Post by Teяa253 on Apr 8, 2009 5:47:01 GMT 1
the 85th installment of "The Order of the Avatar Slayer".
I'm almost to the end, so don't worry, folks.
but yeh, this chapter's a bit weird, and poor, poor, Taki...
enjoy nonetheless.
CHAPTER 85: THE MASAHIRO FAMILY
The Avatar Guard, or rather, Zakura’s Elite, all stepped into the next room. In front of them was an army of elite Kyoshi Warriors. There were also men in their ranks, but they appeared as Dai Li. Among them were Taki’s parents and all four of her siblings. Of these, Taki was the 4th of 5 and the Masahiro Family’s only daughter.
“Well, well, well,” said a man who was obviously Taki’s father, “if it isn’t little Taki showing up here; I never thought you’d amount to anything, girl; especially after abandoning your training.”
“I did amount to nothing,” Taki replied, grinning widely, “nothing that you hoped for me to be. That’s why I joined The Avatar Guard. I knew it would make you all angry, and I loved it. Best of all though, I found my sweetheart, and he wasn’t some stuck up rich snob like we all were.”
She clung to ‘her Cheng-Cheng’ when she said this, and she had absolutely no remorse. She then suddenly jumped forward brandishing her notoriously razor-sharp Kyoshi fans.
“Be careful,” she warned, giggling, “You might cut yourself if you think of them too long.”
“You sure you’re willing to kill your own family?” Zakura asked, slightly skeptical at Taki’s eagerness to attack her own flesh and blood;
“Of course I am,” Taki replied, “anything to set them off; I never liked how they treated me—always trying to get me to believe the same things they did; it drove me nuts.”
“Do you really think that one child is capable of defeating the rest of her family,” Taki’s mother cackled, “don’t make us laugh,”
“Look here, Taki’s mom,” said Zakura, stepping forward, her fist clenched, “I’m the avatar. These are my best friends and some of the best fighters in the world. I guarantee that if you put up a resistance that you will be killed. It’s your last chance to back down.”
“Back down,” Taki’s father exclaimed laughing, “did you hear that boys? She actually thinks we would ever consider backing down.”
Taki’s four brothers laughed. The next thing they did though was completely unexpected, and it set the Avatar Guard off. Someone from the ranks [not one of Taki’s relatives] had thrown a knife directly at Taki, and it had nailed her in the dead center of her chest. Her Kyoshi Armor had blocked part of the impact, but she was bleeding nonetheless, and was quite shocked, wide-eyed and everything.
“looks like your sweetheart’s gonna have to watch you die early, Taki,” one of the Kyoshi Warriors taunted, but was immediately silenced by a pair of Kyoshi knives that flew out of nowhere and severed the woman’s head completely. Everyone, even Taki, turned to see who had thrown it. The only person they could see was Zuki, grinning innocently.
“fight time,” said Meili, “mom, do whatever it takes to get Zuki’s knives back, and whatever you do, DO NOT LET ANYONE TOUCH ZUKI.”
Zuki nodded, and everyone shot forward. Shinon stepped back to help heal Taki, and Alzar stood in front of them to make sure no one got through to Taki and finished her off in her weak state.
“Let me go,” said Taki, “I wanna get ‘em. I want to slit their throats!”
“Hold on,” said Shinon darkly, “just shut up and let me fix this so you don’t die, alright?”
“Fine,” Taki groaned, and a few moments later, she was no longer bleeding, so she had full intention of attacking the Dai Li and Kyoshi Warriors, which also included her family.
The Kyoshi Warriors were an incredible match for Zakura’s Elite, as they were called nowadays. However, Azula and the three surviving Zuroc Sensei that had joined them gave them an edge.
Taki meanwhile, was in a 2-on-1 duel against her parents.
“Remember,” she chuckled, “even if I do end up slitting your throats, I’ll still love you in that special way.”
“It’s one of the honors of life,” they replied, “if you recall, we once said that ‘good’ and ‘evil’ are only perceptions of the mind. It may not mean that we love you or support your beliefs, but should we kill you or you kill us, it will be accepted as part of the order of life.”
“Alright then,” Taki giggled, “let’s spill some blood!”
