Post by Teяa253 on Apr 8, 2009 5:56:20 GMT 1
and here comes the chapter where Zakura meets and fights her family. I wonder if their demise will be the same as Takis'[because let's face it... they don't stand a chance against Zakura]
either way, more defeated villains just need to accept defeat with grace like Fukuda and Michiko did. that is all.
so, the 91st installment of the series. there's a little sappiness or something, but hey, I try.
enjoy.
CHAPTER 91: ZHANG AND ZAO LIN
The Zuroc Sensei that Mulan and Reyson had run into had somehow sidestepped Michiko and Fukuda, and had been able to join the forces of the 79th Division a few floors down. Their fates were uncertain, but that was not the important thought on the mind of Zakura’s Elite at the moment. Right now, they were facing two green-clad figures.
“Zakura,” said Zao Lin seductively, “I’m surprised your group has gotten this far. Surely it took nearly all of your power and influence to drag these poor souls this far only to have them die here.”
Zakura stamped her foot with enough force to knock Zao Lin over.
“you will not lay a finger on them,” Zakura remarked, you may do with me what you please, but you are not going to destroy the lives of my friends, just because you were able to destroy my life when I was younger. You have no more influence than I do.”
Zhang chuckled this time.
“Ah ha,” he remarked, as Zao Lin stood up again; “but that would mean we have vast amounts of influence, if you’ve convinced all of them that you are actually their friend. We know your deep ambition, Zakura—you lust after the same power that Avatar Fa Su had lusted for, and that Avatar Zuroc after him had lusted for, and had almost achieved.”
This time though, it was her friends that spoke up for her, namely, Royota and Iresu.
“Silence, man,” said Royota firmly, “that is an insult not only to the avatar, but also an insult to everyone who stands in this room. WE did not come all this way because of bribery, extortion, or fear. We came all this way because we want to defend the world that we love, and even more so, it’s protector.”
“Precisely,” Zakura replied, “mother, father, you say I am your greatest enemy... and yet I am nothing without your hatred for me. You are correct about my lust for power though.”
This caused everyone in the room to gasp, and Zakura suddenly felt that this was the wrong thing to say, as she was now receiving nasty glares from her own comrades, who had so willingly followed her all the way this far and had risked their lives to keep her alive and the avatar cycle continuing. To hear that this hero had the same lust for power that Avatar Zuroc did was almost like a destructive attack on their souls.
“HOWEVER,” she said loudly, knowing that everyone was on edge, “the thing that differentiates me from Avatar Zuroc is that I learned to resist that temptation. Aye, the thought of being able to use my powers to extort fear into the heart of the world and then dominate it as my own does sound like an enticing path; however, it is not the one I chose, and that is not about to change any time soon.”
“Oh,” said a pair of leering voices, which turned out to belong to Kyomi and Kaoru, Zakura’s younger sisters; “then what is, princess?”
They addressed her that way only because they knew she was not fond of being called ‘princess’, because of the memories the title brought up,
“The path I chose,” said Zakura firmly, “was the one of friendship. I did not wish to have the entire world claim to be my friend in front of me, and then talk bad about me behind my back and/or live in fear of me for my entire life. No, I wanted people who actually cared about me. That was why I opened up, unlike Avatar Zuroc.”
She turned around and smiled at all of her comrades, many of which were still exhausted from the skirmishes.
“And that was what I received,” she said, proudly continuing, “I received a bunch of otherwise normal people who I was able to call my friends. There was nothing special about them; there was nothing that made them “stand out” in society, just like there was nothing that made me stand out. The Avatar is just another bender. These folks behind me are just talented benders who want the world back to normal, with a righteous guardian at its head. I probably still have some work to do, but that is the goal which I am striving for.”
She paused, and smiled back at her friends, a single pair of tears leaking from the corners of her eyes.
“And without them,” she said, “I would not have been anything.”
She paused again, mainly to collect herself, as she, Zakura; the arrogant, tough, and powerful avatar was getting emotional, just like any other normal person. After all, when it all boiled down, even the avatar is only human.
