An Avatar AU RWBY Story
Extinguished
by: RandomReaderThatWrites
Chapter 4: Earthquake
"Ladies and Gentlemen!" a man spoke over the speakers. "She is yet again the winner! Is this girl undefeatable?!"
Cheers echoed through the closed arena. In the center of the ring, a red haired girl smiled warmly at said crowd. She had won again…
"Ladies and Gentlemen," the narrator continued, waving to the crowd and the torn apart ring. "Pyrrha Nikos is the winner, again!"
Pyrrha raised a hand to wave at the crowd. She smiled even wider at them, until she decided it was about time to fix the ring. Leveling her right arm to her chest, the redhead opened her palm, facing the ground. Slowly moving it from left to right, Pyrrha bent the laws of earth, allowing the torn stage to return to its previous form.
The crowd cheered again, always doing it whenever she demonstrated her bending skills. Pyrrha sighed, dusting off her clothes. Her armor clung against her sword, the faint sound audible only to her.
Tomorrow there would be new enemies, new opponents, new fights…
This was the life of Pyrrha Nikos, the Champion of the Arena.
The fame that came from her title was large. She was known in the entire kingdom. She was loved, feared and cherished by all. But, that wasn't what Pyrrha wanted.
No, not at all…
"And on the other side of the ring," the speakers boomed with his voice. "Is our champ, Pyrrha Nikos!"
Applauds and cheers were heard everywhere. They even made her opponent flinch.
Pyrrha was tired of this. The people watching from the side-lined didn't understand, and she didn't blame them.
"Today's match includes a Waterbender and an Earthbender!" the narrator spoke again. "Who will win?!"
Many shouts of her name came. Another name was also mentioned, possibly from the Waterbenders.
The giant ring started to shake. Random parts of it lowered down, soon filling with water. It was to give advantage to both opponents.
"Begin!"
Pyrrha shifted her right foot back, fists clenching by her sides. Her opponent gritted his teeth, raising both of his arms, levitating the water around him. Bending the water and forming bullets-like shapes, the boy commanded it to launch at Pyrrha, by pushing his hands forwards.
"The Waterbender has started his attack!"
Pyrrha sighed, dodging the first bullet by simply stepping aside. She spun over the other, ducking under the third. Kicking off the ground, she ran towards her opponent, dodging every bullet that came at her.
"Will it be enough to stop the Earthbender, though?!"
A bullet came dangerously close to her face. Using her left foot, Pyrrha pushed herself off of the ground, rolling over the ball, which shattered the ring's ground on impact. Pyrrha used the bits of rocks that had flown up to kick at her opponent. The rocks followed her movements, as Pyrrha completed her roll.
Her opponent was forced to dodge, losing control of his bending. One small rock that he hadn't seen connected with his right temple, sending his entire body in shock.
Pyrrha wasn't done.
She slightly rose her right feet, then slammed it on the ground.
It cracked.
She slid the same foot backwards, sending a back kick to the air. On impact, just as her foot was fully stretched, the ground tore apart, giant stones raising up and launching at the Waterbender.
"Pyrrha Nikos has done it again!" her own name echoed in her ears. "Is there no end to this girl's abilities?!"
The Waterbender ducked lowly to avoid the first attack, then rolling on his left to avoid the second.
Pyrrha used the momentum of distraction to stealthy run towards her opponent.
"Wow, what does our Earthbender plan now?!"
Pyrrha grit her teeth as the narrator gave her presence away to the Waterbender. She ducked lowly as a wave for water came at her, touching the ground and rising up a wall made of earth.
The wave crashed against the wall, the entire ring shaking.
'Time to finish this.' Pyrrha though in her head, touching the ground with her left hand as her right kept the wall up. She made an opening on the wall, so she could see her enemy.
The boy was rubbing his temple, the place where the small rock had hit him.
Pyrrha's left fist clenched and the ground started to shake. Bricks started to shoot up from the ground at random places. Her opponent was distracted again, giving Pyrrha the opportunity to raise her clenched fist, commanding the ground to raise and warp around the Waterbender.
Said bender yelled in shock and pain, only his neck being left unearthed. His eyes widened as Pyrrha dismissed her earth wall, reaching for the hilt of her sword.
"I give up!" he quickly yelled, closing his eyes in fear. Pyrrha sighed in relief. The match was over.
[The Following Day]
"Come and join the Earth Kingdom Tournament!" a man in the street shouted. He waved his hands at every passerby, pointing at the table of registrations. "The prizes for the winners are mind blowing!"
"Hey! Hey!" a young persona came to his table. They sounded like a female from their voice. "Sign me up!"
"Sorry kiddo." The man replied with a frown in his face, as he looked over the kid. She was wearing dirty clothes with a scarf around the bottom half of her face. A hood covered her head, making her hair unnoticeable, and shadowing the top half of her face. "You are not of the right age."
"You must sign me in!" the girl repeated herself, getting impatient.
"Come here when you get older, kiddo." The man said, waving his hand in her face.
"You," with one quick and swift movement, the kid twisted the man's arm behind his back. "You must! I'm not repeating myself again."
