Post by Teяa253 on Apr 8, 2009 5:53:22 GMT 1
and here's chapter 89... finally I'm almost half done with the finale.
There's a bit of Sanaki ownage in this one, and other than that... well... it's Sanaki ownage. so yeh.
enjoy.
CHAPTER 89: THE FEATS OF SANAKI FOXX
The Avatar Guard continued on up the tower. Reyson and Mulan warned the group of the skirmish that had been happening on the 9th floor both on their way up and their way back, and so they were going to plan accordingly.
“Though the Zuroc Sensei looked like they’d be able to handle it,” Mulan said, finishing, “so perhaps we should just wait it out.”
“I agree,” Zakura replied, “the only one who is in any fighting condition who isn’t going to bleed all over the place is Zuki, and without Meili to guide her, she’d be getting into serious trouble.”
Sanaki was the next one to speak up. She seemed to be recovering the quickest, for she was a little bit jumpy.
“So it’s decided then?” she asked, “We plan to wait it out?”
“I can see the logic in that,” Zeruda remarked, “we’ve got Alzar and Sanaki to check the melee through the walls; and Meili can as well if she regains her mind soon enough.”
Upon reaching the room just before the battlefield, they paused, with Alzar and Sanaki feeling the wall. Alzar was limping still, but Sanaki seemed alright, as if she had already fully recovered the complete use of her arms and legs.
“It’s still going,” Alzar remarked, “it seems that there were a few
reinforcements or something for The Order.”
“Perhaps I can help them,” said Sanaki, opening the door and running in before the others could do anything.
“Do we follow her?” Maric asked,
“Aye, let’s,” said Zinjamyn, “but let’s keep out of the fray, lest we get dragged into it and some of us get killed, you know?”
Everyone agreed, and so they stuck to the walls after slipping in. None of the Zuroc Sensei, good or evil, paid any attention to them, as they all looked ready to fall down dead anyways.
Sanaki had joined the fray, and her performance was incredible. It was as if Zuroc Sensei were her specialty. She was still light on her feet, and she was incredibly fast. Her running speed alone could likely exceed that of just about anyone in the group, and it did exceed that of even the powerful Zuroc Sensei.
Sanaki’s face was calm and concentrated. Her glazed eyes almost looked like they were actually focusing, despite their inability to do so because of their lack of functionality. Nevertheless, the lack of eyesight had never stopped Sanaki Foxx before, and it wasn’t about to deter her for the first time in her 17-year life.
“Anyone who wants to fight,” Zakura whispered, “can go on in of course. It’s not for me to decide what you do anymore.”
“You’ve been making decisions for our well-being, Zakura,” Shinon replied, “and we don’t want to die any more than you do; we’re going to be here for you until Xin Shing is defeated, and afterwards.”
“For now though,” Tenoko laughed, “let’s see how well youngest child and the only daughter of the Foxx Family fares; I doubt she’s going to need anyone’s help, especially with these other Zuroc Sensei here.”
Tenoko had a point. Sanaki did not need anything. She planted her bare feet firmly on the ground and began blasting fireballs out towards her opponent in intricate formations. Whatever she was doing, she knew it well, and was certainly a prodigy at it.
Nevertheless, just because she was not only the Foxx Family’s only daughter, but also their youngest and most prodigious child, did not mean that she had received any special treatment as a child. She was treated just like the rest of her siblings. With the exception of her mother and her 3rd eldest brother, they were all blind anyways. Sanaki was a generally aloof child initially, mostly because she was the only girl and she lived with a decent-sized brawl of older boys [her brothers]
Sanaki was zigzagging this way and the, flames trailing from her hands and feet. She was carving the room up, creating little walls of flame to make the battle more interesting. Incidentally, despite Sanaki’s masterful skill, she knew she had weaknesses, and, if she was observed properly, these weaknesses would be obvious. This was part of the reason she remained on the move for most of the fight—at first anyways.
She stopped in place to rest, and also to focus some lightning-based attacks, which she was very skilled at linking together into chain lightning blasts that would paralyze people if used properly. However, during this time, several of her enemies noticed who exactly the little red blur with the huge mass of black hair was. Once they saw that it was just a tiny little teenaged girl, they laughed, as they assumed that she had gotten tired [and were partially correct].
