Chapter 4

Those who have summoned

"Hey boss lady, I checked around and I have something that you might be interested in." The brown haired boy crossed his leg as he spoke to his current master who simply slumped her shoulders at the whole situation. The room was large and brightly lit, it was late that night and a girl of her position should not be talking to boys like this. But considering what had happen in the last two months and how her family name had fallen in shambles this was the least of her worries.

And with that Asami sighed as she started to speak, she really wanted to know the details of everything. If what everything this boy said was true then this might be a large problem down the road.

"Okay, you can tell me." Asami tried to give a light smile as the brown haired sighed slightly before speaking, it was a hassle, but it was worth mentioning if it was for the safety of his master, even if she was somewhat bland.

"Well, there is another girl with her familiar and another one as well. You didn't see it tonight because you were caught up in your work and all, but another familiar is also out and about. Plus the Avatar is starting to get interested.

Asami's eyes shot up as the brown haired youth said Avatar; no doubt, it was Korra, which made sense. It was only a matter of time before she started noticing weird things happening, but even then. "Korra..." Asami said her friends name under her breath as the brown haired youth gave a light cough. Trying to get his masters attention.

"Hey, I don't know your connection with the Avatar, but it's best if we keep everything that's happening to ourselves, that means don't tell your friend, your family. Anyone you tell is not only at risk, but they also might get in the way." The brown haired youth pointed out as Asami nodded.

That was true, especially for her friends. Both Korra and Mako really didn't know how to mind their own business when something was out and about. But then again, Asami admitted that she also had that kind of problem as well.

"You don't have to worry about that, so can you please tell me why you're here?" That was the question that Asami had been asking for about a week, which she still had not gotten any answers for it. Which is why she got the same response as before.

"Eh, you tell me. You summoned me, whether it was a mistake or not, that is just how things turned out, so it's probably not best to worry about it." The brown haired youth simply shrugged, as Asami frowned once again, the question was probably never going to be answered.

"Yeah... you said there is another master, do you know where she lives or who she is?" It was a good idea to know about the competition, that is one thing that being a Sato had taught her, but at the same time she didn't want to be viewed as an aggressor, nor did she want to enter a situation that was a lose lose.

"Nope, because you told me only to scout out the area, that is exactly what I did. If you want to talk to the master then just find her. I may not have been able to get a good look but I know for a fact that she is from the Watertribe, so if you want to find here start there." Her familiar was rather relaxed about the whole situation, it seemed like it really was not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, at least not to him. That is probably just how things worked out this time.

"Well, if they aren't hostile then I don't think I need to worry about them, what about the other familiar?" Asami asked as the brown haired teen shrugged once again, it was as if he was the direct opposite of Mako, which was probably both a good thing and a bad thing in these sort of situations.

"Hmm, I don't know anything about them. I have no information, I know it's a shame and all, but they probably not that important. Plus considering all the other masters that are hanging around this city, I doubt we would be the first targets of anything." Asami frowned, she got up from her seat as she headed towards the kitchen, and she need time to think. Which it seemed her familiar was happy to give her since he did not even talk to her as she left.

Asami took a deep breath as she recounted the events that had transpired. Whatever she did, she apparently summoned this random person, which did not make any sense. At first, she thought he was just a random moocher, but after seeing some of the things he was capable of, she had to reconsider. That was one of the reason she was avoiding the others. Korra probably would have wanted to investigate the matter more and for some reason that made Sato nervous.

"Fine, I'll give him a way to investigate matters more deeply without causing too much damage, that's alright isn't?" She asked herself what she was about to do was right, before she removed such hesitation, now was not the moment to be indecisive. That is the reason why such unfortunate things happened to her in the first place.

She moved her long black hair slightly to the left as she walked back into the main room. The brown haired youth had his legs propped up on the table, before Asami started to speak; it was going to be a rather complex order.

"Listen, I have something for you to do..." The youth shrugged, it is not like he could say no to a demand of his master as Asami started to speak her demand.

"Go out, and find the other masters and familiars. Fight them if you can, but don't kill or be killed, live the first fight no matter what gaining information is the most important thing right now." Making enemies with the wrong people would be a hassle, and she might be able to learn exactly what she was supposed to do with everything that had been thrown on her plate.

"Fine, it's pretty simple right? I'll be back in the morning." The brown haired youth got up from his seat as he headed towards the door, it seemed like he was going to be a long night.

