Post by Teяa253 on Apr 8, 2009 5:20:09 GMT 1
finally... after a 10-day slump I get the dang thing written. guuhh...
the long-delayed 76th installment of "The Order of the Avatar Slayer". We go back to the rest of Zakura's gang, and we get a little bit of Meili's love interest... or do we?
find out in this chapter, that I kinda think is filler, but oh wellz. =P
CHAPTER 76: TIME IS DIMINISHING
The next morning, Iresu and Zeruda were explaining to the others what had happened to Tenoko and what had happened to Katara II [or so they presumed, and those that did assume this assumed correctly].
“She said that anyone awake that she ran into she was going to nab,” said Iresu after their explanation,
“Which probably means that she nabbed Katara Altina II,” said Zeruda, “She was always awake at unusual times.”
Suddenly though, their conversation was cut slightly short as someone jumped right into the middle of their circle, shaking the ground. It was Meili, her fist still in the ground.
“Has anyone else ever noticed that Vigo never talks?” she commented. It was quite random, but it was true.
“Seriously,” she said, “up to this point, he’s sort of just been “there”; fighting beside us.”
“Why not find out for your self, Meili,” said Zeruda, who clearly was trying to shake her off. Incidentally, she accepted the challenge and left to go search for him. This was where Zeruda continued.
“Tenoko said that she and her crew were going to scope out Xin Shing’s Tower,” she continued, “and that she wanted us to make our way towards that same location by this time tomorrow. Are there any questions, comments, or concerns about this?”
No one seemed to have any, and so preparations were beginning to be made. There was little to do other than strategize, and that was where Zeruda and Iresu became especially useful, as Ryuka was gone.
Meili, meanwhile, true to her word, went to find Vigo. She found him soon enough, and decided to be annoying, a skill that she was well-adept at.
“Can you talk?” she asked bluntly, sensing him start, and he turned around quickly to see who had just addressed him. Meili grinned.
Vigo did not answer at first, but then shook his head. Meili, determined to get him to speak, stood there waiting for a reply. She repeated her question, pretending she did not sense him shaking his head. Again, he made the same movement.
“Are you going to answer me?” Meili asked, “Because keep in mind that I can’t see a thing you’re doing. I’m blind.”
Vigo, who was nearly as stubborn as Meili, did not respond again.
“I’m going to keep bugging you until you talk,” Meili taunted, and true to her word, she did. She wasn’t doing anything that involved too much contact, but she was constantly talking and occasionally poking him, making stupid or witty remarks here and there.
Eventually Vigo could no longer stand it.
“Will you can it already?” he roared; his voice was very deep—he could have easily passed off as a grown man if her was taller and decided to grow out his facial hair.
“Aye,” said Meili, grinning smugly, “now that I know you can talk, I’ll be glad to shut up—”
Vigo interrupted by clasping his hand over Meili’s mouth.
“I meant it,” he snapped, but Meili just chuckled. All Vigo’s hand did was muffle it a little bit. Meili pushed his hand away.
“If you want to go, there’s an arena outside,” she remarked,
“No thanks,” Vigo shrugged, his hands back at his sides, “I don’t need the bragging rights of defeating a blind girl who is partially deaf.”
Meili seemed insulted; not because Vigo had called her blind, but because from her understanding, all she was to him was a ‘blind girl’. Meili was a cocky young lady, and this had injured her pride.
“Blind; partially deaf; who cares; I’m still incredibly awesome, and if you want me to, I’ll prove it by kicking your butt, ‘coz I’m Meili Meisha: The Smash Master!”
“I guess I’ll SEE you out there then,” said Vigo, smirking. Naturally, Meili followed him. Vigo was still in his warrior’s clothes, and like all Earth Kingdom Warriors, he was barefoot. Meili was as well, and they both had hats similar to Zakura’s.
Upon reaching the arena, Vigo removed his hat and shirt, his bare feet moving across the stone ground of the arena. He awaited Meili’s move. She removed her hat and shirt and was ready for the competition to start. One thing Vigo did observe was that Meili was somewhat muscular as well—she could have passed off as Zakura’s relative easily. Nonetheless, he was never one to stop and stare.