Her weaknesses soon became obvious. She had amazing breathing techniques [which was one of the main contributing factors to why she was so skilled at firebending at her age], but she lacked stamina and strength. If she took a couple of powerful enough hits, she would definitely drop. Her lack of stamina was showing when she stopped, for despite her hands and feet still being in motion, her breathing seemed very careful, as if she was putting a lot of energy to make sure it remained normal and undisrupted.
Her other weakness was one that Alzar would also be able to understand, and soon the waterbenders among The Order’s ranks caught on. Low temperatures, and/or damage to her hands and feet, would limit her ‘heat-sense’, and, if extreme enough, could render the young girl truly blind. She did not wear shoes or cover her hands though because those also dulled her senses.
As a result of this knowledge, they began coming towards her, aiming attacks at her hands and feet, but Sanaki’s agility was her saving grace, and what made her such an effective fighter. She might have been able to only take one or two decent hits before she’d drop, but she was so difficult to hit that this was almost not enough of a weakness.
The Zuroc Sensei of Division 79, once they had seen that Sanaki was on their side, simply treated her like they did their comrades; let her fend for herself unless she got in a bind. Luckily, this never happened, and so Sanaki’s dazzling firebending displays proved to be very effective against the Zuroc Sensei. Sanaki did not wish to use any killing moves on her enemies, but rather, she would incapacitate them, and leave their fates in the hands of the Zuroc Sensei.
When all was said and done, the Order’s Warriors retreated downward, past Zakura’s Elite and everyone else. Little Sanaki was exhausted by this point, and she fell to her knees, breathing heavily. Nonetheless, the remainder of Division 79 was hailing her as a hero.
“You need to let her become one of us,” the leader of what was left of the division remarked; “she is amazing, and holds nearly every attribute that we as Zuroc Sensei cherish.”
“That is up to her, and up to her family,” Azula replied, knowing the best ways to communicate with Zuroc Sensei, being one herself.
“Understandable,” the man replied, “nonetheless, as you all might know, there are only but a few supporters of The Order past this point. However, they are the most elite ones out there.”
“Aye,” Zakura replied, “we have been informed. We also thank you for your services. What do you plan to do from here?”
“We plan to rest here until we can regroup and recover a little bit,” he replied, “that was a bloody battle, and our group almost all was killed. It was a good thing that Lynn’s group snuck out and came to our rescue, and thanks to that little girl. Tell me, which of you is the avatar?”
Zakura grinned widely.
“Speaking,” she said, laughing; “and despite the fact that aye, I am awesome, the real heroes here are Ryuka Satoru and Sanaki Foxx.”
“Ah,” said the man again, “Ryuka was always the strange one. He would always tell me ‘Shai, the day you learn everything about me will be after you’re long since dead.’ I never figured him out.”
“None of us did, Shai,” Zakura replied, using the man’s [newly revealed] name; “but either way, we honor him, and his death was not in vain.”
“Aye,” Shai replied, and then turned to Sanaki, who was still breathing heavily, and was massaging her feet;
“Sanaki Foxx is it?” he exclaimed, looking at her, though she did not ‘look’ back at him [it wouldn’t have made a difference anyways];
“Aye,” Sanaki replied wearily, “that’s me.”
“I’ve heard of you,” he chuckled, “you’re Faruko and Karitsu’s youngest of 7—and their only daughter. You are also now a hero among the Zuroc Sensei, kid. Here, take this.”
Shai reached into his tunic and pulled out an emblem, which bore the crest of Avatar Zuroc on it.
“You’re a hero, Sanaki Foxx,” he said, “and so I recommend you stick with the avatar and help her group through the rest of this. These folks need you, kid. Good luck and farewell.”
Zakura’s Elite all bade Shai and the remainder of Division 79 a fond farewell, and hoped that they would be alive upon their return. They continued up the tower, the talk of the moment being Sanaki’s stunts.
“Even the smallest person can have a powerful influence,” Royota remarked, and I am pretty sure that after that dazzling display that most of us saw back there, that everyone here agrees.”
Everyone else nodded. They had not doubted the little girl in the first place, but now they all had a certain unique respect for her, now that they had all just witnessed The Feats of Sanaki Foxx.