"...Hama, that wasn't any good. Do you realize how much attention you gather with that last act?" The teen frowned at his familiar as the Watertribe woman who appeared to be in her mid-twenties sighed.

"Yes, I know. But there was a Fire bender with her as well, I didn't want to miss to take care of them, but even then that wasn't enough." The woman stood above her master as he sat on his rather large couch, obviously annoyed at the recent events of the night. Surely, the police would want to know more about the ice.

"Whatever, just remember this isn't the one-hundred year war anymore. You cannot just go around killing Fire-benders without worrying about the consequences, whatever. That's not important however; do you know the master and familiar pair that you attacked?"

Hama frowned, it was hard to see her facial expressions in such a dark house but she seemed displeased about everything. Unfortunately, she had to follow her current master as well as she could.

"Yes, I got a good look at them, but I have no idea where they live or anything like that, but I suggest we find the bracelet before anyone else, once we find that then we don't need to worry about anyone else. Eliminating the competition is second, finding that important thing comes first, do you understand that master?" The irony of her statement was laughable as the Earth bending teen shrugged, before speaking his mind.

"Maybe you should take your own advice, well whatever comes first we will act on...was there anyone else of importance there?" The woman frowned as she recalled looking at a particular Watertribe girl that she read in something that people called a newspaper. "Ah, yes it appears the Avatar is investigating the situation as well, but she doesn't seem to know anything that may harm our goal."

The teen frowned, having the Avatar looking around would be annoying, but hopefully the other master's and familiars would take care of them.

"Let's just stay here a couple of days, if we can gain control of this area before spreading out. If the bracelet are in this area then we will find it first, if not then we can gain absolute control of this section of the city."

Hama smiled, it was not the most flattering way to battle, but it would be effective.

A large temple in the middle of the city, but no one goes there anymore. As the tan skinned woman huffed as she sat in the many empty rows of seats, there should be an audience, but no one was there, the city was always silent in the area.

"Did you have fun...Wanmei?" A woman in her early thirties walked towards the queen who simply gritted her teeth, it seemed she was still displeased with the other night. Was meeting the person that she would become really offended her. Seeing she sink so low was, vomit inducing.

"Shut it Muqin, just do your job and I'll do mine, the faster we find that thing the faster we can finish this. This city is most displeasing to the senses and a queen like me dislikes everything about it."

"Of course Wammei, after all I only exist to serve you." The sarcasm that oozed from every word was maddening as the queen stomped her foot, causing a small earthquake to echo throughout the chamber.

"I am tired of wasting time Muqin, why can't I just crush all who oppose us, it would be simple no? There is nothing but worms out and about anyway, so crushing worms isn't much of a problem." The beautiful queen let out a small pout as the Muqin gave a light chuckle before looking at her familiar. For someone as powerful as she was, she did not have a lot of brains, which might be for the best.

"Well, if we go about causing a lot of damage so soon, then we will have to deal with the current Avatar, as well as her annoying friends." How Ironic, Korra name was written everywhere it was supposed, to discourage crime and make things harder. However, the only thing it did was make it easier for everyone to hide from her, as well as anticipate her actions and movements, ah it was funny so funny that Muqin had to laugh.

"Well Wanmei, that depends on how things work out. But it doesn't matter in the end, you may kill as many people as you want after we find the bracelet, after all other people killing people is always dull is it not?" Muqin smiled at her familiar who gained a cruel grin as she stood up and laughed.

"Yes, yes, they always choose the most boring ways to do it."

On top of many of the tall buildings, above the skyline, the city looked amazing, why talk to others when you can simply stare at the lights. It seemed like something had happen recently as the fire bending teen huffed. He was not good with other people as a raging wind appeared behind him. A bird, large and majestic. The king of the sky and the ruler of the raging winds, that was his familiar, something that rarely could be summoned, after all there was no law that said that a familiar had to human, none at all.

"Let's make our move tomorrow." The teen told his familiar as the bird lowered its head.

Yes, tomorrow the ragging winds will rip apart the city. That is what the duo was planning.

"Oh, you two are back." A harsh tone greeted Azula and Wending as the Earth king known as Weiwu, grumbled. To be honest Wending was quite surprised that the king even bothers to answer the door, since he was a king after all. Upon entering the main room, Wending noticed Panik Tuaq and Cali around the table, playing a pointless card game, it was apparently popular with kids. However, Wending failed to see how doing math was any fun, even if there was a game attached to it.

