Post by Teяa253 on Apr 8, 2009 5:48:46 GMT 1
BIG TURNING POINT!!! see if you can guess it?
psh... like it's that hard...
anyhoot, chapter 86... I had a crapload of fun on this one, and this is the chapter where information that we had long thought to be true is completely blown out the window as an OPEN-FACED LIE.
enjoy the chapter. I sure as hell had fun writing it.
CHAPTER 86: KAI SERENES AND ZUKO ALTINA
Dozuku [“The Commoner”] and Kiya [“The Calm”] both woke up a while later. Luckily for them they were in some far-off corner of the room, as more Order reinforcements had arrived and were filling the room. After all, even if The Avatar Guard did succeed in their mission to overthrow Xin Shing, they would still have to get back out.
“You got a plan, Dozuku,” Kiya whispered, “’coz there are far too
many of them for us to take out this time. It seems that we chose a bad location to sleep tonight.”
“Aye,” Dozuku replied, “that we certainly did. I can see the brilliance in this ploy though, can’t you?”
“Aye,” Kiya replied, “Logically, this is the last room that anyone passes through before leaving the tower. By this time The Avatar Guard will be worn out unless we can get princess Zakura to unleash the full power of the Avatar State again.”
Suddenly there was a large rumbling noise from above them. Though they didn’t know this, this was Zuki’s earth rumble. Right before this, Zakura had actually triggered the Avatar State, but that was not a powerful enough force to bring the tower down. She would have to trigger more energy than that—she’d likely have to give Katara Altina II a run for her money.
“Let’s hope she decides to do that AFTER she finishes her task,” Dozuku replied, “if she decided to take the tower down here and now, things would not be very lovely.”
Kiya chuckled quietly at Dozuku’s remark.
“That’s true,” she remarked, “nonetheless, the layout of this tower seems to be something of pretty high logic. I would personally say that it was the logic of Katara Altina II.”
“Katara,” Dozuku said quietly, “what do you know of her, Kiya?”
“She’s powerful,” Kiya replied, “very powerful. If the theories are true, she has more bending energy than anyone else in the world. What do you know about her?”
“I’ve been imprisoned for over 10 years,” Dozuku remarked, chuckling slightly, “the last time I saw little Katara was when she was 4 or so. She was still crazy-powerful, but what is she like now?”
“You seem close to her, Dozuku,” Kiya remarked, “is there some type of connection between you and her that I’m not aware of yet?”
Dozuku paused for a long time, and then finally decided to answer.
“Aye, Kai,” he replied, using “Kiya’s” real name, “I’m her father.”
Kai’s eyes actually popped open, and she would have gasped had Dozuku’s reflexes not been quick enough to cover her mouth.”
“SSHH,” he whispered, “we still need to get past these blokes. Come, let us move out; I’ll tell you on the way. We can exchange information.”
Kai stood up, and followed Katara’s father.
“My real name is Zuko Altina,” he told her for starters, “what’s yours?”
“My full name is Kai Serenes XLIII,” Kai replied, “I am a direct descendant of Avatar Kai Serenes II and her mother, Kai Serenes I.”
Zuko chuckled as the two of them navigated the tower using the passageways in the walls like Tenoko and Azula had; “you certainly have taken after them,” he remarked, “and aye, I recognized that name from anywhere. Some-odd generations ago, one of your ancestors was the one to prevent Avatar Zuroc from taking your village.”
“Aye,” Kai replied, “and now you know why I was called ‘The Calm’; despite your witty remarks about it being a stupid name.”
“It kind of was,” Zuko chuckled, “so was mine.”
Kai simply chuckled. “Very well then,” she remarked, “so, what is it that you wanted to know about Katara?”
“Everything you can tell me,” he replied as they slipped into the next room; they had already slipped up to the 4th floor, for they were not trying to rendezvous with the Avatar Guard, but rather, get to The Dark Warrior and Katara Altina II; “how is my little baby?”
“I’m unsure,” Kai replied, “the last time I saw her she was on the battlefield. Then a man only known as The Warrior of the Black Hand seemed to have taken her place. I was actually in the Northern Water Tribe when that happened. I thought it was her, but the fact that The Dark Warrior saw her mother and brother and did nothing made me have my doubts. She seemed desperate to see her family.”
Zuko cursed under his breath.