"O-o-okay!" the man quickly said, feeling the pain flowing through his arms as the girl tugged harder. "Release me now! I'll sign you in."
"Oki!" the girl had suddenly become cheerful… too cheerful for her previous behavior.
"What's your bending element?"
"Fire."
"From the Fire Nation, huh?" the man frowned, writing down the information. "Your name?"
[Tournament Night]
"Ladies and Gentleman," the same man was always the narrator. "Welcome back to the arena for this giant Tournament of the Earth Kingdom. Many combatants from all three: The Fire Nation, the Water Tribe, the Earth Kingdom have come to take part in this tournament. Who will be the winner of this year?!"
As usual, the crowd yelled the name of their favorite fighter, not understanding a thing about the fight itself…
All contestants were introduced to the audience. All of them had attended previous tournaments, so they weren't new faces to Pyrrha. Expect for one.
A young persona, probably a kid, warped in light armor on their body and a helmet covering their head and top-part of their face.
They were new.
"You keep staring at me." The young persona said. In truth, Pyrrha had been staring for a while at the new contestant, being as the kid was by her side. A girl. "Is something wrong?"
"N-no…" Pyrrha quickly looked away. "You are new here, right?"
"Yeah." The kid answered. "This is my first time in a tournament."
"The competition this year is-"
"Mah." The kid cut her off, her lips forming a straight line as if she was disappointed by the rest of the fighters. "Though, if I fight you, I'm sure I'll have a lot of fun!"
Pyrrha nodded at the smiling girl. 'What's with this kid?' she thought to herself. "What's your name?"
The kid looked away, her expression hidden by the helmet. "Just call me Kid or 'that Firebender'."
"Let us explain the rules of this tournament!" the narrator spoke again, cutting their conversation. "With a total of 36 contestants that have passed the trials, they will be divided into 6 groups, each holding 6 fighters."
"Each group will fight within themselves in different rings, until only 6 contestants are left, one from each group."
'Why the change?' Pyrrha looked up at the narrator's stand, not that she was expecting an answer.
Part of the sixth group, Pyrrha was led to the sixth ring. Throwing a quick look at her enemies, from their attire, she guessed their bending. One water, three fires and one earth. Just like for the rest hundred years, no Airbender.
Sending a quick look to the other groups too, Pyrrha noticed the young girl in the fourth group. Her opponents just had to be giants?! Probably sumo fighters…
'That kid…' Pyrrha narrowed her eyes, just as the match started.
"Mah." The kid cut her off, her lips forming a straight line as if she was disappointed by the rest of the fighters. "Though, if I fight you, I'm sure I'll have a lot of fun!"
Leaning backwards to avoid a stone from connecting with her face, Pyrrha was brought back to the fight. 'The Earthbender may prove hard to defeat with the same element.' She thought, eyeing said Bender. 'Get him out first then.' She smirked at her own thoughts, only to frown at the image in the corner of her left eye. The three Firebenders had teamed up against the lone Waterbender.
Pyrrha lightly tapped her foot on the ground, following a slow rhythm. The ring was made by solid rocks, surrounded by lava for the Firebenders and with pools of water for the Waterbenders in random places.
With one leg slid back, Pyrrha bended the ground beneath her, commanding the earth to shoot her towards the fellow bender. The boy flinched, raising a wall from the ground, blocking the punch Pyrrha had readied. She though, used the wall to form make-shift stairs, pushing herself up and rolling over the wall, sending an axe kick at her opponent.
The bender blocked with both of his forearms, but forgetting that both of Pyrrha's palms were still on the wall, thus not predicting the block of earth that hit his abdomen.
"Gah!" he yelled in pain, jumping back to avoid any other attack Pyrrha may have had planned.
Pyrrha's face was emotionless, as she used the wall to kick off towards her enemy. The other bender raised yet another wall, taking steps back, getting away from his opponent.
Pyrrha narrowed her eyes and frowned. From her position on the air, she stretched both hands, touching, but palms facing in opposite directions, with fingers bent like claws. She moved her hands as if to open a stuck elevator door, and the wall…
… Turned to dust.
Her opponent was caught off guard as she pushed him on the ground, pulling out her sword just in time.
"Give up." She ordered, placing the blade of her sword at his neck.
Meanwhile, in the fourth ring:
The Kid, or That Firebender, was paired up against five men, each ten times her size.
"Come at me, fatso." She challenged the first man, one of the five Earthbenders she was up against.
"What did you call me?!" the giant yelled in anger, walking towards the Kid, each step he took feeling like an earthquake. "I'm 'bout to show you pain, Shrimp!" he added, slamming his fist down at the girl.
"Just call me Kid." She replied, sidestepping the giant barrel of a fist. She ducked under his legs, and elbowed his back, sending the man's entire body in shock.
"What the-?!" the man turned back, ready to slam his fist on the girl again. What shocked him the most though, was the small hand of the girl blocking his giant fist with ease. "How- Gah!" he yelled in pain as his fist started to burn.
Quickly removing his hand from the girl's, the man saw that his flesh was burned. Looking at the small persona, he saw her smirk, right fist lit in flames.
