Post by Teяa253 on Apr 8, 2009 5:33:43 GMT 1
the 82nd installment of "The Order of the Avatar Slayer" series.
This is a little flashback to show what happened to Katara, Tenoko and their gang. There's also some bonding time between Orzon, Ayumi and Katara. Orzon sure knows how to comfort people...
but yeh, some crazy shizzle happens, and some other stuff, and Azula's wounded and blablabla...
enjoy the chapter. Here's #82.
CHAPTER 82: THE WARRIORS OF TENOKO
Azula was weaker than she thought, and so her arms faltered.
“Ah,” she growled, cursing under her breath, “I can’t stay up. Someone give me a hand here.”
She reached out towards Malak, who was nearest to her, and clung, to her to keep herself from falling over.
“The story of what were doing here,” she said, as Malak shifted, attempting to get comfortable while Azula was leaning on her, “is an interesting one. However, with Orzon and Ayumi’s intellectual genius, combined with that of Katara, we were able to pull it off incredibly well. Listen and learn.”
Tenoko, Azula, Katara, and the rest of their group landed at the tower.
“So,” said Katara bluntly, “what’s the plan?”
“Underestimation,” Tenoko smirked, “Katara, do you still have that dress of yours you used to wear on this ship?”
“Aye,” Katara replied, “why; do I need to get it on?”
“Aye,” Tenoko replied, “do you want to vent some anger out on The Order’s minions and get to Xin Shing’s tower?”
Her goal was to pump Katara up and get her fired enough to wreak havoc, and get any foolish Order Members who would not let them through out of their way.
“Aye,” Katara replied a few minutes later after changing her clothes, “this little pretty-girl’s gonna set some idiots ablaze.”
“Righteous,” Azula replied, “let’s have at them!”
Katara yelled and charged forward, setting a huge blazing trail ahead of the others. The others raced to keep up with her, but she was soon far out of sight.”
“Huh boy,” Tenoko grumbled, “I didn’t expect her to actually lose us. Now I’m gonna be feeling guilty as heck to her mom and brother for losing her to these freaks. This can’t be a good thing.”
“Except that she’s not going to lose to them, Tenoko” said Rafai,
“Oh,” Azula exclaimed, “and what makes you say that, Lynn?”
“Because she was my girlfriend a while ago,” Rafai replied bluntly, “back when I was better known as Rafai instead of Lynn. We’ve gotten ourselves into sticky situations before [even literally once or twice] and she beat her way out. She was even wearing that dress most of the time. It’s amazing how people will underestimate a teenage girl in a dress.”
“I know I would,” Azula chuckled, “that girl gets underestimated all the time though—and then those who understand her power do whatever it takes to manipulate the poor thing... I’m guilty of it myself.”
“Aye,” said Tenoko, “the both of us are. Let’s make sure she gets to the tower unhurt, shall we?”
“Does this mean we get to do some throat slitting?” Azula asked, whipping out a set of knives,
“Aye,” Tenoko chuckled, bringing out a mass of water as Rafai also drew knives, “it’s time for some steel-throwing and element-bending.”
“AYE;” Azula shouted and she took off after Katara again.
However, they were stopped by more Order Warriors.
“Did you all see a firebender in a dark red and gold dress come and pass by here?” Rafai asked them, none of their group looking worried in the slightest;
“Aye,” one of the commanders replied, “and since we couldn’t take her out, we’ll have some fun with you.”
“Very well then,” said Azula, smirking, “sick ‘em boys!”
Azula’s command caused Tenoko’s crew to come charging up from behind them. The four of them didn’t even need to do any fighting. Normally they would have felt bad for using these Zuroc Sensei as “pawns” but they insisted that the leaders stay back for now while they did most of the fighting. They knew the importance of Katara, Azula, and Tenoko, especially when the latter was involved with The Avatar Guard.
“You all stay back for the outside pawns,” they told them, “we’ll wipe those out. You all fight the big baddies like Xin Shing or whatever his ugly-bucket’s name is, you hear?”
Tenoko laughed at that statement.
“If you insist,” She told them, “I just don’t want you all feeling like pawns in my operation, ya hear? You’re my crew; we’ve done so much together.”
“We know,” they replied to her, “but you’re too important to be lost in this first part. Besides, if we thought we were being ‘used’, we wouldn’t have volunteered, don’t you think? You know, Captain, you might want to lay off the drinks every now and again.”
“Lay off the drinks?” Tenoko exclaimed, “That’s mutiny on my ship!”
They all laughed, including Tenoko.
