to leave you. I hated being apart from you even during my week with The Avatar Guard. I decided to annoy them to get my mind off of you. I don’t want to leave your side.”
“Do you realize,” said Orzon, “that if I come with you, that The Order will be after us both and will skin us alive if we are caught?”
“I...” Ayumi sniffled, “I understand that you can’t.”
“On the contrary,” said Orzon, “if you desire me to be with you, then with you I shall be. I have always said that my love for you would come before anything else. I am not making an exception, even at a crucial time like this where we are going to lose everything. If you don’t think you’d be able to handle this task alone, it is why I am here.”
“I don’t want you leaving my side,” Ayumi declared,
“Then it is official,” said Orzon, putting his arm around Ayumi, “I’m going with you. I love you, Ayumi. I never want you to be in any danger.”
Ayumi had no need to answer. A simple movement of her lips to his was all that she needed.
It was several minutes before they pulled back, and when they did, Orzon was on top of Ayumi on their sofa [though they were both still dressed].
“You look tired, Ayumi” said Orzon, “perhaps that stress might be a part of it though.”
“Aye,” Ayumi replied, “I’m ready for sleep either way; especially if this is our last night here.”
“Then we shall retire early, and depart early,” Orzon replied, “the fewer people that know about it, the better off we will be.”
“Indeed,” Ayumi replied, heading up to her bedroom, and then she suddenly paused, turning around to face Orzon.
“I know where we can go,” she said,
“Really now,” Orzon exclaimed, “and where would that be?”
“The Blazing Phoenix,” Ayumi replied, “it was the ship that I picked up Azula’s crew on. I hired them after learning who they were. She knows Tenoko Dragmire. If there is any member of The Avatar Guard that will wide with me, it’s her.”
“I heard she was on good terms with Fukuda and Michiko as well,” Orzon remarked, “perhaps that is our answer.”
“I hired them for that reason,” Ayumi replied, “because I knew them.”
“I’m glad you’re happy again, Ayumi,” said Orzon, “seeing you happy makes me happy. I love you, and I always will.”
“I love you too,” Ayumi replied, kissing his lips again, “never forget it.”
“That would be a crime against the most beautiful woman on the face of this world,” Orzon replied, “I could never, and would never.”
Ayumi threw herself into Orzon’s arms, and he gently lifted her up, cradling her almost like a child. he smiled down at Ayumi, who had closed her eyes and was smiling more peacefully than Orzon had seen her smile in a long time, and for the first time in a very long time, it was not an evil smile—this was a happy smile; a true smile.
She fell asleep in Orzon’s arms. He sat down in a rocking chair, still cradling Ayumi liker she was the most delicate treasure in the world. To Orzon though, she really was.
Early the next morning, there was activity in The Avatar Guard’s base. It was Tenoko this time though, and it seemed that her “warrior” outfit was also what she wore at sea. She was going to sneak out to reunite with her ship, for she had received a message from Azula in an unusual way that told her they had the ship ready. Tenoko was just about to slip out when she heard a voice.
“Where are you going,” it asked; it was low and raspy;
“Katara,” Tenoko exclaimed, “what are you doing awake at this hour?”
“Blame it on my bending energy,” Katara replied, “bloody thing wakes me up all the time. After that I just decided to sit down. What now, may I ask, are YOU doing awake at this hour?”
“I have business to attend to,” said Tenoko,
“This early in the morning;” Katara exclaimed, “Do tell,”
“Telling you would mean I would have to knock you out and take you with me,” Tenoko warned,
“Ha,” Katara chuckled, “I’d like to see you try that right now,”
“Alright,” said Tenoko, grabbing Katara around her throat and cupping her other hand across her mouth. Katara began struggling, but was short on energy because she had just gotten back from unleashing copious amounts of it. Tenoko lifted her off the ground and she began kicking and struggling for air. She was a strong young woman, and if it weren’t for the exact tactic used, she might have stood a chance at pulling Tenoko’s hand off of her nose and mouth, but because of the technique, and her weak state at the moment, she continued struggling.