"You forget I'm not just a kid," she started, right foot back, knees bent, right elbow back, fist lit and ready to attack. "I'm also a Bender!"
The man let out a soundless scream, the Kid's fist punching his abdomen. Her opponent fell on the ground, passed out cold.
The entire audience gasped in shock. The young Firebender smirked.
"Never underestimate someone," she started, slowly walking towards the other four fighters. "Especially not a Bender!" she quickened her steps, covering the distance of the giant arena faster. "You four!" the kid yelled at the four Earthbenders. "Versus me." Her smirk widened.
"You fool!" one of them was brave to launch himself at the kid. He literally jumped at the girl, arms ready to capture her in a bear-trap.
The Firebender frowned, sliding her left foot back, bending her right knee. Her left foot lit up in fire, the flames going up her shin. She spun on her right foot, sending a back kick with her left at the incoming opponent. After the powerful kick had connected with his chest, the girl used it as a jumping platform to fully spin and send a flamed-roundhouse kick at the man's face. His giant body was sent flying, the girl's power unbelievable.
"Three left!" the Firebender cheered in a sing-song way.
"This is crazy!" one of the remaining fighters yelled. His opponent in turn, smiled and narrowed her eyes at him.
[Sixth Ring]
"Teaming up against a lone fighter." Pyrrha glared at the three left opponents. "Why, Firebenders?"
"It's called planning, Earth champ." F1 answered. "Or are you new to this, loser?" he added with a smirk.
Pyrrha grit her teeth, fist clenched as the ground started to shake.
"We are just ensuring our place at the finals, girl." F2 said, the three Firebenders surrounding the only left girl in the ring. "The Fire Nation will take the trophy this year."
"Hn." Pyrrha chuckled. "Only because the last year's champion didn't participate, makes you think you are sure to win this year?" she asked, the ground shaking harder, even making one Firebender lose his footing. "You will have to beat me first!"
"That was the plan!" F3 yelled as the three Benders launched themselves at her. Their limbs on fire, each fighter readied their respective attacks. Pyrrha closed her eyes, arms stretched one in front and the other in the back, palms facing one up and the other down. With one foot slid back, she spun with the other in continued circles, the earth beneath her following her movements. It rose in the form of a protective sphere, blocking all the attacks that were directed at Pyrrha.
The Firebenders had no time to react as spikes burst from the sphere, cutting their abdomens, arms and legs.
"Gah!' was their united screams as the entire sphere broke into giant rocks.
F1 was the first to rise to his feet, soon joined by the rest. The three fighters bended the lava around their ring, commanding it to rise in giant waves, to later crash down on the Earthbender. F2 and F3 moved around Pyrrha, not letting go of their control on the lava, but still forming a circle around the girl. Pyrrha grit her teeth, not knowing on which fighter to focus on.
She raised her left fit to knee level, the firebenders noticing this. As Pyrrha slammed it back down, the Firebenders released their control on the lava, sending it down on Pyrrha.
The entire lava wave was on top of Pyrrha, covering her entire being, just as the three Firebenders were thrown in the air by spikes bursting from the ground.
As they landed on the ring's ground again, the Firebenders saw as the lava was flat on the ground, no sign of Pyrrha anywhere. They, with caution, freed the ring from the lava, yet Pyrrha was still nowhere. The audience gasped. Could it be…
[Fourth Ring]
The young girl slammed her palms on the ground, ordering the molecules around them to burst into flames, sending giant dragon-like burst of flames towards the three Firebenders. They were quick to raise protective walls, not allowing any harm to be done to them. When the walls where again lowered, the Kid was gone.
"What the-?!" E1 was about to ask, only for a powerful punch to connect with his abdomen.
"You are slow and I'm small. Figure it out." The Firebender answered his unfinished question. E1 was knocked out cold. The Kid looked at her second target, who launched a punch at her. It connected with her helmet, the loud noise echoing inside the arena.
The armored girl spit on the ground. She ran towards E2, launching herself with full-power at him, the fire that burst from her feet giving the impression of a rocket. She head-butted his torso, then fell down on a fully bent left knee, keeping her balance with her left hand as she send her right foot to Side Kick his knee.
POW!
It broke.
She then used his broken knee for support, exchanging her left for her right hand, sending a spinning hook kick at his face with her left foot.
Landing on the ground with both hands, she pushed away from the Earthbender, landing on her feet a meter away from her opponent, who feel on the ground with a broken knee and neck.
The kid sighed, throwing her eyes at the last fighter, who stood still in shock, gasping the same as the audience. The Firebender raised an eyebrow from under her helmet, looking at E3 who was opening and closing his mouth like a fish. A giant fish.
E3 flinched as the Kid took a step towards him.
[Sixth Ring]
The entire ring was quiet. There was no sight of the Earth Champ, Pyrrha Nikos. The three Firebenders smirked within each-other, victory claimed.
"You have to beat me first!" F1 mocked Pyrrha's previous sentence. "The victory is ours, brothers!"
"We will just give up so big bro can go to the finals tomorrow." F2 said, fist-bumping his younger brother, F3.
"We got this in the bag." The youngest of the fire benders laughed.