“At your ready,” he said, taking a stance. Meili took a stance as well, and even her stance was much like Zakura’s. It seemed that Zakura had been Meili’s teacher at some point.
Both Meili and Vigo were defensive benders, and so they sort of both had to step out of their element to get the sparring match going. Both of them did, and soon they were both rapidly chucking huge rocks at each other. Both being prodigies, they were both Earth Rumble material [or so said a young Kyoshi Warrior (one who had recently married a Fire Nation soldier) who had stopped to watch them without them knowing], and it made a rather entertaining show.
Taki, the Kyoshi Warrior who had peered in, snuck back out and came back a few minutes later with a few friends (such as Cheng, Zakura, Royota, Koara, Lehran, [Altina], and even Sanaki).
Both of them were very skilled. Their fancy footwork and powerful fists kept them from getting hit and enabled them to continuously launch powerful attacks at the other person. Vigo would send a wall of earth at Meili, Meili would jump up, smash it with her fist, and then shake the ground when her feet hit. Vigo jumped, kicking up a rock in the process, which he kicked towards Meili. Meili shattered it and reflected the shards back at Vigo, who in turn brought up a wall of rock to avoid getting peppered by the pieces of rock Meili had thrown.
Moments after this, he kicked it towards her, having it split as to cover more ground. Meili spiraled over it, smashing through one of the sections with her fist. She was still in midair. Upon landing, she brought up 4 walls of earth around her, jumped up, kicked two of them away, and then kicked the other two away. Vigo blocked it with a powerful rock wall of his own.
It soon became apparent that these two were equally matched, as neither one had landed a hit on the other one, and they both had stringed their moves together flawlessly. They both knew that they were not perfect, but the moves they did know they knew well. They decided to call it a draw. Slinging their shirts over their shoulders, they made to go back inside, Meili’s persistence in having Vigo talk with her eventually making him cave. Those who had been watching them didn’t follow them, because they knew that Meili in particular would beat anyone up that she felt like [for bar Zuki, Zakura, and probably Zinjamyn, Meili was one of the strongest people there].
“Heh,” Meili chuckled as they walked back inside, neither of them putting their shirts back on, “you really ARE pretty good; almost as good as me I might wager, you know?”
“You really are a cocky little punk, you know that,” Vigo remarked, hitting Meili’s arm, “I don’t see how people put up with you—you seem an awful lot like Zakura.”
Meili didn’t know what Vigo was implying, and as a result, she said nothing. She followed Vigo into one of the back rooms, where he put his shirt back on. Meili slumped into one of the soft chairs in one of the corners, feeling down. She secretly had a crush on Vigo, but she wasn’t sure if he liked her back.
“Zak and I are on pretty good terms,” she remarked, and again fell silent;
“I know you are,” Vigo replied, “and I was surprised that people liked her, the same way I was surprised that people liked you—especially because I was one of those people.”
“Hark who’s talking,” said Meili, now playing an offensive card, “you’re the one to call me hard to like? This is the boy who hasn’t even talked to anyone else here.”
Vigo grumbled. Meili’s partial deafness didn’t enable her to hear this.
“Hey,” he said, “there was another reason why I talked to you. It wasn’t just to shut you up, though you were being really annoying back there. I talked to you because... because I...”
Vigo choked on the words but couldn’t get them out. Meili awaited his response, her ears perked.
“...because I thought you were cute,” he stammered, “and I noticed that you’d always seem to be close by me—I almost felt like you had a crush on me. Did you? Why did you hold back?”
“I’m no Sanaki Foxx,” Meili replied, “I’m not that outgoing either.”
“maybe we’ll have to get to know each other sooner or later then,” Vigo remarked, “’coz I don’t think now is the time exactly; I mean: we’re about to head off to war; perhaps on the journey there or something.”
“That sounds good,” Meili shrugged, standing up and putting her shirt back on, “I don’t know—it just almost seemed too sudden.”
“That’s what I was thinking,” Vigo replied, “and though it must’ve worked for Cheng and Taki, I don’t want any relationship of mine to move that fast. I’m not sure about you.”
“Eh,” Meili surged, “you pretty much hit me spot on. Anyways, I think we should go out and find out if there’s anything we can do as far as preparations go. This is most likely to be the last battle, and if that really is the case, then Time Is Diminishing.”