Zuki meanwhile, was a one-woman army. Fighting against a swarm of Dai Li, she was following Meili’s order with strict obedience. She had recovered her Kyoshi knives and was slashing anyone who came near her. Some of the men actually thought Zuki was rather attractive [because she was] and planned to capture her, but Zuki’s prowess was unmatched. She was not even using any of her bending skills, but this was about to change.
One of the Dai Li shot two rock fists that clasped Zuki’s dress and pulled. Her dress loosened, but didn’t come off. Nonetheless, this frightened Zuki, and these fighters obviously did now know that frightening Zuki is one thing a person should never do.
Like Katara II and Sokka, Zuki was a chi-dominant bender. Chi-dominant benders are benders whose chi energy governs a lot of their movements, resulting in periodic uncontrollable amounts of energy being released at various times. It was able to be contained, [except for Katara, whose energy was so great that it was impossible for even the strongest person to control] but took training.
It varied by person, but every chi-dominant bender would always have periodic spurts of powerful bending energy. Zuki, whose level of intelligence was not capable of understanding this, actually had a reflex that set it off. Any time that she was frightened or startled, it would trigger the mechanism inside her body, and she would let out a powerful devastating earthbending attack.
This was what the Dai Li had sparked. Zuki jumped up and hit the ground with incredible force, sending huge, jagged rocks up that blasted shards off in several directions, killing most of the enemies right there,. This made everyone turn [and the fact that Zuki’s dress had come loose when she jumped, but luckily she remembered to pull it back up before anyone saw her for too long].
Again, Zuki just smiled innocently. Among the dead were Taki’s four brothers, which was actually a saving grace, for two of them were going after Taki, and the other two were going after Cheng, and had almost killed them, for they both were badly wounded.
Zuki’s earth rumble had done extensive amounts of damage to everyone without exception, but no one on The Avatar Guard’s side had fallen yet. One of them actually triggered Zakura’s Avatar State that caused her to go berserk and destroy nearly everyone in the area was who part of The Order. The only ones left fighting were Taki and her parents.
Using her trademark brass fans and her powerful feet, Taki was able to block and deflect many of the rocks that were thrown at her. She resumed her offensive approach, and soon had both her mother and father in range to finish them. They were at their mercy.
“I don’t figure that you two will surrender yourselves to my dazzling skills,” she remarked, “so before we end this fight, I just want you two to know that I’ll always hold a special place in my heart for you.”
She paused, and then smirked evilly,
“So that said,” she remarked, “shall we dance?”
However, they did not answer. Instead of submitting to Taki, they had their own idea of how to go out.”
“Your whole family lies dead in front of you,” they remarked, “think of that wherever you go next, Taki Masahiro. ‘Dazzle’ us with your moves next time we see each other. You have no family anymore.”
With that, Taki watched her parents die. It was not a forced death like Kimiko, but rather, they killed themselves then and there, because they knew that they had lost. Anyone who had survived the damage from Zakura’s Avatar State was quickly finished off, and then they were alone. They were going to need serious amounts of rest after this.
It was during their rest in the next room [which was thankfully empty] that it finally dawned upon Taki what had just happened.
“Regardless,” she said, clinging to Cheng tightly, “they were still my family. I... I guess I was too arrogant when I said that I could do without ever seeing them again.”
Cheng closed his eyes, tightly embracing the watery-eyed Kyoshi Warrior, who was now the last member of her family, thanks to deeds of their own doing, not hers.
“My family lies dead in the room behind us,” Taki wailed, finally realizing the magnitude of her situation, “I’m never going to see them again.”
“So you realized that you were wrong,” said Cheng, gently running his hand on her back. It was dulled by her Kyoshi uniform, but Taki felt it nonetheless. “You realized that you did care about them.”
“They’re still my family,” she said, “My mom; my dad; my younger brother and my 3 older ones—they’re all gone.”
Taki broke down crying into Cheng’s shoulder. The others would have given her sympathy, but there were a few people that had to be dragged into the next room because they were unconscious. They also figured that if anyone was there to give Taki sympathy, it would be her husband.
“Sympathies, Taki Alesha,” said Zakura gravely, “my family will likely be in here as well waiting for fight us. I can see your situation.”
She then left her in the comfort of Cheng, returning to see if she could help some of the more wounded.
“Why did they do that though,” Cheng asked her, “why did they kill themselves like that?”
“Because they’re deranged,” Taki replied, “just like I am. That’s just part of the lifestyle of The Masahiro Family.”