The narrator stuttered as he said: "W-wha-? Is this the end of the battle between the s-sixth ring's fighters?! W-what about the Earth Kingdom's Pyrrha?! Is she de-"
CRAAACK!
The ground shook wildly, much more than before, even the rest of the rings being able to feel it. It cracked, forming giant misshapen forms, above and under the normal level of the ring. An arm shot up from one of the many pits created, one that was actually a deep crack, its end invisible.
The arm pushed its body up from the ground, revealing an injured Pyrrha. Her right hand went to wrap around her left mid-arm, her entire left forearm's skin burned. The three Firebenders looked at her in shock. They were brought out of their state by the continuing shifting of the ground's form.
Pyrrha slid her right foot more on her side, commanding a pillar of earth to form and launch itself at F1. She then kicked up the same foot, bending the ground in front of F2, commanding a brick sized piece of the ground to hit the boy in his chin, making his teeth click harshly. Pushing it back down, the brick was commanded to slam into F2's head, knocking the Firebender out cold.
F3 flinched as Pyrrha turned at him. Her warm green eyes were lit up by a mysterious light, one that none of them had seen before. Not the narrator, not the audience, not the fighters…
Her right shin was also burned, to a lighter degree than her arm, though. Pyrrha willed it to rise, commanding the ground beneath them to shake harder at the same time.
"I quit!"
It was so quick that it made even Pyrrha blink in confusion.
"P-Pyrrha Nikos is the winner of the sixth ring!" the narrator quickly said, getting out of the shock before the rest of the watchers.
[Fourth Ring]
The ground shook, making the young girl lose her footing. This brought some chuckles among the audience, making the Kid blink even more. This however, brought a spark of courage back to the last opponent of the girl, codenamed E3.
The Firebender rose to her feet again, brushing her armor off of any dust gathered. E3 smirked at her distraction, using his hands to bend the ground beneath her, launching the girl in the air.
The Kid blinked again, this time in the air. She used the molecules of the air on her feet to manage a spin, helping the girl land on the ground with a roll. She rose to her feet, brushing the dust from her hand and knee guards.
She clenched her fists, each lighting up in flames.
The Firebender punched at the air in front of the giant man, sending multiple balls of fire at the Earthbender at high speed.
The man was quick to raise multiple walls of earth, each crashing down after connecting with the balls of fire. The Firebender ran towards the Earthbender, just as the smoke created by the impact blocked the vision of everyone present.
Through eyes trained with fire, the Kid was able to notice the Earthbender behind a single layer of earth. She cocked back her right fist, coating it in flames. Jumping high in the air, the girl slammed her flame-coated fist on the wall, breaking through it and connecting with the man's face.
The smoke was blown away by yet another explosion, this one way bigger than the previous ones. A giant ball of flames covered the entire arena. But wait, there was something other than flames in it…
"The fourth ring has a winner!" the narrator announced, blinking at the small figure at the center of the room.
[Skipping Time Forward, the Next Day]
"Welcome back Ladies and Gentlemen to this year's Earth Kingdom Tournament Semi-Finals!"
Cheers came from across the audience stands.
"With 6 contestants left, we will proceed as followed: The contestants will randomly pair up against each-other, thus by the end of the day, we shall see a total of 3 matches!"
"Then, tomorrow we will have the Finals where we will have the 3 left fighters, two of which are going to be paired up against each-other; the winner then will battle the third contestant."
The young kid in armor approached Pyrrha.
"If I don't battle you today, I'll see in the finals, right?" she asked, making Pyrrha blink in shock.
"You are pretty confident." The redhead said. "Though, from your match, I guess you have wrong reasons for that."
From under her helmet, Pyrrha could see a grin forming. "You are pretty good, too." She said. The kid then noticed the bandages around Pyrrha's left forearm and right shin.
"Oh." Pyrrha noticed this. "From my fight."
"Firebenders?"
"Yeah."
"Here," Pyrrha widened her eyes as the younger girl reached for her pockets, probably located under her torso armor. She then pulled out a small bottle with a strange liquid. "This will help with the burns."
"Why are you giving me this?" Pyrrha asked, still accepting the bottle.
"I'm a Firebender, so I have gotten burned many times." The kid grinned sheepishly.
"Thanks."
"Your opponents…" the Firebender looked away nervously. "How were they?"
"Hmm?" Pyrrha blinked. She was from the Fire Nation… right? "Well, they wanted to secure their place on the finals without passing the semi ones yet."
"Typical." Came a reply from the girl.
"And they were pretty strong too." The redhead added. The armored female nodded as the matches were called.
FIRST MATCH:
Earth Knigdom's PYRRHA VS Fire Nation's ALEX
"You're up." The Firebender smiled, lightly punching her shoulder. Pyrrha nodded, walking up to the fighting ring.
[Pyrrha VS Alex]
"It is my honor to fight the Champion of the Earth Kingdom." Alex said, bowing at Pyrrha as the two stood in front of each-other in the center of the ring. He wore a red attire with a sword strapped around his waist.
'A Swordsman?' Pyrrha guessed. She smiled back, nodding her head in response, pulling out her sword from its sheath on her back, together with her shield.