~Azula~
There's a bit of Sanaki ownage in this one, and other than that... well... it's Sanaki ownage. so yeh.
enjoy.
CHAPTER 89: THE FEATS OF SANAKI FOXX
The Avatar Guard continued on up the tower. Reyson and Mulan warned the group of the skirmish that had been happening on the 9th floor both on their way up and their way back, and so they were going to plan accordingly.
“Though the Zuroc Sensei looked like they’d be able to handle it,” Mulan said, finishing, “so perhaps we should just wait it out.”
“I agree,” Zakura replied, “the only one who is in any fighting condition who isn’t going to bleed all over the place is Zuki, and without Meili to guide her, she’d be getting into serious trouble.”
Sanaki was the next one to speak up. She seemed to be recovering the quickest, for she was a little bit jumpy.
“So it’s decided then?” she asked, “We plan to wait it out?”
“I can see the logic in that,” Zeruda remarked, “we’ve got Alzar and Sanaki to check the melee through the walls; and Meili can as well if she regains her mind soon enough.”
Upon reaching the room just before the battlefield, they paused, with Alzar and Sanaki feeling the wall. Alzar was limping still, but Sanaki seemed alright, as if she had already fully recovered the complete use of her arms and legs.
“It’s still going,” Alzar remarked, “it seems that there were a few
reinforcements or something for The Order.”
“Perhaps I can help them,” said Sanaki, opening the door and running in before the others could do anything.
“Do we follow her?” Maric asked,
“Aye, let’s,” said Zinjamyn, “but let’s keep out of the fray, lest we get dragged into it and some of us get killed, you know?”
Everyone agreed, and so they stuck to the walls after slipping in. None of the Zuroc Sensei, good or evil, paid any attention to them, as they all looked ready to fall down dead anyways.
Sanaki had joined the fray, and her performance was incredible. It was as if Zuroc Sensei were her specialty. She was still light on her feet, and she was incredibly fast. Her running speed alone could likely exceed that of just about anyone in the group, and it did exceed that of even the powerful Zuroc Sensei.
Sanaki’s face was calm and concentrated. Her glazed eyes almost looked like they were actually focusing, despite their inability to do so because of their lack of functionality. Nevertheless, the lack of eyesight had never stopped Sanaki Foxx before, and it wasn’t about to deter her for the first time in her 17-year life.
“Anyone who wants to fight,” Zakura whispered, “can go on in of course. It’s not for me to decide what you do anymore.”
“You’ve been making decisions for our well-being, Zakura,” Shinon replied, “and we don’t want to die any more than you do; we’re going to be here for you until Xin Shing is defeated, and afterwards.”
“For now though,” Tenoko laughed, “let’s see how well youngest child and the only daughter of the Foxx Family fares; I doubt she’s going to need anyone’s help, especially with these other Zuroc Sensei here.”
Tenoko had a point. Sanaki did not need anything. She planted her bare feet firmly on the ground and began blasting fireballs out towards her opponent in intricate formations. Whatever she was doing, she knew it well, and was certainly a prodigy at it.
Nevertheless, just because she was not only the Foxx Family’s only daughter, but also their youngest and most prodigious child, did not mean that she had received any special treatment as a child. She was treated just like the rest of her siblings. With the exception of her mother and her 3rd eldest brother, they were all blind anyways. Sanaki was a generally aloof child initially, mostly because she was the only girl and she lived with a decent-sized brawl of older boys [her brothers]
Sanaki was zigzagging this way and the, flames trailing from her hands and feet. She was carving the room up, creating little walls of flame to make the battle more interesting. Incidentally, despite Sanaki’s masterful skill, she knew she had weaknesses, and, if she was observed properly, these weaknesses would be obvious. This was part of the reason she remained on the move for most of the fight—at first anyways.
She stopped in place to rest, and also to focus some lightning-based attacks, which she was very skilled at linking together into chain lightning blasts that would paralyze people if used properly. However, during this time, several of her enemies noticed who exactly the little red blur with the huge mass of black hair was. Once they saw that it was just a tiny little teenaged girl, they laughed, as they assumed that she had gotten tired [and were partially correct].