~Azula~
I'm almost to the end, so don't worry, folks.
but yeh, this chapter's a bit weird, and poor, poor, Taki...
enjoy nonetheless.
CHAPTER 85: THE MASAHIRO FAMILY
The Avatar Guard, or rather, Zakura’s Elite, all stepped into the next room. In front of them was an army of elite Kyoshi Warriors. There were also men in their ranks, but they appeared as Dai Li. Among them were Taki’s parents and all four of her siblings. Of these, Taki was the 4th of 5 and the Masahiro Family’s only daughter.
“Well, well, well,” said a man who was obviously Taki’s father, “if it isn’t little Taki showing up here; I never thought you’d amount to anything, girl; especially after abandoning your training.”
“I did amount to nothing,” Taki replied, grinning widely, “nothing that you hoped for me to be. That’s why I joined The Avatar Guard. I knew it would make you all angry, and I loved it. Best of all though, I found my sweetheart, and he wasn’t some stuck up rich snob like we all were.”
She clung to ‘her Cheng-Cheng’ when she said this, and she had absolutely no remorse. She then suddenly jumped forward brandishing her notoriously razor-sharp Kyoshi fans.
“Be careful,” she warned, giggling, “You might cut yourself if you think of them too long.”
“You sure you’re willing to kill your own family?” Zakura asked, slightly skeptical at Taki’s eagerness to attack her own flesh and blood;
“Of course I am,” Taki replied, “anything to set them off; I never liked how they treated me—always trying to get me to believe the same things they did; it drove me nuts.”
“Do you really think that one child is capable of defeating the rest of her family,” Taki’s mother cackled, “don’t make us laugh,”
“Look here, Taki’s mom,” said Zakura, stepping forward, her fist clenched, “I’m the avatar. These are my best friends and some of the best fighters in the world. I guarantee that if you put up a resistance that you will be killed. It’s your last chance to back down.”
“Back down,” Taki’s father exclaimed laughing, “did you hear that boys? She actually thinks we would ever consider backing down.”
Taki’s four brothers laughed. The next thing they did though was completely unexpected, and it set the Avatar Guard off. Someone from the ranks [not one of Taki’s relatives] had thrown a knife directly at Taki, and it had nailed her in the dead center of her chest. Her Kyoshi Armor had blocked part of the impact, but she was bleeding nonetheless, and was quite shocked, wide-eyed and everything.
“looks like your sweetheart’s gonna have to watch you die early, Taki,” one of the Kyoshi Warriors taunted, but was immediately silenced by a pair of Kyoshi knives that flew out of nowhere and severed the woman’s head completely. Everyone, even Taki, turned to see who had thrown it. The only person they could see was Zuki, grinning innocently.
“fight time,” said Meili, “mom, do whatever it takes to get Zuki’s knives back, and whatever you do, DO NOT LET ANYONE TOUCH ZUKI.”
Zuki nodded, and everyone shot forward. Shinon stepped back to help heal Taki, and Alzar stood in front of them to make sure no one got through to Taki and finished her off in her weak state.
“Let me go,” said Taki, “I wanna get ‘em. I want to slit their throats!”
“Hold on,” said Shinon darkly, “just shut up and let me fix this so you don’t die, alright?”
“Fine,” Taki groaned, and a few moments later, she was no longer bleeding, so she had full intention of attacking the Dai Li and Kyoshi Warriors, which also included her family.
The Kyoshi Warriors were an incredible match for Zakura’s Elite, as they were called nowadays. However, Azula and the three surviving Zuroc Sensei that had joined them gave them an edge.
Taki meanwhile, was in a 2-on-1 duel against her parents.
“Remember,” she chuckled, “even if I do end up slitting your throats, I’ll still love you in that special way.”
“It’s one of the honors of life,” they replied, “if you recall, we once said that ‘good’ and ‘evil’ are only perceptions of the mind. It may not mean that we love you or support your beliefs, but should we kill you or you kill us, it will be accepted as part of the order of life.”
“Alright then,” Taki giggled, “let’s spill some blood!”
Zuki meanwhile, was a one-woman army. Fighting against a swarm of Dai Li, she was following Meili’s order with strict obedience. She had recovered her Kyoshi knives and was slashing anyone who came near her. Some of the men actually thought Zuki was rather attractive [because she was] and planned to capture her, but Zuki’s prowess was unmatched. She was not even using any of her bending skills, but this was about to change.