"Begin!"
Alex was fast to draw his sword, a two handed one. He kicked off the ground and towards Pyrrha. The girl used her own sword to block a downwards slash, having to use both arms to keep the opponent's sword off of her face.
Both of their swords shook from the strength used, thus the two swordsmen jumped away from each-other, only to yet again engage in another clash.
Back and forth, the two warriors clashed their blades together, clanging sounds echoing through the arena.
From the sidelines, the armor-clad kid looked at Pyrrha's dueling style. She saw the redhead slash down and up, as Alex blocked every attack she made. The crowd would gasp every now and then, amazed by the swordsmanship skill demonstrated. One thing the girl was sure of: They weren't giving it their all in the fight.
Why, she couldn't understand. Fighting was fun to her, yet why would someone take so much time to play around?
"Hey, Pyrr!" she called loudly. If she didn't know, may as well find out.
Said redhead had readied a slash at Alex's abdomen, but the shout distracted her. Alex used the moment to slash at her blade, avoiding any threat, then looking at the direction of the call.
"Why you two playin'?!" The armored kid yelled again. "I wanna see a fight over here!"
"Hmm." Alex smiled at the younger fighter, looking at Pyrrha for a sign of approval. The Earthbender nodded, reaching for her shield.
The Fire Nation's warrior's blade lit up entirely, as the Earth Champion placed her shield firmly on her left forearm, feeling the pain within her from the burns.
With a battle cry, Alex lunged at her, sword in flames slashing at her neck, but Pyrrha used her shield to block. Quickly using the momentum, she brought her own sword to stab at his abdomen, but the boy jumped back just in time.
Pyrrha slammed her feet on the ground, spikes rising from the ground, making Alex jump backwards again and again. Using the spikes as jumping platforms, Pyrrha was up in the air, using the fall's speed to powerfully descent upon Alex. Their swords clashed again, a powerful wave forming from the impact.
'Now it's good.' The Kid from the sidelines thought, placing her cheek on her hand as she leaned on the railing.
A block of Earth separated the two fighters. Pyrrha jumped back, rolling her sword in her hand, as her shield arm still burned in pain. Unable to fully use her arm, Pyrrha greet her teeth. Perhaps if she had used the medicine befo-
"Your attention is wavering." Alex said as Pyrrha was barely able to parry his attack.
"Excuse my shameful state." Pyrrha replied, reverse-gripping her sword, sending a powerful slash at Alex, pushing the entire force of her forearm and elbow. Her eyes widened as a cut appeared in Alex's neck. She smiled. "I could say the same about you."
"Hm. Perhaps." Alex spun with his lit-up sword at waist level, forming a sphere of flames, similar to the one she had used against the Firebenders.
And of course, Pyrrha jumped back, just as pillars of flames burst from the sphere. The girl stretched both her arms and just as her feet connected with the ground, she concentrated on the entire earth structure of the arena. Most of it was made by solid rocks, even the ceiling, as it was closed to sunlight.
Pyrrha smirked, as the entire arena started to shake. She knew she would regret this later, but it was better to finish this than to risk her damaged arm.
Alex widened his eyes as the ceiling shook violently, giant rocks falling from it. At the same time, Pyrrha lunged at him, sword and shield at the ready.
Alex was forced to dodge the falling rocks and at the same time Pyrrha's slashes too. The girl had suddenly gotten wild, pushing all of her power into her sword. The boy grit his teeth, as he barely escaped a falling rock. Pyrrha was over him, having jumped in the air, a powerful downward slash ready. Alex widened his eyes as one of the falling rocks was directed at Pyrrha.
"Be-"
But it was turned to dust before he could even form a word. Alex blinked. This state made him almost get beheaded, but he quickly raised his sword to block Pyrrha's.
Pyrrha continued her assault, tiring both Alex and herself. The audience couldn't even gasp with jaws on the floor.
'There!' Pyrrha yelled in her head, seeing an opening in Alex's chest. From the multiple attacks and steps back, adding the misshapen ground from the falling rocks, had made Alex loose his concentration and footing.
Right foot shooting forward, landing in between Alex's, Pyrrha grabbed him by his red collar, sword's blade at his neck, with her left arm pointed up, palm open to stop an incoming rock that had halted a few centimeters from her hand.
Alex dropped his sword on the ground, closing his eyes.
"You win." He said, smiling at the cracked ceiling. "Fair and square."
Pyrrha smiled back at him, slowly letting him go. Clenching her open palm, she willed the ceiling to turn back to its previous state.
"Wow! Jus WOW! Pyrrha Nikos is the W-"
"Pyrrha!" Alex shouted, pushing up from the ground to catch the falling girl. He was able to, placing her head in his lap, waiting for the medical help. "Phew, she just passed out."
"O-okay…" the narrator blinked again before continuing. "We will proceed with the choosing of the second match, as the arena clears."
SECOND MATCH
Fire Nation's … THAT FIREBENDER? VS Fire Nation's FEUER
[Second Match: That Firebender VS Feuer]
"Fighting a fellow Firebender." Feuer, a red haired girl smirked at Kid, mock-bowing her head. "It will be my pleasure to see who is better in this element of bending."