“Good to hear,” the Zuroc Sensei replied, “we wouldn’t want our old Water Chief to become sober at any given time, would we?”
Tenoko chuckled, remembering this pre-fight conversation they had.
The Zuroc Sensei had done an effective job at eradicating anyone on the way to the tower. Katara was there waiting for them.
“So,” she said in her usual blunt manner, “what’s the plan from here?”
“On that note,” said Azula, “what happened to Orzon and Ayumi?”
From the shadows of the tower’s entrance, Orzon and Ayumi appeared.
“Do we want to know how you two got in,” Tenoko exclaimed, “or would we rather not know?”
“You’d rather not,” Ayumi giggled, “but we’re here to help you. You see, we know this tower much like Mulan Kumani does. We know the secret ways around it so that you don’t have to go through all of The Order’s Warriors. However, I suggest that if we want to give Avatar Zakura’s forces a helping hand, that we deploy warriors in various places.”
“Carry on;” said Azula, “we’re listening.”
“Azula,” said Orzon, “you and those five take the 2nd floor first room near the stairs; you four take the first floor. Katara, you’re going to be needed near the top. Tenoko, you patrol the sidelines of the tower. Ayumi and I will be around in various places, rest assured.”
Orzon proceeded to assign the rest of Tenoko’s crew to various places, which they were going to access by traveling along parts of the walls.
“Orzon and I,” said Ayumi “will be towards the top just beyond Katara. We might be seen around earlier than that, but ultimately, we’ll be the last two to join The Avatar Guard’s forces. It’s all part of the plan. Do you all trust us?”
They all did, except a slightly hesitant Katara.
“What’s wrong, Katara,” said Ayumi, who probably understood Katara better than any of the rest of them, except for maybe Rafai;
“I’m nervous,” Katara replied, “I get this lasting feeling that I’m going to die while I’m here—before I can properly unite with my family again. I don’t want to go without seeing them all at least one more time.”
“You’re not gonna die, kid,” said Azula, putting her arm around Katara, feeling the soft material of her dress, “you’re tough. You’ve been through almost as much as we have.”
“But I’m not invincible,” said Katara, “I have my flaws, and there are people out there who know what they are and how to exploit them. Chances are if Xin Shing has an ally that knows my weakness, he’d put them in here somewhere.”
“Katara,” said Ayumi, “that’s what we’re here for. We’re all on your side; we want this war to be over. If it’s not, guess who the first two people that are going to die are going to be?”
Katara looked at Orzon and Ayumi, both of whom looked back at her;
“It’s us,” Orzon replied, “We’ve straight-up betrayed The Order. You simply refuse to serve it. We are known for being valuable members of that organization. To know that we’re against them now would be the ultimate form of treachery. Katara, we’re going to be with you the entire way. It’s why we positioned you so close to us. You are The Warrior of the Black Hand. You’re not going to lose.”
Katara suddenly threw herself into Orzon’s arms, sobbing. At first he was a bit shocked, but then he embraced Katara.
“It’s alright,” said Orzon, gently running his hand down her back, like he did to comfort Ayumi when she was feeling down; Orzon had exceptional comforting skills, and The Avatar Guard would later learn that this proved to be a useful technique.
“We’re here for you, Katara,” he said in a gentle tone; he had been very skilled at calming down Ayumi, who seemed to have various fits and other emotional issues every now and then. “We’re going to go ion there and defeat them. We’ve got Ayumi Zhaoka and Katara Altina II on our sides; you two are The Two Masterminds. With your stratagem on our side, we have ensured victory.”
Katara sniffled, looking up at him. Orzon looked the young girl right in the eyes, and smiled.
“And most importantly,” he said, “I will personally ensure that you see your family again. I swear it with my life.”
Tears were still running down Katara’s face, but she smiled weakly. Ayumi got her attention as well.
“You’ve always been different,” she said, “when we first met, and when I saw your skill... I... I was jealous, Katara. You were amazing out there. It made me angry; I didn’t like knowing that you were better than me. And yet, despite everything, you just wanted to be left alone. I’ve done too many bad things in my life to ever be forgiven, Katara, but let it be known that I apologize regardless. Being around you, and learning why exactly I acted like I did made me learn something—you’re a good kid. You deserve to live more than anyone else.”
Katara smiled again. “Then let’s do this thing,” she said.
The others cheered and raced inside.
“That’s the story,” said Azula, “make of it what you will.” She propped herself off of Malak, who looked relieved by this point. “Don’t worry folks; most of our group has survived. After all, it takes a heck of a lot more than a few “Order Elite” to defeat The Warriors of Tenoko.”