One of the Dai Li shot two rock fists that clasped Zuki’s dress and pulled. Her dress loosened, but didn’t come off. Nonetheless, this frightened Zuki, and these fighters obviously did now know that frightening Zuki is one thing a person should never do.
Like Katara II and Sokka, Zuki was a chi-dominant bender. Chi-dominant benders are benders whose chi energy governs a lot of their movements, resulting in periodic uncontrollable amounts of energy being released at various times. It was able to be contained, [except for Katara, whose energy was so great that it was impossible for even the strongest person to control] but took training.
It varied by person, but every chi-dominant bender would always have periodic spurts of powerful bending energy. Zuki, whose level of intelligence was not capable of understanding this, actually had a reflex that set it off. Any time that she was frightened or startled, it would trigger the mechanism inside her body, and she would let out a powerful devastating earthbending attack.
This was what the Dai Li had sparked. Zuki jumped up and hit the ground with incredible force, sending huge, jagged rocks up that blasted shards off in several directions, killing most of the enemies right there,. This made everyone turn [and the fact that Zuki’s dress had come loose when she jumped, but luckily she remembered to pull it back up before anyone saw her for too long].
Again, Zuki just smiled innocently. Among the dead were Taki’s four brothers, which was actually a saving grace, for two of them were going after Taki, and the other two were going after Cheng, and had almost killed them, for they both were badly wounded.
Zuki’s earth rumble had done extensive amounts of damage to everyone without exception, but no one on The Avatar Guard’s side had fallen yet. One of them actually triggered Zakura’s Avatar State that caused her to go berserk and destroy nearly everyone in the area was who part of The Order. The only ones left fighting were Taki and her parents.
Using her trademark brass fans and her powerful feet, Taki was able to block and deflect many of the rocks that were thrown at her. She resumed her offensive approach, and soon had both her mother and father in range to finish them. They were at their mercy.
“I don’t figure that you two will surrender yourselves to my dazzling skills,” she remarked, “so before we end this fight, I just want you two to know that I’ll always hold a special place in my heart for you.”
She paused, and then smirked evilly,
“So that said,” she remarked, “shall we dance?”
However, they did not answer. Instead of submitting to Taki, they had their own idea of how to go out.”
“Your whole family lies dead in front of you,” they remarked, “think of that wherever you go next, Taki Masahiro. ‘Dazzle’ us with your moves next time we see each other. You have no family anymore.”
With that, Taki watched her parents die. It was not a forced death like Kimiko, but rather, they killed themselves then and there, because they knew that they had lost. Anyone who had survived the damage from Zakura’s Avatar State was quickly finished off, and then they were alone. They were going to need serious amounts of rest after this.
It was during their rest in the next room [which was thankfully empty] that it finally dawned upon Taki what had just happened.
“Regardless,” she said, clinging to Cheng tightly, “they were still my family. I... I guess I was too arrogant when I said that I could do without ever seeing them again.”
Cheng closed his eyes, tightly embracing the watery-eyed Kyoshi Warrior, who was now the last member of her family, thanks to deeds of their own doing, not hers.
“My family lies dead in the room behind us,” Taki wailed, finally realizing the magnitude of her situation, “I’m never going to see them again.”
“So you realized that you were wrong,” said Cheng, gently running his hand on her back. It was dulled by her Kyoshi uniform, but Taki felt it nonetheless. “You realized that you did care about them.”
“They’re still my family,” she said, “My mom; my dad; my younger brother and my 3 older ones—they’re all gone.”
Taki broke down crying into Cheng’s shoulder. The others would have given her sympathy, but there were a few people that had to be dragged into the next room because they were unconscious. They also figured that if anyone was there to give Taki sympathy, it would be her husband.
“Sympathies, Taki Alesha,” said Zakura gravely, “my family will likely be in here as well waiting for fight us. I can see your situation.”
She then left her in the comfort of Cheng, returning to see if she could help some of the more wounded.
“Why did they do that though,” Cheng asked her, “why did they kill themselves like that?”
“Because they’re deranged,” Taki replied, “just like I am. That’s just part of the lifestyle of The Masahiro Family.”
~Azula~