Kid nodded, not really liking her behavior. "We shall see who is better at beating up." She said, fixing her forearm guards.
The two girls started to circle each-other, much like two predators. Kid grinned, sharp teeth strengthening the title. She kicked off the ground, landing just in front of Feuer, ducked low, as she sent a double-fist punch at her abdomen-chest area.
The other girl was send flying backwards, coughing up slightly. She countered with a tornado turning kick, which connected with Kid's helmet, denting it.
Kid grit her teeth. She clenched her fists, only her index and middle fingers straight.
'No!' she stopped herself, before she could do anything that she would later regret. 'No! No! No! NO!' Kid started to violently shake her head. The crowd blinked in shock and confusion, while Feuer used the moment of distraction to front-kick Kid in her chin, sending her head harshly back, teeth clicking. Feuer than back-kicked the younger girl, a soundless scream escaping her throat, as Kid was sent rolling on the ground.
"Come on!" Feuer whined. "How did you even made it into the Semi-Finals?"
"*Cough* I- *Cough*..." Kid opened her eyes, back flat on the ground, eyes looking at the dark ceiling. It reminded her of things, many things... "I will-" coughs escaped her lungs again. The dark ceiling brought back memories, faces that she thought she had long forgotten. "I'll find you..." ignoring the pain in her chest, Kid rose to her feet, knees shaking at first, but she controlled herself.
"Come at me." Feuer made a challenging gesture with her middle finger. "Looser."
Looser!
"Get up!" a man kicked a small child, much younger than Kid, in her abdomen. "Get your little ass up, you looser!" the man continued to kick her abdomen, the child screaming in pain. "Get up or I'll kill your little friend!"
Kid kicked off the ground, both fists lit in flames, sprinting at Feuer, who was caught off guard by the girl's sudden speed.
"S-Stop it!" a black-haired boy, a few years older than the child, screamed at the man, another one holding him by his shoulders. "Stop!"
With her right fist, Kid punched Feuer in the face, sending the older girl to the ground. Seating on her abdomen, Kid continued to punch her face, Feuer defending herself with her forearms.
"I said stop!" the black-haired boy freed his left arm, hand stretching to reach his friend, but he was too far away. The man that was holding him in place pinned him on the ground, his giant knee on his left cheek, not allowing the boy to look away from the disturbing sight. "Please..."
Feuer managed to catch Kid's wrists, stopping her attacks, forearms throbbing in pain. Feuer saw a tear slip from under Kid's helmet, as the younger girl's teeth gritted. The Firebender raised her shoulders and neck, head-butting the armored girl.
In the world of benders, there were four elements: Fire, Water, Earth and Air. In the small area where a young child was getting beat up, where screams filled the air, where a little boy was made to watch in horror as he cried, an explosion occurred.
It wasn't Fire, and it obviously wasn't Water, Earth or Air… No, it was something fiercer. It was…
Feuer pushed Kid off of her, rolling to her right, as far away as she could. Kid let out a battle cry as she sprinted at Feuer. The older Firebender noticed her angered state.
Anger blinded a Fighter.
Kid was unable to dodge the knee that Feuer brought to her abdomen, not even her armor dulling the power behind it.
Yes, she wore armor, but it wasn't for protection… No, it was more for covering up who she really was…
Feuer caught the younger bender by her shoulders, spinning her on the air and slamming her back on the ground.
Kid coughed up again, yet rose to her feet, not giving up to the pain.
Feuer used the moment it took Kid to rise to her feet and charge at her again, to bend the molecules in the air and turn them to fire, as they gathered around her fist.
Kid was few inches away from her arm-reach zone, and Feuer cocked her fired-fist back. She pushed all her power into it, as it was directed at blinded-Kid's armored heart.
"You are pretty strong." He ruffled her short hair. "But we should really find a way to control your anger. Anger blinds people after all."
"Why do you have hair like a girl's?" she asked, removing his hand from her hair. She enjoyed it, but no way was she showing that.
"Don't change the topic!" he blushed, yelling at her, as she laughed.
"Hm!" Kid chuckled to herself, opening her eyes to look at the fire reaching her heart. She used her left hand to protect herself, but instead, the attack hit her shoulder.
At least, she had redirected it.
Feuer's eyes widened, as Kid screamed in pain, the fire licking her shoulder, neck and left cheek.
The older Firebender smirked as she saw Kid's pained face. Half face…
Kid spit on the ground. She was used to burning herself, but this hurt a hell lot more. She had had enough of feeling pain, it was payback time…
Kid removed her armor, leaving only the shoulder, forearm and shin guards on. She touched the bent part of her helmet, fist clenching and surrounding by fire.
Feuer smirk, shifting her weight on her right knee, getting into a martial arts position, ready to intercept any plan Kid had up her sleeve. The younger Firebender kicked off the ground, sending a left hook at Feuer's face, thus turning her neck to the other side. However, she was fast to react with a left uppercut to Kid's chin, who push-kicked her after the attack had landed.