“What has that man done with my daughter,” he growled, though whether he was referring to The Dark Warrior or Xin Shing was unclear. Neither Kai nor Zuko knew that The Warrior of the Black Hand and Katara Altina II were the same person.
“Zuko,” said Kai softly, putting one of her hands on his shoulder; underneath her dark blue cloak, Kai had a sleeveless shirt, baggy pants, and huge, loose bands around her wrists. Like every generation of Kai Serenes, she also had a blue tattoo shaped like an ‘N’ with a curved tail on her right upper arm, sort of like a backwards ‘y’. She also had her hands and forearms wrapped up to the fingertips, as Kai packed a powerful punch aside from her waterbending prowess.
Her face was gentle, her brilliant blue eyes almost entrancing. She had decent-length brown hair that she wore up in a bun, which made it look shorter than it was. Her face, normally set in a calm expression, matched her name ‘Serenes’ quite well.
“What is it?” he said darkly, turning around. Underneath his dark red cloak, he looked much like Sokka Altina, though his frumpy hair was black, [his wife, Katara I, had lighter brown hair than their children] and was slightly longer. Like his wife and children, he had a pointed face, and strong eyes that created a piercing glare when he was serious. Like Sokka, he had a small amount of hair on his chin as well.
His skin was lighter though, and like most firebenders, his eyes were gold. Their children had taken almost matching appearances with them: Sokka greatly resembled his father, while Katara greatly resembled her mother; though Sokka’s eyes were obviously his mothers, while Katara clearly had her father’s eyes.
Zuko’s clothing was much like Katara’s though, just like Sokka’s was like his mother’s, slight adjustments made of course for the different genders. All in all, if the family ever united, it would be obvious that they were related. Zuko’s lighter skin and Katara I’s darker skin resulted in their offspring having an unusual skin color that was clearly a cross between the two, forming a tan color. Similarly, Zuko’s jet-black hair, combined with Katara I’s brown hair gave the children a very dark brown hair color. Notable differences though show that both Sokka’s hair is slightly straighter than his father’s and Katara’s hair is curlier than her mother’s.
“Zuko,” said Kai again, “if your daughter is anything like you, then she’s definitely going to be alright.”
“But that’s the thing,” he said, “she’s not like me. She has more power than I can even imagine. The rate her power was growing at when I last saw her has most likely escalated it to absurd proportions. I think the only person who could truly understand her would be herself.”
“She has gone through a lot,” Kai replied, “from my extent of knowledge; she’s been all over the world. People want her for her power, Zuko. It is as you have feared. But that it why we came here, is it not?”
“Aye,” Zuko growled again, “I’ve had it with The Order screwing up my family; Spirits know what else they’ve done; I’ve been imprisoned for far too long. Thank you for helping me bust out, Kai.”
“You’re welcome,” Kai replied, “and I will assist you in finding your family until they are reunited or until death takes me.”
“You’re not going to die,” Zuko replied, “if anyone is, it’s my daughter. It’s not long until that comet comes. That means...”
He paused for a moment, calculating things in.
“That means that it’s almost her 16th birthday,” he said, closing his eyes and gritting his teeth; he had disappeared shortly before Katara’s 5th birthday, so it was nearly 11 years since he had last seen her.
“That comet was destined to send Katara’s powers through the roof,” he continued, “and the day of its arrival was set to be 16 years after we had had the child. It’s going to kill her.”
“I am deeply sorry,” Kai replied, “I wish that there was something I could do to help save your daughter.”
“I just want to see her one last time before she goes,” Zuko replied determinedly as they were now ascending through the walls onto the 7th floor, “I want her to know that I’m sorry I failed her.”
“Every time I saw her,” said Kai reassuringly, “she was always sounding determined. She trained herself hard; pushed herself far beyond the normal limits that a 15-year-old girl’s body possesses. Most people would say she tortured herself, but not me. I saw what she wanted; she wanted to gain enough control over her powers so that she could live through that comet and make her dead father proud of her. If she knew you were alive, that would probably give her enough determination alone to live through it.”
“How tall is this place,” Zuko exclaimed,
“According to Kai Serenes Legend,” Kai replied, “it’s about 20 stories high; 600 feet tall approximately.”
The rooms in this tower were huge; each one being about 30 feet high.
“then let us make haste,” Zuko replied, racing onwards, making their way toward the 8th floor now; “The Order will solemnly regret ever messing with Kai Serenes and Zuko Altina.”