~Azula~
This is a little flashback to show what happened to Katara, Tenoko and their gang. There's also some bonding time between Orzon, Ayumi and Katara. Orzon sure knows how to comfort people...
but yeh, some crazy shizzle happens, and some other stuff, and Azula's wounded and blablabla...
enjoy the chapter. Here's #82.
CHAPTER 82: THE WARRIORS OF TENOKO
Azula was weaker than she thought, and so her arms faltered.
“Ah,” she growled, cursing under her breath, “I can’t stay up. Someone give me a hand here.”
She reached out towards Malak, who was nearest to her, and clung, to her to keep herself from falling over.
“The story of what were doing here,” she said, as Malak shifted, attempting to get comfortable while Azula was leaning on her, “is an interesting one. However, with Orzon and Ayumi’s intellectual genius, combined with that of Katara, we were able to pull it off incredibly well. Listen and learn.”
Tenoko, Azula, Katara, and the rest of their group landed at the tower.
“So,” said Katara bluntly, “what’s the plan?”
“Underestimation,” Tenoko smirked, “Katara, do you still have that dress of yours you used to wear on this ship?”
“Aye,” Katara replied, “why; do I need to get it on?”
“Aye,” Tenoko replied, “do you want to vent some anger out on The Order’s minions and get to Xin Shing’s tower?”
Her goal was to pump Katara up and get her fired enough to wreak havoc, and get any foolish Order Members who would not let them through out of their way.
“Aye,” Katara replied a few minutes later after changing her clothes, “this little pretty-girl’s gonna set some idiots ablaze.”
“Righteous,” Azula replied, “let’s have at them!”
Katara yelled and charged forward, setting a huge blazing trail ahead of the others. The others raced to keep up with her, but she was soon far out of sight.”
“Huh boy,” Tenoko grumbled, “I didn’t expect her to actually lose us. Now I’m gonna be feeling guilty as heck to her mom and brother for losing her to these freaks. This can’t be a good thing.”
“Except that she’s not going to lose to them, Tenoko” said Rafai,
“Oh,” Azula exclaimed, “and what makes you say that, Lynn?”
“Because she was my girlfriend a while ago,” Rafai replied bluntly, “back when I was better known as Rafai instead of Lynn. We’ve gotten ourselves into sticky situations before [even literally once or twice] and she beat her way out. She was even wearing that dress most of the time. It’s amazing how people will underestimate a teenage girl in a dress.”
“I know I would,” Azula chuckled, “that girl gets underestimated all the time though—and then those who understand her power do whatever it takes to manipulate the poor thing... I’m guilty of it myself.”
“Aye,” said Tenoko, “the both of us are. Let’s make sure she gets to the tower unhurt, shall we?”
“Does this mean we get to do some throat slitting?” Azula asked, whipping out a set of knives,
“Aye,” Tenoko chuckled, bringing out a mass of water as Rafai also drew knives, “it’s time for some steel-throwing and element-bending.”
“AYE;” Azula shouted and she took off after Katara again.
However, they were stopped by more Order Warriors.
“Did you all see a firebender in a dark red and gold dress come and pass by here?” Rafai asked them, none of their group looking worried in the slightest;
“Aye,” one of the commanders replied, “and since we couldn’t take her out, we’ll have some fun with you.”
“Very well then,” said Azula, smirking, “sick ‘em boys!”
Azula’s command caused Tenoko’s crew to come charging up from behind them. The four of them didn’t even need to do any fighting. Normally they would have felt bad for using these Zuroc Sensei as “pawns” but they insisted that the leaders stay back for now while they did most of the fighting. They knew the importance of Katara, Azula, and Tenoko, especially when the latter was involved with The Avatar Guard.
“You all stay back for the outside pawns,” they told them, “we’ll wipe those out. You all fight the big baddies like Xin Shing or whatever his ugly-bucket’s name is, you hear?”
Tenoko laughed at that statement.
“If you insist,” She told them, “I just don’t want you all feeling like pawns in my operation, ya hear? You’re my crew; we’ve done so much together.”
“We know,” they replied to her, “but you’re too important to be lost in this first part. Besides, if we thought we were being ‘used’, we wouldn’t have volunteered, don’t you think? You know, Captain, you might want to lay off the drinks every now and again.”
“Lay off the drinks?” Tenoko exclaimed, “That’s mutiny on my ship!”
They all laughed, including Tenoko.
“Good to hear,” the Zuroc Sensei replied, “we wouldn’t want our old Water Chief to become sober at any given time, would we?”