~Azula~
the long-delayed 76th installment of "The Order of the Avatar Slayer". We go back to the rest of Zakura's gang, and we get a little bit of Meili's love interest... or do we?
find out in this chapter, that I kinda think is filler, but oh wellz. =P
CHAPTER 76: TIME IS DIMINISHING
The next morning, Iresu and Zeruda were explaining to the others what had happened to Tenoko and what had happened to Katara II [or so they presumed, and those that did assume this assumed correctly].
“She said that anyone awake that she ran into she was going to nab,” said Iresu after their explanation,
“Which probably means that she nabbed Katara Altina II,” said Zeruda, “She was always awake at unusual times.”
Suddenly though, their conversation was cut slightly short as someone jumped right into the middle of their circle, shaking the ground. It was Meili, her fist still in the ground.
“Has anyone else ever noticed that Vigo never talks?” she commented. It was quite random, but it was true.
“Seriously,” she said, “up to this point, he’s sort of just been “there”; fighting beside us.”
“Why not find out for your self, Meili,” said Zeruda, who clearly was trying to shake her off. Incidentally, she accepted the challenge and left to go search for him. This was where Zeruda continued.
“Tenoko said that she and her crew were going to scope out Xin Shing’s Tower,” she continued, “and that she wanted us to make our way towards that same location by this time tomorrow. Are there any questions, comments, or concerns about this?”
No one seemed to have any, and so preparations were beginning to be made. There was little to do other than strategize, and that was where Zeruda and Iresu became especially useful, as Ryuka was gone.
Meili, meanwhile, true to her word, went to find Vigo. She found him soon enough, and decided to be annoying, a skill that she was well-adept at.
“Can you talk?” she asked bluntly, sensing him start, and he turned around quickly to see who had just addressed him. Meili grinned.
Vigo did not answer at first, but then shook his head. Meili, determined to get him to speak, stood there waiting for a reply. She repeated her question, pretending she did not sense him shaking his head. Again, he made the same movement.
“Are you going to answer me?” Meili asked, “Because keep in mind that I can’t see a thing you’re doing. I’m blind.”
Vigo, who was nearly as stubborn as Meili, did not respond again.
“I’m going to keep bugging you until you talk,” Meili taunted, and true to her word, she did. She wasn’t doing anything that involved too much contact, but she was constantly talking and occasionally poking him, making stupid or witty remarks here and there.
Eventually Vigo could no longer stand it.
“Will you can it already?” he roared; his voice was very deep—he could have easily passed off as a grown man if her was taller and decided to grow out his facial hair.
“Aye,” said Meili, grinning smugly, “now that I know you can talk, I’ll be glad to shut up—”
Vigo interrupted by clasping his hand over Meili’s mouth.
“I meant it,” he snapped, but Meili just chuckled. All Vigo’s hand did was muffle it a little bit. Meili pushed his hand away.
“If you want to go, there’s an arena outside,” she remarked,
“No thanks,” Vigo shrugged, his hands back at his sides, “I don’t need the bragging rights of defeating a blind girl who is partially deaf.”
Meili seemed insulted; not because Vigo had called her blind, but because from her understanding, all she was to him was a ‘blind girl’. Meili was a cocky young lady, and this had injured her pride.
“Blind; partially deaf; who cares; I’m still incredibly awesome, and if you want me to, I’ll prove it by kicking your butt, ‘coz I’m Meili Meisha: The Smash Master!”
“I guess I’ll SEE you out there then,” said Vigo, smirking. Naturally, Meili followed him. Vigo was still in his warrior’s clothes, and like all Earth Kingdom Warriors, he was barefoot. Meili was as well, and they both had hats similar to Zakura’s.
Upon reaching the arena, Vigo removed his hat and shirt, his bare feet moving across the stone ground of the arena. He awaited Meili’s move. She removed her hat and shirt and was ready for the competition to start. One thing Vigo did observe was that Meili was somewhat muscular as well—she could have passed off as Zakura’s relative easily. Nonetheless, he was never one to stop and stare.
“At your ready,” he said, taking a stance. Meili took a stance as well, and even her stance was much like Zakura’s. It seemed that Zakura had been Meili’s teacher at some point.
