What up y'all? I mentioned in one of my author's notes from "The Jaak Gatz" that "The Fighter" and "Hall of Fame" by Gym Class Heroes and the Script were Bolin's theme songs. I also promised a fic about it. I did, however, decide not to write it about Bolin but an OC chick. So, it is my pleasure to present...

"Hey, Reia," Reia slipped on her helmet and spun to scowl at whoever had called her name. It was the firebender from the opposing team. He winked at her, flirtatiously. She shook her head, strapping on her gauntlets.

"Save it for the ring, Luko," she snarled

"Fiesty," he said, purposely infuriating her. "I can't wait."

She past him to catch up with her teamm making sure to slam Luko against the wall as she went.

When she did join her team, they were already stepping onto the platform that would extend and take them to the probending arena.

"Good, Rei, you're here!" Her team's earthbender ushered her towards them.

"One of Republic City's own teams," the announcer began his introductions. Reia could barely make him out past the roar of the crowd. "The lovely ladies of the Kimodo Rhinos!"

"Try to smile this time," warned Kishka, the waterbender, as the platform began its crawl to the arena.

Kishka and Ila both raised their hands to the crowd. Reia kept hers on her hips and her eyes on the opposite side of the ring. Kishka winked to the group of boys holding up "A KISS FOR KISHKA" signs. Reia rolled her eyes. No doubt, they had her poster where the waterbender had posed in a considerably smaller version of their uniform. There had also been a probending poster with Reia's picture on it. To sell tickets, her face had been cropped onto an old Fire Nation propaganda ad from the hundred years' war. She tore them down wherever she saw them.

They stepped into the ring and towards the opposing team, the green-clad Eel Hounds. Reia narrowed her eyes to slits, staring down Luko across from her. She had to tilt her head up at him for he towered over her. Barely five feet tall, Reia was the smallest player in the league. She was also the most feared.

The boys could make all the cat calls they wanted out of the ring, but in the arena, they were afraid. They should be. They knew that she held the record for the most penalties against any probending player, that she had a temper. Fortunately for the Eel Hounds, her temper was also her weakness.

The bell rang and Reia launched her first attack.

"And Komodo Rhino earthbender, Ila, is launched over the edge by a well-placed Eel Hound earth disk!"

Reia could do nothing but watch as Ila tumbled off of the arena and into the water below. Earthbenders. Get them off their feet and they go sailing. But Reia could not worry about her teammate. With one Komodo down and Kishka occupied with the waterbender, the opposing fire and earth benders focused their energies on Reia.

Reia struggled to keep up with the barrage against her. She would try to dodge an earth disc but would have no where to go as her dodges would be stamped out by Luko. They had been practicing, noticed Reia, for this exact moment when they would be able to take down the infamous firebender. Reia struggled to break free of the pattern, but they were brutal and their attacks were pushing her closer to the edge.

"KISHKA!" she called. Kishka was skilled enough to take down her one opponent, but she seemed to be toying with him, too far on the defensive, playing rather than fighting. "KISH-oopmh!" An earth disc landed her square in the gut. She fell to her knees and slid a couple feet, but managed to avoid being knocked off the back. She fought the need to vomit and tried to get air back into her lungs. Surrounding herslef with flame, she rolled until she was out of the Eel hounds' range. Standing, she could tell that a few of her ribs had been badly bruised, but were, thankfully, unbroken.

She only had a few seconds to breathe, however, as soon the Hounds were back on top of her, but she had enough. With an extra breath of air and a heavier stance, Reia sent a wave of flame towards them, pushing them back a dozen feet. She stepped forward then, ignoring the pain in her chest, and swept a wall of fire between the two, letting it loose to nearly char the Eel Hounds.

"Penalty!" The buzzer sounded.

"Reia!, what are you doing?" demanded Kishka during their time out. "This is the final round, we can't afford any penalties!"

"I did what I had to. You were to distracted with water-in-his-ears over there to see they were pushing me over. If I had gone over, you wouldn't have been able to take them and we would have lost right then."

"You shouldn't have needed help, Reia!" Reia felt the fire at her fingertips and heard the crowd gasp as she stared down her own teammate. Reia knew that Kishka was not as as skilled a bender as she. The whole city knew. Yet, the Water Tribe beauty had let the fanboys and the prize money get to her head; but, Reia had been the one to win those matches just as she would win this one.

"You're right," she said under her breath as she stepped into her firebending stance to continue the match. "I don't need any help."

When the buzzer timed in the fight, Reia quickly spun, lashing out with a rope of flame. Reai relished the sound of Kishka's squeal of angry surprise and the splash she made as she hit the water. The crowd murmured, but Reia knew the rule book said nothing about knocking out your own player. So, she took advantage of the stunned state of the Eel Hounds to whip them back zone after zone. With another, this time legal, wall of fire, all three tumbled into the water.

"And with an amazing turn of events, Komodo Rhinos win the match!"

Reia did not raise a fist to the crowd, she did not acknowledge the victory. She merely took off her helmet and walked onto the platform and out of the arena.

Okay so, right now, it may not seem so, but Reia is not just a witch spelled with a B. If you stic with the fic long enough to get her back story, I promise you won't regret it! Equalists, Romance, and Fire Nation Royalty still to come...

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