"Ah, Wending you're back!" Tuaq seemed rather excited for something as pointless as coming home from a shopping trip. Despite being tired, she really did not have the heart to tell her friend that she was not in the mood for games or anything like it.

"Yeah..." She let the word hang for a moment as she dragged her feet towards the couch as she flopped on it, probably not the most woman like thing to do, but Wending didn't really care at that point.

Tuaq frowned, before she perked up once again, remembering what she saw."Did you see the giant ice block that was floating! It was pretty amazing." Azula crossed her arms as Wending gave a rather weak laugh, a kind of laugh someone would give when they had a lot of explaining to do.

"Oh, that thing. Yeah we saw it, we actually got a really good look at it as well..." Wending paused for a moment, it was scary to think about, but she was specially targeted by someone that means many people she knew were in danger of being hurt. Wending really could not just cut off Tuaq though, and the more she hung around the manor the safer she would be. After all four familiars guarded the home; it is probably one of the safest areas in the whole city.

"Hey...Tuaq, if you see something weird or something odd going down. Head straight here, not to the police not to your mom, but here. If things get really dangerous, then make sure your mom says here as well."

Tuaq eyes widened as her friend said such an odd thing, was Wending caught up in some illegal activities or was it something like a giant moth eating everyone's clothing. The possibilities were endless; she could not help, but let her mind wander.

"Okay Wending, you've got a deal, I better get home before mom gets angry with me again." Tuaq jumped from the table as she waved to the two familiars who had just been playing with her. It was odd, usually Tuaq was rather shy, and at least when she was around people she did not know. It was probably nice that she was able to expand her circle of friends further then just Wending.

Once Tuaq shut the front door, Cali smiled.

"Such a nice child, she has nothing but good things to say about you master." Cali pointed out as Wending face turned red, being flattered wasn't something she was used to, but that was beside the point at the moment.

"Me and Azula were targeted tonight." Everyone simple looked at Wending, everyone except Azula herself who simply glared at the girl, at that moment Wending realized how large of a mistake she made.

"OH shit, I wasn't supposed to say her name out loud, and she's probably going to break my fingers or something because of it." Wending slumped her shoulders at the verbal lashing she would no doubt get latter, but once again, that wasn't important at the moment.

"What do you mean you were targeted?" Panik left her chair as the other familiars turned towards their master; it wasn't a long story nor were the details important. Wending decided to let them here the short version of everything that went down/

"Me and...this girl were attacked my another familiar, we barely made out of it alive." It seemed Azula took such a thing as an insult as she was about to correct her master. No doubt she was going to say something like

"HA, barely I easily crushed that worthless hunk of ice in a single blow." Alas, before she could say something like that, a phrase escaped the mouth of the one she hated the most.

"Really, no doubt it was because you choice such a worthless creature as you partner this night, maybe you'll bring me along next time." Weiwu smirked, very rarely were people able to get under Azula's skin, but this person always had something smart to say, she only wished she had something on him that would crush his very will. However, Azula even wondered if someone as arrogant as him will could be crushed.

"Did you see the person?" Panik asked as Wending shook her head.

"No, all I know is that they're a water bender, at least I think. Other than that, she was too far away to make out any details."

Cali nodded before taking a deep breath, no doubt he was about to say something spiritual that no one in the roomed cared about.

"Well master, as long as you're safe, we can count it as a victory can we not?" Wending shrugged as Azula grumbled, the room was well lit so seeing other facial expressions were rather easy, and Azula gave a rather irritated one.

"No, victory is when you completely crush your foe and leave nothing left, not escaping while alive." The earth-bending king simple laughed at the princess as she glared at him. She was expecting another insult, but she got quite the opposite.

"I agree with the peasant, I suggest a witch hunt, why don't we kill all the masters before they have a chance of killing us. Simple no?" Panik giggled at the idea, under that young exterior held something truly frighting as she perked up on the word kill.

"Yep, I agree. After all, I never got a chance to fight yet, and if I just lay around then it would be a waste of a summon." Both Cali and Wending sighed at the others quickness to use violence.

She really did get herself involved in something a little too big for her.

It was windy.

Korra looked out of the window as she Bolin and Mako all sat around their table, no doubt they were about to talk about the event that had happened last night. The odd event that should not happen at all let alone during the summer.

"Lin is looking into it." Mako stated bluntly, as Bolin sighed, they were supposed to be talking about what had happened, but they simply sat there in silence. A silence that was maddening.