Her weaknesses soon became obvious. She had amazing breathing techniques [which was one of the main contributing factors to why she was so skilled at firebending at her age], but she lacked stamina and strength. If she took a couple of powerful enough hits, she would definitely drop. Her lack of stamina was showing when she stopped, for despite her hands and feet still being in motion, her breathing seemed very careful, as if she was putting a lot of energy to make sure it remained normal and undisrupted.
Her other weakness was one that Alzar would also be able to understand, and soon the waterbenders among The Order’s ranks caught on. Low temperatures, and/or damage to her hands and feet, would limit her ‘heat-sense’, and, if extreme enough, could render the young girl truly blind. She did not wear shoes or cover her hands though because those also dulled her senses.
As a result of this knowledge, they began coming towards her, aiming attacks at her hands and feet, but Sanaki’s agility was her saving grace, and what made her such an effective fighter. She might have been able to only take one or two decent hits before she’d drop, but she was so difficult to hit that this was almost not enough of a weakness.
The Zuroc Sensei of Division 79, once they had seen that Sanaki was on their side, simply treated her like they did their comrades; let her fend for herself unless she got in a bind. Luckily, this never happened, and so Sanaki’s dazzling firebending displays proved to be very effective against the Zuroc Sensei. Sanaki did not wish to use any killing moves on her enemies, but rather, she would incapacitate them, and leave their fates in the hands of the Zuroc Sensei.
When all was said and done, the Order’s Warriors retreated downward, past Zakura’s Elite and everyone else. Little Sanaki was exhausted by this point, and she fell to her knees, breathing heavily. Nonetheless, the remainder of Division 79 was hailing her as a hero.
“You need to let her become one of us,” the leader of what was left of the division remarked; “she is amazing, and holds nearly every attribute that we as Zuroc Sensei cherish.”
“That is up to her, and up to her family,” Azula replied, knowing the best ways to communicate with Zuroc Sensei, being one herself.
“Understandable,” the man replied, “nonetheless, as you all might know, there are only but a few supporters of The Order past this point. However, they are the most elite ones out there.”
“Aye,” Zakura replied, “we have been informed. We also thank you for your services. What do you plan to do from here?”
“We plan to rest here until we can regroup and recover a little bit,” he replied, “that was a bloody battle, and our group almost all was killed. It was a good thing that Lynn’s group snuck out and came to our rescue, and thanks to that little girl. Tell me, which of you is the avatar?”
Zakura grinned widely.
“Speaking,” she said, laughing; “and despite the fact that aye, I am awesome, the real heroes here are Ryuka Satoru and Sanaki Foxx.”
“Ah,” said the man again, “Ryuka was always the strange one. He would always tell me ‘Shai, the day you learn everything about me will be after you’re long since dead.’ I never figured him out.”
“None of us did, Shai,” Zakura replied, using the man’s [newly revealed] name; “but either way, we honor him, and his death was not in vain.”
“Aye,” Shai replied, and then turned to Sanaki, who was still breathing heavily, and was massaging her feet;
“Sanaki Foxx is it?” he exclaimed, looking at her, though she did not ‘look’ back at him [it wouldn’t have made a difference anyways];
“Aye,” Sanaki replied wearily, “that’s me.”
“I’ve heard of you,” he chuckled, “you’re Faruko and Karitsu’s youngest of 7—and their only daughter. You are also now a hero among the Zuroc Sensei, kid. Here, take this.”
Shai reached into his tunic and pulled out an emblem, which bore the crest of Avatar Zuroc on it.
“You’re a hero, Sanaki Foxx,” he said, “and so I recommend you stick with the avatar and help her group through the rest of this. These folks need you, kid. Good luck and farewell.”
Zakura’s Elite all bade Shai and the remainder of Division 79 a fond farewell, and hoped that they would be alive upon their return. They continued up the tower, the talk of the moment being Sanaki’s stunts.
“Even the smallest person can have a powerful influence,” Royota remarked, and I am pretty sure that after that dazzling display that most of us saw back there, that everyone here agrees.”
Everyone else nodded. They had not doubted the little girl in the first place, but now they all had a certain unique respect for her, now that they had all just witnessed The Feats of Sanaki Foxx.
~Azula~
