Authors note: Paragraphs alternate between authors. * means DreamCrosser is writing. ~ means sopranokittythegreat is writing.
~Fira let herself be led inside and gasped. The arena was spectacular with its high domed glass ceiling and raised ring completely surrounded by a deep pool of water. She couldn't believe how many people were there. Her skin tingled as her electric charge returned with her excitement. She stared around, wide eyed in amazement, and an enthusiastic smile slowly spread across her face. "I can't believe I'm actually here!" She whispered gleefully to Lin.
*"Me neither!" Lin squeaked back. She grabbed Fira's hand and pulled her down to the lower part of the arena "Come on, let's get a closer look!" As they approached the edge where their seats were, the excitement on Lin's face kept growing and growing. "Here are our seats." She said entering the right row. As soon as she sat down, she leaned over a little to get a better view of the players loft at one side of the arena "Do you see them yet?" Lin asked "Do you see the Fire Ferrets?"
~"No- I don't know." Fira said, squinting at the loft. Then the Fire Ferrets walked on stage and she squealed, nearly becoming a living electric storm. "OH MY GOSH I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! IT'S ACTUALLY THEM! OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH!" She covered her mouth with her hands and started giggling hysterically.
*"Oh my gosh, they are so awesome!" Lin squeaked "She is obviously Korra" she said pointing at the girl with a pony tail. The tallest guy turned to his left, waved and blew a kiss to a girl in the private viewing booth. "And he must be Mako because I learned on the radio that he is dating Asami Sato, the daughter of Haroshi Sato." As their platform stopped at the ring, they stepped on. Suddenly a small little animal jumped off of the third person's shoulders and did a hand stand. "And that just leaves Bolin" Lin concluded. As if to confirm Lin's hypothesis the guy earth bent a disk into the air creating a ring that the Fire Ferret jumped through. "Awww, he is so cute!" she cooed.
~"That was sooo ADORABLE! Fira squealed, her eyes watering like they always did when she saw cute animals. Then, the pricks themselves entered wearing Wolf Bat costumes, which Fira found absolutely hideous and over the top. She stood up and booed as loudly as she could and thought she saw one of them glare at her. Sitting back down, she leaned towards Lin and snickered. "Don't they look ridiculous?"
*Lin shuddered in disgust. "Eew. He looks like an actual werepyre." (half werewolf half vampire)
The players lined up and the bell rang. Almost instantly, Tanto, from the Wolf Bat side tried to water-box Korra in the face. But Korra dogged it with ease. Mako attacked the opposing team's earth bender, who dodged his attack and sent earth disks straight back at him with flying kicks. His attacks knocked Mako to the second zone. Korra was knocked into the second zone soon afterwards. The fire bender on the Wolf Bat team did a fancy flip to doge Bolin's attack. But Bolin ricocheted the disk off the side and hit him as he landed.
"Oh yeah!" cheered Lin "Earth benders represent!" Lin sat down and leaned toward Fira "This guy is awesome!"
~"Yeah." Fira murmured, not really listening. Her eyes were locked on the fire benders. She couldn't believe the control they had over their fire; it was so beautiful to her, almost like they were dancing. Each move was so precise, perfectly directed to knock over the opponent rather than to maim him.
*Suddenly, the Wolf Bat's water bender hosed Bolin, knocking him way back into the last zone. The Wolf Bats advanced into Fire Ferret territory.
"What the heck! That was a hosing foul! Are the refs blind!" Lin shouted in anger.
Everyone in the arena booed in disapproval, even the fire bending Fire Ferret yelled at the ref.
~Fira sat in her seat seething in rage from the injustice of the call and glared at the ref. She wanted to "boo" too, but wispy flames where appearing around her and she knew that if she opened her mouth, she would breath fire, so she clamped her jaws shut and just growled.
*The match continued with all sides attacking at once. But as soon as it started up again, the earth bending Wolf Bat tripped Mako with a disk from Fire Ferret territory. The shenanigans did not stop there. The water bender from the same team iced the ring, causing Bolin to fall off the side of the ring and slam painfully into the water below.
"What's going on?" Lin shouted "Those moves were illegal!"
~Fira opened her mouth to scream something incredibly rude and distasteful at the ref, but as she opened her mouth, a holocaust of white flames shot out. So she slapped her hands over her mouth and just sat there growling and trembling in rage.