“Give up yet,” she asked, and Katara violently shook her head and seemed to be getting angry. She obviously could not speak, but Tenoko did not mind. She also wouldn’t mind taking Katara with her because of who she was. Unfortunately, that was what Katara hated. However, Tenoko had warned her that she would do that, and Katara had challenged it, and so Tenoko was simply proving her point.
Katara continued struggling to get proper amounts of air into her exhausted body, but her kicking and thrashing were doing nothing against Tenoko. Tenoko again asked her if she had had enough, but Katara’s pride was kicking in, and she refused to bend, despite her knowing she was not going to be able to escape. She screamed into Tenoko’s hand, but it was muffled enough to not be loud. She continued thrashing and screaming madly, very similar to the way she had before she had calmed down. She began to turn purple, and eventually blue, and eventually went unconscious, where Tenoko let her go.
Without a word, she hoisted Katara over her shoulder and left to get to her ship. She had left a note to Iresu and Zeruda about her location and what she was doing. Her intent was actually to go meet a few old friends from the Northern Water Tribe. Ultimately, Tenoko wanted to turn The Order against itself, and the influence of “Lucy” [Azula] and Captain Dragmire might be able to do just that.
However, Tenoko was in for a huge surprise when she met Azula at the Northern Bay where her ship was. With her and her crew were none other than Orzon and Ayumi.
“Spirits have mercy,” she exclaimed, and she actually dropped Katara; “h-how did you two get here; take my ship; get Azula to join you?”
“It was their idea,” said Azula, “come aboard, they’ll tell you everything.”
“Are you nuts, Lucy,” Tenoko exclaimed, “They’ll roast me alive!”
“Aye, of course I’m nuts, Captain Dragmire,” she replied, “Just get over here; oh, and don’t forget that girl that you dropped.”
Tenoko hoisted the still-unconscious Katara over her shoulder and came aboard. Ayumi glanced at Orzon and then Orzon spoke.
“Hand me Katara,” he said, and Tenoko, still uneasy about disobeying, not knowing the alignment of their crew, did so.
“Tenoko,” said Ayumi, “get over here.”
Tenoko did so again without question. Ayumi’s response was immediately launching her fist into Tenoko’s face, making her stagger backwards.
“Do you really think that if we were all against you that we would be this easy-going about it?” she said, laughing and blowing on her fist, “to make a long story short, we switched sides. We’re here to fight for you now, which were why we came here.”
“We will be glad to explain it to you later, Tenoko Dragmire,” said Orzon politely, “but right now we need to be leaving if you want us as your allies. The moment word gets out of our betrayal everyone’s going to be after us.”
“Trust me, Captain Dragmire,” said Azula, “they...”
“Call me Tenoko,” Tenoko shrugged, chuckling.
“Alright, Tenoko,” said Azula again, “trust me on this. I’ll tell the whole story later, but they’re right. We need to launch the ship or else they’ll know we’ve been here and that we plundered a nearby Order village”.
“Brilliant,” said Tenoko, chuckling. She took Katara from Orzon and grinned at them both.
“My Lord, My Lady,” she said to them both, bowing slightly, “welcome to The Blazing Phoenix. What’s mine is yours; make your selves at home.”
“Thank you,” they said simultaneously, bowing Fire Nation style; and then they left to their rooms. Despite being pirates, Tenoko’s ship was very nice; it was like a metal Fire Nation Warship, only it was more of a Water Tribe ship if anything, as if they had adopted the Fire Nation’s technology. Tenoko nonetheless went to her Captain’s quarters, where shrugging, she dropped Katara onto the floor, and she began snoring loudly. It turned out she had come back around and fallen asleep sometime between the time Tenoko knocked her out and now.
Tenoko herself went to sleep, deep in thought. She trusted Azula, and hopefully would be able to trust Orzon And Ayumi.
~Azula~