Feuer rolled on the ground as Kid was readying an Axe kick for the redhead, but it only hit air. The redhead tornado-kicked with her left leg, but Kid blocked it with her right forearm, back-kicking the mid-air girl.
Feuer coughed up, reading her posture again. Kid jumped in the air, side kicking the Firebender, but she was able to catch her ankle in mid-air, throwing the helmeted girl on the other side of the ring.
Kid rose to her feet again, running at the redhead again. She faked a jump front kick, and smirked when Feuer fell for it. Pushing her left leg with a bit of fire in the back of her heel, Kid bent her right leg around Feuer's chest, tripping and pushing the older Firebender on the ground.
Quick, letting no time for counterattack, the Firebender brought her elbow crashing down Feuer's neck.
[Tournament Infirmary]
Pyrrha laid her head on the cold wall, eyes closed as her right hand brushed along the bandages of her left arm. She sighed, looking at her open palm, suddenly very interested in it.
The door to her infirmary room cricked open, a small persona entering it.
"Kid?!" Pyrrha gasped, both from surprise at seeing the girl and from shock the sight of her burned left shoulder-neck-cheek area brought to her.
"Hey." Kid waved her right hand in greeting. Then, did Pyrrha notice the missing parts of her armor and the dent helmet. "Do you mind if I borrow that medicine I gave you for a second?"
"Wha- N-no! I mean: Of course you can take it." Pyrrha answered, cursing herself for stuttering. "I thought you had another bottle for yourself, though."
"Nope." The girl simply answered. "I made that for myself, but gave it to you, 'cause I believed I wouldn't need it. But, don't worry; I will make another when I go home."
"You must have worked really hard to find the recipe." Pyrrha commented, handing over the bottle to her. "I have never heard of such medicine."
"It isn't my recipe."
"Hmm?"
"A friend of mine found it years ago." The Firebender said, looking away from Pyrrha. "It took me a few years to remaster it, but it's actually worth the work."
Pyrrha nodded in response. "So, your match…" she started, stopping in mid-sentence, letting Kid understand the rest of it herself.
"Oh!" the girl gasped. "I won.'
"I'm glad." Pyrrha replied, and the other grinned in response. "The third match must have started."
"Mm." the other agreed.
From outside the room, the booming voice of the commentator reached their ears.
"The third match has a winner, Ladies and Gentleman!" he said. "Only ten minutes inside and it's over!"
"What?!" both girls turned to the direction of the door in shock.
[Finals]
"May all contestants of the finals gather around the main ring."
The next day, all the Earthbenders part of the EKT Crew had reshaped the arena, living only a single ring, surrounded by pools of fire. Three benders slowly walked to the center of the ring, the finalists. The first was a red-haired girl, clad in light gold and red armor, sword at her waist, shield strapped on her back, each of the same color and material as her armor. However, her left forearm guard was missing, bandages having taken its place, alongside the bandages around her right shin instead of the shin guards.
The second was the seemingly youngest of the three, a child whose facial features were covered by her helmet. Pairs of gauntlets, shin guards, shoulder guards and a chest guard plate protected her body over the black clothes she wore. Her lips, the only feature visible beside her chin and half-cheeks, were on a straight line, frowning. Under the left shoulder guard, up to her neck, chin and half-left cheek bandages were warped formly.
The third was a persona clad all in black. Her eyes were amber, and on top of her head were a pair of animal ears.
"Present on the ring are: Pyrrha Nikos, the Champion of the Earth Kingdom; Belle, the mysterious warrior; That Firebender(?!), the newcomer of the Fire Nation. Each of their names are written in a small rock. They will be thrown up in the air. The first two to land will be the contestants to open the finals. The third contestant will later fight the winner of the first match. Everything understood?"
The contestants nodded, and thus a man by the commentator's side threw three rocks in the air. The mysterious warrior rose her head to look at the slowly falling rocks. She stayed that way for a few seconds, but then walked away from the ring.
"Hey! Wait you-" Pyrrha reached to her, but the rocks two of the rocks hit the ground. The first fight would involve:
THAT FIREBENDER VS PYRRHA NIKOS
"-don't know who the contestants are going to be..." the redhead finished her sentence, looking at the leaving warrior in shock.
The youngest of the three benders approached Pyrrha. "Don't hold back on me." she said, looking her straight in the eyes, even though Pyrrha couldn't see hers. "I will never forgive you if you do."
Pyrrha looked at the helmeted child for a little longer, then nodded in response.
"May the contestants get ready." the voice rang in their ears, as the two walked away from each-other. "Since one of our contestants isn't armed with a weapon, we will provide one for them." the voice added, as a shelf made of earth holding multiple weapons rose from the ground in the corner of the ring. The weapons varied from knives to war hammers. "Begin!"
The Firebender started the fight, elevating the fire in the pools around them. She commanded it to swirl around her body, forming a spiral that reached meters above her head. Pyrrha grit her teeth as the child gave her no openings to directly engage into hand-to-hand combat. As such, Pyrrha had to rely on only her bending, unless she wanted another burned limb.