“A certain 15-year-old girl clad in black armor once told me,” she said, continuing, “that this war was pointless. She is entirely right. The Avatar is no longer trying to take over the world, and yet we fight as if I still am. No, I am over that. Mother; Father; Kyomi; Kaoru: the five of us are going to duel.”
Royota and Iresu though, wanted in on the fight as well.
“Usurping the throne usually does not wind up making you a good ruler,” Iresu replied, “of course, with Orzon and Ayumi’s repentance that could easily be changed.”
Zhang and Zao Lin both looked at Iresu with skeptical and horrified expressions on their faces. Clearly, whatever they had done, Orzon and Ayumi’s betrayal of The Order was not yet known.
“Your list of allies grows thin,” said Royota, “surely you four should reconsider this fight. After all, I don’t think you will accept defeat quite as gracefully as your waterbender friends here. Your allies are down to the Lyautey family and Xin Shing and Yang themselves. Seriously consider the situation you are going into.”
Michiko and Fukuda’s mouths were bound so they were biting on the ropes, but they were not attempting to speak. Ti had only initially been done as a precaution so that they could not start a conversation with their former allies, but it did not look like they intended to do that.
“You have your loyalties,” Zao Lin remarked, “as we have ours. We fight now and end this so-called madness.”
“At your ready,” Said Zakura, taking a stance between Royota and Iresu; this was going to be an earthbending battle to remember.
Royota and Iresu worked as an amazing team, and therefore no one questioned why Royota had been such a high-ranking Earth Kingdom General, or why Iresu had been crowned as Queen of the Earth Kingdom before The Order’s usurpation. Royota was very powerful, and Iresu was agile, even for her age. Zhang and Zao Lin though, were also very skilled, and the fancy blade work of Kyomi and Kaoru became annoying rather quickly. Luckily Zakura’s shots at them were keeping them at bay, while the Fenyk siblings fought off the Ishiko family.
Zakura was facing off against two non-benders, and, ironically, these two provide much harder than would be expected, especially for a full realized Avatar. It may have also been that Zakura did not want any of them dead, but rather, wished to give them a second chance sooner or later. They were the type who taunted and leered at Zakura, hoping to annoy her. Unfortunately for them, Zakura was also the master of taunts and being annoying, so she was unaffected.
“You know what,” she remarked, “I think I need to shut you two up and go incapacitate mom and dad once I’m done.”
“Really now,” they leered, and how do you plan to do that?”
“Like this,” Zakura replied, lifting her hat and opening her eyes. They and the tattoo on her stomach were glowing.
“Game time,” she laughed, and with a powerful, and very forceful blast, Kyomi and Kaoru next found themselves in a crumpled heap against the opposite wall, as Zakura’s brief Avatar State moment subsided. They both were unable to move, and they both groaned in pain before falling unconscious. Zakura decided that since Royota and Iresu were doing well enough alone, to let that fight remain 2-on-2. She would help them if they started getting hurt.
Huge walls of earth, shards of rock, blasts of sand, bolts of stone, and other earthbending elements were still flying everywhere. However, unlike in the battle with Tenoko and Katara against Michiko and Fukuda, the sheer power of Iresu and Royota’s techniques was overpowering the intricacy of Zhang and Zao Lin’s moves. The Fenyk siblings began pressing in for an offensive maneuver, and eventually they cornered Zakura’s parents.
“By all means,” said Zakura, “you two should be killed right now. However, I, unlike you, am stepping up to be the better person, and rather, you will simply be imprisoned. Use your judgment on that.”
Taki disabled the both of them, and Zakura bound them. They did the same with Kyomi and Kaoru, though they were unconscious.
“There’s my ‘finishing blow’,” Zakura replied, “Like I said, I am nothing without your hatred for me. I am only your enemy because of that hatred. Regardless, you are my family, and I will always love you in a certain way, regardless of how you treat me. For now though, you get to watch as the very organization that you supported that was against me crumbles. Maybe then you will see the logic in what I am doing, and in my attempt to get the world back into proper balance.”
Zhang and Zao Lin simply growled, but they had no choice but to be led up the tower as prisoners. Zakura was right about The Order crumbling now, but they would never admit it, and moreover, Zakura did not suspect that quite yet. For all she knew, this was simply the glorious defeat of Zhang and Zao Lin.