Tenoko chuckled, remembering this pre-fight conversation they had.
The Zuroc Sensei had done an effective job at eradicating anyone on the way to the tower. Katara was there waiting for them.
“So,” she said in her usual blunt manner, “what’s the plan from here?”
“On that note,” said Azula, “what happened to Orzon and Ayumi?”
From the shadows of the tower’s entrance, Orzon and Ayumi appeared.
“Do we want to know how you two got in,” Tenoko exclaimed, “or would we rather not know?”
“You’d rather not,” Ayumi giggled, “but we’re here to help you. You see, we know this tower much like Mulan Kumani does. We know the secret ways around it so that you don’t have to go through all of The Order’s Warriors. However, I suggest that if we want to give Avatar Zakura’s forces a helping hand, that we deploy warriors in various places.”
“Carry on;” said Azula, “we’re listening.”
“Azula,” said Orzon, “you and those five take the 2nd floor first room near the stairs; you four take the first floor. Katara, you’re going to be needed near the top. Tenoko, you patrol the sidelines of the tower. Ayumi and I will be around in various places, rest assured.”
Orzon proceeded to assign the rest of Tenoko’s crew to various places, which they were going to access by traveling along parts of the walls.
“Orzon and I,” said Ayumi “will be towards the top just beyond Katara. We might be seen around earlier than that, but ultimately, we’ll be the last two to join The Avatar Guard’s forces. It’s all part of the plan. Do you all trust us?”
They all did, except a slightly hesitant Katara.
“What’s wrong, Katara,” said Ayumi, who probably understood Katara better than any of the rest of them, except for maybe Rafai;
“I’m nervous,” Katara replied, “I get this lasting feeling that I’m going to die while I’m here—before I can properly unite with my family again. I don’t want to go without seeing them all at least one more time.”
“You’re not gonna die, kid,” said Azula, putting her arm around Katara, feeling the soft material of her dress, “you’re tough. You’ve been through almost as much as we have.”
“But I’m not invincible,” said Katara, “I have my flaws, and there are people out there who know what they are and how to exploit them. Chances are if Xin Shing has an ally that knows my weakness, he’d put them in here somewhere.”
“Katara,” said Ayumi, “that’s what we’re here for. We’re all on your side; we want this war to be over. If it’s not, guess who the first two people that are going to die are going to be?”
Katara looked at Orzon and Ayumi, both of whom looked back at her;
“It’s us,” Orzon replied, “We’ve straight-up betrayed The Order. You simply refuse to serve it. We are known for being valuable members of that organization. To know that we’re against them now would be the ultimate form of treachery. Katara, we’re going to be with you the entire way. It’s why we positioned you so close to us. You are The Warrior of the Black Hand. You’re not going to lose.”
Katara suddenly threw herself into Orzon’s arms, sobbing. At first he was a bit shocked, but then he embraced Katara.
“It’s alright,” said Orzon, gently running his hand down her back, like he did to comfort Ayumi when she was feeling down; Orzon had exceptional comforting skills, and The Avatar Guard would later learn that this proved to be a useful technique.
“We’re here for you, Katara,” he said in a gentle tone; he had been very skilled at calming down Ayumi, who seemed to have various fits and other emotional issues every now and then. “We’re going to go ion there and defeat them. We’ve got Ayumi Zhaoka and Katara Altina II on our sides; you two are The Two Masterminds. With your stratagem on our side, we have ensured victory.”
Katara sniffled, looking up at him. Orzon looked the young girl right in the eyes, and smiled.
“And most importantly,” he said, “I will personally ensure that you see your family again. I swear it with my life.”
Tears were still running down Katara’s face, but she smiled weakly. Ayumi got her attention as well.
“You’ve always been different,” she said, “when we first met, and when I saw your skill... I... I was jealous, Katara. You were amazing out there. It made me angry; I didn’t like knowing that you were better than me. And yet, despite everything, you just wanted to be left alone. I’ve done too many bad things in my life to ever be forgiven, Katara, but let it be known that I apologize regardless. Being around you, and learning why exactly I acted like I did made me learn something—you’re a good kid. You deserve to live more than anyone else.”
Katara smiled again. “Then let’s do this thing,” she said.
The others cheered and raced inside.
“That’s the story,” said Azula, “make of it what you will.” She propped herself off of Malak, who looked relieved by this point. “Don’t worry folks; most of our group has survived. After all, it takes a heck of a lot more than a few “Order Elite” to defeat The Warriors of Tenoko.”
~Azula~