"Gah! First, that woman stating that she's the Avatar, now we have giant ice cubes falling from the sky in the middle of summer.

Which in itself is also impossible, even an expert waterbender would have trouble doing something that amazing. So who could have done something like that? No one Korra could think of at least, which made it even more frustrating. She wanted to find anyone who knew anything about what was happening and drag the information out of them, which was impossible since Korra didn't know anything.

"Hey...Why don't we talk to Asami." Bolin gained a rather odd idea as Korra's attention snapped to the young earthbender.

"Why?" It was not that Korra didn't like Asami, but it was obvious that she was having trouble with keeping the Sato name a float, and matters such as these were probably left out of her attention. Korra didn't want to intrude any further than that.

"Well, she knows a lot of higher ups right? That mean she might know a little about that giant ice thingy last night. It's worth a shot, and we really haven't talked to Asami in a while."

That was true, Asami hadn't been hanging with them lately, she always says that she has something to do or work to be done. It made sense she is running the company all by herself now, so her not having a lot of free time was only natural.

"That's actually not a bad idea, and I'm sure she'll be happy to see us." Mako pointed out as Korra sighed, if the opinion was two against one then she might as well go with it. Maybe they'll find out something.

"A waste of time I'm afraid, nothing new happened. I figured out where that girl lived though, she has a rather impressive manor, nothing as amazing as this. But the size isn't nothing to sneeze at, I don't know how many familiars or of she's even planning anything. I didn't get a good look inside."

The brown haired youth cracked his neck as he continued to sit in the single chair, Asami sat across from him, wondering what her next course of action should be. After all, she didn't know the girl, but if she did a little more research about her...

"Well, she hasn't done anything weird other than being involved in the event from last night right? And if she isn't out hurting anyone then I really have nothing against her, and like I said before I don't want to make any unnecessary enemies." Asami stated as the brown haired youth shrugged.

"Whatever you say, that being said...Are you just going to sit here and do nothing, or do you want me to continue looking?"

Asami shook her head, there was no need to keep searching, she knew there were others, but knowing about them will not do any good if she couldn't do anything about them. "No, there's no point. Going around in circles and looking for people like that is just asking for trouble. I'm just glad Korra and the others haven't figured or asked about this."

As Asami spoke those words a maid walked into her room, seemingly excited about the news she was about to bring her.

"Miss Sato, it seems that your friends are here to visit you."

Asami eye twitched as she turned to her familiar who gave a light sigh. "Let me guess, you want me to disappear for a little while. Okay I can take a hint, I won't show my face in front of your friends, but please remember not to tell them about me." The brown haired youth stated as Asami grumbled, this was annoying, but that was the only thing she could do now.

"Yes, now please leave, but not from the front. From the back, alright, don't come back until it's dark, do what you want until then." Asami commanded as the brown haired youth left his seat, the maid gave a light smile.

"Oh. Miss Sato, is it really okay for you to have a secret boyfriend like that?" The house cleaner joked as Asami's eye twitched.

"He's not my boyfriend! Also you can let the others in."

"Master wake up, we must go out!" The blue-eyed girl shook her masters bed as Wending grumbled, lifting her body from the heavy covers. It just turned noon, but then again Wending laziness was her defining feature.

"Meh, why don't you go out with the others or something? They don't listen to me anyway; you'll have a lot more fun." Wending turned her head away from the girl as Panik started to pout she hated being dismissed, she also hated sitting around doing nothing. Which was something that she did a lot under the commandment of Wending.

"Those guys are jerks, plus we haven't have any alone time like you had with everyone else. I need to tell you my life story!"

Wending sighed once again, she really didn't care about Panik's life story or anything of the sort. She just wanted to be lazy, no need to get all hyped up for no reason. After all her lifestyle allowed her to be lazy, no need to me modest about it.

"I'm not interested, can't you do anything else but that? I mean you have a whole city to explore, complaining that I don't want to go with you is childish." It seemed that Wending was forgetting that she was indeed speaking to a child, even if said child was much older than her.

"Well, if we can't go out, can I at least see how much further you've gotten in your training?" Panik asked as Wending pressed her lips together as she sat up. It was the least she could do after all, plus this might actually get her off of her back for a while which is good for everyone.

"Okay, I'll show you what I can do."