~Azula~
psh... like it's that hard...
anyhoot, chapter 86... I had a crapload of fun on this one, and this is the chapter where information that we had long thought to be true is completely blown out the window as an OPEN-FACED LIE.
enjoy the chapter. I sure as hell had fun writing it.
CHAPTER 86: KAI SERENES AND ZUKO ALTINA
Dozuku [“The Commoner”] and Kiya [“The Calm”] both woke up a while later. Luckily for them they were in some far-off corner of the room, as more Order reinforcements had arrived and were filling the room. After all, even if The Avatar Guard did succeed in their mission to overthrow Xin Shing, they would still have to get back out.
“You got a plan, Dozuku,” Kiya whispered, “’coz there are far too
many of them for us to take out this time. It seems that we chose a bad location to sleep tonight.”
“Aye,” Dozuku replied, “that we certainly did. I can see the brilliance in this ploy though, can’t you?”
“Aye,” Kiya replied, “Logically, this is the last room that anyone passes through before leaving the tower. By this time The Avatar Guard will be worn out unless we can get princess Zakura to unleash the full power of the Avatar State again.”
Suddenly there was a large rumbling noise from above them. Though they didn’t know this, this was Zuki’s earth rumble. Right before this, Zakura had actually triggered the Avatar State, but that was not a powerful enough force to bring the tower down. She would have to trigger more energy than that—she’d likely have to give Katara Altina II a run for her money.
“Let’s hope she decides to do that AFTER she finishes her task,” Dozuku replied, “if she decided to take the tower down here and now, things would not be very lovely.”
Kiya chuckled quietly at Dozuku’s remark.
“That’s true,” she remarked, “nonetheless, the layout of this tower seems to be something of pretty high logic. I would personally say that it was the logic of Katara Altina II.”
“Katara,” Dozuku said quietly, “what do you know of her, Kiya?”
“She’s powerful,” Kiya replied, “very powerful. If the theories are true, she has more bending energy than anyone else in the world. What do you know about her?”
“I’ve been imprisoned for over 10 years,” Dozuku remarked, chuckling slightly, “the last time I saw little Katara was when she was 4 or so. She was still crazy-powerful, but what is she like now?”
“You seem close to her, Dozuku,” Kiya remarked, “is there some type of connection between you and her that I’m not aware of yet?”
Dozuku paused for a long time, and then finally decided to answer.
“Aye, Kai,” he replied, using “Kiya’s” real name, “I’m her father.”
Kai’s eyes actually popped open, and she would have gasped had Dozuku’s reflexes not been quick enough to cover her mouth.”
“SSHH,” he whispered, “we still need to get past these blokes. Come, let us move out; I’ll tell you on the way. We can exchange information.”
Kai stood up, and followed Katara’s father.
“My real name is Zuko Altina,” he told her for starters, “what’s yours?”
“My full name is Kai Serenes XLIII,” Kai replied, “I am a direct descendant of Avatar Kai Serenes II and her mother, Kai Serenes I.”
Zuko chuckled as the two of them navigated the tower using the passageways in the walls like Tenoko and Azula had; “you certainly have taken after them,” he remarked, “and aye, I recognized that name from anywhere. Some-odd generations ago, one of your ancestors was the one to prevent Avatar Zuroc from taking your village.”
“Aye,” Kai replied, “and now you know why I was called ‘The Calm’; despite your witty remarks about it being a stupid name.”
“It kind of was,” Zuko chuckled, “so was mine.”
Kai simply chuckled. “Very well then,” she remarked, “so, what is it that you wanted to know about Katara?”
“Everything you can tell me,” he replied as they slipped into the next room; they had already slipped up to the 4th floor, for they were not trying to rendezvous with the Avatar Guard, but rather, get to The Dark Warrior and Katara Altina II; “how is my little baby?”
“I’m unsure,” Kai replied, “the last time I saw her she was on the battlefield. Then a man only known as The Warrior of the Black Hand seemed to have taken her place. I was actually in the Northern Water Tribe when that happened. I thought it was her, but the fact that The Dark Warrior saw her mother and brother and did nothing made me have my doubts. She seemed desperate to see her family.”
Zuko cursed under his breath.
“What has that man done with my daughter,” he growled, though whether he was referring to The Dark Warrior or Xin Shing was unclear. Neither Kai nor Zuko knew that The Warrior of the Black Hand and Katara Altina II were the same person.