Both Meili and Vigo were defensive benders, and so they sort of both had to step out of their element to get the sparring match going. Both of them did, and soon they were both rapidly chucking huge rocks at each other. Both being prodigies, they were both Earth Rumble material [or so said a young Kyoshi Warrior (one who had recently married a Fire Nation soldier) who had stopped to watch them without them knowing], and it made a rather entertaining show.
Taki, the Kyoshi Warrior who had peered in, snuck back out and came back a few minutes later with a few friends (such as Cheng, Zakura, Royota, Koara, Lehran, [Altina], and even Sanaki).
Both of them were very skilled. Their fancy footwork and powerful fists kept them from getting hit and enabled them to continuously launch powerful attacks at the other person. Vigo would send a wall of earth at Meili, Meili would jump up, smash it with her fist, and then shake the ground when her feet hit. Vigo jumped, kicking up a rock in the process, which he kicked towards Meili. Meili shattered it and reflected the shards back at Vigo, who in turn brought up a wall of rock to avoid getting peppered by the pieces of rock Meili had thrown.
Moments after this, he kicked it towards her, having it split as to cover more ground. Meili spiraled over it, smashing through one of the sections with her fist. She was still in midair. Upon landing, she brought up 4 walls of earth around her, jumped up, kicked two of them away, and then kicked the other two away. Vigo blocked it with a powerful rock wall of his own.
It soon became apparent that these two were equally matched, as neither one had landed a hit on the other one, and they both had stringed their moves together flawlessly. They both knew that they were not perfect, but the moves they did know they knew well. They decided to call it a draw. Slinging their shirts over their shoulders, they made to go back inside, Meili’s persistence in having Vigo talk with her eventually making him cave. Those who had been watching them didn’t follow them, because they knew that Meili in particular would beat anyone up that she felt like [for bar Zuki, Zakura, and probably Zinjamyn, Meili was one of the strongest people there].
“Heh,” Meili chuckled as they walked back inside, neither of them putting their shirts back on, “you really ARE pretty good; almost as good as me I might wager, you know?”
“You really are a cocky little punk, you know that,” Vigo remarked, hitting Meili’s arm, “I don’t see how people put up with you—you seem an awful lot like Zakura.”
Meili didn’t know what Vigo was implying, and as a result, she said nothing. She followed Vigo into one of the back rooms, where he put his shirt back on. Meili slumped into one of the soft chairs in one of the corners, feeling down. She secretly had a crush on Vigo, but she wasn’t sure if he liked her back.
“Zak and I are on pretty good terms,” she remarked, and again fell silent;
“I know you are,” Vigo replied, “and I was surprised that people liked her, the same way I was surprised that people liked you—especially because I was one of those people.”
“Hark who’s talking,” said Meili, now playing an offensive card, “you’re the one to call me hard to like? This is the boy who hasn’t even talked to anyone else here.”
Vigo grumbled. Meili’s partial deafness didn’t enable her to hear this.
“Hey,” he said, “there was another reason why I talked to you. It wasn’t just to shut you up, though you were being really annoying back there. I talked to you because... because I...”
Vigo choked on the words but couldn’t get them out. Meili awaited his response, her ears perked.
“...because I thought you were cute,” he stammered, “and I noticed that you’d always seem to be close by me—I almost felt like you had a crush on me. Did you? Why did you hold back?”
“I’m no Sanaki Foxx,” Meili replied, “I’m not that outgoing either.”
“maybe we’ll have to get to know each other sooner or later then,” Vigo remarked, “’coz I don’t think now is the time exactly; I mean: we’re about to head off to war; perhaps on the journey there or something.”
“That sounds good,” Meili shrugged, standing up and putting her shirt back on, “I don’t know—it just almost seemed too sudden.”
“That’s what I was thinking,” Vigo replied, “and though it must’ve worked for Cheng and Taki, I don’t want any relationship of mine to move that fast. I’m not sure about you.”
“Eh,” Meili surged, “you pretty much hit me spot on. Anyways, I think we should go out and find out if there’s anything we can do as far as preparations go. This is most likely to be the last battle, and if that really is the case, then Time Is Diminishing.”
~Azula~