The Firebender frowned, not liking Pyrrha's 'laziness'. The Earthbender in response, brought her knee up, bending the ground on the ring, so giant rocks would follow the same movement. She back-kicked the air, launching all the giant rocks at the younger bender. The Kid pushed her left hand forward, bending the spirals around her, commanding the swirl to separate into many fire-lashes. Each and every rock that got close to the Firebender, was brought down by her bent fire.
The ring was filled with dust that partly blocked everyone's vision. Pyrrha used this to get closer to her opponent, using the giant stones as a mere distraction for her spiraling flames. While the girl hated back-stabbers, she stealthy approached the bender's unprotected back, sword strongly gripped by her right arm. She swiftly rose it to her neck, but one of the many lashes warped around her sword's blade, throwing it in the air.
Kid turned to face her, her elbow connecting with Pyrrha's forearm as she used it to protect her jaw. Her golden-red sword stabbed the ground a few meters away from them. Pyrrha used her left fist to send an uppercut at Kid, who caught her fist in mid-strike.
Pyrrha's fingers warped around Kid's left fist, keeping it in place as the Firebender kept hers. Meanwhile, the younger bender tried to knee Pyrrha, but somehow, an axe kick was ready to intercept it.
The ground beneath them started to shake, as the Earthbender bent the earth, a giant wall rising between them. Both fighters jumped back, eyes not leaving each-other.
The Firebender made her way to the weapon holder, as Pyrrha went to grab her fallen sword. Pyrrha widened her eyes when the kid picked up one of the heaviest looking war hammers. Out of all the weapons...
The child swirled the hammer with ease in her hands, feeling the weight of it. She gave it a last look, nodding at the weapon. Pyrrha's jaw literally dropped to the ground. What the heck was wrong with this kid?!
Holding her hammer with her right hand, Kid bent her knees, launching herself at Pyrrha. The redhead quickly raised her shield to block the powerful swing of the hammer. However, the armored kid didn't stop there, tornado turning to kick Pyrrha's burned arm, thus making her lose control of her shield. The child then back-kicked the redhead's armored abdomen, but Pyrrha was able to catch her ankle when the kick connected.
Pyrrha smirked, and the Firebender's eyes widened from under her helmet. She tried to escape, but Pyrrha's grip was too strong. She rose her hammer, at the same time as to pillars of earth rose from the ground, directly under the Firebender's knee.
"Gah!" came the yell of pain the Firebender, as her hammer was still launched at Pyrrha's left mid-arm.
POW!
Her knee was broken on impact, and so was the Earthbender's elbow. Pyrrha jumped away from the armored bender, as she used her hammer for support. Kid leaned on her weapon, biting her bottom lip from the pain. Pyrrha grit her teeth, rolling her short sword on her right hand. It started to extend, taking the form of a spear more than that of a sword. Kid widened her eyes again, grabbing her hammer with both hands as Pyrrha kicked off towards her.
Her hammer was used to block the downward slash from Pyrrha's spear. "H-How?!" she asked, but the redhead gave no answer. She instead pushed herself on the ground, sending a horizontal slash at the Firebender's abdomen. The helmet-wearing girl brought her hammer down on Pyrrha, thus making the redhead fail her attack.
The armored Firebender spun on her heels, spinning her hammer, directing it at Pyrrha's head. The redheaded Earthbender raised a single arm, and the Kid felt her cotroll on the hammer slipping. She released one hand from the hammer, fully stretching it behind her, index and middle finger out of the fist, the same movement done with her hammer fingers.
Pyrrha was dangerously close as her attack came. She redirected the Firebender's hammer at herself, the child herself, but she was too late to counterattack as it exploded.
A spark.
Both fighters were blown away from each-other, a lightning-blue spark exploding between them.
Pyrrha was sent flying back, rolling on the ground with bruises and burn marks all over her body.
The entire crowd gasped.
The other bender didn't move far from her position, but part of her helmet was blown away from her face, bruises visible there.
"A-" Pyrrha gasped at the orange colored hair that she could finally see, together with the lone teal eye visible to her.
The Fire user gasped at her, hammer falling onto the ground, arms too week to hold it.
"A Metalbender?!"
"A Lightningbender?!"
A/N: So, here we have another chapter of Extinguished! (Flippin' broke my chapter length record!)
The Back-Kick is one of my favorite kicks in Taekwondo, hence the many uses of it. Though, talking from experience, that kick alone is enough to knock a person out cold, if you master it properly, that is *raises eyebrows*.
Too much? Fighting choreography I mean... Any comment on that is welcomed.
Pyrrha and You-Guess-Who were introduced this chappie! So far we got:
Ruby, the Airbender.
Weiss, the Water Princess.
Yang, the 3rd Fire General.
Pyrrha, the Metalbender.
You-Guess-Who, the Lightningbender.
Neptune, the Waterbender that is afraid of Water.
Taiyang, the 2nd Fire General.
Qrow, the 1st Fire General.
I didn't forget anyone, did I? XD
You could say that the four 'trailers' are now finished: Air, Fire, Water and Earth are completed. Let's get to the real thing, shall we?
Until next time...
P.S: Out of experience with readers, writers and fans of series, please tell me none of you suddenly ship Pyrrha and Alex...