~Azula~
either way, more defeated villains just need to accept defeat with grace like Fukuda and Michiko did. that is all.
so, the 91st installment of the series. there's a little sappiness or something, but hey, I try.
enjoy.
CHAPTER 91: ZHANG AND ZAO LIN
The Zuroc Sensei that Mulan and Reyson had run into had somehow sidestepped Michiko and Fukuda, and had been able to join the forces of the 79th Division a few floors down. Their fates were uncertain, but that was not the important thought on the mind of Zakura’s Elite at the moment. Right now, they were facing two green-clad figures.
“Zakura,” said Zao Lin seductively, “I’m surprised your group has gotten this far. Surely it took nearly all of your power and influence to drag these poor souls this far only to have them die here.”
Zakura stamped her foot with enough force to knock Zao Lin over.
“you will not lay a finger on them,” Zakura remarked, you may do with me what you please, but you are not going to destroy the lives of my friends, just because you were able to destroy my life when I was younger. You have no more influence than I do.”
Zhang chuckled this time.
“Ah ha,” he remarked, as Zao Lin stood up again; “but that would mean we have vast amounts of influence, if you’ve convinced all of them that you are actually their friend. We know your deep ambition, Zakura—you lust after the same power that Avatar Fa Su had lusted for, and that Avatar Zuroc after him had lusted for, and had almost achieved.”
This time though, it was her friends that spoke up for her, namely, Royota and Iresu.
“Silence, man,” said Royota firmly, “that is an insult not only to the avatar, but also an insult to everyone who stands in this room. WE did not come all this way because of bribery, extortion, or fear. We came all this way because we want to defend the world that we love, and even more so, it’s protector.”
“Precisely,” Zakura replied, “mother, father, you say I am your greatest enemy... and yet I am nothing without your hatred for me. You are correct about my lust for power though.”
This caused everyone in the room to gasp, and Zakura suddenly felt that this was the wrong thing to say, as she was now receiving nasty glares from her own comrades, who had so willingly followed her all the way this far and had risked their lives to keep her alive and the avatar cycle continuing. To hear that this hero had the same lust for power that Avatar Zuroc did was almost like a destructive attack on their souls.
“HOWEVER,” she said loudly, knowing that everyone was on edge, “the thing that differentiates me from Avatar Zuroc is that I learned to resist that temptation. Aye, the thought of being able to use my powers to extort fear into the heart of the world and then dominate it as my own does sound like an enticing path; however, it is not the one I chose, and that is not about to change any time soon.”
“Oh,” said a pair of leering voices, which turned out to belong to Kyomi and Kaoru, Zakura’s younger sisters; “then what is, princess?”
They addressed her that way only because they knew she was not fond of being called ‘princess’, because of the memories the title brought up,
“The path I chose,” said Zakura firmly, “was the one of friendship. I did not wish to have the entire world claim to be my friend in front of me, and then talk bad about me behind my back and/or live in fear of me for my entire life. No, I wanted people who actually cared about me. That was why I opened up, unlike Avatar Zuroc.”
She turned around and smiled at all of her comrades, many of which were still exhausted from the skirmishes.
“And that was what I received,” she said, proudly continuing, “I received a bunch of otherwise normal people who I was able to call my friends. There was nothing special about them; there was nothing that made them “stand out” in society, just like there was nothing that made me stand out. The Avatar is just another bender. These folks behind me are just talented benders who want the world back to normal, with a righteous guardian at its head. I probably still have some work to do, but that is the goal which I am striving for.”
She paused, and smiled back at her friends, a single pair of tears leaking from the corners of her eyes.
“And without them,” she said, “I would not have been anything.”
She paused again, mainly to collect herself, as she, Zakura; the arrogant, tough, and powerful avatar was getting emotional, just like any other normal person. After all, when it all boiled down, even the avatar is only human.
“A certain 15-year-old girl clad in black armor once told me,” she said, continuing, “that this war was pointless. She is entirely right. The Avatar is no longer trying to take over the world, and yet we fight as if I still am. No, I am over that. Mother; Father; Kyomi; Kaoru: the five of us are going to duel.”