“Zuko,” said Kai softly, putting one of her hands on his shoulder; underneath her dark blue cloak, Kai had a sleeveless shirt, baggy pants, and huge, loose bands around her wrists. Like every generation of Kai Serenes, she also had a blue tattoo shaped like an ‘N’ with a curved tail on her right upper arm, sort of like a backwards ‘y’. She also had her hands and forearms wrapped up to the fingertips, as Kai packed a powerful punch aside from her waterbending prowess.
Her face was gentle, her brilliant blue eyes almost entrancing. She had decent-length brown hair that she wore up in a bun, which made it look shorter than it was. Her face, normally set in a calm expression, matched her name ‘Serenes’ quite well.
“What is it?” he said darkly, turning around. Underneath his dark red cloak, he looked much like Sokka Altina, though his frumpy hair was black, [his wife, Katara I, had lighter brown hair than their children] and was slightly longer. Like his wife and children, he had a pointed face, and strong eyes that created a piercing glare when he was serious. Like Sokka, he had a small amount of hair on his chin as well.
His skin was lighter though, and like most firebenders, his eyes were gold. Their children had taken almost matching appearances with them: Sokka greatly resembled his father, while Katara greatly resembled her mother; though Sokka’s eyes were obviously his mothers, while Katara clearly had her father’s eyes.
Zuko’s clothing was much like Katara’s though, just like Sokka’s was like his mother’s, slight adjustments made of course for the different genders. All in all, if the family ever united, it would be obvious that they were related. Zuko’s lighter skin and Katara I’s darker skin resulted in their offspring having an unusual skin color that was clearly a cross between the two, forming a tan color. Similarly, Zuko’s jet-black hair, combined with Katara I’s brown hair gave the children a very dark brown hair color. Notable differences though show that both Sokka’s hair is slightly straighter than his father’s and Katara’s hair is curlier than her mother’s.
“Zuko,” said Kai again, “if your daughter is anything like you, then she’s definitely going to be alright.”
“But that’s the thing,” he said, “she’s not like me. She has more power than I can even imagine. The rate her power was growing at when I last saw her has most likely escalated it to absurd proportions. I think the only person who could truly understand her would be herself.”
“She has gone through a lot,” Kai replied, “from my extent of knowledge; she’s been all over the world. People want her for her power, Zuko. It is as you have feared. But that it why we came here, is it not?”
“Aye,” Zuko growled again, “I’ve had it with The Order screwing up my family; Spirits know what else they’ve done; I’ve been imprisoned for far too long. Thank you for helping me bust out, Kai.”
“You’re welcome,” Kai replied, “and I will assist you in finding your family until they are reunited or until death takes me.”
“You’re not going to die,” Zuko replied, “if anyone is, it’s my daughter. It’s not long until that comet comes. That means...”
He paused for a moment, calculating things in.
“That means that it’s almost her 16th birthday,” he said, closing his eyes and gritting his teeth; he had disappeared shortly before Katara’s 5th birthday, so it was nearly 11 years since he had last seen her.
“That comet was destined to send Katara’s powers through the roof,” he continued, “and the day of its arrival was set to be 16 years after we had had the child. It’s going to kill her.”
“I am deeply sorry,” Kai replied, “I wish that there was something I could do to help save your daughter.”
“I just want to see her one last time before she goes,” Zuko replied determinedly as they were now ascending through the walls onto the 7th floor, “I want her to know that I’m sorry I failed her.”
“Every time I saw her,” said Kai reassuringly, “she was always sounding determined. She trained herself hard; pushed herself far beyond the normal limits that a 15-year-old girl’s body possesses. Most people would say she tortured herself, but not me. I saw what she wanted; she wanted to gain enough control over her powers so that she could live through that comet and make her dead father proud of her. If she knew you were alive, that would probably give her enough determination alone to live through it.”
“How tall is this place,” Zuko exclaimed,
“According to Kai Serenes Legend,” Kai replied, “it’s about 20 stories high; 600 feet tall approximately.”
The rooms in this tower were huge; each one being about 30 feet high.
“then let us make haste,” Zuko replied, racing onwards, making their way toward the 8th floor now; “The Order will solemnly regret ever messing with Kai Serenes and Zuko Altina.”
~Azula~