*Lin felt the extremely hot flames next to her. Feeling concerned for her friend she called to a guy selling drinks. "Two bubbly leachi juices please." she ordered. She handed him the money and he handed her the drinks. "Here," she handed the drink to her friend "Hope this calms you down."
~Fira blushed. "Thanks." The drink in her hand was starting to boil, so she quickly raised to her lips to drink it before it splattered all over Lin, but just as her lips were about to touch the liquid, she accidentally exhaled into the cup, causing a puff of steam to shoot up into her face. Blinking and red with embarrassment, she drank what was left of the once cool beverage as fast as she could and chucked the empty cup into one of the trash cans in the aisle. She buried her face in her hands and groaned.
*Lin sighed and patted Fira's back. "Sorry this is not going as planned." Lin apologized.
Just then, the bell rang three times.
"What? A knock out?" Lin said in disbelief.
~Fira gaped at the ring in horror, seeing three Wolf Bats gloating over a victory. "No!" she yelled in anger, and then stiffened up. "You know what? That doesn't matter, no matter what the ref says, the Fire Ferrets still win. Whatever the Wolf Bats did to get them off the ring most certainly wasn't legal." Then she spotted someone's hand clinging to the edge of the ring. "OH MY GOSH!" She screamed jumping out of her seat.
*"Korra and Mako are hanging off the edge! There is still a chance they can win this!" Lin cheered. Korra was grasping the edge of the ring with one hand and was grabbing Mako with the other. Using all of the strength she could muster, she swung Mako to the top and fell into the water below. Mako landed safely in the ring and kicked a fire ball straight into one of the Wolf Bats' behinds, sending him back a space. His team mates looked back in disbelief. The bell rang, signaling the end of round one.
"Looks like they might win this one after all" Lin said leaning back as both teams take a time out and huddle together. "Hey, do you think that we will be able to meet the Fire Ferrets to get their autographs? I want to see if I can get Bolin's."
~"OK!" Fira grinned, "But can you get Mako's and Korra's for me? I'm worried I'll get too excited and burn the paper."
*"Sure thing!" Lin grinned.
Round two contained with more cheating from the Wolf Bat side, which included more ice, and illegal fire bending head shots.
"Round two will be decided with a tie breaker!" The announcer announced. The ref flipped a coin and the Fire Ferrets won. They chose the element water.
"Oh yeah, Korra is gonna win this one I can just feel it!" Lin stated.
The two water benders stepped into the middle ring and were raised up as they took there fighting stances. Silence filled the arena as the two players focused on each other for a long time. Then, as quick as a flash, Korra took the first two shots. The first one missed, but the second one was an upper water cut, knocking the Wolf Bat- and his helmet out of the middle ring. Lin watched dumbfounded as the helmet flew out of the ring and into the audience and fell into a little girl's hands.
"Round two goes to the fire ferrets!" the announcer announced as the whole crowd went wild.
Lin turned to Fira, "Oh yeah! Who called it?" she boasted, giving her a high five.
~Fira laughed with a playfully indignant expression, "Yeah, well I thought it first."
*Round 3 started with an explosion of motivation as both teams gave it their all with advanced bending moves. Each team was working together, each defending and attacking each other like one well-made machine. The two teams where evenly matched because neither team seemed to be able to knock at least one player off. The Wolf Bats soon bumped the Fire Ferrets back near the edge of the ring, but the Ferrets continued to hold their ground. That was, until the Wolf Bat water bender snuck behind his earth bending team mate as he whipped an earth disk behind his back.
"Wait a minute what is he-" Lin stated as she noticed this. The water bender then lashed out in three smooth moves as he knocks out all three Fire Ferrets in the head and off the back of the ring.
"Knock out!" The ref announced
"Are you kidding me?" Lin shouted in denial "that water had rocks in it! It's illegal!" She stomped at the word illegal out of frustration, causing the bleachers in front of them to tilt to the side and the spectators in the to turn around and give her strong stares. Lin blushed and smiled in a silent apology.
Siting back down, she turned her head to her right to find Fira staring at her. Lin sighed, "I guess I don't have control of my bending the entire time do I?" she asked.
Before Fira could answer, a blast of electrical energy went off behind them. The two spun around to see a metal bending cop fall to his knees and a man with his face covered standing above him.