Royota and Iresu though, wanted in on the fight as well.
“Usurping the throne usually does not wind up making you a good ruler,” Iresu replied, “of course, with Orzon and Ayumi’s repentance that could easily be changed.”
Zhang and Zao Lin both looked at Iresu with skeptical and horrified expressions on their faces. Clearly, whatever they had done, Orzon and Ayumi’s betrayal of The Order was not yet known.
“Your list of allies grows thin,” said Royota, “surely you four should reconsider this fight. After all, I don’t think you will accept defeat quite as gracefully as your waterbender friends here. Your allies are down to the Lyautey family and Xin Shing and Yang themselves. Seriously consider the situation you are going into.”
Michiko and Fukuda’s mouths were bound so they were biting on the ropes, but they were not attempting to speak. Ti had only initially been done as a precaution so that they could not start a conversation with their former allies, but it did not look like they intended to do that.
“You have your loyalties,” Zao Lin remarked, “as we have ours. We fight now and end this so-called madness.”
“At your ready,” Said Zakura, taking a stance between Royota and Iresu; this was going to be an earthbending battle to remember.
Royota and Iresu worked as an amazing team, and therefore no one questioned why Royota had been such a high-ranking Earth Kingdom General, or why Iresu had been crowned as Queen of the Earth Kingdom before The Order’s usurpation. Royota was very powerful, and Iresu was agile, even for her age. Zhang and Zao Lin though, were also very skilled, and the fancy blade work of Kyomi and Kaoru became annoying rather quickly. Luckily Zakura’s shots at them were keeping them at bay, while the Fenyk siblings fought off the Ishiko family.
Zakura was facing off against two non-benders, and, ironically, these two provide much harder than would be expected, especially for a full realized Avatar. It may have also been that Zakura did not want any of them dead, but rather, wished to give them a second chance sooner or later. They were the type who taunted and leered at Zakura, hoping to annoy her. Unfortunately for them, Zakura was also the master of taunts and being annoying, so she was unaffected.
“You know what,” she remarked, “I think I need to shut you two up and go incapacitate mom and dad once I’m done.”
“Really now,” they leered, and how do you plan to do that?”
“Like this,” Zakura replied, lifting her hat and opening her eyes. They and the tattoo on her stomach were glowing.
“Game time,” she laughed, and with a powerful, and very forceful blast, Kyomi and Kaoru next found themselves in a crumpled heap against the opposite wall, as Zakura’s brief Avatar State moment subsided. They both were unable to move, and they both groaned in pain before falling unconscious. Zakura decided that since Royota and Iresu were doing well enough alone, to let that fight remain 2-on-2. She would help them if they started getting hurt.
Huge walls of earth, shards of rock, blasts of sand, bolts of stone, and other earthbending elements were still flying everywhere. However, unlike in the battle with Tenoko and Katara against Michiko and Fukuda, the sheer power of Iresu and Royota’s techniques was overpowering the intricacy of Zhang and Zao Lin’s moves. The Fenyk siblings began pressing in for an offensive maneuver, and eventually they cornered Zakura’s parents.
“By all means,” said Zakura, “you two should be killed right now. However, I, unlike you, am stepping up to be the better person, and rather, you will simply be imprisoned. Use your judgment on that.”
Taki disabled the both of them, and Zakura bound them. They did the same with Kyomi and Kaoru, though they were unconscious.
“There’s my ‘finishing blow’,” Zakura replied, “Like I said, I am nothing without your hatred for me. I am only your enemy because of that hatred. Regardless, you are my family, and I will always love you in a certain way, regardless of how you treat me. For now though, you get to watch as the very organization that you supported that was against me crumbles. Maybe then you will see the logic in what I am doing, and in my attempt to get the world back into proper balance.”
Zhang and Zao Lin simply growled, but they had no choice but to be led up the tower as prisoners. Zakura was right about The Order crumbling now, but they would never admit it, and moreover, Zakura did not suspect that quite yet. For all she knew, this was simply the glorious defeat of Zhang and Zao Lin.
~Azula~
