Chapter Three: Asami's Surprise
Asami took a deep breath to steel herself. Her friends, Mako in particular, had wanted to come with her for support and to protect her if her father tried to attack. Asami had refused, telling them that she had to do this herself, which they respected.
Now she was standing outside the mansion, her former home. Hiroshi had apparently been expecting her because he was right there, staring her down. His eyes were steely as well. All Asami could think to say was; "Why."
"I told you – they took your mother." Hiroshi hissed.
"No!" Asami spat, her eyes widening with fury. "She was my mom. I loved her, too, but I don't hate benders!"
"I should have known you'd been drawn to their kind, just like your mother." Hiroshi grumbled just loud enough to be heard.
"What're you talking about?" Asami asked.
"He was a bender, too. Your real father." he said, a look of disgust in his eyes. Before Asami, shocked as she was, could ask for clarification, he went on. "Your mother was, in truth, my sister Akina. I still loved her with all my heart, but she always had a thing for...benders." Hiroshi spat the word. "My true wife and I were unable to conceive and we were already looking to adopt. Unlike Akina, she shared my views against them."
"So..." Asami said unsure. "The people I thought were my parents were my aunt and uncle?" He nodded. "Where are my parents?" she demanded.
"You're good for nothing father left Akina as soon as she revealed she was pregnant. The less you know about him the better, nothing but a filthy bender. Akina died in childbirth, so I took you both in."
"Both?"
"You where born with a twin sister." At the look on Asami's face, a scary gleam appeared in Hiroshi's eye. "It was by pure luck that Akina looked so much like my wife, we planned to raise both on you as our own. It was easy with you but she was quite a different story. She looked too much like her father."
"Where is she?" Asami asked dangerously. "My sister."
"When you two were six months old, the child began bending. Neither me nor my wife would take it, so we sent her to some orphanage in another nation. I certainly never expected to see her again, but once I heard who she really was, it made me all the more certain that sending her away was the best thing for us."
"So she's here? In the city?" Asami asked. She meant to ask what Hiroshi meant by 'who she was', but felt she'd get no answer to that.
"Yes. In fact, quite a bit closer than you expect." Hiroshi said, turning around to go back inside. "I suggest you get going. Your little...friends are waiting."
Asami was silent for a while. It was hard enough coming to grips with her 'father' being an Equaliest, now she learns that the couple who raised her were just relatives, her mother had died in childbirth, her father was a bender she'd never known, and she had a sister?
Boy, would this be one long story when she returned to the island.
Yeah, I admit it might be a bit lacking, but...Review.