Focus, that is what she needed, Wending put all of her mental talent into recreating a rather worthless pair of boomerangs. The shape, the size, and weight all had to be perfect. In addition, all of it was perfect. The air hardened around her palm as a perfect replica of the weapon was created. This was the first time Wending made a perfect recreation of anything before. Which is shocking since she wasn't trying that hard. Of course, the color was off, but that was because she was only using water and nothing else.

"Perfect master! Now do you have any swords here?" Panik asked a weird question as Wending started to wonder herself.

"As I recall mom usually kept a part of the family weapon stash in the basement. Most of it is in the main branch back in the Fire Nation though, but I'm sure we can find at least a couple of swords there."

"Well we should have some in the basement, mom lent me the key. As long as we don't damage any of them we should be able to use them as we please." Panik sighed as she jumped off Wending's bed before asking for obvious item.

"Can I see this key?" Panik asked, she was probably going to raid the basement for weapons as Wending scratched the back of her head. The blue-eyed teen then looked under her bed, arms feeling around for the small object before finally pulling out. Showing a bronze key.

"Ah, then there is no time to lose!" Panik snatched the key away from her master, Wending eye simple twitched, despite not wanting to do anything today; it seems she was going to be forced into a situation.

And so they stood, outside the wind nearly knocking them to their feet as Panik laughed, she would laugh, she had experienced much worse weather in her long life time as Wending held her arms, it was cold no doubt. Panik held up a large sword before she slammed it into the ground. It seemed like a one handed blade despite its size.

"Well master...recreate this." The girl smiled as Wending gritted her teeth.

"Hey, it's not that simple. I have to do it a couple of times before I get good at it; this is something new so making a copy of it that's usable will take some time." Wending made a useless excuse as Panik pulled the sword out of the ground; despite her small stature, she had amazing strength.

"Master... could you make those pair of boomerangs I showed you." Panik asked as Wending simply blinked, she complied, as twin boomerangs appeared in her hands, it seemed Wending was getting better at making the objects...but.

"Okay master, please block the sword swing, don't worry I won't hit you, plus you told me that your mother taught you how to use a couple of weapons right?" Wending nodded.

"Yeah, mostly short swords, knives and boomerangs. Anything else is impossible unless you teach me." Wending pointed out as Panik simply shrugged." Nope, I do not even know how to use a sword well, when it comes to weapons, you probably know more than I do. However, that's the whole reason I'm deciding to teach you bending like this, this is what you're good at after all."

Wending understood that much at least, she wasn't any good at normal bending so they had to work around it and use bending as an enhancement rather than the main offensive drive. After all, if your arms are broken fighting with your fist is foolish.

Panik raised the sword as Wending prepared to block the attack.

With a downward swing, the two object that Wending created shattered. It was to be expected however. Ice cannot beat steel, the difference in density and strength of the two objects made that a fact. Wending was not surprised at all, with how it turned out.

"Ah...master, that's no good, your recreations need to be strong enough to withstand steel, I suggest you actually wield the weapon you are creating at least once. At least until you can judge the strength of the weapon by sight." Panik pointed this fact out as another gust of wind nearly pushed Wending down.

Just when she thought that she had it down, an unpredicted addition to the equation reared its head. This was something that Wending did not account for...but this brought attention to something.

"Don't be stupid, how can Ice be as strong as steel?" Wending questioned as Panik shrugged.

"Not my problem, if you can recreate the shape, then recreating the density shouldn't be a problem, just have the image in your head. That way you can quickly prepare stronger ice to be used, it does not have to be stronger then steel. Even if your weapon breaks, you can quickly recreate another one after all. Just make sure it can last at least four blows before shattering."

That should be simple; the items in Wending's hand should act as a buffer so she could prepare the next set. Even if she is disarmed then she loses nothing, she will simply create a new set to replace it in an instant. That was the point of her bending, to help her weapon skills not to be her weapon.

"Sheesh, you really are a rough teacher." Wending sighed as she looked at her hands, at that moment Panik tossed the pair of boomerangs that she had been using for training.

"I'll be inside master, once you are convinced that you can create...oh one more then. Were you born in the North Pole or the South Pole?"

A random question that her familiar asked as Wending pressed her finger to her lips, she really did not like recounting the time she was at the South pole, it wasn't bad, but those memories were worthless to her. Therefore, her losing them meant she lost nothing after all.

"The South I think, but that's not important right?"

Panik nodded. "It's not, I just wanted to know more about you master. Have fun." The small familiar waved, as Wending shoulders slumped, it was going to be a long and painful day.